Chapter 220: The Jade Man Asks to See
Ning Jun has always had an opinion on Su Qin's relationship with a scheming woman like Meng Ting, and he has persuaded Su Qin more than once, but he has never seen Su Qin repent, and today he saw Su Qin and Meng Ting colluding again, and he was indignant.
Seeing Meng Ting suddenly appear, and Su Qin seemed to still want to hook up with her, Ning Jun got up and said goodbye, and said in his heart: "If you Su Qin suffer a big loss one day, you must eat on these women." ”
Su Qin looked at the indignant Ning Jun, his heart was very uncomfortable, he said something to save Ning Jun, however, Ning Jun didn't look back, and walked away. After Ning Jun left, Meng Ting sat down on the seat in the room, looking at Su Qin with her eyes, revealing deep affection.
Su Qin also looked at Meng Ting and asked her how she knew that she had come to Zhao Kingdom, and she found herself all of a sudden.
Meng Ting pursed the emanation between her ears, and replied faintly: "Your Su Qin's name is now known to everyone in the world, and with his eloquent talent, he won the title of prime minister overnight and reversed his fate. ”
She said in an envious tone: "Don't say that you have arrived in Handan and met Zhao Hou, that is, when you first entered the realm of Zhao Kingdom, someone spread the news that you had arrived in Zhao Kingdom." ”
Su Qin was a little proud when he heard Meng Ting's praise, he thought: "It seems that it is still useful for me to enter the border of Zhao and deliberately show up at the pass, otherwise, how can Zhao Hou and Meng Ting know that they have come to the door." ”
Meng Ting's reversal of her fate is of course an out-and-out fact. Su Qin smiled and said nothing, noncommittal.
Meng Ting then said: "I knew that you had arrived in Zhao Kingdom, but I didn't know where Lu Dao lived, and it wasn't until this afternoon that I heard from the officials of the court that you had stayed in the official residence. So, I took the liberty to visit. ”
Su Qin listened to Meng Ting's words and found that she had been paying attention to her itinerary, and secretly wondered in her heart: Is she in a hurry to find herself.
Su Qin asked tentatively, "You're okay now, Taoyuan's business must be more prosperous, right?" ”
Meng Ting listened to Su Qin's question, was silent for a while, and did not answer, and after a while, she said: "I am very good, but business is very bad. ”
Meng Ting's face showed embarrassment, and she sighed and said: "Taoyuan can't be maintained now, the income is far less than the expenditure, and there are a lot of debts, so I have to think about making it easy for others. ”
Su Qin said strangely: "Wasn't the peach garden originally good, how could it suddenly become like this?" ”
Meng Ting smiled bitterly and replied, "It turns out that it is not without problems, Taoyuan is already losing money." In order to make friends with the officials of the DPRK and China, our family took money from the government to maintain it, but now the government can no longer afford the money, and I am afraid that we will have to sell it to others. ”
After hearing this, Su Qin nodded, feeling that what Meng Ting said was the truth, he ran Zixi Garden by himself, and knew that this kind of place cost a lot of money, not only labor and pomp, but also the maintenance of the landscape, flowers and plants was a huge expense.
More than eating and drinking. After all, Peach Garden is only semi-operating, and its income is far less than the expenses.
Meng Ting saw that Su Qin didn't answer, and he was thinking about himself there, so he changed the topic.
She said: "I came to Prime Minister Su, not to talk about the peach garden, but to ask about your plans in Zhao State, you also know that the position of Prime Minister of Zhao State is now vacant, how many people are staring at this position." ”
Su Qin glanced at Meng Ting, and saw that she was very anxious, but he didn't touch her details, and with many years of experience, he had to guard against Meng Ting, her sister Meng Di and other people from the Meng family.
Su Qin said unhurriedly: "When I went to see Zhao Hou this morning, he also talked about this matter, as if he was still hesitating. ”
Meng Ting continued: "Where is he still hesitating, he already has a definite candidate in his heart, and that person is Xuanyang Jun Zhao Yun." Our Meng family finally looked forward to Fengyangjun's death and eliminated the great enemy of Zhao Yong's succession, but I didn't expect Xuanyangjun to be the prime minister. ”
Speaking of Xuanyangjun coveting the position of prime minister, and Meng was helpless, Meng Ting's eyes were moist, and she sighed: "Xuanyangjun is unwilling to lose the position of the prince, if he comes, once his brother-in-law dies, he will not get the moon before he is close to the water and the platform, and forcibly seize the throne?" ”
Su Qin listened to Meng Ting's analysis and was shocked, and immediately understood what Meng Ting and the other members of the Meng family were worried about.
But Su Qin remained silent, he knew very well the difficulty of dealing with the people of the Meng family. Su Qin asked again: "Since Zhao Hou's attitude has been decided, what should I do, it seems that things are difficult to change again." ”
Meng Ting saw that Su Qin was tepid, and she didn't seem to be willing to care much about the internal affairs of Zhao State, she said more eagerly: "We were also at a loss, but when we heard that you came to Zhao State, we saw hope again." ”
At this time, Meng Ting came up with another trick to take advantage of Su Qin, that is, to curry favor and offer favor after repeated attempts, and to the best of a woman's weakness and flattery.
She seemed to be begging Su Qin again: "You are now the prime minister of Yan State, you are originally a person with status, coupled with your consistent strategy, you can be the prime minister of Zhao State again, isn't it also in line with your heart?" ”
When a man hears a woman's plea, especially a peerless beauty who has a relationship with him and has a long love affair, he will feel distressed. Of course, Su Qin couldn't suppress his sympathy for Meng Ting.
It was only at this time that he suddenly realized the purpose of Meng Di's visit, and completely knew the intention of the Meng family: they wanted to use their own strategy to move Zhao Hou to seize the position of prime minister in the name of harmony, so that Xuanyang Junkong could be happy.
Even if the prime minister falls into the hands of other ministers who are not favored by the Meng family, it will not prevent Zhao Yong from inheriting the throne. Anyway, it is to prevent Xuanyang Jun Zhao Yun from ascending the throne as prime minister.
Su Qin suddenly felt that this was an opportunity, he originally had the idea of being the prime minister of Zhao State, otherwise he would not have deliberately shown his loyalty to Zhao State when he met Zhao Hou this morning.
Now with the Meng family's request and support, his hopes have increased even more.
However, Su Qin didn't want to show his original intention to be the prime minister, he wanted to make the people of the Meng family feel that he was doing them a favor, and he might withdraw at any time.
In this way, the people of the Meng family will be desperate to use it for themselves.
Su Qin couldn't forget that when he was in Zhao Kingdom, he helped the Meng family so much, but when it was time for them to help him sell the strategy, the Meng family seemed to be helping, but secretly they didn't work hard at all, and they had no choice but to leave.
This time, Su Qin will not be merciful again.
Since Meng Ting entered the house, Su Qin has been talking very little, mostly Meng Ting is talking anxiously. Now, Su Qin rarely took the initiative, after all, he was already the prime minister of Yan State, with an identity and a backer, so he could maneuver between Zhao Hou, Meng and Xuanyang Jun more calmly.
Su Qin made up his mind, and on the surface, he showed a very modest and unconcerned posture, and he said to Meng Ting: "Thanks to Miss Meng's love, I think that I, Su Qin, have the opportunity to be the prime minister of Zhao State, but I am an outsider after all, and I am afraid that I will live up to the girl's high expectations, so I should not participate." ”
When Meng Ting heard Su Qin's humble words, she thought that he really had no confidence, so she encouraged Su Qin and said, "Wherever Prime Minister Su lives, he can stand out from the crowd and excel. If it weren't for your guidance and help last time, how could Zhao Yong ascend to the crown prince in one fell swoop. You are not qualified to be the prime minister of Zhao Guo, where can you find someone more capable than you to serve as the prime minister. ”
Meng Ting was eager to persuade Su Qin to agree to fight for the position of prime minister in the name of co-ordination, and her impatience was beyond words.
Su Qin saw it in his eyes and felt that the Meng family was really forced into a corner, otherwise, with Meng Ting's usual love of answering and ignoring it, he would not have asked for it so urgently.
Su Qin clearly felt that the difficulties faced by the Meng family, on the one hand, were the lack of money, and the party members and power used to support Zhao Yong had been spent to the point of exhaustion.
On the other hand, the internal struggle intensified, but at this moment, Zhao Yun, the Xuanyang Jun who had the most fierce battle with Zhao Yong, became a popular candidate for prime minister, and the Meng family no longer had enough strength to continue to win people's hearts.
Su Qin has become a lifesaver for the Meng family at this time, and it is also a glimmer of hope for them, if Su Qin is moved to join the battle, they can use the third power to fight against Xuanyang Jun, and the result is of course that the Meng family will reap the benefits of the fisherman.
Su Qin can conclude that this is also the reason why Meng Ting heard that Su Qin had arrived in Zhao Kingdom and came to visit for the first time.
He sensed the intentions of the Meng family, and first of all, he could rule out the possibility of them poisoning and sending assassins to murder him, because it was too late for the Meng family to protect themselves, how could they poison themselves.
Excluding the Meng family, the most likely thing is undoubtedly Xuanyangjun and his group. Su Qin couldn't help but secretly scold Xuanyangjun for his shamelessness and viciousness, it seems that this person is even more unscrupulous than his brother Fengyangjun.
Su Qin felt that he was living in an official residence, which must be full of danger, and he was thinking about where he would move to tomorrow? While thinking about it, she looked at Meng Ting, and suddenly had an idea. He had the best of both worlds.
Su Qin avoided talking about whether he was willing to compete for the prime minister of Zhao State, but first proposed to Meng Ting about the purchase of the peach garden.
He sighed and said, "Alas, not long after I left the Zhao Kingdom, so many unexpected things happened. Thinking about the days when I lived in the peach garden, how comfortable and comfortable it was, what a pity that this garden had to change hands. ”
Meng Ting looked at Su Qin's nostalgia for the peach garden and thought that he really liked it there, because Su Qin himself was a romantic person who was almost stupid.
But Meng Ting thought about her family's current reality and understood that selling the peach garden was an inevitable choice, so she comforted Su Qin and said: "Even if our Meng family sells the garden, Prime Minister Su can still go there often, don't you still have the jade token of the peach garden?" ”