In a power struggle, the first to strike is not necessarily the winner.

Zhao Guangyi couldn't hold back this poisonous plan, but inadvertently created the best opportunity for Shi Wei to get rid of him.

poisoned and murdered the emperor, the evidence of the crime is conclusive, even if Zhao Kuangyin is merciful and takes care of family affection, I am afraid that he will not be soft again.

Thinking like this, Shi Wei felt a kind of joy in his heart, and immediately made a tactful speech to Zhao Kuangyin.

The "extraordinary means" in his mouth are naturally hinting at Zhao Kuangyin, and he is determined to get rid of this younger brother who wants to poison him.

Zhao Kuangyin's knife-like face changed slightly, and a trace of anger flashed between his gloomy expression.

After the disappointment, he was angry, and his hatred was building up in his chest, and it seemed like he was about to explode.

However, he did not take the case as Shi Wei expected, and angrily ordered Zhao Guangyi to be arrested and imprisoned.

"Alas-" After being silent for a long time, Zhao Kuangyin just responded to Shi Wei's advice with a sigh.

Zhao Kuangyin was still hesitating.

Shi Wei's eyebrows sank, and he said loudly: "Such a big rebellious act, if Your Majesty connives, it will only cause greater disasters. ”

His words were fierce and his expression was extremely sad and angry.

Zhao Kuangyin's body shook again, the anger in his eyes flashed, and he was angry with a "snap".

The world is angry, and everyone on the left and right is terrified.

Shi Wei's heart was extremely excited, seeing the situation of Zhao Kuangyin's shooting, most of them planned to kill their relatives in righteousness and be ruthless to Zhao Guangyi, which was exactly what he was looking forward to at night.

He was already excited to think of his happy life after Zhao Guangyi was destroyed.

However, Zhao Kuangyin disappointed him again.

This angry son of heaven clenched his fists for a long time, gritted his teeth for a long time, and sat down again.

Shi Wei was taken aback, and he was anxious to speak out and persuade again.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin sighed: "I have to think about this matter again, you go down first." ”

"Your Majesty—"

Shi Wei still needed to be persuaded again, but Zhao Kuangyin held his forehead with one hand and waved his hand at him with the other, signaling that he didn't need to say more.

Shi Wei had no choice but to retreat stupidly.

When I got out of the imperial study, it was already the sun, and the blood-colored sun reflected the whole palace red.

With a deep breath, the tense nerves were slightly relaxed, and Shi Wei's spirit quickly came out of the disappointment.

Shi Wei was thinking that although Zhao Kuangyin's hesitation was out of family considerations, most of them were afraid that once he made a move on Zhao Guangyi, it would cause instability in the country, but it was not that Zhao Kuangyin could really tolerate Zhao Guangyi poisoning himself.

With Zhao Kuangyin's personality, things have come to such a point, as long as he calms down and thinks about it carefully, he should be able to understand that in the country and in his own interests, his younger brother must be eliminated.

"Hmph, Zhao Guangyi, see how long you can be arrogant, Lao Tzu is waiting to see the day when your head hits the ground."

Shi Wei didn't think much about it for the time being, and left the palace and went straight home.

Before entering the mansion, he happened to bump into the butler of the prime minister's mansion and sent Zhao Pu's post and invited Shi Wei to the mansion for a banquet.

Since the incident of Hui Shiwei persuading Zhao Pu to return to Beijing, it has been almost half a year now, and he really has no chance to see the prime minister again except for meeting in the court.

Although Zhao Pu likes to seize power, he rarely entertains his colleagues in his own mansion, and the officials in the capital know it.

Now this Zhao Pu suddenly came to feast on him, which made Shi Wei feel a little flattered.

If you have nothing to do, you will be a thief.

Shi Wei thought about it in his heart, and did not rush to agree to the appointment, but asked first: "I don't know why your family invited this official to the banquet, but is there any happy event?" ”

Shi Wei wanted to get some inside information from the butler's mouth.

The housekeeper was also happy, and immediately said: "That's the case, today is my young lady's birthday, so my family wants to invite Lord Shi to the house to celebrate the young lady." ”

It turned out to be Zhao Min's birth.

Shi Wei immediately remembered the embarrassment when he was in Heyang, when he "delivered" Miss Zhao.

Such a reason does not seem to have any "bad intentions", Shi Wei is not good at not giving Zhao Pu face, so he immediately accepted it.

He first went back to the mansion to change into civilian clothes, picked a jade hairpin from his private collection, and rushed to the Zhao Mansion in a carriage with it.

When the car arrived at Zhao's mansion, Shi Wei felt a little surprised as soon as he got off the car.

He originally thought that Zhao Pu would congratulate his daughter on her birthday, and in addition to himself, most of them would invite a little dignitaries in Beijing, and there must be a lot of traffic in front of the door at this time.

To his surprise, the front of Zhao's mansion was deserted, and it seemed that no one came to the door except for his carriage.

Am I late?

Shi Wei didn't want to sit in front of everyone, so he hurriedly walked a few steps into the Zhao Mansion.

The house was still quiet, and when he walked into the main hall under the guidance of his subordinates, he was surprised to find that there were no other guests at all.

In the hall of Nuoda, there is only one table, and Zhao Pu's father and daughter are seated, and in addition to this, there are several maidservants.

"It turns out that I am the only guest, what kind of wishful thinking is this old slippery head......"

Shi Wei walked into the lobby with suspicion, and the father and daughter of the Zhao family hurriedly got up to greet each other.

After saying a few polite words, Shi Wei took out the jade hairpin from his arms and held it to Zhao Min with both hands: "When the lower official came, he was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to carefully select for Miss, so he only brought this jade hairpin, which is considered a gift for Miss Congratulations's birthday, and I hope Miss is not strange." ”

Shi Wei said that this jade hairpin is not worth anything, but in fact, this hairpin is a superior thing in terms of color and workmanship, although it is not worth a lot of money, but it is also worth a lot.

Of course, this little thing, not to Zhao Pu, who has been the prime minister for more than ten years, is naturally nothing.

Zhao Min took the jade hairpin and liked it like a treasure, and said with a shallow smile: "Lord Shi, I am very happy that you can come, and I also like this gift very much, thank you very much." ”

Zhao Min said Yingying salute, and Shi Wei hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

The two of them were only half a step apart, and they helped her up, and Shi Wei took the opportunity to look at her seriously, and his heart couldn't help but move slightly.

When he was in Heyang a few days ago, Zhao Min suffered from a strange illness and was tossed under house arrest, and his body and mind were extremely haggard, so his appearance naturally didn't look very eye-catching.

Now that more than half a year has passed, she has completely recovered from her illness, looking radiant and ruddy, only then Shi Wei can see that she is also a slim beauty.

Zhao Min saw that his eyes were a little dazed, so he lowered his eyebrows and smiled, looking a little embarrassed.

Only then did Shi Wei realize that he was behaving at a loss, and hurriedly coughed a few times to hide his embarrassment.

Zhao Pu next to him also seemed to see something, but he laughed and summoned Shi Wei to the seat.

After the guest and host had finished sitting, Shi Wei raised his glass first and said, "Miss Zhao, this glass of wine, I wish you a happy birthday." ”

"Thank you, Lord Shi." Zhao Min smiled happily and raised his glass to drink the wine.

She seemed to be a little overwhelmed, and as soon as the wine entered her throat, it didn't take a moment for her cheeks to flush with burgundy, which looked even more charming.

Shi Wei didn't dare to look at it more, for fear that something would be wrong with his behavior.

After a few rounds of drinking, Zhao Pu said to his daughter: "Min'er, Lord Shi has the grace to save your life, you don't want to toast a glass of wine, thank you Lord Shi." ”

Zhao Min hurriedly got up, poured a glass of wine, walked up to Shi Wei and held it with both hands, "If it weren't for Lord Shi's previous rescue, I'm afraid I would have been a piece of loess at this moment, Lord Shi's great kindness, I can't repay it, and I salute this cup to my lord." ”

"Whereever, that's just the duty of a doctor, Miss is really serious."

Shi Wei also hurriedly got up and humbled himself, and hurriedly reached out to take the wine glass.

Maybe it was because Zhao Min was overwhelmed with alcohol, or because she was a little excited, the glass of wine was not stable, and Shi Wei fell out of his hand before he received it, just splashing his body.

Zhao Min was taken aback, quickly took out the silk handkerchief from his arms, hurriedly wiped Shi Wei's soaked clothes, and blamed himself in his mouth: "It's all my fault, Lord Shi, you forgive me." ”

She only cared about wiping the wine, and didn't think much about it, but unexpectedly, she wiped it, and the handkerchief in her hand accidentally pressed to Shi Wei's crotch.

Shi Wei instinctively shrank back, thinking that he would avoid it.

At this time, Zhao Min realized that he had accidentally "lightened" Shi Wei.

When she thought of her daughter's house, she actually touched the man's place, even though she was separated by a layer of clothes, it was enough to make her blush with shame.

Zhao Min, who was full of shame, only felt extremely embarrassed, and quickly stood up and said in a low voice: "Lord Shi's clothes are wet, I'll go get you a clean one." ”

Shi Wei hurriedly said no, but Zhao Min lowered his head and went to the back hall in a panic as if he hadn't heard.

looked at Zhao Pu again, but he had been sitting there quietly, only smiling at the two of them being so busy.

Shi Wei didn't know if Zhao Pu saw what happened just now, and he was embarrassed, so he only smiled and said, "It's just that I spilled some wine, Miss Zhao is really polite." ”

Zhao Pu didn't say anything, just drank with him.

After a while, a maid brought a clean shirt, and said that the young lady felt that she was too drunk and a little drunk, so it was not good to come to accompany the wine, and hoped that Shi Wei would forgive her sins.

Shi Wei hurriedly said that it was okay, the young lady was weak, and it was just a good rest.

Then he went to the side hall, changed his wet clothes, and tossed for a long time before returning to the banquet.

At this time, Zhao Pu personally poured him a glass of wine, moved his seat closer, and asked with a smile: "Yuanzhi, you and I are considered to be friends, there is something I don't know whether to ask or not." ”

Zhao Pu seemed to have signs of turning the topic to the point, which was exactly what Shi Wei had been waiting for, and he said at the moment: "Zhao Xiang has something to say, even if he asks, why be so polite." ”

Zhao Pu nodded: "That's the case, Yuanzhi, you are a talent, but you are really a genius in the world, but the old man is just strange, how can a young man like you reach this age, but he has never started a family?" ”

Shi Wei thought of a lot of speculations, but he didn't expect that Zhao Pu would suddenly ask about his private affairs.

For a while, Shi Wei was really a little difficult to answer.

(To be continued)