"Ah sneeze~" Zhao Yan, who was sitting in the study, sneezed without warning, which made him rub his nose and said, "Who is talking about me behind my back, is there any beautiful woman who has fallen in love with this king?" ”

After Zhao Yan finished narcissistically, he touched the beard that had just grown on his chin, and showed a smile that he felt good about, speaking of which, ancient men liked to grow beards, even if a man was very scummy, but if he had a beautiful beard, he could also add a lot of points to his appearance, of course, this may also be one of the reasons why eunuchs are discriminated against, because they have basically lost the ability to grow beards.

"Giggles, if the husband likes beautiful women, you can write a list and post it on the street, it is estimated that in less than half a day, the beauties of the entire Tokyo city will come to show their love to the husband, and then the husband should not be picky." When Zhao Yan was narcissistic, Cao Ying's laughter suddenly sounded outside the window, and then the door of the study opened, and Cao Ying walked in alone, but with a narrow smile on her face, it seemed that she was amused by Zhao Yan's words just now.

"Uh~" Zhao Yan didn't expect Cao Song to happen to be outside the window, which made him embarrassed, but he was thick-skinned, and soon changed the topic with a smile, "Lady, why do you have time to come to me, is there something wrong?" ”

Regarding Zhao Yan's transfer of the topic, Cao Ying glanced at him, but he didn't pursue it too much, and said at the moment: "I didn't come to find my husband because of the matter between Kong and the second sister, speaking of which, my husband has already given Kong a letter, and it has been nearly half a month, why didn't he even reply to the letter, there won't be any change in this, right?" ”

Last time, Cao Ying deliberately found Zhao Yan, and then told Zhao Yan one thing he considered, this matter is actually the matter of Kong and Princess Bao'an, speaking of which, Kong and Princess Bao'an had a three-year appointment, and after three years, he will definitely come back to marry Princess Bao'an openly. Now two and a half years have passed, and there is still a distance from three years, but this time Zhao Shu's body has changed, and he also wants to arrange a marriage for Princess Bao'an and Princess Shoukang before his death, which made Cao Ying immediately realize that this was an opportunity, so he asked Zhao Yan to send a letter. Let him make a request to Da Song in advance to be unmarried.

For Cao Ying's idea, after careful consideration, Zhao Yan also felt that Cao Ying's words were very reasonable, first of all, the Great Song Dynasty court may not know the current strength of Kong, but Zhao Yan learned about the development speed of the Rakshasa Army through Princess Guò Dening, and knew very well that Kong's current strength was enough to attract the attention of the Great Song Dynasty.

In addition, Zhao Yan also knows very well that no matter how Kong's identity changes, he will definitely not be able to hide from the court what he has been a monk before, which will become the biggest obstacle to Kong's marriage to Princess Bao'an. Speaking of which, in history, all monks have been involved with the royal family. It's definitely not a good thing, especially the princesses who had a bold style in the former Tang Dynasty, and it made the identities of princesses and monks extremely ambiguous and even obscene when they were mentioned together.

The Great Song Dynasty absorbed the lessons of the former Tang Dynasty and has always been very strict with the upbringing of the royal family, especially the princesses of the Great Song Dynasty have been strictly educated since childhood, and they have strict requirements for etiquette and behavior. This also leads to the princess of the Great Song Dynasty who is many times stronger than the princess style of the Tang Dynasty before, such as Zhao Yan's three sisters. Although the personalities are very different, they are very clean and self-conscious in life, and there have never been any bad rumors.

However, it is precisely because of this that if the matter of being a monk is known by the imperial court, it will definitely arouse the opposition of many courtiers, and even Zhao Shu and Empress Gao will oppose it. After all, the identity of the monk is special, although he was very admired as a high monk in the past, but if he is still vulgar, the reputation he has accumulated before will be passed down the drain, and some people will even say that he is not in his heart. In other words, the greater a monk's previous fame, the greater the criticism he will suffer after returning to the laity.

Zhao Yan is very clear about the above, his original plan is to let the empty accumulate strength, so that the Great Song has to pay attention to him, and wait until his strength reaches a considerable Cheng Dù, and then use his own strength as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Great Song, although this naked transaction is a little disrespectful of his relationship with Princess Bao'an, but this is the most likely successful way that Zhao Yan can think of, and the two of them are also very clear about this, and the two of them have a detached mentality, as long as they can be together, They don't care what means are used.

However, the situation has changed now, Zhao Shu has little time left, and he is anxious to arrange a marriage for his two daughters before his death, the marriage between Princess Shoukang and Cao Song has been decided, and now it is under intense preparation, but Princess Bao'an's marriage has no clue, and Zhao Shu has complained to Zhao Yan several times in private.

Cao Ying now asked Zhao Yan to inform the empty to propose to the Great Song Dynasty in advance, mainly because he wants to use Zhao Shu's mentality, as long as he can show the strength to make the Great Song feel palpitations, and then take this opportunity to propose to the Great Song Dynasty, then Zhao Shu is likely to agree to the marriage between him and Princess Bao'an for some considerations, as long as Zhao Shu can agree, then the matter will be much easier to do, whether it is the resistance of the court or the palace, Zhao Shu will help them share a part. It's just that Zhao Yan had already sent a letter to Kong half a month ago, but there was no response from Kong's side, so Cao Ying couldn't sit still.

Zhao Yan also pondered for a moment when he heard Cao Ying's worry, and then suddenly raised his head and asked her, "Lady, have you been hiding this matter from the second sister?" ”

"Of course, the second sister is a person of the most filial piety, if she knew that we were still making him feel uneasy in the last few months of my father's reign, I would definitely not agree to this matter, so I never dared to sue her." Cao Ying immediately replied.

"That's good!" Zhao Yan was also relieved when he heard this, and then said with a solemn face, "He corresponded with me some time ago, and it can be seen from the letter that his feelings for the second sister have not changed, so I believe that he should be very happy after receiving my letter, but those under him may not think so, so I'm worried that something has happened to the empty side?" ”

"That's not necessarily, you must know that people will change, especially the vast majority of men are even more unreliable, Li Kong used to be a monk, and he had no desire for anything, but now he is leading tens of thousands of troops, and the land under his rule can already be compared with some small countries, with such a strong strength, who dares to say that he will not be selfish?" Cao Ying snorted coldly at this time.

Speaking of which, Cao Ying thinks that things have always been remembered from the worst direction, and the same is true for people, such as Wang Anshi before, and the current emptiness, she will be considered by her from the worst direction, of course, this is also related to her background, as a general, not only can not have any luck on the battlefield, but must be prepared for the worst, Cao Ying can be said to be a family heirloom.

"I can't say that, although people change, but with my understanding of emptiness, he shouldn't be the kind of person who is easily influenced by the outside world, and his feelings for the second sister won't give up lightly, so I still want to believe that there is a change on his side that even he can't control." Zhao Yan did not agree with Cao Ying's words.

"Maybe, but no matter what accident happens, why didn't Likong even reply to his husband, with his prestige in the Rakshasa army, it shouldn't be possible that he couldn't even reply to a letter, right?" Cao Ying pointed out another suspicious point all of a sudden, which made Zhao Yan wonder if his point of view was wrong after hearing it?

"Lady, what do you think is the most likely reason for not replying to the letter?" Zhao Yan pondered for a moment again, but finally asked Cao Ying with a wry smile, he really couldn't think of the reason why he didn't reply to the letter for so long.

"Hehe, didn't my husband say it just now, what I was most worried about was that those people under him would not agree to be recruited by the Great Song Dynasty, but he felt that with the intelligence of the air, he should be able to control his subordinates, but the empty is a person who is very emotional, he gets along with his subordinates day and night, and those people are also loyal to him, but now he wants to hand over all the strength in his hands to the Great Song Dynasty in exchange for marriage with the second sister, which is a good thing for him, but it may not be the case with his subordinates, so I guess he must be hesitating, so I don't know how to reply to my husband. Cao Ying's intelligence is indeed far beyond ordinary people, and she guessed the truth of the facts at once.

Zhao Yan's eyes lit up when he heard this, if it was really like what Cao Ying said, then it perfectly explained the reason why Kong didn't reply to him, and the analysis of empty space is also reasonable, if it is empty instead, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make a choice.

"Lady, according to what you said, since Sora is entangled in the arrangement of his subordinates, should we do something to dispel his concerns?" Zhao Yan thought about it for a while, and then finally asked again, he was really not very good at these things, and he didn't have an idea about how to deal with it, so he still wanted to hear Cao Ying's opinion.

"Giggles, husband, this is wrong, if you are worried about the arrangements of your subordinates, then we don't have to do anything, because with his ability, we can definitely make better arrangements, we just need to spend more time waiting for news from his side." Cao Ying smiled coquettishly at this time, in fact, she had already thought of these things before, and she just wanted to take this opportunity to chat with Zhao Yan, so as not to let Zhao Yan think nonsense.

"I understand, the lady is still far-sighted, and she admires her husband very much!" Zhao Yan said and deliberately saluted Cao Ying, but Cao Ying first received a big stabbing salute, and then he smiled and bent over.

A few days later, things were indeed as Cao Ying guessed, and there was finally movement on the empty side, and it shocked the whole Song Dynasty in one fell swoop! (To be continued......)