Coming out of the Empress Dowager Liu E's Baoci Palace, Zhao Zhen's clenched fists were almost sweating.

He thought to himself: "Okay, you Wang Qinruo, you dare to rob my Pei'er!" ”

On the next day, Wang Qinruo came to the Qinzheng Palace to report on the flood control in the south of the Yangtze River, and Zhao Zhen listened to it and only put the matter aside.

After a change of words, he asked Wang Qinruo: "Your second son is Gui Geng this year?" ”

Wang Qinruo was stunned for a moment and replied, "Seven out of ten." ”

Zhao Zhen said happily: "Well, it's time for marriage." ”

Wang Qinruo said: "The dog is worried about the official family. ”

Zhao Zhen said: "I don't care about it, some people want to use marriage to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix!" ”

Wang Qinruo was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Weichen doesn't dare!" ”

Zhao Zhen glared angrily and said, "I heard that your second son has the disease of impotence, and now he has been cured?" If you marry the county lord with such a deceptive behavior, can you afford to pursue it in the future? ”

Wang Qinruo knelt on the ground and became more and more frightened the more he listened, and Vino said: "The minister is afraid! ”

Zhao Zhen continued: "The Queen Mother is such a beloved daughter, I am such a sister, there are many stars in the sky, and Ye Pei is the only one in the world. Do you think your second son is worthy of Lord Ye Pei?! ”

Wang Qinruo couldn't imagine that the official Zhao Zhen would say such heavy words, and he was speechless for a while.

"If you don't deserve it, you will leave the marriage early and find another good match. If Qing insists on not listening, the Queen Mother will know the truth and blame her in the future, but you won't be able to eat and walk around! ”

Wang Qinruo kowtowed and said, "The minister understands, the minister understands, and the minister will deal with this matter." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "Come back." I still have something to tell you, if this matter is done, I will make up for it, if this matter is not done well, I can only relieve the anger in my heart by demoting you to Yazhou! ”

Wang Qinruo kowtowed like pounding rice, "The minister must do it!" ”

"Come here." Zhao Zhen commanded.

Wang Qinruo stood up and approached the official's house.

Zhao Zhen wrote a "Ding" character on the table with tea, and quickly erased it.

Wang Qinruo gasped, "This ......"

"Can you do that?"

At this moment, Li Zhe held a new cup of tea, bowed his head and walked into the Qinzheng Palace, and said:

"Official, your tea is cold, and the villain will give you a new one." As he spoke, he reached for the teacup on Zhao Zhen's table.

Zhao Zhen said coldly: "Now the minions around me are becoming more and more ignorant, I am discussing national affairs with Zaifu, so you can come over and do your hands and feet at will?" ”

Li Zhe was so frightened that he withdrew his hand, knelt on the ground and said, "The slave doesn't dare!" ”

"You don't dare! Let's go down after changing the tea! ”

Li Zhe was uneasy, hurriedly changed the teacup, and withdrew from the Qinzheng Palace.

Zhao Zhen looked at Li Zhe's back as he exited, and didn't say anything more for a long time.

Wang Qinruo looked at Zhao Zhen's expression, bowed down and said, "The subordinates make the officials worried, it really shouldn't be!" The minister stepped back and did what he had to do. ”

"Hmm." Zhao Zhen nodded slightly meaningfully, and said, "Wait, there's one more thing." In the near future, I want to hold a Keju tournament in the forbidden middle school, so that your son Wang Junyi can come to train in the forbidden army team, and then go back after the event.

If he performs well, he will also serve him in a certain position in the position of commander, and he will also make great contributions in the future. I don't know what the king wants to do with politics? ”

Wang Qinruo gasped, he didn't expect Zhao Zhen to make such a heavy hand.

Letting Wang Junyi come to participate in the Keju Tournament and train in the forbidden army is an excuse, this is just the meaning of detention, in the name of seeking officials, surveillance is true, how can Wang Qinruo not know.

But he couldn't resist, and when the time came, his son was in the hands of the official, and he could only bow his head.

"The official family takes care of the old ministers, and makes every effort to promote the dogs, and the ministers must do their best to protect the official family to thank the good grace!"

"Well, as long as Wang is loyal to politics, I naturally know that I will never treat Wang Qing and Junyi badly."

"Thank you for your kindness!" Wang Qinruo took a deep look and withdrew from the Qinzheng Palace.

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When Wang Qinruo returned home, the clothes behind him were almost soaked, and he locked himself in the study to write a retirement note.

The more he thought about it, the more afraid he became, how could an official family, who had always been humble and restrained and had a weak personality, suddenly become so strong and domineering?

He associated many things before and after, and suddenly understood something.

It turned out that he had always underestimated the current saint, and under his weak mask there was a wise and tenacious heart, and he felt that he had only bowed down to the queen mother all along, but it was a big mistake.

At this moment, Wang Qinruo's wife Cao Shi pushed the door in and asked, "The old man came back today with a wrong face, but what happened?" ”

Wang Qinruo said impatiently: "It's nothing, you can go out." ”

Cao Shi didn't follow, walked closer, and saw Wang Qinruo actually writing a retirement post, and asked in surprise:

"Sir, what's wrong? When I came back a few days ago, I happily mentioned the preparation of the dowry, why do you want to withdraw from the marriage now?

That Miss Ye is the person on the tip of Jun'er's heart, if this marriage is withdrawn, he will cry and make a fuss again.

Besides, Miss Ye is the adopted daughter of the Queen Mother, so we won't suffer a loss in this family matter. ”

Wang Qinruo saw Cao's noise, interrupted her and said, "What do you know? Woman without knowledge! ”

"The master said I don't understand, you come and let me hear it."

Wang Qinruo saw that his wife was grinding him, and there was no other way, so he put down the brush in his hand and said to Cao:

"The person on Jun'er's heart? Do you know that Ye Pei is also the top of the official family? ”

"What?" Cao Shi gasped, "The official family also takes a fancy to Miss Ye?" ”

"That Ye Pei was originally raised in the Eight Princes' Mansion, and he and the official family were childhood sweethearts who grew up together, and the Queen Mother called Ye Pei into the palace in order to envelop the official family."

"Then why didn't the Queen Mother make Miss Ye a lady and adopt her as an adopted daughter? In this way, wouldn't she and the official family be unjust, and it would be difficult to be together again! ”

"If you don't say that the Queen Mother is clever, she adopted her as an adopted daughter, so that the official family can see and eat, and it is just convenient for secret surveillance, and it also eliminates the excuse for the official family to interact with the Eight Princes' Mansion."

Cao Shi listened to Wang Qinruo's explanation, nodded and said, "Then it seems that we can't marry this Ye girl." It's just a pity that our family Jun'er is infatuated. ”

"His infatuation is easy to understand, but the rise and fall of our family is all in one thought."

"By the way, master, then do you think we should help the official family or should we get close to the Queen Mother?"

"I have served the first emperor, the queen mother and the three lords of the present, and I am still standing today, that is, I understand a truth, don't stand in line too early.

The Queen Mother is currently in power, so naturally she can't be offended, although the official family is young, but it can't be underestimated, and one day he will be pro-government in the future, so the future will naturally be inclined to the official family. ”

"The official family may not be able to fight the Queen Mother, do you remember what happened to Concubine Li Chen back then! After all, he is not his own son, and the future may not be known! ”

When Wang Qinruo heard this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly stopped Cao Shi and said, "You dare to say anything!" There are no outsiders here, otherwise our whole family will have to lose their heads! ”

Cao Shi didn't care either, and said, "Aren't there no outsiders here!" I remember that Sikong Qi was under the Queen Mother at that time, and I don't know how many people he killed in secret! ”

"Your brother-in-law, General Cao, closed the case with his own hands, and if you know some inside information, you don't want to take it out from time to time. Politics is the stuff of blood and human life. ”

Wang Qinruo felt that it was inappropriate to talk to the Cao family about this topic again, so he turned his head and said: "Jun'er just follows your heartless temperament, don't talk nonsense everywhere in the future, shake everything out, remember no!" ”

Cao nodded, "I know, master, how could I mention these things in front of the child?" Not to mention nonsense in front of outsiders. ”

"It's good that you know. The official asked Jun'er to go to the forbidden army to participate in training, so you go and prepare some luggage for him, and leave when the will is reached. ”

"Do you want to promote Jun'er to be the leader of the forbidden army? Is the official family deliberately trying to win over our family? Now that Changyiyin has entered the WTO, if Jun'er also walks around the official family, he will definitely be able to mix with an official and a half-job in the future, which is really great. ”

Cao Shi actually said happily.

Wang Qinruo looked at his wife Cao's simple and ignorant little calculations, and only felt speechless, he said impatiently: "If only it were so simple, you should go out quickly!" Let me be alone for a moment. ”

Seeing that Wang Qinruo was indeed impatient, Cao Shi withdrew from the study and closed the door for him.

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Soon, the Yushitai impeached Li Zhe, the servant of the housekeeper, accepted bribes, enclosed the land, oppressed the people, dismissed him from his post and investigated, and demoted him to the Luoyang Palace in Xijing to do sprinkling and sweeping.

Zhao Zhen said to the Empress Dowager Liu E that he was used to Chen Zhongyi, and he didn't like it when he changed others, and Chen Zhongyi was punished and punished, and he was degraded.

Chen Zhongyi turned around, returned to the official family, and experienced what it means to be warm and cold, only to be more loyal to the official family, and to serve the master more carefully.

Chen Zhongyi returned to the official family, and Zhao Zhen's illness was basically cured, and his mood gradually improved.

Ye Pei was grounded, so Zhao Zhen brought Chen Zhongyi to Qifeng Pavilion to visit Ye Pei.

As soon as I entered the courtyard gate, I saw Ye Pei wearing a lilac Luo skirt, catching butterflies in the courtyard with the maids, playing and laughing, very happy.

At this time, the sun is just right, the clouds are light and the wind is light, warm but not dry. The bright sun shone on Ye Pei's youthful face, which looked shining.

Zhao Zhen felt that Ye Pei was so beautiful, as noble as a beautiful jade, as gorgeous as a wisteria flower. He felt that the scheming he had used before was worth it, and he had Ye Pei again.

Chen Zhong looked at Ye Pei with a smile on his face, but he didn't enter Qifeng Pavilion, and shouted with a smile: "Miss Ye, the official family is here." ”

Ye Pei was quite surprised to see Chen Zhongyi behind Zhao Zhen, and happily ran over and said, "Chen Guiren, you came back so soon?" Congratulations! ”

"Thank you Miss Ye for your concern, with the favor of the official family, the minister can see the county lord again, and I feel emotional."

Chen Zhongyi said, remembering the experience of serving in the former province for a few days, he actually had a sour nose.

Ye Pei said: "Okay, okay, it's all over." ”

Chen Zhongyi nodded.

Zhao Zhen watched from the side, and said with jealousy: "Pei'er only cares about talking to Chen Zhongyi, didn't you notice that I have been standing here for a long time?" ”

Ye Pei pulled Zhao Zhen's arm and said, "See, see!" I heard Huang Jinbao say that the sixth brother is coming over for dinner, and I specially prepared a cold melon keel cordyceps soup for you, which is now boiling on the fire, I made it myself. ”

"Then I'm going to taste it." Zhao Zhen said happily.

Ye Peila Zhao Zhen sat down in the hall and personally went to fill a bowl of soup.

"Sixth brother, drink carefully, it's still a little hot." Ye Pei instructed diligently.

Zhao Zhen picked up the rose-spotted porcelain bowl of the Jun kiln and sniffed it, "Well, it smells very good." He scooped up a spoonful, blew it, gently brought it to his lips, and drank it.

Ye Pei knelt on the chair next to him, looked intently, and asked, "How does it taste?" ”

Unexpectedly, Ye Pei asked like this, and Zhao Zhen spit out all the soup on the ground. Chen Zhongyi was so frightened that he hurriedly stepped forward to wipe the official's mouth and clean up the filth on the ground.

"What, it's so bad!" Zhao Zhen frowned and complained.

Ye Pei took the bowl that Zhao Zhen drank, tasted it himself, blinked and said, "It's okay, it's just a little bitter." ”

"It's more than a little bitter! It's almost like a medicinal soup. It's a pity that this good porcelain for soup! ”

"These are all good things, I stayed up all morning, I really don't know the goods!" Ye Pei said with a flat mouth.

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said, "I think Pei'er's cooking skills are the same as your female workers, and I don't dare to compliment people." ”

Ye Pei listened to the word female worker, and became interested again, "Who said that my female worker is not good?" I've been practicing lately, and it's much better than before, come and see. As he spoke, he couldn't help but pull Zhao Zhen into the Dongnuan Pavilion to see.

Ye Pei took out a purse that was almost finished, and said, "This is what Jinhe taught me to embroider, can you see if it is much better than the previous one?" ”

Zhao Zhen took a look, embroidering a picture of a butterfly playing with a peony, which is indeed much stronger than before, but it is still far worse than the royal embroidery skills.

Zhao Zhen took out the purse that Ye Pei gave him last time from his arms, and compared: "There is indeed progress." ”

Ye Pei saw the old things before, and said embarrassedly: "I didn't expect such a stupid thing, the sixth brother still keeps it." ”

"Pei'er gave me a natural keep, I carry it in my arms every day."

Zhao Zhen looked at Ye Pei's blushing cheeks and said with a smile: "Do you know why I have been carrying it in my arms?" ”

Ye Pei looked up at Zhao Zhen and was quite moved.

"Because I'm too embarrassed to hang it on my waist." Zhao Zhen laughed out loud after speaking.

Ye Pei was very moved when he heard the first half of Zhao Zhen's sentence, and he was angry after listening to the second half of the sentence.

"You dare to make fun of me, huh!" As he spoke, he took his hand to scratch Zhao Zhen's itch, and the two laughed for a long time.

Outside, Chen Zhongyi, Miao Jinhe and others saw the state of the two of them, and felt that the haze of many days had gradually dissipated.

After laughing for a while, Zhao Zhen took the old thing back into his arms, returned the new one to Ye Pei, and said, "You give it to me after you finish embroidering, I want a pair of butterflies!" ”

Ye Pei took the purse, walked out of the warm pavilion, and said to Jinhe: "Did you hear it, the official said that he wanted a pair of butterflies." ”

Zhao Zhen took a step forward and said: "No one else is allowed to fake his hand!" Embroider it for me. Don't be lazy! ”

Miao Jinhe said with a smile: "Miss Ye has very skillful hands and delicate thoughts, but I just heard her own words, when she was a child, she learned kung fu from a master in the mountains, and no one taught her to be a female worker."

If someone had already pointed out, I am afraid that the embroidery girl in the palace would be a little inferior. ”

Zhao Zhen said: "I know this, Pei'er's intelligence is naturally unparalleled. ”

Ye Pei looked at his hands and sighed: "I know my dexterity, Li Bai said, as long as the kung fu is deep, the iron pestle will be sharpened into a needle." It's just that I don't know when I can embroider it, and I still have several books to read! ”

Zhao Zhen said angrily: "Don't be lazy!" Jinhe, you help me keep an eye on her, if she dares to be lazy, you can come and tell me! ”

Miao Jinhe had to smile beside him, and Ye Pei said, "Jinhe won't help you!" ”

Talking and laughing, Zhao Zhen, Ye Pei and others returned to the front hall, and Zhao Zhen ordered: "Pass the meal, I'm hungry." ”

Chen Zhongyi passed the meal, and Zhao Zhen and Ye Pei happily ate together.