When Xiao Zhao heard Chen Rui believe in Xiao Jingyao's character so affirmatively, his smile suddenly stiffened on the corner of his mouth.
After a while, Xiao Zhao shook his head and laughed, and said thoughtfully: "I know that Shangshu Chen and Luoyang have a good personal relationship, but Shangshu Chen doesn't understand Luoyang. If he is as noble as Shangshu Chen, then I will never ignore the face of Shangshu Shen and personally ask the emperor to marry him on the grounds of military merits!"
Although Chen Rui was unwilling to think about the marriage between the King of Luoyang and Wei Zijin, his body inevitably stiffened when he heard that he went to invite the emperor to give the marriage.
Seeing Chen Rui's reaction, Xiao Zhao curled his lips slightly and said temptingly: "I will never do anything like robbing my friend's wife... I have always admired Chen Shangshu's character and are most willing to make friends with him. If a pillar of the country like Shangshu Chen is willing to plan for this king, I will definitely protect Shangshu Chen's lifelong glory and wealth!"
Xiao Zhao said this, and seeing that Chen Rui had not responded, he smiled and said with a smile: "With the talent of Shangshu Chen, it will not be an exaggeration to become the prime minister in the future!"
His words have been said very clearly, and I believe Chen Rui will not be confused!
Prime Minister Han Yunzhi is versatile and is also the most valued minister of his emperor brother Xiao Heng. He cannot win over, so Chen Rui is different. Chen Rui has greater ambitions than Han Yunzhi, and his former wife was taken away by Xiao Jingyao. With these two points, Chen Rui cannot be moved!
Just as Xiao Zhao was waiting for Chen Rui to nod, Chen Rui finally frowned and slowly spoke: "Thank you for the prince to respect your officials. When you were an official, you never asked for wealth and glory, but only for the benefit of the people! I don’t intend to be the Prime Minister, I just hope to give more advice to the emperor!”
Chen Rui deliberately emphasized the words "giving advice to the emperor", telling King Xuanwu Xiao Zhao that he is not someone's subject and will not give advice to any prince. He has always been loyal to the emperor!
After Chen Rui said this, he turned a blind eye to Xiao Zhao's angry face, and stood up and said goodbye to Xiao Zhao: "Prince, please forgive me for giving up the official first..."
He didn't say anything more than a question, and he didn't want to talk to King Xuanwu Xiao Zhao anymore! In fact, when Xiao Zhao came to Huixianlou and wanted to raise a glass with him, he felt confused!
Later, Xiao Zhao's intention was obvious!
It turned out that Xiao Zhao wanted to win him over, so he deliberately kept mentioning the marriage between the King of Luoyang and Wei Zijin in front of him, trying to make him feel disgusted with the King of Luoyang!
Although he did mind a little, it would never affect his judgment on the character of the King of Luoyang!
As for King Xuanwu Xiao Zhao, he always kept his distance from him because Xiao Zhao was the emperor's brother after all, and King Xuanwu personally conferred by the emperor. Yuan because he did not agree with what Xiao Zhao did, and even He wrote a letter to the emperor to advise him several times, but the emperor loved this King Xuanwu too much and turned a deaf ear to their advice, so he could do nothing!
But being powerless does not mean that he will be attracted by King Xuanwu Xiao Zhao! Just as he made friends with King Luoyang Xiao Jingyao, he had a good personal relationship with the King Luoyang, but it was just because they had the same hobbies...
Xiao Zhao thought he was a minister who was won over by the King of Luoyang, but he didn't know that the only one he wanted to be loyal to was always the emperor!