In this era where men are superior to women, men always prefer women who are virtuous, gentle, and obedient. .
Therefore, Emperor Deqing never liked Chen Zhirong very much, because although Chen Zhirong was charming, intelligent, talented and beautiful, he always gave people the impression of being calculating and aggressive, and Chen Zhirong never bothered to hide this.
The performance is naturally inconsistent with the values of the vast majority of men in this era.
In fact, if it weren't for Chen Zhirong's stunning appearance, most men would stay away from her.
Even though Zhao Junchen's ideas are very different from those of men of this era, he doesn't have much confidence that he can control Chen Zhirong, and he always deliberately keeps a distance from Chen Zhirong.
Now, after learning about the secret tryst between Chen Zhirong and Zhao Junchen, Emperor Deqing disliked Chen Zhirong even more, and even felt a little disgusted. He only felt that Chen Zhirong could not even abide by the most basic women's ethics.
Zhao Junchen, and having a secret tryst with Zhao Junchen even after knowing that Zhao Junchen was going to marry Cui Qianxue, is simply "despicable"!
However, Emperor Deqing's favor towards Li Jiamin was growing, and Li Jiamin was begging again and again. Emperor Deqing would not refuse easily. He just said slowly: "This matter... let me think about it..."
Emperor Deqing's performance was a little perfunctory. Li Jiamin also knew that Emperor Deqing didn't like Chen Zhirong, so she took Emperor Deqing's arm and said softly: "Your Majesty, you are the emperor and the common ruler of the world. Zhao Junchen is
I absolutely dare not go against your will, not to mention that the two of them are originally in love with each other. If you are willing to grant marriage to Zhao Junchen and Sister Chen, wouldn’t this matter be done? All I need is your golden words...
Your Majesty, please help Sister Chen for my sake."
Emperor Deqing glanced at Li Jiamin, with a slightly helpless expression, and said: "How is this matter as simple as you imagined? With Zhao Junchen's powerful position today, even I cannot arbitrarily appoint a marriage for him, everything must be done
It depends on his own choice. Now that he has announced that he will marry Cui Qianxue as his wife, I cannot go against his will at will... What's more, in my opinion, although Cui Qianxue is more immature than Chen Zhirong, she is still a good match.
, I was very moved when I heard about the fact that she risked her life to protect Zhao Junchen from the knife."
Obviously, Emperor Deqing liked Cui Qianxue more than Chen Zhirong.
Of course, this is also because Cui Qianxue has now been kicked out of the Cui family. Marrying Zhao Junchen will not bring any benefits to Zhao Junchen. Zhao Junchen's current power has gradually approached the bottom line of Emperor Deqing's heart.
If Zhao Junchen marries Chen Zhirong, then Zhao Junchen will get the support of a group of distinguished families, which is something Emperor Deqing absolutely does not want to see.
Li Jiamin didn't particularly understand Emperor Deqing's thoughts, but Chen Zhirong had already explained everything to her.
In Chen Zhirong's plan, it would be best if Emperor Deqing was willing to directly grant marriage to Zhao Junchen and Chen Zhirong, then Chen Zhirong could directly steal Cui Qianxue's position as the head wife!
But if Emperor Deqing was unwilling to do this, then Chen Zhirong had the next best option.
Now, after seeing that Emperor Deqing was also unwilling to forcibly change Zhao Junchen's choice of wife, Li Jiamin stopped pressing and said: "If your Majesty is really unwilling to grant a marriage to Sister Chen, there is another way to do so.
Sister Chen and Mr. Zhao finally got married."
Emperor Deqing was taken aback for a moment and asked, "Oh? Is there any other way?"
Li Jiamin stretched out her head and whispered a few words in Emperor Deqing's ear.
After hearing Li Jiamin's words, Emperor Deqing's face flashed with surprise. He looked at Li Jiamin in disbelief and said, "Oh? Chen Zhirong is actually willing to do this for Zhao Junchen?"
Li Jiamin nodded repeatedly and said: "Sister Chen has always been infatuated with Mr. Zhao. As long as she can stay with Mr. Zhao forever, she doesn't care about anything... By now, Your Majesty should have understood that Mr. Zhao is willing to be with Chen.
If my sister has a tryst, she must also like Sister Chen. If Your Majesty takes the opportunity to help them, Mr. Zhao and Sister Chen will definitely be grateful for Your Majesty's kindness for the rest of their lives."
After hearing what Li Jiamin said, Emperor Deqing's impression of Chen Zhirong improved slightly.
Emperor Deqing was misled by Li Jiamin and thought that Zhao Junchen's secret meeting with Chen Zhirong tonight was just a tryst. Thinking about Zhao Junchen's frequent meetings with Chen Zhirong during this period, he mistakenly thought that the two were indeed in love.
. And the reason why Zhao Junchen wants to marry Cui Qianxue now is probably just to repay Cui Qianxue for saving her life.
Thinking about it, he is about to build a palace imitating the Jiangnan garden style. This matter also requires Zhao Junchen's strong assistance, especially Zhao Junchen's need to secretly move a large amount of money from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Zhao Junchen is obviously very concerned about this matter.
Somewhat reluctantly, it would be in Emperor Deqing's interests if Chen Zhirong's affairs could be used to further win over and appease Zhao Junchen.
The most important thing is that Chen Zhirong's current requirements are indeed not high...
Thinking of this, Emperor Deqing finally stopped his perfunctory attitude and began to seriously consider it.
After a long time, Emperor Deqing finally made up his mind and said slowly: "If this method is really Chen Zhirong's true idea, I can help them both."
Seeing that Emperor Deqing finally agreed to this matter, Li Jiamin suddenly smiled and said sweetly: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
On the second day, while the officials were attending the morning court, many things happened in the harem.
At about a quarter of the hour, a young eunuch came to the Jingguo Duke's Mansion and claimed that it was Concubine Shu who summoned Chen Zhirong to talk.
Li Jiamin often summoned Chen Zhirong into the palace to talk. After all, Li Jiamin had a shallow foundation in the capital, and Chen Zhirong was the only person she knew, so no one was surprised by this.
However, not long after Chen Zhirong entered the palace, bad news suddenly came. It turned out that Chen Zhirong and Li Jiamin accidentally collided with the queen while they were talking. The queen was furious and even the concubine Li Jiamin lost face.
Come on, insist on punishing Chen Zhirong severely!
No one knows the details of what exactly Chen Zhirong did to offend the queen, because it involves the secret of the palace, and no one dares to get to the bottom of it. They only know that this matter is related to disrespect, and maybe even the entire Jing Kingdom
The Gong and Chen family will all be implicated.
It is said that after Emperor Deqing comes down to court, the queen will personally complain to Emperor Deqing and ask him to severely punish Chen Zhirong and the Chen family of Jingguo Gong!
Seeing that Emperor Deqing was about to go to court, if the queen waited until she complained to Emperor Deqing in person, the whole family of Duke Chen of Jing would be in trouble. Suddenly, the entire Duke of Jing's mansion was in panic, and even Duke Chen of Jing would be in panic.
You were also frightened and eager to find the seventh prince Zhu Hejian for advice, but at this time Zhu Hejian had already entered the palace to pay his respects to the imperial concubine Wan, and he could not be contacted at all!
But at this time, Chen Zhirong's maid Hongxiu who stayed in the Jingguo Duke's Mansion suddenly found Chen Fu, the housekeeper of the Jingguo Duke's Mansion, and gave Chen Fu an idea.
The idea is to have Chen Zhirong, the Duke of Jing, drive Chen Zhirong out of the Chen family before Emperor Deqing convicts him, and to completely disassociate Chen Zhirong from the Chen family, Duke of Jing. In this way, Emperor Deqing will have no reason to
He moved his wrath to Duke Chen's family in Jing.
Just like a master, there are also servants. Chen You is a narrow-minded person, and Chen Fu is naturally greedy for utility and self-interest.
After Chen Fu heard this suggestion, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately stole the idea as his own, and hurriedly told Chen You, the Duke of Jing, without mentioning Hongxiu's name at all, as if this idea was Chen Fu's.
One person thought of it.
After hearing Chen Fu's suggestion, Chen You inevitably hesitated. After all, Chen Zhirong was still useful to the seventh prince Zhu Hejian, but seeing that the time for Emperor Deqing to go to court was getting closer and closer, the Chen family of the Duke of Jing would be implicated at any time.
, at that time, even the seventh prince Zhu Hejian could not protect the Chen family, and Chen You himself disliked Chen Zhirong very much, so he finally gritted his teeth and kicked Chen Zhirong out of the house, and the two parties completely broke off the relationship!
After making this decision, Chen You hurriedly reported the matter to the queen, hoping that the queen would not anger the Chen family.
After Chen Zhirong lost the support of the Chen family, Duke of Jing, there was no way he could survive the Queen's wrath.
So, following the Queen's decree, Chen Zhirong was thrown to the Clothing Bureau for punishment.
The Laundry Bureau was one of the eight bureaus that served the palace. It was ranked after the imperial dining room and specialized in providing laundry services to the emperor's relatives in the palace. It was the only eunuch agency among the twenty-four yamen of the imperial court that was not located in the palace.
He served as a deposed palace servant, and was actually responsible for punishing the palace maids. Often, palace maids were beaten to death in the clothes-dressing bureau.
After hearing the news, Chen You, the Duke of Jing State, felt a little complicated. He was relieved, but also a little regretful. After all, he had spent a lot of effort to train Chen Zhirong over the years, and now Chen Zhirong was thrown into Huanyi.
I'm afraid I'm going to suffer a lot of torture and narrowly escape death.
Although Chen You does not like Chen Zhirong, and even hates Chen Zhirong extremely, but Chen Zhirong has not yet fully utilized his value, Chen You naturally feels that he has suffered a loss.
From this day on, the world has never heard of Chen Zhirong's name again.
From Chen Zhirong entering the palace, to Chen Zhirong clashing with the queen, to Chen Zhirong being kicked out of the Chen family by Chen You, and then to the queen throwing Chen Zhirong into the clothing bureau, these things are complicated to say, but they only lasted more than two hours.
During this period, Zhao Junchen had been attending the morning court and was naturally unaware of these things.
There were quite a lot of disturbances in the early morning of this day. First, Zhao Junchen presented to Emperor Deqing the agricultural book newly compiled by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and requested the imperial court to publish this agricultural book to the local government offices, and ask the local government offices to follow this new agricultural book.
The content in the agricultural book guides farmers in farming.
This matter may not seem like a big deal, but it is still opposed by many officials. They believe that the people already have their own farming habits, and if they are forced to change it, it will not only waste people and money, but also cause a lot of trouble.
In the end, Zhao Junchen spent a lot of effort to convince the officials to accept his opinion. In the end, with Zhou Shangjing's secret support, Zhao Junchen's proposal was finally passed.
Then, Huang Yourong, the imperial envoy who was far away in southern Zhili, submitted a memorial to Emperor Deqing, listing in detail the results of his raids on Su Changzhen, his cronies, and a group of smuggling merchants.
When the officials learned that Huang Yourong had harvested nearly nine hundred taels of silver from a series of house raids, they were all excited and their eyes were shining.
Then, the Ministry of War began to cry for poverty, the Ministry of Personnel began to cry for poverty, the Ministry of Rites began to cry for poverty, the Ministry of Punishment began to cry for poverty, the Metropolitan Procuratorate began to cry for poverty... Of course, Zhao Junchen's Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry also began to cry for poverty. Obviously, all the yamen were eyeing this deal.
Silver, want to get more benefits.
This naturally led to another massive debate and criticism, which delayed more than an hour, but there was still no conclusion on how the money should be used.
Finally, seeing that noon was approaching, Emperor Deqing felt a little tired and did not want to see the officials arguing anymore, so he announced that the matter would be postponed for further discussion and went directly to court.
After returning to court, Zhao Junchen was preparing to leave the Forbidden City when he was suddenly summoned by Emperor Deqing.
Zhao Junchen naturally did not dare to neglect, and immediately went to the royal study room to meet the saint.
Originally, Zhao Junchen thought that Emperor Deqing was also eyeing this money and wanted to make Zhao Junchen prefer internal funds.
However, Zhao Junchen only guessed part of the facts.
Emperor Deqing was indeed eyeing the money, but he did not say it outright. He just hinted at Zhao Junchen and ended the topic.
Emperor Deqing believed that with Zhao Junchen's understanding, he would naturally know what to do after hearing his hints, and there was no need to specify it. In fact, Zhao Junchen had never let him down in this regard.
After talking about the silver, Emperor Deqing suddenly changed the subject and asked about Zhao Junchen's marriage.
"I heard that you have planned to marry Cui Qianxue as your legal wife?"
After hearing Emperor Deqing's inquiry, Zhao Junchen respectfully replied: "That's it. I plan to marry Cui Qianxue on the seventh day of next month, and I want to report this to His Majesty. After all, the reason why I and Cui Qianxue looked at each other is because
Your Majesty, your help."
Emperor Deqing nodded, a look of satisfaction flashed across his face, and said slowly: "I am very satisfied that you can choose Cui Qianxue as your wife. Cui Qianxue risked her life to protect you from the knife, which is enough to prove her affection for you. You
Now it is only natural to marry her into the family."
Then, Emperor Deqing said: "Speaking of which, this Cui Qianxue was kicked out of the house by Mr. Cui Ge because of you. It is quite pitiful that she is now helpless. Please don't treat her badly in the future."
Zhao Junchen quickly replied: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that after I marry Cui Qianxue, I will treat her with respect and will never treat her badly."
"That's good." When Emperor Deqing said this, he suddenly mentioned Chen Zhirong and asked: "Back then, I personally acted as a matchmaker for you and made you meet Cui Qianxue, Chen Zhirong, and Su Xiuning... among them,...
Chen Zhirong is the most beautiful, intelligent and has the closest relationship with you. I heard that the two of you meet often. I originally thought that you would choose Chen Zhirong as your wife, but why is it that nothing happened now?"
Hearing Emperor Deqing suddenly mention Chen Zhirong, Zhao Junchen was a little confused, but in such an occasion, Zhao Junchen naturally couldn't tell his true thoughts, so he used some clichés to say perfunctorily: "Miss Chen's appearance is different from that of Chen Zhirong."
She is truly one of a kind in a million... It's a pity that I don't have the same personality as her, so we can only be destined to be together."
Zhao Junchen's words originally did not have any practical meaning, but Emperor Deqing, under the misleading of Li Jiamin, had already preconceived the idea that there was indeed something between Zhao Junchen and Chen Zhirong. After hearing Zhao Junchen's words,
He even smiled more like a smile, and said slowly: "Oh? We are destined but not destined? That would be a pity."
Then, Emperor Deqing changed the topic again and said: "Speaking of which, Junchen, you are now also a core minister of the temple. Even after marrying Cui Qianxue, there is only one principal wife and one side chamberlain in the palace. It is really inappropriate.
, just two women may not be able to serve you well... Well, my palace has recently recruited a group of maids, and I will select one with both talent and beauty from among them, and give her to you as a concubine.
In this way, I will feel more at ease as I have one more caring person to serve you."
What does this mean? To win over and bribe? Or to plant spies?
After Zhao Junchen hesitated for a moment, he refused: "Your Majesty, it is not in line with etiquette to give a palace maid to a minister, and it is enough for me to have a wife and a concubine to serve me..."
However, before Zhao Junchen finished speaking, Emperor Deqing raised his hand in an unquestionable manner and said: "Why, are you still planning to refuse my kind gift?"
When Emperor Deqing said this, Zhao Junchen naturally could no longer refuse, so he had to put on a grateful expression, salute and thank Emperor Deqing: "Thank you for your majesty's favor and concern!"
Seeing that Zhao Junchen finally agreed to his proposal, Emperor Deqing nodded with satisfaction and said: "I will arrange a sedan for the palace maid to wait for you outside the palace and return to the palace with you..."
Having said this, Emperor Deqing smiled half-heartedly, with a hint of teasing, and said: "This palace maid is one of a kind in terms of talent and appearance. I believe you, Junchen, will like her."
Seeing the strange expression on Emperor Deqing's face, Zhao Junchen became more and more confused, but it was not convenient to ask Emperor Deqing, so he had to suppress his doubts in his heart.
Then, Emperor Deqing talked with Zhao Junchen for a few more words and then asked Zhao Junchen to leave.
After Zhao Junchen left the Imperial Study Room, he went directly to the Meridian Gate without any delay.
Emperor Deqing's arrangements today are indeed a bit strange, and Zhao Junchen is naturally eager to know the details.
When he arrived outside the Meridian Gate, he found that there was a small sedan waiting quietly next to his sedan. Apparently the person in the sedan was the palace maid given to Zhao Junchen by Emperor Deqing.
Zhao Junchen frowned and came to the small sedan, opened the sedan curtain and looked inside.
In the sedan, a familiar face smiled like a flower. A pair of bright eyes stared at Zhao Junchen's face and said: "Master Zhao, the little girl's name is Zhang Yu'er. She will live with Master Zhao from now on. Please give me a lot of thanks."
Advice!"
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