At the same time as Yujin Garden was playing, the Su family finally returned to Bianliang City, accompanied by the Chen brothers.
"Bianjing City, you are well!" Looking at the bustling Bianjing City with crowds of people, prosperous shops, and happy families, Su Shi stood up excitedly.
The women in the car behind were all visiting Beijing for the first time. Although they had described the prosperous scenery of the Imperial Capital countless times from the mouths of the men and in their own hearts, they still couldn't believe their eyes. How could this world be so beautiful?
Can there be such a prosperous and beautiful city? Is this where we will live?
Su Xun closed his eyes and shook his head, muttering to himself: "I haven't seen Kyoto for three years. The imperial streets have changed, the customs have changed, and the people's sentiments have also become unfamiliar..."
In any case, they ended their two-month trek through mountains and rivers and arrived at their final destination.
The house that Chen Ke bought for the Su family is located in the wealthy area of Beicheng, close to Jinshui Gate, far away from the busy streets, and not far from the imperial palace. It was originally the former residence of a minister, who was from Suzhou and was easy to manage.
The garden turned this house into a Jiangnan garden.
The compound covers an area of about four acres, divided into front and back yards. The back yard is the residence of the family members, and the front yard is a place for banquets and gatherings with friends. Opening the front and back yards is a garden of nearly two acres. There is a rockery pond and lotus leaves.
In the sky, there are pavilions and pavilions, surrounded by green willows, and at the end is a great hermitage.
Chen Ke asked Zhou Dingkun to search for a house in the capital. It happened that the minister was going back to his hometown in Suzhou. Originally, he didn't want to sell it to a businessman, but when he heard that the owner was Sansu, he happily closed the deal. According to the market price, this house cost ten yuan.
More than 50,000 guan. But the old minister was delighted that the famous garden had an owner, so he only asked for 100,000 guan, which was considered half-sale and half-gift.
After Zhou Dingkun bought the yard, he hired the best gardening craftsmen in the capital to do some minor repairs and tidying up it. All the household expenses were ready-made, and he hired more than a dozen maids, old ladies, and servants. He then waited for its owner to arrive.
The motorcade drove directly from the gate to the sedan hall. When the Su brothers came down, they were a little stunned when they saw that they were in such a vast courtyard. After seeing it, Su Xun shook his head and said: "This is not our small family. It should be
Where to stay." Then no one was allowed to unload the luggage.
"What your father-in-law said is wrong." Chen Ke said with a smile: "The Su family is no longer a small family. The name of Sansu has already caused a sensation in the capital and spread throughout the world, and its reputation will become even greater in the future.
Don't look at me like that. I'm not flattering you. In fact, many people are asking when you will return to Beijing. I bet that in a few days, the house will be busy with traffic and guests. I don't have a bigger house.
How can this be done?”
"I can't afford to live here." Although it wasn't flattery, it was actually flattery, and there was no trace of flattery, which actually made Su Xun feel proud. But how could he change his tune so easily?
"It doesn't matter. You don't have to spend money." Chen Ke smiled and said, "I will just be my son-in-law and respect my father-in-law."
"No reward for no merit." Su Xun shook his head and said, "Besides, I'm not your father-in-law..." But seeing his daughter's pitiful little face, he finally softened and said, "At least not now."
"It will be soon." Chen Ke said with a smile: "Besides, it's too late to change to other places now. My father-in-law will just make do with it." Everyone was stunned, so let's make do with such a place? Then what place is not particular about it? The palace?
"Hmph..." Su Xun snorted and said with a straight face: "How much does this house cost?"
"Not much money."
"How many?"
"Fifty thousand dollars." Chen Ke cut the discount price again, but it still shocked Old Su into a cold sweat: "It's so expensive, you're a prodigal!"
"Honor your father-in-law no matter the cost." Chen Ke expressed his stance hurriedly.
"I can't afford the money now," Su Xun said, looking at Su Shi and saying, "Zizhan, write an IOU. We will repay the principal with interest in the future."
"Alas..." Su Shi smiled bitterly in his heart, what could he give in return? With just the salary of his two brothers, he might not even be able to pay the interest.
"Let's forget it." Chen Ke said: "Zizhan and Ziyou first entered the officialdom, and their salaries are not much..."
"Is it possible that my son will not be able to achieve great success in the future?" Su Xun snorted.
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After all, the Su family settled down. After a brief lunch, they saw that the Su family were tired, so Chen Ke and Chen Chen said goodbye and left. Before leaving, Chen Ke made a gesture to his younger sister, meaning, "Waiting for your father."
I'll come find you again if you're not at home. The little girl smiled sweetly and nodded.
When I got home, I realized that Zhao Zongji had been here a long time ago. If this guy didn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, he must have encountered another problem.
After letting him into the study and letting the Japanese girl serve tea, Zhao Zongji smiled and said, "You really know how to enjoy it, but why are you studying Sanskrit?"
This uneducated guy mistook Arabic for Sanskrit. Chen Ke rolled his eyes and said: "Knowledge, knowledge is power."
"Is knowledge equal to power?" Zhao Zongji said with a smile, "That's just right, please help me find a way to contribute." Then he told Chen Ke that the officials asked them to check the vacancies in the army.
"It seems that if you are not your biological child, it won't work." Chen Ke took a sip of tea and said, "This is pushing you into a pit of fire."
"I also know that this job is going to offend people." Zhao Zongji said with a bitter smile: "But under the circumstances at that time, it is absolutely inappropriate not to agree. Not only do you have to agree, but you also have to scramble to be the first. It is simply embarrassing..."
"But you can't blame the officials. Since they all aim to become emperor, who will clean up this mess if you don't clean it up?" Chen Ke said with a smile.
"You are right." Zhao Zongji nodded and said: "Even if I don't have that level of purpose, as a descendant of Taizu Taizong, I can't just watch the heart of the tree being eaten by insects and ignore it. If the skin is not there, how can the hair be attached?
?" After saying that, he lightly hammered the table and said: "Compared with the big things we have to do in the future, this difficulty is nothing!"
"The ambition is commendable!" Chen Ke smiled approvingly and said, "In that case, I will accompany you on the journey." He knew that this guy came just to let him accompany him to the mountain of swords.
"Good brothers, for life!" Zhao Zongji said happily: "What are you going to do?"
"We haven't found out yet. It depends on the situation." Chen Ke thought about it and said, "This situation includes the situation of the military and the situation of the opponent."
"The military's situation is easy to understand, why should we still look at the opponent's situation?" Zhao Zongji said softly.
"Although we have already planned to do the job seriously, what will happen to the score?" Chen Ke said: "This job is actually very delicate. The vacancies you find cannot be more or less. If there are more, you will offend the general.
...Although we have to deal with these vampires sooner or later, it is not now. We have to wait until the future, when you have secured your position. We can't provoke them yet. However, there are fewer vacancies found, and we can't show our ability.
It seems that all the merits of your hard work and hard work on the mission have been lost."
"So we have to watch Zhao Zongshi and the others come..." Zhao Zongji nodded slowly and said: "But the slower you take action on this kind of thing, the more passive you will be. I bet that today the armies will have to recruit troops temporarily to get the number of people together."
"Let's just do it." Chen Ke said calmly: "Otherwise, the difference will be too big and ugly." He paused and said, "Which army have you decided to investigate?" His connections in the Bianjing military circles are pretty good.
It is best to communicate things first so as to maintain a harmonious atmosphere during the process.
"Not yet, I will go to the political hall tomorrow to receive my order." Zhao Zongji said.
"Yeah." Chen Ke nodded, lowered his voice and asked, "How did I hear that Granny Qian entered Yujin Garden yesterday?"
Zhao Zongji had long been accustomed to Chen Ke's powerful intelligence capabilities and nodded in agreement.
"What are you going to do?" Mrs. Qian is a famous female gynecologist in Beijing.
"Look at the men and women." Zhao Zongji whispered: "There are three concubines in Yujin Garden who are pregnant now."
"Do you know the result?"
"Two men and one woman." Zhao Zongji said: "That sister of King Liu Tian is pregnant with a boy." If Zhao Zhen knew that the secrets of his palace were spread out in the blink of an eye, I don't know how he would feel.
You shouldn't be too surprised, after all, you are used to it.
"Then don't you want to beat the odds?" Chen Ke looked at Zhao Zongji with a half-smile.
"This is not a problem that I should worry about." Zhao Zongji still kept the truth secret and said: "Whoever has the most hope should worry about it."
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Beihai County Prince's Mansion, Zhao Yunrang's Study Room.
The old prince was extremely ill, he was very thin, and there was a faint air of death on his face, but he would not rest in peace until he saw that his long-cherished wish was fulfilled.
After drinking a bowl of thick ginseng soup, Zhao Yunrang's face turned a little red. The sun shone through the window, making him look more energetic than usual. Looking carefully, he was still in high spirits today.
There was an aura of fearlessness that was never revealed before.
He stared at Zhao Zongyou and Zhao Zongshi in front of him and said in a deep voice: "Are you sure you are pregnant with a boy?"
"I've already asked the imperial doctor." Zhao Zongyou said softly, "I'm sure."
"We can't wait for others to do this." Zhao Yunrang said solemnly: "We must do it ourselves!"
"Yes." The two brothers responded in a low voice.
"Have all the men who come in and out of the palace been identified?" Zhao Yunrang asked in a deep voice.
"We have sent many people to investigate in the past few days, and we have found out the clues." Zhao Zongyou replied.
"What eyebrows?"
"Several eunuchs who were close to the concubines were looking for men with similar looks and figures to them outside the palace. They used their luggage to replace Tao Zong. They specifically used the dim light in the morning and night to let them pretend to be themselves and enter and exit the forbidden palace." Zhao Zongyou whispered.
Said: "As for the purpose, it is self-evident...so those bitches who are pregnant with male fetuses are not dragons at all, but bitches!"
"Is it absolutely true?"
"It's absolutely true!" Zhao Zongyou said solemnly: "You can arrest those guys for interrogation at any time."
"Then arrest him, arrest him immediately!" Zhao Yunrang said decisively: "To avoid long nights and many dreams!"
