Chapter 1116: The Eve of the Emperor Hunt (2) '20/27'
"Sixth Uncle? Sixth Uncle?"
"ah?"
As if waking up from a dream, Sixth Prince Zhao Yuanli turned around and saw the concerned eyes of his nephew Zhao Hongrun.
"Uncle Six, what's wrong with you? I see you don't look good."
Zhao Yuanli shook his head, forced a smile and said: "Maybe it's because I've been tired recently. You know, Zong Ling's position is not easy to do..."
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun laughed evilly and said jokingly: "My nephew thinks that it is not the clan affairs that have exhausted Uncle Six, but the enthusiastic concubines of the wealthy gentry and aristocrats, right?"
After hearing this, the Zongwei present couldn't help but laugh out loud. After all, they knew a lot about Prince Yi Zhao Yuanli. As far as they knew, Prince Yi's connections were known to be all over the world, and he had slept with him.
Women are all over the world.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun once made a joke about Uncle Liu Wang: How many connections Uncle Liu Wang has, then how many women he has slept with.
Some people may think that Zhao Hongrun's father, Emperor Wei, should be the most comfortable person in Wei, because he can have whatever he wants, money, status, women, everything is at his fingertips. But as the son of Emperor Wei, Zhao Hongrun
You can tell that person clearly: You are wrong!
In the eyes of Zhao Hongrun, his father, Emperor Wei, had no freedom at all. The person who really lived the most comfortable and comfortable life was the Sixth Uncle Zhao Yuanli, the leading dandy in the Wei Kingdom.
In contrast, Wei Emperor Zhao Yuanxi, including Zhao Hongrun, seemed to be born with a life of hard work and could not be as free and easy as Zhao Yuanli.
Of course, the most fundamental reason for this situation is that Zhao Yuanci and Zhao Hongrun, father and son, have a very strong and innate desire for control.
If such people are ministers, they will either be loyal ministers who work hard to die, or they will be powerful ministers with power over the government. Regardless of loyalty or treachery, it is inevitable for ministerial power to suppress imperial power; and if such people are called kings, they will either be wise kings.
Either he is a foolish emperor, and it is impossible to find a middle-ground situation, because the imperial power will try its best to suppress the power of his ministers.
Fortunately, although Zhao Hongrun also has a strong desire for control, he is not very keen on power. His desire for control is reflected in his wanting certain things to develop according to his will. Take the Bolangsha River Port as an example, the officials involved in its construction
It can be said that everyone from top to bottom belongs to him. He thinks it is better to build it this way, so it must be built this way. If others want to interfere, I am sorry, even his father did not discuss it.
However, when some subordinates gradually appeared under him who could take charge of their own affairs, Zhao Hongrun did not mind delegating his power.
For example, in Fenyin County, he gave full power to Kou Zheng to handle it, because he felt that Kou Zheng was capable enough to manage Fenyin County in an orderly manner.
Zhao Hongrun has always told himself that hardship is short-lived. He believes that in ten or eight years, when more and more virtuous ministers and generals appear in the country, and when Wei becomes stronger and stronger, he will be able to retire.
You can learn from the Sixth Prince Zhao Yuanli and live a leisurely life with a dandy’s mentality.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun suddenly had a question that had puzzled him for a long time: "Uncle Six, let me ask you something."
"Hmm? You say."
"It's like this...according to my guess, over the years, the number of women who have been on good terms with Uncle Six has been neither ten thousand nor eight thousand, right? Uncle Six, how did you manage to prevent any of them from getting pregnant?"
"Ah?" Zhao Yuanli couldn't help being a little dumbfounded. He thought his nephew would ask some in-depth questions.
"Uncle Liu, can you reveal a secret? I really want to know what is the reason why none of those women are pregnant? There are so many women, and none of them are pregnant... Otherwise, Uncle Liu, you
Is there any hidden illness in your body?”
As soon as Zhao Hongrun finished speaking, Sixth Uncle Zhao Yuanli knocked him on the forehead with his hand.
"You bastard!" Zhao Yuanli was happy, and the inexplicable sadness in his heart also faded a little.
"Your sixth uncle, I'm very good!" He cursed with a smile, and then after hesitating for a moment, he explained: "I once traveled to the Bashu area and found a medicine there. After having the woman take it before sex, she
No...that or something."
"Contraceptive pills?"
Zhao Hongrun's eyes widened in surprise, and he subconsciously asked: "Are there any side effects?...I mean, if you take too much of that medicine, will it make women infertile?"
"Why are you asking this?" Zhao Yuanli frowned and glanced at Zhao Hongrun, then seemed to have thought of something, waved his hand and said: "Don't have such wishful thinking, Uncle Six, I can't give it to you, otherwise, I won't be beaten by you.
Dad...and Concubine Shen Shu were scolded to death?"
For some reason, Zhao Yuanli paused unnaturally when he mentioned Emperor Wei.
However, Zhao Hongrun did not notice this and shamelessly flattered Zhao Yuanli.
It's no wonder, after all, if there are no accidents, he will marry Mi Jiang this year. By then, Yang Shixing will definitely get the title of a concubine. Together with Miss Su and Oona, there will be four women.
And he is only twenty years old this year. If one of the women unfortunately wins the bid, he will become a father.
Twenty-year-old father...
Although in this secular world, there are many men who are thirteen or fourteen years old and are fathers, Zhao Hongrun cannot accept it. He feels that he has not thoroughly enjoyed life, so how can he carry a few burdens with him?
Waiting until a few years later, when he is twenty-four, five, or twenty-six or seven, and then having a few more children will fit in well with his concept.
However, no matter how Zhao Hongrun pleaded, Zhao Yuanli still refused. In the end, Zhao Hongrun had no choice but to resort to his ultimate move: "Uncle Six, it seems that you are determined not to let me participate in this hunting."
Zhao Yuanli was stunned for a moment. Although he did hope so in his heart, he did not expect Zhao Hongrun to mention it.
"Why, why do you say that?" He stuttered in a rare way.
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun said confidently: "Isn't the imperial hunt always an opportunity for young men and women of our generation to hook up with each other? What if something goes wrong and someone is killed?"
Although Zhao Yuanli knew exactly what his nephew meant by "accident" and "causing a life", these words still made his eyelids twitch slightly.
"Don't do this!" After calming down, Zhao Yuanli said angrily: "Do you think the women who are qualified to participate in the imperial hunt will be ordinary women? Even if you don't... don't cause death, you still have to marry someone if you sleep with them.
No matter how bad it is, you have to be given the title of concubine."
Zhao Yuanli knew very well that the nephew in front of him had no interest in the concubines of some nobles. After all, most of the concubines were not perfect.
But in the end, Zhao Yuanli couldn't resist his nephew, so he took out a small medicine bottle from his arms, threw it into Zhao Hongrun's arms, and said lightly: "There are about a dozen more pills for you."
"Only a dozen pills?" Zhao Hongrun showed a dissatisfied expression.
"Not enough?" Zhao Yuanli said angrily: "One pill can last for several days. I don't believe you can hook up with more than a dozen women during the emperor's hunt..."
Zhao Hongrun put the small medicine bottle into his arms in dismay.
There was nothing he could do, the Uncle Sixth King in front of him was not someone he could fool at will.
"Uncle Six, when will the hunting start?" Zhao Hongrun asked.
Zhao Yuanli thought for a while and said: "It will take another five or six days. The soldiers in charge of this matter in Zhongyang need to drive the surrounding prey pioneers to the hunting ground. If it is the fastest, they can set off at the end of the month..."
Having said this, Zhao Yuanli pondered for a moment and tried to dissuade Zhao Hongrun: "Hongrun, are you sure you want to follow?... You know, your father's name is hunting this time, but it is actually to avoid peace and don't want to see you.
Those brothers are fighting back and forth, so it may take several months. Will your affairs be delayed because of this?"
"It's okay." Zhao Hongrun shrugged and said, "Bolangsha, there is no need to worry about the Lianglu Canal. As for the track carriage, the Ministry of Industry will build it strictly in accordance with the drawings, so it won't get in the way... I also want to be lazy and take a breath.
"
"In this way..." Zhao Yuanli nodded, with a trace of disappointment flashing in his eyes.
After the uncle and nephew exchanged some pleasantries, Zhao Hongrun asked Zhao Yuanli: "Uncle Liu, are you going back to the clan mansion or to Prince Yi's mansion?"
"Are you so anxious to drive Uncle Liu away?" Zhao Yuanli said with a smile when he heard this. Then, he took a deep look at Zhao Hongrun and said: "You are here, Hongrun, how many drinks can I have with Uncle Liu?"
, you and I, my uncle and nephew, haven’t met each other for quite some time.”
Seeing what Zhao Yuanli said, Zhao Hongrun couldn't refuse, so he immediately ordered the chef to prepare food and wine.
Originally, he wanted to call Wen Qi, Jie Ziyu and Zongwei. After all, it is more lively when there are more people drinking. However, Zhao Yuanli stopped him and suggested that they, uncle and nephew, drink together.
In confusion, Zhao Hongrun followed Zhao Yuanli's wishes and took the Sixth Prince's uncle to the garden of the mansion, and ordered Zong Wei and the servants of the mansion not to disturb him.
After the last few servants of the house who served the dishes had left, Zhao Hongrun poured wine for Zhao Yuanli and asked tentatively: "Uncle Liu, are you worried? You don't look right today."
"Maybe he is too tired." Zhao Yuanli smiled bitterly, but he did not dare to truthfully tell the nephew who regarded him as his own son what was bothering him.
"Hongrun, how old were you when you recognized me as your uncle?"
"Six or seven years old, what's wrong?" Zhao Hongrun asked doubtfully. He always felt that Uncle Liu Wang today was a little sentimental.
Hearing this, Zhao Yuanli held the wine glass, looked at the jade crown on Zhao Hongrun's head, and said with emotion: "Yes, so many years have passed, and you have reached the crown... Have you chosen the princess? When do you plan to get married?
?”
"Uncle Liu, aren't you the lobbyist sent by the mother-in-law?" Zhao Hongrun looked at Zhao Yuanli with suspicion, but in the end, he said truthfully: "If nothing happens, it should be Mi Jiang. As for
Mi Jiang and I have not yet discussed the date of our wedding. However, my father and mother have asked me to get married this year... probably in August or September."
"August and September are good. It's hot in the early morning and freezing cold in the late afternoon. August and September are good..." Although he said this, Zhao Yuanli felt inexplicably bitter in his heart.
Because he knew that he would have no chance of drinking this nephew's wedding wine.
This nephew whom he regards as his own and loves as his own son.
Suddenly, Zhao Yuanli said: "Hongrun, when you get married, my sixth uncle, I will give you 'A Waterside Pavilion' as a congratulatory gift, okay?"
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun almost spit out the wine in his mouth.
You must know that Zhao Yuanli's "Water Pavilion" is not only found in Daliang, but also in every major county in China. It is simply a chain industry.
"Really or not? Uncle Six, you are not bluffing me, are you?"
Looking at Zhao Hongrun's suspicious look, Zhao Yuanli smiled and nodded.