"It's so delicious! It tastes better than what I cooked." Zhou Xingyun tasted the porridge happily, and then kissed Wei Suyao's face with his big, greasy mouth, leaving stains on the beauty's pretty face.
"You..." Wei Suyao hurriedly wiped the porridge water off her face with the back of her hand. Zhou Xingyun actually wiped his mouth on her face. I have never seen such a bastard.
Wei Suyao originally wanted to teach Zhou Xingyun a few words, but before she could say anything, Zhou Xingyun had already picked up some water, hummed the ditty she had just hummed, and was washing his face and brushing his teeth.
Hearing the familiar melody, a blush suddenly appeared on the handsome and pretty face of the blonde girl. She probably realized that Zhou Xingyun had seen her while she was entertaining herself in the kitchen.
"After you wash up, go to the living room and wait. I'll be fine soon." Wei Suyao couldn't stand Zhou Xingyun's humming and teasing, so she had to bite the bullet and ask him to wait in the living room. She would bring the porridge over later.
"Yes!" Zhou Xingyun stood at attention and saluted. He obeyed all the instructions of the beautiful leader and went to the living room to wait for breakfast.
Zhou Xingyun left the kitchen refreshed. When he returned to the courtyard, he couldn't help but see a beautiful figure, holding a red paper umbrella, standing under the grape tree, waiting for him...
After lunch yesterday, Zhou Xingyun asked Shen Xin to take Jin Run'er to the guest room to rest. After that, the beauty stayed in the room, and he didn't see her until this moment.
Jin Runer looks good today, she must have slept well last night, and the eldest lady seems to have regained her former energy. With a smile, she held a paper umbrella leisurely and gracefully, standing under the tree and waiting for Zhou Xingyun.
"Good morning, sister Run'er. Seeing how carefree you are, little brother, don't you think you have seen through the world and want to become a nun?" Zhou Xingyun slipped under Jin Run'er's umbrella in the drizzle.
"Yesterday, I was very worried. Mr. Zhou laughed when he saw the dishonorable appearance of the slave family."
"The affairs of the Jin family haven't been resolved yet, doesn't sister Run'er care about it anymore?" Zhou Xingyun looked sideways at Jin Run'er. Today, the girl gives people a very unique feeling. On the surface, she is no different from the previous Jin Run'er, but in fact, she is no longer the same as before.
Aggressive momentum.
"Your Majesty's teaching yesterday has made the slave family think deeply for a long time. My father has committed many unjust crimes and committed serious crimes, and he should be punished by heaven... However, Run'er also asks you to be noble and let the Jin family go. The slave family is willing to bear all responsibilities with my father and serve Jin.
The family atones for its sins and begs for mercy." Jin Run'er put away the paper umbrella and knelt down humbly and sincerely, hoping that Zhou Xingyun could forgive the Jin family.
"As the saying goes, knowing your mistakes can lead to great improvements. Sister Run'er can repent, which is a great thing for me." Zhou Xingyun quickly held Jin Run'er to prevent the beautiful lady from kneeling.
It was a rainy day and the ground was wet. The girl knelt down and her pants were dirty. He would have to take her out later, so it would be troublesome to change clothes.
"The slave family has a blind eye and has misjudged Mr. Zhou before. I didn't expect that Mr. Zhou is actually a noble and upright sage."
"Wrong! I am a lustful and lustful villain! Miss Jin, you must remember this!" Zhou Xingyun had to remind the beautiful woman that all the things he did for the country and the people were just to hook up with beautiful women and it was definitely not his intention.
"I remember." Jin Run'er smiled and turned the paper umbrella in her hand. Zhou Xingyun was indeed lustful and had no resistance to beauty. Because of this, she misjudged and thought that Zhou Xingyun was a blind person.
Who knew...he was actually a love saint. In order to please a beautiful woman, he would not hesitate to aspire to the throne and conquer the world.
"Don't stand outside in the rain, go into the living room and have breakfast." Wei Suyao came out with a pot of porridge, and happened to see Zhou Xingyun and Jin Run'er sharing an umbrella in the rain in front of the flowers. I was so envious of the beautiful scenery on this beautiful day, but they had no choice but to spoil the scenery.
Advise the two of them to go inside and have a meal.
After breakfast, Zhou Xingyun and Jin Run'er went out to the imperial city to find Han Feng, and took the boy to the dungeon to visit Jin Zheng Han.
When Han Feng saw Jin Run'er, he seemed to notice that the atmosphere around the girl was different from before. He seemed to have seen through something, less competitive and more indifferent to the world.
"Miss Jin, you look a bit like Miss Zhiqian today."
"Brother Han, do you know that your words are very hurtful? Soy sauce qian is a cute creature that is useless except to warm the bed. How can it be compared with Sister Run'er."
Zhou Xingyun can understand Han Feng's feelings. Jin Run'er's current temperament is like a gentle and harmless elder sister. She has more strategies and opinions than Xu Luose, making people feel that she is a very reliable strategist sister.
Zhou Xingyun's intuition told him that Jin Runer was a political strategist and Xu Zhiqian was a military strategist.
However, Xu Zhiqian's overall ability is relatively high and she is basically proficient in everything. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is versatile in military and political affairs, but her military strategy is particularly good. This can be seen from the fact that she easily disintegrated the Chivalrous Alliance in the Young Heroes Conference preliminaries.
His strategic logic and tactical thinking are extremely talented.
Fortunately, Xu Zhiqian was kind-hearted, did not like to quarrel with others, and lacked experience in political affairs. Zhou Xingyun was able to be cunning and treacherous in harming an innocent girl. Otherwise, if Xu Zhiqian had been more careful about him, Zhou Xingyun would not have been able to win over the beauty so easily.
"What Mr. Zhou said is not entirely true, but the Nu family does not get along with Xu Zhiqian and does not like to be with her."
It seems that Jin Runer's temperament has softened, but she still cannot accept Xu Zhiqian and has some opinions about Xu Zhiqian.
There are always people who can't get along with each other in terms of personality. Jinruner just doesn't like getting along with Xu Zhiqian. She always finds Xu Zhiqian's tolerant attitude disgusting her.
"Just get used to it..." Zhou Xingyun could only respond to the girl with these four words. After all, Jin Run'er and Xu Zhiqian would face each other day and night. As long as the two women understand each other calmly, they can naturally accept each other.
If that didn't work, Zhou Xingyun could only come up with the best strategy, let the two beauties have a candid conversation with him at night, and the romance would get out of hand... Ooha, Ooha, Ooha.
Zhou Xingyun took Han Feng and Jin Run'er to visit the prison in the Imperial City Prison. Because of his high position, the jailer let them into the dungeon without hesitation.
The first thing to do when a new official takes office is that everyone in the court is discussing how to make friends with Zhou Xingyun. No one wants to be his target to establish his power after taking office. The jailers are even more smiling. Who does Zhou Xingyun say he wants to see?
Just take him to see someone.
"Master Zhou, can you wait a moment? The slave family hopes to talk to my father alone."
"Please."
The three of them arrived at the prison where felons were held, and Jin Run'er entered the cell where Jin Zheng Han was held alone.
Zhou Xingyun and Han Feng were waiting for the good news outside, hoping that Jin Run'er could persuade their father to change his mind, atone for his crimes, and serve the Crown Prince from now on.
Zhou Xingyun and Jin Run'er talked a lot on the way here. The fundamental reason why Jin Zhenghan ended up today was not because he was corrupt and perverted the law, but because the sixteenth son of the emperor was dissatisfied with him. The empress dowager also wanted to clean up the Jin family and reorganize the situation in the court.
card, so Jin Zhenghan is basically a dead end when he goes to jail.
If Jin Run'er wants to save the Jin family, she must let Jin Zheng Han perform meritorious service and assist His Royal Highness in handling government affairs.
If Jin Zhenghan sincerely supports Han Feng, he will not be able to escape the death penalty. Zhou Xingyun can find a way to persuade Xuanyuan Tianhen and Xu Taifu to plead with the Queen Mother to pardon Jin Zhenghan's death penalty at the next morning court.
Although Jin Zhenghan was corrupt and perverted the law, he also made a lot of contributions to the country. In view of his past achievements, Zhou Xingyun, together with Taifu Xu, Minister of War, and His Royal Highness, gave him a lighter sentence and changed his sentence from death to life imprisonment.
Let Jin Zhenghan live out his days in prison.
To put it bluntly, as long as Jin Zhenghan cooperates, not only can the Jin family be rescued, but he himself can also save his life and become a member of the staff of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, making suggestions and analyzing the overall situation for Han Feng.
If things go well, it will be a blessing among the misfortunes for the Jin family. After losing the official position, people will still be there, and the whole family, old and young, will be healthy.
Jin Run'er chatted with her father for a long time. Zhou Xingyun and Han Feng were outside the cell, and from time to time they could be heard arguing loudly about disagreements.
Zhou Xingyun was so busy that he could only chat with the serious Han Feng to relieve his boredom, and asked some questions about the beauty's family: "Xiao Feng, is there no male in the Jin family?"
Zhou Xingyun has always been curious about why Jin Zhenghan let his daughter take charge of the overall situation instead of the Jin family man taking the lead.
The Xuanyuan family was helpless and worried that Xuanyuan Chongwu would be killed, so they hid him and let Xuanyuan Fengxue, the cute and aloof young lady, come out to show her face. The Jin family seemed to have no need to let Jin Run'er carry the banner...
"I heard from the emperor's sister that there are seven sons and three daughters in Shangshu Jin's family. Two sons and one daughter have mental problems and cannot take care of themselves and need to be taken care of on a daily basis. The other three sons are idle and indulge in drinking and sex all day long and are completely useless.
.The remaining two sons and one daughter, one was romantically ill and died young, the other was less than three years old, and the daughter was married to Wang Yushi as his concubine three years ago."
Han Feng heard from Han Qiumiao that Jin Run'er's family background was such that Jin Zhenghan had seven sons and three daughters. Only Jin Run'er inherited her father's intelligence, and her mother was beautiful, beautiful, good at planning, and scheming.
"Did Shangshu Jin get married to his sister?"
"It's true."
"No wonder..." Zhou Xingyun realized that in the feudal era, marriages between close relatives were common.
"Although Miss Jin was born to a concubine in Lord Jin's study room, she was very smart when she was a child, and her mother was also favored by Lord Jin, so Master Jin placed great emphasis on Miss Jin."
"It won't work if we don't reuse him. The Jin family's son has no future and is addicted to drinking and sex. If the Jin family wants to survive, they can only focus on training Jin Run'er and let her take on important responsibilities in the future. You see now, Jin Zhenghan is in jail, only
Jin Runer has the ability to turn the tide, but if it were any other children, the Jin family would definitely be doomed."
Zhou Xingyun and Han Feng were chatting outside. An hour passed unknowingly. The arguments in the cell gradually became quieter. Finally, Jin Run'er came out and signaled to Zhou Xingyun that everyone could enter the room to talk to her father.
"Shang Shu Jin is here and safe. It's really unfair for you to talk in this prison where you never see the light of day."
"I really didn't expect that Mr. Zhou would go through so much trouble and secretly assist the Crown Prince to ascend the throne. The Sixteenth Prince of the Crown Prince would be fooled by you. Please forgive me for asking. My Jin family has already switched to His Highness the Crown Prince, why are you still treating me like this?
The Jin family will be wiped out." Jin Zhenghan looked at Zhou Xingyun coldly.
Jin Run'er has made it clear that the Jin family will support His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's ascension to the throne. If Zhou Xingyun does not sow discord in front of the Sixteenth Prince, and does not impeach him in the court, he can slowly disintegrate the camp of the Sixteenth Prince, and the Crown Prince can ascend the throne safely.
Jin Zhenghan is an old minister around the Sixteenth Prince, and he is familiar with the connections of the Sixteenth Prince. He has enough power to win over those people who support the Sixteenth Prince, even Wang Yushi is no exception. Once he leads this group of people
By leaning towards the prince's camp, the sixteenth son of the emperor was afraid of being at the end of his rope.
"Perhaps, Lord Jin can indeed be a big help for His Highness the Crown Prince to ascend the throne. Unfortunately, the result you want is not the ending I expected. If you want to know why I want to deal with your Jin family, I can only say that the general trend is the trend.
." Zhou Xingyun said tepidly. He had too many reasons to deal with the Jin family.
From an intuitive point of view, the empress dowager wanted to eradicate the Jin family, and the sixteenth emperor wanted to eradicate the Jin family, so he had to assist them in eradicating the Jin family.
From the perspective of his own interests, Zhou Xingyun now wears many hats and has become a powerful minister. Such huge profits have tempted him to benefit himself at the expense of others and step on the corpses of the Jin family to gain power.
From the perspective of the people of the world and the future of the country, he must quickly get rid of the rebellious officials and traitors who have corrupted and perverted the law, and even tried to use their beauty to turn the crown prince into a puppet emperor.
Judging from the current situation alone, Zhou Xingyun holds great power and supports His Highness the Crown Prince, which is more credible and reliable than the Jin family supporting His Highness the Crown Prince.
"Lord Zhou, you have a wonderful idea. Do you think that by overthrowing me and seizing the power of my household department, His Highness the Crown Prince can be successfully enthroned? The power behind the Sixteenth Prince is not as simple as you think. Those who support the Sixteenth Prince are not as simple as you think."
The vassal king who rebelled against me is not as easy to deal with as me."
"That's why we came to the prison today to give Lord Jin a chance to atone for his crimes and avoid a disastrous ending for the Jin family." Zhou Xingyun smiled kindly, but the implication was that he was threatening Jin Zheng Han, if you don't obey,
The entire Jin family will suffer disaster.
"Huh, if you want me to help you, you must agree to a condition, let my daughter become the crown princess!" Jin Zhenghan said loudly, but he still didn't give up at this point, and wanted Jin Run'er to become the future queen.
Of course, Jin Zhenghan said this because he had his own considerations, because the Jin family was in dire straits, and only if the prince married Jin Run'er could he 100% save the Jin family and avoid the disaster of plundering the family and annihilating the family.
"Master Jin, don't force yourself to make things difficult for others. Even if His Highness the Crown Prince is willing to marry Miss Jin, the Sixteenth Prince, Taifu Xu, and the Queen Mother will not allow the current Crown Prince to make the daughter of the guilty minister his concubine. So..."
Zhou Xingyun took a step back, stood side by side with Jin Run'er, and gently hugged the beauty's waist: "Let me, the crown prince and young master, escort your Jin family, no problem. Anyway, my reputation in the court is very vague.
, To upright officials and ministers, I may be a young miracle doctor who cares about the world. To the emperor's sixteenth son and others, I am a powerful minister who is greedy for money and lustful, and has the same bad taste as them. I have adopted a daughter of the Jin family. In the eyes of good people, that
That's why I couldn't bear it and let the Jin family's women and children live a life. In the eyes of the bad guys, they love beauty, kidnapped the Jin family's daughter, and let Jin Run'er serve their enemies. It's all right anyway."
"You have had evil intentions towards my daughter for a long time!"
"Exactly, a slender lady is a good match for a gentleman. Miss Jin is so beautiful and good-looking. It is normal for a man to have a heartbeat. In this way, can Mr. Jin be at ease and serve His Highness the Crown Prince? As long as Miss Jin is stationed in the Zhou Mansion, as long as I am at court
As long as the hall remains standing, no one will dare to touch a hair of your Jin family. Even if I fall, with my connections in the world, I can still protect your Jin family and return to the mountains and wilderness, without being persecuted by the powerful officials in the court."