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Su Xiuning's expression changed slightly, and she seemed to finally understand something.
Chen Zhirong's eyes flickered and she smiled softly, as if she was very satisfied with Su Xiuning's reaction.
On the other side, Zhao Junchen saw the changes in the two women's expressions, but did not express anything.
For a while, the three of them had their own thoughts, and the atmosphere was somewhat silent.
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In fact, the truth here is obvious. If you think about it for a while, you will understand it.
Emperor Deqing felt that he owed Cui Qianxue and wanted to make up for it. However, for a young and simple-minded girl like Cui Qianxue, power, wealth, and reputation were of little use. First, how should Emperor Deqing compensate Cui Qianxue?
According to convention, there are nothing more than two methods.
One is to promote Cui Qianxue's father Cui Yu in an unusual way, and the other is to find a suitable husband for Cui Qianxue.
Based on Emperor Deqing's attitude, it is very likely that he will implement both measures together.
Among them, it is enough to promote Cui Yu out of the norm. Considering Cui Yu's official position, background, and character, no matter how much he is promoted, it will not affect the overall situation of the court. For Su Xiuning and Chen Zhirong, this kind of promotion is just an insignificant matter. No need to care at all!
But if Emperor Deqing wants to find a suitable husband for Cui Qianxue, this situation is worth investigating!
After all, Cui Qianxue's reputation is now entangled with Zhao Junchen. There are still rumors that Cui Qianxue ran away from home for Zhao Junchen. Considering that Emperor Deqing just told Zhao Junchen to take good care of Cui Qianxue... …
Perhaps, in the heart of Emperor Deqing, Cui Qianxue was married to Zhao Junchen. It will be the best choice to compensate Cui Qianxue!
However, in this way, after Cui Qianxue received the full support of Emperor Deqing, wouldn't the hope of Su Xiuning and Chen Zhirong to marry Zhao Junchen be greatly reduced?
Under Chen Zhirong's reminder. Su Xiuning had such a judgment, so her complexion couldn't help but change. She immediately regarded Cui Qianxue as her enemy, and inevitably had some feelings of rejection of Cui Qianxue.
On the other side, he saw the change in Su Xiuning's expression and guessed the ups and downs of Su Xiuning's mood. Chen Zhirong smiled with satisfaction.
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In fact, Su Xiuning's considerations and judgments were incorrect, because Su Xiuning had no political vision, so she completely ignored the consideration of "political interests."
And the so-called "political interests". It happens to be the biggest factor affecting Zhao Junchen's marriage.
You know, Emperor Deqing's sudden concern about Zhao Junchen's marriage was just a way to win over Zhao Junchen, so Emperor Deqing would never force Zhao Junchen to marry a woman with no family background - and Cui Qianxue has never After being kicked out of the house by her predecessor Cui Mian, her family background was almost gone! Her marriage to Zhao Junchen would not bring any benefit to Zhao Junchen, so Zhao Junchen would not be happy, and Emperor Deqing would never force it out of his desire to win over Zhao Junchen!
so. Even if Emperor Deqing wanted to bring Cui Qianxue and Zhao Junchen together, the most likely way would be to make Cui Qianxue Zhao Junchen's concubine and give Cui Qianxue some honors during the marriage, while Zhao Junchen's position as the main wife would be nothing more than that. Currently, Su Xiuning and Chen Zhirong are still competing!
Of course, Chen Zhirong knew all this very well, so she "kindly reminded" Su Xiuning and misled Su Xiuning's judgment. In this way, Chen Zhirong could divert Su Xiuning's attention and make Su Xiuning feel repulsive towards Cui Qianxue. In the end, . Su Xiuning will not only offend Cui Qianxue and be disgusted with Zhao Junchen, after this situation spreads. It would also cause Emperor Deqing's displeasure.
The most important thing is that Chen Zhirong also wants to take advantage of this opportunity. Showing Zhao Junchen the huge gap in political vision between himself and Su Xiuning, let Zhao Junchen understand who is the best candidate for a good wife.
After all, if you want to become Zhao Junchen's wife, you must have a certain political vision. Otherwise, not only will you not be able to help Zhao Junchen in the future, but it will easily hinder Zhao Junchen.
Chen Zhirong believed that Zhao Junchen would be able to understand this.
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On the side, Zhao Junchen just watched with cold eyes on the thoughts of Su Xiuning and Chen Zhirong without saying anything. With a gentle smile, no one could guess what his true thoughts were at this time.
Regarding Zhao Junchen's attitude, Chen Zhirong was not only not disappointed, but a hint of admiration flashed in his bright eyes. Seeing that the atmosphere at this time was a bit dull, Su Xiuning was absent-minded and Zhao Junchen was silent, so he opened his mouth to introduce a new topic and asked: "Speaking of which, the sister who accompanied His Majesty just now really looks like me. I feel pity for her, and judging from His Majesty's attitude, it seems that he likes her quite a lot. However, I have never seen this sister before, and she doesn't look like someone from the palace. I don't know who she is? What is her relationship with Your Majesty?"
Zhao Junchen took a look at Chen Zhirong and asked: "This matter is related to His Majesty's personal affairs and is the most taboo. Why do you need to pry? There are some things that are better not known. If you go into more details, it will cause embarrassment to Your Majesty. , but it might even set you on fire."
Chen Zhirong smiled slightly, but insisted on her opinion and retorted: "Zhirong actually feels that no matter what it is, it is better to know than not to know. If there is really a taboo, it is best to pretend to be ignorant after knowing it well. , otherwise, if you are confused, you will easily commit taboos in the future. What's more, there are no private matters or trivial matters around the emperor. Private matters are state affairs, small matters and major matters. Every move will have far-reaching consequences. Zhirong was born in a noble family. How dare you not find out more about it? Of course, if it is inconvenient to talk about these things, there is no need for Mr. Zhao to explain to Zhirong, after all, this is just Zhirong’s curiosity."
After listening to Chen Zhirong's explanation, Zhao Junchen pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement and said, "Well, this matter was not deliberately concealed. Sooner or later it will be spread. It won't have any impact if I say it at this time... His Majesty's side The girl named Li Jiamin is the daughter of Li Xin, the former prefect of Huai'an. Her father was thrown into jail because of the "Southern Tour Preparation Fraud Case." He also suffered a lot of torture in prison, but this girl Li is a My filial daughter, who is also strong-tempered, actually went all the way north, planning to take advantage of His Majesty's southern tour to intercept the emperor's complaint and redress my father's grievances..."
Having said this, Zhao Junchen shook his head, his expression full of admiration.
On the other side, after hearing Zhao Junchen's explanations, Chen Zhirong's eyes flashed, and he had obviously guessed the various consequences that this incident would have. And he is constantly calculating something in his heart!
Su Xiuning, on the other hand, had little experience in political struggle and did not understand what it would mean if the "Southern Tour Preparation Fraud Case" tried by Prince Zhu Heyu was overturned. He was only attracted by Li Jiamin's story and saw Zhao. Junchen suddenly paused. Then he subconsciously asked: "What happened next? This Miss Li has now met His Majesty, and it seems that His Majesty is also very kind to her, but has she successfully redressed her father's grievances?"
Zhao Junchen shook his head, first recounted the encounter between Li Jiamin and Emperor Deqing, and then concluded: "Although Miss Li complained to His Majesty about her father's grievances, because the matter was serious and involved, Therefore, His Majesty did not jump to conclusions easily, and just arranged for Miss Li to join the southern patrol team. It is planned that after arriving in Huai'an, His Majesty will personally review the case and then make a decision."
aside. Chen Zhirong quickly discovered the crux of the matter and asked: "No wonder Master Zhao specifically told us not to reveal His Majesty's identity when we met His Majesty just now. It turns out that although Sister Li met His Majesty, she has not yet I know His Majesty's identity... However, His Majesty's grace and majesty can be seen by anyone, and he can arrange the list of southern tours and take people in and out of the palace at will. With such a performance, could this Sister Li really not guess? Did you reveal His Majesty's identity? Or, although she guessed it, she just pretended not to know and wanted to take the opportunity to get closer to His Majesty?"
Zhao Junchen smiled lightly and said without comment: "I don't know about this, and I don't want to make any assumptions. It's just that His Majesty looks like he is enjoying this situation so far, so we don't need to go into it... Just like you just said As I said, with many things in this world, it’s always best to be aware of them and then pretend to be ignorant, isn’t it?”
Although Zhao Junchen said it very lightly, Chen Zhirong could hear Zhao Junchen's deep suspicion of Li Jiamin from these words.
Then, Chen Zhirong suddenly smiled and asked: "This sister Chen went north alone to redress her father's grievances. With such character and experience, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a strange woman in the world. Zhirong admired her very much. I feel pity for her. So, Zhirong wants to talk to Sister Chen in the next few days. I wonder if Mr. Zhao can arrange it?"
After hearing Chen Zhirong's request, Zhao Junchen smiled.
Zhao Junchen knew that the reason why Chen Zhirong made such a request was to test Li Jiamin's background and purpose for him.
In fact, since Li Jiamin appeared, Zhao Junchen felt that the origin and purpose of this woman were quite strange, and he wanted to send someone to test it, but there was no suitable candidate under his command. This is why Zhao Junchen told Chen Zhirong about Li Jiamin's origin. The real reason - with Chen Zhirong's scheming and vision, he is the best candidate to test Li Jiamin.
Moreover, Zhao Junchen also believed that as long as he showed a little suspicion of Li Jiamin, Chen Zhirong would definitely take the initiative to take over the task of testing.
Now, Chen Zhirong is indeed actively cooperating.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen said with a smile: "Well, Your Majesty asked me to take care of Miss Li originally. However, there are differences between men and women. There are many things that I cannot take care of. It would be a good thing if you accompany her, and I will naturally make arrangements for you."
Chen Zhirong nodded and said with a smile: "In that case, Zhirong would like to thank Mr. Zhao."
On the side, Su Xiuning did not notice the deep meaning in the conversation between Zhao Junchen and Chen Zhirong. She just admired Li Jiamin's situation. Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly discovered that Xu Qingyan's figure had appeared in the distance, and behind Xu Qingyan, there was still someone. Followed by two women.
Of these two women, one is Cui Qianxue, who everyone is waiting for, and the other is Chu Jiayi, who has been accompanying Cui Qianxue in recent times.
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…(To be continued)
