"No, I provoke whoever I provoke, how come Zhu Bajie looks in the mirror and is not a human being?"
Xiao Chen rubbed his temples with a headache and lay on the chair with a dejected look.
Sigh, helplessness, entanglement, all kinds of complex emotions suddenly surged into my heart.
Since Zhang Dongyang said these words to him personally, he was also prepared to become Chen Jin's enemy.
If he maintains a vague and uncertain attitude, Zhang Dongyang will not give up.
Now, Xiao Chen is caught in a dilemma.
Either stay out of the matter and distance yourself from Chen Jin, or become Zhang Dongyang's enemy.
A pair of jade hands gently landed on his shoulders, and Ji Hongluan's arrogant voice reached his ears: "Don't you always want to get rid of Chen Jin?"
"Zhang Dongyang is the current prime minister. If you form an alliance with him to deal with Chen Jin and pull him down, you will be nine thousand years old."
She always comes so quietly.
But it is easier to talk than to do things.
Xiao Chen pressed the back of her hand and said, "What you think is so simple."
"Look at Zhang Dongyang, no matter how powerful he is, he is still a subordinate."
"Looking at Chen Jin, he is supported by the emperor, and Zhang Dongyang is under the emperor's control!"
Ji Hongluan pursed her lips and said unwillingly, "I don't think the emperor is a good person, and he is actually colluding with the eunuch."
She looked at Xiao Chen tentatively: "Did you really never think about resisting?"
Xiao Chen glanced at her sideways: "Are you hinting at me?"
The person involved curled his lips and said, "I've made it clear!"
Ji Hongluan was born in Jianghu, a bohemian lover of freedom, and has never been bound by rules.
She only knows that those who are unworthy of virtue and those who are heinous must be destroyed!
Xiao Chen smiled bitterly, stood up and stretched: "That's all. If you have an idea, you must also have the strength to have the capital to put it into action."
"By the way, you've been paying attention to several famous families recently, and I guess they won't stop."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Wang family, one of the eight aristocratic families, received news of a visit.
Ji Hongluan winked playfully and said, "You have such a clever mouth, you can do whatever you say."
Putting on a whole show, since he has been favored by the Jin family and the Song family, other aristocratic families naturally cannot turn them away.
Otherwise, it is easy to let people's imagination wander.
After inviting the person in, Xiao Chen greeted him with a few polite words.
"I've heard for a long time that the prince is suave and heroic, but now I see him, it's really remarkable."
Wang Decai's face almost broke with laughter. He didn't expect Xiao Chen to be more flattering than him.
"Praise after award, Governor Xiao is truly a wise man with unparalleled strategies!"
He waved, and the two attendants carried several large boxes.
Xiao Chen quickly stood up: "This is what you are doing!"
With a look from Wang Decai, the box was opened, and the bright gold and silver jewelry shone in the sunlight, almost blinding people.
Xiao Chen swallowed, this was the first time he saw so much cash!
Wang Decai cupped his hands and said: "Master Xiao, I am a straightforward person and I don't speak secretly."
"I've also heard about the Song family. They can all become eunuchs. I just wonder if you would be willing to give them some face and make it convenient for our Wang family."
It turns out it’s all a virtue!
Xiao Chen calmed down and sat down calmly, joking slightly: "Your Wang family spends so much and has a lot of wealth. You can make dozens of generations rich by doing business, so why do you have to become an eunuch?"
Wang Decai even suspected that he was asking questions knowingly, but he still patiently flattered him and said: "If you become a eunuch, you will have the opportunity to be directly awarded an official position."
"We have money, but we don't have power!"
Xiao Chen looked very understanding and glanced at the boxes of jewelry and money.
To be honest, he really doesn't lack these now, but there is no reason to turn away money.
"Easy to say, easy to say, this matter will be taken care of by me, Prince Wang, don't worry!"
The two laughed tacitly, sending Wang Decai away with satisfaction, and Xiao Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
He greeted, "Wei Zhongxian."
"Sir, what are your orders?"
"Calculate all the treasures in the box, record them all in the account when the time comes, and mark the source."
Wei Zhongxian nodded and bowed in response. When he saw the treasure covered in the box, he was stunned for a moment.
"Sir, sir, these are too many!"
Visual inspection is already equivalent to Xiao Chen's salary for several years!
"So what? There is no such thing as a pie in the sky."
"I'll go out for a walk, you can do your own business."
Xiao Chen put his hands behind his back and walked around in circles, but somehow he fell into Concubine Jing's palace.
"Why are you here!" When she saw Xiao Chen, Concubine Jing almost ran out to greet him, with uncontrollable joy on her face.
She subconsciously dismissed the others, poured a cup of tea herself and served it with both hands, "Try it, this is the tea steeped in the mountains."
Xiao Chen took the tea, and she also sat down on her seat, looking at him curiously: "Is something bothering you?"
Although they didn't spend much time together, Concubine Jing's thoughts were particularly delicate.
Xiao Chen just frowned, and she quickly noticed something was wrong.
"I didn't expect you to understand me so well."
Xiao Chen used tea as wine and drank it without any intention of hiding it. "Today, Mr. Wang sent several boxes of treasures. I am afraid they are worth the combined profits of all the chambers of commerce for half a month."
That’s a lot, hundreds of thousands!
Concubine Jing tilted her head, a little puzzled: "It's a good thing that someone takes the initiative to give you money."
"Or is it that the things he asked you to do embarrass you?"
Xiao Chen shook his head and suddenly asked: "Don't you think this kind of life is very boring?"
"Don't say anything when you are worried, but go against your true intentions and greet those who have ulterior motives with a smile."
Xiao Chen lay on Concubine Jing's knees and sighed remotely: "To be honest, I don't know why, but I always feel a little uncomfortable in my heart."
Is it because he learned his true identity?
Do you think it is a loss of status for a prince to greet these people with such a smile?
Or maybe he was shocked by Zhang Dongyang's words.
The more he thought about it, the more unconvinced he became, Xiao Chen stood up suddenly: "You said I just wanted to survive in the palace, but one or two of them insisted on forcing me to a dead end. Are they sick?"
Xiao Chen's current situation is like taking one step forward into an abyss, with no room to retreat!
Concubine Jing was thoughtful, her eyes briefly falling on his pair of shoes, and she was wearing a pair that she had sewn with her own hands.
After a moment, she smiled lightly and said, "If you don't feel comfortable staying here, why do you continue to stay?"
She suddenly grabbed Xiao Chen's hand, "How about you take me far away? The sky is high and the sea is vast, there is always a place in the world where I can be free and at ease!"
"You are smart and capable. You will not be wronged wherever you go. Why do you have to suffer from them?"
It seems that Concubine Shu also said this to herself.
But, still saying the same thing, if he just left like this, how could he be willing to do so?
