After having a birthday banquet at Zhao's house, Qi Jin kept in mind that Rong Cang had been poisoned. After saying goodbye and leaving Zhao's house, he got on his horse and went straight to Prince Zhan's Mansion.
The steward took Qi Jin to Jinlin Courtyard. They met at Jinlin Courtyard last time. The steward thought it would be the same this time, but Rong Cang directly ordered him to take Qi Jin to Shuanghua Courtyard.
"Qi Jin is the legitimate son of Marquis Zhongyi. His mother is the eldest princess of the dynasty and the sister of his father." After Rong Cang washed up, he changed his clothes. "He has an unruly temperament and is very different from the young masters from the aristocratic families in the capital. You should be able to agree with him." Hit it off.”
Chu Yunfei was silent for a moment: "The prince has a good relationship with him?"
Rong Cang was silent for a moment and nodded: "Yes."
"The prince who leads the army has a close relationship with the general who guards the border. Won't the officials in the DPRK impeach him?" Chu Yunfei was puzzled. "The emperor won't be afraid of it?"
"I only have friendship with Qi Jin." Rong Cang's voice was calm. "His father is guarding the southern Xinjiang area. He has been fighting against the Southern Qi army all the year round. My king's soldiers and horses are distributed in the northwest, guarding the powerful Mobei, the two have nothing to do with each other."
But even so, if the two of them got too close, it would easily arouse the king's suspicion and the frame-up of other people who wanted to deal with him.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Qi is here."
Rong Cang turned around and walked out of the inner room, saying in a light voice: "Come in."
Chu Yunfei looked up and was almost dazzled.
A man in red, about twenty years old, stepped into the door, shaking a jade fan in his hand. He was tall, handsome and delicate, with a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes, and a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth. .
At first glance, he really looks like a noble man coming out of a painting.
"I have met the princess." Qi Jin bowed and saluted, "I am Qi Jin, the son of Zhongyi Hou."
Chu Yunfei came back to her senses and bowed calmly in return: "Young Master Qi, there is no need to be polite. I will go out first and you two can chat."
"Princess, there is no need to avoid it for the time being." Qi Jin's peach blossom eyes blinked, and her eyebrows were stained with a smile, "I just went to attend the birthday banquet of Mrs. Zhao of the Protector's Palace, and I heard something at the birthday banquet. If Princess If you are interested, I can repeat it to the princess and it will relieve your fatigue."
Rong Cang frowned: "She doesn't like to hear that."
"It's okay." Chu Yunfei told Bao Chan to make tea, and raised his hand to signal Qi Jin to sit down, "I just have nothing to do, so you might as well listen."
Qi Jin looked at Chu Yunfei's calm look, and then looked at Rong Cang's free movement, and felt vaguely curious: "Can I ask first, why did the princess not go to the Duke's Mansion today?"
With the King of War looking like this right now, he probably doesn't need her personal care, and besides, the prince has Chang Qing by his side.
"I don't want to go." Chu Yunfei said concisely, "If I go, I will be besieged. Why bother asking for trouble?"
Qi Jin said: "If the princess doesn't go, doesn't it give them a chance to gossip?"
"So what?" Chu Yunfei didn't care, "I can't stop their mouths."
Qi Jin touched his nose: "What's strange to me is that the others didn't say anything. Instead, the fifth princess and Princess Chen sang in harmony and spared no effort to ruin the reputation of the princess in front of everyone. Are they so brainless?"
"What goes above and beyond will lead to implication." Chu Yunfei had a faint expression and glanced at Rong Cang casually, "Concubine Gu even plots against her own son. How can Prince Chen and his wife treat Rong Cang as one of their own?"
Even Rong Cang couldn't be regarded as one of his own, so how could he take her, Princess Zhan, who was born in the third-grade minister's house, in his eyes?
"But the Zhao family and Prince Chen are not in the same boat at all." Qi Jin pointed out the key point in one sentence, "Even if Princess Chen wants to gain a good reputation for herself by suppressing the princess, she should not show it in front of the old lady of the Zhao family."
The emperor respects Mrs. Zhao because the prince had made a contribution in rescuing her. When the princes went to celebrate her birthday, it was for the emperor and ministers to see. However, King Chen should know that the Zhao family had never been his helper.
It can even be said to be an opponent.
To stage a feud between brothers on the opponent's territory, isn't it to expose the family scandal in front of others and make them laugh? The Protectorate looked warm and gentle on the surface, but secretly he didn't know how to laugh at them.
Chu Yunfei said: "Prince Chen has the greatest support with his back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. As long as he can control Rong Cang well, he will have military power. What else do they have to worry about?"
He probably feels that he has a winning chance, so he just needs to gain a good reputation regardless of the occasion. As for whether the other party is a friend or an enemy, what difference does it make?
We are rivals today, maybe we will be friends tomorrow.
"I hold a handle on the Zhao family in my hand." Qi Jin looked at Rong Cang and suddenly said something shocking, "If I tell the emperor at the right time, the Zhao family will definitely be peeled off. Not to mention all the achievements in the past, whether we can save the lives of the nine tribes can only depend on the emperor's benevolence."
Rong Cang raised his eyes slightly: "The right time?"
"Yes." Qi Jin nodded, with a hint of coldness in his brows, "Mrs. Zhao's mouth is too vicious. She actually cursed me for dying early, saying that my parents had no one to support them until they died. This debt cannot be settled like this."
Chu Yunfei frowned: "The old lady of the Zhao family is already seventy years old. Logically speaking, she should be at a highly respected age. It is her birthday today and there are so many juniors present. How could she say such evil words?"
"It's probably because of the eye disease." Qi Jin sneered, "The Zhao family and the Qi family were both families of military commanders back then, but Duke Protector's tactics and martial arts were not as good as those of my father. He was inferior in every way. He won fewer battles and lost more. The emperor later refused to let him go to the battlefield. The old lady of the Zhao family was always holding her breath in her heart, thinking that her father had robbed their family of their glory and military power."
Although the Duke Protector's Mansion has the title of Duke, he has not held military power for more than ten years. The old lady has always remembered this in her heart.
Is there such a thing?
Chu Yunfei frowned and thought, the old lady of the Zhao family was so narrow-minded, but her two sons were able to reach such high positions now. It seems that people with no virtue are not necessarily blessed.
It's just that you don't have a tolerant mind and the capacity to tolerate others. This kind of rich life will not last long.
Qi Jin looked at Rong Cang: "Your Majesty, is your health feeling better?"
Rong Cang sat on the soft couch, holding a cup of tea and nodding lightly.
"Then I'll take my leave first." Qi Jin stood up, "Staying for too long will make people uncomfortable. If the prince has any instructions, just send someone to inform me."
Rong Cang didn't say anything, so he responded tacitly.
Chu Yunfei got up and escorted him to the door, calling Changqing to come and see him off.
"You're welcome." Qi Jin waved his hand, "Princess, please go back. I can leave by myself."
Chu Yunfei watched him leave. When Qi Jin walked out of Shuanghua Courtyard, she turned around and went back to her room: "The Protector's Palace is too arrogant and does not know how high the sky is."
The emperor respects them not only because of their past rescue efforts, but also because of their loyalty to the family. However, as a minister, one needs to know that humility and prudence are the long-term policies.
Are there still few meritorious ministers who have been executed by emperors in the past?
What's more, the Protector's Palace is indeed at its peak now. The more prominent it is, the more it should keep a low profile.
Forgetting his own identity, ignoring the difference between monarch and minister, being narrow-minded and arrogant, he used the name of his birthday to talk about the royal princess and criticized the son of the eldest princess, even with the intention of cursing.
If the sky is crazy, there will be rain; if people are crazy, there will be disaster.
"The arrogance and self-righteousness of the Protectorate will only bring about their destruction in advance." Rong Cang said while standing in front of the window.
As his injuries gradually recovered, his figure became more majestic and upright, his brows and eyes had a cold and deep demeanor, and his whole body exuded a forbidding iron-blooded aura.
Chu Yunfei's eyes fell on him quietly. Although she was still a little angry in her heart, she still had to admit it.
Rong Cang, the war king of Chu State, used to dislike intrigues and intrigues, so he stayed away from the whirlpool of imperial power in Shengjing and stayed away from the border for ten years to protect the safety of his family and country.
However, once he really decides to join this war, who of the other princes can be his opponent?
"Rong Cang." Chu Yunfei said calmly, "Do you want to be the emperor?"
