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As soon as Zhao Huan returned to the prince's mansion, Zhu Lian could see that Zhao Huan's face was very bad.

Zhu Lian quickly stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong with Your Highness?"

Zhao Huan immediately broke out and said, "It's not that ungrateful guy Cai Shen is still the ungrateful guy!"

Zhu Lian said in surprise: "Cai is still back to Beijing?"

Zhao Huan replied casually: "The emperor issued an order to summon him back to the capital to go to the palace."

Zhu Lian was even more surprised when he heard this. You must know that not everyone is qualified to ask the emperor to issue an order to summon the people to the palace.

Zhu Lian frowned slightly and said, "I haven't seen you for half a year. Cai Shen has grown to this point. Even the officials have noticed him!"

Zhao Huan couldn't help but sigh: "Who could have thought that Cai was still both civil and military, not only could he propose good strategies for governing the country, but he could also conquer Song Jiang and his gang with his own strength!"

After a pause, Zhao Huan said again: "Now, his Jinwu army is stationed in Jingdong, only two thousand miles away from the capital. He can enter Beijing in two or three days. He is so capable of fighting. The Central Imperial Guards who only know how to build gardens, grow flowers and grass, and feed birds and animals are not his opponents. Therefore, the Jinwu army in his hands may be the strongest army on the left and right sides of the capital. If he can be recruited under my command, the road to ascending the throne will undoubtedly be more guaranteed."

Zhu Lian heard this and said, "The Your Highness will take him under his command no matter what. With him, Your Highness will have a powerful helper. In the future, he will ascend the throne to the emperor. Perhaps he will be the second Cai Jing."

Zhao Huan said: "I think so too, so when I learned that he was back to Beijing, I organized a large number of people to welcome him and go to the court. I also invited him to stay in the mansion for a few days and asked him for good strategies for governing the country in person. Unexpectedly, he actually refused!"

When Zhao Huan said that Cai still refused his invitation, Zhu Lian frowned and said, "He is so ignorant?"

Zhao Huan said: "That's right? I rejected me in front of so many people. Where does this mean?"

Zhu Lian thought for a while and said, "This shouldn't be true. Didn't he refuse the invitation from Prince Yun? He shouldn't go to Prince Yun again?"

Zhao Huan said: "He will not surrender to the third brother, and he also rejected the third brother's invitation."

Zhu Lian said, "The Prince of Yun is also going to welcome him?"

Zhao Huan could only tell his Crown Princess Zhu Lian that because he had to pretend to be generous and generous outside, some words could not be said or even expressed. Therefore, Zhao Huan revealed his heart to Zhu Lian: "You don't know, he will go wherever I go recently, and he wants to act better than me everywhere. This time, the matter of welcoming Cai Lan is so big, how can he not go?"

Zhu Lian said: "Your Highness tells me in detail what's going on?"

Zhao Huan said: "We invited Cai Jian together. I invited Cai Jian to stay in the house for a short stay. He invited Cai Jian to attend the poetry meeting and said that Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao would go there. As a result, Cai Jian refused us together on the grounds that his father was no longer there and Cai Jing was his only elder. He did not go home and go directly to visit friends without visiting his elders first."

When Zhu Lian heard this, he chuckled and said, "If this is the case, then there is no need for Your Highness to get angry. Cai has not returned for more than half a year. It is reasonable to go to see Cai Jing first."

Zhao Huan said: "Cai Jing has retired and is just a useless old man. How can he pass by this palace important?"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Lian shook his head and said, "Your Highness is such a bad word. If Cai still returns to Beijing and does not go to see Cai Jing first, and directly accepts the invitation from His Highness or Prince Yun, such Cai is still not worthy of His Highness's grudge. He is still like this to the only elder who has just retired, so how can he be loyal to His Highness?"

After Zhu Lian's guidance, Zhao Huan immediately figured it out. Cai Shen's approach was not wrong, because he was a little cautious.

Zhao Huan said: "In this way, I am indeed a little bit unlucky."

This is one of Zhao Huan's few advantages, that is, he is very able to accept other people's opinions.

But in the same way, this is Zhao Huan’s biggest problem. If he had not had such a personality, the Jingkang shame in history would not have happened.

Zhu Lian said: "Your Highness is wise."

Zhao Huan thought about it and said, "I have to continue to win over Cai Jian, at least I can't ask him to turn to the third brother."

Zhu Lian said: "What Your Highness said is very true. We have to be careful of Prince Yun's in a hurry to jump over the wall. I heard that Prince Yun has been very close to Prince Zeng recently. I am afraid that he is trying to beat Prince Zeng's left guard."

This son-in-law Zeng was the son-in-law Zeng Jie, the prince-in-law of Emperor Jiade Zhao Yupan. He was in front of the hall to serve as the general of the left guard and commanded the first army personally.

Zhu Lian said again: "Your Highness must not ask Prince Yun to succeed, but also get closer to Prince Zeng. In addition, Your Highness should walk with Prince Cao more often. After all, he is Your Highness's brother-in-law, and Your Highness is naturally close to him. If you ask Prince Yun to win over Prince Zeng, if Your Highness has Prince Cao in his hands, you can compete with him."

This Prince Cao is Cao Sheng, the son-in-law of Emperor Rongde Zhao Jinnu. He commanded the commander-in-chief of the Right Guard in front of the hall and also led the army personally.

In addition, Zhao Jinnu is the younger sister of Zhao Huan and his father and mother, so no matter what aspect, Zhao Huan and Cao Sheng are natural allies, which is why Zhu Lian asked Zhao Huan to walk with Cao Sheng more.

Zhao Huan said: "I can't afford it, but...Scholar Geng said that whether it is the left guard or the right guard, the combat effectiveness is extremely low now."

After pausing, Zhao Huan said again: "Actually, there is no need to say anything from Master Geng, nor do you look at what the left and right guards do every day. You either build gardens, plant flowers and plants, or feed birds and animals. How can such an army fight? Gao Qiu deserves to die for thousands of crimes. He dares to turn the powerful emperor's personal army into a group of craftsmen. If I ascend the throne to the throne, I will cut him into pieces!"

Zhu Lian said: "This kind of treacherous minister who harms the country and the people can be dealt with slowly after His Highness ascended the throne. Now the most urgent task is how to curb Prince Yun's ambitions. Recently, Prince Yun seems to have been competing with His Highness explicitly. The key is that the attitude of the official is vague, which is not a good phenomenon."

Zhao Huan said a little annoyed: "I don't know that according to Liang Shicheng, under Yang Jian's instigation, his father almost won the third brother's stern axe, but fortunately he was stopped by him at the last moment."

Jieyue, the process of awarding talismans. The process of rituals is often called "false talismans", and the ministers who are awarded talismans are called "holding talismans". To put it simply, Jieyue is actually a seal of Jiedu.

In the Song Dynasty, the Jiedushi was actually already in name but not real, and it was more of a symbol.

But this symbol also represents the emperor's attitude, especially the Jiedushi who was granted a prince's title, which means it is too different.

It’s not because Zhao Huan cares so much.

Zhu Lian couldn't help but complain: "What did the official family think?"

Zhao Huan was also full of grievances, but he couldn't complain about Zhao Ji like Zhu Lian. He could only say: "I wish my mother was still alive!"

After Zhao Huan said that, Zhao Huan and Zhu Lian were silent at the same time.

After a while, Zhu Lian said, "Your Highness, don't miss your mother anymore. Let's rely on ourselves."

Zhao Huan sighed and said, "Who else can I rely on besides relying on myself?"

Seeing that Zhao Huan was in a low mood, Zhu Lian quickly changed the subject and said, "Let's go back to Cai Gan. I heard that Cai has not yet married. Why not marry his cousin to him to win him over?"

"Shen'er?" Zhao Huan's eyes immediately showed a look of unwillingness.

Zhao Huan likes her cousin Zhu Shen, how could Zhu Lian not know?

In theory, Zhu Lian should have fulfilled Zhao Huan, because even if she could stop Zhu Shen, she could not stop other women - she married into the royal family. Zhu Lian still had this awareness.

On this basis, Zhao Huanna and Zhu Shen are always better than others. After all, Zhu Shen is also Zhu Lian's cousin and a natural ally of Zhu Lian. Once Zhu Shen enters Zhao Huan's harem, he will definitely help Zhu Lian stabilize her status.

But now, given that Cai is still very important, Zhu Lian still feels that Zhu Shen should be married to Cai Jian and tied Cai Jian to their chariot by marriage.

Based on this, Zhu Lian advised Zhao Huan: "Although Shen'er is beautiful, has a good character and personality, she is just a woman after all. If Your Highness wins the world, what kind of woman does not want? Why do you lose the big picture because of a small amount?"

Zhao Huan didn't understand what Zhu Lian said, but he was still reluctant to say: "But... Shen'er is so good, why should I give up Shen'er to Cai Jian? When I think of Shen'er marrying Cai Jian, my heart hurts."

Zhu Lian advised: "With a woman and a world, your highness should weigh the price, right?"

When Zhao Huan heard the words, he was silent for a long time before sighing, saying, "Stop, let's not be with the woman, so I will give Shen'er to Cai Shen."

Zhu Lian praised: "Your Highness is wise!"

After a moment of pondering, Zhu Lian said, "But there is still a problem now."

Zhao Huan asked: "What's the question?"

Zhu Lian said: "We are willing to marry, but Cai may not be willing to marry. I guess that Cai is still likely to be like other Cai family members, not to stand on the side or offend them. Just wait until Your Highness and Prince Yun decide the winner soon, and then consider who to stand on the side or only stand on the side of the official family. In that case, he will not accept this marriage no matter what."

Zhao Huan couldn't help but say angrily: "I marry the woman I love to him, but he dares not!"

Zhu Lian really couldn't bear to attack Zhao Huan, so she could only say tactfully: "Your Highness is not unaware that the people of the Cai family are all villains who look around. They have always been loyal to the official family, and the official family is now in its prime..."

Zhao Huan was immediately hit by a weak spot.

This is the real problem - Zhao Ji is too young, only 38 years old, and the key is that he is in such good health. Therefore, even if Zhao Huan is allowed to firmly serve as the crown prince, he may have to wait until twenty years or even longer to ascend the throne to the emperor. In this case, unless he is a gambler with no way out, who would be anxious to stand by the prince Zhao Huan, who is not very popular with Zhao Ji?

Zhao Huan's domineering aura just now became weak!

After struggling for a long time, Zhao Huan was a little unwilling to say: "What should I do if I do?"

Zhu Lian turned his eyes and said, "For the sake of the present, only by seeking the marriage of the official can Cai Shen tie him to His Highness's chariot."

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Chapter completed!