Song Mingyue

Chapter 245
Mrs. Cai’s mansion, the inner courtyard.

In the bedroom, a group of beautiful concubines are surrounding Cai Jing, changing him into purple court clothes.Some knelt at Cai Jing's feet, carefully hanging all kinds of exquisite accessories on the old man's jade belt.Two more concubines took off their shoes, carefully stood on the chairs, held their breath, and put on the long-winged gauze hat for Cai Jing.

Cai Jing was in high spirits, standing in front of a bronze mirror taller than a man. The bronze mirror was finely polished by skilled craftsmen, and the figure inside was clearly recognizable.Although the old face was already as dry as pine bark, at this moment there was a faint red light, and the back was straight, looking at his own figure in the mirror with satisfaction.

Power is more intoxicating than money and beauties, and it can stimulate men's hormones even more. Even though Cai Jing is already in his seventies and half buried in the earth, his desire for power has not diminished in the slightest.As an ordinary person, at this age, he would have been entertaining his grandchildren at home, but for Cai Jing, being an extremely human minister is the greatest joy and meaning of his life.

The gauze cap was put on Cai Jing's head upright, and Cai Jing helped it up again.With a light wave of their hands, these concubines immediately bowed silently and retreated.

Before the bronze mirror, there was only a husband who was under one person and above ten thousand people.

Cai Jing looked at the figure in the bronze mirror again, with a satisfied smile on his face.Since last year, his prestige as the No.1 scholar-bureaucrat and the first prime minister has been challenged by others, and this challenger is Zhao Hao.A distant clan who came out of the fifth service, and has not yet reached the age of weak crown, and has only been an official for only a year, yet challenges his authority over and over again, and even forcibly suppresses himself in front of all officials, this is a good thing for Cai Jing, who has been in the officialdom for decades. To me, it's a naked insult.

However, he, Cai Jing, is not so easy to be suppressed. He is planning to lead Zhao Hao into a trap step by step. Sooner or later, he will let that kid come and go, and even be deposed as a commoner...

And yesterday, Yang Jian gave him another huge surprise. He finally got his wish and could become the official's in-laws.Not only greatly; he has narrowed his relationship with the official family, and even in a sense, he is equal to the official family status, which is of great benefit to Cai Jing's official career and personal prestige.

He, Cai Jing, will be No. 1 under the Emperor of Song Dynasty until he dies. Getting rid of Zhao Hao's thorn in his side is an important plan, and becoming an in-law with the Merry Emperor is also an important step.

At this time, the official came in gently, and said respectfully: "Report to the old official, everything has been prepared, just wait for the old official to enter the palace."

After finishing speaking, he handed over a brocade box carefully.

Cai Jing took the brocade box with a solemn expression, opened it, took out a gift list, and read it carefully, with a satisfied look in his eyes.

With a dowry gift of [-] Guan, in order to get married to an official, Cai Jing can be regarded as a bloodletting.

He straightened his clothes again, straightened his chest, and said loudly: "Let's go!"

After speaking, he strode out like a general in command.

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Lund County Government.

Zhao Hao stared at the five words "Brother Hao, save me", frowned, and fell into deep thought.

The appearance of Zhao Fujin appeared in his mind, and he couldn't get rid of it.

A year ago, when Yanfu Palace saw her for the first time, her paper kite flew up a big tree, and he helped her take it off.

"who are you?"

"Chaofenglang Zhao Hao."

"Could it be the elder brother of the clan?"

"Exactly!"

"Then I'll call you Brother Hao?"

That little girl, who was as dazzling as a butterfly goddess of light, left a brand in his heart.

……

Later, he competed with Gao Lian in the Cuju competition. Facing the invincible Gao Taiwei in the Cuju field, she bet on him to win, and even pestered Zhao Ji to give him a promotion.

……

One month ago, hundreds of officials jointly knelt down in front of Zhao Ji's bedroom and forced Zhao Ji to punish him. Zhao Fujin actually gathered more than [-] princes and concubines to drive out the officials by force.

……

Zhao Hao sighed slightly, touched his waist subconsciously, and took off a sachet.

Even though this sachet has been with him for more than half a year, it still has a dark fragrance, like orchids and musk deer.

Then unfold the sachet in his hand.

"Bright as the sun and the moon".

"Longevity".

Marrying Cai Kuang was definitely not what she wanted.

However, a year ago, he tried every means to push back the marriage in front of Zhao Ji, now that the official family's will has been decided, how can he save her?

The male university should be married, and the female university should be married. He is just a clan with five uniforms. What reason does he have to interfere with Zhao Fujin's marriage?
Besides, he has also investigated Cai Wei, and he is also a good-looking talent, with outstanding literary talent, coupled with a prominent family background, he is indeed a first-class good-looking man in the hearts of girls. Go, but looking up, the son of the scholar-official family is not coquettish?Haven't been to the land of wind and moon?

If Cai Wei is not good enough, then who is better and more suitable for Zhao Fujin among the marriageable teenagers in the capital?
The answer is obviously no...

Zhao Hao felt depressed for a while, put away the sachet, stood up, and decided to go for a walk.

He didn't ride a horse or a sedan chair, so he took a dozen or so slaves and strolled in the streets of Bianliang. He saw the autumn wind gradually rising, and the fallen leaves fluttered all over the city, which made Zhao Hao feel a lot of emotion.

The streets were still bustling, with people coming and going, bustling, but Zhao Hao didn't take the time to appreciate the bustling fire like cooking oil, and his brows were furrowed.

Suddenly, there was a loud commotion ahead, followed by a group of people.

Zhao Hao's eyes flashed, and he said to Liang Lie, "Go and have a look."

Liang Lie got the order, stepped forward quickly, yelled loudly and forcibly separated the crowd and squeezed in. Everyone saw that the approach was ferocious, and they looked like evil slaves of a rich family in all their attire, so they had to dodge one after another.

After a while, Liang Lie walked back quickly with a funny smile on his face.

"Interesting, interesting. Someone stole someone's wife and was found out by the rightful owner. He picked up a stick and chased him all the way. He just caught up with him. It was easy to beat, haha..."

Zhao Hao frowned slightly, this kind of nonsense didn't interest him.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, his eyes instantly showed excitement, and he said in a deep voice, "Go home!"

All the slaves followed Zhao Hao in a daze and rushed back to the mansion.

As soon as Zhao Hao returned to the mansion, he went straight to the front hall, called the butler, and said anxiously: "Draft the invitation quickly, I will have a grand banquet for the guests in Fanlou tonight."

After finishing speaking, he made a long list, all of whom were officials of the third grade or above, including Jin Chonglue, Xu Churen, Wu Min, Zhong Shizhong, Zhong Shidao and other officials from the Qing school. Bang Yan, Cai You and others, even Cai Jing's party invited many people, and invited two tables of guests.

Although the butler felt strange about the long list, he didn't dare to ask more questions, and hurriedly sent people to Fanlou to book a seat while writing invitations.

After leaving the front hall, Zhao Hao went back to the study, and it was heard that Daoist Aoki gave him such and such orders in a low voice.

Daoist Qingmu still looked confused at first, but after hearing this, he couldn't help showing an extremely funny smile on his face. There was a bit of insidious and cunning in that smile, like a big villain.

In the end, Daoist Aoki showed an expression of admiration: "Wonderful, your master's plan is great! It's just..."

Zhao Hao said coldly, "Just what?"

Daoist Aoki laughed: "It's just too vicious."

Zhao Hao said angrily, "Get lost!"

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Caijing Mansion, the back garden.

A slender young man with a face like a crown jade, waving a folding fan lightly, strolled among the chrysanthemums in the garden, with a complacent look on his face.

This person is Cai Jing's fifth son, Cai Wei, named Ziyun.

Inheriting Cai Jing's good skin and talents, he passed the imperial examinations and became an official official. Although he was young, he was an official at the Xuanhe Palace. From the fifth rank, he was considered a leader among the young masters in the capital.And although he is romantic, he has no other bad deeds.

Cai Wei's family background is prominent, he was successful in his youth, he was already considered a winner in life, and now he is about to marry the emperor concubine and become the captain of the son-in-law.

For Cai Wei, the most important thing is not to marry the emperor, but to marry his favorite woman.A political marriage may not necessarily lead to happiness, but if you marry the number one beauty in the Song Dynasty, that's another matter.

Zhao Fujin's immature and exquisite face appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help showing a warm smile in his eyes, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart, there is nothing better than this in life!

In a trance, he suddenly remembered that day on the street, when Zhao Hao and Zhao Fujin walked together and humiliated himself in public, a tinge of anger welled up before he knew it, and then he was overwhelmed by a burst of revenge-like pleasure.

So what about the clan, what about the second rank of the official residence, and in the end I was embraced by myself as a beauty. In the future, I will be a dignified son-in-law captain. ?
Cai Kuang was thinking about it, when suddenly there was a commotion behind him, and when he looked back, he saw a few young men with oily hair and noodles, dressed in fine clothes, rushing towards him.

In a blink of an eye, Cai Wei was surrounded by those young masters.

"Brother Ziyun, congratulations, congratulations, a match made in heaven, haha!"

"I pay my respects to the Prince Consort!"

"The little one is here to lead the horse and kick the horse for the captain-in-law!"

The few people who came were the sons of Dazai Yu Shen's family, Zuo Xiangbai and others, and they had a very good personal relationship with Cai Yu, and their family backgrounds were almost the same, so they often drank together and searched for flowers and flowers together. , Naturally, there is no formal way to speak.

Cai Kua laughed: "You're going to have to taunt my brother. Let's go. Brother is the host today. I'll go to Panlou to have a drink. I won't give up until I'm drunk!"

The son of Bai Shizhong's family stretched out his hand to stop him: "Wait a minute, what's good about Panlou's wine? If you want to drink it, go drink flower wine... Brother Ziyun is about to become the captain of the son-in-law. I'm afraid it won't be so much if you want to drink flower wine in the future." Easy!"

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly: "That's right, that's right!"

That young master of the Bai family was quite right, once he became a captain consort, it would be very difficult for him to have fun in brothels and brothels, unless the emperor was very generous.

Cai Wei was speechless, and it was inconvenient to go against everyone's wishes, so he had to agree.

This group of well-known playboys in the capital pushed Cai Kuang happily and walked quickly towards the gate.

When they arrived at the gate, there were already carriages, horses and soft sedan chairs waiting, and they were walking down the steps, when they suddenly saw a group of horses rushing ahead, stopped at the gate of Cai Mansion, and blocked them.

Cai Kuang was furious, and was about to reprimand him, but he saw that all the people who came were dressed in red, which was impressively dressed in the palace, and the leader was even dressed as an eunuch, so he had to give up.

The doorman of Cai's mansion saw someone from the palace and hurried forward to talk to him. After a while, he turned his head and said to Cai Kuang: "What a coincidence, this father-in-law is here to look for the fifth son."

When Cai Kuang heard this, he showed a puzzled look on his face, hurried forward, and bowed his hands to the leading eunuch: "This father-in-law has invited you."

The man looked up and down at Cai Wei, and asked, "Are you the fifth son of the Cai family?"

Cai Kuang said, "Exactly."

The eunuch immediately showed a serious look on his face, took out a secret letter from his sleeve, and handed it to Cai Wei, saying: "I am ordered to deliver the letter, and you will know the reason when you open the letter."

After speaking, he waved his hand and led the crowd to leave in a hurry.

Cai Kuo looked at the retreating red figure very strangely, and it took him a long time to react, and hurriedly opened the letter paper.

After reading it hastily, Cai Wei's face turned red and his breathing became short of breath.

His heart was beating wildly, and he read the letter paper three times over and over again, and then he calmed down a little. He turned his head and cupped his hands at the friends behind him, and said loudly: "I'm sorry, brothers, I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany my brothers today."

(End of this chapter)