Cui Weizhen handed the secret document to Emperor Xuanwu the next day. Neither the emperor nor his ministers knew what the secret conversation was. After that, no one dared to ask the emperor for questioning. However, Cui Weizhen had many more temptations - he was given a private audience with the emperor for two consecutive days. What was the meaning behind this?
It's really not simple.
However, Cui Weizhen was impeccable and could not let in any oil or salt. He blocked all temptations and remained peacefully in the Hanlin Academy as an idle Hanlin. He refused to accept invitations from anyone, not even the King of Wei.
Running home makes people unable to see clearly.
Cui Shihong and Wang Junshen also heard the news and wanted to get information from Cui Weizhen. Who knew they could come to the door, but there was no information at all. It was a waste of time. They might as well seize the time to contact other people for information.
Cui Weizhen's people have been watching secretly and know the whereabouts of these two people clearly. For example, who came to visit and who they visited respectively, all in detail, in order to use this to deduce their position.
What is worth pondering is that King Ke repeatedly courted Cui Shihong, and Cui Shihong seemed to be interested in making political investments. The two sides exchanged glances and their attitudes were very ambiguous.
As for Wang Junshen, he lives up to his name and has a cautious personality. In the past few days, he has cast a wide net and made friends with everyone, but he has not paid special attention to or been intimate with anyone. He must have been undecided about his investment target.
Cui Weizhen was not surprised at all by their behavior. Although the aristocratic family was aloof from the outside world, it was always inseparable from the imperial power. When the aristocratic family was at its peak, it could even influence the change of imperial power. The world only knew about the aristocratic family, but not the royal family.
In the past, aristocratic families would hold important positions in the court. Since the imperial examination system, there have been almost no such cases. In addition, successive emperors have spared no effort to weaken the strength of aristocratic families. Their influence in the government and the public has become weaker and weaker. If they want to return to the political center,
The most convenient way is to choose political investment.
If you can choose Qianlong, your career will be easy.
Cui Shihong chose King Ke, and it seemed that their return to the clan would not be so smooth.
Of course, these are all things for later. Cui Weizhen was a person who planned for a rainy day. Since King Ke wanted to win over Cui and take the opportunity to deal with him, he had plenty of ways to deal with it.
The most important thing right now is to pack your luggage.
Yes, Cui Weizhen didn't want Cui Shihong and Wang Junshen to stay in the capital for a long time, so he applied to his superior, Xueshi Wu, early, and was granted a month's leave at the emperor's request. After completing the procedures, he urged the two of them to set off.
It takes five or six days to get from the capital to Qinghe by light car. Including the round trip time, it takes about ten days in total. Cui Weizhen didn't want to stay at Cui's house for a long time.
The time is in Linxi County, so the trip is very busy.
Ye Zhenzhen packed up her gifts in advance and was not disorganized when it came to the matter. It seemed that there were not many things, but by the day of departure, there were enough things for three carriages.
Ye Zhenzhen, who traveled around the world with a suitcase in her previous life, secretly smacked her lips, but having experienced traveling far away in ancient times, she felt that it was not an exaggeration at all.
I had no experience when I went to Beijing before, so I packed up my belongings and left. As a result, the conditions of the inns and inns everywhere were so bad that they didn't even have the sanitary conditions of the later hotels. What was the negative news that came out of the later hotels? What did they encounter along the way?
There are so many of them that they can make people so sick that they can't eat for several days.
Therefore, it is very reasonable to install quilts, stoves, pots and pans, buckets, etc. in the ceremony. With Cui Shihong and Wang Junshen's ceremony equipment of one person and five carriages, they can be regarded as light and simple.
Woolen cloth.
On the day of leaving Beijing, Zhou Xunting and Chu Ningyan came to break willows to say goodbye.
Chu Ningyan couldn't hide the disappointment and reluctance on her face, "You have to come back soon. Without you in this month, there will be no fun in the capital. I don't know how boring it will be."
Those who didn’t know better thought it was the lover saying goodbye to his beloved.
Zhou Xunting listened for a while and couldn't help but roll his eyes and silently cursed, as if you had spent the past ten years in the capital in vain and how much fun you had before.
I just muttered these words in my heart and didn't dare to say a word. Nothing else. I was still hurting from the whip I received the day before yesterday.
Thinking of this, he looked at Cui Weizhen with a little resentment, touched his shoulder, lowered his voice and asked, "Let me ask you, brother, have you told your wife about our partnership in opening a shop?"
He really couldn't figure out how Chu Ningyan knew about it. The only possibility was that Cui Weizhen was afraid of guilt and took the initiative to reveal the information.
Henpecked...haha.
Cui Weizhen was confused and innocent, "No, didn't you say you wanted to hide it from your family? What? You were discovered?"
"No, it's nothing."
Zhou Xunting denied it flatly. He had no idea how contrary the expression on his face was, and he continued to use his poor acting skills to deceive himself and others, "I just remind you, don't leak it. If the tigress at home knows that we are hiding private money, we will definitely
No good fruit to eat!”
Cui Weizhen glanced at Zhou Xunting's buttocks that he was covering unconsciously. He twitched the corner of his mouth, feeling that it was really hurting his eyes, so he immediately moved away. He raised a proud smile at the corner of his reserved mouth, "Tigress is your family, not mine.
Yes."
This tone contains a little show off and a little pride, as well as a sense of self-conscious superiority. Look, his Zhen Zhen is so gentle, cute and tolerant. She knew that he had hidden his private money and didn't take it back, let alone attack him.
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Ah, the vanity of men and their desire to compare!
Zhou Xunting had an inexplicable feeling that he had lost. He wanted to punch Cui Weizhen in the face, but he didn't dare. He glared at Chu Ningyan, very fiercely.
Huh, it's all this woman's fault for embarrassing him in front of his good brothers!
"What are you doing! You want to fight!"
Chu Ningyan was also something he couldn't afford to offend. She immediately turned her eyebrows coldly and sneered, "Are you complaining about your private money? Do you want to take it back? I tell you clearly, it's a dream! You secretly took the money to Hu Ji
Liquor shop, I really think you have reformed your evil ways. By the way, Zhen Zhen, I tell you, don’t be deceived by Cui Weizhen! He opened a shop in partnership with Zhou Xunting to make private money!"
Zhou Xunting: "..." My daughter-in-law feels guilty for cheating her good brother, but she is also a little happy. We are brothers in distress!
Cui Weizhen: "..." Fortunately, he was exposed early and was forgiven, and his character is still stable!
Ye Zhenzhen: "..." She has a troubled conscience and her best friend is devoted to her, but she is watching from the other side!
Chu Ningyan: "...What's your expression?"
Zhou Xunting looked over silently.
Cui Weizhen said calmly: "I'm a little panicked."
Ye Zhenzhen was shocked: "I'm so angry!"
Chu Ningyan was satisfied, and gave Cui Weizhen a look that said "you have a day too" and said to Ye Zhenzhen: "Zhenzhen, this kind of behavior must be severely punished, otherwise he will lie to you again next time."
Ye Zhenzhen nodded heavily: "I understand, I will deal with it in my own way later!"
Cui Weizhen: "..."
Forget it, give the drama queen some face, at least I didn’t beat him, and I didn’t deduct his private money!
The bottom line of a married man is so humble and unpretentious.