Chapter 1. Corrupt Officials Return to Beijing (Part 1)..
"Trouble..."
Zhao Junchen murmured.
I used to focus on the overall situation, but I actually ignored the things around me.
If he even forgets about his wives and concubines, he will definitely arouse suspicion.
"As the saying goes, you can't hide it from anyone but the person next to you. It's better not to expose the truth. If it doesn't work, you can only use the excuse of injury and amnesia to shirk it."
Zhao Junchen thought helplessly.
Although, these days, Zhao Junchen has been using the excuse of "injury and amnesia" to explain his abnormal behavior to Xu Qingyan, but after returning to the capital, Zhao Junchen did not want to use this excuse anymore - especially in the court,
Using this excuse again will make him passive.
Not to mention that once Emperor Deqing knew about being attacked by people throwing stones, with Emperor Deqing's temperament, the lives of the people who attacked him would inevitably be in danger, and at worst, many innocent people would be implicated, and even
Liu Changan, who has become a member of Zhao Junchen's party, cannot escape the blame.
More importantly, once this matter was known to Zhao Junchen's political opponents, those people would definitely use Zhao Junchen's amnesia as an excuse to "kindly" suggest Emperor Deqing to let Zhao Junchen recuperate at home in order to seize power!!
Zhao Junchen's financial power is the foundation for Zhao Junchen to stand in the government and the opposition. How could he give up so easily?
Therefore, Zhao Junchen had already told Xu Qingyan not to reveal his "injury and amnesia" to others.
Even so, if he really couldn't hide it, Zhao Junchen could only raise the shield of "injury and amnesia" again. Fortunately, he was only a member of his own family and could not reach the ears of Zhao Junchen's political opponents.
However, before that, Zhao Junchen decided to inquire with Xu Qingyan first to get a general understanding of the wives and concubines in the house. With some preparation and understanding, he might be able to hide it.
It was said to be prying, but in fact it was just circumstantial. After all, Zhao Junchen once told Xu Qingyan that although he had lost his memory, it was not serious. He just forgot some unimportant things. It would be unreasonable if he even forgot his wives and concubines.
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"Qingyan, come here, I have something to ask you."
With this in mind, Zhao Junchen shouted loudly outside the car.
Not long after Zhao Junchen finished speaking, Xu Qingyan quickly jumped onto Zhao Junchen's carriage. After entering the carriage, he sat next to Zhao Junchen and asked, "Master, what are your orders?"
After Zhao Junchen pondered for a moment, he asked: "Qingyan, what do you think of that... well, what do you think of Mrs. Ruyi?"
What surprised Zhao Junchen was that not only did Xu Qingyan not feel that Zhao Junchen's question was abrupt, but after being stunned for a moment, he seemed to have thought of something, and his face was filled with surprise.
"Master, you finally figured it out! I have told you a long time ago that Mrs. Ruyi is too shrewd. She will find the problem sooner or later. By then, with her methods, we will be in trouble, and we must deal with it.
She should be more vigilant."
Hearing what Xu Qingyan said, Zhao Junchen just felt baffled, but he couldn't ask in detail, so he could only say calmly: "Qingyan, don't worry about what I think, first tell me what you think of her, and be more detailed.
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After Xu Qingyan's explanation, Zhao Junchen finally understood why Xu Qingyan acted so abnormally after mentioning "Mrs. Ruyi".
Zhao Junchen has not yet married a main wife, not even a side wife, but he has several concubines, and the most favored among them is Mrs. Ruyi.
Mrs. Ruyi's name was Fang Ru. Because she was favored by the original Zhao Junchen's special house, people in Zhao Junchen's house did not dare to look down on her because she was just a concubine, so they all respectfully called her Mrs. Ruyi.
Fang Ru came from a poor background and was sold into a brothel by human traffickers at a young age. Because she had been a beautiful woman since she was a child, she was groomed as the number one by the brothel and suffered a lot of humiliation and abuse.
Two years ago, Fang Ru was in her eighth year. Although she had not yet "come out of the imperial court", she was already famous in Beijing. Everyone knew that there was a woman named Fang Ru in Baihua Tower who was both beautiful and talented.
One day, Fang Ru sold herself for the first time, and the one with the highest price got it, which actually caused a commotion in the whole city. Fortunately, the original Zhao Junchen took action in time, not only redeemed Fang Ru's body, but also took her into the house as a concubine, so that she could avoid it.
Welcome to the brothel life that she was sent to.
However, after Fang Ru entered Zhao Junchen's house and gained Zhao Junchen's favor, she actually made a request - she wanted everyone in Baihua Tower to die miserably!!
Obviously, the countless humiliations and abuses she suffered since childhood had made Fang Ru hate the Madam of Baihualou, Mr. Turtle and even the "sisters" to her core.
At that time, Zhao Junchen complied with Fang Ru's request. A few days later, a poisoning case occurred in Baihua Building. No one survived, which has become a major unsolved case in the capital to this day.
Fang Ru personally forced everyone in Baihua Tower to drink the poison one by one.
From that day on, Xu Qingyan was wary of Fang Ru.
Without him, the boss behind Baihualou is none other than Zhao Junchen himself!!
At that time, Zhao Junchen thought that as long as everyone in Baihualou died and there would be no insiders except him and Xu Qingyan, no one would know the secret.
But Xu Qingyan didn't dare to think so, because Fang Ru had an extreme temper and was also too shrewd.
Perhaps because she lived in a brothel since she was a child, Fang Ru's values are quite distorted. She is well aware of Zhao Junchen's corruption and bending of the law, but she has no objection at all. Instead, like a virtuous housewife, she makes suggestions and suggestions for Zhao Junchen, even many times.
For many things, it was inconvenient for Zhao Junchen to come forward, and Xu Qingyan was incapable, so Fang Ru was the one to take charge.
During this period, Fang Ru's shrewdness and decisiveness made Xu Qingyan more and more worried. He had been worried that Fang Ru would know that the boss behind Baihualou was Zhao Junchen himself. In that case, Fang Ru's extreme temperament and shrewd methods
, Xu Qingyan couldn’t even imagine what he would do.
For this reason, Xu Qingyan reminded Zhao Junchen many times. However, the original Zhao Junchen loved Fang Ru too much.
Xu Qingyan couldn't listen to Xu Qingyan's reminders and warnings. Xu Qingyan had no choice but to monitor carefully on his own.
And this is also the reason why Xu Qingyan has never mentioned Fang Ru in front of Zhao Junchen in the past two months.
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"Master, I'm not telling you, you used to love Fang Ru too much and trust her too much. If you continue like this, problems will arise sooner or later..."
After explaining it once, Xu Qingyan complained to Zhao Junchen again.
Pamper? Trust?
Hearing what Xu Qingyan said, Zhao Junchen found it quite funny. Xu Qingyan looked up to the original Zhao Junchen too highly. In the memory he inherited, he did not even have the slightest memory of Fang Ru. It can be seen that the original Zhao Junchen
He didn't take Fang Ru seriously at all, he was just using her.
However, Zhao Junchen naturally couldn't explain this kind of thing clearly, so he just nodded and said to Xu Qingyan: "I understand, I will be careful in the future, you don't have to worry."
After realizing that he did not have any wives, but only one concubine who had more contact with the original Zhao Junchen, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, although in Xu Qingyan's mouth, this concubine was terrifyingly shrewd.
At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped.
After Xu Qingyan was stunned for a moment, he opened the curtain and saw that while the two were talking, the motorcade had already arrived in front of the city gate of the capital. However, for some reason, the city gate was so crowded that it actually blocked the motorcade.
The way forward.
Before Zhao Junchen said anything, Xu Qingyan had already ordered to an accompanying guard: "Go and see what's going on and ask them to get out of the way."
After the guard nodded, he drove his horse forward and shouted loudly: "The carriage of Mr. Zhao, the Minister of Household Affairs, is here, make way quickly!!"
As the guard finished speaking, there was a sudden silence in front of the noisy city gate for a moment, followed by a flurry of excitement, mixed with shouts of "It's Zhao Junchen, the Minister of Household Affairs, who is here!"
After a while, the road in front of the city gate was clear.
Zhao Junchen opened the curtain and saw the panic expressions of the people around him when they looked at the motorcade. He understood the depth of their fear and resentment towards him and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Different from Lu'an Mansion, Zhao Junchen's reputation in the capital is even worse and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It is not as easy as in Lu'an Mansion to turn it around.
"Don't make such a fuss in the future." After glaring at Xu Qingyan, Zhao Junchen sighed helplessly and said, "Forget it, let's go, let's go back home."
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Following such a commotion, the news of Zhao Junchen's return to Beijing quickly reached the ears of interested people.