Chapter 402 Zhao Duan’s vest fell off
“Huh?” Xu Zhenguan suddenly came back to his senses, panicked for a moment, and subconsciously straightened his sitting posture:
“You’re done. ?”
Zhao Duan stared at the empress lying on the couch with strange eyes, catching the strange expression on her face, and nodded honestly:
“I’m done”
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He even suspected that Zhenbao didn't listen carefully at all... Suddenly he had a feeling that he nervously reported his work, but the boss didn't listen at all...
"Okay, what you said makes sense. , I will believe you just once." Xu Zhenguan coughed lightly and put on a straight face to hide his panic.
Zhao Duan was stunned for a moment, wondering, are girls so easy to coax?
He thought it would be difficult, a cold war or something... Sure enough, Zhenbao was completely different from those vulgar fans. A smart woman would not be stupid in business.
Xu Zhenguan suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart, took the initiative to remove the topic, and said seriously:
"Although you won the Bible debate today and got a great opportunity, I'm afraid it won't be that easy to let it go."
I want to talk about the great opportunity in detail... Zhao Duan muttered, but he still suppressed his concern for the time being. Curious about "The Baptism of the World Honored One", he said:
"Your Majesty is saying that Eastern and Western Buddhism will retaliate? Struggle? Make trouble?"
Xu Zhenguan thought for a moment and said:
"The Shenlong Temple side is fine. Not to mention that I have warned Xuan Yin a few days ago, and there are still monks on the run. If you help Prajna today, it will be enough for Xuan Yin to have a headache for a while.
Your Buddhist theory is also similar to the enlightenment upheld by Prajna. Shenlong Temple can later promote the theory of enlightenment and whitewash the debate as their victory... The key is the Western Region. "
Zhao Duan frowned: "That holy monk in the Western Region doesn't seem to be hostile to me today. "
Xu Zhenguan thought for a while and said:
" Xu is afraid that this is the country of Yu, so they don't dare to be too presumptuous. Besides, the master of the Red Sect is in the Western Region, so he is not right. A person who is persistent in the integration of East and West...
In short, you should keep a low profile these days. In the capital, I understand that they will not dare to do anything outrageous.
What I am only worried about is that the monks from the Western Regions will not be able to debate scriptures, which will interfere with the trade between the imperial court and the Western Regions next year and affect the New Deal market. ”
Zhao Duan also became serious when he heard this.
The Dharma King is supreme in the Western Region, far higher than Princess Manzhu and other near-puppet leaders.
If Buddhism in the Western Region opens its mouth, Interfering with trade is indeed troublesome
At this time, footsteps suddenly came from outside the door, accompanied by the palace maid's report:
"Your Majesty, Princess Manzhu has come to the palace to ask for an audience."
In the room, the monarch and his ministers looked at each other.
Xu Zhenguan thought for a moment, looked at the time and said, "Invite her to the dining hall to have lunch with me."
"Yes."
Door The maid of honor retreated.
Xu Zhen glanced at Zhao Duan and said:
"When my aunt enters the palace now, she must be rushing to you. You can also go with me. Remember, she will appear in front of Princess Wenzhu later. , you must remember to behave in a manner consistent with your identity."
Zhao Duan was stunned for a moment and said uncertainly:
"According to his identity?"
The empress glared angrily. He glanced:
"To the outside world, you are my face, have you forgotten? Now that you are good at debating scriptures, I can only make mistakes. Later, you and I will get closer and put on a show for Wenzhu."
Playing... Zhen Bao, you want to let your aunt know that you support my debate on scriptures, so as to express a tough attitude and make your aunt think that this debate is the intention of the court...
In this way, you can show the strength of Yu State and use it to express your strong attitude. This prevents the Western Region Kingdom from causing trouble in business due to pressure from the Red Sect master...
In Zhao Duan's mind, he quickly cleared his thoughts and nodded:
"My lord, Understand.”
...
When Princess Manzhu, who was in her forties and had a gentle temperament, was led by the palace maid to the room where she had lunch in the empress's palace.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw the empress in white standing on the porch with a smile to greet her. Beside her, stood a handsome, tall and handsome man.
It is Zhao Duan Benan.
"Auntie, you came at the right time. The imperial dining room has just prepared lunch. Let's eat together." Xu Zhenguan smiled and spoke proactively.
After returning from the Golden Wind Pavilion and briefly expressing condolences to the defeated monks from the Western Regions, Princess Wenzhu hurriedly returned to the palace with a smile on her lips. She responded before moving her eyes towards Zhao Duan.
Then, she was obviously shocked.
What a handsome man!
In the Bible debate, she could only barely see Zhao Duan's figure due to the distance, but she couldn't see his appearance clearly.
Until now, I had never seen this full face.
Sure enough, it was consistent with the rumors. The treacherous minister who brought trouble to the imperial court and sought fame had indeed given birth to a good and sanctimonious person.
Well, she also has a good eloquence...
Princess Manzhu was in a very complicated mood. Looking back on the morning debate, the more she thought about it, the more "fake" she felt.
In her opinion, it is unreasonable for Zhao Duan, a courtier, to jump out and cause trouble without any warning, and he still succeeded.
So, rationally, we still believe that the empress arranged the drama behind the scenes, and the content of the so-called scripture debate is most likely not something that Zhao Duan can tell.
This was not the first time that something similar had happened to the other party. Wenzhu even suspected that the empress and Prajna Bodhisattva had secretly formed an alliance.
Prajna provided the theory, and Zhao Duan recited it, so as to kill people with a borrowed knife and strive to increase his authority in Shenlong Temple...
This is obviously more reasonable.
As for the astonishment of Yuan Li and other ministers, some of them may also be kept in the dark, and some, such as Yuan Li and other important ministers, may be acting in conjunction.
Who are you performing for? Of course it’s myself...
Thinking about it this way, everything made sense. As for the biggest bug, the baptism of the Lord God... she still couldn't figure it out yet.
Therefore, rushing to enter the palace is also to confirm the suspicion in my heart. At this moment, she suppressed her doubts, smiled and exchanged a few pleasantries, and followed the monarch and his ministers into the house. The round table in the house was filled with sumptuous dishes, and the three of them sat down separately.
It is worth mentioning that the empress and her aunt sat opposite each other. As for Zhao Duan, the "face leader", of course he sat on the side next to the empress.
“Today’s debate on scripture... Zhao Shijun really opened my eyes.”
Princess Wenzhu looked at Zhao Duan and said sarcastically:
“At such a young age, I have never practiced Buddhism, but I have such profound attainments in Buddhism. It is really amazing.”
Zhao Duan was in a strange mood, looking at this aunt who had tried to win over him not long ago, and smiled:
"Your Highness, the princess, is so complimentary. It's just a superficial opinion, and she unexpectedly won the honor of the World Honored One."
Haha... He pretends to be quite natural, but he is really a boaster and a shameless person... Wenzhu is unhappy in her heart. No matter how beautiful she is, as long as she thinks of the rumors in the market, she will inevitably feel disgusted.
"Ahem," the empress coughed lightly at the right time, reminding him to pay attention to his identity.
Zhao Duan smiled naturally and began to skillfully pick up vegetables for the empress, serve soup himself, and feed it to her. While chatting with Wenzhu, he showed his affection in public.
The empress is also very cooperative, looking like an emperor who is used to being served in front of others.
When she spilled the soup at the corner of her mouth, Zhao Duan took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her mouth carefully... Although she was ashamed, she felt inexplicably happy for some reason.
Although Princess Wenzhu was a "experienced person", she still felt uncomfortable watching the two young men feeding her. She secretly thought that the traitor named Zhao gained favor through shameless flattery and kneeling.
He couldn't help but frown slightly, becoming more and more disgusted.
Xu Zhenguan noticed his aunt's unusual expression and was a little confused for a moment. He didn't know why, thinking that the two of them were pretending to be different, and his experienced aunt saw a flaw.
This made her a little anxious, but the empress had never raised a face at all, and she didn’t know what it should be like normally.
I can only recall the scene when my father and the concubines in the harem were eating.
Well... I have always been served, and it seems that I can't show my favor to my opponent... Thinking of this, the empress picked up the chopsticks and started to pick up food for Zhao Duan, urging:
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"Don't be too busy. Eat more and replenish your body."
Hiss... the niece was really deceived by this traitor. The majestic emperor actually looked at him like this... and he didn't even care at all. Carrying someone on your back... How can you do it normally when you are so intimate with yourself?
Princess Manzhu frowned even deeper.
The empress was stunned for a moment, thinking that she was self-defeating?
I couldn’t help but feel anxious, so I simply transmitted the voice into the secret, and directly sent the voice into Zhao Duan’s sea of consciousness:
"It's not enough. Auntie seems to have noticed something is wrong. You should act more like it!"
"..." Zhao Duan was speechless, wondering how he could act like this. There was no change in his face. After thinking about it, Something moved in my heart.
I simply took advantage of the action of picking up vegetables and put a hand seemingly casually around Empress Yingying's waist, making the two of them sit closer.
! !
Xu Zhenguan unexpectedly put a big hand on his soft waist, his body suddenly stiffened, and his eyes widened slightly:
How dare this guy...
"Not possible here!" Her voice rang quickly across Zhao Duan's sea of consciousness.
Zhao looks innocent, this is not okay, then... go down?
Then as soon as his hand slid down, he felt the empress' body tense up, and a sense of danger came over his heart...
He retracted his hand slyly.
"Your Majesty..." Princess Wenzhu, who was sitting opposite, finally couldn't stand it anymore. Even though she was older, her husband in the Western Regions was just a "formal" husband and he had died long ago. How could she bear the humiliation of young people?
After enduring it for a long time, he interrupted:
“Have you found the Mr. Lin whom I recommended last time?”
I must admit that Wen Zhu’s words The words had a bit of a bad quality to them.
She deliberately mentioned Mr. Lin at this time, no doubt to tell Zhao Duan.
Xu Zhenguan's face changed slightly, he put down his chopsticks, and said coldly:
"My aunt cares about Mr. Lin very much. When I find him, I will simply give it to my aunt and take him back to the Western Regions, so that such a talent can assist you in governing." The Western Region must make the best use of everything.”
While speaking, his eyes subconsciously looked at Zhao Duan.
She didn't even realize that she was panicking for a moment, fearing that Zhao Duan would misunderstand her relationship with that "Mr. Lin".
However, there was no suspicion or surprise on Zhao Duan's face, only a smile.
Princess Manzhu did not expect her niece to react so violently.
Just when I was about to make amends, I suddenly heard the eunuch’s voice coming from outside:
“Your Majesty, the governor of Yama sent someone to see him and tell him the identity of the chess player who defeated Fan Seng. It has been found out.”
The three people in the room were startled.
Xu Zhenguan did not expect that this could be such a coincidence. After thinking about it, he simply said: "Bring someone here."
After a while, an imperial official in Jinyi appeared at the door and respectfully handed over a letter:
"Your Majesty, the results of the chess player's investigation are all written on the fold."
Xu Zhenguan raised her hand, and the fold was picked up by the breeze and fell into her hand. The empress smiled and said:
"Since my aunt is thinking about this person, I happened to find it and will let you know."
While speaking, the empress opened the folder, glanced at it, and then...she was obviously silent for a moment.
There seems to be surprise, accident, and a hint of... Sure enough, it is.
After a while, she handed the fold to Princess Manzhu.
Princess Wenzhu felt something was slightly wrong in her heart, but she still took the folder and opened it slowly, looking forward to which family Link was from.
However, when she saw the black and white words clearly on the paper, she froze, her pupils suddenly narrowed, she stayed sluggish for a moment, and then she raised her head suddenly.
Staring at the face of the empress opposite.
Zhao Duan smiled slightly: "We meet again, Your Highness the Princess."
(End of this chapter)