Kong Fanshu lived for more than 150 years and had been the head of the Kong family for decades. In the more than 30 years since Emperor Hu De ascended the throne, Kong Fanshu had been serving as the prime minister of the empire.
It can be said that Kong Fanshu is definitely a mature man in the political arena. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is an old fox in the political arena!
Today, the eldest prince Hu Ying came to have a private chat with Kong Fanshu. In addition to expressing his hatred towards the Cao and Liu families, his intention was also to show his goodwill towards Kong Fanshu. Otherwise, why would Hu Ying share the information about Cao Jun'e with Kong Fanshu
As for Hu Ying's good intentions, it's actually not difficult to guess. Because Emperor Hood already has three princes who have grown up, but the position of the prince has been unresolved, this naturally made the three princes have ideas. The purpose of Hu Ying's show of friendship to Kong Fanshu was naturally to get close to the Kong family. With the support of this top wealthy family, he would be more confident in winning the crown prince position.
Of course Kong Fanshu understood Hu Ying's intention, but it was naturally impossible for him to express his support so quickly. After all, Kong Fanshu's decision will affect the entire Kong family, and it is definitely not something he can promise casually.
However, Kong Fanshu and Hu Ying had a good first personal contact with each other. Based on this impression, whether it is possible to develop into a real partner in the future will naturally depend on the subsequent development of things.
At least Hu Ying's show of goodwill to the Kong family gave both parties a good start. Moreover, Emperor Hood was in his prime years, so it was not urgent to establish a crown prince. Even if there was a fight over this matter now, it would not be particularly tragic.
Hu Ying and Kong Fanshu were both smart people. Although they did not speak clearly, they knew each other's intentions. Next, after chatting for a while, Kong Fanshu said goodbye, but Hu Ying did not dissuade him, but stood up to see Kong Fanshu off the bus. Of course, Hu Ying did not send him off himself. Firstly, there was no reason for a king to send his ministers. Secondly, Hu Ying did not want everyone to know about his private meeting with Kong Fanshu. Even if Emperor Hu De would not blame Hu Ying for having a personal relationship with the minister, if the other two princes knew that Hu Ying and Kong Fanshu were so speculative, I'm afraid something would happen again!
After Kong Fanshu got out of the car, he naturally met up with everyone in the Kong family, and then watched Hu Ying's guard of honor gradually go away. Kong Fanji couldn't help but stepped forward and asked, "Master, the eldest prince has summoned you to see you. Why?"
Within the Kong family, Kong Fanshu and Kong Fanji represent different forces of the two houses, and there is some hostility between them. However, when facing foreign affairs, they will choose to deal with the outside world unanimously!
After all, for people in the family, only by protecting the interests of the family can their personal interests be protected from harm. Otherwise, if the family continues to decline, what is the point of the internal struggle
In public, Kong Fanshu naturally couldn't talk to Kong Fanji in detail. He could only shake his head slightly and said: "There is something fishy about the matter. Let's discuss it after we return home and hold a meeting of elders!"
Kong Fanji was also a man who understood the general situation, and he didn't say much at the moment. Together with Kong Fanshu, he led the Kong family to the Kong family manor.
The night is already very dark now. However, many people and many things did not stop because of the darkness of the night. Instead, they had even more unexpected changes!
Just when Kong Fanshu and the eldest prince were sitting in a car together "talking about everyday things", the door of the quiet room in the inner courtyard of the Liu Mansion finally opened, and shopkeeper Xu and Miss Wan'er walked out together. I don't know what they and the fourth ancestor of the Cao family talked about in the quiet room. Anyway, when they came out, Miss Wan'er's face looked much better. She seemed to have calmed down and no longer looked like she was looking for death.
At this time, in the quiet room, the fourth ancestor of the Cao family, dressed like a middle-aged scholar, suddenly sighed and said: "Why does a good thing like marriage have to be so unpleasant? If I hadn't asked him personally The Xu family's father and daughter really didn't know that Liu Houde was so strong-willed. He personally arranged this incident that brought great embarrassment to the Liu family, just to destroy the marriage with our Cao family. The wonder of the human heart is indeed the most difficult to understand in the world. thing!"
The fourth ancestor of the Cao family seemed to be talking to himself, but as soon as he finished speaking, a clear female voice sounded in the quiet room: "Fourth grandfather, it is precisely because of the strong temperament of the head of the Liu family that we The marriage with the Liu family can become a reality. Although the human heart is difficult to figure out, as long as you find the right direction and work a little bit, you can use the human heart to accomplish seemingly incredible things!"
As these words rang out, a slim-fitting woman wearing a cloth skirt emerged from behind a screen in the quiet room. This woman's appearance cannot be said to be particularly beautiful, but she looks very approachable, giving people the feeling of the big sister next door. There is no doubt that she should be Miss Cao Jun'e Cao who Hu Ying focuses on and values extremely.
Judging from the content of her conversation with the fourth ancestor of the Cao family, it is obvious that her relationship with the fourth ancestor of the Cao family is unusual. You must know that not just anyone can call the fourth ancestor of the Cao family the fourth grandfather. This requires an extremely close relationship to be able to do this.
Sure enough, the fourth ancestor of the Cao family laughed loudly and said: "In terms of the means of controlling people's hearts, of course no one can match my Jun'e. To be honest, when you proposed this plan, even the fourth grandfather I was also shocked because this plan seemed a bit unbelievable. But it turns out that you are right. Our Cao family finally took the first step into the imperial capital. Moreover, we can compete with the Liu family who are famous all over the world. The marriage has made the Cao family more prominent among the civil servants group."
It can be said that the Cao family is in its prime now. And all of this is thanks to this ordinary-looking woman in front of him.
Thinking back to the beginning, when Cao Jun'e proposed this plan, even Cao Pozhen, the eldest son of the Cao family, who was known for his exhaustive strategy, felt that such a plan was a bit unreasonable and really weird. But it turns out that Cao Jun'e really did it!
It can be said that after this incident, Cao Jun'e established her status as a core disciple in the Cao family and became the only woman in the Cao family who has been able to enter the decision-making level in more than 500 years.
Of course, the information related to Cao Jun'e is classified as top secret by the Cao family, and it is not something that outsiders can find out if they want to. For example, the intelligence network of the Hu royal family knew about Cao Jun'e's existence, but they didn't know anything about her at all, so they could only leave a blank after her name.
This is not to say that the intelligence network of the Hu royal family is not strong, but because Cao Jun'e's origin is really special. Even within the Cao family, not many people know about Miss Cao Jun'e Cao.
In fact, calling Cao Jun'e Miss Cao's family is somewhat untrue, because Cao Jun'e was not a direct descendant of the Cao family, but just a concubine born in a side house.
According to the tradition of the Cao family, women have no status at all in the family. What's more, Cao Jun'e's appearance is not beautiful, which reduces her value as a woman. Therefore, when Cao Jun'e was young, she had always been a dispensable existence in the Cao family, and no one paid attention to her.
However, Cao Jun'e herself is not willing to be ordinary. She has never liked dressing up since she was a child. Instead, she eagerly absorbs all kinds of knowledge all day long. Most of the time, she holds a book and never lets go.
Because Cao Jun'e has been accumulating like this, her knowledge has quickly enriched. If I really want to say who is the most talented and knowledgeable person among the younger generation of the Cao family, it is undoubtedly Miss Cao Jun'e.
Cao Jun'e is not willing to live an ordinary life like this. She feels that since she came to this world, she must leave something behind. So she has been waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to prove her ability.
Perhaps it was a coincidence that when Cao Jun'e was looking through an out-of-print book in the Cao family's library, she happened to meet the fourth ancestor of the Cao family.
The reason why the fourth ancestor of the Cao family has always been dressed as a scholar is that although he is a top expert who has cultivated to the emperor level, he has always had the habit of liking reading. It can be said that almost all the books in the Cao family library have been read through by the fourth ancestor of the Cao family, leaving only a few unique books that the fourth ancestor of the Cao family has not studied carefully.
If it weren't for reading the entire collection of books, the fourth ancestor of the Cao family would hardly have any interaction with Cao Jun'e, but now that they met by chance, the fourth ancestor of the Cao family couldn't help but chat with Cao Jun'e.
This conversation immediately made the fourth ancestor of the Cao family overjoyed, because he did not expect that among the children of the Cao family, there was a woman with such rich knowledge! Even the fourth ancestor of the Cao family, when talking to Cao Jun'e, had to be impressed by Cao Jun'e, claiming that he had been reading for hundreds of years, but he didn't know as much knowledge as a young woman!
After having such a sigh, the fourth ancestor of the Cao family naturally wanted to cultivate Cao Jun'e well. Therefore, the fourth ancestor of the Cao family simply appointed Cao Jun'e to follow him, so that there would be someone to discuss literary matters with him at any time.
Under the leadership of the fourth ancestor of the Cao family, Cao Jun'e was finally able to get in touch with higher-level things, which also made her thinking and vision significantly improved. Moreover, after Cao Jun'e learned that the Cao family had always wanted to insert family power into the imperial capital, she started thinking, hoping to help the family fulfill this wish!
Moreover, if Cao Jun'e really does it, then her status in the Cao family will naturally rise steadily. At that time, even if someone shows respect to Cao Jun'e, it will be for Cao Jun'e himself, not for the sake of the fourth ancestor of the Cao family!
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