Chapter 233 Confidante
The half-drunk Shi Wei looked back and saw a woman in green standing outside the hall, looking at him with a sarcastic expression.
That woman was Zhao Min, the daughter of Prime Minister Zhao Pu.
Why did she come?
Shi Wei was a little dizzy, and he squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then he remembered that a servant had reported to him that a Miss Zhao was visiting him.
The current situation is that Shi Wei was soaked in disheveled that he was surrounded by beautiful men. The uninformed person seemed to be like a playboy.
Zhao Min didn't know that there was a beautiful woman hidden in Shiwei's house. Seeing him so unrestrained, he was naturally angry.
"Miss Zhao, why are you... you come?" Shi Wei stood up and asked embarrassedly.
Zhao Min sneered: "What, may Lord Shi not welcome me?"
Shi Wei hurriedly said, "How could it be? Miss Zhao is here to visit her humble house. Shi was honored too late, but she didn't say a word before the lady came, so I could go out to greet her in person."
"If I asked in advance, how could I see you, Lord Shi?" Zhao Min's tone was obviously implicitly sarcasticating his "style".
Shi Wei smiled embarrassedly, not knowing how to respond for a moment.
When the female relatives on both sides saw this scene, they immediately understood what was going on.
Looking at the jealous Miss Zhao, they secretly complained to Shi Wei, thinking to you that you are really, isn’t it enough to have us at home? When did you get this romantic debt outside again?
The atmosphere in this hall became a little awkward for a moment.
At this time, Fan Peilan suddenly stood up and smiled and said, "Yuanzhi, Miss Zhao is a guest at the door. Please hurry up and call her to sit down."
Say it, she said to the people on both sides and under: "I have eaten this meal, please remove the wine table. Why don't you show Miss Zhao tea?"
The servants immediately became busy, removing the table and serving tea.
Fan Peilan also said that they were tired too, so it would not prevent Shi Wei and Miss Zhao from talking. They led a group of female relatives to disperse themselves.
The huge hall suddenly became much deserted.
As soon as the person left, Shi Wei's embarrassment disappeared a lot. He thought to himself that his master's wife was caring and knew how to take care of her face.
"Miss Zhao, please use tea." Shi Wei poured a cup of good tea with his own hands.
Miss Zhao took the tea, took a symbolic sip, and then put down the teacup.
Shi Wei took a few sips without hesitation. The fragrance of tea cleared the sake, and his mind quickly became better.
Seeing Zhao Min's sarcastic look, she was obviously jealous. Thinking of Zhao Pu's matchmaking and the incident of Xueye in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Shi Wei suddenly became uneasy.
Could it be that after so long, did the Zhao family have not forgotten that?
Thinking about Zhao Pu and Empress Song, they had to match themselves one after another. In order to avoid this, Shi Wei had to use the excuse to send a mission to the Liao Kingdom to hide.
Shi Wei thought that his way of avoiding had already made tactful hints to them. Putting aside Queen Song, Zhao Pu would definitely be able to understand his feelings.
Even so, Zhao Min should avoid suspicion, but now why did he come to his house at night?
Moreover, when he saw that he was intimate with Zhongmei, he looked dissatisfied, as if she was Shi Wei or something.
"I'm having a headache now..." Shi Wei complained secretly.
"Are those women your concubines?" Zhao Min, who had been depressed, suddenly asked this question.
The word "concubine" implies a bit of contempt. It is obvious that Zhao Min feels that their identities are no different from those of the low-identity concubines in ordinary powerful families. They are just toys for Shi Wei to vent.
According to the concept of this era, women like Pan Zisu are also considered his concubines.
However, Shi Wei, as a time traveler, is more willing to regard them as confidants of the red fans.
Hearing the contemptuousness in Zhao Min's mouth, Shi Wei showed displeasure, "I'm not hiding it, they are not Shi's concubines."
"Then what are they, prostitutes?" Zhao Min's tone this time was even more disdainful.
The word "prostitute" sounds extremely harsh.
Shi Wei frowned and shouted: "They are Shi's confidants."
"Confidant!"
Zhao Min's tone was extremely shocked. She was stunned for a few seconds before her expression became depressed and muttered to herself: "I understand."
The sadness was obviously because she thought Shi Wei was unmarried, but she thought she looked down on other daughters, and perhaps there were no other women around him.
Zhao Min thought that as long as she could marry him, she would be lucky enough to possess the strange man in front of her.
But today when I saw him hugging him with my own eyes and admitting that those women were his confidantes, Zhao Min's dream was broken, and how could he not be sad in his heart?
She shook her head and sighed: "I should have thought of how many women who are unique like you are so eager to throw themselves into their arms. It's me, alas~~"
The sad temperament and the sad expression were pitiful, which made Shi Wei feel secretly pity for him.
"Miss Zhao." Shi Wei couldn't help but hold her hand gently.
Zhao Min, who was secretly sad, had a weak body trembled, and his hand was gently caressed slightly. He instinctively wanted to retract, but hesitated for a moment, but hesitated until he finally did not move.
She kept her arm in a very stiff position, allowing him to stroke his hand, and a hint of blush appeared on her face.
The original sadness was easily dispelled by Shi Wei's simple comforting action.
"Shi remembers the lady's feelings for Shi, but in the current situation, in order not to cause trouble for Zhao Xiang, Shi is afraid that he will really be unlucky to endure the lady's feelings."
Shi Wei was inspired and suddenly thought of this saying.
Zhao Min was stunned and said in a daze: "What do you mean by this? How could the matter between you and me cause trouble for Dad?"
"This matter is a long story."
Shi Wei shook his head and sighed, then told Zhao Min truthfully about the matchmaking.
After hearing this, Zhao Min frowned and murmured: "I heard a few days ago that the Queen was interested in giving you and her niece. I thought this was just a boring rumor, but I didn't expect that this was indeed the case."
Shi Wei said helplessly: "Although the rumors in the market are suspected of exaggeration, this rumors are true."
"Then you agreed to the Queen, so you refused to come to the mansion to see me." Zhao Min looked worried, as if she was afraid of getting a positive reply.
Since leaving Zhao's mansion there, Shi Wei has not visited the mansion for several months. Recently, when Zhao Min couldn't help asking his father Zhao Pu, Zhao Pu just sighed and advised her to think about Shi Wei again from now on.
Later, after hearing about Empress Song, Zhao Min thought Shi Wei deliberately distanced herself from her in order to win over the dragon and phoenix.
It was precisely because of this speculation that after several hesitations, she couldn't help but come to see Shi Wei with her father on her back.
Unexpectedly, when she was still uneasy, Shi Wei replied happily: "I am certainly flattered by the Queen's beauty, but I am not the kind of person who can cling to the dragon and phoenix, so I have rejected it all at once."
Zhao Min was shocked when she heard this, and looked at Shi Wei with an incredible eye, as if she couldn't believe it was true.
"That's a royal relative. If someone else wants it, you've refused?" Zhao Min said in surprise.
Shi Wei said lightly: "I said it long ago that I, Shi Wei, are not the kind of person who climbs the dragon and attaches to the phoenix. Whether it is a royal relative or a rural farmer, it is the same for me."
Shi Wei said this. Although his beautiful woman in the golden house was as noble as the Queen of Zhou and as officials as Pan Zisu, there were also wicked women like Xiong Qingdai and small-sized women like Fan Peilan.
When Zhao Min heard his indifferent words, she couldn't help but show admiration.
That look was clearly saying that I, Zhao Min, did not read the wrong person, he was indeed not an ordinary man.
But she was still confused and asked, "Since you rejected Queen Song's kindness, then there will be no obstacles between you and me, but why did you say that it will implicate my father again?"
Zhao Pu was the prime minister of the dynasty. His political orientation should not be underestimated. If he could use the marriage to win Zhao Pu's support for the second prince, Shi Wei had originally not been unable to agree to this marriage.
However, he had already made a promise to Guiying, so he had to give up.
However, he has offended Empress Song now. If he offended Zhao Pu again, it would obviously not be a wise choice, so for Zhao Min, he could not use the previous method to make excuses.
Thoughts flew around, Shi Wei sighed again and said silently: "I had rejected the Queen's kindness before, but now if I accepted Zhao Xiang's appreciation, how would the Queen look at Zhao Xiang?"
Zhao Min is also a smart woman in Bingxue. After Shi Wei's thrust, she suddenly realized something.
"You mean, the reason you avoided me is because you are afraid that the Queen will misunderstand my father..."
Zhao Min didn't dare to finish her words, but she understood Shi Wei's intention with that expression.
Shi Wei's rejection of Song Zelan means that he refuses to turn to Zhao Defang, whom Empress Song supports. On the other hand, if he marrys Zhao Min again, it would be equivalent to indirectly telling Queen Song that Zhao Pu is Dezhao, who supports the second prince.
In this way, it means that Zhao Pu offended Empress Song.
After Zhao Min understood, she couldn't help but murmured: "No wonder Daddy didn't allow me to miss you anymore. It turned out that he had already told you about your rejection of the Queen."
When Shi Wei heard her self-talking words, he was also secretly shocked.
This old boy Zhao Pu is indeed a human spirit.
No wonder Zhao Pu never mentioned the previous matchmaking incident since Empress Song's incident. In order not to offend Empress Song, he had just recruited Shi Wei as his son-in-law early in the morning. Fortunately, Shi Wei was still thinking about how to push Zhao Pu's kindness for a long time. It was his own self-indulgent act.
"Zhao Pu doesn't want to offend Empress Song, which means that he has no clear position on supporting which prince is the crown prince. It is not a good thing that Zhao Pu doesn't express his opinion..."
Shi Wei's brows were narrowly condensed. As he was thinking deeply, Zhao Min suddenly took his arm and gently pillowed his shoulder.!~!
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