Things always come unexpectedly.

In the Guozi Prison, Lei Shaoxuan was about to leave in a hurry, but was stopped by Song Zhong, it turned out that King Qi was going to give a banquet to all the students of Taixue Class 69 (C).

Lei Shaoxuan asked puzzledly, "Why did King Qi invite me to a banquet?"

"It's nothing more than buying people's hearts. ”

Jian Mingzhi whispered: "Taixue students are protégés of the Son of Heaven, and after graduation, they will become officials in various ministries of the imperial court. Now the princes are fighting openly and secretly, and the most fighting is to win over officials at all levels, and most of the incumbent officials already have factions, so King Qi and others began to win over from the Guozijian and chose to follow them. ”

"Don't go!" Lei Shaoxuan said simply when he heard this, "King Qi wants to kill me and then hurry up, fortunately a few brothers rescued him that night, so as to avoid death." The king of Qi regards me as a thorn in the flesh, and I regard the king of Qi as an enemy. ”

"Don't say it!" Liu Zhi hurriedly said, "After all, King Qi is the prince, the most face-saving person, even if Shaoxuan is unwilling to associate with him and unwilling to cling, he can't be offended on his face, it is better to go to the false and wronged snakes to avoid his trouble." ”

Lei Shaoxuan pondered for a moment, and said helplessly: "Okay." ”

If you are alone, you are naturally not afraid of King Qi, but with your mother, Zhang Qianhua and Zhou Rui behind you, you must always take care of them.

The reigning prince openly feasted on the students of Guozijian, in fact, there are some taboos, after all, the students were all protégés of the Son of Heaven before they entered the office, and openly wooing the students was tantamount to digging the corner of the King of Wei.

Guanghan Palace, Guanyuntai.

Guanyuntai is the largest pavilion private room on four floors, the renovated Guanghan Palace is more luxurious, and the jade fence carved window of Guanyuntai is like a pavilion in the air, fluttering and flying.

Looking at the lake, the scenery of Cloud Lake is in full view, which makes people open-minded, and it is the most suitable for drinking comfortably.

The weather was still very cold, there were a few pots of red-hot coals in the house, incense burners, sheng songs faintly, and before the banquet began, there were already four beautiful women dancing, extremely luxurious and grand.

The students entered the room one after another to sit down, and suddenly saw Lei Shaoxuan, the smile on King Qi's face suddenly froze, and his eyes became cold.

Lei Shaoxuan was calm and calm, and walked to the back, inconspicuous seat and sat down.

King Qi snorted coldly, pressing the unhappiness in his heart, the overall situation is the first, and he can't be guilty of destroying today's banquet for an ant.

At the beginning of the banquet, the king of Qi, the four royal palace and court officials accompanied the students to drink, comment on poems and papers, talk and laugh, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious and warm.

The first time he participated in a banquet attended by the prince and court officials, Lei Shaoxuan just drank silently, and Song Zhong and the others seemed to have forgotten the unhappiness of that night, and on behalf of the students, they kept toasting to King Qi.

Song Zhong really deserved to be born in the richest family in Jiangdong, and he was familiar with the big scenes, although his status was low, he seemed to be the head of the students, and he seemed to be an old friend who had known King Qi for many years, which made Lei Shaoxuan extremely admired.

Of all things in the world, the human heart is the most difficult to guess, no wonder monks need to practice their minds, to understand the hearts of mortals, it is more difficult to think than to improve cultivation, who said that mortals are inferior to monks?

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, King Qi suddenly stood up, and the room suddenly fell silent.

"You are the protégés of the Son of Heaven and the pillars of the future country. King Qi smiled and said, "Today, in the late winter and early spring, everything is recovering, but you still need to study hard, it's really hard." The king was very impressed and sympathetic to this, and prepared some small gifts for the students as a reward. ”

King Qi clapped his hands and said, "Take it." ”

Steward Wu led four beauties out of the inner room, each holding a red silk tray.

"This king has prepared 5,000 taels of silver for each student, and I hope that all students will study with peace of mind, serve my Northern Wei court in the future, and live up to my father's expectations. King Qi said.

King Qi's eyes followed the figure of the beautiful woman and inspected the students' seats.

As a student of Guozijian, he is no stranger to power, and he fully understands the meaning of King Qi, and the banquet is almost at the end, which is to let the students express their attitude.

Suddenly there were seven or eight

The individual stood up, and one of them arched his hand and said: "His Royal Highness King Qi, the student is familiar with the wine, and he is no longer strong enough to drink, and he is afraid that he will be drunk and rude if he drinks again, so he will retire first." ”

Let's say it, a few people resolutely left the table, King Qi seemed to be unhappy, and nodded with a smile on his face.

The rest of the people had different expressions, some hesitant, some frightened, some calm, some surprised, and so on.

Lei Shaoxuan slowly stood up, caught a glimpse of the worried eyes of Song Zhong and the others out of the corner of his eye, smiled, said nothing, and was about to leave.

"Captain Ray is slow. King Qi suddenly spoke.

Lei Shaoxuan stopped when he heard this, and said calmly: "Your Highness, I have also drunk too much, and I am really too strong to drink......

King Qi interrupted Lei Shaoxuan and said: "Because of a misunderstanding that day, this king almost injured Captain Lei, every time I think about it, I feel quite uneasy, today I take this opportunity to invite Captain Lei to drink a glass of wine and release my suspicions?"

Everyone in the audience was shocked that King Qi actually made compensation to Lei Shaoxuan in public.

Lei Shaoxuan's mind changed sharply, and he said with a smile: "Your Highness's words are serious! Compared with Your Highness, Shaoxuan is just as humble as mud and broken tiles, not enough to mention, how dare you worry about His Highness." His Royal Highness is so courteous and virtuous, where is Shaoxuan? This matter is already a thing of the past, and there is no need to mention it again. ”

As he spoke, he picked up a glass of wine and drank it all.

King Qi showed a look of satisfaction on his face and said, "Captain Lei is out of the army. For the country's borders, not only is it very dangerous, and the income is meager, and double gifts are given to show the king's respect for the border guards. ”

Old fox, Lei Shaoxuan scolded psychologically, smiled on his face, and thanked him calmly.

A sturdy palace servant, jumping on a heavy pick, on either side of the pick are two boxes, the box is pasted with the word "silver", escorted by four palace guards, all the way to Gongsun Qian's house.

Ten thousand taels of silver, more than half of which were silver tickets, and the rest filled two chests with a shining light.

Gongsun Qian frowned, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Xuan'er, King Qi deliberately sent someone to carry two large boxes of silver and send them into the house in front of everyone's eyes, I'm afraid it will be ill-intentioned." ”

"King Qi is not ill-intentioned, but he just asked me to customize jewelry for him. Lei Shaoxuan didn't want his mother to worry, "I'll go back to Jade Xuan and choose some jade to send over." ”

Two days later, the study of the Qi Palace.

King Qi and Steward Wu were meeting a Cuiyuxuan's buddy.

"Is this a gift from your young master?" King Qi asked with a smile, "Sure enough, he is worthy of being the young master of Jade Xuan, and he really knows how to pick good things." ”

The gift box was opened, and inside was a jade carving of a green jade galloping horse, the green jade was warm and exquisite, the angry horse was angry, and the head was neighing, like a flying horse Lingyun, lifelike.

"This jade carving is not a gift," the man said with his hands down, "The young master said that it was a jade carving ornament ordered by the King of Qi, this jade carving means that the four hooves rise up, the future is bright, I wish the King of Qi everything as he wishes, and the road is smooth." ”

King Qi's face instantly froze, his heart was as uncomfortable as swallowing a hundred flies, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

The reward of 10,000 taels has become a custom fee for jade carving, and Lei Shaoxuan doesn't seem to give himself face.

The young master specially explained and asked the little one to say a word. Seeing that King Qi's face was not good, the man hurriedly added.

"What words?" King Qi was slightly angry.

"This jade carving is clearly priced, and it is worth six thousand taels of silver. "Dude, word by word.

King Qi was stunned for a moment, pondered for a moment, remained silent, waved his hand and said, "You have worked hard, go down and receive ten taels of silver to reward silver." ”

"Hmph, this kid doesn't take the lord seriously, should he send someone to deal with him. Steward Wu said fiercely, "If this matter spreads, who else cares about the lord?"

"!"

King Qi glared and said, "I know that I will fight and kill, do you know the meaning of him sending people to send jade carvings and spread the word?"

"What does this mean?" Steward Wu was surprised when he heard this.

"Accept 10,000 liang of silver and send back 6,000 taels, indicating that you have received 10,000

The love of two silvers, sending back six thousand taels means that he is afraid of the king and does not dare to accept them all, which is the proper meaning. ”

King Qi looked like he hated iron but not steel: "We sent someone to kill him, it is normal for him to be afraid, and he will never dare to offend this king with a grudge." Receiving 10,000 taels means appreciation, there is a sense of reconciliation, and receiving a gift is a sign of obedience. ”

King Qi said with relief: "There is a mysterious force behind this person, which is unfathomable, and even Shen Lun, the eunuch of the country, has come out for it. This person is a woman, he does not hesitate to fight for his life, he is by no means afraid of death, but he is lustful as his life, he can bow his head and obey, which greatly surprised me. In the future, it is necessary to vigorously woo and deal with this person, and the beauty is much more useful than the threat. ”

Collect 10,000 taels of silver and send back 6,000 taels of jade carvings, indicating that it is good to take advantage of death, Steward Wu said secretly.

Steward Wu didn't dare to speak out, in order to deal with Lei Shaoxuan, King Qi had paid a heavy price, and he spoke easily, in case of a big incident, he would have to peel off his skin if he didn't die.

King Qi is not a person who can take responsibility for himself, he is happy with his achievements, but when things are unfavorable, he likes to anger others.

The royal palace, meditation and fasting.

"What does Xuan'er mean?" Empress Dowager Gongsun leaned on the couch and said unhappily: "It's just 10,000 taels of silver, and if you accept it, why do you pay back 6,000 taels, is it Wu Tai forcing him?"

"I don't know, but this kid is as slippery as a loach, and whoever underestimates him will definitely suffer a big loss. Li Chun replied.

Prince's Mansion, Study.

A chubby man with a round forehead was pacing, looking unhappy.

This person is the crown prince, and there is a thin young man standing next to him, and a man sitting on a chair and drinking a cup of tea, it is Wang Fei, the second son of Hongtai Firm.

"At the banquet, if you are not tempted by interests, you can leave the table decisively, and you will not be in the company of hypocrites such as King Qi, but you are true students, pillars of the country, and you must cultivate them well. ”

The crown prince Wu Zhen said in a deep voice: "Wang Fei, arrange a banquet in the Guanghan Palace, and invite the students of the Guozijian to the banquet, and the students who left the banquet at the banquet of King Qi should be in the first row. ”

"That's right!" Wang Fei nodded, "But the students who have not left the table, don't slack off, they may just be cowardly, and they don't want to offend King Qi on the surface, not just with King Qi." ”

"It's not enough to be timid or to be grassy. Wu Zhen said disdainfully.

"How did the student who received 10,000 taels of silver but returned 6,000 taels of silver jade carving ornaments?" Wang Fei asked carefully.

Wu Zhen pondered for a moment, looked at the thin young man, and asked, "What does the sixth brother think of this person?"

Wu Zhang, the sixth prince, said with a smile: "This person is too timid to refuse King Qi, so he received two silver taels, but he didn't dare to really accept it, so he returned the jade carving, but he didn't know the two ends of the head mouse, which was the most annoying." It is said that this person was born as a sergeant on death row, so it is no wonder that he is vulgar and unreasonable, and loves to take advantage of small advantages. ”

Wu Zhen nodded and said, "Exactly, put this person in the last row." ”

"Don't do that!" Wang Fei hurriedly said, "This person should be in the front row." ”

"Why?" Wu Zhen looked displeased.

"This person has a different identity, and he has accumulated military merits and is recommended to enter the country, representing the meritorious soldiers of the border army. Wang Fei said, "Whether it is vulgar and unreasonable, whether it is greedy and cheap, if you snub him, you will inevitably tell the truth and say that the prince has snubbed the border army." ”

Wu Zhang also looked at the prince and said, "Because he went out of the army, the king of Qi gave him 10,000 taels of silver." Even if he is a pig, he must not be snubbed, otherwise those soldiers in the military department will definitely laugh at the second brother, and even some people will inevitably take advantage of the topic to play. This person is vulgar and dull and unusable, this person's identity is available. ”

"Your Highness, King Qi has just finished the banquet, and the interval is too short, will anyone criticize it?" Wang Fei said with some concern.

"I am the crown prince, and it is my duty to comfort the hard-working officials at all levels and the hard-working students. Wu Zhen disagreed: "This banquet was carried out in the name of condolences and invited all students, including girls. ”