Chapter 81: The Covenant Keeper
"Steward Fei, ask someone to make a few sets of clothes for Shang Ze, and I will go back to the capital next month." After a pause, Lu Xiufan added, "Prepare a few sets of clothes for all seasons." โ
"Yes." Ferrin nodded in agreement. Lu Xiufan's meaning is obvious, he will take Shang Ke with him when he returns to the capital next month.
Lu Xiufan is the younger brother of the prince (the queen's husband), and he is very particular about dressing. Shang Ke, as his subordinate, also needs to pay attention to appearance. Fei Lin was more worried that the covenant-keeper was not good at socializing, and Lu Xiufan would not introduce Shang Ke's identity when he met people. If he accidentally clashed with other princes and nobles, it would definitely be those princes and nobles who had nothing to do.
Lu Xiufan is already enough to attract hatred, in order to help him pull a little less hatred and brush up a little more favorability, Butler Fei is really heartbroken.
That night, Fei Lin found Shang Ke and told him to keep a distance from idle people when he went to the capital next month, so he could not hide, so he should be humble and polite, and at the same time, Fei Lin also gave Shang Ke a set of etiquette manuals and clothing matching standards, so that he could understand it well, so as not to make jokes or offend people in vain.
Shang Ke was no stranger to these ceremonial things, and under Fei Lin's supervision, he carefully read them many times, and sincerely accepted his guidance, and finally easily passed his assessment.
Shang Ke's other etiquette was almost impeccable except that his expression was not rich enough, but Fei Lin always felt that something was wrong. After watching it for a long time, he finally realized that Shang Ke's expression was too cold, no matter how groveling he was, it gave people a feeling of being on top. Unlike Lu Xiufan's majestic arrogance, Shang Ke was indifferent and unmoved by external objects.
"Shanze, like me, smile." Fei Lin smiled modestly at Shang Ke.
Shang Ke looked at his wrinkled face with a smile on his face, and his heart rushed over ten thousand grass and mud horses.
"Shang Ze, facial expressions are one of the important channels of communication between people, even if you can't laugh, try to pull the corners of your mouth as much as possible, such as this." Fei Lin hooked the corners of his mouth. "Come on, you try too."
Shang Ke pursed his lips, revealing an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and it looked even more cold than when he had no expression, and it also had a taunting skill.
Fei Lin continued to guide patiently: "You can try to prolong the process of pulling the corners of your mouth a little longer, and do it again." โ
Shang Ke slowly, slowly tugged the corners of his mouth, like the sloth in Zootopia, and fixed his mocking smile on his face with an extremely strange amplitude.
Ferrin: "......" God can't save this paralyzed face!
"Poof!" Suddenly there was a low laugh outside the door.
"Master." Fei Lin saluted the visitor embarrassedly, and at the same time secretly shocked in his heart: The master was laughing just now, right? Definitely laughed! Definitely laughed!
"No need to teach anymore, so be it." Lu Xiufan stepped in, walked in front of Shang Ke, and said softly, "Don't force yourself, the smile comes from the heart, I have to face all kinds of false laughter every day, there is no need to have one more of you." โ
Shang Ke only then regained his usual coldness.
Ferrin sighed and stopped insisting. For an emotionless promise-keeper, any facial expression is superfluous.
A month later, Lu Xiufan took Shang Ke and a guard regiment to the capital Sawya.
Shang Ke actually didn't want to go to the capital, because there was a high chance of meeting the Yue family in the capital. Although the main residence of the Yue family is not in Soya, there are many children of the family who study and work in the capital. His main task in this world is to become the successor of the Yue family again, but it is impossible for the Yue family to hand over the position of successor to a covenant keeper who will not live to be 35 years old if there are other candidates.
Therefore, Shang Ke must use external forces to enter the family strongly, and Lu Xiufan is his best backing. At the same time, he also has to find a way to break the balance of power of the Yue family and muddy this puddle of water in order to take advantage of the void.
In addition, the task only requires him to become the heir of the Yue family again, but it does not mean that he must inherit the Yue family. In other words, he can choose another heir after seizing the position of heir.
This arrangement takes a certain amount of time, and it doesn't do him much good to come into contact with the Yue family too early. Of course, as long as Lu Xiufan is there, he is not afraid to deal with those people. His greatest danger should come from Lu Xiufan's enemies.
Lu Xiufan has his own mansion in the capital, compared to the villa in Baoya County, the capital mansion is obviously much more majestic and magnificent, with more than 100 servants alone, not to mention those well-equipped escort regiments.
Lu Xiufan didn't stay in the mansion for too long, so he asked Shang Ke to drive him to the palace.
The car stopped outside the palace, and Shang Ke was not qualified to enter the palace with Lu Xiufan, so he could only rest temporarily in the memo court outside the palace.
The memo court is a small palace room for the entourage of noble ministers, chauffeurs, foreign ministers, petty officials, etc. to rest and wait.
Shang Ke is young, handsome, and the driver with Lu Xiufan, who has attracted a lot of attention in this group of people. However, because of Lu Xiufan's prestige, no one dared to come forward to talk to him.
I don't know how long later, there was a slight commotion outside the small palace, and many people in the lounge ran to the door to see the excitement.
I saw a convoy with the royal flag coming from a distance, and then neatly stopped at the gate of the palace.
"It's Prince Yiyun!" One of them whispered.
"Tsk, it's worthy of the royal team, it's really extraordinary."
"I haven't met Prince Yiyun yet? Where is he and has he gotten off? โ
"Well, over there."
From the second car of the convoy, a brown-haired boy of thirteen or fourteen years old stepped down, and dozens of guards respectfully separated on both sides to open a passage for the teenager.
The boy took a few steps forward, suddenly paused, turned his head to look at the tarmac, and then walked past the guards to a luxurious black buoyancy car.
"This is Uncle Xiufan's Black Wheel 3000." Surprise flashed in Yi Yun's eyes, and then he said to the guard, "Go and call Uncle Wang's driver, I have something to ask." โ
The guard bowed down and turned to run towards the memo court.
After a long time, Shang Ke was brought to His Royal Highness Yi Yun under the envious gaze of everyone.
"You're Uncle Xiufan's driver?" Yi Yun looked Shang Ke up and down, a little surprised by his age and appearance.
"Yes, Your Highness the Prince." There is still a standard courtesy.
"What's your name?" Yi Yun asked again.
"Back to Your Highness, my name is Shang Ze."
Yi Yun clicked on his portable computer, opened a video, played it to Shang Ke, and asked, "Did you drive the black wheel in this video?" โ
Shang Ke nodded: "Yes." โ
"Good." Yi Yun turned off the video screen and said to Shang Ke, "You come with me, I need you to help me participate in a car race." โ
"I won't leave my post without the permission of my adults."
Yi Yun frowned, probably never met someone who dared to reject him so bluntly.
He didn't say much, clicked on Lu Xiufan's number, and after dialing, he said bluntly: "Uncle Wang, I want to borrow your driver." โ
"Shanzer?" Lu Xiufan's deep voice came from the other end, "What do you want to do?" โ
"Don't worry, I won't embarrass him, I just want to ask him for a favor." Yi Yun's tone slowed down, with a faint hint of pleading. Facing this iron-masked uncle, he was still a little stunned.
Lu Xiufan was silent for a moment and replied, "Got it." Then the communication was cut off.
Yi Yun is depressed, what do you mean to know? Is this borrowing or not borrowing?
Just as he was wondering, Shang Ke's communicator rang.
"Shang Ze, you can accompany Yi Yun to play, if you feel uncomfortable, come back, and call me if you are in trouble." Lu Xiufan's voice was neither high nor low, and the meaning of maintenance in his words made Yi Yun, who was standing not far from Shang Ke, hear it clearly.
Yi Yun looked at Shang Ke again, and vaguely noticed that Uncle Wang seemed to be a little different from him.
When they ended the call, Yi Yun said, "Since Uncle Wang agreed, you can go with me." โ
Shang Ke had no objection, and surrounded by the guards, got into an escort car, and then followed Yi Yun's car to a racing circuit thirty miles away from the palace.
"Get my purple shadow out." As soon as Prince Yiyun entered the racetrack, he ordered the owner.
"Okay, I'll be there soon." The owner immediately asked the purple shadow to be opened.
Yi Yun walked quickly to the co-pilot seat of Purple Shadow, and then beckoned to Shang Ke, "Come here, take me for a few laps first." โ
"Your Highness!" A guard stepped forward to stop him.
Yi Yun glared at him: "Get out of the way, don't disturb Prince Ben's interest." โ
The guards could only step aside, and then looked at Shang Ke murderously: Boy, drive well, if the prince has any accidents, you will not be able to eat and walk around.
Shang Ke didn't care about the aggressive eyes of the guards, and sat in the driver's seat with a nonchalant expression.
"Your Royal Highness, please fasten your seatbelts." Shang Ke started the car and reminded Yi Yun at the same time.
Yi Yun fastened his seat belt, squinted at Shang Ke, and felt that this person was a little interesting, not to mention whether the driving skills were really as high as the online evaluation, just with this calm bearing, it was enough to impress him.
"Let's go." Yi Yun ordered.
Shang Ke didn't hesitate, and when he turned on the starting energy, the purple shadow flew out of the prince's parking lot like an arrow from the string, heading towards the racing track.
At this time, there were thirty or forty assembled luxury cars parked in the racing track, and there were still four or five cars competing on the track.
"Straight to the track." Yi Yun looked at the electronic signs, and several cars had just run a lap.
The track is like a double snake, twisting and turning, and the driving is very difficult, and it is difficult for the cars on the track to reach the top speed.
Just as a few cars were chasing me, a purple light and shadow quickly passed through it, leading step by step.
The spectators outside the track all exclaimed, "It's His Highness's Purple Shadow." โ
Purple Shadow overtook three or four cars in a row, and at the corner, the speed did not decrease but increased, and then with a beautiful drift, it overtook the car in front and became the first.
Yi Yun was excited and shouted: "That's it, rush to the finish line in one go!" โ
Shang Ke didn't disappoint him, and flew all the way, leaving a long purple afterimage on the track, outlining a dazzling arc, and everyone screamed again and again. Finally, with a "bang", the car stopped steadily behind the finish line, and the whole process was smooth and neat.
"Great!" A blonde young man in a racing suit walked over and clapped his hands and praised, "Your Royal Highness, your driving skills have improved greatly." โ
As soon as the words fell, he saw Yi Yun walking down from the co-pilot. The young man looked surprised, it turned out that it was not the prince who was driving just now?
Yi Yun raised his chin and said proudly: "I lost to you last time, this time I will find someone to compete with you again." โ
"I wonder which racer Your Highness invited this time?" The young man asked with a smile.
Without waiting for Yi Yun to speak, a slightly shy voice suddenly โกโก: "Hello, Your Highness Yi Yun, I am Yue Xuan of the Luoxu Yue family, and I am honored to meet you here." โ
"Yuejia?" Yi Yun sighed, didn't take him to heart, and said to the blonde youth, "Yali, are you comparable?" โ
"Your Highness has this Yaxing, of course I will accompany you to the end." Yali smiled, "But the two of them are more boring, so call Luo Shao and them over." โ
At this time, Yue Xuan interjected again: "Your Highness, I don't know if I can send someone to participate?" โ
Yi Yun and Ya Li frowned at the same time, the former did not speak, the latter glanced at him and said with a smile: "Everyone present can participate, but there are bets on the game." โ
"It's okay." Yue Xuan hurriedly said, "I believe that with my family background, I can still afford to pay the bet." โ
Yali didn't say much, they were not gambling on money, but on the resources and various rare treasures in their hands. Although the Yue family is also famous, in the eyes of these nobles in the capital, it is just a wealthy businessman with some background. A hundred years ago, some people may have regarded them as a piece of garlic, but today's Yue family has long faded out of the aristocratic circle.
"In that case, let's join in." Yi Yun said noncommittally.
"Great! Thank you, Your Highness. Yue Xuan was about to say a few more polite words, but saw a familiar figure step down from the driver's seat of Ziying. He closed the car door with his backhand, then turned to face Yue Xuan, and two cold gazes crossed the purple shadow and were far away from him.
Yue Xuan's smiling face instantly condensed.
Koshizawa? How did he end up here? And he has also become the queen racer of Prince Yiyun!