After a short time, Xu Rong was led to the mansion by the housekeeper.

The Prime Minister's Mansion is very large, he is dressed in casual clothes, and he is carrying a gift box in his hand, following behind the housekeeper, looking left and right from time to time.

When he was about to arrive at the living room, out of etiquette, Liu Yuzhi greeted him and said slightly: "I don't know if the general is coming, I will miss the welcome." ”

"Xiangguo is tormented by the lower officials." Seeing this, Xu Rong hurriedly bowed his hand and bowed his waist to the end.

"Huh? The general is polite, please have tea in the hall. Liu Yuzhi smiled and stretched out his hand, there was no arrogance.

"Ah, Xiangguo, please."

When he first interacted with the prime minister in private, he was in a high position, but he was extremely modest, Xu Rong was inevitably a little flattered, and after entering the living room, the two sat down separately, and he also seemed more restrained.

Waiting for the next person to serve the tea, Liu Yuzhi naturally glanced at the brocade box he brought, and subconsciously asked, "General Xu, what ......is this?"

"Ahh Seeing this, Xu Rong hurriedly said: "I took the liberty to visit today, there are many rudeness, and I hope that Xiangguo will forgive me, this is a little caution on the part of the lower officials, and it is not a respect......"

As he spoke, he also took the brocade box from the table beside him, and stood up to present it respectfully.

Seeing this, Liu Yuzhi raised his hand slightly and pressed down: "General, please sit down, you don't have to do this." ”

"Huh? This ......" Xu Rong's butt was stained on the chair, holding the brocade box, looking like he wanted to get up and was at a loss.

The brocade box was not opened, but his gift was conceivable and definitely not light.

Liu Yuzhi is the prime minister of a country, in fact, his family background is not rich, the mansion is allocated to him by Xiao Yuan, and the only income is only that bit of official salary, and he has to support some servants, as you can imagine, there is no money left.

If he wants to receive gifts, what is Xu Rong's brocade box?

It's just that, for Liu Yuzhi, who is worried about the country and the people, it is obviously something outside his body, he also smiled slightly, and said bluntly: "The general is here, with such a heavy gift, if the appearance is not bad, it should be related to the Eight Xiao Generals, right?" ”

"This ......" was broken by a sentence, Xu Rong looked a little flustered, and after a pause, he said: "Xiangguo Mingjian, since the lower official followed the king, he has experienced more than 20 large and small wars, and he dare not say that he has made outstanding achievements, but he also has some military exploits, and now the king's will to confer the title has not been given, and the lower official is ...... in his heart."

At this point, he paused.

How could Liu Yuzhi not understand what he meant, and continued to smile and said: "The general's military exploits are obvious to all, the country remembers it, and the king also remembers it, there is no need to worry about this, but this gift is too much." ”

"Ah, Lord Xiangguo, this." What else did Xu Rong want to say.

Liu Yuzhi interrupted him: "The general has ever thought that if I accept your gift today, after that, the king's edict will come down, even if the general can be one of them, will other generals privately discuss that you are an official position that you rely on heavy courtesy." ”

"Originally, you had military merits, but because of this ceremony, maybe you will lose your military merits, do you understand the meaning of your true appearance?"

When Xu Rong heard this, he was shocked, hurriedly stood up, and said in a trembling voice: "Lord Xiangguo, it is the presumptuous of the lower officials, this gift only represents a little heart, and there is no other intention, please Xiangguo to check ......"

"Alright, tea, please." Liu Yuzhi directly diverted the topic and stretched out his hand to invite.

"This, this, yes." Xu Rong sat back in a daze, and hurriedly picked up the teacup with both hands.

I thought that this meeting, smacking up to the prime minister and saying good things, would play a role, but I didn't expect that Liu Yuzhi's words had made Xu Rong's forehead sweat.

He was embarrassed, like sitting on pins and needles, and after finally drinking tea, he didn't dare to stay anymore, and quickly got up to say goodbye.

Liu Yuzhi got up to send him off.

The two saluted each other at the gate of the mansion, Xu Rong left, and on the way, he was still carrying the brocade box, and he couldn't help sighing.

In his opinion, this is obviously a gift that is not successful, but it has left a bad impression on the prime minister.

In the midst of the depression, he also found Jia You, and told him about his troubles between drinks.

After hearing this, the latter immediately said unceremoniously: "What a stupidity! Who is the prime minister, your gift is really abrupt! ”

"So, what then? Sangkoku-sama won't use this to grab me, will he? Xu Rong asked hurriedly.

"You're too careful." Jia You said a word and said: "With the prime minister's mind, this kind of thing can't happen, but you remember, above the officialdom, killing machines everywhere, fortunately, this time you rashly gave a gift, and it was Xiangguo who gave it, if it was someone else, if you have ulterior motives, you will be finished in front of the king!" ”

"Huh!?" When Xu Rong heard this, he was suddenly afraid.

Jia You continued: "The puppet is brave and unscrupulous, and he is too reckless, this time the Eight Xiao generals will be awarded, I have also heard about it, you have military merits, what are you worried about, if you don't have your name, it is not enough merit, even if you give more gifts, it is useless, because on my Qin side, generals are knighted, and military merit is the only condition." ”

At the same time, the palace of the king of Qin.

In the study, Xiao Yuan was reviewing the recital.

After a while, Gu Xue walked in with hot tea.

"Cher?" Xiao Yuan smelled the fragrance and knew the beauty, and he didn't need to look up, he knew who the person was.

The latter put the teacup on the table, then walked to Xiao Yuan's side, gently pinched his shoulders for him, and said at the same time: "Husband, I heard that there has been a batch of new silk in Splendid Villa recently, I want to go out with Duoduo to have a look." ”

"Are you going shopping again?" Xiao Yuan smiled bitterly: "But this time, I'm afraid I don't have time to accompany you." ”

"Knows you're busy." Gu Xue was helpless.

"Thank you, ma'am, for your understanding." Xiao Yuan smiled dryly, and suddenly asked, "Is it called Qingman?" ”

"Shouted."

"Well, between you, how familiar you are, especially Duoduo, don't let her be so hostile."

"I know, the two of them have a good relationship now, and this time they will definitely get closer to each other." Gu Xuedao.

"This is my princess."

Xiao Yuan was just finished with the matter at hand, and he couldn't help but hold her little hand and pull it into his arms.

Caught off guard, Gu Xue subconsciously snorted softly.

The soft fragrance of Wenyu was full of arms, Xiao Yuan's heart moved, and immediately his hand was not honest, and he began to reach for the ribbon around his waist, wanting to tear it open, and kissed her lips at the same time.

"Woo......" Gu Xue struggled slightly, looked shy, and whispered, "Don't." ”

What does she mean by that? I can't touch my own woman?

Xiao Yuan was not happy at that time, and was just about to continue leaning over to kiss him, but Xu Hu's voice suddenly came from outside the hall: "King, Lord Shangguan asks to see you." ”

The princess was inside, and of course Xu Hu didn't dare to come in directly as usual.

Xiao Yuan was suddenly disappointed, and couldn't help but say in a muffled voice: "Let him wait." ”

"No!"