Sitting in his own seat, Wang Ke waited for Wang Si and Mrs. Wang and other four people to come to dinner.

When Wang Si came back today, Wang Ke felt that he had something on his mind, on weekdays, when Wang Si entered the 'door' and saw him, he would stop and chat with himself, but today he just nodded to himself and went into his study.

Wang Ke hasn't been in the court for a few days, and he doesn't know what happened in the past few days, he plans to wait until after eating, pull Wang Si to ask, if there is anything, let's think of a way together, after all, here, Wang Si is also his own relative, and he should definitely contribute if there is something.

Seeing Wang Si and the four of them walking in, Wang Ke and his three wives greeted him, and one accompanied the other to the table and sat down.

As soon as she sat down, Mrs. Wang said: "Master, looking at your sullen appearance today, just tell Ke'er about anything, it's not a matter for you to be so bored in your heart!" ”

Wang Ke didn't wait for Wang Si to speak, and hurriedly said: "Mother, let's eat first, Dad will naturally say it when he should say it, don't worry." ”

Wang Si raised his eyes to look at Wang Ke, and said lightly: "Let's eat first, the old man and Ke'er have something to talk about after eating." ”

Wang Si said this, everyone was silent, everyone saw Wang Si's appearance today, they all knew that something must have happened, and it would not be a good thing, although everyone was holding the bowl and concentrating on eating, but no one had the usual good appetite, and no one had spoken during the banquet, they all hastily pulled a few mouthfuls into their mouths, and then put down the dishes and chopsticks.

Wang Si stood up and said to Wang Ke, "Go to your study and talk." As he spoke, he turned around and went upstairs, Wang Ke hurriedly followed closely, leaving a 'woman' standing below, looking at the staircase with a worried face, not knowing what to do.

Entering the study, Wang Ke waited for Wang Si to sit down, and couldn't wait to ask: "Dad, what happened to make you so preoccupied!" ”

Wang Si sighed and said, "The prince is back." This time, the prince went to Jiangnan, and what he did made the officials in Jiangnan very dissatisfied. As soon as the prince arrived in Chang'an today, Jiangnan's recital arrived, and there were many complaints about the prince's trip, which made the emperor very dissatisfied. Ke'er, the prince's trip to Jiangnan was recommended by you, for my father, I am afraid that the emperor will find you trouble! ”

As soon as Wang Ke heard that it was for this matter, his heart immediately relaxed, and he recommended the crown prince Li Chengqian to Comrade Li Er to do this matter, and he did not plan that he could do this matter well, Wang Ke's purpose was nothing more than to ask the prince to do as bad as possible, and it was best to let the magistrate in Jiangnan write to Comrade Li Er before the prince left, asking the prince to return to Beijing. Now these officials can only fold after the prince leaves, which shows that the prince's performance has not yet met Wang Ke's expectations, and there is still a big gap from Wang Ke's expectations for him.

Wang Ke said calmly: "Is the prince back?" The officials in Jiangnan all said that the prince was something. ”

Wang Si sighed again and recounted to Wang Ke the contents of the excerpts of officials in various parts of the Yangtze River, which was nothing more than that during his inspection of various places, the crown prince Li Chengqian, relying on his status as the crown prince, wantonly interfered in the duties of the local officials, did not distribute them according to the actual situation, and allocated more money and grain for disaster relief to officials who were pleasing to him, resulting in unfair distribution of disaster relief money and grain, resulting in a 'waste' of materials, and arousing the strong dissatisfaction of the local officials. During the prince's stay in Jiangnan, regardless of the disaster situation in various places, the pomp and circumstance of entering and exiting were too large, and he required neat guards of honor everywhere. When his honor guard could not be guaranteed, he did not hesitate to order the disaster relief to be stopped, and 'draw' disaster relief personnel to enrich his honor guard.

Wang Ke quietly listened to Wang Si's narration, and asked nonchalantly: "That's all, is there anything else?" ”

"Isn't that enough?" Wang Si was very puzzled by Wang Ke's attitude, and asked in surprise: "Does Ke'er think that what the prince did is not serious, and what he has done is not enough to annoy the emperor?" If any minister did these things, it would be enough to punish them! ”

Wang Ke shook his head and said, "The child didn't mean that, I just want to know that the impeachment of the prince has been handed over." ”

Wang Si shook his head and said: "I don't know about this father, I sent these two letters today, as for whether there will be tomorrow, I can't say." It depends on whether it will be delivered tomorrow, after all, Jiangnan is so far away from Chang'an, and the time of delivery is also in sequence, and it is definitely impossible to arrive at the same time. If there is, it should be there in these two days. ”

Wang Si didn't think of anything until he finished speaking, and then asked: "Ke'er, don't care about what the prince has done, you still think about it, if the emperor wants to blame you, what can you do to exculpate yourself, for the father, if the emperor wants to blame you this time, I'm afraid that the princess will intercede for you." ”

Wang Ke looked at Wang Si's anxious face, knowing that Wang Si was really worried about himself, and his heart was really moved.

However, Wang Ke had already thought of countermeasures when he recommended the prince to Comrade Li Er, so now he did not panic when he heard the news, but comforted Wang Si: "Dad, don't worry, the child will be fine, for the prince's trip to Jiangnan, the child has two preparations." If the emperor wants to blame the child, the child will naturally have a way to excuse himself, so Dad can relax, there is nothing wrong! ”

Wang Si was still very uneasy, and asked again: "What preparations do you have, why hasn't my father heard you talk about it?" It's okay now, let's talk to my father first, so that my father can also feel more at ease. ”

Wang Ke smiled and said, "Dad." If you think about it, this trip to Jiangnan was originally a very false thing, and it was nothing more than to let the magistrates and people in Jiangnan know that the emperor knew that they had suffered a disaster, and he was very worried about it, and sent people to understand their suffering. As long as the people who go there put down their shelves, do not interfere with local actions, and 'show' their faces everywhere, they will be able to win great support from local officials and the people. ”

Wang Si listened to Wang Ke's words, felt very reasonable, and unconsciously nodded in recognition of what Wang Ke said.

Wang Ke continued: "The child originally recommended the crown prince to the emperor, that is, to let His Royal Highness the crown prince take this opportunity to accumulate some prestige. But he doesn't know self-love, and he wants to 'plug' a hand anywhere, which can't be blamed on me, if you want to blame, you can only blame himself for being a pig's brain. ”

As soon as Wang Ke said this, Wang Si hurriedly interrupted him and said, "Ke'er, don't say that, if people hear it, it will be amazing." ”

Wang Ke said disappreciably: "Isn't this talking to you alone, I haven't even said this to Nanping and Lanling, and the children are afraid that they will not pay attention to it." ”

Wang Si put his mind at ease, nodded and said: "Yes, that's right, a lot of things can't be said casually, Ke'er said that it has nothing to do with being a father, and it's best for the people in the family not to say it, it's not that they are afraid that they will deliberately say it, if they inadvertently leak it, then they can't take it back!" ”

Wang Ke nodded again and again and said, "Dad, don't worry, the child knows." ”

The two were talking happily, when they saw Nanping walking in with a person, and the two fathers and sons looked at each other, but it was Li Ke who came.

Wang Si and Wang Ke are a little puzzled now, it is said that this time is not early, what is Li Ke doing at this time? I wonder if it's boring, this person is here, and it is true that he still has to greet him.

Wang Ke doesn't have anything, anyway, the relationship between himself and Li Ke is 'strong', in addition to pretending in front of outsiders on weekdays, the two of them don't care about who's status in private, who should salute to whom or something, today Li Ke went to the 'door', Wang Ke didn't have the idea of saluting him, just standing there, thinking about what His Royal Highness the Prince was doing at home so late.

But Wang Si is different, the long-term etiquette system makes him have no time to think about other issues, when he first saw Li Ke, he was a little puzzled, and he reacted in a blink of an eye, and immediately took two steps forward and saluted Li Ke.

Li Ke grabbed Wang Si and didn't let him kneel down, turned his head and said to Nanping: "Sister, go down first, this king has something to tell his uncle and brother Wang." ”

Nanping didn't ask much, saluted the three people in the house, turned around and walked out.

When he was about to leave the 'door', Nanping glanced at Wang Ke silently, and Wang Ke saw that Nanping's eyes were full of love for himself. Wang Ke also nodded slightly to Nanping, indicating that there was nothing to do, so that she could rest assured.

Watching Nanping walk downstairs, Wang Kecai faced Li Ke and asked with a smile: "Your Highness came to my house so late, won't it be to come to my house again to eat?" ”

Li Ke ignored Wang Ke's ridicule, glanced at Wang Si and said, "Brother Wang must have known from his uncle that the prince has returned to Beijing." ”

Wang Ke nodded, and asked very easily: "Dad has already told me, what, does the prince's return to Beijing have anything to do with me?" ”

Li Ke said anxiously: "You really don't know if you pretend not to understand, this sue for the prince is put on the imperial case of the father, this prince's trip to Jiangnan was recommended by you to your father, if the father is annoyed, he will not ask you for questions." ”

Wang Ke tilted his head and looked at Li Ke with a relaxed face and said, "I said Your Highness, aren't you in the army?" How can you be so clear about the affairs of the Asari? When did you start to be interested in the affairs of the DPRK and China? ”

When Li Ke saw Wang Ke's indifferent look, he was angry, and said angrily and anxiously: "Isn't this still anxious for you?" Today I thought I had heard this, so I put down what I was doing and inquired everywhere. As soon as I inquired about it, I came to you, but you didn't take it seriously. If I knew this, what would I have to do! ”

Wang Si saw that Li Ke was really anxious, and hurriedly said: "Ke'er, don't laugh with Your Highness, isn't Your Highness still anxious for you." Tell your Highness what you just said to your father. ”

After saying goodbye to Wang Ke, Wang Si saluted Li Ke and said, "Your Highness is running around for Ke'er's affairs, and he must be a little hungry now." His Royal Highness talked to Ke'er first, and waited for the old minister to ask his subordinates to 'get' some supper and come up, and talk while eating. ”

Li Ke arched his hand at Wang Siyi and said, "There is Uncle Lao." ”

Wang Si shook his hand again and again and said that he was not tired, he should be, and walked downstairs.

Li Ke turned to Wang Ke and urged him to hurry up and tell himself what he had just said to Wang Si.

Wang Ke smiled and repeated what he and Wang Si said to Li Ke, Li Ke listened to it, his heart relaxed, leaned back against the back of the chair and said: "It turns out that you have already thought of a countermeasure, no wonder you are so unhurried." But why don't you let me go for such a good thing, I will definitely not 'get' like the prince when I go. ”

Wang Ke pointed at Li Ke and said: "You are stupid, this kind of thing can't be your turn, you don't want to think about it, you already have official business, can the emperor let you leave the matter behind?" Besides, this is an errand that can be pleased without effort, is it reasonable to let the prince go, let you go? Now it's just that the prince himself 'messed up', otherwise it will be too late for the emperor to be happy, where will you worry about me! ”

Li Ke nodded thoughtfully, now he understood a little, but there was a key point that he hadn't thought through yet, he felt that Wang Ke didn't think as well as he said, Wang Ke must have had something else in mind, but he didn't say it. However, he knew that Wang Ke would not harm himself, and there must be a reason for him not to say it.

Thinking of this, although Li Ke still had a pimple in his heart, he also knew that Wang Ke would be fine, and his mood was a lot happier.

At this time, downstairs, all the 'female' relatives of the Wang family already knew that there was nothing serious, and the worries during the meal just now were all gone, and they all felt a little hungry.