Due to the distance, when Han Wangran was still running on the road, Qi Wangjian had already returned to Linzi.

As soon as he returned to Linzi, Hou Sheng immediately got busy.

Busy with political affairs and state affairs? Of course not.

In terms of the political system of the Qi State, Xiangbang is the supreme head of the government and is directly responsible to Qi Wang Jian.

And under the victory of Xiangbang, there are also "five officials" such as Da Sima, Da Si Kou, and Da Si Tian, these five officials are equivalent to the six Shangshu of later generations, and they deal with their own affairs on weekdays, and only things that cannot be solved or need to be decided by Hou Sheng are reported.

Although Hou Sheng is very keen on official positions, he is also very self-aware and knows that he is not a famous minister like Guan Zhong.

For the vast majority of the time, Hou Sheng basically let the five subordinate officials perform their duties and handle their own affairs, if there is anything important to report, then Hou Sheng will go directly to Qi Wang Jian to get an idea.

In this way, the guy Hou Sheng is called Xiangbang, but in fact he is also a mouthpiece, and he doesn't know how much more idle than Xiangbang in other countries.

But this does not mean that Hou Sheng is idle, on the contrary, Hou Sheng is very busy every day, even busier than the ministers of several other countries.

It's strange, how can anyone be idle and busy?

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is very simple, if you take the position of Xiangbang, then Hou Sheng is naturally very idle, and he can even ignore political affairs for ten days and half a month, and let the five officials of Qi State solve it by themselves.

But if it is in the capacity of Qi Wangjian's confidant and courtier, Hou Sheng is very busy.

He has to be busy accompanying Qi Wang Jian to eat, drink and have fun every day, and he has to dig out his mind to please his own king, and make some new routines every now and then to make his own king happy.

But no matter what, Hou Sheng is obviously still happy at the moment, and he is full of enthusiasm for this matter.

On this day, Hou Sheng sat in the mansion, very attentively admiring the dancing posture of the row of dancing girls in front of him.

In the melodious music, the beautiful dancer danced unrestrainedly, vaguely seemed to have a trace of white greasy looming in the sight, and a pair of white little feet were so bare on the ground and kept jumping and spinning, which was very eye-catching.

Even though he has already seen a lot of beauties, Hou Sheng still has a feeling of dry mouth at this moment, and a hot fire slowly rises in his abdomen.

After the song was finished, the dancers left the stage one after another, and a housekeeper of Hou Sheng's mansion appeared in front of Hou Sheng with a smile: "I don't know if this Hu dance can enter the eyes of the king?" ”

Hou Sheng nodded with great satisfaction, and said to the retainer in front of him: "Although the dance of these Hu people is difficult to reach the elegant hall, it is chic, and I think it should be able to make the king happy." Yes, very good. ”

To be honest, just with the dancing posture of those dancing girls just now, kicking their thighs and exposing their breasts, it definitely belongs to the legendary glamorous dance, which completely violates the etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty.

If it was in some countries that were known for their etiquette, such as the former Lu country, then there would have been people who would have already wanted to investigate the crime of Hou Sheng.

However, in the Qi Kingdom, Qi Wang Jian and Hou Sheng, the two monarchs and ministers covered the sky with one hand, so naturally no one dared to do this.

Besides, this dance is not danced for others to see, it was originally specially drummed up to meet the requirements of Qi Wangjian's pleasure, and it is not a formal dance to be performed for others at the time of the festival or New Year's Day dinner, so Hou Sheng has nothing to worry about.

Hou Sheng, who was in a good mood, waved his hand and said to the retainer in front of him: "You have made a meritorious recommendation this time, go down and receive the reward." ”

Looking at the retainers who had left Xizizi, a smile also appeared on Hou Sheng's face.

You must know that the dancing posture of those dancing girls just now is something that makes Hou Sheng, who has been through the flowers for a long time, unable to hold it, not to mention Qi Wangjian, who is much younger than Hou Sheng, and whose desire is much stronger than Hou Sheng.

"In this way, at least half a month, you shouldn't have to worry about collecting other playthings for the king."

As soon as he thought of this, Hou Sheng's heart also involuntarily relaxed a lot.

Pleasure is pleasure, but it is not an easy thing to accompany a king like Qi Wang Jian to enjoy himself, and he has to change his tricks every year, so that Hou Sheng does not know how many brain cells have died.

At this time, Hou Sheng's henchman butler suddenly appeared in front of Hou Sheng and said to Hou Sheng: "The head of the family has someone asking to see." ”

Hou Sheng asked, "Who asked to see?" ”

The housekeeper shook his head and said, "Go home, the person who came did not reveal his identity. ”

Hou Sheng was a little dissatisfied at this time, and immediately raised his eyebrows, and reprimanded: "What's the matter, can even unknown guys come to see me now?" ”

The henchman housekeeper hurriedly took out a small wooden box in his arms, held it in front of Hou Sheng like a treasure, and said with a smile: "The master of the family, please look at this thing." ”

Hou Sheng glared at the butler, opened it and found that there was a small bead in the box.

This bead is full of crystal brilliance, and it looks extremely impressive, and it is obviously a rare good pearl.

Hou Sheng's eyes stared at the orb in front of him for a moment, and after a long time, he said, "Is it just this orb?" ”

Listening to it from the tone alone, Hou Sheng seems to be a little dissatisfied.

The henchman immediately smiled and said, "Master of the house, there are two big carriages." The minister has already seen it, and they are all good goods. ”

Hou Sheng nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then let's bring people to the study." ”

Moments later, Hou Sheng met the mysterious visitor in his study.

Judging from his appearance and dress, this mysterious visitor was a very ordinary and ordinary middle-aged scholar, belonging to the kind of person who had no characteristics at all and was completely unrecognizable when thrown into the crowd.

"I've seen Houqing." The visitor saluted Housheng very respectfully.

The person who came did not report his name, but Hou Sheng did not blame it, because Hou Sheng had long been accustomed to this kind of inexplicable visitor, and for the sake of the two carriage gifts, Hou Sheng could be said to be very tolerant of such a trivial matter.

Anyway, they will have to say which country they represent later, and that's enough.

Hou Sheng squinted his eyes and looked at the visitor for a long time, and then nodded slowly and said, "If you have something, just say it." ”

The person who came smiled at Hou Sheng and said, "I learned that the reason why I came to visit Hou Qing this time was to tell Hou Qing a great good thing. ”

"What a great thing?" Hou Sheng couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

After a long while, Hou Sheng said in a mocking tone: "You are saying, what great good thing do you have?" ”

Hou Sheng didn't believe that this man could bring any surprises to him.

Because in Hou Sheng's view, these guys who give gifts to the door have always asked for themselves, since they are people who ask for themselves, then Hou Sheng is willing to help them, it is a great thing.

Now this guy even said this in reverse, how not to make Hou Sheng laugh.

If it weren't for the sake of the two carriages, jewelry, gold and silver, just by virtue of this sentence, Hou Sheng would have issued an eviction order.

You must know that Hou Sheng is the prime minister of Qi State, he is a big man above 10,000 people under one person, and he doesn't have so much time to talk to this kind of strange guy.

The person who came obviously felt the mockery in Hou Sheng's words, but he didn't get angry, but said to Hou Sheng: "If this matter is successful, then Hou Qing's position as a feudal monarch is naturally inevitable." Hou Qing thinks, can this be regarded as a great good thing? ”

As soon as the comer's voice fell, the smile on Hou Sheng's face suddenly condensed.

Because what this guy said was indeed a death hole that hit Hou Sheng.

Although Hou Sheng is now a supreme minister, there is still one goal that has not been achieved, that is-to be a king!

Looking at all the countries in the world, there are only Duan Ganzi of Housheng and Wei who have no feudal monarchs in the body of Xiangbang.

In Hou Sheng's opinion, how can he say that he is also the younger brother of the queen mother, how can the dignity of his status be compared to that cadre?

So for a long time, Hou Sheng has been worried about this matter.

For this matter, he did not fight for Hou Sheng, he even begged his sister to go to the queen, and he was full of thought that his sister would win the position of this army for himself.

But what Hou Sheng never expected was that his plea for the position of the king was ruthlessly rejected by the queen.

The meaning of the queen is very simple, although Hou Sheng is his own person, but he can't get this throne without any merit, which will only attract the criticism of the world.

In other words, this means that Hou Sheng must make great contributions to the Qi State in order to be able to justifiably obtain the position of feudal monarch.

But to be honest, Hou Sheng can neither lead troops into battle, but his handling of internal affairs can only be said to be generally unremarkable, and it is really a very difficult thing to make him make any great achievements.

This is the crux of why Hou Sheng has been in charge of the Qi State for several years, but he has never obtained the position of the king.

At this moment, when Hou Sheng heard the mysterious person in front of him say that he hoped to help him solve the title of this feudal monarch, the whole person immediately straightened up, and a burst of light broke out in his eyes, and he stared at the mysterious person in front of him for a moment and said, "Is this true? ”

The visitor nodded with great certainty and said, "Naturally, it is serious." ”

Hou Sheng couldn't calm down at this time, and immediately opened his mouth to urge: "Then you don't hurry up and talk about this matter!" ”

The person who came smiled slightly, and whispered to Hou Sheng: "Hou Qing must have known that now the war between Zhao and Wei is ready to break out. ”

Hou Sheng nodded, this matter is no secret to the current high-level leaders of the Warring States Seven Heroes.

The person who came smiled at Hou Sheng and said: "As long as Hou Qing can persuade the King of Qi to join Wei in this war to jointly crusade against Zhao, once Zhao is defeated, Qi will naturally be able to take back Gaotang and other places." Hou Qing thought about it, with such a great achievement, are you still afraid that King Qi will not grant this title to you? ”

As soon as the comer's voice fell, Hou Sheng was stunned.

There was a sudden silence in the study.

After a while, Hou Sheng slowly spoke: "Come and see off the guests." ”

The door of the study was immediately opened, and the figure of the confidant butler appeared at the door: "Guest, please." ”

The visitor didn't stand up immediately, but stared at Hou Sheng with an uncertain smile: "What, is Hou Qing really going to say goodbye to the position of the feudal monarch within reach?" ”

Hou Sheng sneered and said to the visitor: "This is not a great thing at all, but you want to push me into the fire pit!" A few years ago, Qin, Qi and Wei were not the opponents of Zhao when they united, but now Zhao is even more powerful than back then, and you think that it is enough to have Qi and Wei? I told you that even if you add the Qin State, it won't work either! ”

"Really?" The person who came smiled slightly, and suddenly took out a letter from his hand and put it in front of Hou Sheng.

"Good dear, it's better to read this letter before making a decision."

Hou Sheng glanced at the visitor and looked at the other party's face with confidence, so he picked up the letter in disbelief, opened it and read it.

Suddenly, Hou Sheng's body shook, and he raised his head with an expression of disbelief: "This ......"

The person who came looked at Hou Sheng with a smile: "What's the matter, does Hou Qing still think that this matter is completely impossible to do?" ”

Hou Sheng took a deep breath and waved his hand to the henchman standing at the door, signaling to close the door.

There seemed to be a faint sound of laughter in the room.

After a while, Hou Sheng walked out of the study with a red face, and instructed the henchman butler waiting at the door: "Quickly prepare a carriage and horses for me, and I will enter the palace to meet the king now!" ”