After sitting down in the pavilion with Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji pointed to the dim sum on the stone table and asked Wu Zhi to take a look.

"Aiqing, you're welcome!"

Sitting face-to-face with the emperor, Wu Zhi sighed in his heart, this kind of private casualness of the monarch and ministers must have been incredible in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and looking at the determined faces of the eunuchs and palace maids next to him, it is obvious that sitting face-to-face with the emperor on an equal footing should be very common among ministers, not exclusive to Wu Zhi.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Wu Zhi thanked him, then reached out and grabbed a piece of osmanthus cake and took a big bite.

"Well, it melts in your mouth, and your mouth is full of the fragrance of osmanthus flowers, which is really the craftsmanship of the palace chef." Wu Zhi nodded secretly, "In terms of this dim sum, it is a little stronger than Jin Lian's craftsmanship." "Although Jin Lian's cooking skills are superb, she is only good at cooking, and she is not very good at pastries such as pastries and rice pastries.

After all, it is a woman from the north, and pastries like osmanthus cake are popular in the south, and the royal pastry chef who wants to come to this court should be a southerner, otherwise it is impossible to make such an authentic and fine osmanthus cake.

Wu Zhi was eating the osmanthus cake seriously here, but it made Zhao Ji on the side stunned again, he asked Wu Zhi to taste the pastry just to be polite and warm up the conversation later, I didn't expect Wu Zhi to be so kind, he actually grabbed a piece of pastry and bit it......

Zhao Ji chuckled and stroked his beard, and said in his heart This martial arts is really interesting, since he became the emperor, it is the first time that a courtier is so "honest", let him eat, he will really eat!

Li Yan on the side also followed the emperor and chuckled.

"Wu Zhi, how is this pastry?" Zhao Ji took a sip of tea and asked leisurely.

"Hmmm! Nice and delicious! ”

Wu Zhi stuffed all the remaining pastries into his mouth, flicked his hand, and said seriously: "This pastry is very authentic, I guess the pastry chef in the imperial kitchen is a southerner!" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Ji immediately turned his head to look at Li Yan curiously.

Li Yan understood, and chuckled at Zhao Ji and Wu Zhi: "Master Wu is really insightful, the pastry chefs in the imperial kitchen are all from Suzhou. In fact, these pastry chefs were all found by Zhu Mian in Suzhou, and Li Yan knew that Wu Zhi and Zhu Mian did not deal with each other, so he left half of the words.

"Hahaha! Wu Zhi, Wu Zhi, I can't imagine that you are not only proficient in painting, but also so unique in eating, what a wonderful person! Zhao Ji laughed heartily, and it could be seen that he liked Wu Zhi very much.

Wu Zhi smiled, and immediately put on a modest posture, but the words he said were not modest at all.

"It's just some trivial tricks, but the minister's skills are far more than that!"

"Oh?" Zhao Ji's face was full of curiosity, "In this way, you have a lot of skills, why don't you show me two hands?" ”

"This ......" Wu Zhi grabbed another piece of osmanthus cake and sold it, "Your Majesty will naturally know in the future." ”

"Good, good! Then I'll see! ”

Zhao Ji laughed, seeing that Wu Zhi ate the osmanthus cake so sweet, he suddenly felt hungry, as if this osmanthus cake that he usually disdains is the same as a delicacy in the world that can no longer be eaten, looking at the little osmanthus cake left, Zhao Ji quietly reached out and took a piece and took a bite.

Well! It's delicious!

A strange feeling rose in Zhao Ji's heart, it was also osmanthus cake, why was it so delicious to eat with Wu Zhi?

"Wu Zhi, Wu Zhi, it seems that I summoned you to Bianjing on the right time!"

Zhao Ji stared at Wu Zhi, his face suddenly became serious, and said, "But you rejected me five times in a row!" ”

Wu Zhi said in his heart, sure enough, the emperor finally questioned himself, and as soon as he came over, Zhao Ji pulled himself to paint, and he hadn't settled the account with himself!

Wu Zhi also knew that Zhao Ji would not do anything to himself, but after all, he had rejected the emperor's holy decree five times, and now that they had met, Zhao Ji would definitely mention this stubble.

Looking directly at Zhao Ji very calmly, Wu Zhi did not rush to explain anything, but only answered one word.

"Yes."

Zhao Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, and his expression was adjusted to be as majestic as possible, he really liked Wu Zhi very much, and he wouldn't do anything to Wu Zhi, but he wanted to scare Wu Zhi now and see how this kid reacted.

"Say, why did you refuse me five times, and you can't say that you are ugly, and I will punish you for your crimes!"

Although he knew that Zhao Ji was not necessarily serious, Wu Zhi still sighed in his heart, sure enough, he was like a companion, and he was kind to you just now, which would say that if he changed his face, he would change his face.

"The reason why the minister refused His Majesty's will is not that the minister does not want to come, but that he wants to take this opportunity to ask His Majesty for more favors."

After Wu Zhi finished speaking, Zhao Ji was immediately stunned, and Li Yan next to him also looked at Wu Zhi worriedly.

No one expected Wu Zhi to be so "sincere" and so "confessed"!

Everyone knows about the motive of wanting more favors, but this kind of thing can't be said explicitly, and the mature and prudent way is to find some noble aspirations and great benevolence to cover it up, and Wu Zhi actually said his selfishness so unabashedly.

Zhao Ji stared at Wu Zhi with a strange face, he has been an emperor for many years, and he has dealt with the courtiers for so many years, sometimes after he asks some questions, he can immediately guess what the courtiers will answer, and every time he can guess seventy-seven-eighty-eight.........

But this time, he asked Wu Zhi a few standard answers, but Wu Zhi was useless, but directly gave him such a red? The naked answer was really much beyond his expectations.

"Humph! You are honest and sincere, and you have something to say! Zhao Ji snorted coldly, glanced at Wu Zhi and said, "But you knocked on the bamboo pole and actually hit me on the head, it's really bold!" ”

Zhao Ji held back a smile, and said in his heart that this Wu Zhi is too interesting, he is different from others everywhere, and he can be calm and calm in the face of himself, and watch me bluff him again!

"You are guilty of deception!"

Being so intimidated by Zhao Ji, Wu Zhi really stood up in fright, with a look of embarrassment: "Your Majesty is angry, and you have no choice but to be a minister!" Qingzhou College was established by the minister, and it was the minister's hard work, and the minister had to make this decision, just to ask His Majesty for an inscription! ”

"Inscription?"

Zhao Ji, who was still secretly happy to bluff Wu Zhi, was puzzled after hearing Wu Zhi's words: "Could it be that you took a lot of trouble to reject me, just for the words I gave to Qingzhou College?" Not for ........."

Speaking of this, Zhao Ji paused, and in his opinion, the dean of the Hanlin Painting Academy of Wupin was indeed not a high-ranking official.

"Don't hide it from Your Majesty, the minister tried his best, just to ask His Majesty for a word, with Your Majesty's words, Qingzhou College can be famous for centuries!" Wu Zhi saluted Zhao Ji and said: "For the minister, Your Majesty's word is a great reward, the official position and fame, the minister doesn't care, if Your Majesty wants to take it, the minister has nothing to say......"

"Please Your Majesty don't take back the inscription of Qingzhou Academy!" Wu Zhi pleaded.

Li Yan on the side looked at Wu Zhi deeply, and his eyes were full of admiration.

He naturally admires Wu Zhi, he has been a eunuch for decades, and it is the first time he has seen someone who can shoot the sycophants so implicitly, so roundaboutly, and so secretly......... But it does more with less and has an outstanding effect.

"Hahaha......"

Li Yan's judgment was not wrong, as soon as Wu Zhi's words fell, Zhao Ji laughed heartily, as if he had just done a complete set of health care.

"Aiqing, sit down quickly, you built Qingzhou Academy for the benefit of the Great Song Dynasty, how could I take back that inscription?" Zhao Ji personally got up and sat down with Wu Zhi's arm, looked at Wu Zhi with great appreciation, and sighed, "Do you have this heart!" ”

"Scared the hell out of me!"

Wu Zhi patted his chest straightly, and when he saw that Zhao Ji heard his words, his expression was gloomy, and Wu Zhi hurriedly made up another sycophant: "I know that Your Majesty is the wisest, and you will not blame me for telling the truth!" ”

"Well, that's nature." Zhao Ji straightened his chest slightly, and said proudly: "In the future, if you have something to say, just talk to me directly, don't care about the number of courtesies." ”

"Okay!"

Wu Zhi was happy in his heart, the emperor could say this, which means that he no longer treats himself as an outsider.

"By the way, Wu Zhi, I heard that your Qingzhou Academy accepts more students than the Tai Academy in Bianjing, and it is also known as the No. 1 College in Shandong, I don't know ......" Zhao Ji looked at Wu Zhi slightly provocatively, and continued: "I don't know how about Bi I's Tai Academy?" ”

This is not like what an emperor should say, the so-called world is not the king's land, what do you call your Qingzhou Academy, my Tai Academy? It should all be the emperor's.

And when Zhao Ji said this, it was exactly like a casual joke between two friends.

Wu Zhihan smiled, didn't think much about it, and immediately waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty's Tai Academy is not as good as my Qingzhou Academy!" ”