Chapter 83: Great humiliation
Wu Chengsi stood outside the Yixin Hall and waited for a long time, but he was not in a hurry. He placed the green cloth bag containing the military book in front of his toes, and no one was allowed to touch it. Then, he began to carefully tidy up his clothes, and took out a small comb and carefully combed the inch-long beard.
Men don't have to be beautiful, and men in the Tang Dynasty have beards.
Shangguan Wan'er stood one step behind him, even though she had cultivated extremely strong endurance over the years, she couldn't help but frown slightly at this moment, revealing a slight expression of disdain, Mu Monkey and crown!
"Shangguan girl, how is Lone's appearance?" Wu Chengsi asked Shangguan Wan'er very seriously, and tried his best to make a majestic and tall look.
The prince of the Tang Dynasty can call himself "Lonely", but this is a more arrogant performance, and even the emperor of the Tang Dynasty only calls himself "I" on many informal occasions. Therefore, there are very few real guilds that claim to be lonely, especially in the face of a young and beautiful woman with no rank. This is far more frivolous and vulgar than a wealthy man with hundreds of millions of dollars, and showing off his wealth in front of a beggar.
"Zhou Guogong is a talent, and he is suave." Shangguan Wan'er replied with a professional smile and a professional tone, and said in her heart that no matter how you groom and dress up, after all, it is just a lowly and vulgar atmosphere that makes you rich overnight, and there is no outstanding knowledge and transcendent elegance that really belongs to the aristocracy on Xue Shao's body!
"Hehe, yes!" Wu Chengsi was quite happy.
A eunuch came out of it, "Zhou Guogong, Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping is invited!" ”
"Okay." Wu Chengsi picked up the green cloth burden from the ground, and carefully walked into the Yixin Hall with his hands flat, as if holding a priceless and fragile work of art.
Shangguan Wan'er stood in place and let out a long breath, finally after handing over the errand, she didn't have to stand with him anymore!
"Minister, Wu Chenghei see Her Royal Highness the Princess!" After Wu Chengsi entered the palace, he bowed his head and bowed.
Princess Taiping said loudly: "Zhou Guogong is exempt from courtesy, look at the seat." ”
The eunuchs on the left and right brought Wu Chengsi a couch to sit in front of Wu Chengsi, and reached out to pick up the cloth bag in Wu Chengsi's arms, Wu Chengsi shook his head and blasted the eunuch away, and looked at Princess Taiping with a smile on his face and was about to speak, when he saw Xue Shao sitting on the side, he suddenly felt a sudden blockage in his heart! …… Who is this person? Why is it so grand that the banquet with the princess is a guest seat, or is it that the two of them dine alone and have no one else?
The little white face, stinky skin, the gentleman, the unscrupulous Liang, the man has no ugly appearance, what's the big deal about being good-looking?
A stream of sour water erupted in Wu Chengsi's heart like a blowout, and suddenly it became a flood!
Xue Shao looked at him indifferently, smiled slightly and arched his hand at him.
Wu Chengsi's angry eyes narrowed, what a smile, I am not familiar with you!!
When Princess Taiping saw Wu Chenghei's expression, she couldn't help but snicker twice, cleared her throat and said, "Why doesn't Zhou Guogong sit?" ”
"Minister...... Something to report! Wu Chengsi restrained his expression, bent down and sent it forward, "The book that His Highness wanted, the minister risked his life to get it!" Your Highness, please! ”
"Oh, there's Lao Zhou." Princess Taiping waved her hand casually, "Take it, put it down!" I'll flip through it when I'm free! ”
Flip through the pages?
Wu Chenghe's eyes straightened, and once again blasted away the little eunuch who came forward to take the burden, and said solemnly: "Your Highness, this book is the first forbidden book in the secretary province, and the stakes are very important!" Your Highness, don't show it to outsiders or lose it! Otherwise, it will be difficult to escape the blame for the death of the minister! ”
"Why be so nervous?" Princess Taiping said casually, "The whole world is not the king's land, and the four seas are all princes, and this palace, as the princess of the Li family, can't she afford to take care of a few books?" ”
"Uh......" Wu Chengsi was really choked at this time, so he had to obediently hand over the book to the little eunuch, and saw the little eunuch move the book to Princess Taiping's side and put it down, feeling like he had taken away an organ from his body.
"Zhou Guogong, sit." Princess Taiping stretched out her hand and patted the burden, and smiled gracefully, "You have worked hard, this palace will give you a banquet to eat!" ”
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Wu Chengsi sat down at this time, and sat across the atrium from Xue Shao.
Xue Shaoyun is light and the wind is clear, and Wu Chengsi is cold and frosty.
The eunuchs on the left and right brought Wu Chenghe's food tables, tableware, wine utensils and other things, but they did not serve them directly. There is a difference between the lord and the minister, and the servant is given what he eats at the feast, and the Lord comes up to reward him. Whether it is a national prince or a third-grade officer, he is still a minister after all. So the lady in charge of the meal came forward and asked Princess Taiping, "Your Highness, what kind of meal should you give Zhou Guogong?" ”
Wu Chengsi subconsciously looked at the two food tables in front of Xue Shao, with five or six big dishes on them, and couldn't help but feel sour again, what is the origin of this little white face, he can actually receive so many imperial dishes! Ordinary princes and ministers accompany the lord to dinner, and a few or three dishes are considered a high favor!
"Zhou Guogong, I heard that you like to eat chicken." Princess Taiping pointed casually, "I'll give you a chicken!" ”
Xue Shao almost squirted out a mouthful of vegetable soup, and the chicken ...... What the?
"Your Highness!" Wu Chengsi bowed his hand to worship, thinking, what else?
"Serve wine to Zhou Guogong." After Princess Taiping finished saying this, she didn't seem to have the intention of paying attention to Wu Chenghei anymore, and said to Xue Shao with a smile, "Xue Lang, this palace respects you!" ”
"Your Highness." Xue Shao raised his glass and drank a glass of Qiongxiang honeydew with Princess Taiping.
Wu Chenghe's face turned red, and he really wanted to jump up and strangle Xue Shao!
Zhangshan took a pot of chicken and added wine to Wu Chenghe. Wu Chengsi endured his resentment and forced a smile, raised his glass to Princess Taiping and said, "Your Highness, I respect you!" ”
"Okay." Princess Taiping raised her glass and said with a smile, "But the palace is not drinking wine, Zhou Guogong won't mind, right?" ”
You tell me?!
Wu Chenghe's face turned red again, and it was disrespectful to take the initiative to be toasted and replaced with something else! The man in the wine party wants to save face the most, let alone a national duke?
"How can the minister mind!" Wu Chengsi raised his glass with a smile, "The minister will do it first for respect!" ”
"Zhou Guogong has a good amount of wine, and then fill it up!" Princess Taiping said this, turned her face to Xue Shao again, smiled warmly and sweetly, and said softly, "Xue Lang, let's go horseback riding after eating, okay?" ”
Xue Shao smiled and said: "Your Highness, it is getting late and it is raining again, and it may be bad to go horseback riding at this time, so don't go." ”
"I don't! I'm going to ride a horse! Princess Taiping's little mouth was coquettish, "Is it good, is it good?" ”
"......" Xue Shao couldn't cry or laugh with black lines all over his head, did you deliberately want to maliciously sell cuteness in front of Wu Chenghe? According to common sense, Wu Chengsi personally sent you a military letter, you should at least be polite to him on the surface, why should you deliberately stimulate and humiliate him?
Wu Chengsi's hand holding the chopsticks was shaking, and the female officer in charge of the meal on the side was a little frightened when she poured wine for him, and the wine overflowed the cup and spilled on the table and poured on Wu Chengsi's official robe.
"Bastard!!" Wu Chengsi couldn't hold back any longer, and roared angrily.
"Zhou Guogong forgives his sins!!" The lady in charge of the catering was so frightened that she fell to her knees and pressed her forehead to the ground.
"What's wrong?" Princess Taiping was taken aback, and looked at Wu Chengsi with a sullen face, she dared to roar at my maid like this, did she want to beat the dog and bully the master?!
"Your Highness, the minister is full!" Wu Chengsi stood up and bowed to Princess Taiping.
Princess Taiping's eyes narrowed slightly, "Do you want to go back a little bit?" ”
Wu Chengsi panicked at this time, and hurriedly shook his robe and knelt down, "The minister is out of shape, please forgive your Highness!" ”
Xue Shao smiled on the side and said nothing, it was obvious that Princess Taiping was going to deliberately give Wu Chenghei a disgrace today!
Cause?
Maybe it's simple, maybe it's complicated. In short, Princess Taiping doesn't like and looks down on Wu Chenghe, this is obvious!
"Zhou Guogong is not guilty!" Princess Taiping said lightly, "The palace is just worried that Zhou Guogong is not full. "The minister is indeed full, thank you Your Highness for your concern!"
"Oh, then stand down!" Princess Taiping said lightly.
Wu Chengsi was stunned, glanced at Xue Shao with a chill, and bowed: "Your Highness, the minister can't retreat!" ”
"Are you okay?" Princess Taiping put down her chopsticks and said a little displeased.
"The minister has a last resort!" Wu Chengsi bowed his hand and said: "These military books are related to military affairs and are related to the safety of the community. Ministers must not let them be disposed of at will. His Royal Highness wants to read a book, and the minister is waiting on the side. After His Royal Highness finished reading it, the minister still had to take them back to the Secretary Department and seal them properly. ”
"Aren't they just a few books?" Princess Taiping said dissatisfiedly, "If you change the Japanese palace, you will go to Bingming and the two saints, and you can't blame it, don't worry!" ”
"It's not that the minister can't rest assured of the princess, but to some other people......" Wu Chengsi glanced at Xue Shao, snorted coldly and said, "The princess has a life, and the minister will not give up, so he is not afraid of the blame of the two saints." However, since the minister is a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, he has to think more about the militarism and social peace. ”
"Why are you endless?" Princess Taiping was unhappy, "Could it be that the palace sleeps in the boudoir in the middle of the night and reads, and you also have to keep an eye on it?" ”
"I don't dare." Wu Chengsi arched his hand and said, "But the minister can guard the door to ensure that no one else can see this book except His Highness!" Moreover, this book must not be left in the secretarial province for too long. Tomorrow, the ministers must send them back, otherwise they will be discovered by other ministers, which is not good! ”
"You! ......" Princess Taiping was angry for a while.
Xue Shao and Princess Taiping glanced at each other, both of them already understood in their hearts, it was obvious that Wu Chengsi was deliberately repaying the loss, and he was very likely to see who really wanted to read these military books!
"Your Highness's forgiveness!" Wu Chengsi bowed his hand and spoke sonorously, like a loyal and upright minister who fought for reason, "Even if the minister is in a different place today, he doesn't dare to joke about the militarism and the peace of the society!" These military books can't leave the minister's sight at any time! Otherwise, the minister would rather be splashed with blood on the spot, to die for his duty! ”
"Okay, okay, don't exaggerate like that!" Princess Taiping waved the sleeve of her robe angrily, "You just hold these books and wait in the side hall!" When the main palace is finished, come back to study! ”
"Yes......" Wu Chengsi glanced at Xue Shao coldly, picked up the book handed over by the little eunuch, and strode away.
Xue Shao shook his head and smiled, "Your Highness, does Wu Chengsi have an enmity with you?" ”
"Yes." Princess Taiping replied correctly.
"What hatred?" Xue Shao asked curiously.
Princess Taiping's eyebrows sank, her silver teeth were bitten, and she said with a look of shame and hatred: "Even if he is now a national official and worships the three products, in the final analysis, he is just a slave of my Li family." Coupled with the ugly appearance, ugly and kitsch, but still wishful thinking about being my colt - you say, isn't this a great humiliation to the palace?! ”
Do a colt?!
Xue Shao took a deep breath, "Your Highness, be wise!" ”.
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