After speaking, he glanced at him very proudly, and saw that Qi Tai was looking at him with fierce eyes, as if he said another nonsense, he immediately dismantled him into eight pieces, and hurriedly said respectfully: "Buy it around." ”

What a word to wake up the dreamer, Qi Tai took a breath of "hiss", suddenly realized, and said, "You mean to bribe like a queen?" ”

The old servant nodded heavily, still looking calm and confident, and said, "Exactly." King Su's ministers and close attendants must not make friends, otherwise they will be suspected of digging people's walls, and they will only be hated by King Su. Moreover, according to the old slave, those people don't dare to make friends with adults in private, otherwise they will become people who eat inside and outside, and they will definitely be liquidated by King Su in the future. In this way, only King Su's family can be bought, and the most important speaker in his family is Queen Sun, as long as the adult buys her, it is equivalent to grasping another key to this matter. Although she will not persuade her husband to agree to the court's request, she may really be able to save the adult's life at a critical moment. ”

Human spirits, really human spirits. People who understand the world and have deep insights into human nature are much more useful than those literati who can only find chapters and sentences and write poems and lyrics.

"Hmm." The more Qi Tai listened, the more he felt that what he said made sense, and he couldn't help nodding his head and exclaiming, there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, there is such an old and cunning person who gives himself ideas and escorts, and he can indeed ensure that he will not take a lot of detours, ensure that he will not touch the reef, and only spend three meals a day and a little bit of scattered silver to raise such a person is really profitable.

Qi Tai didn't mention how happy and happy he was, but now is not the time to be happy, there are still many difficulties at the moment, and he couldn't help frowning and said: "What you said makes sense, but this official has never met Queen Sun, so she recklessly went to bribe, will she ask for it?" There's got to be a reason. ”

The old servant smiled and said, "The reason can be made up, and the mystery is in the fact that Sun Jida went to your house as a guest." You can tell Queen Sun that you have a great friendship with Sun Jida, and he comes to your house as a guest at every turn. Isn't that just a matter of course? Su Guo is thousands of miles away from the capital, and it is impossible for Queen Sun to confirm it, even if she confirms it, it will take several months to come and go, and by then, the adults will have already withdrawn and returned to Beijing. ”

"Wonderful, wonderful." Qi Taihuo got up from the bed with a bang, and praised as he walked on the ground barefoot: "This plan is very good, even if Queen Sun knows that it is fake in hindsight, she will not resent us, who will resent the person who gave her gifts?" After a little thought, Qi Tai figured out the front and back joints of this matter, and said the last sentence that the old servant wanted to say but did not say.

The old servant was also very happy when he saw that his master praised his plan, and hurriedly made a gesture to Qi Tai, and said: "What the lord said is very true, without further ado, the old slave will go to the street to buy gifts, and ask the lord to write a letter to Queen Sun in the tone of Sun Jida, and he must be sincere in his words, so that he can completely impress her, as long as he can do this, this matter will become a dress." ”

Qi Tai nodded thoughtfully, he also thought that Sun Jida's family letter was far more important than a few gifts, Sun Yunqi was already the queen, what else would he lack? The only regret in her life is that she married too far away, and she can't see her parents and brothers often, and if she can send a letter to her at this time, she will be sincerely grateful to herself. And at the most critical time, her gratitude may really save her life.

Sun Jida is a mud-legged part-time boss, and his sons are also military generals, none of whom are literate, which Qi Tai knows, so their Sun family writes a family letter, and it is inevitable to find someone to write it, so from the handwriting alone, Sun Yunqi cannot judge the authenticity of this family letter.

And he also knows Sun Jida, and has been in contact with him a few times, and he also has a certain understanding of his personality and the tone in which he speaks, and believes that with his own talents, it is not difficult to forge a fake family letter, Qi Tai's heart jumped happily, it seems that God still loves himself, so that he can seize a chance to save his life in the Jedi.

Rao is so, Qi Tai still doesn't dare to be careless, this matter is related to his net worth and life, even if his heart is big, when he encounters such a thing, he can't help but be careful, and said to the servant: "You go buy gifts now, the emperor has a lot of funds for us, you pick expensive ones to buy, don't worry about money." In addition, if you make meritorious contributions, you will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver, and when you return to the capital, the official will give it to you. ”

The old servant was overjoyed, and bowed to Qi Tai again and again, and said, "Thank you, sir, thank you." The villain will definitely get this errand done. With that, he saluted Qi Tai again, hurried out of the door, went to the account office, paid a sum of money, and went to the street to run errands.

To tell the truth, he didn't give advice to Qi Tai for money, one was because of his loyalty to Qi Tai, and the other was that he also wanted to show his ability to get more attention from the owner, but it was always a pleasure to give a reward, so the old servant was very motivated, and he was walking on the road while thinking about what to buy.

After the old servant left, Qi Tai spread out the letter paper, grinding it himself, pondering the rhetoric while studying, he was born as a jinshi, and writing a letter to his family was simply handy, after thinking about it, he immediately wrote down on the paper in a regular manner: "Yunqi Wu'er: Don't come for a few years, don't come to harm?" I miss your mother very much......" and so on.

After writing it, he carefully expanded and read it, and felt that the tone, emotion, and style were very satisfied, and he couldn't help but smile slightly and nodded.

Frowning and thinking for a while, it dawned on me. Qi Tai patted his head with hatred, and lamented that he almost made a big mistake - Sun Jida is a big old man, and the big characters are not a basket, how could he get such a letter to his family? There is no need for him to show off his literary talent in front of his daughter. Once this letter is handed over, Queen Sun is afraid that she will see at a glance that it is fake, and then she will steal chickens and rice.

After figuring out this joint, Qi Tai secretly sighed God blessed, let himself think of the crux of the problem at the last moment, it seems that God is still towards himself, which may also show that his old man is still covering himself in the dark, it seems that this time he can really turn evil into good fortune.

Qi Tai breathed a long sigh of relief, the confidence to survive returned, immediately tore up the original family letter, took out the letter from the new, pondered Sun Jida's tone, and wrote a cheesy family letter, the most important thing is to turn the original text of "I miss your mother very much" into "I miss you and your mother very much", presumably in this way, Queen Sun will no longer suspect that this family letter is fake.

After a while, the old servant sent out by Qi Tai also came back, in order to help the master please Queen Sun, he bought a lot of good things and spent a lot of silver, but it doesn't matter, anyway, you can go to the accounts of the imperial court, Qi Tai is not the kind of rotten Confucianism who doesn't know how to be flexible, when his life is at stake, he can still distinguish the main and secondary.

The servant was a caring person, and he picked out some Jiangnan goods to buy, because the family letter said that these gifts were brought by Lord Toqi of the Sun family, so naturally there could be no goods from the northwest.

Those merchants went through a lot of hard work to transport the goods from the south of the Yangtze River to the northwest, naturally they had to add a lot of price, take the most common silk as an example, a silk near the capital is about six taels of silver, and after being transported to the northwest, it will be sold for at least fifteen taels of silver, if it is purchased from Yili, the price is much more expensive, because Ili is thousands of miles away from the previous capital Dunhuang.

However, the price was not for the servant to consider, and it was not for him to pay for it anyway, he just had to do the errand well.

Qi Tai carefully checked the gifts one by one, and after making sure that there were no inappropriate things, he put the letter that had already been written into his arms, and asked the servants to find a few servants and carry the gifts and went straight to the gate of Zhu Ao's palace.

"What? Does Lord Qi have a letter from the palace? After receiving the report from the eunuch outside the door, Queen Sun Yunqi asked incredulously.

She was a little excited in her heart, the last time her father sent a letter to the family was several years ago, since she married Zhu Ao, she had never left Suguo, she had never seen her parents and brothers, and it was definitely fake to say that she didn't want to.

Qi Tai, as the minister of the imperial court, must be a well-known thing to send to Su Guo, and it is reasonable for his father to ask him to send a letter from home.

Sun Yunqi's homesickness suddenly welled up from the bottom of her heart, and she was very eager to see her father's family letter, and listen to her father's teachings and her mother's nagging again, but she also knew that she was the queen, and she must have Zhu Ao's consent to meet outsiders, otherwise it would be easy for people to spread some rumors, so she immediately waved the handkerchief in her hand and said to Tingwei, who was standing beside her: "Quick, go and tell the king about this matter and ask him to decide." ”

"Yes, slave and maid." Hearing that Wei gave Sun Yunqi a salute, he immediately ran out and went to find Zhu Ao to explain the matter. She is Sun Yunqi's personal maid, it can be said that she grew up with Sun Yunqi since she was a child, and she knows Sun Yunqi's temperament best, knowing that she is an extremely filial person.

When Sun Yunqi saw that Tingwei was back, he didn't care about the identity of the queen, so he stood up from his seat and said, "What did the king say?" ”

Hearing Wei running out of breath, he gasped for breath twice, and then smiled with joy: "The king, the king agreed, he said that since Qi Tai has a letter from his father-in-law, how can the queen not see it, he asked the queen to meet Qi Tai quickly." ”

Sun Yunqi and Zhu Ao have been married for many years, and they know that he is a reasonable person, and they will definitely not disagree, but when they heard Wei say it in person, they still couldn't hide their excitement in their hearts, and said: "Quick, announce Lord Qi in, and this palace will personally receive him." ”

"Yes, slave and maid." The eunuch outside the hall bowed to Sun Yunqi and said in a very shrill voice, and then quickly ran out and went to Xuanqi Tai to meet him. Everyone around the queen could see that she was very concerned about this matter, and if she was not clever at this time, it would be purely a muzzle of a gun.

After Qi Tai received the message, he dressed up and entered the palace respectfully under the leadership of the eunuch, with a serious expression along the way, his eyes did not squint, and he did not dare to have a trace of frivolous and impetuous attitude, because he knew that he had entered the harem this time, and it was still the place where Sun Yunqi, the queen of Zhu Ao's main palace, had dared to show some frivolous demeanor and demeanor, and he would definitely not be able to walk out of the gate of this palace vertically without Zhu Ao killing him.

After coming to Sun Yunqi's bedroom, Qi Tai smelled a faint fragrance, and heard the queen's movement for a long time, she was an elegant and noble woman. ”

Sun Yunqi gently raised his right hand upward, and supported Qi Tai weakly, which was regarded as a return of the courtesy, and smiled very gently: "Lord Qi, get up quickly, there is no need to be polite." Come, give a seat. ”

"Thank you, Queen." Qi Tai knelt on the ground again and kowtowed to Sun Yunqi, then raised his head, and subconsciously looked ahead, only to see Queen Sun Yunqi sitting on the main seat in very gorgeous clothes, obviously attaching great importance to their meeting, but there was a thin layer of light veil in front of her, which was expected to be hung up when she received the ministers.

Qi Tai didn't dare to look at it more, lowered his head, stood up respectfully, and then slowly sat down on the seat that the eunuch had just moved, and arched his hand to Sun Yunqi, and said, "Thank you, Queen Niang." ”

Sun Yunqi's mood was obviously very good, he bit his teeth lightly, his lips opened lightly, and a crisp and cheerful voice came out of his throat, and said: "Lord Qi doesn't have to be polite, you have traveled thousands of miles to bring a letter to this palace, so that this palace can listen to the teachings of your parents again, and this palace should thank you." ”

Qi Tai sat in his seat, smiled very shyly, and said, "Queen Qiqi, Xia Guan and Ling Zun are close friends. Ling Zun knew that Xia Guan was about to send an envoy to Su Guo, so he asked Xia Guan to bring a lot of gifts to the queen, as well as a letter from home. Yesterday, Xia Guan just came, and he should have visited King Su first, so he failed to inform the queen in time, and asked the queen to forgive his sins. ”

After speaking, he bowed his head very politely.