"Hahaha, if you like it, eat more, next time Lord Qi comes to Suguo to eat such an authentic roast duck, I don't know when it will be." Zhu Ao leaned on the throne very casually, and laughed heartily: "Come, pour wine for Lord Qi, the widow should have a few drinks with Lord Qi, and you should not be idle." All of them saluted and drank wine. ”

"How dare you, how dare you." Qi Tai picked up the wine glass with both hands, saluted Zhu Ao, and said with a smile on his face: "Always respect His Royal Highness, and the minister will do it first." With that, he picked up his glass and drank it all.

"Good, good, good. Master Qi is worthy of being the secretary of the military department in charge of Qiu Ba, he is bold, and the amount of alcohol is not small. Zhu Ao held the wine glass in one hand and joked with a smile. Then he picked up the wine glass and drank half of it, he was the king of Suguo, although Qi Tai was a Qincha, but he was only a courtier of their Zhu family, and he didn't need to be too real.

There are only two people in this world who can make Zhu Ao drink this cup, one is Zhu Yuanzhang, and the other is Zhu Yunwen, as for Qi Tai, he is not qualified enough.

Qi Tai sat at the bottom of the steps, he couldn't see the situation in Zhu Ao's cup, and even if he saw it, he didn't dare to say anything? He, a small second-grade official, would he dare to force the vassal king to drink? still politely smiled and said: "Your Highness's alcohol is bold, and the ministers can't reach it." ”

Zhu Ao's words just now caused all the ministers to laugh for a while, and several generals led by Qu Neng laughed loudly: "Lord Shangshu, we Qiu Ba have a glass to you." After that, he frequently toasted Qi Tai.

Qi Tai was very speechless about this kind of scene, if he went to inspect the place of the imperial court, the officials below toasted, he could not drink at all, or drink less, but this time he was an envoy to Su Guo, the level of King Su is much higher than he doesn't know, and his subordinates naturally can't help but give face, no matter how much he drinks, he can't stand the persuasion of so many people, and it didn't take long for him to be a little dizzy.

Zhu Ao smiled and sat on the big throne watching all this, judging from this drinking, he knew that Qi Tai was a person of the upper way, unlike those stunned young people, who didn't give anyone face at all, he felt that the heat was almost over, so he stood up from his seat and said casually: "The widow is a little too strong to drink, and he is going to rest in the back, and he can't accompany Lord Qi, Lord Qi, please feel free, don't be restrained." ”

Then, he swept his eyes and ordered the civil and military officials present in Su State: "You must entertain Lord Qi for the widow, and you must not be lazy." The liquor order is like a military order. ”

"The ministers obey." All the giants of the Su Kingdom arched their hands to Zhu Ao and replied together.

"Congratulations to Your Highness, Your Highness, please go slowly." Qi Tai didn't know whether Zhu Ao was really drunk or fake, and he didn't dare to ask, so he could only give Zhu Ao a very polite salute and send Zhu Ao back to the harem to rest.

Zhu Ao was a little drunk, pointed at Qi Tai with his finger, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Lord Shangshu, if anyone dares to snub you later, you must tell the widow and see how the widow cleans them up." ”

Qi Tai knew that these drunken words were not true, and he smiled: "How come, how can it be." ”

Zhu Ao laughed a few more times, and then transferred to the harem under the service of his two newly recruited maids, Abiro and Kunsha, and went directly to Di Linazha's dormitory.

Seeing that Zhu Ao was full of wine again, Di Lina Zha hurriedly put down the book in her hand, walked up to Zhu Ao with a smile, grabbed his arm, and asked with concern: "King, why have you drunk so much wine again?" ”

Zhu Ao took out the good wine he had treasured for a long time to entertain Qi Tai, and after drinking a few more glasses today, he only felt dizzy, lightheaded, and soft under his feet, if it weren't for the two beauties holding him, he really couldn't stand, and put his arm around Di Linaza's shoulders, and waved his hand to signal the two maids to step back, and said very arrogantly: "It's okay, don't worry." These drinks can't help your man. ”

Abiro and Kunsha saluted Zhu Ao, and then Ying Ying withdrew, closing the door to the house.

When Di Linaza saw Zhu Ao like this, she knew that he had drunk a lot more, and she felt a little uncomfortable, women don't like their men to drink too much wine, this is probably their nature that is difficult to change throughout the ages, and said: "The king is talking nonsense again, the concubine will help you to the bed, you can rest first." ”

Zhu Ao smiled evilly, picked up her handsome little chin, and said, "Why are you in a hurry?" Do you know why the widow came to you in the middle of his drink? ”

Di Linazha's head was slightly raised by him, and a pair of big black eyes looked straight at Zhu Ao, and said with a smile: "The concubine thinks that the king wants to hang the military department book for a few days." Could it be that the news of Jinyiwei's inquiry is true? The emperor wants to change the title of the king to Suzhou? ”

Di Linaza is Zhu Ao's wife, and she lives and dies together with him, Zhu Ao naturally won't hide such a big thing from her, not to mention, Di Linaza is always resourceful, and it would be an excellent thing to tell her that it would be a good thing to let her help with advice. So Zhu Ao had already told Di Linaza about it.

At this time, seeing that she asked, there was no one else in the house, so he simply opened his heart and said: "Although Qi Tai did not have a showdown with the widow, the widow can see that the person who came is not good, he has been observing the widow's temperament, I guess it won't be long before he will try to see the poor dagger." ”

Di Linaza put the little finger of her right hand on her fair and pretty chin, nodded very approvingly, and said thoughtfully: "So the king wants to cold him for a few days first, give him a dismount, so that he will not dare to act rashly." ”

Zhu Ao hugged his concubine, kissed her on the little mouth with a pampering face, and said happily: "As far as you are smart, no one can hide your little girl's thoughts." ”

Di Linaza was shocked by his sudden attack, and after coming back to her senses, she smiled sweetly and said: "That's not it, the king often says that the concubine is the roundworm in the king's stomach, and the name roundworm can't be in vain." ”

Zhu Ao's mind was already a little disordered after he was drunk, and Di Linaza was so lightly teased, he only felt an evil fire rushing straight to his brain from his abdomen, love is really unclear, it is said that he has taken Di Linazha into his hands for four or five years, and he has done everything he should do, but he doesn't feel bored with her at all.

Although he also went to some little girls from time to time to change his taste, every time he made it with Di Linazha, which he liked, he was very happy and did not feel bored at all.

This time was the same, Zhu Ao took advantage of the strength of the wine to carry Di Linaza to the bed, and the two spent another harmonious night.

The next day, when the sun was on the third pole, Qi Tai woke up, yesterday he did drink a lot of wine, drunk too much, after sleeping all night was not enough, after waking up still faintly feeling a headache, the abdomen is also faintly a little overturned, very uncomfortable.

"Why is this Su Guo's wine so strong?" Qi Tai got up from the bed, touched his forehead and muttered.

"My lord, please wash and change your clothes." Qi Tai's servant brought a basin of hot water, and walked in with a towel on the basin, and very skillfully placed the basin at the head of Qi Tai's bed, obviously having followed Qi Tai for many years, and knew his habits very well.

Qi Tai hummed softly, put his hand into the basin and washed it, picked up a wet towel and wiped his face, and said casually, "What time is it?" ”

"It's time. My lord, let's have breakfast first. I drank a lot of wine last night, so let's drink some porridge to make up for it, so that my stomach will feel better. The servant put away Qi Tai's washing utensils and said with a respectful expression.

Unexpectedly, Qi Tai's color changed when he heard this, and he sat up from the bed suddenly, his eyes were as big as Niu Ling, and he shouted with a tiger face: "Ridiculous! Why don't you wake up the official when it's time, the official still has to meet King Su today, and you can afford to delay the major affairs of the court? ”

The servant was startled, but he didn't panic, like a rookie kneeling on the ground and kowtowing in horror, but very politely bowed deeply to Qi Tai and said, "Your Excellency, stop being angry." When the people from King Su's palace sent you back last night, they had already explained, saying that you would have a good rest today and that you didn't need to go to see King Su. ”

"This ......" Qi Tai sat on the bed frowning and muttered, to be honest, he is very conflicted now, on the one hand, he wants to finish the errand of the court as soon as possible and leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible, on the other hand, he is afraid to tell King Su about it, afraid that if King Su is unhappy, he will directly kill the official and rebel, and sacrifice the flag with his head as the secretary of the military department, then it will be a big loss.

"My lord, are you worried about the matter of the emperor's order?" The servant had been with Qi Tai for a long time, Qi Tai's mind had already touched it, and when he saw Qi Tai's embarrassed and hesitant look, he knew what he was thinking, took a step forward, leaned into Qi Tai's ear, and said sneakily.

Qi Tai nodded slightly, he couldn't remember how long this servant had been with him, he had always been loyal, and he had won Qi Tai's trust, not so much his servant, but his confidant.

And people are old and fine, this old servant has been at the bottom of the society all his life, and he has long practiced a subtle observation of words and feelings, the ability to deal with people, and his understanding of human nature and society is very profound.

Therefore, Qi Tai was willing to discuss with him if he had any important matters, sighed, and said: "I am now difficult to ride a tiger, and Su Guo will not agree to one of the two errands assigned by the imperial court." But if I don't tell King Su, it's a bully, if I tell King Su, he will definitely not agree to one of those two things, in case he annoys him, then the head of our master and servant is sacrificed to the flag, so what should we do? ”

Qi Tai originally thought that this servant would also have a sad face after listening to his words, and sighed, but he didn't expect that this old servant smiled faintly, with a confident expression on his face, and said: "Don't worry, adults, villains have a plan to protect adults." ”

"Oh?" Qi Tai's eyes lit up, this old servant had already given him a lot of good ideas, the signboard was placed there, maybe there was really any trick this time, a happy expression suddenly appeared on his face, and he said anxiously: "What can you do?" Say it? ”

The old servant's face immediately showed obvious smugness, his eyes narrowed into a line, and he pressed into Qi Tai's ear and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, do you remember that not long ago, when Sun Jida commanded the envoy to leave office, he brought his eldest son to sit in your mansion for a while. ”

Sun Jida's official position is only a three-grade commander, at most a middle-level cadre, not a great official, most of these people Qi Tai will not take it to heart, but he is the old father-in-law of King Su and King Qing, belonging to the emperor's relatives, in the face of the royal family, Qi Tai invited them to sit at home, if it was an ordinary commander, Qi Tai probably didn't bother to pay attention.

This matter is too small, Qi Tai has long forgotten about it, and he only remembered it after being reminded by this old servant, but he didn't understand what this matter had to do with his imperial order, and he couldn't help but ask with a puzzled face: "There is such a thing, that is, he wants to retire when he is old, according to the system of the imperial court, his position must be inherited by his son, but he needs to go through some formalities at the military department." After the father and son completed the formalities, they came to my house and chatted for a while, what does this have to do with the official's errand? ”

The servant didn't seem to be in a hurry to answer, straightened up, followed the example of the military advisors in the play, put one hand on his chest and the other behind his back, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, my lord, please tell me in detail." Things in this world are complicated and complicated, disturbing and complicated, but they are simple and simple, in fact, in the final analysis, they are things between people. No matter what you do, as long as you catch the key person, you will grasp the key, and things can be solved. It's like grabbing a broom when sweeping the floor, no matter how dirty and messy the ground is, as long as you grab the broom and have patience, you can sweep it one by one. ”

Qi Tai's gluttony has been hooked by him, but he didn't expect him to put a bunch of big truths first, and a wave of anger immediately rose in his heart, and he glanced at him angrily, and said: "Don't sell the guanzi here, let's talk about the point." ”

The old servant smiled slightly, knowing that Qi Tai was only angry on the surface, but in fact he would not do anything to him, a loyal military advisor, and said: "The key to this matter lies in King Su, if King Su is willing to agree to the conditions of the imperial court, then everything will be fine, and nothing will happen, but according to the old slave's opinion, it is impossible for King Su to agree to the conditions of the imperial court." ”

Qi Tai's patience was almost consumed by him, although this person had helped him a lot, but in the final analysis, he was still a slave of their family, and it was natural to reprimand two sentences, it was no big deal, he had a calm face, and said: "Pick up the important ones!" I don't have time to listen to your nonsense here. ”

"Yes." The old servant gave Qi Tai a deep look, then stood up again, still full of confidence and said, "King Su is the main person in this matter, since he can't go this way, then the lord has only one way to go." ”