Li Bu is now an official in the court, and he is the fourth rank of General Xuanwei, which is different from before, he wants to go higher and farther in the future, and the relationship between the DPRK and China in all aspects must be touched.

The gold, silver, and jewels that the emperor had given him were not stingy at all, and he turned them into cash gifts and gave them to others.

Gold, silver and copper stink, these money are just money in his hands, and it is not a tyrannical thing to exchange it for greater benefits, and now for him, money is only secondary, and what he wants is power.

As long as the fourth grade or less is a little pleasant, and the tone of his voice is better, he will now have to work hard, the three provinces and six departments, the governors of the provinces, and the servants of the ministries, these joints must be opened, so that it will be convenient for him to act in the future.

Before he returned to Beijing, he had already ordered someone to investigate, and he had an account in his heart about who he liked, what kind of personality, whether it was worth trapping, or whether he could be trapped.

Luo Fu also knows his methods, in his previous life, he did whatever he wanted in the court, that is, anyone who could speak was taken by him as a minion, which made it difficult for her to move an inch in the court, and when it came to making decisions, she had to look at his face, and she needed his permission to do it.

He is still just a fourth-grade official, and he has made such a big move, and the wolf's ambition is obvious.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, all the officials do not need to go to the court, it is the season to walk around each other to pay New Year's greetings, and after coming to the palace early in the morning to meet them, Li Bu took the New Year's gift to the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Xie Bing.

The daughter of Ding Wei, the secretary of the military department, had long heard of Li Bu's name, and she had heard her father mention him more than once, but most of the previous ones were not a good name, and she only thought that Li Bu was a reckless man who killed people without blinking, so she didn't look down on him in her heart.

Later, I heard other sisters in the boudoir who had seen Li Bu mention this person, full of beautiful words, saying how handsome and martial he was, and after a few times, Li Bu's image changed in her heart, and she hid and secretly looked at him when Li Bu entered the door because of curiosity.

As soon as Li Bu entered the door, he noticed that someone was looking at him, and knew that Ding Wei had a daughter, so he wanted to come here.

Ding Wei wanted to keep him for dinner, and he didn't shirk, during which Ding Wei went out because of something, Miss Ding had the courage to get closer to check on him, Li Bu got up and looked at the door, and said, "Miss has been watching me for a long time, have you seen enough?" ”

Miss Ding was spotted and hid behind the pillar to cover her face, Li Bu walked over, found her, and asked, "Is there something on my face?" ”

Miss Ding lowered her head shyly and whispered, "No." I felt that it would be rude for him to come over so boldly, but he couldn't complain, and he didn't want to ignore himself, so he said: "I've always heard people talk about the general's heroic appearance, and I was curious for a while, so I wanted to come and have a look. ”

Women are stupid, women like her are even more stupid, Li Bu can't make a fake smile when he hears her say this, such praise has no effect on him, and he will not be happy because of these two compliments, only a few polite words, and when he saw Ding Wei coming back, he welcomed him back.

During the banquet, he did not take the initiative to express his intentions, but intentionally or unintentionally took Xue Rang with him, this is what Xue Rang meant when he came back, he knew that Xue Rang was still a little uneasy about him, and how many of these people he came to make friends with Xue Rang could not be counted, this was also Xue Rang's temptation to him, but as long as he showed the slightest selfishness, Xue Rang received the news, and his situation would not be optimistic.

But how many people can refuse the benefits of gold and silver? He only said that he had a piece of his heart, and since he accepted it, he would not dare to tell Xue Rang to know, and moving around more was his connection.

At the end of the day, I drank a stomach of tea soup without doing anything else, and on the way back, I went to the new house to take a look, and when I got home, Wanxian handed him a post: "Someone from the palace sent it today, and it was for you." ”

He took it and opened it to see that it was an invitation.

Luo Shi wants to board a boat to swim in the lake tomorrow, and invited a lot of young ladies from the family, and there are many young officials with him, the original intention is to get together and have a good time, of course, there are also many people at home who agree to go with their daughters because of the idea of making friends.

Such an opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if you climb the high branches, won't the whole family follow the tide?

In previous years, this kind of thing was handled by Xue Guifei, but the people who came to the banquet were all Nu daughters, which was boring. But the illness of the seventh prince has come and gone, and it is not serious, but there is no one around her, so she has no heart to take care of these idle matters, so it is natural that Luo Fu should take care of it.

Li Bu didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, but he still gladly went to the appointment.

The lanterns on the boat were very festive, and people came on board one after another, and it didn't take much effort to get lively, he didn't like this kind of occasion very much, and he didn't want to come out, so he wanted to quietly see what tricks Luo Fu wanted to do.

But he can't help but want to keep a low profile, he is now the number one popular person in the capital, and there are people talking about it wherever he goes, like a tuyere, and there will be a stir like the wind everywhere he goes.

Luo Fu was the last to get on the boat, and everyone on the boat saluted and thanked her, and she said: "There is no need to be restrained today, and there are no rules that are restricted, just open up and play, whoever has a way to have fun just call someone to find Su Wan, and if you want to prepare anything, just look for her." ”

After that, lest he be uncomfortable with them, he went in by himself.

Li Bu was on the side, but this was strange, was it really just to invite him to play?

Luo Shi is not alone here, a square table, in addition to her, there are three other young ladies, these are all friends who are close to her, one is Tang Wei, the daughter of the imperial historian of the Imperial Inspectorate, one is Lin Xiangxiang, the youngest daughter of the Qing family of Dali Temple, and the other is Zhou Min, the sister of the Chinese scholar.

A deck of dominoes was placed on the table, Zhou Min touched a hand of cards, and took the lead in speaking: "Li Bu'er did go to my father yesterday, and I don't know what I talked about, but I heard about something, I don't know if His Highness wants to hear it." ”

Luo Fu said: "If you want to say it, you can say that you are still hiding our relationship, which shows that you don't regard this palace as a friend." ”

Everyone at the table laughed, and Zhou Min said: "Li Bu's first visit yesterday was Ding Wei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and his daughter Ding Yuning is said to have fallen in love with Li Bu at first sight!" ”

Tang Wei "snorted" and said: "What is new for me, do you know?" A few days ago, I started to inquire about Li Bu's news, that girl has always been a brainless person, or Li Bu's face was fascinated, she usually reads some books like "The Legend of the West Chamber", and eighty percent of them see that she is demented. ”

Lin Xiangxiang said again: "But whether you should say it or not, Li Bu is indeed a dragon and phoenix person, and when he got on the boat, he took a look, and he was really a powerful character." ”

Tang Wei bumped into her and signaled that Luo Fu was still here, and she was not unclear about the grievances between her and Li Bu, and said that these were to provoke bad luck!

Lin Xiangxiang shut up, and Zhou Min said again: "Although I don't know what Li Bu said to my father, I went to see the things he brought yesterday, which are nothing more than calligraphy and painting. ”

"My dad too, the gift is not said how valuable, but it is heartfelt, I heard him talk to my dad yesterday, I didn't see any political affairs, only gossip, only a mouthful of Xue Rang before leaving, that is also a hello, nothing else."

Luo Shi touched the hand of the card: "What does this mean?" ”

Is it really just to make friends?

"No matter what his purpose is, just tell your father when he goes back, the people they serve for will always be Your Majesty, they are all old people in the court, don't do what you shouldn't do, if something goes wrong with these old ministers, Your Majesty will be embarrassed, and your father's face will not look good."

Except for Lin Xiangxiang, who is a little open-mouthed, they are all shrewd people, who have an account in their hearts about what to do and what to do.

If she just wanted to ask for some news from their mouths, Luo Fu couldn't make such a big show, having fun was only one thing, on the other hand, she knew that Wanxian was entrusted by Li Buzhi to buy some domestic servants to go back to the new mansion to serve, this was an opportunity, in the previous life, he placed eyeliner next to him, how could it be her turn in this life.

The four of them rubbed the dominoes for a while, clamoring outside for a drinking order, they went out to see the excitement, it was Luo Xi's turn, he is now the only one among several princes who can take care of things, many girls with crooked minds are working him, circling around him, and serving him very thoughtfully.

Li Bu stood far away, and Luo Fu saw that he was protecting his chest with one hand, thinking that it was injured and painful.

Lin Xiangxiang and Tang Wei all went to the scene, Luo Fu walked towards Li Bu, as long as he didn't get angry with her, she could still talk to him well.

"I heard that you drove Ming Meng out later, do you know where she went later?"

Li Bu shook his head: "Where does she go and what does it matter to me?" ”

Luo Fu said: "I saw her again in the Zhennan Mansion later. ”

Li Bu raised his eyebrows: "Really?" How did the son of the world react? ”

He was neither curious nor surprised, his eyes looking at the sparkling lake, not knowing what he was thinking.

"The prince was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see her suffer, so he left her in the palace."

"Kind-hearted? Jiang Yan left him with a good heart, and the minister saved her from Xue Rang's hands that day, and kept her by his side with ulterior motives, right? ”

Luo Fu said: "It was the palace that misunderstood you that day, and then Wang Shuo told Song Dan, and Song Dan told me that she went to Zhangtai Camp before begging the palace to keep her, she said that it was your person, but she just lied and wanted to stay." ”

Li Bu looked at her in surprise: "How can His Highness be so gentle to his ministers today?" ”

Before the change, I had already blushed with him, but today I was surprisingly well-behaved.

Luo Fu is cautious now, and he is also careful when talking to him, word by word for fear that he will not pay attention to what will be revealed like that day, so that he will only read it to him for the sake of his merit and injury, and a misunderstanding is a misunderstanding, and she is also uneasy when she loses her temper with this misunderstanding.

It was rare for the two to get along so well, but after a while, a small boat caught up behind them, and a guard in front of him hurriedly ran over, knelt down in front of Luo Fu with his fists clenched, panting in his mouth, and his expression was an indescribable sadness: "Your Highness, Your Majesty please return to the palace immediately, something happened!" ”