When the prince instructed his servants to send the items on the carriage and the letterhead to Hengxinyuan's mansion, he had expected Hengxinyuan's reaction, he squinted his eyes and looked at the strategists not far away, and thought with a complicated expression: "The gold, silver and jewelry sent to Hengxinyuan's mansion were all selected by the palace with great difficulty, and several of them are priceless, do you say that Hengxinyuan will he accept it?" ”

The strategist's name is Lu Ming, and the prince has just received it from the palace recently.

Hearing the prince's question, Lu Ming said respectfully: "My subordinates think that Master Heng will not accept it. ”

"Oh?" The prince glanced at the advisor who had made the suggestion at the beginning, and asked with a smile, "Do you know who made this gift proposal?" How can it be concluded that Heng Xinyuan will definitely not accept the gold, silver and jewelry sent to his house by the palace, as far as the palace knows, the Heng Xinyuan Mansion is not poor and luxurious, which shows that he is an honest official, but even if he is an honest person, it is impossible to treat the treasures sent to the door as dung. ”

Lu Ming smiled and said, "Other officials are not sure, but this Lord Heng, his subordinates can conclude that he will not accept the gold, silver and jewelry sent to his house." ”

Li Gaozhan raised his eyebrows, and was about to ask the reason, when he heard someone come to report, saying that the little guy who escorted things to Hengxinyuan's mansion came back.

"Your Highness," said the little servant tremblingly, "Lord Heng only accepted the letter, and he returned all the things on the carriage without even looking at them, and now the butler is moving those boxes to the warehouse......

It's really just for Lu Ming to say it!

Li Gaozhan looked at Lu Ming with a little more appreciation in his eyes.

It would be a good thing for him to have a more scheming person under him.

But the other strategists didn't want to think so, especially the strategist who suggested that Li Gaozhan send a gift to Hengxinyuan's mansion, he had been dissatisfied with Lu Ming for a long time, and after his plan became a stepping stone for Lu Ming to be appreciated by Li Gaozhan, he was even more dissatisfied with Lu Ming.

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was not paying attention, the strategist glared at Lu Ming viciously.

"Lu Ming," Li Gaozhan asked, "What do you think should be the next step in this palace, then Heng Xinyuan only accepted the letter, but did not accept the gift, which means that he is quite dissatisfied with this palace?" ”

Lu Ming arched his hand and said: "This is not necessarily, Your Highness, the minister heard that when Lord Heng was an official in Liangzhou City before, he had a refusal to give gifts, Lord Heng was unwilling to accept His Highness's apology, and it was not necessarily because he was dissatisfied with His Highness, if he was really dissatisfied, he shouldn't even leave a letter, right?" “

"There's some truth to what you're saying."

Lu Ming saw that he admired himself very much in his words, so he mustered up the courage to say: "My subordinates think that if you want to verify whether Lord Heng has the heart to submit to His Highness, you can knock and knock in front of him, isn't there a prestigious restaurant in the capital, Your Highness can set up a banquet in the restaurant, invite Lord Heng to the restaurant, and then show his intention to win over in front of him." If Lord Heng is willing to take refuge, His Royal Highness will allow him some benefits, if not, then find a time to pull it down. ”

"You're right," there was a faint glint in the prince's eyes, "Heng Xinyuan can die once, and he can die a second time." ”

There are a lot of lives in Li Gaozhan's hands, and he doesn't mind adding such a thing.

The plan was thus decided, and Lu Ming, as the person who made the suggestion, was naturally sent out by Li Gaozhan to deliver the invitation.

When he appeared in Hengxinyuan's mansion, Wan Bingyu actually showed a surprised expression.

"Madame recognizes this son?" Heng Xinyuan raised his eyebrows.

"I was a little impressed, but not very impressed." Wan Bingyu thought that this person was now taking refuge in Li Gaozhan's mansion, and it was estimated that he would be very embarrassed to see him, so he did not follow Heng Xinyuan into the door, but turned his head and went to the garden to walk around.

"I've seen my lord." Lu Ming saluted respectfully.

Heng Xinyuan's gaze turned and turned on him, and he said after a while: "I don't know why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked you to come over?" ”

He went straight to the point without even greeting him, and he didn't mean to give Li Gaozhan any affection, which made Lu Ming quite surprised, but after thinking about it, he thought that the husband in front of him was Wan Bingyu, and that surprise faded a lot.

Thinking about it, a woman like Mrs. Wan who is not confined to the subtleties must not be the kind of scholar who is full of words and abides by the rules.

Thinking of this, Lu Ming had a little more respect for Heng Xinyuan.

"Lord Heng, this is an invitation sent to you by His Royal Highness, I hope Lord Heng can go to the appointment."

Heng Xinyuan took the invitation from his hand and saw that it was the prince holding a banquet in the restaurant, frowned, and sent the invitation back directly.

"Your Excellency went back to report it, and said that Heng Xinyuan could not go to the appointment because his injuries had not yet healed."

As soon as these words came out, Lu Ming was stunned.

Thinking that this person was Wan Bingyu's husband, he subconsciously wanted to mention a few words: "Lord Heng, this is not an ordinary banquet. ”

"I understand," although Heng Xinyuan didn't quite understand why the person in front of him wanted to remind him, his tone of voice was still a little softened, "I can naturally guess the meaning behind this invitation, but I still insist on my own thoughts." ”

The implication is that even if this invitation means an ultimatum for the prince, Heng Xinyuan still does not change his mind.

These firm words made a trace of surprise flash in Lu Ming's eyes: "Since this is the case, there is nothing to say about the humble position." ”

After he bowed his hand, the man turned and left the hall.

Before leaving, he gave one last reminder: "Master Heng must pay more attention in the future, and don't repeat the mistakes of the past like more than a year ago." ”

Heng Xinyuan suddenly stood up from his position.

"What did you say?"

Lu Ming raised his eyes slightly, and when he faced Heng Xinyuan, the person who crushed him with official functions, he still didn't have any sense of panic: "The words of the humble position should be said very clearly, it is impossible for Lord Heng not to hear clearly, right?" ”

Heng Xinyuan frowned and sat back slowly: "Thank you for the reminder." ”

When the news of Heng Xinyuan's refusal to go to the appointment reached Li Gaozhan's ears, the prince who had endured for a long time finally couldn't help but be angry, at that time, others were in the study, and after hearing the news, he couldn't control his anger, and directly smashed everything that could be smashed in the study: "That Heng Xinyuan, I really don't know how to lift!" ”

In the chaotic tone of thumping in the study, Lu Ming knelt on the ground with a calm expression.

"Heng Xinyuan and Wan Bingyu are in the same group, Wan Bingyu lived in Lao Qi's mansion before, which shows that she is good friends with Lao Qi," the prince gritted his teeth, "I didn't expect that many years later, I was put on a hook by Lao Qi, the fox, it seems that his plan has to be advanced, and Heng Xinyuan and Wan Bingyu can't be left behind!" ”

The emperor's health has deteriorated over the years, and he has to plan for his future.