Chapter 40: The Art of Manipulating
"Okay, Zhu Aiqing, this poem is well done, what are you still unconvinced in your hearts?" As the king spoke, he looked up at the princes and princesses beside him.
In fact, the current atmosphere of Qi is based on literature and suppression of martial arts, these princes and princesses have been taught by the great Confucians in the court since they were children, and everyone knows how to write poetry and songs.
It's not that this rich man's poems are gorgeous, he bows his head at the moment and doesn't say anything, but he has figured out the sacred heart, and today the king is clearly pushing Zhu Fugui, if anyone who doesn't have long eyes chanted a poem that covers Fuguier, that is, if you are not happy with the king, and the king is not happy, then you will be even more unhappy.
"Zhu Aiqing, I see that my five daughters are eye-to-eye, and you are very similar to a pair of enemies. In the opinion of the widow, the two of you can take advantage of this outing to get in touch with each other, maybe in the future, our Qi country will have another good story that everyone praises......"
The king spoke, look at Fugui'er, look at the five princesses, the implication is that the two of you spend the moon before and after, talk more and understand each other's tempers, and this matter is decided.
The king's words made Fugui'er blushing and embarrassed, but the five princesses standing on the side couldn't wait to kill this cook who could only cook at this moment.
"You all stand down, and the widow will not participate in the rivalry of your young people," the king originally wanted to leave Fugui'er behind to continue telling the story of Napoleon, but looking at the few concubines around him, he could only watch him slowly go.
The Wang family organized a total of three days and two nights, the king did not live in this hunting hall, and drove back to the palace in the evening, but left a group of young people, who completely let themselves go here.
As the king said, this youth tour is indeed an opportunity for young people to compete for beauty, and those handsome young men of the palace nobles have come with poems, and those who are full of mouths are also headaches for rich and noble.
Those richly dressed girls, but like this elegant way, across the pavilion to listen to the singing in the pavilion opposite, or with excitement or with gloom, privately holding the poems from afar, but also commenting on the whispers, this intention is not in the poems, only the true temperament of the gentleman.
Seeing that this youth tour has turned into a blind date meeting, Fuguier is really not interested, and wants to find an opportunity to sneak away, but without a car and horse pick-up, he really can't find his way home.
Fortunately, there was fishing tackle in this garden, and people fell in love for three days, and Fuguier caught fish for three days.
Although Fuguier is the chef of the Imperial Dining Building, no one knows him, and only a few princes and princesses know about the five princesses promised to him by the king, and everyone keeps silent at this time, and outsiders have no way of knowing.
The fifth princess did not follow her father's wishes to get closer to Fugui'er, but held her sulk in the house all day long, and if it weren't for the fact that there were many people outside, she would have gone out and tied her up and thrown it into the lake.
"My sister doesn't go out to play with everyone, why is she hiding in this house alone?" Seeing that his sister hadn't left the house for a day, the second prince knew that she was unhappy and came to comfort her.
"Hmph, I don't know what my father thinks, let me have more contact with a stupid boy from the countryside, listen to the meaning of those words, this matter seems to be settled, I am really angry......"
The more the fifth princess thought about it, the more angry she became, and she seemed to cry when she spoke, thinking that she had to talk too much, which attracted the attention of her father.
"Why is my sister so angry, my father let you have more contact, you can still disobey the grace of the saint, you pretend to be close, find a chance to let him know how powerful you are, and from then on you can't avoid you, it is he Zhu Fugui who goes against the will of the king."
These five princesses have been practicing martial arts with Fairy Yuhuang in the mountains since they were children, but these two princes are immersed in the struggle between the parties in the DPRK and China every day, and their minds are of course much deeper than their sisters.
"What my brother said is very true, when I find an opportunity to ask him out, I beat him severely, so that when she sees me in the future, her legs are trembling, see if he dares to be so arrogant."
With her brother's relief, Princess Xinan finally showed a sweet smile on her face.
The two brothers and sisters in the hunting garden made up their minds here, but they did not know the king's true intentions, and in the evening the king returned to the palace with the concubines, and stayed in the queen's palace at night.
"My cousin obviously knows that the cupboard is rich and noble, and he doesn't agree with Princess Xinan, why do you want to force a matchmaking?" This Queen Shen and King Qi are cousins, the two have been very affectionate since childhood, and the two still call each other cousins when no one is around.
"The widow can't bear to use his own daughter as a tool for marriage with other countries, he is too spoiled when he is small, he wants to practice martial arts, and he goes to business if he wants to do business, but he doesn't know that these girls who don't know the height of the sky, one by one, have the intention of getting involved in the court, they want to participate, and the widow gives them a chance, and now the opportunity is in front of them, it depends on which of them can catch it...... Hahaha......"
Thinking of his arrangement, King Qi had a sly look in his eyes, and he couldn't help laughing.
"The opportunity that my cousin said is that Zhu Fugui? That young man's cooking skills are exquisite, does he have another strength? "Can't see through what King Qi is thinking, Queen Shen can only ask carefully.
"After the feast of the beginning of winter, I talked with the young man all night, during which I was amazed by his erudition, although this guy spoke rudely, but he had a wide range of knowledge, and he was a rare talent. Cousin, what do you think, what does a young man who is so erudite not seek fame and wealth, and does not hold his talents and be arrogant? ”
"What do you mean, cousin, that this man is an idle man who works as a staff member?" Queen Shen listened to King Qi's words, and after thinking about it for a while, she understood what her cousin meant.
"Haha, those who understand me, cousin Zhuzhu is also," this Zhuzhu is Queen Shen's milk name, this time it came out of King Qi's mouth, but it had the meaning of flirting in the boudoir, although Queen Shen was over half a hundred years old, but her face was still piled up with a touch of red, and her body gently leaned towards King Qi's side.
"Now the eldest prince is at the border pass, he has merits, but his heart is too straightforward, and he can lead the troops, but he can't do this king, even if he sits on the throne, I am afraid that he will become a puppet in the future. The second prince is the most ambitious, and his heart is also ruthless, he is a hero who can open up the territory but can't be a Ming Jun, the third prince is benevolent and righteous, and he is the best candidate for the throne, but in the words of Fuguier, he will be a benevolent monarch, and he will be a hero in troubled times, and now the world is not peaceful......"
As he spoke, King Qi stroked his beard helplessly, as if there was too much indescribable melancholy in his heart.
"Then according to my cousin's meaning, isn't the second prince the best candidate in today's situation?" The eldest prince was born to Queen Shen, although he also understood that his son was not the material for the king of Qi, but when these words came out of the mouth of the king of Qi, he felt faintly uncomfortable in his heart.
"There is the shadow of Xizhou behind the second child, I am afraid that he is too greedy, in order to achieve the goal of borrowing troops from Xizhou, the king of Xizhou is not a person who is willing to suffer, he has already coveted my Daqi for many years, once he has a chance, it is not as simple as cutting the land and paying tribute. So today I gave Fuguier to him, with Zhu Fugui, if Xizhou dares to cut me a pound ......of meat, he can dig up people's hearts, that Fuguier mentioned more than once, those who commit strong Qi will be punished even if they are far away."
"Cousin values that Zhu Fugui so much?" After listening to King Qi's words, Queen Shen secretly felt in her heart that if that rich and noble person was really a talent who settled the country, my son would not be on the throne if he got this person, but unfortunately his daughter had already been married, and now she is traveling in the south with a horse.
"To open up the territory and govern the country, the civil and military generals are enough, and what the king needs to do most is to control the people. This rich man is the third person in the imperial dining building, and now I pushed him to the second one, it depends on how these two people choose, if the king does not have a pair of discerning eyes, he does not have the means to control people, he will not be able to control the world......"
After listening to King Qi's words, Queen Shen's heart was completely cold, her son couldn't see what he said, let alone control people, it seems that he should have more contact with that rich man when he finds an opportunity, after all, no matter who wins the world, he can't do without this cupboard, and if he wants to give his son more back roads in the future, this rich man has to pay it.
Press the pair of cousins in the queen's palace not to say, but to talk about the young people in the hunting garden. At this moment, the night is deep, but the wine glasses in the hunting garden are still intertwined and the singing and dancing are leveling, and those young masters who are not drinking enough have already walked in a daze, but they are holding on and refusing to leave the table, as if they have drunk this cup and have no other days.
Fu Guo'er was not familiar with these people, and he didn't like this kind of hypocritical call for brothers, so he went to bed early, and the next morning when everyone else was still asleep, he got up and went to the lake with a fishing rod.
Before yesterday's closing of the pole, I could play a heavy overnight nest, and at this point in the morning, it was the window period, where would I miss the rhythm of the explosion. Sure enough, as Fuguier expected, the fish in this lake are usually not caught, and this is the season of ice-breaking foraging, and the rhythm of the connecting rod has not stopped for an hour.
Miss Childe is still asleep, the guards and miscellaneous servants of the garden are idle and come to watch, today's weather is a little cold, Fuguier simply borrowed a small iron pot from the cupboarder.
The palm-sized crucian carp, remove the scales, gills, and internal organs, scrub and rinse with vinegar, fry in the iron pot, pour water and simmer slowly, while fishing for fish, while roasting the fire, the milky white crucian carp soup in the pot is gurgling, this day is a real comfort for rich and noble.
The crucian carp soup in the pot was almost boiled, and one after another, the young ladies got up and shouted, and the miscellaneous guards left in a hurry.
Fuguier put down the fishing rod in his hand, lifted the lid of the pot, sprinkled some salt into it, and then sprinkled some green onions into the pot, a bowl of delicious crucian carp soup came out, and gently sucked along the edge of the bowl.
"Brother Zhu, can you give me a bowl of fish soup to try?" Fugui'er was closing her eyes and tasting the delicious food, when she suddenly heard someone talking behind her, and when she opened her eyes and turned her head, it was a young girl of six or seven years old who was squatting behind her.