Chapter 38: One Step Closer
While Shen Liang and Chu Shile Pavilion were chatting, in the main hall of the palace, Shen Wanjun was also chatting with Chu Qidan.
beckoned the subordinates to set up the round table, Shen Wanjun fell into the main seat, and asked Chu Qi to step forward and sit on his left, the two were very close to each other, in Shen Wanjun's words, that is, the uncle and nephew have not seen each other for a long time, and they should be close to each other.
Facing Shen Wanjun's intently smiling and looking at it, Chu Qi couldn't help but feel uneasy that his underwear was seen through.
He seems to be quite calm on the surface, but in fact, his heart has long been thundering and buzzing.
In the end, it was the executioner who slaughtered millions of enemy temples and people in the Great Yan Jianghu, even if he knew that the other party would never hurt him, and he also knew that his visit today would not provoke the other party, Chu Qi still couldn't help but feel a sense of inexplicable tension in his heart.
"Chu Qi, ......"
The atmosphere was quiet for about half a cup of tea, and Chu Qi was already faintly sweating on his forehead.
Fortunately, Shen Wanjun opened his mouth, otherwise Chu Qi would really be a little unable to hold on to this composure.
"King Jin, please speak."
Shen Wanjun leaned back on the chair, and his hands habitually crossed into his sleeves.
"Just now you said that you prepared another form of congratulatory gift for my son Shen Liang, what do you mean?"
Compared with Shen Wanjun, although Chu Qi is young and has shallow experience, he is not even able to see this "knowingly asking" doorway.
If you, Shen Wanjun, don't know what this means, then why did you deliberately take your son away at the critical juncture just now?
scolded the old fox in his heart, but on the surface, he cooperated with Shen Wanjun to act:
"When Chu Qi was still young, he often heard the emperor's grandfather talk about some of the majestic things when he fought with the King of Jin in the early years, and the emperor's grandfather once told us very seriously that these imperial grandsons must treat the King of Jin as if they were their biological father, because without the King of Jin, there would be no Dayan Chu family that is prosperous today."
"In addition, we have also heard how the emperor's grandfather was discerning, made good use of the King of Jin, and relied on the King of Jin to expand the territory for my Dayan.
"Giving birth to a son should be like Shen Wanjun."
"For this sentence, my father and the emperor have not eaten your vinegar in front of the emperor's grandfather, but this is called not knowing that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, and after being at home, my father and emperor understood why in the heart of the emperor's grandfather, he is always inferior to the king of Jin."
Hearing this, Shen Wanjun smiled and waved his hand, and said modestly:
"Your father is also a character, and he inherits the true dragon luck in the world, me and him, but we have our own merits, and I can't afford to degrade him as much as me."
"As for the first emperor, it is not so much that he is an old man with a good eye, but that I, Shen Wanjun, stepped on the shit luck and met Bole who is willing to give me a chance, which is my luck and the Shen family's luck."
Faced with Shen Wanjun's modesty, Chu Qi chose to laugh it off and continued:
"Before the death of the imperial grandfather, our family was guarding the bedside, and at that time, except for the Chu family, the only courtier with the surname mentioned by the imperial grandfather was you, the king of Jin."
He said.
"The biggest regret in this life is that I am embarrassed to open my mouth to recognize you as a righteous son, and if I recognize you as a righteous son, before he chose his father as the new emperor, he would not have to be so entangled and have a headache."
Hearing this, Shen Wanjun was not grateful and flattered, but said bluntly:
"Even if the emperor opened his mouth with me, I couldn't agree."
"After all, our Shen family has been passed down to my generation, and there is only one son, if I follow the surname Chu, I am afraid that my short-tempered old man will have to be killed from the palace of Hades and smash my ass."
Chu Qi asked.
"How did the King of Jin know that after the emperor's grandfather recognized you as a righteous son, he had to change his surname? As far as I know, King Jin, you have four righteous sons and daughters, who are in charge of the elite of the 200,000 elites in the Qinglong Battalion, the White Tiger Battalion, the Vermilion Bird Battalion, and the Xuanwu Battalion of the Shen Family's Army, don't they also have the surname Shen? ”
Shen Wanjun laughed and asked a question without answering.
"Chu Qi, with your understanding of your imperial grandfather, do you think that he wants to recognize me as a righteous son, is it really emotional?"
Chu Qi pursed his lips and kept silent.
Oh, yes.
The lord of a generation of rivers and mountains, the least worthy of talking about is feelings.
Especially in front of Jiangshan Sheji, feelings, principles, dignity and even blood must be honestly leaned back!
With the blood of the Chu family in his body, and he is not a fool, how could Chu Qi not understand that if his grandfather really accepted Shen Wanjun as a righteous son, the fundamental reason must not be that he likes this junior emotionally, but hopes that in this way, Shen Wanjun will have a sense of belonging to the Chu family's Great Yan.
In the end, this rope called belonging was used to tie up the Shen family's loyalty to Da Yan and the Chu family for generations!
Thinking of this, thinking of the purpose of this trip, Chu Qi suddenly didn't know how to speak.
Because his purpose, just like the pit he dug with his own hands, is to use Huairou tactics to solve the fatal hidden danger of the Chu family guarding Dayan through factors such as "feelings" and "relationships".
The atmosphere froze for a moment.
Shen Wanjun, who roughly expected what Chu Qi was thinking, was not in a hurry to break it, but just waited quietly with a smile and asked him to lift the curtain by himself.
After calculating the time, Steward Tao came in with a new hot teapot to replace the old tea, and then quickly withdrew from the hall, never looking at more than one should be seen, and not listening to one more sentence that should not be heard.
After Steward Tao left, Chu Qi knew that it was not a way to just consume it so dry, so he got up, first stored a cup of tea for Shen Wanjun, then sat down and poured tea by himself, and said lightly:
"Lord Jin."
Putting down the teacup, Chu Qi stubbornly opened his mouth to Shen Wanjun.
"I said so much earlier, in fact, I mainly want to tell you that my father, the emperor, has recently intended to bring the relationship between the Chu family and the Shen family closer."
Here it comes.
Shen Wanjun said secretly, and continued to pretend to be stupid:
"One step closer? You see, between you and me, there is no courtesy of kings and ministers, and those who are close are really like uncles and nephews, isn't this relationship close enough? ”
Chu Qi's expression became solemn, he straightened his waist and stared at Shen Wanjun, shaking his head.
"It's not close enough."
Shen Wanjun looked interested.
"Oh? So how do you get close? ”
When it came to this, Chu Qi simply didn't hide it.
"Marriage."
As soon as the two words came out, Shen Wanjun said in a secret voice again-sure enough.
"Marriage...... Could it be that you kid has taken a fancy to those two girls in my family? ”
This is still not the result that Shen Wanjun guessed, but the result of Shen Wanjun's stupid plus one.
Without waiting for Chu Qi to explain, Shen Wanjun said again:
"Don't say I didn't persuade you, it's best to die as soon as possible, these two girls in my family, one is wilder than a man, and I may not be able to go back home for three or five years, look at my father who is half buried in the loess."
"Not to mention the second child, when he was three years old, he was able to speak neatly, and he heard a sentence from nowhere, 'Who said that women are not as good as men', and then danced all day long to make ink, dance knives and guns, and now he is accepted as a closed disciple by the old guy from the dean of the Phoenix Academy, and his heart is higher, to say something rebellious, even if you Chu Qi has been made the prince, as long as you don't bring out an outstanding and dazzling piece of literary and military attainments, it will still be difficult to enter her eyes."
"So, this 'close enough' probably doesn't have much to look forward to!"