Chapter 122: Chapter 121 Gift-giving

Coming out of Zhao's mansion, Wei Ji and Luo Huan Deng Jia and others went to the restaurant to have a meal again, because it was daytime, only a few tricks who were good at playing and singing were called to accompany them, so noisy for most of the day, Wei Ji was tired when she returned home, and she wrote a word for half an hour with a strong spirit, and did not stop until her wrist was sore. After freshening up, she lay on the bed, thinking of what Zhao Shi said, her heart was in turmoil, and she couldn't sleep for a while.

Zhao Shi's suggestion came from a piece of good intentions, The most feared thing in the imperial court now is the Huan family, because of Huan Qi, now everyone is the Wei family and the Huan family have a deep relationship, Sima Pi can't help the Huan family, if you want to give the Wei family a little ugly, but it is easy. And in Yuzhang, the first to bear the brunt is Wei Ji.

She sighed deeply, and she was quite depressed in her heart, all the benefits were taken by Huan Qi, seeing that the risk was about to fall on her head, where was she really reasonable.

She tossed and turned, thinking about Zhao Shi's words, and didn't dare to despise it. She doesn't have the ambition to be the first, she has experienced two lives, and she can see it in the world, For the peaceful days of the past few years, she will never stand up when she should be small and low. She remembered that in her previous life, when Sima Pi first ascended the throne, she ruthlessly rectified the two scholar families.

For example, Wang, Xie, Huan, and Yu in the north, or Gu, Lu, Zhu, and Zhang in the south, such top gate lords Sima clan can easily not move even if they have a heart, but if they are replaced by other scholars, it may not be possible.

Wei Ji knows very well in her heart that if a family wants to become a top gatekeeper, the first person is prosperous and talented, and the second is to be in charge of the real power of the court or hold a heavy army.

Anyi Wei used to be a big family, the ancestor Wei Qian successively served in Qingzhou, Youzhou Thorn History, promoted to Sikong, one of the three dukes, and later led the prince and young master, worship Taibao. It was a powerful person at that time, but it was a pity that Emperor Hui was killed by Empress Jia, and he was punished all over the house, and it was now Jiangxia that escaped by luck.

Wei Shen also used the ancestors as an example when educating Wei Jin Wei Ji. At that time, Empress Jia was jealous and tyrannical, and her methods were vicious, and the ancestor Wei Qian offended Empress Jia without knowing it, and finally led to the disaster of annihilation.

The more Wei Ji thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she suddenly sat up from the bed. When the Wei family was strong, they had no power to resist, and now the family is even worse. Don't look at the big brother who has taken four grades now, she has taken six grades, which is nothing in front of real power.

After thinking about it for two days, Wei Ji decided to follow Zhao Shi's advice. However, it is not easy to please the princess, Langya Princess Wang Muzhi was born in the Taiyuan Wang family, and married to the king of Langya, what treasures have never been seen.

Wei Ji remembered a rumor he had heard in the Xie family in his previous life, Sima Pi did not come out, Wang Muzhi, who was the queen at that time, privately asked for a hundred pictures of the hundred sons drawn by the real person of the Heavenly Master Dao, and extended the medicine in many ways, showing that he was eager to ask for a son.

Gifts should be given to their liking in order to be effective, Wei Ji said in her heart.

It just so happened that on this day, Qi Gongming sent a message of worship and asked him to meet. Wei Ji happily went, planning to take the opportunity to inquire about the affairs of the Langya Palace.

When the two met, Qi Gongming first congratulated Wei Jiao on winning the six grades, and his tone was envious. Wei Ji advised him to wait patiently, the last time the palace was attacked, several of Sima Pi's scribes also died, and those who survived were of course more valued, and Qi Gongming, who escaped by luck, was among them.

Wei Ji said: "Brother Gongming only needs to wait patiently, and when the time comes, he will have a chance to come out." ”

Qi Gongming has been in the palace for a long time now, and he knows a lot of officialdom, and he knows what the timing means when he hears Wei Ji. He saw that Wei Ji seemed to have something on his mind, so he asked.

Wei Ji was waiting for him to ask, inquiring about the princess's preferences.

Qi Gongming said with a bitter face: "The princess only uses the scholar clan, and I have never heard of any preference for the princess in the palace." ”

Wei Ji was not disappointed, and he had a backhand, asking him to come out on behalf of Tang'er, the maidservant next to the princess.

Qi Gongming thought that this was not a difficult thing, and agreed with his mouth.

Two days later, he replied to the letter, and on the appointed date, Wei Ji and Tang'er met.

Tang'er heard that he was going to give a gift to the princess, so she covered her mouth and smiled: "I have long seen that Xiao Langjun is talented and has excellent vision. ”

The painting she asked for was quickly returned, and she gave it to Tang'er along with a set of coral jewelry, hairpins, and a gold and silver bracelet. Tang'er got the benefit, smiled happily, and returned to the palace with a box of gifts.

When combing Wang Muzhi's hair at night, he took out the set of coral jewelry gestures and showed it to Wang Muzhi.

Wang Mu saw at a glance that this set of jewelry was exquisite, all kinds of gems were complete, not ordinary, and he glanced at it and asked: "Which family did you send this?" Tang'er is the maid of the Taiyuan Wang family, and she will not have two hearts, she is not worried.

Tang'er said: "It's Xiao Langjun of the Wei family, and now he has been promoted to six grades, but he is not yet sixteen, and he can't be awarded an official." ”

Wang Muzhi scattered his hair and put down the hairpin casually.

Tang'er said again: "He also asked for a painting, saying that he would give it to his mother." ”

Wang Muzhi's tone was light, "Let's take a look." ”

Tang'er went to get the painting, and as soon as it was unfolded, Wang Mu's eyes flickered, obviously moving.

After seeing the painting, Wang Muzhi thought for a while, and said after a while: "In the end, he is a child of the scholar family, with elegant taste and refined human feelings, which is not comparable to ordinary people." ”

Tang'er knew that this painting was sent correctly, and echoed: "Wei Xiaolangjun is alone in Jiangzhou, and there is no one to help him at home, so he is isolated and helpless, and he is very pitiful when he thinks about it. ”

Wang Muzhi smiled, knowing that she must have received benefits before she was willing to help like this. She knows the affairs of the Wei family, and she has been involved with the Huan family, and there was a lot of trouble a few days ago. The Taiyuan Wang family is extremely concerned about the rest of the four surnames, she knows more, the Huan Jiawei family did not have any dealings in the past, and now this incident is surprising.

The internal involvement of the Huan family is complicated, and multiple Langjun may not be as beautiful as they see outside. Wang Muzhi grew up in the gate valve since he was a child, and he boasted that his vision was better than others, and he also liked the Wei family, a scholar with a weak foundation.

Tang'er knew her very well, and said: "Before, Xiao Langjun and that scholar from a poor family came to the study building together, and His Royal Highness left the one from a cold door, and only rewarded Wei Xiaolang Jun with some gold and silver. ”

Wang Muzhi frowned and said, "Your Highness has decided to let you beak it." ”

Tang'er hurriedly pleaded guilty, and seeing that Wang Muzhi was not really angry, she said: "The study is an important place, and now there are many children from poor families, and the maid is also thinking about the mother." ”

Wang Muzhi's gaze slowly crossed over the picture of a hundred sons, and he muttered for a moment: "I think that Wei Cong was still young at that time, and His Royal Highness was not retained, but now he has set six grades, and he is bright and talented, and he is a handsome talent, and there are fewer people in His Highness's study, so let him be a scribe first." When you reach the age of sixteen, you should be able to confer an official position. ”

Tang'er secretly touched the gold bracelet on her hand, thinking that she could be worthy of Wei Xiaolangjun now, and also returned the favor of the day.

Wang Muzhi's decision needs to be told to Sima Pi first.

On the second day, Tang'er took the initiative to invite Ying and went to Sima Pi for a trip.

When Sima Pi heard Wang Muzhi's decision, his expression was indistinguishable from anger, and he asked, "What did Wei Cong do?"

Tang'er dared to speak frankly in front of the princess, but she didn't dare to Sima Pi, shaking her head like a rattle, "The princess takes a fancy to Wei Xiaolangjun's talent." ”

Sima Pi smiled and waved her hand to let her leave.

When Tang'er went outside, she knew that Sima Pi had agreed, so she immediately found someone to send a message to Wei Ji, and deliberately showed off, implying that she didn't take her things for nothing.

Wei Ji was completely stunned when she heard what someone from the palace said.

She just wants to sell well in front of the princess, and she doesn't want to ask for a job in the palace, how can the princess be so sincere.

Now that the errand has come, although it is not an official call from the imperial court, if Wei Ji refuses, it will make the princess faceless. He has rejected Sima Pi once that day, and if he rejects the princess today, he will offend the future emperor and queen. If Wei Ji really dared to do this, she should immediately pack her luggage and go home to find a seclusion in the mountains.

Wei Jiao's heart turned a thousand times, and she pretended to be happy to thank the person who came over, and asked Hui Niang to grab a handful of five baht coins to the other party and send them away.

Hui Niang wondered: "Why was Xiao Langjun suddenly called to the palace again" She still remembered that Wei Ji was driven back late at night, and couldn't help worrying.

Wei Ji comforted her and said: "It's the princess's appreciation, I took the six grades, although I can't be an official yet, it's always good to have more knowledge." ”

Hui Niang knew that the princess represented the Taiyuan Wang family, so she felt a little at ease, and hurriedly packed the clothes that Wei Ji wore to the palace.

Early in the morning of the second day, Wei Ji freshened up, took an ox cart to the palace, and went to see Sima Pi after arriving.

After the last attack and defection of the Zhang brothers, there were heavy guards inside and outside the palace, and they were very heavily guarded. Wei Ji came to the palace where Sima Pi lived, passed on her name, and the chamberlain told her to wait. Wei Ji knew the rules and stood honestly outside the hall and waited.

The maids of the palace entered and exited lightly, and a few of them carried copper basins and handkerchiefs and other grooming supplies.

Wei Ji does not squint, and her appearance is upright and unfuscrupy. After waiting for a long time, the waiter Fubao slowly walked out of it, looked Wei Ji up and down, and said, "Xiao Langjun is here again." ”

Wei Ji smiled and asked His Highness if he could get up. Fu Bao said: "Just wait a little longer, Your Highness is always in a bad mood when he gets up in the morning." ”

Wei Ji secretly remembered this sentence, thinking that she would avoid meeting Sima Pi early in the morning.

Fu Bao talked to Wei Ji with a smile, asked her about Jiangxia's customs, and asked her what she had read recently.

Wei Ji talked to him a little bit about it.

Fu Bao nodded slightly, glancing at her from time to time, but thinking about something else. Sima Pi's temperament is uncertain and extremely difficult to figure out. But in the past, if anyone offended him, he would have been cleaned up long ago. But the little Langjun in front of him was expelled late at night, and now he came to see him as if he was nothing. The study is a heavy place, and Sima Pi is suspicious, and he never uses people who don't know the roots. The Wei family didn't know whether they voted for the Huan family, and at this juncture, Sima Pi actually agreed to Wei Ji to come to the palace study.

Fu Bao thinks that he has been by Sima Pi's side for so many years, and he has never seen such a situation, which shows that this little Langjun is really a little special.

He was thinking about it when he suddenly heard a shout from inside, so he said, "Xiao Langjun go in." ”

As he spoke, he walked in front and pushed open the door to let Wei Ji in.

Wei Ji entered the inner hall, Sima Pi was sitting, and a tall palace maid stood behind him to grate his hair. She saluted respectfully.

Sima Pi turned his face slightly and said, "That piece of wound can grow hair."

The palace maid said: "Your Highness's wound has healed well, and there have been a lot of new hair. ”

Wei Ji sighed in her heart, Fu Bao said that Sima Pi was in a bad mood when he got up in the morning, and it was true, isn't this coming. The wound on his head was kicked down by her on the rockery in the courtyard, and he asked this when he entered the door, apparently reminding him that he had not forgotten it.

Fu Bao stepped forward and said, "When the hair grows longer, you won't be able to see the wound." ”

Sima Pi pointed at Wei Ji and said, "Come over and see if what they said is to deceive Gu." ”

Wei Ji took a few steps forward and looked at the back of Sima Pi's head, leaving a slender and slightly convex scar on the outer skin, surrounded by a short layer of hair.

She said, "It's grown." ”

Sima Pi turned his head to look at it. sneered: "It's all said, why do you still have scars when you touch it alone." ”

As soon as Fu Bao and the palace maid's faces changed, they had to ask for sin.

Wei Ji was also a little scared when he stared at him, but there was no way to avoid it, and said: "Your Highness was born with good looks, and he forgot to see it, and no one can pay attention to the slight flaws in his hair." ”

Sima Pi was slightly stunned, glanced at her, and thought that he had heard it wrong, but when he looked back, he realized that she was so flattering and straightforward, and most of her frustration was unconsciously dispersed.

"The light will pick up the good words," he said, "I asked you that day, it was not that I didn't want to come to the palace, but the princess gave you face, and you were willing."

Wei Ji seemed to be standing on the cusp of a knife since she entered the door, fortunately, she had already thought about this sentence, and said busily: "Actually, I had some regrets when I went back that day, because I was young and didn't know the severity, but fortunately, His Royal Highness was elegant and open-minded, and he never blamed him." ”

Sima Pi frowned slightly, he didn't know how much he had heard of this kind of thing, and he knew that most of them were false, and he never cared about them. But for some reason, these words came out of Wei Ji's mouth, which made him a little willing to believe it.

He was silent, and the room was silent.

After a while, Sima Pi spoke again: "Okay, don't say much nonsense, there are many things to be explained in the study, you are just here, let's learn from Qi Gongming first." ”

Wei Ji thought he was going to continue to be embarrassed, but he didn't expect to let it go so easily, raised his eyes and glanced at Sima Pi quickly, seeing that his expression was a little dark, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and agreed with a smile on her face.

Sima Pi smiled at her, his heart suddenly skipped twice, he lowered his eyelids, and waved her out.

Wei Ji came out of it, felt that she had passed a big danger, and immediately went to see the princess without stopping.

Wang Muzhi smiled and greeted the elders in her family, and after listening to Wei Ji's answer, she said some other gossip. The palace maid standing behind Wang Muzhi reminded Wei Ji several times that it was the princess's blue eyes that allowed her to go to King Langyu to do things.

Wei Ji had no choice but to say the original flattery again, but the title was changed to princess, and she praised the Taiyuan Wang family without a trace.

Wang Muzhi bowed his head, satisfied with Wei Ji's knowledge, and let her go after a few words.

Wei Ji walked out of the hall, looked up at the sun, and found that half a day had passed, and he had only run two places, but his body and spirit were tired. She dragged her slow steps outside, and then heard a crisp voice behind her calling Wei Xiaolangjun.

Wei Ji looked back and saw that it was Tang'er chasing after her.

"Wei Xiaolangjun has met His Royal Highness and Princess just now, the study is a good place, but the princess's maiden cousins have not agreed to come to His Royal Highness, Xiao Langjun knows how many good things I said behind my back, and his mouth is about to burst."

Guard: ...... It turned out to be you.

"Xiao Langjun," Tang'er said with a wink.

Wei Ji laughed repeatedly, "Thank you, Sister Tang'er." ”

Tang'er said with a smile: "It's still Xiao Langjun who is talented, so I have the opportunity to sell this favor." ”

Wei Ji smiled bitterly and said in her heart: Sima Pi has a strange temper, and it is unpredictable to go to his study to do things, so he must be careful in the future. At this age, other Xiaolangjun is just looking for fun and being chic and free, and after eighteen years, he re-entered the office and walked in the officialdom. Now she has come to taste officialdom many years in advance, and she has no official body, so she is simply miserable.

She waved her hand weakly to say goodbye to Tang'er, and then walked towards the study.