Oh my god, can you play like this?

Although Li Beichen had left Kyoto for many years, his status was still there. All the officials stood up from their seats and saluted Li Beichen.

Li Beichen covered his mouth with a handkerchief, lowered his eyebrows and coughed intermittently, ignoring everyone.

The princes who were already in the hall also stood up from their seats, straightened their clothes, walked towards Li Beichen, and greeted Li Beichen.

Gu Lanzhi just sat there lazily and watched, with no intention of standing up at all.

After a round of greetings, Li Beichen's wheelchair slowly passed by Gu Lanzhi's desk.

Gu Lanzhi really had no intention of bowing to Li Beichen, but he couldn't resist his younger brother who came around to him and helped him stand up.

Gu Jingcheng thought that his brother was inconvenient because of the injury, but that was the Ninth Prince, and his brother had to pay his respects to the Ninth Prince, so he came over to help his brother up. He never thought that his brother didn't want to stand up!

In order not to expose the fact that he knew Li Beichen, Gu Lanzhi also pretended to greet Li Beichen.

Li Beichen was so nice that he didn't even look at Gu Lanzhi. He treated Gu Lanzhi the same way he treated other officials, and no one could see any flaws.

After his subordinates pushed Li Beichen to his seat, Li Beichen did nothing but drink tea, and he had no intention of talking to anyone.

The princes were not very familiar with Li Beichen as they had been away from Beijing for so many years. Even though he was their uncle, they were just acquaintances, so they had no intention of talking to Li Beichen.

The main reason was that Li Beichen had no use in their eyes. He stayed in his fiefdom all year round, did not participate in court affairs and did not have his own network of relationships. Even if the Ninth Prince was a prince, he was just a decoration and there was no need to make friends with him.

And looking at the Ninth Prince's current condition, he might die someday, so why bother?

Li Beichen was also very clear about this, so he had no intention of getting along well with these nephews. By the time his plan was accomplished, these nephews would be nothing more than dead men or prisoners.

However, Li Beichen would glance in the direction of Gu Lanzhi from time to time. There were so many people in the hall, and the only one he cared about was Gu Lanzhi.

Li Beichen had already restrained his gaze, otherwise he would really want to keep looking at Gu Lanzhi.

And what about Gu Lanzhi? He didn't even look at Li Beichen, and was chatting with his two younger brothers.

After greeting the Empress Dowager and the Queen, the female members of the family began to enter the hall. The First Lady held Xiao Yan'er's hand, and the Third Lady followed behind the First Lady and came to the position behind Gu Lanzhi.

"Auntie, have you met my elder sister?" Gu Lanzhi asked.

The eldest lady nodded with a smile on her face, took Xiao Yan'er's hand and stood up and came to Gu Lanzhi's side.

"Yes, I met him before I went to see the Queen."

"How is Miss now?"

"Okay, okay, what's wrong with her now? She has the final say in the entire Shangshu Mansion."

Gu Lanzhi thought for a moment and asked, "Today is a palace banquet, my eldest sister's mother-in-law is here too, right?"

When she mentioned this, the eldest lady laughed even more happily, leaned over to Gu Lanzhi's ear, and whispered: "Yes, I also saw the Shangshu's wife. The Shangshu's wife's current state is completely different from before.

It's not to the point of being timid, but I'm already very gentle in front of your elder sister.

Even though your elder sister is still very respectful to her mother-in-law, I can see that the Shangshu's wife is very afraid of your elder sister. "

"Oh? Tell me about it!" Gu Lanzhi liked to listen to other people's gossip. Now that there was a ready-made melon to eat, how could Gu Lanzhi let it go!

Gu Jingcheng rolled his eyes speechlessly and walked back to his own seat, but Gu Shurui pricked up his ears.

The eldest lady smiled and patted Gu Lanzhi lightly, "What is there to say about this? Feelings, can you just explain it so easily?"

"There has to be something that can make you feel something, right?" Gu Lanzhi asked relentlessly.

The eldest lady thought for a moment and said, "When I met your eldest sister, she was with the Shangshu's wife.

If it were in the past, your eldest sister would definitely follow behind the Shangshu Madam, and the Shangshu Madam would always act as if she disdained your eldest sister.

But when I met your elder sister today, although she was also following behind her mother-in-law, the Shangshu's wife treated her with a flattering attitude. Although it was not very obvious, I could feel it.

And I called your elder sister, and the Shangshu's wife was startled when she saw me. After I greeted her, she immediately asked your elder sister to talk to me nicely, and then she left.

I saw her leave like I was some kind of monster."

At this point, the eldest lady sighed and continued, "If this had happened before you came back, the Shangshu's wife would have looked down upon me and would never have let me talk to your eldest sister."

After saying that, the eldest lady patted Gu Lanzhi's hand, and her gratitude was obvious.

Gu Lanzhi curled his lips indifferently, "Madam Shangshu would never have dreamed that she would end up in such a situation. Even her own son doesn't like her and won't help her."

The eldest lady smiled and said nothing.

Although they spoke in low voices, this was not a place where one could talk, and no one could guarantee that what they said would not be heard by others.

If Gu Lanzhi hadn't kept asking, the eldest lady would definitely not say a single word.