Oh my god, can you play like this?

Gu Lanzhi felt that Li Beichen would fight back against the emperor's conspiracy, not because Gu Lanzhi had great confidence in Li Beichen and was sure that Li Beichen would not fall into the emperor's trap, but because of the big thing Li Beichen wanted to do.

If Li Beichen was not fully confident, he would not have really returned to Kyoto with his head on his shoulders to show off!

Since we have come to the point of returning to Kyoto, it means that Li Beichen has already made 80% to 90% of the preparations, and there must be an accomplice of Li Beichen in the palace.

In other words, the entire city of Kyoto is already filled with Li Beichen's secret agents.

In this case, Gu Lanzhi began to look forward to what was going to happen next.

Thinking of this, Gu Lanzhi's mood improved a lot, and he picked up the wine leisurely again.

Just as he was about to have another drink, his little adult brother snatched the glass from Gu Lanzhi's hand and looked at him seriously with a stern face.

"Brother, you can't drink anymore. Your injuries haven't fully healed yet. You've already drunk enough today."

Gu Lanzhi looked at his hand that no longer had a cup and looked at Gu Jingcheng helplessly.

"You can't even look at me." After saying that, not only did he ignore Gu Lanzhi, he even took away the wine jug in front of Gu Lanzhi.

Gu Lanzhi watched Gu Jingcheng's back as he walked back to his seat, looking hopeless.

Although Gu Lanzhi is not the kind of person who loves drinking, he is such a grown-up, doesn't he have any dignity? A little brat can control him so tightly.

Gu Shurui was sitting behind Gu Lanzhi, and he saw clearly the series of actions of Gu Jingcheng trying to snatch Gu Lanzhi's wine.

Now looking at the expression on Gu Lanzhi's face, Gu Shurui laughed unkindly and said, "Brother, you...just be obedient!"

Gu Lanzhi looked at Gu Shurui with dead fish eyes. He said nothing and just kept looking at Gu Shurui.

Gu Shurui didn't care about Gu Lanzhi. He poured wine and drank leisurely without even giving Gu Lanzhi a glance.

What else can Gu Lanzhi do? Just accept your fate and drink tea!

The singing and dancing arranged in the palace was over, and the remaining time was for the young ladies from various families to compete with each other for beauty.

This is a great opportunity to showcase oneself. Girls of marriageable age in each family want to shine at the palace banquet and receive praise from the emperor and empress. It is a good stepping stone for these girls to find a husband in the future, and can also bring honor to their families.

People who play the piano, dance, compose poetry and paint all came, vying for the opportunity to go on stage.

Originally, Gu Lanzhi was watching with great interest from the audience, but he never expected that even though they didn't provoke anyone, the fire would still burn their home.

After playing the guqin, a young lady actually directed her anger at Gu Shurui.

"I heard that the fourth young master of the Gu family is also a wise and interesting person. I wonder if the fourth young master would be willing to play a song for everyone present?"

The woman stared at Gu Shurui behind Gu Lanzhi provocatively, as if she was waiting to see Gu Shurui make a fool of himself.

Gu Lanzhi didn't know this woman, or rather, he didn't know these people in Kyoto City.

But how could Gu Lanzhi not know whether his own brother could play the piano?

This woman obviously wanted to see Gu Shurui embarrassed. After all, Gu Lanzhi was the pillar of the Gu family. How could she just watch Gu Shurui lose face?

"May I know this girl's name and where she is from?" Gu Lanzhi asked calmly.

Although the woman was hostile to Gu Shurui, when she met Gu Lanzhi, she put away her contemptuous expression and bowed to Gu Lanzhi.

"My name is Lan Xi, and the cabinet scholar is my grandfather."

Gu Lanzhi raised his eyebrows. It turned out that a second-rank cabinet scholar's family had raised such an ignorant little girl.

But Gu Lanzhi still looked at Lan Xi with a faint smile, and said gently: "I wonder if what Miss Lan did today is your own wish or..."

Gu Lanzhi didn't finish his words, but looked at the cabinet scholar.

The cabinet scholar quickly stood up and angrily shouted at Lan Xi who was in the middle of the room, "You ignorant person, come back here immediately."

In ancient times, the words of the patriarch carried a lot of weight. If it were another woman, she would be very obedient and quickly return to her position.

But Lan Xi didn't do that. Of course, if she was an obedient and sensible person, she wouldn't do anything to provoke him in person.

"Grandfather, I just want to ask Fourth Master Gu to play a song for me. If Fourth Master Gu disagrees, you can just refuse!" After saying that, he looked at Gu Shurui with contempt again.

"Before you really hire someone, don't you ask for their opinion in private in advance? Isn't this how you force them to play?" Gu Lanzhi's voice was still gentle.

"How could I force Fourth Master Gu?"

"No? Then why are you being so aggressive? And in front of His Majesty? Are you planning to embarrass my brother?"

Lan Xi glanced guiltily at the emperor sitting at the top, but still raised her chin to pretend to be calm.

"I dare not..."

Before Lan Xi could finish her words, Gu Lanzhi interrupted her.

"I think you are very brave! Several ladies have performed before you, why are you the only one who has so much trouble? And you are so confident?"

Gu Lanzhi's words were not polite at all. Saying that a girl had a lot of family troubles in front of so many people was a direct slap in the face of the girl and also a slap in the face of the cabinet scholar.

Gu Lanzhi knew that what he said was serious, but Gu Lanzhi's position in the court was a military general, and most military generals were straightforward.

Gu Lanzhi didn't want to give others the impression that he was scheming and a smiling tiger. He was not that kind of person, so he might as well say whatever he thought.

The cabinet scholar's face turned red at Gu Lanzhi's impolite words, and the other officials, including the emperor and empress, all looked like they were watching the fun.

Gu Lanzhi is a marquis, so there is really no need for him to be polite to a second-rank official. The other person's granddaughter has even provoked him. If Gu Lanzhi can tolerate this, he would not be a hot-tempered military general.

"Aren't you just unhappy and jealous because the Fifth Prince is close to my brother?

If you like the Fifth Prince, you can go and tell him why you are bothering my brother. "

The intelligence that Gu Lanzhi had collected during the days since he returned to Beijing was not in vain. Although not all the people could be matched, Gu Lanzhi still knew a lot about the matter.

As soon as Lan Xi said her name, Gu Lanzhi already knew the whole story.

Lan Xi's face had already turned red because of what Gu Lanzhi had said before, "Why are you the only one who has so many troubles?" Now, after hearing Gu Lanzhi speak out her little thoughts in front of so many people, Lan Xi was so ashamed and angry that she almost crawled into the ground.

The people she had met before were all very reserved, and even if they guessed what she was thinking, they would not say it directly.

Now that Gu Lanzhi has said it so openly, Lan Xi will definitely be branded as a jealous person.

How is she going to survive in Kyoto in the future? How can she talk about her husband's family? Who wants to marry a jealous woman? !