The prince is not doing his job [traveling]

Hearing this, Pei Ze raised his head to look at the emperor, lowered his head to carefully consider his words, and then replied cautiously: "I want to be the backing of the king of Shu, besides your majesty, the king of Shu also needs other supporters. "

The emperor's heart froze, and there was no smile in his eyes: "What about King Qi? Everyone in the court knows that you, King Wucheng, are the helper of King Qi. Now you say you want to be the backing of King Shu? Do you really think you King Wu Cheng is omnipotent and he can bless whoever he wants?!"

"I don't think so." Pei Ze replied unhurriedly, "Your Majesty said that I am a helper of King Qi, but I think that I am just a friend of King Qi."

"Just a friend?" The emperor sneered and asked, "Are you going to betray your friend now and become the backing of his enemy?"

Pei Ze took a deep breath and said firmly, "If the King of Shu wants to be an enemy of the King of Qi, then yes, I choose to betray my friend."

It is impossible for Xiao Yanzhi and Xu Lishan to have such a tepid relationship all the time. If one day he really has to make a choice, then he will definitely stand by Xiao Yanzhi's side.

Silently looking at Pei Ze, the emperor asked coldly, "Why should I trust you?"

Pei Ze raised his head and looked at the emperor firmly, and said, "Whether His Majesty believes it or not, I have already decided."

The emperor's eyes softened a little, and then he asked again: "You are so straightforward to express your position in front of me, are you not afraid that I prefer King Qi in my heart?"

"That has nothing to do with the subject," Pei Ze said without hesitation, "Even if His Majesty favors the King of Qi, the subject will still advance and retreat with the King of Shu!"

The emperor stared at Pei Ze again, then suddenly smiled, and said, "I really don't know what's so good about Yan Zhi, why do you all like him?"

Pei Ze secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Isn't Your Majesty the same?"

"Although the royal family is big, there is only one person who treats me wholeheartedly. I know that he is afraid that I will leave him, and he has been watching my face for the past six months. But he is the only consolation left to me by the former empress. , why would I leave him?" The emperor smiled and said seriously, "I don't care if this is your sincerity or the strategy you discussed with King Qi, if you dare to hurt King Shu, I will definitely not let you go! "

"I will do my best to protect the King of Shu!"

Hearing Pei Ze's promise, the emperor also breathed a sigh of relief.

Pei Ze's speech on this side was over, and Xiao Yanzhi on the other side had just left the palace slowly accompanied by a group of reluctant ministers.After chatting with a group of ministers for a while, Xiao Yanzhi finally asked about Mrs. Qin's wife.

When he was about to arrive at the Qin Mansion, Xiao Yanzhi suddenly asked Xu Lishan in a low voice, "Second Brother, do you know the difference between a ruler and a minister?"

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yanzhi would suddenly ask such a serious question with that unscrupulous face, Xu Lishan was stunned, and then asked: "What is it?"

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said: "Whether you are a talented person or a mediocre person, no matter whether you hold the power of the world in your hands or not, since the ruler is a ruler, he has absolute majesty in front of his subjects, and every word he says is an order. Since he is a minister, he must be inferior to others in front of the monarch, and every word he says can only be a request."

Xu Lishan didn't understand Xiao Yanzhi's nonsensical words at first, but when they stopped at the gate of the Qin Mansion, Xu Lishan suddenly understood.

Xiao Yanzhi is talking about their relationship with the Qin family?But why did you tell him?

As soon as he stepped into the gate of the Qin Mansion, Xiao Yanzhi could hear the chatter and laughter coming from the hall, and when he got closer, he could clearly see the people who were sitting in the hall full of people. face.

Xiao Yanzhi raised a bright smiling face, and before he stepped into the main room, he said loudly: "In the early court, I heard from the adults that Mrs. Qin's wife hosted a banquet today, and all civil and military officials were invited, but I didn't expect this scene It's even more lively than the morning!"

Upon hearing this disharmonious speech, everyone in the Qin family hall turned their heads to look at the door, and when they saw it, they broke out in a cold sweat.

Why did King Shu and King Qi come here?

Mrs. Qin Jiatai sat firmly at the top, calmly looking at the two uninvited guests who entered the door with several dignitaries.

She recognizes the king of Qi, but this other one... But seeing the attitude of all the officials, and seeing that even the king of Qi, Xu Lishan, is walking behind this person, this person is probably the one who made the Qin family suffer a lot. king?

After hesitating for a while, Mrs. Qin's wife stood up with the help of the maid and walked slowly to Xiao Yanzhi with a cane.

"I've seen the two Highnesses before you." Mrs. Tai slowly bent her legs while talking, thinking that Xiao Yanzhi and Xu Lishan would avoid her courtesy because of her age, but she didn't expect Mrs. Tai's knees to touch the ground However, Xiao Yanzhi and Xu Lishan didn't make a sound yet. Xu Lishan actually wanted to avoid the gift from Mrs. Tai, but Xiao Yanzhi stopped her when she was about to speak, until Mrs. Tai finished the ceremony completely. The officials also knelt down to greet each other, Xiao Yanzhi smiled and bent over to help Mrs. Tai, even showing a panicked look.

"Oh, Mrs. Tai is so polite. How can the younger generation bear this gift from you?" Saying this, Xiao Yanzhi personally supported Mrs. Tai's arm and sent Mrs. Tai back to the main seat.

Although Mrs. Tai wanted to break away from Xiao Yanzhi's hand halfway, she couldn't.Seeing the gentle smile on Xiao Yanzhi's face again, Mrs. Tai's eyes darkened slightly.

Seeing Mrs. Tai sitting firmly, Xiao Yanzhi smiled again and said: "Although this king only entered Beijing not long ago, he has heard a lot about Mrs. Tai. I heard that Mrs. Tai has been in Luozhou all the time, why not?" Are you going back to Beijing?"

"Something happened at home, how can I stay in Luozhou?" Madam Tai said while looking at Xiao Yanzhi.

In the end, Xiao Yanzhi asked with a look of surprise: "Oh? Something happened to the Qin family? What happened? Is it serious? Is there anything I need my help for?"

Xu Lishan felt that in terms of the thickness of his skin, he was absolutely inferior to Xiao Yanzhi, and he might not be able to match it in his lifetime.

Mrs. Tai couldn't help but glance at Xiao Yan, and then said coldly: "My Qin family has been an official for generations, but will disappear from the officialdom, does the prince think this is a big deal?"

"What's going on here?" Xiao Yanzhi immediately lowered his face, "Is Master Zuo Cheng resigning?"

Mrs. Tai was choked by these words, and for a moment she didn't know how to answer.

Looking at Xiao Yanzhi again, Mrs. Tai took a deep breath, and then said bluntly: "Is the lord playing tricks on me? The lord is very clear about what happened to my Qin family. Could it be that the lord is here today just to Is this the case?"

Xiao Yanzhi said with a smile: "This king is here today, just to see Mrs. Tai's banquet, which is comparable to a great dynasty, and has no other intention. It's just that this king really didn't expect that a word from Mrs. Qin's family could actually be so powerful. Telling all the officials in Chang'an City to come to the Qin Mansion without missing a beat, these words of the Tai Furen are really more effective than the imperial decree!"

As soon as Xiao Yanzhi's words came out, all the officials in the hall were shocked.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Mrs. Tai said calmly: "The prince doesn't need to say such words to scare them. They will gather here because of a word from the old man. It is because they have all been favored by the Qin family. They gave the old man This face."

Xiao Yanzhi sneered, and said, "I didn't scare them. What they talked about with the Qin family was affection, but what they talked about with their father was responsibility. If you can't be loyal to the emperor, you can't be loyal to the emperor." matter, then this salary can also be disregarded? Father is not an unreasonable person, if you adults feel that affection is more important, then this king can ask father for a favor for you, and let you all agree. How about coming to the Qin Mansion as a retainer?"

Those who were afraid of things immediately jumped up from their seats when they heard this, made a random excuse to leave, and then turned around and ran away.

At first, I thought it was just a matter of affection, and it was just a meal with the crowd, but if it was more than a matter of affection, then they couldn't afford it!

There was one person who left, and the second and third ones. In a short while, the room was one-third empty. The rest did not know whether they really had inextricable connections with the Qin family or simply did not want to show cowardice in the story. Tsukuru was strong, but he still sat in his seat motionless anyway.

Mrs. Tai was a little angry: "What is the prince doing?"

"What are you doing?" Xiao Yanzhi turned his head to look at Mrs. Tai again, and said with a smile, "I am just a little unhappy seeing that there are more officials in the hall of the Qin Mansion than those in the imperial court, and Mrs. Tai don't need to worry about it."

Hearing this, Mrs. Tai glared at Xiao Yanzhi fiercely.

Can the King of Shu not care about the fact that the King of Shu came to the Qin Mansion to act wildly?

Taking a deep breath, Mrs. Tai said: "I haven't returned to Chang'an for a long time, and today I just hosted a banquet with all the officials. Please go back, two princes."

After hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi turned around, took two steps toward the door, then turned a corner at his feet, and sat down in an empty seat beside him.

"Since Mrs. Tai is hosting a banquet for all the officials, then the king and the emperor's younger brother have also taken up positions recently, and they can be regarded as among the hundreds of officials. Let's have the audacity to have a banquet at the Qin Mansion today."

Xu Lishan had nothing to say, so he could only silently sit beside Xiao Yanzhi.

"The lord wants to fight against the old man on purpose today?" Mrs. Tai glared at Xiao Yanzhi angrily.

"No, no, no," Xiao Yanzhi shook his head hastily, "This king is just here for dinner. Madam Tai, please feel free."

It's not just today that he started fighting against the Qin family.When he was walking on the road, he was still worried that Mrs. Qin's wife was old. If he was too tough today, he would directly piss the old lady to death, but now seeing that Mrs. Qin is in good health, he is relieved.

Mrs. Tai was panting heavily with anger, and she managed to breathe steadily under the comfort of the maidservant. Mrs. Tai unexpectedly asked Xiao Yanzhi directly: "Since the king of Shu insists on not leaving, I don't need to bother you all." My lord, don't waste your time talking about this old man, just tell the King of Shu directly."

Xiao Yanzhi smiled: "Madam Tai, please tell me."

"I heard that my great-grandson was dismissed by His Majesty, and the cause was the prince. Is there such a thing?"

"Yes." Xiao Yanzhi admitted with a smile.

Mrs. Tai asked with a cold face: "Then dare to ask the lord, what did my great-grandson do to anger the lord, so that the lord encouraged your majesty to dismiss my great-grandson?"

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyes to the sky and pondered for a while, then looked at Mrs. Tai and said, "Why does this king think that what Mrs. Tai said is not the same thing as what this king thinks?"

"Why not one?" Mrs. Tai asked.

Xiao Yanzhi counted with his fingers: "I'm going to commit crimes, go into business, plunder the people's anointing, use power for personal gain, embezzle, deceive the superior and the inferior... Mrs. Tai, the things that your precious great-grandson Qin Fengming has done wrong, this king can't count with one hand. , what he angered was not me, but my father, and all these things are laid out in front of my father, do you need me to instigate anything?"

"My lord, don't spit blood!" Mrs. Tai shouted angrily.

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Madam Tai's angry face, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Madam Tai, don't get excited, it's not good for old people to have too strong emotions. As for whether this king is bloody or not, you can find it here Just a personal question. They are all people who have been favored by the Qin family, and perhaps some of Duke Qin's disciples among them, and Duke Qin must have taught them what is honesty and integrity, so they won't lie to you, will they?"

Madam Tai angrily grabbed someone nearby to ask, but there were Xiao Yanzhi and Xu Lishan present, let alone a lie, that person couldn't even make up an ambiguous sentence, so he could only nod and acquiesce to Xiao Yanzhi's words.

Mrs. Tai was stunned immediately.

Xiao Yanzhi said with a smile: "Mrs. Tai, you should be glad that your great-grandson didn't form a personal enmity with this king, otherwise you wouldn't be able to understand it after he was dismissed!"

"Go and call them! Go and call them all!" regaining her senses, Mrs. Tai roared angrily.

The wife of the Qin family has never been a woman in a deep boudoir. When her husband was still there, she was one of her husband's advisers. When her son entered the court and became an official, if anything happened, it would be the same. If you want to discuss it with Mrs. Tai, Mrs. Tai has seen a lot of things in the court, and just a few words are enough for her to guess the cause and effect and the way.Therefore, after listening to Xiao Yanzhi's words at this time, and thinking about the family letter he received when he was in Luozhou, Mrs. Tai immediately understood what was going on.

These bastards dare to play these little tricks with her!

The servants of the Qin Mansion rushed into the backyard immediately, and led Qin Tai, Qin Fengren, Qin Fengming and others to the main room a quarter of an hour later.

These few people were afraid that the officials would not be able to talk if they were present, so they left Madam Tai alone to sit with all the officials, but now seeing that even Xiao Yanzhi and Xu Lishan were sitting in their main room, they were stunned .

"Qin Fengming, kneel down for me!" As soon as this man arrived, Mrs. Tai shouted angrily.

Qin Fengming was taken aback, and quickly walked to Mrs. Tai and knelt down.

Seeing this, several people who came to the main room knelt down in front of Mrs. Tai.

"Grandmother, why are you so angry?" Qin Tai asked with a smile.

"Do you still dare to ask me?!" Mrs. Tai was trembling with anger, "Look at the good son you have taught! The following offends the superior? Deceives the superior and conceals it? Is he going to seek power and usurp the throne in the future?! Who taught you? Do these unfaithful things?!"

Upon hearing this, several people subconsciously aimed at Xiao Yanzhi.

Qin Tai walked up to Madam Tai on his knees, and said regretfully, "Grandmother, things are not as you imagined."

"What's that like? Say it in front of King Shu, King Qi and your colleagues today!"

Qin Tai immediately began to explain: "The following incident is purely a misunderstanding. Feng Ming just admired the demeanor of the King of Shu, so he lost his sense for a while. Moreover, Feng Ming's time in the court is still short, and he is just a Honglu temple. Shaoqing, that is being controlled by others everywhere, what can he control? The king of Shu was eager to judge, saying that Fengming was lying to others, but Fengming was also deceived by others! As for the matter of corruption, it is more It's nothing, it was Feng Ming who was framed by someone because of his carelessness!"

Mrs. Tai looked at Qin Tai with a cold face and said nothing.

Xiao Yanzhi sneered, and said: "Master Qin's words are really good. I don't need to care about his next crime, but Master Qin keeps saying that he was deceived and framed by others, so who is it?" You lied to him? And who framed him? Master Qin, even if you can't catch the criminal, you should at least show me the evidence, right?"

"A Tai, do you have any evidence?" Mrs. Tai asked coldly.

"Grandson... grandson has no evidence." Qin Tai said with a look of embarrassment.

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said: "This happened in September, now it's December, Mr. Qin knows that the Second Young Master was wronged, but he still hasn't collected evidence to prove the Second Young Master's innocence? If that's the case Lord Qin also hopes that the second son will stay away from the court, right? As for other people related to the Qin family who are involved in this matter, if Lord Qin can't produce evidence, it's useless to complain here, Mrs. Tai Is it right?"

Mrs. Tai took a deep breath and said, "My lord is right."

"Furthermore," Xiao Yanzhi said again, "Second Young Master is not too young, and he still talks about being deceived, if Second Young Master is really so easy to be deceived, then he is not suitable to be an official in the court.

Considering the friendship with the Qin family for many years, the father has always taken care of the Qin family. Whenever the children of the Qin family want to become officials in the court, the father has arranged a good position, and it is always more tolerant than other officials .

But the court is still the court after all, it is a place that controls the entire country, there is no room for negligence and slack, the official position, no matter how big or small, is for the capable.

Mrs. Tai, do you think this is the reason? "

Mrs. Tai closed her eyes, nodded, and said: "My lord is right. Since it was the Qin family who made the mistake first, I have nothing to say. It doesn't matter if he was deceived by others or he did it himself. Regardless of the humiliation, it's all a matter of my Qin family behind closed doors to discuss right and wrong."

Xiao Yanzhi smiled brightly and said, "It's great to be able to resolve this misunderstanding with Mrs. Tai. In addition...the king has one more thing that I want to discuss with Mrs. Tai."

Mrs. Tai looked at Xiao Yanzhi expressionlessly, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, please tell me, as long as it is something I can do, I will definitely help you."

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not that Madam Tai needs to do something for this king, but I just want to ask Madam Tai to tell Duke Qin that it's time for Duke Qin to take care of himself. We juniors are enough to worry about this country's major affairs. If you dare to let the old man bother you, Duke Qin will no longer need to spend time cultivating talents for the court."

Mrs. Tai was startled, and after a second thought, she realized that what Xiao Yanzhi was talking about was her son's preaching and teaching.

After thinking for a moment, Tai Furen nodded and said: "Thank you for your concern, my lord, I will definitely pass on my advice to the dog."

"That's good." Xiao Yanzhi smiled, "Since that's the case, I won't bother you at the residence."

"Respectfully send off the prince." Mrs. Tai immediately got up and sent Xiao Yanzhi off.

Xiao Yanzhi stepped out of the main room of the Qin Mansion with a smile, but stopped and turned to look at the officials in the main room: "Masters, do you want to sit here again?"

Before Xiao Yanzhi finished speaking, most of the officials stood up, politely bid farewell to Mrs. Tai, and then left the Qin residence together with Xiao Yanzhi. Students are those who think they have a clear conscience and have done nothing wrong, so they don't have to be afraid.

Xiao Yanzhi didn't care about them, he just silently wrote down who they were, and then left with Xu Lishan.

Seeing that the main room was mostly empty within an hour, Mrs. Tai suddenly picked up the crutch beside her and gave Qin Tai a hard slap.

"A Tai, you've grown up, you dare to lie to me? You're foolish when you're old, don't you understand?! You're fools when you're old, aren't you?!"

"Grandson doesn't dare, grandma calm down!" Qin Tai immediately kowtowed and apologized, regardless of the pain in his arm.

Mrs. Tai said with a sad face: "I have been officials for four generations of the Qin family, in the name of Zhongliang, but how did you become such a low-spirited thing! You commit crimes against the superior? Deceive the superior and conceal the inferior? You say that your father and son are worthy of the ancestors of the Qin family Liezong?!"

"Great-grandmother, it's clear that the King of Shu disliked the Qin family and slandered us!" Qin Fengming said with his neck stuck.

"Does he dislike the Qin family?" Mrs. Tai sneered, "Why did he dislike you? Why was no one disliked him when your great-grandfather was alive? Why was no one disliked him when your grandfather was an official? You are doing it wrong, how can you let others see you?! If you don’t let people catch you, how can they slander you?! It’s really unfortunate for the family!"

"grandmother……"

"Don't talk too much!" Mrs. Tai interrupted Qin Tai unceremoniously, "This time, you not only ruined the reputation of the Qin family, but also implicated those who had good relations with the Qin family, and even your father. My disciple, what else do you want?! Your eldest brother has long said that you have a wicked mind, and you have believed in your sweet words, and sent your elder brother and second brother out of Chang'an. Now that you have tarnished the reputation of the Qin family, how do you want your old body to face? To the ancestors of the Qin family!"

Qin Tai didn't speak.

He originally thought that Xiao Yanzhi's entry into the capital was the beginning of his life's prosperity and wealth, but since Xiao Yanzhi's entry into the capital, he has not encountered a single good thing!Now not only have two sources of income been cut off, but colleagues who used to be good have also started to avoid him like snakes and scorpions. Even the people he sent to an important position in an official office have been cleaned up by the emperor and King Wucheng. Luozhou's grandmother just wanted to use her to incite the officials to intercede for him. If the grandmother could bring the Qin family disciples to face the saint, it would probably prevent the emperor and King Wucheng from continuing to clean up the Qin family in the court... But why? Xiao Yanzhi is here again!

Taking a breather, Mrs. Tai ordered to the maidservant beside her: "Go and make arrangements, I will not return to Luozhou, since they have not learned the loyalty, filial piety and shame of the Qin family, then I will stay and teach them well!"