Chapter 44 Lao Ai enters Qin

Invite the red-haired man to his seat and entertain him with good wine and meat.

Zuo Pi held the wine flask and asked respectfully: "Brother, do you dare to ask for your name?"

The red-haired man replied: "Lao Ai."

"Lao?" Zuo Pi gave him chopsticks, "Lao is not common. Isn't Xiong from Qin?"

"From Bashu."

"Bashu," Zuo Pi said, "Bashu is a good place with beautiful mountains and clear waters and outstanding people."

Lao Ai said: "There are no outstanding people."

Zuo Pi felt that he was a bit awkward, so he laughed twice and said, "If you don't have any outstanding people, how can you have a family?"

Lao Ai pulled off a chicken leg, opened her big mouth and swallowed it whole without even spitting out the bones, "Yes, it's dead. After a long time, the bones have melted. You don't want to know."

Right whisker: "?"

What do you mean? I just asked casually, what kind of bones are there? Do we still want to dig them out?

Zuo Pi, who was standing next to him, felt a little bit in his heart when he heard it. Now that he suddenly heard the second half, he smiled and said: "Brother Lao, brother Lao, you are really good at joking."

As long as he doesn't have it, it doesn't matter whether he has it before.

You Xu didn't mince words like his brother, and said directly: "There is a fat servant in Xianyang Palace, who is a waiter for women, do you want him?"

Lao Ai didn't answer.

He added, "You are a foreigner who has come all the way to Xianyang City. You must be trying to get ahead. Let me tell you, there are some things that are so lonely and courageous. As for you, I think you'd better take a shortcut."

, this shortcut is a good one and can save decades of detours.”

Mortal people always like to take chances.

Lao Ai pulled the ends of her slender eyes, looking less depressed.

Zuo Pi continued to add fuel to the fire: "Think about it, who do you rely on? Rely on yourself, rely on others, rely on old men, rely on women, it's all the same."

He continued to pour wine for Lao Ai, "This job is much better than doing dirty work outside and building bricks and mortar for less than a few bucks."

"As for you, just do it."

You Pi took over the words and emphasized the word "do", "If you do it well, you will reach the sky in one step and have endless enjoyment. We brothers are seeing that you are suitable. If you are a man, don't be afraid."

In the red eyes of the two brothers, Lao Ai swallowed the whole chicken in three strokes and said, "Hey, why don't Lao Ai be afraid of being a duck?"

"Okay! Brother Lao is indeed a real man!"

Zuo Pi and You Pi quickly served him wine and smiled at each other.

Lao Ai is indeed suitable.

The Prime Minister is looking for a man with extraordinary talents simply because of the gap that Queen Mother Zhao has that is difficult to fill.

But you can't send it to the palace openly and openly, you can only pretend to be a eunuch.

This eunuch's physique is too burly, which is not good. It is easy to see through, and his lower jaw is smooth and hairless, which saves the trouble of pulling it out.

The most important thing is to be truly different.

The two brothers hurried slowly and hurriedly, not daring to delay at all, and immediately sent him to the Prime Minister's Office.

In the Xiaoxiao bamboo forest, Lu Buwei, dressed in white, was playing the piano.

Lu Buwei's fingers were wrapped around a pure white silk string. He lowered his eyes and tightened it. Next to him was a pot of opened wine and a broken string.

In the elegant melody of gin and wine, Zuo Pi and You Pi knelt down with Lao Ai in hand and said, "I pay my respects to the Prime Minister. I have found him."

Lu Buwei didn't raise his head, as if there were so many disturbances that the only thing worth doing was changing the strings in his hands.

Lao Ai didn't kneel either. He was looking at the most powerful Prime Minister of Qin.

Zuo Pi noticed that Lao Ai was not kneeling, so he quickly winked at him. Unfortunately, his eyes cramped to no avail, Lao Ai remained unmoved.

It's still too far.

Zuo Pi thought to himself, if Empress Dowager Zhao didn't like this person, she could just take him to transport the axle.

Lu Buwei wound up the piano, fiddled with it twice, tried the sound a little, and said: "New strings are never as good as old strings."

You Pi quickly said: "New strings are as good as new strings, and old strings are as good as old strings. If you use them, they will become old."

Zuo Pi poked his brother's waist and told him to shut up and stop talking.

You Pi hurriedly got down to business: "Xiangguo, the person you asked me to find is now found. Should I send him to the Queen Mother now?"

"Zheng——"

The strings were broken, the wind rustled through the bamboo forest, and Lu Buwei's fingers pressed against the surface of the piano, and there was still a tremolo sound.

When he raised his head, he looked at Lao Ai with warm eyes. The sunlight poured down from the overlapping branches and leaves, but it seemed to split him in half and fall into an endless pull.

It was just a blink of an eye, and he slowly let go of his hand, "Go, send him to the palace, and then bring him a new string."

Everything is as usual.

Zuo Pi Youxu breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, they were about to finish this chore. They blinked at the four sore needles in unison, and took Lao Ai to stay in the guest house first, and then looked for an opportunity to send her to the palace quickly.

If she doesn't hurry up, Queen Mother Zhao may go crazy first.

*

In the palace of Empress Dowager Zhao.

The golden candle flame flickered, and the incense burning in the stove was suffocating.

Zhao Ji is dressing up.

As the saying goes, a woman likes her appearance, and she cares very much about her age.

But even though she was now the most noble woman in the Qin Dynasty, she was still extremely dissatisfied.

"Mother Sun."

Zhao Ji's voice was like an oriole's cry.

Grandma Sun took a step forward: "Mother, here you are."

"Buwei, do you like my outfit?"

Grandma Sun said: "The empress has so many phoenixes that no one can compare to her."

Zhao Ji was not satisfied with her wording. All she wanted was the love of her sweetheart.

So what if there are thousands of phoenixes? If you stay in this deep palace, can you let a blind man see it?

She took off the hairpin ring on her head and put it in the carved box. She touched the scattered patterns on it and thought a lot, "Tell me, when will Buwei marry me? He said that he will wait until Chengjiao's affairs are settled."

He wanted to marry me in a glamorous manner, and he asked me to be his wife of the Prime Minister and his head wife."

Aunt Sun is from the Prime Minister's Mansion, so Zhao Ji has no taboos.

Then she added: "Chengjiao is already dead. No one can shake his position now. There is no obstacle between us."

Grandma Sun lowered her head: "Xiangguo is going to marry your empress soon."

"Pfft." Zhao Ji twitched her eyes and smiled sweetly.

She stood up, wearing a jingle ring as she walked, and the fragrance was gentle.

Zhao Ji handed the box in her hand to Grandma Sun, "I, there are so many things in the palace, I don't have any good things, but he always likes to give me these, now I want to marry him, this time

The things are going to be my dowry when I get married. He is really a slippery businessman, but he can't do any loss-making business."

Grandma Sun raised her hands and respectfully took the box.

Zhao Ji added: "Mother Sun, have you asked someone to count my gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin?"

"If it really comes to the day of getting married, I won't have to rush around." Her voice was as gentle as water, like a very virtuous wife. "It has been almost half my life, but I have never been married once. When it comes to the end, I really feel like I have returned.

It’s time to reach the age of 28.”

Grandma Sun said: "Don't worry, Madam, the Prime Minister will take care of everything and make arrangements without leakage."

"He can stand up even if the sky falls and he can do things. I can rest assured."

Grandma Sun: "Alas."

Zhao Ji patted the back of her hand and said, "As a woman, all power and wealth are fleeting. These are not important. The most important thing is to find someone who can truly love you and care for you. The two of you can support each other.

Finish this life."

Grandma Sun was silent for a long time, with a thin layer of pity in her eyes, and at the same time she felt deep sorrow for this woman, "Mother."

Zhao Ji gently nodded and let go of her hand.

Grandma Sun clasped the pills in her sleeve with her fingers, clasping them tightly, and said: "My dear, when the time comes, it's time to take the medicine."

The alchemists below were giving Zhao Ji an elixir of eternal youth every day, saying that this elixir could rejuvenate her youth and prolong her life.
To be continued...