In the elegant dining room of Huabao Tower, the tables are filled with delicacies rarely seen outside.
These are worth thousands of dollars, and many people will never be able to eat them in their lifetime. Even the invisible dishes are only touched by a few chopsticks, and most of them are not even touched. They slowly become cold on the table and lose their original taste.
Cai You sat at the table, his expressions changing one after another, and he didn't even look at the food.
Sometimes he gritted his teeth, sometimes he was dejected, and sometimes his face showed a bit of sadness...
Until the door of the cabin opened with a creak.
Cai You suddenly woke up, subconsciously turned his head and went to the door to yell, but when he saw the person coming, the anger on his face immediately turned into shock.
"Brother Lu?"
"Haha, Brother Cai, I knew you hadn't left yet."
Lu Bu laughed and came to the table and sat down. He picked up the wine bottle on the table and poured it into his mouth.
Cai You had no time to worry about his actions anymore, but looked at him in disbelief: "Brother Lu, why are you back?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he realized that he had made a mistake and hurriedly corrected him: "Brother Lu, I didn't mean that. I just wanted to say...why did you come back so fast?"
"I'll come back naturally after I finish my work."
Lu Bu put down the crystal-clear wine bottle and let out a long breath: "And it's not going to be fast. Brother Cai, you may not think it's a big deal if you keep sitting here, but look at the sky outside, it's already afternoon."
Cai You turned his head and looked out the window, and then suddenly realized it, but then he came back to his senses and looked at Lu Bu nervously: "Brother Lu... I wonder what your majesty said?"
Lu Bu was silent for a moment after hearing this. When Cai You was very nervous, he smiled at him and said, "Your Majesty agreed."
"accepted?"
Although the question was asked in a questioning tone, Cai You's tense body and spirit subconsciously relaxed, and his whole body was about to collapse.
Fortunately, Lu Bu had quick eyesight and quick hands. He helped him and said jokingly: "Brother Cai, if you want to give a big gift, you have to do it to His Majesty. Now that your adoptive father is not here, what's the use of doing it?"
Cai You came to his senses and ignored Lu Bu's obstruction. He continued to kneel down and said with tears in his eyes: "Both Brother Lu and Your Majesty have been kind to me! I should thank your Majesty, and I should also thank Brother Lu!"
"Don't be impatient yet."
However, Lu Bu still lifted him up with great strength and said helplessly: "Brother Cai, please listen to what I have to say first."
"Your Majesty has agreed, but he only promised to give you a chance. Whether you can seize it depends on yourself."
Cai You raised his head with a confused look on his face, only to see Lu Bu shake his head gently.
"Brother Cai, your second uncle and your father have been having conflicts for so many years and rarely move around. This cannot be faked, so His Majesty is willing to trust him, but you are different."
Lu Bu sighed: "After all, you are Lord Cai's eldest son. Although you have a bad relationship, you have always lived in the Cai Mansion. Even if His Majesty wants to use you, he will definitely have concerns."
"You must perform to dispel His Majesty's concerns."
"I understand, I understand!"
Upon hearing this, Cai You kept nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice: "I must let Your Majesty see my loyalty!"
"I just don't know what your Majesty's mission is?"
Lu Bu looked a little solemn: "I was just afraid that things would not work out, so I didn't tell you Master Cai and his friends' plans. Now that I want you to do something, I have to tell you the whole story clearly."
Cai You's breath froze, and he nodded and continued listening.
"Do you know that Li Sima fell ill a few days ago?"
Lu Bu looked at him with deep meaning and said in a deep voice: "There are also battle reports coming from the northeastern border."
"Of course my little brother knows about such a big thing."
Cai You nodded subconsciously, but then he came to his senses. Lu Bu couldn't possibly say this to him for no reason. It must have something to do with the next topic.
After just thinking for a moment, his eyes suddenly widened: "Brother Lu, you mean..."
Lu Bu nodded expressionlessly: "Yes, these two things are related to your father."
Then he no longer tried to hide it, but said in an unusually stern tone: "Colluded with the Jin captives, murdered imperial officials, resulting in the death of hundreds of thousands of border officers and soldiers..."
Only halfway through his words, Cai You felt as if half of the bones in his body had been pulled out, and he lay limply on the chair.
Any one of these charges could make Cai Jing confiscate his family and exterminate his family! What’s more, all of them added up?
If such a crime is really carried out, even if Cai Jing has ten heads, I'm afraid they won't be enough to chop him off!
And he, Cai You, will also be implicated and die without a complete body!
Lu Bu continued: "Brother Cai, you should know how dangerous they are now, right?"
Cai You's face was pale and his lips were trembling slightly. He tried to hold the chair with his hands and sit up straight, but he couldn't do it after trying twice.
Seeing him like this, Lu Bu sighed softly: "Brother Cai, this matter is indeed very serious and there is no possibility of easing it. That's why even His Majesty's attitude towards you changed before. When I knew about this matter, I also
Very worried about you."
"But now that you have put your name on His Majesty's side, if you make some contributions later and get closer to your second uncle, then everything will be fine."
Cai You took a few breaths and finally gradually returned to normal.
He did not first ask what would happen to Cai Jing, nor did he ask about the details of the above matters. Instead, he took the lead in asking why Cai Bian was able to win the favor of His Majesty the Emperor in this matter.
Without Cai Jing as a backer, how reliable is this new backer?
"Don't worry about that."
Lu Bu laughed: "Brother Cai, you are indeed a blessed person."
Having said this, he leaned forward and deliberately lowered his voice and said: "If Cai Jingruo is dismissed from office and punished, who do you think will be the next minister?"
Cai You's breath froze, and then a light burst out in his eyes. He grabbed Lu Bu's hand, stared at him closely, and asked word by word: "Could it be... could it be my second uncle?"
The words Lu Bu was about to say were stuck in his throat again.
"Ahem~"
He choked, and a strange look flashed in his eyes: "Of course not."
"There are so many ministers in the court. If you only use your second uncle as a minister, you won't be able to convince everyone!"
Cai You's expression suddenly cooled down again, and even became a little defeated. The difference was so big that Lu Bu was stunned for a moment.
"I see……"
He forced a laugh. If it wasn't his second uncle himself, could it be his immediate boss, Wang Mang, the Minister of Rites?
But even if Wang Mang becomes the minister, he may not take much care of Cai Bian.
The new Minister of Rites is more likely to be Sima Guang, who has been in the Ministry of Rites for a long time, rather than Cai Bian.
Lu Bu saw that he was in such a bad state and had no intention of continuing to have sex with him.
"Hey~ Brother Cai, do you know who your second uncle's father-in-law is? Have you met that old man?"
"Of course I have seen it before." Cai You replied without thinking.
The saying that he and Cai Bian are close is indeed true. I followed Cai Bian to visit the elder during the holidays before, so I naturally met the old man's face...
"Brother Lu..."
Cai You suddenly seemed to remember something, and looked at Lu Bu with wide eyes: "You mean... the new minister, Pu She, will be the Monkey King?"
Lu Bu smiled mysteriously: "It's just some rumors I heard occasionally. It's probably just a rumor."
"Don't even think about it. All the adults in the court know nothing about it. How could I, a little Yulinwei, know about it?"
Although it was a rejection, in Cai You's ears, it was equivalent to a direct admission.
But he was not so happy. Although the half-elderly man was his second uncle's father-in-law and he valued his second uncle very much, the old man had some grudges with Cai Jing...
Cai You even knew that when the old man was demoted, Cai Jing made great efforts... or in other words, stabbed him in the back.
If the old man implicates Cai Jing's grievances on Cai You, it would be a disaster rather than a blessing for him to repay his father's debt...
Lu Bu seemed to have noticed his worry, and said with a smile: "Brother Cai, your eldest brother and I happen to know some things that happened at that time. I advise you not to worry about those useless things at all!"
"Think about it, that old man has been out of government and opposition parties for so many years, how many confidants does he still have back then?"
"Isn't your second uncle the only one with the highest position in the court now? With such a close relationship, if he really makes a comeback, your second uncle will definitely be his confidant."
Cai You nodded thoughtfully, he knew the inside story better than Lu Bu.
During the years when the half-mountain prince lived in the county magistrate, his second uncle never stopped writing letters and sending condolences during every year and festival. The relationship between the two of them must be closer than imagined.
Lu Bu chuckled: "Moreover, Brother Cai, you are about to perform meritorious services for His Majesty. By then, you will be considered as having contributed to his comeback. By then, everyone in the court will know about it. Plus, with your second uncle's relationship, can it be that
Can he still repay kindness with hatred?"
"Besides, you have my adoptive father with you! As long as he takes good care of you...could there be any problems?"
The last two sentences directly dispelled the last doubts in Cai You's mind.
He looked at Lu Bu and said firmly: "Brother Lu, I understand, I will go through fire and water for His Majesty, no matter what!"
Lu Bu laughed, patted his shoulder and said, "Okay, Your Majesty really saw you right!"
"After you return home, as long as you do this..."
The secret exchange between the two men was hidden in a small private room of the restaurant. What exactly they said was unknown to outsiders.
After a while, Cai You left here and got on the carriage back home.
A bit of orange sunlight shines through the dark glazed windows into the luxuriously decorated carriage, and reflects on Cai You's face, making his expression somewhat uncertain.
If it were this morning, he might still be hesitant, but since he learned about Cai Jing and others' conspiracy, it seems that there is no need for it.
Cai You knows that Cai Jing and the others must have a very big plan to lure the wolf into the house, and there will definitely be great benefits after this is done.
But it is meaningless to say this now. Now their plot has been leaked and known to the emperor and the ministers in the court.
Not to mention that after being guarded, the success rate drops to almost nothing.
So what if it succeeds by luck?
Once Jin Lu really comes to attack, the angry emperor and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will definitely work together to tear the traitor Cai Jing into pieces!
"If you don't keep it secret, you will lose your virginity..."
Cai You collapsed in the carriage and let out a long sigh: "Father, you can't blame me for this. If you want to blame me, blame it on you for not keeping things secret..."
Feeling a little uncomfortable being hit by the sunlight outside the window, he turned around and turned his back to the window, letting the sunlight cast undulating shadows on the walls of the carriage.
"I just want the Cai family to continue..."
Cai You looked at the shadow, feeling a little irritated for no reason: "If you knew my current situation, you would definitely support me..."
The muttering in the carriage gradually faded, and the carriage drove into Cai Mansion through the main entrance.
Cai You got off the carriage, took a deep breath to adjust his mood, and wanted to rush towards the study.
I don't know when the sky became a little abnormally dark, and a few dark clouds gradually drifted over.
When he came to the door of the study, Cai You met an unexpected person.
"Fourth brother?" Cai You frowned slightly.
"Brother?"
Cai Sui was about to go to the study room with tea in hand, with a look of surprise on his face: "Brother, you got off duty so early today?"
Cai You didn't reply to his words, but frowned and stared at the tea tray in his hand: "You can just ask someone to do this kind of thing, why do you have to do it yourself?"
Cai Sui was stunned for a moment, then replied with a smile: "Hey, why don't you serve others?"
"To serve my father, I have to do all kinds of dirty work, let alone small things like serving tea and water. My father is getting older and I don't feel comfortable asking those careless servants to serve me."
Cai You took a deep breath and forced a smile on his face: "The fourth brother is very thoughtful, but I, the eldest brother, am a little careless."
"Of course it's not brother's fault."
Cai Sui smiled and continued to take a few steps forward: "In the past few days, my eldest brother has started to work in the palace. He is doing some important things for the family and the country. It is normal for him to have trouble taking care of his family."
"As a younger brother, I naturally have to shoulder the responsibility and take good care of my father."
A flash of anger flashed in Cai You's eyes, but he still controlled his emotions well.
Just when Cai Sui on the other side wanted to say something more, a light cough came from the door: "Come in, everyone!"
Cai Sui's expression changed slightly, he quickly turned around, opened the door, and walked inside.
Deng Xunwu and Gao Xun sat on opposite sides with their heads lowered as if they hadn't heard anything.
Cai Jing sat behind the desk and stared at the two sons who came in with a sullen expression: "Put down the tea and sit aside."
"Yes, father!"
Cai Sui hurriedly stepped forward, poured water for the three of them, and sat down with Cai You again.
"In the future, don't do anything embarrassing and embarrassing!"
Cai Jing cursed angrily, causing the two people who had just sat down to stand up straight as if their buttocks were being burned, their faces burning.
They also understood that the conversation just now must have been heard word by word by the three people in the study.