Gao Shilian and Changsun Wuji immediately stood up to express their gratitude: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the banquet."
The old eunuch had prepared the meal a long time ago, and asked the palace maid to invite the eldest grandson Wugu and Gao back from the side hall, and they had a meal in this hall.
Of course, we still eat at separate tables.
However, during the meal, Li Qian didn't worry about eating or sleeping, but kept talking to a few people with a smile.
What we are talking about is not anything lofty, but just talking about some shortcomings of parents and the like.
For example, what interesting things have happened in the capital recently? Are there any interesting places in the capital...
He directly chatted with Changsun Wuji and the Gao family, making them somewhat suspicious of life: His Majesty the Emperor even cares about this thing? Even Gao Shilian was dumbfounded.
Shouldn't the emperor care about national affairs? Why do you like to hear this like us? Even a little bit... like gossip?
When both parties have the same hobbies, the sense of distance will be virtually eliminated.
Anyway, Changsun Wuji felt more and more that the Emperor in front of him was easy-going and approachable...
This is also the effect Li Qian wants to achieve.
Although this will cause him to lose some dignity as an emperor, it can improve his relationship with his courtiers.
Besides, whether he is majestic or not, who doesn’t know his background? The emperor has no power here for a long time!
Instead of putting on airs and pretending, it’s better to let it go completely!
After finishing the meal, Gao Shilian took the Gao family and Changsun Wuji out of the palace. There were no outsiders in the political hall again, and Li Qian showed his true colors and slumped back on his chair.
To be honest, he chatted with Gao Shilian and the others for so long during the meal and listened to so many new things in the capital, which made him a little excited.
It's just that his own family knows his own affairs, and as an emperor with little power, Li Qian also feels very insecure.
He was afraid that if he went out to play in the palace, if something happened and something was done to him, it would be too late to regret it.
You still have to practice your body again!
The eldest grandson Wugou sat next to him, lowered his eyebrows, gently rubbed his stomach, and helped him digest food: "Your Majesty's kindness, I will never forget it in this life."
Li Qian looked at her and saw Changsun Wugou's beautiful eyes full of affection, looking at him unblinkingly.
Li Qian naturally knew that she was talking about reuniting with his family: "It's just a small thing."
"It's a small matter to Your Majesty, but it's a big deal to this concubine."
Changsun Wugusu's hands were gentle and he kept moving, still looking at Li Qian lovingly.
Li Qian felt a little itchy at the look in her eyes. He subconsciously grabbed Changsun Wugou's hand and pulled the beauty's soft body into his arms.
But he didn't continue to move.
After all, this political hall is not a place where serious business is done.
Changsun Wugou's face turned pink, he twitched his hand, and said in a gentle voice: "Your Majesty still has to deal with government affairs, so I will go back to the palace to wait for Your Majesty."
"Well, you go back first."
Li Qian let go of the gentle shoulders of the beauty in his arms, still a little reluctant to let go, but now he had other things to do, so he had to raise his head and look at Wei Zhongxian: "My dear companion, let someone send Maid Guanyin back to the palace."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The old eunuch was very efficient in his work. After seeing off his eldest grandson Wugu, he came up and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to send Lu Bu's men over to pull out your Majesty's tendons?"
"Don't rush this matter yet."
Li Qian waved his hand. Although he felt a little relieved after pulling out his tendons, the process made him very frightened.
It can really hurt someone to death.
Now that I've just finished eating, I'd better digest my food first and prepare myself mentally.
The afternoon sun shines in from the window, making the gold bricks glow with a warm luster. Several palace maids and eunuchs tidied up the political hall, wiping the huanghuali tables and chairs inlaid with dragon-patterned gold pieces one by one, and then carefully retreated. Got out.
Some sultry wind blew the curtains outside the hall, and there were only two masters and servants left in the huge political hall.
When he was bored, Li Qian turned to Wei Zhongxian and asked curiously: "Daban, where are your family now?"
This reminds me of the strange behavior of the old eunuch when his eldest son, Wugu, met his family just now.
In Li Qian's impression, Wei Zhongxian had always been alone, and it was not known that he had any wife or children before entering the palace. Why did he behave like that?
Wei Zhongxian's eyes turned red and he seemed to have thought of something again, but he still lowered his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, I have an eldest brother and three nephews in my hometown, but I don't know what is going on now..."
"Have three nephews?"
Li Qian asked curiously: "In this case, wouldn't it be possible to adopt one to your name and become your heir?"
Nowadays, people attach great importance to the inheritance of incense. There are three types of unfilial piety, and the worst is not having children. People regard the inheritance of incense as one of the most important things in life, and they attach great importance to it.
But as much attention as possible, there are always various accidents in actual operations, and adoption is a way people have come up with to make up for such accidents.
In particular, this kind of adoption between brothers of the same clan is the most common.
Wei Zhongxian's eldest brother had three sons. Even if one died in an accident, there would still be two left, more than enough to inherit his own legacy.
It is reasonable to adopt one to his brother Wei Zhongxian and inherit his lineage.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the old eunuch was even more sad: "Your Majesty, I have actually wanted to do this for a long time, but they are unwilling. In the early years, I also asked people to pick them up and bring them to the capital, but they were rejected by my eldest brother and nephews. Already."
"Daban has become an official in the capital, and they are still unwilling?"
Li Qian was stunned. This was not the case in his previous life!
Wei Zhongxian has achieved great success, and his fellow villagers should be celebrating with their crowns and chickens and dogs ascending to heaven! How can they be so reluctant as they are now?
But he ignored that although the old eunuch was a man of five people in the palace, he was nothing in the eyes of outsiders.
How can you be so prestigious if you are so poor that you can't even pay the reward to the people below? It doesn't count as a meteoric rise, right?
Of course, the old eunuch would not vomit these bitter things in front of His Majesty the Emperor. He could only talk about his well-known difficulties.
"Your Majesty, disabled people like this servant are not welcome wherever they go."
The old eunuch had a bitter look on his face and said slowly: "When the eunuchs entered the palace, they even changed their names to avoid bringing shame to their ancestors."
"Just like when the servant first entered the palace, he gave himself a nickname, Li Jinzhong, and the surname Wei was changed back later."
Li Qian nodded, he knew this.
People attach great importance to the surname given by their ancestors. When eunuchs enter the palace, they even have to change their surname. This shows how shameful this is in people's minds.
Wei Zhongxian continued: "The villagers regard eunuchs like slaves as unlucky people, and the eunuchs who have returned from the capital over the years are even more hated by the villagers. Some clans are not willing to let those who have betrayed their ancestors stay in the village. Those eunuchs who returned home were expelled."
"My eldest brother even felt that I had betrayed my ancestors. When my three nephews heard about the adoption, they were ashamed and tried to shirk each other. So the adoption was dropped."