Although he knew that being invited by His Majesty the Emperor was a rare honor, Wei Ba still declined. Although there were many beauties in the palace, they were not his cup of tea. Moreover, if this matter spread, his reputation would be ruined.
, the word "sycophant" is a bad reputation that will last a lifetime. He smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I have been in the palace for several days, and I don't know what is going on at home. I beg your Majesty to allow me to go home and rest for a day."
Liu Chan was a little frustrated, put down his wine glass and sighed: "Oh, you are tired of being in the palace, you can go home and rest. My home is here, even if you are tired of it, where can you escape to?"
Wei Ba felt soft when he heard this. To put it into detail, Emperor Liu Chan was just a high-level prisoner. No matter how big the palace was, staying there all year round would make people tired. He thought: "Your Majesty, it is better to be alone than to have fun.
Everyone, why don’t you invite all the kings to come and drink together? If you are worried about making too much noise, please invite the queen and the prince to come, and it can make it more lively."
Liu Chan furrowed his brows and thought for a moment: "You are right, forget the kings. They must be drinking happily now, and they may not be in the mood to accompany me. Mouse, please invite the empress dowager and empress to come and drink together and admire the moon."
Huang Hao responded, first arranging for people to prepare a table, and then turned around to invite him. Wei Ba stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, it is very inconvenient for me to be here. Please take my leave first."
Liu Chan glanced at him and said thoughtfully: "You are not an outsider. The Empress Dowager has personally asked about your marriage, and the Empress has shown concern many times. Why don't you leave without greeting them?"
Wei Ba chuckled and no longer insisted on leaving. As Liu Chan said, he needed to express his gratitude to the Empress Dowager.
"Do you know why I didn't invite the kings?" Liu Chan deliberately sneered twice: "The Queen Mother issued an edict to marry King Lu to Soochow. But you don't know that King Lu hates you. He
If you come, I'm afraid if you can't drink enough, I'll beat you up to relieve your anger."
Wei Ba was "horrified": "What should I do?"
"Well, King Lu is my younger brother, so you can't fight back. Besides, although you didn't decide this matter, you did provoke it. It's reasonable for him to beat you up. In my opinion
, just wish yourself well, hahaha..."
When Liu Chan talked about his happiness, he smiled so much that his face glowed red. It was not until the Queen came in with the Queen Mother that he reluctantly stopped smiling. The Queen Mother looked at his rosy face and the smile that could not be concealed in his eyes.
He couldn't help but ask: "Why is Your Majesty so happy?"
Liu Chan did not dare to be negligent, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and said seriously: "After returning to my mother, I have been reading with Wei Ba these days. My son has gained experience in governing the country, so I am very happy."
"Really?" The Empress Dowager looked at Liu Chan dubiously, nodded, walked to the banquet and sat down, and then said calmly: "So, it is indeed something worth being happy about. Tell me, but there is
What are your thoughts?"
Liu Chan's expression remained unchanged, he turned his head and waved his sleeves at Wei Ba who was standing behind him: "Shizhong Wei, why don't you report your recent reading experience to the Queen Mother?"
Wei Ba was speechless, so he had to step forward and give a brief summary of what he had learned during the past two days of studying. Of course, there were some clichés about benevolence and righteousness in governing the country. The Queen Mother listened quietly and finally nodded: "Wei Shizhong is indeed a rising star. Read this.
It is commendable to gain such insights in just a few days of reading. However, governing a country cannot be learned by just studying. You must also learn to deal with actual government affairs."
"Thank you, the Empress Dowager, for your teaching." Wei Ba responded respectfully. He knew very well that just because the Empress Dowager was inconspicuous, it didn't mean that she didn't understand anything. Just look at how cunning that old fox Wu Yi is.
The heritage of the Chenliu Wu family.
"Wei Ba, you must assist Your Majesty with all your heart in the future and don't slack off."
"only!"
"Well, let's just talk about government affairs. If the old woman talks about it again, I'm afraid the wine will go cold and she will be annoying." The Empress Dowager smiled gently and said: "Empress, Wei Ba has assisted Your Majesty in his studies, you will take my place.
Give me a glass of wine."
Queen Zhang, who had been sitting aside, did not expect the Queen Mother to give such an order. She was a little confused for a while. After a while, she suddenly woke up and quickly took the wine glass from the hands of the palace maid, stood up and handed it to Wei Ba. Wei Ba was frightened and hurriedly
He took it and drank it all in one gulp. The queen was also a little embarrassed, with a blush on her face. Liu Chan looked at Wei Ba, then stared at Queen Zhang for a while, scratched his head, and moved his thick lips, but
Didn't say anything.
Wei Ba then proposed a toast to the Empress Dowager and the Empress, congratulating the Empress Dowager on her birthday. The Empress Dowager was in a good mood and asked about the war in Guanzhong and Xiangyang. Wei Ba gathered his energy and told the story again, and of course he did not forget to focus on the car.
The cavalry general Wu Yi commanded Ruoding with wisdom, Yu Lin's left prisoner Guan Xing, and his right prisoner Zhang Shaodang were both invincible and brave.
The Empress Dowager was satisfied with what she heard and nodded repeatedly. Empress Zhang was also fascinated by what she heard and stared at Wei Ba unnaturally. Although she was a queen, she really had no status in the palace. Liu Chan would never think of her and most of the time she would not think of her.
She was sitting alone in Jiaofang Hall in a daze. Although today's banquet was not large in scale, it was a very rare entertainment for her, especially because Wei Ba's narration of the war in Xiangyang was ups and downs and exciting, which was even more rare for her.
Experience. When she heard the tension, she clenched her fists, held her breath, and widened her eyes. Her whole body became more alert, which made Liu Chan wonder. Is this still the usual taciturn, careless and unsmiling wooden person?
The most uncomfortable thing was drinking with others. The empress dowager and empress were very happy, and Liu Chan also had a rare lively night, but Wei Ba was half exhausted. It was not until the beginning of the garrison that Wei Ba got rid of the emperor, who still had more to say, and dragged him
He left the palace and returned home with tired steps. In order to commend him for his contribution, the Empress Dowager personally ordered the servant of Changle to arrange carriages and horses to send Wei Ba home.
Last time, he was driving home with the Prime Minister. This time, the Empress Dowager specially sent a car to take him home. Wei Ba didn't pay attention to it, but the Wei family suddenly became a sensation and regarded it as a great honor. When Wei Ba arrived home
, he suddenly found a large group of younger brothers and sisters standing at the door waiting for him, his face flushed with excitement.
Wei Ba was very surprised. He got out of the car and patted his little head one by one. "Why are you still not sleeping?"
"We know that brother is coming back today, so we are waiting for him." The little girl Lan'er grabbed Wei Ba and refused to let go. She yawned and said, "Brother, why did you come back so late?"
Wei Ba was helpless: "I can't help it. Brother has official business to attend to. You all should go to bed. If you sleep too late, you won't grow taller."
After hearing this, a group of girls and boys reluctantly went back to their respective rooms. Wei Ba went to greet Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Deng, and then returned to his yard. When he walked through the west courtyard, he saw that the lights were still on inside.
, couldn't help but stop, hesitated for a moment, walked over, raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Someone inside agreed, and then footsteps sounded, and the door was opened, revealing a haggard face and doubtful eyes: "You are..."
"Li Junqinzhong?" Wei Ba smiled and said, "I'm Wei Ba."
When Li Zhuan heard this, he suddenly understood. He quickly opened the door and let Wei Ba inside. He patted his forehead and said with shame, "It turns out to be Wei Shizhong. Look at me, I didn't even think of this."
Wei Ba smiled and said nothing, walked to the desk, looked at the pile of drawings and mechanical models on the desk, and said with a smile: "Li Jun really spends all his time forgetting to eat and sleep."
Li Zhuan laughed sheepishly: "I was so excited to see the mechanical skills of the waiter. I thought about it day and night, and I felt like I had found a treasure. Today I was stumped by a question. I couldn't figure it out, so I saw the waiter. I didn’t even recognize him, I’m really ashamed.”
"It's okay, it's okay." Wei Ba naturally sat in the guest seat, picked up the drawing on the case, and said with a smile: "If you have any questions, we can discuss and learn from each other and learn from each other. Li Jun, are you interested?"
Li Zhuan rubbed his hands in embarrassment: "Of course I want it, but the servant has just returned home, so...it's not very convenient, right?"
"It doesn't matter." Wei Ba said to Wei Xing behind him: "Go and inform Madam that I will have a chat with Li Jun before going over, and ask her not to wait for me and to rest early."
Wei Xing responded and turned around. Li Zhuan then sat down, took the drawings, and asked Wei Ba for advice. Wei Ba answered them one by one. While they were talking happily, the door opened, and Ling Ding came in holding a food table. She placed some wine and food on the table and said that Xia Houhui had specially asked her to bring them for Wei Ba and Mr. Li to enjoy.
Wei Ba was fine, but Li Zhuan was inexplicably grateful and thanked him repeatedly. After Ling Dang left, Li Zhuan praised Wei Ba for Xia Houhui's demeanor, his ability to run the household, and his courtesy towards others. Wei Ba smiled, and he understood what Li Zhuan said from Li Zhuan's words. It can be heard that Xia Houhui's status in the government has been increasing recently. Especially in the recent preparations for Wei Feng's wedding, Xia Houhui has shown excellent coordination skills and won the respect of the entire Wei family.
"Li Jun, are you still used to living here?"
"Habit, habit." Li Zhuan laughed and said, "Shizhong Wei, if you don't mind if I tell you something worthless, I will resign from the post of Minister Lingshi and come to your house to be a teacher."
Wei Ba raised his eyebrows slightly: "I don't want it, but don't you think it's a pity that Li Jun gave up his official career?"
Li Zhuan's smile faded and he was silent for a moment: "What a pity. I am a frivolous person and I have no official status. I will not have any future in my official career. In this case, it is better to seek freedom and show myself to the superior officer." Be quieter."
Wei Ba understood. It seemed that Li Zhuan was not going well in his official career and was already a little desperate. His boss, Shangshu Ling, Chen Zhen, was a member of the Jingxiang clan and was a die-hard loyalist of Zhuge Liang. He excluded non-Jingxiang clan members. No effort was spared. Li Zhuan was not only a Yizhou native, but also a technical talent. He was not used to the particularities of officialdom, so it was expected that he would not catch Chen Zhen's eye. When he arrived at the Wei Mansion, he was at ease as a fish in water. , and you can do what you like, and it’s normal to be happy and reluctant to go home.
However, Wei Ba has his own considerations. This person is a talented person and he is willing to take the initiative to join him, which is of course a good thing. But if he wants to give up his official career, it is probably impulsive and he will inevitably regret it in the future.
"This matter is not a trivial matter, so let's wait and deal with it first. Things are ever-changing, and with Li Jun's talent, he may not have the chance to rise to great heights in the future."
"I also hope that I can borrow the auspicious words from the servant to be loyal to His Majesty and serve the country in the future." Li Zhuan picked up the wine glass and toasted Wei Ba with a glass of wine. "Wei Shizhong, you should first teach me how to calculate this force arm. Long or short. I can roughly see some clues, but I have never been able to figure out the specific calculation method." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)