Chapter 9 The Children of Aristocratic Family
"Alas~"
Yu Yi let go of Zhao Yue's arm.
"How can I get rid of this resentment, dear brother?"
"Break into the building and kill yourself."
"Besides breaking into buildings?"
"There is no other way."
Yu Yi grimaced, he was really in trouble.
When the poetry meeting was about to be held, his brother Yu Liang told him that the Tianshui Zhao family wanted to try their best to win over him. This was obviously an honored guest, but the man in the palace interfered, leading to the current situation.
"hehe."
When Xie Shang saw Yu Yi was in trouble, he stepped forward and said, "I heard that there is a new pavilion building behind the new pavilion. It seems that you need to break into the building to get up."
"good."
Xie Shang's words inspired Yu Yi, and he glanced at Xie Shang gratefully.
"This noble man from Changting is the gatekeeper on the second floor of Xinting Building. If my dear brother wants to break into the building, it will not be too late. Besides, I am the gatekeeper on the first floor..."
Yu Yi gave Zhao Yue a meaningful look.
Yu Yi has a low reputation among scholars, and is one of the best among young talents. If he can get through his level, it will be a way to become famous.
Zhao Sheng was immediately moved.
He has no literary talent but is full of martial arts skills. If he can get his reputation for prostitution for free, why not do it?
What he fears most is that others will look down upon him in terms of literary talent. Now that he has an opportunity to build his reputation, how can he not be tempted?
"Brother, this matter is worse than..."
You really have no ambition, this little benefit bought you off.
Zhao Yue glared at Zhao Sheng with hatred, and the latter lowered his head with a guilty conscience.
"Brother Yu, I can't go too far with your attitude. It's not impossible for me to take a step back. Who is this noble person in the palace?"
After being punished, Zhao Yue would naturally know about this person who was hostile to him.
"Also, just now in front of everyone, Brother Lin and I were almost humiliated by Su Xiaozu Daozhong and others. Compared to the few seats in the inner hall, we have to sit above them."
Zhao Sheng also felt that he was being too fooled, so he added this sentence with some complaint.
"It's natural."
Although his brother Yu Liang had told him not to spread the news about people in the palace, but the person in the palace actually interfered in the banquet, you can't blame him for retaliating.
Yu Yi walked slowly to Zhao Yue, put his hand against Zhao Yue's ear, and whispered two words: Song Biao.
Zhao Yue was stunned for a moment, slightly confused.
Song Yue and Zhao Yue must have never been offended. If there was any grudge, it was because of his cheap father.
"In that case, can you come with me into the hall?"
Zhao Yue nodded lightly.
"Of course you can."
Zhao Yue, Zhao Sheng and Xie Shang followed Yu Yi towards the inner hall. As for Tian Qixiang, Zhao Zhong and the other servants, they were waiting outside the hall.
There were already many guests in the inner hall.
In addition to Su Xiao, Zu Daozhong, Tao Hong, and Sima Chuo whom I had met before, there were also some outstanding talents from the overseas Chinese gentry.
For example, Liu Xia's son Liu Zhao, Yu Liang's son Yu Bin, etc.
As the first guest in the inner hall, Zhao Yue also saw several elderly Confucian scholars.
The shaggy-haired middle-aged man sitting at the guest seat on the left was dressed casually, with his bare feet and chest exposed, and his face was drunk. He didn't care about the eyes of the world at all, and he was drinking by himself at the moment.
Xie Shang saw Zhao Yue's gaze and said with a smile: "This is "Uncle Dan", who was worshiped as Marquis of Nan'an County by the late emperor and will soon go to Danyang to serve as Yin."
The father of Ruan Fu, the eighth uncle of Yanzhou, was Ruan Xian, one of the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest". Zhao Yue was still aware of his reputation.
This king was as arrogant and dissolute as his father, and did not join the ranks of the powerful. He dressed disheveled all day long, drank and played, and never managed the family property. Therefore, he lived in poverty. He once traded gold minks for wine.
He often carried a money bag, and when he was extremely poor, he only kept a small coin in his pocket.
The idiom about being short of money comes from him.
“It’s well-deserved.”
Zhao Yue chuckled, followed Yu Yi, and knelt down to sit under Ruan Fu.
Su Xiaozu, Daozhong and others were suddenly at the head of Zhao Yue.
"How can this guy be above me?"
When Su Xiao saw Yu Yi's arrangement, he immediately became dissatisfied.
"There are all distinguished guests in the inner hall, and there is no distinction between seats. Please be patient, my brother will be here in a moment."
Yu Yi responded calmly and brought up Yu Liang's name. Although Su Xiao said at the foot of the mountain that he was not afraid of Yu Liang, there were so many guests in the inner hall that he did not dare to make a mistake.
He could only give Zhao Yue a fierce look.
Zhao Yue smiled softly and didn't take it to heart.
If you are bitten by a dog, you will not bite the dog back.
You have a grudge against me, right?
Your father is a man who wants to rebel. Is it not easy for me to arrange for him?
Zhao Yue paid his own way and was not a gentleman. If he had a grudge, he would be repaid, but he would not have the temperament to repay grudge with kindness.
Apart from anything else, Zhao Yue has remembered Su Xiao for being such a rough guy.
"There are quite a few people coming to this poetry meeting."
Zhao Yue looked at the people in the inner hall and remembered the appearance of these people in his heart, while Xie Shang introduced the guests here to Zhao Yue.
Xie Shang always abides by his filial piety. Today's poetry meeting can be said to be the first banquet he attended during his filial piety. However, when Xie Shang was young, he often followed his father Xie Kun to various banquets and knew more people than the otaku Zhao Yue.
Much more.
It's not an exaggeration to say that he is a Jiankangbao.
"I wonder if Brother Zhao knows why today's banquet is mostly filled with talented young people, rather than people as old as Uncle Tang."
Xie Shang looked at Zhao Yue mysteriously, and Zhao Sheng's attention was also attracted by Xie Shang.
"Why is this? Is there something hidden?" Regarding secrets, Zhao Sheng's curiosity immediately arose.
Zhao Yue had already made a guess in his mind.
"Brother Xie, do you know?"
"I heard some rumors in Qingshi Lane."
This Qingshi Lane is where the Yu family currently lives.
"Want to hear the details."
"The court was in turmoil, and the Central Secretary was walking on thin ice. It happened that two daughters of the Yu family had reached the age of marriage. The banquet here was used by the Yu family to recruit sons-in-law, and to find help in the court, especially the children of Fangzhen."
Xie Shangyi has some pointers.
"Is this actually happening?"
Zhao Sheng's eyes immediately lit up.
It seems good if he, Zhao Sheng, can marry the daughter of the Yu family.
"The Yu family is now the family of the emperor's relatives, and they are also in charge of the province. We can't climb higher, but Brother Xie..."
"I have been engaged for a long time."
Xie Shang waved his hand quickly.
Even though there was no engagement, the Yu family still looked down upon Xie Shang. Xie Shang boasted of many merits, among which the one that satisfied him the most was his self-awareness.
"What we are waiting for is to focus on participation."
Zhao Sheng thought of the attitude of those overseas Chinese children towards him, and gave up the idea of seeking a daughter of the Yu family.
"Hahaha~"
The conversation between Zhao and Yue could not continue.
After a burst of hearty laughter, Yu Liang, the host of the poetry club in purple robe, finally appeared on the stage.
"Everyone, if you are busy with worldly affairs and have neglected you, I will punish you with a bottle of wine."
Yu Liang got straight to the point, directly picked up the three-legged beast on the table in front of him, took the ring-eared wine bottle in his mouth, and drank it all in one gulp.
“Good wine!”
Yu Liang confessed, and Tao Hong, who wanted to be treated as a favor, stood up, raised his bottle to greet Yu Liang and said, "Uncle, your words are serious. We are going to have a banquet here and let me feel at home. Why should I be punished with alcohol? Want to be punished with alcohol? My nephew is willing to join my uncle.
drink."
After saying that, Tao Hong also drank all the wine in the wine bottle.
"Everyone, let's drink together."
The maid filled the wine bottle from the wine pot with a wine pipe and handed it to Yu Liang's hand.
"please."
Yu Liang took the wine bottle and gestured to everyone in the hall.
Chapter completed!