As the saying goes, "Man perishes for money, and birds perish for food." This is because everything in the world is born to pursue interests, and any behavior can eventually evolve into the pursuit of interests.
Li Ji's interests can still be guessed. He probably wanted to dominate and be a powerful minister, but did not want to be accused of disloyalty, so he put the Guanlong clan at the forefront to charge for him, and then suddenly ended up when the time was right to collect benefits.
But what are Fang Jun’s interests?
This son is extremely favored by His Majesty. Not only has he been entrusted with important responsibilities repeatedly, but he will not be harshly punished even if he makes mistakes. Now that Your Majesty has passed away, the Prince has treated Him even more than before. He is the first person in the East Palace to rely on him. Such circumstances Under this circumstance, the interests of the prince are the interests of Fang Jun. Only when the prince stabilizes his position and successfully ascends the throne in the future, can Fang Jun's interests reach their peak.
It should be Fang Jun's interest to turn the hostility between the East Palace and Guanlong into friendship and ensure the stability of the crown prince's throne.
However, Fang Jun brazenly sent troops to raid the Guanlong army several times, causing the peace talks to be terminated. From his actions, it seemed that he even disapproved of the peace talks... This is incomprehensible.
If the East Palace collapses and the prince dies, no matter who becomes the prince or the emperor, how can Fang Jun be as favored and powerful as before?
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Yu Wenshiji shook his head and dismissed these thoughts from his mind. Fang Jun always acted unruly, and it was really a headache to figure out his purpose.
When Liu Jie heard that Yu Wenshiji had agreed, he immediately put his mind at ease and said with a smile: "In that case, I would like to thank Duke Ying very much. When I return, I will make it clear to His Highness the Crown Prince."
After all, as long as the peace talks are successful, the prince will be the emperor in the future and Guan Long will still be a minister. If he can leave some good impression in the prince's mind, Guan Long will probably be able to live more comfortably when he is suppressed in the future... So, Yu Wenshi was able to accept this favor.
He nodded and said: "Liu Shizhong is serious."
Both parties have the same interest, which is to promote peace talks as soon as possible, and they cherish each other, so the relationship will naturally develop rapidly...
It's just that the peace talks involve the life and death of Donggong and Guan Long. No matter how good the personal relationship is, one cannot easily change one's own bottom line. Therefore, in the subsequent negotiations, the two sides quarreled and refused to give in to each other, and the atmosphere was very tense for a time.
By the afternoon, except for a few conditions agreed upon by both parties, there had been no substantial progress.
The negotiation came to an end, and after noon, both parties involved in the negotiation were hungry. Yu Wenshi and the officials ordered people to prepare lunch and invite the officials from the East Palace to have a meal.
"The current situation is urgent, the conditions are simple, and I hope you will not find it objectionable with meager food."
Yu Wenshiji always had such a gentle and elegant attitude. Even the officials of the East Palace who had been blushing and arguing just now were very fond of him and hurriedly paid tribute to him.
Liu Jie said: "We are ministers in the same palace, but the situation is unpredictable and the swords and soldiers are facing each other. However, the friendship between each other still exists. It is time to eliminate the military disaster and turn the hostility into friendship."
Yu Wenshi nodded: "That's exactly what I mean."
When the food is served, it cannot be a simple meal. They are all respectable people. How can they be treated so slowly? Seriously, a table of millet porridge and pickles is served. That is not selling favors, but offending people... Of course, it cannot be called luxury. It is delicacies from mountains and seas. None, but the dishes are more exquisite.
During the dinner, Yu Wenshiji took Liu Jie to have a drink and asked closely: "The matter of bringing Princess Danyang to the Youtunwei camp for a temporary stay...is it really His Highness's wish, rather than thinking of you doing it privately?"
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Liu Jie was stunned: "Where did Duke Ying say this? No matter how bold the subordinate is, how can he dare to secretly pass on the prince's order?"
Yu Wenshiji shook his head and said strangely: "It's not that I don't trust you, but it's just that... I didn't think enough about it."
Liu Jie was puzzled: "What do you mean by this?"
Yuwen Shiji looked around and saw that all the subordinate officials were far away, so he moved forward and said in a low voice: "Although that fellow from the second house does not have the same problem as the children of the aristocratic family who are greedy for money and care for flowers, he is by no means bad.
A gentleman who is a womanizer only cares less about quantity and more about quality."
Liu Ji was half-conscious.
Yu Wenshi continued: "What is quality? Appearance, temperament, status, that's all. With Fang Jun's status, no matter how beautiful the country is, he is tired of seeing women with all kinds of charms. There is nothing to be rare about, so this
I always think about identity. The saying that a wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as a thief, means that the same woman, with different status, can often bring more pleasure to men..."
Only then did Liu Ji suddenly realize.
It actually coincides with my own view of Fang Jun...
But he definitely couldn't say that. His face was straight and he said sternly: "The words of the Duke of Ying are wrong. The Duke of Yue is a young and heroic man who is most protective of his body and character. How can he covet Princess Danyang? It's absolutely impossible!"
"Hey!"
What kind of person is Yu Wenshi?
One look at Liu Jie's expression and immediately understood what he was thinking, so he laughed softly and said: "Su Wen, Fang Er, now represents the East Palace military. He has always been at odds with you, the servant, and has been tit-for-tat. If Fang Er is caught,
It hurts his feet. In the future, when the situation stabilizes, using this as a basis to impeach and criticize him will definitely severely attack his arrogance. I am happy to watch, haha."
Emperor Gaozu raised many princesses, among which Princess Danyang was extremely beautiful. She developed a habit of looking higher than her head since she was a child. Therefore, His Majesty Li Er was reluctant to marry her to Xue Wanche in every possible way. Fang Jun was a heroic young man with literary talents.
With outstanding martial arts skills, he can be called a mainstay among the younger generation. How can Princess Danyang not be tempted by such a person?
Fang Jun doesn't seem to have many concubines, but he has been coveting Princess Changle for a long time. It can be seen that he is different from others. He usually doesn't like mediocrity, but he likes the excitement brought by the pursuit of status.
My sister-in-law is exciting, wouldn’t my aunt be even more exciting?
When these two people come into contact with each other, sparks are likely to fly. There is no airtight wall in the world. Once these two people do something immoral and unethical, and it reaches Xue Wanche's ears, how can he let it go?
This Liu Jie looks elegant and polite, but he is actually a sinister person. Very good...
He and Fang Jun have a good personal relationship, but now they are their own masters, but they are also willing to see Fang Jun's reputation plummet due to his moral corruption.
The previous incident with Princess Baling has not been cleared up yet. If there is another affair with Princess Danyang, Fang Jun's future path to the cabinet will be basically cut off.
Without such a strong person who is hostile to Guan Long in charge of the government, it is really good news for Guan Long to recuperate and recharge his batteries in the next few decades...
The two of them knew each other's thoughts very well, and they made a tacit agreement to shut up and say nothing more.
After lunch, Liu Jie said goodbye to Yuwen Shiji. Under the leadership of Yuwen Shiji and a group of soldiers sent by him, he left Yanshoufang and arrived at Princess Danyang's Mansion. When he arrived at the door, he explained his intention, and the guards in front of the door hurriedly entered to report, and turned around after a moment.
Open the middle door and ask Liu Jie to come in.
In the main hall, Liu Ji saw Princess Danyang, stepped forward to salute, and then sat down.
Princess Danyang asked the maid to serve tea and asked with concern: "Did the prince send someone to ask for help from the Duke of Yue, and then the prince's brother sent you, Liu Shizhong?"
Liu Ji observed Princess Danyang's expression and couldn't help but secretly praise her.
A pair of slender and curved eyebrows, clear and translucent eyes, white and rosy skin, a long, snow-white neck exposed from the neckline of the palace dress, and a slender figure hidden under the palace skirt, with soft lines and graceful grace.
Even though she is over thirty years old and has passed the most youthful age of a woman, her whole person is more mature and graceful, gentle and graceful, which can be called the best.
Even I can't help but feel swaying in my heart, I don't believe that Fang Jun can't hold back his mouth while guarding such a woman...
Taking the letter written by the prince from his arms to Princess Danyang, Liu Jie said respectfully: "That's true. This is a letter from His Royal Highness. Please prepare some daily clothes. Then accompany Weichen to the inner gate, otherwise Guan Longna
If you don't know when you will regret it, things will become difficult to handle."
Princess Danyang took the letter, held it with her slender jade-like fingers and read it over. Her graceful eyebrows were slightly frowned, and she was a little embarrassed: "I am a woman from a Taoist family, and rashly went to Youtunwei Camp. It is inevitable that it is a bit abrupt, not very
In compliance with the rules..."
She felt a little uneasy in her heart. Of course she had heard about Fang Jun's reputation. If she went to Youtunwei Camp and that guy coveted her beauty and used force, what should she do? That fool Xue Wanche was also confused.
My wife is so pretty, but she has to ask a person with a bad reputation to take her over and live under my nose. Isn't this pushing her into a pit of fire?
But the prince's letter was here, and he couldn't refuse it, so he was inevitably a little angry.