They say that when enemies meet on a narrow road, they always have to retaliate when they come out to mess around. This time when we bumped into someone else's home court, the atmosphere became a bit awkward.
Fortunately, the corner where Li Yi and Ruyi were located was remote and hidden enough. Cui Yanxin seemed to have been paying attention to the King of Shu and did not see him.
He moved his eyes away from Cui Yanxin and suddenly felt something in his heart. He vaguely felt that a gaze was falling on him.
Li Yi raised his head and glanced up, and sure enough, he saw another familiar face diagonally opposite and in front.
If he remembered correctly, the scholar-like young man's name was Chen Licheng, who was from Chen Guogong's mansion. Just a few days ago, he had a tit-for-tat confrontation with him under the plum tree of Hanshan Temple, and was finally killed by Li Xuan's guards.
He broke the leg of a servant in the family, and speaking of which, he had quite a conflict with him.
It was a mistake to attend the banquet invited by the King of Shu tonight. He only had a few enemies in the capital, and he met almost all of them...
The King of Shu held the wine glass, stood in front of the crowd, and said, "Thank you for giving me the face to attend the banquet in the palace. I will drink this first glass of wine first as a token of respect."
This sentence is of course polite. I would like to ask, among the young heroes in Kyoto, except Li Xuan, who dares not to give face to the King of Shu?
No one is willing to offend the future emperor. Due to their status, their family may not have official contacts with the King of Shu, but the relationship between the younger generations has always been relatively ambiguous. At this point, whether it is
Although he was not a staunch supporter of the King of Shu, the decisions he made were mostly the same.
To befriend the King of Shu, there is no right or wrong, but you must leave an extra escape route for your family.
After King Shu drank a glass of wine first, the atmosphere in the venue became lively.
The main theme of the banquet is to eat well, drink well and have fun. Some people took this opportunity to connect with old friends, and some people chatted quietly with the King of Shu. Their faces were full of love, their eyes were full of love, and their saliva was flying everywhere. The King of Shu nodded repeatedly.
------I don't know if there is any shady transaction in secret.
The dancers in the venue have already retreated, leaving a group of grown men whispering and rubbing their hair together. Those who knew it thought it was the King of Shu's banquet, and those who didn't knew thought they were at some large gay dating party...
Li Yi is different. Although Miss Liu Er is not willing to talk and it is impossible for her to rub her hair together, but if she has a beautiful parent and glances at her when nothing happens, her mood will be inexplicably better, right?
Li Yi is in a good mood, but some people are in a bad mood, and Cui Yanxin is one of them.
As a new Jinshi and a descendant of the Cui family, although he is only a branch of the clan, under the influence of the Cui family, if he seeks a better job and has a few more years of experience, he will not be able to have a bright future.
It is much better than the current situation of being unemployed and staying at home.
Isn't it just because he belittled a lowly actor when he was in Prince Ning's Mansion? Why did a dignified new scholar end up like this?
Of course Cui Yanxin knew why he ended up like he did today. He didn't dare to hate King Ning, he didn't dare to hate the officials, and of course he didn't dare to hate the current majesty.
I only hate the hateful Anxi County Captain who forced himself to stand up for a lowly actor, which made him lose all face that night. To this day, the label of "forcing him to express his sorrows in order to compose new lyrics" is still firmly pinned on his head, and he has become a
A lifetime of shame.
It is not a gentleman not to take revenge, but not now. Cui Yanxin gritted his teeth. What he has to do now is to follow His Highness the King of Shu closely and use all his strength to gain His Highness's attention.
When His Highness ascends the throne and becomes emperor, he will definitely not be treated badly. Ten years is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Moreover, everyone knows that His Majesty’s physical condition will definitely not last another ten years. By then, the humiliation he has suffered will definitely be over.
Get it back a hundred times a thousand times.
"Hello Mr. Cui!"
Cui Yanxin raised his wine glass and frequently exchanged empty respects with the people around him. He was more or less related to the Cui family, and he was a person close to the King of Shu. His status naturally increased. To a certain extent, the matter of Prince Ning's Mansion was of great importance to him.
For him, it's not entirely without benefit.
The people in Prince Shu's Mansion tonight are all real upper-class people in the capital. If he can make friends with one more person, he will have one more way out in the future. Cui Yanxin's eyes scanned the palace. Suddenly, his body froze, and his face showed
Incredible color.
"It's him, how could it be...impossible, how could he be here!"
Cui Yanxin shook his head violently to expel that unrealistic thought from his mind.
That hateful guy is the captain of Anxi County. He should be in Qing'an Mansion now. How could he appear in the capital and at the King of Shu's banquet? He must have had too much hatred for him, which caused him to hallucinate.
Cui Yanxin took a sip of wine, and after scanning the crowd again, that hateful face appeared in his sight again.
"puff!"
He spit out all the wine in his mouth before he could swallow it.
A person passing by Cui Yanxin was lucky enough to enjoy a wine bath and wiped his face. Before the anger on his face could emerge, he saw that the person opposite was even angrier than him, striding towards the corner.
go in the direction.
"What are you looking at?" No matter how calm she was, she couldn't stand being stared at for so long. Liu Ruyi turned around and glared at Li Yi fiercely and said.
"Stingy, you won't lose a piece of meat if you look more." Li Yi curled his lips. Miss Liu Er always had a cold appearance on weekdays, giving people a mature and cold feeling, but in fact she was only just over ten years old.
She is seven years old, and her face is so tender that you can pinch it with water. It is full of collagen. When you look at her carefully, you can see the childishness under the cold appearance.
He was a little curious in his heart. It stands to reason that even if the personalities of two people who grew up in the same environment are different, they would not be so big. How did Ruyi develop a tigress-like personality like Ruyi and Miss Liu Er?
What about?
Out of curiosity about this issue, I originally wanted to interview her, but after thinking about it carefully, I gave up the idea.
If she knew that he compared her to a tigress, Li Yi couldn't guarantee that he would be able to go back intact tonight.
"How will you be here!"
At this moment, a voice of suppressed anger came from the front. Li Yi turned his head and happened to see Cui Yanxin gritting his teeth.
Unable to escape his own embarrassment, Li Yi looked up at him and asked, "Why can't I be here?"
I was secretly depressed. The conflict with Cui Yanxin was because the other party bullied his friend in front of me, and he was forced to copy poems and slap him in the face. Why did he keep biting me?
People often say that meeting an old friend in a foreign country should be one of the four great joys in life. I don’t ask him to put this matter at the same level as the wedding night, but he won’t be so unfriendly as soon as they meet, right?
Although Cui Yanxin is only a small subordinate official in the Prince of Shu's palace, who is the Prince of Shu and who among the people around him dares to underestimate him? He might be a high official in the court in two years. Therefore, his actions
Every movement attracted the attention of many people present.
The young scholar sitting next to Li Yi was slightly startled when he saw this, and then his face lit up with joy, knowing that his opportunity had come.
He suddenly stood up from his seat, pointed at Li Yi and said, "Yes, people like this who disrespect His Highness the King of Shu have no right to sit here."
Cui Yanxin looked at him, and the young man immediately spoke, adding words of jealousy, "This gentleman is unaware of something. Just now..."
Li Yi rubbed his eyebrows. The King of Shu really did not refuse talents. He said that if the person next to him was a storyteller, he would definitely have a much better future than studying.
He quietly watched the young man spitting, Cui Yanxin's face was gloomy, and he glanced at him occasionally, his eyes seemed to be spitting fire. Several people around him had noticed something strange here, and looked at him with doubts.
