Qiu Yifan saw that Gu Chengyu was young, but his official manner was very smooth, as if he was an old man who had been immersed in official circles for many years.
Gu Chengyu knew that he was saying that he was not satisfied with the seat and could change it with him.
Of course, Gu Chengyu couldn't say he was dissatisfied. He didn't have to kick people out of his position as soon as he came. This logic made no sense whatsoever.
If he really did this today, within a few hours, everyone in the Imperial Academy would know that he is a arrogant and arrogant person.
"Thank you, Lord Qiu, for your kindness. There is nothing I need to avoid."
Gu Chengyu smiled and put his things on the desk.
After this confrontation, Gu Chengyu said to Qian Ji that Qiu Yifan was not easy to get along with.
Gu Chengyu just gave this person a rough evaluation in his mind. What kind of person he was, he would only know after getting along with him for a long time.
Judging from the current situation, he is a good person, and he dug a hole for him calmly.
No matter what the other party's purpose was, Gu Chengyu would just make peace with him.
He won't be coming to Hanlin Academy tomorrow to attend the ceremony, as the ship won't leave until the day after tomorrow.
Gu Chengyu was excited at the thought of returning to his hometown. It has been almost two years since he went back.
Gu Chengyu had not been assigned any tasks in the past two days, so he planned to carefully check the documents submitted to the emperor for review.
Qiu Yifan saw that Gu Chengyu had calmed down and didn't know what he was looking at carefully.
Looking at the pile of books and history in front of him, Qiu Yifan couldn't calm down.
Originally, he wanted to compete for the position of Bachelor of Science.
It's a pity that Qiu Yixue took advantage of him in the end.
Why he said he got a bargain is because Qiu Yixue had Xia Qing's backing.
Xia Qing was Qiu Yixue's teacher back then, but now a seat was finally vacated. Qiu Yixue didn't make any efforts, so the seat fell to Qiu Yixue.
He considers himself to be conscientious in his work on weekdays and gets along well with his colleagues.
In addition, after his father-in-law was promoted to a higher rank some time ago, those people did not dare to give him face.
It's a pity that when my father-in-law sent the letter to the official department, the official department already had a candidate.
In this regard, Qiu Yifan also had to sigh, this is the benefit of power.
Xia Qing's power is overwhelming, who in the court dares not to give him face?
That is to say, Shen Shikang, the Minister of Household Affairs, went to squeeze in the money from time to time, but he did not dare to go too far.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but raise his head and glance at Gu Chengyu.
It is said that this person has a bad relationship with Xia Qing, and it is not known whether Gu Chengyu has the courage to bear the consequences of offending Xia Qing.
However, Gu Chengyu has the emperor's backing, so he may be confident.
"Master Gu! I agreed to treat you to dinner, and you must honor me!" Liu Zonghan came to Gu Chengyu's door when he came out of the imperial study.
Gu Chengyu looked at the sky and saw that it was almost time to leave.
"Since I promised you all, I will naturally not break my promise." When Gu Chengyu said this, he couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
Before, we were at the same level, and we always addressed each other as you and me. Within two days, he claimed to be his own officer in front of Liu Zonghan.
Liu Zonghan was naturally overjoyed when he saw that Gu Chengyu agreed. However, since Mr. Qiu and Mr. Gu were in the same room, it was still inappropriate to only invite Mr. Gu.
So before coming, the three of them discussed it and invited Master Qiu as well.
Although I think Mr. Qiu will probably not agree, the due etiquette must be maintained.
Besides, this is also an opportunity. If Mr. Qiu agrees, wouldn't they have an extra network?
"Why don't you invite Mr. Qiu to join us? It will be more lively if there are more people. Besides, you have just worked with Mr. Qiu. If we can invite you to have a drink together, it will make you two more familiar, right?"
Gu Chengyu glanced at Liu Zonghan with a half-smile, and he knew exactly what Liu Zonghan and the others were planning.
Don't you just want to make friends with Qiu Yifan through him? However, this is a common practice in officialdom, he just spreads the word.
If Qiu Yifan wanted to make friends with Liu Zonghan and the others, he would naturally agree happily.
If you don't want to make friends, just find an excuse to refuse.
"Okay, then I'll go and invite Master Qiu."
Gu Chengyu asked Liu Zonghan to wait outside for a while, and he turned around and entered the house.
Yi Fan must have heard their voices. He must have also known Liu Zonghan outside the door.
"Lord Qiu! Today, some of my former colleagues want to congratulate me on my promotion, so I have booked a banquet at the restaurant. I wonder if Lord Qiu is willing to honor me and talk to us."
Although he said that, Gu Chengyu felt that Qiu Yifan would not go.
After all, Qiu Yifan and Gu Chengyu are on the same level. If they go there, they will be suspected of overshadowing the guest.
Besides, Qiu Yifan may not be interested in people like Liu Zonghan.
Sure enough, Qiu Yifan refused.
"It's really a coincidence. I happened to have something to do today. Why don't I wait until another day to make amends to everyone."
Qiu Yifan came out of the house and apologized to the two of them.
Liu Zonghan had already guessed this result. Although he was a little disappointed, he was not surprised.
"That's really unfortunate. I have to invite Master Qiu next time."
The night was getting darker, and when Gu Chengyu returned home smelling of alcohol, Zhu Pang and Zheng Lun had already been waiting at Gu's mansion for a long time.
Smelling the smell of alcohol on Gu Chengyu's body, Zhu Pang frowned. Gu Chengyu was very self-disciplined and never drank so much.
"Why did you drink so much? Those former colleagues could only handle a few sips. How dare they have any dissatisfaction?"
Zhu Pang had long heard that Gu Chengyu was going to be promoted. He had been busy with his father preparing to get married some time ago, so he had no time to get together with Gu Chengyu.
He held a paperweight on Gu Chengyu's desk and rubbed it carefully.
He was very interested in this fish-shaped paperweight, which was so vividly carved.
"You are still young, and drinking too much can harm your health. Can you ask your servants to cook sobering soup?"
Zheng Lun also found a chair in the study and sat down. When he saw Zhu Pang running towards the paperweight again, he couldn't help but shook his head.
Gu Chengyu nodded when he heard this. Thinking of what happened at the dinner table just now, he couldn't help but want to laugh.
Liu Zonghan and the others did not have a banquet at Juxiang Tower, but found a restaurant on another street across from Juxiang Tower.
The decoration of the restaurant looks good, although it's not as good as Juxiang Restaurant, it's not bad either.
Gu Chengyu is not picky about this, it would be good to change the taste.
During the dinner, cups were exchanged, and everyone enjoyed their meal.
Gu Chengyu only drank lightly of these drinks, but it was a pity that Liu Zonghan and the others drank too much.
As the wine was poured into one jar after another, Jiang Kenan's face became darker and darker.
Gu Chengyu had invited him twice before, but this time a few people joined in to entertain him. Jiang Kenan was still showing off. Who was this for?
Gu Chengyu also felt very unhappy. Originally, he wanted to save money for everyone, but if Liu Zonghan and the others drank like this, they wouldn't be able to save anything.