In the subsequent exchanges, Zhao Hongrun was very satisfied with both Jie Ziu's performance and Wen Shaobo's.
It is true that Jie Ziu, who is "top of the double list", is a rare talent, but Wen Shaobo's performance is not inferior either. This self-made descendant of the Anling Wen family, his achievements can be said to be unprecedented and unparalleled.
Even Zhao Hongrun was shocked when he heard the lofty ambition.
You must know that the status of merchants is inherently low, but Wen Shaobo wanted to "leave his name in history as a merchant" and asked the historian to create a separate chapter for him, instead of leaving his name in the history books in one stroke.
This level of difficulty is even more difficult than for the Wei State to aspire to dominate the Central Plains and become the overlord of the Central Plains respected by other countries.
Because today was their first meeting, Zhao Hongrun did not go too in-depth with Wen Shaobo about the responsibilities that the latter was about to perform. After confirming the relationship between the two parties, he took Jie Ziyu and Wen Shaobo to the side hall of the North Courtyard.
After all, He Xinxian and Tang Ju are still in the mansion. As the master, Zhao Hongrun only cares about entertaining Jie Ziu and Wen Shaobo, two people who took the initiative to serve, but left He Xinxian and Tang Ju in the side hall. This is really outrageous.
When Zhao Hongrun brought Jie Ziyu and Wen Shaobo to the side hall, he felt that the atmosphere in the hall was a bit strange, as if there was a wave of resentment coming towards him.
He looked around and saw Wen Qi sitting in the banquet with an angry look on his face. Next to him, Lu'er was staring at Wen Qi eagerly.
Opposite Wen Qi, He Xinxian and Tang Ju looked at each other in embarrassment.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Hongrun asked angrily.
After inquiring, he found out that Wen Qi had been ordered by Lu'er to make up for the share of drinks that he had cheated and defrauded a few days ago, so that at this moment, both He Xinxian and Tang Ju, as distinguished guests, had mellow wine to drink, and Wen Qi
As people in the palace, they could only drink plain water, which made He Xinxian and Tang Ju feel uncomfortable as Wen Qi's green eyes stared intently at the wine glasses.
In the past, Zhao Hongrun would not have gotten involved in the affairs between the enemies Wen Qi and Lu'er. After all, in his opinion, Wen Qi often sought his own death. However, today, because he got Jie Ziu and Wen Qi,
The two young uncles defected to each other, and his mood
Qi was so curious that he made an unprecedented plea for Wen Qi: "Okay, okay, Lu'er, the king is in a good mood today, so I will plead for Wen Qi, and you will spare him today. As for him cheating from you,
The portion of drinks you leave will be calculated from tomorrow."
In fact, as Wen Qi is a guest of Prince Su's Mansion, Zhao Hongrun will not be stingy with him and allows him to enter and exit the wine cellar at will. After all, Zhao Hongrun is not a heavy drinker and does not take wine very seriously, even from the palace.
The tribute wine obtained.
But the bad thing is that Wenqi is not a good drinker. When he lived in the palace in the early days, he would walk around casually after drinking. He would not go to the small garden where the female family members lived, but sometimes he would.
Do some indecent behavior that does not suit his status.
For example, when you have an urgent need to urinate, you can just find a tree in the garden to solve the problem.
That's not all. What's more important is that because he offended the Ministry of Rites and cut off his official career, Wenqi would inevitably give up on himself, so after eating and drinking, he would not help with the work, nor read or write, but would eat and drink every day.
Death, such as basking in the sun in the courtyard after eating and drinking, or making drunken teasing when meeting the maid in the palace.
After this back and forth, Lu'er became extremely disgusted with Wenqi's drunken appearance, so much so that he set a standard of one bottle of wine a day.
How much can a pot of wine contain? At best, it’s only a few taels. Besides, the low-concentration wine in this era is not even enough for Wen Qi, whose drinking capacity is only ten kilograms.
Just because he was so thirsty on weekdays, he made an extremely unwise move in the past two days: deceiving Lu'er with lies, which made Lu'er, who didn't know the truth, feel happy and reward him with drinks.
As a result, now that the lie has been exposed, Wen Qi has to pay for his actions. If Zhao Hongrun's calculation is correct, in the next two months, Wen Qi will have no chance to interact with alcohol openly.
Seeing Zhao Hongrun come to Wen Qi's rescue, Lu'er certainly didn't dare to disobey, and finally reluctantly agreed.
Seeing the anger in Lu'er's eyes when she looked at Wen Qi, Zhao Hongrun shook his head secretly.
You know, a woman is very taboo about someone she cares about deceiving her, let alone the one who deceived her is Wenqi, whom she has a crush on.
Zhao Hongrun believed that unless Wen Qi sincerely apologized and asked Lu'er for forgiveness, this guy would suffer in the future.
Of course, Zhao Hongrun had no intention of intervening in this matter. Firstly, Wenqi had brought it upon himself and deserved it. Secondly, Wenqi was used to being free and loose. Someone really had to control him. Otherwise, when he lost control of his emotions,
He will make some actions that are harmful to others, such as cheating in the examination room at the risk of his bright future because he was humiliated by several students.
For this kind of person, someone has to take care of him from time to time.
"Brother Wen, I think you should go back and find a chance to apologize to Miss Lu'er."
Jie Ziyu obviously noticed the anger in Lu'er's eyes when he looked at Wen Qi before leaving, and persuaded him with a laughable tone.
Compared with his secret rival Kou Zheng, his colleague from the King's Supress Party, Jie Ziyu was quite close to Wen Qi, not for any other reason but because Wen Qi's character was a bit similar to that of Wen Shaobo. To put it nicely, he was free and easy.
To put it mildly, it is heartless.
However, Wen Qi disagreed with Jie Ziyu's advice: How could he, a man like himself, have to apologize to a little girl?
Regarding Wen Qi's arrogance, Zhao Hongrun, He Xinxian, Tang Ju, Jie Ziyu and others secretly shook their heads: This man has not suffered enough.
"Let's not talk about it for now." Wen Qi waved his hand and asked Jie Ziyu with a half-smile, "If I guess correctly, my dear brother and I can take care of each other in the future?"
Hearing this, Jie Ziziu joked and said: "It's okay to take care of each other, but that doesn't include the girl Lu'er... I have something to say. Brother Xian is at fault for this matter. Please forgive me for not being able to help."
After hearing this, Wen Qi muttered a few words with a gloomy look on his face. On the side, He Xinxian and Tang Ju showed surprise on their faces: Jie Zizi, the double champion of the new science, had really defected to His Highness Prince Su.
Already?
However, when they think that Jie Zizi is from Chu who defected to their Wei State, He Xinxian and Tang Ju can somewhat understand it. After all, nine out of ten Chu people who settled in the Wei State are grateful to His Highness King Su.
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So, He Xinxian and Tang Ju cupped their hands and said to Zhao Hongrun, "Congratulations to Your Highness, King Su, for getting this good man."
Zhao Hongrun was also happy in his heart, laughed, raised his glass and invited everyone present to drink.
However, after drinking the glass of wine, his eyes fell on He Xinxian and Tang Ju.
After all, He Xinxian and Tang Ju were both outstanding talents, but Zhao Hongrun lacked the most people under his command.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun asked cryptically: "What are Mr. He and Mr. Tang's plans for the future?"
Hearing this, everyone present was stunned. Then, Wen Qi and Jie Ziu couldn't help but look up at He Xinxian and Tang Ju. After all, they both heard the solicitation in Zhao Hongrun's words.
Of course, He Xinxian and Tang Ju also heard it.
After a moment of hesitation, Tang Ju glanced at Wen Qi and Jie Ziyu apologetically, and then said politely: "Returning to His Royal Highness Prince Su, when I was in embarrassment, I received the favor of Master Du, the Minister of Rites. In this examination, I
I was lucky enough to get some results, and I hope I can repay Du Shangshu's kindness... Furthermore, I have served as a clerk in the Ministry of Rites for the past three years, and I am quite familiar with the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, so..."
The implication is that Tang Ju hopes to serve in the Ministry of Rites.
"Oh." Zhao Hongrun nodded, feeling a little disappointed.
Immediately, he turned his attention to He Xinxian.
I have to say that his relationship with He Xinxian is quite complicated.
Thanks to the introduction of Zhao Hongzhao, the brother of the Sixth Prince, He Xinxian was the first son of a local powerful person in Daliang that Zhao Hongrun got to know, and he also had a lot of affection for He Xinxian at that time.
However, something unpleasant happened between them later, so that Zhao Hongrun was hostile to the He family for a long time. In a sense, He Xinxian's grandfather, Yuan Zhongshu,
Ordering He Xiangxu to resign and beg for his elders was also to appease the indignation in the heart of a certain King Su.
But after all, several years have passed, and the original anger has long since faded away. What's more, Zhao Hongrun must admit that when he brought He Xinxian and Princess Yulong together, including later supporting their elopement, it was not a well-thought-out thing. In his view now
Extremely childish.
What's more important is that now Princess Yulong has put aside this matter, and He Xinxian has also gotten married and given birth to a child, so Zhao Hongrun gradually feels relieved: let the things of that year drift away with the wind.
Feeling Zhao Hongrun's gaze, He Xinxian fell silent.
In fact, among the princes, He Xinxian has the deepest relationship with the Sixth Prince Zhao Hongzhao, and secondly, the former Eighth Prince Zhao Hongrun is in front of him. If that incident had not happened, I believe He Xinxian would have agreed to it at this moment.
But precisely because that incident had happened, He Xinxian hesitated.
After more than ten breaths passed, He Xinxian declined politely and said: "Jie Zi's worthy brother is ten times more talented than me. With him helping Your Highness, I believe it will be enough."
Wenqi and Jiezi looked at each other, feeling a little strange.
Because they felt that He Xinxian's will to refuse Zhao Hongrun's recruitment was not as decisive as Tang Ju's, as if it was out of some scruples.
But at the moment, it's not easy for them to ask. They can only wait for an opportunity in the future to ask He Xinxian clearly.
Wen Qi didn't care about it for the time being, anyway, Jie Ziu very much hoped to win over He Xinxian to the side of a certain Prince Su.
And when Zhao Hongrun was hosting a banquet in honor of He Xinxian, Tang Ju, Jie Ziu, Wen Shaobo and others, in the study room of Prince Yi's Mansion, Zhao Hongrun's sixth uncle Zhao Yuanli was standing at the window of the study room, looking at the courtyard scenery outside the window.
I don’t know how much time passed, but a servant of the family walked into the study with his head lowered, walked up to Zhao Yuanli and whispered: "Your Majesty, there is a letter from South Korea, and 'that man' has left to come to my great Wei...
…”
"Hmm."
Zhao Yuanli nodded, then smiled lightly and said with emotion: "It's refreshing but not hot. It's a good time for hunting."