Everyone was in an uproar. Yuan Xiangguo actually took the initiative to greet a young man. More importantly, this young man was cold and indifferent to Yuan Xiangguo. Who is this?
Countless pairs of eyes turned to Guo Song.
Yuan Zai didn't expect that Guo Song wouldn't give him face in person. He was annoyed, but he smiled and said to everyone: "He is my father-in-law's young apprentice. He is young and crazy! It's understandable."
Everyone suddenly realized that it was this kind of relationship. Many people were envious of Guo Song. He had a relationship with Yuan Xiangguo, and his career was just around the corner.
However, Guo Song dismissed it and said coldly: "Didn't Yuan Xiangguo publicly sever the relationship with Wang Zhongsi and his son-in-law? Where is the father-in-law?"
Everyone looked at each other with shock in their eyes. This was the first time they saw someone dare to speak to Yuan Xiangguo like this. This was a slap in the face in public!
Yuan Zai could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, the smile on his face disappeared, he snorted loudly, and walked quickly into the lobby.
Zhao Guanshan couldn't keep it off his face. The Zhao family wanted to offend Yuan Xiangguo. He asked angrily in a low voice: "Who sent the invitation to that young man?"
"He seems to be the eldest young master!"
"Go and tell the eldest son that we don't welcome some guests!"
After saying that, he hurriedly chased after Yuan Zai's back.
Guo Song had already turned around and went to the east courtyard. The guests were still talking quietly. No one expected to see such a wonderful scene in the Zhao Mansion. The powerful Yuan Xiangguo was mercilessly exposed by a young man. This was definitely
The identity of this young man immediately aroused strong interest among everyone.
As soon as Guo Song returned to the east courtyard, someone grabbed his arm. Guo Song turned around and saw Li An staring at him angrily, "What are you doing? You are ruining your future!"
Guo Song broke free from his hand and said calmly: "Offending Yuan Zai means ruining your own future?"
"What do you think? Yuan Zai holds the power of the civil service, and he can demote you out of the capital with just one sentence."
Guo Song laughed and said, "As the governor of Anxi, I am just a mouthpiece of the emperor, and the Ministry of Personnel has not registered it at all. What kind of official position does he intend to demote me? Isn't it funny?"
Li An sighed, "You really shouldn't be so willful, publicly humiliating Yuan Zai and completely offending him."
Guo Song shook his head, "Yuan Zai is not afraid of publicly humiliating the emperor, so what should I be afraid of?"
Before Li An could say anything else, Guo Song said first, "It's important to stand in line at critical moments. It's best for Uncle An to stay as far away from Yuan Zai as possible in the past two years."
Li An was stunned for a moment, and Guo Song turned around and left, leaving Li An alone to chew on Guo Song's words.
He was suddenly surprised. Is something going to happen to Yuan Zai?
Guo Song sat down in his seat and tried to calm down his anger. In fact, he didn't want to publicly slap Yuan Zai in the face, not because of Yuan Zai, but because he had to give face to the Zhao family, which was actually hurting the Zhao family.
's face.
But when he heard Yuan Zai shamelessly calling his father-in-law, Guo Song could no longer hold back the anger in his heart. He had slandered his master's reputation like that, and now he called him his father-in-law. He had never seen such a shameless person.
At this time, Zhao Tengjiao appeared next to Guo Song. He sighed secretly and said, "I didn't know that Brother Xian and Yuan Xiangguo had a deep conflict. Can you tell me about it?"
Guo Song knew that it didn't matter what Zhao Tengjiao said to him, it was important that he appeared in front of him at this time. This represented the Zhao family's attitude. He had caused trouble for the Zhao family, and the Zhao family wanted to drive him away.
Guo Song nodded, "Yuan Zai and I have some personal grudges, so I can't say more. Besides, I have something to do at the military camp, so I can only say goodbye first."
Zhao Tengjiao was also in a dilemma. He invited Guo Song himself, but the Zhao family wanted to drive him away. He would completely offend his friends and ruin his reputation. He knew very well that as long as Guo Song left the Zhao family's door, their relationship would be ruined.
Completely broken.
Zhao Tengjiao gritted his teeth and said, "Brother, please don't leave. If anything happens, I will take care of it. I will tell my father that this matter has nothing to do with you. If there is any problem with the Zhao family, I will take care of it."
Guo Song smiled and patted his arm, "Brother Zhao is a righteous person, but this matter was caused by my poor consideration and caused trouble for the Zhao family. I will not bring trouble to the Zhao family. I will leave later."
"No! No! No!"
Zhao Tengjiao waved his hand quickly, "You must not leave. I will discuss it with my father again and we should be able to find a solution that has both sides. Please wait for me for a moment and I will talk to my father again!"
Guo Song nodded, "Okay! I'll wait for Brother Zhao for a while."
At this time, there was another commotion outside, and someone shouted: "His Royal Highness the Supervisor is here!"
The officials rushed to the front yard one after another. Guo Song sat drinking tea, but he was too lazy to join in the fun.
Zhao Tengjiao hurried to the front yard, just as his father Zhao Guanshan personally welcomed Li Shi into the central hall. He was accompanying Li Shi and Yuan Zai to talk. Zhao Tengjiao was in a dilemma, so he had to stand outside the hall and wink at his father.
Zhao Guanshan saw his son outside the hall, apologized, stood up and walked out.
"Has it been handled?" Zhao Guanshan asked.
Zhao Tengjiao said after a while: "The guests are invited by us, we cannot drive others away."
Zhao Guanshan suddenly became anxious, "I have already promised Yuan Xiangguo that I will not welcome such guests. How do you want me to explain it to Xiangguo?"
"Father, I still need to ask Yuan Xiangguo to understand. What will happen to the Zhao family's reputation if we kick the guests out?"
"It's easy for you to say, so why don't you explain?"
The father and son were arguing outside the hall. Li Shi saw it and asked with a smile, "What happened?"
Yuan Zai knew it well, and he said coldly: "It should have something to do with me!"
"What?" Li Shi was startled.
The lobby suddenly became silent, and more than a dozen officials turned their attention to Yuan Zai. Yuan Zai said quietly: "Today I was publicly humiliated by a young guest. The Zhao family and his son must be arguing about how to deal with this guest!"
"
Li Shi became even more confused, "Who is so bold as to dare to publicly humiliate Yuan Xiangguo?"
"Actually, His Highness also knows this person, Guo Song. Isn't it strange to His Highness?"
Li Shi was stunned for a moment, "Guo Song?"
Yuan Zai said calmly: "Perhaps I insisted on my principles and disagreed with the Holy Father's appointment of an official position to him, so he became angry and publicly spoke rudely to me. Young man! I don't want to argue with him."
At this time, the Zhao family and his son walked in, saluted Yuan Zai and said: "This time the Zhao family made improper arrangements, and the responsibility lies with us. We apologize to Yuan Xiangguo, and we promise that similar things will not happen again."
The Zhao father and son couldn't argue, so they planned to deal with the matter vaguely. Zhao Guanshan also realized that driving away the guests would indeed have an impact on the Zhao family's reputation.
Yuan Zai took a sip of tea and smiled slightly: "I just said that this is a trivial matter and I won't take it seriously. General, there is no need to go to war over it, let alone feel embarrassed about it."
Next to him, Lu Qi said: "The prime minister can hold a boat in his belly. Naturally, Yuan Xiangguo will not take this trivial matter to heart, but it does not mean that the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty can be humiliated at will. Let's do this! Find Guo Song and show him in public
Apologize to Yuan Xiangguo and the matter will be settled."
Lu Qi asked Li Shi again, "Is it okay for Wei Chen to suggest this?"
Li Shi nodded and said to Zhao and his son: "Lu Shijun's suggestion is very good. I just say it is what I mean. Please come over and ask Guo Song to come over. Let everyone explain the matter clearly. If you need to apologize, apologize!"
Zhao Tengjiao sighed secretly. With Guo Song's character, how could he possibly apologize to Yuan Zai? He might as well have just let him go. I'm afraid things would get serious.
But Zhao Tengjiao had no choice but to agree and hurried down the hall.
When the news spread that His Highness Jianguo asked Guo Song to publicly apologize to Yuan Xiangguo, the ministers rushed to the lobby one after another. The hall was full of people. Since he was asking for a public apology, naturally he would not stop everyone from listening.
At this time, in the greenhouse in the east courtyard, Zhao Tengjiao was still persuading Guo Song, "A man can bend and stretch. He is the prime minister after all. It will not lose face to apologize to him. In the eyes of everyone, he can only accept the apology magnanimously. Even if this matter is
It's over, he doesn't dare to continue to put on the little shoes for the wise brother behind his back, so as to avoid worries, which is actually a good thing for the wise brother."
Guo Song waved his hand, "Brother, please stop trying to persuade me. I will give my brother some face and have a good talk with Yuan Zai. If he can convince me, it doesn't matter if I apologize to him!"
He stood up and walked towards the atrium. Zhao Tengjiao suddenly became a little anxious and said: "Brother, please be calm and don't act out of anger!"
Guo Song smiled lightly, "I have never been as calm as I am today."