Chapter 680: Give face when it’s time to give face
Gan Mao and the others approached Feng Quji with such great fanfare that they immediately alerted the housekeeper of Feng Mansion.
The housekeeper hurriedly ran to the three people and bowed: "Three heads of the family, may I ask why there is so much noise?"
Bai Siqi grabbed the collar of the housekeeper of the Feng Mansion and said angrily: "Feng Quji didn't come to see us when he came back. Is this how your Feng Mansion treats guests?"
The housekeeper understood that his master's return must have been discovered, but he didn't know where his master was.
When the butler was in a dilemma, Gan Mao said, "Lao Bai, let him go. He is just a servant. Why are you angry with him?"
Bai Siqi threw away the housekeeper and asked fiercely: "Take us to Feng Quji quickly."
"Master Bai, I don't know where the master is. Why don't you go to the hall and wait while I let the servants of the house go search for him." The housekeeper said cautiously.
Feng Quji had made countless promises and couldn't let the three family heads know that he was back. Now I don't know how the three family heads found out, but no matter how they discovered it, he could not and did not dare to take the three family heads to find Feng Quji without Feng Quji's instructions.
When Bai Siqi heard this, he pointed at the housekeeper angrily: "Believe it or not, if I kill you now, Feng Quji won't say anything to me."
"The villain believes it, but he really doesn't know." The butler said aggrievedly, "If Master Bai doesn't believe it, just kill the villain."
"Okay, I'll beat you to death now." Bai Siqi raised his fist angrily and was about to hit him, but was stopped.
"Okay." Gan Mao said, "We are guests, and beating and scolding the master's slaves is not the way to be a guest."
"But……"
"No more." Gan Mao interrupted Bai Siqi directly, "Let the housekeeper go look for Feng Quji. We will go back to the hall and wait."
Just when Bai Siqi was about to say something else, Meng Xifan directly took Bai Siqi's hand and said, "Okay, Lao Feng is now the right prime minister and holds a high position. We have to give him face and go back and wait."
Seeing Bai Siqi being taken away, the housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief, walked up to Gan Mao, bowed and said, "Thank you very much, Master Gan. I will arrange for my servants to look for the master now."
"Well, go ahead." Gan Mao nodded.
The butler immediately turned around and left, but Gan Mao did not leave, and watched the butler's back as he left.
At this time, Meng Xifan and Bai Siqi, who had left, came back again and walked to Gan Mao.
"Do you think he will go to Feng Quji?" Bai Siqi asked.
Gan Mao sneered and said, "Yes, we have discovered that he is back. If he doesn't report this to Feng Quji, isn't he afraid that we will settle the score with him later?"
"In that case, let's follow." Bai Siqi suggested
"Let's go." Gan Mao nodded.
Then the three of them followed. The housekeeper was so focused on telling Feng Quji that the three family heads knew about Feng Quji's return that he didn't even notice that Gan Mao and the others were following behind.
Even if he wasn't in a hurry, the housekeeper wouldn't actually pay attention. In the Feng Mansion, apart from the masters, he was the eldest. Who dared to follow him sneakily behind, risking his life?
In this way, the housekeeper came to the west courtyard, and Gan Mao and the other three also followed.
After entering the west courtyard, Gan Mao and the others saw the housekeeper entering a house, and they couldn't help but sneer.
Bai Siqi sniffed it hard and said with great certainty: "The delicious food just prepared in the kitchen is brought here."
"It turns out that Feng Quji is inside." Gan Mao said coldly.
Meng Xifan said: "It seems that the people in this room must be from the Western Regions. Let's break in now."
"No." Gan Mao refused directly.
"Why?" Meng Xifan asked doubtfully, "Go in now and we can catch him right away."
"No." Gan Mao said, "The reason why Feng Quji did this was to get first-hand information from the Western Region.
If you want to get first-hand information, you need to gain the trust of the people in the Western Regions. If we rush in hastily, we will only make Feng Quji lose face. "
"Isn't it just to lose his face? It's not like we haven't made him lose face before." Bai Siqi said disdainfully, "Does Feng Quji have any face to speak of in front of us?"
Gan Mao rolled his eyes at Bai Siqi, not even bothering to explain.
Meng Xifan on the side said: "On normal days, we can not give Feng Quji face. Today we can't because the people from the Western Regions are here today.
Regardless of whether they are ordinary businessmen from the Western Regions or envoys from various countries in the Western Regions, we must give Feng Quji face in front of them.
Because Feng Quji is now not only a nobleman of the Feng family, but also the Right Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty. That is a position that is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.
If we don't give Feng Quji face and let people from the Western Regions see it, what will they think? "
Bai Siqi thought for a while and said, "Do you think Feng Quji, the Right Chancellor, is in name only?"
Gan Mao said in a deep voice: "They will only think that the Right Prime Minister of Great Qin is not a high official at all, and an ordinary nobleman can deny him face at will.
If this is all they say, forget it, but if it reaches His Majesty's ears, what do you think will happen to one of our three families? "
Bai Siqi's face darkened. He didn't need to think so much. For him, he just thought that if Feng Quji didn't give them face, they didn't need to give Feng Quji face.
As for the rest, I haven't thought about it at all.
"Okay, now the housekeeper has gone to find Feng Quji, we can just wait here." Gan Mao said again.
Meng Xifan and Bai thought for a moment.
After the housekeeper went in to report the situation, he would come out immediately. Even if Feng Quji did not intend to see them, after the housekeeper saw them, he had to go back and report the situation, and finally had to meet them.
In the room, Feng Quji and Li Si, who were listening to envoys from various countries explaining the customs of various countries, knew that the news of their return had been leaked after hearing the butler's report.
What's more important is that his worries finally became a reality. Bai Si thought that these three old guys had invited envoys from various countries in the Western Regions to Da Qin.
"Master, the three masters are looking for the master all over the house. I'm afraid it won't take long to find him here." The housekeeper asked worriedly.
"Prime Minister Feng, why don't I go meet the three family heads." Li Si said.
Feng Quji shook his head and said, "This is the Feng Mansion. As the master, I should go to see them.
Li Shangshu, please continue to entertain envoys and housekeepers from various countries. Please help Li Shangshu well. Whatever arrangements he has, you must try your best to satisfy him. "
"No," the butler responded.
Li Si said, "I'm afraid this is inappropriate. Prime Minister Feng should be in charge here."
"Well, I believe Li Shangshu will not hide it from me. Now we are two grasshoppers on the same rope. No one can live without the other." Feng Quji said with a smile.
Li Si responded with a smile: "Of course."
