While Shen Liang and Chu Shile were chatting in the pavilion, Shen Wanjun was also chatting with Chu Qidan in the main hall of the palace.
After asking his servants to set up the round table, Shen Wanjun took the main seat and asked Chu Qi to come forward and sit on his left. The two were very close to each other. In Shen Wanjun's words, it was the uncle and nephew who had not seen each other for a long time. It's time to get closer.
Facing Shen Wanjun's gaze with a steady smile, Chu Qi couldn't help but feel uneasy as if his underwear had been seen through.
He seemed calm on the outside, but in fact, his heart was already thundering and buzzing.
After all, he was the famous executioner who slaughtered millions of people in the enemy's temples and in the Great Yan rivers and lakes. Even though he knew that the other party would never harm him, and he also knew that his visit today did not mean he was provoking the other party, Chu Qi could not help but feel terrified in his heart. There was an inexplicable sense of tension.
"Chu Qi..."
The atmosphere became quiet for about half a cup of tea, and Chu Qi had a faint hint of sweat on his forehead.
Fortunately, Shen Wanjun opened his mouth, otherwise Chu Qi would have been unable to maintain his forced composure.
"Prince Jin, please speak."
Shen Wanjun leaned back on the chair and folded his hands into his sleeves habitually.
"Just now you said that you prepared another form of wedding gift for my son Shen Liang. What did you mean by that?"
Compared with Shen Wanjun, although Chu Qi is younger and has less experience, he is not unable to recognize this "knowingly asking questions" skill.
If you, Shen Wanjun, don't know what this means, then why did you deliberately send your son away at a critical moment just now?
He cursed the old fox secretly in his heart, but on the surface he cooperated with Shen Wanjun's acting and said:
"When Chu Qishang was still young, he often heard his grandpa talk about the majestic stories he had when he fought with Lord Jin on the battlefield in his early years. Grandfather once told us, the grandsons, very seriously that we must treat you, King Jin, as your biological father. , because without King Jin, there would be no today's prosperous Dayan Chu family."
"In addition, we also heard many stories about how the emperor's grandfather had a keen eye for pearls, how to make good use of King Jin, and rely on King Jin to open up and expand the territory of Great Yan. In Chu Qi's humble opinion, the highest thing the emperor's grandfather said to King Jin was One comment is——"
"Having a son should be like Shen Wanjun."
"Because of these words, my father has always been jealous of you in front of his grandfather. But this is called not being a householder and not knowing the price of food, rice, oil and salt. Only after becoming a householder did my father understand why in my grandfather's heart, he was always inferior to King Jin. you."
Hearing this, Shen Wanjun smiled, waved his hands, and said modestly:
"Your father is also a person, and he has inherited the destiny of the true dragon in the world. He and I are just different in our own merits. There is no need to demote him as inferior to me."
"As for the late Emperor, rather than saying that he was a wise man, it would be better to say that I, Shen Wanjun, got lucky and met Bole who was willing to give me a chance. This is my great fortune and the Shen family's great fortune as well."
Faced with Shen Wanjun's modesty, Chu Qi chose to laugh it off and continued:
"Before the emperor's grandfather passed away, our whole family stayed at the bedside. At that time, apart from the Chu family, the only minister with a foreign surname that the emperor's grandfather mentioned was you, Prince Jin."
"He said."
"The biggest regret in this life is that he has no nerve to admit you as his adopted son. And if he had accepted you as his adopted son, he would not have had to worry so much before choosing my father as the new emperor."
Hearing this, Shen Wanjun did not shed tears of gratitude or feel flattered, but said bluntly:
"Even if the late emperor opens his mouth to me, I can't agree."
"After all, our Shen family only has an only son in my generation. If I take the surname Chu, I'm afraid my grumpy old man will have to fight out of the Palace of Hell and whip my ass."
Chu Qi asked.
"How did King Jin know that his grandfather had to change his surname after he recognized you as his adopted son? As far as I know, King Jin, you have four adopted sons and daughters, who are in charge of the Shen Family Army's Qinglong Camp, Baihu Camp, Zhuque Camp, and Xuanwu Camp, a total of twenty The best among the best, don’t they also have the surname Shen?”
Shen Wanjun laughed and asked instead of answering.
"Chu Qi, based on your understanding of your imperial grandfather, do you think that his desire to recognize me as his adopted son is really emotionally motivated?"
Chu Qi pursed his lips and remained silent.
yes.
The most unworthy thing for a generation of lords to talk about is feelings.
Especially in front of Jiangshan Sheji, feelings, principles, dignity and even blood ties must be relied on!
He has the blood of the Chu family in his body, and he is not an idiot. How could Chu Qi not understand that if his grandfather really adopted Shen Wanjun as his adopted son, the fundamental reason must not be because of his emotional liking for this younger generation, but because of his hope. In this way, Shen Wanjun felt a sense of belonging to Dayan of the Chu family.
In the end, this rope called the sense of belonging was used to tie up the Shen family's loyalty to Dayan and the Chu family for generations!
Thinking of this and the purpose of this trip, Chu Qi suddenly didn't know how to speak.
Because his purpose, just like the hole he dug with his own hands, was to use "emotion", "relationship" and other factors to use gentle tactics to solve the fatal hidden danger of the Chu family guarding Dayan.
The atmosphere was stagnant for a moment.
Shen Wanjun, who had roughly expected what Chu Qi was thinking, was not in a hurry to point it out. He just waited quietly with a smile and asked him to lift the curtain himself.
After calculating the time, Butler Tao came in with a new hot teapot to replace the old tea, and then quickly exited the hall, determined not to look at more than he should, and not to hear more than he should've said.
After Butler Tao left, Chu Qi knew that just doing this was not the solution, so he stood up, first saved a cup of tea for Shen Wanjun, then sat down and poured the tea himself, took a sip and said:
"Lord King Jin."
Putting down the teacup, Chu Qi bit the bullet and spoke to Shen Wanjun.
"I said all this, but I mainly want to tell you that my father has recently been interested in bringing the relationship between the Chu family and the Shen family closer."
coming.
Shen Wanjun secretly thought, and continued to pretend to be stupid:
"One step closer? Look at the relationship between you and me. There is no courtesy between monarch and minister. We are as close as uncle and nephew. Isn't this relationship close enough?"
Chu Qi's expression became solemn, he straightened his waist and stared at Shen Wanjun, shaking his head.
"Not close enough."
Shen Wanjun showed great interest.
"Oh? So what's close enough?"
Speaking of this, Chu Qi simply stopped hiding it.
"Get married."
As soon as the two words came out, Shen Wanjun secretly said again - sure enough.
"Getting married... Could it be that your boy has fallen in love with my two girls?"
This is still not the result that Shen Wanjun guessed, but the result of Shen Wanjun's pretending to be stupid.
Before Chu Qi could explain, Shen Wanjun said again:
"Don't say I didn't advise you. It's best to die as soon as possible. These two girls in my family have wilder thoughts than men. They may not even be able to return home for three to five years. Look. My father is half buried in the loess."
"Not to mention the second child. He started to speak eloquently at the age of three. From somewhere, he heard the saying 'Who said women are inferior to men'? Then he wrote, wrote, and wielded swords and guns all day long. Now he is admitted to the Phoenix Academy The old guy Xiang Zhong accepted him as a close disciple, and his ambition was even higher. To put it bluntly, even if you, Chu Qi, have been established as the prince, as long as you don't show off your outstanding achievements in civil and military attainments, it will still be difficult for her to catch her eye. ."
"So, since this is 'close enough', there is probably nothing to look forward to!"
