Tuoba Lie watched Liang Xiao chatting happily over wine without mentioning anything about the two families. He finally couldn't sit still and stood up to continue toasting.
"Marquis Lanling, our Tuoba family sincerely hopes to put an end to the past feud!"
"Lord Tuoba..."
Before Liang Xiao could finish speaking, Tuoba Lie quickly waved his hands, looking panicked.
"Now that I have turned white, Marquis Lanling has really embarrassed me. If you don't mind, just call me Shibo..."
Liang Xiao did not hesitate and called "Shibo" with a smile.
Tuoba Lie said happily: "Then I have the nerve to call you my nephew!"
"Hey, Tuoba Shibo and Yang Shibo are highly respected in the country and occupy the position of minister. I should feel honored that you can look up to me, a junior."
Liang Xiao looked sincere and stood up to pour a glass for Tuoba Lie and Sima Ling respectively.
Tuoba Lie saw this and his brows widened.
Yang Ling, Zhuge Cheng, and Sima Ling just smiled knowingly and did not reveal anything.
Yang Ling, as the minister of the Ministry of Industry selected by the emperor, was also an old friend of Zhuge Hui for many years. He was a loyal minister who firmly supported the emperor. There was no problem in calling Liang Xiao a good nephew.
As for Tuoba Lie... he actually had the nerve to call himself Shibo to Liang Xiao?
However, Tuoba Lie was so attentive and attentive, which was exactly what Liang Xiao wanted.
Seeing Liang Xiao being so polite, Tuoba Lie secretly breathed a sigh of relief and blurted out his prepared remarks.
"My dear nephew, I just had different ideas from your father and others back then, but no matter what, your father's heroic death for the country is touching. We failed to petition the late emperor to pursue his posthumous title, so I am here to apologize to you!"
As he spoke, Tuoba Lie burst into tears, as if he felt extremely guilty and regretful.
Liang Xiao sighed: "If Shibo had been honest with me earlier, I should have said a few kind words to you..."
Thinking of his second son Tuoba Jie, Tuoba Lie trembled his brows, suppressed the hatred in his heart, and said with a bitter smile: "My son is rebellious and should be punished. This matter has nothing to do with my nephew, so there is no need to blame yourself! My family will not be able to survive." Being implicated, my nephew must also have contributed a lot..."
Yang Ling and others suppressed laughter.
Has nothing to do with Liang Xiao? Whose men captured Tuoba Jun?
Liang Xiao looked regretful and said: "As for business matters, everyone depends on their own ability. In fact, you can't blame anyone. I think back when I first came to the capital, I was still a fool, and I had to suffer repeated defeats."
Tuoba Lie was about to speak, but unexpectedly Liang Xiao changed the topic.
"However, Shibo, in fact, the competition between our two companies in the industry is not as fierce as that of other companies. In some industries, we may even have opportunities to cooperate in the future."
Tuoba Lie nodded repeatedly: "My nephew is right! Our family has been working hard to shrink the industry to make way for my nephew! As for officialdom, could my nephew say a few words of kindness in front of His Majesty..."
Liang Xiao smiled and said: "This is not difficult. As long as you, Shi Bo, can be like Prime Minister Zhuge and Yang Shangshu, support your Majesty wholeheartedly and consciously cooperate with your Majesty. The prime minister will take the lead. I will say a few more words for you. Of course, your majesty can open the Internet." Just one side!"
Tuoba Lie was overjoyed.
"However, Shibo, the important point is your consciousness! The Tuoba family is still in a sensitive stage right now. Even if His Majesty is willing to forgive, how can she stop everyone from talking about it?" Liang Xiao looked concerned.
Tuoba Lie said humbly: "Please give me some advice from your wise nephew..."
Liang Xiao analyzed:
"Currently, the Tuoba clan should behave and stay at home proactively, not to cause trouble to Xuanwei and the Yulin Army, and then gather the children of the clan to write more complimentary words for His Majesty, and express their intention to support all His Majesty's decisions... ...Anyway, Shibo has been in officialdom for a long time, so how to restore the reputation and status of the Tuoba family, Shibo knows better than me, right?"
"As for the other big aristocratic families, it would be great if Uncle Shi can make them restrain themselves a little bit in the future!"
Tuoba Lie was relieved and kept nodding his head to express his thanks. He felt that his eyes were suddenly enlightened and he had already worried about everything in his heart.
Liang Xiao specifically mentioned other aristocratic families, which in his opinion proved that Liang Xiao also intended to improve the relationship with the Tuoba family.
With today's banquet, as long as the Tuoba family can survive this disaster, it won't be too late to fall out with Liang Xiao in the future!
Tuoba Lie thought of something again and begged: "By the way, nephew, your newspaper is very useful. Can you also prepare a statement for our Tuoba family..."
Liang Xiao nodded without thinking and said: "This matter is not difficult, but for the Tuoba family, the most important thing right now is to gain His Majesty's trust. To regain His Majesty's favor is not something that happens overnight. After all, Shibo also knows, The newspaper is mine in name, but actually... I understand everything!"
"I know! My nephew, you can rest assured!"
Tuoba Lie took a deep breath and looked at the taciturn Xuanwei commander Sima Ling.
Sima Ling understood and said seriously: "Our family is here to attend the banquet of Marquis Lanling. Don't Master Tuoba understand the Lord's intentions?"
"My Holy Emperor!" Tuoba Lie was in a good mood.
Liang Xiao started to persuade him to drink again.
Tuoba Lie wanted to replace the wine with tea, but Yang Ling pretended to be displeased and said, "Master Tuoba, we are the seniors. From now on, our descendants will all rely on Marquis Lanling to take care of you. You..."
Tuoba Lie had no choice but to drink a few more cups of Yueming Wine for himself.
Liang Xiao took advantage of Tuoba Lie's opportunity to drink, and his eyes fell on the jade pendant around Tuoba Lie's waist.
According to the information, this is a rare Lantian Jade, worth ten thousand taels, which has been with Tuoba Lie for more than ten years.
After three rounds of drinking, Tuoba Lie's eyes were dizzy and his ears were hot, and he was no longer as restrained as before.
The banquet scene was full of joy and harmony.
Even Zhuge Chengdu took the initiative to toast Tuoba Lie.
Tuoba Lie was finally relieved.
After all, the Zhuge family has a very strict family tradition. Zhuge Hui's ability to send this eldest grandson is equivalent to Zhuge Hui's own statement to a certain extent.
Zhuge Hui himself never liked these social events.
Looking at Tuoba Lie who was laughing heartily, Liang Xiao looked proud and patted the wine jar.
"Shibo, what do you think of my wine?"
Tuoba Lie put down his wine glass and said, "There is no better wine in the world than this!"
Liang Xiao smiled with satisfaction and said: "Today, Shibo and I have settled the old feud. I hope that when Shibo returns to officialdom, he can support me more."
"Don't worry, my dear nephew! I always repay kindness!" Tuoba Lie patted his chest and agreed, feeling even happier.
Liang Xiao took off the jade pendant he had just found from Dingguo Hou's Mansion from his waist, handed it to Tuoba Lie, and said, "This jade is worth a thousand gold, so I will give it to Shibo as a gift."
Tuoba Lie quickly waved his hand: "This is impossible!"
Liang Xiao insisted again and again, and Tuoba Lie put on a touched face, took the jade pendant, and said with emotion: "It's really thoughtful."
Hearing this, Liang Xiao fell into silence and frowned slightly.
Tuoba Lie understood and said, "I'll prepare one for my nephew later."
Sima Ling frowned and spoke in a serious tone.
"Master Tuoba! Marquis Lanling is so sincere in giving you beautiful jade. As an elder, you also rely on others for support. How can you be a slut with precious things..."
Seeing that Sima Ling was unhappy, Tuoba Lie was eager to please Liang Xiao in order to ease the relationship between the two parties. After some thought, he had no choice but to take off the jade pendant from his waist and give it to Liang Xiao.
"Courtesy reciprocates! It's true that I was rude. This Lantian Jade has been my personal treasure for more than ten years. Courtesy is light but affection is heavy. Please don't despise it, nephew!"
