Solitary pet

Chapter 102

Li Fuquan reported at the door: "Saint, the Second Highness has come down."

Standing under the curtain, Shen Hao heard the sage calling him: "Second, come in."

Li Fuquan hurriedly opened the curtain.

Inside the room, ambergris was lit, and on the red sandalwood table with gold inscriptions, there were half-dried Zihao brushes with lotus patterns, and a piece of paper with only outlines of lotus flowers.

The saint is not here.

Shen Hao said: "Father?"

"In the study in the back room."

The saint's voice came from the inside through the thin wall, and Shen Hao walked around the red sandalwood inlaid jade thousand-character inscription screen and stepped into a narrow round door.

The sage was discussing with Zhong Shuling, when he heard footsteps, he stuck his head out from behind the carved nanmu partition and called Shen Hao over.

Shen Hao saluted, and Zhongshu Ling bowed to him.The sage held a scroll in his hand, sat down on the high and low kang, and asked him: "A new post, Wang Xianzhi's "Mid-Autumn Post". When you were young, you liked to learn his calligraphy. You have studied it a lot. Is it the real thing?"

Shen Hao took the signature, the handwriting on the signature was flowing and elegant, and the writing was skillful and smooth, one only needed to look at it to know that it was genuine.

Putting his hands up, he replied: "I don't dare to make a conclusion, but nine out of ten are authentic."

The sage nodded, but didn't take it. He took the Minghuang memorial from the table on the top of the kang, and said, "I know your favorite cursive script. Now that you have this post, I will reward you."

Shen Hao thank you.

The sage turned his head and asked him again: "When you went to the court today, you reported something about the Southwest, which surprised me. Why are you in such a hurry that you didn't even tell your uncle, and went straight to the court?"

Shen Hao was taken aback for a moment, and replied, "Sage should be the first to be informed of such a happy event."

Zhongshu ordered Mei Rong to agree: "My lord is right. Although I have a relationship with my uncle and nephew, I am still a mere courtier. It is not appropriate to interfere too much with my lord's affairs."

The sage waved his hand lightly, motioning for Mei Rong to sit on the kang, and across the table, he replied: "You are self-effacing. He is a young boy, and he has to rely on you for everything big and small."

Mei Rong is the elder brother of Concubine De, who returned to the Ministry of Education and was in charge of all officials.A virtuous official of the Mei family for five generations, he is the head of the five great families.

Shen Hao bowed slightly, with his sleeves hanging down, "Father taught me the right thing, but my son was wrong."

The sage served the tea and handed it to Mei Rong himself, "This is the cloud and mist that was tributed this year. You can try it."

Mei Rong took it with trepidation.

The sage turned around and asked Shen Hao, "Where did you go wrong?"

Shen Hao replied: "Although the dam has been built, the final preparations have not been made, the inspections have not confirmed, the papers have been received, and uncle has not been discussed. There are three mistakes in total."

The sage asked, "Then do you think it should be punished or rewarded?"

Shen Hao hesitated for half a second, and squeezed out a few words: "...you should be punished."

The saint let him stand and ignored him.He ordered people to take Liubo chess and play chess with Mei Rong.Halfway through the throwing of the chess, he pointed to the situation on the board and asked Shen Hao, "Do you want to play the chess?"

In Liubo chess, when you reach a certain position, you can stand up the chess piece, which is called "Xiaoqi". After the Xiaoqi chess, you can eat a chess piece from the opponent, and if you eat twice in a row, you can get a lottery.

The one who raises more money is the winner.

Shen Hao swept his eyes and said: "Here, you can only eat a useless chess piece from the opponent, which is a waste. It's better to save it for the next time. You can eat twice in a row and get a lot of money."

The sage nodded, and according to his words, put down the chess pieces, and after Mei Rong made a move, he immediately played Xiaoqi chess, got a lot of chips, and won the game.

Mei Rong complimented: "The sage is superb at chess, the Second Highness is smart and quick, and the minister is willing to bow down."

The sage waved his hands and laughed, "We father and son bullied one of you, there are too many things to do."

Appreciated Mei Rong's one dendrobium pearl and two liang of clouds and mists.Shen Hao was left for lunch, and Mei Rong resigned.

After the dishes were put on the table, the sage did not move his chopsticks, just casually glanced at Shen Hao.

Although the brows and eyes are gentle, but because of being in power for many years, the bottom of the eyes are deep and unpredictable, so people dare not look directly at her.

Looking up, he saw Shen Hao lowered his gaze, with a handsome face and a dignified expression.

The sage withdrew his gaze, and among so many children, only this one was the most like him, regardless of his appearance or style of handling, he was exactly the same as he was back then.

Gou Buyan laughed, rigidly admitted to death, and had a stubborn temper that even eight cows could not pull back.

Even so, he liked it very much.This son has been strict with self-denial since he was a child, and he was appointed king to take charge of the affairs of a state. His ability is outstanding and he has won the hearts of the people.

If there was no such strange disease back then, the crown prince would definitely have been given to the second child.

Shen Hao knew that the sage must have something to say, so he waited quietly.

As an adult, he rarely had the opportunity to dine with saints, like today, it was the first time.

The palace servants served food, the sage gave Li Fuquan a wink, Li Fu understood it wholeheartedly, and took all the palace servants away.

There were only two of them left during the banquet, the saint said: "I will give you another chance, do you want to reward or punish?"

It's about the Southwest.

Shen Hao thought, feeling tormented in his heart.

If he misses this great opportunity, it will be difficult to meet again in the future. This time, he was indeed eager to ask for rewards and finished it perfectly, but the credit is still there, and he can still continue to ask for rewards.

He Sheng has a special status, if he wants her to be a concubine, he can only rely on this east wind.

Shen Hao breathed a sigh of relief, raised his eyes to face the saint, with a serious expression: "Father, my son wants to ask for a reward."

Reward is natural.The sage raised his hand to take the wine, Shen Hao hurriedly got up, took the long-mouth wine jug from Su Ci, and carefully filled a glass.

The saint frowned.

Everyone in the court paid close attention to the affairs in the southwest, and if they accomplished a major event, they must remember great merit.All the officials who follow must record rewards, but the second child's request for rewards is very important.There are four factions in the court, one is the prince, the third is the third, the other is neutral, and the rest is the second.

In terms of strength and reputation, the disciples under the second child are the most proud, and with the help of the Mei family, they cannot be shaken easily.

Sooner or later, his country will be passed on to future generations. Whoever can guard it well and for a long time is qualified to sit on this dragon chair.

He does not shy away from forming a faction between the DPRK and China.Looking at the previous dynasty, it was forbidden to form cliques for personal gain on the surface, but water flowed to low places and people went to high places, and they huddled together in private, which eventually led to internal chaos and people's livelihood.

It might as well be so clear and clear, but it can be seen more clearly.Everything is under his control, and there is nothing wrong with it.

The sage asked him: "Just now I taught you in front of Mei Zhongshu, are you convinced?"

"Father is good for his son, son knows." Shen Hao returned to his original seat and sat down.

The sage sighed, "I know what you want. It's just that Mei Zhongshu must be contrary to what you want. If he finds out that you will exchange the post of Yutai Prefecture Garrison Superintendent and ask for other unimportant things, he will be right." You are extremely disappointed." Yutai Prefecture is adjacent to Mobei and Mongolia, and the post of garrison supervisor is extremely important.

Shen Hao was silent.The construction of the Southwest is not only his business, his uncle has helped him a lot, and he has indicated earlier that he will use the Southwest to seek merits and win the post of supervisor.

(End of this chapter)