King's Landing [Rebirth]

He didn't sleep well all night, when Sima Rong woke up, it was already daylight, and when he turned his head, he saw that the side of him was empty, his eyes fell on the pillow beside him, and the low laughter that he heard last night seemed to be heard in his ears, and he couldn't help being stunned After waiting for a while, he finally sighed softly, got up, dressed and went to bed.

After washing and eating, a servant in the front yard sent word that Mr. Lu had come to visit.

Sima Rong was a little surprised: "Didn't you say that the prime minister has gone to court?"

"Yes, but Mr. Lu said that he is not in a hurry, so it's okay to wait, and asked if you are there, so I will answer the truth."

Sima Rong felt a toothache again, but his face was very indifferent, and he smiled slightly: "Thank you, I'll go right away."

The servant had known him for a long time, and when he saw him answering, he smiled and said happily, "Then I'll be lazy, and I won't go, anyway, you are originally from the Lu residence, you go and entertain..."

Sima Rong nodded amusedly, walked to the front hall alone, stopped when he was approaching the door, forced a trace of restraint on his calm face, felt that it was almost time before he stepped in.

Lu Zixiu looked up when he heard the sound, and immediately smiled when he saw him, got up and strode over: "Yuansheng!"

Sima Rong lowered his eyes and bowed his hands to him: "The villain Wang Chi has seen Mr. Lu."

Lu Zixiu was slightly taken aback, his eyes dimmed, and there was a bitter smile on his lips: "Are you used to living in the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

"I'm used to it." Sima Rong nodded, knelt down beside the case, and poured tea for him, "Young Master Lu, please sit down."

Lu Zixiu sat down next to him, staring at him without blinking, his scrutinizing eyes froze for a moment between his drooping eyebrows and eyes, and then moved to the dignified and elegant wide-sleeved gown on his body.

Sima Rong said respectfully: "The prime minister has gone to court early, Mr. Lu may have to wait for a long time."

Lu Zixiu smiled: "It's okay, I'm here to see you."

Sima Rong pursed her lips and nodded.

Lu Zixiu showed a helpless wry smile again: "I have always been unwilling to remove you from slavery out of selfishness, but unexpectedly, I still failed to keep you by my side in the end. Looking at your outfit now, I don't feel like a person anymore."

Sima Rong didn't know how to respond properly, so he simply kept silent.

Seeing that he was silent, Lu Zixiu's eyes dimmed a bit: "I came today to bid farewell to you. After I go back and explain something, I will go to Beijing to report on my duties in the next year. After everything is settled, you can come back and go to me." Live there."

Sima Rong paused, and said in a low voice: "Thank you, Second Young Master, the villain is used to living in the Prime Minister's Mansion."

Lu Zixiu looked at him in surprise, and his mood suddenly fluctuated: "Yuan Sheng, don't you want to go back with me? You are free now, and you don't need to depend on others anymore."

Sima Rong suddenly felt a little guilty, but still bit the bullet and said: "The prime minister treats the villain very well, and the villain has no grievances of relying on others."

"Did I treat you badly?"

"..." Sima Rong paused, "Second Young Master treats me very well, but the prime minister has orders, the villain needs to stay here, if he wants to leave, the prime minister needs to nod."

"In that case, I'll go talk to the prime minister."

Sima Rong nodded obediently.

Lu Zixiu looked straight at him, seeing that he never raised his head to look at him, his heart ached, and he asked in a low voice, "Yuan Sheng, why are you estranged from me? But it's because I didn't protect you well? I gave you away again." ?”

"..." Sima Rong's scalp was numb, and he felt helpless to deal with such a difficult problem. He could only complain endlessly. He really couldn't think of how Yuan Sheng would answer, so he shook his head.

"Yuansheng..." Lu Zixiu called him in a low voice, seeing that he just answered without any movement on his face, he couldn't help frowning, and reached out to his hand holding the teapot.

Sima Rong was so startled that he almost knocked over the teapot, but he was afraid that showing his true nature would make him suspicious, so he gritted his teeth and endured it forcefully, watching his hand covering the back of his hand, his hairs were standing on end.

Lu Zixiu paused with a slightly bitter smile, looked at the two people's handshake, surprised and delighted: "Yuansheng...you didn't escape?"

Sima Rong took a deep breath, and forced himself not to move.

Lu Zixiu was so excited that he closed his fingers and held him tightly. He lost his demeanor for a moment and became incoherent: "So you are willing. For so many years, you have been bored in your heart. I always thought I was wishful thinking. I can't think of today's situation." Coming here, I got a big surprise..."

Sima Rong was dumbfounded: This Yuan Sheng didn't even let him touch him? !Wasn't he very excited to hear Lu Zixiu's name in the palace? ! !

Lu Zixiu was emotionally ups and downs, and he took his hand with both hands again, and looked at him deeply: "Yuansheng, I have already bought a house in the south of the city, and I will live there in the future, you don't have to be restrained..."

Sima Rong couldn't hear what he was talking about, and at this moment, his stomach was green with regret, and he wanted to pull his hand out, but he was afraid that it would be too hard to explain.

At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the door, and Wang Shuzhi, who had come back from the next court, stood at the door, staring at the two people holding hands and looking at each other in astonishment.

Sima Rong turned his head when he heard the sound, his heart skipped a beat, he quickly withdrew his hand, and hurriedly got up: "Prime Minister."

Wang Shuzhi's eyes fell on his hands, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he came back to his senses when he saw Lu Zixiu get up from the table, and laughed: "Brother Zuo Wu is here to meet an old friend today?"

Lu Zixiu raised his sleeves and bowed his hands, saluted, and his demeanor had returned to a graceful and elegant style. He replied with a smile, "I'm here to bid farewell to the prime minister."

"Since the prime minister is back, the villain will take his leave first." Sima Rong took the opportunity to speak, and without waiting for the two of them to react, he hurried out through the side door, walked back to his residence, walked back and forth for two steps, and raised his hand to pat his forehead After clapping, I couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "What's going on with this Yuansheng? Is it also specially for me to tear down the stage?"

Even if I don't go to Lu Zixiu's place in the coming year, I'm afraid I will have to meet him often, and it will be troublesome if I show my feet by then.

Sima Rong went back to the front hall again, eavesdropping against the wall, guessing that Wang Shuzhi would not look for him for a while, so he went out of the prime minister's mansion, and suddenly a person rushed towards him while walking, and bumped into him.

Just as Sima Rong wanted to turn to avoid it, he let him touch his shoulder, then his hand sank, and there was an object in his palm, he looked down, it was a kit, and when he turned his head, the man had turned into the alley and disappeared trace.

Sima Rong's face tightened, and he quickly put the bag into his sleeve, no longer lingering, turned around and walked back, entered the prime minister's mansion but did not return to his own residence, but went to the lake behind, walked to a place where there was no one to open it. The kit, quickly scanned the contents of the letter, then picked up a stone, stuffed it with the letter into the kit, and threw it into the lake to sink.

Sima Rong went back to the house to read, and stayed until Lu Zixiu left before going to the main courtyard, thinking all the way, when he sees Brother Huang tomorrow, he must find out about Yuan Sheng.

Wang Shuzhi raised his eyes and looked at him with a smile, waved his hands, and waited for him to approach before he said, "Yan Qing, Lu Zixiu asked me for you today."

"Has the prime minister refused?"

"Well, no, I said that you are now free, and I can't come and go."

Sima Rong gritted his teeth and looked at him.

Wang Shuzhi couldn't help laughing out loud: "You can believe the joke, I naturally rejected him."

Sima Rong secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, Prime Minister."

"I said you must stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and I cannot live without you." Wang Shuzhi got up and walked in front of him, with a low voice, "Also, you are extremely important to me."

Sima Rong stopped breathing, and just about to take half a step back, he asked him to grab the hand that Lu Zixiu had grabbed before, and the corner of his mouth twitched: "..."

Wang Shuzhi held his hand, tightening it slightly, fixed his eyes on his face, with a smile in his eyes: "Why don't you hide?"

Sima Rong blinked, paused for a moment, and said, "I'm afraid the prime minister might misunderstand that my subordinates are stingy."

Wang Shuyi was stunned, and couldn't stop laughing, finally stopped laughing, then raised his hand and tapped him on the forehead: "I hold grudges very much!"

Sima Rong raised his eyes to look at him: "Master Lu really said today that he wants to take his subordinate back?"

"Hmm..." Wang Shuzhi smiled and shook his head, "He didn't bring up any personal matters, so you can rest assured."

"That's just now..." Sima Rong paused, "It turns out that the prime minister was always joking."

"It's not all..."

Sima Rong interrupted him: "I don't know what's going on with the Northern Expedition. Did the Emperor make an order?"

Wang Shuzhi stared at him for a moment, sighed helplessly, nodded and smiled: "The decree has been made, General Yu is ordered to lead the army, and uncle will soon return to Jingzhou to wait for orders."

Sima Rong nodded: "If the prime minister has nothing to say, the subordinates will leave first."

"Wait." Wang Shuzhi pulled him back and said with a smile, "You are thinking, why do I still live with you when there is no wind or rain?"

Sima Rong didn't expect that he would take the initiative to mention what he wanted to say a long time ago, and he was a little stunned for a while, so he replied truthfully: "This subordinate has indeed had doubts."

Wang Shuzhi sighed, "Oh! It's cold!"

"..."

"With so many holes broken, it's cold without wind or rain!"

"..."

It was night, Sima Rong was lying on the couch, gnashing his teeth, and fell into a deep sleep very quickly. When he woke up the next day, he was so energetic that he was surprised, and then he took advantage of Wang Shu's time to leave the prime minister's mansion.

But in the court hall, Wang Shuzhi's eyelids twitched violently, thinking that something might happen, and he heard the emperor say in his ears: "Recently, the ministers in the court have praised the prime minister very much. I think about it every day. The prime minister is very good." Being rich and famous, he has recently led all the officials to be thrifty, and he has made great contributions in the congratulatory gift case, so there should be some rewards."

The more Wang Shuzhi listened, the more his eyelids twitched, and he hurriedly said respectfully: "It is really the duty of ministers to share your majesty's worries."

"It's my duty to reward ministers who have meritorious service!" The emperor smiled, "I don't know what you think?"

Some ministers wiped their sweat in secret, some waited and looked around, and some immediately jumped out to express their approval: "The prime minister is young and promising, the emperor cherishes his ministers, and the monarch and ministers get each other, it is really a blessing for all people!"

"En." The emperor nodded in satisfaction, and without waiting for Wang Shuzhi to speak, he raised his voice, "If that's the case, let's declare the decree."

Then a servant came forward and announced the decree in the palace. First, he praised the prime minister to the sky, then stated the emperor's heart of courtesy, virtuousness and talent, and finally said the most important thing: granting Wang Shuzhi the title of Sikong to show the emperor's favor.

Wang Shuzhi had a great headache. Sikong is one of the eight princes with a very high status. It is really not a good thing for a powerful official like him who has just gained power. But now that the imperial edict has been issued, he can only bite the bullet and accept it .

As soon as I thanked Tian En, a minister next to me knelt down in fear and said: "The prime minister is still young, although he has great talents and virtues, but his reputation is still light, I am afraid that he will not be able to do it!"

As soon as the words fell, a group of ministers came out to second the proposal.

Wang Shuzhi looked at them sideways, and sneered in his heart: You were all energetic when you were boasting, but now that the imperial decree is issued, you are still energetic.

"This..." The emperor looked embarrassed, "A gentleman should keep his promise..."

The minister said: "The prime minister has several jobs, I'm afraid he will be too busy!"

Wang Shuzhi originally held several positions, but now he just added a false title. The emperor obviously had planned it a long time ago, and immediately went down the slope, muttering: "Everyone's words are reasonable. If this is the case, the prime minister may wish to record the matter..."

Wang Shuzhi swayed, took the imperial decree and tapped it on his forehead: "I'm so dizzy... Ouch... I'm dizzy..." He leaned over and fell to the ground without warning.

The emperor got stuck before finishing his sentence, dumbfounded.

Wang's party had been in a cold sweat for a long time, but it was difficult to refute that the prime minister had no credit, and it was difficult to say clearly that Sikong was just a false title. Shout out to rush up.

There was a sudden chaos in the hall.