PFC Chapter 36: Xigou, can you do it?
Chapter 36: Xigou, can you do it?
The deputy envoy hesitated for a moment regarding Daxia's attitude, then said, "The spies lurking in Daxia haven't gotten any useful information, but I think Your Highness could pay a visit to Daxia's Prime Minister, Song Pu!"
"Song Pu? Visit him? Can he give us the answer?"
Xiao Li couldn't quite believe it.
The deputy envoy said, "Your Highness, according to the intelligence we have, Song Pu and the Crown Prince of Daxia don't have a good relationship. However, since this concerns the diplomatic relations between the three countries, it is impossible for the Emperor of Daxia not to consult Song Pu."
"The current envoy of Great Xia is the Crown Prince of Great Xia. This is enough to show that Emperor Xia probably did not accept Song Pu's advice."
"If Your Highness comes to visit and the Prime Minister acts rather indifferent, it means that he is inclined to form an alliance with Beili. But if he is inclined towards me, Li Yue, he will naturally be more polite to Your Highness, and it may even reveal the attitude of the Emperor of Daxia!"
"Ok?"
Xiao Li suddenly came to his senses after hearing this. He clapped his hands and smiled, "Not bad! This Song Pu is a suitable candidate. It's settled then. Later, this prince will come to visit directly with a list of gifts!"
"..."
The deputy envoy hesitated and said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. The deputy envoy of Daxia has already stated that he is visiting... After all, he is one of the principals in charge of all matters related to the mission. If he treats him so poorly, it would be inappropriate!"
"What are you afraid of?"
Xiao Li said disdainfully, "Just say that this prince had already made an appointment with Song Pu, the Prime Minister of Xia. If you want to blame someone, you can only blame him for being too slow!"
As a prince of a country, he naturally has his own pride in his heart.
What's more, Gu Jingzhi only had a private visit and did not bring the delegation along. Even if he wanted to be perfunctory, it would not be considered rude.
The most important thing at the moment is to find out the attitude of the Xia Dynasty.
Just like that, unknowingly, the three-party game has begun.
……
Gu Jingzhi slept until lunchtime before getting up. After a simple wash, he walked to the table with a refreshed look.
Old Huang had already prepared the food on the table. Gu Jingzhi called out, and the master and servant sat around the table to eat.
Old Huang poured a bowl of soup for Gu Jingzhi with an ambiguous look on his face and said with a smile: "Young Master, you worked hard all night last night. Drink this soup to replenish your body!"
Gu Jingzhi reached out to take the bowl without thinking much about it. His old servant was always concerned about his daily diet. On weekdays, he would occasionally work overtime at night, and the next day would usually be the same.
However, after taking a sip of the soup, he suddenly realized something was wrong!
"Old Huang, what did you put in this soup? Why does it smell so strongly of medicine?"
Gu Jingzhi used a spoon to stir the soup bowl. Wow, old hen stewed with old turtle, and some nourishing herbs were added. He immediately said jokingly:
"You are so good, Old Huang. You said you were giving me nourishment, but all you gave me were these tonics. Do you think you still want to find a wife at your age?"
He and Lao Huang are nominally master and servant, but when it comes to food, clothing and daily necessities, "food" is the same as "clothing". Gu Jingzhi would be more decent in clothing. After all, he has entered the court as an official, so naturally he has to be more particular about his appearance.
After hearing this, Old Huang quickly waved his hands and said, "Sir, I'm already old enough to think about all that nonsense! This is all prepared for you, Sir!"
"I?"
Gu Jingzhi said disdainfully: "Old Huang! I'm not saying anything bad about you, but my physique requires me to eat these tonic foods!"
"This this……"
Old Huang's face suddenly became ambiguous, and he whispered, "This morning, I saw Miss Qu coming out of your place early, and you slept until this hour, so I asked Doctor Ming at Mingrentang, and he recommended this to Old Huang..."
"What?"
Gu Jingzhi was completely dumbfounded.
It seems that Old Huang thought that he and Qu Feiyan...
Damn it.
Gu Jingzhi glared at him and said, "You old Huang with thick eyebrows and big eyes, now you have learned to make fun of your young master, right? Come, this bowl is yours!"
He placed the bowl of soup in front of Old Huang and said, "This is a big basin for you today, young master. Don't waste a single drop!"
"..."
Old Huang immediately became anxious: "Master, this, this, this... Old Huang is already at this age, he can't afford it!"
"That's okay. At worst, I'll pay to find you a wife. It's hard to find an older virgin at this age, but a young widow is no problem. If she can have a child, it will be just right for you, Old Huang, to have a descendant in the future!"
"..."
Old Huang suddenly became confused: "Sir, this won't do!"
"What's impossible? If you can really find it, I'll keep my word, sir!"
Gu Jingzhi glared.
Damn it!
Young Master, I've been working overtime all night for work, and you, Old Huang, have even made up something about it. He took a spoon and added another spoonful of soup to the bowl: "Hurry up, drink it while it's hot!"
"Sir, this is prepared for you. Old Huang, I don't..."
While the master and servant were arguing, Qu Feiyan came in from the door. Seeing the master and servant pushing a bowl of soup, her cold eyes surprisingly took on a hint of curiosity: "You..."
When Old Huang saw him coming, he immediately stood up and said, "Miss Qu, this..."
He pointed at Gu Jingzhi and then at the bowl of soup on the table, stammering and unable to speak.
Qu Feiyan walked over, picked up the bowl of soup and smelled it, then frowned. She looked at Gu Jingzhi and said suspiciously, "Why are you eating such a tonic when you're fine?"
Although she didn't see what was in the soup, she could smell the medicine.
They seem to be some nourishing medicinal herbs.
Seeing her suspicious expression, Gu Jingzhi immediately got angry: "What are you looking at? This belongs to Lao Huang, not me!"
"..."
Qu Feiyan glanced at the master and servant, then a look of contempt flashed across her eyes.
That look seemed to be saying...
Xigou, can you do it?
……
Gu Jingzhi changed his clothes and walked slowly on the street.
Looking at the big sun hanging in the sky, he suddenly felt careless. The weather in June was already very hot, and his martial arts skills were not enough to make him immune to the cold and heat.
"Looks like I need to get a carriage!"
When it comes to men, a wild horse is definitely the first choice, but if he rides a horse on the street, he might be reported.
Since traveling through time, he has been concentrating on improving his self-protection ability, and has basically spent all his money.
The main thing is that his salary this year, plus miscellaneous items, is about two hundred taels. The key is that he has to use hundred-year-old wild ginseng as medicine, which is not cheap in this era.
So there has never been such a thing as a horse-drawn carriage.
After finally arriving at the inn, the postmaster told me that Crown Prince Li Yue had gone out with his men, apparently to visit someone.
Gu Jingzhi thought about it and decided not to worry about who to meet first. Now he had no choice, so he went straight to the courtyard where the Beili delegation lived.