Chapter 40: The Lobbyist

King Qi and Princess Qi exchanged glances suspiciously, and they were a little surprised, the chief of the Taishi Mansion is actually the Taishi's staff, and the authority of this subordinate official changes with the power of the Taishi, and the power of the Taishi has always been small, so this position is more of an idle position.

However, in the past two years, the emperor suddenly and gradually increased the power of the Taishi, the process was very slow, little by little, no one noticed at first, and when everyone noticed, Pan Lian's power was already very large, and it became a pivotal faction in the imperial court.

As the power of the Taishi grew, the subordinate officials who were originally inconspicuous began to be taken seriously. There are not many subordinate officials in the Taishi Mansion, unlike the King of Qi or the Prime Minister, there are dozens or hundreds of subordinate officials, and there are only seven or eight in total, among which the Taishi Changshi is the head.

The relationship between Taishi Pan Chain and King Qi was originally good, but with the brother and brother and the voice of the two people gradually increased, the relationship between the two was estranged, Pan Chain secretly targeted King Qi several times, this time urging King Qi to become a vassal, there was his shadow behind him, even if the relationship between the two sides was not completely torn face, it was basically not in contact.

As for Gu Wei, King Qi has nothing to do with him, Gu Wei has a great reputation, King Qi has met twice in the court, but he has no contacts, and the impression left on King Qi is not bad, however, this person was recruited by Pan Lian, and he is a subordinate official of Pan Lian, so King Qi deliberately distanced himself, but he didn't think about it, he actually came to the door.

The princess looked at King Qi, and King Qi was a little puzzled, what is this person doing at this time?

"What is he here for?" King Qi muttered in a low voice, and the princess smiled slightly: "You'll know when you see it." ”

King Qi bowed slightly, and the princess ordered, "Please let him in." ”

After saying that, the princess did not get up and left, and remained in the room. If Liu Han is here, I'm afraid he will be a little puzzled, in fact, this era is different from the era he has heard of, women are not unable to see foreign guests, on the contrary, women's degree of freedom is relatively high, not only can they see foreign guests, but they can even enter the court as officials, of course, there are very few such women.

After a while, Gu Wei came in, still dressed in white, with a handsome and chic demeanor, and bowed down when he saw King Qi and the princess.

"Changshi, please, the prince is unwell, this concubine sees the guest on behalf of the prince, and please ask Changshi to be strange. The princess said warmly, the white-clothed son is very famous, but it is the first time she has seen it at close range, two years ago on the Yuan Festival, she saw it once in the palace, when the scene was noisy and noisy, she accompanied the queen and the concubines in the palace, so she didn't look carefully, today a closer look, really an extraordinary character.

"I have long heard that the prince is seriously ill and has the heart to come to visit, but the court affairs are complicated, and I couldn't spare time for a while, so I am free, so I came, Gu Wei was a little abrupt, and asked the princess and princess to forgive me. Gu Wei smiled slightly, like a warm sunshine, shining into the room, and the whole room warmed up.

The princess secretly praised in her heart, worthy of being a person who is famous all over the world, this talk is really extraordinary. She sighed slightly: "The prince is seriously ill and suspicious, I wanted to close the door and recuperate with peace of mind, but I didn't think about it, my friends didn't avoid suspicion, and they came to visit, but this door couldn't be closed, but Changshi came to make the concubine a little surprised." ”

The princess quietly took out a sword, but a few words are very knowledgeable. King Qi has a high prestige in the court, and has a wide range of contacts, and after he gets sick, people continue to come to visit, including ministers in the court, Shilin idlers, and even the prince also sent people to visit, but when it comes to the princess's mouth, they are all friends, and they don't seem to be court officials, and then, he asked Gu Wei, you are not a friend of the prince, what are you doing today?

Gu Wei didn't care, and smiled slightly: "The princess doesn't know, Xia Guan once studied some medicine, and now he has come to see the prince." ”

"See a doctor?" The princess was a little surprised, turned her head to look at King Qi, King Qi frowned slightly, obviously beyond his expectations, so the princess asked again: "Yesterday, the imperial doctor also came to see it, when did Changshi learn medicine?"

Gu Wei still didn't care: "Don't hide it from the princess, Wei learned it when she was young, if the princess doesn't believe it, you can let Wei try, if it's not right, it's not too late for the princess to blame." ”

The princess hesitated a little and gave up her front position, and a girl came over to move the embroidery pier she was sitting on to the side, and then moved an embroidery pier in front of King Qi again, Gu Wei didn't give in and went over to sit down, facing King Qi.

"Lord Wang, please stretch out your hand. Gu Wei said, King Qi looked at him coldly: "You really know medical skills?"

Gu Wei smiled slightly, put his fingers on King Qi's pulse, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, two people came in one after the other, the person walking in front was in his forties, his face was fair, and he had a few short black beards under his chin, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Gu Wei taking the pulse of King Qi, and then saw that the princess was also sitting on the side, and he hurriedly saluted the princess.

The person in the back was different, wearing a brocade robe, powerful and powerful, with a long knife at his waist, he didn't say anything after coming in, he first gave a salute to the princess, and then walked to a place three steps away, staring at Gu Wei coldly.

"Changlan must not be rude, step back. The princess's voice was very soft, this Changlan was the captain of the Qi King's guard, he was selected by the King of Qi from the army at the age of twenty-two, and he has been following the King of Qi for more than ten years.

Chang Lan hesitated and was about to turn away, and the white pure short beard in front shouted: "Wait, princess, the lower officials want to advise, during the period when the prince is seriously ill, when he sees foreign guests, there must be a palace guard." ”

The princess was stunned for a moment and shook her head lightly: "Gu Gongzi is famous all over the world, and he will not do despicable things, Mr. Liu is too worried." ”

Liu Shi categorically objected, and his voice roared like thunder: "The princess's words are wrong, the prince is under suspicion at the moment, everything should be cautious, this should be a common practice, not for others." ”

The princess sighed and was about to speak, but Gu Wei smiled and said: "Mr. Liu's words are appropriate, the son of a daughter can't sit in the hall, and the prince's guards should not leave an inch." ”

A hint of discoloration flashed on the princess's face, Liu Shi was really stunned, and he didn't know what to say for a while, and the atmosphere in the room was like a storm about to rise, and he was cut down by a knife, so everything stopped.

Gu Wei turned his back to the princess and didn't see it, as if he didn't pay attention to what was happening in the room, looked at King Qi, and said unhurriedly: "The prince's illness Wei has already known, the depression is horizontal in the heart, and it is difficult to discharge. ”

Saying that, Gu Wei took out a small box from his arms and sent it to King Qi, half of it was delivered, then he suddenly paused, and handed it to Liu Shi.

Liu Shi hesitated slightly, after a while, he understood, his face turned red, Gu Wei still kept smiling, his demeanor did not decrease at all, Liu Shi didn't know whether to take it or not, the princess said softly: "Hongman, show it to me." ”

The little girl on the side stepped forward, took the pill from Gu Wei's hand and sent it to the princess, the princess opened the box, there was nothing abnormal, an ordinary dark brown pill, there was no pungent taste, there was a faint scent of herbs.

The princess closed the box and handed it to the little girl, and then asked: "As the long history said, I still need medicine, I don't know what this medicine is, can it be easily found?"

Hearing the princess's inquiry, Gu Wei opened the folding fan and said with a smile: "It's easy to find, it's not easy to find." ”

The princess frowned slightly, and Gu Wei continued: "The medicine introduction is simple and simple, and it is complicated to say that it is complicated, depending on whether it is suitable for the symptoms of the prince." ”

The princess still didn't understand, Liu Shi also frowned, he was angry just now, but he was slapped on the head by Gu Wei, and his sharpness was frustrated a lot, if you want to change someone, I'm afraid you will have to retreat, think carefully before you speak, but this Liu Shi is not a person who gives up easily, his anger flashed, and he raised his voice: "It turns out that Gu Gongzi is here to show off, I don't know if I saw that my prince is seriously ill, there is no one in the house, or someone is supporting you!"

Gu Wei smiled, slapped the folding fan in his hand lightly twice, and did not answer Liu Shi, but looked at King Qi: "Let me talk about it first, Brother Liu, the prince, see if he is right." ”

King Qi didn't speak, he simply closed his eyes, Liu Shi snorted softly, Gu Wei smiled: "The prince's depression comes from Qidi, although Qi is rich, it is far inferior to the imperial capital; ”

Princess Liu Shiqi's color changed, King Qi snorted coldly, and was about to reprimand nonsense, but Gu Wei had already rushed in front of him: "Is Wei right, the prince knows it, but Wei wants to say that the prince is wrong." ”

King Qi was stunned for a moment, and casually asked: "Wrong, what's wrong!

"The prince is wrong, the prince has always stayed in Beijing, this is in the emperor! Wei is planning for the prince, the prince should move quickly, even if he is unwell, he must leave the imperial capital immediately if he pauses to recuperate on the way. ”

At this time, Gu Wei restrained his smile, his expression was very serious, King Qi was stunned, and asked puzzledly: "Why?

"Lord, it's just four words, brother and brother. Gu Wei said solemnly.

King Qi was speechless, he was very aggrieved in his heart, this brother and where did he come from, he didn't know at all, after getting this rumor, he had hinted to the emperor several times that he would not compete with the crown prince, and the emperor should let the prince succeed to the throne, not only explained, but also in several court and political conflicts, he resolutely supported the prince, but he didn't expect this rumor to spread more and more fiercely, and this kind of thing could not be explained clearly.

"It's nonsense, my prince has never thought about taking the heir, the prince is high-spirited, not to mention the throne, he has never even fought for power, this must be the villain's rumor!" Liu Shi refuted loudly.

"Alas," Gu Wei sighed softly and looked at Liu Shi sideways: "Brother Liu said well, the position of the prince has been determined early, the prince is not a big mistake, the title of the monarch and the minister is also determined, the prince is a virtuous king in the world, and he will never have the ambition of a wolf son to seize the throne." ”

Gu Wei's face was solemn, and Liu Shi was a little confused, what is this Gu Wei doing today?

The princess slightly understood, Gu Wei was here to be a lobbyist today, but it was also her idea to let the prince leave the imperial capital as soon as possible