It’s the New Year, so of course Liu Shuyi will go back to his home to collect some loot, and then return to Ziwu Lane with his trophies, so that he can show off to the short Wang Si next time he sees her.

Ichiban.

Walking into the door, Liu Shuyi threw the small book box on his waist towards the servant beside him, and then began to speed up and run towards the lobby. According to his grandfather's habit, he was in the study at this time every day, reading and writing.

Liu Shuyi walked through the corridor like a familiar road and came to the lobby. He was surprised to find that his grandfather was sitting there, receiving guests.

Seeing this situation, Liu Shuyi hurriedly slowed down his pace. As Liu Qian was speaking, he saw his grandson walking over and happily waved to Liu Shuyi, "Grandson, come here quickly. Grandpa will introduce you."

Liu Shuyi walked to his grandfather, Liu Qian said with a smile: "This is Mr. Sima Hui, the clerk of Prince Zhao's palace."

Liu Qian pointed at Liu Shuyi again and said to Sima Hui: "Mr. Sima, this is my grandson, Liu Shuyi."

Liu Shuyi did not recognize Sima Hui, but Liu Shuyi was very interested in the name of Prince Zhao's Mansion, because he had only heard of Prince Zhao's name, but had never seen the real person.

Liu Shuyi looked at the scholar-looking Sima Hui in front of him, smiled again and again, and said politely: "I have met Mr. Sima."

Sima Hui did not expect Liu Shuyi to salute him, so he hurriedly stood up and returned the salute, "I have long heard that Mr. Liu's grandson is a prodigy in Chang'an City. When I see him today, he is well-deserved."

Liu Shuyi squinted his eyes and looked at the scholar who spoke with obvious flattery, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say. Mr. Sima Hui is a little weak in clothes. The food in Prince Zhao's Mansion is not very good. Do you want to stay for dinner later to make up for it?"

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Sima Hui was shocked. He didn't expect that such a young child would test himself. Even though this kind of test was clumsy, it was very unusual. He turned sideways and looked there with his peripheral vision. He just drank tea and ignored it completely.

Liu Qian here, Sima Hui felt a little confused for the first time.

"The food in Shangshu's Mansion is delicious, but the food in Prince Zhao's Mansion is what I should eat."

Liu Qian put down the tea cup in his hand and smiled again and again. He ignored Liu Shuyi's temptation. Although it was a very rude behavior, Liu Shuyi's temptation was exactly what Liu Qian wanted to do.

The first few sentences and actions of Liu Shuyi may seem simple, but they are all paving the way for the last sentence. Is it a simple thing for a child to be introduced to outsiders by his grandfather?

No matter how bad the food in Prince Zhao's Mansion is, it is what Sima Hui should eat. No matter how delicious the food in Shangshu Mansion is, it is food from outside and cannot be eaten.

This is a matter of loyalty.

But why Liu Shuyi asked such a question was of course the old housekeeper who whispered in Liu Shuyi's ear when Liu Shuyi ran towards the lobby.

When Liu Shuyi saw Sima Hui's answer, he lost interest and said to his grandfather: "Grandpa, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. I must give you some New Year gifts. I don't have enough money. Can you give me some? No."

More, five hundred taels will do."

The corner of Sima Hui's mouth who was sitting aside kept trembling. It's not much, just five hundred taels. You must know that the annual expenditure of Prince Zhao's Mansion is only one thousand taels. This is not because King Zhao is poor, but he invests most of his money in the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry.

It is precisely in this way that the

Only with the reputation of the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry on the border can they compete with the Liangzhou Cavalry.

Liu Qian touched his beard and nodded. It was the Chinese New Year and he should give some New Year gifts. But five hundred taels was too stingy. Liu Qian thought about it and said directly: "Go to Lao Wang's place. The one thousand taels

Silver, give grandpa’s New Year’s gift to your husband as well.”

Liu Shuyi looked at his grandfather with wide eyes. You must know that although Liu Shuyi came to ask for money this time for some reasons to buy gifts, most of it was because he had no money recently and wanted to cut off a part from the middle to use as his daily gift.

expenses, but I didn’t expect grandpa to be so generous.

"Thank you, grandpa."

Before Liu Qian could say anything more, Liu Shuyi ran out directly. This was because he was afraid that he would regret it. Liu Qian accidentally pulled his beard, which really hurt.

I don't know if it's heartache or physical pain.

Sima Hui said with a smile: "Mr. Liu really has a big family and a big business. I will give you a thousand taels as long as you ask for it."

Why did Liu Qian feel a little sad when he heard Sima Hui's words? Of course Liu Qian knew why. Wasn't it because the Ministry of Revenue withheld the military pay that should have been distributed to Longhuqi and did not send it to Longhuqi on time?

"Is Mr. Sima a little short of money?"

Knowing that he asked questions, Sima Hui was very annoyed, but for the sake of the military pay of the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry, he still had to laugh with him and said: "I am not short of it, but the military salary of the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry is short of a lot, and I have to trouble Mr. Liu to raise his noble hand and serve the dragon."

Tiger Cavalry has solved an urgent need, and my King Zhao is very grateful."

Liu Qian glanced at Sima Hui, picked up the teacup made in Daqin on the table, and slowly drank tea made from tea leaves from Xishu. He didn't say anything, just drank tea.

Sima Hui was also anxious. He looked at the stove in front of him. The weak fire on it fell in Sima Hui's eyes and in his heart. His prince had already been influenced by Queen Xia. He had managed to keep a low profile for so many years.

After recovering a little strength, now we are about to suffer a big blow from the Ministry of Household Affairs. This is not a good sign.

"Lord Liu, you might as well explain yourself so that my prince can know Lord Liu's conditions."

Liu Qian smiled. It seemed that King Zhao was really anxious, and Sima Hui was also a little anxious. Otherwise, such words would not be able to be said by such a counselor.

"It's nothing, I'm just following orders."

Sima Hui squinted his eyes and said, "It doesn't make any sense for the boss to talk like this."

Liu Qian laughed, then smashed the priceless tea cup into pieces, flicked his sleeves, "Are you, Sima Hui, worthy of talking to me like this?"

Outside the house, the servants of Shangshu Mansion were all shocked, but they did not dare to make any sound.

In the room, Sima Hui was not intimidated by Liu Qian's momentum, but instead burst into laughter.

"Old Minister, is the temptation over?"

Liu Qian, who had been furious just now, now had a look of satisfaction on his face, "Yes, you have withstood my test."

Liu Qian leaned on the chair. At this time, Liu Qian looked like an old man, "Your Majesty asked me to keep the military salary of the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry. You ask your prince to go to the palace to ask for a decree, otherwise it will be difficult for me to handle the task."

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Sima Hui nodded. The only one in the Ming Dynasty who could ask this old man to do things was His Majesty.

Liu Qian's face was a little sad,

"It can be said that I watched His Highness King Zhao grow up. I couldn't help it, but my son had a close friendship with His Highness King Zhao back then."

Sima Hui knew something about Liu Qian's son. Liu Yuntian, who had the deepest friendship with King Zhao, died at the northern border. As a member of the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry, he participated in the rescue operation for King Qi that year, but he failed.

Thinking of meeting the elite of Northern Qi, the entire Longhuqi army was wiped out, and the elite of Northern Qi also stayed on the border.

Liu Qian waved his hand, "Go back and tell King Zhao that I will not stand on the side of any prince. I will only be His Majesty's minister in this life."

Sima Hui stood up slowly, saluted solemnly to the old man, and then left. The old man stood up, looked at a few pieces of charcoal in the sky in the stove, then looked at the place where Sima Hui had just been, and sighed slightly.

At that time, Liu Qian was not so old, and Xia Yong, whom he regarded as his only confidant, was still the first assistant to one person and more than ten thousand people. In the Yuhua Palace, the day before the imperial concubine entered the palace, she had not seen him for many years.

Xia Yong, who was drinking, came here with two jugs of wine, sat here, and wanted to compete with Liu Qian for wine.

Liu Qian, who could guess what Xia Yong was going to do at that time, did not say anything to persuade him. He just sat here with Xia Yong, chatting about home affairs, children, state affairs, and the righteousness of life. The Ming Dynasty was vast in the south and the sea, but the Ming Dynasty was vast.

There is always time to finish talking, and the sky will light up again after dark. After the first rooster crow in the morning, Xia Yong slowly stood up, left the Liu family, which was not yet the Shangshu Mansion at that time, and walked towards the palace.

Liu Qian didn't know Xia Yong's mood when he stood in front of the imperial study room in the imperial city, but since then, he had never seen Xia Yong again, even though Emperor Ming had decreed that Xia Yong should retire and return to his hometown.

Over the years, Liu Qian secretly sent money to King Zhao, but he did it secretly so that no one would notice. A concubine was imprisoned in the cold palace and then committed suicide. The child whose grandfather was missing was left behind.

After all, Liu Qian couldn't bear it.

Help if you can.

Liu Qian walked out of the room, and there was only the housekeeper Lao Wang outside.

"Where's Shuyi?"

The steward bent down and said, "Master, the young master took the silver and left."

Liu Qian nodded and cursed, "You brat, you don't know how to spend some time with grandpa."

The housekeeper laughed, defended the young master and said, "Master, when the young master left, you were still receiving distinguished guests."

Liu Qian smiled and said: "You, Lao Wang, tell the truth, how much money did that boy give you to speak good words for him like this?"

If he had been an ordinary servant and heard the master's words, he would have been so frightened that he knelt on the ground and begged the master for forgiveness. However, as an old man who has been with Liu Qian for decades, the housekeeper said: "The master has misunderstood me.

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Liu Qian smiled and walked towards the backyard. After a while, he came to an ancestral hall. The housekeeper stood outside very wisely and did not accompany the master into the ancestral hall.

Above the ancestral hall, there are dozens of memorial tablets. The one at the bottom has the memorial tablet of my son Liu Yuntian written on it.

Liu Qian took out three incense sticks from the side, lit them, bowed to the memorial tablet, and then inserted the incense sticks into the incense burner.

Liu Qian's eyes were gentle as he looked at the "spiritual tablet of my wife Lin Shuangyue" on it, and murmured: "Old lady, don't worry, I will come to you and my son when the book is bigger. By then, our family can
Chapter completed!