Seeing Jia Fei here, Song Qingshu had already guessed what was going on, but he still pretended to be ignorant and said, "You're too kind, Prime Minister Jia. Please tell me what you want."
Jia Shidao said, "My sister came back to visit her family, so I invited Prince Qi to my house to talk and solve the misunderstanding between the two of you."
Song Qingshu smiled and said, "How could there be any misunderstanding between me and the Imperial Concubine?"
Jia Shidao stroked his beard and said with approval in his eyes, "I misspoke. There is no misunderstanding between you two."
Jia Fei also said, "Sister Wu and I used to fight in the palace, but I didn't know that Prince Qi was Sister Wu's friend, so I always offended you. I hope Prince Qi won't take it to heart."
"You're too kind, Imperial Concubine. Neither I nor Sister Wu took it to heart." Song QingShu thought to himself, Jia Shidao is really well-informed. He got the news as soon as I rescued Ah Ke last night. I wonder if he knows about the deal I made with Huang Chang?
The fight in the palace was so big that it couldn't be hidden from people who wanted to know. However, only the three of them knew about the deal, so no one would tell others. So, Song Qingshu guessed that Jia Shidao didn't know about it.
Song Qingshu suddenly thought of another thing. Huang Chang's existence in the palace wasn't a secret, but he didn't know if Jia Shidao and King Yi knew about the Drinking Monk.
However, no matter whether he knew or not, he was able to take Ah Ke away from Huang Chang's hands safely. His strength was enough to impress Jia Shidao and her brother. That must be why they wanted to recruit him.
"Since Prince Qi said so, I guess the past is the past." Jia Shidao couldn't help but sigh. He said with a double meaning, "Prince Qi, I really admire you and envy you. I don't know how you did it."
Song Qingshu knew that he was talking about the matter of him taking the Imperial Consort out of the palace and the fact that the Imperial Palace did not pursue the matter. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "Prime Minister Jia, you are flattering me. Prime Minister Jia's ability to govern the country, to be below one and above tens of thousands of people, is truly admirable."
Jia Shidao laughed and said, "How could I compare to the King of Qi? Drunk, lying on a beautiful woman's lap, and sober, holding a killing sword. How cool!" Concubine Wu being taken out of the palace was a serious matter, and the attitude of the palace was ambiguous. Even though Jia Shidao knew about it, he didn't dare to say it out loud. He didn't want to complicate matters at such a critical moment.
Thus, the two sides tacitly did not expose this matter. Instead, they started to flatter each other.
After a while, Jia Fei said, "Shi Xian, don't leave the guests here. The banquet is ready."
Jia Shidao finally came back to his senses. "Yes, yes, yes. King of Qi, please."
Then he led Song Qingshu to a seat, pointed to the people on the side, and said, "King of Qi, today is a family banquet, and they are all brothers and nephews. Just treat it as if you are at home."
"Family banquet?" Song Qingshu smiled faintly. "I'm afraid it's not appropriate for me to be here."
"Why not? I happen to have something I want to ask of you, King of Qi." Jia Shidao pulled Song Qingshu to sit down.
"Oh?" Song Qingshu was curious about what Jia Shidao was up to.
Jia Shidao didn't rush to say what he wanted. Instead, he pointed to a group of people standing on the side and said, "This is Jia Lian, the son of my eldest brother's family. This is Jia Rong, the grandson of my cousin Marquess Ning's family. This is my daughter Tanchun, the daughter of my eldest brother's family. This is Yingchun, the daughter of Marquess Ning's family …"
Song Qingshu glanced at the people in front of him. In fact, he had seen these people when he entered the Jia Mansion as Jia Baoyu, so he could vaguely remember their names. However, he didn't understand why Jia Shidao was introducing a bunch of people to him.
After the introductions, Jia Shidao said what he wanted to say. "These people grew up in an environment of luxury, and now they are all very weak. I originally wanted to hire some martial arts masters to train them, but they are all used to being pampered and can't bear hardship. Also, because of their identities, those martial arts masters wouldn't dare to discipline them strictly. By chance, they had heard of the King of Qi's deeds. Each and every one of them was filled with admiration, one after another begging me to take you as my master. I believed that only the King of Qi would be able to intimidate these people. As a result, I thickened my old face to beg the King of Qi. "
Seeing his eagerness, Song Qingshu fell into deep thought. Jia Shidao had a lot of masters under his command, so how could he lack martial arts masters? These old foxes in the court, of course, said everything they did after careful consideration. On the surface, Jia Shidao was asking him to be the master of his children, but in fact, he was taking the opportunity to offer an olive branch to draw him to his side.
From the perspective of others, although he was close to Han Xingzhou, there was no fundamental conflict of interest between him and Jia Shidao, so it was reasonable that Jia Shidao wanted to draw him to his side.
However, Song Qingshu knew that his ambition was to conquer the world, and Jia Shidao's huge and terrifying plan meant that the two of them couldn't be together.
"It's mainly because my time is limited, and I'm often away from Lin 'an. It's inevitable that I'll delay the studies of these young masters and young ladies," Song Qingshu answered ambiguously.
At this time, Jia Fei said with a smile, "With King Qi's ability, these little brats can benefit so much with just a few words. I'm afraid that it's more than ten years of teaching by ordinary martial arts masters."
Song Qingshu laughed and said, "You're exaggerating. You're exaggerating."
Jia Shidao also took the opportunity to say, "Of course I know that King Qi is very busy, and I don't dare to expect to teach them often. One or two words of advice from time to time is enough for them to learn for a long time."
"If that's the case, then I have no choice but to accept it." His opponent was very interested in him, so there was no need for Song Qingshu to publicly reject him. He could also take the opportunity to infiltrate the Jia's Mansion and see if he could find any useful information.
The only thing he had to worry about was how others would understand his attitude, such as the other people in the court, such as Zhao Gou …
However, he had already agreed to Huang Chang's proposal, so they should know what was going on.
While he was thinking, Jia Shidao had already summoned his children and nephews. "Come and greet your master."
"Yes!" A group of young masters and young ladies came over and bowed. "Greetings, master."
Song Qingshu could see in the eyes of Jia Lian, Jia Rong, and the others that they were not interested in learning martial arts, and they had to follow Jia Shidao's orders to become his disciple.
On the contrary, the eyes of Yingchun, Xichun, and Tanchun were full of expectation and enthusiasm.
"A group of carefree girls." Although the girls were pretty, they were still a long way from being stunning. Song Qingshu wouldn't have any ideas about Jia Shidao's daughters. However, being surrounded by a group of girls who admired him, feeling their youthful energy, and smelling their youthful fragrance, it felt … pretty good.
Jia Shidao sighed and said, "It's a pity that I don't know where my poor son is."
"Your son?" Of course, Song Qingshu knew about Jia Baoyu's situation, but he couldn't tell him.
"Yeah, my son disappeared for no reason a while ago. I sent a lot of people to look for him, but it was like a stone sinking into the ocean. They didn't find any news at all," Jia Shidao said as he looked at Song QingShu strangely. "Does King Qi know where my son is?"
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