nucmednet Chapter 877: Master Yu, you are a classy person!
Chapter 877: Master Yu, you are a classy person!
"——Master Yu, you're really out of breath when I tell you you're fat?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu saw that his mentor had taken advantage of him and was still acting cute, so don't blame him for 'attacking when the enemy is unprepared': "I have almost forgotten the little military tactics you taught me before I even went to the battlefield, but fortunately I can always remember one or two sentences at the critical moment, um... now that you mention it... it seems... I really have to thank you..."
"Don't say thank you after you've scolded me. I can't stand it." Yu Shinan waved his hand when he heard it, and the two continued to walk inside. However, when passing the flower corridor, His Royal Highness the King of Chu winked at Yu Lian'er who "happened" to pass by, and the latter also responded with a playful smile.
"I am a little deaf, but I am not blind!" Yu Shinan could not help but stop when he saw this. After scaring away his granddaughter, he looked at the shameless future grandson-in-law beside him, thought for a moment, and then said, "What happened yesterday?"
"Master Yu, it's nothing. I was just unhappy and had a quarrel with that tyrant. Seeing that the situation was not good, my eldest brother dared to mediate and even beat up Uncle Wuji." His Royal Highness the King of Chu didn't want the old man to worry about him, so he tried to make things sound more light-hearted.
As for Chu Suiliang who knew the inside story, he naturally didn't have the courage to tell the truth.
"Alas..." Yu Shinan sighed silently after hearing this: He certainly knew that Li Kuan did not tell him the truth, but this was not a reason for the teacher to pretend to be confused.
"Your Highness, if you have nothing to do in Qiongzhou, don't return to Chang'an." Yu Shinan said as he led Li Kuan into the back garden of the Yu Mansion. When His Highness the King of Chu saw the plum forest in a corner of the garden, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Master Yu, you are very good! Do you also like plum blossoms?"
"It was Yu Chang who insisted on planting it." Old man Yu was very arrogant. Hearing this, he defended himself: "I have never been a pretentious person."
"What?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu thought that Master Yu might have misunderstood his meaning: "Master Yu, I think that the bacon smoked with plum tree branches must be delicious."
"..."Yu Shinan couldn't respond.
I really don’t like “highbrow” things, but I’m not a “lowbrow” person either…
"Master Yu, are you speaking?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu felt that the old man was old and it was dangerous for him to be in a daze all the time: "Master Yu, I am Li Kuan!"
“You are a jerk, you are…” Yu Shinan looked at the King of Chu who was jumping around him, and felt that he really shouldn’t have accepted the gift - because of the seal that he liked, now no matter how this old man made a fuss, Yu Shinan seemed unable to get angry with him: “Okay, Your Highness the King of Chu, I understand your intentions, but… I still hope that you will be more careful when you go to the Western Regions…”
As a great scholar who taught a victorious general, Yu Shinan earned the reputation of "master of military strategy" - but the old man did not need such empty reputation. Instead, he was worried that what he taught his disciples was not so useful, and he was even more afraid that the other party would encounter unexpected events as a result.
“Master Yu, you don’t have to worry about me.” Seeing the old man’s serious expression, His Royal Highness the King of Chu couldn’t help but smile and said, “The ones who should be worried are those foreign races.”
"It's hard to guard against hidden arrows, Your Highness the King of Chu..." Yu Shinan couldn't help but look at Li Kuan deeply when he heard this: "Hou Junji is a man with great ambitions. If Your Highness goes out to fight, you must be careful of him."
"Ah?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu was not curious about Hou Junji's ambition at this time. He was curious about how Master Yu knew this: "Master Yu, how can you say that? Hou Yun is my beloved relative..."
"Hou Junji and Li Ji are relatively young compared to other Tiance Mansion staff members. Your Highness, there is actually not much difference between them. The only difference is that Li Ji is smarter, but only a little." After Yu Shinan finished speaking, he saw His Highness the King of Chu frowning, so he smiled and said, "Of course, Li Ji is lucky to have fallen into your hands early. He is destined to not cause any trouble in the future. This is actually a good thing for him."
"Master Yu..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu was truly amazed: "You are really good at judging people!"
“You kid, there’s no need to be sarcastic.” Yu Shinan, who rarely received positive affirmation from His Royal Highness the King of Chu, thought that the other party was teasing him, so he said angrily: “There are two types of people in this world who are most likely to suffer misfortune. One is the self-righteous person, and the other is the self-righteous smart person - the former may be saved, but as for the latter, most of them are doomed to be ruined…”
"My god, this is the reincarnation of Kong Ming..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu was really impressed with his teacher: "Master Yu, what you said is so philosophical. Why didn't you teach me these things before? Well... are you hiding something, old man?"
"..." Seeing that His Royal Highness the King of Chu had transformed from "humble to arrogant" in just a few breaths, Yu Shinan couldn't help but feel angry and amused: "You used to have an arrogant look on your face when meeting everyone, as if you were saying 'no matter how many schemes you have, I can defeat them all with my own strength'. What was the point of me telling you all this back then?
People always have to go through some things before their mood changes.
For example, now, I think that Your Highness has already listened to these words, so I will say these things - if the timing is wrong, it will be counterproductive; it will be of no benefit to Your Highness." After Yu Shinan finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to help Li Kuan adjust the "mandarin duck purse" on his waist, which was so ugly that it was unbearable to look at it again: "Nowadays, there are few officials in the court who are fools, even Yuwen Shiji, he is not a fool - he just gambled a little too much, and then lost the bet, so he was regarded as a fool by everyone..."
"Master Yu..." When His Royal Highness the King of Chu heard Yu Shinan say this, he immediately became alert and asked, "What rumors have you heard?"
"After the palace banquet ended last night, when all the officials were leaving the palace with their families, if Dou Shilun hadn't stopped him, Yuwen Shiji would have been thrown off the Jinshui Bridge by the Turkic generals led by Duke Qiao. Your Majesty was standing in the Taiji Hall and watching. The soldiers of the Black Armor Army almost surrounded the entire Taiji Hall square. Your Highness, Chai Shao is a worthy uncle... Even I have to write the word 'admiration' to him..."
"It's bad..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu heard the noise coming from the Taiji Hall last night, but he was busy explaining to little Sizi "why sisters Shuyi and Yue'er also wanted to snatch the second brother from Sizi", and ignored his uncle.
And now, after leaving the palace, the first two mentors I visited were...
His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu almost imagined how his uncle would look when he saw him...
That sense of resentment... must be no less than it was back then - at that time, whenever my aunt and uncle came back to Longyou to visit me and my grandmother, my uncle would always have to sleep alone in the small courtyard next door.
"What's broken?" Yu Shinan asked curiously, "Duke Qiao was finally persuaded by Dou Shilun. Your Majesty is not so petty..."
“Master Yu…” His Highness the Prince of Chu was still thinking whether the Ferghana horse he rode out of the palace today could be considered a qualified gift: “You don’t understand… it’s not just that incompetent emperor who is petty… my uncle… is also a difficult person in this regard… sometimes!”