Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

My son is smart and my daughter is lovely, and we can teach the world about it.

Therefore, when Li Ji brought Li Xiang and Li Xi into the mansion where the banquet was held, some smart people kept praising Li Xiang and Li Xi, and Li Ji couldn't help but smile.

The change in Li Ji's expression also attracted more people who were observant to join in the feast of flattery.

Those words of flattery, which fully displayed the charm of language and were unceasingly flattering, made the precocious Li Xiang feel a little dizzy. If one did not know better, one would have thought that the current Li Xiang was about to surpass Li Ji.

As for Li Xi, he was so frightened by the lively scene that he felt a little scared. He simply shrank into Li Ji's arms.

Seeing that Li Xi seemed a little frightened, Li Ji whispered to comfort Li Xi and stopped teasing them. Instead, he quickened his pace and led them into the banquet hall.

At this point, the endless stream of flattery had mostly stopped.

While continuing to walk inside, Li Ji took the opportunity to teach Li Xiang in a low voice.

"What do you think, Xiang'er?"

Li Xiang, who was a little dizzy from the praise, tried hard to calm down and answered with a stern face.

"Most of it is flattery, so don't trust it."

“Not mostly, but all.”

Li Ji corrected Li Xiang and educated him.

"A minister should remember that honest advice is unpleasant to the ear but beneficial to one's conduct. One should always have a scale in mind and never be carried away by a few words of praise from others."

Li Xiang's expression became serious and he answered, "Yes, father."

"There's no need to be so tense. Just relax while I take you to the banquet. But try to see, think and reflect as much as possible."

Li Ji added again.

Just as Li Ji, Li Xiang and Li Xi actually walked into the banquet hall, all the civil and military families who had already taken their seats at the banquet hurriedly stood up and saluted, calling out "Greetings, My Lord Marquis".

Unlike those relatively insignificant minor officials or small families who can only stay on the periphery, anyone who can enter this hall is either a person of high position or a man of great military exploits, or a truly wealthy family among the current Yuzhou aristocratic families.

Li Ji, holding Li Xi in one hand and Li Xiang in the other, responded with a smile on his face and a slight nod.

"This is a private banquet hosted by Bofu, so why should you be so polite?"

But having said that, no one really sat down before waiting for Li Ji to pass by. Everyone in the hall waited for Li Ji to pass by before carefully sitting down.

Seeing this scene, Li Xiang's eyes unconsciously widened slightly.

Before this, even when Li Ji took Li Xiang to banquets, they were all private banquets and did not pay much attention to etiquette.

At this moment, Li Xiang further understood the prestige and power of his father, to the extent that his every word and action could make the famous families bow their heads.

'A man should be like my father...'

Li Xiang swore secretly, then glanced sideways at his father, only to find that his father seemed much taller than he had looked before.

When Li Ji walked into the depths of the hall, Adou, who had been arranged to sit in the main seat in advance, had already stood up obediently and bowed to Li Ji.

"Greetings, Father."

After Li Ji also bowed in return, he was about to take Li Xiang and Li Xi to sit at the upper right side.

Ah Dou, however, walked down quickly and spoke seriously.

"How can the father be below and the son above? Please ask the father to take the main seat and Adou to stand by his side."

"No, this goes against etiquette." Li Ji refused sternly.

"Adou only knows filial piety, but doesn't know where he has violated etiquette?"

After a pause, Adou continued, "If you insist on sitting down, Adou should also sit on the side and leave the main seat vacant."

Li Ji frowned slightly, and doubts arose in his heart, and asked, "Young Master, who taught you this?"

"Although no one taught me, I have already understood the importance of filial piety." Adou answered in a naive manner, with a smile that even unconsciously revealed a bit of praise-seeking on his face.

At this point, Li Ji's doubts were all gone.

At Adou's age, it is impossible for him to hide his acting skills from Li Ji.

However, this made Li Ji feel a little embarrassed. He tried to persuade A Dou again and again, but A Dou insisted on serving him with filial piety.

But it was absolutely impossible for Li Ji to do anything against etiquette and leave an excuse that might be attacked or used in the future.

Even if Adou had no other ideas, and even Liu Bei would not believe such divisive words, it would easily send a wrong signal to others, making them think that Li Ji had the idea of ​​becoming a powerful official.

Liu Bei placed all his trust in Li Ji, so naturally Li Ji should also voluntarily maintain this trust.

Therefore, Li Ji realized that even if this was Adou's filial piety, it was unacceptable, otherwise it would easily become a distorted filial piety in the eyes of outsiders.

Sima Yi, who arrived at the banquet early, saw all of this and was also wondering if this was a deliberate plot by Li Ji...

However, when Sima Yi saw the look Li Ji gave him, he immediately reacted and hurried forward to rescue him.

"Teacher, this hall is a bit noisy and chaotic. It is not appropriate for you and Xiji to stay here for long. How about following me to the side hall for a feast?"

"can."

Li Ji agreed and tried to secretly press the back of Li Xiang's hand.

Without waiting for Sima Yi to speak further, Li Xiang quickly understood what was going on and took the initiative to invite A Dou to go to the side hall together.

Adou, who had not thought about it too much, was very tempted, but did not agree directly. Instead, he asked Li Ji for permission to go to the side hall with Li Xiang.

After getting Li Ji's consent, Adou immediately went to the side hall with Li Xiang and Li Xi, and the turmoil that was fraught with danger was finally resolved.

After taking his seat, Li Ji spoke to Sima Yi in a low voice.

"Check to see if anyone has secretly contacted the young master in the past few days."

At the end of his words, murderous intent was already hidden in Li Ji's eyes.

If Adou did it spontaneously and unintentionally, it would be fine. But if someone was instigating him from behind, that person should be killed, and his three clans should also be killed.

"is teacher."

Sima Yi retreated in response.

Not many people noticed this little disturbance.

After Li Ji took his seat, the banquet officially began.

Since it was nominally Sun Ce's thank-you banquet, on the surface Sun Ce was toasting one by one to thank all the civil and military officials as well as the noble families who had spontaneously braved the snow to rescue and search.

In fact, no matter whether it was the wealthy and powerful families in the banquet hall or the small and powerful families on the periphery, they were all waiting for Li Ji's voice.

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion swept across Yuzhou, countless Yuzhou noble families had to abandon their family businesses and flee to seek refuge near Ruyang.

As a result, a considerable number of powerful families in Yuzhou managed to save their lives, but all their land and property were divided equally among the local people by the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou.

Now that the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou have been destroyed and Liu Bei has taken control of Yuzhou, the Yuzhou noble families have suddenly lost everything. Their lives are no longer in danger, so they are naturally eager to take back their ancestral property and family business.

Therefore, during this period of time, countless Yuzhou families gathered near Ruyang have been using all kinds of connections to try to get Li Ji to help them take back their family businesses from the hands of the untouchables and return them to them.

But Li Ji has been using the excuse of being busy with government affairs to avoid meeting them for some time, and the aristocratic families and powerful people are helpless.

If it were anyone else, the powerful families would have plenty of ways to control the other party, but they were so in awe of Li Ji that they did not dare to act rashly.

As the wine became stronger during the banquet, a shrill cry suddenly rang out in the hall, causing everyone to pause.

"Ah, huh, huh~~~ I have no face to face my ancestors, please help me, my Lord..." (End of this chapter)