Chapter 468

Gu Yi dispatched his personal guards to take Zhuge Jin away and settle him.

And after Zhuge Jin left Gu Yi's grand tent,

immediately following, a scholar nearing forty years of age with a thin build walked in.

This person was exactly Wang Lang.

And behind him, at this moment, followed a stunning beauty.

The moment he saw this stunning beauty, Gu Yi's brows slightly furrowed.

"Wang Lang, who is this woman?"

"Could it be that you want to bring her here to bribe this Prime Minister?"

Being asked this by Gu Yi, Wang Lang was stunned, his eyeballs slightly rolled, and he hurriedly answered:

"Reporting to Prime Minister,"

"this woman is not a bribe from your subordinate."

"She is the daughter of the former Kuaiji Administrator Tang Mao."

"At the same time, she is also the deposed Empress by the side of the deposed Emperor."

"After the deposed Emperor died, she returned to her old home in Yingchuan."

"However, the people in her old home in Yingchuan could not tolerate her."

"She had no choice but to head south to Kuaiji to defect to her father Tang Mao's former subordinates."

"Your subordinate felt that even if she is the Empress of the deposed Emperor, she is still a person of the Imperial House and should not be allowed to drift among the common people at will."

"Therefore, I specially brought her by my side to hand her over to you, Prime Minister, for disposal."

Wang Lang's brain circuit reaction was still relatively fast.

Although his original intention was to use the woman before him to bribe Gu Yi,

if he had said it so bluntly, I fear it would have been counterproductive.

But now it was different.

The Empress of the deposed Emperor Liu Bian had thousands of threads of connection with the Imperial House.

Since she was a person of the Imperial House, handing her over to Prime Minister Gu Yi, there was no problem with that, right?

As for how Gu Yi would dispose of this deposed Empress,

that would naturally be... turning this deposed Empress into one of his concubines!

Yes, the woman brought from Kuaiji by Wang Lang was exactly the deposed Empress Tang Ji of the deposed Emperor Liu Bian.

After Old Dong entered the capital, based on considerations of many factors, he deposed the original Emperor Liu Bian.

Subsequently, he sent Li Ru to poison Liu Bian to death.

Tang Ji had escaped from Luoyang and was spared from the disaster.

And these events all occurred before the Guandong Allied Forces campaigned against Old Dong.

That is to say, Gu Yi had not yet transmigrated here at that time.

Otherwise,

with our Prime Minister Gu's personality, he definitely would have taken Tang Ji into his chambers long ago.

Of course,

it is not too late now.

When the deposed Emperor Liu Bian was poisoned to death by Li Ru, he was only eleven years old.

Tang Ji was even one year younger than him in age.

Therefore, the two of them did not possess the ability to engage in sexual intercourse at all.

Later, after drifting for several years,

Tang Ji was still in the prime of her youth to this day.

She had grown exactly into a beauty available for Prime Minister Gu to enjoy.

It could be called just right.

Moreover, Tang Ji's figure and face were both of the highest quality.

Such a beauty, how could Gu Yi miss out?

Therefore,

Gu Yi's gaze toward Wang Lang became increasingly full of kindness.

No wonder in history this scoundrel Wang Lang could reach the position of Three Excellencies in the Wei state.

Relying on his "high emotional intelligence," he should be worthy of such a position.

As for the depiction in the Romance of Zhuge Liang scolding Wang Lang to death,

emmm, this matter is purely fictitious.

Wang Lang was already over seventy years old when Zhuge Liang went on his Northern Expedition.

Even his legs required external assistance to walk normally.

How could he still rush to the front lines to be scolded by Zhuge Liang?

Of course,

whether in official history or the Romance, Wang Lang did indeed sit in the position of one of the Three Excellencies of the Wei state.

This is sufficient to show that Wang Lang had quite a set of his own experience in "how to conduct himself."

Furthermore, Wang Lang's political achievements were actually quite good.

He first held an official position in Xuzhou and governed Xiapi in an orderly manner.

Later, he was transferred to Kuaiji Commandery in Yangzhou.

After several years of effort,

Kuaiji Commandery, under Wang Lang's development, had already become the second-largest commandery among the six commanderies of Jiangdong.

In terms of population scale and total GDP, it was second only to Wu Jun.

But in terms of economic growth rate, it was even vaguely above Wu Jun!

You must know, Wu Jun was the core base of the great Jiangdong aristocratic families!

Without obtaining the support of the Jiangdong aristocratic families,

Wang Lang was able to achieve a lane-changing overtake in Kuaiji.

It truly shows that he had some skills in his hands.

For a Wang Lang like this, Gu Yi naturally had to take him under his command.

Whether placing him in Chang'an to handle internal affairs or sending him out to the local level to handle the economy,

it was all quite a good thing.

Therefore,

Gu Yi revealed a kind and amiable smile to Wang Lang.

Subsequently, he pulled him to his side and granted him a seat.

"Jingxing (Wang Lang's courtesy name is Jingxing), you were originally an official sent out by the imperial court."

"This time, this Prime Minister led the army to come and recover Jiangdong, so naturally, I cannot abandon a loyal official like you."

"After this Prime Minister returns to the capital in triumph, I will definitely make further use of you!"

Hearing Gu Yi's promise, Wang Lang was immediately overjoyed.

He hurriedly thanked Gu Yi:

"For the Prime Minister's great kindness, your subordinate will not refuse even death!"

"I beg the Prime Minister to treat your subordinate like a brick; wherever you need me, move me there!"

(PS: Bricks were already applied to house construction in the Warring States period, so nitpickers, don't spray.)

For this metaphor of Wang Lang's, Gu Yi was quite appreciative.

I fear that if the capitalists of later generations were to encounter an "excellent employee" like Wang Lang, they would definitely be unable to close their mouths from happiness, right?

Although Gu Yi was not a big capitalist,

but now, looking at the world, there was no one with more power in their hands than him.

After settling Wang Lang,

Gu Yi began to engage in conversation with Tang Ji.