1850
Xia Wentu and Wu Santong waited for half a day only to hear the news that Pang Jianguo was too busy with official duties to see them, leaving them disappointed and worried that Pang Jianguo had been influenced by Fu Zhongyang's "slander" and formed a bad impression of them, causing internal turmoil.
Thinking that they had reserved a table at the restaurant, and since Pang Jianguo wasn't coming, the two decided to just have the meal themselves.
Half drunk and half awake, Wu Santong couldn't help but ask, "Brother Xia, do you think Lord Pang might be prejudiced against us after hearing Fu Zhongyang's one-sided words?"
Xia Yongtu drank down the wine in his cup, picked up the wine pot, and personally filled Wu Santong's cup: "Money can make the devil turn the millstone, I don't believe I can't win over Pang Jianguo."
