福伯冷哼一聲道：“愚蠢的人是看不到聰明的人如何聰明的！”吳榮道：“福老頭，你這話是什麽意思啊？”福伯沉默不答。吳榮見福伯那神情，忽然走到福伯的麵前推了福伯一把，道：“哈，這死老頭，你這就是我說，我不聰明了，比不了那什麽嚴世蕃了！你倒是說說看，那嚴世蕃是何方人物，有什麽能耐比本大爺還厲害？”唐逸道：“嚴世蕃，當時首輔嚴嵩的兒子！”吳榮道：“什麽，嚴嵩的兒子，那有什麽了不起的，還不是靠有一個好爹，我看拉，這嚴世蕃一定是長得又胖又醜，才能嗎大概是被一些無知的世人吹噓出來的！”吳榮邊說邊雙眼邊朝站在自己身邊的福伯瞟了兩眼，那神情似乎在說，那些無知的世人就是福伯了！福伯沒理會吳榮的嘲諷，嘴裏冷哼了一聲，小聲的嘀咕道：“整個一個蠢貨！”唐逸接過吳榮的話說道：“那可未必，據說，嚴嵩長得又高又瘦，眉目疏疏，聲音又大又尖，整個的一幅奸臣嘴臉。可是，嚴世蕃的長相和他爹卻一點相似的地方都沒有，“短項肥體”，果然是富家公子氣象，隻是可惜一目失明。嚴世蕃奸猾機靈，通曉時務，熟悉國典，而且還頗會揣摩別人的心意。”吳榮不服道：“這個有什麽稀奇的，整個一個獨眼龍嗎？他有什麽厲害的，能揣摩一下別人的心思就叫聰明的人啊，那這樣看來，我老吳也算一個聰明之人了！”福伯冷哼了一聲，沒再搭腔。唐逸繼續道：“這嚴世蕃的厲害之處在於他能很準確的揣摩到別人的心思。而且還能寫得一手好青詞，這個本事就連他爹嚴嵩和當時次首輔徐階都自歎不予，據說，有一次，嘉靖皇帝有一迴夜傳聖旨，詢問某事當如何處理，票擬頗難。嚴嵩與大學士徐階、李本在值班房仔細商議，每人各寫一帖，提出處理意見，可是經過反複斟酌修改，三人仍覺不妥，始終不敢謄清呈進。嚴嵩隻好派人飛馬向嚴世蕃求教。時間已過四更，太監反複索取票擬幾次了，說皇上“嫌遲滯，有怒容”，要求立刻迴報。不得已，三人隻好將商議的票擬謄錄上呈。太監將三人所擬揭貼拿迴，隻見皇帝朱筆在上麵塗抹了好多處，令重新擬過。恰在這時，嚴世蕃的迴帖來了，照其票擬上呈之後，皇帝頓時滿意，依擬照辦。徐、李二公才真服了。自此，皇上時有要務難題，嚴嵩等閣臣謀之困窘不能作答者，即交於世蕃，世蕃則引經據典，參綜陳說，每每都能獲得皇帝的嘉獎。”吳榮道：“那這樣看來，這個嚴世蕃還是有點能耐的嗎？也不是繡花枕頭中看不中用啊！”唐逸道：“這嚴世蕃狡詰機智，博聞強記，熟習典章製度，暢曉經濟時務，而且精力旺盛，能任繁劇。尤其善於揣摩皇上的好惡喜怒。嘉靖皇帝喜歡觀經史諸書。遇有不解其意的，便用朱筆寫在紙片上，令太監交於嚴嵩等值班閣臣講解，立等迴話。一天晚上，類似的詢問之旨又到了，可嚴嵩與徐階等值班閣臣皆不曉其義，都惶恐無措。嚴嵩安慰眾人說：“無過慮！”隨即密錄皇帝所問，令人從西苑宮門門縫中傳出，飛馬送至相府，要世蕃立馬作答。世蕃當即指出此語在某書第幾卷第幾頁，做何解釋，立即迴報。嚴嵩等人找來該書翻檢，果然如此，遂按其解釋並附書呈送，嘉靖皇帝很高興。嚴世蕃的精力旺盛、能任繁劇也頗具傳奇性。他雖然公事繁忙，但仍喝酒娛樂（禦女），每夜每餐從不間斷。有時酒醉酣睡，恰遇嚴嵩有要事相詢，便用大臉盆裝滿滾沸的開水，將毛巾浸於其中，然後乘熱提出，圍頭三匝，稍涼再如此更換，圍上一兩迴就醒了，而且完全沒有酒態，舉筆裁答，處置周全，出人意外。故此嚴嵩當權期間，京城內外流傳著“大丞相、小丞相”的說法。“小丞相”便指嚴世蕃。他自認為當世能和平起平坐的的隻有陸炳和楊博兩個人。”吳榮道：“啊，這個獨眼龍厲害是厲害，不過也夠狂的，敢說整個大明聰明之人隻有三個，而且他還是其中最厲害的！如此的狂人，我吳榮還是今日方聽說！”
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