Seeing Xie Chengyun get off, Ning Que noticed that this man obviously heard the discussion but didn't defend himself. He couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. He shook his head and didn't want to explain anymore. Looking at the crowd, he said, "If you think I'm a villain, then you should persuade Xie Chengyun not to go upstairs. Why do you have to be angry with me?"
Seeing that he was not provoked by his words, Zhong Dajun blocked in front of him with a gloomy face and said, "In any case, don't think about going upstairs again today."
Ning Que was slightly startled and then smiled. He lowered his head and slowly rolled up his sleeves, asking in a gentle voice, "Is the Academy owned by your family? No. Is the old library owned by your family? Also no. Then can you beat me? "
Then he looked at Zhong Dajun and said, "Don't forget, I got A + in archery and driving. If you insist on playing the role of a bad dog, don't blame me for beating you until you can't take care of yourself."
Situ Yilan, who was anxious before, could not help but laugh when she heard these strange words. Then she looked at the sad and reproachful expression of her female companion beside her and realized that her laughter was extremely inappropriate. She quickly lowered her head.
Jin Wucai's eyes were slightly wet. She looked at Ning Que and said, "Zhong Dajun was just trying to protect his friend. He really shouldn't have said those words. I apologize to you on his behalf. But … we really can't go upstairs anymore. What do you think? If you don't go upstairs, we will also persuade Xie Chengyun not to go upstairs again. Then we can consider it a tie. "
Situ Yilan clapped her hands and praised, "This is a good idea! This is a good idea! It doesn't hurt the harmony at all. "
Looking at the two girls in front of him with a smile, Ning Que couldn't help but think of some old memories of those fresh junior high school girls who were infatuated with him on campus and those silly girls who kept making plans for their female companions. He understood that these noble girls of Chang 'an were actually a group of innocent little girls. He said, "I have my reasons for going upstairs, which has nothing to do with fighting. If you really worry about Xie Chengyun's health, I suggest you to persuade him more."
Jin Wucai softly sobbed and said, "But Xie Chengyun has his pride. I can't persuade him …"
Ning Que looked at her quietly. "I'm just a young soldier from the frontier fortress. I shouldn't have too much pride. So, instead of persuading him, you came to persuade me?"
Jin Wucai raised her head and wiped away the tears on her face with her sleeves. Then, she hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that. It was a slip of the tongue. Please don't take it to heart."
"It doesn't matter." Ning Que walked past the sobbing girl and went upstairs. He said, "I insist on going upstairs not because of pride, but because of something more important than pride."
Situ Yilan looked at his back in astonishment and asked in confusion, "Is there anything more important than pride?"
Ning Que did not answer her. He thought to himself that some things were more important than pride, such as life and death.
"Ning Que, you have to think about the consequences of going upstairs today."
Zhong Dajun said coldly behind him. He had also noticed Xie Chengyun's arrival. Since Xie Chengyun kept silent, he thought he knew what to do, so his voice became harsher.
"Haotian has given its people everything. All you need to do is accept it! At this time, there are so many people here. Most of them can't cultivate, but we are not like you who are unwilling to give up and even jealous! I know very well what you want to do. You know you can't enter the Second floor, so you use some evil tricks to make Chengyun unable to enter the Second floor! But have you ever thought about how sinister and shameful it is to harm others without benefiting yourself? "
Hearing the term "Second floor" again, Ning Que finally remembered that Lyu Qingchen and the Great Sword Master assassin had mentioned it in the fight at the entrance of Northern Mountain Road. He could not help but stiffen slightly. A mere abandoned disciple of the Academy became a Great Sword Master of Seethrough State after learning on the Second floor for a few days. The Second floor of the Academy … what kind of place was it?
His silence and his slightly stiff body gave a wrong signal to the students in the building. They thought that Zhong Dajun had hit the nail on the head and exposed his intention, so he was embarrassed and in the wrong.
Just as the discussion gradually started, Ning Que slowly turned around at the entrance of the stairs, with a trace of strong sarcasm on his pale and thin face. He looked around at the crowd and said, "I didn't know what kind of shabby place the Second floor was before, so I didn't want to enter it. Now that I know what kind of shabby place it is, I will definitely enter it. I hope no one among you will be surprised at that time."
Zhong Dajun was so angry that he laughed coldly and said, "You still don't admit that you are jealous of Mr. Xie?"
There were two carriages parked outside the old library. One of them sent Xie Chengyun, who vomited blood last night and asked for morning leave, to the front of the building. The other one was an ordinary carriage with indigo curtains, but no one got off and the curtain was still.
At this moment, a cold voice suddenly sounded in the carriage with indigo curtains, "I only know that the flowers in the greenhouse will be jealous of the high cliff snow lotus, but I never know that the goshawk in the sky will be jealous of the chickens on the ground."
The voice was not so harsh, nor did it carry a strong sense of sarcasm, but it directly made the students inside and outside the old library silent. Zhong Dajun's expression was extremely ugly, and Xie Chengyun's snow-white face even faintly showed a trace of irrepressible shame and anger.
Because the words spoken by the person in the carriage not only raised Xie Chengyun to a very high position, as a snow lotus on the high cliff and a soaring eagle in the sky, but also directly regarded Xie Chengyun, the well-known talent of the aristocratic family in the South Jin Kingdom, as a flower in the greenhouse that had not been weathered by wind and rain, and those chickens pecking on the ground all day long.
A simple sentence returned all the previous sarcasm to Ning Que with countless times of strength. Everyone was shocked and looked at the carriage, wondering who dared to ridicule Zhong Dajun of Yangguan and Xie Chengyun of the South Jin Kingdom.
Just when Zhong Dajun was ready to ridicule back and some people were ready to speak angrily, the person in the carriage with indigo curtains continued to speak indifferently, aiming at the two noble ladies of Chang 'an who were inexplicably nervous at the moment. "Since his skills and perseverance are not as good as others, then he should sharpen himself well and seek the final victory. How can he let a woman plead for him? Wucai, you have been a smart and sensitive girl since childhood. How can you become so stupid these years? "
"And Yilan, you even help the people of the South Jin Kingdom to ridicule the Tangs. Where is the strength that you used to ride a horse on the street when you were a child, crying and holding your father to go on an expedition to the South Jin Kingdom? Strength is not proved by ridicule. Our Tang Empire relies on swords and arrows after all. Go back and reflect on yourself! "
The person first ridiculed Xie Chengyun of the South Jin Kingdom, and then severely reprimanded the two noble ladies of Chang 'an. His tone was calm, but there was an irresistible strength in it. Especially after being reprimanded, Situ Yilan and Jin Wucai did not show any anger, but lowered their heads in shame. The students inside and outside the old library felt that something was wrong and could not help but be curious about who was in the carriage with indigo curtains.
The voice in the carriage with indigo curtains sounded again, "Ning Que, come here."
There was dead silence inside and outside the old library, especially when Situ Yilan's cautious eyes confirmed the identity of the woman in the carriage with indigo curtains. They subconsciously bowed to salute.
Zhong Dajun's face became extremely ugly, not because of anger, but because of fear. Although he was born in a big family in Yang Guan, as long as the person in the carriage with indigo curtains said something casually, he was afraid that his future career would be terminated. Xie Chengyun's cheeks were whiter than before. Although he was not a Tangs and did not have Zhong Dajun's worries, as a person of the South Jin Kingdom, how dare he provoke the person in the carriage?
According to the etiquette of the Tang Empire, only the Empress Dowager or the Empress could call themselves the Empress. If there was an Elder Princess in the imperial court, she could also call herself the Empress. But there was no Empress Dowager or Elder Princess in the Tianqi Dynasty, so the only one who could call herself the Empress was the Empress. But it was impossible for the Empress to come to the Academy in a carriage … So there was only one possibility.
In the Tianqi era, there was a princess who was specially allowed by the imperial court to call herself the princess because of her virtue.
In the carriage with indigo curtains sat the most beloved Fourth Princess of the Tang Empire, the most respected Fourth Princess of the Tang Empire, and the idol of young men and women of the Tang Empire. Who dared to offend her?
Ning Que was slightly surprised. Under the strange gaze of the students, he walked out of the old library and slowly walked to the carriage with indigo curtains. Only then did he notice that the groom wearing a bamboo hat was Peng Yutao.
Peng Yutao smiled and nodded, saying, "Her Highness wants to talk to you."
Ning Que smiled and nodded. He walked to the side of the carriage and bowed slightly, saying calmly, "Your Highness."
Li Yu lifted a corner of the curtain and quietly looked at the lad whom she had not seen for a long time. She suddenly said, "Since you have entered the Academy, you can call yourself a student when you see me from now on."
Ning Que looked at the beautiful and pleasant face through the corner of the curtain. He did not know why he suddenly thought of the bonfire at the entrance of Northern Mountain Road. He smiled and lowered his voice, saying, "Since you are not a teacher of the Academy, why should I be your student?"
Li Yu was slightly stunned. She did not expect that this naughty lad would still be so naughty even after she had regained her dignity as a princess. She could not help but slam the curtain heavily and said coldly, "I came to the Academy for some business today. I thought that you were studying in the Academy, so I came to visit an old friend. I mainly wanted to tell you that I miss … Sangsang. Tomorrow, bring her to the Princess Mansion for me to see."
At this time, separated by the cyan curtain, Ning Que could not see the face of the maidservant, which reminded him of the maidservant at that time. Ning Que became much calmer and more normal. He bowed respectfully and said softly, "Your Highness is considerate."
The curtain was lifted again. Li Yu quietly looked at his pale cheeks through the gap and slightly frowned. After a moment of silence, she said, "I heard that you go upstairs every day these days. I advise you to take care of your body. Don't lose your life in a fit of pique. Why do you have to be angry with these people? Saving your life to serve the country is the right way."
Ning Que straightened up and was about to explain, but he did not expect the indigo curtain carriage to leave.
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