He followed the Yulin Guard to Dexin Garden and was told that Huaiqing had just finished her swordsmanship practice and was taking a bath. Xu Qi 'an was asked to wait outside.
Heh, she heard that I was coming and deliberately took a bath … Xu Qi 'an thought.
So, he waited outside Dexin Garden for half an hour. A little palace maid wearing a light yellow dress stepped over the threshold and said softly, "Your excellency Xu, Her Highness invites you."
After entering the garden, he saw Huaiqing in the reception hall. Her beautiful face was flushed and her eyes were bright.
She had more of a woman's charm and less of a noble and elegant look.
It felt like a jade beauty had come to life.
That's how a woman should be. She's cold and elegant all day long and doesn't let go of the airs of a princess. It's not cute at all … Xu Qi 'an cupped his fists.
"Your humble servant greets Your Highness."
Huaiqing asked the palace maid to serve tea and said in a cold and pleasant voice, "Why is your excellency Xu looking for me?"
"Your humble servant's cousin has reached Huiyuan, but he graduated from the Yunlu Academy. I'm worried about his future." Xu Qi 'an asked sincerely.
"Your Highness, do you have any good ideas?"
It was best to consult a smart person for things that he couldn't figure out. He had to learn to use all tools reasonably. If Princess Royal didn't have any ideas, he would ask Wei Yuan.
Huaiqing's eyes flickered and she took a sip of tea. She immediately understood Xu Qi 'an's intention. He didn't want Xu Cijiu to be branded as a "eunuch's clique".
A cunning rabbit has three burrows. A smart person would never bet all his chips on one place.
Xu Ningyan might be a Warrior, but he was extremely smart … Huaiqing smiled. "You've been to Qingzhou. How much do you know about it?"
"The government is clean and tidy. Recluse Zi Yang has managed the Qingzhou well …"
At this point, Xu Qi'an suddenly understood what Huaiqing meant. Qingzhou was now ruled by Recluse Zi Yang. With him in charge of Qingzhou, if the students of Yunlu Academy went to work in Qingzhou, they would definitely be able to show off their abilities and not be suppressed.
"Qingzhou is the pure land that Yunlu Academy opened up for Confucian students." Princess Royal didn't keep him guessing.
This … I only have one younger brother, and I can't bear for him to go to Qingzhou. Brother is worried when I travel a thousand miles!
Xu Qi'an heaved a sigh of relief. "I understand."
Forget it, I'll let Erlang stay in the capital first and think of a way later. Perhaps, he could find a backer himself.
"By the way, I wonder if Your Highness is interested in dialogues and novels?" Xu Qi'an finally revealed his true intentions.
"I've never looked at those things."
Princess Huaiqing's arrogant tone was like a female professor saying, "Web novel? Ha, I've never looked at those things! "
"I found a good book. Your Highness can read it when you have nothing to do … Oh, please keep it a secret for me." Xu Qi'an took out "The Domineering Lady Falls in Love with Me" and put it on the table.
Huaiqing didn't even look at it. She just nodded politely.
After seeing off Xu Qi'an, she was about to instruct the palace maids to put the novel away and deal with it herself. When she glanced at the cover, her eyes suddenly froze.
"The Domineering Lady Falls in Love with Me … Lady?!"
It turned out to be such a rebellious title … Huaiqing suddenly became interested. Since she had nothing to do, it didn't matter if she took a few glances at it.
So she sat down again and opened the rebellious title of the novel.
The story was about a scholar who mistakenly entered the Devil World. He was talented and full of knowledge. However, the residents of the Devil World wanted to eat the scholar, so they set up a wok and prepared to fry him.
At this time, the Lady appeared. The Lady was the only scholar in the Devil World. She was extremely intelligent and cultured. She saved the scholar and raised him in her harem. The two of them recited poems and talked about the past and the present.
In the process, the Lady fully displayed her domineering and cold style. However, she cared a lot about the scholar, but she didn't know how to show it. Her favorite catchphrase was: Man, you are playing with fire.
Huaiqing had never seen such an interesting novel. It didn't have any depth, and she couldn't learn anything from it. It was completely different from those obscure ancient books that she liked to read.
However, for some reason, it was just some trivial things in life and boring conversations, but it seemed to have a special magic.
It made Huaiqing want to read all kinds of … Show of divinity in front of the people?!
Yes, it was the Show of Divinity in front of the people.
She stepped on men, raised them in her harem, and treated them with a domineering and cold attitude. However, even such a cold Lady had tender feelings in her heart.
As for the scholar, he was extremely obedient to Her Highness and was always thinking of her. He would even get angry and jealous when the Lady drank with the generals of the Devil World.
Unknowingly, it was dusk. She actually read for more than four hours.
Huaiqing found another advantage of this novel. It, it didn't need to use her brain.
It was just interesting.
After that, Huaiqing suddenly felt angry. What did I do?
I actually read such a book without any nutrition and knowledge for four hours?! What was the difference between this and wasting life? How could she waste time and energy on such a thing without nutrition?
She felt a deep sense of guilt for this.
"It's just a leisure book …"
Huaiqing threw the book aside disdainfully, got up and left the meeting room. A few minutes later, she turned back and hid the book in her sleeve.
It was not to review it at night when she went to sleep, but this book couldn't be seen by others. It was like those secret books, which couldn't be seen by others.
…
At the same time, in Shaoyin Garden, Lin An was immersed in "The Great Sage of Love".
"So, so this is what love is … Ah ah ah, how can a dog servant show me this kind of thing."
Lin An rolled on the bed with a red face. Seeing the 5,000 words of Zixia Fairy and Long Aotian rolling in the sheets, she shouted: I hate it, I hate it.
As he read it word by word, he imagined the scene in his mind.
Then, she felt that her body was boiling hot, and her legs rubbed against each other from time to time. Her round face was as red as a ripe apple, and her peach blossom eyes were charming to begin with. After being covered with a layer of mist, they looked even more charming and seductive.
But the love between a man and a woman was the embellishment of the story. The core of the story was the love story between Zixia Fairy and Long Aotian.
The first two-thirds were sweet love, and the last one-third were knives.
Seeing Long Aotian being skinned and thrown into the reincarnation as an animal forever, and Zixia Fairy being imprisoned in the Guanghan Palace forever, Lin An found that her pillow was wet.
She sniffled and said angrily, "Why is there nothing below? Dog servant, why is there nothing below? "
After scolding angrily, she called the palace maid in and said, "I want to take a bath, prepare hot water."
“？”
The palace maid was surprised and said, "It's almost time to eat, and you want to take a bath at this time?"
Pin Fan suddenly became angry and said, "Do as I say."
Soon, the hot water was ready. After the palace maid adjusted the water temperature, she served Lin An to take a bath.
Her white body was soaked in the water, petals floating on the surface, revealing her round and thin shoulders and a pair of delicate collarbones.
"Among the guards around me, who is the most handsome, the most talented, the most interesting, and the most loyal to me?" Lin An suddenly asked.
"They are all very loyal. As for interesting and talented, I don't know. But if it's not a guard, I have a candidate in mind. "
"Who is it?" Pin Fan asked immediately.
"It's your excellency Xu. Your excellency Xu is handsome, talented, and interesting, and often makes you happy. Although he is not a guard, he is a confidant recruited by you. Moreover, he is not a scholar, but a night watchman. He can barely be considered a guard. "
Lin An bit her lip and gently moved the petals. The petals scattered, and she saw her face vaguely reflected in the rippling water. She was beautiful, and her face was flushed, as if she was a little shy.
…
Imperial City, Wang Mansion!
In the study of Wang Zhenwen, the golden red sunset shone through the lattice window. Wang Shoufu, who was over 50 years old, finished reading the memorials and swept them all to the corner.
Then he spread out a piece of rice paper, pressed it down, and picked up the brush to write … At this time, Miss Wang came in with a bowl of wolfberry ginseng soup.
Wang Shoufu did not pay attention to it. Taking advantage of the spirit in his chest, he began to write.
The golden goblet of wine is worth ten thousand, and the jade plate is worth ten thousand.
…
The road is difficult, the road is difficult, and there are many crossroads, but today I am safe.
There will be times when the wind breaks the waves, and the clouds and sails are hung to the sea.
Miss Wang put down the ginseng soup and came over to take a look. She could not look away for a long time, and muttered, "Father, you have written a masterpiece.
"When this poem of yours is published, the whole court will be shocked."
As a female scholar, she still had the ability to appreciate poetry. Miss Wang was impressed by the spirit in this poem.
Wang Shoufu shook his head, took a sip of the ginseng tea, and exhaled comfortably, "This was not written by me, it was written by the new Huiyuan. Didn't you go to the examination hall today? Did you not see him?
"It is said that he is a talented man, a rare handsome man."
"I did not see him, I was just joining in the fun." Miss Wang denied flatly, and her eyes kept looking at the table.
"Back then, I put in a lot of effort to put poetry in the imperial examinations, but there were many obstacles."
Grand Secretary Wang's finger tapped against the paper. His smile was carefree. "Now that such a fine piece of work has been produced, father can hold my head high. I can be considered to have not let down the scholars of the world, to have not let down the seniors, to not have allowed this treasure of poetry to completely decline."
After the Apricot Rankings came out, Xu Xinnian's poem "The Road is Difficult" was spread among the examiners, and those who heard it cheered, and their blood was boiling.
After a few more days, this poem would spread throughout the capital, and be widely sung.
"I heard that the Huiyuan is a student of Yunlu Academy," Miss Wang said casually.
Wang Shoufu thought for a moment, and sighed, "What a pity."
The civil officials of the imperial court rejected the scholars of Yunlu Academy, and as the Prime Minister, he could not retreat in this aspect.
The more talented Xu Xinnian was, the more cautious Wang Shoufu was, and the more he would not use him.
"Father!"
Miss Wang helped tidy up the booklets, and said, "I want to hold a literary conference in the residence, and invite the famous scholars to participate, so I asked for it in your name."
The initiator of a literary conference must be a person of virtue and prestige, and Miss Wang did not have this qualification. However, she had held many literary conferences in the residence, and they were all held in Wang Shoufu's name.
Since the imperial examinations had just passed, it was reasonable to hold a literary conference.
Wang Shoufu nodded, "Okay."
…
Qingyun Mountain, Yunlu Academy.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, on the official road, a horse galloped, stirring up a cloud of dust.
The horse stopped at the foot of the mountain, and a scholar wearing a scholar's robe jumped off, holding a list in his hand, and quickly ran to the top of the mountain.
"Good news, good news …"
He shouted as he ran, and quickly entered the academy.
Along the way, many scholars heard the noise, and came out to check, and asked, but the reporting scholar ignored them all, and went straight to the study of the great scholar, Zhang Shen.
Hearing the noise, Zhang Shen was already waiting outside the study, and calmly looked at the reporting scholar.
"A scholar must be calm, and not be shaken by great joy or great sorrow."
After giving this advice, Zhang Shen smiled, "Looking at your expression, it seems that this batch of scholars who participated in the imperial examinations have all become scholars."
"Teacher, it's not just scholars," the reporting scholar shouted excitedly, "Xu Cijiu became Huiyuan."
Zhang Shen thought he had heard wrong, and said in a low voice, "Huiyuan?!"
The reporting scholar nodded vigorously, "This is the list of scholars who were nominated for the Apricot List, Xu Cijiu is indeed Huiyuan, it's absolutely true."
Zhang Shen excitedly took the list, and on it were the names of the scholars who participated in the imperial examinations, as well as their rankings.
The first was Xu Cijiu, and the first was Huiyuan.
Zhang Shen looked at the list, and after a long time, he suddenly shouted, "Headmaster, Chen Tai, Li Mubai … My student became Huiyuan, my student became Huiyuan."
The reporting scholar was dumbfounded.
Soon, Zhao Shou and the two Confucian scholars were alerted, and they appeared outside Zhang Shen's study with the art of bragging, ignoring the distance.
The white-haired and unkempt Headmaster, Zhao Shou, was the first to ask, "Really? That student became Huiyuan? "
"Xu Cijiu!"
Zhang Shen said proudly.
Zhao Shou frowned, thought for a while, and said with a sudden realization, "Is it that student who has never lost an argument?"
"… This means that he is unparalleled in eloquence," Zhang Shen said.
"Congratulations, congratulations!"
Li Mubai and Chen Tai were both happy and jealous.
A student from Yunlu Academy who became Huiyuan was naturally happy, and every teacher in the academy would be happy, even dancing and getting drunk.
But it did not stop them from being jealous, because Xu Cijiu was Zhang Shen's student.
Headmaster Zhao Shou frowned, "Logically speaking, it shouldn't be Huiyuan, what did Cijiu do?"
Based on the previous Annual Examinations, there must have been fraud this year, and Xu Cijiu was a student from Yunlu Academy, so there was no way he could have cheated.
But it seemed a little far-fetched to say that it was all based on his ability.
Zhang Shen restrained his joyful expression and grunted, "You are the best in quitting the past, but if you want to say that you are exceptionally talented, you are still lacking."
But if he was not outstanding, how could he have gotten the support of at least two of the three supervisors?
When he heard the report from the student, he thought he heard it wrong.
Li Mubai saw that the student was still there, and waved his hand to call him over, and asked, "Is there any news from the capital?"
It was just a casual question, but he did not expect the student to nod immediately, "Yes, after I copied the Apricot Rankings, I also felt that Xu Cijiu's Huiyuan was a little unusual, so I treated a marking officer to a meal.
"The 'meal' cost 15 taels, and I was about to ask the academy for reimbursement."
The scholars nodded, the students trained by Yunlu Academy were all very capable, and they were not pedantic and inflexible people.
When the student finished, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket, and said, "I heard that Xu Cijiu wrote a poem in the third round, and it was highly praised by the Eastern Pavilion Grand Secretary. The other examiners were also very impressed, and because of his excellent results in the first two rounds, he became Huiyuan. "
Poem?
The scholars looked at each other.
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