In Gou Liang's "affectionate" attention ceremony, Imperial Physician Zheng was lifted up to the eaves by Ye Xiao, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Gou Liang's burn was not serious, and healed within a few hours after applying the medicine, but Imperial Physician Zheng thoughtfully gave the doctor's advice: not to eat spicy food or hairy food for the past two days.
Facing a table of delicacies, Gou Liang ate a bowl of porridge and gnawed vegetables desolately, watching His Majesty the emperor, who had always been restrained in diet, slowly finish the food for two that he specially prepared, without even giving a bite of fish roe. He stays - Gou Liang only feels that life has nothing to love.
Appreciating enough of the grievance and depression revealed in his strenuous expression, the emperor put down his chopsticks and said, "Aiqing is in a good mood today."
Gou Liang tensed his back, put down his chopsticks quickly, and said: "I don't know that His Majesty is here, but today father and father are not in the mansion for some reason, so there is a lot of negligence. I am here to apologize to Your Majesty on behalf of my father."
"No problem."
Seeing that he kept his expression clean, but carefully pretended that he didn't understand what he said with a sullen face, the emperor wanted to tease him. But thinking of his pitiful appearance of being so hot and greedy just now, the emperor managed to hold back, and just said: "Those who don't know are not guilty, I am visiting incognito today, Ai Qing doesn't have to be so restrained."
Hearing this, Gou Liang relaxed.
The emperor got up and walked around, looking at the courtyard while digesting food.
A hibiscus tree in front of the courtyard is in flowering period. The pink and white flowers add a touch of color to the elegant courtyard, and the rest are mainly green bamboo, which looks very eye-catching, but...
"Aiqing is quiet here."
It took him more than half an hour to eat a meal, but apart from two old servants with two sons, there was not even a personal servant in the yard.
Could it be that the general's mansion treated him so harshly
A cold look flashed across the emperor's eyebrows.
When Gou Liang saw this, he knew he had misunderstood.
In order to prevent the real gender from being revealed, when the original owner was under ten years old, Mrs. Chu tried every means to keep him by her side to raise him personally. When the original owner was able to take care of himself, Mrs. Chu arranged for a few serious old couples to take care of her by her side on the grounds that she was afraid of his arrogance and laxity.
In this way, it is also in harmony with Gou Liang.
"The humble minister likes to be quiet, and he is not used to being served by others, which made His Majesty laugh at him."
He smiled slightly, a little ashamed but frank.
Seeing that he was not wronged, the emperor stopped talking.
The emperor was full of curiosity about the place where Gou Liang grew up, and he savored every step and scene carefully. Time passed without knowing it, and seeing that the heat outside had subsided a little, Gou Liang heard that he had no plans to return to the palace, so he invited him to sit in the Zhuangyuan Building.
Zhuangyuan building was originally an inn called Hongkeju, because the civil and military champions in the third and sixth years of Chenwu were all residents of this inn, so it got its name.
During the scientific examination in the ninth year of Chenwu, the students rushed to live in it, and because of this, they even fought several times, almost causing death. The situation became more and more serious, and the imperial court couldn't violently suppress the students, so they tore down the plaque of the inn, and included the ten-mile long street. place.
The new department is coming soon, and most of the students who went to Beijing to rush for the exam have already moved into it.
"Toad Palace Wins Guild!" "Gold List Title!" "No. 1!"
As soon as he walked into the Zhuangyuan Restaurant, the voice of the waiter announcing the name of the dish came, full of joy.
It was almost sunset, and the place was still very lively. When Tong Gensheng went over to ask, there was no room in the lobby, let alone the private room.
Seeing that they were either rich or noble, the shopkeeper enthusiastically called the waiter to accommodate them with other scholars, and then arranged them to sit at the square table in the corridor on the second floor.
The two poor students who shared the table with them were not very old. Although they were a little surprised to see the rich clothes on the emperor's body, they didn't look at them too much, and welcomed them to their seats very warmly.
Xiaoer happily asked them what they wanted, Gou Liang glanced at the table, and the two poor boys ordered a "Sanyuan Jidi" in response to the occasion - three huge meatballs, poured with black and red sweet sauce - Seeing this, Gou Liang immediately lost interest in trying something new, and only cared about what His Majesty the Emperor wanted.
The emperor ate a lot at noon, and didn't want to eat more at night, so he ordered some desserts and a pot of tea for Gou Liang.
When he was ordering, Gou Liang bowed to the two enthusiastic students who gave up their seats: "Thank you two brothers for your generous help, otherwise we would still be standing dumbfounded below."
It was interesting to hear him talk, and both students laughed.
The two sides exchanged names, and one of them, a tall and thin student named You Yu, said: "The Zhuangyuan Building is always overcrowded at this time of year. If we didn't get up early to study here, I'm afraid we would have to stand now."
This is his second time participating in the national examination.
Tang Qingfeng, who was relatively short and chubby, was not as stable as him, and said familiarly: "That's not it! Not everyone is like that, obviously I came late, and I have to give it to him if I lose to him." He gave up his seat. Hmph, it's really a peacock with its butt up and not knowing how ugly it is."
You Yu coughed in embarrassment, pulled his hand to stop him from saying a few words, and said apologetically to Gou Liang: "Brother Tang Xian is outspoken, please don't take offense."
"How could it be?" Gou Liang smiled, "Brother Tang is talking about Mr. Lu who is known as the sixteen-year-old Tan Hua Lang?"
"Isn't it him? No one in the Zhuangyuan Building knows his reputation!"
Tang Qingfeng shouted.
The emperor asked Gou Liang: "When did the dynasty have a sixteen-year-old Tanhua Lang? Zhen... It's really unheard of."
Tang Qingfeng looked at him in surprise, "Brother Jia, you just came to the capital, right?"
He determined the character of the emperor with one sentence, and then enthusiastically popularized the allusions of the "Sixteen Tanhua Lang" to him.
This person's name is Lu Yiming, a person from Jiangnan, he won two yuan in a row at the age of sixteen, and he is a well-known child prodigy in Jiangnan.
Even if Tang Qingfeng had some criticisms about this person, he had to admit that he had some real skills when talking about him, so his tone was particularly sour: "Didn't Chenwu nineteen years old come out with a seventeen-year-old Tanhualang? We all know that with him His talent and learning should be the number one, but he is young and handsome, so he will come in third... Hey, brother Hua, why are you blushing?"
Gou Liang, who called himself Hua Ming: "... a little hot."
"Yeah, this damn weather is really terrible. It would be great if it rained."
As Tang Qingfeng said, he took off the folding fan and handed it to Gou Liang to fan him. The emperor took it first and opened it to fan Gou Liang.
Not to mention that Eunuch Tong, who was pushed to the table next to him, gasped, even Gou Liang was taken aback, he didn't stand up when the emperor pressed his shoulders, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty...Brother Jia, I'll do it myself. "
The emperor Gu Zi, whose pseudonym was Jia De, waved his fan to cool him down, and instead of answering the question, he asked Tang Qingfeng, "I don't know what is the relationship between this Lu Yiming and Mr. Chu Lang?"
"What kind of origin is that?"
Tang Qingfeng curled his lips and said: "The person surnamed Lu is also from Liangyuan High School, and he claims to be more talented and handsome than Master Chu, so he thinks he is the next Tanhua Lang. Master Chu was seventeen years old when he passed. Isn't he only sixteen years old this year, and he feels that he is superior to Mr. Chu. Hmph, others nicknamed him Sixteen Tanhualang, and he praised him at the time, it really doesn't make sense."
While talking, a middle-aged man came over to say hello to Tang Qingfeng, and it could be seen that the latter was very popular.
Tang Qingfeng also responded with a smile, then turned his head and said with a smile unchanged: "The one who walked past just now is called Kong Zhao, and he is Lu Yiming's dog-headed military advisor."
"Both of them are from Caifeng County, Yangzhou Prefecture. Don't look at this old man smiling, his heart is dark. Half of Lu Yiming's reputation is made by himself, and the other half is promoted by him. I think that Lu Yiming was also coaxed by him to be the number one in the world, if there is no calculation, who would believe it?"
Both Gou Liang and the emperor looked at him in surprise—what a talent!
Gou Liang smiled and said: "Brother Tang is so double-faced, isn't it afraid that we will also regard you and that Kong Juren as the same breed?"
You Yu wanted to distinguish two sentences for him, but Tang Qingfeng smiled indifferently: "I always only say the right thing to the right person. Don't believe it, two brothers. I, Tang Qingfeng, came from a businessman background. His eyes are like lightning."
Gou Liang was amused and said, "Brother Tang is so funny."
The emperor didn't know that when he talked and laughed so freely with outsiders, it was a world of difference compared to when he faced himself with a strict eye.
Even though it was clear that this was due to the identities of the two, the emperor couldn't help feeling a little bit pissed, he shook his fan a little harder, secretly glanced at Fatty Tang, and thought: Ugly people are more likely to do strange things.
Tang Qingfeng's back stiffened, and he looked around, "Why is there a sudden cold wind?"
Immediately afterwards, he had no time to explore the origin of this unhealthy trend, because the table by the window not far away suddenly became lively.
Tang Qingfeng explained to them excitedly: "Brother Jia, Brother Hua, you see, this troublemaker is the person who was sitting in that seat before. Dou Wen lost to Lu Yiming and gave him a seat. Hey, he brought The one who came here is the most popular candidate to win the first prize in the new department, his name is Zhao Chuyang, and his name is no less than that of Lu Yiming, so this is something to watch!"
Contrary to the domineering Lu Yiming, Zhao Chuyang is obviously a gentle man who is courteous before fighting.
I saw him bow politely and said: "Brother Lu Xian, calm down, you won this position by fighting for literature before, so it is natural and reasonable for you to sit here. Brother Yu also thinks that only this position is a treasured place of geomantic omen, and he also wants to come here As soon as I got the spirit of Wenqu, that's why I came here to compete with Brother Lu Xian. If I win by chance, I will sit here for a while, and if I lose, I can only leave with regret."
Lu Yiming opened his mouth and wanted to say that he was not in the mood to fight with anyone right now, but how he made things difficult for Zhao Chuyang's companions before all saw it. Under the watchful eyes of all the people, if he refused to fight, firstly, he would be inferior, and secondly, others would think that Lu Yiming was afraid of Zhao Chuyang.
After thinking about it like this, Lu Yiming raised his head and said, "What do you want to fight with me? Is it poetry, antithesis or essay, just say it."
The others shook their heads when they heard this tone, Zhao Chuyang didn't take it seriously, instead he smiled in a tolerant way, and said, "I've always heard that Brother Lu Xian is very good at pairing, Brother Yu has a flaw here, and I invite you to taste it."
Zhao Chuyang said the Shanglian: Nantongzhou, Beitongzhou, north and south Tongzhou connect north and south.
When Lu Yiming and others were thinking of going to the palace, Gou Liang laughed lowly and said to the emperor: "This Zhao Juren and my elder brother must be very close."
The elder brother of the original owner is the current state shepherd of Qinzhou, a well-known old fox.
The emperor didn't seem to hear clearly, so he leaned into his ear and whispered, "What did Ai Qing say?"
The warm breath touched his ears, and Gou Liang's face turned red all of a sudden, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty—"
He forgot to control the volume for a moment, causing the students who were meditating to look over one after another. Zhao Chuyang smiled slightly, bowed to him and said, "Brother, do you already have a good opinion?"
Gou Liang took the opportunity to stand up, out of the breathing range of the emperor, and returned a salute to Zhao Chuyang in a little panic, saying: "I am very sorry for disturbing the elegant spirit of the two of you."
"It's okay, I wonder if I'm lucky enough to hear what your brother is saying?"
Zhao Chuyang seemed to firmly believe that Gou Liang had found a good match. His gentle and polite smile showed that he was a little dissatisfied with Gou Liang's untimely utterance, so he took Gou Liang to the forefront of the storm.
The emperor glanced at Zhao Chuyang, and then fell on Gou Liang's face.
Gou Liang just didn't know Zhao Chuyang's embarrassment, the blush on his face caused by the emperor had faded in the response, he smiled lightly and said, "I'm showing my ugliness."
His second couplet is: reading in spring, reading in autumn, reading in spring and autumn.
"Good pair!"
Zhao Chuyang's eyes lit up, he saluted Gou Liang, and Quan Zuo apologized for his rudeness just now.
Gou Liang saluted again, expressing that he didn't care.
Lu Yiming was probably the only one present who didn't feel the insinuation in these few words. He beat his applause with his folding fan and said, "I figured it out! East pawnshop, west pawnshop, east and west pawnshop, pawnshop for things!"
He was a bit quick-witted, but he also knew that the artistic conception he was dealing with was a little worse than Gou Liang's, so he couldn't help but glared at Gou Liang who had stolen his limelight, then looked at Zhao Chuyang and said, "Are you going to fight me for words?" , or fighting with others? If you want to sit in another seat, don't waste my time."
Zhao Chuyang had a good temper and made a mistake, and then made a pair: Wangjianglou, Wangjiangliu, Wangjiangliu on the Wangjianglou, Jianglou eternal, Jiangliu eternal.
Gou Liang no longer joined in the fun, and when he sat down, intentionally or unintentionally, he shifted his position, farther away from the emperor.
The emperor just didn't know what to do, moved towards him very thoughtfully and continued to fan him.
But for some reason, Gou Liang's face became redder and hotter.
Tang Qingfeng gave the two of them a weird look, but the upright You Yu didn't notice it, and only expressed his admiration for Gou Liang in a low voice. Tang Qingfeng cupped his hands in admiration, then lowered his voice and said, "If it were me, it would be hard for me to recite poems correctly. Fortunately, the national examination focuses more on policy theory, otherwise the dragon and crouching tiger are hidden in the middle of Beijing. You can't climb Sun Shan."
He didn't mind saying that his previous rural and state examinations were mostly flukes.
Then he glanced at Lu Yiming and Zhao Chuyang, who were having a great time fighting against each other. Tang Qingfeng said in a lower voice: "It is said that literati look down on each other. According to me, this is really boring. If it wasn't for my father crying and making trouble If I hang myself, I must take the imperial examination and become an official. I would rather be my business master. But, fortunately, the imperial court has a household department. If I am lucky enough to get a title on the gold list, enter the household department, and make money for the people of the court, it would be a good thing! "
He relished talking about it, and when he finished expressing his grand ambitions, the Wendou over there also came to a result, but it was a draw.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhao Chuyang intends to give way, and Lu Yiming also feels that he has little chance of winning against Zhao Chuyang, and if he continues to entangle, he is afraid that he will make a fool of himself in public, so he reluctantly accepts this result and allows Zhao Chuyang and his companions to sit down.
However, he was not very happy in his heart, and turned his grief and anger into appetite and swallowed "Sanyuan Jidi" in one gulp—
"Well!!"
Lu Yiming, who was choked, blushed and his neck was thick, and he rolled his eyes all of a sudden, trying to get angry, which frightened the crowd.
Gou Liang hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Get out of the way! Don't surround him!"
Fearing that someone would bump into His Majesty the Emperor, Ye Xiao and Eunuch Tong rushed forward, and at the Emperor's signal, they evacuated the anxious students for Gou Liang.
Gou Liang walked quickly to Lu Yiming's side, letting Zhao Chuyang, who was slapping Lu Yiming on the back, get out of the way, and then pressed Lu Yiming's stomach a few times. Lu Yiming vomited out "Sanyuan Jidi" all at once, and it wasn't over yet, his stomach curled up, and many things he ate tonight gushed out of his throat—
A stench spread, and the expressions of the students changed. Some even retched on the spot. Even Kong Zhao, who was concerned about Lu Yiming just now, stepped back suddenly.
But Zhao Chuyang still remembered pouring Lu Yiming a cup of tea and asking him if he felt better.
Lu Yiming vomited uncomfortably, a few tears came out of the corners of his eyes, he raised his sleeve and covered his mouth in disgust, thanked Zhao Chuyang, and then looked at Gou Liang.
He took a step back, bowed down and saluted Gou Liang, and said: "Young brother, I offended you a lot before, please forgive me. There is no repayment for saving your life, and I, Lu Yiming, owe you a favor. As long as it is not against morality and laws You just have to tell me about it, and I will definitely repay you!"
Gou Liang was stunned for a moment, seeing what he said was serious, he laughed and said: "Sixteen Tanhualang's words are serious, and the effort of raising one's hand is not enough to save lives."
Lu Yiming has a stubborn character, insisting that he should not be ungrateful, and that it will be over when Gou Liang agrees to give him a chance to repay his kindness.
Because of this episode, the students of today's Douwen left early.
After returning to the room, You Yu asked suspiciously: "Brother Tang, you have always been cautious in front of others, why did you... in front of those two people this time?"
Tang Qingfeng said: "Brother You, didn't you see it? One of them is called a fake, the other is called a pseudonym, and they are obviously not the scholars who refer to the current science. From my observation, their words and deeds, if they are not from rich and noble backgrounds, they are private visits to observe the behavior of the students. Courtier. You also know that with my talent and learning, it is as difficult as going to the sky to get a Jinshi, so why not take this opportunity to show your face in front of the nobles, and maybe you can change your promotion path in the future."
He told the truth, You Yu hurriedly comforted him not to belittle himself, and kept silent on other words.
"... Aiqing seems to have a good eye for Tang Qingfeng?"
Gou Liang saw the conversation between Fatty Tang and You Yu in the system monitoring, and he was a little surprised when he heard the words, "Why did your majesty say that?"
The emperor looked down at him without saying a word.
But he thought in his heart: If Fatty Tang went to high school, he would have to send him far away. Liangzhou in the west and Pingzhou in the north are good places to go. Do you want to stay as an official of the household department in Beijing
The emperor has only one word: heh.
The author has something to say: [Small Theater]
Fatty Tang: Knowing the truth, I have already cried and died.
You Jing: I will burn incense for you, dear brother.
Deer Sixteen: Happy to run!
Puppy Food: Hahaha.
Big Grape: Hehe.