Before sunset, it was usually the time for Li Jingnan to return to the palace.
As usual, it was the time for Fu Tingye to visit Hua Qingxue.
The two of them met at the door, and Li Jingnan smiled at Fu Tingye: "Ai Qing, are you bullying a weak girl?"
Fu Tingye raised his eyebrows and looked at him, then understood something in his heart, bowed and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for reminding me."
Li Jingnan waved his hands lazily on the carriage, "I just don't want her to feel sad when she hears it."
Rumors are the most hurtful.
Xiaodouzi lowered the curtain and the carriage drove away. Fu Tingye stood there silently watching the carriage go away.
Except for Mrs. Fu, no one else knew about the incident between him and Cheng Wanmiao.
If Mrs. Fu intends to cause trouble, and some people happen to want to cause trouble for the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, it would not be surprising to find out about this matter.
It seems that I will have to listen to those nagging officials again tomorrow.
Li Jingnan and Fu Tingye, two men with an age difference of nearly twenty years, reached a tacit understanding on this matter...
Because they were prepared, in the morning court the next day, the two groups of Zhenbei Wang's faction and Ning Wang's faction quarreled so much that they couldn't tell the difference between the superior and the inferior.
Although Fu Tingye failed to completely clear his name, Prince Ning did not receive any substantial benefits.
Li Jingnan held his head with one hand and watched their bickering, yawning out of boredom.
When he was about to go to court, the young emperor spoke out: "In the Jinluan Palace, a group of people were quarreling like shrews in the market. It really opened my eyes. Now there are bandits in the south, locusts in the west, Shuangjiang The military supplies at the junction are tight, and envoys from Daliao are about to visit, but your lords did not mention it at all, but wasted your time on such things, it is really very idle."
Everyone was ashamed and lowered their heads.
Li Jingnan's voice suddenly became sharp: "If that woman has any grievances, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will be responsible for it! Remember this! This Jinluan Palace only talks about two things! One is the safety of the country, and the other is the people's livelihood and the country! If anyone If he insists on meddling in trivial matters, I don’t mind letting him become a county magistrate and show off his talents!”
The emperor got angry and lectured his ministers into silence.
During this morning court meeting, the civil and military ministers realized for the first time that although the emperor was young, after all... he was the emperor.
However, those who were interested still discovered that the emperor's reprimand seemed to be unfair, but in fact it was still biased towards Fu Tingye.
The meaning of the words was very clear. The emperor didn't want to care about Fu Tingye's side affairs at all, and he would not be punished for such things.
Nothing happened in the morning, and some people spread rumors among the people, but the effect was not good, and no one among the people believed it.
Xiaodouzi reported the situation outside to the emperor. Li Jingnan laughed happily in the imperial study. Finally, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, shook his head and sighed: "It seems that the image of General Fu as a great hero is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so these spooky tricks can be used." It’s not working.”
"It's not all because of this." Xiaodouzi presented the thing in his hand to him and explained, "Recently, a batch of comic books have been imported from outside the city, and they are selling very well in Shengjing. There are also storytellers saying in teahouses and restaurants The story, common people say, Si Bing’s wife is as beautiful as a fairy, so why would General Fu ignore the fairy and instead go and bully an ordinary and weak girl?”
"What comic book is so awesome?" Li Jingnan was curious and took it in his hand and opened it.
This comic strip was drawn by the poor scholar Hua Qingxue met before. Fu Tingye ordered him to revise it, but the previous comic strip had been sold, so the scholar could only change the direction of the subsequent story.
The front of the comic strip is still the same, saying that Fu Tingye was transferred to the north to guard the border by an imperial edict. On the way, he encountered an injured lone wolf. General Fu rescued the wolf, raised it by his side and took good care of it until the injury recovered. Let it go again, but unexpectedly, this wolf is actually a demon fairy.
In order to repay the favor, Sirius was unwilling to leave the general and helped General Fu to fight against the Liao soldiers. It transformed into a human form and hid in the military camp. It blew a breath of fairy air on the swords used by the soldiers. The swords could immediately cut iron like clay. Blow some fairy air into the bow and arrow, and the bow and arrow will be able to chase the sun and the moon and shoot far away.
Then here, Hua Qingxue's image suddenly changed.
Originally, in order to echo the image of Sirius descending to earth, Hua Qingxue was the image of a human body with a wolf head.
But in the new comic strip, she fell in love with the general's heroism, so she turned into a beautiful woman to assist the general, with the intention of committing herself to him.
The plot is very bloody, but people love to watch bloody movies!
So when Hua Qingxue is in despair, and the moon is in shame, why does Fu Tingye want to find another woman
This is not in line with the public’s psychological expectations and the people cannot accept it!
"What a wonderful painting! So wonderful!" Li Jingnan held the comic strip and read it with gusto, praising, "We can't bury such talents. Go and draw up a decree to recruit them as palace painters."
Xiaodouzi bowed and said, "I accept the order." He thought to himself that this poor scholar had really had his fortune, and from now on he would have no worries about food and clothing.
The little emperor touched his chin and said to himself: "I should be included in this painting..."
Xiaodouzi: "..."
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Mrs. Fu originally wanted to use public opinion to force him, but the rumors did not cause any harm to Fu Tingye. She was still in the period of mourning, so she could not force him to marry Cheng Wanmiao.
Even the Queen Mother couldn't do much because of the mourning period.
The mourning period seems to be a signal, and everyone is waiting for it to end.
When the first snow fell, Shengjing City welcomed new guests—the second batch of envoys from Daliao.
In order to show their sincerity, the third prince of Daliao personally went to Daqi as an envoy to sign an alliance. He ordered thousands of new weapons from Daqi at the price of gold and silver and returned them to the three prefectures of Xi, He and Mo.
As soon as the news came out, the people were filled with gongs and drums, singing and dancing.
This means that Qi and Liao will not fight for at least two or three years.
Hua Qingxue also welcomed her guests.
Her two apprentices, Liang Wensheng and Su Shaowen, came from Qingzhou.
She was so well protected by Fu Tingye that she didn't know anything about the chaos outside and didn't have to worry about anything. Even the fact that Liang Wensheng and Su Shaowen came to Shengjing didn't come to light until they met the person that day.
"Why are you here?" Hua Qingxue looked at the two people in front of her in surprise.
They were both a bit tired from traveling all the way, but they were in good spirits.
Because they haven't seen each other for some time, both of them have changed a bit. Among them, Su Shaowen has changed the most. Not only has he grown taller, but his handsome appearance and eyebrows have become more refined, and there is a kind of androgynous softness in his eyes.
Because Liang Wensheng is in charge of the firearms camp, he has a calmer demeanor than when he was a small supervisor before, and he behaves with a confident demeanor, which is quite free and easy.
Liang Wensheng smiled and said: "Master, it was General Fu who called us here. He said that you opened an academy in the capital and wanted us to help."
Hua Qingxue was surprised, but also a little moved.
Fu Tingye has always been like this, keeping many things in mind and then doing them silently.
He must be worried that her body wouldn't be able to bear it, so he specially invited these two people.
Huan'er served tea to the two of them. Liang Wensheng took a sip and asked impatiently: "Master, why did you suddenly think of opening an academy? What kind of academy? Shaowen and I are eager to see it."
Su Shaowen was young and shy, so he nodded in agreement with Liang Wensheng.
"It's not an academy, it's a college of science." Hua Qingxue said with a smile, "I've already thought of a name. It's called Daqi College of Science. The emperor said he would personally give it a plaque."
Liang Wensheng joked: "Master thinks there are too few apprentices and wants to recruit more."
Hua Qingxue was amused by him, "I can't tell yet, maybe he will be your apprentice by then?"
"Mine?" Liang Wensheng pointed at himself, somewhat confused.
Hua Qingxue said: "The glass factory here in Shengjing City is about to be opened. Shaowen has to help bring out a group of glassmakers first. I'm afraid the college will not be able to take care of the affairs. After the spring, we will recruit people to prepare lessons. You’ll be busy managing a bunch of things to do.”
"Master, you're not asking me to teach, are you?" Liang Wensheng shook his head repeatedly, "It won't work, I haven't even started teaching yet!"
"I must take a few classes from time to time. Oh, by the way! There is another gentleman -" Hua Qingxue mentioned Lu Zhengqing and introduced them to them, "He is a fellow countryman of mine. His surname is Lu. He is very knowledgeable. He is also He will teach at the college, and I will introduce you to him in the next few days."
Su Shaowen's eyes showed yearning, "Master, can I attend the classes in the academy?"
He was only fifteen years old and had no confidence in teaching, but he was very interested in attending lectures.
"Of course." Hua Qingxue nodded, "Although you two already have some basic skills, you can become more stable if you study systematically again."
Liang Wensheng joked again: "Master, open a back door for me and Shaowen, and don't charge tuition."
Hua Qingxue smiled: "Not only you don't charge tuition, but everyone doesn't charge tuition."
Liang Wensheng and Su Shaowen both opened their eyes in surprise.
"Master, if you don't charge tuition, aren't you afraid of being squeezed out?" Liang Wensheng asked in surprise.
Without spending a penny, you can learn the skills of Mrs. Si Bing. If the pie falls from the sky, why don't you have to fight for it? !
Hua Qingxue slowly shook her head, stretched out five fingers and shook them, "Mr. Lu and I have discussed it. For the first time, we only need this many students."
Liang Wensheng looked at her fingers and blurted out: "Fifty?"
To do this on such a large scale, only to recruit fifty people
Although Liang Wensheng would not question Hua Qingxue's decision, the expression on his face could not help but show two words: so little!
"Yes." Hua Qingxue nodded, "I will issue a paper to all those who come to register and select the best. The number of students has been carefully considered. It is better to have fewer students than too many. This first batch of students is not only the first batch in Daqi. Technical talents will also take on the future teaching work of the college."
She is just the person who sows the seeds, and will not be tied to the academy forever. The knowledge will naturally be passed down from generation to generation for her.