An official murmured: "Master Qiuxian already... This, this is a monster."
Chen Siru raised his hand and stopped the man from continuing: "Don't be rude."
"Master Chen, I..." Qiu Yutong was also very embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
"I have important things to do, I'm leaving." Chen Siru didn't seem to want to say anything to him, so he nodded to him, and hurried away with a few cabinet officials.
"Uh, Mr. Chen, go slowly." Qiu Yutong mumbled.
He also knew that although Chen Siru was gentle and polite, he was very self-confident in his bones, so he naturally disdained to deal with people with the status of "Xue Rong".
After everyone left, Qiu Yutong looked at the vermilion front door, took a deep breath, and gently pushed the door open.
The meditation hall was very dark, the long windows on all sides were tightly closed, memorials littered the floor, there were also broken teacup tiles, and dripping tea leaves.
Lu Xiao sat behind the desk, flipping through a memorial blankly.
Qiu Yutong couldn't help muttering in her heart, what's wrong with this kid, with a stern face, as if someone owed him millions of taels of silver.
He hesitated for a moment, walked around the mess on the carpet lightly, walked to the side of the desk, then lifted the lid of the food box, and put a bowl of white fungus soup on the desk.
"Your Majesty, please drink more." Qiu Yutong coaxed patiently and softly.
Patience, patience, just pretend that Lu Xiao is still the eight-year-old kid back then.
Lu Xiao ignored him.
"Your Majesty..."
"Get out!" Lu Xiao couldn't bear it and flicked his hand casually!
"Bang!" With a crisp sound, warm white fungus soup spilled all over Qiu Yutong's body, and the bowl shattered.
Qiu Yutong was caught off guard by being sprinkled with sticky white fungus soup, and was immediately annoyed: "What are you playing with your temper?!"
Lu Xiao suddenly raised his head and stared at Qiu Yutong: "What did you say?!"
As soon as Qiu Yutong said that sentence, she already regretted it, and stammered: "Uh, this..."
It's over, according to his current status, the words he said to Lu Xiao just now are enough to behead a hundred times, right
Qiu Yutong secretly groaned, quickly lowered her eyes, lowered her eyebrows and tried to make amends: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Xue Rong is just... worried about Your Majesty."
Lu Xiao stared at that supple and flattering face, but didn't answer.
There was silence in the hall.
I don't know how long it took before Lu Xiao was suddenly discouraged, leaned back in the chair extremely tiredly, and raised his right hand to cover his eyes.
"You... how did you learn it? You probably haven't seen him. Did Lu Yande teach you to say that?" Lu Xiao's voice was tired and hoarse, "Lu Yande, Lu Yande... I really want to kill him."
Qiu Yutong almost revealed her secrets, but at this moment she was terrified and just wanted to run away. While he was trying his best to pack the food box, he was vaguely responding to what Lu Xiao said, and he didn't know what he said.
Lu Xiao suddenly said: "Okay, since it's delivered, let's put it here."
"Put it here?" Qiu Yutong was taken aback for a moment, is this kid willing to eat
Lu Xiao didn't answer, and opened the food box on his own, and took out a plate of hibiscus cake.
He picked up a piece of pastry, seemed a little distracted, and suddenly said softly: "If... If he is still here, he will probably scold me like that."
"What is His Majesty talking about?" Qiu Yutong didn't hear clearly.
Lu Xiao ignored him and started eating slowly.
Qiu Yutong breathed a sigh of relief, since this kid is willing to eat, it would be great.
After Lu Xiao ate two pieces of snacks, he unfolded another memorial and read it carefully.
While looking at the memorial, he reached for the brush and wanted to review it, but frowned.
The ink is dry.
"You stay and grind ink for me."
Qiu Yutong had just packed the food box and was about to sneak away, but since the emperor had spoken, he had no choice but to reluctantly put down the food box in his hand, honestly picked up a piece of rosin ink, dipped it in water and started grinding it.
While reading the booklet, Lu Xiao casually reviewed it, with a beautiful and tall thin gold body, and he did not hesitate to write.
Qiu Yutong looked down, feeling proud in her heart.
Lu Xiao's handwriting was taught stroke by stroke.
Back then, he took little Lu Xiao, and the master and apprentice wandered among the people for five or six years. Every night in those years, he would try his best to teach little Lu Xiao to read and write. Now it seems that his efforts were not in vain.
How did you say that sentence? Famous teachers produce outstanding apprentices.
"What are you looking at?" Lu Xiao dipped a brush of ink and said calmly.
Qiu Yutong coughed lightly, and secretly boasted: "Your Majesty's thin gold calligraphy is really beautiful. I wonder which calligraphy master taught it?"
Lu Xiao looked down at the word "quasi" that he had just dropped, and unconsciously carried a slight smile in his tone: "He..."
Qiu Yutong was about to accept the little apprentice's praise, only to hear Lu Xiao continue: "The handwriting is very bad."
"..." Qiu Yutong was stunned.
This kid, why slander him so much
Forget it, he knew that Lu Xiao hated him very much, so he shouldn't have expected this kid to say anything good.
Lu Xiao was fascinated by the cinnabar "Zhun" in the thin golden body, as if recalling some extremely distant past, and even the corners of his mouth that had been tense for many years were slightly raised.
"Not only is he bad at writing, but he is also bad at explaining the Four Books, Five Classics, and military strategies. There are many things that he doesn't understand at all, and he bites the bullet and gives lectures to me every night. Talking nonsense, or talking nonsense, or secretly flipping through books to cram. Every time he finishes class, I have to teach myself again, and I dare not let him find out. "
Qiu Yutong: "??!!"
Lu Xiao's call was like a set of powerful combined punches, which made him dizzy.
As a genius swordsman, he is the future hope of Xuecheng. In order to teach this little boy Lu Xiao, he tried his best to teach himself the thin gold body in the world, the boring four books and five classics, and those messy and obscure military strategies... He, he is already very difficult!
This scoundrel actually despises him!
Moreover, Lu Xiao obviously didn't say that before...
Qiu Yutong couldn't help but think of little Lu Xiao's dark and bright eyes, and his cute and soft voice: "Master, Xiao'er didn't understand this place... Master, can you tell Xiao'er again?"
Dare this kid just pretend
From childhood to adulthood, pretending for a full ten years
In fact, every time after listening to the class, little Lu Xiao has to study by himself again
Could it be, could it be that he really taught so badly...
Qiu Yutong stood stiffly, her eyes were empty, and she fell into deep self-doubt.
"What's the use of telling you this..." Lu Xiao came back to his senses, sighed softly, and started critiquing the papers again.
Qiu Yutong was so depressed that she didn't even want to say a word, she rubbed her ink feebly, and her whole body was lost.
After a long time, he slowly recovered.
That's right, anyway, anyway, Lu Xiao has become a talent... As the saying goes, don't look at the process to see the result, he is still very qualified as an emperor teacher. As for the nonsense of Lu Xiao, a scoundrel, don't take it seriously.
Qiu Yutong comforted herself for a while, and finally felt better. She couldn't help but sneak a glance at Lu Xiao's review papers, wanting to see how this apprentice was teaching.
After watching for a while, he probably understood that the reason why Lu Xiao was so angry with the cabinet officials was because of the Changqing River in the south.
The Changqing River just broke its embankment in June this year, and it cost millions of taels of silver just to settle the victims. However, the autumn rains continued a few days ago, and the Changqing River burst its embankment again.
Lu Xiao severely punished the officials who were in charge of repairing the embankment before, but he pulled out the carrots and brought out the mud. A large number of local officials were implicated one after another, and even the Minister of the Ministry of Industry was involved. That's why Lu Xiao became furious and scolded a group of cabinet ministers. Bloody head.
Looking at the young apprentice's serious handling of official business, Qiu Yutong felt quite emotional.
This boy Lu Xiao has really grown up.
When the two of them returned to the Daning Palace after fighting the northern barbarians, the Lantern Festival would come soon after. The old emperor decided to re-open the sutra feast on this day, and found some of the most famous Confucian scholars in the world to give lectures to the princes.
The re-opening of the Sutra Feast is a grand event in the Daning Palace, and it is also a great opportunity for the princes to show themselves. As a result, when Lu Xiao heard that he was going to watch the Lantern Festival, he pestered him desperately and insisted on going. Qiu Yutong really had no choice but to cut a paper puppet and let that paper puppet take Lu Xiao's place to listen to the sutra feast.
But now, his little apprentice who refused to listen to the scriptures can already forget to sleep and eat for state affairs.
After a long time, Lu Xiao finally finished approving the papers related to Changqingjiang, and rubbed his brows wearily: "Chen Siru is still in the cabinet? Call him over."
Not long after, Chen Siru hurried over.
"Your Majesty, what's the matter, summon the humble minister?"
After Chen Siru finished speaking, he glanced at Qiu Yutong lightly, as if he was very disapproving of Lu Xiao letting the boy "Xue Rong" stay in the study, but he didn't say much.
"Sit down." Lu Xiao offered a seat, and said, "Chen Aiqing, I have already made a decision regarding the breach of the Changqing River's embankment. Jiang Yao is a talented man, and he will be demoted to three ranks, so that he can make meritorious deeds. Xu Chang'an dismissed him, and He Zicheng died For three thousand miles, a fine of 20,000 gold... As for Li Muen, he will be beheaded, and all his family property will be put into the disaster relief treasury. You should implement these things as soon as possible."
Chen Siru stood up, respectfully said: "Your Majesty is wise, I will do it now."
He said so, but stood still.
Lu Xiao raised his eyebrows and said, "Why, is there anything else?"
Chen Siru hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "Your Majesty, just now the Qin Tianjian received... the White Crane Immortal Order from Shuo Xuecheng. Three days later, Master Sang from Shuo Xuecheng will come to Daning Palace to select the royal family with the best roots. My son, take me back to Shuo Xuecheng to practice. Your Majesty, do you want to make some arrangements?"
Lu Xiao was stunned, almost involuntarily squeezed the memorial in his hand, and murmured: "Shuo Xuecheng?"
Qiu Yutong was also completely stunned.
Master Sang Xian... The third brother Sang Lingxi is coming to Daning Palace!
The people of the Chen Dynasty advocated cultivating immortals, and the vassal kings of all major families wanted to send their children to the best immortal gates, and the royal family was no exception. The Lu family has a slight relationship with Shuo Xuecheng. For hundreds of years, there are three or four children of the Lu family who cut off their ties to worship in Shuo Xuecheng, but most of them died.
In the past hundred years, except for Qiu Yutong and Lu Xiao, the master and apprentice, the Lu family has almost lost contact with Shuo Xuecheng.
But now, Senior Brother Sang actually wants to come to Daning Palace to personally select disciples!
Then can he go back with the third senior brother? Although his appearance is indeed a bit embarrassing, it is better than wasting in Daning Palace all the time!
Chen Siru said softly: "Your Majesty?"
Lu Xiao didn't answer, but just stared blankly at the dim candlelight in front of the desk, wondering what he was thinking.
After a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "Sang Lingxi in Shuo Xuecheng... I know, you can arrange it."