The Times Spent in Pretense

Chapter 60: female general

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"His Royal Highness." Yao Songbai saw the prince standing beside Hua Liuli at the first sight, and stepped forward to salute: "I have seen His Royal Highness."

Only then did Yao Wenyin notice the existence of the prince, and hurriedly saluted behind her brother. I can't blame her for her lack of concentration. It's just that Hua Liuli hates her too much. As long as Hua Liuli is there, she won't notice anyone else at all.

"Miss Yao, are you here too?" Hua Liuli only noticed Lin Wan who was walking in front of them, but Yao Wenyin also came.

Hearing Hua Liuli's question, Yao Wenyin couldn't hang on her face, and hummed vaguely. How refreshing she was when she said she didn't believe in ghosts and gods, now her face hurts.

"Fu Shou County Master." Yao Songbai and Hua Changkong are good friends, but this is the first time he has seen Hua Liuli's face up close.

Fushou County Lord is not like a person who has lived in the border for a long time, but more like he grew up in a water village in the south. No wonder a classmate only saw the county master and asked Brother Changkong to see if the Fushou county master was married.

"Young Master Yao is also here to worship Wenquxing?" The crown prince stretched out his hand to support Hua Liuli's wrist, "Be careful of the steps."

Noticing the Prince's gesture of supporting Fushou County Master's wrist, Yao Songbai hurriedly turned his gaze towards her and retracted, "She said that this place is very effective, and the students came to pay their respects if they wanted peace of mind."

Yao Songbai is very free and easy, and doesn't think it's ashamed to come to worship Wenqu Xingjun.

But Yao Wenyin felt embarrassed. She silently covered her face and wanted to pretend that she had never been here.

"Oh~" Hua Liuli looked at Yao Wenyin with a smile, "Last time, Miss Yao didn't believe that Wenqu Xingjun was effective, did you change her mind so quickly?"

Yao Wenyin: "..."

I don't want to talk, thank you.

The prince chuckled, pretending not to see that Hua Liuli was deliberately teasing Yao Wenyin: "Young Master Yao is right, it's good to ask for peace of mind."

A few people entered the Wenquxing Temple, and the guards guarded the temple. Seeing this formation, Miaozhu jumped and bowed to greet him.

But before he could get close to the prince, he was stopped.

"I'm sorry, the nobles of our family are offering incense, and others are not allowed to approach." Although the guard in the black robe spoke politely, his expression was serious. Miaozhu quickly shrank his neck and stepped back without any hesitation.

There are many nobles in the capital, and who can take so many guards out, besides the royal family

As soon as Lin Wan knelt down on the futon, she heard movement from outside the temple. She looked back and saw a team of guards surrounding the Wenqu Xing Temple, and the rest of the guards guarded four young ladies in brocade clothes.

This time, when she came to Wenquxing Temple, she deliberately chose a few days to avoid meeting acquaintances. She didn't expect other acquaintances to meet, but she met someone she didn't want to meet.

She bowed three times to the statue, got up and came to the prince: "The minister and daughter pay tribute to His Royal Highness."

The prince nodded slightly and walked directly to the temple with Hua Liuli. It seemed that even looking at Lin Wan was a waste of his life.

With such an obvious attitude, even Yao Wenyin, who had a straightforward personality, noticed that the prince clearly disliked Lin Wan. Originally, she wanted to ridicule Lin Wan, but the prince showed this attitude, but she didn't dare to speak more.

A person who is really hated by the superior, if you talk to him a few more words, it may cause trouble for himself.

Lin Wan stood stiffly in the same place and looked at them arrogantly walking into the temple with a very complicated expression.

What made her even more uncomfortable was that Hua Liuli didn't give her a second look from beginning to end, as if her existence was irrelevant. Maybe for Hua Liuli, she is a stone, an ant, or a dry leaf on the side of the road, and it has no meaning at all.

How ridiculous.

She regretted it day and night. Why did she have to live with Hua Liuli in the first place? If only she could say a few words less, at least she could still be the future Queen of England. Unlike now, she clearly lives in the bustling capital, but does not have any sense of belonging, she is like a passer-by in this city. When she came, no one was surprised; when she left, no one kept her.

The few ladies who were courteous and polite to her at the Huachao Festival now hurried away when they saw her, as if she could take advantage of them by walking slowly.

The most ridiculous thing is that her father's order was suppressed by His Majesty, and it was Hua Liuli's father who entered the palace to plead for mercy, so that this potentially big matter was dealt with in a low-key manner.

Now as long as she sees Hua Liuli, she will feel embarrassed, regretful, unwilling, and somewhat inexplicable hatred. When Hua Liuli saw her just now, even if she sneered a few words, it was better than the current attitude of ignoring her.

"I beg Xingjun to bless my brother and get the champion..."

Hua Liuli and Yao Wenyin knelt on the futon and said the same thing. The two turned to look at each other, their eyes fighting in the air.

"Xingjun is on top, Xinnu is willing to donate 100 taels of silver." Yao Wenyin was the first to speak.

"Xingjun is above, the person next to Xinnu spoke ill of you last month." Hua Liuli said, "Xinnv would like to donate 500 taels of silver to the shantang in the name of Xingjun to help more people."

Yao Wenyin was stunned when she heard Hua Liuli's words. She didn't expect this shameless woman to act like this

"Xingjun is above, the letter girl was just unintentional words before, please don't take Xingjun to heart." Yao Wenyin glared at Hua Liuli, in order to make Hua Changkong pass the exam, Hua Liuli can do any insidious things.

Yao Songbai kept smiling embarrassedly beside him, and said to the prince, "My sister is young and ignorant, so I made you laugh, Your Highness."

The prince nodded slightly and did not speak.

Seeing the Prince's attitude, Yao Songbai felt even more uneasy. The entire Yao family knew that the prince and Princess Shun'an did not have a good relationship. Princess Shun'an's concubine was their second uncle of the Yao family, so every time the Yao family was very careful in front of the prince, they were afraid that the prince would be in a bad mood someday. , suddenly taking anger at them.

As a scholar, no one does not want to be the champion, but he admires Brother Hua's talent and bearing, so even if Hua Changkong is the champion after the palace exam, he will only accept the result with all sincerity.

"I was joking just now, don't take it to heart, Miss Yao." Hua Liuli stood up and said with a smile, "I wish Brother Ling a good place in the palace exam."

"Heh." Yao Wenyin would never believe in the hypocritical Hua Liuli again, she stood up and grabbed a handful of broken silver and threw it into the merit box: "My brother will definitely get a good ranking."

"Wen Yin." Yao Songbai was worried that the two little girls would make the atmosphere more and more stiff, and hurried out to smooth things out, "Don't be rude."

Yao Wenyin pouted, but didn't say anything more, obviously she didn't want to refute her brother's face outside.

"There is a teahouse nearby. If the prince and the county master don't mind, we can go to the teahouse to drink tea and chat." Yao Songbai bowed his hands to the prince, "I wonder what Your Highness thinks?"

The prince turned to look at Hua Liuli: "Do you want to go?"

Hua Liuli saw that Yao Songbai was interested in getting closer to the prince, she turned her head and saw that there was no reluctance on the prince's face, so she nodded and said, "Everything is according to His Highness's arrangement."

"Then let's sit for a while before leaving." After walking out of the temple, the prince looked up at the blazing sun, took the folding fan handed over by the eunuch, shook it open, covered the top of Hua Liuli's head, and whispered in her ear, " In the past few days, envoys from other countries have rushed to the capital one after another, and they can listen to books for a while in the teahouse."

Near Dajin, there are only two countries with concentrated power and vast land, the Tortoiseshell Country and the Jinbo Country. Most of the other countries are small and small countries, and there is no threat to Dajin.

Because some small countries were repeatedly oppressed by Jin Po, they had no choice but to bow their heads to Da Jin in order to obtain Da Jin's blessing.

Whenever something good happens in Dajin, these small countries will diligently send envoys to Beijing with gifts, praise Changlong Emperor, and bribe the officials of the capital with gold and silver jewelry to ensure that Dajin can hold the thigh. Steady and steady.

There are even some relatively poor and remote tribes who even want to join the Dajin directly and obtain the household registration of the Dajin. However, their enthusiasm was rejected by Emperor Changlong.

Merging other small countries and tribes involved many political factors and interests. Although Emperor Changlong was moved, he was unwilling to act rashly.

But this time is different. Dajin's army beat Jin Po, who has always been arrogant, to the point of surrendering. What he couldn't do in his heart can now be considered.

The victory won by Hua Yingting and Wei Mingyue for the Great Jin Dynasty will not only affect the present, but also the next hundred years of the Great Jin Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that other officials think that the Hua family will be hidden by all the birds, because no emperor can tolerate such a great hero by his side, and no emperor likes the reputation of his subjects in the people to be louder than himself.

Yao Songbai is a scholar, and the tea houses he likes to go to are also mostly scholars.

Most of the scholars are gentle. Although there are many scholars in the lobby talking and drinking tea together, they are not noisy and the atmosphere is very good.

A scholar came down from the upstairs and saw Yao Songbai and his party with their female family members, and they deliberately avoided a few steps to the side so as not to collide with the female family members.

On the second floor, there are many small rooms separated by screens. On the stage, there is an old man who plays the pipa and sings a piece of music. He looks so happy and content.

There are far fewer guests upstairs than downstairs. The guests sit at a table in twos and threes. Some are whisperers, some are talking about exam questions, and there are even people who set up a chessboard, you come and I play chess.

"The Biluochun here tastes exceptionally good. Would you like to try it, Your Highness?" Yao Songbai called the waiter and asked the prince for his opinion.

"Three cups is enough. Gu has already prepared the things for the main entrance of Fushou County." The prince asked for a few snacks, and said to Hua Liuli, who was sitting cross-legged on his right hand, "Most of the snacks outside are those, workmanship. It doesn't matter, if you like it, I will let the chef of the East Palace make it for you."

Yao Wenyin's eyes widened, the prince and Hua Liuli...

Silently swallowing her saliva, she began to recall whether she had offended Hua Liuli too much.

Tea and snacks came to the table, and before the four of them had a few conversations, they heard someone at the next table say: "The women of Dajin are really shameless, they just show their faces outside, and they even let women be generals."

"There are men everywhere in the barracks. What does a woman look like when she is pointing fingers at a man?"

Yao Wenyin frowned in dissatisfaction, what happened to a woman being a general, General Wei was the object of worship of many little girls in the capital. She looked at the prestige and was talking about three men sitting together, two old and one young. Although the style of clothes was similar to that of Dajin, she could see at a glance that these three were not from the capital, or even Dajin. people.

"What's the reason for this?!" Before Hua Liuli and his group spoke, several other scholars clapped the table and stood up, "Who gave birth to you, are they male or female?"

The author has something to say: Dajin scholar: let's all get out of the way, it's finally our turn to appear! We can't fight, we are professional when it comes to fighting!