After watching the Bingxi exercise, the two returned to the palace. When I went back, I saw a lot of carriages standing at the side gate of the palace, carrying boxes of things out. An Changqing asked someone to ask, but it turned out that a caravan from the south had returned to Beijing and brought back a lot of food from the south. Zhou Helan specially asked someone to bring it over.
When An Changqing and the others came back, the boxes and cages had almost been moved. When they went in, they saw that there were more than a dozen wooden boxes piled up in the yard. In addition to all kinds of fabrics, there were also a lot of rouge gouache and gold hairpin jade bracelets. What's left are some collected orphans, well-written ink, paper and inkstones, and quirky things.
Xiao Zhige said, "Zhou Helan has a heart."
An Changqing glanced at it. These boxes and cages were marked for everyone. The silk satin and powder jewelry were naturally owned by Yu and An Xianyu. shape. An Xianyu's head and face are more, more of which are made of gems of various fresh and tender colors, as well as a lot of rouge gouache. The other box of ancient books was also given to An Xianyu. An Changqing glanced at the title of the book at the top and vaguely remembered that An Xianyu had mentioned the title. Then there are pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and some quirky things, which are for An Changqing and the little prince and little princess.
Indeed, An Changqing was a little satisfied, and said, "Send these boxes to Shou'an Courtyard and Qingyi Courtyard, that is, Mr. Helan sent them."
Xiao Zhige said, "I heard that Zhou Helan participated in this township examination?"
"Well, he wants to take the imperial examinations and become an official. I think it is more suitable for him to be an official than to do business. Now that the jade mine has turned to the bright side, there is no shortage of manpower."
After Xiao Zhige ascended the throne, the jade mines that had been mined secretly in the past were also transferred to the bright side. Eighty percent of the profits go to the treasury. After Zhou Helan handed over all the previously trained personnel to Chang Zaichang, he returned to Yejing to prepare for the exam.
Since the last time he had a sincere conversation with An Changqing at the Fengfeng Banquet, within a few days he found a house not far from the palace, and moved out with Zhou's mother. After that, he concentrated on preparing for the exam, although he rarely visited the palace, But he walked around a lot, and from time to time he sent people to the palace to deliver some food.
Zhou Helan is a smart person. When he was selling rough jadeite in the South, he also managed a lot of contacts and established businesses. Although he is not working now, his family is quite rich.
Xiao Zhige also felt that Zhou Helan was a talent, he nodded and said, "Ji Anmin told me a few days ago that the results of the township examination are coming out, and looking at the papers sent by the local examiners, there are a few outstanding people. I can't say this time. I will try, and it will be more exciting than previous years.”
"Anti-God Evil God"
At the beginning of his ascension to the throne, in order to attract talents, he specially ordered Enke to be opened. Ji Anmin was the main examiner, and the county exams were added in October. When the results of the township examination come out, the meeting will be held tomorrow in mid-February.
An Changqing is very confident in Zhou Helan: "I can't say that Zhou Helan is among those people."
Although Xiao Zhige thought it was not impossible, seeing that he trusted Zhou Helan so much, he couldn't help but feel a little jealous, and said in a low voice, "Well, why are you so sure? Trust him so much?"
An Changqing gave him a sideways glance, and said without a smile: "Of course I believe him, he is the prospective son-in-law of the Yanwang Mansion."
"..." Xiao Zhige touched his nose and coughed lightly: "Zhou Helan is also worthy of Xianyu. If he can really get a gold medal, I will give them marriages in person."
An Changqing laughed: "That minister thanked Your Majesty on behalf of Xianyu."
Xiao Zhige took his hand and walked towards the main courtyard, but he couldn't help but whispered in his ear: "Your sister is my sister, why should the family say two things? If King Yan really wants to thank you, why don't you take out some? Sincerely come…”
His voice was almost breathy, and the warm breath hit his skin, causing a small shudder. The two have been separated for several days and have not been close to each other for a long time. An Changqing felt some ripples in his heart, but then he thought of Xiao Zhige being empty for a few days. He turned his face sideways to avoid his cowardly actions, and squinted at him and said, "If that's the case, then I won't thank you."
Xiao Zhige was not disappointed even if he failed to obtain benefits. After returning to the room with him to wash up, he urged people to go to bed early to rest.
The ground cage was burned in the house, and the two of them were wearing neither thick bedclothes. Xiao Zhige wrapped An Changqing in his arms like a child. He clamped his legs and feet, and hugged him tightly. Grinding ears. His Majesty the Emperor had been alone for a few days, and now he finally took the man into his arms and sighed comfortably.
An Changqing also felt very comfortable. Men are naturally hot, and in winter they are like a big stove, and their whole body is warm. Don't properly cover his hands and feet that are prone to cold, there is no coldness at all.
It's just that the two young men have been absent for a few days, and they have some meaning of dry wood and fire. At first, An Changqing thought that she would just hug and sleep, and would never do anything else, but after Xiao Zhige harassed a few more times, she couldn't help but surrender and go to Wushan with him...
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1. Ye Yun. Rain, the next day it was still before dawn and he had to go to the court. Xiao Zhige was full of spring breeze, and personally twisted the hot handkerchief to wipe An Changqing's face. An Changqing looked at his fierce appearance and couldn't help feeling envious. He stretched out his foot from the bed and kicked him: "Why are you not tired at all?"
It was obvious that Xiao Zhige contributed more to do that, but Xiao Zhige looked like nothing else, even more energetic. On the contrary, he was the one with little effort, his eyelids were fighting, and his whole body was sore. This is also very annoying.
Xiao Zhige let him kick, picked up his feet and put on his shoes, smiling: "I practice martial arts every day, so naturally I'm not tired. Why don't you practice martial arts with me in the future?"
As he said, he squeezed An Changqing's ankle, and gestured: "My wrist is not as thick as mine, so I should practice more, otherwise it will be difficult for my body to be healthy in the future."
An Changqing took a look at his wrist, and couldn't help but pouted. Xiao Zhige has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he is strong and strong, but he is not like some generals who are big and three thick, and he looks clumsy and indecent. On the contrary, he was tall and straight, with strong bones covered with firm flesh. At first glance, he was different from a weak and weak son like him. This man is like a beast with a head and claws, and his whole body is full of power.
He seriously thought about Xiao Zhige's words, and agreed: "Then ask me to punch when you get up early."
Xiao Zhige looks like this, he is healthy and has a long life, he can't be too bad.
"Okay." Xiao Zhige picked him up from the bed with a smile, dressed him, and went to court with him.
So this morning, the courtiers saw that the face of the emperor who had been depressed for several days suddenly became clear, and then went to look at the king of Yan in the front row, also with a ruddy face and a smile on the corner of his mouth. Everyone put their hearts back into their stomachs, it seems that the husband and wife are reconciled.
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After entering the 29th, the closer to the New Year, the more things happened.
The first one was the release of the township exam, and Zhou Helan won the understanding of Yuan in one fell swoop. Although An Changqing had discussed with Xiao Zhige before, Zhou Helan should have achieved a good result, but he did not expect that he would win Xie Yuan in one fell swoop. Zhou Helan was originally not well-known, and he hadn't even been to the academy a few times. But after the township test list was released, he rose to fame and became a popular candidate for next year's test. Not only classmates who have no friendship come to visit, but there are even many matchmakers who come to say kisses.
Yejing has always had a tradition of catching sons-in-law at the bottom of the list, but it is not easy to grab the second place in the top spot. In order to seize the opportunity to find a promising son-in-law, many people have turned their attention to the first place in the township examination. For example, Zhou Helan, who won Jie Yuan, can win Jie Yuan, as long as he does not go wrong in the test, a Jinshi background is indispensable. If he is more powerful, he will have a bright future if he enters the palace exam.
Therefore, Zhou's house, which was originally deserted, became lively for a while. It's just that Zhou Helan went to the appointment to have a drink as usual, but any matchmaker who came to the door to say kiss, but refused without hesitation. As a result, many people said that he was clean, and some people were talking about his ancestry. It's just that Zhou Helan just ignored it, and only sent someone to send a box of ancient books to the palace.
Although it was not specified who it was for, only An Xianyu in the palace liked to collect these isolated copies of ancient books. An Changqing personally sent the ancient book to Qingyi Courtyard, but saw that An Xianyu was embroidering a handkerchief with lychees, longans and walnuts already embroidered on it, which was clearly the pattern of "Lianzhong Sanyuan".
An Changqing raised her eyebrows and said deliberately, "Is this handkerchief embroidered for me?"
An Xianyu took the needle, looked up to see his joking look, and said a little embarrassedly, "Since my brother guessed it, why did he deliberately ask me what to do?"
An Changqing asked his servants to put down the ancient book, pointed to the wooden box and said, "He Lan asked someone to bring it here. I heard that many matchmakers these days go to Zhou's house to talk about marriage."
An Xianyu flipped through the ancient books, with a calm smile on her face: "He has poetry and books in his belly. If it weren't for his life experience, I'm afraid many people would have kissed him long ago."
"Are you really not in a hurry?" An Changqing asked narrowly.
"Meiyu's talent is just beginning to bloom, and her own wild bees, waves and butterflies are rushing up." An Xianyu lowered her eyes and said softly, "If he wasn't so outstanding, I wouldn't give up on him." Then she swayed again. Shaking the ancient book in his hand, he smiled and said, "This is the answer he gave me."
Since going to Yanzhou, An Xianyu has become more active and more mature in dealing with many things. An Changqing was even more relieved when she saw that her brows were calm and calm, apparently not worried about it. He touched her head and said, "I'm afraid you'll be unhappy when you hear it, so I came over to prepare to relieve you."
An Xianyu pursed her lips and smiled, and she was blessed again: "Then brother, I'm afraid it's a waste of time."
An Changqing laughed and told her a lot of things to try before getting up and leaving. When he left, he specially wanted to take away the veil of "Lianzhong Sanyuan" that had just been embroidered. An Xianyu is introverted by nature, even if she wishes to congratulate each other, she will never give or receive privately because of the etiquette. Although she has finished embroidering this veil, she will never give it to Zhou Helan if she thinks about it.
After passing through his hand and sending it to Zhou Helan, it will not make people gossip, and it will also satisfy the hearts of the two, which is just right.
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A few days after the list was released, it was Sanjiu.
It's only a few days away from the New Year's Eve. And Bingxi, who has been practicing for a long time, is finally about to make an official debut.
On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, Xiao Zhige led a hundred civil and military officials to the Lingxiao Tower to enjoy the ice play together.
It was cold on the 39th, and the river was covered with thick layers of ice. More than 2,000 soldiers and soldiers wore golden clothes, held formation flags, and walked on ice skates. Among the plain colors, I saw a piece of gold that suddenly spread its wings like a roc, and suddenly like a lion grabbing a ball... The soldiers slid quickly on the ice, changing into various formations, and finally gathered in one place and turned into a long golden dragon. It took off from the southwest of the ice rink and traveled to the north direction. When it passed the Lingxiao Tower, the golden dragon changed into a posture of bowing its head. More than 2,000 soldiers shouted in unison: "Your Majesty is a thousand years old, Da Ye Chang'an!"
The momentum is powerful, the sound spreads in all directions, and the reverberation echoes endlessly, as if it is really like a golden dragon roaring.
Xiao Zhige stood up and raised his glass. Bowing down, the golden dragon suddenly changed its formation. After a circle, it came out from the northeast with a soaring momentum.
This year's ice play, is undoubtedly the opening of the ice skates is particularly shocking.
Dazhu Guoshen Tuxu narrowed his eyes, pointed at a soldier in the distance who was holding a red command flag and couldn't see his appearance, and said with a smile: "That bastard in my family is the one who is carrying the command flag at the Dragon Head. Did you see it?"
Xiahou Shang, who was sitting next to him, smiled and said, "Sure enough, there are young heroes. I heard that the sage was courting you not long ago? We are all old. I think when we were young, that was the head of the dragon."
One of the two of them asked for honor and support, and the other was Xiao Zhige's top and mentor, and now they sing together, it is obvious that they are trying to appease the emperor's heart.
Xiao Zhige was young and vigorous, and he came from the army, so he knew the advantages and disadvantages of the Da Ye army system. There has long been news that the emperor wants to take back the military power, and there will be no six pillar states in the future, and the twelve generals will also be a thing of the past.
After the news came out, the hearts of the army fluctuated. Imperial power and military power have always been irreconcilable issues. Back then, when Taizu was still alive, he was still able to hold down the Six Pillars Kingdoms, but unfortunately there were too few capable descendants in later generations, and the Six Great Pillar Kingdoms were growing stronger day by day, threatening the imperial power.
Nearby, the Zhao family intends to rebel, and in the far distance, there are generals in Yongzhou, Qingzhou, who are self-respecting.
No matter which one, it is not something that the current emperor can tolerate. Conflict between the two parties is inevitable.
Shen Tubo has always been moderate. When Emperor Anqing was still alive, he was loyal to the emperor and did not interfere in the matter of seizing the heir. Now that Xiao Zhige has succeeded to the throne, he has taken the initiative to return home to honor him, for fear of disaster. Now he sings double reeds with Xiahou Shang to buy people's hearts for the emperor.
Chu Anliang said without a smile: "Although I am old, I can still serve His Majesty."
Shi Le was sitting beside him and said with a smile, "If you want me to say, General Shentu is too cautious."
After the collapse of the Zhao family, only five of the former six pillar states survived. Among them, Xue Qi was the adopted son of the Shu family. Now there are only four of them left. Shen Tubo and Xiahou Shang were obviously on the emperor's side, but Chu Anliang and Shi Lezheng had their own thoughts, and neither of them wanted to let go of their power easily.
In particular, Chu Anliang and Shi Lezheng had some unclear connections with the rebel Xiao Qi'an before. At this moment, they were particularly reluctant to compromise and show weakness to the emperor. These days, the army seems to be calm, but in fact people are surging. Many generals are afraid that Xiao Zhige will follow the example of the previous dynasty, and in order to regain military power, they will attack these generals. And Chu Anliang and Shi Le are trying to draw more alliances, and they have contributed a lot to it.
Shen Tubo clearly saw the ambitions of the two of them, shook his head and sighed: "This man, you still have to obey the old man. Your Majesty is prosperous in the spring and autumn, and he works hard to rule. Within two or three years, this world will definitely be different from before. We old people will be different. Guys still have to be conscious and make room for young people."
His gaze skipped Chu Anliang and Shi Lezheng, and looked at the other generals behind him: "His Majesty came from the army, and is most sympathetic to us veterans. We should also reciprocate and share our worries for Your Majesty."
Xiahou Shang stroked his beard and agreed, "That's right."
Their remarks basically showed their attitude to everyone - it is imperative for His Majesty to take back the military power. As for the fate of those generals who are unwilling to hand over power and still want to be as self-respecting as before, it is hard to say.
While they were talking, they suddenly heard a loud commotion in the field. Everyone interrupted the conversation and looked on the ice, and saw Xiao Zhige taking off his cloak and walking down the steps.
After walking the skates, it is to grab and wait.
The so-called grab, etc., is to put flags of different colors on one end of the ice rink to represent different levels. The soldiers who participated in the robbery were waiting at the other end. After the start, everyone races on the ice, and the one who draws the flag first will be rewarded.
There is one golden dragon flag, three red lion flags, five blue elephant flags, and ten black flags on the ice rink.
The golden dragon flag is the first class, and the reward is 10 taels of gold; the red lion flag is the second class, and the reward is 50 taels of silver; the third class of the blue elephant flag, the reward is 20 taels of silver; the black flag is the last class, and the reward is 50 taels of silver.
The reward for this robbery is very rich, and the soldiers have long been waiting to play. Seeing that An Changqing was watching with relish, Xiao Zhige couldn't help but feel a little competitive, and wanted to end the competition in person, and asked An Changqing to see his majesty as well.
Xiao Zhige used to be at the border all the year round, and he was not favored by Emperor Anqing, but he really never showed his skills in such a scene. When the soldiers off the field heard that he was going to end, they all cheered.
Take off the cloak that gets in the way and put on a black suit. Xiao Zhige returned to the stage and whispered to An Changqing, "I don't even look down on the rewards on the field. If I get the first class, maybe I will ask the King Yan for a reward?"
An Changqing sat with him, and said with a smile: "You are the emperor, who would dare to beat you?"
"I naturally want them to do their best," Xiao Zhige laughed, "King Yan only said yes or not?"
An Changqing looked at him with a smile, and found that he didn't look like a wise and steady emperor, but like a hairy young man eager to show himself, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but bend more.
"Promise you are, but you have to get them to do their best."
Xiao Zhige raised his eyebrows and said firmly, "King Yan looked at me carefully, even if they tried their best, they couldn't grab me."
The author has something to say: Cowardly: If you win, you will accompany me to sleep.
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