I, my father-in-law, set off a frenzy of public examinations in ancient times

Chapter 85

"No..." Just as Lu Xiaoyue was about to speak, the young man glanced at him coldly. Lu Xiaoyue suddenly felt that she was outside the Yumen Pass, surrounded by yellow sand and snow, and she was as if frightened, unable to speak a word.

If she still can't guess who this person is at this time, her official career will come to an end before it even begins! ——

"Grass people deserve death! You don't know the face of the emperor, grass people are guilty..." Lu Xiaoyue fell to her knees in panic, kowtowing her head unceasingly.

Guan Yujun desperately used his eyes to suggest that the paper was shown to Han Yin for the first time. This is the speech she wrote for the Qionglin banquet later. You must not only memorize it, but also understand it by heart! ——

Han Yinchu curled her lips helplessly, and said to Lu Xiaoyue: "You don't need to be too polite, you are already a 'disciple of the Son of Heaven' now, and you should change the saying of 'grassroots, grassroots'..."

Lu Xiaoyue raised her head overjoyed: "Grass... my minister, thank you, Your Majesty!—"

Not bad, the mud legs are still very good!

Guan Yujun helped Lu Xiaoyue up: "Xiaoyue, His Majesty is just like this, but he looks scary..."

Lu Xiaoyue smiled stiffly, not taking what little Eunuch Guan said seriously.

So along the way, little Eunuch Guan ate and drank, Lu Xiaoyue was obedient like a quail, and Han Yinchu kept asking "Are you sure you want to use this kind of plain language?", "I feel offended by these words"...

The journey was so weird and smooth, and they returned to the palace.

Lu Xiaoyue even came to a conclusion: If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed that little Guan Gonggong is so simple in the emperor's heart! ...

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The road drove all the way to the palace, and then they changed sedan chairs in the palace, Han Yinchu separated from them to change clothes; while Lu Xiaoyue and Guan Yujun went directly to Qionglin Garden in the imperial garden.

Before coming to the gate of the Qionglin Banquet, Lu Xiaoyue marveled at the strange pines and cypresses on the tooth path, she kept stepping forward to stroke them, her eyes were full of curiosity and admiration;
Going forward, the names of "Pomegranate Garden" and "Golden Osmanthus Garden" are mentioned on the pavilions on both sides, which is really a good meaning; , Shexiang and other flowers, I couldn't hold back and leaned forward, and took a deep breath...

Guan Yujun took her and walked all the way to the horizontal floor of Huaxugang, which is about tens of feet high, in the southeast. I saw the sunset in the west, and the golden light shot out from the layers of clouds. The blue and beautiful scenery complement each other, which is too beautiful to be absorbed.

In the green landscape, the winding pebbles, the jade pond, the willow lock Hongqiao, the flowers and the phoenix...all are covered with a layer of golden light, as if they want to be reflected in people's hearts.

"Little Eunuch Guan, what kind of flowers are those? They look more beautiful." Lu Xiaoyue pointed to many clumps of flowers and plants that she didn't know, and asked Guan Yujun.

"Oh, those are all southern flowers from Fujian, Guangzhou, and Zhejiang, such as Yuechi, Meiting, and peonies."

Lu Xiaoyue took a deep breath, breathing calmly, she looked down from the tall floor: glass lanterns lit up because of the setting sun, the palace people carrying red lacquer boxes filed in, and those who were going in twos and threes. Her classmates who came to the banquet...

She will never forget such a beautiful scene——

But thinking about it, it was too early for her to say that.

Little Guan Gonggong took out a brand new dark green and gold dress from behind him as if conjuring, and said with a smile:

"Xiaoyue is a passer-by, so she can't be dressed in inferior clothes!——

It's just that the clothes are old clothes, and they were the favorite of the Empress Dowager Yunying when she was not married; she thought that if a female Jinshi really made it to the list, it would be a gift from her, so don't hold it against..."

Lu Xiaoyue took the dress and shook her head like a rattle: "This is a great honor, how could I despise it!—"

As soon as he finished speaking, he took the dress and touched the golden gauze cloud shoulders, the Xiangfeng blouse, and the horse-face skirt with a white dark floral gauze embroidered bird pattern skirt and a silver hem with ecstasy.

After all, she is a woman, she has never seen such a beautiful dress...

"Xiaoyue, you can change your clothes. When you come down later, just find a palace man, and he will take you to the banquet in front!" After finishing speaking, Guan Yujun went to work on other things, and Lu Xiaoyue looked at Xiaoyue. Guan Gonggong's back view, Jane's place of love holds the clothes in his heart.

"That's right!——" The sound of footsteps that were fading away suddenly came back, and little Guan Gonggong was afraid that she was changing clothes, so he groped up two steps of the stairs while covering his eyes:

"Xiaoyue, don't leave after the Qionglin banquet is over, I have something to tell you, let's see you here!"

"Hmm." Lu Xiaoyue looked at Guan Yujun who was cautiously afraid of offending, felt embarrassed for the first time, and only said a "hmm" as thin as a mosquito.

When Lu Xiaoyue appeared on the stage, the high-spirited chatter in the hall stopped for an instant, and almost everyone's eyes were on her;
But she was not stage-frightened, she accepted all gazes calmly, straightened her back, and stepped firmly onto the scarlet carpet step by step.

The positions of all Jinshi are arranged according to their ranks, but Mrs. Guan obviously put in good intentions, and seated Xia Xing School, who was ranked slightly behind her, behind her, so that their only two girls were very close, Can take care of each other.

"Wow! Lu Chuanlu, you are so good-looking!—" Xia Xingxiao was naturally dressed very solemnly, but seeing Lu Xiaoyue enter the venue, his eyes lit up, and he praised him sincerely.

Lu Xiaoyue's cheeks were slightly red: "Where...Miss Xia is the dragon and phoenix among people, I'm just a lowly person, how can I compare with Miss Xia once I leap into the dragon's gate?——"

"Ah!~" Xia Xingxiao waved his hands boldly: "We are all 'scholars', so naturally we all know the truth of 'princes and generals have kindness'..."

Speaking of "Ning has kindness", the two looked at each other and smiled, and at the same time they burst out laughing.

"Chuanlu... May I call you Xiaoyue?"

"Of course, Star School."

The two girls who had attracted the attention of all the men in the audience still didn't know it, they were still talking with their heads together, laughing from time to time.

Men are still drinking and composing poems, but behind their extravagant behavior, it seems that they are trying to attract the attention of women...

Suddenly, a sound of bells and silk bamboos accompanied by a clear chorus interrupted everyone's loud discussion: "Yo Yo Luming, the apple of the wild food; I have a guest, playing the zither and the sheng... The drums and the zither are harmonious Zhan; I have a decree for wine, with the heart of a Yanle guest..."

It is the first poem "Deer Ming" in "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya", known to all the gifted scholars and beauties present here.

Because the predecessor of the Qionglin Banquet, the Luming Banquet, appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and "Luming" was played at the banquet; so this custom has been followed.In this way, this is the real banquet.

　During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, "Qionglin Banquet" was often called "Enrong Banquet". The content of the ceremony remained basically unchanged, and the form of "Qionglin Banquet" was passed down.

　　The Qionglin Banquet is from the Song Dynasty, and the Luming Banquet is from the Tang Dynasty. They are mixed here.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)