After rebirth, White Lotus forced her husband to be a good man
Chapter 24 Me and My Academic Husband
Chapter 24 Me and My Academic Husband
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, there was a family banquet in the palace, and the princes and princes went into the palace to pay New Year's greetings.
As dawn breaks, everyone in the Qin Mansion becomes busy.There are 66 eight-horse long carriages parked at the entrance of the mansion. The carriages are full of goods, and the nine housekeepers of the mansion are counting them one by one.
Inside and outside the yard, the domestic slaves and maidservants all started running in small steps. On this cold winter day, there were fine beads of sweat on their foreheads, making them quite nervous.
In the main hall, a guest came early in the morning.There were six eunuchs following outside the hall door, each holding a long whisk in their hands. Looking around, they were all senior eunuchs with gray beards and hair.The people sitting in the room didn't hear the sounds or recognize the faces, but it made people feel that the yin energy was heavy and the cold was approaching.
There was a red invitation on the tea table in the room.According to the rules, before entering the palace to pay New Year's greetings, the palace attendants must first send invitations to the palace. The higher the status of the eunuch sent, the more important the palace's status in the heart of the emperor.
Gu Si was sitting on the upper seat, his eyes lowered under his silver eyebrows, and he blew the orchid leaves floating in the tea bowl.He glanced to one side unhurriedly, his voice was high-pitched and sinister, and his tone was cold and hard, "This time the Marquis enters the palace to meet the saint. According to the rules, it is inconvenient for that ominous person to enter the palace. For the rest, the Marquis is looking at the arrangements. Before the family banquet at noon today, our family will be waiting for the arrival of Marquis Wu at the Mingde Hall."
Tan Yu, who was sitting next to him, rubbed the jade ring on his thumb and looked up at the invitation on the table.Although he didn't specify who it was, there was no one else in the Wuhou Mansion who could make the royal family disrespectful and displeased.
Now that Ye Niansi has entered his wife's house, he is naturally a member of his family. He visits the palace every year. The relatives in each house are neatly arranged to ensure good fortune for the coming year.Naturally, his Qin Wuhou Mansion was no exception.
However, Tan Yu did not need to explain the reason to the people around the emperor. He did not reply, looked up at Tan Yun and winked.
Qin Yun stepped forward knowingly, and placed a brocade box on the tea table to the right of Guan Shou with both hands. "Captain, this is the finest hair tip collected by the third brother when he was in Nanguan. It belongs to the same category as the tribute tea 'Lushan Yunwu'." Tea territory. My father has always remembered that the Governor loves good tea, and is not willing to give it to the family at all. I hope you will accept it."
Guan's hand holding the tea trembled slightly, his old eyes glanced sideways at the box, he smiled and raised his eyebrows slightly, raised his hand to pick up the box, and slowly opened the lid.
I saw a crystal pedestal standing in the misty blue brocade cloth, with a clear night pearl placed on the pedestal.The whole body of the fluorescent bead is round, and it faintly emits blue-purple fluorescence. In the dark blue brocade box, you can almost see the broken flakes.The pieces of flakes seem to be unrelated, but they are always within a small distance. The projection shines on the next piece of flakes, connected end to end, as if hidden in this night pearl, there is a vivid and unique leaping posture when viewed from different angles. silver dragon.
A smile slowly appeared on Guan's eyebrows. The smile and the viciousness of his face appeared on the same face, which was even more terrifying than when he was cold and solemn.
He stared straight at the bead.This bead is of high quality at first glance. Just this eye-sized thing can buy a house eight feet deep in a prosperous area of the capital.He looked around and started laughing more and more.
"It's really good tea." He nodded, closed the lid with a bang, and put it into his sleeve leisurely. His tone was soft, "I heard that the good concubine also prepared good tea today, although it's not as good as this one." The tea in the Marquis' Mansion is expensive, but it is also the finest red robe in the palace. I am waiting for the Marquis and his virtuous son-in-law at this family banquet."
Tan Yu smiled and his eyes darkened.
While everyone was busy, Liu Ye took three custom-made clothes from the door of the house. Each piece was wrapped in waxy yellow kraft paper. With the seal of "Yuxiu Cloth Village" pressed, she went all the way to Qin Yuwang's room. , stood at the door and knocked several times, "Second Miss, the clothes custom-made by Cloth Shop have arrived."
Seeing that no one answered, she knocked a few more times, but still no one answered.She glanced at the sky, thinking that it was not yet midnight, and according to Tan Yuwang's habit, she might not have woken up yet. As soon as she raised her hand, Tan Yuwang opened the door from the inside, his eyes were as wide as a frog's, and he Black and purple, holding the poetry album in his hand, he yawned loudly and said, "Come in and help me wash up."
"Yes," Liu Ye was also startled, and hurriedly lifted her legs and walked in the door.
Liu Ye put on the custom-made clothes for Tan Yuwang. In the bronze mirror, the moon-green dress was particularly fresh and elegant. The sleeves and skirt were embroidered with exquisite white plums, and the middle of the white plums was sewn with gold silk thread. There are small and three-dimensional stamens, and if you look carefully, you can see that there are unique patterns on each petal, which is very beautiful.
Qin Yuwang raised his hand and picked up the men's moon-green robe, and found that there was a red ribbon around the waist. The men's design was quite different from hers. The collar was embroidered with dragon and python scales, and the sleeves had a light red ribbon. It has peony patterns and auspicious phoenix patterns, and is also wrapped with a red and a white washcoat, all of which need to be layered together.
She couldn't wait to see Ye Niansi look like in this dress.
At that time, Ye Niansi had just come back from the library. He had finished reading the book "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. When he walked back to the yard, he saw the busy domestic slaves and maids. After careful calculation, today was already the sixth day of the first lunar month. It's time to enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings.
He walked to the door of the courtyard and saw Qin Yuwang standing in front of his door, looking around.He slowed down a little to see what she was doing.She knocked on the door but received no response, so she began to try to see something from the screen window, wishing to poke a hole in the screen window.
Ye Niansi looked at her with black eyes and walked behind her slowly and quietly.
Liu Ye saw him, her eyes were startled, and she was about to open her mouth when Ye Niansi glared at her sideways, with a sharp look in his eyes. She was stunned for a moment, lowered her head hurriedly, not daring to say anything.
"Your Highness, if you don't open the door, I will break in, right?" Qin Yudi shouted at the door, but there was no movement in the room.
Ye Niansi stood quietly behind her, looking at her coldly with his black eyes, without saying a word.
Qin Yuwang sighed, raised her hand and pulled the door several times, but it didn't open. She held the door with one hand and stepped on the side of the door with one foot. She pulled hard, her face turned red, but the door still didn't move.
"Liu Ye, ask someone to change Ye Niansi's lock tomorrow. The lock inside is too strong. Change it to one of inferior quality." Qin Yuwang gritted his teeth and ordered.
Liu Ye looked at her with some doubts, then at the door, then at Ye Niansi, and hesitantly responded, "Yes, Miss Second. I will find someone to replace the slave tomorrow."
After several attempts to open it, Qin Yuwang lowered her head and turned around slowly. When she raised her head, she suddenly saw Ye Niansi behind her. She took a breath of cold air and was almost frightened. She took two steps back, "Your Majesty... Your Highness, you...when did you come out?"
Ye Niansi looked straight at her with his black eyes, and glanced at the clothes in her hand.
She slightly held the clothes in her hands, her eyes shining slightly, "His Highness's clothes are ready, take a look, do you like it? I can't enter your house, so I can only wait here for you to come back..." "
Ye Niansi looked at her with black eyes, walked forward, put a big palm on the door, pushed it gently, and the door opened.He looked at Qin Yuwang's surprised eyes and said in a cold voice, "Second Miss, the door can also be pushed open."
Qin Yuwang froze on the spot, scratching the ground with his toes twice in embarrassment, and nodded with a smile, "Indeed, indeed."
After saying that, he took the ready-made clothes, and with the cold breath all over his body, he walked in and closed the door with a bang.
Tan Yuwang stood at the door, holding his forehead slightly, his face burning red.She glanced at Liu Ye fiercely and asked in a low voice, "When did he stand behind me? Before I opened the door, or after?"
Liu Ye tilted her head and thought for a while, "It seems that as soon as the second young lady stands here, my uncle will be here."
"Then why didn't you tell me?" Tan Yuwang became even more angry.
Liu Ye swallowed her saliva, with helplessness flashing in her eyes, "Second Miss, I know I was wrong, Second Miss, don't be angry."
In the room, Ye Niansi slowly took off the ink-stained white robe, and then took off the vest. When only a washcloth was left, he leaned over and took a look at the clothes. He found that the laundry clothes needed matching ones, so he took off his original laundry clothes.
The muscles all over her body are extremely clear. When the sun shines in slightly outside the window, the broad chest muscles seem to be shining. The abdominal muscles one after another have been winding down, getting tighter and tighter, reaching deep into the waist and abdomen. The roped trousers blocked the way.
There are two deep waist hollows at the back. Because all the food and drink in the cold palace were minced before, there is not even a trace of excess flesh on the body. When he lifted the new clothes, his slender arms revealed obvious muscle lines and pythons. Veins.
The scars on his body covered every inch of his skin, but the scars could not cover up the wild breath bursting out from under his broad shoulders and narrow crotch. It was just that the coldness of his body hid this evil and uninhibitedness just right. As for just looking at that face, one would feel that this person is extremely aloof and cold.
He quickly changed into his robe, turned around, opened the door, and saw Qin Yuwang still outside.
Hearing the voice, Qin Yuwang turned around and was about to praise him casually. When she saw him, at that moment, she was speechless and opened her eyes slightly.
Ye Niansi stood there casually, wearing that moon-green robe, which perfectly outlined the lines of every part of his body. His lean and narrow waist was tied with a belt carved with dragons and embroidered phoenixes. A long piece of red silk hangs flatly from his waist, and the red washcloth is worn at the bottom, making his skin extremely clear and fair.
The dignity of his whole body can be seen at a glance, and the dignity that belongs to the royal style is scattered all over him.The face was still thin, and the features were still deep, but between the brows and eyes, there was an unstoppable aura of an emperor.
It was an aura that could not be concealed by all kinds of torture, all kinds of grievances, and all kinds of misery.
And this is just a change of clothes.
Tan Yuwang was slightly startled.
Ye Niansi raised his arms, looked at her with black eyes, his voice was cold, and his tone did not contain any fluctuations.
"Second Miss, do you look good?"
Qin Yu looked at him with apricot eyes and nodded vigorously, "It's very beautiful."
There was some complexity in her eyes, and she lowered her eyes and turned around, "Liu Ye, go get ready. We will also go to the palace with dad to pay New Year's greetings."
Get up from the sedan chair and enter the palace.
The Qin family's New Year's greetings team was huge, pulling more than sixty carts of congratulatory gifts, and escorted by hundreds of silver-armored guards at the front, rear, and left. When walking on the street, the people all gave way to it, with envy in their eyes. They didn't know which wealthy family this was. The Marquis is taking his family to the palace to pay New Year's greetings.
Under the envious eyes of everyone, the long queue marched leisurely along the street. When they arrived at the gate of the palace, their waist badges were verified and they were allowed to enter the outer palace.Just after passing through the Danfeng Gate of the Outer Palace, two rows of slender palace maids with handsome eyebrows stood neatly on both sides to greet him.
The sedan stopped, and a delicate and low female voice came. After the leading guard handed over to them, he took three hundred steps back with his sword.The maid of Li Si Pavilion brought the red sedan chair for New Year greetings into the inner palace.
The sedan curtain was slightly lifted, and Liu Ye came in with a message, "Second Miss, uncle, this is the booklet for the palace banquet."
After Tan Yuwang took it, the sedan got up and continued moving forward, at a much slower pace.
The book has seven or eight pages, and the words on it are all written in gold foil, with gold characters on a red background, introducing the arrangements for the three-day family banquet, which is so dazzling to read.
She flipped through it and saw that the process had been changed this year. The Poet Girl Competition was held simultaneously with the family banquet, which meant that as soon as the palace banquet started, the Poet Girl Competition would begin.
Qin Yuwang couldn't help but feel nervous. She hurriedly took out the booklet from her body and rushed before the game. She recited each poem in her heart very seriously. When she wanted to memorize it, she covered the words with her two small hands and forced her memory.
But three hundred poems were too much for her. Before this, it was not easy for her to memorize three poems completely.
Every year she participated in the Poetry Girl Competition, she received an encouragement award and was eliminated in the first round.Then she returned home with a few hundred taels of silver. The old lady and Tan Yu were happy and the reward was much more than this.
But Tan Yuwang wanted to use the silver he won to buy gifts for Ye Niansi, and did not want to use the money from the Tan family.Therefore, she kept holding on to this idea, even though she felt a little disgusted behind her back, she still kept flipping through the booklet.
[Just hold on a little longer, Qin Yuwang, you can definitely do it. 】She silently cheered herself up in her heart.
Ye Niansi in the sedan raised his hand, and opened the sedan curtain with his slender joints. A beam of sunlight shone in, reflecting on the bridge of his tall nose, casting a shadow.
His dark eyes were staring outside the sedan, with a cold expression on his face.This deep palace is as usual, with golden glazed tiles shining in the sun, covering up the filth and sin in this red brick and green tile. A breeze blows, and it is covered with the smell of blood.
The morning sun was shining brightly in the distance, and its orange light dyed the sea of clouds on the horizon red, making the sky and earth appear clear and bright.
He closed his eyes and took a few breaths. When he opened his eyes again, there seemed to be a layer of mist floating in his eyes. Indifference and coldness slowly dispersed from those eyes.
He couldn't help but remember that a year ago, he was still getting snow water from the gaps between the floor tiles to attract food.
Today, one year later, he was dressed in a brocade robe, sat in a red sedan chair, and entered the palace as the son-in-law of the Marquis Wu Mansion to pay New Year greetings.
Times have changed, and the feeling of life and death being controlled by others is really like being choked.
The blood in this palace is not thick enough, he will make the smell more pleasant.
Ye Niansi came back to his senses, and a flash of self-mockery flashed in his dark eyes. The moment he lowered the sedan curtain, the sunlight on his face disappeared. He raised his chin slightly, and there was an evil look in his eyes, but it disappeared in a moment. Yu Mochen regained his indifferent and harmless expression.
The red sedan walked along the palace road in an orderly manner. According to the rules, Tan Yu was an important minister, and like all the princes, he had to enter and exit through the central palace gate.
Therefore, what was originally a short journey ended up taking a long detour because we had to take the main palace road.
Along the way, the palace was filled with lanterns and was extremely luxurious. From the eunuchs in the hall to the maids sweeping the floors, they all put on new amber coats. Even the headdresses and beads on the whisks were made into amber designs. The palace celebrated this scene and 14 years.
The sedan arrived at a square, and the eunuch at the entrance of the main hall raised his voice and announced——
"Fall - sedan chair -"
Eight red sedans slowly stopped, and everyone got off the sedans one after another.
A simple and solemn hall sat in front of them, with a golden plaque hanging on the hall, "Mingde Hall".
Viewed from this distance, the scene inside the palace is blocked by a [-]-foot white jade screen with green bamboos, lotus and moon carved on it, which is extremely beautiful.On the right side of the main hall is a pool of clear spring, with nine waterfalls on the surrounding rockery slowly flowing down, and steam rising from the spring. This is the famous wonder in the palace, "Nine Dragons Drinking Water", which means the emperor's golden mean.
There were at least a hundred palace maids and eunuchs inside and outside the hall, and there was no unnecessary sound during the walk. Even though there was a noble banquet, it was quiet and solemn, all revealing the royal majesty.
Tan Yuwang couldn't help but be amazed. Even people who didn't know the rules could still tell that this was the most luxurious and solemn place in the palace.She stood in front of this hall, even if she didn't go in and didn't talk to anyone, her heart felt inexplicably heavy and depressed, making her so heavy that she couldn't breathe.
She looked at Ye Niansi slightly sideways. The expression on his face did not change at all, he was as indifferent and calm as usual.She used to think that the prince was the most enjoyable subject in the world, but now she doesn't think so. The oppression here and the terror of the monarch's power just illustrate the saying, "Accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger."
She couldn't help but think of all the bloodshed Ye Niansi had committed in the palace in her previous life, and she couldn't help but swallow nervously, feeling that the people around her were scary.But she calmed down immediately. She knew she couldn't panic. She was the only one who could change this ending.
The eunuch in charge on the side gave orders in a long voice, and the voice was carried slowly into the deep palace, and was swallowed up by the heavy tiles of the courtyard, and there was almost no echo.
"Qin Yu from the Wuhou Mansion, along with 16 of his family members, entered the palace to pay homage to the saint——"
"This is a stipend gift of 660 six items, including: a gold foil picture of Baifu left by the Tang Dynasty, 66 Qingqiu Night Pearls, and a mutton-fat jade pure vase."
"There are also 330 three pieces of large and small antiques and treasures, 220 pieces of wool and satin tribute from the Western Regions, and 26 platinum sweat-blooded BMWs."
"Nine-member Jiangnan Tassel Dancer Ensemble and eight Nanyu Resort Villas."
"Be polite, cleanse yourself, and take your seat——"
The maids who had escorted them all the way into the inner palace retreated one after another. After the leading maid stepped forward and handed over to the serving maids who came out of the hall, 26 maids filed out of the hall. These maids looked very different from the ones just now. They have slim figures, beautiful looks, the same height, and even their makeup is almost the same.
They led everyone towards the main hall. After passing the extremely long jade screen, the majestic, majestic and magnificent Mingde Hall came into Tan Yuwang's field of vision.
There are two main seats in the east and west of the main hall. The princes and princes sit in the east, and the princes and ministers sit in the west.After the main seat, there are first-class deputy seats, second-class deputy seats and third-class small seats, which are the positions of the main seat corresponding to the family members of the marquis family. The first, second and third-class seats behind the main seat in the east are the princes of each family. , ranked in order according to the virtues of the ancestors and the distance between them and the royal relatives.
In addition to the main seats and auxiliary seats on both sides, there are 16 rows of seats directly in front of the screen, where the ministers, ministers, ministers, etc. of the three provinces and six bureaus are located.There is a long table in front of each seat. Before the banquet, palace dishes will be presented in order. There are 88 dishes for the main seats in the east and west rows, 66 dishes for the first-class seats, 33 dishes for the second-class seats, and 33 dishes for the third-class seats. For sixteen ways.The ministers and officials are ranked according to their rank and rank, starting from the [-]rd rank and decreasing in order.
All the poets, musicians, and dancers were rehearsing intensively in the ten auxiliary halls around Mingde Hall, making urgent preparations for the grand opening of the upcoming noon banquet.
According to this arrangement, Ye Niansi should be the last person in the east seat, while Qin Wuhoufu should be the first person in the west seat.Therefore, after entering the main hall, a palace maid led Ye Niansi to the east, while Tan Yuwang followed Tan Yu and the old lady and sat alone on the first-class passenger seat behind them. Tan Yun and Guan Changyi sat on the second-class seat. In the second seats, Tan Xiaoxian and Jiang Xinlan were sitting in the third-class seats.
There were a lot of people here, but they were already seated. As soon as Tan Yu arrived, an adult with a handsome face came up to greet him. When he looked at others, the adult looked like a man with an iron face and was serious about words, but towards Tan Yu, he was... Pleasant and cheerful.Tan Yu said a few words to him briefly, turned around and glanced at Jiang Xinlan and Xiao Xian sitting in the third-class seats, and hurriedly asked Liu Ye next to him to call those two people over.
When Jiang Xinlan saw that it was Jiang Fan, she stood up happily and went to greet him with Xiaoxian. Jiang Fan had not seen his daughter for many days, so he was very happy. Seeing Xiaoxian's talent, he was even more happy. He took out his daughter from his sleeve. A red envelope, although superficial, was already the salary he had saved for several months. He raised his hand and stuffed it into Jiang Xinlan's hand.
Jiang Xinlan's eyes were slightly red, and she still wanted to say a few words. Seeing that the banquet was about to begin, Jiang Fan gave a few instructions and quickly returned to the seat of the Minister of War.
He Chang, who was sitting across the table from Marquis Qin Wu, rolled his eyes at Jiang Fan and cursed silently in his heart, "Flattery, selling girls for glory, shameless." 】
Let's say that the maid led Ye Niansi to the prince's seat, and was about to hand over to the maid serving the east seat. The two of them lowered their heads and didn't know what they were talking about. They kept looking sideways at Ye Niansi up and down.
Ye Niansi's black eyes moved slightly. He raised his head and counted from the first seat to the last one. He found that there were fourteen seats. But in the last seat, which was seat No. 14, there was a man with an eyebrow like this. Rat, the trembling prince, kept looking at him with his round eyes.
He turned his dark eyes left and right. He saw that this man was timid and timid, and it didn't look like he was deliberately trying to steal his position. There was no one for him among the fourteen main seats, so the problem shouldn't appear at the last one, but at the last one. The first main seat was taken.
After a while, the palace maid seemed to be unable to discuss anything. The palace maid who led him in quickly left without saying a word, while the palace maid serving here came up with a smile and said in a low voice, " Your Highness, the Night King, there is no place for you here. What do you think? You go to the side hall and wait for a while. I will find someone to fill up a table at the end. Everything in this palace is there. , I didn’t take this into consideration when I made the reservation at the beginning, so the table will be smaller, and the dishes that will be served later can only be served to you depending on which table has more. What do you think?"
Ye Niansi looked at her with black eyes, and a burst of laughter suddenly came from beside him, which seemed particularly abrupt in the orderly hall where everyone whispered and did not dare to make loud noises.
Ye Niansi turned his face and saw Xiao Yan wearing an orange-red nine-clawed python robe with a bouquet of bone-white orchids tattooed on both sides of the sleeves. He walked in with square steps. The moon and stars are broken between the brows, and the spirit is majestic.
Min Shu, Chen Fu and Zhuan Qiu gathered around him. The palace maid standing in front of Ye Niansi also hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. She wanted to fly. If it weren't for the rules in the palace, no one was allowed to run. It would be a big mistake. Everything had to be done in small steps, even if the palace maid could rush directly to Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan was led to the first seat in the east. As soon as he sat down, many princes came up to say hello. You had a glass of wine and I had a glass of wine. The banquet hadn't even been opened yet, but the place was already extremely lively.
On the other hand, where Ye Niansi was standing, even the first-class candlelights in the palace were dimmed. As lively as that place was, this place was deserted.
Ye Niansi looked at Xiao Yan's face, which was quite proud of being praised by the stars. He had no expression. He was not willing to participate in this family banquet anyway. He had used his family banquet as early as the first day of the first lunar month. No one was paying attention to him and he had no seat. Seeing the musicians starting to enter, he looked around and prepared to go out through the side door.
A small hand suddenly pulled his little finger. Ye Niansi was startled and turned his face slightly. Tan Yuwang's little head popped up from behind him, frowning and asked in a low voice, "What are you going to do?"
Ye Niansi looked at her with black eyes. The people in the hall were either wrapped in purple pythons or orange-red and rich. Only Tan Yuwang and he were wearing clothes of the same color. The faint moon-green color made him feel at ease. .He lowered his eyes and said, "Don't do anything." He didn't say that he didn't have a place here.
Qin Yuwang turned around in confusion. First she saw Xiao Yan, and then she counted, and there were only thirteen tables. She thought she didn't understand the arithmetic, but then she counted again and found that there were still thirteen tables. She looked around her. He looked at it, then looked behind the screen, but there was no position prepared for Ye Niansi.
She took a breath and then her eyes met the serving maid who was walking towards them. The maid came forward and said, "If His Highness the Night King has thought about it, I will find you a smaller table now."
Qin Yuwang looked at her with wide almond eyes, "This is how you do things. Do you understand the rules? You can't even count? Why do you want others to bear the consequences?"
The palace maid glanced at Qin Yuwang sideways. She had not observed carefully when everyone in the Tan Mansion came in. She was always in the Lisi Pavilion on weekdays. She was only on good terms with the princes in the palace, but she did not recognize Qin Yuwang. She saw them wearing uniforms of the same color. She thought she was Ye Niansi's maid, but she was also rude, "Although I don't know which girl this girl is from, but the rules in the palace are like this. The maid of the Lisi Pavilion who measures me as a fifth-grade girl should be better than this girl." The girl knows some rules. If you have to protect unruly people in this elegant hall today, the guards outside the hall are not just decorations!"
This maid was acquainted with several princes on a daily basis and was able to serve as the maid serving at the east table of the banquet due to some connections. Therefore, she was not at all polite to Qin Yuwang, the "handmaid" of the deposed prince.
Qin Yuwang nodded, with a serious look on his face, looked around, raised his hand, picked up a glass of wine from the nearby table, and threw it at the palace maid's face. Suddenly, everyone around him looked over.The palace maid closed her eyes, and the delicate makeup on her face was washed away. The small hair on her forehead now turned into willows and willows, dripping with water. She opened her mouth and breathed slightly. She raised her eyes and stared at Qin Yuwang. His face was shocked.
Qin Yuwang also looked at her and lowered his voice as much as possible, "You know the rules, right? Then let me tell you, I don't know the rules. Now I am ordering you as the second young lady of the Qin family to go out and find someone with no one." Kneel down wherever you are, and kneel for twelve hours. If you don’t kneel for a quarter of an hour, I will show you what it means to be a ruthless citizen."
When the palace maid heard that she was the second young lady of Hou Qin Wu's mansion, she was so frightened that her legs went weak. She hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, regardless of her dignity, and was dragged out by two guards outside the door.
Qin Yuwang took Ye Niansi's hand and led him to sit in his first-class passenger seat.Ye Niansi looked at her with his dark eyes, a slightly complicated look flashing through his face, but his heart felt a lot warmer uncontrollably.
After everyone was seated, a small recessed side room on the east side of the main hall suddenly lit up, and then the one on the west side also lit up. Behind the bead curtain sat a musician with a gauze face, and a clear and sweet sound of konghou sounded. It seemed like the music of gurgling mountain spring water, and then sixty royal musical instruments played one after another. Due to the ingenious design of this hall, the long and beautiful music was evenly transmitted to everyone, and everyone was happy to hear it.
As the music played, the maids in the imperial dining room began to serve the dishes, which were divided into cold meals and hot meals.The palace maid carrying the cold meal was wearing a long blue dress with a blue forehead support and blue sleeves between her arms. She placed steamed duck and deer tail wild boar on the table in front of Tan Yuwang and Ye Niansi. Savory plate, fruit and blood duck, sacrificial meat, spiced pork elbow shreds and mutton rolls.
The maid serving the hot meal was wearing orange-red clothes, with an orange forehead bandage tied on her forehead, and the sleeves between her arms were also orange. More than ten hot meals were placed on the table in front of them. They are Longbi Macao Crab, Changping Big Boiled Shrimp, and some other dishes.
Time was getting tighter. Liu Yelai reminded him several times, saying that the poetesses outside the hall had already started queuing up to draw lots. Qin Yuwang waved his hand, "I know, I know," and kept chanting poems.
While she was reading, her hands were still busy. Ye Niansi looked at the bowl in front of her. There were already more than 20 peeled shrimps and six or seven crab pastes, while Qin Yuwang was still peeling them. The more anxious she was, the faster she kept things in her mouth and the faster she peeled them with her hands. When all the shrimps on the table were peeled, the old lady and Qin Yu didn't like it anyway, so they gave all the shrimps on their table to Qin Yuwang.
Ye Niansi frowned slightly, looking at the severely overloaded bowl with his dark eyes, his voice was cold and his face was expressionless, "Second Miss, am I a pig?"
Tan Yuwang was carrying a book when she suddenly heard him say something like this. She turned her head and looked at him seriously, a hint of anger flashed in her almond eyes, "Don't talk about yourself like that, have confidence in yourself."
Ye Niansi bit his back teeth, slowly closed his eyes, and his chest rose and fell slightly.
After a while, the gurgling tune gradually weakened. In just a moment, the hall suddenly became quiet, and many officials began to tidy up their official uniforms and hats, with serious expressions.
The crystal bead curtains on the left and right sides were slowly opened from both sides, and 66 palace musicians held their instruments with their hands on the instrument and their eyes were smiling.
Zhonghe Shao music was played, the screen was removed, and the six doors of Mingde Hall were opened.
A long sound of "尐嗗" resounded throughout the sky.
"Your Majesty - arrived -"
"My lords - greetings -"
All the princes and princes in the palace stood up and knelt down one after another, with their limbs touching the ground.
Tan Yu and the old lady stood and saluted, stroking their waists slightly.
The sixteen eunuchs in front of the imperial court cleared the way and used whisks to mark the way, forming a path leading directly to the dragon chair, one on the left and the other on the right.
A man with a majestic body and cold stars in his eyes entered slowly, with a purple gold crown on his head.The bright yellow robe is embroidered with the pattern of dragons rising from the sea. Under the turbulent golden waves at the corner of the robe, the sleeves are lifted high by the wind.
The slanting sword-shaped eyebrows, the thinned and pursed lips, the cold, arrogant and domineering look.
Every step taken by the dragon boots was lonely and independent, exuding a majestic spirit that arrogated the world.
He is the emperor of the Yu Dynasty, Ye Mingli.
After the emperor sat down in the dragon chair, the concubines entered from the east and west doors on both sides of him, leading directly to the side hall. On the left was a young concubine wearing a purple robe with peach blossom eyes. Xiao Qin supported her slightly bulging belly. , sitting on the left side of the emperor.
On the right is a concubine wearing a dark green peony dress, with a slightly plump figure, slightly fine lines on both sides of her eyebrows, a solemn expression, and sharp eyebrows. She is Guan Shuliang, Liang Guifei, who assists in the important affairs of the Sixth Palace.
"My dear friends, please stay calm." Ye Mingli raised his hand and waved lightly. Everyone bowed and sat down in their seats. His cold eyes hid the majesty of a giant python, and his voice was like a loud bell, unhurried and unhurried. He said slowly, "It coincides with the great celebration of the Yu Dynasty in the year of Yinmao. All of you who love me have gathered together to pray for Dayu. Today's palace banquet is so orderly. I am very relieved. I have seen the etiquette of all the ministers." , one or two of the joys, only in Xiao Zhen's "Thousands of Miles of Rivers and Mountains", Qin Yu's heart is as usual, he is so happy to be alone, and each will be rewarded with thousands of taels of gold."
Qin Yu and Xiao Zhen stood up one after another, clasped their fists and bowed their heads, "I thank you for your kindness."
After the main hall became quiet, the first team of competing poets came to the hall first, and everyone began to taste the dishes and watch the competition.I saw ten people in the column along the way. There were ten round stools placed in the hall, each corresponding to a small table, and they were seated in order.
The examiner is sitting on one side, with two rectangular bamboo tubes on the left and right beside his hands. One bamboo tube has bamboo sticks neatly placed in it, and the other is empty.
The competition officially began, with a total of [-] poetesses divided into thirty teams.The examiner will ask the ten female poets from each team in turn to answer the next or previous sentence of the poem. Each person will take three rounds. One point will be added for each correct answer. The top three from each team will advance to the next round.There are three rounds in total, each one will be more difficult than the last.
The first question came, and the examiner asked, "Please tell me the next sentence of 'Spring sleep without realizing the dawn'."
The poet number one in the hall looked panic-stricken and began to think hard. It seemed that the idea came to her suddenly, so she hurriedly answered, "I can hear the singing of birds everywhere!"
The examiner held his beard and nodded, "Cheng Jingyi, one point."
Qin Yuwang didn't even think about eating. Her eyes were wide open. She glanced at her sign. She was the number one in the No. 30 team, and she was the last one in the team.
She wiped her hands, rubbed her legs nervously, and murmured in a low voice, "Why are the questions at the beginning so simple? If the questions are not repeated, wouldn't they become more and more difficult at the end?" When she thought about it, , she suddenly became more nervous.
Ye Niansi looked at her with dark eyes and was slightly startled when he saw sweat coming out from behind her ears. It seemed that she really wanted to win.So he listened carefully to the order of the examiner's questions.
But I found that although it seemed to be random, there was no repetition. This meant that by the time Qin Yuwang came, only the last ten poems were left.
He took Qin Yuwang's booklet and flipped through it page by page under the table. The competition was faster than Tan Yuwang expected. It didn't take long before the first round was coming to an end. Ye Niansi relied on his own In my memory, I crossed out more than 280 poems that had already been asked.There were still the last twelve poems left. He turned over the previous order and found that although they were disrupted, the way of disruption was still regular.
This is also the benefit of being cautious and rigid in everything in the palace, so he followed this rule and experimented on the people of No. 20 Team [-], and found that the poems he filtered out using this rule completely corresponded to The sentences that each person was asked about.
So he calmly found out the three poems that Tan Yuwang should be asked about according to this pattern, pushed the book back to her, and whispered, "Just memorize these three poems and you will be able to pass."
Qin Yuwang looked at the three songs and was stunned. "Wow, you are really good at picking. I can't memorize any of these three songs. They are all at the end..."
Ye Niansi took a deep breath, looked at the three poems, pointed at one of them, "Then remember this sentence."
Qin Yuwang glanced at the poem, called "The Difficult Road to Shu". It was several pages long, and the sentence Ye Niansi pointed to was, "There will be times when the wind and waves break, and the clouds and sails will rise to help the sea."
She looked at him hesitantly, but there was nothing she could do now. Although she didn't know how Ye Niansi guessed it, she still used the last little time to memorize the poem.
"Poem Girl of Team No. 30, come on -" the examination administrator urged.Qin Yu looked up, only to see He Yulian getting up and walking this way, and rolled her eyes with disdain. He heard that He Yulian had made her sister-in-law look bad again, and then she got the opportunity to be the substitute, and she and Qin Yuwang We were also assigned to a group.
When Qin Yuwang sat down at the table, her little hands were cold, and she thought in her heart, "Originally, this competition system is ten to three, and the weaker the opponent in the same team, the more advantageous it is, but this He Yulian is a ruthless person, and has always been a weakling. There are poetry books.well! ] Tan Yuwang took two deep breaths and looked at the Tan family not far away. Tan Yu and the old woman looked at her happily and cheered her up. Ye Niansi also looked directly at her with his black eyes.
The examiner began to ask questions, "Poet Girl No. [-], may I ask: Qingchuan Lili Hanyang Tree, what is the next sentence?"
Ye Niansi frowned, she didn't know this question.
Qin Yuwang pinched her ears, but her head was empty. She remembered that the poem was called Yellow Crane Tower, but she couldn't remember what the next sentence was, so she shook her head, "Reply: I don't know."
He Yulian was No. [-]. She showed a disdainful expression at this moment. She glanced sideways at the very nervous Tan Yuwang and snorted, "I don't understand anything. Why should I be embarrassed?"Weren't you quite capable on Kunlun Mountain before, but you continue to be aggressive? 】
The examiner asked, "Poet Girl No. [-], please answer: When Chai Men hears a dog barking, what is the next sentence?"
He Yulian was confident, "Reply: Come home on a snowy night!"
The examiner nodded, "In the first round, No. [-] and No. [-] will each get one point, and the rest will be zero."
Qin Yuwang heard that there was still a chance, so she calmly opened her almond eyes and waited for the examiner's second question.
The examiner took out a bamboo slip from the bamboo tube. Ye Niansi's black eyes stared straight at his mouth. The examiner opened his lips and said, "Poet Girl No. [-], ask: If he is facing the same snow, what is his next sentence?"
Qin Yuwang was overjoyed. She knew the question well, and she hurriedly replied, "Answer: This life can be considered a total of two years together!" After hearing this, the examiner nodded, which meant that the answer was correct.
She was immediately happy, as if a little rabbit had grown into her body, and hurriedly looked at Ye Niansi. Ye Niansi's black eyes were originally looking at her, but the moment she looked at him, he slowly slid aside with an indifferent expression.
He Yulian rolled her eyes at her again, "I didn't expect that a half-assed scholar would be able to order something. It was just a trick. It would be weird if she could win!" 】
After the second round, "No. [-], [-], and [-] each get one point, and No. [-] gets two points."
Qin Yuwang squeezed his hands, it would be the third round soon.
The examiner drew lots again, "Poet No. [-], may I ask: What is the previous sentence of "Hang the clouds and sail to the sea"?
Qin Yuwang was surprised, and Ye Niansi guessed it correctly. This little tyrant is really smart, so she hurriedly returned, "Reply: There will be times when the wind and waves will break!"
The examiner was obviously shocked, and everyone was also stunned, because the Road to Shu is the most difficult and longest poem in this booklet, but they all got the answer right. Jiang Fan took the lead in applauding, and even the emperor smiled slightly. He smiled, raised his hands and praised, "Not bad!"
Then No. [-] and No. [-] failed to answer, and He Yulian failed to answer correctly even in his haste, so only two people from this group were promoted, namely Qin Yuwang and He Yulian.
The first round of selection is over. In the second round, the 29 people just selected will be divided into three teams and the competition will begin.
This round is a multiple choice question.
A large white panel was brought up, covered with a red gauze scarf. The examiner explained the rules. Everyone must write down what they think is the correct answer on the rice paper in front of them. Correct answers will be worth one point. There will be three rounds of ten. Further.
Qin Yuwang is in the first team this time, and He Yulian is in the second team.
The game begins.As soon as the examiner pulled off the gauze scarf on the panel, everyone started to sigh.Qin Yuwangxing's eyes widened and her mouth was half-opened in surprise.
Ye Niansi looked at the panel doubtfully.
"Ask, which of the following is correct?"
"1. A general has no talent at all, but a man should strengthen himself."
"2. Manage your hair by the window, and put yellow decals on the mirror."
"3. Men should strengthen themselves and look yellow in the mirror."
"Please give me the answer, poet ladies!"
Everyone present also started discussing.
Qin Yuwang bit her butt of the brush and stared at those three sentences with almond-shaped eyes. She had never heard or seen any of them, but she felt that the third sentence was the smoothest, so she wrote it on the rice paper in front of her without hesitation. Three, and then his eyes slid to Ye Niansi.
Ye Niansi looked at the three poems with dark eyes. The first sentence should be from "Poem of Prodigy", the second sentence is from "Poetry of Mulan", and the third sentence is wrong. Since the question asked the correct question, the answer should be One and two.
He didn't look at Qin Yuwang, but took out one of the shrimps she had just peeled for him and put it on the plate.
Qin Yu looked at her face without turning her head, but just stared at him. After seeing it, she lowered her head slightly, crossed out the three and wrote one.
Then, Ye Niansi placed two more shrimps on the plate. Tan Yuwang frowned slightly. Could it be that the answer was two?She hesitantly wrote another two.
"The time is up, please announce the answer!"
Qin Yuwang slowly raised his answer sheet. When he saw it, they all wrote one or two, but she wrote two answers. The other female poets covered their mouths and laughed at her. Qin Yuwang was a little frustrated. Put down the paper.
The examiner looked at the answers and pointed at Qin Yuwang, "In the first round, No. [-] will get one point, and the rest will get zero points!"
Everyone was suddenly shocked, and Qin Yuwang was also stunned.She blinked her eyes, curled her lips slightly, and looked at Ye Niansi secretly.
The man sat there lazily, raising his hand to drink tea, his dark eyes staring at the fine wine and food on the table, not looking at her.
The second round begins.Here comes a new whiteboard——
"Excuse me, which of the following sentences is correct?"
"1. When you asked about your return date, it was in the north of Gushan Temple and in the west of Jiating."
"2. When he was dying of illness, he sat up in shock and asked the visitor where he came from with a smile."
"3. When the spring breeze is triumphant, the horse's hooves are broken, and when life is triumphant, it must be full of joy."
"4. Asking you how much sorrow you can have is like a river of spring water flowing eastward."
"Please answer!"
Qin Yuwang read all those sentences carefully. It can be said that not only she, but also many civil servants present were a little confused when they saw this question.
Every sentence read smoothly. She thought for a while. According to the rhythm of the previous question, the answer to this question would not be one, two, three, four, right?
She didn't turn her face and only moved her eyes to furtively look at Ye Niansi.
Ye Niansi held his temple with one hand and looked straight at the four lines of the poem with his dark eyes. "You asked me if my return date has not yet been announced" should have been written in Bashan, and Gushan Temple is in Qiantang Lake, so this sentence is definitely wrong.
"Laughing and asking where the guest came from" is from "Returning to the Hometown". The person asking the question is a child, and it cannot be a dying child.
And "Spring Breeze Proudly and Horseshoe Disease" talks about the number one scholar in the imperial examination, and "Prosperity in life requires all the joy" is about drinking wine. Li Bai has never taken an exam, let alone won the first place, so the third sentence is also wrong.
So, he used chopsticks to push together the shrimps on the plate, and then put another one in.
Tan Yuwang quickly wrote four on the rice paper in front of him.
When the answers were announced again, except for Qin Yuwang, everyone else wrote two answers, while others wrote three or even four answers.The examiner looked at Qin Yuwang's answer with some confusion, and then looked at Qin Yuwang, wondering why the second young lady of the Qin family was so fierce this year. He announced, "In the second round, No. [-] will get one point, and the rest will be zero."
"Two out of three rounds, but the others can't beat it, so in the first round, Qin Yuwang will advance!"
Everyone burst into applause, the old lady burst into tears with joy, and Tan Yu was also very excited.
In the second round, the winner was undoubtedly He Yulian, but in the third round no one answered correctly, so the final decider was between Tan Yuwang and He Yulian.
When Qin Yuwang and He Yulian were sitting on the left and right of the main hall, the scene was extremely tense. After all, one was the daughter of Marquis Wu and the other was the daughter of the prime minister. Everyone knew that the people in Wuhou's house did not attach much importance to civil virtue examinations, and He Chang He is a master of writing and word games, so this game is particularly anticipated.
"The ultimate competition, the next question——"
A question board was brought up, and the examiner lifted up the orange gauze on it. Everyone was stunned. This time, there was silence.
"Excuse me, which of the following poems is correct?"
"1. If love lasts for a long time, how can we stay together day and night?"
"2. If love lasts for a long time, how can it last day and night?"
"Please answer!"
Ye Niansi looked at the poem with dark eyes, and there were a few doubts in his eyes. He only remembered that it was Qin Guan's "Magpie Bridge Immortal", but whether it was a long time or a long time, he couldn't remember it clearly for a while.
Time was running out, Qin Yuwang glanced at Ye Niansi with flickering eyes. Ye Niansi first took off two shrimps on the plate. Tan Yuwang thought the answer was two, and then he took off one more shrimp. Tan Yuwang thought it was one.
Then, he took off another one, and Qin Yuwang frowned.
Ye Niansi took a sip of tea, looked at her with black eyes, and glanced at the empty plate.
It means that this question is beyond the scope and he can’t do it.
Qin Yuwang took a deep breath. It seemed that he could only rely on himself. With a 3% certainty, if he won the question, he would get 3000 taels, and if he lost, he would get [-] taels.
She held the almost chewed brush and stared at the topic board with almond-shaped eyes. Fine beads of sweat oozed from her palms, and goosebumps appeared all over her body.
(End of this chapter)
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, there was a family banquet in the palace, and the princes and princes went into the palace to pay New Year's greetings.
As dawn breaks, everyone in the Qin Mansion becomes busy.There are 66 eight-horse long carriages parked at the entrance of the mansion. The carriages are full of goods, and the nine housekeepers of the mansion are counting them one by one.
Inside and outside the yard, the domestic slaves and maidservants all started running in small steps. On this cold winter day, there were fine beads of sweat on their foreheads, making them quite nervous.
In the main hall, a guest came early in the morning.There were six eunuchs following outside the hall door, each holding a long whisk in their hands. Looking around, they were all senior eunuchs with gray beards and hair.The people sitting in the room didn't hear the sounds or recognize the faces, but it made people feel that the yin energy was heavy and the cold was approaching.
There was a red invitation on the tea table in the room.According to the rules, before entering the palace to pay New Year's greetings, the palace attendants must first send invitations to the palace. The higher the status of the eunuch sent, the more important the palace's status in the heart of the emperor.
Gu Si was sitting on the upper seat, his eyes lowered under his silver eyebrows, and he blew the orchid leaves floating in the tea bowl.He glanced to one side unhurriedly, his voice was high-pitched and sinister, and his tone was cold and hard, "This time the Marquis enters the palace to meet the saint. According to the rules, it is inconvenient for that ominous person to enter the palace. For the rest, the Marquis is looking at the arrangements. Before the family banquet at noon today, our family will be waiting for the arrival of Marquis Wu at the Mingde Hall."
Tan Yu, who was sitting next to him, rubbed the jade ring on his thumb and looked up at the invitation on the table.Although he didn't specify who it was, there was no one else in the Wuhou Mansion who could make the royal family disrespectful and displeased.
Now that Ye Niansi has entered his wife's house, he is naturally a member of his family. He visits the palace every year. The relatives in each house are neatly arranged to ensure good fortune for the coming year.Naturally, his Qin Wuhou Mansion was no exception.
However, Tan Yu did not need to explain the reason to the people around the emperor. He did not reply, looked up at Tan Yun and winked.
Qin Yun stepped forward knowingly, and placed a brocade box on the tea table to the right of Guan Shou with both hands. "Captain, this is the finest hair tip collected by the third brother when he was in Nanguan. It belongs to the same category as the tribute tea 'Lushan Yunwu'." Tea territory. My father has always remembered that the Governor loves good tea, and is not willing to give it to the family at all. I hope you will accept it."
Guan's hand holding the tea trembled slightly, his old eyes glanced sideways at the box, he smiled and raised his eyebrows slightly, raised his hand to pick up the box, and slowly opened the lid.
I saw a crystal pedestal standing in the misty blue brocade cloth, with a clear night pearl placed on the pedestal.The whole body of the fluorescent bead is round, and it faintly emits blue-purple fluorescence. In the dark blue brocade box, you can almost see the broken flakes.The pieces of flakes seem to be unrelated, but they are always within a small distance. The projection shines on the next piece of flakes, connected end to end, as if hidden in this night pearl, there is a vivid and unique leaping posture when viewed from different angles. silver dragon.
A smile slowly appeared on Guan's eyebrows. The smile and the viciousness of his face appeared on the same face, which was even more terrifying than when he was cold and solemn.
He stared straight at the bead.This bead is of high quality at first glance. Just this eye-sized thing can buy a house eight feet deep in a prosperous area of the capital.He looked around and started laughing more and more.
"It's really good tea." He nodded, closed the lid with a bang, and put it into his sleeve leisurely. His tone was soft, "I heard that the good concubine also prepared good tea today, although it's not as good as this one." The tea in the Marquis' Mansion is expensive, but it is also the finest red robe in the palace. I am waiting for the Marquis and his virtuous son-in-law at this family banquet."
Tan Yu smiled and his eyes darkened.
While everyone was busy, Liu Ye took three custom-made clothes from the door of the house. Each piece was wrapped in waxy yellow kraft paper. With the seal of "Yuxiu Cloth Village" pressed, she went all the way to Qin Yuwang's room. , stood at the door and knocked several times, "Second Miss, the clothes custom-made by Cloth Shop have arrived."
Seeing that no one answered, she knocked a few more times, but still no one answered.She glanced at the sky, thinking that it was not yet midnight, and according to Tan Yuwang's habit, she might not have woken up yet. As soon as she raised her hand, Tan Yuwang opened the door from the inside, his eyes were as wide as a frog's, and he Black and purple, holding the poetry album in his hand, he yawned loudly and said, "Come in and help me wash up."
"Yes," Liu Ye was also startled, and hurriedly lifted her legs and walked in the door.
Liu Ye put on the custom-made clothes for Tan Yuwang. In the bronze mirror, the moon-green dress was particularly fresh and elegant. The sleeves and skirt were embroidered with exquisite white plums, and the middle of the white plums was sewn with gold silk thread. There are small and three-dimensional stamens, and if you look carefully, you can see that there are unique patterns on each petal, which is very beautiful.
Qin Yuwang raised his hand and picked up the men's moon-green robe, and found that there was a red ribbon around the waist. The men's design was quite different from hers. The collar was embroidered with dragon and python scales, and the sleeves had a light red ribbon. It has peony patterns and auspicious phoenix patterns, and is also wrapped with a red and a white washcoat, all of which need to be layered together.
She couldn't wait to see Ye Niansi look like in this dress.
At that time, Ye Niansi had just come back from the library. He had finished reading the book "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. When he walked back to the yard, he saw the busy domestic slaves and maids. After careful calculation, today was already the sixth day of the first lunar month. It's time to enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings.
He walked to the door of the courtyard and saw Qin Yuwang standing in front of his door, looking around.He slowed down a little to see what she was doing.She knocked on the door but received no response, so she began to try to see something from the screen window, wishing to poke a hole in the screen window.
Ye Niansi looked at her with black eyes and walked behind her slowly and quietly.
Liu Ye saw him, her eyes were startled, and she was about to open her mouth when Ye Niansi glared at her sideways, with a sharp look in his eyes. She was stunned for a moment, lowered her head hurriedly, not daring to say anything.
"Your Highness, if you don't open the door, I will break in, right?" Qin Yudi shouted at the door, but there was no movement in the room.
Ye Niansi stood quietly behind her, looking at her coldly with his black eyes, without saying a word.
Qin Yuwang sighed, raised her hand and pulled the door several times, but it didn't open. She held the door with one hand and stepped on the side of the door with one foot. She pulled hard, her face turned red, but the door still didn't move.
"Liu Ye, ask someone to change Ye Niansi's lock tomorrow. The lock inside is too strong. Change it to one of inferior quality." Qin Yuwang gritted his teeth and ordered.
Liu Ye looked at her with some doubts, then at the door, then at Ye Niansi, and hesitantly responded, "Yes, Miss Second. I will find someone to replace the slave tomorrow."
After several attempts to open it, Qin Yuwang lowered her head and turned around slowly. When she raised her head, she suddenly saw Ye Niansi behind her. She took a breath of cold air and was almost frightened. She took two steps back, "Your Majesty... Your Highness, you...when did you come out?"
Ye Niansi looked straight at her with his black eyes, and glanced at the clothes in her hand.
She slightly held the clothes in her hands, her eyes shining slightly, "His Highness's clothes are ready, take a look, do you like it? I can't enter your house, so I can only wait here for you to come back..." "
Ye Niansi looked at her with black eyes, walked forward, put a big palm on the door, pushed it gently, and the door opened.He looked at Qin Yuwang's surprised eyes and said in a cold voice, "Second Miss, the door can also be pushed open."
Qin Yuwang froze on the spot, scratching the ground with his toes twice in embarrassment, and nodded with a smile, "Indeed, indeed."
After saying that, he took the ready-made clothes, and with the cold breath all over his body, he walked in and closed the door with a bang.
Tan Yuwang stood at the door, holding his forehead slightly, his face burning red.She glanced at Liu Ye fiercely and asked in a low voice, "When did he stand behind me? Before I opened the door, or after?"
Liu Ye tilted her head and thought for a while, "It seems that as soon as the second young lady stands here, my uncle will be here."
"Then why didn't you tell me?" Tan Yuwang became even more angry.
Liu Ye swallowed her saliva, with helplessness flashing in her eyes, "Second Miss, I know I was wrong, Second Miss, don't be angry."
In the room, Ye Niansi slowly took off the ink-stained white robe, and then took off the vest. When only a washcloth was left, he leaned over and took a look at the clothes. He found that the laundry clothes needed matching ones, so he took off his original laundry clothes.
The muscles all over her body are extremely clear. When the sun shines in slightly outside the window, the broad chest muscles seem to be shining. The abdominal muscles one after another have been winding down, getting tighter and tighter, reaching deep into the waist and abdomen. The roped trousers blocked the way.
There are two deep waist hollows at the back. Because all the food and drink in the cold palace were minced before, there is not even a trace of excess flesh on the body. When he lifted the new clothes, his slender arms revealed obvious muscle lines and pythons. Veins.
The scars on his body covered every inch of his skin, but the scars could not cover up the wild breath bursting out from under his broad shoulders and narrow crotch. It was just that the coldness of his body hid this evil and uninhibitedness just right. As for just looking at that face, one would feel that this person is extremely aloof and cold.
He quickly changed into his robe, turned around, opened the door, and saw Qin Yuwang still outside.
Hearing the voice, Qin Yuwang turned around and was about to praise him casually. When she saw him, at that moment, she was speechless and opened her eyes slightly.
Ye Niansi stood there casually, wearing that moon-green robe, which perfectly outlined the lines of every part of his body. His lean and narrow waist was tied with a belt carved with dragons and embroidered phoenixes. A long piece of red silk hangs flatly from his waist, and the red washcloth is worn at the bottom, making his skin extremely clear and fair.
The dignity of his whole body can be seen at a glance, and the dignity that belongs to the royal style is scattered all over him.The face was still thin, and the features were still deep, but between the brows and eyes, there was an unstoppable aura of an emperor.
It was an aura that could not be concealed by all kinds of torture, all kinds of grievances, and all kinds of misery.
And this is just a change of clothes.
Tan Yuwang was slightly startled.
Ye Niansi raised his arms, looked at her with black eyes, his voice was cold, and his tone did not contain any fluctuations.
"Second Miss, do you look good?"
Qin Yu looked at him with apricot eyes and nodded vigorously, "It's very beautiful."
There was some complexity in her eyes, and she lowered her eyes and turned around, "Liu Ye, go get ready. We will also go to the palace with dad to pay New Year's greetings."
Get up from the sedan chair and enter the palace.
The Qin family's New Year's greetings team was huge, pulling more than sixty carts of congratulatory gifts, and escorted by hundreds of silver-armored guards at the front, rear, and left. When walking on the street, the people all gave way to it, with envy in their eyes. They didn't know which wealthy family this was. The Marquis is taking his family to the palace to pay New Year's greetings.
Under the envious eyes of everyone, the long queue marched leisurely along the street. When they arrived at the gate of the palace, their waist badges were verified and they were allowed to enter the outer palace.Just after passing through the Danfeng Gate of the Outer Palace, two rows of slender palace maids with handsome eyebrows stood neatly on both sides to greet him.
The sedan stopped, and a delicate and low female voice came. After the leading guard handed over to them, he took three hundred steps back with his sword.The maid of Li Si Pavilion brought the red sedan chair for New Year greetings into the inner palace.
The sedan curtain was slightly lifted, and Liu Ye came in with a message, "Second Miss, uncle, this is the booklet for the palace banquet."
After Tan Yuwang took it, the sedan got up and continued moving forward, at a much slower pace.
The book has seven or eight pages, and the words on it are all written in gold foil, with gold characters on a red background, introducing the arrangements for the three-day family banquet, which is so dazzling to read.
She flipped through it and saw that the process had been changed this year. The Poet Girl Competition was held simultaneously with the family banquet, which meant that as soon as the palace banquet started, the Poet Girl Competition would begin.
Qin Yuwang couldn't help but feel nervous. She hurriedly took out the booklet from her body and rushed before the game. She recited each poem in her heart very seriously. When she wanted to memorize it, she covered the words with her two small hands and forced her memory.
But three hundred poems were too much for her. Before this, it was not easy for her to memorize three poems completely.
Every year she participated in the Poetry Girl Competition, she received an encouragement award and was eliminated in the first round.Then she returned home with a few hundred taels of silver. The old lady and Tan Yu were happy and the reward was much more than this.
But Tan Yuwang wanted to use the silver he won to buy gifts for Ye Niansi, and did not want to use the money from the Tan family.Therefore, she kept holding on to this idea, even though she felt a little disgusted behind her back, she still kept flipping through the booklet.
[Just hold on a little longer, Qin Yuwang, you can definitely do it. 】She silently cheered herself up in her heart.
Ye Niansi in the sedan raised his hand, and opened the sedan curtain with his slender joints. A beam of sunlight shone in, reflecting on the bridge of his tall nose, casting a shadow.
His dark eyes were staring outside the sedan, with a cold expression on his face.This deep palace is as usual, with golden glazed tiles shining in the sun, covering up the filth and sin in this red brick and green tile. A breeze blows, and it is covered with the smell of blood.
The morning sun was shining brightly in the distance, and its orange light dyed the sea of clouds on the horizon red, making the sky and earth appear clear and bright.
He closed his eyes and took a few breaths. When he opened his eyes again, there seemed to be a layer of mist floating in his eyes. Indifference and coldness slowly dispersed from those eyes.
He couldn't help but remember that a year ago, he was still getting snow water from the gaps between the floor tiles to attract food.
Today, one year later, he was dressed in a brocade robe, sat in a red sedan chair, and entered the palace as the son-in-law of the Marquis Wu Mansion to pay New Year greetings.
Times have changed, and the feeling of life and death being controlled by others is really like being choked.
The blood in this palace is not thick enough, he will make the smell more pleasant.
Ye Niansi came back to his senses, and a flash of self-mockery flashed in his dark eyes. The moment he lowered the sedan curtain, the sunlight on his face disappeared. He raised his chin slightly, and there was an evil look in his eyes, but it disappeared in a moment. Yu Mochen regained his indifferent and harmless expression.
The red sedan walked along the palace road in an orderly manner. According to the rules, Tan Yu was an important minister, and like all the princes, he had to enter and exit through the central palace gate.
Therefore, what was originally a short journey ended up taking a long detour because we had to take the main palace road.
Along the way, the palace was filled with lanterns and was extremely luxurious. From the eunuchs in the hall to the maids sweeping the floors, they all put on new amber coats. Even the headdresses and beads on the whisks were made into amber designs. The palace celebrated this scene and 14 years.
The sedan arrived at a square, and the eunuch at the entrance of the main hall raised his voice and announced——
"Fall - sedan chair -"
Eight red sedans slowly stopped, and everyone got off the sedans one after another.
A simple and solemn hall sat in front of them, with a golden plaque hanging on the hall, "Mingde Hall".
Viewed from this distance, the scene inside the palace is blocked by a [-]-foot white jade screen with green bamboos, lotus and moon carved on it, which is extremely beautiful.On the right side of the main hall is a pool of clear spring, with nine waterfalls on the surrounding rockery slowly flowing down, and steam rising from the spring. This is the famous wonder in the palace, "Nine Dragons Drinking Water", which means the emperor's golden mean.
There were at least a hundred palace maids and eunuchs inside and outside the hall, and there was no unnecessary sound during the walk. Even though there was a noble banquet, it was quiet and solemn, all revealing the royal majesty.
Tan Yuwang couldn't help but be amazed. Even people who didn't know the rules could still tell that this was the most luxurious and solemn place in the palace.She stood in front of this hall, even if she didn't go in and didn't talk to anyone, her heart felt inexplicably heavy and depressed, making her so heavy that she couldn't breathe.
She looked at Ye Niansi slightly sideways. The expression on his face did not change at all, he was as indifferent and calm as usual.She used to think that the prince was the most enjoyable subject in the world, but now she doesn't think so. The oppression here and the terror of the monarch's power just illustrate the saying, "Accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger."
She couldn't help but think of all the bloodshed Ye Niansi had committed in the palace in her previous life, and she couldn't help but swallow nervously, feeling that the people around her were scary.But she calmed down immediately. She knew she couldn't panic. She was the only one who could change this ending.
The eunuch in charge on the side gave orders in a long voice, and the voice was carried slowly into the deep palace, and was swallowed up by the heavy tiles of the courtyard, and there was almost no echo.
"Qin Yu from the Wuhou Mansion, along with 16 of his family members, entered the palace to pay homage to the saint——"
"This is a stipend gift of 660 six items, including: a gold foil picture of Baifu left by the Tang Dynasty, 66 Qingqiu Night Pearls, and a mutton-fat jade pure vase."
"There are also 330 three pieces of large and small antiques and treasures, 220 pieces of wool and satin tribute from the Western Regions, and 26 platinum sweat-blooded BMWs."
"Nine-member Jiangnan Tassel Dancer Ensemble and eight Nanyu Resort Villas."
"Be polite, cleanse yourself, and take your seat——"
The maids who had escorted them all the way into the inner palace retreated one after another. After the leading maid stepped forward and handed over to the serving maids who came out of the hall, 26 maids filed out of the hall. These maids looked very different from the ones just now. They have slim figures, beautiful looks, the same height, and even their makeup is almost the same.
They led everyone towards the main hall. After passing the extremely long jade screen, the majestic, majestic and magnificent Mingde Hall came into Tan Yuwang's field of vision.
There are two main seats in the east and west of the main hall. The princes and princes sit in the east, and the princes and ministers sit in the west.After the main seat, there are first-class deputy seats, second-class deputy seats and third-class small seats, which are the positions of the main seat corresponding to the family members of the marquis family. The first, second and third-class seats behind the main seat in the east are the princes of each family. , ranked in order according to the virtues of the ancestors and the distance between them and the royal relatives.
In addition to the main seats and auxiliary seats on both sides, there are 16 rows of seats directly in front of the screen, where the ministers, ministers, ministers, etc. of the three provinces and six bureaus are located.There is a long table in front of each seat. Before the banquet, palace dishes will be presented in order. There are 88 dishes for the main seats in the east and west rows, 66 dishes for the first-class seats, 33 dishes for the second-class seats, and 33 dishes for the third-class seats. For sixteen ways.The ministers and officials are ranked according to their rank and rank, starting from the [-]rd rank and decreasing in order.
All the poets, musicians, and dancers were rehearsing intensively in the ten auxiliary halls around Mingde Hall, making urgent preparations for the grand opening of the upcoming noon banquet.
According to this arrangement, Ye Niansi should be the last person in the east seat, while Qin Wuhoufu should be the first person in the west seat.Therefore, after entering the main hall, a palace maid led Ye Niansi to the east, while Tan Yuwang followed Tan Yu and the old lady and sat alone on the first-class passenger seat behind them. Tan Yun and Guan Changyi sat on the second-class seat. In the second seats, Tan Xiaoxian and Jiang Xinlan were sitting in the third-class seats.
There were a lot of people here, but they were already seated. As soon as Tan Yu arrived, an adult with a handsome face came up to greet him. When he looked at others, the adult looked like a man with an iron face and was serious about words, but towards Tan Yu, he was... Pleasant and cheerful.Tan Yu said a few words to him briefly, turned around and glanced at Jiang Xinlan and Xiao Xian sitting in the third-class seats, and hurriedly asked Liu Ye next to him to call those two people over.
When Jiang Xinlan saw that it was Jiang Fan, she stood up happily and went to greet him with Xiaoxian. Jiang Fan had not seen his daughter for many days, so he was very happy. Seeing Xiaoxian's talent, he was even more happy. He took out his daughter from his sleeve. A red envelope, although superficial, was already the salary he had saved for several months. He raised his hand and stuffed it into Jiang Xinlan's hand.
Jiang Xinlan's eyes were slightly red, and she still wanted to say a few words. Seeing that the banquet was about to begin, Jiang Fan gave a few instructions and quickly returned to the seat of the Minister of War.
He Chang, who was sitting across the table from Marquis Qin Wu, rolled his eyes at Jiang Fan and cursed silently in his heart, "Flattery, selling girls for glory, shameless." 】
Let's say that the maid led Ye Niansi to the prince's seat, and was about to hand over to the maid serving the east seat. The two of them lowered their heads and didn't know what they were talking about. They kept looking sideways at Ye Niansi up and down.
Ye Niansi's black eyes moved slightly. He raised his head and counted from the first seat to the last one. He found that there were fourteen seats. But in the last seat, which was seat No. 14, there was a man with an eyebrow like this. Rat, the trembling prince, kept looking at him with his round eyes.
He turned his dark eyes left and right. He saw that this man was timid and timid, and it didn't look like he was deliberately trying to steal his position. There was no one for him among the fourteen main seats, so the problem shouldn't appear at the last one, but at the last one. The first main seat was taken.
After a while, the palace maid seemed to be unable to discuss anything. The palace maid who led him in quickly left without saying a word, while the palace maid serving here came up with a smile and said in a low voice, " Your Highness, the Night King, there is no place for you here. What do you think? You go to the side hall and wait for a while. I will find someone to fill up a table at the end. Everything in this palace is there. , I didn’t take this into consideration when I made the reservation at the beginning, so the table will be smaller, and the dishes that will be served later can only be served to you depending on which table has more. What do you think?"
Ye Niansi looked at her with black eyes, and a burst of laughter suddenly came from beside him, which seemed particularly abrupt in the orderly hall where everyone whispered and did not dare to make loud noises.
Ye Niansi turned his face and saw Xiao Yan wearing an orange-red nine-clawed python robe with a bouquet of bone-white orchids tattooed on both sides of the sleeves. He walked in with square steps. The moon and stars are broken between the brows, and the spirit is majestic.
Min Shu, Chen Fu and Zhuan Qiu gathered around him. The palace maid standing in front of Ye Niansi also hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. She wanted to fly. If it weren't for the rules in the palace, no one was allowed to run. It would be a big mistake. Everything had to be done in small steps, even if the palace maid could rush directly to Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan was led to the first seat in the east. As soon as he sat down, many princes came up to say hello. You had a glass of wine and I had a glass of wine. The banquet hadn't even been opened yet, but the place was already extremely lively.
On the other hand, where Ye Niansi was standing, even the first-class candlelights in the palace were dimmed. As lively as that place was, this place was deserted.
Ye Niansi looked at Xiao Yan's face, which was quite proud of being praised by the stars. He had no expression. He was not willing to participate in this family banquet anyway. He had used his family banquet as early as the first day of the first lunar month. No one was paying attention to him and he had no seat. Seeing the musicians starting to enter, he looked around and prepared to go out through the side door.
A small hand suddenly pulled his little finger. Ye Niansi was startled and turned his face slightly. Tan Yuwang's little head popped up from behind him, frowning and asked in a low voice, "What are you going to do?"
Ye Niansi looked at her with black eyes. The people in the hall were either wrapped in purple pythons or orange-red and rich. Only Tan Yuwang and he were wearing clothes of the same color. The faint moon-green color made him feel at ease. .He lowered his eyes and said, "Don't do anything." He didn't say that he didn't have a place here.
Qin Yuwang turned around in confusion. First she saw Xiao Yan, and then she counted, and there were only thirteen tables. She thought she didn't understand the arithmetic, but then she counted again and found that there were still thirteen tables. She looked around her. He looked at it, then looked behind the screen, but there was no position prepared for Ye Niansi.
She took a breath and then her eyes met the serving maid who was walking towards them. The maid came forward and said, "If His Highness the Night King has thought about it, I will find you a smaller table now."
Qin Yuwang looked at her with wide almond eyes, "This is how you do things. Do you understand the rules? You can't even count? Why do you want others to bear the consequences?"
The palace maid glanced at Qin Yuwang sideways. She had not observed carefully when everyone in the Tan Mansion came in. She was always in the Lisi Pavilion on weekdays. She was only on good terms with the princes in the palace, but she did not recognize Qin Yuwang. She saw them wearing uniforms of the same color. She thought she was Ye Niansi's maid, but she was also rude, "Although I don't know which girl this girl is from, but the rules in the palace are like this. The maid of the Lisi Pavilion who measures me as a fifth-grade girl should be better than this girl." The girl knows some rules. If you have to protect unruly people in this elegant hall today, the guards outside the hall are not just decorations!"
This maid was acquainted with several princes on a daily basis and was able to serve as the maid serving at the east table of the banquet due to some connections. Therefore, she was not at all polite to Qin Yuwang, the "handmaid" of the deposed prince.
Qin Yuwang nodded, with a serious look on his face, looked around, raised his hand, picked up a glass of wine from the nearby table, and threw it at the palace maid's face. Suddenly, everyone around him looked over.The palace maid closed her eyes, and the delicate makeup on her face was washed away. The small hair on her forehead now turned into willows and willows, dripping with water. She opened her mouth and breathed slightly. She raised her eyes and stared at Qin Yuwang. His face was shocked.
Qin Yuwang also looked at her and lowered his voice as much as possible, "You know the rules, right? Then let me tell you, I don't know the rules. Now I am ordering you as the second young lady of the Qin family to go out and find someone with no one." Kneel down wherever you are, and kneel for twelve hours. If you don’t kneel for a quarter of an hour, I will show you what it means to be a ruthless citizen."
When the palace maid heard that she was the second young lady of Hou Qin Wu's mansion, she was so frightened that her legs went weak. She hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, regardless of her dignity, and was dragged out by two guards outside the door.
Qin Yuwang took Ye Niansi's hand and led him to sit in his first-class passenger seat.Ye Niansi looked at her with his dark eyes, a slightly complicated look flashing through his face, but his heart felt a lot warmer uncontrollably.
After everyone was seated, a small recessed side room on the east side of the main hall suddenly lit up, and then the one on the west side also lit up. Behind the bead curtain sat a musician with a gauze face, and a clear and sweet sound of konghou sounded. It seemed like the music of gurgling mountain spring water, and then sixty royal musical instruments played one after another. Due to the ingenious design of this hall, the long and beautiful music was evenly transmitted to everyone, and everyone was happy to hear it.
As the music played, the maids in the imperial dining room began to serve the dishes, which were divided into cold meals and hot meals.The palace maid carrying the cold meal was wearing a long blue dress with a blue forehead support and blue sleeves between her arms. She placed steamed duck and deer tail wild boar on the table in front of Tan Yuwang and Ye Niansi. Savory plate, fruit and blood duck, sacrificial meat, spiced pork elbow shreds and mutton rolls.
The maid serving the hot meal was wearing orange-red clothes, with an orange forehead bandage tied on her forehead, and the sleeves between her arms were also orange. More than ten hot meals were placed on the table in front of them. They are Longbi Macao Crab, Changping Big Boiled Shrimp, and some other dishes.
Time was getting tighter. Liu Yelai reminded him several times, saying that the poetesses outside the hall had already started queuing up to draw lots. Qin Yuwang waved his hand, "I know, I know," and kept chanting poems.
While she was reading, her hands were still busy. Ye Niansi looked at the bowl in front of her. There were already more than 20 peeled shrimps and six or seven crab pastes, while Qin Yuwang was still peeling them. The more anxious she was, the faster she kept things in her mouth and the faster she peeled them with her hands. When all the shrimps on the table were peeled, the old lady and Qin Yu didn't like it anyway, so they gave all the shrimps on their table to Qin Yuwang.
Ye Niansi frowned slightly, looking at the severely overloaded bowl with his dark eyes, his voice was cold and his face was expressionless, "Second Miss, am I a pig?"
Tan Yuwang was carrying a book when she suddenly heard him say something like this. She turned her head and looked at him seriously, a hint of anger flashed in her almond eyes, "Don't talk about yourself like that, have confidence in yourself."
Ye Niansi bit his back teeth, slowly closed his eyes, and his chest rose and fell slightly.
After a while, the gurgling tune gradually weakened. In just a moment, the hall suddenly became quiet, and many officials began to tidy up their official uniforms and hats, with serious expressions.
The crystal bead curtains on the left and right sides were slowly opened from both sides, and 66 palace musicians held their instruments with their hands on the instrument and their eyes were smiling.
Zhonghe Shao music was played, the screen was removed, and the six doors of Mingde Hall were opened.
A long sound of "尐嗗" resounded throughout the sky.
"Your Majesty - arrived -"
"My lords - greetings -"
All the princes and princes in the palace stood up and knelt down one after another, with their limbs touching the ground.
Tan Yu and the old lady stood and saluted, stroking their waists slightly.
The sixteen eunuchs in front of the imperial court cleared the way and used whisks to mark the way, forming a path leading directly to the dragon chair, one on the left and the other on the right.
A man with a majestic body and cold stars in his eyes entered slowly, with a purple gold crown on his head.The bright yellow robe is embroidered with the pattern of dragons rising from the sea. Under the turbulent golden waves at the corner of the robe, the sleeves are lifted high by the wind.
The slanting sword-shaped eyebrows, the thinned and pursed lips, the cold, arrogant and domineering look.
Every step taken by the dragon boots was lonely and independent, exuding a majestic spirit that arrogated the world.
He is the emperor of the Yu Dynasty, Ye Mingli.
After the emperor sat down in the dragon chair, the concubines entered from the east and west doors on both sides of him, leading directly to the side hall. On the left was a young concubine wearing a purple robe with peach blossom eyes. Xiao Qin supported her slightly bulging belly. , sitting on the left side of the emperor.
On the right is a concubine wearing a dark green peony dress, with a slightly plump figure, slightly fine lines on both sides of her eyebrows, a solemn expression, and sharp eyebrows. She is Guan Shuliang, Liang Guifei, who assists in the important affairs of the Sixth Palace.
"My dear friends, please stay calm." Ye Mingli raised his hand and waved lightly. Everyone bowed and sat down in their seats. His cold eyes hid the majesty of a giant python, and his voice was like a loud bell, unhurried and unhurried. He said slowly, "It coincides with the great celebration of the Yu Dynasty in the year of Yinmao. All of you who love me have gathered together to pray for Dayu. Today's palace banquet is so orderly. I am very relieved. I have seen the etiquette of all the ministers." , one or two of the joys, only in Xiao Zhen's "Thousands of Miles of Rivers and Mountains", Qin Yu's heart is as usual, he is so happy to be alone, and each will be rewarded with thousands of taels of gold."
Qin Yu and Xiao Zhen stood up one after another, clasped their fists and bowed their heads, "I thank you for your kindness."
After the main hall became quiet, the first team of competing poets came to the hall first, and everyone began to taste the dishes and watch the competition.I saw ten people in the column along the way. There were ten round stools placed in the hall, each corresponding to a small table, and they were seated in order.
The examiner is sitting on one side, with two rectangular bamboo tubes on the left and right beside his hands. One bamboo tube has bamboo sticks neatly placed in it, and the other is empty.
The competition officially began, with a total of [-] poetesses divided into thirty teams.The examiner will ask the ten female poets from each team in turn to answer the next or previous sentence of the poem. Each person will take three rounds. One point will be added for each correct answer. The top three from each team will advance to the next round.There are three rounds in total, each one will be more difficult than the last.
The first question came, and the examiner asked, "Please tell me the next sentence of 'Spring sleep without realizing the dawn'."
The poet number one in the hall looked panic-stricken and began to think hard. It seemed that the idea came to her suddenly, so she hurriedly answered, "I can hear the singing of birds everywhere!"
The examiner held his beard and nodded, "Cheng Jingyi, one point."
Qin Yuwang didn't even think about eating. Her eyes were wide open. She glanced at her sign. She was the number one in the No. 30 team, and she was the last one in the team.
She wiped her hands, rubbed her legs nervously, and murmured in a low voice, "Why are the questions at the beginning so simple? If the questions are not repeated, wouldn't they become more and more difficult at the end?" When she thought about it, , she suddenly became more nervous.
Ye Niansi looked at her with dark eyes and was slightly startled when he saw sweat coming out from behind her ears. It seemed that she really wanted to win.So he listened carefully to the order of the examiner's questions.
But I found that although it seemed to be random, there was no repetition. This meant that by the time Qin Yuwang came, only the last ten poems were left.
He took Qin Yuwang's booklet and flipped through it page by page under the table. The competition was faster than Tan Yuwang expected. It didn't take long before the first round was coming to an end. Ye Niansi relied on his own In my memory, I crossed out more than 280 poems that had already been asked.There were still the last twelve poems left. He turned over the previous order and found that although they were disrupted, the way of disruption was still regular.
This is also the benefit of being cautious and rigid in everything in the palace, so he followed this rule and experimented on the people of No. 20 Team [-], and found that the poems he filtered out using this rule completely corresponded to The sentences that each person was asked about.
So he calmly found out the three poems that Tan Yuwang should be asked about according to this pattern, pushed the book back to her, and whispered, "Just memorize these three poems and you will be able to pass."
Qin Yuwang looked at the three songs and was stunned. "Wow, you are really good at picking. I can't memorize any of these three songs. They are all at the end..."
Ye Niansi took a deep breath, looked at the three poems, pointed at one of them, "Then remember this sentence."
Qin Yuwang glanced at the poem, called "The Difficult Road to Shu". It was several pages long, and the sentence Ye Niansi pointed to was, "There will be times when the wind and waves break, and the clouds and sails will rise to help the sea."
She looked at him hesitantly, but there was nothing she could do now. Although she didn't know how Ye Niansi guessed it, she still used the last little time to memorize the poem.
"Poem Girl of Team No. 30, come on -" the examination administrator urged.Qin Yu looked up, only to see He Yulian getting up and walking this way, and rolled her eyes with disdain. He heard that He Yulian had made her sister-in-law look bad again, and then she got the opportunity to be the substitute, and she and Qin Yuwang We were also assigned to a group.
When Qin Yuwang sat down at the table, her little hands were cold, and she thought in her heart, "Originally, this competition system is ten to three, and the weaker the opponent in the same team, the more advantageous it is, but this He Yulian is a ruthless person, and has always been a weakling. There are poetry books.well! ] Tan Yuwang took two deep breaths and looked at the Tan family not far away. Tan Yu and the old woman looked at her happily and cheered her up. Ye Niansi also looked directly at her with his black eyes.
The examiner began to ask questions, "Poet Girl No. [-], may I ask: Qingchuan Lili Hanyang Tree, what is the next sentence?"
Ye Niansi frowned, she didn't know this question.
Qin Yuwang pinched her ears, but her head was empty. She remembered that the poem was called Yellow Crane Tower, but she couldn't remember what the next sentence was, so she shook her head, "Reply: I don't know."
He Yulian was No. [-]. She showed a disdainful expression at this moment. She glanced sideways at the very nervous Tan Yuwang and snorted, "I don't understand anything. Why should I be embarrassed?"Weren't you quite capable on Kunlun Mountain before, but you continue to be aggressive? 】
The examiner asked, "Poet Girl No. [-], please answer: When Chai Men hears a dog barking, what is the next sentence?"
He Yulian was confident, "Reply: Come home on a snowy night!"
The examiner nodded, "In the first round, No. [-] and No. [-] will each get one point, and the rest will be zero."
Qin Yuwang heard that there was still a chance, so she calmly opened her almond eyes and waited for the examiner's second question.
The examiner took out a bamboo slip from the bamboo tube. Ye Niansi's black eyes stared straight at his mouth. The examiner opened his lips and said, "Poet Girl No. [-], ask: If he is facing the same snow, what is his next sentence?"
Qin Yuwang was overjoyed. She knew the question well, and she hurriedly replied, "Answer: This life can be considered a total of two years together!" After hearing this, the examiner nodded, which meant that the answer was correct.
She was immediately happy, as if a little rabbit had grown into her body, and hurriedly looked at Ye Niansi. Ye Niansi's black eyes were originally looking at her, but the moment she looked at him, he slowly slid aside with an indifferent expression.
He Yulian rolled her eyes at her again, "I didn't expect that a half-assed scholar would be able to order something. It was just a trick. It would be weird if she could win!" 】
After the second round, "No. [-], [-], and [-] each get one point, and No. [-] gets two points."
Qin Yuwang squeezed his hands, it would be the third round soon.
The examiner drew lots again, "Poet No. [-], may I ask: What is the previous sentence of "Hang the clouds and sail to the sea"?
Qin Yuwang was surprised, and Ye Niansi guessed it correctly. This little tyrant is really smart, so she hurriedly returned, "Reply: There will be times when the wind and waves will break!"
The examiner was obviously shocked, and everyone was also stunned, because the Road to Shu is the most difficult and longest poem in this booklet, but they all got the answer right. Jiang Fan took the lead in applauding, and even the emperor smiled slightly. He smiled, raised his hands and praised, "Not bad!"
Then No. [-] and No. [-] failed to answer, and He Yulian failed to answer correctly even in his haste, so only two people from this group were promoted, namely Qin Yuwang and He Yulian.
The first round of selection is over. In the second round, the 29 people just selected will be divided into three teams and the competition will begin.
This round is a multiple choice question.
A large white panel was brought up, covered with a red gauze scarf. The examiner explained the rules. Everyone must write down what they think is the correct answer on the rice paper in front of them. Correct answers will be worth one point. There will be three rounds of ten. Further.
Qin Yuwang is in the first team this time, and He Yulian is in the second team.
The game begins.As soon as the examiner pulled off the gauze scarf on the panel, everyone started to sigh.Qin Yuwangxing's eyes widened and her mouth was half-opened in surprise.
Ye Niansi looked at the panel doubtfully.
"Ask, which of the following is correct?"
"1. A general has no talent at all, but a man should strengthen himself."
"2. Manage your hair by the window, and put yellow decals on the mirror."
"3. Men should strengthen themselves and look yellow in the mirror."
"Please give me the answer, poet ladies!"
Everyone present also started discussing.
Qin Yuwang bit her butt of the brush and stared at those three sentences with almond-shaped eyes. She had never heard or seen any of them, but she felt that the third sentence was the smoothest, so she wrote it on the rice paper in front of her without hesitation. Three, and then his eyes slid to Ye Niansi.
Ye Niansi looked at the three poems with dark eyes. The first sentence should be from "Poem of Prodigy", the second sentence is from "Poetry of Mulan", and the third sentence is wrong. Since the question asked the correct question, the answer should be One and two.
He didn't look at Qin Yuwang, but took out one of the shrimps she had just peeled for him and put it on the plate.
Qin Yu looked at her face without turning her head, but just stared at him. After seeing it, she lowered her head slightly, crossed out the three and wrote one.
Then, Ye Niansi placed two more shrimps on the plate. Tan Yuwang frowned slightly. Could it be that the answer was two?She hesitantly wrote another two.
"The time is up, please announce the answer!"
Qin Yuwang slowly raised his answer sheet. When he saw it, they all wrote one or two, but she wrote two answers. The other female poets covered their mouths and laughed at her. Qin Yuwang was a little frustrated. Put down the paper.
The examiner looked at the answers and pointed at Qin Yuwang, "In the first round, No. [-] will get one point, and the rest will get zero points!"
Everyone was suddenly shocked, and Qin Yuwang was also stunned.She blinked her eyes, curled her lips slightly, and looked at Ye Niansi secretly.
The man sat there lazily, raising his hand to drink tea, his dark eyes staring at the fine wine and food on the table, not looking at her.
The second round begins.Here comes a new whiteboard——
"Excuse me, which of the following sentences is correct?"
"1. When you asked about your return date, it was in the north of Gushan Temple and in the west of Jiating."
"2. When he was dying of illness, he sat up in shock and asked the visitor where he came from with a smile."
"3. When the spring breeze is triumphant, the horse's hooves are broken, and when life is triumphant, it must be full of joy."
"4. Asking you how much sorrow you can have is like a river of spring water flowing eastward."
"Please answer!"
Qin Yuwang read all those sentences carefully. It can be said that not only she, but also many civil servants present were a little confused when they saw this question.
Every sentence read smoothly. She thought for a while. According to the rhythm of the previous question, the answer to this question would not be one, two, three, four, right?
She didn't turn her face and only moved her eyes to furtively look at Ye Niansi.
Ye Niansi held his temple with one hand and looked straight at the four lines of the poem with his dark eyes. "You asked me if my return date has not yet been announced" should have been written in Bashan, and Gushan Temple is in Qiantang Lake, so this sentence is definitely wrong.
"Laughing and asking where the guest came from" is from "Returning to the Hometown". The person asking the question is a child, and it cannot be a dying child.
And "Spring Breeze Proudly and Horseshoe Disease" talks about the number one scholar in the imperial examination, and "Prosperity in life requires all the joy" is about drinking wine. Li Bai has never taken an exam, let alone won the first place, so the third sentence is also wrong.
So, he used chopsticks to push together the shrimps on the plate, and then put another one in.
Tan Yuwang quickly wrote four on the rice paper in front of him.
When the answers were announced again, except for Qin Yuwang, everyone else wrote two answers, while others wrote three or even four answers.The examiner looked at Qin Yuwang's answer with some confusion, and then looked at Qin Yuwang, wondering why the second young lady of the Qin family was so fierce this year. He announced, "In the second round, No. [-] will get one point, and the rest will be zero."
"Two out of three rounds, but the others can't beat it, so in the first round, Qin Yuwang will advance!"
Everyone burst into applause, the old lady burst into tears with joy, and Tan Yu was also very excited.
In the second round, the winner was undoubtedly He Yulian, but in the third round no one answered correctly, so the final decider was between Tan Yuwang and He Yulian.
When Qin Yuwang and He Yulian were sitting on the left and right of the main hall, the scene was extremely tense. After all, one was the daughter of Marquis Wu and the other was the daughter of the prime minister. Everyone knew that the people in Wuhou's house did not attach much importance to civil virtue examinations, and He Chang He is a master of writing and word games, so this game is particularly anticipated.
"The ultimate competition, the next question——"
A question board was brought up, and the examiner lifted up the orange gauze on it. Everyone was stunned. This time, there was silence.
"Excuse me, which of the following poems is correct?"
"1. If love lasts for a long time, how can we stay together day and night?"
"2. If love lasts for a long time, how can it last day and night?"
"Please answer!"
Ye Niansi looked at the poem with dark eyes, and there were a few doubts in his eyes. He only remembered that it was Qin Guan's "Magpie Bridge Immortal", but whether it was a long time or a long time, he couldn't remember it clearly for a while.
Time was running out, Qin Yuwang glanced at Ye Niansi with flickering eyes. Ye Niansi first took off two shrimps on the plate. Tan Yuwang thought the answer was two, and then he took off one more shrimp. Tan Yuwang thought it was one.
Then, he took off another one, and Qin Yuwang frowned.
Ye Niansi took a sip of tea, looked at her with black eyes, and glanced at the empty plate.
It means that this question is beyond the scope and he can’t do it.
Qin Yuwang took a deep breath. It seemed that he could only rely on himself. With a 3% certainty, if he won the question, he would get 3000 taels, and if he lost, he would get [-] taels.
She held the almost chewed brush and stared at the topic board with almond-shaped eyes. Fine beads of sweat oozed from her palms, and goosebumps appeared all over her body.
(End of this chapter)
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