The fourth prince looked at the girl behind him, she was fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing an agarwood-colored makeup and patch full of brocade jackets, and an emerald blue wide gold skirt all over the ground, looking handsome, with a thin waist of willows, and a pair of thin curved eyebrows from the distant mountains, even if she didn't speak, she was full of style.

He retracted his thoughts and smiled, "What is the name of this young lady? ”

Zhou Qingyuan curtsied towards the four princes: "You are the fourth highness." ”

As soon as the fourth prince heard that she recognized herself, he saw that there was no one on the left and right, and smiled: "Do you recognize me? Who are you?

Zhou Qingyuan said: "I went to get the medicinal materials, and my sister ordered to boil the medicine for the patient to drink." ”

As soon as the fourth prince heard her say that her sister had ordered, he guessed her identity, and arched his hand: "It turned out to be Miss Zhou's family, disrespectful, disrespectful." ”

Zhou Qingyuan's face flushed, and he lowered his head and whispered: "What did Your Highness Fourth say?

The fourth prince said helplessly: "Your sister is going to die, your family and I are disrespectful, let her know that I have a little bit of something I haven't taken care of, don't think about dealing with her next time." ”

Zhou Qingyuan sneered, raised her head with a spring breeze in her eyes, and said, "To say something that you don't like, you seem to be very afraid of my sister, and my sister is not a tigress." ”

The fourth prince smiled and waved his hand, "Better than a tigress." Glancing back at the closed door, he smiled comfortably and turned back again: "Don't say anything, I'm going to say goodbye here." ”

Zhou Qingyuan saw his gaze just now, her handsome face was full of tenderness, she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, but she still put on a gentle and modest smile: "You are leaving? ”

The fourth prince arched his hand: "If you don't leave, there is no way, your sister won't even give me a sip of tea, and leave." After that, he walked out of the counter, took two more steps, and suddenly turned around: "How many young ladies are you?" ”

He was born rich and handsome, his lips hooked when he lowered his head slightly and asked people, as if he was smiling, indescribably chic and noble, Zhou Qingyuan stared at him twice, his heartbeat suddenly missed half a beat, and his face flushed in panic when he came back to his senses, and said shyly: "Zhou Qingyuan, the seventh in the family, Your Highness, don't forget." ”

The fourth prince was slightly stunned, he didn't mean to ask her name.

After thinking about it, he smiled awkwardly: "Miss Seven, I was abrupt." ”

Zhou Qingyuan lowered her head and said, "It's okay." ”

The fourth prince arched his hand again: "Then I will leave." ”

Zhou Qingyuan raised his head and saw that he really turned around and left, and shouted anxiously: "Your Highness?!"

The fourth prince frowned slightly, but had no choice but to stop again, turned around and asked, "Miss Seventh still has something to order?"

Zhou Qingyuan smiled: "Your Highness will come next time, my sister will not prepare tea for you, I will prepare it for you." ”

The fourth prince smiled: "Okay, farewell." ”

Zhou Qingyuan raised his hand and shook it: "You can go." ”

At this time, the four princes turned around and took big steps, and did not look back until they disappeared into Zhou Qingyuan's sight.

Sunlight is like a fine gold thread, falling from the sky directly above, falling on the century-old plaque of black lacquered wood in the Gongyuan, and the black glaze is plated with circles of color, and the beauty is between the light and the dark.

It's a pity that no one appreciates such a good picture.

Under the plaque, two rows of guards with spears stood solemnly, eyeing the people in various clothes in front of them.

The various clothes also returned their defensive gaze, even with anger.

Among them, a young man in a dark green jacket suddenly raised his fist and shouted.

"We want to see the examiner, we can't cancel the Spring Exam, you said to call someone, why don't you come?"

His shout once again broke the hard-won silence, and the others raised their fists in unison: "What about the chief examiner? What about the person in charge, when will he come?"

This is the seventh time that the Guardian has taught these people their irritability.

With a black face, he shouted: "I told you not to quarrel, now that the plague is prevalent, the adults are very busy, and they will naturally come to see you when they are done." ”

"What's more important than Chunqiu?"

Yes, these people are not just poor people, they are all pillars of the country, and some people may still be the big officials of a certain department in the future, what is more important than their business?

The commander couldn't make up a reason, and said in a dumb voice: "Anyway, you sons wait a little longer, and the adults are coming." ”

"They are just perfunctory to us, they must cancel the Spring Festival, so Lord Han didn't dare to show up, so we broke in. ”

"Yes, break in. ”

These candidates have to find someone to explain, one person takes the lead, and the others are restless.

The guards at the gate of the Gongyuan surrounded them again, but they didn't dare to hit anyone, and most of those candidates were also powerless and had never fought, so they didn't dare to break in if they wanted to.

There was a stalemate on both sides.

At this time, a small soldier came along the wall, and he whispered in the commander's ear, and the commander was overjoyed when he heard this, and shouted with his spear high: "Everyone, everyone, it is useless for you to break into the tribute courtyard, Lord Han will be there soon." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, two teams of people came over at the corner of the street, and these two teams of people walked on both sides of an official sedan chair, all with gloomy faces, and they looked very majestic.

"It's coming, it's coming. ”

I don't know who shouted, those candidates abandoned their current positions one after another, and they all rushed towards the official sedan chair.

"Lord Han, Lord Han ......"

It is Han Gang Han who is sitting in the official sedan chair, these candidates are so troublesome, because they heard that the Spring Festival exam is going to be canceled, but the conclusion of whether to cancel it has not yet been made, I'm afraid no one dares to get down, and the inconclusive things are the most frightening, so these candidates want to make trouble, but they can't be violently suppressed, so what should I do?

As the main examiner, Master Han had no choice but to push him to the front to calm his uneasiness.

He got out of the official sedan chair, and the shouting outside not only did not stop, but intensified.

"Lord Han, you can't cancel the Spring Festival. ”

"We study hard in the cold window, and the court can't abandon us. ”

"We're going to take ...... exam"

Master Han sorted out his thoughts, smiled and raised his hands: "Students, students, please be quiet and listen to what this official says." ”

"Listen to Lord Han, listen to what Lord Han says. ”

The voice of dissatisfaction gradually quieted down with the words above.

Lord Han said solemnly: "I know that everyone is very uneasy at this time, but the imperial court did not say that it will cancel the Spring Festival, everyone should not be panicked because of hearsay, now that the plague is prevalent, everyone should not gather in groups, this is not good for everyone, why don't you go back to the post house or residence to wait for news?"

"When will you wait? You said that the imperial court did not say that it would cancel the Spring Festival, so will it never be canceled?"

"That is, if we go back to study and tomorrow we say that we can't take the test, what will we do?"

"The imperial court doesn't let us conduct scientific research, so it's better to let us be infected with the plague and die. ”

"Swear to the death to take a scientific examination, and you must not cancel the Spring Festival, Lord Han, you have to promise us. ”

Han Da only said a word, and those students' worries couldn't be stopped, and no one could hear what was said in the next noise.

There was a waiter from the Hanlin Academy who accompanied Lord Han, who was also one of the examiners, and said in Lord Han's ear, "Otherwise, the adults will tell them that they will definitely not cancel the Spring Festival, let them all go, and make trouble here." ”

Everyone was sent by the emperor, of course, Lord Han has more right to speak, but can this kind of guarantee be messed up?

Lord Han glanced at him, knowing that he was Xue Daru's protégé, and asked in his heart, this person couldn't have been sent by Lord Xue to ask him to deliberately say these things to me, right?

If it is to be canceled in the end, can these candidates let him go? No matter how he still has a foothold in the imperial court, this kind of guarantee cannot be given to death, but if he does not send these candidates away, he will not be able to explain his errands.

Lord Han glanced at the waiter and didn't say anything, and then maintained order: "Everyone, please listen to me, please listen to me, if you continue to quarrel like this, it will not be beneficial to any of us, everyone is a scholar, and we should understand things." ”

With that, the neighborhood was quiet again.

Master Han said earnestly: "I can understand everyone's mood at this moment, but how can the plague be a child's play, if you are not careful, you will die, let me ask you, if your life is gone, what is the use of taking the fame test?"

Half of them began to ponder.

Half of them immediately retorted: "After gaining fame, even if you die, you will die blindly, otherwise you will still die alive." ”

"My lord, if you can't take the exam this year, the student will be past the time limit."

"yes, besides, none of us have been infected with the plague. ”

Because the emperor said that as long as there are candidates who are sick, the spring festival will be canceled, so even if there are candidates who are sick, these people will not report it, and those who can stand here must be healthy now.

Lord Han saw that it didn't work at all to be emotional and reasonable with these people, because they hadn't gotten sick yet, and they didn't understand how terrible the plague was.

Some people want to do scientific research even if they know about it.

Thinking that he had also studied hard, his heart softened, and his face suddenly became solemn, and he said in a loud voice: "Since everyone wants to take the exam, then it is even more important to return to the post house and residence at this time, as long as none of you are infected with the plague, the spring festival will not be canceled, but you are gathered here, are you not afraid of the plague to find your head?"

"I can also promise you that I will leave someone in a big post house and convey the above news to everyone every day, and once there is a decision from the above, I will never hide it from everyone, so everyone should not listen to hearsay, and listen to biased beliefs. ”

The waiter was stunned for a moment, and communicated the news at the post station, but the emperor didn't say anything about this when they came.

The fact that Lord Han wants to keep people in the post makes the candidates very excited, and they are uneasy because they don't know anything.

The candidates were quiet, but no one took the lead to leave.

At this time, Lord Han gave a look, asked the people below to call the guards, and ordered these candidates to disperse as soon as possible.

Master Han returned to the sedan chair after giving the order, he was leaving, and the candidates knew that it was pointless to wait any longer, but they were still unwilling to leave, so they all watched his team. (To be continued.) )