Mu Qing stood under the stage, and for the first time felt so uncomfortable being in the spotlight of everyone.

He tried his best to keep smiling, and then calmly saluted Concubine Yuan: "Niangniang, the lower officials are not talented, and now there is no law." ”

Concubine Yuan stood and looked at him, bowed her head slightly, the tassels between her temples drooped down and swept her face, only to hear her say: "Lord Mu's words are wrong, but this palace knows, you are the champion of Jinke, and the literary style has been praised by the officials, and this palace will definitely not be embarrassed to think about this couplet." Don't be too humble. ”

When Mu Qing heard this, he didn't dare with a smile on his face, but he was "chuckled" in his heart.

Concubine Yuan's words were gentle and nice, and they sounded like she was praising him, but these words were more like killing. Concubine Yuan said that he was praised by the emperor for his talent, and if he really couldn't come up, people would have an excuse to say that his reputation did not match, which indirectly showed that the emperor's praise was not worthy of his name.

At the very least, it was because he was not angry, and at the very least, it was he who made the emperor make wrong conclusions and fool the monarch, which is a big deal.

Mu Qing gritted his teeth so that he didn't let himself have any other expression, he looked up at Concubine Yuan, although it was through the crystal bead curtain, he could still see from Concubine Yuan's delicate makeup that the person was smiling, and the lips coated with bright lipstick had a warm arc.

But Mu Qing's intuition told him that what Concubine Yuan was thinking at the moment must be different from what he had come out of, he just felt that this person was not happy with him, and he was even a little disgusted.

Mu Qing tried his best to calm his mind, his sanity was still there, and now the top priority was not to speculate on Concubine Yuan's thoughts, even though Li Qianyu's mother was not happy with his own incident, which made him a little frustrated, but the top priority was to work hard to make himself make a lower link, so as not to make a bigger mistake.

Frowning slightly, Mu Qing took a step and paced there slowly.

One step, two steps.

Suddenly, he saw Wei Jun, who was looking at him calmly, and Ke Jie, who was sitting not far from him, looking at him worriedly.

Maybe he can directly take Ke Jie's next link......

But this idea was only dangled in his head and was denied by him, and he couldn't cut off the possibility of future friendship with Ke Jie because of a temporary crisis, which was too much to lose.

Mu Qing turned around, but it seemed that in such a short period of time, he suddenly had inspiration.

Standing still, standing with his hands in his hands, he looked at Concubine Yuan, who was staring at him closely, and laughed, as gentle as usual, and his voice was calm and long: "Niangniang's uplink is 'a lonely boat, sitting on two or three sausters, using four oars and five sails, passing through six beaches and seven bays, going through eight ups and downs, but it is very late'." The voice paused, and Mu Qing said with a smile, "Xia Guan is right: Ten years of cold window, I have entered the * family academy, abandoned the seven emotions and six desires, studied the five classics and four books hard, took the exam three times and twice, and must be successful today." ”

As soon as this next link came out, it won the applause of the whole house.

It's not that it's wonderful, it's just a piece of downlink put together with numbers from one to ten, and there are no subtle sentences and clever words, but the meaning of this is something that many people can empathize with.

Genius is a gift from God, and it is very rare. On the other hand, there are all living beings, and if they don't have that kind of talent, they must study hard for more than ten or even decades to get a little merit.

Some of them had an errand in the capital, and they had not been in office for a long time, and some of them were sent to other places, and they would go to other places in a few days, and they didn't know if they would return to another country. But no matter who they were, they had experienced the cruel and daunting imperial examination not long ago, and it was not easy for them to step out of the way to see so many of their comrades fall behind the increasingly high thresholds. The tension, the gloom, the unspeakable pain cannot be completely diluted by the exhilaration, and may get deeper and deeper.

Because of this, Mu Qing's lower couplet is naturally able to resonate with everyone.

Mu Qing smiled and arched his hand around, feeling relieved, he also knew that his next link was not subtle, it was just neat, but it was good, it would not be too presumptuous, nor would Concubine Yuan take a lesson, just right.

Just as he thought, Concubine Yuan didn't show anything different, she gently stroked her palm behind the bead curtain and smiled: "That's right, the champion is really talented, this palace admires." ”

Mu Qing bowed and said: "Niangniang has a good reputation, there is no end to learning, and Xiaguan still has a long way to go in the future." ”

Concubine Yuan smiled, didn't say much, turned around and made a wide seat, and glanced to the side, the eunuchs in the audience naturally understood, shook off the dust, and said loudly: "Serve!" ”

After that, the palace maids waiting outside the door rushed in, each holding a tray in their hands, which was covered by a semi-circular hollow gold shroud, because it was still early when it was held, and many people could still smell the tempting aroma of the dishes.

Mu Qing knew that Concubine Yuan would not ask him anything more, so he saluted and walked back to his seat and sat down with a calm look. But just as he sat down, he heard Wei Jun's voice beside him: "Mu Qing, what are you afraid of?" ”

Mu Qingdao, who asked such a straightforward question, was unwilling to hide anything, and seeing that everyone was not paying attention to himself, he measured his body slightly, covered it with his palm, and said, "It's just a little bottomless." ”

Wei Jun glanced at him and said lightly: "I saw Yuan Guifei when I was a child, and she smiled gently and carefully at that time, but every time he laughed the happiest, it was when Prince Zhuang had to endure hardships." ”

These words aroused some of Mu Qing's thoughts, and he said strangely: "I only heard about Li ...... King Zhuang was once raised by Liu Guifei, and he also stayed with Yuan Guifei? ”

"Fostered in Liu Guifei's place, but when he was older, he found his mother by himself." Wei Jun didn't have the slightest consciousness that he was talking about the secrets of the palace, and his voice was flat, "Yuan Guifei has always been very gentle with King Zhuang, and she even laughed very happily when she beat him with bamboo sticks." ”

Mu Qing was stunned, hit? It didn't feel like something that the man would do.

But if you think about it, you will understand that Yuan Guifei is not different from the harem concubines, what she wants is not just a son, but a dependent, although there is no shadow of Concubine Yuan in the original book, but just because she can step on the harem with her own strength, you know that it is not simple, such a woman, raising children naturally has its own reasons.

It's just that Mu Qing couldn't help but feel that his brain diverged to the point that Li Qianyu was pressed on Concubine Yuan's lap with a flat face, his body pouted, and Concubine Yuan, who was smiling, slowly raised her hand...... Stop, it's getting more and more outrageous.

Mu Qing lowered his head, tried his best to keep his eyes on the delicious food in front of him, and silently said to himself: calm down, there is no Amitabha Buddha in the south, blessed by the Virgin Mary, Hallelujah, the almighty true god, I also want to try......

Covering his forehead helplessly, Mu Qing felt that it would be useless to worship God now.

It's hopeless this time.

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Eating and sleeping silently, this is the rule left by the ancestors, although it is said to be a banquet, but few people talk about it.

Mu Qing had something in his heart, it didn't matter much, but Wei Jun ate very happily, he was already hungry, plus the food this time was not cold, and the taste was very good, Wei Jun was not picky.

After the rice, a palace person came forward to remove the plate with his head down, and then took the fragrant tea to clean his mouth, soaked the petals in the basin and cleaned his hands, and then the fish flowed down.

Wei Jun was naturally very satisfied when he was full, leaning on the red pillar behind him, his face still had a flat expression, but the red fluttering cheeks exposed the comfort of this person at the moment. Mu Qing looked at his movements funny, reached out and tugged at his sleeve, Wei Jun tilted his head, and saw Mu Qing smiling at him: "Brother Jun, it is very indecent for you to sit like this." ”

"I'll just be comfortable." Wei Jun didn't care, and still went his own way.

Mu Qing smiled and shook his head, and didn't say much, it's a good thing that this person is used to being comfortable, and no one dares to care about him.

At this time, I heard Concubine Yuan, who had not spoken for a long time, speak: "I don't know where Lord Yuan Wenchang and Lord Yuan are?" ”

Yuan Wenchang, who was sitting in the front of the middle, got up and went out of the queue, saluted, and said, "Xiaguan Yuan Wenchang, meet the two mothers, and the mothers are blessed." ”

"Let's be flat." Concubine Yuan looked at him with a smile, and then stretched out her hand, "You take a few steps forward and let the palace take a look." ”

As soon as these words came out, many people were surprised. Mu Qing also looked at the past curiously, after not seeing him for a few days, Yuan Wenchang, who had already become an official, was still upright, looking a little more calm and heavy than before, wearing a rigorous dark blue shirt, which looked more dignified.

I saw Yuan Wenchang take three steps forward, and no longer walked forward, looking at his toes with a stern expression.

No one could hear what Concubine Yuan said to him, maybe the person in front could still hear a word or two, but the person sitting in Mu Qing's position couldn't hear anything.

A little excited, Mu Qing also leaned against the pillar and whispered to Wei Jun next to him: "What do you think the noble concubine will say to him?" ”

"It's nothing more than a princess's marriage." Wei Jun saw it clearly.

However, Mu Qing obviously thought more: "This is not true, firstly, although Yuan Wenchang has a net worth, he is a clan in the south after all, and he is not a climate, and secondly, he is a dignified person and acts uprightly, and now he can't see the emperor's preference for him, I'm afraid the princess won't give it to him lightly." ”

When Wei Jun heard this, he didn't say whether he agreed or disagreed, but said: "The left and right have nothing to do with you and me, just look at it." ”

Mu Qing glanced at him, and then seemed to look at the stage inadvertently.

Perhaps it was a lot shorter to sit than to stand, and Mu Qing could vaguely spy on the figure of Min Guifei who leaned forward slightly behind the ancestral bead curtain. Concubine Min was plain, but her eyes were still bright, and Mu Qing felt that he was looking this way.

Wei Jun doesn't know much about Concubine Min, after all, whether it is from Li Qianyu's mouth or Du Luo's report, Concubine Min is like an invisible person in the harem, she doesn't like to talk or move, so she stays in her palace and divides herself, maybe because she is friendly with Concubine Yuan, she helps Concubine Yuan to stab the queen from time to time, but it is just a battle of words, not a big deal.

However, this person is Wen Fan's mother concubine after all, and this time it was the horse who chose Wenshan to help with his name.

With some guesses in his heart, Mu Qing looked left and right. Because they were leaning against the pillar, there were not many people on the left and right, except for himself and Wei Jun, that is, the two people who were not very familiar with him, and Ke Jie, who was studying the disk pattern.

Mu Qing's eyes rolled, turned sideways slightly, and then looked up at Concubine Min and found that the person was still motionless. Mu Qing frowned, stretched out his hand and pulled Wei Jun, Wei Jun was caught off guard and subconsciously leaned back, Mu Qing was startled, for fear that he would hit the pillar, so he hurriedly reached out and grabbed his arm and pulled it back.

This pull, the knot firmly hugged Wei Jun in his arms, this person's smooth forehead just hit Mu Qing's chin, Mu Qing bit his tongue directly, and the pain was so painful that he couldn't even speak, only frowned and snorted.

Wei Jun came back to his senses for a long time, and as soon as he broke away from Mu Qing, seeing Mu Qing covering his mouth and looking in pain, Wei Jun also knew what was going on. However, Brother Jun obviously didn't feel sorry, but glanced at him: "Self-inflicted." ”

Mu Qing said that he was suffering, and this dumb man ate it if he ate it.

The pain was about to burst into tears, Mu Qing hurriedly picked up the tea bowl and rinsed his mouth, which also covered his complicated expression.

Wen Fan, after all, is the child of Concubine Min, and it is impossible for Concubine Yuan to have a candidate not to communicate with Concubine Min. She didn't react to any of her movements, obviously it had nothing to do with herself.

But just now, when Mu Qing pulled Wei Jun, Concubine Min obviously leaned on the chair to get up, and then immediately sat back.

Mu Qing saw this action clearly, and he also had a plan in his heart.

Covering his mouth that was still in pain, Mu Qing looked at Wei Jun with complicated eyes, and sighed in his heart, but he didn't know what the road ahead was

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