"In this Douwen Competition, the two of you are one of the invigilators, and at the same time, those neighboring countries who come to Great Xia will each send one person to be the invigilator, and Li Shi, who is famous in various countries, will also be among them."

Li Shi is a contemporary Confucian, from Bactria , he has traveled all over the world for many years to teach Confucian culture, peach and plum all over the world, respected by the world.

Meaning she is the representative of Great Xia? Gu Qingchu tilted his head, in the hearts of the literati, He Zhongtang was an invigilator, more convincing than her, Ning Lianghou or Yuan Jinpei, who suddenly woke up, right?

"Queen Mother, He Zhongtang is more qualified for this position than me." Gu Qingchu simply said what he thought.

The Queen Mother shook her head and said: "I won't tell you, at the beginning, the Mourning family and the emperor also had this plan, but He Zhongtang showed that he was unwell, so he recommended the two of you." ”

Outsiders only know that Yuan commands the military superiority, but they don't know that he is even more powerful in terms of literary talent, when the emperor once took the test questions to let Yuan Jinpei do, after reading his article, the emperor sighed that he had the talent of the champion.

If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't participate in the imperial examination as a prince, her nephew would have been the champion a long time ago, and when the emperor asked him, Yuan Jinpei was only twelve years old.

And Gu Qingchu, the Queen Mother still remembered Gu Qingchu's ten questions about Concubine Jin who was neither humble nor arrogant, quoting scriptures and classics, and not leaking, since then, Concubine Jin no longer dared to find fault with Gu Qingchu.

Outsiders only see Ning Lianghou's generals, and in literature, Ning Lianghou is not inferior to ordinary people.

This fight is not only a test of poetry and songs, but also immediate kung fu, so it is more suitable for the two of them to be examiners.

*

Coming out of the Queen Mother's bedroom, Gu Qingchu and Yuan Jinpei walked on the palace road.

Gu Qingchu opened his mouth first and asked, "Lord Yuan, do you know anything about He Zhongtang?"

When the chief examiner gave this matter to them, the more Gu Qingchu thought about He Zhongtang's character, the more unpredictable he became, it stands to reason that He Zhongtang should not be so quiet, and the other party seemed to be deliberately avoiding her edge.

There is a faint meaning of giving way.

But Fan Shangshu jumped up and down, he didn't care, and after Fan Shangshu was defeated, he didn't help, Gu Qingchu couldn't see through this person.

"He Zhongtang is the head of civil officials in the court, and he has always acted steadily, and many things have been done without his presence and the people under him. Civil officials are the best at figuring out people's hearts. ”

Yuan Jinpei's plausible answer, Gu Qingchu understood.

The bigger the wings, the more difficult it is to ensure that each feather is smooth, He Zhongtang is in today's position, there are too many people behind him and too miscellaneous.

He is getting older and older, and his energy is difficult to ensure that everyone is in order. In addition to some people who bully and flatter, He Zhongtang is now also a little involuntarily in it.

Fan Shangshu, for example, is a living example.

On the surface, Fan Shangshu obeyed, so who knows what to do in private? But no matter what Fan Shangshu does, in the eyes of everyone, he obeys He Zhongtang's orders, and He Zhongtang acquiesces.

He Zhongtang's subordinates are more than one Fan Shangshu.

Gu Qingchu had a number in his heart, maybe with this He Zhongtang, they really didn't have to be enemies.

The corners of Yuan Jinpei's mouth arced up, Gu Qingchu was indeed a smart person.

"Cousin, cousin!"

Gu Qingchu Yuan Jinpei saw that he was about to walk out of the noon palace gate and could take a sedan chair, and the voice of Princess Le'an came from behind him.

There was no palace maid behind Princess Le'an, so she ran in front of the two of them in small steps by herself, panting lightly and running back and forth on her chest.

"Cousin, I will also be there tomorrow for the Doucai competition, and I will cheer for you." Princess Le'an ran over to say this.

Yuan Jinpei frowned and said, "I don't compete." ”

"There are many affairs in hand, the minister will retire first, and the princess will please return." Yuan Jinpei's down-to-earth official tone made Princess Le'an stomp her feet angrily.

Since the conflict with Ning Lianghou at the city gate that day, my cousin has always had such an attitude, lukewarmly separating the two of them from a long distance, obviously they had a good relationship before.

Princess Le'an looked at the back of the two of them leaving, and a ridiculous idea suddenly flashed in her mind, and then she shook her head and denied herself, impossible, absolutely impossible.

*

There was only one sedan chair outside the palace gate at noon, which was the one Gu Qing sat on when he first came, and Yuan Jinpei did not notify his sedan chair to come.

Seeing this, Yuan Jinpei stepped into the sedan chair without waiting for Gu Qingchu's invitation and sat on the side.

Gu Qingchu looked at Yuan Jinpei's natural and smooth movements, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a sigh: "Lord Yuan is not welcome. ”

"Miss Xie Gu will take it on the next ride." Yuan Jinpei didn't answer, but thanked him.

The faceless and skinless appearance made Gu Qingchu condense.

The sedan chair was lifted and walked all the way to the outside of the palace.

The sedan chair of the Gu family is very recognizable, with the Gu character totem on it, and there is only one Ning Lianghou in such a sedan chair in Shengjing. Walking on the long street, you can see at a glance that this is Ning Lianghou's sedan chair,

"I've met Ning Lianghou, I'm the Liuyuan of the Hanlin Academy, and I have an important matter to discuss with you." A middle-aged man's voice came from the door of the sedan chair.

The sedan chair was stopped.

Gu Qingchu frowned and said, "If you have something to post, stop the sedan chair and do something." ”

Liu Hanlin smiled and said: "Ning Liang is waiting for your forgiveness, it is really that the threshold of Jingwangfu is too high, and the official posts can't be handed over, you don't know, the subordinates of Jingwangfu see people ordering dishes, and he doesn't accept some posts at all, so naturally he can't present them in front of you." ”

Hearing this, Gu Qingchu looked at Yuan Jinpei, and sure enough, the face of the person next to him was already dark.

"Master Hou, what Xiaguan said to you today is very important, it is about Lord Yuan, and Xiaguan is also thinking about you, Lord Yuan is moody and unpredictable. You are before him,"

Liu Hanlin's voice paused suddenly, because Yuan Jinpei opened the curtain and stretched out his face, and his eyes looked at Liu Hanlin's shoes with contempt, and said that the poor Hanlin, the jade inlaid on Liu Hanlin's toes was really dazzling.

His gaze slowly swept up to see the jade pendant on Liu Hanlin's waist, and finally landed on his face.

In just a few breaths, cold sweat came down on Liu Hanlin's forehead, and he seemed to be being Ling Chi just a few moments.

Now his legs are limp.

"Liu Hanlin is accurate in looking at people."

After a brief evaluation, Yuan Jinpei sat back in his position and lowered the curtain, and instructed the sedan chair to continue walking.

There was a banging sound outside, and Gu Qingchu didn't have to guess too much, it was estimated that Liu Hanlin was sitting on the ground.

Gu Qingchu suddenly laughed, like a string of silver bells, and quipped to Yuan Jinpei, "Liu Hanlin is afraid that he will have a nightmare all night tonight." ”

Gu Qingchu didn't laugh at anything else, she laughed so much that Liu Hanlin subconsciously trembled and replied after Yuan Jinpei finished saying that sentence just now.

Daxia cries and disobeys children, and adults will scare that no matter how dishonest they are, they will be caught and eaten by the big worm at night, and Yuan Jinpei is probably the tiger in the hearts of adults.

The kind that wakes up in the middle of the night when I dream about it.

"Stop." Gu Qingchu, who was smiling, suddenly stopped the sedan chair, opened the curtain and took a closer look outside, turned his head to Yuan Jinpei and said, "Lord Yuan, you go back to the house first, I have some things." ”

Saying that, he hurriedly walked out of the sedan chair.