It didn't take long for Eve to come out, and Rukawa Kaede didn't join the princes, but waited for her in the courtyard in front of the door.

As soon as the two met, they almost held hands intimately, but fortunately, a palace maid reminded them to pay attention to the occasion, which allowed them to regain their calm and maintain a normal distance.

Looking at the Yiren who was worried about him day and night, Rukawa Kaede smiled heartily and asked, "Have you seen the Queen Mother?" ”

The girl was a little shy, after all, there were many people here, and there were many people looking at the two of them, her face was red, and she whispered back: "I see." ”

"How? She's okay with you. Rukawa Kaede asked nervously, for fear that grandma would not like this exotic princess.

"Very well, my grandmother also told her about us, and she also agreed, saying that you have found a good girl, and you want me to tell you that you must not let me down!" The girl replied.

"Haha, of course not! Do you have any gifts for her elderly? ”

"I didn't bring anything valuable out of the house, but she gave me a jade bracelet first, mutton fat white jade." The girl stretched out a jade hand, rolled up her sleeves, and shook it in front of his eyes in a very flaunting way, very naughty.

"If you don't know anything, how can you accept such an expensive gift as soon as you meet, or the old man gave it to you, do you have any response?" Rukawa Kaede feigned anger and educated her.

"No, she insisted on giving it to me, and then I gave her the jade pendant I was wearing, which was left to me by my mother, and she said that she would transfer the jade pendant to you."

Took out this jade pendant and put it in the palm of his hand in a hurry, he could still feel the clear coolness, refreshing coolness, Liuchuan Feng took the jade pendant and found that there was a blue wolf engraved in it, which was really the symbol of their Dafan Empire, he knew that although the jade pendant itself was precious, but what was more precious was the blue wolf, which was a treasure jade that could only be worn by their royal family, and it was also equivalent to a token that could do many things.

"Your gift is not light, but it is much more valuable than this bracelet, I didn't expect you to give it out so generously, yes, it is worthy of the woman I Liuchuan Feng fancies!"

"No, my mother said that this jade pendant can only be given to her future son-in-law."

The more the girl spoke, the quieter her voice became, and in the end, she didn't even hear the deaf Rukawa Kaede too clearly, and told her to be louder, but she didn't say anything.

"Hehe, when this birthday banquet is over, it is estimated that your envoy over there will come soon, and then I will know what your father means, and I must marry you home as a wife!"

"I hate it, so many people are watching, I'm leaving, my grandmother is calling me."

The girl's heart was beating like a deer, not daring to look at people, this was the first time she showed her heart to a man in front of so many people, fortunately the palace maid came to Qiao and took her away, otherwise she didn't know what to do.

Seeing the beauty go away, Liuchuan Feng sniffed the jade pendant that still had the fragrance of the girl vigorously, and then hung it around his neck, then retracted his mind, and began to be cautious and vigilant again, turning into a brocade guard.

Of course, someone came over and asked him questions, inquiring about the situation of Lechuan Eve and the true relationship between the two of them, etc., but he refused, he put on a look of no one close, stood aside solemnly, looked ahead, and waited for the opening of the big birthday ceremony.

Naturally, his performance was scolded by many people in their hearts, including some sons, who thought that he was conceited, big, high-minded, obsessed with women, and so on.

The hour came in the bell, melodious, crisp, and the long bell overpowered all the sounds in the field, and also made everyone's hearts clear and calm.

The ceremony also began in an orderly manner under the command of He Fang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and there was silence in the huge square.

After a cumbersome etiquette process, the ceremony finally ended, and it was the emperor's turn to come to the stage to speak.

In the end, in the joy of everyone, he proposed that the princes and county lords or the rest of the noble ladies present could participate in a competition, which was to assess the "six arts of gentlemen", in order to dedicate a good viewing program to the queen mother, so that the envoys of the country and his own ministers could see the talents and virtues of the outstanding descendants of our Dalie Empire.

There are many people who sign up for the competition, and as long as they reach the age of fifteen, they are also forced to participate, and finally through the preliminary assessment, the candidates are determined, there are more than seventy or eighty people, and there are only eleven sons.

Rukawa Kaede originally didn't want to participate in these boring games, he still had to defend the safety of the harem, and always pay attention to the dangers around him, but he couldn't, the emperor himself said it, and he was forced to participate!

The examination of the six arts is divided into six items, and after all of them are completed, they will continue to the next item until the end, and the ranking will be determined by the comprehensive score, and the total score of each item is 10 points, which adds up to 60 points.

The examiner is the emperor himself as the chief examiner, and the two princes serve as the deputy examiners, and the three decide to refer to the average score of the personnel as the final score of the project, and finally if there is any objection, the emperor will make the final decision.

Half an hour later, everything was ready, and the exam began, and the location was in the main square of the harem.

The reference staff all sat on their own stools, and there was a long table in front of them, and there was a test paper with questions on it, and they were required to hand in the paper within a stick of incense.

The first is "rites".

Looking at the questions on the test paper, Rukawa Kaede picked up the brush and began to write, as if he had a bamboo in his chest, swaying freely.

The first question is: What is courtesy?

He replied: "Celebrity, Liya." If it is used to govern, it will prosper with heaven and earth. (Note: From the "Book of Rites and Justice", the rites here are roughly natural law.) ）

The second question is: What are the Five Rites?

He replied: auspicious ceremony, fierce ceremony, military ceremony, guest ceremony, and jia ceremony. (Quoting the etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty, in the past, the etiquette was a very important system, and there was a complete set of procedures and etiquette in the national temple sacrifice, and the imperial court set up a department and official position specifically responsible for etiquette, and it has been used.) ）

Then the topic is some detailed things, such as how to use military etiquette, or what etiquette should be used in what other places, etc., he has also read the scriptures since he was a child, and he has been carefully taught by the master, so he knows all about these things, but he doesn't pay much attention to these small details on weekdays, because in this era, there are not many etiquette, and it is not useful, and most of the cumbersome etiquette is too troublesome, and he doesn't like it.

He was the first to hand in the papers, and the three examiners looked at him seriously, each with his own thoughts, of course there is nothing in the flowing river, he doesn't care, anyway, these are not important, just a good face.

Then Liu Chuanyun and the rest of the people also handed in the test papers.

The final score came out, Rukawa Yun scored first ten, Rukawa Miao scored nine points and was second, and Rukawa Kaede only scored a seven, because he was very uneasy in many small details, of course, this was also Rukawa Mingyue gave him a five, which lowered the average.

And Rukawa Yu only scored six points, which was still Liuchuan Yuanyang who looked at him pitifully and gave him a score of ten points, because his answer was more presumptuous and unreasonable.

After learning the results, Rukawa Yunzhi was satisfied, and he was proud in his heart, but he was still very humble and polite on the surface, after all, there were so many people watching here, not to mention that he had just finished the "ceremony" exam.

The second project is "Music".

It's not a test paper, it's much worse than before, but it's a song and dance like a musical instrument!

After getting the emperor's signal, He Fang came out and said solemnly: "Music is also an extension of the ceremony, "Cloud Gate Scroll", "Xianchi", "Dashao", "Da Xia", "Da Hui", "Dawu" These are six sacrificial music and dances, but now the times are different, you don't need to learn that, the current music is just a skill to cultivate sentiment or make a living, here you only need to perform a musical instrument casually, such as qin, drums, Xiao, Se and so on. ”

Rukawa Kaede's eyes darkened, where did he understand this? He didn't like these beautiful sounds, so how could he take the time and energy to learn? Since he was a child, he has been determined to become a big man who does great things for the country and the people, and naturally he has learned some art of war, strategy, thick black learning, etc., so he gave up this project directly, and the same is Liuchuan Yu and many noble sons.

And Liuchuan Yun knows this well, and is performing in the limelight at the moment, and his performance has also won the appreciation and applause of the emperor and the ministers, and he deservedly won the first place again.

Although he won two first places in a row, he was scheming and did not show any frivolous pride, which made everyone deeply admired, and even the emperor praised him again and again, of course, the queen mother and some of the concubines in the harem also liked it very much.

The third item is "shooting".

Of course, Rukawa Kaede is no stranger to the skill of eating by himself.

"Shooting" is divided into "five shots", which are five different ways of archery, among which "white arrow" refers to the arrow piercing the target and the arrow is white, representing the strong strength of the bow and arrow; "Participating in the company" means that one arrow is placed in front and the last three arrows are gone in a row, just like a continuous bead, which means that the continuous shooting speed is very fast; "剡注" refers to fast fire, that is, the aiming time is very short, and the arrow is placed on the string and immediately shoots and hits the target; "Xiang ruler" refers to the courtier and the monarch shooting, the minister and the monarch stand side by side, let the monarch retreat one foot, which is the etiquette when archery with the monarch; "Well instrument" refers to four consecutive arrows hitting the bull's-eye, which requires a very high hit rate.

He Fang came out and said: "This time it is still a real battle, but the 'Xiangqi' item is exempted, only rely on the other four, and the location is also set here, you have a moment to rest and adjust, and this time is also used to arrange the shooting range, I hope to know." ”

After a few moments, the shooting range was ready, and many targets were set up in the open space a hundred paces away, and the candidates stood within the yellow line at this end, and began to shoot arrows.

There was no suspense, Rukawa Kaede took the first place with a perfect score, and Rukawa Rain won the second, nine points.

"Yes, your archery skills are already very good, but sometimes the heat and proportion need more practice." This is what Liuchuan Xinghe said to him.

"Yes." Liuchuan Yu also knew that his archery skills were indeed some gaps with Liuchuan Feng, but it was not big, and he had no complaints in his heart, but he was a little unconvinced.

The rest were a little worse, but Rukawa also got a good score of eight, and his score was twenty-eight, ranking first.