Jiang Yinglou was fined three jars of wine, and everyone else was shocked, no one dared to talk nonsense anymore, and they all ate with their heads bored.

Shen Bai ate the bowl of meat porridge because Zhao Che specially ordered someone to send it, and Shen Bai always felt a lot of vague eyes when he ate it.

Shen Bai didn't care much about the other eyes, but he always felt that Gu Hengzhou, who was sitting at the top, had been looking at him, and his eyes were quite unkind.

Shen Bai's heart was open, but he was inexplicably empty-hearted, as if he had done something sorry for him, these days he ate meat porridge every day, Shen Bai had no taste in his mouth, and he couldn't eat it after a few bites, and he was afraid that Zhao Che would be unhappy when he saw it, so he kept lowering his head and pretending to stir the meat porridge with a spoon

Finally got to the end of lunch, Shen Bai lost the spoon and wanted to leave, Zhao Che asked in a deep voice, "Did the palace let you go?" ”

Zhao Che didn't name him, but Shen Bai didn't dare to pretend to be stupid and sit down obediently.

Gu Hengzhou also sat still, and when everyone else left, Zhao Che's face fell, and he glared at Shen Bai and asked, "Who have you provoked?" ”

Shen Bai shrugged his shoulders and looked at Gu Hengzhou innocently: Except for Brother Gu, I didn't provoke anyone.

Shen Bai's meaning was very clear, Zhao Che pursed his lips, his face was cold and angry, and after a while, he said coldly: "What's the matter with that kid from the Wu family?" ”

Wu Shouxin can spare no effort to defend her in front of so many people, and he must have an unusual relationship with her.

Shen Bai tilted his head and said with an indescribable expression, she and Wu Shouxin have nothing to do, and they have met a little more recently, what else can it be?

Shen Bai was speechless, and Zhao Che couldn't see the words written from such a distance, she got up and wanted to walk in front of Zhao Che to explain the matter, Zhao Che said directly: "He is not young anymore, there are many young ladies from the family who came to participate in the Winter Gui Festival this time, you take him to take a good look at each other, and if there is a suitable one, it will be settled." ”

Shen Bai: "......"

Marriage has always been decided by parents, what kind of truth is it for me, an outsider, to take others to see each other?

Shen Bai thought that everything was clearly written on his face, Zhao Che didn't care so much, and asked loudly: "What, do you think there is a problem?" ”

Zhao Che's tone was obviously threatening, and Shen Bai pulled out a fake smile and shook his head vigorously.

Who made you His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the future prince of Zhaoling, you have opened the golden mouth, and there can be no problem if it is a big problem.

Shen Bai was forced to deal with this matter, Zhao Che was not in a hurry to let her go, and looked at Gu Hengzhou again and said: "This Winter Gui Festival, my father and the prince of the country intend to let the palace and Xingyuan set up a family affair, if they are determined to promote this matter, you and I can't be disobedient, Xingyuan should also see for himself, try to choose a person who fits his eyes." ”

Shen Bai was still sitting obediently and skillfully, and when he heard this, he looked up at Zhao Che and Gu Hengzhou.

Zhao Che deliberately left her to let her hear about it, and warned with a stiff face: "This palace doesn't stop you from liking anyone, but you have to understand, you are a man, although there are male prostitutes in the history of Zhaoling, there has never been a precedent for a man to marry a man, and it is impossible for the prince of the country to let the position of the princess remain vacant because of a man's entanglement, you better not get in the way in this matter." ”

There is no precedent for a man to marry a man in Zhaoling, Gu Tingge still has only one child under Gu Hengzhou's knees, and the incense in the Gu family's big house cannot be buried in Gu Hengzhou's hands, so no matter how much Shen Bai likes Gu Hengzhou, he can't stop Gu Hengzhou from marrying someone else.

These are the words that Shen Bai has engraved in his bones in his last life, day and night, all the time, constantly telling himself to restrain his feelings, and now from Zhao Che's mouth, she is very calm in her heart, and there is no wave at all.

She knew that Gu Hengzhou was going to get married, and she knew how many obstacles there were between them, but she still liked him, and she was already working hard to get closer to him and strive to be with him.

However, Gu Hengzhou is only eighteen this year, and he only got married at twenty-eight in the previous life, even if Emperor Hengde and Zhenguo Gong have the heart to be matchmakers, Gu Hengzhou should not look down on anyone.

As long as he doesn't nod his head and agree, no one can force him to marry.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai nodded obediently, indicating that he would definitely not obstruct it.

Gu Hengzhou glanced at Shen Bai, raised his head and drank the glass of wine in his hand.

Zhao Che was not very relieved about Shen Bai, but Shen Bai had already agreed to this matter, so he didn't want to say anything more, and waved his hand to let Shen Bai retreat first.

Out of the Qiyao Palace, the palace people led Shen Bai to the room to rest, Li Shan had been waiting in the room, and when he saw Shen Bai coming back, he immediately asked people to bring hot water and clean clothes, Shen Bai habitually opened his arms and asked Li Shan to help him loosen his clothes, but Li Shan stood there motionless.

Shen Bai raised his eyebrows, and Li Shan shook his head apologetically, saying that he could no longer serve Shen Bai to do these things in the future.

Shen Bai was surprised, and he didn't understand what the master behind him wanted to do.

However, Shen Bai would not waste his energy to think about it for a while, so he asked Li Shan to retreat and take off his clothes and take a bath.

I took a bath and slept comfortably, and when I woke up, it was already dusk, Li Shan came in to help Shen Bai change her clothes, carefully helped her tie her hair, and then went out with her and went to Huayi Garden.

In the morning ice hockey game, the teenagers showed their demeanor and talent, which was regarded as a martial arts test.

The literary test only needs to move the pen and mouth, there is no difference in physical strength, and the ladies of each family are naturally there.

However, in the end, there is a difference between men and women, and the female and male dependents do not sit at the same table, plus the envoys are there, and the two sides of the corridor are surrounded by mats, and the women's dependents area is strictly blocked.

Shen Baiji followed Zhao Che's instructions, and found Wu Shouxin first when he arrived at Huayi Court, Qian Huaishan and Qian Huaiyu were also still there, and when he saw Shen Bai coming, he was still a little uncomfortable, and left after saying a few words politely.

Tonight's seat can be a little more arbitrary, Wu Shouxin pulled Shen Bai to sit in the corner, asked the palace people to pour a bowl of hot white fungus, and asked Shen Bai in a low voice: "His Royal Highness didn't embarrass you by leaving you alone today, right?" ”

Shen Bai shook his head, although His Royal Highness was a little impersonal in dealing with Brother Gu's issue, he would still protect her most of the time.

Wu Shouxin was still a little uneasy, he always felt that His Royal Highness the Prince's attitude towards Shen Bai was a little strange, no matter how smart and talented Shen Bai was, liking men was a big problem, how could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not mind being so protective of her at all?

Wu Shouxin's eyebrows twisted slightly, Shen Bai didn't care at all, he stretched his neck and looked at the female dependents area while drinking white fungus, the female dependents had already sat down at the table, and the mat was blocked to death, except for Gong E, who came and went, nothing else could be seen.

After watching for a while, Shen Bai bumped Wu Shouxin's arm with his elbow, dipped in tea and wanted to write on the table, but his wrist was grabbed, Wu Shouxin took out a sweat towel and carefully wiped her hands.

Shen Bai has been playing a man for many years, and many times he forgets that he is a daughter, but at this moment, Wu Shouxin's eyes are focused and his movements are gentle, and she suddenly feels uncomfortable.

Shen Bai's fingers curled up for a moment, Wu Shouxin let go of her, spread his hand and put it in front of her, and said softly: "It's not convenient to write on the table, Brother Bai can write directly on my hand." ”

He didn't practice as much as Gu Hengzhou practiced martial arts, there was only a thin layer of calluses on his hands, his palms were wide, but his fingers were as smooth as bamboo, his bones were clearly very good-looking, his palms were white and clean, and he was full of bookish air, Shen Bai didn't know how to write for a while, and was hesitating, when a cold low question came from the top of his head: "What are you doing?" ”

Shen Bai raised his head and saw Gu Hengzhou standing behind him, his eyebrows and eyes were cold, and he was indifferent and detached, as if no one was allowed to approach.

Wu Shouxin maintained the posture of spreading his hands, and replied softly: "Brother Bai just seems to have something to say, I asked her to write it on my hand." ”

Gu Hengzhou lowered his eyes at Shen Bai and asked, "Do you have something to say?" ”

Shen Bai hurriedly shook his head, Gu Hengzhou looked at Wu Shouxin, and said lightly: "I have something to look for her, can Young Master Wu find another place to sit?" ”

At this time, most of the people had already sat down, Wu Shouxin didn't want to be too far away from Shen Bai, so he pulled Shen Bai to his side, wanting Gu Hengzhou to squeeze it, Gu Hengzhou said again: "These words are inconvenient for Young Master Wu to hear." ”

This is obviously to drive Wu Shouxin away, and not let him listen here.

Gu Hengzhou's face was very serious, although Wu Shouxin felt that the chaos around him was not about any confidential matter, but he also felt that Gu Hengzhou would not lie, so he hesitated for a moment and got up to leave.

Gu Hengzhou sat next to Shen Bai instead of Wu Shouxin, the distance between the two was closer, Shen Bai smelled a very light smell of wine, wrinkled his nose and wanted to get closer, Gu Hengzhou raised his hand to push her away, and ordered in a cold voice: "Sit down, don't move." ”

Knowing that he didn't drink well, and was afraid that something would happen to him in a while, Shen Bai grabbed his hand and wrote in his palm: Brother Gu, have you drunk?

She wrote quickly, her round and slender fingertips wandering in the palm of her hand, leaving a string of tingling and slight itching, and even the concentric tips itched with her.

Gu Hengzhou watched her fingertips and his eyes deepened, and he said in a deep voice, "Write again." ”

Shen Bai wrote again, and looked at him with concern after writing, Gu Hengzhou clenched his fists, turned his head to look ahead, and said coldly: "I drank a little at noon, and now I am sober." ”

He spoke very normally, and he looked no different from usual, Shen Bai couldn't tell if he was drunk or not, so he could only hand his cup of hot tea to Gu Hengzhou as if offering a treasure, and Gu Hengzhou took it and took a sip.

Soon, Emperor Hengde walked into Huayi Court with three princes and people from the envoy group, because it was a literary examination, Shen Ruxiu and several masters of Tai Academy were also there, and they were responsible for judging the examination school together.

The things I do at night are all vassal and elegant things, not like ice hockey games, which should be divided into high and low, but compared to the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, calligraphy and chess skills, so that everyone has the opportunity to show their talents, as long as they can show their talents, they can get rewards.

Before the official start, the palace people of the Si Music Bureau first performed a little fun program with the piano recital, which can be regarded as throwing bricks and attracting jade.

After the show, the palace people sent everyone the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that had been prepared long ago.

The first round is to compose poems, Emperor Hengde pointed to the proposition of ice ballast on the bushes not far away, let everyone write poems around the ice ballast, as soon as the topic came out, everyone lowered their heads and thought about it, but Shen Bai sat lazily with his cheeks up, and kept turning the pen with one hand to play.

After sleeping, she changed into an azure embroidered willow leaf branch brocade robe, the collar and cuffs were embroidered with silver threads with piping dark lines, which was much more low-key than the red and green clothes in the morning, Gu Hengzhou was still wearing the indigo blue dress, the two clothes were similar in color, and at first glance they looked like two brothers sitting together.

As soon as Hu Xuan sat down, he was looking for Shen Bai, and it took him a long time to recognize Shen Bai who had changed his clothes and was sitting next to Gu Hengzhou.

Hu Xuan had already inquired about Shen Bai, and seeing that Shen Bai didn't use his pen, he asked loudly, "Why doesn't Young Master Shen use his pen?" ”

Shen Bai was the first in the Tai Academy, when he was young, he liked to write a few lines of poetry to express his feelings, and later became an official in the court, and he was not very enthusiastic about writing poems.

Shen Bai didn't plan to join in the fun and write poems, but when he heard Hu Xuan's words, he sat up straight and looked at Hu Xuan, secretly scolding Hu Xuan, a bad old man, who had nothing to do all day long, knew that he was staring at himself, and it was really endless.

Shen Bai scolded happily in his heart, his face was not shown at all, and he dipped in ink and wrote on the paper: There is no inspiration, I dare not offer ugliness, please don't blame the king.

Afraid that Xuan Xuan would not be able to see the words clearly, Shen Bai deliberately wrote the words very large.

After the morning competition, Hu Xuan didn't feel that Shen Bai was really uninspired, he turned his head and asked Emperor Hengde: "Is he deliberately modest to make others fall in love?" ”

Zhao Che sat next to Emperor Hengde, and saw that Shen Bai really didn't want to compose poetry, so he said lightly: "The king thinks highly of her, she doesn't mean to be modest, she just can't write." ”

Seriously?

Hu Xuan glanced at Shen Bai twice, Shen Bai supported his chin and looked at Gu Hengzhou, leaving only the back of his head for him.

There is not much time to compose poems, only a cup of tea, the palace people collected the poems made by everyone and handed them to Shen Ruxiu first, and a few masters quickly read them, and selected the three more outstanding poems for Emperor Hengde to see.

These three poems are from the hands of Gu Hengxiu, Qian Huaiyu and Jiang Qinse, Gu Hengxiu is determined to live in the people's livelihood, from the poem to feel sorry for the suffering of all beings, quite compassionate, Qian Huaiyu played a little cautious, between the lines of the Hengde Emperor sycophant, praising the prosperity of the world, Jiang Qinse's poems are more atmospheric, determined to be border soldiers, facing the frost and snow to leave their hometown to protect the family and defend the country.

It is not easy to make poems in just a quarter of an hour, but also to have a clear atmosphere, the accumulation of talents on weekdays must be very rich, Emperor Hengde finally decided that Jiang Qinse's poems are the best, as soon as the news was released, the exclamations of the ladies came from behind the mat, and they didn't expect Jiang Qinse's talent to be stronger than that of men.

Emperor Hengde asked the palace people to send a reward to the women's area, Jiang Qinse did not show up, and these children of the family all looked at the women's area curiously, eager to see what kind of heavenly posture Miss Jiang had behind the mat.

Shen Bai had already seen Jiang Qinse, and he was not curious, seeing Gu Hengzhou's cold and indifferent expression, he had the intention of teasing again, picked up the pen and wanted to write on the paper, Gu Hengzhou spread out his left hand and put it in front of her.

Shen Bai was surprised, and then dropped his pen and wrote in Gu Hengzhou's palm: Brother Gu, the eldest lady of the Jiang family is talented and good-looking, do you like it?

She wrote it by hand, and she didn't leave any traces after writing, but Gu Hengzhou lowered her eyes and kept looking at her palm, as if she could see a flower.

Shen Bai waited for a while and didn't wait for an answer, and was about to write again, Gu Hengzhou raised his eyes and looked at her, his eyes were as hot as sparks, Shen Bai's heart skipped a beat, and then he heard him ask: "How do you like it, what do you don't like, what does it have to do with you?" ”

Brother Gu, it's a bit hurtful for you to talk like this.

Shen Bai sniffed, his expression fell, Gu Hengzhou clenched his fists, and said faintly: "Aren't you going to obstruct it, is there something wrong with me?" ”

He deliberately choked Shen Bai with what Shen Bai promised Zhao Che before, Shen Bai blinked his eyes, feeling that he couldn't carry this pot, so he broke Gu Hengzhou's hand and wrote in his palm: That is an order from His Royal Highness the Prince, can I still disobey a little Tanhualang?

Shen Bai finished writing the belly slander: Besides, Brother Gu, didn't you promise His Royal Highness the Crown Prince before that you would never marry me, didn't I deliberately speak out to anger you?

Gu Hengzhou didn't know what Shen Bai was thinking, so he withdrew his hand and put his fist on his knee, and stopped talking.

The poems won the competition, and the second round began to draw.

This time it was Shen Ruxiu who came up with the question, and he didn't have a specific proposition about what to draw, but only one requirement: simple.

Whether it's drawing or writing, we all know that the more seemingly simple things are, the harder they are to do well.

Everyone started a new round of thinking, but Shen Bai still looked like he didn't care about himself, looking at Gu Hengzhou with his cheeks raised, and Hu Xuan couldn't help but ask again: "Isn't Young Master Shen inspired?" ”

Don't you think your words are a bit too much, Your Majesty?

Shen Bai rolled his eyes, picked up a pen and wrote a sentence on the paper: For the sake of fairness, avoid suspicion.

Only then did Hu Xuan know that Shen Bai and Shen Ruxiu were father and son, and he really wanted to see how much skill Shen Bai had, so he said with a smile: "Young Master Shen, I think I will definitely be able to get the first place as soon as I make a move, what if even if you know the topic in advance, there are still people present who are more skilled than you?" ”

There was an element of excitement in these words, but Shen Bai didn't care about it and didn't want to pay attention to it, Gu Hengxiu opened his mouth and agreed: "The king is reasonable, Young Master Shen will make himself invincible with a word of avoiding suspicion, which is too unfair to us." ”

Shen Bai sat up straight, seeing that Gu Hengxiu wanted to deliberately find fault, he raised his hand and drew two strokes on the paper.

The two strokes were very simple, one stroke was very long, and the other stroke landed on the end of that horizontal, which looked very sloppy and could not be seen in any shape.

Shen Bai put down the pen after painting, asked the palace people for a glass of water, and sprinkled it on the paper with his hands wet, a large piece of ink smudged on the paper, the time just came again, the palace people took away everyone's paintings in turn and handed them to Shen Ruxiu, several masters finished reading, this time only Gu Hengxiu and Shen Bai's paintings were sent to Emperor Hengde.

Gu Hengxiu painted two mountains and a person, the person was holding a rope, and the things behind the rope were covered by stones, I don't know what it was, leaving people with infinite reverie, and there was a lot of space.

Shen Bai's painting was not completely finished, and the smudged ink was irregular, forming mottled shapes on the paper.

Emperor Hengde glanced at it, picked up the piece of drawing paper, a stretching mountain shrouded in the vast white mist, on the top of the mountain stood a tall welcome pine, looking magnificent, as if the heavens, the earth and the mountains and rivers were hidden under this thick fog.

It's just the simplest two brushstrokes, as if nothing has been drawn, but it seems that everything in heaven and earth has been painted in it.

Gu Hengxiu's face stiffened, and he arched his hand and said to Shen Ruxiu: "Taifu, the junior has lost." ”

When the words fell, Wu Shouxin spoke: "Gu Ershao, Young Master Shen just said that he wanted to avoid suspicion, and he didn't seem to say that Taifu had already leaked the topic to her." ”