Chapter Twenty-Four: Riding the Tide (I)
On the ninth day of the first month of the second year of Linde, Taishi ordered Li Chunfeng to return to his hometown in court, Gaozong Fuxu, tried his best to keep it, but Li Chunfeng had decided to go, the emperor was helpless, and the gift was returned.
A generation of strange people just left, walking extremely chic and elegant, leaving behind more than 40 years of meritorious fame, the government and the opposition praised each other, for the above table to ask for the seal of the extraordinary person, although Li Xian did not go to join the excitement, but in his heart for Li Chunfeng's departure is the same mixed feelings, even he himself can't say the taste of it - when it comes to friendship, they can't actually talk about how deep they are, but they can only be regarded as a one-sided relationship, but Li Xian can feel the old man's deep concern, is a little reluctant to let him go, but then again, as far as Li Xian's personality is concerned, he really doesn't want anyone to be able to see through himself, after all, for the children of the heavenly family, secrecy is the foundation of life-saving, in this sense, Li Chunfeng's departure may be a good thing.
The people who left have left, and the lives of those who stay still have to go on, and the people in Beijing are full of emotion, or sighing, in short, it's just a gust of wind, and it's fading after that, what should be busy or what to do, Li Xian is naturally no exception, except for occasionally entering the palace every day to say hello, most of the time is in the house, and the small days are also free, but under this leisure, trouble will follow.
"Your Highness, Guozijian said that Yuan Wanqing and Lord Yuan are here."
Although Li Xian doesn't pay much attention to those red tape things, but the atmosphere of the festival still has to be there, no matter how much the huge palace has to be arranged once, plus he has to give gifts everywhere in the palace, but he is also quite busy, and finally arranged things properly, just sat down to take a breath, and saw Gao Miao hurriedly come in from outside the room, came to Li Xian's side, and whispered.
"Yuan Wanqing? He came to do ......" Li Xian was halfway through his words, and suddenly remembered Yuan Wanqing's intention, and the words couldn't help but stop, his brows furrowed, and a wave of nausea came to his heart - at the end of last year, Empress Wu ordered Yuan Wanqing to teach Li Xian directly by Guozijian to make up for the shortcomings, and then because the New Year was approaching, Yuan Wanqing took leave to return to his hometown to visit relatives, and the matter dragged on, Li Xian himself had forgotten about it, but Yuan Wanqing obviously did not forget, so he came to the door.
According to the Tang system, the prince's apprenticeship is named by the important ministers of the prime minister of the court, in fact, the Hongwenguan and Sungkyunkwan are responsible for teaching their studies, and the princes have no such treatment, they can only be taught by Dr. Guozijian, and there is no fixed candidate, the awarder often changes, but there is a clear, that is, the person who gives the prince must be a doctor is a sacrificial wine, not just anyone can be the prince's teacher, from this point of view, Yuan Wanqing is not qualified to teach Li Xian, the reason why he can get this mission is only because of the strength of the military queen.
Li Xian is not a snob, the reason why he dislikes Yuan Wanqing, will not be because he only has a straight official title under the seventh grade, or even does not dislike Yuan Wanqing's talent, in fact, although Yuan Wanqing's character is not good, but his talent is really good, in terms of the level of the article, compared to those veteran doctors, it is more than enough to serve as a prince's teacher, what really makes Li Xian upset is that Yuan Wanqing is a dog in front of the martial queen, or the kind of mad dog whose owner only needs a look, and will bite people wildly, like this kind of person, How could Li Xian allow him to be his own teacher.
"Your Highness, why don't you go back to Lord Yuan, and say that Your Highness has a slight itch, let him come back another day?" Gao Miao saw that Li Xian's face was cloudy and he muttered for a long time without moving, and he knew that Li Xian did not want to see that Yuan Wanqing, so he cautiously made a suggestion.
Some other day? It's a fart, this matter is still solved once and for all! Li Xian waved his hand impatiently, signaling Gao Miao not to speak indiscriminately, but he stood up by himself, pacing back and forth in the room, frowning slightly, thinking, trying to find a way to get the best of both worlds - of course, Yuan Wanqing can't stay, but he can't be tough, otherwise, the first pass of the Empress Wu will not be able to pass, once the matter is not handled properly, the old accounts of the previous edict and prison case will have to be turned over, if the old accounts and new accounts are counted together, the consequences are not a joke.
Well, there you have it! After Li Xian paced back and forth a few times, his eyes lit up, and he already had an idea in his heart, so he smiled, beckoned, and called Gao Miao to the front, and gave instructions close to his ear.
Under the steps in front of the palace of the king of Zhou, a middle-aged civil official in a green official robe stood proudly, and the big thorn blocked the main entrance of the palace.
Serving the Zhou Wangfu is a rare honor for the officials of the Guozijian, although it is not as prominent as the East Palace, but it is also a very rare qualification, but all the officials of the Guozijian can give lectures to the prince, there are few who are not promoted, therefore, those who can get this position, they are all happy, Yuan Wanqing is no exception, in order to be able to sit on this matter, Yuan Wanqing can't even wait for the Lantern Festival, he has been in a hurry to come to the Zhou Palace, he thought that he was coming to the queen's order, how is it not very popular, But I didn't expect to stand at the door for a long time, and I didn't see any movement inside, and even the porter didn't come forward to say hello, and Yuan Wanqing, who felt the cold reception, was angry, and blocked the door of King Zhou's mansion alone, planning to talk to King Zhou about the necessity of respecting teachers, and by the way, establish his dignity as a teacher.
"Alas, it's slack, it's slack, Lord Yuan, it's slack, Your Highness, please come into the mansion for a while." Just when Yuan Wanqing's face turned blue, Gao Miao finally walked out of the gate, and this appearance was accompanied by one after another.
"Hmph, where is Your Highness?"
Yuan Wanqing's heart was full of anger, and he didn't pay attention to Gao Miao's smiling face at all, flicked his sleeves, and snorted coldly.
"Hehe, Lord Yuan extinguishes the fire, His Royal Highness is entangled in important matters, and he really can't help it, so the slave maid will welcome the Lord on his behalf, and please Lord Haihan, can you discuss it in the first house?"
"You...... Hum! ”
As soon as he heard Gao Miao's excuse obviously too fake, Yuan Wanqing's heart was a little more angry, and he shook his sleeves angrily, and he was about to brush his sleeves away, but at the end, he was still reluctant to talk about the envoy of Zhou Wangfu, and after snorting coldly, he raised his feet and walked up the steps in front of the palace, and entered the palace with a full face. He paused and looked at Gao Miao suspiciously.
"Lord Yuan, please, His Highness is already in the courtyard." Gao Miao didn't explain, just smiled and made a gesture of please.
Now that he has arrived at the ground, even if he has doubts, Yuan Wanqing has no reason to turn back, this time Gao Miao refused to say clearly, Yuan Wanqing was too lazy to ask again, after snorting, he flicked his sleeves, slowly turned the wall in front of the courtyard gate, and walked into the courtyard, his heels had not yet stood firm, and he saw a knife light facing him, and he was so frightened that he screamed, and his legs and feet were weak, and he had already sat down on the ground with his buttocks, trembling all over.
"Alas, this king missed, this lord is not hurt, right?"
Yuan Wanqing's screams had not stopped, Li Xian was already sweating and carrying a horizontal knife to the front, looking at the frightened Yuan Wanqing with a sincere face, and pretending to be reassured.
"You, you, you ......"
Yuan Wanqing is a literati, his courage is not too strong, he was frightened by this coldness, his soul fell out, and when he saw the image of himself sitting on the ground, it was really insulting to Sven, and he was even more angry, trembling and pointing at Li Xian, unable to say a complete sentence.
"Gao Miao, you're dead, don't you see that this adult is injured, why don't you send the imperial doctor to it quickly!"
Seeing Yuan Wanqing embarrassed, Li Xian's heart was secretly refreshed, but his face was extremely anxious, and he turned his head and roared when he looked at Gao Miao, who couldn't help laughing.
"Ah, yes, yes, yes, Your Highness is angry, Your Highness is angry." Gao Miao held back a smile, responded to the promise one after another, hurriedly ran forward, pretended to reach out to help Yuan Wanqing, and asked anxiously: "Lord Yuan, Lord Yuan, are you okay?" ”
It's okay? Of course, people are fine, just Li Xian's knife is more than a foot away from Yuan Wanqing, how can it really hurt him, the reason why Yuan Wanqing is so embarrassed is just a conditioned reflex under guard, the problem is that people are fine, but they have lost face, and the matter has come to this point, no matter whether Li Xian's move is intentional or unintentional, this waiter said that the mission of Zhou Wangfu made him Yuan Wanqing no longer have the face to do it.
"Okay, good, good, Your Highness is teasing the lower official like this, this servant really deserves to be an official when he talks about it, farewell, farewell!" Yuan Wanqing jumped up angrily, didn't bother to tidy up the crooked official hat, angrily bowed his hand to Li Xianyi, dropped a sentence of the scene, flicked his big sleeves, and rushed out of the palace angrily, ignoring Gao Miao's fake greeting behind him, and went away.
"Your Royal Highness, that guy has gone, I'm afraid it will be difficult to rest, if the queen is responsible, then ......" After Gao Miao pretended to chase Yuan Wanqing away, he couldn't let go in his heart, and hurriedly ran all the way back to the atrium, came to Li Xian's side, and cautiously reminded him.
Responsible? Hey, that's what we want! Li Xian had already made up his mind in his heart, and he didn't take Gao Miao's worries very seriously, and he didn't say anything to explain, but smiled and took the white towel in Yan Hong's hand who was standing beside him, wiped his face comfortably, and indifferently commanded: "There is a letter in the lonely study, so I will send it to Luwangfu." As soon as the words fell, he didn't care what Gao Miao's expression was, he laughed and walked to the backyard by himself......