Chapter 191: The First Gentleman Laughs
Chapter 191: First Moujun smiled
I don't know why, Fang Xie always feels that there is a huge difference between the Taiji Palace in winter and the Taiji Palace in summer. The first time he entered the Taiji Palace, it was not early summer, but the palace was already covered with thick green and red decorations, and the huge palace city was full of vitality. But the Taiji Palace in winter is too Su to kill some.
The emperor who didn't sleep all night also wanted to go to the early dynasty, compared to the first emperor who often stopped the court to rest, this Tianyou emperor was diligent and amazing, no matter the wind or rain in the past eleven years, the early dynasty has not heard of it once. If it weren't for the queen's persuasion, the emperor would have even thought of opening a late dynasty.
It's as if he's a machine and not a person, tireless.
The people waiting for the emperor to receive him were all waiting in a row of small houses not far from the Dongnuan Pavilion, and this row of three houses looked like a low mound compared to the majestic Taiji Palace. The two connected houses are the resting places for the adults waiting for His Majesty's next court, and the other is the resting place for the eunuchs. The big officials in the capital are all in the front hall, so the people waiting here are either local officials who have entered the capital to report on their work, or people who have no real power but carry the dignitaries behind their backs.
When Fang Xie entered the door, he politely greeted everyone and regarded himself as a student. And those people saw that Fang Xie was not wearing an official uniform, and they often had some contempt. Not everyone can recognize the uniform of the martial arts academy. Fang Xie found a remote place to distance himself from those who were together boasting about themselves openly or implicitly.
There were about four or five people waiting in the room at this time, all of them sitting in chairs. Therefore, although Fang Xie sitting alone on the edge of the kang is leaning against the corner, it still looks very special. Those people looked at the idiot and glanced at him, and the meaning in his eyes was that there was a chair not to sit on, who wanted to sit on a cold, hard and uncomfortable earthen kang?
Fang Xie ignored the contempt of those people, he simply took off his boots and sat down in the earthen kang steadily. Sitting cross-legged against the wall behind him, Fang Jie's indecent sitting posture made those people look at it even more unpleasantly. And feeling the warm temperature of the kang under his buttocks, Fang Xie couldn't help but whisper comfortably.
There is a low table on the clay kang with several plates of dried fruits on the table. There was also a pot of coffee and a few cups, but none of the guys sitting in knight's clothes touched it. Perhaps in their opinion, it is very disrespectful to drink tea and eat dried fruits when they are waiting to be received by His Majesty so solemnly and solemnly.
Those people watched Fang Jie's actions, and the room became silent. It's just that it didn't take long for them to withdraw their contemptuous eyes, ignore this dirt bun who didn't understand the rules and hadn't seen the world, and continued to talk about their mainstream topics. For example, the merits of the ancestors, such as the prestige in the local area.
Just as they were talking, a squeaky sound came. They looked at the young man sitting alone on the kang with dissatisfaction, and were surprised to find that he had pulled the low table on the kang in front of them. First he poured himself a cup of tea, and then ate the dried fruits as if no one was around.
It's so rude!
The four or five people couldn't help but stare at Fang Xie fiercely, as if they were looking at the newly purchased subordinate in their own family compound.
But with their own identities, they naturally won't take the initiative to pay attention to a teenager wearing a cotton robe. They glared for a moment, then cursed a few words in a very low voice before returning to the previous topic. But they found that there was no way to continue, the boy actually placed the dried fruit with a hard shell on the table, and then stretched out an index finger and tapped it gently, each time, it was easy to break a dried fruit.
The clatter sound was so disgusting that several people sitting in front of each other exchanged glances. As if they hated the boy who didn't know how to get in, they stopped talking and began to stare at the boy with angry eyes, perhaps hoping that the boy would come to his senses.
It's a pity that he is still eating as if no one is around.
He even smacked his mouth!
It's too rude, it's too ignorant of the rules!
"You think this is your home?"
A middle-aged man wearing the costume of the county viscount finally couldn't bear it anymore, he looked at Fang Xie and asked coldly: "It's already rude to take off your boots in front of others, and you have to sit cross-legged on the earthen kang, that's what only a woman in the mountain village can do." This is Miyagi, where the world's etiquette and education come from. If you are entering the palace for the first time, I will teach you what the rules are. ”
"Oh"
Fang Xie sighed lightly and continued to eat dried fruits: "Do you really think that sitting cross-legged on the earthen kang is something that only a woman in the mountains and villages can do?" ”
"Of course!"
The man stood up, hugged his fists and said, "This is the Taiji Palace of the Great Sui, which is the living place of His Majesty. I don't know how you got in, but since you're here, it's better to be more restrained. If you don't know the rules, you can see how others do it, huh! ”
Fang Xie chuckled, raised his head and asked, "Sir, this is your first time in Beijing, right?" ”
"I ...... How can it be! ”
The man said: "I have received the emperor's favor for generations, how can it be the first time to enter Beijing!" ”
"Oh"
Fang Xie smiled, lowered his head to drink tea and eat dried fruits: "Good luck." ”
The county was stunned and felt that what the young man said was inexplicable.
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Chen Bolai, the son of Yuncheng County, was really nervous, so nervous that his teeth kept chattering when he spoke. He hung his head and didn't dare to raise it, sweat dripping down his jaw. His hands were placed on the sides of his thighs in a regular manner, but his hands were shaking violently.
It's really warm in the East Warm Pavilion, but it's never to the point of making people sweat.
Chen Bolai's ancestors once followed the general Li Xiaoping to destroy Jiangnan, and also made great achievements. After the war, he was awarded the hereditary county for his merits, but their Chen family actually had no status a few decades ago, and it was even more unbearable in his generation, and there was not even a person who was an official.
He inherited the title and lived better, but the most handy clothes were this set of viscount clothes. Although there are people who support him, the family has become bigger and bigger in the past hundred years, and the unchanged food has long been unable to make ends meet. If it weren't for this expedition to the northwest, His Majesty planned to find some heroes of the Great Sui to do propaganda later, he was afraid that he would have no hope of entering Chang'an City and Taiji Palace in this life.
Chen Bolai looked down at his toes, afraid that the expression on his face had been distorted.
If he could turn back time, the first thing he would do would be to go back and take back what he said half an hour ago. Only a woman in the mountain village would sit cross-legged on the kang and speak, and this is what he said. Half an hour after saying this, he saw His Majesty the Emperor sitting cross-legged on the clay kang, eating dim sum with his hands and watching the folds.
That's impossible!
Although Chen Bolai's family has gradually collapsed, it is still like a proud rooster in front of ordinary people. He inevitably ironed his clothes very smoothly when he traveled, and he always maintained the demeanor of a viscount. He thought that in Chang'an City, thousands of miles away, those nobles did the same.
But today he found out how fucking wrong he was.
Emperor...... How could the emperor sit cross-legged on the clay kang while eating, reading and reading the folds, and at the same time receiving his courtiers? He even took off his boots, and even smacked his lips when he ate! It's simply ...... This is completely contrary to the etiquette and education of the Great Sui.
"The people of the Rite Department will arrange for you to go around the barracks and tell you about the exploits of your ancestors. After a while, a few of you will also talk about it at the banquet of the ministers, and as for what to say, the people from the Ministry of Rites will also teach you. It is beneficial for the ministers to find some gentry who are quite prestigious among the people to come to the banquet and mention the expansion of the territory of the Great Sui in the past. ”
The emperor waited for a while and didn't see Chen Bolai to speak, and when he raised his head to take a look, he found that this guy was completely frightened and completely stupid, and he looked helpless. He couldn't help but smile and waved his hand: "You sit on the side first, and Huai Qiugong will come and let him teach you in a while." Su was not afraid and called Fang Xie in. ”
Su Bu was afraid to answer, turned around and went out. Not long after, Chen Bolai saw the rude boy with a bun walk in. He had heard of Fang Jie's name, but he didn't expect it to be such a virtuous person.
"I'm getting a little fatter."
After waiting for Fang to give a salute, the emperor glanced at him and said lightly.
Fang explained: "There is meat in the pause. ”
The emperor burst out laughing: "Out of breath...... You've been waiting outside for a long time, are you hungry? ”
He pointed to the snack plate in front of him and said, "Take it and eat it." ”
Fang Xie hesitated for a moment and didn't move, and the emperor looked up at him again: "What?" Disgusted with my stuff? ”
"It's not...... is not enough. ”
Fang Xie said cheekily.
The emperor smiled more and more happily, and ordered with a smile: "Su Buxing, go get some snacks again, Chen Bolai and a few of them are hungry, so they will eat here." ”
Su was not afraid to glance at Fang Xie approvingly, and the other party Xie nodded slightly. Because of the war in the northwest, Your Majesty has been in a very bad mood since yesterday. I didn't expect this young man to come, and he could make His Majesty happy. He ordered someone to bring snacks, and Fang Xie was not restrained, he stepped forward to pick up the plate that His Majesty pointed out before, and devoured it, where there was a little etiquette at all.
Chen Bolai didn't eat it, he didn't eat it, and he looked at Fang Xie dumbfounded.
"Wrong"
The emperor put down the fold in his hand, looked at Fang Jie, who was extremely unstinning, and said. Hearing this, Chen Bolai was overjoyed, and said that the emperor still couldn't see this way of eating in the end, which was obviously a wild child's doing.
"The lotus paste cake should be eaten last."
The emperor said seriously: "The lotus paste cake on this plate is a sweet thing, don't you even understand the reason why desserts should be eaten after meals?" Also, you see, the best thing about this shrimp crisp is not the shrimp inside, but the skin outside! You stupid person who can't eat, you've dropped them all! Anyway, you've been in the Martial Arts Academy for more than half a year, why haven't you learned these things! ”
The accusation is justified, as if the main class of the Martial Arts Academy should teach how to eat shrimp crisp.
"The minister is guilty!"
Fang Xie replied with the same seriousness, and then poured the puff pastry on the plate into his mouth: "Ahem...... It's so dry...... Your Majesty is a saliva to drink? ”
The Emperor gave him a blank look, then pointed to the teapot on the table. Without waiting for Su Buxing to ask someone to fill a cup and pour it for him, Fang Xie went over and grabbed the teapot and poured it directly from mouth to mouth. At this time, even Su Buxing was a little uncomfortable, and subconsciously glanced at the emperor.
Fang Xie wiped his mouth, and without waiting for the emperor to speak or Su Buwei to scold, he leaned over and said very seriously: "How about this teapot for His Majesty's reward?" There is still a lack of an heirloom in the courtier's family. ”
"I remember that you were an orphan and started collecting family heirlooms without even a home?"
The Emperor seemed to be a little displeased.
"The Great Sui is the home of the minister."
Fang Xie stood up straight, and said as a matter of course: "The minister has thousands of brothers and sisters, all the people are the minister's family, we love each other, and we have a benevolent and majestic father, who treats all our brothers and sisters equally, that is, Your Majesty." ”
"Huh?"
The emperor was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "This sycophant is wonderful, it should be rewarded!" ”
Chen Bolai let out a sad cry in his heart...... This...... This young man named Fang Xie is too shameless, right?