"Drive!"

"Drive!"

"Drive!"

At the end of the Lantern Festival test, with the Daming Palace as the center, countless fast horses galloped out along the avenues of the Eastern Capital, galloping towards the noble mansions in the Eastern Capital.

This year's Lantern Festival will not only take the top spot in the civil and military double test in one fell swoop, but it is very likely to be the successor of Taifu!

These two news, especially the latter, are undoubtedly the most unwilling to see for the major mansions in the Eastern Capital.

As soon as the news of the Lantern Festival test was revealed, the retainers who stayed in the Eastern Capital outside the Daming Palace returned almost like crazy and reported to the lords of each family.

"What?! Taifu heir! ”

Everywhere in the Eastern Capital, one after another figures got the news and took action, they couldn't believe their ears. Taifu, who had disappeared for decades, suddenly had news. - The entire eastern capital has exploded!

"You say it again? That person is a descendant of Taifu?! ”

When the news reached the Hundred Battles Mansion, the Hundred Battles Hou Wang Yiqing burst into flames, grabbing the retainer and shaking it vigorously. The news was so shocking.

The first generation of Baizhan Hou is one of several gods who followed Taizong to conquer the world, and then was named Baizhan Hou by Taizong, hereditary replacement. And today's Hundred Battles belong to the camp of the Divine Strategy. The contradiction between him and Taifu is not a secret in the Eastern Capital. If you say who doesn't want Taifu to appear the most, except for the royal family, there is also this hundred battles in front of you.

Although Taifu was far away from the eastern capital, there were many people in the court who followed Taifu, such as the other two in the Three Dukes. In the past ten years, how many people have wanted to remove Taifu's name from the court and choose another one, but they have not been able to do so. What's more, the three princes of the past dynasties have not been involved in party disputes, but today's three princes have always been the head of the ether Fu horse.

At the request of Wang Yi, the retainer described the situation in the Lantern Festival martial arts test in detail.

After the retainer finished speaking, Wang Yi raised his head and looked at his father, Lao Baizhan

Lao Baizhan was dressed in a long shirt, standing in front of the window, looking plain and calm. But Wang Yi clearly saw that the empty sleeve robe on his father's right hand was trembling slightly.

Wang Yi's mind suddenly sobered up a lot, and he looked at his father's back in a daze and said: "Father, the appearance of Taifu's descendants does not necessarily mean that Taifu is still alive......."

"Bang!"

Lao Baizhan smashed the window frame with a palm, and turned around sharply, looking like he was angry. The right robe in the middle of the block is windless and automatic. In the entire Eastern Capital, he is the most reluctant to hear the news of Taifu.

"More than 200 years ago, when the Holy Empress abdicated, he opposed His Majesty's orthodoxy before entering the imperial court, confronted me in front of the Xuanwu Gate, and broke my heavenly array with 800 cavalry. Sixteen years ago, that night, a sword broke my right arm, and I am still healed. And now, I don't dare to come to the Eastern Capital, and send a junior to show off, is it bullying my Wang family! Don't you dare to attack the juniors? The old man roared angrily.

"But, Lord Toast is still alive, and in addition, Emperor Wuhou will soon return to the Eastern Capital." Wang Yi said cautiously.

"Is that all?"

The old marquis's eyes flickered, and the cold electricity flickered, revealing a terrifying aura.

Then I calmed down and weighed it up. However, no matter how unwilling he was, he could only sit down.

……

In the Taiji Palace, the students and ministers of the Lantern Festival were waiting for the end of the final ceremony, but they did not see the two adults, Dazai and Taibao.

According to the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, the top three in the Lantern Festival examination can not only be rewarded by the royal family, but also the fifteen-year-old top three students can be tied by the three dukes. It is a great honor. Yang Ning and Yang Zixu both came to participate in the Lantern Festival exam for this reason.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

A loud voice came from the Shinto in the distance

A driver slowly entered the Taiji Palace, and on the left and right were the Confucian scholars and the maidservants serving in the inner palace.

"See Your Majesty."

All the people in the hall knelt down together, made a big salute, and shouted long live.

The gorgeous curtain is lifted. The Tang Dynasty Emperor, dressed in a yellow robe and wearing a crown, moved his fat body, walked down with difficulty, and with the help of the maidservant, it took him half a day to climb to the not very high throne in the Taiji Palace, even if it was such a few short steps, he was out of breath.

Sitting on the throne, the circle of fat on his abdomen flowed out of the loose dragon robe and protruded from the belt.

The emperor landed his hands on his abdomen, pinched the fat protruding from his belt, smiled bitterly, rubbed the fat, and shook his head to look at His Highness's kneeling ministers. Suddenly I remembered when I first ascended the throne.

With the passage of time, it has been almost two hundred years, and when he led the army to win this seat, he was still very thin, and now he is fat like this, and there are not a few private discussions among the ministers. But so what, it's yourself who sits in this position right now.

"Huh?" The Emperor let out a sigh of confusion.

Hearing His Majesty's voice, the eunuch beside him was slightly startled and hurriedly approached

"What about Dazai and Taibo?"

"Your Majesty, Dazai said he went to Taimiao."

The official eunuch on the side said cautiously.

"Taimiao? Isn't it time to announce the results of this examination? What are you doing in Taimiao? "The emperor is in a huff.

"The old slave will go check it out." Justice on the side.

As soon as the words fell. Dazai and Taipo appeared outside the temple gate, and all the guards and maids outside the palace knelt down. Just like the situation when he greeted the emperor just now. This is not the etiquette that Dazai and Taibo should be able to accept.

An old man with gray hair appeared in front of everyone.

, sparse white hair tied with a white silk scarf, dressed in a plain Confucian dress. The withered hands were covered with ravine-like wrinkles. And his cloudy eyes revealed an incomparably upright and resolute gaze.

"Toast to the teacher?!" The emperor twisted his fat body, and finally saw the appearance of the old man outside the hall.

Outside the hall is one of the most important figures in the Tang Dynasty - the toast of the Taimiao. He is also the longest-lived one of Datang today. Since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty by Taizu, the toast has been in charge of the annual sacrifice ceremony and ancestor worship ceremony in the Taimiao. After Taizu, Taizong, Gaozong, Shenghou, and Zhongzong, there are now six generations of imperial power of the Tang Dynasty. No matter how much wind and rain occurred in each alternation of imperial power, no one dared to disturb the toaster.

Some people say that the toast is the half-brother of Taizu, so the monarchs of all dynasties did not dare to disturb this old man. Some people also say that the toast was a survivor of Taizong's Xuanwumen Change. However, the world still believes in the former more.

It is undeniable that toasting is the pillar of leadership of Confucianism, the son of the world. Not only the three princes of the past dynasties, but also many children of the royal family mostly worshiped in the toast, or received the mention of the toast. Therefore, even His Majesty does not dare to slack off on toasting.

"Old toast, why are you here?" His Majesty the Emperor smiled bitterly, pushed away the servant girl who was supporting him, gritted his teeth and grabbed the fat on his waist, walked to the door of the palace breathlessly, and carefully walked into the hall with a toast.

"Your Majesty is respectful, you are the honor of a country, how can you bend down to meet me, a bad old man." Toast's thin hand gently pushed away the hand that the emperor was holding himself.

The emperor smiled helplessly with a fat face, revealing embarrassment.

The relationship between Toast and His Majesty the Emperor is still known to some of the older ministers. On that night more than 200 years ago, the Eastern Capital was full of flames, and the kings of the four vassal domains were vying for the throne in this palace. That night, it was the toast that pushed open the door of the Taimiao that had been sealed for a long time, announcing the candidate for the next Tang Dynasty Emperor to the whole world. A simple sentence made the other three vassal kings have to put down their weapons and reluctantly accept it.

In the Tang Dynasty, if it is said, someone dares to wave his blade at the emperor, but no one dares to use force in front of the toast. Just because he is the toast of Datang, the spiritual leader in the hearts of Datang scholars!

"I haven't been here for many years in this Taiji Palace." The old toast trembled and walked to the bottom of the stairs of the Taiji Hall. It seems that a gust of wind can blow this old man, but his body that has become slightly stiff as he is old still tries to straighten upright, looking at the ministers in the hall.

Yes. The old toast has indeed not appeared in the Taiji Hall for many years. Whether it is the triennial court examination or the Lantern Festival examination, it is the three princes who announce the top name of the world's scholars. So much so that everyone gradually forgot that the people in the world who wanted to call out their names should be the toasters.

"It's been more than two hundred years, and the last time I remember it was those three people, I don't know which three little guys will be this time." Toast squinted and smiled.