"Shichiro is here." Wang Ning had a smile on his face.

"Uncle and grandmother, sister, Qilang is here......" As he spoke, Wang Qi strode in, showing a mouthful of small white teeth to Wang Ning and Shunniang, and then his eyes fell on the half plate of vegetarian stuffed buns on the dinner table, and swallowed a mouthful of spit.

Although the Taoist idiot is unwilling, he can only get up from his seat if he is "young and orderly".

Wang Ning said with concern: "Qilang came out without breakfast?" ”

Wang Qi lowered his head and said in a muffled voice: "My grandson has never left the house, and I am not sure in my heart, so I only drank half a bowl of porridge." ”

Wang Ning and Shun Niang both showed a little distress, Wang Ning looked at the idiot, and Shun Niang got up and went to the kitchen to get dishes and chopsticks.

The idiot had no choice but to give up the position on the old lady's right hand and move it down by himself.

Under Wang Ning's instructions, Wang Qi sat down honestly, and smiled "shyly": "My grandson doesn't know why, he can't eat at home, and when he comes here, he sees Erlang's heart is steady, and he feels hungry all of a sudden." Speaking of this, I didn't forget to turn my head to look at the idiot, and there was a faint smug look in his eyes.

In a word, Wang Ning's eyebrows and smiles, and even Shunniang, who came back with new dishes and chopsticks, her eyes became more and more crooked. These two ancestors and grandchildren will not cross the Tao idiot when Wang Qi is warm. In addition to taking pity on him for not having parents, the main reason is that he is a Taoist idiot, hoping that their brothers will be closer. After all, the Taoist idiot entered the palace with Wang Qi, and Mrs. Wang, who can be relied on in the palace, is also the aunt of Wang Qi's relatives.

Although the idiot occasionally has some pantothenic acid in his heart, he still welcomes Wang Qi to be funny. There are too many ups and downs, which makes Wang Ning and Shunniang's temperament a little too depressed. Wang Qi's several visits, playing tricks, have added a lot of vitality to this family.

When Wang Qi ate the remaining half of the vegetarian stuffed buns, it was almost time to go out.

Reluctantly getting up from the dining table, Wang Qi looked at the silk robe on the idiot's body and pouted. It's not that he doesn't feel sorry for his grandfather for arranging a sewing room to sew new clothes for the idiot, but he thinks that this kid is still pleasing to the eye when he wears a muslin shirt.

This kid wears a muslin shirt, and although he does not look shabby, it will not completely steal his limelight; Now that the two of them are wearing the same clothes and styles, it seems that this kid has a good demeanor, and he is not happy.

The idiot followed his gaze, and naturally noticed himself. For these four sets of silk clothes, he owes Zongfang a favor, and he is not happy in his heart. In his eyes, the muslin clothes and summer hemp clothes sewn for him by Wang Ning and Shunniang were sweat-absorbing and light, no worse than Lu silk clothes.

However, when he entered the Xingwang Mansion, he represented the face of the Wang family, and he could not act recklessly.

At this time, Wang Zhen has also arrived, and he will send Wang Qi and the two to Xingwangfu today. Originally, it was planned to send a carriage to pick up the idiot and go to the palace from the sect's side. Wang Qi was impatient and waited, and came over with the coachman.

The old lady Wang thought that everything that should be told, so she sent Wang Zhen over and took the two small ones directly to Xingwangfu.

Xingwangfu is in the middle of the city, covering an area of more than 350 acres, called the mansion, in fact, it is a royal city. The high walls on all sides separated the people of the palace from the common people; The front hall of the palace is a small world by itself. The prince's family lived in the inner city of the palace, and the residences and offices of the officials of the prince's palace were distributed in the outer city of the palace.

The prince's mansion is customized, there are more than 800 rooms, but the Xingwang Mansion was built by the Hongzhi Emperor himself for the eldest brother, and it took four years to complete the construction, and its majestic grandeur can be seen.

Wang Zhen and Wang Qi brothers have been to the palace because of Mrs. Wang, and they don't think there's anything yet.

It was the first time for the Taoist idiot to come, and he stood outside the gate of the palace and felt very shocked. In my previous life in the capital, I also visited the prince's mansion, whether it was the garden of Prince Gong's mansion covering an area of 50 acres, or the Lama Temple covering an area of 100 acres after repeated expansions, there was no shock of the scene in front of me.

The knowledge of the royal palace that appeared in the mind of the Taoist idiot appeared in Zongfang, the royal city wall was two feet high and nine feet high, six feet wide at the bottom, and two zhang wide at the top; women's wall, five feet five inches high; The city river is 15 zhang wide and three zhang deep.

Compared with this majestic royal city, the walls and gates of Anluzhou City are like children's homes.

Outside the outer door of the palace, is a nine-dragon wall made of colorful glazed material, more than ten zhang long, the base plus the main wall is three zhang high, not to mention the side, on this nine-dragon wall, it has been compared with the nine-dragon wall that the Qing court later burned in the Forbidden City. The area of this Nine Dragon Wall is several times that of that one.

The Nine Dragons Wall is facing the outer gate, the second gate is the front door, and the third gate is the south gate of the palace.

On both sides of the Duanli gate, there are two archways, in which the east side of the door is "Qin Cheng Shangzhi Shi Shoudai Bangfang", and the west side of the door is written "Tianhuang Emperor Qin Fang".

After entering the Duanli Gate, you can really enter the Xingwang Mansion.

The school is located in the east road of Wangfu, it is a courtyard of three entrances, the first into the main hall hangs a plaque, the book "Dacheng Palace", is the place where Confucius is enshrined, and the left and right are "Chongwen Hall" and "Xiuwen Hall" are where the prince's book is; The plaque of the second main hall is Kaihua Hall, and the plaques on the left and right compartments are "Xingluo" and "Three Stacks", which is the place of the Fuxue School.

The third entry is the place where the companion lives, the main room is five, used for banquets and tea parties, and there are three rooms on the left and right compartments, all of which open independently, which is the dormitory of Taoist idiots and others; To the south of the wing, there are six roofed rooms, which are clean rooms and small houses.

According to the palace side, the companions selected from outside will study here for the next three years.

The brothers of the Wang family did not come early, and the wings on both sides had already opened their doors.

Wang Qi and Dao Idiot have two rooms, which are the two rooms in the north of the West Chamber. After the royal envoy sent people over, two little eunuchs answered here, asked their names, and took the key to open the door.

At this time, I saw the door of the first room in the east chamber open, and a middle-aged man in a silk dress walked out.

When Wang Zhen and Wang Qi saw each other, they hurriedly bowed down: "I've seen my uncle." ”

Seeing this, the idiot listened to the two brothers, and knew that the person in front of him should be Wang Zhen's uncle, Lu Sheng, the head of the Lu family among the four surnames of An Lu. The four major surnames of Anlu, Wang, Shen, Liu, and Lu, are the first and largest families of Anlu. Wang Zhen's uncle, the Zheng family, although not as good as these four families, has a continuous career in the family and a good family education, so the two daughters married into the Wang family and the Lu family respectively as clan wives.

Among the companions who came in this time, there was Wang Zhen's cousin and Lu Sheng's eldest son Lu Wenzhao.

Lu Sheng saw that Dao Idiot was standing behind the two brothers, and did not salute himself, and his eyes were a little unhappy. However, he also knew that this was not the place to attack, so he said to Wang Zhen gently: "It was Da Lang who came to give it away." Then he said to Wang Qi: "Now that you have entered the palace, it is no better than at home, Qilang will listen to your cousin more in the future, be less naughty, save the family shame, and even affect the wife." ”

Although the Lu family and the Wang family are in-laws, they are not close to each other because of disputes between the two families over the boundary in the early years. At this time, he put on the shelf of the elders, but he wanted Wang Qi to get closer to his son, so that he could be taken care of by Mrs. Wang.

However, because he is the head of a clan and an elder, he is arrogant in his heart, and the words he says have become sour.

Wang Qi was tired of listening to it, but because of his cousin's face, he could only respond honestly.

At this time, I heard someone say coldly: "Master, what are you talking about?" The son came to study in the house to follow the Confucianism to do learning, but not to take care of people. I don't have enough time to study, where can I have time to pay attention to idle people, etc.? ”

The one who spoke was the young man who came out behind Lu Sheng, with a long figure, a pale complexion, thin eyebrows and thin eyes, wearing a green silk straight shirt, and holding a book in his hand, this is Lu Wenzhao.

Even as he spoke, he didn't take his eyes off the scroll in his hand, and he didn't look at everyone.

Dao idiot saw it, it was really wondering, this is the son of the Lu family? Where there is the appearance of a gentry son, he is a nerd who is stupid and ignorant of human feelings.

What is the purpose of such a person, who is not confined to the home to prepare for the exam, but sent to the palace?

The faces of the brothers Wang Zhen and Wang Qi were a little ugly, originally because Lu Sheng was an elder, the two came to greet each other, and also listened to Lu Sheng's verbosity.

Even if Lu Sheng said it vaguely, the two brothers also heard that he wanted Wang Qi to be close to his son. But in the mouth of his son, Wang Qi became an "idle person" who disturbed his reading.

Lu Sheng also felt that it was inappropriate, and just opened his mouth to reprimand his son, he saw a few more people coming in at the door.

It was the Shen family and the Liu family who sent their children here.

Several families are in Anlu Prefecture together, and they can talk about each other's relatives, no matter what the actual friendship is, their faces are full of enthusiasm.

After the adults finished greetings, they had to call a few children to one place. Except for the Dao idiot, the remaining four people are obviously familiar with each other. Lu Wenzhao is still in a bookish state that can't let go of the volume, which makes people feel depressed; Wang Qi was shy with a round belly, her small eyes were squinted, and she looked stupid and insensitive; The child of the Liu family is called Liu Congyun, with a gentle temperament, always smiling, revealing two dimples, and looking very amiable; The name of the son of the Shen family is Shen Hexuan, who is not only good-looking among the people, but also the most brilliantly dressed.

Everyone else is in a straight shirt of blue or blue, Shen Hexuan is wearing a lotus-colored round-necked shirt, a bib is tied on his lower body, and he has a sandalwood fan in his hand, dressed as a merry boy, and Lu Wenzhao and Wang Qi rolled their eyes.

These teenagers are all old acquaintances, so they are naturally less restrained, and while the adults are not paying attention, you are sarcastic with each word.

This one is called "Lu Shunerd", the one who shouts "Shen Phoenix", or "Wang Fatzi", needless to say, it is the "nickname" of Lu Wenzhao, Shen Hexuan, and Wang Qi. It's just Liu Congyun's nickname, and some people are surprised that those three actually call him a "big cat".

If it is said that the appearance of the "kitten" is still somewhat similar, where does the so-called "big cat" come from?

As if he was puzzled, Wang Qi whispered: "That kid is the most black-hearted, famous smiling tiger." ”

Liu Congyun also seemed to accept this nickname, and looked at everyone with a smile, looking like a good child.

When the Dao idiot looked at the three of Shen, Liu, and Lu, these three people were also looking at the Dao idiot.

The fact that the twelve rooms of the Wang family passed their concubines to the outer rooms has long been spread in the families of the gentry in Anlu Prefecture.

Lu Wenzhao looked at the Taoist idiot's gaze, and he was contemptuous; Liu Congyun's smile deepened, and Shen Hexuan looked at everyone and said, "There are only five here, doesn't it mean that there are six companions who enter the mansion this time?" ”;