Cui Xiang entered the officialdom and did not pass the imperial examination, but by virtue of his talent, he was "promoted to the rank of scholar" by the imperial court and awarded a fictitious position called "Zuo Buque". When I thanked her, I didn't see Shangguan Wan'er, but I saw her in Princess Changning's mansion. Cui Xiang was originally a beautiful man, with a personable demeanor, elegant temperament, and good poetry, which are his personal advantages.

Knowing in advance that the "Prime Minister of Women" might appear in the princess's mansion, Cui Xiang made some elaborate decoration on his clothes before going out, which was not luxurious, but also neat and neat.

Cui Xiang also wrote a poem called "Happy to Chang'an": "The clouds can prompt the dawn, and the scenery does not spare years." Lai Feng recruited all the guests and returned to the front of the falling flowers. "Dedicated to Shangguan Wan'er.

Sure enough, Cui Xiang's hard work was not in vain, leaving an excellent impression on Wan'er.

When I met Shangguan Wan'er for the first time, her demeanor, talent, ability, and humility were all the best impression choices, and everyone would like them, and Shangguan Wan'er was naturally no exception. Under the strong recommendation of Shangguan Wan'er, Cui Yu quickly made up for the real shortage and became a foreign examiner. Although the official is not big, it is a "clear" department, and it is promoted quickly.

Shangguan Wan'er is a good-looking person and likes to be praised by others, for example, she embellished the stab on her forehead with the famous "red plum makeup", which shows that she loves beauty, women love beauty, and to put it bluntly, she has a good face. Since becoming a merit examiner, Cui Xiang has had more opportunities to contact Shangguan Wan'er, if he is serious and serious every time he meets, and looks like he is doing business, Shangguan Wan'er probably won't be promoted to his official again. Cui Xiang was courteous and praised Wan'er, "courteous Fenglou, but also Chunhui", compared Wan'er's office to "Fenglou", and praised that every time I communicate with you, I feel like a spring breeze.

Cui Xiang sometimes tells the truth, pay attention to proportion, so as not to leave the impression of "scheming" to Shangguan Wan'er, such as "Yanxia elbows back, and the river plug comes in the palm", which is a big truth praising Wan'er for "lifting weights like light", at that time, the government and the opposition thought that Wan'er had the talent to govern the country, and Cui Xiang's words were not false.

Shangguan Wan'er was praised by Cui Xiang's true and false smiles, and Cui Xiang's official fortune naturally began to prosper.

Cui Xiang first edited the book "Three Teachings and Zhuying", which was completed very well; Wan'er held a poetry competition, and he also helped from the side, not only doing some work with the surname, but also taking the lead in participating in the competition, and often wrote some high-quality works for Wan'er to evaluate, which played a certain role in Wan'er's "opening a generation of literary style". In terms of political interests, because Wan'er was tied to Wu Sansi in the early stage, Cui Xiang played the role of eyes and ears in it, exposing Huan Jing's scheme, and suggesting that Wu Sansi kill the five kings surnamed Li, consolidating the interests of the small group.

Because of Cui Xiang's outstanding performance, Shangguan Wan'er did save a lot of worry. Shangguan Wan'er is a shrewd and capable, calm, experienced, and somewhat arbitrary person, Cui Xiang can work under Shangguan Wan'er, there must be pressure, beating around the bush, playing tricks, fooling around, I'm afraid it won't work. He expressed this bewildered state of mind in one of his poems: "The clouds are slender, and the water is twilight." The boat suddenly went east, and the ride also galloped westward". Zhang said that it was the Zhongshu Order, and there was a deep contradiction between Cui Xiang and Zhang Shuo, and Shangguan Wan'er hoped that they could get along in harmony. In terms of how to ease the relationship with Zhang Shuo, Cui Xiang's performance made Wan'er feel very careful. For example, there is a royal history that impeached Cui Xiang for not doing his job properly and living a corrupt life, so some people speculated that it was Zhang Shuo who instructed someone to frame Cui Xiang. Shangguan Wan'er consulted Cui Xiang's opinion, and Cui Xiang said that although Zhang said that although he was a loose person, he was virtuous and noble, and would never do such a thing.

Many wild historical anecdotes have hyped the ambiguity between Cui Xiang and Shangguan Wan'er, Princess An Le, and even Princess Taiping, I am afraid that it has something to do with Cui Xiang's ability to gently care for her female boss in order to follow her career. He can really boast in front of others: "My place and my background are not the first." The husband should be the first to control others, how can he be silently controlled by others"! But in front of Wan'er, he is never so arrogant, but very gentle.

He once wrote "Xianghe Song Lyrics" to Shangguan Wan'er: "Regardless of the gentleman's grace, the new makeup is in the mirror." Rong Hua Shang said in spring, and the love has been in the autumn wind. The pillow seat is near the window, and the screen is facing the moonlit sky. Year after year, the garden tree will fall in the deep palace". It's a touching read! This gentle acquaintance made Shangguan Wan'er's strong heart soften immediately.

"Cui Langjun, presumably your song "Xianghe Lyrics? Jieyu resentment", but it took a lot of effort, right? Li Tao asked suddenly.

Cui Xiang was puzzled and looked at Li Tao in amazement.

"Cui Langjun still has a lot of big things to do in the future, how can he rack his brains to make these love poems? Today, I have a poem to give, and he said that Cui Langjun can transfer this poem to others, or it can save some trouble! ”

Cui Xiang understood now, Li Tao gave him a poem, and asked him to use this poem to fool Shangguan Wan'er, which can be regarded as a gift for him to Shangguan Wan'er on a trip to Luzhou. I didn't expect Li Tao to be so careful, and Cui Xiang felt grateful in his heart.

Li Tao took in Cui Xiang's expression, and he smiled: "Cui Langjun, you remember, this song "Leaving Thoughts" was written by you, and I can't help you if it's self-defeating!" ”

After saying that, Li Tao groaned: "Once the sea was difficult to water, except for Wushan, it is not a cloud." Take the second flower bush lazy review, half of the edge of the cultivation and half of the king. ”

After chanting, Li Tao didn't forget to ask: "Cui Langjun, can you get this poem?" ”

"It's so handy, it's so handy!" Cui Xiang said busily.

Li Tao accepted it when he saw it, and changed the topic in time: "Cui Shilang, if we only talk about poetry, although we have a sense of meaning, but we have no pride, how can it be done by a man?" ”

"What Li Xiaolangjun said is reasonable!" Li Longji echoed on the side.

Cui Xiang also smiled: "It's better to be respectful than to obey!" ”

Li Tao suddenly said, "How about we fight?" ”

"Thumb War?" Cui Xiang and Li Longji were stunned.

Thumb battle is a kind of wine order, two people at the same time, each guess the total number of the two fingers stretched out, in order to decide the winner, in later generations also called fist stroke. Cui Xiang and Li Longji are not ignorant of the battle, but they have never fought a battle before. On the occasion of thumb battles, it is generally spitting everywhere, and it is difficult to be classified as elegant activities, so there is no thumb war in the officialdom.

How did Li Tao not know what the two of them were thinking, and deliberately urged narrowly: "Isn't the two of you hindering their identities?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Cui Xiang was unhappy: "When you come to Li Xiaolangjun, what else do you say about your identity or not?" Isn't it just a thumb battle, I'll accompany you to the end! ”

Li Longji was not to be outdone: "Come on, come on, I'll wait for three hundred rounds of battle." ”

As a result, several people had blood-red eyes, spittle flying, roaring like thunder and cannons, and shouting and sighing. The wine was drunk happily, losing a neck tilted, the bottom of the cup was facing the sky, the mouth was wiped, and then poured, a sip of a cup, not hiding and not playing slippery, the winner won the glory, and the drunk was also drunk......

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