Xia Wang's entry into the Qi Kingdom is a triennial event.

It was jointly supervised by the Qi Emperor's selection department and the officials of the University Academy, and the prince led the princes to supervise the whole process, and finally selected 50 people to enter the imperial front to answer through the three screenings of "Jiwang", "Biwen" and "Policy Theory".

It takes a total of three days to gather this ring.

On the first day, the crown prince led Xiao Mingsi, the king of Heng, Xiao Mingche, the king of Huai, and several uncles, as well as the relevant officials of the Ministry and the University Academy, to perform sacrifices in the Temple of Wenshen.

After that, we will go to the Panshan School Palace three miles east of the "Temple of Literature".

The Panshan School Palace is under the jurisdiction of the University Academy, and every time a gathering is held, it is here.

There is the largest royal library in Qi State, and the subset of scriptures and histories is readily available.

Scholars often studied and compiled classics here, and they also opened an altar here to preach and teach young scholars.

This school palace occupies a large area, not only has a place for lectures and arguments, but also adds elegance to the mountain scenery, and there are martial arts arenas and polo fields for scholars to stretch their muscles and bones while studying knowledge.

On ordinary days, ordinary people can only look at the gate of the school palace on the one hundred and eight steps at the foot of the mountain.

Only by waiting for the triennial Xia Wangzhi can he take advantage of the three days of Jiwang to come in and get drunk with books.

Of course, the people who can get the opportunity to enter the Panshan School Palace during the gathering are mostly in Yongjing City, and there are few real peddlers and pawns.

After all, the peddlers and pawns have to work hard for their livelihoods, but they don't have the money or the leisure to join in this kind of excitement.

Besides, the crown prince and the kings are all there, and if anyone can enter at will, then security will become a big problem.

Rao is like this, there are still many people who come today, and the sheds around the debate field are sitting densely.

Some people probably didn't find a way to get into the shed and sat down, so they stood in the shade outside the shed and watched.

There are three other brocade sheds in the north of the debate field, where the prince and the prince and their families live in the middle, and the left and right sheds are the sites of the Ministry of Officials and the University Academy.

After reporting to their families and teachers, some of them will recite a piece of their own proud work in public, and some of them impassionedly state their aspirations to study the country.

There are also those who will go off the rails and express their views and opinions on matters such as national politics and current affairs.

Of course, most of the onlookers didn't care about what they were showing, and they all looked at their faces.

The seats of the Hengwang couple are on the left hand side of the prince and his wife, and Xiao Mingche and Li Fengming are on the right hand side.

And the seats of several uncles and couples are in the corner.

Everyone looked at the people in the audience with the tea fruit, and talked a few words from time to time.

Recently, the crown prince and King Heng tore their faces in the court, and they hated each other. But today's occasion is not too ugly, so the two sides hide knives in their smiles, and the needles are against Maimang, and they are not happy with each other in words.

Li Fengming was suffocated by this atmosphere.

She covered her mouth with a silk, tilted her head slightly to Xiao Mingche, and asked in a low voice, "Where did you buy other people's flowers and fruits?" ”

Xiao Mingche sat up straight uncomfortably, and put his fingers against her shoulders, pushing her away.

Only then did he reply softly, "If you come early, there will be vendors on the steps of the mountain gate." If they come after the vendors have dispersed, they will buy them under the trees over there. ”

Li Fengming followed his words and looked curiously at the row of trees on the left side of the argument field.

In the shade of the trees, every three or five steps stood a person, each with a basket at his feet.

When she couldn't see it from such a distance, she asked again, "Who are the people guarding the basket?" Who will pay for the sale? ”

"The guys of the imperial merchants under the name of Shaofu. Profit from the royal businessmen from their own forty percent, sixty percent to the Shaofu. ”

Shaofu was the emperor's private treasury.

The imperial merchant is not an official position, but a big businessman who acts as a comprador for the emperor according to the command and dispatch of the Shaofu.

Li Fengming watched many people go to the shade of the trees to buy flowers and fruits one after another, and he was very envious. "Forty percent of the profit is kept for itself, which is not a lot."

If it weren't for her plans to leave Qi and try to get the name of an imperial businessman, wouldn't it be ...... Hey, forget it, don't think so much useless.

Xiao Mingche stared at her with an afterglow, as if he was waiting for something.

Sensing his eyes, Li Fengming turned his head and looked back, full of doubts, "What do you see me doing?" ”

"Nothing." Xiao Mingche looked ahead, his complexion was cold and waveless, but his heart was overwhelmed by a strange appearance.

The symptoms were exactly the same as the night before, but they were as uncomfortable as they were.

He thought that, according to the woman's usual audacity and curiosity, she would ask to sneak out of the shed to join in the fun.

But she didn't say anything, just sat beside him in an elegant manner, like an impeccable princess Huai.

But it doesn't look like the real Li Fengming at all.

The scholars who appeared on the first day were basically not good in terms of appearance, at least for Li Fengming.

So she sat next to Xiao Mingche and honestly served as a vase princess for a whole day.

Although it was boring and boring, she was very experienced in dealing with such scenes, and she did not lose any of her demeanor all day long.

When she returned to the Huai Wang's Mansion at dusk, she relaxed, collapsed on the bed in her bedroom and remained motionless, allowing Chun Yudai and Xin Wei to change her clothes.

Xin Wei's eyebrows fluttered and showed off, "You sit in the brocade with Huai Wangku, but I don't know how lively we are over there." The seventh one to appear...... Chunyu, what's that person's name? ”

"Peng Jinian." Chun Yudai has a very good memory and blurted out.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's Peng Jinian. Your Highness, haven't you seen it," Xin Wei then said to Li Fengming, "There is a little girl who likes him and has bought dozens of baskets of flowers and fruits for him. As a result, another girl commented that this person was 'full of demonic face, indistinguishable from male and female, not good', and the little girl was so angry that she quarreled with her. One desperately depreciated, the other boasted hard, no one could convince anyone, and in the end he was so anxious that he almost started to tear his head. Later, when Wen Changzhi came out, the two little girls both admired his gentle and bookish atmosphere, so they shook hands and made peace, and went to buy flowers and fruits for him with a red face and holding hands......"

The carefree little girls, who quarrel with others for the sake of their hearts, turn their faces and become sisters because of another person.

seems to be capricious and capricious, but in fact, the little girls are well protected, childish, pure, innocent and cute.

The happier Xin Wei spoke, the more depressed Li Fengming's mood became.

It's a pity that she can only sit in the brocade shed and pretend to be dignified, and when she turns her head, she sees Xiao Mingche's ice cube face, and her ears are full of the prince and King Heng's weird smiles, and she really hasn't had any fun.

"It's so boring in the north brocade! I want to go to you guys too! She rolled over and lay on her stomach, wailing out of bed.

Chun Yudai smiled sympathetically: "Don't think about it." Not to mention, just your outfit, but if you sit in an ordinary shed, who would dare to make such a fuss unscrupulously? ”

Li Fengming was even more sad, slamming the bed, coughing while pounding.

"Why did you come to Qi Kingdom, I still can't have fun with everyone in an ordinary way!"

In the past, in the Wei State, because of her identity, she was followed by a bunch of people wherever she went, and she didn't have many opportunities to experience the real excitement.

Sometimes it is arranged to so-called "enjoy with the people", and there will be people who clear the venue in advance to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

At that time, she also knew that she was destined to be bound by many constraints, although she had some yearning in her heart, she never messed up, and after a long time, she didn't have extravagant hopes.

Now that they have come to Qi, they are no longer bound by their former identities, and many ordinary thoughts that have been suppressed for too long are reappearing day by day, like children who want to eat candy.

Xin Wei smiled evilly, deliberately mending the knife in her heart, "I heard that Cen Jiashu will appear tomorrow." Many little girls have tightened their money bags today, just to wait for him! ”

"Shut up for me. I don't want to hear you anymore. Li Fengming buried his face in the pillow, and his whole body withered.

Early the next morning, before dawn, the waiter in the north courtyard brought a set of dresses.

When Xin Wei entered the room, Chun Yudai was changing Li Fengming's clothes.

She was still like a frosted eggplant, wilting and drooping, and her expression numb. "Xiao Mingche, what do you mean by this?"

"I don't know," Xin Wei was also at a loss, "The waiter in the North Courtyard only said that King Huai asked you to wear this today." ”

"Oh." Li Fengming was like a numb puppeteer, and he put on the set sent by Xiao Mingche.

Peach-colored kiro skirt with narrow sleeves and a large waist hem, and the skirt is decorated with many hibiscus beads.

It is far less expensive than Princess Huai's outfit, but it is free of many heavy accessories, and it is bright and beautiful with a simple bundle of hair, and there is brilliance around her body when she walks.

Although I don't understand why I am dressed like this today, this neat and beautiful dress still makes Li Fengming's eyes light up, and his mood is much better.

After she changed her clothes and walked out of the small courtyard, Xiao Mingche also happened to take Zhan Kaiyang from the north courtyard, and the two met at the door.

"Where did you get this dress?" Li Fengming was in a good mood and his smile was much more sincere.

Xiao Mingche staggered his gaze away from her, "Aunt Jiang found someone to cut it for you at the end of last month." ”

Li Fengming looked at him suspiciously, "Aunt Jiang's eyesight is so good?" Just look at how big I am? ”

Xiao Mingche's face was slightly red, he coughed dryly, raised his leg and left.

"Did you say that?" Li Fengming caught up with him and was very surprised, "How do you tell people?" Hand gestures? ”

"What if it weren't?" I've hugged and touched, and I know everything I should know.

Xiao Mingche increased his stride and left her behind, a little annoyed and angry.

"Zhan Kaiyang and I are going to the lecture hall today to find someone to talk to. You don't have to go into the north brocade shed, I will wait for you at the door of the lecture hall at three o'clock. ”

This is what it means to let Li Fengming play by himself.

Li Fengming was so happy that he couldn't see his teeth, no matter who he was going to talk to about something.

Turning his head, he said to Xin Wei, "You should use my purple and gold little hair crown." The crown of the hair is also decorated with hibiscus beads, which is just right with this robe. ”

Xin Wei's mouth was faster than his brain, and he blurted out, "You haven't told me to redeem it, and the hair crown is still in the pawnshop!" ”

Earlier, when the incense shop was just about to start, Xiao Mingche asked for the key to the treasury from Li Fengming.

She thought that this was the meaning of the two of them turning their faces, so she asked Xin Wei to take some jewelry to pawn. After that, he was busy all the time, and a few days ago he was sick again, so he forgot to ask for redemption.

Xiao Mingche, who was in front of him, stopped and looked back when he heard this, frowning, "Li Fengming, the key to the treasury is in your hand." ”

"Didn't you go away in those days? I thought you were unhappy with me, and I was in a hurry to turn around, so I had to think of it myself. ”

Li Fengming explained the previous situation, and Xiao Mingche's brows relaxed slightly, "Go and redeem the things earlier." ”

Pawns have a time limit, and if they are not redeemed after the expiration date, they will be regarded as pawns, and the store can sell them after changing hands.

After getting this reminder, Li Fengming hurriedly instructed Chun Yudai, "Then you won't go to the school palace today, run to the pawnshop." When the ticket is placed in the study, you should have seen it. ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Chun Yu Dai Ying, turned back and went back to the small courtyard.

"When you settle with the pawnshop shopkeeper, remember to check for damage! It was given to me by A-Ning, and if they break it, I'm going to make trouble. Li Fengming raised his voice to chase after her back and instructed.

This is not the first time Xiao Mingche has heard her mention the person "A Ning".

Until he got into the carriage, Xiao Mingche was still not a taste from the inside out.

He endured and endured, but in the end he couldn't hold back, "Who is A-Ning?" ”

Li Fengming didn't expect him to ask this, and raised his eyes in surprise, "My sister." Li Fengning. What does this do, you ask? ”

"Oh," Xiao Mingche lifted the curtains of the car and looked out the window casually, "If you don't do anything, just ask casually." ”

There are obviously more people coming to the palace today than yesterday.

The ordinary sheds on the side of the argument field became more and more crowded, and many people were looking for empty space outside the shed.

There are mostly ordinary people here, although Li Fengming's beautiful peony color frequently attracts sideways, but everyone thinks that this is a bold and playful noble girl who ran out of the shed to join in the fun.

So Li Fengming had no scruples and walked around with Xin Wei.

Seeing that the scholars began to appear, she bought a bag of walnut cake from the imperial merchant on the sidelines, picked two fruits that she had never seen before, and then squeezed back into the crowd.

It is rare for her to get together with so many strangers, and when others see that she is well-born, and they laugh and moan, they are also willing to talk to her.

So she followed everyone to set up seedlings and coax, so lively.

There was a little girl in a goose yellow dress next to her, and she smiled, "This person is good-looking, but his eyes are a little smaller." ”

"That's called Danfeng Eye. Don't you think it's charming? Li Fengming gave her a piece of walnut cake.

The little girl thanked her, bit the walnut cake and shook her head and hummed, "How can a boy have charming eyes?" Not mighty. ”

"If every boy is mighty, how boring it is," Li Fengming also bit the walnut cake and smiled, "A hundred flowers bloom is spring!" ”

"Then do you throw fruit for him? I look at you as if you have bought two red-robed naphthalene. ”

Li Fengming took a fruit from Xin Wei's hand, "This thing is called a red robe naphthalene?" ”

"Well, Xia is domestically produced, and it is transported by water, which is precious. This one sells for at least five silver in the market. ”

Li Fengming's heart was like a knife, "That profiteer!" Fifteen silver sold to me! ”

"Hahaha! Didn't you think the price was outrageous? The little girl gloated, "It's a pity that the flowers and fruits bought here can't be returned, and you can't regret it." ”

Li Fengming puffed out his cheeks and said casually, "Then I have to keep my eyes open and see which high-priced fruit is worth my fifteen silver pieces today." ”

When Hou Yun, the little prince of Zhengding Bofu, appeared, a woman in green squeezed over the side of the little girl.

The woman in green was about forty years old, and although her clothes were deliberately simple and simple, she could not hide the pampered luxury between her eyebrows.

Through the little girl, Li Fengming could smell the "rose dew" that was only sold in the store with incense sprinkled on the woman's clothes.

This thing is not cheap, the price of a bottle can be exchanged for half a basket of high-priced red robes.

The woman in green looked intently at Hou Yun in the field.

This is not bizarre.

Hou Yun is the youngest son of Zhengding Bofu, sixteen years old, born with clear eyebrows, and quite high-profile in Beijing, he is a high-profile figure among the scholars who should be elected this year.

After he reported to his home, he opened his mouth to talk about the participation of women in Xia and Wei, and put forward the astonishing idea that "Qi can also try to allow the princess to enter the court to discuss politics".

The audience was in an uproar, and the voices of discussion came and went, gradually overshadowing Hou Yun's voice.

When he gathered to look at the meeting, he publicly explained his views on the affairs of the state and the court, and several scholars had done this yesterday, and it was also allowed.

As long as it is not a disobedient word, it will not be punished for the word.

But in the end, there is a prince sitting in the brocade shed in the north of the country, and Hou Yun is so radical that he intends to change the view of the country, even if he will not be convicted explicitly, he will suffer a big loss if he wants to come secretly.

"Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers."

Li Fengming bit the walnut cake, stared at the fearless young man in the field with wide eyes, and wanted to tear a handful of sympathy for him in advance.

The woman in green turned her head and looked over, her eyes went over to the little girl in the goose yellow dress beside her, and pointed directly at Li Fengming.

"You think he's not right?"

Her voice was smiling, but the strong questioning came to her face.

The little girl in the goose yellow dress was shocked by this invisible coercion, and hurriedly retreated farther away, consciously giving up her position, so that she could move over and talk to Li Fengming.

Li Fengming retracted his gaze and turned his head to meet her eyes, "He thought too simply. ”

The woman in green raised her eyebrows, "Oh? You mean, what Xia Nu Wei Nu can do, I can't do as a Daqi woman? ”

"If you can't do it, no one can say it, you have to go that far to see the real chapter."

Li Fengming smiled, looked directly at Hou Yun in the field, and glanced at the woman in green beside him.

"I take the liberty of asking, have you read through the history of Xia and Wei?"

"I haven't read it through, and I've swallowed the dates and flipped through it. So what? ”

"Since it is a way to read dates, there may be some things you haven't noticed. The reason why Ji Yayan, the first empress of the Xia Kingdom, was able to ascend the throne was because when the country was about to be broken, she personally led 20,000 'women's troops' under the name of the princess's mansion to supplement the defense line, and fought for nearly three months. ”

In that battle, only 3,000 of the 20,000 women's troops in the princess's mansion survived, and later became a foundation-laying elite of the main force of the Xia Kingdom's imperial family.

And Ji Yayan himself ascended to the throne in a wheelchair.

Because of this, there have been many empresses in the Xia Kingdom, and the status of women is still unshakable, and the Chinese people have never objected.

"As for the Wei State, when the ancient river was hit by a flood that had not been encountered in a century, and nearly half of the country's border was damaged, the Wei women and men along the river went to the embankment and worked together to build a human wall with flesh and blood. After that, 'women have the same responsibilities and rights as men' was written into the laws of the Wei Kingdom. ”

It is useless for one group to divide some of the power from another group, and to play lip service.

Xia and Wei also had an era when men were superior to women, and women were regarded as weak and weak like today's Qi women.

Relying on his father, brother and husband, he was raised in a delicate captivity, but he was also unconsciously deprived of the power to study, be educated, inherit the family business, and hold power for officials.

It was the brave and heroic women of the ancestors who stepped forward at a critical time, and used their own flesh and blood and even their lives to open the way for the girls of later generations.

"So I said, Hou Yun thought too simply. You're all thinking too simply. Gaining power must be accompanied by commitment and dedication. Even, sometimes after undertaking and paying, it may not be able to get what you want. ”

Li Fengming paused for a moment, leaned over and leaned closer to the stunned woman in green, and her voice was lower.

"If you are not ready to do so, don't push people out to open the way for you to risk your death, eldest princess."

Li Fengming left the debate arena without waiting for Cen Jiashu to appear, and hurried to the lecture hall.

Hou Yun said radically in public today, even if he passed the collection of hopes, he was destined to be screened out in the two items of comparison and strategy in the future.

And that's not even the worst of it.

The worst thing is that his family is Zhengding Bofu, and in the days to come, he is afraid that he will be restless.

Li Fengming really didn't want to stir up too much peace in the Qi country, and she couldn't care so much about the ending of Hou Yun and Zhengding Bofu.

What she is most worried about right now is that Xiao Mingche will make the same confusion as Hou Yun.

At this time, she suddenly regretted that she didn't ask much in the morning, who Xiao Mingche was seeing in the lecture hall today.

In a hurry, she couldn't help but change from sprinting to running.

I don't know if the thin hot sweat on the forehead is tired or urgent.

When Xin Wei saw her 100,000 anxious posture, she didn't dare to ask more, but only followed her all the way, vigilantly staring at the people along the way.

There is a row of relief stone bricks on the ground at the entrance of the lecture hall. Li Fengming ran in a hurry, didn't pay attention to his feet, and kicked the raised relief pattern with his toes.

Suddenly encountered obstacles in the wild running, her body was immediately unstable, and the whole person staggered forward......

just crashed into Xiao Mingche's arms head-on.

Li Fengming's nose was knocked into pain, and tears immediately fell as if they didn't want money.

Frightened, his breath was disordered, and when he cried like this, he opened his mouth with a sobbing sound. She shut up, embarrassed.

Immediately, a long whistle came from under the corridor behind Xiao Mingche's side.

"It's amazing, His Royal Highness King Huai flew away and snatched my chance to save the beauty of my hero! It's not carrying, it's not dragging, it's hugging someone's little girl?! ”

Another slightly older voice was worried: "Embrace it head-on, folklore, this girl is afraid that His Royal Highness will be responsible." Dare to ask, if His Royal Highness accepts the side concubine, can Princess Huai tolerate it? ”

At first glance, hearing that there was more than one bystander nearby, Li Fengming was so embarrassed that smoke appeared above his head, and hid his tearful face into Xiao Mingche's arms.

Xiao Mingche turned his head and looked at the man coldly, "Nonsense." She's ...... Not? ”

It was Li Fengming who stuffed the red robe naphthalene that he had held in his palm for a long time into his mouth.

No matter who the old and the young under the corridor were, she didn't want them to know who she was.

It's so humiliating to shed tears when you're hurting.

She didn't want to talk for a while. I don't want to hear anyone speak either. She needs to be quiet.

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