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Chang'an City House

Midnight. In the study, the two sat opposite each other, and there was good wine on the case, but no one was greedy for a cup.

Fang Qiao looked tired, and after a moment of silence, he took the lead in speaking: "In the middle of the night, you came to see my jokes?" ”

Leaning on the gauze lamp, in this dim room, the person with an unclear face breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Don't be confused, what I'm going to do, you won't know. The old lady has been making such a fuss in the Bad Country Mansion, and it has been two days, and I haven't seen you make any moves, so I will ask you to tell you the truth - the four mothers and sons newly recognized by Huaiguo Gong are really your younger brothers and sisters who left home with their children more than ten years ago? ”

Fang Qiao picked up the wine jug that had not been touched for half a day on the case, filled the empty cups in front of the two of them, and said with an unchanged expression: "Yes and what, no and what." ”

The man on the other side took the glass he had handed him, but put it back on the table. The voice was a little stern: "If not, then you should think about how to resolve your grievances with the Guogong Mansion, and if so, then go and bring people back as soon as possible." ”

"It's easy to say, but they don't want to go back to the mansion at all, do you want me to go to the Guogong Mansion too?"

"So, are they really them?"

"That's right, it's them." Fang Qiao finally gave him a positive answer, and then picked up the wine glass and drank it slowly.

For a while, only the sound of swallowing wine surging in the throat was left in the room, and then another cup on the table was also picked up, and the person opposite Fang Qiao, after drinking it all in one gulp, his tone suddenly became melancholy:

"I was also responsible for what happened back then, if I hadn't suggested that you do that little thing, how would you have ......?"

Fang Qiao shook his head, "That's my decision, it has nothing to do with you." At that time, King An suddenly rose up and was unstoppable, if no one was willing to go to the inner response, would he let such a tyrannical and immoral person inherit the throne, harm the people, and destroy the foundation that the first emperor had worked so hard to establish? Speaking of this, he smiled bitterly, "It's a pity." I finally made a fool, and my wife and children left home, and now I see each other but I can't recognize them. ”

He didn't even mention the man who broke up his wife back then.

“...... The emperor must have known about this matter, and he didn't edict you to ask, Xu also felt embarrassed about this matter, Huai Guogong and you and I were both the heroes of the Xuanwumen Revolution back then, and now your two families have fallen out, the emperor is unaware of the truth, and it is inappropriate to be biased in either way, presumably Old Man Lu is aware of this, so he dares to blatantly admit his younger siblings...... In this way, tomorrow I will meet the saint, explain the matter to the emperor, and ask him to make a decision. ”

Fang Qiao frowned, "No, this matter is messy enough, why should you get involved again, if the emperor intends to take care of this matter, he will see us." ”

The man laughed twice and sighed: "I am not as good as you in terms of conspiracy, but I know the emperor." But you're not as good as I am. Do you know that what the emperor is waiting for now is that someone jumped out and took the initiative to mention this matter - there is no need to talk about this matter, it is so decided. You still have to think about it, if you start a lawsuit with Old Man Lu, how to prove it. ”

Fang Qiao's expression was stunned for a moment, and after a little thought, he knew that what he said was reasonable, and the appearance of Lu's mother and son flashed in his mind, and he remembered the old mother who was sick in bed, so he finally nodded and asked him to come forward on his behalf.

***

Although the relationship between Lu's mother and son and the Huaiguo Mansion has been put on the surface, Lu Jun was still taken elsewhere by Mr. Lu to continue his "studies" after two days at home.

As soon as he entered the special teaching house, Yu Yu habitually swept around the people in the room first, this look was not tight, and he almost laughed out loud on the spot, the thirty or so people present looked listless, their eyes were blue, and even a yawn was one by one, obviously from staying up late last night to read a book. This reminded Yi Yu that during the Fifth Academy Art Competition, she was also a temporary cram, but fortunately she had a clear goal to strive for, and the people in this room didn't know what Li Tai would ask. You can only look at some general knowledge of geography as much as possible.

Before Zhong Ming, Bachelor Xie Yan of Hongwen Hall walked in behind two scholars who each held a stack of books high.

He looked around at the students who were seated and laughed loudly: "Why, you stayed up late last night?" His Royal Highness King Wei will be pleased to know that you have worked so hard. We'll clean up the tabletop, and let's copy some things today. ”

Hearing the teasing in his words, the people below were somewhat embarrassed, but they still had a smile on their faces, watching the scholar send out the two stacks of books one by one.

Yi Yu picked up the book that was placed in the corner of the table, and the cover was printed with the words "Lu Gongji", and when he opened it and looked at two pages, he knew that it was a geographical book that detailed the history of some states and counties.

"Got it all?" Xie Yan said, "Then let's start copying, as much as you can." ”

Some of the students in the room were worried about when Li Tai would come, and most of them glanced half-heartedly at the door from time to time. Xie Yan sat on it and watched the every move of the students below, with interest in his eyes. This is in the selection of talents, how can the same trick be used twice, and besides, according to Li Tai's temper, it is already unexpected that he can come to the students yesterday afternoon to "exchange feelings". How can you expect him to run here every day?

Sure enough, until the bell rang for the end of school, Li Tai's figure did not appear. Some students who were afraid that King Wei would arrive halfway and were so suffocated that they didn't even dare to go to the thatched house, their faces were as if they had eaten two catties of raw radish.

Xie Yan asked the scholar to collect all the copied papers below, and after counting, he announced the names of the seven people who had copied the least in the face of the students below who were either aware or puzzled, and said, "The above people can go back to your original teaching house in the afternoon." ”

This is a tactful statement, but it is actually the same as Li Tai's cold words yesterday - you can leave.

Despite the reluctance. But these seven people did not question like Gao Zijian yesterday. Because of Lu Zhihe's reminder, Cheng Xiaofeng, who honestly copied the text of a lesson, shouted luckily, and counted the rest of the people, and couldn't help sighing:

"It's only been one day's work, and there are fourteen fewer out of fifty-four, so if you don't wait for the fifth day, there won't be one left?"

Yi Yu was washing the brush in the bamboo tube, and when she heard her complaint, she laughed and said: "This screening is just to select the most suitable person to write the book, these two times, even if you are lucky, you will be more careful and careful in the future, and the further you go, the fewer people will be eliminated each time." ”

Cheng Xiaofeng said worriedly: "But you also know that I can't sit still, and if I do it twice, I will definitely be brushed off." ”

Almost all the people in this house left*, because they were going to Cheng's house at noon, and Lu Shuqing left first, so there were only three of them left in the house, and Yu Yu analyzed:

"Don't forget, some of the people who have been selected are going to stay in Beijing to be responsible for revision, and some are going to be out on a tour, so they must not only be patient, but also have to be as lively as you."

Cheng Xiaofeng was relieved by what she said, so she smiled again, "That's right, I'm just going for the quota of the parade." ”

Later, the three of them took a carriage to Cheng's mansion, Mrs. Cheng warmly entertained them, and first asked Lu Zhi to go back to Lu Zhongzhi to bring a message, and when Cheng Yanjin, who was out of the house, came back, he would definitely visit again.

Then it was in the eyes of several people who were puzzled or surprised. thanked Yi Yu, and only said that it was for the day of the ritual art competition, and Lu Zhi and Yu understood.

In order not to let Cheng Xiaofeng do the worst, the jade pit the eldest Sun Xian, not many people can see this, after all, the two fought because of the silver hairpin, in a panic, who remembers that among the more than 40 people, Cheng Xiaofeng did not show up, at most she was "falling into the well".

Cheng Xiaofeng listened to it in a daze, after all, it was not a thing to publicize, Mrs. Cheng and Yi Yu were silent, she went to ask Lu Zhi again, but he put a piece of meat in her bowl, and said:

"Eat more and make up for it."

This piece of meat gagged her mouth, and Mrs. Cheng, who was sitting opposite, had her eyes lit up and nodded secretly, but the Yu Yu, who was sitting next to Lu Zhi, bowed her head and smiled, just because what Lu Zhi gave to Cheng Xiaofeng was the only plate of pig's head meat in this table full of meat.

***

Taiji Palace side hall study

Li Shimin, who had reviewed a noon official document, had just laid down on the soft couch in the study when someone from the palace came to report through the screen:

"Your Majesty, Shang Shu shoots the eldest grandson Wuji and asks to see him."

Reaching out and patting the surface a few times, the fatigue subsided, and he sent someone to him.

A quarter of an hour later, the eldest grandson Wuji was led from outside the palace gate into the Taiji Palace. He bowed to the faint figure behind the screen in front of him and said:

"See Your Majesty, the minister has something important to say."

Li Shimin, who was still sitting behind the screen, retreated to the palace people waiting in the house, and after hearing the sound of the door closing, he said a little casually:

"I'm going to move a stool to sit on, I'm really tired at this moment, so I won't move the place."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The eldest grandson Wuji did not refuse, he moved a small pier to the side, walked to the side of the screen and sat down, raised his eyes to look at Li Shimin with a tired face, and said without hiding his worries:

"When the ministers will meet, they will see that your complexion is different, and with all due respect, you must rest well and take care of your body, which is the blessing of all the people."

The two monarchs and ministers actually grew up together since childhood, and there is a relationship between the eldest grandson and queen in the middle, and they have experienced decades of foundation building and dynasty changes together, and the friendship is naturally not equal to idle monarchs and ministers, if they really put aside their identities, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are comparable to siblings.

Li Shimin stretched out his hand and twisted his eyebrows, and said, "There have been a lot of troubles recently-don't mention those, what is the matter with you coming to see me?" ”

"I'm not afraid that the emperor will be more upset when he hears it, what the minister wants to say is that a few days ago in the Huaiguo Mansion, he recognized his relatives." (！ )