Eighteen, I try to deceive

"Lu Aiqing, Lu Aiqing." The emperor called a few times, but Lu Fangyuan didn't hear it, and his eyes only fell on the song and dance.

"Lu Guogong." The people around him had no choice but to pat him and signal that the emperor was looking at him.

Lu Fangyuan hurriedly put down the wine bottle, stood up, and muttered, "The minister is here." ”

The imperial uncle seemed to be very satisfied with his performance, and said with a smile, "Fang'er always said that being alone in the palace is boring, if you are free, it is better to come and see Fang'er." By the way, I have dinner with me, I haven't talked to you for ten days, have we? ”

Lu Fangyuan is still so elegant and graceful, "Back to the emperor, it's fifteen days." ”

Huang Bo Langlang smiled, "Haha, it's still Lu Aiqing who has a heart." ”

The two of them talk and laugh so much that they really look like old friends for many years, but courtiers are courtiers, how can there be old friends who ask questions and answer each other, sit and stand, one is high, and the other is respectful.

"If it weren't for General Lu back then, I would not have been able to have today's glory." The emperor was still smiling, but his smile seemed to have a deep meaning.

This cunning old fox. Lu Fangyuan said secretly in his heart, but when he heard General Lu's three words, his body subconsciously stiffened, and he quickly covered up the past, "Brother's business, the emperor doesn't have to take it to heart, it is my brother's blessing to be able to die on the battlefield for the Southern Minister." ”

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, said no more, and waved him to sit down. Both of them tacitly agreed not to mention those old things, but after all, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and some things can not be erased without saying it, and everyone who should know about this matter knows.

Speaking of which, if it weren't for the battle between the Lu Jiajun and the Eternal Night Imperial Forest Army, how could he be the southern minister today. If there was no Lu Fanggong's death on the battlefield, how could the young sister of the Lu family marry into the palace as a concubine. It can be seen that everything in the world has a cause and an effect.

The emperor's words are nothing more than a warning to the Lu family not to act rashly. Even if the Lu family's power is now tilted towards the government and the opposition, all of this is given by the emperor, if the emperor wants the Lu family to die, it is just a matter of one sentence.

Ren Jinye lowered his head and drank, but he sneered coldly in his heart, the reason why today's Nanxiang can be established is only because Nangong took the throne of the general and the imperial robe to take the world of eternal night. It's good now, even if the courtiers commit crimes, the military general's robe can be turned out and said.

"Prince?" Ye Sheng frowned, looked at the distracted prince, and said with concern, "What's wrong?" ”

The crown prince Nangong Che didn't seem to hear her words, staring thoughtfully at the back of a palace maid and not answering for a long time.

"Prince?" Ye Sheng followed his gaze, but found nothing.

"Well, what's the matter?" The crown prince had already retracted his gaze, and gently turned his head to ask the gentle and considerate, generous and dignified princess sitting beside him.

Ye Sheng smiled, "It's nothing, it's just that the prince was just distracted for a while, so he asked." She approached him, raised her sleeves to gently wipe the sweat on the prince's head, and said thoughtfully, "Is the prince tired?" ”

The prince avoided her hand without a trace, and shook his head at her, "This king is fine." ”

"This king often hears that the southern prime minister is full of talents, and he is full of talent, and since this king has arrived in the southern prime minister today, he might as well let this king see and understand." Ling Hu smiled cynically, without the slightest consciousness of being a guest.

"This ......" The Prime Minister was stunned and looked reluctant. It is clear that Qiuzi is not a good stubble, and these civil officials do not want to get involved. If one is not good, it will not ruin the future.

"What, the Prime Minister has an opinion?" He raised his eyebrows, full of evil, but no one dared to say half a word about him.

The prime minister glanced at the emperor's face, and was not sure whether to refuse Qiuzi's request for a while. Seeing this, Lu Fangyuan on the side smiled, and said gently, "Prince Linghu was surprised by this. Since Prince Linghu insists on competing, if Nanxiang resigns, it will be my Nanxiang who is stingy. The minister implored the emperor to approve this competition, so as not to call people in the future that my southern minister is cowardly and weak, and even small countries can provoke at will. The righteous words he said were righteous, and some of the young officials who said it were enthusiastic and responded one after another.

The emperor was not in a hurry, his eyes swept coldly in the hall, and the hall was silent for a moment. Only then did the emperor retract his gaze and asked slowly, "I wonder which Aiqing is willing to try with Qiuzi?" ”

Before anyone could say anything, Ling Huhe smiled, "Don't be so troublesome. As long as someone in the south can match the king's people, the king will be willing to admit defeat, how? ”

His proposal seems fair, but it is actually a trap for the southern minister. After all, no one is a fool, if that pair can be easily matched, why would he arrange this one with such fanfare.

Yiyou faintly had a premonition of uneasiness, and sure enough, she saw him look at herself meaningfully, and there was a smile on the corner of her lips, which made her not frightened. If she was not mistaken, he planned to take this opportunity to ask Nanxiang for a kiss.

Yiyou almost subconsciously went to see Ren Jinye's reaction. But to her disappointment, he didn't seem to see the scene at all, let alone pay attention to the eager gaze he cast on him. Yi sighed secretly and looked away silently.

The competition has been completed, and it is impossible to regret it at this moment. The imperial uncle waved his hand without mind, his face was calm, and he said lightly, "Then let's start with Prince Lao Linghu." ”

The rice paper slowly spread out on the long table in the center of the main hall, attracting everyone's curious eyes for a while.

Prince Linghu clapped his hands, and immediately a palace person stepped forward and read out the rules, and at a glance, he knew that Guizi had come prepared this time.

"Please come up with the following sentence in a pillar of incense, this is the first wheel. Don't wait for it, start. Someone on the side had already lit a pillar of incense with their hands and feet and started the timer.

As soon as these words came out, the people of Nanxiang were angry, "What! Is this the first attempt? "What do you mean, it's going to be more than several rounds?" "This turtle is really too deceitful!"

Linghu He was not moved at all, but reminded all the adults "kindly", "Time does not wait, you adults should not miss the specified deadline and let the king down in the first round." ”

When the crowd heard this, they fell silent.

"The last sentence: If there is love in the sky, the sky will be old. Please make the next sentence to me. ”

Yiyou secretly said in his heart: What a tricky verse. There was silence in the hall, and everyone pondered and meditated.

Just when she was thinking hard and couldn't figure out what to do, she heard one person stand up and chant aloud with a shaking head: "If the sky is lovely, the sky is old, and people are ruthless and annoyed." ”

This poem is right, but this sentence is too different from the previous sentence in terms of deep meaning, and it can only be regarded as a middle and lower work, and he shook his head imperceptibly, no longer paying attention to that person.

"If there is love in the sky, the sky is also old, and it is the most ruthless and the most carefree." Nangong Chen drank and said, compared with the previous person, he was superior.

"If there is love in the sky, the sky is also old, why do you need a young man to lean on Lou Zhao." He also muttered in a low voice.

"If there is love in the sky, and the sky is old, will there be no drunkenness and troubles." Nangong Che also came out.

As soon as the predecessors came out, there were more and more people who could come out later, and everyone offered their next sentences. Seeing that the incense was about to burn out, she finally heard the most satisfying of all the next sentences.

"If there is love in the sky, the sky is also old, and the love in the world is always easy to disappear."

It's her? How could it be her?

With the palace man's voice, "It's time." Then came a chorus of praise for the man, "The girl is so learned that we people are ashamed of ourselves." "Good sentence, good sentence."

She was dressed in a delicate red dress and talked and laughed freely in the crowd, and her demeanor was generous, so it was not difficult to become the focus of the crowd.

After three rounds, only Yiyou was left to enter the final round, Ren Jinye, the third brother Nangong Chen and the two Confucian scholars of the Hanlin Academy.

Linghu hooked his lips with a very satisfied expression.

"The last round, the last sentence: the east wind turns into rain, the rain falls on the flower field, there is a well in the field, and there are people outside the well. Please correct the next sentence. ”

Yiyou bowed her head in frustration, a little frustrated, because she knew that she couldn't come out, she really couldn't come out.

As time passed, she couldn't help but feel more and more anxious. But what's the use of being in a hurry, I pinched my palm and reminded myself to calm down! Calm down! There will definitely be a way, think again! Think again! Be sure to come out.

Nangong Chen felt that Yiyou's whole body was tense, although he didn't know what was going on, he still gave her a reassuring look, signaling her to relax and not to be too nervous. Yiyou nodded, but how she relaxed now.

It was she who was too careless, only caring about Loulan, but forgetting that there was also a turtle. If things go as she expected, I'm afraid it won't be good this time.

"How? The third prince, Princess Changning, have you come up with the next sentence? Linghu and raised his eyebrows, quite a bit of a play. Yiyou forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and didn't look at his face, secretly hoping that someone would say this.

The emperor's eyes skimmed over them one by one, and he saw the two scholars of the Hanlin Academy making a gesture, "The ministers are incompetent, I am afraid that I will not be able to say the good words of Prince Linghu, and I hope that the emperor will forgive the sin." ”

The emperor raised his hand, not to blame.

Yiyou met the emperor's gaze, and shook her head helplessly, she was bitter in her heart, knowing that this time she was afraid that she would not be able to avoid it.

"Where's the dust? Can there be a pair? The emperor asked lovingly, but he didn't see any urgency, so that people couldn't see through it.

"Back to my father, I'm afraid my son will live up to my father's expectations. This sentence, Erchen, is not true. ”

Hearing him say this, the remaining expectations in Yiyou's heart were also shattered, and the disappointment became even deeper, as if she had guessed the result of this competition.

Linghu and lowly laughed, and the people of the palace announced the results of the competition.

Suddenly, I heard someone say: "Wait." The frost in the west becomes snow, the snow enters the plum pond, there is water in the pond, and the plum fragrance is hidden in the water. "The voice is still cold, but it makes me feel very beautiful.

"It's the king who loses." After a long time, Linghu He finally had to announce the result.

After being tense for so long, she was finally able to relax when she heard this, and Yiyou smiled gratefully at Ren Jinye, believing that he understood what she meant.

In the midst of a lively sound, this night banquet full of tricks came to an end.