Zheng Yan has five friends in Guozijian, all of whom knew each other at a very young age, Wang Zongyuan is a relative of the same clan as the grandmother, and is the descendant of the Wang family, when he was a child, he was often taken by his mother to play in the Anguo Mansion, his own grandfather is the Duke of Yiguo, and the Duke of An Guo is neither antagonistic nor cooperative, because the eldest grandmother is from the side branch of the Wang family, so it is okay to say that relatives;

Ye Qingcheng is the child of the second room of the head of the Ye family, because his talent and temperament are outstanding, so he has always been cultivated as the pillar of the Ye family in the future, and the position of the head of the family is impossible.

Qi Wending is the son of the Qi family, seemingly ordinary, it is said that he is very introverted, his academic performance is similar to Zheng Yan, and he has not been punished by Mr. many times, but it is not a lot;

Lu Cunyan is the daughter of the Lu family, beautiful and eccentric, and Qi Wending has a baby kiss, but she has always threatened Qi Wending to regret her marriage, it is said that the two fought for the first time when they were still in infancy, of course, Qi Wending was the one who was beaten, and belonged to the Huanxi family, probably because of Qi Wending, such a girl always likes to play with a few stunned boys, and it is indifferent to those girls in the same year;

Zheng Tong is the elder brother of Zheng Yan's clan, the grandson of King Liang, the two were born on the same day and month in the same year, just one hour apart, at the age of twelve they were sent from Liang to Luoyang and entered the Guozijian by the way, and his father was also in the capital, and he has been doing idle work in the town.

Wang Ye, Qi and Lu are all one of the twelve families who assisted the Zheng family to lay down this country, and the rest are the Song family, the Wu family, the Wen family, and the Bai family in the northeast and the Tai family in the east, the other three have disappeared under the washing of thousands of years, and it is in response to the sentence, "The success or failure of right and wrong is empty, the green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times."

Zheng Yan's temperament is easy-going and non-contentious, it is certain that he has friends, and it is normal that there are no people who do not deal with him, not to mention some other hidden reasons, which make it difficult for him, the prince, and others to compete or entangle now, so the days in Guozijian are basically very comfortable, as long as you put a little effort into passing your studies.

Other children may be harshly criticized by the family or the Zongren Mansion for having such and such requirements and even failing to reach the goal, Zheng Yan has never been, grandpa They have requirements for Zheng Yan's studies as long as they are passable, anyway, they know that this child is not bad, so they will be treated according to "the boat is naturally straight to the bridge", but the requirements are stricter in terms of cultivation, but mortals have a sense of honor and shame, even in their studies, there is no reason to watch others improve day by day.

Originally, Zheng Yan should have been under the control of the Zongren Mansion and the Great Interior, but after being taken to live outside the palace by An Guogong, somehow there was an inexplicable vacuum in terms of discipline, other children had rules and regulations to study and listen to classes in the Guozi Supervision School Day after day, but Zheng Yan could occasionally ask for a leave, stay in the house to practice or play crazy with the neighborhood children on the street, and even went to the suburbs to visit the village or toss in the fields, which made Ye Qingcheng envious.

The learning content of Guozijian can be roughly divided into five subjects, including the subset of scripture notes, six arts, history, arithmetic, geography and astronomy;

When the students reach the age of sixteen or seventeen, they will go to the "backyard" or Taixue to study, and the studies at that time will be more difficult and specific, Zheng Yan can enter Taixue as long as he passes the final exam of Guozijian, which is what An Guogong has always hoped for,

In An Guogong's view, he has always stayed with some children of the royal family and magnates, and his vision and temperament are too limited, and the courses taught by Guozijian are mostly focused on Confucianism, scriptures, righteousness, kings, doctrines and ways of governance, if you just learn these things step by step, you will inevitably fall into loneliness, especially for a somewhat lazy child like Zheng Yan, of course, you can also go to Taixue to audit when you study in Guozijian, after all, it is very convenient, and the real purpose of An Guogong's arrangement is probably not to want Zheng Yan to get involved in the battle for imperial power in the future.

A person's energy is limited anyway, he is required to practice more, and he wants to go out to play from time to time, and his studies in Guozijian will inevitably be affected, but he is not the kind of person who is particularly stupid, and he can still do it if he barely passes, and it is also the key to have a target for the five disciplines, for example, the six arts have always been treated so-so, and the other four subjects cannot be relaxed and dare not relax.

However, when you study, you can always meet some geniuses that you can't understand, such as Song Wen Wu Simin in the same school as Zheng Yan, such as those famous people in other schools, of course, Zheng Yan doesn't care much about these, Ye Qingcheng often compares it with himself, the gap between his studies and others is so big, and he still has the cheekiness to compare, even if you compare, you are ashamed and brave,

After being ashamed in an exam, he will inevitably fall back to his original shape next time, this is Ye Qingcheng, it is difficult to know where his talent is used, it may be to hook up with a little girl, but I haven't seen him hold a little hand and say a few words of love, every time at this time, Ye Qingcheng will always disdainfully laugh at a few people for not having a vision, the relationship between men and women is to be cultivated imperceptibly, not a hammer deal.

However, when it comes to this guy's thick skin, it's really not a blow, which makes Zheng Yan and the others envious, because this guy doesn't necessarily know the boys in the entire Guozijian, but he definitely knows the girls, and he can talk.

I remember that when I first entered the Guozijian, I clamored to introduce girls to Zheng Yan, Zheng Yan naturally scoffed, Zheng Yan at that time was determined to guard Yingyue Xinluo for a lifetime, and later for various reasons, the introduction was not successful, so Ye Qingcheng spent the most time for Zheng Yan Zhang Luo A girl named Pei Yufei, but he dropped out of school halfway, Zheng Yan always felt that it was caused by this guy going to annoy people every day.

Marriages between powerful families are normal, and the men and women of the country are not without this consideration, at least it is good to have a general understanding of each other, and it is said that this can also improve the learning level of students, and young people will always compete together.

"In the past, I went back, the willows are still around, and now I come to think, the rain and snow are falling",

When Pei Yufei was still in the Guozijian, one day there was a girl in their school who was said to be beautiful and unspoken, called Concubine Xuefei, if Pei Yufei was quiet and graceful, virtuous and soft, then this girl called Concubine Xuefei was beautiful, generous and bright, it was difficult to say that she was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, and soon somehow there was a saying of "Yuxue Feifei".

Zheng Yan remembered that the first time he saw the girl named Yutai Snow Concubine was in the early winter on a snowy morning, that day the snowflakes were very large, soft and beautiful, and there seemed to be a trace of warmth on the face; the sky was silver-gray, because it was the early morning of winter, the sky was blurry and dark, so it was still a little difficult to see people from a distance; the surrounding trees and houses were covered in snow-white cotton clothes, and there were no people or birds, and it was full of loneliness and quietness.

As soon as he stepped into the gate of the Guozijian, there was a small and pleasant creaking sound of feet stepping on the snow behind him, Zheng Yan couldn't help but smile, probably a girl, and didn't think about turning back, just stomped his feet and patted the snow on his body, and then suddenly there was an exclamation behind him, Zheng Yan subconsciously turned around, only to see a figure had already jumped into his arms.

The girl was wearing a snow-white cotton cloak, a pair of feet were still outside, and her body was supported in Zheng Yan's arms inside the door, the two looked at each other, Zheng Yan's heart stopped beating for a moment, not because of the beautiful face of the person in front of her, nor because of the unclear temperament, when she looked at her eyes, she somehow thought of the flower candle in the cave room,

Whose cave house is wearing candles?

The next moment, the girl was straightened and stood firmly, and both of them blushed a little, but they still looked at each other in a daze.

Zheng Yan was the first to react, nodded and turned around and walked towards the courtyard, thinking about the beautiful eyes just now, it seemed that there was some complicated meaning in them, did he hate himself? Zheng Yan thought about some inexplicable things, the girl followed lightly, and the schoolhouses of the two were in a row, just divided at two ends.

After that, I could only occasionally see the girl passing in front of the school, and it was at this time that I heard the discussion of the people around me and knew her name, Concubine Xuetai.

It's also interesting to say, although Ye Qingcheng is still eagerly discussing and paying attention, he will never talk to him, because the relationship between the Ye family and the Tantai family has always been faint for some reason, it seems to be caused by an incident a long time ago, so long ago that few people know about it.

Girls seem to sometimes inadvertently glance at this side, which will inevitably attract the excitement of a group of half-grown children, Zheng Yan feels completely inexplicable, just thinking that there is no time for him to have a cave house in his life, Yingyue and Xinluo both said that they don't need to do happy things when they are girls, otherwise they will get into trouble, and it is impossible to do it, it seems that several aunts and grandmothers also said the same, and they have not done it since they were children.

After that, there was an equally beautiful and delicate girl beside Concubine Xue, I remember that it was called Wen Renhu, and Zheng Yan had known her very early, she had almost never spoken, at most she nodded when she entered the palace during the New Year's Festival, and her aunt was Wen Ren's concubine.

Occasionally, a beautiful and handsome young man will appear next to the two women, Wen Rengui, Wen Renhu's half-brother, every time at this time, Ye Qingcheng will look unhappy, saying that the kid is worried about Concubine Xue, Zheng Yan doesn't care about this guy's self-inflicted amorousness, but he just knows that it may be because this Wen Rengui is as famous as his brother, and he is the same year as him, but he is recognized as a peerless genius, and Song Wen is also one, speaking of which, Ye Qingcheng looks very indifferent to Song Wen.

As he grew older, Zheng Yan and the children on the street played less and less, and everyone began to study and do things seriously, and the carefree days would gradually disappear.

Grandpa's requirements for his cultivation are becoming more and more stringent, combing the meridians, muscles and bones, improving the toughness of the viscera and skin, tempering physical endurance and explosiveness, eating all the meals are medicinal diets, and taking medicinal baths after the activity, Xinluo and Yingyue are also the age of exercise and practice, so the cost is naturally huge.

Zheng Yan can receive 1,000 taels of silver from Da Nei every year, and he can also receive 1,000 taels from the Zongren Mansion, but this is not enough at all, and he doesn't have enough IOUs from the eldest grandfather to make up for it, and he feels uncomfortable thinking about taking on a debt, which directly leads to the fact that Zheng Yan and Yingyue are now like two little money fans, thinking about opening up sources and reducing expenditure every day, and Xinluo seems to be heartless and indifferent.

The princes and princesses have a fixed income of two thousand taels of silver every year, but this will not be all, otherwise it will not be enough, and the mother and relatives behind them will help from time to time, and the emperor and queen will also reward some during the New Year's holidays or excellent performance, in fact, this is the way to account for the majority, because there are thousands of taels of rewards every time,

The older princes will also have their own industries, so the income will be even more considerable, but Zheng Yan doesn't have these, the reasons are very complicated, and Zheng Yan didn't think about fighting for it. Thinking that Cheng Feng didn't have to pay their own wages, and they didn't need to spend money on food and housing, but they needed to pay money for some special daily uses, Zheng Yan was a little relaxed, so it seemed to be very unproductive.

The princes generally live in the harem, and when they are sixteen years old, they have to move out to live, at this time they have to consider the problem of buying a house or building a new house.

Now a big house with a garden in Luoyang costs more than 100,000 taels of silver, and the royal family helps to pay 50,000 or 60,000, and the rest is also a terrible amount, you must know that the cost of an ordinary family of three in the city is only a hundred taels a year, but fortunately, the grandfather said that Zheng Yan can live in the mansion until they return to the land.

Now there are only Yingyue Xinluo and himself, and the three of them are not very particular people, at least compared to the ordinary children of the prince's family, this is also the reason why Zheng Yan doesn't want to marry a daughter-in-law, it's troublesome to think about it, what do those who marry a dozen or even dozens think?

Zheng Yan likes autumn very much, then spring and winter, and he doesn't like summer the most, because of a folk song, "The red sun is scorching like fire, the fields and rice are half scorched, the farmer's heart is like soup boiling, and the prince shakes the fan", he is undoubtedly the prince of the king, and he has also seen the difficulties of the farmer, because of this ballad, he feels that he is an indifferent and cold people, and because he really doesn't like the heat, the grandfather said that it may be because of the pure yang body.

Ye Qingcheng They like summer the most, especially like to go to the martial arts arena under the scorching sun, they never take a carriage to and from school in the summer, they all walk, Zheng Yan can't understand it at all, although he has been walking.

Autumn is very good, the sky is high and the clouds are light and the autumn is refreshing, at this time it seems that the way of heaven is also clear, if it encounters the autumn cloud, it is also very good, it rains for a few days in a row, the heat will inevitably be washed away, and you can skip school at home, or listen to the rain or accompany Yingyue Xinluo, but the farmer is very afraid of the autumn rain, the mud is unbearable, the autumn harvest is blocked, and the crops and grain may be damaged, Zheng Yan is a little ashamed when he thinks about it.

Today is a sunny day, according to Qin Tianjian said that it will not rain in the next few days, people in the suburbs are rushing to harvest crops, walking on the way home can occasionally see a cart of grain being transported back to the city, listening to people's discussions Zheng Yan is a little happy, this year's harvest, look up, the whole street is lively and prosperous, everyone is happy, there is a house to live and clothes to wear, livelihood is not worried, if this is the world how good it should be.

There was a dull and depressing sound coming, rolling and falling, some people on the street were surprised and some were puzzled, more were unconscious, still doing their own thing, Zheng Yan's five senses since his cultivation were sharper than ordinary people, and when he heard the sound, he looked at the sky to the west for the first time, only to see that it seemed to be far away, and there was a large circle of thin clouds slowly blooming, which was very strange.

Zheng Yan turned into an alley with curiosity, accelerated his run, stepped on the tall courtyard walls on both sides of the alley and easily jumped onto a three-storey small building, looking far away, the huge cloud circle on the west side of the sky was slowly dissipating, and there was a huge and slender cloud cone in the middle of the cloud circle piercing the earth, as if something had fallen into the world, the cloud elephant should be the qi brought out, is there a monk activity? It seems that it is not far from Luoyang, five or six hundred miles.

Suddenly, Zheng Yan turned his head to look north, and a fire snake dragged the pitch-black tail flame and slipped down, like the legendary doomsday fire, Zheng Yan suddenly felt that his eyes hurt badly, and he finally stabilized or adapted, and then looked up and noticed that the people in the surrounding streets and alleys seemed to be unconscious, delusional? It seemed to be far away, thousands of miles?

"Boy is so daring, what are you doing?", there was a loud shout, followed by a woman's scream,

Zheng Yan looked down, only to find that it was the backyard of a family, a young lady screaming against the railing in a two-story building next to it, and two middle-aged people in the yard who looked like families were about to jump up, Zheng Yan raised his eyebrows and turned over and jumped back into the alley, and soon disappeared without a trace, and when the two families chased out of the alley, they were only full of anger.