Chapter 145

The reason why the emperor wanted to suppress Yuan Changqing was not only because he listened to the wind blowing in the harem, but also because the emperor knew that Yuan Changqing was now being used by the crown prince. Emperor Changyuan himself is incompetent, but he is very jealous of his capable son who is valued by the first emperor, so even if there is no harem, he will not support Yuan Changqing.

It's just that what the emperor didn't expect was that Lord Hong would stubbornly fight with him with his neck. He was very willful and retreated from the dynasty for a while, and he didn't want to attract the queen mother again...... Although everyone in the world knew that Emperor Changyuan did not want to see the prince, he did not dare to show his thoughts in front of his mother, so he had to get off the donkey on the slope of the queen mother, and ordered Yuan Changqing to do a flower against his will.

As for the champion, because he was troubled by Yuan Changqing's matter, the emperor casually clicked on the person whose name was behind Yuan Changqing.

The emperor's idea was a little naïve, and he felt that ordering the person who was ranked after Yuan Changqing to be the champion was also a humiliation for Yuan Changqing. But he didn't know that he was so unintentional that he actually ordered a more pure and hardcore "Taizi Party" than Yuan Changqing's somewhat self-utilitarian "Taizi Party" - Lin Ruting.

Lin Ruting is the eldest son of Mr. Lin Er, and has been studying in the capital with his father when he was a child. After Yuan Changqing worshiped under Mr. Lin Er, he met the prince because of Yuan Changqing's relationship. Compared with Yuan Changqing and Zhou Chong, Lin Ruting and the prince are closer in age, so the two are more compatible. Later, the family arranged for Lin Ruting to go back to Meishan Academy to study, and the correspondence between him and the prince has never been broken. And it is precisely because he is not in the capital all the year round that few people in the capital know his name, and even fewer people know the friendship between him and the crown prince.

Although Shanniang felt that he was a little aggrieved that he had to be a Tanhua, Yuan Changqing was quite satisfied with this ranking. Before he calculated, it was unlikely that the emperor would push him to the end, and the worst result would be to be brushed to the top three, and now he could get a tanhua, which was already a surprise for him.

Moreover, compared with the much-anticipated champion Lang, Yuan Changqing felt that the third-place Tanhua was just right, neither high nor low, which could bring him the career reputation he wanted, but it would not make him too conspicuous in front of people - Yuan Changqing has always had a very clear understanding of himself, he knows that he is good at scheming, good at planning behind his back, but he is not good at facing the crowd, and Lin Ruting is just the opposite of him, he is gentle and elegant, and there are almost no people he can't handle. Even Emperor Changyuan.

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On the second day of the Golden Palace, it was the much-anticipated Qionglin Banquet, and all the new scholars went to the palace to receive the banquet - of course, this "Qionglin Banquet" is only a popular name among the people, and in the government's statement, it is called "Enrong Banquet".

That Yuan Changqing is Tanhua, the third place, according to the rules, he naturally has to sit in the third seat at the top, and he is very close to Emperor Changyuan and the prince, the fourth prince and the fifth prince who accompanied the banquet.

Emperor Changyuan suffered a loss on Yuan Changqing's body, and he didn't have a good face for him, but today this is a "grace banquet", reflecting the royal grace, no matter how foolish he is, this bit of proportion is still there, but it is not good to make Yuan Changqing ugly in public, so he turned his head and blindly only talked to Lin Ruting, the champion he hand-picked. While speaking, when asked about the life history of Lin Ruting, the emperor suddenly stopped squeaking.

But it turned out that in the emperor's heart, Lin Ruting's father, Mr. Lin Er, was no more pleasing than Yuan Changqing. Although Mr. Lin Er has never entered the ranks, he is recognized as a great Confucian because of his outstanding talent. This great Confucian, like other great Confucians in the Great Zhou, has a problem of loving "pointing out the country and impassioned" words. Even today, this is not a virtuous monarch, and there are countless places that can make people beak. Every time the emperor did something wrong, Mr. Lin Er and other Confucian scholars sang and wrote articles criticizing current affairs, repeatedly making the emperor lose face, and he was helpless - although the Xinglin Academy was a royal academy, Emperor Shizu had a will, prohibiting the royal court from meddling in the affairs of the academy, and he also specially took the stone in front of the academy to remember. It was impossible for him to find an excuse to kick Mr. Lin Er out of the capital.

Therefore, this Emperor Changyuan is really an incompetent person, he annoys Mr. Lin Er for many years and has been unable to do anything, who knows that the fourth prince, who has just become an adult, only took three years to do what he has not been able to do for decades. After the four princes used infiltration to gradually control Xinglin Academy, which had maintained an independent posture for nearly a hundred years, they figured out the holy will and squeezed Mr. Lin Er out of Xinglin Academy. It's just that Xinglin Academy can stand in the capital for a hundred years with an independent attitude, but it's not something that anyone can win if they say they can win it. It is said that "literati are popular", although literati can't lift a knife or hold a gun steadily, they are the most difficult people to bow their heads and submit to softness all day. The four princes can gain power for a while, but it is difficult to be arrogant for a lifetime after all, but in only two years, the gentlemen and students in the academy expelled the power of the four princes with the help of the prince secretly. So, two years later, Mr. Lin Er took his unfinished book "Earth Opinion" and re-entered Xinglin Academy to teach......

Although the emperor didn't know that the young man in front of him was a hardcore member of the prince he feared, just because he was the son of Mr. Lin Er, the emperor regretted it so much that he couldn't immediately retract his golden words.

And Lin Ruting looked at two people who seemed to be diametrically opposed to Yuan Changqing, but in fact, in his heart, he was no worse than Yuan Changqing. And he helped his grandfather and uncle manage the naughty boys in the academy when he was a child, and he was the best at figuring out people's hearts, and when he saw that Emperor Changyuan suddenly changed his attitude, he knew that eight out of ten was for his father. He only acted as an unaware, and said ambiguous words according to the meaning of Emperor Changyuan everywhere, and the words were very comfortable to listen to, and when the Qionglin banquet was drunk for three rounds, Emperor Changyuan had long forgotten that Lin Ruting was the son of Lin Zhonghai, and he felt that he was so good that he really picked a pillar for Da Zhou. So, he ordered on the spot to ask Lin Ruting to enter the inner study and walk.

And, compared with the champion who got the emperor's blue eyes, Yuan Changqing, the Tanhualang, immediately became a back - also, although the emperor was held hostage by his own mother, he had to give Yuan Da a background that he didn't want to give against his will, but how to say that everyone is a top boss, it is not easy to treat Yuan Changqing secretly, or to wear a small shoe or something for him!

Therefore, although Yuan Datanhua was the same as the champion list, he was given the origin of Jinshi and the first by the emperor according to the convention, and was also awarded the post of Hanlin editor, but he also entered the Hanlin Academy, and Lin Ruting could enter and exit the emperor's study as soon as he entered the official career, but Yuan Changqing got an errand to repair books - not the kind of books that repair history books, but the kind of real books that repair the collection!

In later words, he was actually a librarian...... Of course, this is the reality that Yuan Changqing will face after the Qionglin banquet. At this time, it was still at the Qionglin banquet.

Yuan Changqing's seat leaned against the emperor, so that Emperor Changyuan could see him as soon as he raised his eyes. As soon as he saw him, Emperor Changyuan remembered the grievances of the previous two days, so the more he looked at him, the more angry he became, and he couldn't get out of it in public, so he thought of an idea to make it difficult for Yuan Changqing. He didn't smile at him: "No wonder even the Queen Mother said that Aiqing was born as an embryo of Tanhualang." This appearance was in the Tang Dynasty, and it was also a proper 'flower explorer'. Now is the best time of spring, coupled with the character and appearance of Qing, I am interested, so I simply entrust you to be a 'flower explorer' and go to the imperial garden to pick the most beautiful flower in the world. If you find it, I will naturally reward you, but if you can't find it, or the flower you find is not the most beautiful flower in the world, don't blame me for punishing you. ”

Emperor Changyuan ordered what happened on the day of the champion, outsiders did not know the inside story, and the newly promoted scholars at the banquet heard the emperor say this, and they only thought that the emperor was suddenly interested, so they got up and patted their ass, echoing and saying that this idea was elegant, which made Emperor Changyuan happy for a while--where did they know that Emperor Changyuan was digging a pit for Yuan Changqing, and it was only a punishment, but it was just a punishment for wine, poetry, and articles, and where did they know the danger that Yuan Changqing was facing.

They didn't know that the crown prince, the fourth prince, and the fifth prince had already known how Yuan Changqing came to be a tanhualang. As a result, the three pairs of worried or gloating eyes all looked at Yuan Changqing.

I saw Yuan Changqing get up calmly, and he didn't make excuses to excuse himself, he just said "Order" to the emperor, turned around and walked out of the hall.

Watching his back disappear outside the palace gate, the fourth prince turned around and smiled at the emperor: "Father Hugh wants to say that I am picky, the so-called difficult to reconcile, he thinks it is beautiful, I may not think it is beautiful." ”

When the newcomers who were smiling heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and suddenly had a bad feeling in their hearts, so they quietly looked at Emperor Changyuan, who was the head of the company.

Emperor Changyuan smiled: "It's nothing if you can't find it, it's just a punishment." ”

- Sure enough, he just wanted to find a reason to punish Yuan Changqing. Those clever people immediately understood Emperor Changyuan's words, and their hearts immediately adjusted their attitude towards Yuan Changqing.

And in a place where Emperor Changyuan and everyone didn't notice, Lin Ruting and the prince quickly exchanged glances, and their faces couldn't help but be solemn.

The fifth prince had been friends with Yuan Changqing, and at this time, he leaned into the prince's ear and whispered, "Do you want me to go to Cining Palace secretly?" "The last time the emperor lost his temper, it was the prince who secretly sent someone to inform the queen mother.

The prince shook his head. He could probably guess what the emperor had in mind. On such an occasion, and Yuan Changqing did not make any mistakes, that is, the flowers he found did not meet the requirements of Emperor Changyuan, and the emperor could not have hurt his life or ruined his future because of this—if that was the case, the ministers who were present at the banquet on both sides would also come up to dissuade him. In this way, Yuan Changqing could easily get out - the prince was worried that the emperor just wanted to use this to humiliate Yuan Changqing.

The reason why he was able to invite the Queen Mother last time was because it was a state affair. This time, if the emperor just wanted to humiliate a courtier who had just embarked on his official career, let alone the queen mother, even the ministers on both sides of the table would probably not stand up and say a word for Yuan Changqing. At most, give the emperor two excerpts afterwards, accusing the emperor of absurdity, and even if it is an explanation to Xinke Tanhua.

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When Yuan Changqing was facing a dilemma in the palace, Shanniang was a guest at Mr. Lin Er's house with her parents.

In this subject, there is no one more proud than Mr. Lin Er. His closest nephews, including his own disciples, three of them are down, all three of them are in high school, not to mention that there is a champion and a Tanhualang, that is, Lin Ruxuan, who missed a little in the palace exam because of frizziness, also has a good score in the sixth hall exam and the thirteenth. For a while, Mr. Lin Er was so happy that he was almost indispensable.

Therefore, Lin Ruting, Yuan Changqing and others were still leading the banquet in the palace, and Mr. Lin Er still ordered his family to set up a banquet, inviting colleagues in the academy and those literary giants, famous teachers and Confucians who often dealt with his poetry and literature in the capital to come over for a meal and celebration.

As Tanhualang's father-in-law, the fifth master also wanted to invite guests, and as soon as he came, he came to Beijing, and there were only a few old friends, and they all asked Lin Zhonghai to invite him; Second, he lost the bet to Lin Zhonghai, so he had to give up the banquet on the first day to Mr. Lin Er - he and Mr. Lin Er bet on Yuan Changqing's ranking, Mr. Lin Er knew a little bit about the court situation in his heart, so he guessed that Yuan Changqing must not be the champion, but the fifth master did not care about politics, and he knew nothing about the court situation, and only blindly trusted Yuan Changqing's talent, not that he was the champion's talent......

The men talked about the past and the present in the outer courtyard, and one by one they hated to show their means of "governing the country and leveling the world" when they were drunk; The ladies are in the inner house, and they are more willing to discuss some "self-cultivation and family" skills.

The second lady asked Shanniang: "Da Lang is successful, what news is there from the Yuan family?" ”

Shanniang shook her head and said with a smile: "Yesterday, Uncle Hua also reported to the mansion over there, and it was only said that the old lady and the fourth lady were infected with the disease and fell ill, and they didn't see Uncle Hua." ”

"What about you?" The fifth lady said worriedly, "It's just the fourth lady, the old lady, I'm afraid you're going to serve the sick, right?" ”

Shanniang wanted to pretend to be, but Yuan Changqing stopped her directly, only asked Hua's mother to go over to take a look, and also told the people in the house that Shanniang was also unwell, and she was afraid that she would give her illness to the two people who were already sick, so she had to send Hua's mother to visit her......

While they were talking, there was a commotion outside. The second lady looked up at the sky, stood up and smiled: "They must be back!" ”

The second lady is really right, it's really Yuan Changqing and they are back. The three of them only came into the inner courtyard to salute, and then asked the famous teachers and Confucians outside to take them away. That Lin Ruzhi was originally a lively person, and at this time, he was even more curious about the Qionglin Banquet, so he pulled Shanniang and ran to the back window of the front hall with someone on her back, and listened to Lin Ruxuan talk about the Qionglin Banquet like a storyteller.

When they arrived, Lin Ruxuan was talking about the origin of Yuan Changqing, the Tanhualang.

Although his visit to the flowers was like child's play, the news released in the palace was different. The palace only said that the top three articles were all equally good, so that the emperor was in trouble for a while, and when he talked about it with the queen mother, the queen mother only recognized Yuan Changqing among the three, and said that he was the best and was the embryo of Tanhualang...... Regardless of the truth, the people in the market really like this statement, and it even became a good story for a while.

Everyone was discussing, and Lin Ruxuan said eloquently that Emperor Changyuan appointed Yuan Changqing as a "flower explorer" and asked him to go to the imperial garden to choose the most beautiful flower in the world.

"You can't guess anymore, Yuan Da, no, what kind of flower did Tanhualang find......"

It is said that Emperor Shizu once followed the example of Tang Taizong and built a Lingyan Pavilion in a corner of the imperial garden, which hung the portraits of a group of civil and military generals who had made great contributions to the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In front of the pavilion, there is a kapok planted by Emperor Shizu himself. Emperor Shizu once said that the red kapok hides the blood shed by the ancestors for future generations, so it is the most beautiful flower in the world......

Therefore, what Yuan Changqing brought back was the flowers on this kapok tree.

On the carriage home, seeing Shanniang's worried look, Yuan Changqing teased her and said, "Actually, I think that the most beautiful flower in the world is in my home." ”

Shanniang was stunned, suddenly poked him with her finger, looked at him and said, "You are also so flamboyant in front of people!" ”

Yuan Changqing smiled and grabbed her finger and said, "Really, I really think that moon flower in our house is the most beautiful flower in the world." The insects you planted, and the worms I removed, how could the flowers not be beautiful? ”

Shanniang realized that he was playing tricks on her again, so she pounced and started again.

Yuan Changqing smiled sullenly and said to her: "How good is this, don't worry about it." And said, "Don't worry about me, I'm fine, they'd better be able to elect me to the field, I'll take you, and the old lady, and we will go all the way to the mountains and rivers, just to see this beautiful spring." ”

It's a pity that the heavens don't follow people's wishes, and Yuan Changqing was not able to be kicked out of the capital as he hoped, but was stuffed into the Hanlin Academy, and became a book repairer who didn't have a book to repair for a month......

However, for Yuan Changqing, such an arrangement is just convenient for him. He had promised the prince before that he would take on a mess of things for him, but if he was as important as Lin Ruting, he could only be used by one person. Now he has an errand, and his boss is still from the prince's line, he can be said to love not to go, and after work, he has a lot of free time, and he walks around the city of Shanniang all day long.