Shen Changlin looks very similar to Shen Qi, but when he laughs, it is easy to distinguish between the two, one is with cold self-control, and the other is like a warm sun.

Shen Changlin asked, "Do you like it?" If you don't like it, you can change it. ”

"No, I love it." Xue Nuo bent his eyebrows slightly, "Thank you, Third Prince." ”

"Just call me Changlin."

Xue Nuo is as good as flowing: "Changlin." ”

Shen Changrui watched his third brother actually give Xue Nuo a gift, and immediately muttered.

He touched the two taels of silver hidden in his chest, thinking that his brother could not be left behind, should he also buy something as a gift, and did not feel that there was anything wrong with taking Xue Nuo's silver to buy her a gift.

Shen Changlin glanced at the sky: "I've been shopping for a while, are you hungry, why don't we go eat something first?" ”

"Let's go to Hengyun Pavilion." Shen Changrui said.

Seeing Xue Nuo looking at him, he said,

"That Hengyun Pavilion is the most lively place in the capital, it is said that His Majesty was still the prince when he was a person to build, there belongs to the royal family, and the quasi-heavenly people can talk about political affairs in it, regardless of the government and people's livelihood."

"The literati in Beijing like to gather in it, and some officials and magnates will often go there to feast or search for some outstanding talents, and most importantly, there are two cooks who have retired from the imperial dining room."

"That craftsmanship is amazing!"

Xue Nuo heard this and said, "It must be very expensive to come out of the imperial dining room, right?" ”

Shen Changlin said with a smile on the side: "Actually, it's okay, those two imperial chefs rarely cook by themselves, and the people who are in charge of the dishes on weekdays are the apprentices they taught, although the meals are not cheap, they are not outrageously expensive." ”

"Arnold wants to stay in Beijing in the future, you can go to Hengyun Pavilion to have a look, the atmosphere there is very good."

Shen Changrui stretched out his hand to hook Xue Nuo and walked forward: "Okay, don't worry, it's just a meal to eat the third brother, it's a big deal to wait for the next month I will return it to the third brother after I take the monthly silver." ”

"Let's go, let's hurry over, if it's too late, there will be no good spot."

……

Hengyun Tower is in the most prosperous market in Beijing, facing the direction of the main street, the three-storey wooden building, the gold-inlaid door looks extraordinarily luxurious, and you can see the Jiaojiao on the top of the beam extending outward from a distance.

There is a plaque hanging in front of the building, with the words "Hengyun Pavilion" written on it, and there are two lacquered red pillars outside the door below.

There are people coming and going on the street outside, but there is a large vacant space in front of the door of Pengyun Pavilion, and all kinds of carriages are parked next to it.

Xue Nuo stood in front of the pillar, touched the pillar that had already lost some paint, and looked up at the plaque hanging high with some distraction.

"That's a good word, isn't it? I heard that His Majesty personally wrote it, just because of this brand, no one dared to be presumptuous in Pengyun Pavilion. Shen Changrui tilted his head and said.

When Xue Nuo heard this, the corners of his mouth raised lightly to reveal a smear of mockery, and it was only fleeting: "Your Majesty's words are really good." ”

"Of course, it is said that His Majesty was taught by the first emperor back then, and that handwriting is very similar to that of the first emperor."

Shen Changrui is still young, and he doesn't know much about the things in the palace, Shen Zhongkang and they won't mention to him about Emperor Tianqing, and everything he knows is also hearsay.

He pulled Xue Nuo and Shen Changlin and walked in: "Let me tell you, Hengyun Pavilion's bad goose and lotus leaf chicken are the best, you must order them later, and there is fresh fish soup, that taste is too much to swallow your tongue." ”

After the three of them entered Hengyun Pavilion, someone stepped forward.

Shen Changrui had been here a few times before, and someone recognized him, so he hurriedly led them upstairs, and when they got to the compartment on the second floor, they could see the lobby on the first floor through the window.

The whole Hengyun Pavilion has three floors, the lobby on the first floor, the second and third floors are private rooms, Hengyun Pavilion is a circular building from bottom to top, and it seems to be a patio in the middle.

There is a high platform in front of the downstairs, and there are many calligraphy, paintings, and poems hanging on both sides of the platform, and below the platform is the place where those scholars discuss and fight.

Xue Nuo leaned against the window, and he could clearly hear the sound below.

"Isn't it amazing."

Shen Changrui stood beside her, "This Hengyun Building doesn't know what method to use, the sound downstairs can be heard upstairs, but the downstairs can't hear the upstairs." ”

He pointed to a bamboo tube on the side of the wall, and the pen and ink placed next to it,

"No, there is still paper and pen over there, if there is a noble person upstairs who is interested in listening to the topic below, and can write a note and put it in the organ of the bamboo tube and pass it on, someone below will take it and give it to those students on the first floor, so that they can answer questions or express their opinions."

Shen Changlin also said warmly on the side: "There are several elders in the court, who often like to come to Hengyun Tower, it is said that even His Majesty has come here for a private visit, because he has heard some good political opinions, and he has promoted several officials who are exempt from the examination to enter the court, and later there are more and more students who come to Hengyun Pavilion." ”

The imperial examination is not easy, and under the layers of selection, the slightest mistake will be wasted for many years.

Many talented people have been on the road to the examination for one reason or another, and not everyone has the opportunity and ability to take the path of the formal imperial examination, so many people will come to Hengyun Pavilion to try their luck.

If you can be favored by nobles, it is not impossible to set foot on the Qingyun Road once you set foot on the green cloud road.

Xue Nuo listened to the words of the two of them, and lowered his eyes to look at the scholars below who were blushing and thick-necked.

Of course she knew about this Hengyun Pavilion, because this place used to be called Hengying Pavilion, which was taken from the homonym of her mother's Yingying Pavilion.

Everything here was hand-picked by her mother, and even the layout was specially built by her mother who spent a lot of effort and invited the KitKat Inhumans to build it.

At that time, Emperor Tianqing was still the crown prince, and his mother had a very good relationship with him, so she specially built this Hengying Pavilion in order to be able to select talents for the imperial court, and also to allow Emperor Tianqing to have a suitable place to listen to the voice of the people after taking power in the future.

She still remembers when her mother brought her here when she was a child, she used to stand upstairs, point to the people below and laugh and say that these are the future of their great cause.

She set the rules of Hengying Pavilion, and she also selected countless talents for the great cause here, but later these were cheaper than Emperor Tianqing.

Emperor Tianqing probably felt that no one knew about it anymore, so he changed the name of this Hengying Pavilion and changed the people here, and put all the good reputations that people praised on himself.

And her mother is just, a rebel thief.

Xue Nuo tugged at the corners of his mouth, his eyes full of sarcasm.

"Arnold, look at the calligraphy and paintings hanging over there, there are still my eldest brother's in them."

Shen Changrui didn't notice the look on her face, and only pointed to the row of scrolls hanging on the side of the high platform downstairs and said, "The rules in this Hengyun Pavilion are extremely strict, and it is extremely difficult to hang calligraphy, paintings, and poems. ”

"The eldest brother hung up after winning the fifteen-year-old fight with others, and there are few people who can be like him."

Xue Nuo glanced over there and praised him unconcernedly: "Childe is really powerful." ”

Shen Changrui and Shen Changlin are both honored.

The three of them talked for a while, and Shen Changrui said that he was going to go out to the toilet and ran away, Xue Nuo and Shen Changlin chatted in the room, while listening to the people below discussing political affairs.

When the people from Hengyun Pavilion brought the food up, Shen Changrui hadn't come back yet.

After a long time, the food on the table was almost cold, and when Xue Nuo and the others were thinking about going out to find someone, they saw Shen Changrui pushing the door in like a thief.