The weather in the capital is getting colder, and the New Year is approaching, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan, who are looking forward to meeting Su Qi again every day, are still waiting for the news that Emperor Jingfeng rejected Su Qi's return to Beijing to report on his work.

After reading Su Qi's letter, Gu Yunji reluctantly pulled out a smile at Cheng Yan, not knowing whether to comfort him or himself: "...... It doesn't matter, after all, we are now in the capital, Su Qi will come back sooner or later, and the coming day will be long. ”

Cheng Yan collected the loss in his eyes and joked: "Yes, the future is long." Don't dare to say anything else, at least there is still a lot of time waiting for us to get together after Zhishi, and when the time comes, none of our three little old men will leave, so they will stay in the capital to eat, drink and have fun every day. ”

After speaking, the two looked at each other dryly and laughed, but after laughing for long, the corners of their mouths slowly drooped, and they could only fall into silence.

In the past, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan were scholars who were dedicated to the imperial examination, and they didn't understand the game and trade-offs in the court, but now that they have been in the palace for several months, they can see what kind of attitude Emperor Jingfeng has towards the Su family.

The Su family made a fortune with martial arts, and was a hero from the dragon when Emperor Taizong raised troops to the side of the Qing monarch, and earned a title by relying on real military exploits. Dingguo Gong Su Yuan has been in the army for decades, and his prestige in the army is extremely high, and now more than half of the senior generals in the four realms of the Great Xia Dynasty are from his command.

Since last year's battle against the Tatars before the poisoned arrow, Dingguo Gong's health has deteriorated, and he has resigned from his military post and returned to Beijing to recuperate. At the same time, Su Qi served as the deputy commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town, the head of the important town on the nine sides, which was equivalent to being in charge of the military power on behalf of his father.

The father and son have prestige and military power, and it is okay to be separated from the two places for a long time, if they are in the same capital, but whenever they have a little strange thought, Emperor Jingfeng's neck is tantamount to a knife hanging next to his neck, and he may cut it down at any time.

Since ancient times, emperors have been suspicious, even if the Su family has been loyal for generations, it is still inevitable to be jealous.

In short, unless an accident happens, Emperor Jingfeng will not easily let Su Qi return to Beijing.

The cold wind was bitter, the winter snow was densely spread throughout the capital, and on the twenty-third Chinese New Year's Eve of the lunar month, Emperor Jingfeng held a banquet in the palace to entertain the courtiers, and all officials with an official rank of seven and above could participate.

Gu Yunji is the editor of the Seventh Rank Hanlin, and he happened to be qualified for this qualification, so he went to the banquet with Cheng Yan.

The palace banquet was hosted by Guanglu Temple, and it was as unpalatable as ever, but the emperor's taste of the banquet was secondary, and the important thing was this honor and grace. Gu Yunji really couldn't eat the food, but in order not to be accused of despising Shengwei, he had to keep drinking and eating fruits, and in the end, his stomach was not full, and his bladder couldn't bear it first.

Halfway through the palace banquet, Emperor Jingfeng withdrew in order to let the ministers relax and eat and drink, and Gu Yunji just took this opportunity to give a small relief.

Emperor Jingfeng has left, Gu Yunji is not in a hurry to return to the table, and is ready to blow the cold wind outside to sober up and go back. When he went around to the side door of the main hall, he found a child not far away, who did not look very old, squatting on the ground and writing and drawing on a tree branch.

Gu Yunji approached, and listened to the words in the child's mouth: "People are good at the beginning, and they are similar to each other...... If the jade is not cut, it will not be made...... Unsuccessful...... What's next? ”

"Behind it are people who don't learn and don't know righteousness."

The child was concentrating on reciting the three-character scripture, and he didn't notice that anyone was approaching behind him, and was startled by Gu Yunji's sudden voice.

He subconsciously took a step back, looked at Gu Yunji with a vigilant expression, and tried to maintain his composure: "You, who are you?" ”

Gu Yunji bowed to him: "Weichen Hanlin edited Gu Yunji, I have seen His Royal Highness the Great Prince. ”

Li Jinze's eyes widened in surprise: "How do you know my identity?" ”

Gu Yunji smiled slightly: "Weichen guessed casually, but I didn't expect to guess correctly." ”

The courtiers who attended the palace banquet tonight did not bring their families, and the children who could appear in the palace would not be people outside the palace, but nine times out of ten they were the princes of Emperor Jingfeng. Among the three existing princes, the second son of the emperor Li Jinche and the third son of the emperor Li Jinzhan were both born to concubines, and their biological mothers are unlikely to allow them to run around at night.

Only the eldest prince Li Jinze, who has no biological mother to raise, and because he is not loved by Emperor Jingfeng, the palace people who serve around him are not very attentive to him, and he may not be lazy and fun at this time, and he neglects to take care of the eldest prince. In addition, the age is also right, and the child in front of him is undoubtedly the eldest prince.

However, Gu Yunji's inner speculation was not suitable for a seven-year-old child, so he made up a white lie.

Li Jinze was not very old, so he easily believed his words and took off his guard: "Then you are also very good, you can guess it casually!" You just said ...... Who are you? ”

Gu Yunji bowed: "Hanlin edited Gu Yunji." ”

Li Jinze tilted his head in confusion: "Hanlin editing...... What is Hallym Editing? ”

"Hanlin editing is ......"

Gu Yunji was about to explain his daily official duties, and thought that Li Jinze had been in the deep palace for a long time, so he was afraid that he had no concept about it, so he changed his words: "Hmm...... Let's put it this way, the third place in each imperial examination will get the official position of Hanlin editor. ”

Li Jinze didn't know what Hanlin editing was, but he still heard of the imperial examination in which the world's scholars competed to learn it, and his eyes lit up when he heard it: "You are the third place in the imperial examination?" So many people took the imperial examination at the same time, and you got third? ”

Looking at Li Jinze's expression of shock and adoration, Gu Yunji smiled: "Yes." ”

"Since you are the third place in the imperial examination, then your knowledge must be very good?" Li Jinze swallowed his saliva, his eyes showed a little apprehension, "Can you, can you teach me to read and write?" ”

Gu Yunji was stunned for a moment, and then quickly understood the reason.

The eldest prince and the second prince have reached the age of going out of the pavilion to study, but they have been dragged by Emperor Jingfeng. The second prince Li Jinche has a concubine's biological mother, although he does not have a deep knowledge, but it is absolutely no problem to teach him enlightenment literacy, now he is only six years old, and he has already learned the general enlightenment readings, which has attracted Emperor Jingfeng to praise him for his intelligence many times.

And Li Jinze has no biological mother's upbringing, most of the eunuchs and palace maids around him are illiterate, and several people can't make up a "Three Character Classic" together, so they can only barely teach the eldest prince not to be illiterate.

In this case, at a young age, Li Jinze not only did not give up on himself, but became more and more eager for knowledge and love learning, and seized every opportunity to read and write. Today, I finally caught Gu Yunji, a well-educated person, and I couldn't wait to invite him to be my teacher.

Looking at Li Jinze's expectant eyes, Gu Yunji sighed silently in his heart.

He could suddenly understand why Jia Daoheng was able to make such a radical exhortation to Emperor Jingfeng on the matter of the eldest prince going out of the pavilion to study.

(End of chapter)