Chapter 186: The Empress Summons
When Shen Lang returned to the Imperial City Station, it was already late at night, looking at Shen Lang, who was a little drunk, the women were unwilling to let their subordinates come to serve, and they worked together to wash him.
At the gate of the courtyard, Yang Youqing and Fang Fei stood together and whispered, and Lu Liu dozed off on the side and shook the pu fan.
After a while, a figure blew out the candle in the room.
Yang Youqing and Fang Fei looked at each other and smiled, and then they each returned to the house.
Early in the morning, Shen Lang woke up in a daze, and vaguely felt that there seemed to be a warm body beside him with his back to him.
He didn't bother to open his eyes, he turned over and leaned over directly, and reached out to the front of the warm body.
Youqing? No.
Fang Fei? No......
Green willows? No!
Shen Lang was agitated and stood up violently.
I saw Liao Dongxue curled up beside her, she was holding the quilt with both hands and covering her face, and even the roots of her ears were already red.
Shen Lang's heart was pounding, and he hurriedly said softly: "Sister Dongxue, ...... last night"
"Don't ask!" Liao Dongxue shouted shy and anxious.
Shen Lang gritted his teeth, and reached into the quilt.
I saw Liao Dongxue's body tremble suddenly, and let out a panicked and shy scream.
Shen Lang breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that he didn't do anything ridiculous last night.
This early in the morning, I didn't dare to mess around, so I quickly turned over and got out of bed.
Just thinking about it slightly, I knew that needless to say about this last night, it must have been discussed by Yang Youqing and Fang Fei. The two little girls are really lawless, if I don't let you know today, I'm afraid I'm going to be unhappy in the future!
Green willow woke up very early, firstly, to prepare for his young aunt to wash up in the morning, and secondly, after being woken up last night, he had no sleep.
Standing in front of the window and stretching, she was surprised to find that her aunt's door was open a crack. After that, I saw Shen Lang stretch out his head and probe his head to look left and right, and then quickly slipped out of the door.
Green Willow's face suddenly turned red, and he covered his face with both hands.
Uncle, really, this ...... What a system this becomes!
Thinking so in his heart, he couldn't help but pull his ten fingers apart by two slits, and looked out with wide eyes.
saw Shen Lang rush into Fang Fei's room as soon as he slipped away, and with a suppressed low voice, he soon saw Shen Lang sneaking out with a roll of quilts in his arms.
In that quilt, it seems that there is a person wrapped in it!
Green Willow's eyes widened, and she said no......
Then I saw Shen Lang running and knocking on Yang Youqing's door, and the moment the door opened, he squeezed in.
The green willow looked pretty and her face was crimson, and she was careful that her liver was thumping.
In the days when she accompanied Shen Lang alone in Qingyun Mansion, although the two of them did not reach the last step, they did not do all kinds of embarrassing things, and Luliu thought that she was also a girl who was new to personnel.
However, seeing this scene this morning, Green Willow suddenly felt that his cognition had been subverted.
It turns out that compared to my aunt and miss, she is really a little girl......
At breakfast, Shen Lang and Fang Fei looked as usual; Liao Dongxue lowered her head and her face was about to be buried in the bowl; Yang Youqing seemed to laugh with disgust, and glanced at Bai Shenlang from time to time; The green willow face sinks like water, and the eyes look at the nose and the nose and the heart.
Finally, breakfast ended in an eerie atmosphere.
Shen Lang went to the courtyard and continued to read, but after a while, he heard a burst of eager footsteps outside.
"Her Majesty the Empress decrees that Shen Lang, a talented talent from Qingyun Mansion, enter the palace to meet you."
A father-in-law brought a message from Her Majesty the Empress.
Shen Lang was a little stunned, and he didn't know what was going on, but since the empress summoned him, he naturally didn't dare to delay. After probably packing up, he hurriedly followed and walked to the palace.
"Father-in-law, do you know why Your Majesty summoned me?" Shen Lang said as he quietly stuffed a silver ticket into the eunuch's sleeve.
The eunuch suddenly smiled, and said in a low voice: "Master Shen, yesterday's "Water Tune Song Head" was written by you? β
Shen Lang's eyelids jumped slightly, Her Majesty the Empress coveted his original manuscript again?
But this matter can't be deduced that it is not, the matter of the Dragon Palace Poetry Meeting last night must be spread soon, and anyone who is familiar with him can guess seven or eight points just by looking at the back.
"It's a casual work, it's not worth mentioning." Shen Lang said with a dry smile.
The eunuch's face was full of admiration, and he said, "The world-shattering divine text is just a casual work? Bachelor Shen's great talent is really a blessing for my Dongyun Kingdom! As he spoke, he looked left and right, and lowered his voice a little, "But Master Shen should be careful today, I look at Your Majesty as if his face is unhappy." β
Shen Lang's heart jumped.
The two didn't say anything more.
Shen Lang was called to the palace, but Her Majesty the Empress did not see him immediately.
Just let him wait outside the main hall, I don't know why, today's court meeting was extraordinarily long, and it was not until it was close to dinner time that the ministers dispersed.
Shen Lang put his hands in his sleeves and stood sideways on the edge of the stone bridge outside the main hall.
All the ministers passing by looked at him with strange expressions.
He naturally saw these expressions in his eyes, and his heart was apprehensive.
finally saw Liao Guangzheng come out, and found that Liao Guangzheng stopped suddenly, and before he could step forward, Liao Guangzheng turned around and walked towards the palace.
Shen Lang's eyes widened, and he said in his heart, what is this for?
You don't have to avoid suspicion to this extent, right?
In fact, after the matter of Shen Lang's apprenticeship with the half-saint Zhang Tingwan spread in the court, the resistance of the right prime minister's party to Shen Lang was much smaller, after all, judging from Shen Lang's literary talent and apprenticeship with Zhang Tingwan, he would have to enter the Confucian Temple sooner or later.
Since he wants to enter the Temple of Literature, what kind of partisan dispute has little to do with him.
After all, he is still too young and has no real power in his hands.
Originally, with Shen Lang's qualifications and literary name, it could be of great use if he cultivated for a few years. But since you want to enter the Temple of Literature, even if it is the same vein as the left phase, you will also consider the cost-effectiveness of this cultivation.
You must know that cultivating an official is not just empty words, it requires a lot of connections, resources and time.
This is also the reason why Zuo Yuan publicized Shen Lang's apprenticeship with Zhang Tingwan at the beginning, so that he could withdraw from the current party struggle.
Naturally, about Shen Lang's decision not to enter the Temple of Literature, it was concealed by Zuo Yuan.
Seeing that Liao Guangzheng refused to see him, Shen Lang had no choice, so he waited outside with peace of mind.
Finally, when the hundred officials were gone, a pretty palace maid came over.
"Master Shen, Your Majesty has summoned you to the Imperial Study to meet you."
"Labor leads the way."
The palace maid led Shen Lang all the way to the imperial study, and after going in and saying goodbye, she summoned Shen Lang in.
It was the first time for Shen Lang to enter the imperial study, and he was very curious.
But after entering, I was a little disappointed.
Instead of the splendor and solemnity of the imagination, this is like an ordinary room, with all kinds of documents on the shelves, not even a serious book.
Her Majesty the Empress sat behind the table, dressed in a goose-yellow dress, and there was a stack of tall pieces on the table. After Shen Lang came in, she didn't look up, still reviewing the chapters.
Shen Lang naturally sat on the chair next to him.
This world is different from the previous world, and the relationship between the emperor and the courtiers is more similar to that before the Han Dynasty, when the emperor and the scholars ruled the world together. For the emperor, officials are ministers rather than slaves, and people like Shen Lang, who have fame and civil status but no official position, can even be equal to the emperor in some aspects.
Of course, it also depends on the person.
If you change to an ordinary scholar, if you dare to sit down directly like Shen Lang, you may be dragged out and beheaded after a while because your left foot stepped out of the imperial study first, and she was punished for the crime of disturbing the holy driver.
After a long time, the empress sat up straight.
Stretching her waist, the long skirt is close to the body and outlines a touching curve.
Shen Lang hurriedly lowered his eyes, and said in his heart that emptiness is color and emptiness.
Her Majesty the Empress looked at him and said, "Master Shen writes good poetry!" β
Shen Lang's heart chuckled, and he said that this was not good!
"The students are only shallow in their studies, and they dare not be praised by His Majesty."
Generally, only those who have passed the college examination are qualified to call themselves protΓ©gΓ©s of the Son of Heaven, and Shen Lang's student is a little arrogant, but the focus of the two is not here, and the empress is too lazy to bother with him.
"Yesterday's Mid-Autumn Festival, Bachelor Shen's Dragon Palace Night Banquet, accompanied by beauties to enjoy the moon and the sea, it is Yaxing."
Shen Lang muttered in his heart, and said in his heart What is the matter with me taking my wives to admire the moon, what do you mean?
He naturally didn't know that there was a quarrel in the court yesterday, and the envoys of the Southern Demon Kingdom were even more upset, and they had the posture of going to war with the Dongyun Kingdom if they didn't hand over Shen Lang.
All night last night, Her Majesty the Empress was having a headache and thinking about how to protect him Shen Lang.
Then, I saw the scene of the poem being performed that day.
The three princesses of the East China Sea were invited, but Shen Lang really couldn't refuse, so he had to go to the Dragon Palace. However, compared to my Dongyun Palace, the Dragon Palace is nothing more than this, neither the majesty of my Dongyun Palace, nor the monarch who is as considerate of the courtiers as His Majesty. In Shen Lang's opinion, the Dragon Palace is nothing more than that! Shen Lang's words were righteous and strict.
The empress glanced at him and said lightly: "I go to the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea every year to stay for a few days in the summer, and every time I feel magnificent and majestic, I don't know if the Dragon Palace that Master Shen saw and the Dragon Palace I saw are the same one." β
Shen Lang was suddenly embarrassed, how can you talk about this?
The whole day is dead to your death.
Shen Lang coughed dryly, and simply went straight to the topic, saying, "I don't know what Your Majesty is calling the students today?" β
Her Majesty took a letter from the table and said, "Take a look." β
The palace maid on the side took it with both hands and passed it to Shen Lang.
Shen Lang felt a little strange in his heart, could it be that he was impeached again?
But he is not an official, what else can he impeach, and impeachment shows his fame?
Isn't it funny, if the Temple of Literature doesn't speak, it's useless for anyone to impeach.
But just after a glance, Shen Lang suddenly narrowed his eyes.