In early spring, the wind and the sun are beautiful, the blue waves of the Qujiang River ripple for 30 acres, the smoke waves are bright, the apricot blossoms are in full bloom, and the warblers are singing.

On the east side of the river is the Hibiscus Garden, which belongs to the Qujiang Palace of the Son of Heaven, and can lead directly to the Xingqing Palace from the sandwich road of the city wall. The golden palace of the jade building is built near the water, the yellow hooves dance on the water, and the white gulls fly in fright.

The long causeway in the west stretches, the apricot orchard is on the riverside, there is a small island in the river, there is a pavilion on the continent, and the current science and technology scholars are going to hold a Qujiang banquet here.

If the emperor drives the Hibiscus Garden and climbs the Ziyun Tower, he can see the scene of the apricot garden, which is to enjoy with the people.

This is the annual grand scene of the people of Chang'an, which can not only see the literary and elegant Jinshi, but also take advantage of the spring to go green;

Vendors can take advantage of the opportunity to sell their goods; Dignitaries and nobles can take the opportunity to build relationships and recruit sons-in-law.

At noon, many cars and horses have driven to the Qujiang River, which can be described as Qimo incense car like water.

There are also many famous ladies who did not go to the Wild Goose Pagoda, but roamed in Qujiang early, flying lightly in the bright sunshine of the suburbs.

The little ladies use the color practice to set up the curtains, in the middle of the fight wine order, sometimes run out to bow, kick the shuttlecock, laughter one after another, the posture is graceful, the action is staggering, the fragrance strikes, the spring is full of riverside.

"The name of the wild goose pagoda is inscribed, and the jinshi are coming!

Pei Liuniang, Lu Siniang, Yang Twenty-three Niang, Cui Eighteen Niang, Li Jiuniang and others were all near Xingyuan Xiaozhongzhou, and they all stopped their movements, stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance.

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The maidservants inquired about all kinds of news and ran to say it excitedly.

"Did you hear that? Zhuang Yuanlang only wrote a poem, so that all the Jinshi did not dare to write a poem.

"How so?"

"The youngest of the twenty-seven people all said that the champion was arrogant, and he was so talented that he overwhelmed all the jinshi."

"It's crazy, it's crazy........

The Du family sisters were passing by nearby, and when they heard this exclamation, they were all stunned for a moment, as if they couldn't face "too crazy"

These three words, glanced at each other, held hands and hurriedly left.

Behind them was Du Wulang, who was really not used to this kind of gorgeous scene of little ladies gathering, and he was at a loss when he walked, so he had to hurry over with a tarpaulin.

In the distance, as the ranks of the jinshi approached the Qujiang River, the first thing that came was the shouts from the sky.

"Xue Lang! Xue Lang!

"Why is there such a big show?" Du Wulang muttered, thinking that it was good that he didn't let Xue Sanniang come over.

He squeezed through the crowd, sat down in the apricot orchard, and looked back, only to see that the famous ladies seemed to be about to quarrel.

Is that a confession?

"Didn't you say that you were born as an official slave? Xue Baijing has such a demeanor, well, he is worthy of our view of the royal room. ”

"Shout, someone is so thick-skinned and crazy about the son-in-law chosen by my family.

"Who are you? Why is it your husband-in-law?

"A group of people who are not ashamed or ashamed, go and inquire about the relationship between the Xipei family and Xue Lang, and I am the first."

"Do you know who I am? My Ah Weng was demoted in order to point Xue Lang as the champion, can he not marry me?

The Cui family coaxed you like this? You don't have a brain other than this dough, do you? ”

"You scolded me? Ah, you're swearing?! ”

"What's wrong with yelling at you?

"Stop fighting! Oops, little ladies, stop fighting. ”

"The dares to catch my hair...... Let go! Let go!

"Let go of my little lady......"

The maidservants shouted and stepped forward, some wanted to hold their little lady, and some took the opportunity to pinch others, and they made a mess.

Du Wulang had never seen such a shocking scene, and his eyes widened, only to feel that a pair of eyes could not see it at all.

First, the golden hairpin fell to the ground, and then an embroidered shoe flew up and fell in front of Du Wulang.

He leaned over to pick it up, but a little maid ran over, picked up the embroidered shoes and ran, and scolded him.

"Look at it, I still want to eat swan meat when I look like this!"

In the Royal Hibiscus Garden, the Ziyun Tower is towering, looking down on the oasis and looking at the curved water.

The stage has been set up, and the two teams to be tested tonight are already preparing.

The children of Liyuan, who were rehearsed by the saint himself, were on the east side of the stage, wearing curtains so that no one could see the makeup.

"Why haven't you come yet?

Occasionally, musicians debug the strings and pluck out extremely beautiful music, which makes everyone nervous on the side of the Xue Yuan Opera Troupe.

"I must have gone to see Xue Lang parade on the street, Zhuang Yuanlang." Fan Nu said in a low voice: "With such a high school appearance, it is also teaching people to ripple when you think about it." ”

Niannu reminded in a low voice: "I still have to sing in front of the emperor, don't just think about this." ”

"Oh, little lady Cui. But you have to think about these things to sing this play well. ”

A voice shouting Xue Bai's name came from afar.

Niannu raised his head and looked, thinking that he could see the apricot orchard on the Ziyun Tower, he couldn't help but be curious, lifted the hem of his skirt, and stepped on the stairs to go up.

The stairs are very long, and when I go upstairs, I see a thick blanket on the ground, and the palace ladies are like busy bees, shuttling back and forth, their eyes are full of bright colored skirts and white skin, but there is no sound at all.

"Bold! Who let you run up! Some eunuchs noticed Nian Nu and immediately snorted.

Nian Nu was startled, quickly knelt down, and responded: "The slave family is guilty, so go down." ”

Just when I didn't know what to do, on the stairs on the other side, a woman heard the movement.

"What?"

Nian Nu secretly raised his eyes and glanced at the woman, the other party was really beautiful, with a slender figure, no powder, a pair of beautiful eyes looking forward to shining, as if she was interesting, and a merry smile appeared in her eyes.

She knew who this was, and it must be the lady of the country who was good friends with Xue Lang.

"Such a beautiful little lady, you scolded her for what she did, and scared her."

Yang Yuyao waved the eunuch away, leaned over, gently pinched Nian Nu's chin, lifted her face and looked at her for a while, and said with a smile: "I know who you are, but Xue Lang's Yingying?"

"Slave Family.......

"It's so beautiful, it's delicate, I feel distressed when I see it. Get up, run upstairs, I want to see the apricot orchard. ”

Nian Nu was surprised and asked, "How does Mrs. Qiu Guo know what the slave family is thinking?"

"I'm also here like you, it's strange and pitiful, I love to be lively at a young age, I can't go over to see the champion, I have to practice here. Come, I'll show you. ”

"The slave family doesn't dare."

Nian Nu was still timid, but Yang Yuyao had already taken her little hand and gently stroked it twice to appease.

"Don't be afraid, you are Xue Lang's person, you are my person,"

"Wow.

Niannu felt that her hands were slippery, and she could still smell her fragrance between her noses, and felt that Mrs. Qiu Guo treated her so well.

I didn't think about it, but I was taken to the concubine's dressing room.

Nian Nu was stunned when he saw Yang Yuhuan, thinking that such a stunning beauty, no wonder the saint wanted to rob it.

"Where did the little lady come from, it's so beautiful."

"Xue Bai's Cui Yingying, I'll take her to see the demeanor of the champion."

"The corners were really well chosen.

Yang Yuhuan was sitting by the window looking at the apricot garden, Zhang Yunrong combed her hair, her eyes looked very excited, she didn't care that Nian Nu forgot to salute, and beckoned: "Come on, it's interesting."

Yang Yuyao went to the window and watched, and said, "Is there a fight?" What's going on? ”

"What do you say is going on, fighting for the title of husband and wife."

"Shout." Yang Yuyao couldn't help but smile and said, "A group of stupid girls also want to touch my 'righteous brother'." ”

In the past, she could still take care of covering up her friendship with Xue Bai, but now that she saw this meeting, she couldn't help but be proud, and her demeanor and tone were different.

Yang Yuhuan had the intention to tease her and asked, "In the past, we were our brothers-in-law, but now why have you become the only one?"

Thinking that those little ladies were fighting for the champion Lang didn't have to work hard for her tonight, the look in his eyes became more and more different, and his ears were a little hot.

At this time, Xue Bai came on horseback, all eyes were on him, his demeanor was unparalleled, Yang Yuyao was also dazzled, and then "I want to ask you." ”

"Nature is our brother-in-law."

"If that's all there is, why are you blushing?"

"Nothing.

The sisters simply separated the palace maids around them and asked Zhang Yunrong and Mingzhu to take Nian Nu to another window to see. They whispered thoughtful words.

"The third sister restrained her demeanor, and a banquet will be held in a while, and Mo Jiao will see it."

"Well, I know.

It's still so good to look at your face?

"What do you say, he's wolf-like....

Nian Nu couldn't help but peek at the concubine and Mrs. Qiuguo again, because their charm was something she didn't have at her age, and she couldn't help but be envious.

She usually rehearses in Xue's house, and the Xue Bai she occasionally sees is calm and serious, and she can't help but think about it at this time

How Xue Lang looked in front of Mrs. Qiuguo, he felt more and more admired, and he felt like his daughter's family.

In the apricot orchard, the scholars have sat down in Zhongzhou to prepare Qujiang poems.

On the side of Ziyun Tower, the saint is also about to ascend to the throne for a banquet.

Yang Yuyao pulled Nian Nu again and teased: "Okay, I've seen it, if you like to watch Zhuangyuanlang, come to my house next time to see it." Let's go to rehearsals.

"Whoa."

Nian Nu obediently walked Wanfu and retreated, thinking that he lived in Xue Yuan, why did he go to Mrs. Qiuguo's mansion to see Xue Lang, it must be Mrs. Qiuguo laughing.

Yang Yuhuan watched her retreat, but inexplicably a little sour, and said angrily: "Tonight, she sings Cui Yingying, and the Ming Dynasty will be famous all over the world." Speaking of which, the lyrics and dramas that Xue Bai handed over several times were not sung to me. ”

"How can you?" Yang Yuyao hurriedly said: "Last time, the "Water Tune Song Head" was specially written for you, I don't want to, I was robbed by Concubine Mei." This time, he specially wrote a drama for you to sing. ”

She hurriedly beckoned Mingzhu to present the scroll.

"There have been a lot of troubles in the past, who in Chang'an doesn't know who brought out this champion, how can he forget you?"

"Shout." Yang Yuhuan glanced at it first and said, "This is a story, but not a drama."

"There is a story first, and then a drama is composed, you listen to me sing it to you."

Yang Yuyao's singing skills are the weakest among the sisters, but this time she has practiced, Rourou raised her hand and sang: "Bai Suzhen under Qingcheng Mountain, this body has been cultivated in the cave for thousands of years........"

Yang Yuhuan felt fresh when she heard this song, and she smiled like a flower, and then turned the scroll and looked at it for a while, Fang felt that this time it was really suitable for her to sing.

But she was unforgiving, and said: "It's useless to say these things now, if the lyrics are not well written, I will not follow them." ”

"Get down to business." Yang Yuyao said: "Tonight's competition, if our righteous brother loses, he will be given a marriage to the county lord of Hezheng."

"He should always marry a wife, can the third sister stop him?

"It's good to marry anyone, but you can't marry the clan, just now I told you the truth........ if he marries a jealous, it's not right.

"It's just right, it's time for the third sister to be more restrained."

"It's messed up, isn't it?

"Huh." Yang Yuhuan said strangely: "You still care about your seniority? ”

Yang Yuyao was helpless, and put forward and coquettishly said: "The play is good and bad, it's just your words, how about helping my sister?"

"How can I let the saint lose? What's more, how can others not count the high and low levels of the music, and the favoritism is too obvious, annoying the saints, what good results are there?

But there's another gift for you, quick, bring it.......

Yang Yuhuan thought that Xue Bai's gift was also some gold, silver and jade, but he didn't want to, but it was just an ordinary fabric.

"It's clothes."

"Can I still be short of clothes? He doesn't know how many tailors in the palace sew clothes for me. ”

"No amount of tailors can sew such a piece, and you don't know how beautiful it should be when you wear it."

The sisters went to the inner hall and tried on the new clothes given by Xue Bai.

For a long time, when Yang Yuhuan turned out again, he was still wearing the original skirt on his body, and he didn't have an attitude whether he liked it or not, but he said that it was not suitable to wear it on such an occasion.

In the main hall of Ziyun Tower, Li Longji also sat down.

He sat in a high position, looking out over the wide gate to the apricot orchard.

And whatever poems the jinshi have given, they will also be handed over immediately.

In this way, there is really a feeling of sitting in the sky and looking down on the world...... Li Longji feels that he is a god in the world, not without reason.

After Yang Yuhuan combed his makeup, Li Longji smiled and said, "I heard that the third aunt just saw you again, but did you bribe Taizhen?"

"Really." Yang Yuhuan didn't hide it, and responded: "I just got a story about Zhuangyuanlang, when the competition is played, if the saint can't win him a lot, I will have to favor the righteous brother." ”

"Hahaha, I won him a lot, so what's the difficulty?"

Li Longjilang smiled a few words, turned his head to look at Yang Yan and Yang Zhao, and said: "You see, Xue Bai won the champion, and he didn't think about me immediately, he only knew how to please the concubine, and he didn't give me a story, and he was the same as Hu'er." ”

"Ah Bai is about to have an official body, after all, it's different." Yang Zhao smiled.

This time, Li Tan bought Yang Zhao on behalf of several powerful people, hoping to master the manufacture of bamboo paper. Yang Zhao agreed to come down and received the benefits, but thanks to Yuan Zai's reminder, he waited and watched for a few days.

Before Yuan Zai entered the palace, Yang Zhao got the news, and the first thing he did was to transfer the benefits to the Taifu treasury.

The sage asked, and he gave an explanation.

- "Li Tan wanted to make bamboo paper, published the collection of elders' writings, and paid to buy bamboo paper from the general supervisor, and the minister thought that the papermaking skills should be popularized in the world, so he taught him to make paper. As for 'blocking the process and raising the price of paper', it is the whimsy of this noble son, how can he stop the artificial paper next to him? When there are more paper mills in the world, the price of paper will fall. The minister was born a scoundrel, and he ignored some of the Li family's money, and the saint forgave his sins. ”

Although Li Longji knew it, he was quite satisfied with Yang Zhao, first, Yang Zhao did not wait to do things for the family, and second, the money was indeed sent to Taifu.

Sure enough, each courtier has a different way of doing things for officials, Li Linfu is diligent and busy with general affairs; Wang Ji is bold and good at taxation; Yang Zhen makes good use of people, salt, papermaking, and some new methods; Yang Zhao is smooth, obedient, and knows how to collect money.

I don't know what kind of style Xue played cards in the past, after becoming an official?

At the moment, Xue Bai has no official position, and he can't see anything. However, we can get a glimpse of his attitude towards the family.

Of course, the family wanted to recruit Xue Bai in order to eliminate the influence of the current Ke Chun. Then, Xue Bai's best way to deal with it should be to deliberately lose the play, and let the saint give the marriage and throw this problem out.

That's how a wise courtier does.

Therefore, Li Longji is confident that he can win.

Of course, in terms of rhythm alone, he also has great self-confidence....

On the Qujiang River, there are painted boats passing slowly.

The famous prostitute Wang Lianlian of Nanqu wore a colorful skirt, stood barefoot on the bow of the boat, showing her white shoulders, and her arms dangling bells, dancing.

In the music, she sang the new poems of the Jinshi one by one, and finally, when she sang the poems of Zhuang Yuanlang, her voice suddenly rose and her dancing posture became more graceful.

"In the past, it was not enough to boast, but now there is no end to debauchery."

"The spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day."

The song spread, and there was another cheer on the riverside.

Zhuang Yuanlang first suppressed the Jinshi with a poem in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda today, and when he arrived in Qujiang, another poem showed arrogance.

But being a Jinshi of the Tang Dynasty should be so crazy.

"Good poetry!" Li Jiayou Lang smiled and said: "I dare to say that the imperial examination of Tianbao in the seventh year will definitely go down in history, one, Zhuang Yuanlang's poems today are too good." ”

He lifted the wine glass, his movements were bold, his smile was a little narrow, and he said: "Second, there is a little lady who fights for the favor of Yuanlang, haha, throwing fruit and winning cars, Wei and Jin are strong." ”

Xue Bai said: "I have a reputation from a brother.

Yang Yu was drinking sullen wine on the side in a sad mood, and when he heard it, he knew that Li Jiayou was going to introduce his sister, and he finally remembered his mother's advice.

I was reluctant in my heart, but everything that the children of the family gave was given by the family, and this kind of command must be followed.

"Xue Lang."

Yang Yu opened his mouth with difficulty, reluctantly squeezed out a smile, and said: "Xue Lang's demeanor caused chaos in the apricot garden, and my sister also fell down because of this, you should give me an explanation...... Ha ha. ”

Originally, the last sentence was said in a joking tone, but it was really not like it, so he had to laugh two more times.

Li Jiayou was much more free, grabbed Xue Bai's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Xue Lang Mo listens to his nonsense, I introduced you to my cousin, she is as beautiful as a fairy." ”

The Qujiang banquet was originally a grand event for choosing a son-in-law, and as soon as the atmosphere was set off, everyone coaxed to introduce their sister.

The officials who presided over the banquet were also happy to see it, stroking their beards and smiling, such as Pei Kuan, Chen Xilie and others also planned to have fun.

Xue Bai couldn't help waving his hand, turning over and over again, all of which were words like "If your work is not done, how can you be home".

"Haha, Zhuang Yuanlang is too restrained, and I don't want you to propose marriage to anyone today." Li Jiayou said with a smile, "Just give your peony flower to a virtuous and beautiful woman in the apricot orchard."

"Good!

"It's time to give flowers!"

The crowd applauded.

It is nothing to ask Xue Bai to give a flower to one of these famous ladies in public, but it is also a statement. expressed his attitude, and the rest, you can wait for the drama to talk about it.

Xue Bai finally stopped refusing, picked up the peony that was used as a symbol for the flower tanning, got up, and walked over to those little ladies.

Pei Liuniang saw him walking towards her, and couldn't help but hold her hands in front of her heart excitedly, her heart beating hard. She has heard Pei Kuan say that there are several nobles who will definitely put Xue Bai off the stage today, and it is possible for the Pei family to choose a son-in-law.

She fought for him, and the famous lady sacrificed to such an extent that she was on duty with a peony.

Xue Bai walked in front of her, however, his footsteps did not stop, and continued to move forward until he came out of the apricot orchard.

There were loud exclamations around, and the little ladies who were waiting outside the apricot orchard were obviously inferior to those powerful daughters Xue Bai glanced around, looking for Qinglan's figure, and after that, he stepped forward and handed the peony flower in his hand.

There was a burst of boos around.

"Lang Jun, I...."

"Pick it up."

Yan Yan on the side was also very excited, urging: "Hurry up, pick it up." ”

Qing Lan's face was very red, her hands trembled, and she slowly raised it and took the peony.

In front of everyone, she didn't dare to look at Xue Bai, turned her head to look, and looked at Yan Yan for help, only to see that Yan Yan's face was full of smiles, so she was not afraid of the boos of the people around her.

Qinglan hurriedly took her hand and asked her to take herself to the carriage with a begging look.

Upstairs in Ziyun, even Li Longji was attracted by this small episode, and walked out of the hall with a wine glass, standing by the railing.

"Who did this kid hand the peony flowers to?"

"Back to the saint, for the time being, I don't know which little lady it is, looking at the carriage and horses, it shouldn't be a rich family.

"He wouldn't bow his head." The corners of Li Longji's mouth raised slightly, and he said casually: "Since the family doesn't want to marry, then I will give him a marriage." ”

The Son of Heaven laughed, turned around and walked into the Purple Cloud Palace, his hands slightly open, and there was a kind of domineering that everything was under control.

In the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, Qujiang feasted, such a romantic and beautiful scene, which made people high-spirited.

"Pass the decree, the Zhongzhou banquet has ended, and the Ziyunlou opera will be sung."

"The saint issued an edict to summon the champion Xue Bai into the Purple Cloud Tower!"

Xue Bai then tidied up his clothes, passed through the cloth-clothed civilians on the riverside, bypassed the dense forest and cultivated bamboo, and stepped into the song

Jiang Ligong and ascended to the Purple Cloud Tower.

Walking into the main hall, you can see that the seats are all luxuriously dressed.....