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Zhu Qingchen wrapped himself in the quilt and stayed on the couch honestly, motionless.

He was pretending that he was frozen, that he hadn't done anything just now.

Liu An was the first to react and said, "If the master has no gods, I'll help the master deal with it, right?" ”

"Hmm......" Zhu Qingchen suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly grabbed him, "No, you can't." ”

You'll be killed by an arrow if you go!

Pei Xuan said: "Then I'll go." ”

Zhu Qingchen:!

"No, neither can you!"

You're going to get gloomy and jump off the city!

Zhu Qingchen raised his head and swept his gaze over the faces of the students one by one.

This one is stupid, this one is stupid, this one is ......

Forget it, Zhu Qingchen resigned himself to lifting the quilt and getting out of bed.

Or let him go, and who will make him a master?

Zhu Qingchen washed up briefly, put on two or three thick clothes, and wrapped a cloak before going to the warm pavilion surrounded by the students.

In the warm pavilion, King Jing is sitting upright and drinking tea.

Last time outside the Jardine Palace, Zhu Qingchen rejected him, and the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became.

The emperor was suspicious and did not have a good face for him, so he let him stay in the capital and be an idle prince. But the others, who is not respectful to him?

It's Zhu Qingchen, who occupies the name of "master", and he doesn't mince words about him.

Moreover, he was unwilling to let go of Zhu Qingchen and the students in his hands.

There are no literati under his hands, and the group of civil servants in the court and the central government are all fake and high, they are simply an iron bucket, no matter how he drills the camp, he just can't enter their circle.

He can only start with the students who are about to take the spring exam.

Today, the spy who was staring at the school official came to report that the group of students had come to visit the sick together, and he was busy and came with him.

The scientific examination is held every three years, and he must seize this opportunity, otherwise he will have to wait for another three years.

Thinking like this, King Jing heard footsteps outside the door, calmed down his mood, and squeezed a gentle smile from his face.

The door of the warm pavilion was opened, and Zhu Qingchen, supported by the students, turned pale and walked in with a cough.

King Jing was taken aback by him, and hurriedly put down the teacup and stood up: "I wish the master...... Why are you so sick? ”

Zhu Qingchen nodded, coughing so much that his face turned red: "Ahem, cough, cough...... The prince is polite, sit down. ”

King Jing paused for a moment and threw out the polite words he had prepared earlier: "I heard that the master was sick, and I thought it was the palace banquet a few days ago, and I was talking to the master at the tuyere, which caused the master to catch a cold. I was terrified, so I specially sent some medicinal herbs to the master, and the master saw that they were still suitable. ”

"There is a mountain ginseng here, which was paid as a tribute a few years ago, and I thought that the master could use it, so I brought it, this is the root ......."

Zhu Qingchen was out of breath: "Ahem...... Thanks a lot...... His Majesty also sent ten ginseng over a few days ago, but the doctor said, I am just a little wind and cold, if it is a big supplement, the false fire is too strong, but it is not good......"

King Jing was stunned: "Ten ...... Ten sticks? ”

The emperor gave him ten sticks of ginseng with a wave of his hand?

Could it be that the emperor is also courting him?

King Jing was stunned for a moment, and hid his small "white radish whisker" behind him.

He thought that the civil servants were poor, and if they gave him something, they could make him grateful, but the result was ......

With the emperor in front, how can he put these things on the table?

King Jing came back to his senses and cleared his throat: "Your Majesty loves talent, but it seems that I am shabby." ”

He raised his eyes and his gaze fell on the student behind Zhu Qingchen.

Zhu Qingchen was excited, coughing, and moved over to block them behind him.

King Jing smiled and turned his gaze back: "Master is full of talents here, and my heart yearns for it......"

Before King Jing finished speaking, Zhu Qingchen coughed extremely loudly: "It's all something that can't be done, what does the prince want them to do?" ”

Students:?

Stand up and be scolded.

King Jing was cheeky, as if he had only seen Pei Xuan at this time, and pretended to be surprised: "Pei Xuan, you are also here." ”

Pei Xuan bowed slightly, and saluted him: "Lord Wang." ”

King Jing wanted to say something more, but Zhu Qingchen was about to cough up his lungs.

Liu An stood in front of Pei Xuan, supported Zhu Qingchen, patted him on the back, helped him smooth his breath, and said to King Jing: "Lord, the master has not recovered from the cold, and he is really powerless to see guests." Thank you for your kindness, I'll send the master back to the room first. ”

"Okay, then you ......"

King Jing originally thought that he would leave one or two, and he would woo them.

As a result, as soon as Zhu Qingchen left, the group of students swam away like a flock of ducklings.

Leave him alone in the Warm Pavilion......

Wait a minute, there's one more!

King Jing's hopeful gaze fell on Song Feng: "You ......"

Song Feng smiled at him: "Lord Wang, I'm a little girl, I'll send it to His Royal Highness, please come here." ”

King Jing's face turned blue, he ignored him, and left straight away.

*

On the other side, the students supported Zhu Qingchen, seeing that Zhu Qingchen was coughing hard and looked worried.

"Is the master alright? Do you want to ask a doctor to take a look at it again? ”

"It's fine, why did you suddenly cough like this?"

"It's all to blame for King Jing, I told him that it was inconvenient for the master to see guests, and he had to rely on the warm pavilion to ask to see, and the master must have suffered from the wind again along the way."

Zhu Qingchen coughed and looked back.

Liu An said clearly: "Master, the person is gone." ”

Zhu Qingchen straightened up, cleared his throat, and strode back to the room.

Students:?

Is the Master all right again?

Back in the room, Zhu Qingchen wrapped the quilt again and began to eat preserved fruits again.

He twisted the pickled cherry and threw it into his mouth: "What a panacea, I don't cough when I eat it." ”

"......" Liu An had no choice but to put away the whole bag of preserved fruits.

"An'er, you took away the life-saving medicine for the teacher!"

Liu An hesitated for a moment, but in the end he didn't want to be charged with "killing the teacher", so he put down the preserved fruit: "Master, eat it, there are few of them anyway." ”

Liu An asked in a low voice, "Why doesn't the master want to see King Jing?" ”

The other students were also curious, and they all approached and looked at him.

Zhu Qingchen cleared his throat, but asked them: "If you come to Japan to gain fame and become an official in the court, will you be a loyal minister or a traitor?" ”

The students did not hesitate: "Naturally, they are loyal ministers." ”

Zhu Qingchen smiled, patted their clear and stupid cheeks, and said, "Be a pure minister." ”

"Master, what is the difference between a loyal minister and a pure minister?"

The students didn't understand much, but Zhu Qingchen refused to say any more, and secretly took a piece of preserved fruit to eat.

The system flew up from behind him: "You didn't say that last time, you said last time that you want to be a 'powerful minister'." ”

Zhu Qingchen was confident: "I am the master, can the master and the student be the same?" There can only be one powerful minister, and naturally I will do it! ”

Zhu Qingchen waved his hand and waved away the students: "You go out to study and don't surround me." Kishi'er stared at them, and didn't let them go wild in the backyard. ”

Liu An bowed: "Yes." ”

Zhu Qingchen glanced at Pei Xuan: "Ah Xuan, you stay for a while." ”

"Okay."

The others withdrew, and Pei Xuan sat down on the cushion next to the couch: "Master." ”

Zhu Qingchen leaned on the soft pillow and looked at him with some complexity, making Pei Xuan a little nervous.

Zhu Qingchen cleared his throat: "Ah Xuan, how long have you known you for the teacher?" ”

Pei Xuan did not hesitate: "Back to the master, it's been a whole month." ”

"Is it your most beloved teacher?"

"Yes."

"Then the teacher asks you something, and you must answer truthfully."

"Yes." Pei Xuan nodded vigorously and looked at the master seriously, "The student must answer honestly." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Qingchen paused and lowered his voice, "What do you think of King Jing?" ”

Zhu Qingchen added: "Just say it, you won't say it as a teacher." ”

Pei Xuan seemed to be a little confused: "The prince goes out of the city to hunt, often stops in the winery, is the old customer of the winery, and my mother and I are very grateful to the prince." ”

Zhu Qingchen asked again: "If King Jing tells you not to go to the imperial examination and be his staff, are you willing?" ”

Pei Xuan was shocked: "Master, what are these words?" How could I not participate in the imperial examinations? Is it the meaning of honoring the king? ”

"No, no, I'm just asking." Zhu Qingchen continued to ask, "If in the future, you enter the court as an official, you clash with the interests of King Jing, and King Jing coerces you to repay you and asks you to make concessions, what should you do?" ”

Pei Xuanzheng said: "I naturally won't show favoritism!" ”

"Although King Jing is an old customer of the wine shop, my mother and I are grateful to him, but we are doing business in an upright manner, not begging for food from him, King Jing pays, my mother and I pack up the prey for him, cook rice and make wine, and never confiscate a cent of undeserved money."

"The business has already been concluded in the winery, how can it be brought to the court? I'm just doing business with him, and I'm not selling it to him! ”

Zhu Qingchen nodded, very satisfied with his answer.

"Okay, with your words, I can rest assured as a teacher." Zhu Qingchen said, "Don't forget your original intention." ”

Pei Xuan lowered his eyes, and then raised his eyes, as if he was a little aggrieved: "Master, did King Jing want me to go to his house to do chores?" Or does the Master not want me anymore? ”

Zhu Qingchen was startled and a little flustered: "No...... I don't have a teacher......"

Pei Xuan lowered his head, as if he was about to cry because of his imagination.

Zhu Qingchen hurriedly sat up straight, patted the back of his hand, and then patted him on the shoulder: "Don't you ...... What are you crying about? ”

Zhu Qingchen is most afraid of others crying.

He explained: "I'm just afraid that you don't know the twists and turns of officialdom, so I'll give you a few words." It doesn't matter if you have ordinary business dealings, I'm afraid that he will tell you something that you don't have, and your mind will be taken away. ”

Pei Xuan raised his head and said with a straight face: "Master, don't worry, the student knows the measure, and the student has only one thing in his heart——"

That's learning!

In the original book, Pei Xuan was deceived by King Jing because he didn't know anyone.

King Jing pushed him into the abyss with his own hands and pulled him out with his own hands, who could not like him? The savior who rescued himself from the quagmire.

But now, Zhu Qingchen is not ready to give King Jing this opportunity.

Now Pei Xuan has teachers and classmates, so naturally he will not be abducted by King Jing with a little favor.

Zhu Qingchen was relieved and said, "There's nothing else, you go out and study with them." ”

"Yes." Pei Xuan got up to leave.

Zhu Qingchen suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "By the way, if Wen Shu is tired, go to the courtyard to box, stretch, and take the spring exam for three days in a row, not only in terms of knowledge, but also in the body." ”

Pei Xuanxing: "Students know that students exercise every day. ”

"Well, let's go."

Zhu Qingchen watched him leave with relief.

In order to make Pei Xuan succeed in the palace exam, he made several preparations, not only staring at his studies, letting him make friends with classmates, teaching him to be bold, stop being as cautious as before, and-

Zhu Qingchen also taught him to practice martial arts.

If King Jinggou jumped over the wall in a hurry, and rushed in to hug him like the original book, Pei Xuan should be able to break free and escape.

If Pei Xuan practiced diligently, maybe he could shout loudly and give King Jing two punches with his backhand.

Hum!

Zhu Qingchen leaned on the soft pillow and smiled sneeringly.

The system glanced at him: "Host, don't laugh, I'm afraid." ”

Zhu Qingchen continued to "hum": "Just laugh, just laugh." ”

*

Zhu Qingchen was still sick, and he was afraid of passing it on to the students, so he didn't leave them to eat.

In the evening, Pei Xuan left the Xueguan Mansion and prepared to go home.

As soon as he returned to the winery, he crossed the threshold and saw King Jing sitting alone by the window.

Seeing that he was back, King Jing smiled and said, "Are you back?" ”

The tone is familiar, like a friend who has known each other for a long time.

Pei Xuan was not very comfortable, and saluted: "Your Highness." ”

Jing Dynasty beckoned: "Come and sit." ”

Pei Xuan couldn't refuse, so he could only sit down in front of him.

King Jing had just gone to the Xueguan Mansion during the day, and now he came to him again, and his questions were strange.

Pei Xuan raised his vigilance.

King Jing first asked him why they had been in the Xueguan Mansion for so long when the master had coughed like that in the afternoon.

Then he asked him if he had been bullied by them on weekdays when he was in the school official mansion and with the children of the family.

Finally, King Jing said that the master had to teach both the children of the family and them, and sometimes he could not take care of him, and if he wished, he could help him introduce him to other scholars.

Even if Pei Xuan was sluggish, he had just been mentioned by Zhu Qingchen in the afternoon, and now he has reacted.

The first question is that King Jing is complaining about the master.

The second question is intended to sow discord between him and his classmates.

The third question is to provoke his relationship with his master.

Pei Xuan pondered the words and brought them over with inconsequential words, leaving no handle.

King Jing saw that he didn't eat oil and salt, the smile on his face was a little unbearable, and he resented Zhu Qingchen even more in his heart.

At night, Pei Xuan sent King Jing away and read a book on the counter.

He thought, no wonder the master didn't let them see the king, no wonder the master made a special mention of him in the afternoon.

King Jing went on a safari on the surface and made friends with gentlemen, but behind his back, it didn't seem to be like this.

The master told him not to be provoked by King Jing and not to be involved in the useless power dumping.

The so-called pure minister, the mind is pure, and the heart is pure without distractions.

The master told him to remember why he had come to the scientific expedition.

Pei Xuan figured this out, so he lowered his head and continued to read.

*

In the early morning of the next day, Pei Xuan went to visit the master in the school's official mansion and told the master everything about King Jing's visit to him last night.

In the end, he said: "Master rest assured, the student did not tell King Jing the details of the student's relationship with the master and classmates, and the student always remembered the master's advice to be a pure minister." ”

Zhu Qingchen was very satisfied with his answer and patted him on the shoulder as a reward.

Pei Xuan knelt on the cushion in front of the couch, next to the head of the bed, and had palpitations: "If there is no master's guidance, I am afraid that I will answer the words of His Royal Highness King Jing to find me a teacher." The benefits given by His Royal Highness King Jing will probably be taken back in the future. If I accept his favor, I am afraid that if I become an official in the court in the future, I will be instructed by him and become a party that respects the king. ”

"yes." Zhu Qingchen said, "However, the benefits that the master has given you must also be taken back." ”

Pei Xuan raised his head: "Huh? ”

Zhu Qingchen looked at him seriously and whispered: "The master gave you five money, you go to the candied fruit shop in the east of the city to buy some salted cherries and come back, don't forget to avoid Liu'an." ”

"Yes."

Zhu Qingchen took out a small money bag from under his pillow, Pei Xuan stretched out his hands, and Zhu Qingchen solemnly lined up the five copper coins in his palm.

"Go quietly, go quickly, come back quickly."

"Good!"

Zhu Qingchen leaned on the couch and watched Pei Xuan leave with confidence.

Half a cup of tea later, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside.

Zhu Qingchen sat up from the couch and prepared to greet his filial student: "Come back so soon......"

In the next second, the door was pushed open, and Liu An grabbed Pei Xuan's ear and came in through the door.

"Master, he said it was the candied fruit that the Master asked him to buy?"

Pei Xuan hurriedly changed his words: "No, no, Senior Brother Liu, it's me ......"

But he really won't lie, and only think about remedying it if he leaks his mouth.

Zhu Qingchen "snorted", quickly climbed back on the couch, slid into the quilt, dragged the quilt with both hands, pulled it up, and covered his head.

Just when I die, I was stupid to death by Pei Xuan, and I was angry with Liu An.

Liu An Zhengse said: "The master always doesn't care for his body like this, when will he recover?" When will I be able to return to the Academy? When will you be able to tell us the article?! ”

Zhu Qingchen sat up: ?

Is this what people say? I'm here to tell you?

Liu An threw away Pei Xuan, sat down on the edge of the couch, and said, "Master, King Jing went to find several other old scholars. ”

Zhu Qingchen looked serious: "Went this morning?" ”

"Yes, I said that I have nothing to do, I miss studying, and I am reasonable."

It sounds good, I think I touched a few soft nails here with Zhu Qingchen, and I was embarrassed, and my patience was exhausted, so I turned to other scholars.

Liu An asked: "Do you want to talk to a few old scholars?" ”

Zhu Qingchen thought about it and shook his head: "No, a few old scholars will only be stricter than me." ”

King Jing buys people's hearts and buys the body of a sharp-eyed old scholar, it's really ......

Because of Zhu Qingchen's young age, he left room for speaking and doing things, and even tried to admonish him at the beginning and teach him to get lost.

Did he think that the old scholar would be kinder than Zhu Qingchen?

Or did he think that the old student would tolerate him encouraging students under his nose?

The students under the old school official, which one is not a good seedling selected by thousands of people?

The old scholars scolded twice and hit the board twice on weekdays, but they hated iron and steel, and only they could beat and scold.

Once the students are taken outside, the old student is like an old hen protecting her cubs, and he protects them tightly, how can he let him abuse them wantonly?

Zhu Qingchen couldn't understand how such a stupid person became the emperor in the book?

His gaze fell on Pei Xuan, who was standing on the side.

In the end, it was the author of the original book who favored King Jing, sent King Jing an extremely mediocre opponent, and sent a champion talent to assist him.

Pei Xuan can go up to the city tower, go down to the field, pick up the pen to write essays, and lean over to farm.

With his assistance, any little pig in the pigsty can ascend to the throne.

At this time, Pei Xuanzheng was obediently kneeling on the cushion, and Liu Anzheng was teaching him: "Don't buy candied fruit for the master again, you don't want to learn, others still want to learn." ”

Pei Xuan lowered his head and listened carefully: "Yes, what the senior brother taught." ”

Of course...... It still looks a little silly now.

The heavens will descend on people, and they must first suffer their minds and strain their muscles and bones.

He had to go through the upheaval and setbacks before he became exactly what he was in the book.

But I wish Qingchen that he would have a smooth journey and be a magistrate in the future, rather than let him go through the pickled things of King Jing.

Zhu Qingchen clasped his hands, thinking to himself, this time without Pei Xuan's assistance, he wanted to see how King Jing rebelled.

In the next second, Liu An raised his voice: "Doesn't the master want to get better soon?" How could the Master be so greedy? If the Master is not sensible, are you also not sensible? ”

Zhu Qingchen came back to his senses, his smile froze on his face, and he blinked his eyes: ?

Wait, how does that sound weird?

The eldest apprentice said this to him, right? Absolutely, right?