This sleeve is broken secretly

There are no secrets among the aristocratic families in the capital.On the second day after the autumn banquet, rumors spread throughout the court mansion that "Xie Yi used the name of a singing girl to tease Shen Bing, and Shen Bing sang Du's poems ironically because of the humiliation and anger". It has become the Shura field for the new champion and second place.

As soon as this incident happened, the poor families in the capital couldn't help being furious.There are three official memorials in succession, and the impeachment of Xie Ling is ruthless and domineering, relying on the status of the family to do everything.After reading the memorial, Emperor Hongwu stayed in the middle and did not publish it. This ambiguous attitude frightened Xie's father into a state of confusion, and he went to the palace overnight to plead guilty to Emperor Hongwu.Only then did Emperor Hongwu forgive the veteran of the three dynasties with a smile, and meaningfully fined Xie Ling with three months' salary and one month's confinement.Father Xie was not merciless after he went back. After beating Xie Ling to pieces, he forced him to come to the door to make amends to Shen Bing, and this article was barely exposed.

Although Xie Ling's behavior at the autumn banquet in the hub garden displeased most people, it still touched the hearts of a few dudes in the capital.There is no way, Shen Bing is so outstanding, even if he is a man, many people still feel contemptuous towards him.

After Xie Ling's one-month confinement was over, many wine and meat friends were busy throwing a banquet to surprise him.Everyone thought that he had no choice but to come to Shen Bing to make amends after being beaten. During the banquet, why did many people cater to him and said things that belittled Shen Bing one after another.Unexpectedly, Xie Ling lost his face on the spot.After breaking up unhappy several times, everyone realized that these two people really turned their fighting into friendship.

Later, Shen Xie and Xie Ling even started to go out together to swim in the lake and eat wine. They seemed to have become close friends, and they really agreed with each other.

By the time everything calms down, the weather has turned completely cold.After the new year passed, and it was the new year, Emperor Hongwu decided to hold a banquet for all the officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony to celebrate the new year.Originally, only officials with rank four or above were eligible to attend the banquet this time, but Emperor Hongwu made a special statement to allow the champion of the new department and the second place to sit together.

Hongwu 24 years.The first day of the first month.

Shen Yan has been living in a humble house on Dongjiao Street since he went to Beijing to rush for the exam, and he didn't move after winning the first prize.He didn't hire a servant at first, but recently he has been busy with his affairs, and he can't take care of the family. Finally, he found an old servant, who is taciturn but very hardworking.

Early in the morning of the first day of the lunar new year, after Shen Bin put on his court clothes, the old servant brought him a packed cloak.It snowed for a while last night, and it was really cold outside, and Shen Ji only had this big cloak to keep out the cold, and it was specially made by his family before he went to Beijing to take the exam.But Shen Yi's family is in the south, and his family has never been to the north, so the cloak he made is just an extra layer, and it can't keep out the cold in the weather that has just snowed in the capital.

The old servant helped Shen Bing put on his outer robe, touched the inside of the cloak with his hand, and said slowly: "I don't know where the emperor gave the banquet. If it is in the open air, my lord will be freezing today. If you can sew a layer of wool on the inside , it will be better..."

Shen Ting smiled and said: "Wool materials are expensive, where can I afford them? No problem, there must be wine at the banquet, just drink to warm up."

After he finished dressing, he went out, followed by the old servant, and asked, "How do you go, my lord? Or ride a donkey? It just snowed yesterday, and the road at the west alley is muddy, so you have to take a detour." "

Before Shen Bing could answer, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes and wheels coming from far and near outside the door, and it happened to stop at the entrance of his yard.Shen Bing smiled and said, "It's okay, the person who picks me up is here."

The old servant hurriedly opened the courtyard door, only to see a tall carriage parked on the muddy path at the door, which was really out of place with this simple folk alley.At this time, the curtain of the car was lifted, and a handsome young man in a seventh-rank official uniform and a brocade cloak leaned out, jumped out of the car, not caring that the snow mixed with mud on the ground would stain his clean boot soles and cloak goose down edge.

Before Shen Yan could speak, Xie Qin grabbed his hands and covered his palms, frowning and asked, "Why is it so cold?"

The old servant was dumbfounded.He knew that this was the young son of the Xie family, the most precious person in the capital, but he did not expect that he was so familiar with his lord, and also so - intimate.

Shen Bing was also a little embarrassed, but since the two settled their suspicions, Xie Ling has always been so close to him, often reaching out to wrap his arms around his shoulders or grab his wrists.He also thought that perhaps because he was from the south of the Yangtze River, he was not used to the enthusiasm and crispness of the northerners.

Shen Yan let him pull himself into the carriage, and explained with a smile: "I'm fine. It's just cold."

As soon as Xie Ling touched his cloak, he knew what was going on.After knocking on the body of the carriage to let the carriage go on the road, he bent down and pulled out a box from under the seat, motioning for Shen Bing to open it, "Come and see, I prepared it for you."

Shen Yan opened the box according to his words, and was immediately taken aback.What lay in the box was a brand new cloak, made of crow blue brocade on the outside, embroidered with exquisite goose feather patterns, and a layer of snow-colored fox fur was firmly stitched on the inside.Some fox furs bought from outside are worth a lot of money if they only use fox fur around the neck, let alone this kind of cloak that uses a whole piece of fox fur?

Seeing that Shen Yan slowly frowned, Xie Ling explained: "My sister-in-law sewed it for me. She made an extra piece and brought it to you. It's the weather that catches cold the most. You should put it on quickly."

Shen Yan sighed, and closed the box again: "I can't accept this."

"Why?" Xie Ling pretended not to understand what he meant, opened the lid of the box again and said, "Who doesn't wear an extra one outside in this kind of horrible weather? No one will look at you, so feel free to put it on."

Shen Wenwen said: "That's not what I meant. It's just that many colleagues in the Imperial Academy now only wear a jacket, and my own cloak barely fits the status, but your fox fur one is too presumptuous for me to wear it. gone."

Xie Ling knew that what Shen Yi said was the truth.Although today's Hongwu Emperor is wise and powerful, he is very suspicious. The whole government and the public are affected by him, and there are frequent incidents of literary inquisition and chasing rumors.If Shen Yu really wore this fox cloak to the New Year's banquet today, he would probably be attended by the officials tomorrow.

Although he knew it, he was still unhappy, and slammed the lid of the box with a "click".

Seeing his expression, Shen Yan couldn't help laughing.The more he interacted with Xie Ling, the more he felt that this seemingly unruly and coquettish talented man in the capital was just a young man spoiled by his family.After the two got close, Xie Qin would play petty temper and unhappy in front of him at every turn, as if he was a little moody.

Shen Ting was about to persuade him a few more words, but saw Xie Ling took out another thing from under the seat and stuffed it into his hand, "You can always take this thing?"

It was warm and hot, and it turned out to be a soup lady.

Shen Yan smiled and sighed, and hid it in the sleeve of his robe.

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Although it sounds like a supreme honor to be able to participate in the New Year Banquet of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the hard work involved can only be known by those attending the banquet.In this cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, the banquet is held on the altar of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, so it is not very pleasant to eat in the open air.Only a few princes and nobles, or cabinet veterans can attend the hall.Moreover, in order to ensure the etiquette and demeanor of the officials attending the banquet, only melons, fruits, pastries, and warm wine are available on the table.

Not long after the banquet began, all the civil and military officials shrank their necks one after another, and each one was frozen into quails.

All the banquets were held with two people at the table. Both Shen Yi and Xie Ling came from the Hanlin Academy, and their grades were similar, so they happened to be at the same table.As soon as the long wind blowing through the hall, Shen Yan couldn't help shivering, and immediately attracted Xie Ling's sideways attention.

"Is it cold?" Xie Qin asked softly.

Shen Yan shook his head slightly, and took another sip of the wine in his glass.Although this wine is sweet, it is sweet and does not warm the body.He has an average capacity for alcohol, so he doesn't dare to drink too much in order to avoid losing his dignity in front of the palace.

Xie Qin looked sideways at his frozen pale complexion, and the long eyelashes that could not droop and tremble slightly, couldn't help reaching out his hand into his robe sleeve, and held his cold palm.

Shen Yan was startled by him, and quickly wanted to withdraw his hand, and reprimanded in a low voice: "What are you doing?"

Xie Ling's body is hot, and even in this cold winter months, the palms of his hands are warm, and when Shen Bing's hand is held by him, his whole body feels warm.However, no matter how warm it was, it would still be too rude to hold hands secretly in front of all civil and military officials at the imperial banquet.Shen Bing was a little ashamed and felt uncomfortable. Although the sleeves of the court clothes of the two were very spacious, he was still afraid of being seen by others, so he twitched hard a few times but did not twitch, so he frowned and stared at Xie Qin.

"Aren't you cold?" Xie Qin turned his head to avoid his gaze, and looked straight ahead calmly.

"But how is it proper for us to behave like this?" Shen Yan lowered his voice and reprimanded, "You let go..."

Not sure what to say, but suddenly saw an inner eunuch walking towards them.Shen Bing was startled, and took his hand back with a forceful swipe. Xie Ling was also caught off guard to prevent his nails from leaving a scratch on the back of Shen Bing's hand.Fortunately, the eunuch didn't pay attention to the abnormality of the two of them, but just sent an order to the two of them to enter the hall to face the saint.

Both of them calmed down, got up together, passed through Majesty Dan and knelt down in front of the hall, kowtowed three times and kowtowed nine times before entering the hall, and bowed down again in the middle.

Except for the palace examination and biography, a sixth-rank official like Shen Yi has no chance to meet Emperor Hongwu, but he was also separated from Emperor Hongwu by a long distance in the previous two times, so this is his first time to meet the emperor in the true sense .

After the two reported their names and births in turn, there was silence for a while, and then they heard two weak coughs from above, followed by a slightly hoarse voice: "Stay flat. Come closer."

Emperor Hongwu is 43 years old this year, and he should have been in his prime in the Spring and Autumn Period.But he has been weak and thin all year round, and the rich yellow robe and jade belt make him even more emaciated, with a sallow complexion.He wears a crown of wings, and because of his broad forehead, he looks calm and wise. However, his eyes are drooping and his cheekbones are slightly high, which often gives people a gloomy and dark feeling.

At this time, Emperor Hongwu was sitting on the throne with a smile on his face, as if he was in a good mood.Seeing Shen Yi and Xie Ling approaching, after staring at him for a while, he turned his head and smiled at the attendant beside him: "Well, I knew before that Xie Rangzhi is a famous handsome man in the capital, where did he choose such a handsome man?" A handsome number one scholar? Others don’t know, and they think that I need to be handsome to be an official.”

The servant quickly laughed and said: "The emperor doesn't know, but both of them are well-known talents in the south of the Yangtze River and the capital, and they are called 'Tinglan Langyu'."

"Tinglan Langyu." Emperor Hongwu nodded thoughtfully, "Good name. Anzhi Tinglan, Linlang Jinyu, like the two of them."

As he said that, he turned his head to look at Xie Jin, smiled at him and said, "You Xie Sanlang, you have been messing around a lot a while ago. I heard that you once bullied Shen Liangqing at the autumn banquet? Your aunt and old father came to the trouble I came forward to beg for mercy. I warn you, Shen Liangqing is the number one scholar handpicked by me, and I won't allow you to spoil it."

If it had been someone else, he would have been so frightened that he would have sweated profusely if he was stabbed by Emperor Hongwu's lukewarm soft knife.But Xie Ling was born in a noble family, so he knew best the likes and taboos of this holy majesty, and knew that the more hypocritical and obedient at this time, the more suspicion would be aroused, so it is better to speak up if you have something to say.Immediately smiled and said: "It's all ministers who deserve to die. I heard about Liangqing's talent and name early in the morning, and he was suppressed by him in the palace examination, so I was a little unwilling before. But now I am convinced."

Shen Ting also smiled and said: "Go back to the sage, let him and his ministers be literati. If there is a disagreement, it is not clear. After this incident, it will become even better."

Emperor Hongwu laughed loudly, stroked his palms and said, "It's a good one. Well, Shen Liangqing, I read your Qing Ci for the New Year. The rhetoric is magnificent and the style is flexible. It's really good."

Xie Qin's whole body tensed suddenly, his pupils shrank, and he forcibly restrained himself, so he didn't turn his head to look at Shen Bing next to him.

Shen Yi bowed to thank Emperor Hongwu for his award.

However, Emperor Hongwu said with a smile: "They are all the pillars of the country, and I am very relieved. Come and give me a reward."

After receiving the reward, the two knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times to thank them, and then they slowly exited the hall.

After returning to the banquet, just as he sat down, Xie Qin grabbed Shen Tie and asked in a low voice: "Did you write Qing Ci for the emperor?"

Shen Bing was silent for a while, Fang sighed and said softly: "It's what the teacher meant."

Li Chenfu...

Xie Ling couldn't help pinching the brocade sleeves on his knees. Although he lowered his voice, he still couldn't help saying: "You and I are both talents, and it's time to offer advice for the country. In order to meet the emperor's preferences, you wrote youth Words are really useless—”

Shen Bian suddenly turned his head and shouted in a low voice: "Speak carefully!"

Xie Ling stopped abruptly, his chest heaving.Shen Yan frowned and looked around, seeing that no one was paying attention to the expressions of the two of them, he turned his head again and said softly: "I also know. It's just that now the traitor - the strong minister is in power, controlling Chao Gang, in such a situation Now, if you speak rashly, it will be counterproductive. Teacher - he also has his own considerations."

Xie Ling frowned tightly, feeling increasingly uneasy.Just as she was about to say a few more words, she suddenly saw Shen Yan looking up at the sky, smiling and stretching out his hand: "Let me see, it's snowing."

Xie Ling was taken aback for a moment, suddenly felt his eyes go cold, raised his hand to touch it, and it turned out that a piece of snow fell on his face.

The sky was dark blue and clear, the Hall of Supreme Harmony was brightly lit, and the wind carried the flying snow through the rich gates to thousands of households in the capital.

The auspicious snow heralds a prosperous year, which is the most auspicious omen.

However, amidst the crystal clear sky, Xie Qin stared blankly at Shen Ting's smiling side face, but what arose in his heart was one after another of complexity and uneasiness.