After being mistaken for a fellow by Long Aotian

Zhou Xun sat on the sofa and took off the other shoe and socks.He bent his knees, tensed his insteps, carefully keeping his toes from touching the ground, and brushed his hands over his ankles.

"Your Majesty, the replacement shoes and socks for Mr. Zhou have been brought." Lu Yao walked into the room carrying a tray, "The sweat towel has also been brought, you..."

She was carrying a tray with brand new shoes and socks, and the maid following her was carrying a sweat towel.

"Okay," the emperor casually took the sweat towel from her hand, "Wipe it first, so as not to catch a cold..."

emperor:……

Zhou Xun:? ! !

"Your majesty, you..."

Zhou Xun watched the gesture of the emperor stretching out his hand to him, and was taken aback.Just as he was about to withdraw his feet, the emperor grabbed his ankles.

With one hand, you can hold him around.The slender and long ankle was held by him in this way.

Zhou Xun lowered his head unexpectedly, he was sitting, and the emperor squatted in front of him.He supported the armrests on both sides of the "sofa" with both hands, his shoulders trembled: "You..."

Seeing him looking over, the emperor gave him a hearty smile.

"It's okay, I'll help you," he said cheerfully, "it's just a matter of little effort."

Zhou Xun: ...

He was holding his ankle, and he couldn't sit still for a while: "I'll do it myself..."

As he spoke, without waiting for the emperor to reply, he snatched the sweat towel from his hand.

Emperor: "Huh? Huh?"

He scratched his head and said awkwardly, "Oh...Okay."

Zhou Xun: ...

Zhou Xun took the sweat towel, but did not move for a long time.The emperor asked him: "What's the matter?"

Zhou Xun: ...

"The hand of the emperor, and..."

emperor:……

"Oh, oh, I didn't think about it just now," the emperor said, letting go of his fingers, and the moment he let go, Zhou Xun pulled his ankle out of his palm, "Actually, I will help you On the contrary, it is more convenient, I see that your legs are quite long, and it takes a lot to bend over..."

At that moment, something brushed against the palm of his hand, like a feather, scratching the palm of his hand.

It was the protruding knuckle on Zhou Xun's ankle.

emperor:……

At that moment, the emperor suddenly seemed to have been pressed aphasia, unable to speak anything.

The little Deng Zi who came in with the green medicine and was supposed to take the job next to him: ...

He looked at the two people in the room, and for some reason, he felt a feeling of "I should be under the car, not here".

Zhou Xun put on new shoes and socks with his eyes down.He felt strange, but he couldn't, didn't dare, and felt that he shouldn't think too much, so he didn't think about anything.

He raised his eyes, just about to talk to the emperor.The emperor who was squatting stiffly in front of him at that moment...

Turned over backwards! !

Zhou Xun:? ?

He watched as the emperor turned over on his back and fell to the ground.

Zhou Xun:? ?Did I practice some special skill of killing people unintentionally with my eyesight? !

"Hmmm..." The emperor held the back of his head, Lu Yao and Xiao Dengzi next to him saw him and hurriedly helped him up, "Zhen, I'm fine!"

Zhou Xun: ...

For some reason, the emperor didn't dare to look him in the eyes when he was talking to him: "Actually, I have been thinking about what position I should give you, such as..."

"Your Majesty," Zhou Xun said, "Cao Min wants to... participate in next year's Spring Festival."

The emperor who sat back on the chair beside him:? !

"What are you doing in Chunwei? What kind of official do you want to be, just tell me." The emperor looked confused, "In that Chunwei, people were locked in small rooms. They didn't eat for a few days and nights, and they couldn't take a bath. Don't join in the fun."

Zhou Xun said nothing.He also said: "Are you afraid that others will think that you are an airborne official, and that your name is not right?"

As he said that, he wanted to reach out and pat him on the shoulder again, but when Zhou Xun looked over, he froze for a moment.

Zhou Xun:?

The emperor lightly poked the other party's shoulder twice with his finger: "But this kind of thing will never happen at all, the official appointed by the emperor, how can anyone say anything to you? Besides, since ancient times, there have been no emperors who have asked for help. If you are thirsty, do you meet an expert in the mountains and be appointed an official directly? If you really care, I will tell them, why did I meet you in a teahouse and thought this scholar had a great idea, and then Longzhong became a couple, Present the book of war and the like, when the time comes..."

The emperor misunderstood what he meant.Zhou Xun smiled helplessly: "That's not the case."

"I don't want to obtain an official position based on the emperor's preference. I want to rely on Chunwei to prove myself in the most fair way-to prove my ability, to prove my talent and learning, and to be appreciated and respected by the world. This is also my The path I wanted to take from the very beginning.”

——It is always his regret that he never participated in Chunwei completely.

"But this...wouldn't it be a little bit farther away?" the emperor murmured.

"It's been three years, but it's not too late after all." Zhou Xun smiled, "I took a detour, but fortunately, I can still walk back now."

Mountain darkly, vista.

Now he just walked back to the direction he originally wanted to go after taking a long way.

The sound of rain outside the window has subsided, and the torrential rain in summer has gradually stopped.

Zhou Xun saw the emperor smiling brightly at him.

"Hey, you ancient literati just have ambition, that's all. If you want to take the test, go for it." The emperor said.

He said this as if he was very helpless, Zhou Xun smiled: "Isn't it good to be ambitious?"

"People with ambition live more tiring lives than ordinary people." The emperor scratched his head, "But this is not a bad thing."

The clouds and mist accumulated in the sky of the Forbidden City stretched out, the dark clouds dispersed, and the sun shone through the window screens into the imperial study.Zhou Xun's side face was bathed in this gold-like light, he smiled very comfortably and suddenly.

He once took a long way around, and now, he finally came back.

Fate took away his two years, but finally returned all his freedom and dreams in the third year.

"But I want to declare that if you go to the exam, I will never let you go through the back door!" The emperor patted his hand and said.

"It's natural." Zhou Xun said, "Your Majesty must be fair and just."

The emperor nodded solemnly: "Of course, otherwise..."

"Otherwise, how would you know that you are so good, so good in being upright, fair and open."

He didn't need any tricks, he didn't need any detours, he wanted everyone in the world to know that he came here to take back everything that belonged to him, not stealing, not favoring, but taking it back.

All that he had lost, he would get back, piece by piece.All the dignity he had lost, he would rebuild them little by little.

Don't fight like a dog, don't get entangled with darkness, walk step by step from the most upright and bright road, and walk in the eyes and envy of everyone.

—The world kissed him sorely, and this will be his return.

"Then from today onwards, we will be good friends studying together!" The emperor reached out to give him a high-five, "I will ask Xiao Lizi to move a table to the imperial study later, and then you sit at the other end and I sit here." head. Let's study quietly together without disturbing each other..."

As he was talking, Xiao Lizi hurried in from the door.Seeing that Zhou Xun was also here, he hesitated to speak, and finally whispered a few words into the emperor's ear.

The emperor's expression sank after hearing only a few words: "Don't you know I'm busy here? Come to me for such a small matter?"

Xiao Lizi hurriedly answered "Yes" and went back to report.When he left the imperial study room, he secretly glanced at Zhou Xun. Zhou Xun received his wink and thought that this matter might have something to do with him.

Speaking of which, he hadn't heard any news from the Zhou family for a long time... That's all.

It's just a bunch of unrelated people.But he was also a little curious about how these people were doing now.

The fire of hatred in his heart that wanted to burn him out had faded because of the arrival of the emperor, and the busy daily life in recent days made him not think about the past, but Zhou Xun had never been a "magnanimous" character.Repay grievances with virtue, how can you repay virtue?Repay grievances with straightness, and repay virtue with kindness.

He did not forget what the Zhou family had done to him.He kept this account in his heart, whether it was for him or for his deceased mother... He could not tolerate the enemy living peacefully in this world, and he would pay for this account one by one return.

Shortly after.

"Then, Cao Min will take his leave first." Zhou Xun saluted.

"Ah? Are you going to leave so soon?" The emperor was a little disappointed, "Why don't you just sit around..."

"In less than half a stick of incense, the emperor asked me ten questions." Zhou Xun stood up calmly, "The grassroots stay here, affecting the emperor's self-study."

emperor:……

"Okay," he scratched his head, "by the way, I'll ask Xiao Lizi to give you a waist card that allows you to enter and exit the palace freely."

Before Zhou Xun asked him, the emperor said again: "If you want to participate in Chunwei, you should need some guidance books or something like that? What are five-year Chunwei and three-year simulations, Huanggang secret scrolls, 38 sets of Tianli, Queen ○, Qu ○ Line, Xue Jin○...there should be bookstores selling books in the capital, right? Go and pick."

Zhou Xun smiled slightly: "OK."

"Hurry up, get the top scorer, and come into the court." The emperor gave him a thumbs up, "At that time, we will be a happy fish in water... no, we will be like fish in water!"

Zhou Xun: ...

After uttering the wrong idiom, the emperor was "..." stunned.His thumb also froze in mid-air.

"The emperor's idiom level needs to be improved." Zhou Xun left this sentence casually and left the imperial study room.

In the imperial study.

After being petrified for a long time, the emperor covered his face.

Zhou Cai waited for a long time in front of Donghua Gate, but did not wait for the news of being able to enter the palace gate, but waited for Xiao Lizi.

"Lord Zhou," Xiao Lizi didn't show the respect he had in the past at all, but said "Why are you so ignorant", "This... how clearly do you want my slave to explain it to you? If I don't want to see you, then I don't want to see you."

"Don't despise the slave. This is not a good way to say it. The slave is also for the good of the lord. Instead of coming to the emperor about your younger brother, it is better to work hard in other ways. Now the emperor is the most impartial law enforcement. Lord Zhou does not need to be here It's useless to think about it. Donghuamen is a place where people come in and out, Lord Zhou always stays here... Well, it's not easy for the maids and eunuchs who come in and out here to walk."

"Besides, your younger brother has done something wrong in the first place, so he should learn a little lesson, isn't it the so-called small punishment and big commandment? Mr. Zhou has nothing to do now, so he has time to run around for him all day. But... Whether this matter is right or wrong is all settled. The emperor understands the meaning very well, please let Lord Zhou let this servant go."

A month ago, it would have been too late for Xiao Lizi to compliment Zhou Cai, but now that Zhou's family is having tea, Xiao Lizi has changed his face, and he is talking about the gun and the stick.After saying this, Xiao Lizi waved his sleeves and left without leaving a cloud behind.Eunuch Wei wiped the sweat from his brow, looked at Zhou Cai who stayed in front of Donghua Palace, and complained in his heart.

In recent days, Zhou Cai has been running around for his younger brother every day, and he is already exhausted.He searched for many relationships, but failed to bring Zhou Xiaodi out of the imperial prison——Jiangwei was originally a relatively independent system from the imperial court, and he was energetic, but he had nowhere to use it, so this time he thought about coming to the palace again. Li tried his luck in the name of "presenting paintings".

But the emperor still refused to see him.

There is no way, for the current plan, I can only think of other ways... Thinking of this, Zhou Cai gritted his teeth, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and planned to leave.

At this moment, a sedan chair was carried out of Donghua Gate.

"Young Master Zhou?" The guard guarding the gate looked at his badge and greeted the people in the sedan chair obsequiously.