Act like a spoiled child

After Mingshen said the word "husband", he was in a daze. Judging by Yumin's expression, it seemed that among all the answers, he happened to choose the worst one.The young king suddenly got up from his side, and scolded him in a panic: "Nonsense." The slight trembling was like a cardiac arrest, and then it was as violent as a drum.Yumin bowed slightly in a strange posture, turned away from looking at him, lowered his head to adjust his clothes, shoes and socks, and left without looking back.

Ming Shen turned over and buried himself in the quilt, blushing with embarrassment.The kitten jumped up and scratched his head with its paws, trying to get under the bed to play with him, but Mingshen refused to come out.When he calmed down and looked again, Yumin had already left for half an incense stick.

His presumptuous behavior this time seems to have made Yumin angry, but Mingshen thought about it, and felt that although he was wrong, the mistake was not very serious, but compared to Yumin's calm study state , his little rookie looks a little embarrassed.

Regarding this point, his brother once asked him kindly when he was in Jiangnan: "My stupid little Mingming, speaking of a stupid guy like you, Yumin can keep you for ten years. It seems that he has a good heart. Presumably he can become a wise king of a generation.”

"But Brother Min's temperament is not good at all, he has a bad temper." Ming Shen thought to himself.

For a few days after that, Yumin never came over.According to the old eunuch and the ceremony officer, recently it seems that the former dynasty is at a time when there is a lot of quarrel.Ming Shen faintly realized that this incident might have something to do with the memorial he saw that day.

He took up a pen and wrote to Huo Bing, wanting to tell his brother that everything was fine with him—except for "I have married my monarch".Unexpectedly, before his letter was delivered, Huo Bing's letter had already arrived.

"My younger brother, Shen, you see words like faces... Now that the government is unstable, Zhang Nianjing is an old minister of three dynasties, and he really has the ability to call the wind and rain. The new emperor's foundation is still shallow, and his mother's family has no power. There must be something to destroy the old and establish the new... You should Full support." Huo Bing wrote very sloppy, to the effect that the elders of the three dynasties are going to fight with Yumin recently, Yumin wants to stand up, and Zhang Nianjing doesn't want to be put down by Yumin like this, and wants to preserve his previous status.Huo Bing wants him to be wise and protect himself, if he can find a chance to go back to the south of the Yangtze River, if not, then follow Yu Min's wishes, it won't be too bad.

Mingshen didn't know what Huo Bing had inquired behind his back. He thought that the two years when he was away was the critical moment for Yumin to start planning, but after hearing him tell the previous story, Huo Bing told him that Yumin's People are "far from what you see", their methods are "exquisite and ruthless", "there is a king" and "maybe they have done a lot of things behind your back".The only thing that is uncertain is his sullen and withdrawn temperament. When meeting someone like Yumin, he is really a companion like a tiger.

He wrote back and told Huo Bing that he would stand on Yumin's side, and wrote: "I will pay attention, but I don't think His Majesty needs me very much. The other companion, Mr. Bu, is very talented. I only do some small things. Work."

Mingshen is an idiot, he doesn't know that the letters sent from the palace have to be checked by the third department, and he has the guts to talk to Huo Bing about standing in line.After he finished writing the letter, the ritual officer told Yu Min the content, and reported it according to the law.

"Bu Yu? Why does he keep mentioning him?" Yu Min roughly listened to the court officer's complaint, and said, "Being a queen is not a trivial job. You call him here. Huo Bing is a person all day long. Talking nonsense and saying bad things about me, he can hear his words in his mind, and what I say has the right to fall on deaf ears."

The official said: "Master Ming just fell asleep, so I will call him over immediately."

"Forget it. Let him sleep, and pay attention to see if he has a fever. Daily cold-dispelling decoction is essential." Yumin said. "In addition, send that cat to confinement, drive away all the wild cats in the palace, and prohibit foreign ministers from offering Persian cats."

The ceremonial officer couldn't laugh or cry, and wrote down one by one: "Yes."

He took out Bu Yu's invitation letter a few days ago and looked at it, but he didn't see anything, so he sealed Mingshen's envelope again.

The edge of the letter paper made of ivy was torn crookedly by Ming Shen, and there was a slight sign of softening and curling.This is a rough and bad habit that Mingshen learned from him before: there is no paste in the cold palace, and sometimes even strings can’t be found, when they roll up the envelopes, they wet a little bit of the corners with spittle, and they can be sealed after rolling up. More detailed and tight.

Ivy paper tastes sweet, while jute paper tastes bitter.

Just thinking about it like this, Yumin suddenly thought of that scene—not two years ago, but Mingshen now, the man who has grown into a half-young man puts the brush on the topaz pen mountain with a click after writing, and then He stuck out his tongue and licked the edge of the envelope, the rosy tongue and mouth glistened under the lamp, as if... It was as if he was in Ming Shen's bedroom that day, watching Ming Shen earnestly study Do like Lu character.

Like a cat, she suddenly rushed over to kiss him, imprinting his sweet breath on his lips.

He held the envelope as if it had been scalded, but he didn't let it go.

The words of the ceremony officer next to him also became a little far away: "Also, you abolished the Tongzi Division. What about the people who were admitted to the Tongzi Division in the past? Master Bu Yu also mentioned this before, saying that it was the Tongzi Division who came in. Most of the exams are memorized by rote, but there is no real talent to learn. It is suggested that all the officials in the imperial examination should re-examine the imperial examinations and start directly from the provincial examinations. If they fail to pass the three examinations, they will be sent back to their hometowns.”

The ceremonial officer looked at his expression, and secretly added: "Master Ming also passed the boy's examination. Back then, the Ming family cared a lot about the two sons, and counted on the two adults to make a fortune. However, Mr. Ming passed the exam, but Mr. Huo did not. "

"Officials in the Tongzi Division don't need to be demoted to Tongsheng. They start the examination in Chunwei, and come to see me directly after passing the exam." Yu Min said, "Let Huo Bing enter the palace, Ah Shen should miss him very much."

Yumin caressed her lips with her fingers, as if the scorching temperature and sweet fragrance still remained there.

Spring is just around the corner, and Yumin has become even busier.

Mingshen hadn't seen him all this time, and he knew that with his current embarrassing status, he could go to Yushitai to report without taking the exam, which could be regarded as going through the back door.But he was bored in the temple all day and couldn't easily go out. Besides feeding the hedgehogs and being chased by cats all over the yard, he also found something to do for himself, and seriously started preparing for the exam in half a month.

During the two years in the south of the Yangtze River, Huo Bing quickly taught Mingshen everything he could not do during the ten years in the palace. His education method was mocking: "It's just being thrown back to the south of the Yangtze River, not killing your head." , what are you going to do if you want to die and live like this? Are you unable to live without him? Our Ming family does not collect junk. If you continue like this, maybe the surname Yu will go to the south of the Yangtze River. You take a look."

If Yumin is the one who taught Mingshen how to live, then Huo Bing is the one who really took him out and saw the world with his own eyes, which made him sober up a lot.Yumin is still the god in Mingshen's eyes, and has never been shattered, but Mingshen begins to see the gap between him and Yumin: the gap between ruler and subject, the gap between shrewdness and naivety, during those two years in Jiangnan, he For the first time, I realized that this world is not only composed of a cold palace, it is colorful, although it is not as majestic, vermilion and rich palaces and high walls, but he is more suitable there.

Based on his memory, Mingshen sorted out what Huo Bing had thought when he was forcing him to study, asked the old eunuch to help him find the relevant bibliography, and began to study day and night.

Huo Bing also seemed to know that he would do this in advance, and the second letter arrived shortly thereafter, with a large box of thick papers, all of which were homework needed to prepare for the Chunwei exam, as well as Mingshen's homework for the past two years.

Mingshen was very happy, wrote a thank-you letter praising his brother and sent it to him, pinched the little hedgehog's short tail to stamp it, and asked the priest to help catch the cat, and pressed a cat's paw print on the letter paper—— After all, the cat was not sent to confinement, Mingshen somehow managed to save it.

The letter with the cat's paw and the hedgehog's tail printed on it was sent out, and Yumin commented after learning about it: "Childish."

Mingshen naturally didn't know.

The coldest days in winter began to pass, the winter snow gradually melted, and the red plums bloomed all over the yard.Among them, Mingshen never saw Yumin once, and the fact that he was secretly established also restricted him to a limited range of activities.In just fifteen days, he stayed at home and was chased by cats every day. His health improved a lot. He only had two fevers.

When this guy reads, his voice is very soft, a little milky, and he uses his habit of babbling to point out one by one. When he encounters important points, he concentrates on reading and repeating. .For more than half a month, he didn't think of Yumin at all. Instead, he asked the etiquette officer to ask several highly respected bachelors of the Imperial Academy some questions, studied them repeatedly, and then sent the first-hand information he had obtained to his brother .

After going on like this for half a month, Yumin ran over impatiently, without saying anything about what he was going to do, and came over when Mingshen was writing a policy theory, squeezed a table with him, and asked whether he should throw the booklet to Mingshen as usual. Write.

Mingshen was thinking about the policy theory he hadn't finished writing, and quickly threw it aside when he finished writing it, and it just fell into Yumin's arms impartially.

Yumin pinched the memorial and looked at Mingshen, but Mingshen didn't react at all, but continued to study his ways of governing the country with great interest, without raising his head.Yu Min put the memorial back, finished grading the memorial himself, and then said to Ming Shen: "I'm leaving."

Only then did Mingshen come back to his senses: "Brother Min, are you busy recently?"

Yu Min said: "It's not too busy, it's just arguing with those old men."

Mingshen let out an "oh" and asked him again: "Then can you quarrel with them?"

Yumin thought for a while: "Yes."

Ming Shen said again: "Oh."

Yumin patted his head: "I'm leaving."

Mingshen reluctantly puts down his pen, gets up to send Yumin out.

He vaguely felt that Yumin seemed a little unhappy, but he didn't know why, so he could only talk to him: "Brother Min, I prepared for Chunwei, and I feel that I have made great progress recently. Do you have time to help me take a look?" Look at the policy theory I wrote? I will finish it in a while and send it to you."

Yumin said, "Let's talk about it later."

Mingshen was a little disappointed, but he didn't say anything, and sent him to the door.A piece of green grass grew vigorously in the courtyard, Yumin walked through the cold and open courtyard with his back turned, Mingshen remembered that neither of them mentioned the unsuccessful attempt fifteen days ago.

He touched his mouth, his cheeks were hot, and at the same time he was slightly puzzled: If Yumin believed in gods like that, why didn't he come to see him for fifteen days?

He forgot about this doubt in an instant, and he felt that Yumin was probably still angry with him for his presumptuousness and rudeness.

On February [-]th, he changed back to the plain cotton suit he wore when he came to Beijing from the south of the Yangtze River. He wrapped it in a cloak, which looked like a ball - he made a big circle, sat from inside the palace to outside the palace, and from the palace He walked around to the entrance of the Imperial College, sat in a low-key sedan chair, and staggered to the examination room.

The examination room was heavily guarded, and everyone had a cold face.Mingshen hadn't passed the Chunwei exam, so he couldn't help being a little nervous.Unexpectedly, something went wrong when he searched his body at the first level—the Yulin guard who searched him took away a pile of red dates and ginseng and two small hand stoves he had prepared for himself, and said with a sneer: "Young master, you are here to test Chunwei. Is it here to enjoy the blessings? The hand stove is easy to hide, and those few jujubes don’t seem to be enough to eat, so let’s put these things here, ah.”

Mingshen looked at the people next to him, and saw that the pancakes brought by an old man all the way were broken to check if there was any entrainment, the poor man just discussed in a friendly voice: "My lord, I am not in good health. It’s out of breath, can you accommodate me a bit?”

Yulin Wei said: "Why do you come to take the exam if you are not in good health? If you are sick, you can go home for treatment." But he still gave him the red dates.

Mingshen was a little happy to see that one of them could be taken back, and walked inside with his own package.On the other side, Captain Yulin reported the matter to the official in charge of the matter. The official was wearing a Hanlin academic uniform, standing under the warm shed on the other side, and listened silently with his hands behind his back: "If you are not healthy, send A few people will come to see it, the imperial doctor is waiting, be careful not to cause any problems."

As soon as the words were finished, another person came from the other side, and said in a low voice: "My lord! There is an order in the palace to take care of it. This time there is a person named Ming who came to take the exam..."

The young official listened to him without saying a word, and frowned: "Has this person already entered the examination room?"

The person who sent the message wiped his sweat, looked around, and his eyes lit up: "It's that handsome young man who said he was in poor health. Even Eunuch Cheng came and said he wanted to take care of him himself."

His face was expressionless: "I know who it is, let them do it."

The man said: "My lord, please be more considerate. It was sent from the palace. Please pass it on to Mr. Ming. The examination room is sealed and we cannot enter. I need to be more troublesome to my lord these days."

The official said: "It's okay, since it is for His Majesty, I will naturally try my best to complete it."

As soon as Mingshen found a place to sit down, he saw a slender and handsome examiner approaching, stretched out his hand and put a half-person-high stacking box in front of his eyes.

Ming Shen: "?"

He had already sat down, the partition was good, and it was difficult to stand up, but the other party stopped him from standing up and saluting, and just looked at him with his slightly narrowed peach blossom eyes: "Young son of the Ming family, Ming Shen, is it you? "

Ming Shen nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

The man said: "My surname is Bu, and my name is Bu Yu. If you care about Your Majesty, you should have heard of my name."

Bu Yu.

It is impossible for him not to remember this name. This is another accompanying reading sent by Yumin's uncle's family when he was crowned. It happened to be inserted in the two years when he left Yumin. Ascended the throne.

It's like he Mingshen is a small cabbage, he grew up with another Chinese cabbage for ten years, and he could harvest a bagful of green cabbage, the small cabbage and the Chinese cabbage were sent to the vegetable market, but people Put a foot in and tell me: what is beside you is not Chinese cabbage, but Penglai fairy grass, and only Liquan can wait beside the fairy grass, and the little dew collected by yourself is useless.

It doesn't count to be jealous, Ming Shen has always been self-aware, knowing that he is actually a very stupid guy, far inferior to his own brother.

But it's not true if it's not uncomfortable.

Bu Yu glanced at him: "Your Majesty doesn't need a pampered young master by his side. If someone like you goes to court, it will also bring His Majesty's reputation. If you don't have diamonds, then don't take this job. If you just want to be a Favored minister, I will write a letter to His Majesty, and when he is established, he will recommend you to be a male concubine."

Mingshen immediately understood what Bu Yu meant, and was a little annoyed. He said seriously, "I'm not what you think."

Bu Yu looked at him and said nothing: "I heard that your health is not good, I will give you a medicine porridge sooner or later, you drink it carefully, if it is spilled on the paper, no one will change the exam paper for you. "

Ming Shen said: "I won't, and I don't need to take medicine, my health is very good."

Bu Yu said, "Oh."

Mingshen continued to say seriously: "I will do better than you did in the exam! How many times did you rank in Chunwei?"

Bu Yu glanced at him leisurely: "First in the will test, first in the palace test."

Ming Shen: "..."