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Like every evening when I knew Xiuli, Sora always came to the Taoist temple and took up the task of teaching children with Xiuli. Even though the time passed in the blink of an eye, as long as he saw the smile of the child, he would feel physical or mental. Mental fatigue, miraculously disappeared without a trace.

"Mr. Kong, Mr. Xiuli, goodbye."

Xiuli said goodbye to each child cordially with a smile on her face. After the figure of the last child disappeared at the corner of the street, Xiuli relaxed her body, raised her arm and waved it twice in the air, "I really bothered you a few days ago, So today, I must repay you well. So, come to my house and have a big meal." Xiuli suggested to Kong with full of energy, completely not noticing how big the words "come to my house to have a big meal" are to Kong impact.

The girl who struggled for wheat and noodles all day would say to her generously, "Please come to my house and have a big meal." With such words, it is like a poor poor man suddenly transformed into a prince and nobleman, which is unbelievable. confidence.

Kong Kong curled the corner of her mouth, but didn't really take Xiuli's words to heart, "I'll bring the ingredients there, what do you want to eat?" It just so happened that she also wanted to pay a good visit to Master Shao Ke. In the past few years, Shao Ke But he guided her step by step like a teacher.

Xiuli shook her head, "It's true that I invite you to have a big meal, and the time is about to come." Xiuli looked at the sky, estimated the time in her heart, her honest eyes made Kong believe the truth of Xiuli's words, Even if it's like a joke.

But soon, Kong confirmed the authenticity of this sentence and the truth of the so-called no need to bring ingredients.

"Jiang You, Qiu Ying" Kong blinked his eyes, looked at the two people who appeared in front of the Red Mansion, and showed a puzzled look.The two held various ingredients in their hands, and their eyes shifted from the two to the ingredients in their hands, with a faint smile on the corner of their mouths, "Let's eat pickled fish today."

"Oh—okay" Xiuli nodded in response to Sora's proposal, completely ignoring Chuying who brought the two fish.Thinking of Kong, Jiangyou, and Qiuying's familiarity, Xiuli asked suspiciously, "Does Xiaokong know Lord Jiangyou and Lord Qiuying?"

Qiu Ying was taken aback for a moment, then smiled gently, and looked at Sora with a teasing smile in her eyes.Facing Xiuli's inquiries, he remained silent. It was his honor to answer girls' doubts, especially a girl as lovely as Xiuli.However, Chuying still would rather waste such an opportunity.

Kong ignored Qiuying's teasing smile and shrugged his shoulders lightly, "Yes, I happen to be in the same period as Qiuying and Jiangyou,—Jinshi at the same time."

Xiuli suddenly opened her eyes wide, looking at the sky in amazement, and repeated "Jinshi Synchrony" in a high voice, realizing that her reaction was too embarrassing, Xiuli took a deep breath to calm down her shocked mood. "So, Xiao Kong is also an official. It's a lie. No matter how hard you tell yourself it's true, how can you be at the same age as Lord Jiang You when you're about the same age as the younger brother next door?"

Xiuli showed an unacceptable expression, and her eyes full of confusion kept looking at Sora, hoping to see some clues from it.

Chu Ying, who was delighted by the beautiful and vivid expression, explained with a gentle smile, "I remember that Sora should be exactly 20 years old this year, and it has been seven years since Jidi and now."

"However, she looks smaller than herself." Xiuli tried to retort, but she also realized that Chuying was not lying.She actually treats someone older than her like a younger brother, why didn't she realize this when Kong proposed to teach children.At that time, what was she thinking, Xiuli was depressed and tried to recall the scene at that time.

"That's really great. Can I call you Xiaokong in the future? With Xiaokong's ability, he will definitely pass high school in the future, become an official, and do his best for the people."

She was totally happy that someone was willing to teach children with her, yes, nothing else but happy.

When Xiuli retorted, Jiang You's complexion was a little stiff, but soon stretched out. Unlike other people's attacks on Kong, Xiuli was simply stating the facts, which were beyond reproach.And Kong is still his usual appearance, with a faint smile on his face, they all know how beautiful they are.

"Xiuli, is Lord Shao Ke there?" Jiang You asked instead.

"—Ah, yes—come in with me, please. I'm so sorry for making everyone stand outside the door for so long."

After entering the house, Xiuli deftly found the tea set needed to make tea from the kitchen, made the tea and brought it in front of the three of them, "Please use the tea first, do you want to eat anything, Lord Chuying and Lord Jiangyou?" Xiuli While calculating the ingredients in his mind, he asked.

"Just follow your own preferences." Jiang You said before Qiu Ying opened her mouth. Regarding Jiang You's behavior, Qiu Ying smiled gently and did not refute, after all, he did not want girls to be so tired.

After Xiuli's figure disappeared at the door, Kong said, "Xiuli is the red noble concubine who has entered the palace for a few months." All the signs that he would not be able to teach in the short term made Kong think that it was Xiuli who would enter the palace, but the attitudes of Chu Ying and Jiang You today just made Kong firm up his mind.

"Yes, thanks to her, that idiot king has more or less the consciousness of becoming a king." Jiang You used her usual indifferent tone. In the state of doing nothing all day long, and the idiot was nowhere to be found, he felt the veins popping up on his forehead again.

"That's it, the relationship between Xiuli and the king should be good." Sora said a little lonely, his eyes fell through the window and fell on the cherry blossom tree in the courtyard that could not bloom. At some point, the flowers and roots of the cherry blossom tree It was eaten up by the victims, so the cherry blossoms never bloomed again.

At that time, Kong had seen Xiuli, just a few times from a distance, a young child playing the erhu, playing the erhu day and night, hoping that the dead could rest in peace.It is this kind of person who will truly benefit the people when he becomes an official. He has tasted the sufferings of the world, so no matter what, we can't let that kind of life reappear.

There was a strange pause in the atmosphere, and Qiu Ying didn't know how to answer Kong's words that were similar to emotion. He could see that Wang liked Xiuli wholeheartedly, but Kong didn't.

Turning back in idling, he gradually retracted his gaze from the cherry blossom tree, "——so how good is it? As a king, in Sannomiya Sixth Court, it is normal for wives and concubines to gather in groups, even if there is no one in the harem now. , what about after that?" His dark eyes looked at the two of them sharply, like a gust of wind.

Facing Kong at this time, Qiu Ying sighed deeply, "Kong, even if you don't have confidence in the king, you do believe in Xiuli, don't you? That girl will not give herself up at will, her ambition It’s far more than that—maybe it’s beyond most people’s imagination. And Wang is not as incompetent as he appears on the face—and those who can be taught by Master Shao Ke and Taifu Song at the same time should know it too.”

Kong lowered his eyes and looked at the ground without saying a word. After a while, he said in a slow and deep voice, as if he couldn't let go of sadness, "——no matter what kind of secret it was, he actually abandoned the government for half a year. For a long time. Did he think that there would be someone else to take responsibility for him, just like a wayward child." Kong suddenly paused, and slowly raised his head, "——you accepted the gift of flowers, so, is it really worth it? Yes For you"

The two are very clear about Kong's implication. They are not just Lan Qiuying and Li Jiangyou, but behind them are the Lan family and the Hong family who can shake the entire country.If one day, the family suddenly no longer supports the current king, they will be in a difficult situation, in a dilemma.

"It's a very unique approach, and this hand is really beautiful." Qiu Ying said with a smile, with a gentle smile, calm and breezy, as if accepting the king's gift of flowers with a special meaning is just a trivial matter.

Jiang You frowned, unexpectedly not annoyed by Qiu Ying's attitude, "No matter how chic it is, this speed is considered qualified."

Sora shrugged lightly, as if he could imagine the scene at that time, "Should I express my praise for his ability? However, he is still far from convincing people. "

Even if he could convince Qiuying and Jiangyou for the time being, what about the others, Lord Hong Lishen and Lord Huang Shangshu from the Ministry of Officials were by no means easy to compromise.And the Lan family who gradually withdrew from the court during the period of the former king.

"Don't be too strict, he's worrying about Xiuli right now." Qiuying said in a joking tone suddenly, but this is absolutely true, but it doesn't matter whether the king is hiding it or not, he treats Emotional things are really ironic like children.

"Oh?" Sora simply uttered a single syllable, expressing doubts.She really wanted to know what the king would be troubled by.

"He is doing his best to prepare the draft of 'Women's Participation in the National Examination System'" Jiang You replied, and when he thought of women, his face couldn't help changing, which was an expression he never showed when talking with Xiuli.

The most talented man in the imperial court turned out to be a woman-hating person.

"Women participate in the national examination system?" Kong suddenly opened his eyes wide, stunned by the sudden news.She didn't expect that the final task didn't require her effort at all, as long as Xiuli became an official, it would be over here.

It's over, as long as he meditates on these three words, Sora will sink down, looking at the two people in front of him, he doesn't know what to say for a while.