then Li Sao

The back garden was full of colorful flowers, and when Luo Ping stepped in, the bright colors lit up his eyes.

The bright yellow in front is the current saint Zhou Yu, the Yongrong red on the side is the empress, and the lotus powder on the left is Wan Guifei.

Further down sat the eldest prince with moon white embroidered gold, the eldest grandson of the emperor in red fur short jacket, the second prince with sky blue, the third prince with blue purple, the fourth prince with dark blue and light blue, the sixth prince with satin black, and the third prince with black satin. The eldest princess with snow muscle and neon clothes.

The flowers in the garden are not as beautiful as the people in that table. The men are as rich as jade, and the women are beautiful, but their expressions are not very good. Spring.

Just because of the child kneeling in front of the steps.

The child was dressed in dark green clothes, the cloth was simple muslin without embroidery patterns, it looked very shabby in the circle of silk and satin.

There is still a clear footprint on the cuff, and a little dust is stained on his flushed cheeks. At first glance, he looks like a little eunuch who has made a mistake.

The moment Luo Ping entered the garden, he heard the emperor angrily scold: "You don't know how to grow! Thanks to your elder brother pleading for you, but you don't know what to do. You can't recite a single word of the [-]-character "Oath"!" Come out, what a disappointment!"

Suddenly ran into Emperor Xunzi, if he was 17 years old, he must have been frightened by this battle.Luo Ping turned his eyes and walked according to the situation at that time.

He staggered under his feet, as if shocked by the majesty of the emperor, Luo Ping's face turned pale.

He secretly looked at the child kneeling on the ground, and then at the emperor sitting upright, looking at a loss.

The emperor noticed his embarrassment, but he restrained his stern expression, and said with a smile: "Luo Qing is here."

Luo Ping hastily kowtowed and saluted: "My minister pays homage to the emperor and empress, and greets all the princes."

Beside him was the child who was also kneeling, and out of the corner of Luo Ping's eyes, Luo Ping saw that the child secretly gouged him out with a knife-like gaze.

The emperor raised his hand: "Luo Qing is flat, this is not an imperial court, and those rituals are all waived, please take your seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Luo Ping got up and sat down at the last seat, but the child still bowed his head and knelt there without saying a word.

Fortunately, the emperor finally took into account the presence of outsiders and did not make things difficult for him: "Tang'er, take your seat too."

"Thank you, Father."

Seeing the child sitting on the seat next to him, Luo Ping sighed inwardly: This is just like this person, he never speaks of any grievances, and he refuses to say a word of submissiveness. His background is not good in the first place, and he is not the emperor now. pet.

The emperor raised his wine glass and said: "This is the Luo Qing I mentioned to you, a young talent, full of economics, and a great strategy. He wrote a "Ten Strategies" in the palace examination. I am honored to be this virtuous minister. ah!"

These words were for the princes and grandsons, Luo Ping knew that he was being held up as a role model, so he hurriedly raised his wine glass: "The humble minister is terrified, and the emperor praised him absurdly."

It's really absurd, the "Ten Strategies" seems to him to be naive now, like a fool's dream.

It's just that what the emperor probably appreciates is his "innocence", and he is the only candidate among Jinshi who has written about wartime strategies. Much more pleasing to the eye.

After drinking it in one sip, the emperor's expression changed: "Tang'er, you are still not convinced by what I said to you. You are already ten years old. You went to the Imperial College with your brother and listened to the teachings of the Taifu. So far you have achieved nothing. , look at Luo Qing, at the age of 17 you are the pillar of the country, as a prince, you don't feel ashamed, but I do too!"

A soft voice came: "The nine sons of a dragon are all different. Your Majesty, why bother to be angry with a child born to a servant."

Concubine Wan Gui softly caressed the emperor's chest, seemingly calming down the matter, but actually adding fuel to the fire.

The emperor became angry when Zhou Tang's biological mother was mentioned.

Back then, a court lady who had been favored by the emperor, had an affair with the guards after giving birth to the prince, and gave the emperor a cuckold. After being found out, not only did she not repent, she also reprimanded the emperor for raping her, cursed Dacheng to cut off her children and grandchildren, and then swallowed gold and died on the spot.

How could the emperor endure such a shameful humiliation.

And it's strange to say that right after the woman died, the eldest prince Zhou Feng's health deteriorated, and in winter he could only lie in bed to recuperate from his illness, and he couldn't leave the stove for even a moment, scaring the emperor very much.

Fortunately, four years later, the eldest concubine gave him a healthy and lively grandson, which made him feel relieved.

It's just that since then, the emperor never gave that woman's child a good face, even if it was his own flesh and blood.

Seeing Zhou Tang's stubborn expression, he thought of that woman, and the emperor was furious: "Hmph, you really are a bitch!"

Seeing Zhou Tang clenched his fists and shaking, the eldest prince Zhou Feng hurried out to smooth things over: "Imperial Father, Little Seven is still young, and it's time for fun, so don't force it, be careful if you lose your temper!" body."

"That's right, Your Majesty, you see that you are so busy talking to the emperor and his courtiers that Yan'er has been begging you for drinks for a long time. If you don't talk to her again, she will cry." The queen changed the topic.

The eldest princess pouted and said: "That's right, the emperor is partial! Why can the emperor and the others drink alcohol, but Yan'er can't!"

Zhou Yan's voice was pretty, and her words were willful and cute, which amused the emperor: "Forget it, today's spring is beautiful, let's not mention those spoilers. Yan'er, you want to drink, when will I stop you, but you With such a small amount of alcohol, you will be drunk in one sip, and I don't care if your brothers laugh at you when the time comes."

"If Yan'er is drunk, dance a song 'Drunk Thousand Cups' to show Father, Father, what do you think?"

"Well, well, Yan'er's dance, who dares to say it's not good!"

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Luo Ping chatted with the emperor and the six princes in trepidation for a while, and after a few glasses of wine, propped his half-drowsy head, admiring the eldest princess's "Drunken Thousand Cups".

That song and dance was swaying and full of beauty and beauty.The eldest princess also specially poured Luo Ping a glass of fine wine. She is as beautiful as jade, and everyone gets drunk if the wine is not intoxicating. Luo Ping's eyes are blurred after drinking a glass of wine.

Zhou Yanqiao left with a smile, and went to pour wine for others.

There were only two people at the banquet who were not drunk by her, one was the eldest grandson of the emperor who was only six years old, and the other was the seventh prince Zhou Tang.

Man Yuanzi's words and laughter did not reach Zhou Tang's heart at all.

He sat there with his head bowed, not eating, drinking or playing, like a wooden statue.

But for some reason, he felt that the person next to him was very restless, as if he always leaned towards him.Zhou Tang couldn't help squinting at him, but only caught a glimpse of the man's silly eyes staring at Zhou Yan.

Zhou Tang sneered, and said sarcastically, "The pillar of the country is simply a useless womanizer."

As he was talking, he suddenly felt soft in the palm of his hand.Zhou Tang was startled, and instinctively wanted to withdraw his hand, but was firmly grasped.

It took him a while to realize that it was another person's hand.

Warm, with a slightly rough texture.

He suddenly raised his eyes to look at the people around him, and happened to bump into the pool of warm eyes.

I wanted to reprimand him for being rude, for daring to play tricks on the dignified prince, but with just that one look, I couldn't say the word "presumptuous".As if Zhou Tang had been possessed, he just let him hold his hand.

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At this time, I don't know who said something: "How about Xiao Qizi also dance a song to cheer everyone up?"

It is a great honor for the princess to perform the dance. To let a prince dance, it is obvious that he is being manipulated by others. It is obvious that he wants to see him make a fool of himself, and the emperor has no intention of stopping it.

Zhou Tang pursed his lips and said, "I don't know how to dance."

The third prince said: "Little Seven, you don't know anything, so what should you do, or just learn how to bray like a donkey?"

The eldest grandson of the emperor was ignorant: "Does the Seventh Emperor want to learn how to bray? Heng'er wants to listen. Heng'er has never heard a donkey bray before."

Zhou Tang was so angry that he couldn't bear it for a while and wanted to lift the table. Suddenly, a sharp object was put into his palm, which hurt him a lot.

Turning his head, he saw Luo Ping sip the wine with his eyebrows raised, and shook his head slightly.

Just as he was wondering, the hand left, and the person next to him returned to his drunken and obsessed look, staring at the eldest princess wholeheartedly, as if nothing had happened just now.

The thing in his hand rolled, and Zhou Tang felt that it was a sharp stone. When he grasped it hard, his palm hurt, which made him sober up a lot.

Yes, I can't move, I can only endure.

Who can he talk to about the pain at this time, what else can he do besides swallowing it by himself?

Standing up to help the case, Zhou Tang smiled slightly: "Since that's the case, I can't spoil everyone's interest anymore, so let's learn how to bray like a donkey."

As he said that, he yelped twice, amused the grandson of the emperor: "Uncle Seven Emperor, Uncle Seven Emperor, how do you know how a donkey brays?"

The third prince answered for him: "Heng'er, the Fudong Palace where your Seventh Emperor Uncle lives is close to the Central Stable Prison, and he is with the animals every day, so he will naturally learn it."

"Oh." Zhou Heng nodded and said, "Uncle Qihuang, can Heng'er come and play with you? Heng'er also wants to meet the donkey."

He is only four years younger than Zhou Tang, and he has no playmates in the palace, so he just wants to get close to the uncle who is the closest in age.

"Fudong Palace is too far away from Chaoyang Palace, Heng'er had better not come." Zhou Tang replied coldly.

Ignoring his nephew's disappointed expression, Zhou Tang bowed to the emperor: "Father, my son is not feeling well, so I will take my leave first."

"Yeah." The emperor responded casually, without even looking at him, he hugged his little grandson and coaxed him, "Heng'er wants to see donkeys? Why not give you ten donkeys..."

Not long after, Luo Ping also excused himself from drunkenness.

Back in the front yard, the spring feast was over, and only a few palace servants were left cleaning.

He didn't need to look for it deliberately, he knew where the man was, so he walked towards the lotus pond.Sure enough, in the rockery in the corner, I saw Zhou Tang sitting with his knees hugged.

He stood behind him, looking down at the tiny child.

Thin arms, messy bun, not even a decent dress.

Luo Ping called him: "Your Highness Seventh."

Zhou Tang's body stiffened, and he said, "Go away."

"His Royal Highness..."

"I tell you to go away! Go away! You pervert! Eunuch!"

"Pfft." Luo Ping couldn't hold back for a moment, and laughed, "Your Highness, you can't even swear, do you really only know how to bray like a donkey?"

"You! Presumptuous!" Zhou Tang raised his face, his face flushed.

Luo Ping looked at him and said meaningfully: "Why don't you pay attention to those braying donkeys? If you imitate their accents, you will never be successful."

Zhou Tang was a little silly.

He was thinking, this man must be quite drunk, what is he talking about?How dare he, how dare he speak like that?

Comparing those people to donkeys?How dare he!

Luo Ping sat down next to him, took advantage of his stupidity, patted the shoe prints off his clothes, dipped his sleeves in the water of the lotus pond, wiped off the dirt on his face, and broke away his hands, Carefully cleaned up the wound that was knocked out by the stone just now.

He said, "Your Highness, your clothes are so beautiful."

When he came back to his senses, Zhou Tang rubbed the corner of his clothes and said displeasedly, "Nonsense! Their clothes are beautiful!"

"No, it's not." Luo Ping said, "Your Highness, do you know what color your clothes are?"

"Green. They said that my mother gave my father a green hat, and I only deserve to wear this kind of ugly green clothes."

Luo Ping shook his head: "They are all ordinary people. Your Highness, the color of your clothes is called thousand-year-old green. It is the color condensed by thousands of years of black jade. It looks inconspicuous on weekdays. One day, when you climb to a very high place, you will be able to stand in the sky." See its splendor in the sunlight."

Zhou Tang listened to him with all his heart, and he was fascinated by it. Looking at the clothes on his body, it seemed that they were really radiant.

He suddenly felt that the person beside him was not so annoying anymore.

"Hey, nerd." Zhou Tang called him in a rough voice, "I want to know what "Oath" is, please tell me."

Luo Ping asked: "Your Highness, didn't the Taifu teach you the "Shangshu" when you were in the Imperial Academy?"

Zhou Tang said: "I have never been to Taiyuan College! As soon as I went to Sanhuang brother, he sent someone to let the dog bite me. The Taifu only said that I was stupid in front of the father. In fact, he didn't teach me for a day! Do you want to say it or not? , don’t tell me and don’t listen, get the hell out of here!”

Pressing him lightly, Luo Ping said seriously: "If you want me to tell you, you have to ask me for advice. Who is willing to teach you to a rude student like you?"

Just as Zhou Tang was about to have a fit, he suddenly realized: "Bookworm, you, you want to teach me?"

"You have to call me Master."

"Hmph, how old are you than me? I don't want to call you Master."

"Then I won't teach."

"You!" Zhou Tang was anxious, "Then, then I will call you little master, you can only be my little master!"

"Okay." Luo Ping covered up a wry smile, "I'll just be your little wife."

Luo Ping kept his promise and told him about "Oath of Shepherd":

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Now I'm sending it out to honor the punishment of heaven.Today's matter, don't miss the six or seven steps, but stop it.

Master Xuzai!Don't fall into the four, five, six, and seven cuts, but stop the Qi.

Master Xuzai!Shang Huanhuan, like a tiger, like a pi, like a bear, like a 罴, ran around in the suburbs of Shang to conquer the western lands.

Master Xuzai!What you don't want to do, it's what you want to kill!

"Your Highness, what this article says is: on the day of the decisive battle, the front and rear distances of our formations should not exceed six or seven steps, and we must keep them neat and tidy. The left and right distances of our formations should not exceed four, five or six steps." , Seven cuts, but also to keep neat, do not shrink back.

"The soldiers are mighty and majestic, like tigers and bears, and they march towards the outskirts of the capital. In battle, we should not stop those who come to surrender, but use them to strengthen ourselves.

"Work hard, sons! If we don't fight bloody battles, we ourselves will be tortured."

Zhou Tang listened very attentively, and he asked: "Study, uh, little master, are you talking about how to fight? Is this the art of war?"

Luo Ping said: "No, this is just a war proclamation, which is used to call on soldiers to go to the battlefield. It is far from the art of war. Let's take our time, and I will teach you later."

Zhou Tang didn't notice that he was holding Luo Ping's sleeve tightly, almost tearing it apart: "Where did you teach me? How can I find you? You are not lying to me, right? You are not talking drunk right?"

"I am a editor in the Imperial Academy, and I appear here every day. I will not lie to you." Luo Ping said, "I am alive in this life, and this is a karmic debt that I cannot escape."