Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

Gu Yanshu has no way of knowing what the aptitudes of the underage princes are like in Prince Li's residence.

But since the emperor began to focus on the few underage princes, the eyes outside Prince Li's mansion have decreased day by day.

Maybe it was because of the emperor's tough attitude, knowing that he could not get any clues from Prince Li's mansion, he finally called back the people who were sent around the manor of Prince Li.

It made Gu Yanshu feel a lot more relaxed and relaxed.

In addition, the time for the First Prince to be grounded has also come.

This time, the emperor didn't say anything, and let the eldest prince return to the court smoothly.

To say that during this period of time, if the ministers in the court were not very happy because of the fighting between Qin Lu and the emperor, the life of the eldest prince was even more difficult.

First, the rights in his hands were taken back, and later he was implicated in printing money.

I thought that after being grounded for a period of time, when the emperor's anger subsided, he would be fine.

Who knew that something happened to the Ningguo Palace in the middle.

Now that Duke Ning's mansion is being exiled by the whole family, even the noble concubine is grounded, and the eldest prince lost his greatest support in an instant.

Coupled with the fact that the emperor has been focusing on the Sixth Prince and the Seventh Prince recently, the courtiers who were originally standing firmly by the First Prince's side have also shaken their faith in their hearts.

Perhaps knowing that today is different from the past, after the First Prince was lifted from the ground restraint this time, his demeanor became much lower-key.

Even if they occasionally encountered provocations from the Fifth Prince and the others, they would accept them all with a smile on their face, and when they were in a hurry, they simply ignored it as if they hadn't heard it.

It made the fifth prince feel that he lost a lot of fun.

The eldest prince's attitude, not to mention the fifth prince, even Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu felt a little wrong.

After all, after fighting so many times, no one knows better than them what kind of person the eldest prince is.

As for the fifth prince's appearance that cats and dogs disliked when he provoked people, how could the eldest prince still bear it?

If it is not clear that the current eldest prince is already a grasshopper after autumn, Gu Yanshu even wonders if the eldest prince is planning some big conspiracy.

Because the relationship between Qin Lu and the emperor is now tense, after returning from Yizhou, Qin Lu never went to the early court again, and the emperor's attitude did not ease in the slightest.

Gu Yanshu had heard about these things related to the court, but he didn't take it to heart.

In Gu Yanshu's words, that is:

"Anyway, these things have nothing to do with us. With this time, I might as well see if I can open a new store to make money, and then observe whether the sweet potatoes and peppers have sprouted."

That's right.

For Gu Yanshu, the turmoil in the court is not even more important than the three-acre land in the palace where peppers are planted.

If it wasn't for the frequent opening of new stores in the past few days, Gu Yanshu needed to grasp the general direction, he even wanted to take his own deer and run away, and live back the days of watching the stars and the moon on the way back to the capital from Yizhou.

Just when Gu Yanshu thought that things in the court had gradually moved away from him and Qin Lu, he found that Xiaolu, who had just been idle for a few days, became busy again at some point.

Facing Gu Yanshu's question, Qin Lu answered like this:

"The triennial examination is about to begin."

"What does that have to do with yours?"

Gu Yanshu glanced at his little deer, he naturally knew that the triennial exam was about to begin.

When they returned to the capital from Yizhou, both Qin Lu and Gu Yanshu would occasionally meet one or two well-to-do and impatient scholars who had already embarked on the road to Beijing for the exam.

In their words, this will be tried only once every three years, there is no room for negligence, and it is better to go early than to go late.

If you arrive in Kyoto earlier, you can adapt to the water and soil environment in advance, and at the same time exchange your learning experience with the students in Kyoto.

In addition, part of it was aimed at the "Kyoto Daily".

The "Ten Years of Imperial Examinations, Five Years of Simulation" section of "Kyoto Daily" has already established a reputation among literati and students.

It even went through several improvements by Wen Qingxiao during the period, and now "Ten Years of Imperial Examinations, Five Years of Simulation" has not only published articles by learned and respected Confucian scholars.

At the same time, it will also receive contributions from other students in Kyoto, and select the outstanding ones or the more controversial ones, and publish them, providing students with a model for reference and discussion.

It is indeed a good way to learn from people of similar level to yourself and check for omissions.

It is also because of such improvements that the students in Kyoto have more or less felt their progress these days.

The "Ten Years of Imperial Examinations, Five Years of Simulation" section, because of this, has become more and more famous.

Recently, Wen Qingxiao has even begun to think about selecting some of the previous articles and re-creating the selected special issue of "Ten Years of Imperial Examinations, Five Years of Simulation".

Now the cement roads have covered all the main roads in Tianqi, and the exchange of news between various cities is much more frequent and faster than before.

This "Ten Years of Imperial Examination, Five Years of Simulation" is so popular in Kyoto, naturally it cannot be hidden from candidates in other regions.

You must know that this learning is like sailing against the current, if you do not advance, you will retreat. If others are improving faster than yourself, it also means that you are regressing.

Candidates from other places couldn't sit still when they heard that Kyoto has such a sharp tool for people to learn and improve.

Candidates from poor families are fine. Candidates from wealthier families packed up their bags and rushed to the capital as quickly as possible on the day the results of the provincial examination came out.

I just thought that if I arrived one day earlier, I would be able to participate in the study of "Ten Years of Imperial Examination, Five Years of Simulation" one day earlier.

Over the past few days, students from other places have arrived in Kyoto.

Not to mention anything else, let's just talk about the industries under Gu Yanshu's name, because of the arrival of these foreign students, a lot of revenue has increased.

But if Gu Yanshu remembers correctly, isn't my little deer not always concerned about these things?

Why did you suddenly mention the exam now?

The next moment, Qin Lu gave Gu Yanshu the answer:

"The test is about to start. Recently, the number of people in Kyoto has increased a lot. In order to prevent accidents, the officials in Kyoto and the imperial guards are under a lot of pressure. The meaning of the father is to let the king pay attention to the safety of Kyoto. .”

"Hasn't the prince already returned the soldier talisman?"

When Gu Yanshu heard this, he couldn't help muttering in a low voice.

So what does the old man of the emperor mean?

The soldier talisman was taken back, and the little deer was not allowed to do less, how could there be such a good thing in this world?

Seeing his soft and unhappy face complaining about his injustice, Qin Lu couldn't help but smile.

Raising his hand and rubbing his soft and furry head, he explained in a low voice:

"It is true that the soldier talisman was handed back, but my father did not withdraw my post as king."

Therefore, the security of the capital is indeed one of Qin Lu's duties.

According to this meaning, if Qin Lu wants to relax completely, he can only resign from the emperor.

But the last time my own deer handed over the soldier talisman, he had already angered that old man, the emperor.

At this time, he proposed to resign. What if the emperor got angry and chopped off his own deer?

No one understands better than Gu Yanshu the principle of accepting what you see, so even though he was still dissatisfied, Gu Yanshu just pouted and didn't say anything.

Qin Lu also saw Gu Yanshu's displeasure, and promised in a low voice:

"When the palace selection is over, I will be free, and I will accompany you then, huh?"

After the general examination and palace selection, it was already winter.

According to Tianqi's temperature last winter, Gu Yanshu probably just wanted to stay in the main courtyard with the heating on 24 hours a day, and didn't want to go anywhere.

But looking up at his little deer's smiling and promising eyes, Gu Yanshu didn't say such disappointing words, only nodded slightly, and replied in a low voice:

"it is good."

Seeing his own Ruanrou so well-behaved, Qin Lu couldn't hold back again, and rubbed his Ruanrou's furry head.

This time, Qin Lu didn't hold back the strength in his hands, and made Gu Yanshu's hairstyle a little messy.

In the end, Gu Yanshu shook his head and shook off his hand, not to mention, and even got a soft stare from his own family.

If it was normal, Qin Lu might have softened his voice long ago and started to comfort the princess who was annoyed by him.

But today, Qin Lu didn't know what to think.

After seeing his soft and puffy performance, he couldn't hold back again, and raised his hand to pinch Gu Yanshu's cheek.

But this time, Qin Lu didn't wait for Gu Yanshu to react, and directly withdrew his hand.

Hastily dropped the sentence "I'm going to patrol the city first", then turned and left.

That slightly hasty back figure showed that he was afraid that his concubine would settle accounts with him.

Gu Yanshu was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed angrily at his little deer's actions.

When he came back to his senses, where was his own little deer in front of him?

People don't know where they went!

"Children!"

In the end, Gu Yanshu could only mutter something in a low voice, and then called Xingren who was standing aside to help him rearrange his hairstyle.

Since taking over the task of being responsible for the security of the capital, the tense atmosphere between Prince Li's mansion and the emperor has suddenly eased a lot.

Within a few days, the emperor called Qin Lu back to the court because he "need to know the latest situation in the capital in time".

Qin Lu returned to the days when he went to court step by step.

Between the court, the emperor, Prince Li's mansion and the eldest prince, it seems that they have returned to the days before Qin Lu went to Yizhou.

But everyone knows that something is different:

For example, now that the First Prince is in the same line as King Li, they will no longer quarrel over trivial matters because of a disagreement.

Both parties seemed to have lost their fighting spirit and began to enter a retirement state.

Of course, the most important thing is that although the emperor let King Li return to the court, he did not return the soldier talisman to King Li.

On the contrary, in these days, many newcomers have been placed in the army, and the profound meaning contained in it makes the courtiers tremble with fear, but they dare not think about it.

Qin Lu got busy, and Gu Yanshu's plan to vacation with him naturally fell through.

In the end, Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu simply indulged in business affairs, and even went to the shop under his hands to inspect the frequency much higher than before.

On this day, Gu Yanshu went to patrol the shop under his control as planned.

Who knew that when he first arrived at Guiyuanju, he saw that familiar yet unexpected figure sitting in a wheelchair outside Guiyuanju.

Besides, there was a circle of people standing outside Guiyuanju, who were watching something lively.

Just as he was about to step forward and ask Wen Qingxiao why he was sitting outside Guiyuan and did not go in, Gu Yanshu realized that something was wrong with this situation?

Wen Qingxiao didn't seem to want to go in, but someone stopped him from going in.

There were too many people watching around, and Gu Yanshu was a little far away, so he couldn't see clearly.

He could only vaguely see that the person blocking Wen Qingxiao seemed to be a woman with a woman's hair in a bun.

No matter how slow Gu Yanshu is in the scene in front of him, he can still sense something is wrong.

Just as he was about to step forward to inquire, Gu Yanshu heard a faint, mournful sobbing sound coming from Wen Qingxiao's direction.

This voice made Gu Yanshu's footsteps subconsciously pause, who knew that just such a stop made Gu Yanshu see a big show.