Are you stupid?

Gu Jian repeatedly courteoused Sang Ji several times, but he couldn't hold back Sang Ji, and after handing over the matter clearly, he left the palace and returned home.

At the dining table, Gu Nian was still holding a book and studying hard, almost swallowing food into his nose.

"Okay, put the book down, it won't take a while." Seeing his son working hard, Gu Jian didn't feel lucky at all, but felt even more uncertain.

——But if you have good grades on weekdays, do you still need to work so hard when you are about to take the exam?The harder his son is working now, the more he proves that his homework is not very good, and he is all counting on the last little time to sharpen his gun.

Gu Jian thought of Lingxiu's little prince, and then looked at his incompetent son, couldn't help but put down his chopsticks and sighed deeply.

Gu Nian poked his head out of the book to look at his father with a guilty conscience, and found that Gu Jian was staring at him, laughed "hehe" a few times, and hurriedly buried his head back in the pile of books.

Gu Jian simply said: "Okay, if you can't read it, just take a break. You are still young, and you don't have much talent in reading. It doesn't matter if you don't pass the Enke exam. You will just continue to end in another three years. Your age is at your Here, it can’t compare to the group of Confucian scholars who have lived for many years, and they are not old when they are three or forty years old.”

The father's comfort not only did not let Gu Nian relax, but also made him more depressed.

Gu Nian put down his chopsticks and hurriedly said: "Father, I don't want to fight with anyone, but we will be together in the palace for a few months. It is no problem for Fan Su and Zhou Rong to prepare for martial arts. Mu Huaiyuan, Shen Yu, Wei Qianneng I am good at writing and have an excellent memory. I am the only one who is incompetent. This time Enke got His Majesty’s order, so I can stay in the capital to prepare for the exam. I’m going back to my hometown to prepare for the exam—the style of literature in the south of the Yangtze River is at its peak, and my son feels that his chances of passing the exam are even slimmer.”

Gu Jian didn't expect his son's self-evaluation to be so low. He looked at Gu Nian seriously for a while and asked, "What level do you think you are now?"

"If you can pass the township test, if you can pass the test, then...it's hard to say. The son of the palace test doesn't dare to think about it." Gu Nian said more and more, and buried his head under the table.

Gu Jian patted his son on the shoulder, tried his best to show a smile and said to him: "Before the township exam, you have to take the exam three times in a row. You were escorted back to your hometown by an old servant when you were ten years old, and you went to take the merit test. Back then, you passed three exams in a row. I am proud to have a child like you. You say you are not smart, but my father is not a smart person either. I passed the children's exam when I was nearly 20 years old, and I failed the rural exam twice in a row. There are many students in the world, At such a young age, it is already a great honor to be able to enter the provincial examination. You don't have to be so concerned about gains and losses."

Gu Jian saw that his son was still a bit embarrassed, and said simply: "In this court, few of the ministers, servants, Sima, generals, etc. who can really climb up to the top three are from the top three. The 'examination' is just a process. As long as you pass the line, no one will care how many exams you took in the first place. It also depends on your ability to handle affairs in the court in the future. My son, hard work is much more important than the results of one or two exams, and there will be a long time in the future."

"But I'm afraid I won't pass the exam." Gu Nian was not humble this time, nor did he underestimate himself, "Father, I really have no talent in methods."

"Didn't it mean that you can pass the township test? If you really think you can't pass the test, after you pass the township test, I'll let you fill in the vacancy for my father. If you work hard in the local area, you can still stand out." Gu Jian was like his son when he was a child Rubbing the top of Gu Nian's head, "Okay, don't be so stubborn. Eat well, the place where you took the exam has not been properly repaired since it was built, and the inside is dilapidated. There is no place for heating, and you have to make a brazier yourself. It's not you who It’s like living in the warm spring breeze and taking exams in my hometown. If you break your bones now, you will have to suffer during the exam.”

Gu Nian didn't know how to make a fire, so he stuck out his tongue and finally put down the book and had a good meal.

……

In Caiyun Palace, Emperor Taixing's clothes were unbuttoned, his face was red, he smelled of alcohol, and he was in a panic.

He laughed and chased several equally disheveled beauties around the pillar.

Emperor Taixing's hands trembled slightly, and the beauty running in front of him saw Emperor Taixing's heavy footsteps, and hurriedly made a tripping motion and threw herself into Emperor Taixing's arms, and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty is young and powerful, and the servants can't run away from His Majesty. I have no choice but to let His Majesty punish you, Your Majesty should take pity on your servants!"

Emperor Taixing was already in his 40s, and he was not as strong as he was when he was young.Although the beauty is not fat, the weight is not something he can bear.

Emperor Taixing fell to the ground with the beauty in his arms in an instant.The beauty was so frightened that her face was as pale as paper, and she quickly put on a delicate appearance, babbling and groaning in Taixing Emperor's arms, trying to move away from Taixing Emperor's body in a different position.

Emperor Taixing took a few breaths, and finally got up from the ground. He found that the newly promoted beauty looked unbearable. He thought he was so strong, and then laughed with his dim drunken eyes.

Emperor Taixing has been suffering from dizziness and tremors in his hands and feet these days. The imperial physicians have always said that Taixing Emperor's wind and evil have entered his body, and he is required to cultivate well and not to be overworked.

Both the imperial physician and Meng Kai knew that this "tiredness" referred to "housing labor", but Emperor Taixing considered it to be government affairs.

It was also because of this that Emperor Taixing took advantage of the guilt of not catching the murderer for his son, while threatening the imperial physician not to disclose his physical condition to the outside world, and at the same time gave up the right to handle the government affairs to the prince.

Meng Kai immediately persuaded Taixing Emperor to rest more, but if his words were useful, there would not be so many unnamed women in the harem.

Emperor Taixing got tired of hearing it, and asked Meng Kai to cover his mouth and stand aside, so as not to disturb his interest.

Seeing that Emperor Taixing's hands were shaking violently again, Meng Kai was so frightened that sweat dripped from his forehead.He quickly pointed to a little eunuch in a low voice, "Hurry up to the Imperial Medical Office, no matter who is on duty at night, call them over!"

The little eunuch didn't know the reason, but he rarely saw Meng Kai's face change, and he was trembling with fright.

The little eunuch raised his feet and ran to the imperial medical office. When he arrived at the imperial medical office, he saw someone grabbing the medicine box, and as soon as he caught him, he ran back.

By the time the little eunuch brought the imperial physician back, Emperor Taixing had messed up with the maid again, and no one could enter.

Meng Kai twisted the little eunuch's ear severely, "Why are you so slow to call someone. Now His Majesty is in high spirits, just wait honestly!"

After teaching the little eunuch a lesson, Meng Kai approached the imperial physician with a smile on his face and said kindly, "Please wait a little longer, your Majesty is in a good mood, and you can't finish the job in half an hour. The side hall has prepared some refreshments, you can rest first." on."

The imperial physician smiled modestly, followed Meng Kai's words and went to the side hall to wait. In the side hall, he raised the corners of his mouth, and there was a trace of resentment in his eyes.

Meng Kai said it took a long time, but in fact Emperor Taixing lost his interest in lying on the beauty in a short while, and put on his clothes casually and fell asleep.

The women in the room supported each other, straightened their dresses and exited, and went back to their own rooms anxiously.

The woman who was blessed by Emperor Taixing wiped her body with cold water and kept shivering.

The palace lady who lived in the same room with her was full of sorrow, and said in a low voice: "What should we do, Your Majesty's life will not last long these days, if word gets out, will we still be alive?"

"Don't talk about it, just pretend that you don't know anything. When people ask you, you only say that your majesty is a dragon and horse. You are so tired that your legs tremble when you walk. If you don't stand for a long time, you will die!" The woman who was wiping the marks on her body suddenly Annoyed, she scolded the woman in the same room with her brows erect.

A line of tears welled up in the woman's eyes, calming down the angry maid. She threw the soft cloth for wiping her body into the basin, walked over to sit beside the crying maid with numb eyes, and her eyes gradually became wet, "Who Let us suffer. I miss my daughter, she is only a little older, and her little feet are not as big as my palm. I don’t know if there is anyone in the family who will take good care of her after I enter the palace.”

"Did my sister ask your man to send me in? I voluntarily became a court lady when I was selecting candidates. Being a court lady can exempt my family from land taxes for ten years. I have a child at home in a hurry. It's only been four years, and I have three sons." They are not as tall as the hoes, so how can they afford the tax? Their fathers, grandpas, and grandmas worked so hard to take care of the land, but they couldn’t make up the rent. I thought that if I came in alone, I would not only save the family land The tax can still save a lot of monthly money. When I leave the palace, I will take it home so that they can eat a few mouthfuls of polished rice..."

The two maids suddenly hugged their heads in pain as they spoke. They opened their mouths and panted eagerly, but their voices were contained in their throats, so as not to let themselves make any "unruly" movements.

They cried a lot, and when they went out, they still looked very honored to be favored by the emperor.

In the bedroom, Imperial Physician Li felt Taixing Emperor's pulse that was almost on his finger, whispered quietly, and asked, "Did Your Majesty take the decoction I prescribed these days on time?"

Meng Kai replied with a bitter face, "How can I persuade Your Majesty."

"How much did your majesty drink?"

"Can you drink a small bowl of medicine for three or four days? Oh, Doctor Li, don't stare at me. Your Majesty grew up in rich clothes and rich clothes, so how can you bear this kind of suffering. You are a master of Xinglin, so you can't mix the medicine a little bit. Would you like a drink?"

Doctor Li's face sank, and he said angrily: "How can you change the prescription casually for a good medicine that tastes bitter. The sweet taste leaves poison, and if you make the medicine sweet, what's the use? The most important thing for your majesty now is not to deplete the kidney water anymore. As the chief servant, if you clear out all those bewitching maids, it will be over."

"Emperor Li, what you said is really simple. Even if anyone has the ability to clear out the women in the palace, it can't be such a eunuch. Besides..."

Meng Kai curled his lips in the direction of the Tingzheng Hall, and said with disdain, "It's not like you don't know, what are palace maids? Those small officials who have been unable to climb up for many years are also flattering His Majesty. The slaves are fine. Even throwing out all the court ladies will not cut off His Majesty's daily wear and tear."

He made a wretched gesture, "No matter how you say it, women are better than walking on dry roads. Anyway, it's a harmony of yin and yang."

"The prescription is still the same. You must watch Your Majesty and drink it on time, otherwise there will be a big accident." Doctor Li repeated the instructions several times before leaving with the medicine box on his back.

Standing in front of Emperor Taixing's dragon bed, Meng Kai sighed, thinking that there was really nothing he could do.

The author has something to say:

Shenlong: Father, how do you pronounce this idiom?

Emperor Taixing: He is mighty and majestic.

Shenlong: It's "strong on the outside but capable on the inside"!Don’t mispronounce it next time, it’s specially written for you.