Force a good concubine

Good-looking people have this first-class advantage: no matter what kind of words are said by beautiful people, they always seem to be more pleasant to the ear than others.The emperor was born well, and with the good manners he learned from his mother's mother, even if he opened his eyes and told nonsense, he seemed a little more confident than others.

Seeing that the emperor and Cui Sanshun were singing and making peace, Gu Yan and the others felt a little embarrassed out of nowhere, and leaned the bamboo pole against the wall: "Eleven lady is always good? How did you come here?"

The emperor brushed off his clothes, still calm and composed, and pointed to the scripture building separated by a wall behind him: "I was reading scriptures upstairs, and on a whim, I took a fan at the window to catch a white bird, and accidentally fell, and I couldn't find it in the backyard. He fell here by the wind. How many of you are used to living here?"

"Meng Ladies are very kind-hearted and generous, and I will be grateful." Gu Yan and others thanked them, and then invited the emperor to enter the room to speak.

A few people came out in a hurry after hearing the sound, and they didn't have time to tidy up. The manuscripts on the main room's case were lying here and there. Xu Xi saw the emperor's attention to the case and frowned slightly. Ah Qing and I are commenting on old works from the past, laughing, laughing."

"It's okay. When my gentlemen and I were studying, the case was often like this." The emperor picked up an unfinished collection of contemporary essays from the case, and said to Gu Yuan, "With your talents, you should You have drawn up a problem to practice your hands, why do you want to learn from those people to search for chapters and excerpts to temporarily hold Buddha's feet?"

"It's not Xiwen." Gu Yan shook his head, "It was copied and sold for the people in the bookstore."

However, the emperor didn't say things like other people who were concentrating on big things, so he put down the manuscript, turned around and entered the east room, looked around the furnishings in the room, stood in front of the couch, looked back at Gu Yuan and said: "You just sleep it's here?"

The three people's family backgrounds are not very good, and their luggage is also thin. There is only a thin quilt on Gu Yuan's couch, which has been washed and turned white, and it is neatly placed on the head of the bed, which is very eye-catching.Seeing that the emperor frowned even tighter, Gu Yuan thought that the emperor was disgusted when he saw the furnishings in the room, because he knew that many children from rich families didn't understand the difficulty of Jiaqiang and didn't take it as an offense, so he just smiled generously: "The Han family is rough, Eleven Niang laughed at it." .”

The emperor still didn't speak, came out to sit down before the case, picked up a manuscript to read, but didn't speak anymore.It was actually a very rude thing for her to enter the room rashly, and she was so silent. In the eyes of others, her disgust was beyond words, which was really embarrassing.Suddenly the room was cold, Xu Xi bit his lips, and said to Gu Yuan in a low voice: "I'll help Sister Li prepare tea." As he spoke, he pleaded guilty to the emperor, but seeing that the emperor still ignored him, his face flushed, and he looked at him again. Glancing at Gu Yuan, he held back his anger and left the door.

Gu Yan shook his head secretly in his heart, but he didn't show it at all. Seeing that the emperor didn't seem to have any intention of speaking, he also smiled slightly, returned to his seat, picked up his pen, and started copying the book again. After a while, he suddenly heard the emperor say: "I just didn't ask Is it impolite to trespass into the lady's bedroom?"

Gu Yuan was speechless, looked up and saw the emperor staring at him, his expression was very serious, and he didn't seem to be speaking sarcasticly, and said: "Eleven Niang is my benefactor, it is not an offense."

Because of what Cui Chengxiu said, the emperor had already had preconceived ideas. As soon as he entered the door, he felt that the desks and chairs were dilapidated and dazzling. When he entered the bedroom and saw Gu Yuan's bedding, he felt inexplicably uncomfortable. When he came out, he remembered his behavior, so When the courtiers visited the mansion, Jun En paid great attention to them. To ordinary people, he might be a bit impolite. Hearing Gu Yuan's implication, he felt extremely annoyed in his heart, but his face remained calm, and he said: "Miss Gu copied this How much money does a collection cost?"

Gu Yan sighed deeper in his heart, and said with a generous face: "Three hundred words."

The emperor really frowned again, thought for a while and said, "My mother has always loved Buddha, I would like to ask Mrs. Gu to copy a scripture for my mother to worship Buddha. I wonder when Miss Gu will be free?"

Gu Yuan smiled wryly in his heart, lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "Little lady and I are so kind, why do you say such unreasonable words? I don't know which scriptures Lingtang reads on weekdays, what kind of paper and ink do I need to use, and when will I worship them? Here It’s a nunnery, and the scriptures are very convenient, just ask the little lady—there’s only one thing.” She looked at the emperor and smiled slightly, “If the little lady wants to thank the pen, Gu Yan will not dare to obey.”

The son of heaven speaks well, whenever the emperor speaks, no matter how rich or small the reward is, the ministers and workers are either fearful, grateful, or pretending to be indifferent. Thousands of people and thousands of people can sum it up in one sentence-no one dares not to accept it.The emperor was rejected for the first time, and he was more upset than he was. Fortunately, he had developed a habit since he was a child. The more anxious he was, the calmer he looked. After thinking about it carefully, he advised: "You are such a talented person In the future, when I have great success, I just want to form a good relationship first, and I don't mean to belittle, why should I suffer so much?"

"Eleven Niang is a dragon and a phoenix among people, and she has a kindness with us, so she shouldn't refuse." Gu Yan still shook his head, "But as a scholar, I only want to live in peace and have a clear conscience. It's enough not to be hungry or cold, but I don't dare to suffer. Blessing."

"It's a blessing?" The emperor didn't think so, "there are more officials and family members in Beijing than those who care about their wives. They can sleep on their backs every day and taste delicious food. Wouldn't they all be ashamed to death?"

"It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it's hard to go from extravagance to frugality." Gu Yuan said, "I will accept Shi Niang's kindness and live in such a good place, which is already better than living at home. If I get used to being taken care of by others, once Falling back home—"

"Why did you fail?" Seeing that she was stubborn and he couldn't wait for long, the emperor became anxious, "You must pass this subject!"

"Could it be possible for Eleven Niang to meet and divination?" Seeing that she was serious, Gu Yan was obviously really worried about herself. She just felt that the girl with a straight face in front of her was extremely cute. He stretched out his hand to caress the emperor's arm twice, and said, "The sages said: A gentleman can't ask for food, he can't live in peace, he is sensitive to things but cautious in speaking, he has the way and is righteous, and he can be said to be eager to learn. I am not sensitive, but I can still do the first two questions. Eleven Niang is not the kind of person who knows people by food and clothing. You and I met by papers, why bother to learn the tricks of those ordinary people?"

The emperor drooped his eyelashes, but said nothing.

She is different from King Sui. First, King Sui was good at literature, lively and well-edited books. Many learned scholars were raised in the mansion. Sui Wang's family has a long history of learning, and naturally generated literary talents; One day, it was said that the Imperial Academy was afraid of raising the emperor’s problem of playing with things and losing his mind. Under the precautionary measures, poetry, calligraphy and painting were only generalized, and they only worked hard on the national economy and the people’s livelihood. But it's really limited.

She went into the small teahouse to chat with Gu Yan and others, but at first it was because she heard Li Qing's talk about the officials in the court at the door, and thought it was very fresh and interesting, and she also wanted to find out the reputation of these officials among the people, but unexpectedly He saw Gu Yan at a glance.She thinks that Gu Yan is indescribably good, with good looks, good manners, good writing, and willing to take care of others in small matters, which shows that she is also good at heart, and she has a joy that she has never tasted in her life after only seeing him once. , I was just anxious to put out all the benefits I could give her--the emperor is rich all over the world, isn't it extremely easy to praise a person who is well-fed, wealthy, and honorable?But who knows that Gu Yan doesn't care about anything, and only cares about the articles that she is not good at.

The emperor really felt frustrated this time, he bit his lips and hesitated to speak, and said after a long while: "My family—" She felt that the reason was always evasive, so she simply said straightforwardly, "I am actually no better than Sister , I don’t know much about reading articles.”

Gu Yuan was surprised.The Qi Dynasty attached great importance to the selection of scholars. In addition to literary examinations, martial arts examinations, and Luanyi subjects, there were also special examinations for the clan and meritorious officials. The examination was generally held every three years. It was held in front of the temple during the winter solstice. Those who have no titles are not allowed to accept titles, and those who have titles are degraded. Only those who also hold imperial official positions are excluded from the Beijing examination like other officials.The behavior of the two young ladies of the Lin family did not have the slightest smell of copper, and they knew the allusions in the court very well. Lin Jiuniang was also very good at commenting on the articles. Shiwen is actually half-knowledgeable?

Seeing her surprise, the emperor looked even more embarrassed.Because of worrying about the long-term peace, the clansmen and relatives were raised as winebags and rice bags. The emperors of all dynasties were very strict in the test of becoming a prince. Even she herself had ordered beatings in recent years. Who would have thought that she was slapped in the face today? Woolen cloth?She didn't want to be regarded as a worthless dandy by Gu Yan, but she couldn't say anything to refute. She just said: "The gentlemen in my family taught me to take care of the property, but the articles didn't mention it much."

Seeing the emperor's downcast look of grievance, Gu Yuan thought of the old saying of the Hou family that it was as deep as the sea, and thought it was the hidden story of those deep house struggles, and felt more pity for the emperor in his heart. After thinking about it, he said softly: " Eleven Niang is already fourteen, and in October next year, I think she is going to take the same exam as us. Even if I'm cramming, I should pick up the article. If you don't mind, I'll draw up a few topics, and you can take them home and write them. How about I comment with you later?"

As soon as this sentence came out, the two of them would have countless excuses to get close to each other in the future. Without thinking about it, the emperor replied in a loud voice: "So what you want."

Her voice was clear and awe-inspiring, which stunned Gu Yan for a moment.Cui Sanshun entered the door with freshly brewed Yangxian tea, and heard that he almost dropped the tea bowl—people in the palace were almost all familiar with the emperor's childhood allusions: During an ordinary solar term examination, there was a jade seal among the bets!The older princes all had different thoughts, or they spoke up admonishing or pretending to evade, but the five-year-old emperor went straight to hold the seal box and knelt down in front of the late emperor, saying: "The emperor's grandmother is old, and the brothers are all different. I have difficulties, and share the worries of the emperor's grandmother, this is Yuan Jiagu's wish!" The late emperor held the emperor in his arms, and immediately decreed to make the emperor his heir and grandson, and it has been passed down from then on.

According to the emperor's prudent words and deeds, such a sentence, which established the inheritance of the country, would never make people think too lightly, but now he blurts out Gu Yuan's answer.Cui Sanshun was holding the tea tray, seeing the emperor's happy brows, but he couldn't stop complaining in his heart, he thought to himself that with my young master's temper, to be so close to Mrs. Gu, it's fine if there's nothing wrong with him, in case he learns from Emperor Taizu or Emperor Taizu in the future It was the behavior of the Northern King who made a fuss, and the empress dowager, the cabinet ministers, and Aunt Zheng blamed it, can I still keep my head?