All the guests, students, and celebrities attending the banquet still live in the Qushui Palace.
The official competition will start tomorrow, and a banquet will be held in the evening. The students have nothing to do, so they all gather by the Qushui River, reciting poems and composing poems, socializing and getting acquainted.
"Look, that's the car of Prince Jiang.
While speaking, one person suddenly pointed to the distance, and all the students raised their eyes to look, and saw an exquisite and luxurious treasure-covered carriage slowly driving along the mountain road towards the palace among the lush willows.
Jiang Guo's generals and guards followed the car.
The carriage was very far away, and the doors and windows were tightly closed, so that no one could see the Prince Jiang in the carriage.A student said: "Nowadays the famous people all over the world are extolling the unparalleled beauty of the Jiang country prince. I am really curious, what kind of appearance does this Jiang country prince have, so that the celebrities can praise him so much."
"Ever since his wedding, the Prince Jiang has never shown his face in public. Do you think it's because celebrities spread rumors that the Prince Jiang is really ugly and ashamed to see others?"
"Impossible, the Muyunguan chess game, countless celebrities from the south of the Yangtze River and the north rushed to watch the battle. The celebrities are not blind. If the Prince Jiang is really ugly, how could they still write so many articles to promote the Prince Jiang's demeanor."
"Okay, what are you all in a hurry for? I heard that the two princes will attend the dinner tonight and host at the same time. When the time comes, you will know the difference at a glance. Besides, that is the Jiangnan prince who is on an equal footing with His Royal Highness. What a noble status, don't talk about rumors It's unbelievable, even if it's really ugly, it doesn't matter. The prince of a country doesn't rule the world by his appearance."
This statement has attracted many students to agree.
But in this era, people put a lot of emphasis on appearance, and some students retorted that even if appearance is not important to a prince of a country, it should not be too unsightly.
There was endless debate in this compartment.
A student suddenly said: "In my opinion, the prince of the Jiang Kingdom, no matter how beautiful or ugly he is, is a pitiful person.
Everyone looked at the student.
"Why, haven't you heard of it?"
"What did you hear?"
"Your Highness married the Prince Jiang, not because he liked the Prince Jiang, but just to maintain the peace of the north and the south. The person His Highness really likes is the young man who made a big splash at the spring banquet two years ago and won the literary leader. .”
The students didn't show much surprise, because in the past two days, there were indeed many such rumors circulating in private, especially among the teahouses in the Sui capital, but no one dared to discuss it publicly.
"Zhao Ji, misfortune comes out of your mouth, I advise you to be cautious in your words and deeds, and don't mention this matter, otherwise it will spread to the ears of the two princes, and I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it.
The student named Zhao Xi sneered.
"I'm just telling the truth. In this world, when will I not be able to tell the truth anymore."
"You can tell the truth, but it's better to say less stupid things, so as not to rot your tongue." A cold voice suddenly came from the side.
When the students turned their heads, they saw a young man in white, holding Zhang Guqin in his arms, standing on the grass not far away from nowhere.He looked as proud as a white crane, standing gracefully, although he was speaking ironically, he didn't look at Zhao Ji, as if just looking at him would dirty his eyes.
"That's Mr. Le, Mr. Luo Feng?!"
The sharp-eyed student immediately recognized Luo Fengjun's identity.
For this spring banquet, all countries in the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yangtze River sent literati and celebrities to participate. As the world-famous Mr. Le, one of the four former sons of the Southern Kingdom naturally came with his father Luo Changqing.
Luo Fengjun's temperament is notoriously lonely and arrogant. It is said that he usually looks at the blue sky when he walks on the road, and he doesn't care about talking to people. Now, he took the initiative to speak for the prince of Jiang Kingdom.It was like the sun came out from the west.
Zhao Ji was choked by Luo Fengjun, his face was a little ugly, but he quickly recovered his usual expression, and hummed: "Whether what I said is true or not, we will see tonight to find out, there is no need for Mr. Le to comment here."
After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and walked away.
"Brother Luo!"
Wei Jun followed up out of breath, and said, "Why are you here, let me find it easily."
Luo Fengjun said lightly: "It's okay, I just heard two barking dogs, just come and have a look."
"dog?"
Wei Yun looked around in a daze, but he had more important things to come to Luo Fengjun, so he didn't get entangled in the matter in front of him.Wei Yun walked forward with Luo Fengjun, hesitantly said: "Brother Luo, there is one thing that you must help me."
Luo Fengjun said: "I only know music skills, other things, I am sorry to accompany you."
These words were merciless, but Wei Yun knew Luo Fengjun's temper well, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He bit the bullet and said, "Tonight's dinner, can Brother Luo introduce you to Prince Jiang?"
Luo Fengjun stopped and frowned at Wei Yun.
"Why do you want me to introduce you?"
"Because Brother Luo and Prince Jiang have a good relationship. Last time the Prince of Jiang got married, didn't Brother Luo specially compose a new song for Prince Jiang?"
It was really helpless for Wei Yun to beg in front of Luo Fengjun.
Back then, the two were both the fourth sons of the Southern Kingdom. Luo Fengjun had an arrogant temper, defiant, unlovable, and even often offended others.And because of his outstanding appearance, easy-going temperament, and the best popularity, he is surrounded by stars and moons wherever he goes.Unexpectedly, the situation is completely reversed now.
But he couldn't help lowering his head.
Right now his uncle Wei Lian is in a constant state of panic because he offended Prince Jiang, and is likely to lose power. He must seize this opportunity to completely get rid of this uncle's control and take Wei Guo back into his hands.
Seeing that Luo Fengjun was unmoved, Wei Yun sighed: "Now that the fourth son of the Southern Kingdom, Chen Qi is dead, only you and I can support each other..."
Luo Fengjun sneered.
"Chen Qi is to blame for that. I claim the same name as this person. If you don't want to be with this person, you and I will break up today."
"Hey, that's not what I meant, Brother Luo, wait for me."
Seeing that Luo Fengjun had gone far away, Wei Yun hurriedly stomped his feet and followed.
Sui Heng was busy with the defense of Lishan Mountain and the military test site, so he didn't often stay in the palace. After Jiang Yun arrived in the palace, he spent most of his time sitting in the palace and reading.In addition to Fan Zhou, Gongsun Yang and other confidantes, Ji An, Gao Gong and other people from the Prince's Mansion accompanied him.After having lunch at noon and taking a short nap, Jiang Yun proposed to go to Qushui for a walk when he had nothing to do.
Lishan is a summer resort. This season, the weather outside is suitable for outings. It is indeed more comfortable to go outdoors than to be bored in the palace.
It was the first time for Fan Zhou to come to the spring banquet, and he really wanted to see the grand occasion here, so he took a look at the spring scenery of Qushui, so he readily said yes, and asked: "Your Highness, do you want to wear Muli?"
Jiang Yun shook his head and said, "Prepare a car for Gu."
Fan Zhou was surprised.
His Highness has always kept a low profile. He thought that His Highness would hide his identity and wander around like he did when he was shopping before.First, you can go shopping freely, and second, you can avoid being disturbed and reduce many unnecessary troubles. I didn't expect His Highness to travel by car today.The prince is driving, within three feet, ordinary people will kneel and salute when they see it.But Fan Zhou thought about it, maybe His Highness was running all the way, tired, and didn't want to walk anymore, it's unknown, so he quickly agreed and let Gongsunyang arrange it.
With the help of Ji An Gao Gong, the car will be ready soon.
Fan Zhou didn't sit in the car this time, but, like Gongsun Yang, walked beside the car driver so that he could enjoy the scenery. The driver was replaced by another Jiangguo guard.
Walking along the way, I saw that Qushui River was already in twos and threes, and many people gathered, all of them were celebrities, officials and contestants from all over the world who came out to enjoy the scenery.
Fan Zhou's eyes were attracted by a large group of neatly crowned and uniformed students sitting on the grass, or sitting behind desks, covering the grinder, writing vigorously.
Gongsun Yang also felt strange, and asked curiously: "What are they doing? Isn't the competition starting tomorrow?"
The head of the accompanying palace hurriedly smiled and answered for the two: "They are rehearsing in advance."
"Practice in advance?"
"That's right, tomorrow's first competition is an essay test, and the place of the competition is at the edge of Qushui. Many students will come here ahead of time to get a feel for the essay, so as not to be too nervous when performing on the spot."
While speaking, the driver had already arrived at the edge of the grass.
When all the students saw the prince of Jiang Guo driving over in a car, and he was close in front of them, they all stopped writing and got up to salute.However, the few students standing at the front, taking advantage of the gap of saluting, suddenly quickly stuffed a few pieces of rice paper on the case into their bosoms.
It was almost an act of disrespect.
Gongsun Yang frowned and didn't say anything, but the head of the palace had no choice but to reprimand him: "You are so courageous, you dare to hide in front of His Highness the Crown Prince, and do such a disrespectful thing, take out what you have hidden.
The student turned pale, trembling, and took out a few crumpled pieces of paper from his pocket.Seeing this, the other students didn't dare to hide any more, and handed them over honestly.
If you offend the boss because of such a trivial matter, you will be disqualified from the competition, the loss outweighs the gain.
"It's nothing, it's just an article about the grave."
"Since it's an article, there's something invisible to people."
"Our tomb is..."
"What is it?"
"It's... "Chun Ri Fu"."
The head of the palace was taken aback for a moment, then remembered something and frowned.
Gongsun Yang strode over, snatched the paper from the previous student, he didn't know many words, and gave the article to Fan Zhou to read.Fan Zhou read it quickly, first showing surprise, and then a strange feeling in his heart.
But before he could think about it, those students suddenly knelt down because they were too frightened, looked at the driver, and said tremblingly: "Your Highness, forgive me, we didn't intend to deliberately write the article of Chu Yan, but Chu Yan Yan's "Fu on Spring Day" is indeed very well written, almost all the students participating in the spring banquet in the past two years will come to their graves."
Chu Yan.
Fan Zhou immediately understood that this Chu Yan was most likely the young prince of the Wei Kingdom who showed his prowess at the spring banquet two years ago, and also the rumored concubine of the Crown Prince of the Sui Kingdom!
Fan Zhou's expression turned extremely ugly.
The head of the palace was also numb, and looked at the group of students, these nerds, who was not good to mention, but he had to mention Mr. Chu Xiaolang.The capital of the Sui Dynasty must have no idea how His Highness favored that young gentleman at the beginning, and how many crazy things he did after the death of that young gentleman.Now that the Crown Prince Jiang Guo just married His Highness, they are just looking for trouble when they bring up this matter.
For a moment, the palmist's forehead was also so nervous that a wisp of sweat dripped down.
"It's okay."
Just when everyone's hearts were tense and they were about to raise their throats, a clear voice suddenly sounded in the luxuriously decorated carriage.
"Whether it's a spring banquet or a cup of wine banquet, they all win with talent, and those with high talent should be respected."
This is a beautiful sound that cannot be described in any language. In a slightly hot afternoon, it is like a mountain stream flowing over bluestones, and jade falling into the stream
Immediately afterwards, the car door opened from the inside, and a slender white hand stretched out from the inside, and took the article over.
After a while, the voice sounded again.
"This article is very good, Gu also appreciates it."
"It's just that writing has no formula, and it belongs to writing. Copying is important, but you should not be limited to imitation. You should practice more articles of different styles to cultivate your own and unique writing style. I believe that in time, you will be able to Create a masterpiece that is more powerful than this "Chun Ri Fu"."
The young prince's voice was like gentle wind and rain, falling on everyone's ears and hearts.
Some bold ones couldn't help but raise their heads, wanting to see the real face of the prince in the car, and wondering what kind of appearance could be worthy of such a voice.
It's just that when everyone really reacted, the car had already rumbled forward.Instead, the manager stayed behind and reprimanded everyone, telling them to be cautious in their words and deeds.
Zhao Ji, who was kneeling at the end, retreated quietly while everyone was not paying attention, and came to a tea house by the Qushui.
"Son."
He called through the window.
The person inside asked, "How?"
Zhao Xi recounted what happened just now, the people inside were silent at first, and then laughed.
"Writing has no formula, heh, I have to pretend to be magnanimous because I am unwilling."
"You've done a good job. I'll give you the priority for this year's quota."
Zhao Ji was overjoyed, and then asked: "My lord, then tonight's banquet—"
"do it according to plan."
"Yes."
As the evening approached, celebrities and dignitaries from all over the world flocked to the designated place for the banquet.Usually, the banquet was hosted by Emperor Sui, and entertained the princes and contestants of all the subordinate states of the Sui Kingdom, but this year, due to the communication between the north and the south, the two princes from Jiangnan and Jiangbei attended and presided over it.
Jimo Qingyu was still wearing an ink robe, and he deservedly sat in the first place on the left, followed by his disciples headed by Zhao Yan. Han Xiao was next to Jimo Qingyu, but because he was busy entertaining the princes and ministers of various countries, he was not in his seat On the top, and further down, sit the heads of the subordinate countries.
Lord Chen still sits in a row with Wei Lian, the leader of Wei State, and Jiang Yuping, the leader of Jiang State, among the Jiangbei subordinate states.Facing him sat Luo Changqing, the lord of the Luo Kingdom, Yun Hao, the lord of the Yun Kingdom, and several celebrities from the Jiang Kingdom. As soon as the lord of the Chen Kingdom entered the banquet area, he smelled an unusual aura and said, "Why are there so many people this year?" How many guards?" Everyone followed his gaze, and they saw a ring of soldiers outside the open-air banquet hall, standing full of soldiers from the Qinglang Battalion with machetes on their waists.
"They are all personal soldiers of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Sui."
One whispered.
The head of another small country subordinate to Jiangbei whispered: "Haven't you heard that recently someone colluded with the officials of the Sui Dynasty and wanted to make troubles on the Yellow River and destroy the plan of North-South communication. His Highness seems to have noticed it and is planning to Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Spring Banquet, I'm catching a turtle in a urn."
"what?!"
The Lord of the Kingdom of Chen bluffed first: "There is such a thing, how come the widow has never heard of it, who is so bold.
Next to Jiang Yuping, who was holding the wine cup, slightly tightened her hand, while Wei Lian, the lord of the Wei Kingdom, was sick as usual, looking absent-minded, and did not participate in the discussion.
Another person said: "Who knows, don't do bad things to the left and right, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, if your highness wants to kill the adulterer, so go ahead, let's just drink our wine in peace."
Inside the palace.
It was almost time for the banquet, and Ji An and Gao Gong brought the dresses for the banquet together and asked Jiang Yun to change. At this time, Gongsun Yang strode in from the outside, holding an envelope in his hand, and said: "Your Highness, this Someone handed it to the gate guard."
Jiang Yun took the letter and opened it to see that there was no letter paper inside, but only a painting.
Seeing the content of the painting clearly, Jiang Yun narrowed his eyes slightly, and said to Gao Gong: "Put away the dress, tonight, I will not go to the banquet alone."
what? !
Both Gao Gong and Ji An changed their colors in astonishment.
Tonight is the first time the two Highnesses have shown their faces after their marriage. His Highness Jiang Guo didn't attend the banquet, so what's going on.
The princes and ministers of the subordinate countries who were waiting in the banquet hall and the participating students saw the time, only the prince of Sui came on horseback, and he did not see the prince of Jiang, and they all showed various speculations.
"what happened?"
"Didn't you say that the prince of Jiang Guo has already arrived at the palace today, and he went for an outing by the Qushui River? Why hasn't he shown up yet?"
"I do not know."
Holding the wine cup, Sui Heng said with a smile: "It's okay, today, Gu also invited another distinguished guest, hurry up and invite the distinguished guest to the table.
Everyone looked sideways, and saw two soldiers from the Prince's Mansion walking towards a man with pale hair and a gray shirt.
Seeing the appearance of that person clearly, many people were secretly surprised.
"Yan, Yan Bing?!"
Since the fall of the Yan family, Yan Bing has been confined in the ancestral house and never showed his face in front of people again.Suddenly appearing at the spring feast today surprised everyone.
Yan Bing calmly accepted the scrutiny of his surroundings. He was born in a famous family, and he was already very handsome. Even after two years of grinding, he still maintained his tall and straight posture. He looked at Sui Heng and asked, "I don't know what is the purpose of summoning the criminals here?" orders?"
Sui Heng said: "Yan Xiang has held the spring banquet for my Tai Sui for so many years, and has attracted countless 'talents'. Now that the north and the south are connected, the spring banquet is getting bigger and bigger, and it is flourishing. How can Yan Xiang not come and see it with his own eyes?"
Yan Bingshui said lightly: "Your Highness Long En, I am ashamed to be a guilty minister."
"There is nothing to be afraid of."
Gu tonight, I still want to invite Yan Xiang to watch a good show. "
Yan Bing was still unmoved: "The guilty minister is old and blind, I'm afraid I won't be able to appreciate His Highness's masterpiece."
Sui Heng smiled: "Whether you can appreciate it or not, you have to watch it to know."
The setting sun is sinking, because everyone is going to the banquet hall to have a banquet, the Qushui River is extremely quiet, and the willows along the bank are all melted in the boundless golden brilliance, swaying with the wind, but under the willows, there is a four-mask The honorable support of gold yarn.
The driver stopped by the river alone, with only two guards guarding him.
Yan Qi stood in the distance, fixed his eyes on the position of the driver, paused for a moment, as if he had made some kind of determination, and walked up slowly.
"doing what?"
Gongsun Yang immediately stepped forward to stop him.
"It's okay, let him come here."
Push the driver to speak.
"Yes."
Gongsun Yang stepped aside.
Yan Qi walked up to the driver and bowed inward: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Through the hanging golden veil, he could only see a vague figure, and a strange feeling suddenly hit his heart.
Yan Qi lowered his head and saw the painting that was thrown out of the car. In the painting, the young man in a green shirt was sitting upright, with the winding river flowing slowly behind him, holding a blue flower in his hand. He was looking at the bright and flamboyant young man in front of him with a smile.
Such a beautiful picture, even he finds it dazzling, let alone the high-ranking Prince Jiang.He didn't believe that anyone in the world could be so contemptuous and insulted.
Just like him.
He has been searching for it for so long, and has been hurt for so long. Knowing that today is a bit of an adventure, he still can't wait to take a look at this noble and poor wretch like him.
The person inside finally said, "You sent someone to deliver this painting to Gu?"
Yan Qi couldn't deny it.
The person inside said again: "It's just an old painting, why do you think Gu will care about it."
Yan Qi smiled and said: "If Your Highness really didn't care, he wouldn't be sitting here, hurting himself alone."
"Is not it?"
The official competition will start tomorrow, and a banquet will be held in the evening. The students have nothing to do, so they all gather by the Qushui River, reciting poems and composing poems, socializing and getting acquainted.
"Look, that's the car of Prince Jiang.
While speaking, one person suddenly pointed to the distance, and all the students raised their eyes to look, and saw an exquisite and luxurious treasure-covered carriage slowly driving along the mountain road towards the palace among the lush willows.
Jiang Guo's generals and guards followed the car.
The carriage was very far away, and the doors and windows were tightly closed, so that no one could see the Prince Jiang in the carriage.A student said: "Nowadays the famous people all over the world are extolling the unparalleled beauty of the Jiang country prince. I am really curious, what kind of appearance does this Jiang country prince have, so that the celebrities can praise him so much."
"Ever since his wedding, the Prince Jiang has never shown his face in public. Do you think it's because celebrities spread rumors that the Prince Jiang is really ugly and ashamed to see others?"
"Impossible, the Muyunguan chess game, countless celebrities from the south of the Yangtze River and the north rushed to watch the battle. The celebrities are not blind. If the Prince Jiang is really ugly, how could they still write so many articles to promote the Prince Jiang's demeanor."
"Okay, what are you all in a hurry for? I heard that the two princes will attend the dinner tonight and host at the same time. When the time comes, you will know the difference at a glance. Besides, that is the Jiangnan prince who is on an equal footing with His Royal Highness. What a noble status, don't talk about rumors It's unbelievable, even if it's really ugly, it doesn't matter. The prince of a country doesn't rule the world by his appearance."
This statement has attracted many students to agree.
But in this era, people put a lot of emphasis on appearance, and some students retorted that even if appearance is not important to a prince of a country, it should not be too unsightly.
There was endless debate in this compartment.
A student suddenly said: "In my opinion, the prince of the Jiang Kingdom, no matter how beautiful or ugly he is, is a pitiful person.
Everyone looked at the student.
"Why, haven't you heard of it?"
"What did you hear?"
"Your Highness married the Prince Jiang, not because he liked the Prince Jiang, but just to maintain the peace of the north and the south. The person His Highness really likes is the young man who made a big splash at the spring banquet two years ago and won the literary leader. .”
The students didn't show much surprise, because in the past two days, there were indeed many such rumors circulating in private, especially among the teahouses in the Sui capital, but no one dared to discuss it publicly.
"Zhao Ji, misfortune comes out of your mouth, I advise you to be cautious in your words and deeds, and don't mention this matter, otherwise it will spread to the ears of the two princes, and I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it.
The student named Zhao Xi sneered.
"I'm just telling the truth. In this world, when will I not be able to tell the truth anymore."
"You can tell the truth, but it's better to say less stupid things, so as not to rot your tongue." A cold voice suddenly came from the side.
When the students turned their heads, they saw a young man in white, holding Zhang Guqin in his arms, standing on the grass not far away from nowhere.He looked as proud as a white crane, standing gracefully, although he was speaking ironically, he didn't look at Zhao Ji, as if just looking at him would dirty his eyes.
"That's Mr. Le, Mr. Luo Feng?!"
The sharp-eyed student immediately recognized Luo Fengjun's identity.
For this spring banquet, all countries in the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yangtze River sent literati and celebrities to participate. As the world-famous Mr. Le, one of the four former sons of the Southern Kingdom naturally came with his father Luo Changqing.
Luo Fengjun's temperament is notoriously lonely and arrogant. It is said that he usually looks at the blue sky when he walks on the road, and he doesn't care about talking to people. Now, he took the initiative to speak for the prince of Jiang Kingdom.It was like the sun came out from the west.
Zhao Ji was choked by Luo Fengjun, his face was a little ugly, but he quickly recovered his usual expression, and hummed: "Whether what I said is true or not, we will see tonight to find out, there is no need for Mr. Le to comment here."
After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and walked away.
"Brother Luo!"
Wei Jun followed up out of breath, and said, "Why are you here, let me find it easily."
Luo Fengjun said lightly: "It's okay, I just heard two barking dogs, just come and have a look."
"dog?"
Wei Yun looked around in a daze, but he had more important things to come to Luo Fengjun, so he didn't get entangled in the matter in front of him.Wei Yun walked forward with Luo Fengjun, hesitantly said: "Brother Luo, there is one thing that you must help me."
Luo Fengjun said: "I only know music skills, other things, I am sorry to accompany you."
These words were merciless, but Wei Yun knew Luo Fengjun's temper well, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He bit the bullet and said, "Tonight's dinner, can Brother Luo introduce you to Prince Jiang?"
Luo Fengjun stopped and frowned at Wei Yun.
"Why do you want me to introduce you?"
"Because Brother Luo and Prince Jiang have a good relationship. Last time the Prince of Jiang got married, didn't Brother Luo specially compose a new song for Prince Jiang?"
It was really helpless for Wei Yun to beg in front of Luo Fengjun.
Back then, the two were both the fourth sons of the Southern Kingdom. Luo Fengjun had an arrogant temper, defiant, unlovable, and even often offended others.And because of his outstanding appearance, easy-going temperament, and the best popularity, he is surrounded by stars and moons wherever he goes.Unexpectedly, the situation is completely reversed now.
But he couldn't help lowering his head.
Right now his uncle Wei Lian is in a constant state of panic because he offended Prince Jiang, and is likely to lose power. He must seize this opportunity to completely get rid of this uncle's control and take Wei Guo back into his hands.
Seeing that Luo Fengjun was unmoved, Wei Yun sighed: "Now that the fourth son of the Southern Kingdom, Chen Qi is dead, only you and I can support each other..."
Luo Fengjun sneered.
"Chen Qi is to blame for that. I claim the same name as this person. If you don't want to be with this person, you and I will break up today."
"Hey, that's not what I meant, Brother Luo, wait for me."
Seeing that Luo Fengjun had gone far away, Wei Yun hurriedly stomped his feet and followed.
Sui Heng was busy with the defense of Lishan Mountain and the military test site, so he didn't often stay in the palace. After Jiang Yun arrived in the palace, he spent most of his time sitting in the palace and reading.In addition to Fan Zhou, Gongsun Yang and other confidantes, Ji An, Gao Gong and other people from the Prince's Mansion accompanied him.After having lunch at noon and taking a short nap, Jiang Yun proposed to go to Qushui for a walk when he had nothing to do.
Lishan is a summer resort. This season, the weather outside is suitable for outings. It is indeed more comfortable to go outdoors than to be bored in the palace.
It was the first time for Fan Zhou to come to the spring banquet, and he really wanted to see the grand occasion here, so he took a look at the spring scenery of Qushui, so he readily said yes, and asked: "Your Highness, do you want to wear Muli?"
Jiang Yun shook his head and said, "Prepare a car for Gu."
Fan Zhou was surprised.
His Highness has always kept a low profile. He thought that His Highness would hide his identity and wander around like he did when he was shopping before.First, you can go shopping freely, and second, you can avoid being disturbed and reduce many unnecessary troubles. I didn't expect His Highness to travel by car today.The prince is driving, within three feet, ordinary people will kneel and salute when they see it.But Fan Zhou thought about it, maybe His Highness was running all the way, tired, and didn't want to walk anymore, it's unknown, so he quickly agreed and let Gongsunyang arrange it.
With the help of Ji An Gao Gong, the car will be ready soon.
Fan Zhou didn't sit in the car this time, but, like Gongsun Yang, walked beside the car driver so that he could enjoy the scenery. The driver was replaced by another Jiangguo guard.
Walking along the way, I saw that Qushui River was already in twos and threes, and many people gathered, all of them were celebrities, officials and contestants from all over the world who came out to enjoy the scenery.
Fan Zhou's eyes were attracted by a large group of neatly crowned and uniformed students sitting on the grass, or sitting behind desks, covering the grinder, writing vigorously.
Gongsun Yang also felt strange, and asked curiously: "What are they doing? Isn't the competition starting tomorrow?"
The head of the accompanying palace hurriedly smiled and answered for the two: "They are rehearsing in advance."
"Practice in advance?"
"That's right, tomorrow's first competition is an essay test, and the place of the competition is at the edge of Qushui. Many students will come here ahead of time to get a feel for the essay, so as not to be too nervous when performing on the spot."
While speaking, the driver had already arrived at the edge of the grass.
When all the students saw the prince of Jiang Guo driving over in a car, and he was close in front of them, they all stopped writing and got up to salute.However, the few students standing at the front, taking advantage of the gap of saluting, suddenly quickly stuffed a few pieces of rice paper on the case into their bosoms.
It was almost an act of disrespect.
Gongsun Yang frowned and didn't say anything, but the head of the palace had no choice but to reprimand him: "You are so courageous, you dare to hide in front of His Highness the Crown Prince, and do such a disrespectful thing, take out what you have hidden.
The student turned pale, trembling, and took out a few crumpled pieces of paper from his pocket.Seeing this, the other students didn't dare to hide any more, and handed them over honestly.
If you offend the boss because of such a trivial matter, you will be disqualified from the competition, the loss outweighs the gain.
"It's nothing, it's just an article about the grave."
"Since it's an article, there's something invisible to people."
"Our tomb is..."
"What is it?"
"It's... "Chun Ri Fu"."
The head of the palace was taken aback for a moment, then remembered something and frowned.
Gongsun Yang strode over, snatched the paper from the previous student, he didn't know many words, and gave the article to Fan Zhou to read.Fan Zhou read it quickly, first showing surprise, and then a strange feeling in his heart.
But before he could think about it, those students suddenly knelt down because they were too frightened, looked at the driver, and said tremblingly: "Your Highness, forgive me, we didn't intend to deliberately write the article of Chu Yan, but Chu Yan Yan's "Fu on Spring Day" is indeed very well written, almost all the students participating in the spring banquet in the past two years will come to their graves."
Chu Yan.
Fan Zhou immediately understood that this Chu Yan was most likely the young prince of the Wei Kingdom who showed his prowess at the spring banquet two years ago, and also the rumored concubine of the Crown Prince of the Sui Kingdom!
Fan Zhou's expression turned extremely ugly.
The head of the palace was also numb, and looked at the group of students, these nerds, who was not good to mention, but he had to mention Mr. Chu Xiaolang.The capital of the Sui Dynasty must have no idea how His Highness favored that young gentleman at the beginning, and how many crazy things he did after the death of that young gentleman.Now that the Crown Prince Jiang Guo just married His Highness, they are just looking for trouble when they bring up this matter.
For a moment, the palmist's forehead was also so nervous that a wisp of sweat dripped down.
"It's okay."
Just when everyone's hearts were tense and they were about to raise their throats, a clear voice suddenly sounded in the luxuriously decorated carriage.
"Whether it's a spring banquet or a cup of wine banquet, they all win with talent, and those with high talent should be respected."
This is a beautiful sound that cannot be described in any language. In a slightly hot afternoon, it is like a mountain stream flowing over bluestones, and jade falling into the stream
Immediately afterwards, the car door opened from the inside, and a slender white hand stretched out from the inside, and took the article over.
After a while, the voice sounded again.
"This article is very good, Gu also appreciates it."
"It's just that writing has no formula, and it belongs to writing. Copying is important, but you should not be limited to imitation. You should practice more articles of different styles to cultivate your own and unique writing style. I believe that in time, you will be able to Create a masterpiece that is more powerful than this "Chun Ri Fu"."
The young prince's voice was like gentle wind and rain, falling on everyone's ears and hearts.
Some bold ones couldn't help but raise their heads, wanting to see the real face of the prince in the car, and wondering what kind of appearance could be worthy of such a voice.
It's just that when everyone really reacted, the car had already rumbled forward.Instead, the manager stayed behind and reprimanded everyone, telling them to be cautious in their words and deeds.
Zhao Ji, who was kneeling at the end, retreated quietly while everyone was not paying attention, and came to a tea house by the Qushui.
"Son."
He called through the window.
The person inside asked, "How?"
Zhao Xi recounted what happened just now, the people inside were silent at first, and then laughed.
"Writing has no formula, heh, I have to pretend to be magnanimous because I am unwilling."
"You've done a good job. I'll give you the priority for this year's quota."
Zhao Ji was overjoyed, and then asked: "My lord, then tonight's banquet—"
"do it according to plan."
"Yes."
As the evening approached, celebrities and dignitaries from all over the world flocked to the designated place for the banquet.Usually, the banquet was hosted by Emperor Sui, and entertained the princes and contestants of all the subordinate states of the Sui Kingdom, but this year, due to the communication between the north and the south, the two princes from Jiangnan and Jiangbei attended and presided over it.
Jimo Qingyu was still wearing an ink robe, and he deservedly sat in the first place on the left, followed by his disciples headed by Zhao Yan. Han Xiao was next to Jimo Qingyu, but because he was busy entertaining the princes and ministers of various countries, he was not in his seat On the top, and further down, sit the heads of the subordinate countries.
Lord Chen still sits in a row with Wei Lian, the leader of Wei State, and Jiang Yuping, the leader of Jiang State, among the Jiangbei subordinate states.Facing him sat Luo Changqing, the lord of the Luo Kingdom, Yun Hao, the lord of the Yun Kingdom, and several celebrities from the Jiang Kingdom. As soon as the lord of the Chen Kingdom entered the banquet area, he smelled an unusual aura and said, "Why are there so many people this year?" How many guards?" Everyone followed his gaze, and they saw a ring of soldiers outside the open-air banquet hall, standing full of soldiers from the Qinglang Battalion with machetes on their waists.
"They are all personal soldiers of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Sui."
One whispered.
The head of another small country subordinate to Jiangbei whispered: "Haven't you heard that recently someone colluded with the officials of the Sui Dynasty and wanted to make troubles on the Yellow River and destroy the plan of North-South communication. His Highness seems to have noticed it and is planning to Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Spring Banquet, I'm catching a turtle in a urn."
"what?!"
The Lord of the Kingdom of Chen bluffed first: "There is such a thing, how come the widow has never heard of it, who is so bold.
Next to Jiang Yuping, who was holding the wine cup, slightly tightened her hand, while Wei Lian, the lord of the Wei Kingdom, was sick as usual, looking absent-minded, and did not participate in the discussion.
Another person said: "Who knows, don't do bad things to the left and right, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, if your highness wants to kill the adulterer, so go ahead, let's just drink our wine in peace."
Inside the palace.
It was almost time for the banquet, and Ji An and Gao Gong brought the dresses for the banquet together and asked Jiang Yun to change. At this time, Gongsun Yang strode in from the outside, holding an envelope in his hand, and said: "Your Highness, this Someone handed it to the gate guard."
Jiang Yun took the letter and opened it to see that there was no letter paper inside, but only a painting.
Seeing the content of the painting clearly, Jiang Yun narrowed his eyes slightly, and said to Gao Gong: "Put away the dress, tonight, I will not go to the banquet alone."
what? !
Both Gao Gong and Ji An changed their colors in astonishment.
Tonight is the first time the two Highnesses have shown their faces after their marriage. His Highness Jiang Guo didn't attend the banquet, so what's going on.
The princes and ministers of the subordinate countries who were waiting in the banquet hall and the participating students saw the time, only the prince of Sui came on horseback, and he did not see the prince of Jiang, and they all showed various speculations.
"what happened?"
"Didn't you say that the prince of Jiang Guo has already arrived at the palace today, and he went for an outing by the Qushui River? Why hasn't he shown up yet?"
"I do not know."
Holding the wine cup, Sui Heng said with a smile: "It's okay, today, Gu also invited another distinguished guest, hurry up and invite the distinguished guest to the table.
Everyone looked sideways, and saw two soldiers from the Prince's Mansion walking towards a man with pale hair and a gray shirt.
Seeing the appearance of that person clearly, many people were secretly surprised.
"Yan, Yan Bing?!"
Since the fall of the Yan family, Yan Bing has been confined in the ancestral house and never showed his face in front of people again.Suddenly appearing at the spring feast today surprised everyone.
Yan Bing calmly accepted the scrutiny of his surroundings. He was born in a famous family, and he was already very handsome. Even after two years of grinding, he still maintained his tall and straight posture. He looked at Sui Heng and asked, "I don't know what is the purpose of summoning the criminals here?" orders?"
Sui Heng said: "Yan Xiang has held the spring banquet for my Tai Sui for so many years, and has attracted countless 'talents'. Now that the north and the south are connected, the spring banquet is getting bigger and bigger, and it is flourishing. How can Yan Xiang not come and see it with his own eyes?"
Yan Bingshui said lightly: "Your Highness Long En, I am ashamed to be a guilty minister."
"There is nothing to be afraid of."
Gu tonight, I still want to invite Yan Xiang to watch a good show. "
Yan Bing was still unmoved: "The guilty minister is old and blind, I'm afraid I won't be able to appreciate His Highness's masterpiece."
Sui Heng smiled: "Whether you can appreciate it or not, you have to watch it to know."
The setting sun is sinking, because everyone is going to the banquet hall to have a banquet, the Qushui River is extremely quiet, and the willows along the bank are all melted in the boundless golden brilliance, swaying with the wind, but under the willows, there is a four-mask The honorable support of gold yarn.
The driver stopped by the river alone, with only two guards guarding him.
Yan Qi stood in the distance, fixed his eyes on the position of the driver, paused for a moment, as if he had made some kind of determination, and walked up slowly.
"doing what?"
Gongsun Yang immediately stepped forward to stop him.
"It's okay, let him come here."
Push the driver to speak.
"Yes."
Gongsun Yang stepped aside.
Yan Qi walked up to the driver and bowed inward: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Through the hanging golden veil, he could only see a vague figure, and a strange feeling suddenly hit his heart.
Yan Qi lowered his head and saw the painting that was thrown out of the car. In the painting, the young man in a green shirt was sitting upright, with the winding river flowing slowly behind him, holding a blue flower in his hand. He was looking at the bright and flamboyant young man in front of him with a smile.
Such a beautiful picture, even he finds it dazzling, let alone the high-ranking Prince Jiang.He didn't believe that anyone in the world could be so contemptuous and insulted.
Just like him.
He has been searching for it for so long, and has been hurt for so long. Knowing that today is a bit of an adventure, he still can't wait to take a look at this noble and poor wretch like him.
The person inside finally said, "You sent someone to deliver this painting to Gu?"
Yan Qi couldn't deny it.
The person inside said again: "It's just an old painting, why do you think Gu will care about it."
Yan Qi smiled and said: "If Your Highness really didn't care, he wouldn't be sitting here, hurting himself alone."
"Is not it?"
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