Everyone's breath was stagnant, and they showed expressions of shock.

Apparently, he did not expect that the arrogant and domineering prince would give the Jisang flower, which symbolizes auspiciousness and prosperity of the country, to the little prince of Wei who just swept the audience in the literary examination.

Jiang Yun lowered his eyes, staring at the layer upon layer of blue Jisang flower that bloomed leisurely, and was startled.

"Hold it."

"This thing has the meaning of praying for blessings. I will give you the best blessing in the world. I hope you will be free from illness and disaster, and live a safe and happy life."

Sui Heng smiled, his eyes were as bright as a strong spring sun.

Jiang Yun once again felt that familiar yet unfamiliar tremor from the depths of his cold soul.

He stretched out his hand and took the twelve-petaled flower filled with fragrance, raised his head, met his eyes, and showed a faint smile.

"Thank you."

His voice is very soft, like a breeze, like a flowing cloud.

It fell into Sui Heng's ears, but it was like thunder.

Mr. Xiao Lang held the flowers in his palms with both hands, his fingers were like jade, his blue shirt was hanging down, and the feathers of crows were fully visible, as elegant and beautiful as the flowers.

Sui Heng looked at Jiang Yun's lightly raised lips in a daze, and smiled lightly.

He could hardly bear to hug him up and told him: "Gu is willing to give you all the good things in this world."

After the crowd was silent for a moment due to extreme astonishment, thunderous cheers and applause suddenly broke out.

Good things are given to beauties.

There is nothing more romantic than this in the world.

Some people even couldn't help but speculate about the relationship between the crown prince and the young man of Wei.

The servant stood behind Yan Qi, looked at the young master's pale face, and said indignantly: "This Jisanghua should belong to the young master, but His Royal Highness gave it to Chu Yan. The prince is clearly humiliating the young master in public!"

The servants were more than dissatisfied.

Ever since that Chu Yan stole the young master's limelight on the first day and won the first place in the article category, those literati began to circle around Chu Yan, vying to ask Chu Yan for advice on articles, and they no longer had any eyes on him. The young master even slandered the young master for being aloof and arrogant, not as good-tempered as Chu Yan.

The servant will never forget how these people flattered and flattered the young master in the past!

It was the same today, after they entered the arena, they saw a large group of literati surrounding Chu Yan, who were eager to make friends with Chu Yan, and they walked all the way, but no one took the initiative to greet the young master.

Everyone is busy trying to please Chu Yan, even the prince!

"This Chu Yan must be reincarnated as a vixen!"

The servant couldn't help but angrily said.

Yan Qi didn't speak, but his complexion became paler, his lips were pursed deeper, and the fist hidden in his sleeve was clenched tightly.

When the crowd was cheering and excited, only one person expressed disdain.

Jimo Qingyu wore a sapphire blue robe, and was still accompanied by his first disciple Zhao Yan, standing far outside the arena to watch the situation inside the arena.

The moment he saw Sui Heng passing through the crowd and handing the flowers to Jiang Yun in front of everyone, he snorted softly, turned his face away, and looked disgusted.

"Glamorous, outrageous!"

Jimo Qingyu commented coldly.

Zhao Yan thinks this scene is quite romantic, after all, one is the leader of the martial arts, high-spirited, young and romantic, and the other is the leader of the literary category, beautiful and elegant, like a heavenly being.

In Zhao Yan's view, such a beautiful picture deserves to be recorded with the best pictures.

In fact, there are some painters who are doing this. The grand event is rare, and the feast is hard to come by. This year's spring feast has been full of surprises, and there have been too many thrilling and unexpected moments.

Maybe there will be new wizards born in the next session, but who can say for sure.

The Spring Banquet has been held for so many years, and literary projects have always been in the pockets of Yan's children. It was not until this year that a Chu Yan was born.

They can't wait to record every amazing moment for later generations to appreciate and as a souvenir for the present.

Empress Yan sat on the high platform, looked at her son who was ostentatious like a peacock in the field, rolled her eyes once again, turned her face away without seeing, and said to Nanny Qin: "He is promoting a concubine in public like this. In the future, which noble daughter will marry him as the crown prince!"

Nanny Qin didn't speak.

Because Mother Qin also thinks that this picture is pretty good.

Moreover, Mr. Xiao Lang is elegant and elegant, as beautiful as a beautiful jade, and has more prince concubine temperament than most noble men and women in the Sui capital.

After the game ended in the morning, Jiang Yun and Shi Fang still took the carriage back to the palace.

Jiang Yun sat quietly in the car, with the Jisang flower on her lap.

Shi Fang sat beside him, looking happier and more excited than Jiang Yun.

He thought of the rumors on the field before, and couldn't help but defend His Highness: "Five years ago, His Highness gave Young Master Yan Qi a lottery, not on purpose, but because His Highness was busy with military training that year, and happened to forget to give Young Master Yan Qi a birthday present." , then had an idea, and made up for it with the lottery."

Shi Fang also said: "If it's the young master, His Highness will definitely not forget the young master's birthday."

Jiang Yun fiddled with Jisang's petals with her fingertips, was silent, then raised her eyes suddenly, and asked, "What happened at the spring banquet three years ago?"

Shifang hesitated for a moment.

Because this matter is His Highness Ni Lin, but in the Sui capital, this is not a secret, but no one dares to mention it.

But if he doesn't mention it, he can't stop other people's mouths. Instead of letting Xiao Langjun hear some true and false versions from other people's mouths that don't conform to the real situation, it's better for him to say it.

Shi Fang whispered: "The subordinate told the young master, but the young master must not tell anyone else."

Jiang Yun nodded.

Shi Fang sighed maturely and said, "Master, you may not know that Yan Xiang used to be the prince and tutor. To be precise, shortly after His Highness was born, he became His Highness's teacher under the Queen's leadership."

Jiang Yun was slightly surprised.

He had never heard of this matter.

Shifang continued: "The Yan family was a very big family in the Sui Dynasty. The empress and Yan Xiang are not from the same lineage. The empress is from the branch of generals, but most of the father and brother died in the battle, and there are not many children left behind, so The empress's real natal family doesn't have much influence in the court, and few even enter the court as officials. There are only two cousins ​​who rely on their ancestors' military achievements to get along as idlers. They fight cocks and run dogs all day long. I can't give the empress any help, and I even have to wipe their butts with the empress."

"The Queen's Empress went to the battlefield with His Majesty back then, and her root was hurt. There was only one prince, and the Concubine Lan Gui in the palace had rich heirs, and her natal family was also powerful. The Queen's Empress could only choose to be attached to another line of the Yan family, so I beg Your Majesty to let me go." His Highness worshiped Prime Minister You as his teacher. In the first few years, Prime Minister Right did his best, and His Highness also respected the Yan family. In order to strengthen the relationship between the two families, the empress simply let Yan's eldest grandson, Young Master Yan Qi, enter the palace to meet His Highness. Accompanying reading. But as His Highness grows up, his facial features slowly begin to reveal another side."

"Which side?"

Shi Fang said: "Yan Xiang has a strong desire to control. He doesn't like His Highness having too many ideas of his own, but relying on his status as the Taifu, he makes His Highness act according to his will in everything. When His Highness was young and ignorant, Naturally, he obeyed his words, but as His Highness became more knowledgeable and came into contact with more court affairs, how could he be willing to be at his mercy all the time. Moreover, His Highness is naturally rebellious. Therefore, the conflict between Yan Xiang and His Highness became more and more serious. The deeper the conflict, the more intense the conflict, and sometimes even quarreled directly at the book feast. This kind of conflict reached its peak at the Spring Banquet three years ago. At that time, His Highness had already volunteered for His Majesty, and had been in the army for several years. Not long before the Spring Festival, the three small countries in the north united to invade the border of the Sui Kingdom. The military information spread to the capital of the Sui Dynasty. It's not a solution, we should go to war. This is the first time His Highness has publicly confronted Yan Xiang in the court. Yan Xiang is not on the surface, but he is very angry in his heart. But Yan Xiang is in charge of millet, grain, money and food. If he wants to fight, he must have Yan's support His Highness took the initiative to visit Yan Xiang and wanted to reconcile with him. After thinking about it all night, Yan Xiang made an agreement with His Highness that as long as His Highness can win the top prizes in all literary items at the Spring Banquet, he will agree to His Highness’s request and support His Highness to go to war .”

"For Your Highness, although this is a bit difficult, it is not impossible, because Mr. Yan Qi has always been on His Highness's side. Mr. Yan Qi also promised His Highness that he will recruit outstanding disciples from the Yan family who are good at the six arts. , to help His Highness win. His Highness knows that this battle is an excellent opportunity for him to gain a firm foothold in the imperial court. His Highness stayed up for several days, and finally waited for the spring banquet. But no one expected that on the day of the competition, Mr. Yan Qi claimed that he would not be sick. The literati that General Xu worked so hard to recruit were also afraid of the Yan family's influence and did not dare to fight on behalf of the Prince's Mansion. His Highness... suffered a crushing defeat and lost all face. Yan Bing never thought of a fair competition with His Highness from the beginning, he just wanted to borrow This way tells His Highness that His Highness will never be able to get rid of the Yan family, without the support of the Yan family, His Highness will have nothing."

Jiang Yun was startled, and asked, "Then what happened next?"

"Later, His Highness still insisted on leading the army to go out, and issued a military order in front of His Majesty and all the courtiers. The empress cried a lot in anxiety, but she couldn't stop His Highness. The battle was extremely hard. , because Yan Xiang deliberately made things difficult, and delayed supplying food and grass to the front line, His Highness and his soldiers were trapped in the snow-capped mountains of the northern border for seven days, and almost starved to death. , established the Qinglang Camp, and brought those three small countries into the territory of the Sui Kingdom. No one in the court dared to comment on His Highness's decision."

Although there were only a few words, Jiang Yun understood that winning such a arduous battle without money and food support would be so tragic that no one outsiders could have imagined.

At this time, someone in front of him suddenly asked, "Excuse me, is Mr. Chu Yan in the car?"

Shi Fang poked his head out and saw that it was a servant of the Yan family named Qing Tan, he couldn't help frowning and asked, "What's the matter?"

Qing Tan looked at the inside of the car, and said arrogantly: "My son would like to invite Mr. Chu Yan to the tea house by the Qushui."

Shi Fang immediately refused.

Jiang Yun said: "It's okay, let's go and have a look."

**

This is a Linshui tea house, but the people who come in and out are nobles and ministers, and there are very few ordinary students.

Jiang Yun followed Yan's servants to the elegant room on the second floor. Yan Qi was standing by the window in a scarlet robe, holding a cup of tea in his hand, already waiting.

Hearing the movement, he turned around, sized up Jiang Yun, and said, "It's impolite to ask Mr. Chu to come here."

Jiang Yun ignored his false politeness and asked directly: "What's the matter?"

After Yan returned to the tea table, he asked Jiang Yun to sit opposite.

He smiled slightly and said: "I know, Mr. Chu must be very happy in his heart. His Highness can deliver that Jisang flower to you with his own hands. But five years ago, he did the same thing to me."

Jiang Yun looked at him quietly.

Yan Qi said: "He just used this opportunity to humiliate me because of his resentment towards me because of the previous incident. If you take it seriously, you are very wrong."

"He can give it to you this year, and he will give it to someone else next year. Continue to humiliate me."

Jiang Yun didn't comment on this matter, but asked, "Did Mrs. Yan really not feel guilty about what happened three years ago?"

Yan Qi was startled, as if he didn't expect that Jiang Yun would know the inside story.

But it was only for a moment before he recovered his normal expression, smiled lightly, and said, "Did he even tell you about that?"

"That's right, three years ago, I was sorry for him, but I couldn't help myself. For his own good, I am the eldest grandson of the Yan family. At any time, I must not go against the will of the family. The same is true for Your Highness. He should not try to get rid of him." Yan Shi, he obviously needs Yan Shi's support, but he stubbornly refuses to admit this fact."

Jiang Yun then asked again: "Three years ago, when you agreed to fight for him, was it just a way to delay the attack?"

Yan Qi shook his head: "Of course not."

"In the beginning, I really wanted to help him, but later, my grandfather convinced me. In that case, it is not good to fight against Yan. Even if he can win the game, my grandfather will not give him support in food, money and food. , in the end, he will still fail. Even if he doesn't lose in the end, isn't he narrowly escaped death and almost lost his life in the northern border?"

"Everything I do is for his own good, but he doesn't appreciate it at all."

Yan Qi held the teacup tightly, the usual gentleness faded from his eyes, revealing his resignation and dissatisfaction.

Jiang Yun looked at him and said: "You are angry, angry, and unfair, just because he doesn't accept your favor. Have you ever thought, maybe, he doesn't care about that spring feast, whether he can win in the end, or not?" He doesn't care whether he can win the battle in the north. He just needs a chance to prove himself. And you have never understood him. "

When Sui Heng heard the news, he had already come to the door of the elegant room with a sullen face, but when he heard this, he froze in his footsteps.

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