From the end to the other world

When an eunuch came to tell them that the banquet was about to begin, Qin Luochuan was still in a state of being shocked by his own guessing. It was Yang Xi who pulled him before he realized it. He quickly calmed down and followed the eunuch to the center of the imperial garden. .

Apart from them, the new Jinshi, the invigilators of the general examination and the examiners of the imperial examination were present at the Qionglin Banquet.

Scholars have their own fixed seats, arranged according to the names of the palace examination, and divided into two columns, Qin Luochuan is No.1, Wen Shiyan is No.3, and Yang Xi is No.7. They are all odd numbers, so the three people The seats are very close together.

Before the emperor came, they naturally couldn't take their seats, so they could only get together in groups of three or five to admire flowers, write papers, and recite poems.

The Qionglin Banquet is not only a feast for the emperor to reward the Jinshi, but also a great opportunity for everyone to show their talents. Even if the emperor and the ministers have not come, the Jinshi will also perform well.

Because of the peony matter just now, Qin Luochuan and Yang Xi had their own concerns, but Wen Shiyan was thinking about how to get a peony back, and the three of them didn't speak for a while.

Even if there were those who wanted to come and talk to them, they all backed away when they saw the three of them huddled together in a gourd-like shape.

After a while, a servant not far away summoned: "The emperor is here!"

Qin Luochuan was thinking about his own affairs, but he didn't realize it for a moment. It was Yang Xi who gave him a hand, and then quickly knelt down and followed everyone to salute.

"Everyone's family is in peace." The emperor said flatly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After everyone kowtowed to express their gratitude, they lowered their heads to watch the Emperor and the ministers behind him pass through the middle and walk towards the front of the seat.

After they stood still in front, all Jinshi turned around and stood facing the emperor.

It was only then that Qin Luochuan discovered that besides King Ning, there were two 24-year-old men standing beside the emperor. They also looked somewhat similar to the emperor, so they should be princes.

The officials were at a position further back. Qin Luochuan glanced over them. After realizing something, he looked at it carefully, and finally confirmed that the four invigilators and eighteen fellow examiners , except for the one who stayed in front of his room for a long time, everyone else was there.

Only that one person did not come to the Qionglin Banquet for unknown reasons.

His memory of faces is stronger than that of articles and books, and he will remember them as long as he has seen them once, not to mention that under such circumstances, with unique memory points, how can he remember them wrong.

But before he thought about it, he heard the emperor say: "Give me a seat."

After the emperor sat down with King Ning and the princes, all the people took their seats one after another.

Qin Luochuan was the No. [-] Scholar, and his seat was at the front of the Jinshi, so he was naturally the closest to the emperor.

"When I didn't come just now, did the family of the ministers get something in the imperial garden." The emperor asked slowly.

The emperor has already asked the question, how can everyone miss this opportunity to show their talents and learning, everyone hopes to be appreciated by the emperor at the Qionglin Banquet, so that the emperor can remember themselves, so that the official career will be prosperous and rise to the top.

Although you are in a hurry to express yourself, demeanor is equally important, so no one rushed to answer. Only one student stood up and said respectfully: "Returning to the emperor, I just marveled at the beautiful scenery of the imperial garden. The student and Mr. Rong made a pairing son."

Qin Luochuan knew this person, he was born as a Jinshi, and he was No. 12 in the imperial examination.

Rong Siyuan is the second place in the list this time, and it was hand-picked by the emperor. The emperor must be impressed, but that person may not be sure. Hearing what he said, anyone with a little more active mind will know what it means. They wanted to use Rong Siyuan's name to show their faces in front of the emperor together.

But it is not surprising that he and Rong Siyuan are friends.

They all saw it, how could the emperor not know, but he didn't care about these small details, he just said: "Tell me and listen."

The man glanced at Rong Siyuan, Rong Siyuan received his meaning, stood up and said respectfully: "The strange stone contains the beauty of the ages,"

After Rong Siyuan finished the first couplet, that person continued the second couplet, "Good flowers always occupy the four seasons of spring."

"That's right," the emperor nodded and said, "reward."

After speaking, a eunuch held a cloud tray and sent rewards to the two of them.

After they made this head start, the rest of the students were even more enthusiastic. For a while, the imperial garden recited poems, even painted pictures and played the piano, all the students showed their talents.

If the emperor sees something he likes, he will reward him with something.

Yang Xi also took the opportunity to compose a poem and was rewarded with a jade pendant.

Qin Luochuan was not the best at writing poems, and he had something on his mind, so he didn't participate.

Until someone asked: "Zhuangyuan Lang has been absent-minded and never wrote a single sentence, but he is not used to this kind of environment?"

After arriving in the capital, although she was busy studying hard, Yang Xi would go out to gather with other students every once in a while, but Qin Luochuan rarely went there. Therefore, although she knew each other, she was not familiar with them, so it was normal for her to be envied.

It's just that although this person's words are concerned, the intention behind the words is really sinister. If Qin Luochuan can't even adapt to such an environment, how can he be an official in the future.

After he asked this, the Jinshi who were busy showing themselves stopped, and even the emperor and King Ning who were sitting in front turned to look at Qin Luochuan.

"Brother Fan's words are wrong. The Qionglin Banquet is the banquet that students all over the world want to attend the most. How could I not get used to it?" Qin Luochuan replied flatly, not justifying his distraction just now, "As for what Brother Fan said Absent-minded, it's just that the family just gave birth to a son yesterday, and there are some concerns in my heart..."

Qin Luochuan couldn't say that he was doubting his father's relationship with the royal family at the moment, so he could only pull his newborn son out to block the gun. Although he missed his son, it was true, but he still said to his son silently in his heart. Sorry.

Fan Lihui originally wanted to find fault, but he didn't expect him to say that, he was taken aback for a moment and said: "So Brother Qin is thinking about the newborn son at home."

After a pause, he continued: "However, my students have ambitions everywhere, so how can we not pay attention to the Qionglin Banquet because of the youngest son in the family?"

Qin Luochuan said sternly: "As the saying goes, an official should love the people like a child. If our students don't even care about their own sons, how can we truly love the people when we become officials in the future."

"Zhuangyuanlang is right." The one who spoke was the prince sitting next to the emperor. Although he also had doubts about Qin Luochuan's identity, Fan Lihui belonged to the fourth prince. Mind to stand up and speak for Qin Luochuan.

The prince sat next to the emperor. When he spoke, the others naturally looked at him, and Fan Lihui was no exception. However, when others were not paying attention, he exchanged glances with the fourth prince next to him without a trace, and then cupped his hands and said : "I was radicalized."

Since the crown prince said everything was right, he, a new Jinshi, naturally wouldn't say that his words were wrong, he only said that he was radical, and he still insisted on his previous position.

Everyone has their own views on the matter of family or people. Fan Lihui thinks that he should aim everywhere, and he will naturally be appreciated by some people.

Originally, this topic was over, but he had been lacking in interest. He felt that these Jinshi were not as interesting as the wine glass in his hand. King Ning suddenly sat up straight and asked, "Did the Zhuangyuan Lang's family really give birth to a son yesterday?"

During several contacts with King Ning, the other party helped him whether intentionally or unintentionally. Qin Luochuan didn't think that King Ning was looking for his fault at this moment, so he said respectfully: "Go back to His Highness King Ning, the student's son is indeed the son of yesterday. Born in the evening."

After hearing this, King Ning turned his head to look at the emperor and said: "Brother emperor, this is the first time I have seen such a happy event in so many years. I just won the gold medal in the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the morning, and I am happy with Lin'er when I go back through the street."

After a pause, he continued: "When Zhuangyuan Lang holds the full moon wine, I must go over and have a drink, just to be happy."

Qin Luochuan hurriedly saluted and said, "If His Royal Highness Prince Ning can come, the student's home will surely flourish."

King Ning's words had already caused many people to look at Qin Luochuan with jealousy, but the emperor followed suit and said, "It is indeed a rare happy event."

After finishing speaking, he ordered the servant next to him: "Shangyu Ruyi pair, just the pair I got the day before yesterday."

Qin Luochuan quickly knelt down to thank him.

Before the Qionglin banquet, the Ministry of Internal Affairs had prepared the items that the emperor would reward the Xinke Scholars for a long time, including Yu Ruyi, but the emperor ordered Qin Luochuan to be rewarded with the pair he got the day before yesterday. Jinshi, even many officials can't help being jealous.

The prince and the fourth prince also had their own ideas, but the prince spoke for Qin Luochuan, and even if he wanted to do other things, it was not appropriate, so he just picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank, waiting for the fourth prince's move.

The prince and the fourth prince had seen the pair of jade Ruyi that the emperor got the day before yesterday. No matter the quality of the jade or the carving technique, the fourth prince liked it very much. Thinking of being given to someone else today, and it was still Qin Luochuan.

He couldn't help but winked quietly somewhere below.

After a while, I saw an adult sitting at the table say: "I heard that Zhuangyuan Lang not only writes beautiful articles, but also has superb cooking skills. He often washes his hands and makes soup for his husband at home. The opportunity to taste the craftsmanship of the number one scholar.”

Yang Xi almost jumped out of breath when he heard the words. Although when he was in Yuxi Town, he would occasionally ask Linfeng to cook for everyone to satisfy everyone's cravings, and Linfeng's cooking skills are really good, but this kind of occasion is used by this adult. Saying this in such a tone is like saying that Linfeng is no different from a cook.

It's just that no one on their side has spoken yet, so King Ning asked in surprise, "Is Zhuangyuan Lang really good at cooking?"

Thinking of his previous speculation, when Qin Luochuan answered King Ning's question, he looked at the emperor from the corner of his eye, seeing that he was indeed waiting for his answer, so he smiled and said: "The student used to be from a poor family and couldn't afford to hire a waiter. My father and I were the only two. Because of his health, my father couldn't stay in the kitchen for too long, so the students were always cooking.

"The student's husband is a virtuous and hardworking man. Since he married me, he has been doing all the housework in the family. It's just that the student will share some of the housework when he thinks of his difficult pregnancy."

Having said that, he paused for a while, and then continued: "Besides, the student's father likes the dishes cooked by the student very much, so every once in a while, the student will cook it for his father."

After saying this, Qin Luochuan carefully observed the expressions of King Ning and the Emperor, and seeing that there was a flash of pity in their eyes, he became more and more sure of his previous guess.

Then he turned his head to look at the official who had spoken before and said, "If Mr. Liu really wants to know how the Xiaguan's cooking skills are, the Xiaguan's husband will open a teahouse in the capital in a few months, and there are many recipes for the dishes in it. If you come out, Master Liu is welcome to come and support you."

Yang Xi almost didn't laugh out loud when she heard the words, she thought that Linfeng is worthy of being Linfeng, cooking for his father is out of filial piety, from now on, no one will be able to say that he used to cook all the time and spent his time researching various dishes .

And before my brother-in-law's teahouse opened, Linfeng invited Mr. Liu to join the banquet at the Qionglin Banquet in front of the emperor and all the officials. Afterwards, it opened, so there must be no worries about business.

"I wonder if there is any special dish?" King Ning asked, "I will also try it at that time, and see how the favorite dish of Zhuangyuan Lang's father tastes."

Qin Luochuan smiled and said, "One of them is roasted pheasant, which is my father's favorite."

Roasted pheasant is naturally not Qin Yan's favorite, but it was the only delicious food that Qin Yan cooked when Qin Luochuan met Qin Yan. Qin Luochuan believed that there must be a meaning in it, and he was not lying. Before making many fresh dishes, roast pheasant was indeed Qin Yan's favorite food at that time.

"Roasted pheasant," the emperor heard the words and his eyes became far away, "I have done it before, but I didn't expect that more than 20 years have passed in the blink of an eye. At that time, I was fighting with the former emperor. I took the emperor's younger brothers and got separated. In the mountains, the three of them hadn't eaten for many days. Later, they caught a pheasant and had no choice but to roast it over fire, which almost burned it all.

"If I remember correctly, it should be in the mountains not far from Qin Aiqing's hometown. Afraid of encountering enemy troops, I and the imperial brothers dare not go out of the mountains at will. We can only eat pheasants to satisfy our hunger for several days in a row before we can wait for reinforcements to find us." Come."

Today's sage is the second emperor of the founding of Dayan. When the first emperor went to war in the north and south, the emperor was already an adult, and he himself led the army to fight very bravely.

It's just that I don't know when the things the emperor said happened. The emperor never said it before, and the ministers and the prince didn't speak for a while.

In the quiet environment, Qin Luochuan could clearly hear Yang Xi's whispered question next to him, "Does the Emperor have any other brothers besides King Ning?"

Wen Shiyan nodded slightly to him, signaling to talk about it later.

Qin Luochuan was also shocked, no, it should be said that he was the most shocked, before he wondered whether Qin Yan knew the emperor and King Ning, and Qin Yan might be from the royal family, but he didn't expect such a relationship.

While shocked, he was even more puzzled. When he said that his family was poor and couldn't afford a waiter, the Emperor and Ning Wang Mingming felt distressed. Why did they ignore his father who stayed in the mountains for so many years.

Everyone didn't know how to answer the conversation, so they all looked at King Ning.

King Ning also recovered from his memory, wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "Recalling now, the few pheasants roasted by Brother Huang back then were the most delicious chickens that I have ever eaten in my memory. .”

The emperor spat lightly when he heard the words: "You just said a few days ago that the bird's nest chicken I gave you is the best."

King Ning said: "But it's still not as delicious as the pheasant that the emperor brother roasted for his younger brother back then."

"I see that you want to eat pheasants," the emperor said, "then let the imperial dining room bake fifty pheasants for you tomorrow and send them to your house."

King Ning: "How can I eat so much..."

Under Ning Wang's gag to the emperor, this matter was understated.

But no matter whether they were officials or Jinshi, as long as they were not extremely stupid, how could they fail to see that both the emperor and King Ning were protecting Qin Luochuan.

Then no one came forward to find fault. After all, there is no one who can sit here who is really stupid.

Afterwards, the Jinshi continued the interrupted conversation, and Qin Luochuan also found an opportunity to compose a poem and was rewarded with a jade pendant, but the jade pendant was the same as the ones given to other people before, and it was nothing special.

After the luncheon was given, the emperor and King Ning left beforehand, ordering the scholars to continue to play in the imperial garden.

Because the crown prince and the fourth prince were still present, even if they didn't stay at the banquet, the Jinshi didn't leave the palace first, and they just wandered around in the imperial garden.

Because of a poem, Wen Shiyan asked the emperor for a reward of two peonies. As soon as the emperor and King Ning left, he couldn't wait to get up to see which two peonies might belong to him.

Qin Luochuan and Yang Xi shook their heads and followed them. They couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Only a nobleman like Wen Shiyan would be hooked by two peonies when other Jinshi were busy performing in front of the crown prince and the fourth prince. gone.

When they were emotional, they completely forgot that they did not stay there, but chose to go to see flowers with their friends.

After the three of them walked for a while, Yang Xi couldn't help asking the unsolved doubt just now, "Does the emperor really have a brother?"

Wen Shiyan glanced around, and seeing no one around, he said: "I just heard that the first emperor and the first empress had a twin son, who was younger than the emperor and King Ning, and was loved since childhood. When the first emperor was fighting, Shuang'er was not allowed to go to the battlefield, but because he wanted to go, the emperor and Ning Wang were always with him. It's just that since the first emperor became emperor, there has been no such There is news about Diqing, and no matter whether it is the former emperor or the current emperor, he has never mentioned it with King Ning. He is afraid that he disappeared on the battlefield, so even those who know of his existence dare not mention it again, for fear It has been 20 years since the sad incident involving the emperor, so few people know the existence of this emperor."

Just as Wen Shiyan finished speaking, a servant walked up to him. He quickly stopped talking, and Qin Luochuan and Yang Xi also adjusted their expressions.

I thought the servant was just passing by, but when he got to Qin Luochuan's side, he saluted and said, "Zhuangyuan Lang, the emperor welcomes you."

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Strange stones contain all the beauty of the ages; good flowers always occupy the four seasons of spring.It is a couplet in the Yanchun Pavilion of the Forbidden City.