It's better to fall in love than seize the heir

"Xu Jin? What are you doing here?"

After the morning recitation, Shen Jinghe and Liang Yan went to the academy next to Jingyuan to listen to Song Xuelu's scripture class.Unexpectedly, when Fang sat down on the seat, three or two young scholars in the distance invited them to comment on poems and essays with each other.The reason why Shen Jinghe invited Shang to study at Taixue was to increase his knowledge on the one hand, and to expand his network on the other hand, so he naturally had the patience to refuse.When it was almost time to return to his seat, he found Xu Jin standing beside his seat in a daze.

Seeing that Shen Jinghe was only a few steps away from him, Xu Jin took a step back at a loss, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, "I... I dropped something just now, it seems to be rolling all the way here, That’s why I came here to find…”

"Is that so?" Shen Jinghe heard his excuse in a quieter tone under his indifferent gaze, and his expression remained expressionless, "I found it, do you need my help?"

"No... no need." Xu Jin waved his hands again and again, his pale face trembling with anxiety and panic, as if he was about to cry in the next second, "I'll go, and go to the side to have a look again."

As he said that, he hastily lowered his head and wanted to turn around and leave, but his forward steps were blocked by a hand stretched out from the side.Xu Jin staggered, and after finally standing still, he looked up. Liang Yanzheng was staring at him with a gloomy expression, his sharp eyes filled with a cold and stern air tainted by battle experience.

Seeing that Xu Jin's legs were about to slide down under the power of this low pressure, Shen Jinghe patted Liang Yan's shoulder, pressed that hand down, raised his eyelids and looked at Xu Jin seriously, "Have you thought about it? Some things are lost and there is still a chance to find them, but some things..."

He sneered lightly, looked at the sky with empty eyes, and murmured to someone, "Once some things are lost, there is no room to make up for them in this life."

"Your Highness Sixth, I..." Xu Jin seemed to be stabbed in the center of the center by an awl, and his whole body twitched like chaff, his pupils dilated rapidly, "I..."

"Xu Jin, what are you busy with? Song Xuelu is almost here, why don't you come back so you don't have to read for a while?" A boy with a round face in the distance shouted to this side, his voice full of laughter and ease.However, Xu Jin's complexion quickly faded with this loud call at a speed visible to the naked eye. His lips squirmed twice, and finally chose to remain silent, his thin shoulders drooping as if giving up struggling.

Liang Yan turned his head to Shen Jinghe's side, his cold and stern eyes had not completely faded away, and there was a touch of questioning in his eyes.Shen Jinghe was silent for a moment, then shook his head imperceptibly, "Let him go."

Liang Yan stepped aside to leave a narrow space for Xu Jin between the two rows of seats for one person to pass through.Xu Jin hesitated for a moment, raised his eyes and quickly glanced at Shen Jinghe's seat, and asked softly in a hopeful and almost begging tone: "Your Highness Six, wait a moment...you are also with Liang Is the general sitting with you?"

"Yes or no, it has nothing to do with you now." Shen Jinghe smiled with a polite and distant expression.Xu Jin muttered a few words, and finally staggered away with a pale face.As soon as he went back and sat down, the round-faced boy leaned forward and seemed to want to chat with him, but he just lay silently on the table, burying his head deeply between his arms.

"He's not suitable here." Liang Yan patted Shen Jinghe's white wrist, which was exposed outside the sleeve, with a soothing meaning. The warm palm touched Li, but dispelled the thin layer of autumn on the wrist. meaning.Shen Jinghe stretched out his fingers and fiddled with the ink pen rolling on the table twice, narrowed his eyes and continued to speak, "I can't completely and bravely insist on the goodness in my heart, and I can't completely abandon my conscience when doing evil."

"Isn't everyone in the world generally so contradictory? In the world, no one can tell what is absolute good and evil, right and wrong." Liang Yan stared straight ahead with his deep eyes, standing upright like a majestic mountain.

"That's right." Shen Jinghe looked at Song Xuelu who walked into the courtyard leisurely, with the corners of his mouth slightly hooked, "In this way, I can only be selfish. Those who treat me kindly can be called good, and those who treat me badly can be called evil."

Catching Liang Yan's faintly smiling eyes, Shen Jinghe smiled even more happily, raised his eyebrows and added: "Little General Liang is the most benevolent man in the world."

Liang Yan's eyes flickered unsteadily, he coughed lightly, turned his head away, but his heart softened somehow.

Song Xuelu is a staid person, and he never changes his mind. It stands to reason that his qualifications can be mixed with officials in the inner court.However, he did not know how many dignitaries he offended by his single-mindedness, so he could only be a low-level academic record in Taixue.Even so, his attainments in Taoism are quite remarkable, so every class still attracts many students who are dedicated to learning.

As Song Xuelu walked towards the courtyard, the students who were chatting and laughing just now fell silent—no one in Taixue knew that Song Xuelu's hard and smelly temper was not just a joke, if he really annoyed him, he would not hesitate A lot of them can directly scold you bloody.

Song Xuelu's scripture class always likes to encourage people to get up and read passages, and today is no exception.He opened the "Shangshu" in his hand, glanced at the students sitting upright with sharp eyes, and said in a confident voice, "Today we will start from the part we finished last time, but we still remember which article we talked about last time." ?”

"——Great Exhortation." The students answered with a drawn-out voice.

"Very good." Song Xuelu paused, his selective gaze passed over Shen Jinghe, and he paused for a moment, "The Sixth Prince came to the class for the first time, and it is reasonable to show something in this first class, so the next one will be by Come and read it for all living beings."

Shen Jinghe naturally readily agreed, he stood up calmly, and opened the scroll in his hand.When he saw the contents of the book, his hands paused, and his eyes froze with some expected subtlety.

The word "Shangshu" is still printed on the indigo cover, but the inner pages that should be filled with the words of sages have been replaced by a book of obscene words and prose, and there are even a few of them. The square-inch-sized illustrations are so vivid and lifelike that people can feel dizzy after seeing them.

... Xu Jin really gave himself a big gift.

Shen Jinghe's eyes moved slightly, but there was still no wave on his face.Liang Yan was sensitively aware of the change in his eyes, and immediately froze, looking sideways at his book.It didn't matter what he looked at, but his face turned completely dark, and the icy power continuously overflowed from the inside out of his body.

Liang Yan's falcon-like eyes shot straight in Xu Jin's direction, but Xu Jin just sat there frozen in cold sweat, swallowing hard.Before he left, Ai Ai's puzzling question came to mind again, Liang Yan's eyes sank, and he immediately wanted to exchange the intact Shangshu on his case with Shen Jinghe.

Before he could make a move, Shen Jinghe immediately understood what he meant.He shook his head lightly, and calmly returned his gaze to the "Shangshu" which had no appearance.After being startled for a moment, Liang Yan also understood his consideration, and his expression became even darker.

Perhaps Xu Jin still couldn't bear it, hoping that Liang Yan, who was sitting next to him, could use the book that hadn't been tampered with to deal with this time for Shen Jinghe.However, he didn't expect that he wanted to exchange with his neighbor even though he was holding a book in his hand. Wouldn't such an unreasonable move be even more suspicious?According to Song Xuelu's temperament, he must come down and inquire and check it himself. If he finds that what the sixth prince is holding is such a fake book with a classic cover...

Liang Yan sneered, his knuckles turned white due to tension, and the anger and pity that had never been so full almost wanted to break through the shackles in his heart and roar out.To be scolded in front of the class is just a minor fear, and the ensuing infamy and expulsion from the Imperial Academy, presumably, is what those people secretly hoped for.Shen Jinghe's foundation was not stable when he first entered the palace, and if the road that he finally stepped out step by step really complied with their intentions, he would be ruined in one fell swoop. How can he have a bright future in the court in the future?

He looked at Shen Jinghe's polished side face with a complicated expression, the young man's long eyelashes drooped quietly and smoothly, without the slightest hint of distress.This "Shangshu" may not even have the word "Dagao", so where can I find the next one to recite it aloud?

"Why, what's the problem?" Song Xuelu frowned when he saw that Shen Jinghe didn't speak for a long time after getting up.

There were a few gloating eyes on him, but Shen Jinghe didn't care. He glanced at Xu Jin, who buried his head lower and lower, and said loudly, "Without him, the student is just brewing the feelings in his heart." That's all. The next chapter, "The Destiny of Weizi", praises Weizi's benevolence, and there is no lack of encouragement from becoming a king. Students should consciously recite it in a more respectful and respectful tone."

Hearing this, it was rare for Song Xuelu to show a smile on his stern face, "Speak with emotion, and then communicate with the text. Although the sixth prince is young, it is difficult for him to have this awareness."

Someone stared in amazement at the indigo book in Shen Jinghe's hand, and then turned to Xu Jin in disbelief.Xu Jin was also taken aback for a moment, his pale face was momentarily confused due to the mixture of joy and panic. The "Shangshu" was originally difficult and difficult to understand, but this random chapter, could the sixth prince, who looked like a lake in the distance, really be able to memorize it by himself?

In the look of anticipation, anxiety or anger and dejection, Shen Jinghe smiled slightly, looking at the pages full of wind and rain, he spoke in a melodious tone, "Wang Ruo said: You! Yin Wang Yuanzi. Only Jigu, respecting virtue like a virtuous..."

Song Xuelu closed his eyes halfway, listening to the clear and clear voice of the sixth prince with admiration.Shen Jinghe also stared at the book in his hand and read aloud with sincerity, turning pages and punctuating sentences according to the layout of each page of Shangshu.Liang Yan looked at his hard-working and dedicated performance with a weird expression, obviously his anger was still burning in his heart, but thinking of the difference between the scrolling pages and the sound of the book, and seeing the natural expression on the face of the person in front of him, he still couldn't bear it. I couldn't help but twitched the corners of my eyes lightly.

"...Hong is the ancestor of the strong, the law is the people, and the throne is forever, and there is one person next to him."

Xu Jin listened blankly to Shen Jinghe's fluent recitation verbatim, his expression went from surprise at the beginning to blankness at the end, ashamed and sour as if a blunt knife was cutting his already bruised body.Even in the face of such a despicable framing of himself, that person can still resolve it in such a calm and calm manner, like the cold snow on the top of the mountains, never stained by the black clouds that crush the city... …

All his cowardice, all his struggles seemed to have turned into a huge joke, baring his fangs and mocking him fiercely.Sudden approach without surprise, without reason and without anger, in the face of this kind of mind, all schemes and deceptions seem so ridiculous and powerless.

It turned out that he was wrong, he had been wrong all along...

Xu Jin's face seemed sad but not sad, happy but not happy. He thought of the hands of Shen Jinghe who was holding him up by the rockery, and thought of the last question to him and the silent disappointment that followed, the trembling face Filled with regret.

He finally knew he was wrong, but it was too late.

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Thanks to the mines thrown by the Poseidon cherubs!

Merry Christmas everyone~