Come on, Your Highness

In the second day of junior high school, the married girl returns home

Standing in front of the bronze mirror, Xiao Hong carefully looked at his appearance inside, even the corners of his clothes, and he specially chose a piece of beautiful jade to wear on his waist.

Shen Momo smiled and said: "Your Highness, you are going to your grandfather's house, not to meet a girl, why are you so particular about it?"

"Seeing that the girl has something to dress up, it's a pity. If I don't look more energetic, let him look happy. What if I make things difficult for me, mother, you also know his mouth. He is in a bad mood. Say it out." Words can make people jump into the lake."

Xiao Hong covered his heart, feeling that the pressure was not normal, so he took a deep breath and calmed down.

"I don't know if there are any mistakes in those papers. Don't give me another big gift bag at that time. I will die!"

"Didn't Chang Yi look at it for you? There should be nothing wrong." Shen Nanny comforted.

"No." Xiao Hong shook his head, "Now that I think about it, the paper has been changed too much, it's a bit...dirty, messy, Xi Chao is very demanding, I'm afraid he will be even more angry after reading it."

Thinking about it this way, Xiao Hong felt that the future was really dark, "Quick, check, have you brought the two books "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites" with you? I feel like I forgot them all. Let me read them again in the car. "

This is completely pre-exam anxiety disorder. Shen Momo shook her head, not knowing that this phenomenon is good and bad.

Under the urging from outside, Xiao Hong finally sent out a pair of strong men who never returned.

Although the grievances between Xiao Hong and Xiao Ming are over, the estrangement cannot be erased.It is quite evident that the two no longer travel in the same carriage.

Xiao Ming's interest was not high, because He Mingrui followed his mother to Li's residence.Xiao Hong, on the other hand, was looking forward to and nervous. He hadn't seen He Xichao for more than ten days, and he really missed him. Leaning on the soft seat, he sat cross-legged in the carriage, flipping through two volumes of "Spring and Autumn" , "Book of Rites" muttering words in his mouth.

To be honest, even facing Emperor Tiangan, he had never worked so hard, but he subconsciously felt that He Xichao couldn't be disappointed. With that cute bun face, should he call him cousin and pouted at him? Da, instead of sneering, he spat out little stings mercilessly all over his head.

Chinese New Year, you should be happy.

There are only two married women in Wei Guogong's mansion, but unfortunately they both entered the palace, one is gone, and the other cannot get out without grace.

So these past few years, Xiao Hong and Xiao Ming came to pay New Year's greetings to Duke Wei on behalf of their mother.

The two went to see the old lady first, and then followed Wei Guogong to the study. After talking for a while, it was time for lunch.

"Where's Xi Chao?" Xiao Hong finally asked.

Wei Guogong said: "Being grounded by the old man, I can't take a step out of An Yunxuan for five days."

Xiao Hong frowned, "What did he do, grandpa wants to punish him?"

"That's definitely not a good thing." Xiao Ming interrupted the casserole to ask the end, and finally said it.

"That kid is so daring and bold?"

"Just a broken foot?"

The surprised tone in front was Xiao Ming's, and the latter one was Xiao Hong's, and then Xiao Hong continued, "What is He Mingrui doing, is he happy seeing Xi Chao being bullied?"

"Brother, what's the matter with my cousin? It's just a trivial matter, and He Xichao is too much..."

"Shut up, you know a fart."

Wei Guogong looked at the two grandsons, stopped with a headache and said: "This matter ends here, Your Highnesses don't need to talk about it anymore."

This way you can tell who is reading with whom.

Xiao Hong and He Xichao have been together for half a year, I don't know if they have made progress, but this momentum is getting stronger and stronger.

"I'll go and see Xi Chao, he must be very wronged." Xiao Hong put down his chopsticks, got up and left, Duke Wei couldn't even call back.

An Yunxuan is a very remote courtyard, and it's still small, so you can tell that it's not taken seriously when you live in it.

Xiao Hong passed by the small forest, and couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth. It was the place where He Xichao met him by chance.

Now that I think about it, Xiao Hong doesn't blame him, but after thinking about it, he feels quite proud. Don't you see, who else can make He Xichao put so much effort into it?

After lunch, He Xichao would take a nap as usual.

When Xiao Hong came, he happened to be lying down not long ago.

Just like He Xichao entered Xiao Hong's bedroom at will, Xiao Hong didn't have the consciousness of being a guest, so he wandered around in He Xichao's bedroom.

After looking around, I came to a three-word conclusion, which is really clean.

It's not that it was cleaned neatly, but that there was nothing belonging to He Xichao inside. If he wanted to leave, he probably didn't even have to clean it up, and he could just lift his feet and leave.

He Xichao was startled awake, he immediately opened his eyes when a strange breath came in, half-closed his eyes and said, "Cousin..."

Seeing his drowsy appearance, Xiao Hong could tell he hadn't slept enough, so he stopped him from getting up, "Go on sleeping and leave me alone, I'll read a book for a while."

He Xichao smiled when he heard the words, and understood, so he retracted his head and rolled back into the quilt, leaving only a little bit of black hair exposed.

Xiao Hong took "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites" from Eunuch Chang, and opened them to read them again.

But after only turning two pages, his eyes couldn't help but go to the bed.

He put down the book, knelt down on the bed, and saw He Xichao was sleeping soundly, peacefully, wrapped in a cocoon and facing inside.

He's really small, even if he's one year older, He Xichao still looks small and cute, no matter how cute he looks when he doesn't open his eyes or stretch out his paws.

In winter, it is suitable for hibernation.

The surrounding was too quiet and the atmosphere was just right, Xiao Hong was infected and couldn't help yawning.

So he kicked off his shoes, took off his coat, grabbed He Xichao's quilt and pulled him over, "Xichao, please do me a favor."

"Why did you come up, Leng Leng Leng, let go."

He Xichao grabbed his own cocoon tightly, but he was weak, and Xiao Hong, who was ten years older, was no match for brute strength. He Xichao was full of anger, and said, "I'll ask someone to bring in the quilt again."

"Oh, don't be so troublesome, you can share it with me. The quilt is so thick and big, it's enough for the two of us to sleep."

While talking, Xiao Hong stretched his feet into He Xichao's bed, and He Xichao was so angry that he kicked his feet straight.

"Hey, why are you like this, a gentleman moves his mouth but doesn't move his hands, you move his feet!" Xiao Hong grabbed his feet and said speechlessly.

"Have you finished memorizing your book?" He Xi spit fire in his eyes.

"I'm done reciting, I'm done reciting, when did I fail to do what you said, can I let you check it then? Don't make trouble, take a nap now."

While coaxing him, Xiao Hong wrapped him in his arms, bound his hands and feet, and closed his eyes, as if you were making trouble for no reason and I didn't care about you.

He Xichao lost sleepiness on the spot.

But he couldn't sleep, Xiao Hong was the reincarnation of a pig's head, he could breathe evenly within three breaths.

He Xichao stared, wanting to stretch out his claws to scratch his face angrily, but unfortunately he couldn't move his hands and feet, he struggled a little, and Xiao Hong murmured, "Xi Chao, don't make trouble, I didn't sleep well last night, dear... ...for just a moment..."

Some people don't look stupid, but they are actually shrewd, and some people don't look like they are showing their teeth and claws, but they are actually very soft-hearted.

In the end, He Xichao stared and fell asleep without knowing when.

An hour later, He Xichao sat in front of the desk, watched Xiao Hong hand over "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites", and asked, "Have you recited it?"

Xiao Hong took a deep breath, nodded, "Yes."

"What do you mean, understand?"

"You've said it all, I'll remember." Xiao Hong was very confident, "Come on, Xi Chao, which chapters do you want me to recite? I'm afraid I won't have so much time to memorize them all."

He Xichao nodded in agreement, "Indeed, time is limited, so in order to fully understand your situation, let's do the paper!"

"A paper again?" Xiao Hong felt shadowed when he heard this word.

"As long as you know it well and know it by heart, what are you afraid of? Isn't it just a pattern to change the soup but not the medicine?"

He Xichao jumped off the chair, took out a paper tied with red silk from behind, and handed it to Xiao Hong.

Xiao Hong twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Are you ready?"

"Of course, I care about your studies more than anyone else, so don't be unhappy, I spent a lot of effort to get this paper." He Xichao pointed to a stack of books next to him and said, "Look, I I didn't even have time to read the exam preparation books, so I hope you will take it seriously, okay?"

"En." Xiao Hong was so moved that he shed two lines of tears.

The red tape was untied, and He Xichao's pavilion style was in front of his eyes, with block letters and small characters, neat and tidy, which made him feel comfortable.

Xiao Hong said with emotion: "Father must like your handwriting very much."

He Xichao smiled, he has studied it specially, the current emperor is rigorous and conscientious, and his first-hand regular script is excellent, even the ministers have followed suit, and even the students of the imperial examination, this is a bonus item.

Seeing Xiao Hong looking at the paper, He Xichao said: "Don't rush to write, let me tell you how to do the questions. There are three questions in this paper, and the first question is the simplest. The last sentence, the middle sentence, the next sentence or the key hints given in the title, just complete the whole sentence. The second big question is the translation, which tests the most basic understanding. According to the original paragraph of the textbook given in the title, Write down your understanding, or write the corresponding paragraph silently according to the short vernacular instructions given. The former is relatively simple, and the latter is slightly more difficult. There is also the last big question, whether it is "Spring and Autumn" or "Book of Rites" ", since it is included in the must-have books for the prince, there must be a way to govern the country. Many chapters in the two books contain the idea of ​​persuading the emperor to govern the country. Please find a corresponding chapter from each of them and point it out. It can be regarded as an improvement question, if you can do it well, you will be rewarded, if you can’t do it, you will not be punished.”

"Wait, Xi Chao, there is still punishment?"

"Aren't you happy? Let's make it." He Xichao pointed to the paper.

Xiao Hong pursed his lips, and asked again, "What is the reward?"

"If the third question is solved, the arithmetic papers sent last time, if they are wrong, there is no need to do five extra questions. It's interesting, isn't it?"

Xiao Hong lay his head on the table and couldn't get up. He didn't find it interesting at all, but rather tired.

"Come on, I'll grind the ink for you, let's hurry up and don't delay."

He Xichao put the pen into Xiao Hong's hand, pushed him, and let him get up.

Xiao Hong reluctantly sat upright, and was somewhat reluctant to start doing the paper.

He silently wrote a few sentences on the paper, and then got stuck without any accident, because he knew some words but couldn't write them out.

Xiao Hong felt a little unhappy in his heart, and dawdled with a pen.

Obviously only recitation is required, only understanding is required, so how can it become dictation?

Seeing him like this, He Xichao ignored him, but opened the reference book Xie San gave him, took out the pen and paper, and started his own task.

Not long after, Xiao Hong's eyes, unable to sit still, drifted over, seeing He Xichao writing vigorously and asking, "Xichao, what are you doing?"

"Make papers."

Xiao Hong was surprised and said: "You have to do the paper too! What paper?"

"A college test paper from a few years ago."

"Isn't that...a test for talent?"

"Well, I will take the college examination in the next year, and the filial piety period will just pass by then."

Xiao Hong: "..." I suddenly felt awe.

It's one thing to hear He Xichao say that he's going to be the No. [-] scholar, but it's another thing to actually see him start preparing for the end.

Even if you have never participated in the imperial examination, you know how fierce the competition is. For scholars alone, thousands of people participate and only the top three and forty people are selected.

Xiao Hong walked behind He Xichao, really wanting to see what the legendary college test paper looks like?

then……

"The title is just one sentence?"

"Ah."

"Then what does this sentence mean?"

"The first half sentence comes from "Mencius", and the second half sentence comes from "Zuo Zhuan". It talks about how to govern the country according to the ancestral system."

"You know the source, so you have to recite it all..."

"Ah."

"..." Xiao Hong felt that it was too difficult, "Then what are you required to write? Articles?"

"Ah."

"How do you write it?"

"Play freely."

Xiao Hong looked at He Xichao's back, he moved his wrist, he didn't seem to feel any difficulty, and his eyes suddenly showed awe when he wrote with spirit.

He felt that he and He Xichao were people from two worlds.

Look at his paper again... Xiao Hong sighed deeply, picked up the pen and continued writing.

Having seen the majesty of Mount Tai, if he can't conquer this kind of small mound, he can hit his head to death.

He Xichao raised his head, seeing Xiao Hong biting the pen holder while chanting and writing, he couldn't help but bend his lips.

"Xi Chao, I can recite it, but what if I can't write?"

"Which word?"

"Xishhouhuolin's Lin character."

He Xichao found another piece of paper and wrote it to him.

"So that's the case."

"Go back and copy ten times..."

"what?"

"This word."

"...Oh, it's okay, I was scared to death."

After half an hour, Xiao Hong put down his pen.

He Xichao handed him the tea, and then took away his paper.

Xiao Hong rubbed his wrists, holding the tea and arrived behind He Xichao, he saw that he quickly traced it with a pen, stopped halfway to circle the other words, obviously these things had already been engraved in his heart.

In the end, He Xichao looked at Xiao Hong almost in astonishment, except for the typos, he was almost right.

"How about it, brother, I will recite it when I say it, I won't lie." Xiao Hong said proudly.

"It took a lot of work."

"That's right, I've been reciting books in my dreams for several days, and it started when you sent twelve papers."

He Xichao looked at the paper and smiled very satisfied, "I understand it quite well. I thought that the second question is based on the original text of the vernacular, and you won't be able to do it."

"I have recited these two books several times, let alone read them. What if I recite them a thousand times, the meaning will come out by itself, and I will gradually understand it."

He Xichao got up and took out the math test paper from New Year's Eve. When Xiao Hong saw the black blobs of ink, he felt uneasy.

But He Xichao was in a good mood today, and said: "These calculations are wrong, I guess Eunuch Chang didn't see it, you should correct it."

Xiao Hong scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "You know this too?"

"Guess."

Xiao Hong choked for a moment, he didn't tell himself, he was talking about himself.

He Xichao didn't care about it, and continued: "In addition, there are two more questions. I don't see anything. Let's do the calculation again."

"Is this enough?" Xiao Hong felt that happiness came too fast, and he was a little uncomfortable.

"That's right, or do you want to do a few more papers?"

"No, no, enough is enough, Xi Chao, you are the best."

He Xi lifted her chin and accepted it calmly.

He put all the corrected papers into a big box for preservation, turned around and chatted with Xiao Hong: "The rest of the arithmetic problems are not easy, are they?"

Xiao Hong nodded fiercely, "What a hundred sevens, I'm exhausted."

"Silly, think about how much tax money the treasury collects every year. If you use this method to calculate it, you will have to calculate it until the year of the monkey."

"So there must be an easy way, isn't there?"

"That's right, but you go back and think about it first, and I will teach you the system after I return to the palace."

"Then... are the papers still handed in?"

"Hand it over, the stupid way is also the way, just get it right, get five if you make a mistake, you can make up your own mind."

Xiao Hong really figured it out, relying on his clumsy method of adding one by one, subtracting one by one, no matter how careful he was, he would make mistakes, and if he made a mistake, he would be penalized for five more questions, which would definitely not work, so...

"What if I ask someone for help?"

He Xichao smiled and said, "This... I don't care anymore."

Xiao Hong rubbed his chin and said, "Father doesn't pay much attention to this. What if he thinks I'm not doing my job properly?"

He Xichao glanced at the curled-up textbook on the table, and his smile deepened, "It's okay to try, it's vacation time."

Xiao Hong understood what he meant at a glance, and sighed: "Xi Chao, are you tired? Don't you have a headache after thinking so much?"

"My brain's neural network is relatively developed, and your one-way line is incomparable."

Xiao Hong looked puzzled, "Huh?"

Just as he was talking, Eunuch Chang's voice came from outside, "Your Highness, the third prince asked someone to ask if he should go back to the palace. If it is too late, he might not be able to get the key in time."

"How did the time pass so quickly?" Xiao Hong felt that he hadn't even had a proper conversation with He Xichao yet.

"One hour to sleep, one hour to write papers, isn't it over?" He Xichao returned the two books to Xiao Hong and said, "Go back, I will return to the palace after the Lantern Festival."

"Well, what happened yesterday... grandpa is so unreasonable. You obviously didn't do anything wrong, so why do you have to be grounded! I'll talk to grandpa later so that he can be spared the punishment. It's broken, he deserves it."

Xiao Hong hates that he is not here, otherwise he would be honest if he dragged him out and stamped dozens of boards.

He Xichao smiled and refused, "No, this punishment is not painful, it just allows me to study my books, and saves others from disturbing me."

"But if Mingrui comes to trouble you..."

"Not anymore."

"what?"

He Xichao said: "If he still can't figure it out under such guidance, he's finished."

Xiao Hong didn't understand, but He Xichao stopped talking, but urged him, "Hurry up and find your helper. By the way, don't confess me."

"why?"

"I'm afraid that your father will become angry from embarrassment, and I will have to hide my name and flee to the end of the world."

Not even a seven-year-old child, where is the emperor's face?

"It can't be." Thinking of that scene, Xiao Hong felt that he still had to protect his wise and mighty father.

He Xichao responded with two "hehe".

"Then what if the father asks?"

"Just talk about the questions my father asked me before."

"...Is this all right?"

There is no proof of death, why not?

Before leaving, Xiao Hong suddenly took off the jade pendant from his waist and stuffed it into He Xichao's hand.

"I put all the lucky money you gave me last time in my purse, and keep it carefully. You take this, it's a New Year's gift."

The jade pendant was carved into the shape of two small fishes. He Xichao picked up the jade pendant and looked at the sun. Although he didn't know much about jade, the color and luster was obviously a treasure.

He Xichao accepted the jade pendant, and jokingly said: "Nine copper coins are exchanged for such a good jade, but it's worth it."

"It doesn't look at the value, it depends on the heart. I think I'm vulgar, so just don't dislike it." Xiao Hong said embarrassedly.

Is there anything more tacky than copper plates?

He Xichao blinked, and gave Xiao Hong a brighter smile than ever, and also blew a Momoda kiss.

Xiao Hong's face turned red immediately, and he pressed the corners of his mouth that were upturned, and preached in the demeanor of his elder brother: "I wanted to say it a long time ago, just do it to me, don't do it to others in the future Do it, it's easy to misunderstand and feel frivolous, you know?"

He Xi tilted his head, thinking what could a seven-year-old misunderstand when he was doing something to the same sex?What is there to be frivolous about?

But seeing Xiao Hong was serious, he didn't refute, "Then I'd rather listen to my cousin."

"Hey, whatever you want in the future, as long as I have, I will give it to you."

The author has something to say: Yao: What you hold in your hand... um...

He Xichao: Jade?New Year's return gift, very cost-effective.

Haruka: It's a token, idiot