Mikago

The question that has been troubling me for the past few days was thrown in front of me like this, and Ye Zuolan asked in a daze, "Does Rui Langxi want me to go?"

Tang Ruilang chuckled and shook his head: "Unfortunately, I can't invite you."

Ye Zuolan was stunned for a moment, feeling sore and stuffy, but couldn't tell what it was like.

"Sad?" Tang Ruilang actually pushed him narrowly: "Just say it when you're sad, maybe I'll change my mind."

"...not sad." Ye Zuolan's stubbornness also came up: "If you don't pick it up and admire it, why is Yu Lan hurt?"

"Hmph, I'm not joking with you anymore." Tang Ruilang fiddled with the orchid between his fingers, and restrained his playful expression: "I did this for your own good. Because among the guests that day, there were not only high-ranking officials and wives, but also Eunuch from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I don't know how those people will react when they see your appearance."

"Just because I look like King Xuan Zhao Yang?" Ye Zuolan asked abruptly.

"How do you know I'm talking about him?" Tang Ruilang raised his head and looked at him immediately.

Now it's Ye Zuolan's turn to be proud: "It's very simple - since the eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs knows the person, he must be a member of the royal family. If the appearance is to be similar, then the age must also be similar. Xuan Wang Zhao Yang and I are the same age Born in the same month and the same day, who else could there be besides him?"

"The same year, the same month, the same day, and the appearance is so similar..." Tang Ruilang was stunned. "How can there be such a strange thing in the world?!"

But Ye Zuolan shook her head: "The appearance should be just a temporary coincidence. Wait a few years and look at it, maybe it will be different. Otherwise, how can I enter the palace with this face in the future?"

"If you are really seen by the emperor, it's not a big deal. I'm afraid that if you are seen by King Xuan first, he will shout to take off your skin!"

Tang Ruilang clicked his tongue twice, and began to enumerate all kinds of "deeds" of Xuan Wang Zhao Yang - from the torture and killing of beasts in the forbidden garden, harsh treatment of the court ladies, to setting fire to the residence of the female officials in Yeting Court, and making a big disturbance in the Hongwen Museum.But such a little magic star is the palm of the emperor and empress Xiao's palm, the jewel in the palm, no one can touch it.

Compared with him, the polite and polite Ye Zuolan seemed like a fairy child descended to earth.

The two of them were talking here when they suddenly heard a soft sound of robes flying outside the courtyard.Immediately afterwards, the door was knocked three times, and a steady voice said from outside: "Young master, please go back to the room and rest."

Tang Ruilang's guards finally came.

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With Tang Ruilang's explanation, Ye Zuolan finally settled down and no longer entangled in the Tang Manor's banquet.However, he did not expect that the turmoil of this incident was far from over.

Two days later, during the ten-day vacation, Ye Zuolan was called into the study by her father as soon as she returned home.The father and son sat opposite each other.It is raining in spring outside the house, and the sky is the color of lotus seeds, soaked in the faint fishy smell of moss.

Ye Kaiquan first asked a few questions about his studies, and then asked abruptly: "That day, what I asked you to bring to that little friend, did you give it to him?"

Ye Zuolan was taken aback, he didn't dare to tell the truth, but nodded, "Yes."

"Really?"

"It really did."

"..."

Ye Kaiquan frowned slightly, as if he wanted to refute something, but in the end he asked: "I heard that the young master of the Tang family will have his birthday in the next ten days, have you thought about what to prepare?"

Ye Zuolan lowered her eyelids and replied: "The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and my child has never thought about preparing."

Ye Kaiquan was choked by his son abruptly, and his face immediately sank.

"You only know one but not the other! You only see fresh water is clear and sweet wine is cloudy, but you don't understand that it doesn't matter whether it is light or sweet. Only turbidity is the difference between a gentleman and a villain. If you have no turbid and evil thoughts in your heart and consider yourself a gentleman, you will naturally not be ashamed of giving generous gifts to others."

Ye Zuolan didn't dare to talk back to her father, so she nodded her head obediently: "Daddy taught me well, my son knows his mistake."

Ye Kaiquan asked again: "Then... have you been invited to attend the banquet in the Tang Mansion?"

Ye Zuolan seemed guilty of being scolded and dared not answer directly.

Ye Kaiquan's eyelids twitched: "Why aren't you talking?"

Ye Zuolan then asked slowly: "On such a grand occasion, not only the students of the Imperial College, but also many elders from the imperial court are present. I'm afraid the child will make a joke and embarrass Daddy."

"Afraid of etiquette, how will you become a great weapon in the future?"

Ye Kaiquan was obviously dissatisfied with his son's timidity, he frowned and said, "Actually, as a father, I am also worried that you will show your timidity. If you are invited, I will naturally accompany you there."

Ye Zuolan didn't answer right away, he clenched and loosened his hands hidden in his sleeves, and after doing this several times, he finally raised his head and looked at his father.

"Then dad doesn't have to worry. Because... Swiss Franc didn't invite me."

"No?"

A disappointed expression flashed across Ye Kaiquan's face, but in front of his son, he still tried his best to control his emotions.

However, Ye Zuolan, who had finally plucked up the courage, was bewitched by the emotions brewed by herself, and did not notice her father's loss.

"Daddy, the one who wants to participate in the banquet... is actually you, right?"

When he said this, he felt his teeth shaking.

"Although you said 'the way is different, don't conspire with each other', but in fact it is not a matter of 'the same difference' at all... It is obviously because you do not get the attention of the important officials of the court, and you do not get the attention of the court. I came up with such an excuse to comfort myself..."

Ye Kaiquan's face turned livid in an instant, and he said angrily, "Zoran?! Do you know what you're talking about?!"

"Baby...Of course I know, baby."

The trembling of teeth began to spread to Ye Zuolan's whole body, but he still wanted to speak.

"But what the child doesn't know is...why you taught me that 'wealth and honor through injustice are like floating clouds to me'; on the other hand, you asked me to give gifts to Swiss Franc, and hinted that I should take you to the Tang Mansion... ...isn't that the exact opposite, the opposite?"

"shut up!"

Ye Kaiquan was furious, and slapped the desk hard with one hand: "You ignorant boy, you have only been in the imperial school for a few days, and you dare to show off in front of your father?"

"The child dare not show off! It's just that the master said: 'Don't deceive me, and commit it'. Therefore, the child boldly speaks to his father, please don't forget the old teachings to the child!"

Ye Zuolan's defense seemed to add fuel to the flames, making Ye Kaiquan more and more annoyed.

"It's said that haste makes waste. I usually regard you as a child prodigy, but who knows that I can't even tell the difference between the old and the young, and the sophistication of the world! The master said, then you know that 'straight and rude will twist', and Do you know that 'you are blind if you don't see the color'?! It's all because I dote on you too much, and even neglect etiquette!"

"No, the child is not negligent in etiquette!"

Ye Zuolan still wanted to defend herself, but Ye Kaiquan didn't want to waste any more words when she was furious.

"Don't kneel down for me!"

"But Daddy..."

"Kneel down!!"

The brief stalemate ended with Ye Zuolan giving up.At this time, he saw his father turn around and open a long, narrow and heavy wooden box on Duobaoge.

The baguette in there has not been used for a long, long time.

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A rainy break.

The mother led the elder sister out to choose rouge and powder, and the two servants were also busy in the kitchen.Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, Ye Zuolan stumbled out of the study and walked towards the door while holding on to the railing of the corridor.

The tears on his face were dry and wet, and his cheeks were tight and uncomfortable; but what was more uncomfortable than this was the pain in his body and heart.

I can't stay at home any longer, and there's no need to worry my mother and sister.

Ye Zuolan didn't take the servant with her, so she went out quietly and walked towards the Imperial College alone.

From Xuanzhengfang to Wubenfang, it took half an hour on foot.However, because of his injury, he walked much slower than usual.After finally returning to the dormitory, my feet were so weak that I could hardly stand up.

Not long after Ye Zuolan came back, the servant in charge of taking care of him also ran back from home with the wound medicine.However, the door of the dormitory was closed tightly, no matter how much he flapped and called, Ye Zuolan inside just kept silent.

Seeing that the sky is getting darker, such a stalemate is obviously not an answer.The boy was also very flexible, he turned around and ran to Guozixue's dormitory.