Regret Records of Cultivating a Tyrant

The servant girl tugged at the hem of her young lady's clothes and reminded her in a low voice.

The girl came back to her senses, and quickly thanked Lin Shicheng, "The little girl's name is Liu Yao, thank you for saving me, sir, I dare to ask you what your name is, I will come to thank you someday."

She had a pair of almond eyes, was petite and slender, wore a light yellow dress, her cheeks were flushed, and she looked bright and charming when she smiled.

"You don't need to worry about trivial matters." Lin Shicheng smiled gently at her, "In Xialin Shicheng, he lives in the south, and now he is attending Chunwei in Yong'an. He was going to have a drink just now. He happened to see the girl's carriage out of control, so I just wanted to do a favor."

The coachman was there to check what was wrong with the carriage and the horses. Han Shiqing handed him the reins, walked up to Lin Shicheng, glanced at the girl and the maid, and felt that he had seen it somewhere.

"Han Shiqing?" Before Han Shiqing could speak, the girl called out his name first.

"Huh?" Han Shiqing raised his eyebrows slightly, "The girl knows me?"

"Ah, yes, it can be regarded as... I have seen it."

Liu Yao only saw Han Shiqing in portraits, from the portrait of a famous rich man in Yong'an City that her mother showed her. She said that she was coming of age and wanted to find a marriage for her.

At that time, she didn't want to get married, so she looked around randomly, and finally fell in love with Han Shiqing's...beauty spot.

She also told her mother that it is said that this beauty mole is born on a woman and can prosper, so what about it being born on a man?

Where did the man come from?

But when I saw it today, the young master of the General's Mansion was really beautiful, and as a woman, I felt a little ashamed of myself.

She looked up and found that Han Shiqing and Lin Shicheng were standing together, one was gentle and elegant, the other was gorgeous...

Liu Yao suddenly felt a little inferior, and took half a step back indistinctly.

Han Shiqing looked at Liu Yao carefully, and suddenly remembered.

"I remembered." He stretched out his hand to measure his height, "You are the daughter of Liu Shangshu from Hubu. I met you when you were your age."

Hubu Shangshu Liu Wanghai is a typical daughter slave. There are four sons in the family, only one daughter. When he was young, he rarely brought out to meet people. Only at the promotion banquet, Liu Yao was brought out to meet people.

Han Shiqing just glanced at it hastily, and now he can remember it pretty well.

"So we met so early?" Liu Yao was also surprised.

She asked, "I heard Mr. Lin said that you were going to drink just now, can you bring me along?"

"Miss, there is nothing serious about the carriage. It's just that the horse's front leg seems to be hit by something and it swells up. I'm afraid that's why it was startled."

The coachman came over to report the situation.

"Oh, that's it." Liu Yao didn't care what hit the horse, but she thought it would be nice to have such an accident to get to know the two people in front of her.

She said to the coachman: "Uncle Zhang, you go back first, I want to treat these two gentlemen to a drink to express my thanks."

"Miss, miss." The servant girl tugged at her sleeve and whispered, "This is not good, you are a lady who has not left the court, how can you go out to dinner with two men? If the master knows, he will scold me to death of!"

"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

After speaking, Liu Yao discussed with Han Shiqing and Lin Shicheng, and followed them into Fengyang Tower.

Han Shiqing wanted to refuse at first, after all, saving people just now was just a matter of little effort, and his father didn't know the Minister of Household Affairs very well, so if he and Liu Yao were walking together, if someone told his father, there was no guarantee that the two families would not think too much about it.

So after a drink, Han Shiqing didn't talk to Liu Yao much in order to avoid suspicion.

On the contrary, Lin Shicheng and Liu Yao had a very happy conversation. Lin Shicheng's appearance was already deceptive, and he deliberately picked what the girls liked to say, and he thoughtfully ordered Liu Yao's favorite dishes, so that later Liu Yao His eyes were all glued to Lin Shicheng's body, and the smile he teased never disappeared from his face.

After finishing the wine, the two sent Liu Yao and the maid Xiaolian back.

It wasn't until he was far away that Lin Shicheng looked at Han Shiqing, who was yawning and stretching beside him, and said, "Brother Shiqing, let's go to Tianfeng Tea House for a while."

"You think of me, right?" Han Shiqing laughed at him, "I just looked at Liu Yao, and I saw that your eyes were straight. What's wrong? Did you fall in love with her girl?"

He walked in front, and said to himself: "If you like it, take the exam hard, and you will get the first prize later, so that your status and status will be worthy of others."

Lin Shicheng caught up with him, but smiled helplessly, "Brother Shiqing, what makes you think I like Miss Liu?"

"Ah? Isn't it?" Han Shiqing was surprised, "It's the first time I've seen you being so considerate to others, Liu Yao seems to like you too, and you make her smile like a flower."

Lin Shicheng was even more helpless when he heard this.

He said: "I injured the horse's leg with stones."

Han Shiqing paused, and turned to look at Lin Shicheng, the teasing expression on his face disappeared, only astonishment remained.

Lin Shicheng didn't intend to hide him.

"At this time today, the carriage in which Liu Yao, the daughter of the Minister of the Household Department, will pass by Pinglefang, is walking on the street we just walked on. This is the news that the spies from Xuanjinlou have inquired about."

"what is your purpose?"

"Let Liu Yao like me." Lin Shicheng smiled innocently, and he said to Han Shiqing: "The daughter of Shangshu Hubu is very useful to us."

"..."

Han Shiqing was silent for a while, and the anger surging in his heart was barely suppressed by him.

He asked, "Lin Shicheng, is it funny to you to play with other people's feelings?"

"Brother Shi Qing, what you said is wrong." Lin Shicheng replied, "I didn't play with her feelings. If today's events make her fall in love with me, that's her choice, and I can't interfere."

Han Shiqing was surprised by Lin Shicheng's answer, he frowned and asked, "Then do you like her?"

"It's okay, I don't hate it."

Han Shiqing laughed suddenly, he said.

"No wonder I didn't remind you, you will regret it sooner or later if you continue like this."

In the previous life, Lin Shicheng and Liu Yao had no intersection, so Han Shiqing didn't know what the consequences would be if they were in contact now.

But he understands that at the beginning of a relationship, if one of the parties starts contact with a purpose and wants to take advantage of the other party, then he will definitely suffer when the lie is revealed.

Although he joined the camp of Jiang Yu and others, he still couldn't do what Lin Shicheng was like, who could manipulate other people's emotions at will.

Lin Shicheng didn't take his words to heart, but felt that his brother Shi Qing was too naive.

In this way, even if he becomes an official in the court in the future, he will only be played by others, and he should protect him more.

After two more exams, Han Shiqing thought he answered well. After the list was posted, there were [-] people admitted, and he was indeed there.

The list was very long, and everyone's names were written in block letters. Han Shiqing raised his neck to see who No. 1 was, and the words "Lin Shicheng" caught his eye.

He curled his lips, thinking that this kid is really smart, taking the imperial examination is like a joke, seeing him go out to have a private meeting with Liu Yao all day long, but he still came first in the exam, it is really annoying and embarrassing admire.

But after all, he knew that Lin Shicheng was the one who could become the number one scholar, and Han Shiqing didn't feel any sense of disappointment. He became a monk halfway through, and now he is grateful to be admitted to Gongsheng. The next imperial examination can only be done by luck.

The palace examination is only for one day, and the time is the fifth day after the release of the list of the Chunwei (General Examination). Emperor Yuan'an personally writes the questions. The length of the questions is [-] to [-] words. .

The test site is located in the Palace of Harmony in the Imperial City. Candidates enter the venue at dawn, go through the etiquettes of roll call, unraveling papers, worshiping, and saluting.

In the early morning, Han Shiqing was dressed neatly in the neat robe He Yiran had prepared for him, and was led into the Hall of Harmony by the palace guards.

"Lin Shicheng!" The palace people called the names one by one.

Lin Shicheng replied, and after a while, Han Shiqing's name was read.

The palace man's tone paused slightly, and he glanced at Han Shiqing, and the eight examiners in the palace also cast their eyes on him.

Everyone present basically knew that Han Shiqing was the youngest son of Han Jingyu, the Great General of Zhenbei, and two examiners had been instructed by the left minister, so they paid more attention to Han Shiqing at this time.

Han Shiqing didn't care about their gaze.

After all, he was able to get here, except for the scholar status that his grandfather helped him get at the beginning, the others were passed by himself step by step through his own ability. He is not afraid of these people watching.

After the roll call, the examiner unsealed and scattered the sealed test papers.

"The Emperor is here!"

A eunuch's shrill announcement came from outside the door, and then a middle-aged man in a bright yellow dragon robe stepped over the high threshold and entered the hall, followed by two rows of twelve court ladies and eunuchs.

Before Han Shiqing took a closer look at Emperor Yuan'an, the eunuch yelled again.

"kneel!"

He hurriedly knelt down with everyone in the palace.

"Mountain hoo!"

Everyone shouted, "Long live!"

"Mountain hoo!"

"Long live!"

"Hurr again!"

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

Han Shiqing finished shouting after everyone, and after waiting for a while, he heard Emperor Yuan'an lazily read, "Pingshen".

Everyone stood up, and the examiner signaled the examinee to kneel and sit in front of the table, so Han Shiqing had time to look at Emperor Yuan'an from the corner of his eye.

This year is the 79th year of the lunar calendar, and Emperor Yuan'an has passed his age, and there are fine wrinkles on his handsome face.

As the eldest prince, he was 28 years older than Jiang Yu, and he was already 35 years old when he succeeded to the throne.

It's no wonder that he was anxious to force Emperor Ming Cheng to abdicate at the beginning, after all, if he persisted, his younger brothers would be a threat to him when their power developed.

Han Shiqing noticed the blue-black under the eye sockets of Emperor Yuan'an, his face was not rosy, but rather pale, his eyes were cloudy, and his steps were heavier than ordinary people.

A face hollowed out by wine.

Hey……

Han Shiqing sighed secretly.

In fact, before he came to the palace test today, he was looking forward to seeing Emperor Yuan'an. After all, Liao Yunfan told him that all people and things are seeing is believing. Can't give up.

But when I saw him today, it really revealed Emperor Yuan'an's living habits from his complexion.

Righteousness comes first, at least in this regard, Jiang Yu is much better than the one in front of him.

After the test papers were handed out, Emperor Yuan'an waved his hand and said, "Let's begin."

This is the start of the exam.

After announcing the exam, Emperor Yuan'an turned around and left the Palace of Hebao, as if he came here just to pass the scene reluctantly and didn't want to stay for a moment.

Although Han Shiqing was disappointed with Emperor Yuan'an, he didn't let this emotion affect his answer. He spent half an hour reviewing the questions and an hour in drafting. He concluded based on the arguments, combined with the recent drought and flood control, and finally made these eloquently come to the fore. On the roll paper, it took a full two hours.

During the period, an examiner passed by him and noticed what he wrote. His eyes were so bright, and he obviously thought it was good.

After finishing writing, he raised his eyes, only to see that Lin Shicheng had finished writing and was looking at him from the opposite side.

Seeing Han Shiqing looking at him, Lin Shicheng also smiled, and asked "how is it?" with his mouth.

Han Shiqing nodded.

At [-] o'clock in the evening, the examiner collected the paper, sealed the head of the paper tightly into a book, and then announced the end of the exam.

All the candidates were taken out of the imperial city by the palace servants, disbanded, and went back to their respective homes.

The carriage of the Han family was waiting in Taipingfang outside the imperial city.

Han Shiqing was not in a hurry to go back, but was fascinated by the setting sun that was about to set.

The red blood dripping from the sun seemed to burn out the last of its vitality before the night came.

For some reason, he wanted to see Jiang Yu a little bit.