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At night, the imperial garden is empty, and "flower lamps" are hung on the branches of flower trees. The lights and red flowers and green branches complement each other.

The surface of the river is sparkling, mixed with lights from the palace, and there is even a waning moon on the water surface, making drunk people confused about which moon is real.

The night breeze was slightly cool, blowing away the heat from the banquet on Xuancheng's body.She drank a lot of wine during the banquet just now, and now she had an attack, the heat in her stomach rushed straight to her forehead, which made her relax the vigilance of her whole body, plus the restriction of her dress.People who usually walk out of tune, now also have a graceful posture, as graceful as a cloud, with a graceful waist and limbs like a weak willow.

The wide-sleeved skirt that Mian'er carefully selected for her is perfect for a noble princess.Xuancheng is already beautiful in appearance, but also has a natural noble and elegant air, and the powder and flowers are just icing on the cake for her.

The corner of the skirt brushed against the branches and leaves beside her.

Xuancheng turned aimlessly around a rockery, and a lonely figure beside the weeping willows in the Yudai River broke into her field of vision.She took a few steps forward and waited until she could see clearly.Under the faint light by the lake, the figure was wearing the official robe of the Imperial Academy, which was more than eight feet long.

Xuancheng was suddenly curious, that there were also people who slipped out of the banquet to breathe like him.There was no road from where she was standing to the front of the Yudai River. Xuancheng didn't care about the darkness under her feet, and walked over in a hurry. The wide skirt forced a path among the densely growing plants Way to come.

But before she walked up to the man, the man heard the movement and turned to look.When it was clear that it was Xuancheng, he was startled, and quickly raised his legs to walk to the other side, trying to avoid the oncoming Xuancheng.

"Stop!" Xuan Cheng stopped him in time.

The man froze in place, unable to avoid left and right, so he had to turn around and face Xuan Cheng who had already walked in front of him, and respectfully saluted: "I see Your Highness the Princess."

"Who are you?" Xuancheng asked displeased because of his actions just now: "Why did you turn around and run away when you saw that I didn't worship?" See the person's face clearly.

"Chen Hanlin attends Liang Zhengxu." The man first reported his family name, and then said: "I didn't intend to avoid the princess, it's just that this is not a place for courtesy, foreign ministers dare not violate it."

Xuancheng felt that the words were clichéd, and frowned: "What are you doing here?"

Liang Zhengxu lowered his head and said, "I'm overwhelmed with alcohol, and I've already felt drunk at the banquet. I didn't dare to lose my manners in front of the king, so I came out to sober up."

The way he tried his best to keep a distance made Xuancheng feel a little timid, Xuancheng said: "Are you afraid of this palace? Is this palace some kind of evil spirit?"

When she took a step forward, Liang Zhengxu took a step back.

"Princess—" Liang Zhengxu said solemnly, "Princess is lively and lovely. There is no one in the world who doesn't like princess. It's not that I'm afraid of princess. On the contrary, I have always liked princess."

Xuancheng stopped in his tracks and asked doubtfully, "Huh?"

Liang Zhengxu lowered his head, he could only see the swaying hem of the skirt, and the gentle spring breeze brought the fragrance of makeup and powder.He didn't know whether it was because of the drunkenness or the gentleness of the person in front of him, he suddenly had the courage to raise his head, and said in a soft voice: "Princess Huizhi Lanxin, the proud daughter of heaven, the folks say that the princess is a fairy-like figure. I am an ordinary person, Minister... If possible, I would like to follow the princess for the rest of my life..." At the end of the sentence, he became nervous and incoherent.

Xuancheng felt very novel.

She had no impression of the young official in front of her, nor could she understand why he suddenly became bold.

Liang Zhengxu raised his head slightly, and by the moonlight, stared at the amiable beauty in front of him with fresh litter cheeks and goose fat nose, his eyes burning.Usually he would never do such a thing.

His fate with the princess ended at a banquet three years ago.At that time, he had just passed the imperial examination, and when he became the No. [-] scholar, it was the time when he was satisfied.I was fortunate enough to see Princess Xuancheng, who was loved by the emperor, at the banquet.Since then, the image of the princess has remained in his heart, and he can't forget it for a long time, until today.

I never thought that the person I'm thinking about today is right in front of me.His emotions were churning and turbulent in his heart, he was nervous and afraid, and there was still a trace of expectation.

Xuancheng looked at the person in front of him, took a look at him, but laughed out loud: "Liang Shidu, this is the first time I see you today, and I don't know much about you. What are you following, you should work hard for the country , allegiance to the Crown Prince is enough, I don’t need any followers.”

Liang Zhengxu raised his head and lowered it again. After a moment of silence, he cupped his hands and said in a low voice: "The minister made a slip of the tongue after drinking and offended the princess. Please punish the princess."

Xuancheng shook his head and said, "It's not offensive. At first, I thought that Liang Shidu was as boring as that kind of old man who abides by the rules, but now I think you are a real person."

"..." Liang Zhengxu still lowered his head and said nothing.

"If there is nothing else, I will go back to the banquet first. I am afraid that the palace banquet will soon be over, Liang Shidu should go back too, and don't miss the time to leave the palace." She said, still maintaining her demeanor, walk away.

In fact, she also wanted to walk faster, but the dress was too in the way, and she had to worry about this troublesome dress with Mian'er later.

She took two steps forward, felt that the other party was still standing there, turned her head and smiled at him and said, "Shidu Liang, see you next time, you don't have to keep bending over Ben Gong."

In the distance, Liang Zhengxu saluted her and watched her drift away.After a long time, he slowly walked back along the palace road.

Another gust of wind blew by, and the willow twigs were on the moon, and the faint fragrance floated.

After the Flower Festival, the days gradually become longer and the temperature is much warmer than before.

The stove that added charcoal at a fixed time was removed from the palace.Zuo Huai wondered how long it would take to serve the emperor with an ice basin.Summer in Kyoto comes late and goes early. In order for the entire palace to spend the summer safely, the ice bank harvested enough ice for a whole summer when the riverside just froze in winter.

The emperor's yawn sounded in his ears, he came back to his senses with sharp ears and eyesight, took refreshing hot tea from the middle officer next to him, served it to the emperor in time, and said: "The emperor did not rest well last night, and read the papers of the palace examination I'm not in a hurry, do you want to take a break?"

Lu Meng took the tea from his hand and shook his head: "I'm fine." His eyes were focused on the test paper on the table, and the emotion in his eyes was unclear.

The handwriting of this paper is excellent, the answers are sharp, and every point mentioned in the content is just right for him.Among the many palace examination papers that can't wait to use all the rhetoric in the world to pile up articles in an attempt to attract the appreciation of the examiners, it is undoubtedly the most eye-catching one.

Lu Meng's gaze shifted to the seal of this paper, where the word "Shu Shen" was written in Guan Ge style.

As far as Lu Meng knew, he should have another name, Shu Dianhe.

At the beginning, because of his meritorious service in saving himself, when he wanted to give him a reward, he refused.Now, he came to take the imperial examination by himself.

Lu Meng thought that he didn't want to take the food, but only wanted to make some achievements with his own ability.Ambitious, he likes young people like this.

He picked up the other two papers.

Compared to Shu Shen's essays, these two essays seem quite satisfactory, but they are also good essays. The top three in this palace examination have already come to the fore.

Among the three articles in front of him, Shu Shen's is the best, and he intends to make Shu Shen the number one pick.

but…

One of the other two articles, the owner of the article, his father was an important minister in the court, and he had just made great contributions to the court recently, creating a new tax law.Once this new tax law is implemented, it will bring a steady stream of income to his treasury.

He also wanted to use the position of champion as a bait to win over the loyalty of this important minister.

There is only one champion position, either one or the other.No matter how optimistic he is about Shu Shen, the court's check and balance technique cannot be tilted just because of his temporary liking.

So, I can only wrong Shu Shen a bit.

Picking up the fine hair of the rabbit's tail, he dipped it in red ink, and was waiting to fill in the word "No. [-]" at the beginning of Shu Dianhe's volume, when he suddenly paused.

"Zuo Huai."

"The old slave is here."

"You call the crown prince and Princess Xuancheng over here." Lu Meng ordered.

"Here." Zuo Huai responded and left.

Lu Meng was the only one left in the imperial study room. He picked up the paper in front of him again, his eyes were deep and long, as if he wanted to go through the realm of nothingness and reach directly into the heart of the writer, to see clearly what he knew and thought.

Not long after Zuo Huai left, the prince arrived first.The East Palace is much closer to the Imperial Study than the Qiluan Palace, this point is undoubtedly clear to Lu Meng.

After the prince paid his respects, Lu Meng beckoned him to his side.

The test papers of Shu Shen and the other two were spread out on the table one by one. Lu Meng leaned on the back of the chair and pointed with his finger: "The crown prince will take a look at these three test papers first."

The prince thought that he wanted to inspect him, so he bowed and stood by the side of the table, holding up the papers with both hands, and carefully read each one.

What's more, Lu Meng waited for him to finish reading, and asked: "According to what the crown prince saw, how about these three papers?"

The prince replied cautiously: "Everyone has its own merits, and they are all very good."

Lu Meng picked out Shu Shen's article: "I want the Gongsheng student who selects this paper to be the champion, what does the crown prince think?"

After careful consideration, the prince said: "My minister thinks that the second chapter is grand and majestic, and it is more suitable to be the number one scholar."

Lu Meng didn't comment, but changed the subject and asked, "Prince, do you still remember Shu Dianhe?"

The prince was stunned: "I remember."

"Have you checked Shu Dianhe?"

His father would not suddenly ask someone inexplicably. The prince lowered his eyes and quickly glanced at the front of the paper that his father was optimistic about. He quickly figured out his father's intentions and followed his own investigation , truthfully replied: "This man has been with his master since he was a child, has lived in the mountains for a long time, and his family background is clean."

"It's all right, you go down."

"Yes."

The prince returned to the East Palace, and with the close prince Sheren, he talked about what his father asked him when he just entered the palace.

The prince Sheren asked: "Why didn't the prince speak for Shu Shen, whom the emperor wanted to point out, but for Song Zhixing in the second volume?"

作者有话要说：我们宣城这么可爱，走到哪里是光的人，怎么可能没有追求者，是吧？是吧？感谢在2020-05-0319:59:29~2020-05-0419:56:21期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~