Royal rice bug, worm worm!

Wei Yu avenged Li Xi, the Dou family went back to their hometown, and the Empress Dowager's "illness" naturally healed.

Li Xi fulfilled his promise and took He Lanpu to Changle Palace for dinner.

The Empress Dowager liked this kind of fat, well-behaved child the most. He Lanpu kowtowed and received a lot of rewards.

Li Xi joked: "Come on, once Cousin Pu arrives, I have to sit in the back row."

The queen mother was amused by him, and said: "If you have self-knowledge and understand that you are like a monkey, you are not as pleasing as a little stone."

——He Lanpu's "Pu" character means uncut beautiful jade. When he was young, he was in poor health. In order to make a living, his family called him "Little Stone".

Li Xi pretended to cry sadly.

He Lanpu believed that it was true, and hurriedly distributed the queen mother's reward to him.

The queen mother kept laughing, touched He Lanpu's head, and sighed: "This child is not quite like Xincheng when he was a child, but more like his father."

After finishing speaking, I remembered that Helan's son-in-law had passed away, and Princess Xincheng had brought He Lanpu to stay in the Luoyang fief all these years, just to guard the tomb of Helan's son-in-law.

Everyone is bound to be sad.

The queen mother blamed herself a little, worrying about making the child sad.

On the contrary, He Lanpu was open-minded and took the initiative to say: "Father's filial piety period has passed, and my mother sent me back to Chang'an. Firstly, I want to kowtow to my mother, and secondly, I also want me to move around more and find an errand."

Li Xi said: "If you want to find a job, you have to follow the second brother. Now everyone in Chang'an City does not know that the people around the second brother have the most promising prospects."

He Lanpu smiled innocently, "Second brother thought I was weak and slow walking when I was young, so I won't bother him anymore, let's follow brother Xi!"

Li Xi laughed, "Then you're finished, what else can you do with me besides eating and playing? If you catch up tomorrow, you'll have to be spanked by Aunt Xincheng."

"That's not possible." He Lanpu puffed out his chubby face, carefully rolled sweet cheese on the cherries, and brought them to the Queen Mother's lips.

The queen mother ate with his hands, looked at him, then at Li Xi, her eyes were full of love.

Children who are kind and filial will not have bad luck.

During the meal, the Queen Mother suddenly mentioned: "Next time, bring that child from the Wei family along, and let him taste the new dim sum made by Changle Palace."

Li Xi blushed, but felt guilty.

Every time he brought snacks to Wei Yu, he said he ate them himself, but he didn't realize that, the queen mother knew the truth.

When leaving the palace, he happened to meet Wei Yu outside the Chengtian Gate.

He Lanpu distanced himself from Li Xi very knowingly, and called "sister-in-law" obediently.

Li Xi kicked him.

He Lanpu climbed into his carriage and ran away.

Li Xi cleared his throat, glanced at Wei Yu, and said, "He's barking, don't take it to heart."

"No." Wei Yu smiled slightly.

Can't ask for it.

Li Xi waved his hand, "Then I'm leaving, see you at the academy tomorrow."

Wei Yu lightly clamped the horse's belly and followed his ox cart, "I'll accompany the prince for a while." After finishing speaking, he added, "It happened to be on the way."

Li Xi looked to the west of Chengtian Gate, which was in the direction of Wei Yu's house; and then looked to the east of Chengtian Gate, which was in the direction of his own home.

This is Shunlu?

Wei Yu coughed lightly: "I'm not going home, I'm going to Pingkangfang... to do something."

Li Xi believed it was true, "Shall I go to see Hu Xuanwu?"

"You want to go?"

Wei Yu has quickly sorted out a plan in his mind - let the unscrupulous person send a letter to Hu Xuange, suspend the business, open the doors and windows, disperse the smell of alcohol, arrange melon and fruit snacks, prepare the private room, and take Li Xi there.

Li Xi shook his head, "Not today, I promised my third sister to go back early."

Wei Yu was slightly disappointed, but he didn't show it. He just said in a low voice, "Let's go."

It is enough to accompany him all the way and send him home safely.

Li Xi jumped out of the car, "I will ride with you, and we can get closer and talk."

As he spoke, he waved at Fig.

Fig ran over joltingly, leading a strong little black horse in his hand.

As described in "Moshang Sang", "the horse's head is covered with gold, and the horse's tail is tied with black silk", and there is a carved saddle on the back.

Li Xi got on his horse and showed off to Wei Yu, "How about the new pony king? Thank you very much. If it wasn't for your help, the saint would not be willing to give it to me."

Wei Yu pursed his lips, "How does the prince plan to thank me?"

Li Xi looked surprised, "Isn't it enough to say thank you? Is it possible that I have to give something?"

"Just thank you verbally. I don't think there will be a second time. Sending something is called a relationship." Wei Yu's smile gradually became stronger.

Li Xi sighed exaggeratedly, "Okay, then I'll treat you to Changle Palace for lunch tomorrow. Well, I have to ask my grandmother to share half of my meal with you."

"Then thank you, my lord."

"Thank you verbally!"

They looked at each other and smiled, each in amazement.

Sunset, evening bell, beloved one.

The people coming and going, the fireworks at the feet of the emperor.

The world is beautiful, but that's all.

***

Back at the palace, Li Xi was dragged by Li Mujin to arrange flowers, with the goal of making the most beautiful flower in the whole academy and surprising everyone.

Li Xi thinks that at the level of her third sister, it's enough to amaze everyone, but she can stun everyone.

However, Li Mujin refused to accept his fate and dragged him to do most of the night.

The next day, Li Xi floated into the academy with his eyes closed.

As soon as he entered the big classroom, He Lanpu rushed over and excitedly told him a big news - the school was going to re-elect the school order officer!

Li Xi shuddered, remembering the fear of being dominated by the school commander in those years.

The so-called "School Commander" is the leader of all the students, who has the power to punish, can talk to the students, and is also qualified to initiate "academic activities" such as poetry singing and Echi debates. In short, the power is very powerful.

What Li Xi is most afraid of is this "right to punish".

When he was in the academy, the school order officer was Chai Yang, and that guy punished him a lot!

He Lanpu analyzed enthusiastically: "Choose one each for the men's school and one for the women's school. The women's school is either Sister Jin or Cousin Chai's family - the possibility of Chai's cousin is more likely; what about the men's school? If Dou Zhong is still there, [-]% It was him, now that he is gone, who would it be?"

Hearing the phrase "gone", Li Xi laughed: "Don't say he's 'gone', even if he's gone, it can't be him."

The official selection of the academic order is not a bully, he must have excellent moral character, character, talent and learning, and he must have a good family background and be fair, so that he can convince the public.

Take Chai Yang from the previous session as an example, even if Li Xi and their siblings disagreed, it must be said that Chai Yang was never biased in dealing with things, even if he was punished, there was a reason.

This year...

Li Xi shook his head, it really wasn't that prominent.

Anyway, it wasn't his turn, so Li Xi lay down on the table to catch up on sleep, lacking in interest.

He Lanpu lay head to head with him, and sighed: "It would be great if there was someone like Brother Kong Jia. When Brother Kong Jia was studying in Guozixue, he was the school order officer, and even the sages praised him for his care. Well done."

Li Xi sat up suddenly, his eyes burning, "Who are you talking about?"

He Lanpu was taken aback, "Brother Kong, Kong Jia... is there something wrong?"

Li Xi narrowed his eyes, "Zheng Kongjia? Why do you call him brother?"

He Lanpu nodded, "My father was good friends with Uncle Zheng before his death. I studied with brother Kong Jia when I was young."

Li Xi was suddenly indignant, "You are so happy."

Studying with my sweetheart or something, how could I not have such luck!

"You mean, Brother Zheng and Kongjia Zheng have been school commanders?"

"Yeah, he was very powerful at that time. He led Guozixue, Taixue, and Gongxue to hold Yuedan debates. He won three games in a row and was awarded the sage award. In the second year, he was awarded Jinshi, only one year later than Wei Shaoqing. .”

Oh, one year later than Brother Shuyun...

No, why did I accidentally favor Brother Shu Yun?

Li Xi clenched his fists, since his sweetheart has been a school order officer, he must do it himself!

Li Xi has been thinking about this all morning.

The master doesn't care about him when he is in a big class, but he can't do it when he's in a small class.

For the first time, Master Wei pretended not to see it.

The second time, Master Wei endured it.

For the third time, when Mr. Wei talked about "Ancient Poems Written for Jiao Zhongqing's Wife", he said that Ma Baonan was a scumbag, and Xiaofu Wang was distracted again.

This is unbearable.

Crutches, oh no, take out the ruler, Xiaonen pulls away with his hands, pa pa pa pa, three times.

After being beaten, Li Xi finally came to his senses, forced out two tears, "You hit me again!"

Master Wei was unmoved, "Tell me yourself, how many times have you lost your mind in just two quarters of an hour?"

Li Xi felt guilty, curled up his beaten hand, and asked sullenly: "Do you know that you have to choose a school commander?"

Wei Yu hummed, "This year's school order officer needs to be selected by five school principals through discussion..." After a pause, "Do you want to be one?"

Li Xi lay down on the table and said in a self-defeating way: "What's the use of thinking, but you won't choose me."

"It's useful if you think about it." Wei Yu clicked on the "Ancient Poems Written for Jiao Zhongqing's Wife", "Recite it once, and I will help you."

Li Xi sat up straight, "Are you serious?"

"Let's talk about it later."

Li Xi lowered his head, and froze again, "So many words!"

"back."

Back it up!

"Three days break five X..."

"疋 (horse)."

"Break five pieces in three days, my lord thinks it's too late... When my mother hears about it, XX will be furious..."

"Hammer bed."

Xiao Fu Wang threw the book, "I won't memorize it, it's too difficult!"

"Academic officer."

"..."

Began to act like a baby, "Hand hurts, rub it."

Master Wei sighed softly, and let it go.

After kneading one, stretch the other.

Master Wei raised his eyebrows, "This one was also beaten?"

Xiao Fu Wang smirked, "Knead in advance to prevent being beaten."

Master Wei grabbed the ruler, "Then beat it and rub it again, it's not in vain."

Xiao Fu Wang smiled awkwardly, rubbed his hands secretly and retracted, "Forget it, forget it, I'll recite poems!"

I don’t recite it honestly, and complain while recited:

"The same is being persecuted, so is Jun and Erqi—ah, it's so miserable."

"See you in the underworld, don't go against today's words—what's the use of dying? Silly girl."

"Wandering under the garden tree, hanging from the southeast branch—tsk tsk tsk, it deserves it!"

"Thank you for the future generations, be cautious and don't forget-cut, it's useless."

[Note]

Wei Yu took a deep breath, and said silently ten times: "Calm down, calm down, calm down, just teach slowly..."

At noon, Li Xi took Wei Yu to Changle Palace for lunch.

The empress dowager didn't regard him as Li Xi's wife, she treated him completely as a junior, she dragged him to talk for a while, and then rewarded him with a fine Duan inkstone.

When he was leaving, Dou Qingtai filled a box full of snacks and asked him to distribute them to the rest of his wives, just because he was afraid that he would be excluded.

Even so, Wei Yu was still ridiculed.

"Wei Shaoqing is better than Chang'e. The so-called 'one step to the sky' refers to him."

"It's Lin Xue's ingenuity. The latter only thought of 'son-in-law', but never thought of 'Chang'e'."

"It's really wrong to be a son-in-law. If you are going to be realistic, you should call it 'Wangfei'."

"..."

The literati scolded others, without a word of swearing, but every word pierced their hearts.

It's just that such harm is only effective for those who care, and Wei Yu doesn't care at all.

With a swing of the inkstone, and a lift of the snack box, I picked out my favorite sweets and ate them slowly, which was better than feeding those talkative pink eyes.

Of course, not everyone is like that.

People who are scholars are mostly honest and kind.

Some people came to relieve the siege, and some comforted Wei Yu without any trace.As we talked, we talked about the school order officer.

Lin Xuezheng, who used Chang'e as a comparison just now, snorted and said, "I can't think of which one is the most suitable for the time being, but I can be sure that there is one person who is the most inappropriate."

Such a provocation hit Wei Yu's heart, "Wei is the first to recommend King Fu."

Lin Xuezheng's eyes were about to pop out, "Where did you get the confidence?"

Wei Yu set him off without any trace, "Although King Fu is a slow learner, he still has his advantages. If you don't try, how will you know he can't do it?"

Lin Xuezheng snorted, "Is this something you can do casually? If you let Guozixue and Taixue know that we have chosen such an ignorant person, you will laugh your ass off!"

Wei Yu raised his eyebrows, "Then according to Lin Xuezheng's intention, how can I not be laughed out of my teeth?"

"Not to mention anything else, at least one of the 'Five Classics' must be mastered!"

"How do you figure it out?"

Lin Xuezheng snorted and said, "Recitation, commentary, citation, and scripture interpretation, if you memorize everything by heart and use it in your pen, you are 'proficient'. As for that King of Fortune, hehe, if he can pass the level of 'recitation', he will be able to do it." Not bad!"

Wei Yu pursed his lips, "Then it's settled. For a three-day period, during the exam at the end of the month, if King Fu can recite one scripture, he will be selected as the school order officer."

Lin Xuezheng was taken aback for a moment, and realized belatedly that he seemed to have been tricked.

I don’t want to lose my face, and I look back, blushing: "The Five Classics are long and short, some are easy to memorize and some are difficult to memorize. If you single out the short and easy to memorize, and then give him a thorough question, then what is the test! "

Wei Yu said calmly: "If Lin Xuezheng appoints a classic, I won't be able to write the exam questions at that time, so you can ask, how about it?"

Lin Xuezheng frowned, not knowing where his confidence came from.He gritted his teeth and said, "Jinwen Shangshu."

Everyone was startled, thinking that he was going too far.

Although the "Shangshu" is not long, it is difficult to remember. Many sentences are related to government affairs. Xiao Fu Wang didn't even memorize all the lyrics like "The Book of Songs". How could he finish "Shangshu" in three days?

"Just this article, "Shangshu". Please be your witnesses. If King Fu can do it, this 'Learning Officer' will not be destined for your beloved disciple." Wei Yu was not panicked, nor did he show any signs of complacency. , only took the handle indifferently.

This demeanor alone is already superior.

Everyone held their hands in return, willing to bear witness.

What happened in the break room was not spread among the students, only Li Xi knew about it.

However, Wei Yu only told him that he had made a bet with Lin Xuezheng, and did not mention the prize of "School Order Officer".

If Li Xi knew that the bet was for him, maybe he wouldn't be too concerned, and when it was spread to Wei Yu, he would work extremely hard.

He is very loyal and doesn't want Wei Yu to lose.

It used to be that one had to be coaxed and hit three times to recite a poem, but this time, the "Shangshu" with more than 5000 characters was memorized as soon as it was said.

On the first day, he memorized it after reading it twice, and Wei Yu rewarded him for playing for most of the day.

On the second day, Wei Yu began to explain the annotations and the ideological connotation embodied in them, and he had to deal with his miscellaneous problems while speaking.

Why didn't Duke Zhou become emperor himself?

Have those subjugated kings ever studied the Book of History?

It seems that it is useless to learn to return the country to ruin.

——If it wasn't for the person who cared about him, Wei Yu would have slapped him to death long ago.

Finally, it's the ten-day exam.

Not only Li Xi is a reference, but all students have to take the test.However, for the first time ever, Li Xi became the one who attracted the most attention.

Lin Xuezheng uttered the last sentence, he followed up with the next sentence, and after a dozen or so sentences, they were all correct.

Lin Xuezheng's face turned pale, so he changed it to say two words, and asked Li Xi to continue the previous sentence and express his own understanding.

To put it bluntly, it means not only reciting, but also compiling a small composition on the spot.

At this time, several upright masters were already dissatisfied. Lin Xuezheng was clearly making things difficult on purpose, even if he took the examination of Jingjing, it was nothing more than that.

Everyone subconsciously looked at Wei Yu, thinking that he would have an opinion.Unexpectedly, Wei Yu remained as calm as a mountain, with an air of complete trust.

Li Xi did not disappoint him.

When it comes to corruption, Li Xi is unconventional and has unique insights.

"Every year at the end of the year, when the Ministry of Officials evaluates all the officials, some people will send things to Prince Fu's Mansion. They hope that I can speak well in front of the Empress Dowager and the saint, but I have never been tempted."

"Is it because I have a high moral character? No, the things they sent were not good enough."

Everyone was stunned, showing strange expressions one after another.

This little Fu Wang, dare to say it!

Li Xi raised his eyebrows at Wei Yu, and talked eloquently: "On weekdays, the empress dowager and the sage often reward me with the best things. I am grateful in my heart and always remember their painstaking efforts."

"So, no matter what those people give, I won't be tempted. Because I already have the best. Also, I'm afraid of being beaten."

Li Xi blinked, and joked: "You don't know, the saint will whip me if he disagrees, it hurts."

The students roared with laughter.

Inexplicably, I like this funny little King of Fortune.

The masters all showed serious expressions, they had already guessed what Li Xi was going to say next.

"Whether it is a high-ranking official in the capital or a small official in a distant county, if the salary is high enough and you always remember the kindness of the emperor, how can you forget the duty of being an official?"

"Of course, there are always some black-hearted and white-eyed wolves. No matter how nice they are, it's useless to kill them with a whip. Let everyone see. This is the fate of the common people!"

Every word was resounding, knocking heavily on everyone's hearts.

Everyone secretly marveled: This "ignorant and incompetent" little Fu Wang has such insight!

Until the end of the ten-day exam, many people did not recover.

Including Wei Yu.

He thought that if he had a photographic memory, it was already a sign of God's love for this little gold bug, but he didn't expect that this "love" could be even thicker.

His insight, his ingenuity, his transparency, his kindness and power, and his degree of reward and punishment are all rare talents.

The talent of the king.

Outside the window, Li Hong had his hands behind his back, with an inexplicable look on his face.

Jiang De'an took the opportunity to flatter him: "Although the old slave doesn't understand political affairs, he also thinks that the young prince's assertion is well-founded and thought-provoking."

"A high salary supports honesty, and heavy codes govern corruption." ——Li Xi's point of view is summed up in these eight words.

Ten years ago, someone said something similar.

Did she teach Xiaobao?

No, it's impossible.

She has not been back to Chang'an for 16 years.

Li Hong closed his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Send an order to Qianzhou to order Cui Yuan to return to Chang'an."

Jiang De'an was taken aback, "Yes, are you going back to Beijing to report on your work, or..."

"Take your family and return to Beijing to stand by."

Li Hong looked at a certain point in the void, and his tone became more firm, "Zheng Wei is getting married soon, she is the eldest sister, how can she not come back and have a look."

Jiang De'an's face turned pale.

Chaos.

This is going to be a big mess!