Vicissitudes know Jinhua

Mu Zishi was reciting the collection of famous sages in the side hall. He had his own set of rules for memorizing. He opened the book first and copied it word by word.

The official circles of this dynasty respected the style of pavilions and pavilions. Whether it is the ascending Zhang Zou table or the descending edict system, almost all of them are dignified and neat calligraphy. .

Wu Shigui knew that the crown prince had great expectations for Mu Zishi, so he was extremely strict with his calligraphy practice. He told him to learn from Ou Liu first, to train his muscles and bones, and then to learn from Zhao Dong. Only in this way can one be profound and vigorous.

Although Mu Zishi was young, he endured hardships and was able to hold his breath. As soon as Wu Shigui said it, he followed suit, and he never intended to be lazy, but gave himself more homework according to his ability.

On the side, Bi Luo was distressed that he hadn't eaten yet, so she held a bowl of sesame and bean paste dumplings and persuaded: "Little master, can you have some dessert first? How can you be in a hurry when writing?"

Mu Zishi copied stroke by stroke, "A gentleman is a metaphor for righteousness, and a villain is a metaphor for profit. Being poor without resentment is difficult, and being rich without arrogance is easy." Just eat."

Bi Luo properly put a small bowl of glutinous rice balls on the smoked cage stored with charcoal fire to keep warm. After Mu Zishi finished writing, he held it with both hands and just put it in his mouth. Mu Zishi was hungry, so he bit it down. The fragrant sesame bean paste flowed all over his mouth, and he couldn't help squinting his eyes, letting out a satisfied breath.

Bi Luo smiled and took out a handkerchief to wipe the corners of his lips: "Is it delicious?"

Mu Zishi handed over the spoon: "It's delicious... you can eat it too!"

Bi Luo really ate the remaining half, and said softly: "Young master, don't eat too much, His Royal Highness has ordered you to accompany him to have another dinner when he comes back."

Mu Zishi took another bite and frowned after swallowing it: "Didn't he go to Liangyi Palace to accompany the emperor and empress to have a meal? Why do you still want to eat when you come back? Hmph, I think he wants to eat eight meals a day." !"

Bi Luobai covered her mouth with her hands and giggled: "Your Royal Highness is a hero, you should eat more."

After a few days of good life, Mu Zishi showed some hints of his mischievous and bold nature, and said meanly, "Parrot? I think he looks like a gourd."

Bi Luo was puzzled, and whispered: "Gourd? Why does His Royal Highness look like a gourd?"

Mu Zishi chanted with a smile: "The snail room rolls its head down, and the crane's neck pulls out a long handle... Do you think it looks like it?"

Although Bi Luo could recognize a few words, but didn't have much ink, and didn't know that these two sentences were chanting gourds, so she shook her head: "Your servant doesn't understand."

Mu Zishi nodded right away: "Just look at his two legs..."

After saying that, she continued to eat the gnocchi with a happy expression, Bi Luo thought for a while, covered her mouth and laughed so hard that she couldn't breathe.

The Yongliang army was originally the strongest cavalry regiment in Daning. Qi Wushang has been riding and shooting since he was a child, and he can be said to be good at horseback. When he grows up, although he is a tall and handsome boy, his slender legs will inevitably show a little Luo Quan, he usually likes to ride bunts on a regular basis, and he doesn't need a long robe to cover his legs. He always shows it openly in front of everyone. It happens that Mu Zishi is a master who can remember ten years at a glance. snickered.

Bi Luo smiled for a while, reached out and pinched Mu Zishi's cheek, and persuaded: "Your Highness treats you so well, but you still hurt him...don't do this in the future."

Mu Zishi swallowed the gnocchi and said with a smile, "It's because he is good that I laugh at him. I wouldn't dare to others."

The two were eating and talking, when they heard voices outside the door, Bi Luo hurriedly opened the door to have a look, but saw a little eunuch beside Qi Jin asking politely: "Miss Bi, is Mu Bandu here?"

Bi Luo leaned back: "Eunuch Li...Mr. Mu is in the room."

Eunuch Li nodded: "That's a good thing. The emperor sent Mu Bandu to meet you at Liangyi Palace. This is a rare blessing. Let him tidy up and come with me."

After hearing this, Mu Zishi quickly swallowed the last gnocchi, which got stuck in his throat, but Bi Luo hurriedly changed his clothes, combed his hair again, and sent him to go with the two eunuchs.

The road from the East Palace to the Liangyi Palace is very far away. The two young eunuchs were afraid that Qi Jin would be impatient to wait, but Muzi Shiren's legs were short and he couldn't walk fast. He went up and said, "How about... let the servant carry Mr. Mu away? After all, hurry up, and Mr. Mu will save energy."

Mu Zishi was used to being carried by Qi Wushang on his shoulders, he nodded when he heard this, and was waiting to ride on Eunuch Li's neck, and Eunuch Li was unambiguous, as soon as he picked it up, he rushed out like a galloping horse .

Mu Zishi was suffering a little bit, his face was pale, a dumpling in his throat was like a dice in a bowl, up and down, bouncing around, he couldn't help but miss Qi Wushang, how big his shoulders were. sure!Even the ups and downs are as gentle as a small boat in the waves, but they don't know that Qi Wushang's good kung fu is not practiced so hard to be ridden by him as a horse.

Along the way, another eunuch had already squabbled and explained to Mu Zishi all the people who needed to be interviewed in Liangyi Palace one by one, so when he arrived, he opened the curtain and entered the warm pavilion. Everyone, every move is exemplary, without the slightest mistake.

Luo Shi was very satisfied, and said: "It's a smart kid, raise your head and let me have a look."

Mu Zishi raised his head according to his words, the strange color in his pupils was not very obvious unless he looked closely at it closely, so on this side Luo only felt that his eyebrows were picturesquely beautiful, and he blurted out praise: "This child looks pretty good. gone."

Qi Jin also said warmly: "Are you still used to being in the Eastern Palace? Wu Shigui was the number one scholar in the first year of Yongxi. Although he was a little strict, he was very knowledgeable. Since you are the prince's companion, you should be diligent and diligent, and don't let yourself go .”

Mu Zishi responded, because after all, he turned his head to face the saint, and he was a little uncomfortable while others were sitting and eating while he was kneeling to watch.

Luo Shi saw that his eyes were clear and flowing, and he was not very scared, but rather curious and probing, half joking and half quizzing, he said: "Let me test you, do you know the way to be a king and a minister?"

Mu Zishi thought for a while, and then replied: "After the knowledge of things, you will know it; if you know it, you will be sincere; if you are sincere, you will be upright; if your heart is upright, you will cultivate yourself; Peace—whether you are a king or a minister, or an official or the people, it is the same principle.”

These words were answered quickly and to the point. Although it might seem that I lost my book bag, the words are all from the university. They are the words of a sage, so that people can't find any mistakes. The last sentence is my own opinion. It can't be said to be enlightening. There is something unique.

Qi Jin raised his eyebrows and smiled, "It's great to have such insight at such a young age!"

Mu Zishi's palms were dripping with cold sweat, he couldn't take another exam in his heart, if he took another exam, his stuff would be exposed, my steamed stuffed bun has no meat, and I just finished reading the chapter of the "Classic" of the university... Let me ask again, do I have to start from the Three-Character Classic and the Thousand-Character Essay? Or search in the collection of famous sages?

Turning his eyes, he saw that Qi Yupei was smiling and nodding at him, he calmed down a little, a faint sense of courage grew up, and he was afraid that he would end up with little knowledge and lose the prince's face, so he could only forcefully smile with his lips trembling.

Qi Jin turned around and praised Qi Yupei: "You know how to recognize talents."

Mu Zishi felt even more embarrassed, his cheeks were hot, Qi Jin looked at his little face like a pearl, but became more happy, and said: "Let me ask you again, how can we call it a peaceful and prosperous world?"

Mu Zishi was so blessed that he blurted out a sentence in the five-word collection he just wrote: "The country is upright, the sky is in order, and the government is clean and the people are at peace."

Qi Jin said with a smile: "It's fine, but it's just the wishful thinking of scholars to blindly demand that an official must be clean, but he doesn't know the truth that when the water is clear, there will be no fish, and the light and the dust will go together."

He seemed to be evaluating Mu Zishi's answer, but he looked at Qi Yupei with kindness and strong hope and attention in his eyes. Qi Yupei naturally knew that this was to teach him the way to govern the country and employ people, so he listened calmly and said: "My son I have been taught, thank you father for teaching."

Luo Shi said lightly: "With such courage, the crown prince still needs to learn from your father."

Mu Zishi was dumbfounded when he heard this, and thought to himself that the emperor doesn't like honest officials?Looking down at the thick gold-woven carpet, he felt vaguely afraid of the unfathomable emperor's mind.

Luo Shi saw that he was able to answer quite insightfully at such a young age, and his attitude was unhurried, natural and generous, after thinking about it, he wiped off a string of blessing characters made of golden nanxiang wood: "This is for you. "

His eyes turned slightly, but he put it in Qi Shaochong's hands, hugged him off the chair, and said with a smile: "Go, Shaochong will hand it to Mu Ban to read."

It is rare in the world to ward off evil spirits and exorcise poisons from the nannan fragrant wood. These [-] average-sized wooden bead bracelets are Luo's favorite thing. This reward shows that Mu Zishi really appreciated her thoughts, and Qi Wushang drank it. With a glass of wine, he smiled at Mu Zishi and turned the bottom of the glass.

Qi Yupei watched Qi Shaochong walking towards Mu Zishi with the bracelet in his hands, he couldn't even hold back his smile, and there was a trace of indistinct emotion in his eyes, dark and obscure.

Mu Zishi happened to see it from the corner of his eye, and he shuddered slightly, but when he looked again, the Prince's expression was normal.

The crystal lotus petal lamp in Linde Palace is not inferior to the luxury of Liangyi Palace, but Concubine Tao's face is withered and haggard like stagnant water in autumn.

Qi Hefeng crossed his legs, leisurely turned the jade gourd handle in his hand, and glanced at the banana leaf white Duan Inkstone Qi Jin bestowed upon him——Banana Leaf White and Fish Brain Jelly are the most rare among Duan Inkstones, and this one is so delicate and bright in white. As if dripping with dew, it was carved in the orchid pavilion style with a shallow knife. At first glance, it was a treasure worthy of being handed down from generation to generation. Qi and Feng didn't even touch it, but asked Liang Zhong: "How is it? Father really won't come over?"

Liang Zhong bowed and said: "The emperor said that he would come to see the empress tomorrow, and he also praised His Highness for his filial piety, and said that he would come to ask His Highness how he is reading in another day."

Qi Hefeng smiled and said, "Father wants me to study hard? Do you want me to take the number one examination?"

As he spoke, the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed, and the smile lines on his face were already distorted and stiff.

Liang Zhong replied calmly, "Your Highness is joking, the emperor just has high hopes for His Highness."

Qi Hefeng waved his hand, and spat with a sneer: "Who is joking with your slave? It doesn't matter whether you are worthy or not... Get lost!"

Seeing her son getting angry, Concubine Tao didn't understand, but whispered to the maid at the side to send Liang Zhong out, the maid understood, and stuffed Liang Zhong with an ingot of Huang Chengcheng's gold.

Concubine Tao sent all the maids away, and said softly: "Prince Fengjing's son rarely returns to the imperial capital, and your father should be a farewell party for him. If you come over tomorrow, he will definitely be here with me."

Qi Hefeng didn't speak, just laughed.

Seeing that his smile was full of ridicule and pity, Concubine Tao couldn't help shouting sharply: "What are you laughing at?"

Qi Hefeng said: "The son is laughing at the concubine mother... The concubine mother is really beautiful in her dreams."

Concubine Tao's chest rose and fell, and her face was covered with powder, red and white like a hard shell on her face. Although she was in full bloom, she looked a bit withered, and she shed tears for a long time: "If it wasn't for You are useless in your actions, and your father will not treat you like this!"

Qi Hefeng interrupted coldly: "Mother and concubine, you are the one who is really confused... If I don't indulge in literary and female sex, my father will probably not like to see me even more. In his heart, there is only one son, the prince, and even the cheap Qi Shaochong, who came out of the woman, can't get into his blue eyes. As for the others, hehe, either the tiger is in power and wants to get rid of it quickly, or the bird is in the eaves, but there is a place for a nest."

Holding a cup of hot black tea but refusing to drink it, he just warmed his hands and stared at the rouge-colored tea soup: "As for his affection for his mother and concubine... Ever since the third-married woman entered the palace, the father's respect for Linde Palace The rewards are getting richer and richer, it is the face bestowed on the Tao family, but there are fewer and fewer people coming to Linde Palace, that is the neglect of the concubine mother, can the concubine mother not see clearly for more than ten years?"

Concubine Tao was silent for a long time, with a misty smile of nostalgia and longing: "I can see clearly, but I can't see away."

Standing up and taking a few steps slowly, the long skirt moved slightly, only to be seen dignified and demure: "The Tao family has had one empress and three concubines for more than a hundred years. You have enough, when you enter the palace at the age of sixteen, you will be the noble concubine in charge of the harem. It is not an exaggeration to say that you are the mother of the world... Yongxi gave birth to you in the first year, and the emperor was overjoyed and rewarded the six palaces. I have long regarded him as my husband, heaven, and the love of my life, and I have always thought that he treats me absolutely differently from ordinary concubines."

Looking at Qi Hefeng's disapproving expression, he said lightly: "Hefeng, no matter how your father treats me, my intentions for him remain the same as before."

Qi Hefeng bit his lips: "But uncle and the others..."

Concubine Tao interrupted: "What did Tao Ruopu tell you again? Hefeng, you have to remember that this country is always surnamed Qi, and you are also surnamed Qi... The Tao family wants power, and no one can stop it. But they shouldn’t want more, and they can’t afford it.”

Qi Hefeng was startled, and looked at his mother with more respect and vigilance: "Mother Concubine...you know all about it?"

Concubine Tao stared at him for a moment, a sharp light flashed in her eyes: "I don't know what the Tao family will tell you? It's just a wild guess... But listen carefully, I know that if you are a capable Uncle Pu , I also know that you are ambitious, but remember, as long as I live for a day, I will not let you do anything that violates the way of a monarch and his subjects."

The teacup in Qi Hefeng's hand was out of temperature, and the lid of the cup was trembling slightly. Concubine Tao took the teacup, put it on the table beside her, touched Qi Hefeng's head and neck, and said in a low voice, "Hefeng, Putian Under the circumstances, the mother who never harmed her own children, you have to trust me, I paved the road for you, walk upright and smooth... After listening to what mother said today, you must keep it in your heart... You are Daning The most honorable third prince, the only one who can ascend to the throne of God in the future is you."

Qi Hefeng was stunned, and felt dizzy for a moment, but his heart was so hot that he could not give up the ambition that he had never given up when he kept drinking for several years: "Mother, you... what did you say?"

Concubine Tao showed a sincere and bright smile: "No matter how much the emperor dotes on the crown prince and supports him wholeheartedly, he still can't beat King Yama to go...Hefeng, Qi Yupei won't survive the age of a weak crown."