Chapter No.16 I have to go to work today

"Where is Xue Pan, the new champion?"

These words are like asking for a monkey show. Xue Pan is just inviting the big guys to have a look at the "monkey". Xue Pan is worthy of the praise of Emperor Pingkang.

Xue Pan stepped forward, raised the corner of his toga and performed a standard kneeling salute, saying: "Xue Pan has met the eldest prince and the second prince." The elder and younger are in order, and no one can be wrong by addressing them according to their age.

The first prince smiled and did not speak. The second prince preemptively said, "Get up and let me see. I want to see how you are better than Yuan Xiujin, the number one scholar that my father made an exception before the palace examination?!" Although Yuan Xiujin's family said Declined, but she was famous since she was a child, and her grandparents in the family also gained a good reputation of integrity. When she was six years old, she entered the palace and was selected by the second prince as a companion. Naturally, the relationship between the two is better. It was Yuan Xiujin's bag that was snatched by Xue Pan first. Not to mention Yuan Xiujin was angry, even the second prince didn't want to see Xue Pan. Just imagine that Yuan Xiujin and the second prince were on the same front. If Yuan Xiujin won the champion seat Naturally, the starting point should be high, which will be of great help to the second prince.

Xue Pan had heard about the relationship between Yuan Xiujin and the second prince's companion earlier, and they had a deep bond. Even if the second prince didn't ask him for business today, sooner or later he would be displeased with him.Standing up, he stroked the ashes of his robe with a smile, and said in a loud voice, "I've heard of Yuan Tanhua's famous name, Xue Pan, too, so I can't compare myself—"

The First Prince curiously asked why at this moment, Xue Pan continued: "Yuan Tanhua has the reputation of a child prodigy, but when Xue Pan was a child, he only had the name of a dumb king, how does it compare?"

"Since you say that, you admit that your position as the number one scholar is not worthy of the name?!" The second prince looked at Xue Pan coldly.

There was a mocking smile in Xue Pan's heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He clasped his fists and pointed in the direction of the Eastern Palace, saying: "The current sage is wise and powerful, and Xue Pan has been determined to be the number one scholar. Xue Pan believes in the sage." Fake name or worthy of the name, you have the ability to ask your father!

The second prince was so blocked by Xue Pan that he couldn't speak, and in the end he only said, "This year's No. [-] Scholar is very eloquent." He satirized Xue Pan for being a good-tongued little girl.

"Xie the second prince's praise, Xue Pan dare not take it." Xue Pan smiled back.When he joined this era and changed his ways to take the imperial examinations without the name of the imperial merchant, Xue Pan planned his future path. The temple has changed hands, and the main thing is to keep him, so he will continue to offer his loyalty and talents. If he can't be kept, he still has a back-up.

Seeing that there was a gap between the second prince and the new top scholar, the eldest prince pretended to be a good guy and gathered Xue Pan around, and practiced Tai Chi aloud: "Father Huang Shengming, I think Xue Zhuangyuan is very honest and talented."

"The eldest prince has won the prize." Xue Pan said with a smile.It's only now that he made a sound, Xue Pan is so easy to bribe and win over? !

The second prince ate Xue Pan's boring head, and his face became even more gloomy. Apart from talking to Yuan Xiujin and having a drink, his expression was cold and indifferent. He only nodded his head to deal with it without saying a word, but the first prince talked to the students like a butterfly, and he was much more courteous to Xue Pan, until the afterglow of the sunset filled the Qionglin Banquet, the drunken first prince Being helped into the carriage by the personal eunuch, the second prince left early.Seeing the shadow of the carriage ticking away, Xue Pan sighed, with a slight smile on his lips, saying that the eldest prince is smart, Neixiu and the second prince are unkind, but they can't see through it, which is the opposite.

Where is Qionglin Banquet?Every three years, the No. 1 champion of the new department, Tanhua parades the streets across the Ma Qionglin Banquet to offer poems, wine and tributes. The place where officials from the court and China will go, they all say that one enters the political career after entering the court. In Xue Pan's view, entering the Qionglin Banquet is the place Formal contact stepped into this sensitive circle.In the past, Emperor Pingkang would come to host each time, but this time he didn't come, but there were ten people in the venue, not to mention the officials, but the eunuchs. There were so many people, and Xue Pan couldn't believe that there was no secret whistler of Emperor Pingkang here?What does Emperor Pingkang think of the First Prince so anxiously trying to win over a group of tribute students who have just graduated from official positions?He hasn't died yet, the eldest prince is already eager to win over his courtiers!On the contrary, the indifference shown by the second prince is a kind of reassurance for Emperor Pingkang. Don't think about it if you don't give it to you. If you think about it too much, something will happen. It should be whose fault it is.

Xue Pan ate some wine at the banquet, and when the wind blew his head, he felt a little erratic. There were rows of carriages parked outside the entrance of the banquet. Xue Qing drove the carriage to Xue Pan's side, jumped out of the carriage and helped Xue Pan, saying: " Sir, have you had a drink?"

"It's just a few drinks." Xue Pan got into the carriage, leaned on the soft cushion and was still a little dizzy. He can't drink normally, and there are many people who drink alcohol today, and he still has several drinks after blocking it a few times. The better the era, the higher the alcohol content of the wine. Although it is not as good as modern baijiu, it is almost the same. "Hot water?"

Xue Qing knew Xue Pan's drinking capacity. The uncle started to drink secretly when he was six years old. Later, his alcohol capacity was better than the average person. However, if he fell off the horse in that winter, he would have a headache if he drank too much. The wife in the house ordered no one to give the uncle After drinking, seeing Xue Pan's face turned pale, he said anxiously, "Master, there is a tea shop in front, please sit still." He hurriedly drove the carriage.

The tea shop is newly opened and clean. The tea is ordinary but special. There is a row of wooden signs in front of the counter, engraved with the name of the tea and served with small snacks. There are four square tables and stools in the shop. A square platform was built, and storytellers usually tell stories there.Xue Pan got out of the carriage and found a table by the window, Xue Qing tied the carriage and came in, seeing the second brother, said: "Get a pot of hot tea, hurry up."

"Guest officer, our small shop has chrysanthemum tea that cools and relieves heat, bamboo leaf tea that clears the heart and nourishes the lungs, and azalea tea that nourishes the face..." The second child reported a few, and saw Xue Pan With a bright face, he said with a hearty smile: "The small shop also makes hangover tea, what do you two think?" Seeing Xue Pan nodding, he asked again: "What cakes can it be served with?" He reported a few more.

Xue Pan lost his appetite, so he waved his hand, Xiao Er got so excited that he immediately went down to prepare sober tea.When the tea came, Xue Qing took a look, where is this tea? !It smells like apples and pears, but upon closer inspection, it seems to be the color of tea leaves, which is unclear for a while.Xue Pan picked up the teacup and took a warm sip down his throat. The faint fragrance flowed from his throat to his stomach, which was much smoother.After drinking a cup, Xue Pan's mouth felt much more comfortable, and he drank a pot of tea after a while.

The teapot here is not like a teapot with a big belly, it is small like a girl like Xue Baochai. Seeing that the size of the teapot does not match the price, Xue Qing muttered a few words, which was heard by the second brother, who explained with a smile Said: "Although the teapot is small, it can store water. Can the guest officer fill it up?"

After drinking a pot of tea, Xue Pan got an appetite. There are quite a few teahouses in the capital, but this one excels because of the novelty of the tea.

After dinner that night, Xue Pan went to rest early. The official uniform Xue Baochai received two days ago had been ironed by others. At seven o'clock, the courtiers have to wake up at three or four o'clock to clean up. Xue Pan should be thankful that Emperor Pingkang is fatuous. The original rule was ten days, seven dynasties and three rests. five rest.

At quarter past three the next day, Xue Qing guarded Xue Pan's door and began to call the door. He waited for the answer from inside before entering the room with hot water. After he got well, he didn't have a lover to wait on him personally. After Xue Pan had washed up and had breakfast, Xue Qing drove the carriage to the gate of the palace.

It was more than 04:30 when we arrived at the gate of the palace. The palace gate was wide open. Officials of all sizes checked the badges and entered. Xue Pan got out of the carriage and met Yuan Xiujin's carriage. Pan didn't even want to come forward to make cold faces, the guard checked the waist badge, and met Li Ji at the door, Li Ji yawned and chattered all the way to the Tai Chi Hall.

In the Daqing Dynasty, there were only 220 officials, large and small, who stayed behind in Beijing. This is still called the top number. Naturally, there were not so many people who came to the early court, and there were more than 100 people under the simplification. Xue Pan was a sixth-rank seat. The location is behind the gate of the Tai Chi Hall, the serious gate guards, glance at it, heh!An acquaintance stands in the corner!The second master of Jia's family, Jia Zheng!

Jia Zheng noticed Xue Pan early on, but due to some inexplicable thoughts in his heart, he didn't go up to say hello.

After standing there for two hours, Xue Pan, as a rookie, had nothing to say. The most disputed point in the court today was Xu Zifu from the Conservative Party against the Strict Qing Party from the Reformist Party. Since the main forces of the two parties were determined within the court today, Xue Pan, who was in the dark, naturally couldn't see it.After the court, Xue Pan went to the yamen to sign in. The boss was an old man in his 60s. The colleagues who came to report with him were Chen Muru and Yuan Xiujin. , old and old with a beard, every day I arranged work to compile by myself, but besides the work of the Imperial Academy, Xue Pan is also the teacher of the third prince. Arrive at the Imperial Academy, from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] is the time to teach the third prince. In the afternoon, the third prince will learn riding and archery martial arts, so Xue Pan will go to the Imperial Academy to do his job and receive a salary to do the work of two people. It is Xue Pan.

After signing in and meeting his colleagues and bosses, Xue Pan hurried to Qin Xuetang with his books.Emperor Pingkang only had three princes, and Xue Pan's face would bleed when he thought of the beard on the face of the first prince and the obedient attendance at the Qin School every morning, not to mention the second prince with a hooked nose and thin lips. There is a ten-year age difference between them, and Yan Qing, the master who taught the two, is only seven years older than the first prince, so it is not bad to think about teaching the eight-year-old third prince!

The author has something to say: Good night, I am so tired today!

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