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103【Seven years of Jiankang】

On the sixth day of April, the emperor formally ordered the eldest son of the emperor to study in the pavilion, and five days later he officially established the prince.The whole matter was handled so seamlessly that even Wang Yunyi didn't know the details.The eunuch, which Chen Xing worked so hard to manage, finally showed its strength. The court was a little uncomfortable for a while, and the officials hadn't acted yet, and the cabinet was in chaos.

First of all, Zhou Wenyuan was deeply angry. His teacher was the Taifu. The Taifu must have known about this matter, but he didn't reveal it to him at all. It was clear that he wanted to sacrifice himself to protect the emperor.Secondly, there are several cabinet members. They think that Zhou Wenyuan will not be ignorant. What do you think, anyway, the cabinet is already a grasshopper on a rope, and we have to wade through this disaster together anyway, and we can only settle accounts after living until the autumn.

The queen is still young, so she established a concubine so early, what does this mean?It means that the Queen will be deposed?It means that the wind of the emperor is really not going to blow along with the Wang family?The deeper meaning is that in addition to approving reds, the eunuchs have more real power over the affairs of the court?

The last layer is buried the deepest, but it is what every official cares about most.

This was the first event that truly touched the foundation of the empire since Chen Xing ascended the throne.

Wei Chi is the new teacher of the new crown prince, and for a while he was standing on the cusp of the storm.

The bastard Chen Entropy became the prince, but this may not be a good thing for him, because from the day he becomes the prince, he will have to study his studies with several times as much effort as before.No matter how sensible a young child is, it will be difficult for him to be so self-disciplined. After several university scholars took turns tossing about it, the little prince finally couldn't take it anymore, crying and yelling that he would stop studying.It's a pity that the Qi Dynasty has a great rule, that is, even if you are a prince, someone will teach you if you don't study hard, and that is your teacher.Ever since, when Wei Chi was holding the textbook, the little prince's buttocks were already swollen.

Chen Entropy was standing in front of the case crying and twitching, and standing in front of him was Cheng Jun, a university student. In fact, Cheng Jun didn't want to be so ruthless. Who made the emperor keep watching the crown prince's schoolwork these days?Although the young master should not be offended, but after all, I was afraid that his father would be more, and those who should not be beaten were beaten.

After dragging on for half an hour, the crown prince finally memorized the lesson. Cheng Jun wiped the sweat off his face, and saluted the crown prince: "Prince, this is also your master, Master Wei."

Master Wei bowed to Teacher Cheng first, and then kowtowed to that little face wrinkled from crying.

The crown prince cried out sobbing, and met Wei Chi again with the teacher-student ceremony, and then Master Cheng patted his clothes and left.

Wei Chi glanced at the crown prince, thinking that this is just an idle job in the previous dynasties, why is it harder than fighting a tiger in his own round?Outside is the pressure of the court officials, inside there is the supervision of the eunuchs of the inner court, the emperor is on his head, and the crown prince is standing in front of him... Those who don't know think how noble they are, who knows how painful the ups and downs are.

Wei Chi glanced at the eunuch serving as the reader, and the eunuch smirked at him, and ordered someone to take the book box from Wei Chi's hand, and show Wei Chi a seat.What Wei Chi taught was calligraphy, which was the easiest one. Unfortunately, this course was pushed to the end. The crown prince was in a depressed mood, and it was hard to teach...

Wei Chi actually felt that the crown prince was very pitiful. No matter how much his father hoped for his son to become a dragon, he couldn't expect to become a fat man with one bite.No matter how early I study, I still often sneak out to steal watermelons, dig bird eggs and fly kites.This little guy in yellow is more unlucky than himself... Really.

Wei Chi took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and finally took out the ruler given by the emperor. When he took it out, he obviously felt that the little guy in front of him was trembling with fright.

Wei Chi sighed and plucked up his courage: "This father-in-law, the prince is still young, and it's not easy after being tired for a long time. I have something to say to the prince alone. I wonder if the father-in-law can avoid it for a while?"

In fact, the eunuch is not good at serving, and he doesn't want to offend the prince, but the emperor is tight, and he, and the masters, don't dare to spend all kinds of effort.Since someone was willing to take responsibility, he happened to be happy to slip away, so he pretended to look at Wei Chi with a straight face, and finally backed out.

Chen Entropy didn't expect a master to talk to him, so he wiped his face and looked up at this Master Wei—this master is a young man, good-looking, and he doesn't seem to be fierce...

Wei Chi smiled at the little doll: "Who did the prince learn calligraphy from?"

Chen Entropy pouted and said, "I learned from Master Liu."

This is also from the Hanlin Academy. I used to teach Neo Confucianism in the academy, and the people are not bad, but they are nagging, and Wei Chi has slept in his class.Thinking about it, even though I was a sacrificial wine, but it was far from the capital of these seniors, and I couldn't get the lectures, so I gave myself the words...

Wei Chi felt that this little baby was pitiful from the bottom of his heart, so the problem of boldness came again: "Prince, don't worry, this knowledge is a long-term thing, and you can't be in a hurry. Today, the prince will slowly write according to the post. How much can you write?" how many."

Chen Entropy was pleasantly surprised, but a little timid: "Master, the emperor will check tonight..."

Wei Chi smiled and said, "Prince, don't worry about the quantity, just write seriously, if it's not enough, Master Wei will write it for you to make up."

Chen Entropy was so happy that he almost jumped up, twisted a bit, and then felt pain in his buttocks, he let out a ouch, and blushed in embarrassment.Although Wei Chi said this, Cheng Jun took up half an hour, and his own hour and a half was not much more, so he hurriedly polished the ink, and asked the prince to start writing while grinding.Chen Entropy got the benefits, so he stopped pulling his face and started writing seriously.Wei Chi watched and pointed from the side.

Chen Entropy was still young, and he wrote "The Story of Magu Mountain Immortal Altar" for beginners. This post was written in large words, and it took a lot of effort. Chen Entropy had to hold a sandalwood pigeon egg in his hand, which made him even more tired. .Wei Chi thought to himself that the emperor's own handwriting looks like a chicken's paw. If he has such a hard-working son, why doesn't he work hard to learn from his masters?Taifu's calligraphy is one of the most famous ones, and I can't learn it even if I want to follow it...

Seeing that Chen Entropy was tired from writing, Wei Chi asked him to stop writing temporarily and taught him to press the palm of his hand. The masters in the past wanted to pour more, so why would they care if they were tired or not?Chen Entropy was moved, and felt that this young master was even more attractive.

Write for a while, rest for a while, the time seems to pass faster than before.In fact, Wei Chi was also very serious, and when Chen Entropy was resting, he commented on which parts of the words just now were good and which were not.Chen Entropy is actually not a particularly smart child. Wei Chi’s teacher just threw the copybook to her and left. She wrote and wrote by herself.Chen Entropy needs someone to talk about it, and if you don't talk about it, you won't understand, but he has a different kind of cuteness.Wei Chi was more stubborn than a donkey when she was a child. She said that if she wants to play, she will play, and the lock can't be locked.Chen Entropy is much more well-behaved, he listens to what you teach, and he is not rebellious at all.

Wei Chi thought this little boy was cute from the bottom of his heart, and told him to stop when the time was almost up. He told the good and bad things of the day again, and finally smiled at him: "There are still twenty cards left, these masters will give you Write it down, don't make Master Cheng angry tomorrow."

Chen Entropy nodded submissively. This is the first master who dared to help him be lazy, and he was very grateful.Wei Chi felt that it was getting late, so he quickly picked up the pen and started writing.

Many people only think of children as easy to deceive, but in fact, how do they know that children know best, how much do those masters like themselves?In fact, I was just afraid of being punished by my father... I dare not force myself to study. Although I don't like them in my heart, I don't have any resentment. I just feel that these people are cold passers-by, whether it is Master Zhang, Master Wang or Master Zhao. , everyone is the same.But this Master Wei seems to be different, Chen Entropy secretly smiled, and silently watched him write ugly words seriously.

Wei Chi hadn't written such an ugly character for a long time, he couldn't concentrate, and was about to dip the ink, but found a small round thing rolled onto the paper - apricot wrapped in sugar?

"Master, what is this?" Chen Entropy also noticed that a few yellow things rolled out of Master Wei's sleeves.

Wei Chi smiled awkwardly, and finally said the truth: "Xingzi." He put down his pen and touched the purse in his sleeve, only to realize that the purse containing candied fruit was scattered, and the dried apricots he bought on the street when he came just now were unfinished. Roll up one sleeve.Wei Chi thought that he was still helping this kid to be lazy, so he was no longer an outsider, so he took out his purse: "Will the crown prince eat?"

If the attendant eunuch was sitting here, he would probably be so angry that he vomited blood—is there such a master as him?

Chen Entropy had never eaten these rustic snacks, and thought that since it was from the interesting Master Wei, it should be delicious, so he carefully picked one up and put it in his mouth.

More than a dozen shriveled little Xing'er, the soft sunset, Master Wei's concentrated demeanor, "The Story of the Immortal Altar", Chen Entropy suddenly thought of what Aunt Huang said, the person who would definitely take him to fly a kite...

Finally, he finished writing the twenty articles before the time was up. Wei Chi carefully mixed all the words together, and picked out a few more flawed ones and re-wrote them.Seeing Master Wei being so serious, Chen Entropy couldn't help but giggled.Wei Chi wiped the sugar residue on his little nose: "Pack up your things."

Wei Chi was stupid again, how could it be the prince's job to pack things?Chen Entropy responded sweetly, and yelled outside, "Lu Jing!! Take things!!!"

Lu Jing, the eunuch serving as a student, hurried in, knelt down to the prince first, and then packed up.Wei Chi was frightened by Chen Entropy's sudden voice! He quickly put away the small purse on the table. Fortunately, Eunuch Lu was busy kowtowing and kneeling again, and probably only saw something in the light of the moon shaking. one time.

After the things were packed, the two of them saw the teacher-student ceremony again, and today's class was over.

Chen Entropy was in a pretty happy mood today, he ran out bouncing after passing Wei Chi, Lu Jing hurriedly followed behind with an apologetic smile.Lu Jingzheng was smiling, and was taken aback suddenly - Li Min, the chief eunuch of Concubine Hu Guifei's palace, was standing in the courtyard with his hands folded.

Li Min held a plate of cantaloupe in his hand: "Hello, Crown Prince, Concubine Hu Guifei ordered her servants to bring fresh cantaloupe over here, just to quench my thirst when the crown prince is out of class."

Chen Entropy was originally in a good mood, but unfortunately when he met this person, he became unhappy all of a sudden and turned his head away.

Li Min said with a smile: "It's fresh, can the crown prince try it?"

Seeing the prince hiding, Lu Jing was eager to protect the lord, and stood up to protect Chen Entropy: "Eunuch Li, please give the cantaloupe to the slaves first, the prince just had a snack, and my son can't eat it now."

Li Min has a high taste and is angry in his heart. When he came up, he slapped him in the face: "Little beast! The master told you to wait for the good ones to serve you. Why are you doing poorly? It's just before the meal time, so you give it to the prince. After having some snacks, how can we have a good dinner later?"

Lu Jing was dizzy from this slap, fell to the ground and kowtowed desperately.

Chen Entropy was enraged: "Who are you!!! You are not allowed to hit him!!! You are not allowed to hit him!!!!" He was about to step forward and kick Li Min.

Li Min was taken aback, so he had no choice but to stand still and let Chen Entrop kick and beat him.

"Prince, proceed with caution!" Wei Chi hurried out when he heard the loud noise outside.

Seeing this posture, Wei Chi understood half of it, and first hinted to the servants at the side to pick up the melons, then walked down the yard and grabbed Chen Entropy: "Prince, be careful! You can't hit anyone!"

This is the calculation of the royal family - the master is afraid of the eunuch, the eunuch is afraid of the prince, and the prince is afraid of the master, everyone has someone who can control them.

Master Wei relieved Eunuch Li, but Eunuch Li didn't appreciate it, smiled grinningly, and retreated.

Chen Entropy is just a child, and he is still trembling with anger at this moment: "Will Master Wei know how to fight!?"

Wei Chi wiped his tears for him: "What's wrong?"

"Help me kill him!"

Wei Chi quickly covered Chen Entropy's mouth: "Prince...be careful!"

Chen Entropy was only a few years old, his face turned pale with anger, and he clenched Wei Chi's hand tightly.Wei Chi had no choice but to pick him up, holding Lu Jing with his left hand.Lu Jing's forehead was swollen, and he was grateful for Wei Chi's coming to help, so he stopped showing those domineering emotions.

Seeing Lu Jing's forehead with blue hair, Chen Entropy couldn't stop his anger, and cursed again: "You are a slave! You should retire someday!"

Lu Jing was so frightened that he wanted to kneel down again. Only then did Wei Chi know how powerful the royal children were, and he quickly appeased Chen Entropy: "Since the prince is studying, he must act like a scholar. You can't use your emotions anymore. You must be reasonable in everything, the prince. Do you remember?"

Chen Entropy quickly covered his mouth and nodded.

The master who was afraid of the eunuch handed the prince who was afraid of the eunuch back to the hand of the eunuch. This detour was strenuous, but it was this strenuous effort that set the rules and people had to obey.

"The prince... the gate of the palace is going to be banned." Lu Jinghao persuaded him, and Chen Entropy let go of his hand.

After paying his respects, Wei Chi hurriedly packed his things and prepared to leave the palace.

When Chen Entropy and his party returned to Beijing, the servants of Hede Palace had already been waiting at the door for a long time.Seeing that Lu Jing's face was swollen, the man on duty didn't dare to ask more questions, so he hurriedly prepared to change the sedan chair and sent Chen Entropy back to his mother and concubine for dinner.After dinner, I went to Chen Xing to ask about my homework, and then went to give it to the concubine. The queen said hello, and then went back to Degong to rest.

Lu Jing didn't dare to tell the princess about his own affairs, he shied away from the cold and retreated first.Chen Entropy was served by other servants and met Yuxiang.

Sometimes Yuxiang also learns to do some needlework. Apart from being filial to the concubine, he also makes some for Chen Entropy. Today, he happened to make a new pair of shoes. Unexpectedly, Chen Entropy came back so late, so he quickly took them out to try.

In fact, Yuxiang's craftsmanship is far inferior to embroidery, but the things are inferior, and the friendship is the most important. Chen Entropy wore new shoes, bouncing around and making a fuss.Yuxiang laughed at him: "Have you forgotten the spanking by the masters during the day?"

Chen Entropy blushed embarrassingly, thought for a while, and sat next to Aunt Huang: "My nephew thought that in the world, aunts are kind to my nephew, but today I met another one who is kind to my nephew."

Yuxiang was curious: "Oh? Let's hear it?"

Chen Entropy smelled the candied apricot smell in his hand, and it was already very faint: "It's a master, it's Master Wei."

Master Wei?Yuxiang lowered his head.

Seeing Yuxiang's face turned pale and unhappy, Chen Entropy didn't know why.Chen Entropy was in the palace, and he was used to observing words and expressions, so he quickly picked up other things to say.Yuxiang sighed, wanted to ask but didn't know what to ask, so he just followed suit.

After Wei Chi meddled with the eunuchs and fought, it was almost dark when he left the palace. Seeing a man in a white boa robe waving at him at the door, he quickly walked a few steps.Next to him was Mr. Liu who was on the night shift in the Ministry of Rites, and he also knew Wei Chi.The old man smiled and said to him: "Master Wei, walk slowly, the corners of your clothes are rolled up!"

Wei Chi turned his head to salute his senior, straightened his clothes, and ran away quickly.Master Liu covered his mouth with a smile and shook his head.

"Shaohu!!" Seeing Wei Chi running out, Hu Yanglin quickly waved to him.

Wei Chi patted him out of breath: "You're back! Jin Yiwei Master Hu!"

Hu Yanglin chuckled: "I'm just a school captain, you can laugh at me no matter what."

Wei Chi put the book under his arm: "I've been waiting for a long time, I've been waiting for a long time! All the seats are reserved, let's eat and eat! I'm treating you!"

Before the two of them entered Li Xiangzhai, Xiao Er came out to greet him: "Master Wei, please!"

Hu Yanglin patted Wei Chi's hand away: "Come to such a good place!"

Wei Chi laughed and said, "Stingy!"

The two made some concessions before going upstairs. The hall was already overcrowded. If Wei Chi hadn't asked someone to make a reservation a day earlier, they wouldn't be able to get in at this hour.The boss brought someone over to greet him, served the dishes himself, and then retreated.A more expensive place is also good, as soon as the door is closed, it will be quiet, and no matter how many people there are, you can drink safely.

Wei Chi poured the wine himself: "Congratulations, you've been promoted!"

Hu Yanglin smiled awkwardly: "Look at what you said, I should have congratulated you a long time ago..."

It was only three days after returning to Beijing to sign at the Beizhen government office, and Hu Yanglin was sent to Jiangnan.After staying in Jiangnan for several months, he was promoted after returning to Beijing this time. How many people can't ask for such a good thing.It was also fate, when Shen Yang saw Populus euphratica in Monan back then, he thought it was pleasing to the eye, seeing him sent here this time, he had long intended to improve in his heart.Although Populus euphratica's promotion is not as good as Wei Chi's, it is already incredible in terms of his personal fortune.Today is the second day after he returned to Beijing. Yesterday he paid his respects to his parents, and the family liked him very much. When he came back today, he made an appointment as a guard in the palace.This errand is commonly known as the Great Han General. He is close to the emperor and is easy to be appreciated.

Hu Yanglin also poured a glass of wine: "Teach the prince, Shaohu, you are the best!"

Wei Chi waved his hand: "Aren't there too few compliments? There's already a basket, so I don't care about your words. You and I don't speak foreign words, otherwise it will be boring."

Hu Yanglin chuckled, the two of them were finally proud of themselves, it's not difficult to be proud, but there is no need to hide the difficulty.Best friends can finally be arrogant and don't have to worry about other things.

After a few glasses of wine, Wei Chi smiled and said: "I heard that the old lady told you about a daughter-in-law, when did you get married?"

This was passed on by Chen Hu, who has a long tongue. I heard that the Hu family told him that the daughter of the General Banner of the capital was the daughter of the general banner of the capital.Hu Yanglin is the son of Hu's family, and he has two younger brothers and a younger sister. This guy is not too young. If he doesn't marry, he will be under pressure.

Hu Yanglin was stunned: "Who are you listening to nonsense?"

"What nonsense?"

Hu Yanglin was very embarrassed: "There is such a thing, but I didn't agree..."

As soon as Populus euphratica returned, the members of the Hu family told the good news. Although his family is also a well-to-do family, it is not far from the capital after all.Thinking about the future of the eldest son, he hoped that he could settle his family in the capital. After all, there are many people in the family, so he doesn't have to be at home to serve.This family's position is equivalent to that of Hu's father, and they happen to be from the capital, so there will be someone to take care of their son in the future.The Hu family thought that Populus euphratica had always been obedient and docile, and this time it was a good thing, and there should be no twists and turns.Unexpectedly, this guy not only refused to agree, but even tempered a little.The Hu family thought that their son looked down on each other, and thought that their son had a good future, so they stopped persuading him.

Seeing Wei Chi's smiling face, Hu Yanglin suddenly became angry: "Who does Shaohu want me to marry?"

Wei Chi couldn't figure it out, thinking that I'm not your father, who will I ask you to marry?But it's rare to see Populus euphratica get angry, and without knowing it, he quickly said: "I heard it too, but it doesn't mean anything else, you can marry whoever you want. If you want to snatch a bride at that time, just tell me, I'll make sure." retreat."

Only then was Hu Yanglin amused by Wei Chi's funny look, thinking that it wasn't Wei Chi's fault, the fire just now was really meaningless, so he quickly covered it with food.

Wei Chi pointed at Populus euphratica Lin, took a bite of the specially skinned chicken thigh, and said, "But first, the ugly bride will grab it by herself, I don't have to do anything."

Hu Yanglin picked up the chicken skin from his own bowl and pretended to throw it into Wei Chi's bowl: "What do you care about me? Mr. Wei is so picky about food, I'm afraid he will kneel down to bricks in the future, why don't you practice eating chicken skin now? There are also bitter vegetables and mutton , Egg whites, cabbage sticks and so on must be practiced."

Wei Chi quickly covered the bowl: "Wrong, wrong, I was wrong."

Hu Yanglin curled his lips, put down his goosebumps, and shook his head: "It's good if you know how powerful it is."

The author has something to say: Chen Entropy fell in love with Little Master...

Populus euphratica dotes on little master more and more...

The princess also misses little master...

Little master, you are so lucky recently...