Ten thousand people think gloom is reborn

Logically speaking, I shouldn't have adopted any of Lin Chongtan's suggestions, but for some reason, I felt that what he said this time was more appropriate.

So I didn't mention that I knew that the second prince wanted to force the palace. I just took out the blessing bag that Concubine Zhuang Gui asked for at Enhua Temple from my arms, carefully put it into the emperor's hand, and then gently held the emperor's hand, calling out from time to time. With a cry of father, he lay down beside the bed when he was tired from crying.

When I left, I was still asking the prince, "When will father wake up?"

The crown prince didn't answer my question, but asked the palace man to send me back.I was keenly aware that the prince's attitude was slightly different from when I came, as if he had become a little cold, but maybe it was an illusion caused by my tiredness from crying.

Back at Huayang Palace, I was exhausted but couldn't fall asleep, so I just got up and sat in the courtyard.In the middle of the night, it began to rain again. I sat on the gold brick floor with my knees crossed, watching the raindrops fly down obliquely like threads.

Back in Taixue, I also watched a night of rain with Lin Chongtan. At that time, after the two of us had done that kind of thing, he still wouldn’t let me go. I couldn’t stand his gaze, blushing Face hid in the quilt.

But not long after, he took me out of the quilt and wrapped me in his robe.When I was picked up and walked out, I panicked and hugged his neck tightly, "Tan Sheng."

Lin Chongtan understood my fear, and comforted me in a gentle voice, "It's okay, Bai Chi and Qing Qiu are sleeping at the moment, do you want to go outside to watch the rain?"

Today there is rain but no thunder, I have already smelled the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus in the air.

After thinking for a moment, I buried my face in his arms and hummed softly.

It was really cool under the corridor, Lin Chongtan only left a lamp for lighting.I nestled in his arms and watched the autumn rain outside. After watching for a long time, I couldn't help reaching out to catch a handful of rain.

After catching the rain, I had a bad idea and asked Lin Chongtan to stretch out his hand. I poured the rainwater into his palm, and his hand seemed to glow like jade fat under the candlelight.

Lin Chongtan accepted it with a good temper, but held my hand before my hand was about to leave.The rain melted in the palms of the close hands, and he leaned over and kissed my cheek.

I smell the scent of medicine on his body and the scent of osmanthus from the air. The scent of osmanthus is rich and intoxicating.

I stretch out my hand to catch the rain.

The rainwater gradually formed a small puddle in the palm of my hand, and then leaked out from between my fingers.There is no sweet-scented osmanthus here, only sycamore.There is no Lin Chongtan, only me.

After watching the ending of One Night of Autumn Rain, I fell ill again.I got sick three times a month, Concubine Zhuang felt sorry for me, and she lost a lot of weight.

And before I recovered from my illness, the emperor finally woke up, but the illness was still not fully recovered, and I was unable to go to court. The prince has been acting as supervisor of the country for several days.

Concubine Zhuang Guifei took me to face the saint. I was afraid that the emperor would know about my letter to the second prince, but when the emperor saw me, he cared about me and asked about my illness, and even reached out to touch my head.

"Congxi, you are still sick, don't pass on your sickness to your father." Concubine Zhuang was sitting beside the couch, gently massaging the emperor's legs.

The emperor smiled when he heard the words, "Zhenzhen and Congxi are both sick, why did they talk about sickness?"

Afterwards, we stayed in front of the imperial court for dinner. Although I have had dinner with the emperor before, I have never used it in the emperor's bedroom. Even Concubine Zhuang realized that something was wrong. After returning, she asked me what I said in front of the emperor before. .

I said everything I did and said, Concubine Zhuang Guifei didn't say anything after listening, she just patted my head.

From the reactions of the two of them, I realized that I should have taken the right step.But I'm not completely sure, I've been cautious for the next few days, I didn't go anywhere except to go to the imperial court, and I didn't even contact Nie Wenle again.

There was no movement at all from the second prince. I don't know why he read my letter or what.

The calmer it is now, the more it seems to me like the quiet before the stormy night.

In fact, I can't figure out some things, did the emperor not find my letter?

Also, why did Lin Chongtan mention me?

He asked me to say something filial, and seemed to know about my letter.

I gritted my teeth thinking of this possibility.

Yes, Lin Chongtan is so smart, he probably knew that I had taken his seal.If the crown prince had already figured out the situation with the second prince, Lin Chongtan would most likely know about the letter I forged.

He knew the existence of the letter, but he still reminded me.

why?

Could it be that after I died, he really regretted it?Do you still want to reconnect with me?

I couldn't help laughing out loud, if Lin Chongtan really regretted it and wanted to reconnect with me, then he deserved it, and he would hand me the knife.

I think I know what I should do.

The emperor's condition improved slightly, and the ranking of the imperial examination was announced.

Because I have no official position and cannot go to the court, I had no choice but to beg the emperor to allow me to watch the ceremony. Do not walk around casually.

On the Golden Luan Hall, I hid behind the bead curtain and watched civil and military officials enter the hall one by one, kneeling three times and knocking nine times.Lin Chongtan and this year's new Jinshi were all dressed in official uniforms and stood at the end of the ranks of officials.

Honglu temple official stepped out of the team, took the yellow scroll from the imperial eunuch, read the announcement as usual, and finally began to roll the name.

I wasn't surprised when he said that No.1 was Lin Chongtan.Lin Chongtan was led out of the team by the temple official Honglu, and knelt before the emperor.It was the first time I saw him wearing a blue court dress, silk socks and black shoes, and a slender neck with his collar exposed.

After all the rankings were reported, the emperor sitting on the dragon chair coughed twice, "You are all the future pillars of my dynasty, my ministers, I hope that you can all serve the dynasty, be loyal to the country, and not waste your talents. Don't waste your life in vain, and be a clean and honest person for the country and the people."

"The ministers must do their best to live up to the holy will." Everyone replied.

Although the roll call is over, today's events are not over.

The emperor ordered Lin Chongtan, the number one scholar, to parade through the streets with a white horse. The white horse is the bloody horse that Fan Bang entered the palace.Lin Chongtan changed into red clothes, held the imperial edict, saluted and exited the Golden Temple.Although I couldn't see the scene of Lin Chongtan parading through the streets, I can still guess what kind of scenery he will be today.

Lin Chongtan ranked first in the township examination, first in the general examination, and No.1 in the palace examination, winning three yuan in a row.Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been only two people who have won the Sanyuan Award. One is Lin Chongtan, and the other is Mr. Ling'an, who is astounding in his knowledge. However, Mr. Ling'an was already over forty when he won the Sanyuan Award.

Lin Chongtan is only twenty years old this year, just reaching the age of Guan.

As soon as the ranking of the gold list is released, the Ministry of Officials will hurry up to compile and print the handbook of the list, and send it from Beijing to various counties and counties. In less than half a month, Lin Chongtan's name will be known to the world.

The emperor's illness is still not fully healed. He coughed badly when he came down to court. When I saw this, I went up to help him secretly. When he found me, he patted my hand gently and said in a low voice: "I still want to go outside the palace." Do you want to watch the number one scholar parade? It should be very lively."

I shook my head, "I will accompany my father back to the palace." I paused, "The number one scholar parading through the streets is not very interesting, can it be more lively than the father's driving? When the father is in good health, the father will take me there." How about Autumn Hunt? I've never been there."

"Okay, I will take you there when father recovers." The emperor said this to me, and the prince's voice came from behind.

The crown prince also went to court today, he was dressed in vermilion court clothes, his complexion was as white as jade.He smiled and walked up to the emperor to salute, "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, and you have a useful talent."

"Get up, are you ready for the palace banquet tonight?"

The emperor was talking about tonight's Jinshi banquet, and those who were called today will be invited to the palace to participate in the palace banquet.

The prince said: "Everything is ready, Father, don't worry."

The emperor nodded, he seemed to be tired, and ordered the prince to preside over the palace banquet tonight.The prince should be, and then he and I accompanied Yujia back to the palace.

When I arrived at the emperor's bedroom, I saw that the prince and the emperor seemed to have something to say, so I took my leave first and went to the West Pavilion to change out of the eunuch uniforms I was wearing.

I changed my clothes and went back to Huayang Palace.Concubine Zhuang Gui was making clothes under the window, when she saw me coming back, she beckoned me to her side.She gestured to me with the clothes, and Madam An next to her smiled and said, "Young lady is really good at craftsmanship, it just fits me well."

"Does it fit? Bengong looks a little smaller." Concubine Zhuang compared the length of my arms and the sleeves of my clothes, "Congxi seems to be a little longer."

Nanny An said: "The Ninth Prince is only 19 years old, so naturally he still has to grow. The empress is tall, and the Ninth Prince follows the empress, so he must not be short."

Concubine Zhuang couldn't help laughing when she heard Nanny An say this. She lowered her voice and said, "When I was pregnant with Congxi, I was actually very afraid that Congxi would follow His Majesty's appearance. The princess is fine, the prince in this palace Ladies and gentlemen, the second prince was carved out of the same mold as His Majesty, and the other princes also followed His Majesty in their own way, except that the prince doesn't look like him, he looks very much like the Queen."

Nanny An has served Concubine Zhuang since she was a child, so she immediately stopped Concubine Zhuang, "My dear lady, don't say this, Your Majesty will be unhappy if he hears it."

"There's nothing to say, Your Majesty is born with a mediocre appearance." Concubine Zhuang Guifei said this, but she didn't mention it again, and the topic turned back to clothes.

Seeing that winter is coming, Concubine Zhuang Guifei said that she would buy some small clothes for me. I was afraid that she would hurt her eyes, and said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs would prepare these clothes.

But Concubine Zhuang said: "How can my mother feel comfortable doing what the Ministry of Internal Affairs does? You just go and play obediently, don't worry about such trivial matters."

After they talked about clothes, they mentioned today's Jinshi Banquet. Concubine Zhuang also had an impression of Lin Chongtan, "Congxi, what rank did that Lin family son get in the exam this time?"

"Number one." I lowered my head and took a snack.

"It turned out to be number one. It seems that this son's future is limitless. Speaking of which, Lin Jiaerlang is very good-looking and has a strong character. If the mother and concubine have a little princess, I really want to marry my daughter to him."

As soon as Concubine Zhuang Guifei finished speaking, I raised my head, and she seemed to sense that my expression was wrong, "What's wrong? Congxi."

I swallowed the snack in my mouth, "It's nothing, only the snack is a bit dry, I want to find water to drink."

Nurse An at the side quickly poured me a glass of water, and the worry on Concubine Zhuang's face gradually faded, "Your expression just now really scared the concubine mother."

"Mother Concubine, I'm fine." I smiled at Concubine Zhuang, then took the cup and lowered my head to drink water to cover most of the expression on my face.

There is no rule in my dynasty that Princess Shang is not allowed to serve in the court. Lin Chongtan is now the number one scholar in high school, Concubine Zhuang Guifei has no daughter, and she wants Lin Chongtan to be a concubine, what about the concubines who have princesses?Don't they want to choose a good son-in-law from this year's new Jinshi?

The thought of this possibility made me want to vomit.

How can people like Lin Chongtan match up with Princess Shang?

Today's Enlightenment Banquet is held in Guanhai Hall, named Guanhai, but in fact there is a koi pond in front of the hall.In addition to the koi carp, there are several river lanterns in the koi pond tonight.The lights are like sea beads, facing the moon in the sky.

I was afraid of deep water, so I deliberately bypassed the koi pond and walked from another corridor.Niu Xi's injury has recovered, and she returned to serve me.

As soon as I arrived at Guanhai Palace, I heard the voice of the Twelve Princesses.

"Brother Prince, are there any fireworks going off today?"

As she spoke, she held the prince's arm and acted like a baby. The prince seemed to have no choice but to take the twelve princesses, and shook his head helplessly, "Yes." You let it go, you go and sit behind the screen."

The twelve princesses knocked down the folding fan, "No, I want to sit with the prince brother today."

"Nonsense, your sisters and sisters are all behind the screen." The prince said.

The twelve princesses glanced behind the screen, then turned back to the crown prince, "If the crown prince won't allow me to sit with you, then I will sit with the other royal brothers."

Saying this, she suddenly saw me.

A little bit, she was still angry with me for the prince's punishment, and snorted angrily when she saw me.

The prince was so entangled by the twelve princesses that he even agreed to the twelve princesses to sit with him, but added a small gauze screen in front of the twelve princesses as a cover.

And I have found that tonight is unusual, all the princesses came tonight, not only the princesses, but also the mothers and concubines of those princesses.