After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

Seeing this scene, although Xiao Heng didn't say anything, the hand holding the writing brush couldn't help but pause slightly.

Zhao Junzhuo seemed to be aware of the gaze from the other side, raised his head, and after seeing Xiao Heng's eyes, he nodded slightly at him, and immediately continued to write with his head down.

For a moment, Xiao Heng even felt unimaginable. Zhao Junzhuo's reaction was too calm, as if he had made too much fuss.

Withdrawing his eyes, Xiao Heng's eyes fell on the test paper in front of him, but he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, who is the person sitting opposite him...

It stands to reason that Chang'an City is only this big, from the Li family, the clan, to the powerful families, the children of officials, and the young gentlemen of the same age, Xiao Heng dare not say that he knows all of them, but those who have lived in Chang'an City all year round , but he has seen most of them, and he will definitely feel familiar when he sees them.

However, Zhao Junzhuo was not among them.

In particular, Zhao Junzhuo's temperament is very prominent. The smile on his face never seems to reach his eyes. No matter how gentle and polite he is, he still gives people a sense of loneliness.

Even though he is just a young man who has just reached the crown, yet it makes people feel a kind of desolation in the twilight, which is really unpredictable...

Xiao Heng felt that if he had seen him before, then he would definitely not be able to remember him completely. According to this line of thinking, Zhao Junzhuo, unless he was someone who never went out before, otherwise, Xiao Heng dare to say, he is definitely not Chang'an. City people...

After waiting until the second half of the day's exam, the flushed young man sitting next to Zhao Junzhuo finally opened his eyes with difficulty.

"Wake up," Zhao Junzhuo said in a low voice.

"Hmm..." The young man with a sickly red face forced himself to sit up straight, turned his head, saw Zhao Junzhuo calmly handing over a paper, and saw his own name on it, couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly. He closed his eyes, and then showed a little unexpected smile, "You..."

Zhao Junzhuo didn't say much, just handed over the paper.

Xiao Heng, who had already finished writing before but never put down his pen, couldn't help but raise his head when he heard the sound.

Before, the sick man had been lying on the table, covering his face. Xiao Hengzhi saw his flushed side cheeks, but he didn't recognize the other person's identity. At this moment, he finally raised his head and saw Xiao Heng naturally recognized his face, "Du Erlang?"

The Du Wulang who had been engaged to Xiao Nianru before was a collateral descendant of the Jingzhao Du family, and today this Du Erlang was born of the official direct branch of the Jingzhao Du family.

Du Erlang naturally recognized Xiao Heng at a glance. He smiled friendlyly at Xiao Heng, but he couldn't hold back another muffled cough, and the flush on his face became obvious again.

"Are you okay?" Zhao Junzhuo's cold voice came in, the voice was very soft, but it was not deep, but a kind of clearness like flowing water hitting a stone.

Du Erlang returned Zhao Junzhuo's smile, then shook his head, barely propped his chin, and smiled quite carefreely, and said in a low voice: "Just now my mind was dizzy, I really couldn't open my eyes, but now I'm almost awake." Even though he was still suffering from a fever, it was enough.

"En." Zhao Junzhuo nodded, and didn't persuade him any more.

On the other hand, Xiao Heng looked at Du Erlang's abnormal expression, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Can your body hold up?"

"It's just half a paper, it's okay." Du Erlang waved his hand, coughed twice, and then picked up the brush with force.

Xiao Heng thought about it for a while, and directly took out a few slices of ginger that Xiao Yansui suggested him to take with him, and threw it on Du Erlang's desk.

Du Erlang was stunned for a moment, looked up at Xiao Heng, then silently looked down at the slices of ginger, the corner of his mouth twitched, and then he stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it in extreme pain, his mouth was so irritated by the pungent taste. There was acridness in the inside and nose, and I shuddered, swallowed it, and after a while, I even felt like my stomach was on fire.

Zhao Junzhuo next to him also hid Du Erlang's actions from his eyes, and an indescribable blue and white interlacing finally flashed across his face, which was always expressionless.

Of course, it was more unbelievable, and it was invested in Xiao Heng who was still carrying this thing when he entered the examination room.

Even though he was looked at several times curiously, Xiao Heng still looked calm and did not change his face.

When Li Linfu, the chief examiner of this subject, came to inspect in person, he naturally smelled the smell of ginger. He looked at Du Erlang's desk in astonishment, and there was a large piece of unfinished ginger lying on the table like this. On the side, there is a clear tooth mark on it.

"..." Li Linfu scratched his beard, and after a while, he looked at Du Erlang, and said with concern in a low voice, "Your body can still hold on."

Du Erlang nodded with his forehead hot - with Zhao Junzhuo's selfless help, Du Erlang wrote the second half of the paper after waking up, because he recovered a little bit of energy during the rest, even if this He was still seriously ill for a while, but the paper was almost finished.

Seeing this, Li Linfu nodded in relief.

Jingzhao Wei's and Jingzhao Du's two aristocratic families, since the Han Dynasty, there has been a saying "Wedu in the south of the city, five feet to the sky".In the Tang Dynasty, the children of Webster and Du still occupied many official positions in the court.

The younger generation of Jingzhao Du's main family's direct line, this status, whether Du Erlang participates in the imperial examination or not, is very important...

——To put it bluntly, although the Tang Dynasty has formed a systematic imperial examination, it also provides a path for the poor to become an official. However, the important officials in the court carefully read their surnames. Still from those powerful families.

The Tang Dynasty was a group system. According to common sense, compared with other dynasties, the number of prime ministers is indeed relatively more. However, in this case, looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, let’s count the identities of these prime ministers in the Tang Dynasty. , You can almost find out that there are more than ten or twenty out of the Lanling Xiao family, about a dozen or twenty out of the Jingzhao Du family, about a dozen or twenty out of the Wenxi Pei family, and about ten or twenty out of the Jingzhao Wei family. A dozen or twenty...

Looking at the concubines of the royal princesses of the Tang Dynasty and the concubines of the princes, they are almost still those familiar surnames.

If someone took the trouble to draw a diagram of the relationship between the aristocrats of the Tang Dynasty, they would probably be horrified to find that even between two political enemies who couldn't get along, there could be more than one relationship between in-laws or distant relatives...

After taking care of Du Erlang's body who unfortunately had a fever in the examination room, Li Linfu couldn't help but take another look at Xiao Heng who was opposite him.

Xiao Song's eldest grandson, with a smile on his face and handsome features, seems to be wearing a very fluffy coat, and looks quite relaxed, he should be in good condition.

Although Li Linfu couldn't help but frowned slightly when thinking of Xiao Song, but facing Xiao Heng, Li Linfu's usually cold and serious expression did not show the slightest sternness, and even revealed a bit of subtle gentleness—— He was afraid of Xiao Song, but he would not embarrass Xiao Heng at this time, so as not to give Xiao Song the opportunity to make trouble.

As early as a few years ago, during the Ximing Temple incident, Li Linfu wanted to use the hands of Princess Wan'an to provoke the Xiao family's hostility towards the prince, but in the end it was destroyed by the little girl Xiao Yansui who escaped successfully. I realized in my heart that the more Xiao Song let go, the younger generation of the Xiao family would become more assertive.

For a moment, Li Linfu's face even showed a kind of kind smile unique to elders. After caring about Du Erlang, it didn't count, and after patiently exhorting Xiao Heng in a low voice, he finally turned around and continued. patrolled.

Xiao Heng looked normal on the surface, but frowned slightly in his heart. Li Linfu and Xiao Song had a secret quarrel. Others may not know it. How could Xiao Heng, who was taught by Xiao Song himself, not know the subtleties in it?

He waited until Li Linfu had left before he narrowed his eyes slightly, and only waited to go home to tell his grandfather Xiao Song what happened today.

When the day's exam was over and everyone came out of the exam room, Du Erlang's face was still flushed, and he could tell from his face that he probably had a fever.

Xiao Heng was close, so he naturally reached out to help him.

Coincidentally, Zhao Junzhuo did the same thing.

"Thank you, Xiao Sanlang." Du Erlang was so ill that he really didn't have much energy in his body. After falling asleep with a fever in the examination room, he managed to pull himself together and finished the second half of the paper. After the examination was over, he quickly collapsed. , The speech became weak.

Seeing Du Erlang standing here to thank him, he subconsciously turned towards Zhao Junzhuo. Only then did Xiao Heng suddenly realize that although he had never met Zhao Junzhuo before, the relationship between Du Erlang and the two of them , but they should have known each other a long time ago, and maybe their friendship is quite good...

Could it be a relative of the Du family?A thought flashed through Xiao Heng's mind quickly, but these guesses cannot be true after all, we still have to find an opportunity to ask.

It was also a coincidence that after leaving the examination room, the servants beside Zhao Junzhuo looked for him with keen eyes, "Little Lang!"

Zhao Junzhuo's expression remained unchanged, but he asked instead: "Did you see the carriages and horses of the Du Mansion?"

The servant was stunned for a moment, then turned around, and quickly pointed in a direction, "This way!"

Xiao Heng joked Du Erlang at the right time, "You go back so ill, Mrs. Du will be so heartbroken."

Du Erlang, who smelled like ginger, waved his hands weakly, "It's also a coincidence. I was fine yesterday. I woke up this morning and felt dizzy. I had a fever before I entered the examination room. You are still laughing at me here...but Thank you for your ginger."

Xiao Heng actually brought this thing into the examination room, Du Erlang also learned a lot.

Xiao Heng smiled gently again, without seeming to care at all.Thinking that Zhao Junzhuo was also present, and there were other people beside him, after all, he didn't tease Du Erlang any more. If you just threw the paper over, I might as well write half of it for you.

Zhao Junzhuo glanced at the direction of Du's men and horses, and said softly: "Du Erlang, wait here for a while, I'll call them over for you."

"Alright." Du Erlang smiled wryly, "If it weren't for the help of you two, I really don't have the energy to go on."

Seeing this, Xiao Heng naturally grabbed Du Erlang. Taking advantage of Zhao Junzhuo's slight walk away, he smiled casually and said, "You two know each other? I haven't seen him before..."

Du Erlang didn't think much about it, he just explained casually: "Luoyang Zhao family, you don't usually go to Luoyang, so naturally you don't know him."

He and Zhao Junzhuo had known each other before when they were in Luoyang City, and they hadn't been together for a long time, but they hit it off quite well. This time Zhao Junzhuo went to Chang'an City in person, and the two met again by chance. Old friends met, and the relationship was naturally good.

Xiao Hengruo nodded knowingly. He had heard about the Zhao family in Luoyang. It was a family, and it could not be said to have declined, but it has gradually become silent over the years.

If they were not in Chang'an City, they would naturally gradually move away from the political center of the Tang Dynasty. Even though Luoyang City, the eastern capital, had an extraordinary status, it still inevitably faced the embarrassment of being gradually excluded from this circle.

However, Xiao Heng would know that the Zhao family in Luoyang, apart from the fame of the Zhao family ancestors, the biggest reason was the fire that almost wiped out the Zhao family more than ten years ago.

The bloodline of the Luoyang Zhao family had already withered some personnel, but the head of the Zhao family at that time was buried in a sea of ​​flames overnight. The situation at that time was really shocking. When it came out, even in Chang'an City, many people were shocked by it.

Du Erlang didn't know what was going on in Xiao Heng's mind. He had a severe headache because of the fever, so he was trying to talk to Xiao Heng.

Zhao Junzhuo just helped him write the papers without saying a word in the examination room. Du Erlang must have kept this friendship in his heart. After being moved, he instantly transformed into a sincere person who always thinks of his friends He was thinking, Zhao Junzhuo was not familiar with the place in Chang'an City, and he didn't have any reliable friends except himself, so he probably didn't have any connections for outings, parties and banquets.

Although he would definitely introduce Zhao Junzhuo to his friends, the connections between the Jingzhao Du family and the Lanling Xiao family do not overlap very much. If Zhao Junzhuo can still get in touch with Xiao Heng, there is no reliable banquet gathering. Maybe Xiao Heng can also think of inviting him to join in the fun. In this way, Zhao Junzhuo's contacts in Chang'an City will naturally gradually open up, wouldn't it be wonderful?

Hearing that Du Erlang was ill, the Du family's carriage came in a hurry almost on a rampage. Zhao Junzhuo and Xiao Heng helped the weak Du Erlang up, and Zhao Junzhuo wanted to go back to his residence. The two of them left.

On the other hand, Xiao Heng, because he and Du Erlang could stop by for a while, he simply let the carriages of the two families go in the same direction together.

After Xiao Heng returned home, he naturally went to Xiao Song's place first, and talked with his grandfather about what happened in the examination room today.

As a result, after a while, Xiao Yansui, who had always been reluctant to come this way, came out on her own initiative because of being disgusted with her grandmother, He Shi. After saying hello to Xiao Song, she went straight to Xiao Heng's side. Looking at his elder brother in surprise, he said, "Did you only take the imperial examination for one day?"

Xiao Heng looked at her and smiled, "Otherwise?"

"I don't know..." Xiao Yansui blinked her eyes. She thought that she would have to worry about it for three or two days, but in the end, it felt like she was worrying for nothing...

Xiao Song watched the two brothers and sisters talking, touched his beautiful beard, smiled, and said: "After the literary test, there will be a martial test, but this time it has little to do with our family."

Xiao Yansui asked casually: "How long does it usually take to release the list?"

Xiao Song replied: "About ten days, it's almost there."

It was about ten days, Xiao Yansui nodded clearly, and commented: "It's pretty fast."

"However, I can't be idle these few days," Xiao Heng said with a pointed smile: "Three days later, it will be the day when King Shou will marry the new princess."

"Eh..." Xiao Yansui couldn't help but think of the ex-shou princess who became a monk again. After all, she really didn't know too many historical figures.

After a pause, Xiao Yansui said, "Do you want to go?"

Xiao Heng nodded and said with a smile, "Naturally."

Just don't look at the face of Shou Wang Li Mao, the marriage between the new Shou Wang Concubine and Shou Wang Li Mao, Xuanzong attaches great importance to it...

Xiao Yansui blinked, a subtle expression seemed to flash across his face.

Xiao Heng probably didn't think too much about it, so he didn't know Xiao Yansui's hesitation. Xiao Song noticed that his precious granddaughter's eyes seemed a bit complicated, but he didn't understand why Xiao Yansui would Being entangled in this kind of thing, he simply asked directly: "What's on Liu Niang's mind?"

Xiao Yansui shook her head, but said in her mouth: "I'm fine, I just feel a little puzzled. The marriage of the new Princess Shou... Everyone knows the situation of the former Princess Shou. Such a group of people went to congratulate, and they don't think Embarrassed?"

It was only later that Xiao Yansui suddenly remembered that the biological mothers of Shouwang Li Mao, Princess Xianyi and others were Concubine Wu Hui, who once had no queen status, but had the real status of a queen.

Concubine Wu Hui's position is actually similar to that of a deputy queen, but Xuanzong has always refused to register as a queen.It was also a coincidence that Concubine Wu Hui's position back then was quite similar to Concubine Yang's position which is still pending.

In particular, speaking in detail, when Yang Yuhuan was still Princess Shou, she personally entered the palace to serve Concubine Wu Hui, but after Concubine Wu Hui passed away, Princess Shou stayed behind...

To put it bluntly, for the longevity king Li Mao and Princess Xianyi, this is simply a daughter-in-law, a younger brother and a younger sister, and this is a change that ordinary people dare not even think about!

Especially for those involved, it might not be an exaggeration to say that it was a bolt from the blue...

As an outsider, Xiao Yansui, even though this kind of thing has nothing to do with her, still feels embarrassing just thinking about it.

As a result, now, judging from Xuanzong's intentions, it is clear that he still intends to make a big deal about the marriage between the birthday king Li Mao and the new birthday princess. The more she thinks about this idea, the more she feels that there are countless alpacas rushing past, and only the heart is left. Fuck"...

When Xiao Song heard this, his face revealed a somewhat puzzled look.

Xuanzong wants to make the marriage between the Shou Wang Li Hao and the new Shou Wang Concubine a big deal, the idea is really easy to understand, whether it is compensation, a thorough expression of attitude, or clearing the identity of the former Shou Wang Concubine, Xiao Song doesn't have to think about it. I know, it's nothing more than paving the way for conferring the Yang family as the noble concubine after that.

——In fact, Xiao Song also wanted to complain, but his point of complaining was different from that of Xiao Yansui.

Xiao Song and Xuanzong have known each other for a long time, and he has always known what kind of concubine Wu Hui was loved by three thousand people, but now, this identity who was favored by Xuanzong has changed from the concubine Wu Hui to the current Yang Yuhuan only.

However, with Xiao Yansui's way of thinking, she still couldn't understand that at the moment in the Tang Dynasty, there was actually a kind of cognition about the operation of becoming a female Taoist priest and then returning to vulgarity. People, when the same female Taoist priest returns to vulgarity, it will have nothing to do with her past.

Whether she admits it or not, it's up to her or her family.

And now Xuanzong's attitude is clear, Yang Yuhuan became a monk once, and now he is returning to vulgarity, which has nothing to do with the past, so he can directly canonize the imperial concubine. In addition to Xuanzong's attitude, the biggest reason is that Yang Yuhuan has been a monk for several years and has been a female Taoist priest, which is equivalent to saying that the past has been washed away. Here, everyone agrees with this kind of thinking logic...

As a result, except for Xiao Yansui, who has long been identified by the Three Views, no one is entangled in Yang Yuhuan's matter at all.

Compared with Yang Yuhuan and Xuanzong's affairs, probably, the important officials in the court were more concerned about the possible changes in the court situation after Huangfu Weiming, who was the Jiedu envoy of the two places, returned to Beijing.

Especially, nowadays, no one would have thought that Xuanzong favored Yang Yuhuan even more than Concubine Wu Hui back then.Because of Yang Yuhuan's relationship, Yang Guozhong's subsequent recovery and power come to power, and now there is no clue.

Li Linfu's eyes were still fixed on Li Heng, Prince of the Eastern Palace.

In private, the prince Li Heng, Huangfu Weiming and Wei Jian also reached a consensus after the secret meeting. its superior...

At this moment, Xiao Yansui is still unaware of the vicissitudes in the dark places in Chang'an City. She just thinks full of crap, that the birthday king Li Mao is marrying the new birthday princess, and Pei Shi has received the invitation, so she seems to have to go too. Observe the ceremony?