Ning Huai's mobility is much stronger than his.

Lu Xiao was as tired as an old dog, curled up in a corner and slept soundly, her sense of smell woke up earlier than her brain, and she opened her eyes when she smelled the food.Sure enough, Ning Huai is the one who understands him best. Shrimp rolls in honey sauce, sweet-scented osmanthus lotus root, and fish porridge, all of them are generals who can kill the enemy before the battle. They killed Lu Xiao's sleepy army. Stay, and get up in a blink of an eye.

"Brother! You are really my own brother!" As Lu Xiao said, Hun had already flown to the desk.

Ning Huai grabbed his hand, Lu Xiao turned her head innocently: "What's wrong?"

"Answer me a question first, if you don't answer, you won't eat!"

Lu Xiao nodded like a pounding garlic: "Ask!"

Ning Huai stood in front of him, like a heroic soldier: "Will you go when you come back?"

Lu Xiao was taking advantage of the gap to rinse her mouth. After spitting out the water in her mouth, she giggled: "Don't go! I'm promoted and rich, the emperor's golden words, I can't go even if I want to!"

The two finally sat down calmly. Lu Xiao took a sip of porridge first. It was always a good rule for the two of them to talk without eating or sleeping. They must talk when eating and chat before going to bed.Lu Xiao intermittently narrated the matter of Yunzhou for the second time, and passed on the rest, focusing on how hard he was hit and how long he was crushed by the gravel.Ning Huai was dumbfounded, and was about to take off his robe immediately.

Lu Xiao smiled and said, "Don't look, even the scars are almost gone."

Ning Huai's face was gloomy, and the old god said: "If you don't listen to me, I'll just say it's safer to be in Chang'an, and now the world report is here."

Lu Xiao picked up the teacup and took a sip, then squinted at him and said, "Why does the child talk, and why does he repay the world? This is called dying and reborn! Look, it looks very dangerous on the surface, right, but I'm not all right now. Xu Quanwei is back, and he was promoted, isn't that a good thing?"

Having said that, Ning Huai didn't stop lifting his robe.The ointment given by shopkeeper Zhang is really effective, he doesn't know where Qi Jiansi is, but most of the marks on Lu Xiao's body have faded, and maybe it will be completely healed after a few days of use.

"What about you? You're just talking about me." Lu Xiao turned the battle on Ning Huai.

Ning Huai was momentarily depressed: "Don't talk about it, it's not just practicing calligraphy and writing Fu. Now I see that all you think of are the theories you wrote during the imperial examination."

Lu Xiao laughed loudly, recalling a few sentences written at that time, shaking her head and reading in front of Ning Huai, the two started playing again.

Later, Qi Jiansi also came over.

Lu Xiao poked Ning Huai's waist, and whispered: "When you look at him, do you think of the articles he wrote?"

"No!" Ning Huai lowered his voice, "When I practiced calligraphy, it was his handwriting, and I saw that his face was full of dense big characters, and I couldn't spell it!"

Qi Jiansi turned his head and saw the two of them were laughing, he didn't understand, so he said, "What's wrong?"

The two said in unison: "Nothing!"

He came here with a lot of instructions, and Ning Huai knew that the two of them had business to discuss, so he consciously avoided suspicion and left.

Qi Jiansi got to the point: "Everyone will know about your fate tomorrow morning, and from then on, you will always be with His Majesty. You still need to know some taboos."

Lu Xiao reclined without a straight face, and said not seriously: "I understand, there will be no free pies falling from the sky, I thought about it for a long time last night, and His Majesty put me beside him, just to see A little hit, clean."

"An orphan, without family support behind him. A champion, appointed by His Majesty. An official, who does not associate with parties in the court. I used to be very inconspicuous, and when others talked about it, it was nothing more than reviewing the past, or comparing me with Ning Huai. Naturally, His Majesty will not take it seriously. After being released to Yunzhou, by chance, he will show his face in front of His Majesty. Among them, Master Qi, who is notorious for being a loner, is the guarantee. It is so clean People, how useful it is."

Qi Jiansi listened to him quietly, and said calmly: "In today's scientific examination, the students who survived the palace examination are either the disciples of important officials in the court and China, or the literati who are obsessed with studying. One is an old candidate who has been in the exam for decades. Your Majesty will not encourage the arrogance of his courtiers, and he will not look down on those who can only concentrate on writing articles, and finally selected a 60-year-old number one scholar."

Lu Xiao smiled, straightened up a little: "So I just happened to solve an urgent need?"

"If I say that I only found out about it after I returned to Chang'an, would you believe me?" Qi Jiansi's five fingers in his sleeves contracted into fists, and his thumb kept rubbing against his index finger, "I mentioned you in the letter out of selfishness. I hope His Majesty will take another look and tell you to go back to the Ministry of Accounts to work, and His Majesty's move caught me off guard."

Lu Xiao smiled brightly: "Trust me! Do you think you look like an elder who cares about the younger generation, silently paving the way for me in front of others, and in the end you still have to speak out of selfishness? What kind of selfishness is this? I always owe you, and I don't even know how to repay you."

Of course he believed that Qi Jiansi was almost inseparable from him when he was in Yunzhou, so how could he know the result of the palace examination.What's more, Lu Xiao claims to know this person who doesn't mean what he says. He mocks the dead for not paying for his life, but he doesn't let you know about his heart and soul in private.

The world is unpredictable, and the reason why coincidence has a clever word is that cause and effect are right and uncontrollable.

Once it comes, it will be safe, Lu Xiao's dark eyes are shining: "I don't like to stand out because I think it's troublesome, but it seems that trouble can't be avoided. Now that I have taken such a hot potato, Then I can't let it burn me to death."

Qi Jiansi was dazed for a moment, he had seen many sides of Lu Xiao, every moment was so vivid, he could cry and laugh, he couldn't pull eight horses back when he was agitated, and he would often act coquettishly and be humble.

That handsome champion riding on a red-maned horse has always existed.

And Qi Jiansi's selfishness also exists.

He wanted this light to shine on him all the time.

Lu Xiao once again became the focus of civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty.

The last time it was the emperor's reward, many officials who were slightly inferior to him or even at the same level as him broke through the door frame of the Lu family, but most of them still dismissed it. After all, Lu Xiao is very young and will be going out soon. let it out.

Now that Lu Xiao came back quietly with a broken case in less than half a year, it doesn't matter, the most eye-catching thing is that Emperor Yunkang let him fill the vacancy of servant.

All of a sudden, the name of Lu Xiao spread in Chang'an City. Some people mysteriously said that he was a disciple of Duke Ning and that he was on good terms with the second son of Ning. He was immediately dismissed by the household officials who had worked with Lu Xiao. .Someone else knew some secrets, saying that he was the one that the father and son of Yushitai had their eyes on, and that he was going to marry the only daughter of the Qi family within the year.

After inquiring and inquiring, no one can tell why.

Lu Xiao's mind was numbly filled with a bunch of inexplicable rumors, but in two or three days, his status changed from a student of the Duke of the State to a son-in-law who stepped in the door of the Qi Mansion, and now he is almost becoming a son-in-law.

Naturally, Emperor Yunkang had heard about it, and he even asked Lu Xiao how old he was this year. Lu Xiao was so frightened that he quickly said that he was under twenty, which made Emperor Yunkang laugh again.

Therefore, Lu Xiao was relieved that Emperor Yunkang was usually not as serious as he was in court, at least he was not strict with Lu Xiao.

Today, after leaving a group of old ministers talking to Emperor Yunkang in Qinzheng Hall, Emperor Yunkang finally called Lu Xiao over.

Emperor Yunkang sent his maid out, Xiao Huizi stood by and waited on her, and asked Lu Xiao to come closer.Lu Xiao bowed his head to listen to his words, but Emperor Yunkang turned up the old score first: "I remember, before you were released, you were wronged by that son of a bitch Cao Fuzhong."

Lu Xiao said: "Thank you Your Majesty for your concern. It's not a grievance. This matter has already been over."

Emperor Yunkang sighed, and said solemnly: "Cao Fuzhong is also an old man by my side, but unfortunately he is old and blind, and he is not easy to use. It is better to be a young man, and Xiao Huizi is good at serving him."

Xiao Huizi on the side immediately leaned over, Lu Xiao couldn't figure out what he meant, and stood quietly by the side as a mural.

"Don't be nervous," Emperor Yunkang smiled, and lowered his posture calmly, "You will stay with me for a long time, so don't be so cautious."

Emperor Yunkang said: "Those old things who just went out, I'm afraid they already knew that I want the second child to be the prince, and they both said what I wanted, can't I understand?"

Lu Xiao thought to himself, I'm afraid no one in the court knows about this matter, and the grand coronation ceremony a few months ago is still in front of his eyes, so what the prince did is no different from the prince.

Lu Xiao thought about it and said: "Your Majesty's holy will has its own decision, and it's not for the ministers to comment on."

This is almost the same as if he didn't say it, Emperor Yuan Wu said, "What I want to know is what's on your mind."

"..." Lu Xiaogao went out, crackling: "Liu, Zhang, and Xu, the three ministers speculate on the holy will, and follow His Majesty's wishes, which is also reasonable. The subject is following His Majesty's discussion. What decision does Your Majesty have in mind? As long as you follow the holy will, the matter of establishing a reserve is no different from sorting out documents for you."

Lu Xiao paused, and added: "I don't want to lose my head."

Emperor Yunkang paused for a moment, shook his head and smiled: "It's true, no wonder both the Qi family boy and Ning Erlang can talk to you, they look respectful, but they are neither humble nor overbearing to anyone. You can say presumptuous words in front of you."

Lu Xiao said: "I don't have any!"

"You still talk back!" Emperor Yunkang stared at him, and Lu Xiao shrank back, but now he knew that although the emperor was uncertain, at least today's test was passed.

Emperor Yunkang called him up, changed the subject, looked at him with a half-smile: "I'll tell you a story."

Lu Xiao wanted to say that people who want to tell stories generally don't want to directly tell their own stories.Before he could figure out how to answer the emperor's words, Emperor Yunkang's next words were ready to come out.

"There was a rich man in my dynasty. The rich man didn't have many heirs. One son was smart and capable, the other was not studying, and the third was still in his infancy. The rich man was getting old, and he was always looking for someone to inherit his family business. Everyone says that a shrewd and capable son is the most suitable, and he thinks so. But the other one is not motivated, but he is also a good boy with a kind nature. It is a pity that the biological mother of this child is short-sighted, and the mother's family is also very ordinary. How will this child deal with himself in the future."

Emperor Yunkang twirled his beard and said, "Lu Xiao, if you were such a rich man, what would you do?"

Lu Xiao broke into a drop of cold sweat, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, this is really difficult for me. I'm under twenty, and I don't even have a wife. How can I have children?"

He sneaked a glance at Emperor Yunkang, and continued: "I can understand the rich family's love for their children. The family business is naturally entrusted by the rich family to a trustworthy person. As for the other child, he only needs to give some pointers. I will not do things like fighting against the wall between brothers."

Emperor Yunkang smiled: "You think the same as I do, if there is a transparent person by your side, presumably the rich will not have to worry about it in the future."

After arguing for a long time, Emperor Yunkang actually wanted to choose someone to assist the fourth prince.It is well known that the emperor favors the second prince, but he never imagined that this sage, who is above all the people in the world, would be like ordinary people, worrying about how the ineffective child should live.

All the important officials knew the emperor's thoughts, and no one would really recognize a prince who would never ascend to the throne.Emperor Yunkang wanted to choose one or two young people with unstable foundations from among the new subjects for his own use, but all of them were elm-headed.It's true that someone will give you a pillow when you're dozing off. It just so happens that Lu Xiao, a transparent person with no foundation and some talent, even had an indirect quarrel with Xie Shenxing, who else can you turn to?

Lu Xiao really couldn't laugh or cry, on the surface he played Emperor Yunkang's game, and no one could move him.When the second prince came to the throne, he could just throw it away if he wanted to.

Every step in the future has to be carefully considered. Lu Xiao prayed in her heart, hoping that the fourth prince who had never met before would be able to understand everything, and don't drag him down to make life difficult.

Before leaving, Emperor Yunkang casually said to him: "Next month's Mid-Autumn Festival, you go and see the fourth child."

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