Although the palace has a lot of benefits, Lu Zhen doesn't pay attention to food and clothing, but spends most of the money on rewarding the soldiers.

Just to say that after each war, the pensions given by the imperial court are not enough for the family members of the war dead. Most of them are paid by Lu Zhen himself and not given to the families of the soldiers.There are also those disabled soldiers, the court has no money to pay, and Lu Zhen paid for it privately.

So even though the huge Zhennan Palace has a lot of income in money, in fact, it is still pitifully small when it is calculated at the end of each year.The accountant himself feels that it is estimated that the accountant who works in the homes of all the nobles must have the easiest time when calculating the balance of the bank at the end of the year, because there is not much money for him to calculate.

The daily expenses of the palace are also quite frugal, and the prince's biggest luxury in this little half of his life is given to Gu Daoxin.It doesn't matter if he is frugal himself, but he doesn't want Gu Daoxin to follow him.

With such a large amount of money in the treasury right now, this year will definitely be a good and easy year, and even the prince can give more money to the sergeants below.The accountant was very happy, and felt more and more that the prince's vision was really good.

After living in the palace for two days, Shen Zhaoyun and Bai Duanrui decided to go back. They originally stayed for two more days to accompany Gu Daoxin, but they have been out for too long, and there are still many businesses that need to be done by them. The jade should also be sorted out.So they bid farewell to Gu Daoxin, they all knew that Gu Daoxin would wait for the prince to come back.

Gu Daoxin asked Lu Dong to prepare a carriage for the two of them, and also picked out a few guards, and these guards would come back after sending the two of them back to Lanling safely.

However, before the guards came back, Flying Pigeon Chuanshu from Lanling arrived first.

It was Lu Nan who delivered the letter.

In the first two days, an invitation from the capital was sent to Yaoguang Pavilion, explaining that it was for Gu Daoxin.

At that time, Lu Nan felt strange that most people would go to the Gu family to find their master, and very few came to Yaoguang Pavilion to find someone. It seemed that the other party knew that the master was not close to the Gu family, so they directly sent the invitation to Yaoguang Pavilion.

The invitation was sent by King Jing's people, and invited the top ten candidates in the Shengjing Township Examination to gather in the Caiqing Pavilion.

This Caiqing Pavilion is exactly where Lu Yijing is.Lu Yijing usually doesn't like elegance, and doesn't have much communication with learned people, but Lu Yihong has done a very good job in this regard.

Lu Yihong has always had a reputation as a courteous and virtuous corporal, and he also pays special attention to interacting with those scholars. If there is nothing to do, he will meet with a few talented scholars and great Confucians with rich scientific names to communicate with him, so he has a good reputation among the students. Most of the scholars and juren are friends with him.

Later, Lu Yijing also noticed this, but if he followed Lu Yihong's way to do it at this time, it would be inferior, so he set up a talent pavilion under the advice of his counselor. Every time the provincial examination, he will invite the top-ranked People from all walks of life gathered in the Caiqing Pavilion and talked about it in order to establish their image of respecting literati, and by the way express their intention of soliciting.

It's a good idea, but I don't know who chose the name of Caiqing Pavilion, it's really out of the ordinary.All the juren who rank high are probably tasteful, especially for a place where people gather to discuss knowledge, at least it is a noble place, and the name should sound elegant.The Caiqing Pavilion is a good place, but the word "caiqing" really has no charm.

In fact, this naming is the same as composing a poem, it pays attention to "refining words", and the essence is often reflected in the words that need to be refined repeatedly, but this "Taiqing Pavilion" is so straightforward that there is really nothing to scrutinize.

But after all, it was King Jing's invitation, so no one would refuse, and anyone who received the invitation would come as scheduled.

The time for the banquet was two days later, because it was not easy to send invitations by flying pigeons, so Lu Yikuai rushed to send them over, and Lu Nan first told them by flying pigeons.Counting the days, it will arrive tomorrow at the latest.

Gu Daoxin didn't want to go at all, but if he didn't go, with Lu Yijing's temperament, he didn't know what kind of trouble would be caused.And thinking about it from another angle, Gu Xinyi took refuge in Lu Yijing, maybe he could see this cousin again in Caiqing Pavilion this time.

After much deliberation, Gu Daoxin still decided to go to the appointment, which can be regarded as exploring Lu Yijing's reality.Lu Yijing attacked Lu Zhen several times, and he had to figure out how to deal with Lu Zhen.

Lu Dong hesitated, trying to persuade Gu Daoxin not to go, he always felt that this trip was just a Hongmen feast.King Jing probably didn't know much about his master, but inviting Han to Yaoguang Pavilion, I'm afraid it was what Gu Xinyi said.Gu Xinyi hated his master, who knows if he will take this opportunity to be unfavorable to his master?But the master has already made his decision, so he can't say more.Just do your best to protect the master when you have time, and never let anyone have a chance to hurt the master.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the banquet.

Lu Yi had already sent the invitation over to Han the day before, and after being instructed by Gu Daoxin, he took some gifts that Gu Daoxin hastily prepared for Yunbao and Yuebao and went back.

Lu Dong accompanied Gu Daoxin to a banquet at Cai Qing Pavilion.

Gu Daoxin didn't go too far ahead of time, and he didn't step on the spot. He arrived neither early nor late, but there were still many people who came before him. Coincidentally, he arrived at Cai Qing Pavilion at the same time as No.1 in this rural examination. .

The first place in the provincial examination is Sun Daru's favorite student Liu Chun, named Zizhen.He is also a poetic and wonderful person, but his physical condition seems to be not very good, his handsome face is slightly pale and a bit sick.

After the two greeted at the door, they went in together. No. 3 to No. 10 were already waiting in the hall, talking to Lu Yijing. When they saw the two coming, they stepped forward to greet them.

As Gu Dao expected, Gu Xinyi was also there.And at this moment, Gu Xinyi saw him with the same expression as when they first met, pure and harmless, very close.

"I didn't expect Liu Jieyuan and his cousin to come together. Is there a tacit agreement between the first and second place in the provincial examination?"

Gu Daoxin saw that when Gu Xinyi called himself cousin, no one else responded in surprise. Obviously, before he came, Gu Xinyi had already mentioned their relationship, and he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd.

But with Lu Yijing here, Gu Xinyi was able to speak before Lu Yijing. It seemed that he was trusted and valued by Lu Yijing.

"Student Gu Daoxin see His Royal Highness King Jing."

"Student Liu Chun sees His Royal Highness Prince Jing."

Gu Daoxin ignored Gu Xinyi and saluted Lu Yijing directly.Such behavior would embarrass Gu Xinyi. No matter how calm Gu Xinyi was, if Gu Daoxin humiliated him in public like this, his face would not look good.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is a feud between the two cousins. Thinking back to Gu Xinyi saying that they are brothers, each of them can't help but think too much.

It’s just that they didn’t say anything. Gu Daoxin is a newcomer to the imperial examination, and Gu Xinyi is valued by King Jing. If it’s just that, they will naturally go to Gu Xinyi’s side. Xin is not only outstanding in literary talent, he is also quite good at betting on stones. Most importantly, he is a member of His Highness Hongwang.

Now that the two Highnesses are evenly matched, it is not good to offend either of them before they stand in line, so they don't want to offend Gu Dao and make Hong Wang bear a grudge, Su Wen Hong Wang is very defensive.

But Liu Chun didn't know what was going on, and he followed Gu Daoxin to pay respects to King Jing. Severely criticize the ancient Taoist heart.

So Liu Chun wants to go to Hong Wang?But Liu Chun is Sun Daru's favorite student. Sun Daru, also known as Man Dayan, regards Liu Chun as his own son, so even if Liu Chun doesn't stand in line, King Jing and King Hong won't do anything to him. Why should he risk this for the sake of the ancient way? The risk of offending King Jing?

Lu Yijing's expression looked a little gloomy, but he didn't have a chance to get angry, so he asked everyone to sit down.

Gu Daoxin sneered in his heart, this Lu Yijing is just like the previous life, he is still so stupid, he can't even hide his thoughts, his emotions are invisible, his thoughts should not be known, he can't even do this, no wonder he is loved by the emperor and Occupying the identity of the son-in-law but being suppressed by Lu Yihong all the time, idiot!Such a waste can only hurt Lu Zhen by hiring people from Qianyulou!

Everyone drank tea and chatted in the living room first, and what they said was all related to learning. Lu Yijing was not good at learning, so most of the time it was Gu Xinyi who spoke, and he listened.

After listening to it for a long time, Lu Yijing would still yawn without hesitation. This boring look was written all over his face. In addition, Gu Xinyi's knowledge was average, and he didn't have any brilliant words. Everyone was a little unhappy, but it was not good. Just show it.

Gu Xinyi was also embarrassed, and finally suggested to have a banquet in the garden.

The mats are placed in the plum garden at the back, and twelve low tables are placed in the open space in the middle, with mats and soft cushions laid on the sides of the low tables.The largest short table in the front is Lu Yijing's, with Gu Xinyi on the side, and then there are five short tables on the left and right sides, and one of the nine Juren Xie Yuan sits here.There is an open space between the two rows of short tables.

Under King Jing, people have nothing to say, but everyone is a person of fame, but they are sitting in a lower position in white clothes, and they feel a little dissatisfied.But Gu Xinyi didn't realize it. He thought he followed Lu Yijing, so he didn't take these people seriously. He didn't think there was anything wrong with him sitting in a position second only to Lu Yijing. He even invited everyone to sit down as a master. .

People were even more dissatisfied, thinking that it was Lu Yijing who disdain to talk to scholars like them, so he let Gu Xinyi do everything for him.

If Gu Xinyi is also a careful person, he shouldn't have failed to notice the reactions of these people, but now his thoughts are all on how to harm Gu Daoxin, nervously thinking about whether the plan for a while can go smoothly, other feelings will be dull.

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