A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks of the Imperial Examination

Chapter 39: Kamimi

March 3rd Shangsi Festival has always been a daughter’s festival. Now that the world is peaceful, the people’s enthusiasm for the festival is also increasing day by day. In the early morning of March 3rd, people with daughters at home drag their families and their families to go out of the city one after another. Because the Shangsi Festival has always been the custom of taking a bath by the water, people have to bathe in incense by the water on this day to wash away the filth and evil on their bodies, so as to ensure a safe and healthy year in the coming year, so the waterside is very lively on this day. Of course, nowadays etiquette is much more strict than in the Zhou Dynasty, and ladies no longer go to the water to bathe in person, but this does not prevent the Shangsi Festival from developing another purpose. When the ladies play by the water, the brothers at home will naturally accompany them. This trip is a good season for an affair.

Furong Garden is a royal garden, and the court also spent a lot of money to introduce a pool of living water, named Qujiang Pond. The Furong Garden has been sought after since its completion. The royal family is very open and does not restrict ordinary people from entering and leaving the Furong Garden. Therefore, every festival, the Qujiang Pond is surrounded by curtains and crowds, and women’s flowers are scattered all over the ground. Peony is still fresh.

Cover your body so as not to be seen by unrelated people, and when you go out to play in the suburbs, you should also pull up the curtain to enclose your range of activities to show dignity and restraint. However, the Xuan Dynasty is a world that is coming soon. Many princes are from poor families, and they don’t pay attention to the family’s style, so it’s fine to pull a curtain when they go out. Only people who are particularly old-fashioned or who are bent on imitating the family will keep their female relatives in prison. Really surrounded.

Eye blessing.

Guozijian, as the central government school, is almost a palace for scholars, and the birthplace of all the trendy poems in Chang’an. How can they be missing on this occasion. Therefore, Guozijian prepared a cruise ship early, and on the day of Shangsi, he went down the river from the upper reaches, and it was called chanting poetry to find poetry.

Guozijian’s cruise ships are swaggering all the way, and the most gorgeous and eye-catching is the Guozixue’s ship. In fact, this is not difficult to understand. There are only 72 people in Guozixue, and all of them are descendants of high-ranking officials of the third rank. Naturally, there is no shortage of funds.

Bai Jiayi stood by Xiao Jingduo’s side, he breathed a long sigh of relief against the warm wind, and said, “Spring flowers bloom, beauty is like clouds, it’s really a beautiful thing in the world!”

Xiao Jingduo knew Bai Jiayi’s virtue and was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Bai Jiayi squinted at the curtains on the shore, suddenly he scolded Xiao Jingduo and asked excitedly, “What are those ladies running around doing?”

Xiao Jingduo glanced at random: “It’s probably a kick.”

“Juju?” Bai Jiayi sighed, “I can’t see it, I thought these ladies were all smiling quietly and without showing their teeth. I didn’t expect to play the ball so nimble and vigorous.”

Xiao Jingduo only glanced at it and then retracted his gaze: “It’s too delicate, that is, girls are just playing.”

“Huh?” Bai Jiayi couldn’t believe what he heard, “You said Juju is delicate?”

“Yes, it’s too gentle. If you want to have a good time, you might as well play polo. That’s exciting enough.”

Ride a horse and grab a wooden ball with many people? Just thinking about it makes Bai Jiayi feel very dangerous. These guys are playing too wild. Bai Jiayi couldn’t help but say, “Fortunately, we don’t have to do this.”

He didn’t expose Bai Jiayi, but just smiled and popularized common sense for him, “Your misunderstanding of literati is too deep.”

Why are the people of the Xuan Dynasty so aggressive, even the civilian staff! Bai Jiayi felt desperate.

“And every year in the Chongyang Palace, there will be a banquet for the archery ceremony, and all the courtiers must come forward to shoot arrows, so as not to neglect their martial arts.”

“What happens if I miss the shot? Will I be demoted?”

“That’s not true.” Xiao Jingduo said lightly, “At most, he was fined a few drinks on the spot, and his colleagues wrote poems and jokes afterwards.”

Writing a joke? This is really a punishment method full of Xuan Dynasty characteristics.

Bai Jiayi is complicated.

Xiao Jingduo and Bai Jiayi were talking when the boat stopped suddenly. It turned out that some people saw the beautiful scenery here, so they proposed to disembark to enjoy the scenery. Xiao Jingduo naturally had nothing to do, and he also disembarked with everyone.

The scenery here is really good, the grass and trees are sparse and the water is gurgling. As soon as more than ten students sat down in the pavilion, they saw another pedestrian coming from the corner.

The people in the pavilion quickly stood up and saluted: “I have seen King Liang and King Qi.”

King Liang and King Qi are the titles of the two princes. The emperor currently has a total of five princes. Among them, the eldest son, Rong Mingzhe, is the current prince, the second son, Rong Mingyuan, was killed in battle, and he was awarded the king of Chu. The third son, Rong Mingli, was awarded the king of Liang. , the fifth prince is from the successor Cui clan, named Rong Mingzhi, only three years old, and has not yet been crowned king. Among the princes, the crown prince and the king of Chu were both direct descendants of the empress of the Yuan Dynasty, the fifth prince was the direct descendant of the descendants, and only the third prince, Prince Liang and the fourth prince, Prince Qi, were descendants. However, because the emperor was busy fighting in the past few years, there were not many children. The only adult sons were the crown prince, the king of Liang and the king of Qi, so Donggong and the two concubines were still close, and did not care about the difference between the concubines.

The prince was busy with political affairs all day, and the fifth prince was too young, so only the princes of Liang and Qi were often walking outside. King Liang and King Qi were ranked first in the imperial examinations in the fourth year of Qiyuan, and they became famous in one fell swoop, and they immediately became popular in Chang’an. In addition, King Liang was twenty-two this year, and King Qi was eighteen. The two princes are both talented and have not yet married. It is conceivable that they should be How sought after.

The students of Guozixue got up when they saw the two princes coming. There were many clan children behind King Liang, and when he saw this scene, he just smiled and said, “It’s a pleasure to meet all the talented people of Guozi School by chance.”

“Don’t dare.” The student folded his hands and declined with a smile.

“Since it’s my destiny to meet here, I wonder if you can care if my fourth brother and I are seated?”

“The King of Liang is joking, please come to the throne.”

The students of Guozijian stood up and offered their seats to these royal princes. After they were seated again, Xiao Jingduo had time to look carefully at these princes and county kings.

King Liang’s face is smiling, sparse and generous, although King Qi’s face is still a little immature, but when he doesn’t speak, he already has the noble air of the royal family.

In addition to him and the fourth prince, there are several county kings in King Liang’s group. These royal children all know that the students in front of them have an amazing family background. Their fathers were important officials in the dynasty, and they will also become rookies in the dynasty in a few years. Therefore, the kings did not put on airs, and they were quite close in their conversations.

One side is close and the other side is respectful and polite.

Liang Wangzheng was talking vigorously with these future rookies, and suddenly heard a chuckle from the flowers: “Third brother, fourth brother, we have been looking for you for a long time, but I didn’t expect you to hide here. now!”

The third princess, Rong Wenchan, stood beautifully behind the flowers and looked in this direction with a smile. When she saw the many students behind King Liang, the smile on her face became deeper and deeper.

The princess came, and the students of Guozi School could only stand up and salute again. But the princess and the prince are a little different. They can make fun of the prince, but the princess can’t. Not to mention that today’s royal family is famous for their beauty, the beauty of the royal princess is even more conceivable. As soon as the third princess appeared with many daughters, many students blushed slightly and lowered their heads. Even so, some people couldn’t help it. Sneak out to see the princess.

The third princess is fourteen this year, which is a good age for her to be a relative, so it is not difficult to guess her intention to join the party of King Liang and Guozijian. With the cover of King Liang and King Qi, the three princesses sat down happily, and took the opportunity to scan the teenagers in front of them carefully.

This time, her eyes lit up and she found two good seedlings.

One of them was wearing a long black coat and had a handsome face. Although he looked a little cold, his coldness and his appearance complemented each other, making him more and more beautiful. The one standing next to him was dressed in red. Although he was not as good-looking as the former, his peach eyes were sparkling, and he looked like a romantic figure.

The three princesses didn’t behave very clearly, so she could only cover up and ask: “I just saw the third brother and the students chatting happily, what are you talking about? Speaking of which, I don’t know yet. I know quite a few talented people here.”

Only then did King Liang realize: “Yes, Third Sister, you are out of the palace very little, and it is estimated that many people will not recognize it.” King Liang introduced several people present to the third princess one by one, and then turned to Turning over to Xiao Jingduo and others, he said, “This is my third sister, the third princess.”

“Have seen the princess.”

“This is the Lord of Peace and Peace.”

A nine-year-old girl nodded slightly when she heard her name, and gestured to everyone reservedly.

Everyone greeted Hejing County Lord according to the etiquette, but they all said “oh” in their hearts.

It turns out that this is the widow of the Prince of Mercy who had been making a lot of trouble a few days ago, the Lord of Hejing.

Xiao Jingduo mixed in the crowd, trying to make himself not rude or stand out. It was not until now that he heard King Liang’s introduction that he raised his head and glanced.

The Princess Hejing sat next to the third princess, gentle and quiet, quiet and elegant, with a shallow smile on her lips, just like the most perfect royal woman in the literati fantasy.

In contrast, the other county lord of the Xuan Dynasty was too… lively and troublesome.

Only the daughter of the prince can be crowned as the county master, but now Hejing can be crowned as the county master, which shows that she is not really as quiet as a lake, or in other words, the forces behind her Quite not to be underestimated.

The emperor forced the palace, killed the eldest brother, and forced the late emperor to take the throne. All the sons and grandsons of Prince Min were executed on the spot and removed from the clan register. After all the males were slaughtered, the emperor stripped off the title of the daughter-in-law of the Crown Prince and confiscated them into the palace. Although these women lost their status, they were more or less the emperor’s own nieces. The emperor couldn’t get along with some little girls, so the emperor just kept the daughters of the prince in the palace without a name, and planned to wait for a while. When the limelight passed, they were named county magistrates and married off.

The woman is hugged and raised by her side. The emperor originally thought that they were all in the palace anyway, and whoever raised them would be the same, so he didn’t do much to stop them. But who knew that as time passed, the children grew up and their gender characteristics could no longer be concealed. Only then did the emperor realize that the twins protected by the queen mother were not two girls, but a boy and a girl.

The older girl is Rong Wenyan, the current Princess Hejing, the smaller girl was Rong Wenshu, but she was replaced by a concubine Rong who was pitying the prince. Ming Tai was then carried to the Empress Dowager’s side. The real Rong Wenshu had already been executed as a son.

At the time of the incident, Rong Wenyan and the twins were only four years old, Rong Mingtai was three months later than them, and the royal family was originally a gorgeous appearance, so children of this age are indeed It’s not like male and female, it’s okay to confuse boys with girls, not to mention the Queen Mother escorting them. Concubine Min was cruel enough to sacrifice her youngest daughter just to leave a bloodline for Prince Min. This son was not even her biological son.

So the emperor and the prince complained a few words, and went with the queen mother. After all, the emperor has already ascended the throne, and the prince Rong Mingzhe has also been firmly seated in the East Palace. A five- or six-year-old child really has no influence. But the queen mother didn’t think so. Not only did she look after the pair of children like her eyes, she also replaced all her own people around her. She couldn’t even trust the melons, fruits, and dishes sent by the palace. Rong Wenyan and Rong Mingtai eat.

It is a pity that the peaceful days did not last long. Last year, Huihe deliberately poisoned the south of the city, and took the opportunity to incite rumors, and because of some coincidences, it was linked to ghosts and gods and the prince of mercy. The idea of the prince’s name came.

The first thing the queen mother did was to force the emperor to restore the title of county master, Rong Wenyan, the daughter of the prince, according to the ritual system. This is simply breaking ground on Tai Sui’s head, not to mention the emperor, even the prince thinks it is too much.

However, at this time, the emperor had already pursued his eldest brother as the prince of mercy because of his affection, and the queen mother was his mother. The request made was reasonable and he really could not argue. So in February of this year, the emperor could only reluctantly make Rong Wenyan the Lord of Hejing County and treat him on the same level as Rong Ke, the Lord of Yangxin County.

The Queen Mother was satisfied with this, and she held a banquet for Hejing County Master in the past few days, just to support Rong Wenyan. In addition, all costs for Rong Wenyan are higher than for Rong Ke, it can only be better and not worse.

The East Palace has been very bad these days. Queen Cui enjoyed watching the play, so everything went according to the queen mother, and Rong Wenyan was also held high. The queen mother’s attitude towards Rong Ke was indifferent. She disliked Rong Ke for being coddled too much, and was not very close at the beginning. After the incident of pity on the prince, the queen mother became more and more indifferent to Rong Ke. It’s not even a good thing for the princess to go to the queen mother, let alone Rong Ke, the younger generation.

Today, the emperor took his concubine and children out of the palace to play, and the queen mother had the heart to give Hejing the scene, so he entrusted Hejing to the third princess, and let the third princess take Rong Wenyan to the maiden expensive In the female circle, she showed a good face.

The third princess did not dare to disobey. She took this cousin in the next room for a while, and happened to meet Liang Wang and others. A girl’s feelings are always spring, and the third princess happily joined her brother’s party and brought Rong Wenyan to the table by the way.

After the princess and the county lord were seated, the atmosphere in the pavilion changed immediately, which was reflected in the fact that some people became more able to speak, while some people seemed to have become dumb all of a sudden, Xiao Jingduo was the one, A person who can’t speak without speaking.

Liang Wang and his sister were chatting and laughing. He smiled and said, “Today is really lively. I remember that my sister also went in this direction. I wonder where they went?”

“I saw it just now, it’s not far away.” The third princess waved her hand, smiled and said to the servant, “Come on, call the eldest princess!”

After a while, a team of palace servants walked over, one of them wearing a red pomegranate dress was particularly conspicuous, and beside her, there was another woman wearing a purple dress. little girl.

The eldest princess Xinan heard the report from the palace servants, so she tentatively followed over to find out, but she did not expect to see such a scene as soon as she turned the corner. She smiled and said, “Yo, what’s the situation? Dad can’t see anyone there, why are they all gathered here?”

Everyone in the booth laughed. Many people, including King Liang, King Qi, and the third princess, all stood up and said, “I have seen Princess Xin’an.”

“I have seen the eldest sister.”

Princess Xin’an is the eldest daughter of the emperor and the only sister of the prince. Xin’an exuded the noble aura of the eldest princess. She nodded to everyone in the pavilion and said, “Don’t be too polite, just get up.”

Xin An is the eldest sister, naturally she has to sit at the top, and the King of Liang and Qi all stood up to give way. After everyone sat down again, the little girl next to Princess Xin’an pressed her to greet everyone: “Yang Xin greets the third uncle, fourth uncle, and third aunt.”

Liang Wang wanted to reach out and touch Rong Ke’s head, but Rong Ke pursed his lips to avoid it, Liang Wang was stunned for a moment, pointed at her and laughed: “Look at this girl, who is more arrogant They are all big, and they don’t even let me touch my head.”

Rong Ke raised her head to correct: “I’m nine years old, I’ve grown up!”

After hearing this, King Liang laughed even louder, and even Xin An couldn’t help laughing: “Yes, we Keke have grown up.”

Rong Ke high.

Rong Ke was able to escape after being teased by his uncles and aunts. She turned to Rong Wenyan and saluted Rong Wenyan calmly: “Yang Xin has met Aunt Hejing.”

Rong Wenyan is the daughter of Prince Min, but Rong Ke is the granddaughter of the emperor, so the two are obviously about the same age, but Rong Ke is a generation shorter than the other.

Xiao Jingduo silently retracted his gaze, he endured and endured, and finally managed to hold back his smile. Immediately afterwards, he couldn’t help but think about another thing. Xiao Ying is a subordinate of the late emperor Rong Bo, and he is barely a peer of the King of Qin, that is, the current Sage. He is Xiao Ying’s son, and Rong Ke is the granddaughter of Sage. In this way, isn’t he also a generation higher than Rong Ke? ?

Xiao Jingduo was stunned by Bai Jiayi, he turned his head, frowned and asked, “What are you doing?”

“I still want to ask you.” Bai Jiayi looked at Xiao Jingduo inquiringly, “Why are you smiling so weird?”

Xiao Jingduo raised his face after realizing it: “Did I laugh?”

Bai Jiayi gave him a disdainful glance, and turned his head away not wanting to answer.

However, the Rong family couldn’t sit still in their bones, and it was said that several princes and princesses were gathered together. After a while, a county king made a suggestion: “It’s too boring to sit here in a good spring. Well, it happens that we have enough people today, why don’t we play polo?”

“Okay!” Before anyone else could express their opinions, the princes simply responded. King Liang excitedly asked the princesses: “A sister, third sister, we are going to play polo, are you coming?”

Polo is a very intense and dangerous sport, especially for women, without outstanding riding skills and courage, few women dare to play on horses. But this is nothing to the ladies of the Rong family. Xin’an readily agreed, and even the third princess, who was only fourteen, nodded generously: “I’m not good at riding, so please don’t laugh.”

The students of Guozijian hurriedly shook their heads and waved their hands. Everyone knew in their hearts that this sentence was just a routine humility.

Everyone was elated, and stood up laughing and talking. It was obviously very exciting to play polo with the prince and the princess, and the princess to watch. In such a happy atmosphere, a child like Rong Ke was automatically filtered out by everyone.

Rong Ke immediately said unconvinced: “I’m going too!”

“What are you doing.” King Liang disliked, “How old are you, stay here quietly, if you are bored, I will find someone to perform acrobatics for you.”

Who wants to see acrobatics! Rong Ke wanted to say more, but was pressed down by King Liang, and even Princess Xin’an, who had always spoiled her, said, “Polo is too dangerous, just take it to the pavilion. Forget it, I’ll send someone to take you back to the East Palace. .”

While the royal family was talking, there were also people in the Guozi Academy who secretly exchanged information with their companions. Bai Jiayi lowered his voice and asked Xiao Jingduo, “They are going to play polo, are you going?”

“No.”

Bai Jiayi did not expect Xiao Jingduo to speak so decisively and without hesitation, he was rather moved: “Xiao Jingduo, you are too brother, you know that I am not good at polo now, so you take care of me like this!”

Xiao Jingduo gave him a surprised look, but he didn’t say anything.

King Liang and Princess Xin’an took a mighty group to play polo, and in a short while, only a few people were left in the bustling pavilion.

Rong Ke and Rong Wenyan, who were still young, were left behind, while Xiao Jingduo and Bai Jiayi refused to go, and only a few of them were left in the pavilion. Rong Ke and Rong Wenyan have a delicate relationship, and Rong Ke has just been rejected tragically, and now she is probably in a bad mood. In this case, Xiao Jingduo and others did not take the initiative to speak.

The silence only lasted for a moment, Rong Ke quickly stood up and walked outside the pavilion, Rong Wenyan frowned and asked in a low voice, “Where are you going?”

“Go to Aunt Xin’an and the others.”

“The third brother and others clearly told you to wait here.”

Rong Ke stopped and glanced back at Rong Wenyan coldly. “It’s up to you to go or not, I’ll go first.”

Rong Ke left, and a large group of servants who were guarding outside the pavilion quickly followed. Bai Jiayi looked at both ends, and called out in embarrassment: “Hey, Princess Yangxin…”

Xiao Jingduo just glanced in that direction, then bowed to Rong Wenyan and saluted: “Hejing County Lord, I will persuade the County Lord to come back.”

Wait for others to react, Xiao Jingduo quickly chased out.

Xiao Jingduo took a few steps, and soon caught up with Rong Ke at a corner.

“Sir, stay.”