Chapter 440 Conversation
While Zhao Yigui was deep in thought, the first round was over.
And Juzi realized that poetry was not his strong point, so he gave up his position to others.
Zhao Laosan was not good at writing poems either, so he gave up his position with a smile.
Zhao Laosan was sitting next to Zhao Laosan. There was no pressure on him to compose poems, and one of his poems won a lot of applause. But when Zhao Laosan stood up, he stood up too, and was pushed back by Zhao Laosan before he could stand firmly.
"If you don't want to be caught and married, just sit here all the time."
Several noble ladies were already staring at this side. Seeing Zhao Benzhu stand up, they were about to walk this way immediately.
Zhao Benzhu shuddered and quickly sat down again. He was afraid that Zhao Laosan would leave. He was a little flustered. He pulled Zhao Laosan's sleeve and begged: "Brother Yanshan, wait for me."
Zhao Yanshan only has elder brothers at the top, and only younger sisters at the bottom. He has no younger brothers yet.
Zhao Benzhu is only seventeen this year, and he looks even smaller. His eyes are clean and pure, just like his own daughter's eyes. Zhao Laosan is taking care of him as a younger brother.
"Okay, I'll stand behind you, you can see me when you turn around."
Only then did Zhao Benzhu smile, and happily thanked Mr. Zhao.
Focusing on studying, Zhao Benzhu rarely talked to other people and was shy. This was the first time he attended a banquet with so many people alone. Before, he had always been with his brother or parents.
This time, he was the focus of the banquet. Every move was watched by countless pairs of eyes. Zhao Benzhu felt even more uncomfortable. In the past, he always followed his brother in such social situations.
Fortunately, the two brothers with the same surname Zhao were also there and were willing to take him with them.
Lang Jun, who was sitting next to him, found a topic and took the initiative to chat. Zhao Benzhu turned sideways.
After picking up the topic and talking, from the corner of his eye, he saw Zhao Laosan not far behind him, looking at him with a smile. He felt at ease, as if his brother was by his side, and became a little closer to Zhao Yanshan.
The second round of the poetry meeting has not yet begun, but the attendants are changing the paper and bringing new cups. The preparation process happens to be the time when the husband and the girls can talk and communicate freely.
The man on the other side of Zhao Benzhu also stood up and gave up his seat, and the one who sat down was a girl.
"What are the two gentlemen talking about?"
"Can the little girl join us?"
The girl is elegant and graceful, and her voice is as gentle as a clear spring.
Zhao Benzhu turned his head and looked over, and was dazzled by the beauty of the woman in front of him for a moment.
The beautiful lady is like a green willow in spring, graceful and graceful, like a fairy who is as gentle and full of life as spring.
The fairy smiled brightly at Zhao Benzhu and took the lead in introducing the door.
"The little girl's name is Ye Lanzhi."
"My father is appointed as the Councilor of the Department of General Affairs."
Ye Lanzhi was originally talking to Zhao Benzhu. The husband who had just given up the throne had not gone far. He was shocked by Miss Ye's beauty just now. His family was not bad. Although his father was working abroad, But his official position is quite high.
Among the new imperial examination candidates, his appearance was not outstanding, nor was his knowledge outstanding.
The only advantage is that he is still the right age. He is twenty-two years old and has not married yet. This time he is on the second-tier list.
To be able to come to the Poetry Society, a noble girl must be rich or noble. He followed his father to work abroad and had not been to the capital for several years. He did not know this girl. He only thought about being so beautiful and participating in this deer-crowing banquet. He thought that he would not see it. On your own.
Fortunately, I didn't go far and heard Ye Lanzhi introduce himself. His father, the General Secretary Councilor, was only a fifth-rank official and was not as good as his father.
My dear, I have a high official position.
I haven't heard of any important officials in the court named Ye, so I guess there is a chance that they will marry a beautiful woman.
So he stopped and turned around to think of ways to join.
Zhao Benzhu was still a little dazed. After listening to the girl's introduction, he still hadn't calmed down and his heart was beating hard. He had seen many beautiful girls. Speaking of Princess Wu You who he had met, her appearance was not inferior to that of Ye Lanzhi.
But this was the first time that my heart was beating so hard.
Ye Lanzhi looked at Zhao Benzhu's dumbfounded look and actually burst into laughter.
This smile was like a bright light reflecting the snow. Zhao Benzhu's mind almost went blank. After a moment of reaction, he suddenly blushed with embarrassment. He felt that he had offended the beauty and hurriedly bowed his hands.
"Anne, Miss Ye."
"Xiaosheng Zhao Benzhu, from Lin'an City."
"My family is in business, and they are engaged in the brewing business."
"My second brother is in charge of the family business."
"There are five people in my family, and I am the third, with two older brothers."
"My parents are traveling abroad. My eldest brother is accompanying my parents. The letter just arrived the day before yesterday and I am on my way from Jinling City to the capital."
"My second brother came with me when I came to Beijing to take the exam."
"When I first came to the capital, I rented a small courtyard on Fu'an Lane, Cangmu Street, the fifth house from the left when I entered the east entrance."
As soon as he opened his mouth, he almost shook himself clean. Ye Lanzhi chuckled again. He was really a simple and honest man.
As early as the day when the rankings were released, all the capable high-ranking officials and families in the capital had thoroughly investigated Zhao Benzhu.
The Ye family also checked. Ye Lanzhi had seen Zhao Benzhu's deeds from childhood to adulthood, and was very curious about this new top student, so he wanted to meet him.
Xiao Langjun is really exactly the same as he imagined.
same.
Seeing the beautiful woman smiling at him again, Zhao Benzhu blushed even more, and was secretly worried that he had talked too much.
Zhao Benzhu has never thought that he is a person who is lustful and stupid, but now he is not sure.
When the gentleman who stayed behind heard Zhao Benzhu say that his family was in business, there was a hint of contempt on his face. He thought he was from Langya. He had never heard of this person. He originally guessed that he was from a hidden family, but he didn't expect that he was just a member of the family. He is an unknown person, with smoke coming out of his ancestral grave, and he is ranked second.
Just as he was about to interrupt to attract Ye Lanzhi's attention, he coughed slightly and was interrupted by another person as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Miss Ye's origin is the Ye family of Yingchuan?"
The man who spoke was the husband who had just chatted with Zhao Benzhu. He also had a kind-faced appearance, fair and scholarly, and looked as big as Zhao Benzhu. He had a smile on his face, and his movements were full of nobility and self-cultivation, and he was dressed in extraordinary clothes.
I just introduced myself, my name is Meng Xuan.
Ye Lanzhi smiled and nodded, "Exactly."
Meng Xuan cupped his hands and introduced himself with a smile, "Miss Ye, hello, I'm Meng Xuan."
"A descendant of the Meng family in Gaoyang."
Ye Lanzhi was slightly surprised. Meng's children also wanted to become officials?
Meng Xuan smiled at Ye Lanzhi again.
Originally, only five of the ten major aristocratic families entered the official career, and the rest either chose marriage or simply ignored court affairs.
After His Majesty registered, the aristocratic families gradually started to move around.
First, the Chen family married the royal family, and the eldest daughter married the King of Yan and became the Princess of Yan. Then the Ye family entered the court and became officials. Now the disciples of the Meng family have also begun to take part in the imperial examinations.
Ye Lanzhi was only surprised for a moment, and then took the initiative to chat about a new topic.
Zhao Benzhu didn't know which of these aristocratic families were, whether they were in decline or prosperity.
Just listen to Ye
Lan Zhi is a girl from aristocratic family, her eyes flashed, slightly disappointed.