Be a master through ancient times

Chapter 125 Is This Also Called Winning?



On the night of Xie En, everyone stayed for the Qionglin banquet.

The Qionglin Banquet was held in the Imperial Garden.These Xinke Jinshi were taken to the Imperial Garden to move freely after they left the Golden Luan Hall.

The imperial garden is in the harem. In order to prevent concubines or Jinshi from entering by mistake, all the doors leading to the apse from the imperial garden are sealed and guarded today.

At this time, it is spring, the season of colorful flowers and blooming flowers.The huge imperial garden is full of flowers of various colors, with bees and butterflies circling from time to time, presenting a vibrant scene.

Chu Ci sat in a gazebo with a few friends he knew, talking about the wind and the moon, making a few small jokes with each other, and the atmosphere was harmonious and comfortable.There are various snacks on the table for them to fill their stomachs.

When some people saw Chu Ci sitting here, they would come to visit Zhuangyuan Lang from time to time, introduce their name to him, and then leave after saying a few words.

Chu Ci was so disturbed that he was afraid that more than 200 people would rush up to greet him in the end, so he sneaked to a place where no one was there.

The Qionglin Banquet is similar to the Luming Banquet. As the first name, he always attracts a lot of attention, and writing poems is definitely indispensable.He should conceive a song or two now, so as not to be confused when he is called to stand up.

Not long after, the sky gradually darkened.The palace people held colored lanterns and shuttled in the imperial garden.The surrounding trees were also covered with colorful lights, illuminating the open space in the middle used for banquets as if it were daytime.

Chu Ci saw that it was time, so he walked over there, and then quietly entered the crowd, as if he had never walked away.

Everyone began to share the results of an afternoon. White papers were scattered randomly on the desktop, and splendid poems and gorgeous articles could be seen everywhere.

"The Emperor is here."

With a shout, everyone immediately knelt on the ground to welcome the arrival of the emperor.

"My love, please don't be polite." After the emperor called out, he saw everyone standing respectfully with bowed heads, so he said cordially: "You are the protagonists today, so you don't have to be so cautious. Otherwise, it would appear that my boss is neglecting you. Hahaha."

If the emperor laughed, the others would naturally have to laugh too.After laughing, everyone began to sit down.Naturally, the emperor did not come by himself, he also brought many courtiers behind him.Among a group of old men, two young men with golden crowns and jade crowns were particularly eye-catching.

These two people looked about in their 20s, and they looked okay, but there was a feeling of superiority between their eyebrows and eyes, and they were not as approachable as the emperor.

But it's not difficult to understand, these two people should be the eldest prince and the second prince.

The emperor's health is not very good, he is young and fashionable, and after he is 30 years old, he must take decoction every day in order to live a leisurely life.So his children are not too many, only six or seven together.Because there are few children, the emperor still dotes on them very much.

After the emperor introduced them, everyone bowed their hands to say hello to the two princes.Then the emperor announced the opening of the meeting.

Toasting and drinking all night, pushing cups and changing cups, and adding some poems from time to time to add to the fun.As the number one scholar, Chu Ci was naturally the first to get up to write poems, and then came second.In addition to composing poems at the Qionglin Banquet, Tanhualang also chooses the most beautiful flower to present to the emperor.

When everyone saw the tall Tanhua Lang holding a big red flower to His Majesty, they couldn't help but laugh.

His Majesty the Emperor himself also supported the forehead, so it seems really awkward. It seems that the next few generations still have to pick and choose candidates.

After the banquet, Chu Ci was about to leave the palace with the big guys.Suddenly a young eunuch came to him and said that someone invited him to go over and talk.

Chu Ci immediately came up with many ideas.If he follows the direction of the starting point, he is likely to have a good fortune.If he followed the trend of the Gongdou drama watched by the girls in his class, then he would definitely be framed.

Chu Ci felt that he should not be able to be the hero of the starting point, so the possibility of being framed was relatively high.He immediately pretended to be drunk and didn't hear clearly, then stumbled forward a few steps and grabbed Shen Congfei's arm.

"Brother Chu, what's the matter with you?" Shen Congfei caught him, saw that he was drunk and unconscious, so he had to help him walk all the way to the palace gate.

Seeing this, the little eunuch had no choice but to go back and report.

At the gate of the palace, Chu Ci let go of Shen Congfei's hand and thanked him: "Thank you, Brother Shen, I'm fine now."

"Brother Chu, you?" Shen Congfei looked at Chu Ci with some doubts, not understanding how he was so drunk just now, how he recovered in a blink of an eye.

"I really have no other choice." Chu Ci sighed.

Shen Congfei suddenly realized, as if he had guessed something.He was a little disappointed. Even though they had just passed the exam today, all kinds of conspiracies and tricks were impatiently trying to use them on them.

"Brother Chu, I will go to the Ministry of Officials to be appointed as an official in the future. I am ranked last, so I should be an official in the prefecture and county. Brother Chu, as the number one scholar, you must be an official in the Imperial Academy. This capital city The water is extremely deep, Brother Wanwang Chu must be careful in the future." Shen Congfei said.

Chu Ci nodded: "I will be careful, thank you Brother Shen for your concern, and wish you smooth sailing in your career. I will see you off when you leave Beijing. It's late at night, so go back early."

Shen Congfei cupped his hands at him, then stepped into the carriage and left.Chu Ci also stepped into the carriage to take him back to his residence.

After returning to Wenxingfang, the lights were still on in the house.After Chu Ci knocked on the door twice, Zhang Hu rushed out of the room and opened the door.

"Master, you are back." There was a mark on Zhang Hu's face that was pressed by the table.Thinking about it, he just slept on the table all the time.

"Didn't I say you can rest early today?"

"Master, I don't worry if you don't come back." Zhang Hu took the hat from Chu Ci's head, looked at it carefully, and then put it aside.

Chu Ci smiled, did not speak, and looked a little tired.

"Master, are you hungry? I made dumplings, how many do you want to eat now? By the way, Chenggui invited us to dinner today, and I went to Chunxi Tower to exchange the money I won. It's a big bag! "Speaking of this, Zhang Hu was very happy, and hurried to the room to take out the bag of silver.

At that time, he placed a bet of 42 tael or 51 taels, and his master's odds were [-] to [-], so he made a total of [-] taels of silver with interest.

Seeing his excitement, Chu Ci smiled and said, "Now you can eat snacks for a long time."

"Master, this is too much money. I'd better return it to you." Zhang Hu was a little uneasy. Before following the master, he had never seen so much money in his life.He was fighting bags at the pier, because he was stronger than others, and he had to carry at least 100 bags a day, but the money he could earn was only [-] Wen.

"If you say it's yours, it's yours, sir, am I a person who doesn't believe what I say?"

Although Zhang Hu didn't quite understand what it meant to say nothing, but seeing Chu Ci frowning, he still shook his head intuitively.

"That's right. You can keep the money. You can buy snacks or send it home. It's all up to you."

After Chu Ci finished speaking, he rubbed his forehead, feeling a little uncomfortable, Zhang Hu hurriedly fetched water for him to wash, and then waited for him to fall asleep.

I don't know if it was because of the strength of the wine or because of the wind and cold on the road, Chu Ci felt a splitting headache all night, and the pain was still throbbing until the next morning.

Zhang Hu was very worried, and was about to go out to invite a doctor with his money bag. He just opened the courtyard door, but saw a person was about to knock on the door.

"Who are you looking for?"

"Our family is here to look for Chu Zhuangyuan, but Chu Zhuangyuan lives here?" His voice was shrill, his movements were twitchy, and he was about to walk inside while speaking.

Zhang Hu felt that this person looked weird, and he couldn't help but feel a little vigilant. He asked, "Who are you? What can I do with my master? My master is sick and I won't see you today." He blocked the door to prevent this people go in.

"Presumptuous! Do you know who my master is? It doesn't matter if he is really sick today, even if he is about to die, he has to get up and see my master before he dies!"

"You are so loud!" Chu Ci came out of the room with a sullen face, "Nowadays, the Holy One loves the people like a son, and never does things that are forced. The Holy One is not like this, so who gave you the courage to stand in front of my door?" Talking nonsense?"

His face was pale, his brows were tightly wrinkled because of a splitting headache, coupled with his sharp eyes, he immediately frightened this person.

"Chu...Chu Zhuangyuan, our family came to invite Chu Zhuangyuan to come to the house for a talk by the order of the uncle." The man tried his best not to show his timidity.

As soon as Chu Ci heard this, he knew that this person was an eunuch, and when he heard what he said about uncle, a figure suddenly appeared in his heart.

"But that uncle?" Chu Ci pointed to the sky, then bent half of his finger.

"Exactly! Let's invite Chu Zhuangyuan to come with our house!" Seeing that Chu Ciming was clear, the man put on a haughty look again.

Chu Ci smiled wryly in his heart, it seems that it should be him last night.

"Please wait a moment, I will come as I go."

Chu Ci quickly washed and changed his clothes, and under Zhang Hu's worried gaze, he stepped into the carriage parked at the door.

After walking for about half an hour, the carriage came to a house.This house looks ordinary from the outside, but inside it is unique, and all the furnishings are good.

There was a person sitting in the hall, Chu Ci walked in, bowed and saluted: "My minister Chu Ci, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the First Prince."

The eldest prince picked up the tea on the table and took a sip slowly. He looked at Chu Ci with a playful look, and did not wake him up.

"My minister, Chu Ci, pay homage to His Highness the First Prince!" Chu Ci said again while bending over, his posture was very standard, so it was very laborious.After a while, beads of sweat appeared on his fair face.

"Oh, it's really hard to invite the number one scholar. I have to invite you again and again before I come to see you. Could it be that you don't take me seriously at all?"

"I don't dare. Isn't this the first time His Royal Highness has summoned this minister? Last night, smelling of alcohol, I really can't remember that the First Prince summoned this minister."

"Hmph, get up."

Chu Ci straightened up and stood in the hall.

"I called you here today because I want to ask Chu Zhuangyuan if he would like to work with this prince." The eldest prince threw out the king bomb at the beginning, and the fried Chu Ci was scorched and tender.

Could it be that he had read so many novels about seizing the throne before, all of them were fake?Why is the eldest prince's painting style so peculiar, and he solicits his subordinates openly, isn't he afraid of attracting taboo?

If Chu Ci knew about the life experience of the eldest prince, he would not be so surprised.This eldest prince is the descendant of the current empress, he is both the eldest son and the eldest son, plus he has few brothers, it stands to reason that it is only a matter of time before the throne is in his hands, and he is a bit more proud than the crown prince of the Kangxi Dynasty.

However, he thought he had no opponent in the harem, but his life in the court was not satisfactory.Gein's mother is just the daughter of a fifth-rank official.

It is said that his father fell in love with his mother at first sight when he was young, and even if he disobeyed the emperor's order, he wanted to marry his mother as his concubine.The emperor's grandfather had few sons, so he didn't want to see him being wronged, so he agreed, thinking about adding a few more side concubines to him with good family backgrounds.

This also led to the fact that the influence of the second child's family is much greater than that of his family.Although his father ascended to the throne, he raised his natal family's official position.But among those old foxes, his grandfather and uncle are only being played around, and it is difficult for them to take on important responsibilities.

Seeing that the prestige of the second son was getting higher and higher, he had no choice but to lower his figure and try his best to win over these new officials.


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