The palace dinner was more troublesome than expected. A group of scholars who passed the final examination first took the palace carriage, entered Zhuque Gate, passed Chengtianmen Street, and got off the carriage inside Chengtianmen. They walked, passed Taiji Gate, and left Yanming Gate.
Zhuming Gate, Liangyi Gate, finally arrived in front of Liangyi Hall, and waited in line in front of Liangyi Hall.
The size of the palace is really big.
Li Ang, who was standing in the cold wind with other students, looked left and right with the corner of his eye. The palace building was magnificent with its carved beams and painted beams. Standing in the empty and lonely square in front of the palace, looking at the lights of tall buildings in the distance, a sense of absurdity arose in his heart. p>
A few months ago, I was still worried about the bankruptcy of my family and a hundred thousand dollars.
Now, as the top scholar in the academy, he is waiting to meet the monarch of Yu State, the most powerful person in the world, and be encouraged and rewarded.
It's inexplicably unreal.
Li Ang shook his head and stopped thinking about these messy things.
There were slight conversations around, and the prospective students of the Academy were whispering, full of expectations and longing.
The scholar wearing a futou could not hide the excitement on his face, and he wished he could carve the poem "Report your favor on the golden stage, support the jade dragon and die for you" on his face.
The tall and burly recommended student from the Ministry of War clenched his fists tightly, his face turned pale, and his lips trembled slightly. He couldn't see the bravery of beating the wooden box hard during the day, causing his hands to bleed.
Even Yong Hongzhong, Ji Linglang, etc., who were born in the prefect's family, looked up to the sky and rehearsed their words and deeds when they went to the palace in their minds, so as to prevent themselves from accidentally violating the etiquette and causing the family to lose face. p>
And those barbarians, barbarians, and barbarian students whose hair, eye color, and skin color were different from those of the Central Atomic Brothers were muttering something in a low voice - probably flattery words and poems prepared in advance.
They not only represent themselves and their families, but also represent the entire tribe and country.
I was afraid that I would be dissatisfied if I behaved inappropriately in front of the palace.
"Don't be too nervous. The Liangyi Palace Dinner after the final exam results have been held for three hundred years, and accidents rarely happen."
Pei Jing, who was standing on the right side of Li Ang, turned to look at her future classmates and said with a smile: "Even if His Majesty asks about something, such as future ambitions, etc.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t answer it right away, there will be a palace official who will tell you that you are too drunk and help you cope with it.”
Da Xun is the eunuch,
Although the Liangyi Palace Dinner to celebrate the release of the results of the Academy was mainly to show the harmony between Emperor Yu and the Academy, and the atmosphere was not so serious, the proper etiquette was still there.
Students will sit five rows to the left and five rows to the right. There will be palace attendants waiting around them, and they will whisper reminders to prevent indiscretions.
The problem is... Pei Jing is the legitimate son of Shangshu Zuopushe's family. He has definitely entered the palace a lot. He probably has met the sage several times. His words did not make the other students of commoner background relax at all. Instead, they came one after another.
I was even more nervous, fearing that the emperor would ask me to express my feelings and testimonials about being admitted to the Academy on a whim.
"Thank you Your Majesty, thank you to the academy, thank you to the mountain chief, thank you to your parents..."
Some students have already started talking to themselves and repeating in a low voice.
Weren't you very talented in literature during the exam before? Why were you speechless when you arrived in front of the hall?
Li Ang glanced helplessly at his nervous classmates, let out a breath, and silently recalled a dozen poems he had "borrowed" from Yan Dalang.
The royal banquet of Liangyi Palace did not keep the students in front of the palace waiting for too long. After everyone blew the wind for a while, they heard the Haotian bell ringing, and the eunuch in yellow standing on the steps shouted out in a long voice, "Xuan, in the third year of his reign, he became the number one scholar in the academy, and Li Ang from Zhenzhou entered the palace——"
"The sun rises."
Ji Linglang poked him in the back, and Li Ang took a deep breath and strode up the white stone steps.
Not only because the Yu people were afraid of humiliation, but also to show the authority of the emperor, the steps in front of the Liangyi Palace were built extremely high.
Li Ang climbed the steps like climbing a mountain and came to the side of the eunuch in yellow.
"Li Xiaolang, please come in."
At first glance, the eunuch in yellow, who had a high position in the palace, smiled at Li Ang with an unusually friendly attitude, which surprised the young eunuchs behind him.
"Yeah."
Li Ang stepped into the palace and saw the emperor and his wife sitting in the first seat, as well as the tall gray-haired old man sitting on the left side.
Emperor Yu, Li Shun, Queen Xue, the chief of the mountain.
"Your Majesty, Li Ang, pays homage to your Majesty."
Li Ang prepared to salute according to what the eunuch on the carriage said when he arrived. As expected, he received a "no salute" from Yu Emperor Li Shun, and Shi Shiran stood up.
"Please sit down, sir."
Students who were admitted to the Academy naturally became ministers of the Yu Dynasty. Li Ang saluted and thanked him, but doubts arose inexplicably in his heart.
Why do these three people feel so happy? There are smiles on their lips when they look at me?
Hmm...could it be that the news of curing Duke Yan was spread to the palace?
Li Ang didn't know why, so he had to follow the etiquette and the instructions of the palace sternly, and came to the second seat in the first row on the left——
In the first position, there is a young man sitting, wearing light yellow uniforms, embroidered with a dragon missing one claw, wearing a gold and jade belt around his waist, Thirteen Kua (similar to a thin belt with many small gold and jade decorations on it) .
Li Ang's eyelids twitched. The only person who could wear such clothes in the palace could be the prince of the Yu Kingdom - Li Si.
At this time, the eunuch in yellow outside Liangyi Hall called out the names of "Youzhou He Fanshuang", "Chang'an Pei Jing" and others.
Li Ang took advantage of the situation and sat down in his seat. Since there were more than 700 candidates for the Academy, the eunuch in yellow would give out several names at once.
It took two-quarters of an hour for everyone to sit down together. After that, the emperor and the queen gave speeches, encouraged the candidates, and asked more than ten people, including He Fanshuang, Pei Jing, and Yong Hongzhong, to inquire cordially.
The emperor and empress had obviously read some of the candidates' information. When asking about He Fanshuang, they first praised his brother's achievements (it was only then that some candidates knew that He Fanshuang's brother was the number one scholar in the academy eight years ago, and now
Prince Zuo Chunfang Zhongyun, He Siping),
Then I asked her about the situation in her hometown in Youzhou.
When asked about the student recommended by the Ministry of War, not only did he call out his name, but also the names of his father and brother, the rank of his father and brother in the frontier army, the achievements of his father and brother on the battlefield, and the Yu State was grateful for his family's contribution.
Wait.
The student recommended by the Ministry of War was so grateful that he wished he could kowtow dozens or hundreds of times in front of the palace.
As for the Hu disciples who were questioned - after they expressed their feelings, they also performed a dance on the spot between the two "obeisances to Jishou again" ceremony.
This is also the custom of the Hu people's courtiers in the Yu State, who express their surrender and love to Khan Xiangtian through Hu dance.
‘Don’t tell me, it’s quite like that.’
Li Ang silently gave high praise to Hu Ren's dance, and the emperor and queen in the first seat also laughed heartily after being stunned for a while, officially announcing the start of the banquet.
The palace dancers entered the scene, the music of silk and bamboo played, and the palace people served dishes and wine.
Finally able to relax, Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief, took a sip of the wine in the jasper wine glass, and smacked his lips.
'The wine in the palace doesn't feel very good. It's only sweet and has no alcoholic taste - I guess I specially selected wine with a low alcohol content to avoid getting these underage students who have never drunk much and make a joke.
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Li Ang pondered the various arrangements in the palace,
The emperor and empress on the first seat called the candidates who had not been called before, chatting casually with an easy-going attitude, which made a group of students who had never seen the world feel like spring breeze, and each one vowed to die for the Yu State - including those who
A student from a foreign race.
And the mountain chief... The mountain chief Lian Xuanxiao closed his eyes, followed the sound of silk and bamboo music with his head, and nodded his head bit by bit, as if sleeping but not sleeping.
Uh...Is this the most powerful practitioner in the Yu Kingdom, the principal of the Academy...
Li Ang didn't know what to think, he sipped his wine and ate vinegar, celery and mutton.
"Li Xiaolangjun is from Jiangnan Taoism?"
The young man sitting on the left asked a question out of the blue. Li Ang almost choked, put down his wine glass, and looked at Li Si, the crown prince of the Yu Kingdom, "Reporting to the crown prince, I am from Zhenzhou."
"Zhenzhou is great. When the water rises in the autumn at Zhenshui Bridge, it's a good time to eat fish.
When the fish is caught, it is first hung in water for a month to ensure that the meat is clean; the bleeding process must be careful so that the fish fillets will be as white as snow; the ingredients must be in the right proportions and in the correct order to highlight the freshness and sweetness of the fish."
Under Li Ang's surprised gaze, Li Si said in the Zhuzhou dialect: "Haha, when I was in the Academy, I spent some time in Zhenzhou with my teacher."
Li Ang said: "Prince Zhenzhou speaks very well."
"Just call me Da Lang."
Li Si smiled slightly and suddenly patted his head, "Hey, I almost forgot, Li Ang, you are also the boss of your family, right? Then you can't call me Dalang - you and I are both Li Dalang."
...Prince, are you telling a bad joke here?
Fortunately, our surname is not Wu.
I don’t know if the prince is friendly and talkative, or if he is deliberately recruiting. He sat in his seat and chatted with Li Ang. He did not talk about things in the palace, but what he had learned in the palace.
For example, the horses in the Xuegong Racecourse are all specially bred and have thin demon blood. They generally have bad and arrogant personalities. Some of them especially like to bite the clothes of passing students.
The Xuegong Stadium is different from the Cuju venue in Chang'an. It is wider. Students can use talismans and flying swords to kick a ball that will never be damaged. They can even use talismans to attack opponents. Due to the restrictions on the stadium,
Talismans and other spells will not harm classmates easily.
In addition, the academy also has a star observatory, a foundry, and greenhouse farmland.
There are several large glass greenhouses with the tops painted red that are particularly dangerous. They are filled with various [demon] plants collected by Sun Pu and other herbal doctors from all over the world. It is strictly forbidden to touch them.
There is also the Dongjun Tower - there are countless taboo alienated objects placed there. If any one of them escapes, it will cause great harm.
Even outstanding disciples of the academy who are about to graduate are not allowed to go above the third floor.
"...Only under special circumstances, or with the permission of doctors and businessmen, can the students of the Academy enter the Dongjun Building and apply for the use of alienated objects."
Prince Li Si smiled and said: "In comparison, the Library Pavilion does not have so many restrictions.
Except for some banned books, you can read them at will. If you want to borrow them, you have to have a good relationship with Professor Yao from the library - she likes to eat the sweet-scented osmanthus cake and bean paste-flavored Lingsha cakes from Shifangzhai in Chang'an City.
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You can buy some for her when you go to the library, so that borrowing books may be much more convenient."
"Thank you, Prince."
Li Ang thanked him sincerely. Although he didn't know what it was, the prince's attitude seemed to be quite good.
"By the way, the sun rises,"
Li Si called Li Ang by the names of his friends: "You are not married yet this year, right?"
Hmm?
Li Ang's vigilance suddenly became full and he pretended to cough: "Well, cough, not yet."
Li Si asked with a smile: "What type of person is Zhongyi's sweetheart?"
"Uh..."
Li Ang really hadn't seriously considered this issue before. Since awakening the memory of another world, his mind has been filled with medical-related knowledge and getting admitted to the Academy.
As for my sweetheart...
In Li Ang's mind, he thought of Chai Cuiqiao, who was wrapped in a quilt and squirming in winter, wondering whether he should go to the toilet, and scratched his head.
In his memory, he and Chai Cuiqiao had known each other for so long that he never thought about what would happen after they separated or their relationship changed.
"Haven't thought about it yet?"
Li Si grinned, glanced at the side hall of Liangyi Palace, and whispered: "Actually, according to the usual practice, there are sisters from my clan behind the gauze curtain of the side hall, observing the disciples of this year's academy.
.
Do you want to consider it?
Anyway, they both have the surname Li, so we are closer to each other."
"Ah?"
Li Ang subconsciously looked at the side hall of Liangyi Palace behind him, and sure enough he saw the gauze curtain there, as well as the shadowy figures of the girls behind the curtain.
No matter whether they are princes, ministers or the royal family, they are willing to marry the disciples of the academy, not to mention Li Ang is the top scholar in the academy.
However, the Princess Princess...
The faces of Gan Xiaoer's family in Shatao Village, Zhenzhou appeared subconsciously in Li Ang's mind, and his mind, affected by the music, suddenly became sober and calm.
He entered the academy not for glory and wealth, nor for marrying the royal family, but to become a promising consort and be bound by royal etiquette.
It is to protect more people and allow more ordinary people who are willing to live a down-to-earth life to live a good life.
"Thank you, Prince, but I have no plans to get married yet."
Li Ang sincerely bowed his hand to the prince, and the prince nodded and said helplessly: "Well, okay."
It is quite common for outstanding young people to be reluctant to marry the royal family.
One is because after becoming the consort, you can no longer engage in politics.
The second reason is that the princesses and princesses of the Li family clan generally have bad tempers, and there are many anecdotes circulating among the people.
For example, during the reign of the late emperor, there was a consort named Deng who was married to a princess (now the sister of Emperor Li Shun). Her younger brother was critically ill. The late emperor sent someone to inquire. When the envoy came back, the late emperor asked the princess if she had visited her husband's critically ill brother. The envoy replied no.
The late emperor asked where the princess was now. The messenger said that the princess was watching a play at Ci'en Temple.
The late emperor was furious, smashed the study, and sighed on his seat. No wonder the scholar-bureaucrats were unwilling to marry the Li family.
For the disciples of the Academy, becoming a consort or a concubine would do more harm than good.
If the other party is good enough and can be admitted to the Academy on his own, or if the mountain leader nods, and both parties are disciples of the Academy, then there is still something in common.
If the other person is not a disciple of the Academy, and you have to travel all over the world... your marriage can basically be judged as a tragedy.
Even divorce is not allowed.
Li Si shook his head regretfully and waved his hand towards the sisters who were watching behind the curtain.