"Don't mention this ungrateful villain. I don't want to hear this name again in my life!" Shuiyue yelled, angrily took the sticky stick and stood up and said: "I don't believe that we can leave him, Li Wei, we are all big jobs
Humans can’t control these few cicadas.”
Xiaoluzi was speechless. After Li Wei left Jingsiju, he had secretly approached Li Wei, hoping to persuade him to stop at the brink. However, he was ridiculed by Li Wei, saying that he had endured enough of his stupidity and told him not to stop.
You're being smart.
Shui Xiu didn't say anything, just sighed secretly. There were originally six of them, but half of them were gone in the blink of an eye. Ayi only came back occasionally after being outside the house for a long time; Mo Yu went to the Thirteenth Brother's house,
Forget it all, the most regrettable and hateful thing is Li Wei's betrayal, he personally destroyed everyone's trust.
The three of them kept catching the cicadas until they could no longer lift their hands, and finally managed to stick all the cicadas on the tree. Only a few cicadas were still on the tree, and they no longer disturbed anyone.
Xiaoluzi picked up a cage containing dozens of summer cicadas and was about to go out. Suddenly he saw Yinzhen coming in and hurriedly stepped aside to say hello.
Yinzhen glanced at them and asked with some displeasure: "Why are you all outside, don't you have to wait on your master?"
"Returning to the prince, the master is taking a nap in the house. The servants are afraid that the cicadas will disturb the master, so they come here to catch cicadas." Xiao Luzi replied carefully.
Yinzhen nodded and walked straight to the inner hall. When he got inside, he saw Ling Ruo lying on the bed, with a section of his snow-white lotus root arm exposed outside the perilla embroidered begonia pattern brocade quilt. The corner of his mouth was slightly raised and he was holding a wisp of light.
A slight smile, as if he had dreamed of something happy.
Yinzhen smiled slightly and did not wake her up. He just sat down on the edge of the bed and looked at the beautiful and quiet face quietly. The warm wind blew in from the open window and ruffled the corners of his dark green brocade robe.
About half an hour later, Ling Ruo woke up from her dream. When she opened her eyes and saw Yinzhen close at hand, she was stunned for a moment and called out with some uncertainty: "Fourth Master?"
"What? You haven't even recognized me since you slept?" Yinzhen smiled and helped up Ling Ruo, who was still a little nervous.
Listening to his joke, Ling Ruo laughed and said: "Even if I forget myself, I will still remember the fourth master, but why didn't you wake me up when you came? Sitting there is not boring."
"Everything is fine, why bother waking you up." As he spoke, a few firecrackers could be heard faintly outside the house, followed by the sound of gongs and drums, which seemed to be very lively.
Ling Ruo asked curiously: "What's so busy outside?"
"You forgot, today is the big day when the results of the palace examination are released. Emperor Ama has appointed the top three, and now the number one scholar is leading the Jinshi parade through the streets!" Yinzhen explained with a smile.
Hearing this, Ling Ruo suddenly remembered something and asked hurriedly: "I wonder whose family is the number one scholar in this subject?"
"He is the son of Zhang Xiang's family. I have read his article. It was very well done and his strategies were good. Emperor Ama valued him very much. In addition to nominating the number one scholar, he also issued a decree to marry Jingxue.
Marry him."
Sure enough... Ling Ruo thought of that incomparably smart woman. She had indeed guessed everything. She had guessed the person she was going to marry and her future path. But was she happy?
And Rong Yuan, what would he think?
"But you want to take a look?" Seeing that Ling Ruo suddenly stopped talking, Yinzhen only said that she wanted to see the grand occasion of the number one scholar parading through the streets.
Ling Ruo nodded, she also wanted to meet the man Kangxi pointed out to Jingxue, hoping that he was really a handsome young man with outstanding character and talent.
The so-called champion parade refers to the emperor's roll call in the Jinluan Hall, and the number one, second place, third flower, and top two or three Jinshi. The number one scholar leads all the Jinshi to thank the emperor for his kindness, and then goes to the left gate of Chang'an to watch the gold list posted. From the Jinluan Hall to
From the left gate of Chang'an, you have to pass through Taihe Gate, Meridian Gate, Duanmen, Chengtian Gate and all the way to Daqing Gate, and then you can go home.
Ling Ruo followed Yinzhen and stood among the crowd of spectators to watch the number one scholar and other Jinshi scholars riding horses. The person walking in the front was naturally Zhang Ying, the number one scholar of the Jin Dynasty. He was about 20 years old, with handsome features and an appearance of talent. At this moment, he was holding the emperor's hand.
Zhao, with his feet astride a horse with golden saddle and red mane, flags and drums clearing the way, cheering in front and behind, is really like "The spring breeze is so proud that the horse's hoofs are so fast that I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day."
And Zhang Ying even had the same title on the big and small gold medal lists, the number one scholar, and the prince-in-law came all at once. It can be said that he was like a "carp leaping over the dragon's gate", and he rose to prominence from then on.
Looking at the top scholar passing by, Ling Ruo said silently: Jingxue, although this man is not the one you had in mind, he is still a good match and he should treat you well.
A few days later, Li Dequan was ordered by Kangxi to summon Ling Ruo to the palace. This was the first time that Kangxi summoned Ling Ruo after returning from Hangzhou.
At that time, Kangxi was reviewing the memorial in Xinuan Pavilion. Ling Ruo did not dare to disturb him after entering. She stood aside quietly until Kangxi raised his head from the memorial, and then she stepped forward and knelt down to greet him.
Kangxi put down the ink pen in his hand, stood up after committing the crime and walked slowly to Ling Ruo. For some reason, Kangxi, who had always been approachable, gave her a silent sense of oppression at this moment. Just standing like this made it difficult for her to breathe.
After a long time, a majestic voice finally came from above, "Do you know about Jingxue's refusal to marry?"
Refuse to marry? Ling Ruo was surprised. She raised her head to meet Kangxi's indifferent face, "If I return to the emperor, I will not know about this."
"So, you don't know that she refused to marry because of Xu Rongyuan?" Kangxi's voice was like ice water poured over her head, making Ling Ruo's whole body cold, and the blood in her body seemed to have stopped flowing.
"Slave..." Ling Ruo was about to say she didn't know. When she caught a glimpse of Kangxi's scrutinizing gaze, her heart skipped a beat and she quickly changed her words, "Slave knows."
After hearing these four words, Kangxi's face softened slightly and he said in a deep voice: "Explain to me carefully what is going on. Don't miss a word."
Ling Ruo thought about it carefully and then said: "Returning to the emperor, in fact, I only heard something from the princess when I met the princess by chance in Changchun Garden last year. The princess admired Dr. Xu's medical skills, so she had a secret love for her. But everything was wrong.
It starts from emotion and ends with etiquette, and it never goes beyond the slightest etiquette."
"Are you finally willing to tell the truth?" Kangxi sneered and said to Ling Ruo's surprise: "Jingxue didn't say anything. She just said she refused to marry Zhang Ying. I asked her for a long time but couldn't find out the reason.
Concubine De asked if Jingxue already has someone in mind.
After thinking about it, Xu Rongyuan is the only one who has been close to Jingxue in recent years. If I asked him directly, he might not be willing to tell me. You and Xu Rongyuan have known each other since childhood and have had many contacts. I guess you might know a thing or two.
, so I called you into the palace, and it turned out to be the case under temptation."
Before Ling Ruo could explain, he suddenly got angry, "You are all so brave to hide such an important matter from me! Just like Jingxue, so do you! After all, I don't know how many other things there are.
"?" Kangxi slapped the mahogany handrail with a heavy palm and stared at Ling Ruo with an angry face.
"Your Majesty, please calm down." Ling Ruo quickly knelt down to apologize, not knowing what to say other than this.