The emperor also brought his whole family to watch the moment when the lights were turned on in the palace. After the phoenix at the inner city gate completely lit up, the accompanying royal relatives and relatives all wished him a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
The emperor agreed with a smile and joined everyone in admiring the lanterns and the moon.
This year's Mid-Autumn Festival is very simple. Because the Queen Mother is seriously ill, there is no banquet for officials, and she does not even summon the foreign vassals who come to Beijing. The emperor only invites the royal family who come to Beijing to have a reunion dinner in the palace, and then look at the moon together.
Just let them go out to play by themselves.
Others can still run out, but the unmarried princesses Changyu and Mingda cannot go out. Prince Gong is still recovering from his injuries and cannot even attend the palace banquet.
So the two sisters looked at the prince eagerly.
The prince didn't pay attention. He was looking down at Chang'an, which was as bright as day. He was weighing in his mind whether to go to his villa to drink, or to invite friends to gather at his father-in-law's house, or to go out to a restaurant?
Changyu saw that the prince would not look back until he died, so he could only shake Mingda's hand.
Mingda couldn't resist her, so he turned around and went to find the princess.
The prince refused to take them out of the palace, "There is a lot of chaos outside tonight, why are you running out for nothing? My father and mother will definitely not agree."
Changyu didn't dare to say anything.
Mingda smiled and said: "Let's just follow my brother and not run around. There will be no danger where my brother is."
Prince: ...What if he went to drink and brought two younger sisters with him?
Mingda said: "Brother, Zhou Man said, you can't drink too much. Although I have a new nephew and niece now, I can't indulge anymore."
Yes, the prince's two concubines gave birth to children in tandem a few days ago, but they were only the third child and their mother's status was low, so they didn't make a big deal about it.
But the prince now has two sons, so it is impossible to say that he is unhappy.
At this moment, his happiness was tempered a little. The prince thought about it for a while, and finally he didn't dare not agree. He knew that the child was not afraid of him, and she would definitely complain to her father, the queen, and her mother.
The prince had no choice but to tell the emperor and empress that he would take Mingda and the others out for a walk.
The emperor agreed immediately. He looked at his two daughters and said with a smile: "You may not have been out of the palace for a long time, so you might as well go for a walk. Just take your guards with you and don't go to places with too many people to avoid being crowded.
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Then he turned to the prince and said, "Take good care of your sisters."
The prince reluctantly agreed.
As soon as we left the palace, Mingda said: "Brother Prince, please have someone take us to the Zhuangyuan Tower."
The prince glanced at them and asked, "Why are you going to Zhuangyuan Tower?"
"Zhou Man is there."
The prince gritted his teeth and guessed that they were going to find Zhou Man, and Zhou Man might have instigated them to leave the palace.
Zhou Man, who was clueless, couldn't help but sneeze.
Bai Shan reached out and grabbed her hand and touched it, "Is it cold?"
Man Bao shook his head, "Maybe it was because there was a cold wind just now, so it doesn't matter if you sneeze."
Night has come, all the lights are on, and everyone is eager to go shopping in the lantern market, but the most important level on the first floor of Zhuangyuan Building has just begun.
The Zhuangyuan Pavilion posted a new question, this time it was about policy theory. Policy theory plays a large part in the Jinshi examination. Bai Shan also wanted to see his own level. There were also several people in the Chongwen Hall who wanted to test their own level.
For example, Feng Zongping and Yi Ziyang also took paper and pen and directly occupied a table to write articles.
Zhao Liulang and the others were not interested in this. They only watched the fun and did not participate, but they lowered their voices and spoke.
Bai Dalang and his classmates also wanted to participate. Bai Shan casually took out a few pieces of paper and handed them to Bai Dalang and them, so that they would not have to run downstairs.
Zhao Liulang and the others were sitting at another table drinking and chatting. They didn't know what they said, but a dozen or so people laughed particularly obscenely.
Manbao looked around and felt that he had nothing to do, so he ran to the window to read the topic, then ran back and sat down to write an article.
The competitions were all time-limited. After the incense was burned, the gong was beaten, and Bai Shan and the others handed the articles they had written to the clerks and asked them to take them with them.
There are many people in the Zhuangyuan Building with this topic. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, so many literati crowd here just to express their opinions on national policies, so that the officials of the imperial court, the doctors of the Imperial Academy and the nobles of the aristocratic families can see their political opinions and articles.
Make a name for yourself.
After the evaluation, regardless of ranking, the articles written can be posted on the wall of the No. 1 Scholar Building and will not be left there for a month.
After finishing an article, Manbao became hungry, so he sat back to eat. Zhao Liulang called some friends, hoping to change places to play after seeing the result of this scene.
He winked at Bai Shan and said, "Do you want to go with us?"
Man Bao on the side asked curiously, "Where are we going to play?"
Lu Yue, who was diagonally opposite, said with a faint smile: "Of course we are going to a fun place, I'm afraid it won't be inconvenient for Mr. Zhou."
Everyone at the table fell silent, and it was hard for everyone to talk. Zhao Liulang frowned, and Feng Zongping kicked Lu Yue directly under the table, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Feng Zongping turned to Man Bao and said, "Let's change the place to drink. You don't like drinking, so you might as well go and guess lantern riddles."
Others also blamed Lu Yue in a low voice. Zhou Man was not someone else. He was also a member of the Chongwen Hall. We all attended classes together. Not to mention that they were classmates, Zhou Man also had the position of editor.
How could you make such a joke with her?
Man Bao glanced at everyone, then looked at Lu Yue, reached for the bottle of wine, poured a glass of wine, and said to him: "Lu Yue, you have to drink less wine, you know? Your eyes are black and blue.
If your tongue coating is white and greasy, your kidney qi is insufficient, and you are addicted to alcohol, you will have to see me for treatment in the future."
She imitated his smile and said: "After all, I have the best treatment for this disease in the whole capital."
Now not only the people at this table were quiet, but the people at the next table were also quiet. After a while, everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Zhao Liulang slapped the table and said happily: "It's okay. If the medicine money is not enough, I will lend it to you, so you can play whatever you want."
Bai Shan raised his lips and smiled.
Lu Yue's face turned dark.
They may not know what diseases Zhou Man is best at, but there are only two diseases that she can treat best in Manjing and others cannot cure. One is disembowelment and the other is male infertility.
He cured the prince and became famous all over the world.
The atmosphere became lively again, everyone toasted with glasses, Man Bao drank all the wine in the glass and concentrated on eating.
The judges spent half an hour evaluating, and finally decided that the first place was a student named Wang Wenji from Guozixue.
As soon as his name came out, everyone in the private room said, "So it's him."
Man Bao has also heard of his name and heard that he is very good in Guozi studies, but this year is already his fourth year in Guozi studies.
Feng Zongping said: "Originally, he was going to take the Jinshi examination last year, but I heard that his family refused to allow it. They were forced to stay in Guozixue for two more years, so this year they let him go next year. I think next year