Chapter 14 At the Luming Banquet, a storm suddenly arises
Chapter 14 At the Luming Banquet, a storm suddenly arises
"Second prince? Li was a little surprised.
"Yes," Princess Anhe put down her teacup, helped Fuyun's temples, and said casually, "This year's Luming Banquet is actually much more grand than previous years."
Qingli was about to ask Qingqing to ask, but was interrupted.
"Qing, why are you talking about these troublesome things?" The old lady interrupted the conversation, looking at Qingli with relief, "Don't care about the second prince, the fourth prince, this deer crowing banquet is my grandson's home game .”
"Haha, yes." An He covered his lips and smiled, "My son has grown up and is promising."
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Lu Ming Banquet
The Luming Banquet has been held since the opening of the imperial examination, which is a banquet set up by the new imperial examination candidates after the state examination, because the poem of "Luming" in "The Book of Songs Xiaoya" should be sung during the banquet: "Yo Yo Luming" ...and named it Luming Banquet.The banquet was held on the second day after the prefectural test release, and was hosted by local officials. In addition to the new imperial examination candidates, there were also inner and outer curtain officials.
The Gyeonggi area does not belong to any prefecture, so most of the applicants for the prefectural examination are the children of the capital, and they are either rich or noble. Naturally, the Luming Banquet will be more grand than other regions, and this year's Luming Banquet, because of the participation of the second and fourth princes , and Xie Yuan is the son of Yan Xiang who is famous all over the world, Yan Qingli, and they become very different.
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It is already September, and the sweet osmanthus is fragrant.
Imperial City Eucalyptus Garden
At the Luming Banquet, there was a staggering of toasts and cups.
As soon as Qing Li walked into Yuying Garden, he successfully attracted everyone's attention.The white clothes are more snowy, the black hair is like a waterfall, the eyebrows are picturesque, elegant and elegant, and the eyes are smiling.Just standing quietly is a landscape.Qingli was probably the outlier at the Luming Banquet this time. Anyone who came from an official school was eligible to be recommended for the direct examination. Only children without official background would start from the state examination. Only Qingli was an exception.
Qingli, as Jie Yuan of the state examination in the Gyeonggi area, should go to meet the examiners and the prefect of the capital first after arriving at the scene.
Qingli smiled and politely returned greetings to every student who greeted him. Even in autumn, the Yuying Garden is also a beautiful scenery, passing through a lush chrysanthemum bush, black peony, rouge snow, cinnabar red frost, Yuling Guan, Yaotai Yufeng... all kinds of chrysanthemums compete for splendor, not spring, but better than spring.
Going forward, there is a large area of osmanthus forest, where every Luming Banquet is held, so the varieties of osmanthus are excellent, deep in the forest, there is a pavilion, the banquet has not yet started, at this time, the two The prince, the fourth prince, and all the examiners rested here, and Qingli stepped forward, "Student Yan Qingli, I have met your lords, the second prince, your highness the fourth prince."
"You are Yan Xiang's son, Yan Qingli?" Zhang Lingye, the chief examiner, slowly sat up straight, and said with relief, "Sure enough, a hero comes from a boy."
"Yes, yes, it's really extraordinary!" The other examiners also stood up and praised, either sincerely or for the sake of words.
"My lords are absurd." Qingli said with a downcast smile.
Seeing Qingli approaching, Yunqi's eyes instantly softened, but he just looked at Qingli quietly without any movement, but Chu Yunxiao's beautiful peach eyes were full of smiles, "Qingli, You know, your state test really shined this time, and your article shocked even the emperor."
"Thank you, Your Highness the Second Prince, for your appreciation. It is Qingli's blessing to submit it to His Majesty for His Majesty to see."
"Qingli," Zhang Xiuzhuan really cherished Qingli's talent, and smiled kindly, "Not to mention your article, just your handwriting, I have never seen it before."
"The name of this font is 'Shou Jin Ti', and it was created by Wan Sheng in his free time." Qingli replied respectfully.
"It's really amazing talent and beauty, and the meaning is natural, you can't ask for it." Zhang Xiu wrote with a smile.
As soon as Zhang Xiuzhuan opened his mouth, all the examiners also echoed and praised Qingli, Qingli thanked them one by one, several people laughed at Yanyan, and talked about some extremely elegant things.Taking advantage of everyone's inattention, Qingli smiled slyly at Yunqi, and Yunqi took another sip of wine calmly, Qingli knew that Yunqi understood what he meant.
Chu Yunxiao has been paying attention to Qingli all the time, so naturally he will not miss these interactions. He picked up the wine glass as if nothing had happened, and drank it in one gulp. His beautiful peach eyes were full of ice and no smile at all.Do you only show such a smart look when communicating with him?Is it just him?Chu Yunxiao clenched his fists.
"The autumn is cool and the scenery is so beautiful. Staying here is really a shame." Chu Yunxiao stood up, stretched his muscles, and said with a smile, "I can't stay any longer, so I'll go for a walk first." Every move, Although it was a random movement, it was pleasing to the eye and full of extravagance.After finishing speaking, he smiled at the examiners and Yun Qi, walked out, and when he passed by Qing Li, the corners of his mouth curled up in an unclear manner.Qingli was unclear, so he just cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, the Second Prince, please go."
After chatting with several adults, Qingli left with an excuse.
Just now, he and Yun Qi have already made an appointment to meet alone, Qing Li smiled, and the tacit understanding between himself and Yun Qi is getting better and better.Then he walked out of the sweet-scented osmanthus grove, and walked towards his favorite chrysanthemum variety - Qingjian Chidori. Qingli likes this kind of chrysanthemum the most. There are large clusters of snow-white flowers with light blue stamens in the middle. To the lovely people.
Just as Qingli was about to walk over, someone grabbed his wrist and pulled him back. He walked straight for more than ten steps, and stopped behind a luxuriant sweet-scented osmanthus tree. Turned around and fell into a strange embrace.Looking up, it was Chu Yunxiao.
Qingli struggled to break free from Chu Yunxiao's confinement, took two steps back, looked distantly, and said in a cold tone, "Qingli has met His Royal Highness the Second Prince, I don't know if His Royal Highness has something important to see Qingli alone."
Chu Yunqi didn't seem to care about Qingli's cold attitude at all, his peach blossom eyes were full of smiles, "Qingli is really cold, I just want to be alone with Qingli."
"If there is nothing wrong, Qingli will leave." Qingli didn't want to stay any longer, so she turned around and wanted to leave.However, Chu Yunxiao moved his feet, walked up to Qingli, grabbed Qingli's hand, and pulled him to his eyes, still smiling, but lost his warmth, "Is it true that apart from the people from the Yanfu, you only have You can only be so vivid when facing Chu Yunqi, but my closeness will only make you feel disgusted, huh?"
What happened to Guan Chuyun?Qingli tried hard to break free from Yunqi's hand, but there was a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, "Let go first, Second Prince, please respect yourself!" Qingli was a little annoyed.
Chu Yunxiao looked at Qingli's flushed face and cherry pink lips due to anger, his eyes gradually darkened, he surrounded Qingli with his other hand, leaned forward, and was about to kiss Qingli's lips, Qingli couldn't dodge, so he had to turn his head and dodge as much as possible.
Suddenly, a gust of wind hit, Chu Yunqi quickly came back to his senses, pulled Qingli and dodged to the side, dodged a move, but the person came with another palm, hitting directly at Chu Yunxiao's hand that was holding Qingli On the shoulder, Chu Yunxiao had no choice but to push Qingli aside to avoid hurting Qingli, and then turned around to avoid it.The person who came didn't take advantage of the situation to attack, but stepped down a little, flew to the other side, and caught Qingli who was pushed by Chu Yunxiao and was about to fall.
"Yunqi, you're here." Qingli didn't need to look up to know that it was Yunqi, but he quickly stood still, pulled Yunqi's sleeve, and looked at Yunqi with a smile in his eyes, "I knew it, You will definitely come."
Yun Qi didn't look at Qingli, but just stared at Chu Yunxiao fixedly, his eyes were so cold that they could freeze, "Why is Second Brother here?"
"Hehe," Chu Yunxiao straightened his sleeves and smiled ironically, "Then what about you, why are you here?"
"Passing by unintentionally." Chu Yunqi's eyes were cold and his voice was flat.
"Passing by? Heh!" Chu Yunxiao walked over, "Then please God bless you to pass by next time." As he said that, he brushed past Yunqi and the two and walked away.
"Yunqi, let go first." Qingli turned to Yunqi, "How do you know I'm here?"
Yun Qi didn't answer, but just raised Qing Li's hand, there was a faint bruise on the thin white wrist, Yun Qi mobilized his internal strength, and gently rubbed the bruise on Qing Li's wrist, Qing Li only felt a burst of bruising. The heat flowed up to the wrist, as if flowing to the face along the meridians, Qingli suddenly felt his face was a little hot, he pulled out his hand hastily, and smiled dryly, "Yun Qi, the banquet is about to start, let's go back quickly."
As he spoke, he took the lead in walking back, with messy steps.
Yun Qi looked at his empty hands, lowered his eyes, clenched his fists, and followed Qing Li towards the banquet without saying a word.How did you know you were here?Although your favorite flower is hibiscus, there is no hibiscus here, but this little bird has heard you mention it, you see, I remember what you said, but when will you understand my heart and be able to See your own heart clearly?
Qingli walked in front, feeling a little flustered, why did he feel that Yunqi was a little strange recently, why did he avoid direct contact with Yunqi, he and Yunqi were good friends, good brothers, weren't they...
The deer crowing banquet is open, and the sweet osmanthus is fragrant.A large number of candidates wanted to toast to the examiners, and to have a relationship with Qingli. Qingli responded with a smile, but his thoughts flew to the sky...
"Mr. Yan, Mr. Yan?" A candidate patted Qingli on the shoulder, "Mr. Yan, Mr. Zhang asked you to write a poem with the theme of Osmanthus osmanthus."
Qingli came back to his senses and saw all the candidates staring at him, Zhang Lingye looked at him expectantly, Yunqi remained expressionless as always, drinking tea with his head down, Chu Yunxiao looked at Qingli jokingly.
Qingli calmed down and thought carefully, then slowly got up, and said with a respectful smile, "Then Qingli would be more respectful than obedient."
"There is a tree named Osmanthus osmanthus, which is fragrant in all seasons.
The flowers are snowy at night, and the leaves are green in spring.
The wind and shadow are as clear as water, and the frosty branches are as cold as jade.
Occupying the secluded hills, no birds are allowed to stay. "
The audience was silent, Zhang Lingye stood up, a little excited, "Okay! What a good one, 'exclusively occupying the small mountain, not allowing ordinary birds to stay.', Qing Qingran has a reclusive air, good poetry, good poetry. It really deserves to be Jie Yuanzhi. talent."
"My lord, thank you." Qingli smiled modestly, and then sat down.
Yun Qi still drank his tea with his eyebrows lowered, as if he ignored everything around him.
Qingli looked at Yunqi and sighed in his heart. He didn't know what happened, but he always felt that something had changed unconsciously...
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