Chapter 392
Su Chen knew that the queen fought for him, so he felt a little grateful in his heart. This week, the queen's three views are very upright. If he wants to influence Li Yu's decision-making in the future, he must start with the queen more.

At noon, Su Chen stayed and made a delicious hot pot. The bottom of the pot and some dipping ingredients were brought from outside. After the eunuch tried to confirm it was safe, the vegetables and sliced ​​meat were all brought from the imperial dining room.

Although Li Yu is the lord of Jiangnan and the king of a country, this is the first time he has tried this kind of hot pot. After eating a few slices of mutton rolls, he fell in love with the taste.

"Not bad, good taste." Li Yu nodded again and again, showing surprise and approval.

Empress Zhou had just recovered from a serious illness, and she had little appetite. The imperial chef cooked a lot of dishes, and she didn't have much appetite, but seeing the hot pot with boiling butter, the color, smell, and taste were good, her index finger moved, and she also ate together.

There were no outsiders accompanying the meal, except for Li Yu and the queen, five people, Yongning, Yongjia, Su Chen, Zhou Jiamin, and Peng Qingqing, who were able to accompany the officials and the queen to have meals, even Peng Qingqing, who had always been carefree, was a little cautious at this time , my heart skipped a beat, I must show off to her father when I go back.

As the governor of Jiangning, the third rank, Peng Zeliang did not have the honor to be able to accompany the queen and the king to have dinner together.

"Sister Queen, how is the taste? I didn't lie to you, did I?" Zhou Jiamin giggled, with a look of pride on her face, because she had eaten in Runzhou a long time ago, but officials, queens, and princesses, It was the first time she ate it, and the surprised look on her face gave her a sense of satisfaction.

Empress Zhou nodded, glanced at Su Chen, and asked, "Master Su, how did you come up with this way of eating?"

Su Chen smiled and said: "I used to be in Runzhou. For some reasons, I didn't want to be famous, so I spent my whole day studying eating, drinking, having fun, and studying things naturally. But in the eyes of others, I was described as a playboy."

"Oh, no wonder at first I heard that Su Chen, the son of imperial physician Su, has great ambitions, lack of talent, bad conduct, and rotten playfulness. You pretended it all." Empress Zhou suddenly teased.

Su Chen was a little embarrassed, blushing and said: "It's not pretending, it's just being misunderstood by the world."

Peng Qingqing used to think that Su Chen was a dude in the same way. After getting in touch with him later, she found that this person was noble, versatile, and a gentleman. To discredit him, anyone who calls him a dude will be impatient with anyone!

Li Yu said: "Su Chen, I have pardoned your Su family's crimes last time, and also rehabilitated your deceased father's Su imperial physician. You don't have to be taboo in the future, you have talent, just show it."

"That's right, this year's No. [-] Scholar must be you." Empress Zhou praised and encouraged with a smile.

Su Chen felt a little helpless, he was ready to smile wryly when anyone mentioned the champion.

Because the number one scholar is not so easy. Unless he has a good memory and recites some poems and calligraphy couplets and a few articles that he read in school, if he is asked to write original ones, he will basically have no chance of being a Jinshi.

"Actually, the grassroots... are a little apprehensive about the imperial examination. After all, it is the first time to participate in the imperial examination. Moreover, I don't know if I am good at the examination questions, because I don't usually study the Confucian classics and annotations seriously, and write some normative articles. It's not me. Long term."

"Oh, then what kind of creation are you good at, do you play freely?" Queen Zhou asked intentionally or unintentionally.

Su Chen replied directly: "That kind of topic doesn't seem very serious or very old-fashioned."

Li Yu thought that Su Chen was being modest, and said with a chuckle: "I have read the "Liu Hou Lun" written by Su Chen, and it is a masterpiece! I have already written down part of it: the so-called heroes in ancient times must There is a festival of surpassing others. There are some people who can't bear the human condition. Every man sees the humiliation, draws his sword, stands up and fights, this is not brave. The people he holds hostage are huge, and his aspirations are far-reaching...Such literary talent and insights are rare in this world."

"Thank you for the compliment from the officials!" Su Chen continued holding his hand to thank him.

"Have confidence in yourself!" Li Yu also encouraged.

The eunuchs and maids around all looked at Su Chen with surprised and envious eyes, because Su Chen was the only one who could get such esteem and favor from the officials and the empress.

.........

In the afternoon, Su Chen and Peng Qingqing walked out of the palace, seeing the resplendent and magnificent palace drifting away behind them, both of them felt like they were dreaming.

This is the imperial palace of the Tang Kingdom in the south of the Yangtze River. The two of them have been going in and out of here a lot lately!
After getting into the carriage and lowering the curtain, Peng Qingqing stretched out his arm actively, and hugged Su Chen. The little bird leaned against Su Chen's shoulder, leaning his cheek, staring at him with a smile on his face.

"What's the matter?" Su Chen was a little surprised. Peng Qingqing who took the initiative to make out and acted like a baby was too rare.

"Hee hee, it's nothing, I just want to watch you carefully, why are you so outstanding, even the officials and the queen are praising you non-stop!"

Seeing Peng Qingqing's happy and sweet expression, Su Chen couldn't help lowering his head, and kissed her sneakily.

This time, the domineering Peng Qingqing didn't resist or provoke her, but accepted it submissively, allowing Su Chen to peck her cheeks, vermilion lips, bridge of nose, and eyelashes several times like a superficial peck.

She closed her eyes, seeming to enjoy it.

Su Chen smiled slightly, stopped to take advantage, and put his arms around Peng Qingqing's waist, making her more comfortable when leaning against her arms.

"Su Chen, sing me a song. I haven't heard you sing that unique country tune for a long time."

Peng Qingqing closed her eyes, and made a request to her lover, which is very common in later generations, but abnormal in ancient times, to ask a man to sing a song for her!
In ancient times, women followed the husband's guideline. The husband and master in the family had a high status. If you asked your husband to sing for her, it would be a bit out of place.

But Peng Qingqing didn't care about that anymore, she was just a temperamental person, fell in love with Su Chen, and also liked to hear him sing some weird little tunes, it was said that those were Su Chen's outings, listening to the director of the village woodcutter and boatman. "

Su Chen thought for a while, then sang aloud:

"A good man like me
Should have lived a splendid life

How come 20 years

Still floating in the sea of ​​people.

smart person like me
Say goodbye to innocence

Why did you still use a love
To replace the scars..."

The more Peng Qingqing heard it, the more something was wrong. She felt that Su Chen was laughing at her, and he had been injured all over by beating him up before!
Suddenly raised his head, looked at Su Chen, and apologized softly: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't beat you like that before, you will forgive him..."

Su Chen was taken aback when he heard the words, then he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, thinking that I was just humming, there was no other meaning!

(End of this chapter)

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