Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 502 The Fifth Prince and Qi Yuandao

Qi Muyuan returned home and went directly to Qi Bokun's yard, but his servants told him that the old man had gone out with Mr. Yuan early in the morning.

Qi Muyuan frowned: "How is the old man's health?"

"It's all right. I didn't cough all night last night." The servant reported.

Qi Muyuan was relieved now.

Not long after he returned to his own courtyard, Qi Bokun's voice sounded at the courtyard gate: "Xiao Yuan."

"Grandfather." Qi Muyuan quickly put down the book in his hand and walked out.

Qi Bokun had already opened the door and came in, followed by Yuan Xiuzhu.The group went directly to the hall in Qimuyuan's courtyard.

After meeting Yuan Xiuzhu, Qi Muyuan scolded his grandfather: "Grandpa, you are too. You walk around before you are in good health. The temperature in the morning is finally a little cold, you have to pay attention to your body."

"It's okay, I'm fine, don't make a fuss."

Qi Bokun entered the door and sat down, and when Guanqi was served for tea, he said: "I have received news that the Fifth Prince is going to visit Qi Yuandao in Guangxi province."

Qi Muyuan frowned suddenly.

Today, there are seven sons in the Holy Spirit. The first prince is born of the imperial concubine and occupies the eldest position; the second prince is born of the empress and occupies the throne.There are also five sons from other concubines.

For the position of crown prince, the imperial concubine and the empress have been fighting for many years, so they naturally did not allow other princes to grow up, and some princes whose mothers were not obvious did not take care of them and died young.Nowadays, apart from the First Prince and Second Prince, there are Fourth Prince, Fifth Prince and Seventh Prince who have grown up.The seventh prince is still in his infancy. The fourth prince and the seventh prince are 17 years old and 15 years old this year.The mother and concubine of the fourth prince is one of the four concubines, and she also has the heart to fight for the position; the mother of the fifth prince has a low status, and he himself is devoted to learning, obsessed with learning, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and puts on an air of indifference to the world , showing that he is only a leisure king and has no intention of being the throne.

Of course, the fifth prince's mother's status is not high enough to raise her son, which shows that there are means; whether the fifth prince is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, or whether he really has no intention of being the throne is open to debate.

The reason why Qi Yuandao is respected by the world and has such a high status is not only that he has written many articles and books, but also because the Fifth Prince once asked him for advice.The royal family cannot raise little white rabbits, and now that the fifth prince came here in the name of meeting his teacher, Qi Muyuan deeply suspected that he was doing so to avoid the increasingly fierce battle for the heir apparent in Beijing.

Du Jinning had a deep conflict with the Qi family. After the arrival of the fifth prince, if Qi Yuandao's position was elevated, Qi Siyu would probably start acting like a monster again.Du Jinning was probably the first one he used to perform surgery.Because of this, Qi Muyuan was very displeased with the Fifth Prince's trip.

Qi Bokun wanted to know why his grandson frowned, and comforted him: "The fifth prince is still very good. No matter how much Qi Yuandao spoils his grandson, he would not dare to let his grandson do things in front of the fifth prince. His grandson really wants to Whatever method you use, just poke it out. Not only is the fifth prince going to visit Qi Yuandao, but he will definitely come here as well. At that time, I will slap my lips in front of him and tell what Qi Siyu has done , Qi Yuandao himself can't do well."

Qi Muyuan listened and nodded in agreement.

No, it's fine if Qi Siyu doesn't make trouble, but if he does, he might be the one who hurt himself.Even if Qi Bokun didn't say anything here, he and Du Jinning would do the same.

"You don't need to say it yourself, grandfather, we just let the fifth prince know by letting the wind outside." He said, "Of course the knife should be stabbed in the back."

Qi Bokun and Yuan Xiuzhu couldn't help laughing.

Needless to say, everyone knows that the one who holds this view must be Du Jinning.Qi Bokun is an old fox in the officialdom, not only does not dislike this kind of "cunning", but also agrees with it very much.He is most worried that his grandson is too upright.As it is now, it is very good to have a righteous heart without losing the means.

For this, he sincerely thanked Du Jinning.

Yuan Xiuzhu is not a pedantic person either.Moreover, this old gentleman is very defensive, and whatever his own children do is right.If others bully their own children, they must use means to retaliate.

Qi Bokun warned again: "You and Xiao Ning'er just need to know about this matter, don't spread it to the outside world. After all, it concerns the royal family. If something happens to the Fifth Prince on the road, we will be held accountable."

"Grandfather, don't worry, Du Jinning and I both know the importance."

Zibo Kun nodded.

Qi Muyuan returned to the academy and quietly told Du Jinning about the fifth prince's coming.

Du Jinning had the same opinion as Qi Bokun: "It's okay. I will tell Zhuang Yue and Yao Shuqi to be careful. As long as you are careful and prevent crimes, you are not afraid of other people's tricks. On the restaurant side, you let them spend some time on hygiene and purchasing. Be careful. After all, it is for food, and accidents are prone to happen.”

"it is good."

To be careful, the two of them screened all the businesses in various places, wanting to see where problems are likely to occur, and ask the shopkeeper to take precautions when the time comes.

After talking for a while, I suddenly heard someone shouting outside: "Du Jinning."

Hearing it was Lu Jiuyuan's voice, Du Jinning was very surprised, stood up and walked out quickly, and saw the three of Lu Jiuyuan standing in the yard.

She hurriedly cupped her hands and said: "Why are the three gentlemen here? Just let Zhaifu call me if you have anything to do, why don't you come here?"

Qi Muyuan also came out to greet him.

"It's okay." Lu Jiuyuan walked over with a smile, followed Du Jinning's gestures into her room, and sat down in the living room.

In the past two years, they have a good relationship with Du Jinning, and they come here to discuss knowledge from time to time, so they are familiar with Du Jinning's dormitory.Although Du Jinning didn't reveal much in front of them, many of her remarks were very inspiring to the three of them.And because Yuan Xiuzhu beat the three of them, Lu Jiuyuan and the others didn't dare to fool Du Jinning as an ignorant child, and they held an equal attitude, so Yuan Xiuzhu let them go.

Du Jinning served them tea, and after a chat, Qi Muyuan was about to leave when Lu Jiuyuan said, "Qi Muyuan, don't leave, just sit down and listen."

Qi Muyuan could only sit down.

Lu Jiuyuan looked at the two of them, and said with a serious expression: "We just received a post from Qi Yuandao, he will give a lecture in half a month."

Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan looked at each other.

Half a month later.Counting the news about the fifth prince that Qi Bokun said, wouldn't that be the time when the fifth prince stayed here?It seems that Qi Yuandao also got the news, so he hurriedly took advantage of this opportunity to hold a lecture, so that he could show his face in front of the Fifth Prince.

Du Jinning asked: "Who can participate in his lecture? Do you have to have a post to enter?"

"No, no, no." Peng Shicheng was the most impatient, and quickly interjected, "Anyone who is a scholar can participate. It's just that those who hold posts will have a seat, and others will be separated from a certain range and can only observe, not Speak."

Hearing the string song, Du Jinning knew the meaning, and Du Jinning knew why they came here in such a hurry.

She sighed deliberately: "It seems that we will only be able to listen to the lecture from a distance, and will not be able to participate in this grand event."

Peng Shicheng couldn't help laughing, pointed at Du Jinning and said, "You kid, why are you pretending to be stupid? You still say such things when you know we won't pull you down."

Lu Jiuyuan took out two postcards from his sleeve pocket and handed them to Du Jinning: "I said a few students were going, so I asked them to ask for two extra postcards. Although the Qi family was not happy, it was hard to refuse, so they asked someone delivered."

Du Jinning took it over, opened it and saw that the title above was blank, just add the name.

She handed a card to Qi Muyuan, stood up and thanked the three of them: "Thank you three gentlemen for your support."

Although Lu Jiuyuan and the others had selfish reasons for taking her there, they wanted her to help them win the debate.And without Lu Jiuyuan, Yuan Xiuzhu could get posts.But the other party is a gentleman after all, and she has always been very considerate in terms of etiquette to Lu Jiuyuan and the others.

(End of this chapter)