Dressed like a loser and went to raise a baby

Chapter 283 Medicine, we won’t take it
Several ministers looked at Prince Chang'an with a strange expression, because they had all read "The Daily Life of the Old Prince" and could vaguely see that the old prince written in that book was alluding to him.

Taifu Yun tasted it and said: "This poem is neat, catchy, the words are appropriate, and full of profound meaning..."

After that, he glanced at the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy who had just married a 16-year-old son-in-law. He was already sixty-three years old this year. His grandchildren were all married, but he married a son-in-law who was younger than his grandson-in-law.

That Xu Xian was also a woman from an official family, but she was just a concubine born from a concubine.

Academician Qin's face turned red, he lowered his head and thought angrily: What's wrong with his age?When you are older, can’t you marry a coquettish person to serve you?

A girl of sixteen years old is willing to marry him, a sixty-year-old man, and is willing to be oppressed by an old pear tree like him, but he is not forcing her to marry her.

Bai Yushi said: "Think about it, everyone, this pale flower with red makeup, and the old pear tree weighing down the begonia flowers, just makes the white hair and chicken skin even less beautiful."

Some young officials felt that what Bai Yushi said was reasonable, but they did not dare to nod in agreement for fear of offending others.After all, there are many elderly ministers in this court who have concubines, especially some arty civil servants.

"Ha..." King Chang'an sneered, "What's not beautiful? It's a man's ability to marry a beautiful wife who is many years younger than himself. This sour poem must be about the sour scholar who has no power. , I envy those of us who can marry beautiful wives and beautiful concubines, so I wrote this in a cruel way."

Those poor scholars are used to doing this kind of thing.

Zhang Su glanced at King Chang'an and thought: You are the one who is so upset!Your whole family is sour. Our empress is not a powerless scholar, but a wild scholar.

Zhang Su and others all knew that "The Daily Life of the Old Prince" was written by Leng Luoyue, and after the book was published, each of them bought a copy, intending to use it as a family heirloom.

People who have read "The Daily Life of the Old Prince" also said in their hearts: The person who wrote this poem is not a sour scholar, but a wild scholar, a pretty wild kind.

Because The Wild Scholar is not only well-written and has a well-written storyline, but it is also full of satire and criticism of the absurd life of nobles. It also dares to allude to the King of Chang'an. Several people who have read the book have become fans of The Wild Scholar.

Literati should be like wild scholars, using pen as a sharp blade to write interesting stories and use easy-to-understand description techniques to criticize the dark and ugly side of reality so that more people can see it.

"Your Majesty is right..."

People from the Chang'an King's party all agreed.

Bai Yushi pursed his lips and looked a little unhappy.

A stunned young official said: "This poem must be from "The Daily Life of the Old Prince"! The old prince in it is obviously dying, but he still takes in concubines. He just glanced at people in the crowd, The bride's family did not dare to refuse due to the power of the old prince, so they had to accept. On the wedding night, the bride cried, and the old prince smiled. In order to satirize this kind of thing, the author wrote this poem. "

Hearing this, King Chang'an frowned again, thinking of his concubine No. 19, Chun... He didn't remember her name, Chun, anyway, it had the word "chun" in it.When the two of them were in the same room, Nachun was also crying, but it didn't disturb his interest at all. On the contrary, it aroused his interest and wanted her to cry harder.

"That's right." Hanlin Academy Editor said, "I have also read this book. At first I thought it was an unorthodox book, but when I read it carefully later, I found it had a profound meaning."

Seeing that he had met his friend, Leng Tou Qing nodded quickly and said, "Me too. After reading it later, I felt that the opening sentence: It's time for the prince to take medicine. It's a wonderful opening."

"So, what kind of medicine did the prince drink?" People who had never seen it asked curiously when they saw the two chatting so enthusiastically.Leng Touqing and Hanlin Xiuzhan looked at each other, winked at the questioner and said, "It's that kind of medicine... The old prince's son is in trouble. He wants to have another son, but Ye Yu and the two girls are unable to do it. So you need to drink that medicine.”

"What kind of unfair book are you reading?" Academician Qin scolded with a straight face.He has a lovely wife at home, and he usually drinks some medicine to regain his glory. Now when he hears people say this, he feels like he has been stepped on.

Hanlin Xiuzhuan quickly explained: "Scholar Qin, don't think this is an unserious book just because of this. This book is quite serious. Moreover, this kind of thing actually happens in reality, right? ! The author wrote about this real thing just to satirize and criticize this kind of thing."

"That's right, that's right." Leng Tou Qing nodded wildly.

The King of Chang'an clenched his hands tightly behind his back into fists, drank medicine, took care of his two daughters at night, took in concubines, and wanted to have a son after his son failed. Aren't these things exactly what happened to him?

This must be a coincidence!The people in his palace are very strict with their mouths and will not talk about these things outside.Although it was just a coincidence, it was still unpleasant. He had to find someone to find the person who wrote the book.

At this time, the palace door opened, and Academician Qin stopped talking.

Duke Rong Guo glanced at the King of Chang'an with a sarcastic look in his eyes, and asked General Zhao who was about the same age as him next to him: "General Zhao, do you take medicine?"

The gray-haired General Zhao was startled for a moment, then laughed and said, "I don't take medicine, Mr. Rong Guo, will you take medicine?"

Duke Rong shook his head and said loudly: "I won't take it either. Who the real man takes medicine?"

General Zhao laughed and said: "That's right, a real man, who would eat that thing? Hahaha..."

General Zhao is a military general and has a loud voice. Duke Rong Guo deliberately raised his voice. The conversation between the two was naturally and clearly transmitted to everyone's ears. When everyone heard it, they just smiled softly. However, there were two people But his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

After going to court, the King of Chang'an asked the housekeeper to find out who was the person who wrote "The Daily Life of the Old Prince" by Nao Shizi. If found out, the sour scholar would be bagged and beaten, and thrown directly into the moat.

If it hadn't been for the sour scholar who wrote that the old prince had to take medicine before doing anything, he wouldn't have been humiliated today. Although no one knew that he took medicine, the old man Rong Guo Gong was just asking about the reckless man named Zhao!However, he always felt that what the old man said was a metaphor for himself.

After going to court, the ministers discussed the book "The Daily Life of the Old Prince" at the palace gate, which also reached Feng Chenghan's ears.

Feng Chenghan wanted to know how well the book was written and how it could arouse discussion among the ministers, so he sent someone out to buy it.

However, the book has been sold out.

After this book came out, not only men liked to read it, but also the housewives, so the book sold very well. The [-] printed copies have been sold out. Now they are printing more, but we still have to wait for a while. Five days.

The guard spent a high price of five taels of silver and bought a copy from a scholar.The scholar was still very reluctant to part with it, saying that he was waiting for the second volume to be published and was preparing to collect it as a set.

(End of this chapter)