Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 24

On the ninth day of the first lunar month of the second year of Linde, Tai Shi ordered Li Chunfeng to go to court to beg for his bones to return to his hometown. Emperor Gaozong promised to try his best to persuade Li Chunfeng to stay, but the emperor had no choice but to give money back to him. Since I led a group of children to float away, the officials only realized a few days after they left, and many people sighed for it.

A generation of strange people just left like this, walking in an extremely chic and elegant way, leaving behind a reputation of more than forty years of meritorious deeds. He joined in the fun, but he also had mixed feelings about Li Chunfeng's departure in his heart. Even he himself couldn't tell what it was like. When it comes to friendship, we can't really talk about how deep they are with each other, but we can only talk about it. It was just a one-sided relationship, but Li Xian could feel the deep concern of the old man, and he was a little bit reluctant to leave him, but then again, in terms of Li Xian's personality, he really I don't want anyone to be able to see through myself. After all, for the children of the Tian family, secrecy is the foundation of life. From this point of view, Li Chunfeng's departure may be a good thing.

Those who have left have already left, and the lives of those who stay have to go on. The people in the capital are full of emotions, whether they are sighing or not, in short, it is just a gust of wind, and it will fade away when it passes. What should be busy or busy? Go, Li Xian is no exception. Apart from going to the palace occasionally to greet him every day, he spends most of his time hanging out in the mansion, and he lives a happy life, but with this carefree time, troubles follow.

"Your Highness, the Imperial College directly told Yuan Wanqing that Mr. Yuan is here."

It was approaching the Lantern Festival, and he was not busy with government affairs. Although Li Xian didn't pay much attention to those red tapes, there was still a festive atmosphere. They had to send presents to various places in the palace, but they felt a little hectic, and finally arranged things properly. Just now when they sat down to take a breath, they saw Gao Miao hurried in from outside the room and approached Li Xian's. Beside him, he whispered a report.

"Yuan Wanqing? He's here to do it..." Li Xian was halfway through speaking, when he suddenly remembered Yuan Wanqing's purpose, he stopped talking, his brows frowned, and a wave of disgust surged into his heart—last year At the end of the year, Empress Wu ordered the Imperial Academy to directly teach Yuan Wanqing to teach Li Xian to make up for the shortage. Later, as the year was approaching, Yuan Wanqing asked for leave to return home to visit relatives, and the matter was delayed. Li Xian himself had forgotten about it, but Yuan Wanqing obviously didn't forget it, so he hit the door.

According to the Tang system, the crown prince’s teacher was named by the prime minister of the court, but in fact, the Hongwen Hall and the Sungkyun Hall were responsible for teaching the studies, while the princes did not have this treatment, and they could only be taught by Dr. Guozijian. , and there is no fixed candidate, the instructors often change, but there is one thing that is clear, that is, the person who teaches the prince must be a doctor, not just anyone can be the prince's teacher. From this point of view, Yuan Wan Qing is not qualified to teach for Li Xian, the reason why he was able to get this job is only because of the support of Empress Wu.

Li Xian is not a snobbish person. The reason why he hates Yuan Wanqing is not because of his direct official title, which is only below the seventh rank, or because he dislikes Yuan Wanqing's talent and learning. In fact, although Yuan Wanqing's character is not good , but the talent and learning are really good. As far as the writing level is concerned, it is not bad at all compared to those old doctors. It's still the kind of mad dog whose owner only needs to wink, and it will bite people like this, how can Li Xian allow such a person to be his teacher.

"Your Highness, why don't you just go back to Master Yuan and say that Your Highness is itchy and ask him to come back another day?" Gao Miao saw that Li Xian's face was cloudy and pondered for a long while without any movement. Obviously, he didn't want to see Yuan Wanqing, so he cautiously offered a suggestion.

another day?What a fart, it's better to settle this matter once and for all!Li Xian waved his hand impatiently, signaling Gao Miao not to speak carelessly, but stood up by himself, paced back and forth in the room, thinking with a slight frown, trying to find a way to get the best of both worlds——Yuan Of course, Wanqing can't be kept, but he can't act forcefully, otherwise, Empress Wu will be unable to pass the test first. If the new account is calculated together, the consequences are no joke.

Well, there is!After Li Xian paced back and forth for a few times, his eyes lit up, and he had an idea in his heart, so he smiled and waved, calling Gao Miao to the front, and whispering instructions against his ear, until Gao Miao heard His complexion kept changing, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he could only bow down and promise, and went to the door to greet Yuan Wanqing without mentioning it.

At the foot of the steps in front of Prince Zhou's Mansion, a middle-aged civil servant in a green official robe stood proudly, blocking the main entrance of the Prince's Mansion with big thorns. —Yuan Wanqing, a native of Luoyang, was born in a poor family. Because of his outstanding talent and learning, he was recommended to be an official in the court. Because of his humble background and his uninhibited personality, he was not liked by his superiors, so he has been transferred to this day, and he is still a junior official of the seventh rank.

It is a rare honor for the officials of the Imperial Academy to attend the palace of the Prince of Zhou. Although it is not as prominent as serving the Eastern Palace, it is also an extremely rare qualification. However, among the officials of the Imperial Academy who can give lectures to the prince, there are very few who are not promoted. Therefore, everyone who can find this position is very happy, and Yuan Wanqing is no exception. In order to be able to realize this matter, Yuan Wanqing even couldn't wait until the Lantern Festival was over, so he rushed to come to Zhou Palace to take up the position. I came here at the Queen's order, so it's not very popular, but I didn't expect to stand at the door for a long time, and I didn't see any movement inside, and even the porter didn't come forward to say hello, so I felt the cold reception In a fit of rage, Yuan Wanqing blocked the gate of King Zhou's mansion without hesitation, intending to discuss with King Zhou the necessity of respecting teachers, and by the way, establish his dignity as a teacher.

"Oh, you've been neglected, you have been neglected, Master Yuan, you have been neglected, Your Highness, please come into the mansion and tell me." Just as Yuan Wanqing was waiting until his face turned blue, Gao Miao finally came out from the gate. As soon as he showed up, he was accompanied by a lot of noise.

"Hmph, where is Your Highness?"

Yuan Wanqing was full of anger, he ignored Gao Miao's smiling face at all, flicked his sleeves, and snorted coldly.

"Hehe, Mr. Yuan put out the fire. Your Highness is busy with important matters. If you really can't go out to meet him, let your servants welcome you. Please ask Mr. Haihan to come to the mansion and discuss it later?"

"You... hum!"

Hearing that Gao Miao's excuses were obviously false, Yuan Wanqing's anger grew a little bit, and he shook his sleeves in annoyance. Reluctant to part with this job of serving as an attendant to the Zhou Palace, after a cold snort, he raised his foot and strode up the steps in front of the Palace. Just now when he turned around the double courtyard, he heard a sound of "heh, ha" exhaling from the front, he couldn't help being stunned, he stopped his feet, and looked suspiciously at Gao Miao.

"Master Yuan, please, Your Highness is already in the courtyard." Gao Miao did not say anything to explain, but just made a gesture of invitation with a smile on his face.

Now that he has reached the ground, even if he has doubts, Yuan Wanqing has no reason to turn back. Seeing that Gao Miao refused to explain clearly, Yuan Wanqing didn't bother to ask any more. After snorting, he flicked his sleeves and turned around slowly. After passing the screen wall in front of the courtyard gate, and walking into the courtyard, before he could stand firmly on his heels, he saw a knife light coming towards him, and immediately screamed out of fear, his legs and feet softened, and he fell down on his buttocks On the ground, trembling all over.

"Oh, this king has lost his hand, is this lord not injured?"

Yuan Wanqing's screams hadn't stopped yet, Li Xian was already sweating profusely, holding a horizontal knife, and approached Yuan Wanqing sincerely.

"you you you……"

Yuan Wanqing is a literati, not too courageous, he was frightened by this sudden shock, his soul lost his life, and seeing himself sitting on the ground is really insulting to the gentleman, and he was a little out of breath, Pointing at Li Xian tremblingly, he couldn't say a complete sentence.

"Gao Miao, you are dead. Didn't you see that this lord is injured? Hurry up and send it to the imperial doctor!"

Seeing Yuan Wanqing in such a mess, Li Xian felt secretly refreshed, but his face was extremely anxious, he turned his head, looked at Gao Miao who couldn't help but roared.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, Your Highness, please calm down, Your Highness, please calm down." Gao Miao suppressed a smile, kept promises repeatedly, hurried forward, stretched out his hand hypocritically to help Yuan Wanqing, and said something in his mouth He asked anxiously, "Master Yuan, Master Yuan, are you alright?"

fine?Of course he was fine, but Li Xian's knife was more than a foot away from Yuan Wanqing, how could it really hurt him, the reason why Yuan Wanqing was so embarrassed was just a conditioned reflex when he was caught off guard. The problem is that people are fine, but they have lost all their face. The matter has come to this point, no matter whether Li Xian's actions were intentional or not, this servant of Zhou Wangfu made him Yuan Wanqing no longer have the face to do it.

"Okay, okay, okay, Your Highness teased me like this, I really can't be an official because of this servant talk, farewell, farewell!" Yuan Wanqing jumped up angrily, did not straighten his crooked official hat, puffed up He clapped his hands to Li Xian, dropped a few words, flicked his big sleeves, and rushed out of the palace angrily, ignoring Gao Miao's fake greeting from behind, and went far away.

"Your Highness, that servant has already left, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to stop. If the empress sees the blame, then..." After Gao Miao sent Yuan Wanqing away pretending to be chasing, he couldn't let it go, and hurried all the way back to the atrium. Leaning to Li Xian's side, he cautiously reminded him.

blame?Hey, this is what we want!Li Xian had already made up his mind, so he didn't take Gao Miao's worries very seriously, and he didn't say anything to explain. He just smiled and took the white scarf from the hand of Yan Hong, who was waiting beside him, and wiped it comfortably. face, and said calmly: "There is a letter in the solitary study, and you can send it to Prince Lu's mansion." As soon as the voice fell, Gao Miao didn't care about Gao Miao's expression, he laughed and looked after himself. He walked to the backyard on his own.

(End of this chapter)