Happy Little Scholar

In the pavilion in the middle of the lake in the School of Computer Science, Li Yi was cracking melon seeds, and occasionally throwing a few melon seed kernels into the lake, attracting a few swimming fish. The arrogant Lolita with quick eyes and quick hands caught them with a small net, and then quickly ran away. Put her in a transparent fish tank in her own small courtyard in the distance.

"Taifu Chu has been moving around these days. He has united with some influential Confucian scholars to encourage literati and officials in Kyoto and around the capital. He has jointly written tens of thousands of letters asking his father to recall the King of Shu from Shuzhou and take charge of the East Palace to preside over the government. "When there were only two of them left in the pavilion, Li Mingzhu stood up from the stone bench and said slowly.

"What did your Majesty say?"

Li Yi had already peeled a plate of melon seeds, picked up the plate, gestured to her slightly, and asked casually.

Her Royal Highness took the plate and put all the melon seeds that he had spent a long time peeling into his hands. Li Yi swallowed secretly and thought about whether he had expressed the wrong intention just now. He handed the plate over, obviously it was just I thought it would be interesting to let her pinch two at will...

Her Royal Highness the Princess ate all the melon seeds in a way that made Li Yi envious, and then said: "Father has not expressed his position yet, but this matter has a great influence among scholars around Kyoto. It will not last long if it is left like this. What's more, Taifu Chu has begun to visit some officials in the court in person, probably for this matter. Many of those people were his students. After all, they have great righteousness, and Taifu Chu has come out in person, I'm afraid..."

The same method was used by the Cui family and Master Chu, but the results were completely different.

After all, the latter was simply the benchmark in the minds of scholars in Jingguo. Just wave, and countless people would agree with him. There were peaches and plums all over the world. To be precise, the old emperor was also one of those peaches and plums.

The influence of Taifu Chu in Jingguo can no longer be described as one call and one hundred responses.

If it weren't for the fact that King Shu had made such a huge mistake at the beginning, which would have been considered a bastard at worst, or a rebellion at worst, he wouldn't have even needed to go to war in such a big way. He just had to stand up and express his position, and naturally there would be countless people. follow.

But having said that, Li Yi himself also felt that the old emperor's treatment of the King of Shu, the Cui family, and the other princes were very different, and even somewhat inconsistent with his usual style of behavior. The emperor and his ministers had been friends for so long, so for Cui There is a tacit understanding between the family and the King of Shu that they understand each other.

"Don't worry, you don't know His Majesty's temper." Li Yi smiled and said, "What he has decided is not easy to change."

The tsundere loli had already put the fish in and washed her hands and ran over. As soon as she ran into the pavilion, she asked Li Yi: "Sir, where are the melon seeds you peeled for me just now? I want to eat them all at once..."

Then she saw the empty plates on the table.

"Sir..." She pursed her mouth and looked at Li Yi aggrievedly. Li Yi looked at Li Mingzhu, and the tsundere loli's eyes followed him to Li Mingzhu. After being stunned, Li Mingzhu looked at Li Yi, tsundere Loli's eyes shifted to him again.

"gentlemen……"

Li Yi pinched her face helplessly and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I'll peel it off for you right away..."

On a grassy slope across the lake, a figure crawling there finally put down the binoculars in his hand.

"It's weird, it's really weird..." Li Xuan hung the telescope around his neck and slid down the grassy slope.

Through many long-distance observations, he has been able to determine that Mingzhu and Li Yi are not the kind of relationship he has always thought. They are using this relationship to cover up some things, some things that he does not want to know.

What was it that made Mingzhu put aside his reputation? The fire of curiosity in his heart burned even more intensely.

Walking all the way back to the Academy of Sciences, he ordered a guard behind him: "Call me the person from yesterday."

The guard responded, and not long after, a thin old man was brought in.

After entering the room, the old man immediately bowed respectfully: "Common people see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"No courtesy." Li Xuan waved his hand, looked at him, and asked suspiciously: "You said you can guess what others said by looking at their lips?"

The old man immediately said: "Back to Your Highness, the common people have been studying "lip reading" for decades. Although I can't say that I can guess everything correctly, I can probably guess almost everything."

"Teach me." Li Xuan looked at him and said, "Don't you want to pass on your unique skills? I will leave a place for you in the Academy of Sciences..."

The old man was stunned for a moment, then immediately knelt on the ground and said repeatedly: "Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness!"

…

Chu family.

The middle-aged man helped Mrs. Chu, who was coughing violently, back to his room. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Father, why don't you go out for the next two days? Your cold is just right. The doctor said that you should have a good rest at home..."

"Now that we've started, we can't stop..." Mrs. Chu covered his mouth and coughed, then said, "How is Ping'er these days?"

The middle-aged man sighed and said: "He locks himself in the room every day and doesn't speak... But when he does this, the child becomes even more worried."

Taifu Chu looked back in a certain direction and murmured: "It's my fault. I restrained him too much before..."

"Everyone, don't be restrained today. You won't come home until you're drunk!"

At the Cui family banquet, Cui Qingming laughed twice in front of everyone, then raised his glass and drank it all.

"Master Taifu is willing to help. This time, we will definitely not lose."

"Master Taifu is still very powerful. We can't even meet those great scholars on weekdays, let alone invite them."

"This time, your majesty, I am afraid, will have to agree to recall His Royal Highness the King of Shu to Kyoto..."

"The Book of Ten Thousand People has been submitted. Now, we are just waiting for an opportunity..."

…

The King of Shu's line has been hit one after another in the past two years. If we don't do something to improve morale, I'm afraid we will never be able to regain our confidence.

And to them, what could be more important than bringing His Highness the King of Shu back to Beijing?

"Come on, Brother Cui, let me toast you."

Everyone in the venue frequently toasted to Cui Qingming. Although he was the second eldest son of the Cui family, during this period of time, the head of the family, Cui Qingze, was depressed. Cui Qingming was in charge of all matters of the Cui family. Although he was not the head of the family, he had already cooperated with the family. The head of the house makes no difference.

In a corner of the banquet, Zeng Shichun looked back, looked at the person next to him and said, "Why don't you drink?"

Chen Chong shook his head and said, "This wine tastes tasteless."

"I think so too." Zeng Shichun smiled, picked up a purple clay pot, and said, "They drink wine, we drink tea."

Qin family.

After dinner, Qin Yan looked up at the old man above him and asked, "Father, what Taifu Chu said today..."

Prime Minister Qin glanced at the person below who was only engrossed in eating, shook his head and said, "My Qin family will not be involved in this matter."

Although the brothers of the Qin family who were officials in the court still had endless doubts in their hearts, their father had already spoken and they could only nod.

"Fifth Master, who is the old man who came to the house today? Why do you even have to salute the Prime Minister?" On the way back to the room, the big man asked the Qin family's fifth master in surprise.

The fifth master of the Qin family explained: "That is Taifu Chu. My father also worshiped under his sect when he was young."

The big man wanted to ask again, but the fifth master of the Qin family stopped for a moment, then quickened his steps. He walked to the door of the room, looked at a figure at the door, and said in surprise: "Father, why are you here?"

"If you can't sleep, walk around." Qin Xiang shook his head and said, "It's getting late, you should rest early."

The fifth master of the Qin family nodded. Qin Xiang turned around and left, but stopped again. He turned around and asked, "He'er, what do you think of the current court situation?"

"Didn't my father say that today's court is the rarest of clarity in decades, and asked me not to listen to outsiders' nonsense?" The fifth master of the Qin family was stunned, and said: "Besides, I am not in the court, but I am really watching. Not sure..."

Prime Minister Qin looked up at the night sky that was covered by dark clouds and without a single star. He sighed and murmured: "The sky is going to change, but I can't see clearly..."

…

The tsundere loli who has been coming to the house frequently recently looked at the dazed gentleman and reminded him: "Sir, the meat in the pot is already cooked."

Li Yi came back to his senses, looked at the slightly rolled mutton in the pot, shook his head, and said: "Don't worry, wait until they all float up..."