The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 390 Domineering (Part 2)

Xiao Liulang ignored the ashen-faced Prince An, turned around and entered the Hanlin Academy.

He asked for two days off, and there was a little business on the table. He looked through it, not too much, and he could basically get it done in one morning.

Starting tomorrow, he will resume teaching the prince. He has to give the prince some questions, but it won't take long.

In short, it can be valued on time.

It's just that no one expected that he had just finished handling the official duties at hand, and was actually stuffed with a new official assignment by Yang Shidu.

It is a eulogy for the first emperor, which is used during sacrifices.

This is a task assigned to Yang Shidu by Mr. Han, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, but Yang Shidu is too lazy to do it, so he finds Xiao Liulang.

Speaking of which, Yang Shidu hasn't bullied Xiao Liulang for a while. One is that he has just recovered from a serious injury and has no energy. The other is that Xiao Liulang and Zhuang Taifu had an undefeated confrontation at the gate of the Imperial Academy. Pinghou went to the countryside to pick up Xiao Liulang himself.

Adding all the above together, the vast majority of people no longer easily provoke Xiao Liulang, but some people have a certain urine in their bones, commonly known as forgetting the pain when the scar is healed.

Yang Shidu happened to be one of them.

He shouted: "What are you doing? Go! Have you never written it or haven't seen it? If you don't know it, go to the book! There are eulogies from previous years in the library!"

Xiao Liulang glanced at Yang Shidu with cool eyes.

Such a seemingly inadvertent look in his eyes actually made Yang Shidu's heart skip a beat.

Is it an illusion?

Why does it look like it was targeted by a poisonous snake?

When Yang Shidu looked at Xiao Liulang again, Xiao Liulang had returned to his former indifference.

Xiao Liulang understood that Yang Shi would not be satisfied if he did not write this eulogy to the late emperor twenty or thirty times, and he would not even read it, so he would have to rewrite it over and over again.

If it was before, he wouldn't care.

A person like him, who should have died in the fire long ago, has no right to care about what happened to him?

But now—

If he's having a bad day, someone will worry.

Xiao Liulang turned around and returned to his office room.

Yang Shidu sneered: "I knew it, you kid is just lucky, a cripple from the countryside, really think those noble people above have a crush on you?"

Perhaps the look in his eyes before made Yang Shidu feel very uncomfortable. He made things difficult for Xiao Liulang all morning, rewrote it countless times, and finally had to hand it in.

Only then did he pick up the first eulogy he wrote: "I think this one is the best."

Xiao Liulang walked out in silence.

Yang Shidu snorted disdainfully, and then he picked up a neatly written eulogy and went to Master Han's office.

Master Han couldn't help showing a touch of satisfaction when he saw the pleasing handwriting: "This is...Xiao Liulang's writing?"

Xiao Liulang, who belonged to the entire Hanlin Academy, had the best calligraphy, even that of Prince An was inferior.

Yang Shidu smiled obsequiously: "My handwriting is not good, so I asked him to copy it."

Copying is not a merit, but writing soul-stirring eulogy is the real skill.

"Well, these few sentences are well written." Lord Han did not hesitate to praise.

Yang Shi read happily.

However, he didn't have much fun, Master Han's smile froze on his face: "You really wrote this?"

Yang Shidu was immersed in the self-fantasy praise, and didn't notice Master Han's face: "It was written by a subordinate official."

Master Han slapped a piece of eulogy on the table!

Yang Shidu was startled for a moment: "Han, Mr. Han?"

Mr. Han said angrily: "Yang Shidu, are you going to die! How dare you insult the name of the late emperor!"

"First, first emperor's name taboo?" Yang Shi was stunned, and hurriedly brought over the eulogy to have a look.

The eulogy does mention the first emperor’s name taboo, but it is not a big name, but a small name, which appears in a pair of suppressing first and then raising, which happens to be the suppressed part, so if you analyze it carefully, it can be said to be insulting. First Emperor.

Yang Shidu's face faded instantly, and he said in panic, "Master Han! It's not me! It's, it's Xiao Liulang! He did it!"

He almost told the fact that the eulogy was written by Xiao Liulang, and changed his words sharply at the corner of his lips, "He must have copied it wrong!"

Lord Han said coldly: "He is the champion of the new department, would he make such a ridiculous mistake? What's more, this sentence can't be read without the nickname of the late emperor!"

Yes, this sentence is clearly written so well, seamless and flowing, if it wasn't for the late emperor's nickname, it would be a perfect match.

No, it is thanks to the late emperor's nickname.

Not right either!

Xiao Liulang acted so boldly that he used the name of the former emperor to make a match!

He, he, he must have done it on purpose!

Hello Xiao Liulang!

Yang Shidu was so angry that his lungs would explode. At this juncture, he couldn't care less about the fact that the ghostwriting was revealed. He cupped his hands and said, "Doctor Han, to be honest, this eulogy was written by Xiao Liulang! He, he wrote a lot. It's all on my table! If you don't believe me, I'll go get it right away!"

After he finished speaking, he put down the eulogy and went away with wind on his feet.

However, to his despair, all the eulogies that had been placed on his desk were gone!

He panicked all over: "What's going on? What about the eulogy written by Xiao Liulang? What about the dozens of thick eulogy? Where did it go? Where did it go? Where did it go..."

At this time, Han Xueshi's chief follower came over: "Yang Shidu, Mr. Han asked you to go to his side to confront Xiao Liulang."

"Xiao Liulang...Xiao Liulang!" Yang Shidu gritted his teeth and went to Mr. Han's office room. When he entered the room, he rushed towards Xiao Liulang, "Did you do it! Was it you!"

Whether Xiao Liulang is guilty or not is not discussed for the time being, but Yang Shidu's appearance of being bitten by a mad dog really loses the demeanor of an imperial official.

Han Xueshi frowned.

Xiao Liulang's expression was very calm. Although he was the lame one among the two, he stood up straight, like a green pines and cypresses, with a splendid temperament.

On the contrary, it made Yang Shi read more and more embarrassed.

Yang Shidu is an old Imperial Academy official. He had passed the law examination when he left the hall, and his grades were quite good, otherwise he would not have stayed in the Imperial Academy.

He knew very well in his heart what a serious crime it was to desecrate the name of the late emperor.

He looked at Xueshi Han in horror: "Master Han! You believe me! It's him who did the trick! It's him! He killed me!"

Xiao Liulang said calmly: "Why can't the officials understand Yang Shidu's words? I have no grievances or enmity with Yang Shidu, why do you want to kill Yang Shidu?"

"Because..." Yang Shidu almost said that because you were dissatisfied with me making things difficult for you, he gritted his teeth, "It's also my fault that I didn't explain it clearly to you this time. I don’t know if the writing is in line with Mr. Han’s wishes, if not, then I will bear the criticism for you, if Mr. Han really likes it, I will tell him that you wrote it.”

It can be regarded as explaining to Xueshi Han why Xiao Liulang copied it at the beginning.

Unfortunately, that's not the point.

Master Han only cares about who wrote this eulogy!

Xiao Liulang had already understood the ins and outs, and he said, "I don't know the last emperor's nickname."

Han Xueshi suddenly realized.

That's right, the first emperor's nickname was not a country title or year title, so how could it be known to the world? The reason why Yang Shidu knew it was because when the museum was closed, he would examine the history of Zhao Kingdom, which also included the annals of the royal family.

But Xiao Liulang has only been in the Hanlin Academy for a few months, and he hasn't learned it yet.

He is the number one scholar from a poor family from the countryside, not a relative of the emperor, so it is impossible for him to know the late emperor's nickname without studying the history of the imperial family.

In this way, Xiao Liulang's suspicion was completely ruled out.

Han Xueshi didn't think that Yang Shidu intended to offend the late emperor. The most likely reason was that he didn't remember himself, and accidentally bumped into the late emperor's nickname.

"This matter..." Han Xueshi looked at Xiao Liulang.

Xiao Liulang arched his hands lightly: "Please deal with it fairly, my lord."

Han Xueshi closed his eyes, alas, he is not a good talker.

To be honest, Yang Shidu was the first offender, so as long as the three of them didn't say anything, Han Xueshi could expose the matter with minor punishments, but Xiao Liulang clearly meant that he didn't want to help Yang Shidu.

If the matter gets out, it is inevitable that even he himself will be accused of lax governance and unfair handling of affairs.

Han Xueshi sighed: "I see, you should step back first."

Yang Shidu's official position cannot be kept.

Han Xueshi wrote a letter and sent it to the cabinet. Officials of this level are generally dismissed or appointed by the cabinet.

In the afternoon, Yang Shidu was demoted two grades in a row and became a regular editor of the Seventh Rank of the Imperial Academy.

And Xiao Liulang's official position is editing and writing, which is the sixth rank.

After finishing the value, Xiao Liulang was talking to Ning Zhiyuan about Xiu Mu's visit to his house next time, when Yang Zhou rushed over aggressively.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ning Zhiyuan stopped him, "What are you doing?"

Although Ning Zhiyuan is a civil servant, he is not small and grew up through hardships. He has a lot more strength than these officials in the capital, but Yang Zhou can't push him away!

"It's okay, let him come over." Xiao Liulang said lightly.

"Are you sure?" Ning Zhiyuan turned his head, seeing that Xiao Liulang didn't seem to be trying to be brave, he let go of Yang Zhou's arms.

When Yang Zhou came in front of Xiao Liulang, he had planned to hit Xiao Liulang's face with his fist, but when he actually met Xiao Liulang, he suddenly realized that this brat was so much taller than him!

Xiao Liulang's eyes were cold, reminding him of the feeling of being targeted by a poisonous snake.

He clenched his fists, suppressed the horror in his heart, and looked at Xiao Liulang angrily: "You are so despicable!"

Xiao Liulang twitched the corners of his lips lightly: "That's ridiculous."

"you!"

Shameless!

It is not easy for Yang Zhou to climb to today's official position. He has been in the Imperial Academy for many years. He does not have family background and background like Prince An and Du Ruohan. .

And he didn't do too much!

When he came to the Hanlin Academy, he was made so hard by others!

Why can't he do to Xiao Liulang what his predecessors could do to him!

Yang Zhou was so angry that he was incoherent: "You...why did you do this..."

Xiao Liulang's eyes were calm: "I can't understand you."

Yang Zhou was so choked that he almost vomited blood, he raised his fist.

"Hello—" Ning Zhiyuan shouted.

Xiao Liulang didn't even blink, and looked at him very indifferently: "You, you are a seventh-rank editor, and you have no right to do anything to me."

Yang Zhou's arrogance suddenly weakened.

Xiao Liulang rolled up his wide sleeves, holding the flowers he picked for her in his hand, he didn't want to spoil them: "Next time, remember to salute."

After finishing speaking, he brushed past Yang Zhou and left without looking back.

King An, who witnessed all this not far away, frowned involuntarily.

He has also heard about Yang Shi's reading. Leaving aside the incident itself, was Xiao Liulang's attitude towards Yang Zhou just now too arrogant?

It's not that kind of domineering arrogance, but a kind of condescending contempt and indifference, as if there is dignity in his bones.

Is this still the submissive Xiao Liulang?

Why does it seem like a different person?

Could it be... just because he has his aunt and Xuan Pinghou backing him?

When Xiao Liulang walked out of the Hanlin Academy, school was over in the Hanlin Hall, and a few concubines invited them to ask Xiao Liulang for advice.

Xiao Liulang said: "I have something to do today, you can come to see me tomorrow at noon."

"Ah, although I know it shouldn't be, I still want to ask, is it urgent?"

"Yeah." Xiao Liulang nodded slightly, looked at a small figure standing in the alley in front of him, frowned, looked at them and said, "I'm in a hurry, so I'm sorry, you can come back tomorrow."

Everyone responded one after another.

"Is it my eyes? Did Mr. Xiao just smile?"

"I seem to have seen it too."

"Master Xiao can be so gentle?"

Although Xiao Liulang was not born with a face of ice, he was also very indifferent and alienated. If Feng Lin and Lin Chengye hadn't taken the lead to ask him for advice, they would not have dared to bite the bullet and come to him.

They were curious and couldn't help following Xiao Liulang all the time.

They saw Xiao Liulang come to the first alley and talked to a girl.

A rare tenderness flashed across his brows and eyes, and the contours of his side face seemed to soften.

"For you." He handed her a freshly picked Four Seasons Begonia.

Gu Jiao took the crabapple flower and smelled it, and couldn't put it down: "It's so fragrant, is today going well?"

Xiao Liulang looked at her fixedly: "Well, it's going well, I will be promoted soon."

Although the horoscope has not been written yet, the position of attendant reading is vacant.

There are many people who are qualified to replace them.

But if you like it, I'll go for it.

"Really?" Gu Jiao's eyes lit up.

In her clear and joyful eyes, Xiao Liulang's heart slowly melted uncontrollably: "Well, really."

Gu Jiao raised her head and looked at him, her eyes were full of determination and faith that had never wavered: "I knew it, my husband is very good!"