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Xia Zhixu smacked his lips and patted Fang Wenhe's shoulder with some regret: "What a pity! If you could come to my side, I would be willing to have fewer soldiers this time."
Fang Wenhe smiled and said nothing.
Meng Shaoan, on the other hand, felt a little strange when he looked at Fang Wenhe. After getting to know him for the past few days, he felt that Mr. Fang was easy to get along with and very knowledgeable, as if there was nothing he didn't know. But when he thought about the name Fang Wenhe carefully, it turned out that he had no reputation at all.
But
Meng Shaoan was quite puzzled as to why Mr. Fang was unwilling to follow the Eighth Prince. As far as he knew, as long as Mr. Fang nodded, the position of the Eighth Prince's first counselor would definitely belong to Mr. Fang.
Xia Zhixu chuckled and asked, "But do you think I can accomplish that task this time? Will my father beat me to death after I finish it?"
Fang Wenhe shook his head: "Whether it can be accomplished, I think it should be possible. After all, the eldest prince is more similar to the prince and is better at leading troops. But if it succeeds, I am 100% sure that the prince will not say anything to the eldest prince."
Xia Zhixu rubbed his hands together, "Okay, now that you say so, then there will be absolutely no problem. It's just that you decide whether my marriage can be successful or not."
Fang Wenhe nodded: "If we don't tell anyone, it will definitely work."
Xia Zhixu gave Fang Wenhe a thumbs up and said, "You are awesome. I think so, too. How about I send two people to protect you? I tell you, if you tell my father that you don't want to follow him in a few days, he will definitely send someone to kill you."
Fang Wenhe shook his head: "Thank you, Your Highness, but I know what's going on."
Xia Zhixu reached out and patted Fang Wenhe on the shoulder.
But just as he was about to say something, Meng Shaoan looked at Xia Zhixu in confusion.
Xia Zhixu immediately said, "We'll have plenty of time on the way back to Yandi. I'll tell you then."
Meng Shaoan smiled slightly.
But at this time.
The gate of the Imperial College slowly opened.
When everyone saw it, they all looked over, especially the students sitting closest to the Imperial College. When they saw the servant boy coming out, they couldn't wait to go forward and look at him.
The book boy looked at everyone, bowed first, and then was about to speak loudly, but when the words came to his lips, he hesitated for a moment, and then counted on his fingers.
Everyone was puzzled when they saw the boy's expression, but some impatient people immediately asked, "What happened? Why did you take so long to come out?"
Someone else asked, "How is Miss Chang'an?"
The book boy was fine now. He looked up at the eyes that were looking at him, and then said loudly: "Miss Chang'an just annotated the article "Snow" that he wrote before, and explained some of the strange parts and the parts that everyone had doubts about before. In addition, the article involved eight poems, and according to what Master Yao said, each of them was a sung poem."
Hearing this
Everyone was stunned.
The scholars in the capital had already read Su Chang'an's works, and those who came to Beijing from other places to take the imperial examinations naturally also read them all during this period.
But if there is one topic that has some different opinions, it is undoubtedly the "Snow Chapter".
Because the article seems to be very coherent, and some of the sentences are very profound, and the descriptions of the scenery are also refreshing.
But there are some contradictions in some places, and some sentences have different interpretations by everyone.
Therefore, there are the most discussions.
It’s not that the article is not good enough, but that the sentences in the article are too good, so there are a lot of discussions about it.
Especially since everyone knew that those sentences were taken from Miss Chang'an's own poems.
Therefore, everyone is very curious, and one can even say that they have written countless lyrics in private, but the words just don’t match the meaning.
Therefore, at this literary gathering, many people really wanted to ask about the "Snow Chapter".
When they heard the servant's words, they were all stunned.
Eight poems!
Someone immediately asked, "Which eight poems did you bring out? Or do you remember the poem about fishing alone in the snow on a cold river?"
When one person asked this, the others immediately started chattering.
It’s not an exaggeration at all. After all, the [Snow Chapter] tortured them for too long!
The servant shook his head and was about to speak when he saw a horse coming not far away. He looked over and saw that it was the Huanglong Guard!
Your Majesty's personal guards, the Huanglong Guards, would only leave the palace to deliver imperial edicts, except for the Empress.
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Inside the Wenhui Lecture Hall
The entire lecture hall was filled with unusually loud discussions at this time. Some were sitting in groups, some were sitting in groups of two or three, and some were sitting alone, looking at the paper in front of them with a look of surprise.
But without exception.
Everyone was thinking about and discussing Su Changan's article "Snow".
Su Changan just answered my questions one by one, but it wasn’t really answered, he just spoke all the poems out loud.
Shock and disbelief followed one after another.
In the entire Wenhui lecture hall, everyone's expression when looking at Su Changan had completely changed.
It’s amazing to know the [Snow Chapter].
But listening to those poems now, especially the one about fishing alone in the cold river in the snow, among thousands of pear trees in bloom, I felt that it was truly more than amazing.
As soon as this article was published, it surpassed thousands of poems about snow and took the lead!
Just like the [Beauty Chapter]!
As for Su Changan, everyone's looks at him were extremely complicated, because they didn't know what to say.
Not only are all his poems widely sung, but more than half of them are able to be handed down from generation to generation.
What do they say?
They could only look at Su Changan and admire him silently.
Su Changan had returned to his seat by this time, and looked at everyone like this, smiling helplessly.
Looking down at Su Wan'er's face full of admiration, Su Changan reached out and rubbed his head.
However, just when Su Changan looked at Su Zimu who was also appreciating poetry and said something.
Cui Yuer had already walked over.
Naturally, the moment before Cui Yuer came over, Maomao had already hidden behind Yan Ruyu who was sitting behind her.
In response, Cui Yuer smiled helplessly.
But I didn't come here for the cat, but to find Su Changan for something, so I didn't think too much about it.
Cui Yuer bowed to Su Changan and said, "Please forgive me, Miss Changan. I am a little presumptuous to come here. In fact, it is about Sister Qingnv."
Maomao's real name is Cui Qingnv.
Qingnu is her nickname.
Su Changan had heard about this from Xia Fengxiang, so he knew that the green girl mentioned was Maomao.
Su Changan glanced at the cat that was staring at him. The look in its eyes seemed to be saying, "Just give it a try if you agree."
Cui Yuer glanced at the cat, smiled, then looked at Su Changan and said, "Actually, Qingnv's birthday is coming up, and my uncle didn't dare to come over, fearing that Qingnv would dislike him, so he asked me to come over and give this thing to her."
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Cui Yuer took out a small ink-colored jade pendant from her arms. The carving on the jade pendant was very delicate, and it was a lifelike cat.
Su Changan knew that carving jade pendants was very particular, and basically no one would carve a jade pendant into a cat.
Unless it is specially made to order.
Cui Yuer glanced at Cui Yu, then smiled and presented the jade pendant to Su Changan with both hands: "My uncle is not very smart sometimes, but sometimes he is very thoughtful. He wanted to give some medicinal herbs to Qingnv, but then he thought it was impossible to give such gifts on birthdays, so he went to find a piece of black jade and asked the best craftsman in Luoan City to carve this cat shape and gave it to Qingnv."
At this point, Cui Yuer thought for a moment and then said, "Actually, every year my uncle prepares a gift for Qingnv, but every year she refuses. This year, I had planned to give it to her today, but I told her that Qingnv hates him so much that she would run away if he got close to her. If Qingnv hates him even more, it would be a loss. That's why I came here specially to ask you to pass it on."
Su Changan looked at the jade pendant and turned to look at Maomao.
The cat just bared its teeth and glared at him, as if to say, "How dare you take it!"
The hand that was grabbing Yan Ruyu's clothes looked like it was about to turn into a claw.
Su Changan sighed and turned to look at Cui Yuer.
However, Cui Yuer placed the jade pendant on the table.
Su Changan saw it and wanted to reach out to stop it.
But when Cui Yuer went to put the jade pendant away, Su Changan tried to stop her and accidentally touched it with his hand.
But it was just a fleeting moment, just normal contact.
But this time.
In the lecture hall, everyone suddenly became quiet.
Everyone stood up and bowed in unison, and Mu Xu even walked out from behind the table.
Su Changan turned to look over.
Then he saw Sun Shang Gong holding the imperial edict in both hands, with Yan Yunxiao and a young eunuch following him with his head lowered beside her.
When Su Changan saw Concubine Sun and Aunt Yan, he stood up and greeted them with a smile.
But he immediately shuddered.
Su Changan frowned, feeling a little strange. There was a floor heating in the lecture hall and it was quite hot, so why did he suddenly feel a chill on his back?
At this time, Sun Shanggong and others had already walked to the center of the lecture hall.
Su Changan stood up and was about to walk over.
But then he stood up.
Su Changan's expression suddenly froze as he looked at the "little eunuch" behind Sun Shang Gong who was staring at him.
Isn't this my wife?
Su Changan was a little surprised when he recognized Xia Fengxiang at a glance, but...
Looking at Xia Fengxiang's murderous eyes looking at him, Su Changan blinked.
What happened!?