Chapter 53 Murder?
As Ning Jiang, I have heard of today's son Song Shao.
Given that he was the only one who had the courage to treat himself two grooms who died in a row, he would record them in history as the example of "harming husbands", and become the only sister of a royal princess who could not marry for hundreds of years. It would be hard for Song Shao to not hear about it.
The palace trial was Jie Yuan, and the memorial test was very talented. Not long after I arrived in the capital, I used a song "Bi Luo Fu" at the Prince of Lu Zhong on the Lantern Festival, which made the capital expensive. It set off a new trend of writing lyrics. Although some jealous people said that he was addicted to the lyrics and music paths, not many people really took this to heart.
In addition, the censor who had been reported to the news wrote a letter to criticize Ning Jiang, saying that he presented poems to the eldest princess in public, with frivolous behavior, unethical and reckless behavior, which was angered. As a result, the emperor had not said anything, and the old lady in the palace was unhappy and called the censor to curse him, saying that why was it angered to send poems to my daughter? My daughter is the eldest princess and the emperor's sister, why was it angered to offer poems to her?
There are countless talented men in the world who send poems to girls' homes. I didn't see you sue them one by one. It's someone's turn to give poems to my daughter, you are not happy. You wish my daughter could not get married, are you? The emperor's sister could not get married, are you very happy, are you ministers?
The censor hurriedly defended himself and said that he did not mean that. However, the old lady didn't care what he meant at all. She just cursed from beginning to end and forced the censor to kneel down at the palace gate. No one dared to talk about things with Ning Jiang again... It was said that "the mother-in-law looks at the son-in-law, and the more she looks, the more interesting it becomes." Given that no one dared to propose marriage and love to the eldest princess, the old lady hadn't seen him yet. She already thought he was very interesting.
The emperor looked at the boy who called Ningjiang from a high position. Among all the tribute students, this boy was undoubtedly the youngest, even younger than Luanmei, and his appearance was pretty good. Although there were some bad rumors, such as a beautiful woman in a famous capital, she was directly rude to each other and was considered to be aloof and weird person, like a crazy student, but she had never done anything too outrageous.
What's more, he never appears in a place of wind and moon. Although he is full of poetry, in fact, in addition to giving poems to Luanmei and filling in lyrics, he has never offered poems to other "beautiful women", nor has he not had the "romantic debt" that is usually indispensable for talented people of his age. He is also considered to be both virtuous and talented.
"If he can enter the top ten in the palace examination, then for Luanmei's sake, he might as well give him a top scorer." The emperor thought to himself.
Although the rankings for the palace examination were all drafted by the emperor, there were actually regulations within the inner circle.
The real review and judgment of the papers is the document reading officer of the Ministry of Rites and Imperial College. The ten people who were judged to be the best will be handed over to the emperor, the top scholar, the second scholar, and the third scholar, and the three people who were selected from these ten people. From this point of view, no matter who they are, if they want to become the top scholar, they must first pass the "paper reading officer".
Even if Song Shao was willing to help, at least he had to enter the top ten of these more than 120 tribute students.
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In the morning, Ning Xiaomeng and Chun Jianli appeared in the palace of Princess Qishengfang.
Because of the commotion in the outer city last night, the whole capital was in a panic. They all participated in some things they should not participate in last night. In order to show that they had no ghosts in their hearts, they naturally had to travel as usual during the day.
For Ning Xiaomeng, last night she and her brother just wanted to be a beautiful girl and a beautiful boy quietly... No, they were stealing a treasure quietly. If nothing unexpected happened, theft of the Kowloon Cup would take a few days to discover in the palace. Last night, it should have been a peaceful night. As a result, my brother just took the treasure away and something big happened in the outer city.
When she returned to the house in the morning, her brother had already gone to the palace examination. She didn't know if the riots in the outer city last night had anything to do with her brother. But from the point of time, it should be said that the possibility of it being related was extremely high. After arriving at the eldest princess, she began to hear that the child who assassinated Wang Yiqing claimed to be "Bat Young Master" before jumping off the cliff and leaving... So she basically confirmed that that was her brother.
As for Chun Jianli, she was also nervous. Last night, she met the "Bat Young Master" and many of her companions who participated in last night's action with her, five of them were even like her, who were candidates for the goddess of goodness.
Who is that child? Is he related to the filial daughter who assassinated her son? She was secretly alert in her heart.
The sun shines on the eldest princess' back garden, and the three girls chat and drink tea. Chun Jianli wants to show her tea art and wash away the last injustice. As a result, Princess Luanmei and Ning Xiaomeng, who have "learning from the past", were so scared that she quickly stopped her.
Princess Luanmei left them in the mansion to have a meal.
In the afternoon, the weather gradually became much hotter. The three women sat together in the pavilion to enjoy the cool air, but were a little absent-minded.
The eldest princess stroked the strings of the piano and looked at the white clouds in the distance; Chun Jianli was wearing a red dress, leaning against the stone table, looking at the leaves outside the pavilion; Xiao Meng listened to the untuned song of the eldest princess sister, with her two little hands between her legs, allowing her thoughts to fly.
He...is still in the palace examination...
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Ning Jiang was sitting in Jiying Hall, writing and writing.
The spacious Jiying Hall can accommodate at least a thousand people without appearing too crowded. At this moment, it is naturally more than enough to accommodate more than 120 tribute students.
Although the tribute students are separated by screens, they are not even as strict as the provincial examination.
This is also a matter of course. At this moment, the elites here are from tens of thousands of students who have passed the prefecture, state, and imperial examinations, and the entire army. Even if they find those great scholars, if they are negligent in practicing, they may not be able to do better than them at this moment.
What's more, at least 90 candidates were able to pass the test, and no one wanted to be caught cheating and all their efforts were wasted because of this time. That was really a joke about their fame and fortune. In addition, during the government or the imperial examination, there were thousands of candidates who could not be guarded against, so it would be better to lock them up with the examination house. Now, there are more than one hundred invigilators in total. The walking back and forth of more than a dozen invigilators was enough to monitor everyone.
The treatment during the palace examination was also very good. Ning Jiang just signaled a moment, and a palace maid came forward and scooped clean water for his water cup.
After drinking leisurely sips of water, Ning Jiang checked the poems and essays he wrote again.
Of course, there is no need to mention the poem. In this palace examination, the title was a poem written by a mother's kind and filial son. Ning Jiang secretly said lucky and directly copied the most famous poem in another world that praised maternal love. As for fu, it took a lot of effort. Although he also had some confidence in his abilities, he was all elites at this moment, and no one could guarantee whether anyone would perform in this extraordinary game.
The palace examination ends at the end of the evening at Youth hour. During the exam, you can even walk around Jiying Hall, but you can't talk to each other. In addition, you can't hand in the papers in advance and leave the venue.
When I left Jiying Hall, it was actually still early. After all, in the hour of You, in another world, it was only five o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, the sun had just begun to set west.
When they left, there were no officials from the Ministry of Rites to guide them. Everyone left in groups of three or three. Ning Jiang walked with Sun Shan and talked about the poems he wrote in the palace examination. Ning Jiang recited his poems again. Sun Shan was moved and said, "Brother Ning Jiang. With this poem alone, the top scholar is probably the only one."
Ning Jiang said: "It's not certain, maybe some people have better skills, let alone fu." But he thought to himself, "shamed". This poem was not originally written by him. Of course, as a time traveler, there is no way to have an advantage in this regard. In order to ensure that they can stand out among all the tribute students, the advantages of being a time traveler are useless.
No matter who it is, he is a time traveler, in this situation, it is probably the same?
To be honest, if it weren't for saving the world, he wouldn't bother to spend this time, and copying poetry would be very tiring!
After walking out of the imperial city, someone waved at him in the distance: "Brother!"
Just like the purple trumpet flowers in summer, it is naturally a little dream.
At this moment, Xiao Meng was wearing a rose-purple chest-like skirt, covered with autumn fragrance, half of her arms, and a wide belt of gold-colored purple with gold wire and graceful and graceful. Just standing there has attracted the attention of talented men, and some even subconsciously tidy up their clothes. Unfortunately, the charming girl only had her brother in her eyes.
Behind her was a gorgeous carriage. Ning Jiang had already guessed who was in the carriage.
A trace of warmth arose in his heart. After Ning Jiang bid farewell to Sun Shan, he walked towards his sister.
As my sister entered the carriage, I saw Princess Luanmei in the carriage. But what was a little surprised was that even Chun Jianli was here.
Xiao Meng said gigglingly: "Brother, I know you have finished the exam at this time, and we will pick you up."
Ning Jiang smiled and said, "Thank you, thank you!" It felt pretty good to be waiting for at least three beauties. Thinking of this, he looked at Chun Jianli. He almost killed this girl last night. This girl was lucky. She escaped from Xiao Meng's knife and then from his black sand palm.
Seeing the carriage slowly starting, he asked, "Where are we going?"
Princess Luanmei smiled and said, "Let's sit in my mansion?" She said worriedly: "Now the capital is getting more and more uneasy, and someone killed someone and dismembered the body..."
Ning Jiang thought: "I made it!"
Princess Luanmei continued: "There are still people learning to set fire in the Imperial College..."
Ning Jiang thought: "I did it."
Princess Luanmei continued: "There were monsters in the capital last night!"
Xiao Meng looked at her brother... You did this too?
Ning Jiang shook his head quietly. Although the monster came for him, this was really out of the plan.
Xiao Meng sighed: "The capital is so dangerous!"
Chun Jianli quipped: "That's right, since you brother and sister came!"
Ning Jiang, Ning Xiaomeng looked at her... It was over, she saw through it. Should she kill someone to silence her now?
Chun Jianli touched her face... My face was covered with flowers? Why did they look at me like this?
Entering Qishengfang, he came to the eldest princess's mansion, and at the invitation of Princess Luanmei, he got off the carriage. Ning Jiang stood in front of the mansion, snapped, opened the folding fan, and swayed gently.
Entering the eldest princess's mansion, enjoying the scenery along the way, but there were also many female guards. The maids were curiously stumbled their heads in the distance, pointing at him, and laughing non-stop. I don't know if he was enjoying the scenery, or if he was the scenery himself, and was truly appreciated by others.
Of course, Ning Jiang doesn’t care about this. With so many people watching him, it just means that he is... handsome, stupid!
Princess Luanmei set up a banquet in the mansion and entertained him, and he was not polite at all. Chun Jianli glanced at him quietly, thinking that he had regarded this place as his future mansion?
When the sky was getting darker and the stars and moon rose, Princess Luanmei and three of them came to the depths of the back garden. She saw an octagonal tower standing in front of them. The octagonal tower was far higher than other pavilions, rockery, lanterns hanging high, and colorful ribbons fluttered. Ning Jiang raised his head, looked at the gorgeous high building, and said, "I guess, it's not until the full moon night, the princess must like to climb the tower and lean alone in the wind and enjoy the moon."
Princess Luanmei looked at him in surprise: "How do you know?"
Ning Jiang looked at her with a smile: "I have a clear understanding... I can understand a little!"
Princess Luanmei's face immediately turned red.
Ning Xiaomeng said: "Brother, why don't you and the eldest princess sister go upstairs to take a look?" He took Chun Jianli's hand and pointed casually: "The scenery over there is very good, let's go over there to take a look?"
Princess Luanmei, Chun Jianli: “Ah?”
Ning Xiaomeng pulled Chun Jianli and said, "Let's go!" She forced Chun Jianli to run away.
Princess Luanmei opened her eyes wide and looked at Ning Jiang. Ning Jiang sang a fan and smiled... This sister is well-raised!
Entering the Octagonal Tower, Princess Luanmei held a lantern in one hand and raised her skirt with the other, and walked up step by step along the stairs surrounding the wall.
Ning Jiang followed her and looked at her slim figure. In his previous life, when he met Qi Meng, she was actually not young, but in this life, she was not yet in her twenties. Although for ordinary women, she had already passed the normal age of marriage and was considered an old virgin, for him, as a time traveler, a woman of this age was just right.
Maybe he realized that the young man behind him had been staring at him, and Princess Luanmei was so embarrassed that her neck was red even with shame.
As we climbed up to the high building, the night wind was cool. When we looked up, a crescent moon hung in the night sky, and the stars in the sky spread out like pearls above their heads. These lights intertwined with each other, dazzling and beautiful.
The two of them leaned against the railing together and looked at the scenery in the distance. Princess Luanmei remembered something, lifted her hair with her hands, and whispered: "Tell me, last year, when I was in Kongshan, when I first met with my young master, my young master seemed to call me Qimeng?"
Ning Jiang smiled and said, "For some reason, when he saw Your Highness for the first time, this name popped up in his heart, and it felt very suitable for Your Highness."
Princess Luanmei said happily: "Actually, when I was chanting poems and composing in the boudoir, I got my name for myself, "Qi Meng"... What are you doing?"
Chapter completed!