A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks of the Imperial Examination - Chapter 53

    Xiao Jingduo had been hesitant about how to deal with Cheng Huizhen before. The dangerous incident of fraud was all because of her. If Cheng Hui was really a man, Xiao Jingduo would have taught him a lesson long ago, but Cheng Huizhen, in the end is a man girl.

    Xiao Jingduo was embarrassed for a long time, and now it seems that he does not need to intervene in this matter.

    Whether this maid named Xia Feng was sent by the Crown Princess or Rong Ke, with the number of fights between the two, even ten Cheng Huizhen would not be able to play. In this case, Xiao Jingduo gave the battlefield to the East Palace, and let the women deal with the women.

    Dong Peng and Cheng Huizhen have been dealt with properly, Xiao Jingduo finally breathed a sigh of relief, the fraud case can finally come to an end.

    The female family members happily discussed what clothes to wear and what jewelry to wear when going out. Xiao Jingduo had to go to rehearsal for polo with Bai Jiayi and others, and left after a short time.

    A maid of the Wu family walked silently beside Wu Junru with her head lowered, and said in a low voice, “Madam, the things have been sent out.”

    Wu Junru nodded and said in a low voice: “It’s a big deal, you must deliver the letter to your father intact, remember?”

    “Remembered.”

    Wu Junru looked in the direction where Xiao Jingduo left, and after a while, she sneered.

    Since the incident of Yizhi, the Wu family and Wu Junru have become far apart a lot. Even if the boxing ceremony prepared by Wu Junru is never absent during the festivals, the Wu family accepted it as usual, but never returned. gift.

    Wu Junru once thought of inviting her first-in-class mother or sisters to the Hou residence. She told the Wu family about these things in person, but her first-in-class mother refused to pay attention to her. In desperation, Wu Junru only Can take the risk and let the servant deliver the letter to her father. Before leaving the cabinet, Wu Junru, a concubine, had a normal relationship with her mother, but she was very valued by her father. Since her mother did not respond, Wu Junru was too lazy to put her hot face on her cold ass, and simply went directly to her cheap father.

    Although the Wu family is only a small family, but after all, it has been in business for many years, and there are many Wu family members serving in the Ministry of Personnel. As long as Wu Junru wanted to, let the Wu family’s uncle cause Xiao Jingduo some trouble, or even deprive him of his qualifications to elect an official, it is still not easy.

    Xiao Jingduo, it seems that you have won the past few years, ruining her reputation and making her dare not go out for three or four years. But in fact, she did not have any substantial loss.

    In Dingyong Hou’s mansion, she is still Mrs. Hou who no one dares to provoke. Xiao Ying and the old lady still have to look at the face of the Wu family to give her respect. In this era, as long as the Wu family does not fall for a day, her Wu Junru will always be beautiful.

    But how could the Wu family fall? Not to mention that the Wu family was originally a century-old family, and behind it stood the Qinghe Cui family, the current queen, and even the fourth prince. No matter how the aristocratic families fight with each other, once someone tries to meddle in the interests of the aristocratic family, they will be immediately suppressed by all the aristocratic families, and they will be crushed to the point of no slag. Even the current emperor dare not move the Wu family without authorization, how could Xiao Jingduo, a small scholar, really defeat her, the daughter of the Wu family?

    The worst result is that Wu Junru can’t smash Xiao Jingduo’s career, but Xiao Jingduo can’t pull her down, and even will support her for many years to come, call her respectfully “Mother”. With the Wu family around, Wu Junru will always be the distinguished Mrs. Hou, and Zhao Xiulan is destined to be only a shadow in her life, a shadowy and abandoned shadow original partner.

      What’s more, with her son here, the Marquis of Dingyong did not need a very promising eldest son.

    Let Xiao Jingduo be happy for a few more days, after the most glorious few days of Xinke Jinshi, Xiao Jingduo will know that in the officialdom, it is not because of a Jinshi background that you can get along well.

    When Xiao Jingduo arrived at the agreed place, there were already many people on the polo field.

    The jinshi on the same list call each other the same year. During the period from the time the list was released to the time when they were not appointed officials, they were probably the most intimate and harmonious group of people. We have to walk together, and then we even have to perform a friendly polo match in front of the whole city.

    This game is really a headache.

    Seeing Xiao Jingduo coming, several jinshi who were resting beside the polo field hurriedly gathered around: “Oh, brother Xiao, you are coming, hurry up and get on the horse, time is running out, we still One last practice.”

    Yes, this polo match that many women screamed and yearned for was actually rehearsed in private.

    Xiao Jingduo can only sigh and sigh about this, he doesn’t want to do this, but the most prominent new jinshi of the year, in a sense, is the face of the court, they can’t fall on the polo field Have a good time? Therefore, Xiao Jingduo can only design actions for this game with no conscience, and design winners and losers.

    Xiao Jingduo is a good background in this batch of jinshi, and can often come into contact with polo. In addition, he is good at equestrianism, and playing polo is not a problem, so throughout the rehearsal, he was absolute dominance.

    In the past few years, Bai Jiayi’s riding skills have also increased greatly, and he is regarded as the best player except Xiao Jingduo in the same year, so Bai Jiayi was assigned to another team, okay Cooperate with Xiao Jingduo.

    After all, everyone is in the same year, looking up and not looking down, you can’t just keep winning.

    These freshly-baked Jinshi immediately wailed: “Ah, why so fast!”

    Xiao Jingduo and several others were rehearsing at another polo field in Furong Garden. When they heard the waiter say this, they could only stop for a while. Sure enough, they could already hear noise and laughter outside. .

    Even Bai Jiayi panicked: “No, so many people?”

    Xiao Jingduo patted Bai Jiayi on the shoulder, Bai Jiayi sighed, dragged Xiao Jingduo and said, “Brother, look at me for a while, don’t throw too hard balls, don’t be handsome, okay ?”

    Xiao Jingduo was silent for a moment: “Do you think I’m serving the ball fast?”

    Bai Jiayi picked up the Yanyue pole and pretended to hit him, but Xiao Jingduo smiled and avoided him. But before they could finish laughing, another bad news came.

     “Rejoice, all the scholars, the sage heard that today’s new scholars are going to play polo, very happy, and brought the Turkic envoys together!”

    “Oh no!” Bai Jiayi suddenly screamed.

    The emperor who loves to join in the fun all over the world came in person, and even brought the Turkic Khan who visited Chang’an. Although it was said that this was a great honor for new scholars like Xiao Jingduo, this honor was really not something I really wanted.

    The Holy Highness is in person, and the scholars like Xiao Jingduo naturally have to put aside what they are doing and go to pay homage immediately. The emperor was wearing a red uniform, and sat on the high platform with the Turkic Khan, with his vision facing the polo field. When the emperor traveled, his entourage naturally did not dare to neglect him. He saw several prime ministers of the three provinces and six ministries following him, Jinwuwei guarding majestically by his side, and the Turkic khans were also surrounded by many retinues. These people were nomads on the grasslands. Dressed up, with long hair scattered, described as rude, with bulging muscles on his arms, he is completely different from the Central Plains people at first glance.

    Today, the emperor held a banquet in the palace to entertain the Turkic khans. When the emperor heard that today’s Jinshi was going to play polo in Furong Garden, the emperor suddenly rose up and wanted to see the martial arts of these newly recruited talents How, so he left half of the palace banquet and came out of the palace with the Turkic Khan. The Turks are a nation on horseback. Compared with Wen Zou Zou and sitting in the garden to enjoy the flowers, he prefers to go outside and see something real. These two people in power hit it off, but it hurts other people in the palace. The two protagonists of the palace banquet are going out, how dare others not accompany them, the queen wants to stay in the palace to preside over the overall situation, and the queen mother is too lazy to leave the palace, so she has to let the prince and other princes accompany the emperor out of the palace, and come back when the emperor is satisfied.

    In addition to the emperor and the Turkic khans who were on the highest platform, many royal family members also came out. Xuan Dynasty people love festivals, especially the royal family. They like to join in the fun outside the palace during festivals. It is not uncommon for the emperor to bring his concubines and princesses out of the palace. Therefore, although the officials who arranged the emperor’s travel complained that the emperor wanted to go out, he would come out. But it is not troublesome to arrange it. Even the polo field platform is ready when it is built. The center is exclusive to the royal family. It is not open to the public at ordinary times. , which is dedicated to the placement of concubines and other female dependents.

    Xiao Jingduo and others lined up and saluted the emperor neatly. The emperor smiled happily when he saw this scene, and said to the Turkic Khan with some show off: “These are the new scholars of this year, the world’s talents. , all here.”

    The Turkic Khan glanced at Xiao Jingduo and others, and congratulated him in a perfunctory manner: “Congratulations, Your Majesty.”

    A Turkic envoy saw that the scene was a little cold, and said quickly: “I heard that the jinshi are both civil and military. It’s really a blessing for you to play polo. So, I’ll wait and see.”

    Xiao Jingduo and others did not expect this situation, but at this time, the twenty jinshi did not need to rehearse, and answered in unison: “The minister will not be humiliated.”

    The emperor nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: “A lot of people are already surrounded outside, you go down and prepare, don’t let the Khan down.”

    The weight of these words is very heavy. The Xuan Dynasty has been in constant friction with the Turks in the past few years. The situation of the peace talks today. Now that the Turkic Khans visited Chang’an, although they meant to be close, they were not trying to test the truth. Xiao Jingduo and others, as this year’s new jinshi, are in a sense the face of the imperial court, so in this polo match, Xiao Jingduo and others must play, and they must play beautifully.

    In the jinshi competition, the emperor came in person, and there were even Turks. All kinds of factors were superimposed, and it was conceivable how many spectators should be surrounding the polo field.

    Seeing the jinshi riding their horses, there was a burst of cheers from the outside.

    Bai Jiayi rode to Xiao Jingduo’s side on horseback. Taking advantage of the kung fu with Xiao Jingduo, he leaned over and said to Xiao Jingduo in a low voice, “Brother, remember what I just said, and look at me when necessary.”

    Xiao Jingduo couldn’t help but smile: “I understand.”

    Bai Jiayi raised her head and looked around, and said, “I thought it would be very sad for my aunt and sister to come to see my competition, but I never expected that even more sad things would happen.”

    Xiao Jingduo glanced at the high platform in the north, where sat the prince of the emperor, the king of the outer domain, the prime minister of the highest status in the dynasty, and the concubine and princess.

    This occasion is both stress and glory.

    Though these jinshi said dejected words, after the two teams separated, they immediately straightened their backs, full of energy, and showed their determination to win.

    In the eyes of thousands of people, the first ball flew out from the field, and the horses galloped immediately, and the fierce battle was about to start.

      The little ladies around were screaming constantly, and everyone in the Xiao family managed to occupy a table. Seeing the performance on the field, Xiao Yumang proudly said to the lady who had made her close friend: “See, the black team is the best player in the game. That one is my eldest brother!”

    All the jinshi wear red clothes, with black and white belts as the boundary, they are divided into white team and black team, Xiao Jingduo is the main force in the black team.

    The last ball was hit hard, passed under the white team’s horse, and hit the goal.

    Xiao Yumang didn’t care to hold the shelf before handing over the handkerchief, she jumped up and cheered, and even Mrs. Xiao shook Cheng Huizhen’s hand excitedly and kept asking: “Did Duoer win? ?yes?”

    Cheng Huizhen held back the pain in her hand, and happily confirmed with the old lady: “Grandma, you read that right, it was my cousin who won the last goal.”

    Off the field, Xiao Jingduo retracted the Yanyue pole, strangled his horse and walked towards his teammates. Many people outside the court were excited for his last shot, but he himself still looked calm, and only smiled slightly when he walked up to his teammates to speak.

    Cheng Huizhen was in a noisy crowd. At that moment, everyone around seemed to be away from her. She could only see Xiao Jingduo in her field of vision. The young man is like a jade, high-spirited, winning the game in the eyes of everyone, this is simply a girl’s most magnificent dream.

    Cheng Huizhen was a little absent-minded, while others had different expressions. The Turkic Khan had a heart to destroy the prestige of the Xuan Dynasty, and said deliberately with disdain: “This is the most outstanding young man in your country?

    The officials of the Xuan Dynasty immediately glared at them, and the Turks were not to be outdone. Several stout men stepped forward and flexed their arms to show off their bulging muscles.

    Different from the young and vigorous stunned youth, the Prime Minister of Shangshu Province was very calm, he smiled and twiddled his beard, turned his head and asked, “So what should be done according to the Khan’s opinion? “

    “Since you claim to be a powerful country with millions of iron cavalry, then you might as well go down and compete with my warriors to see whether your cavalry is stronger or our Turkic warriors are stronger.”

    The Turks are a race of horses. They claim to be able to ride horses when they can walk. Everyone, young and old, women and children, has a good riding skill. Polo confrontation is fierce, and the requirements for riding and strength are particularly high. Competing with these Turks is really a sweat.

    The chancellor stroked his beard, thinking about the possibility of winning or losing, but before the chancellor could come up with a surefire plan, the emperor laughed and said, “I think I used to take a black iron cavalry to sweep In the world, from Zhuojun in the north to Yizhou in the southwest, Daxuan’s iron cavalry has never met an opponent. Although the world is peaceful and there is no war for the time being, the good men of Daxuan must not have lost their skills.”

    Speaking, the emperor will get up: “I personally take them and compare with your Turkic warriors.”

    Oh, this is just a joke, several prime ministers did not care about putting on their beards and showing high office, and quickly pressed the emperor down: “Your Majesty can’t make you, you are the body of a real dragon, I am the capital of the country, how can you do it? Let Your Majesty take the risk.”

    The emperor who loved showing off his martial arts was dissatisfied: “I’m not too old to move, how can I be hurt by these young people? Let me come.”

    The crown prince and several other princes also hurried over to persuade the emperor: “Father, this is absolutely impossible!”

    The king of Liang also responded: “The prince said that it is just playing polo, where is the father doing it himself? The son is willing to take orders and compete with the Turkic warriors.”

    “My son is also willing.” Several other princes also stood up and asked for orders. The emperor was limited by his status and could not do it himself, but he was also pleased to see that his son was as brave and brave as he was in the past. nodded.

    “Yes, then I will rest for a while, you can go.”

    “The son takes orders.”

    The crown prince is also the country’s capital. The prime ministers will not let the prince go on adventures no matter what. Even if the royal family is famous for his bravery and skill in battle, the prince himself also has great military achievements, but polo is an intense and dangerous sport after all , What if the prince has three longs and two shorts?

    So the prince can only regretfully hand over the leading task to King Liang, and let him lead the people to compete with the Turks. With King Liang and King Qi in their early stages, the children of other clans also responded positively. It didn’t take long for a polo team with the highest level in history to be born. The team was full of princes and princesses, all of whom were close relatives within the emperor’s three servers. .

     After Xiao Jingduo and others finished the game, it was time to return to the emperor. Everyone knows this match, the nature of the performance is mostly, so winning or losing is not important, but Xiao Jingduo and others just dismounted, and just halfway through, they saw another team on the high platform come down.

      When they met, they quickly stopped and saluted: “I have seen all the kings, I have seen the concubine.”

    Liang Wang and others also stopped, nodding and saying hello to them: “The polo just now is very exciting, you are good at it.”

    These words are polite, standing in front of this group of people, who dares to admit that they are good, the scholars quickly declined: “The king of Liang is too famous, the martial arts of the king of Liang can be called outstanding, Make me admire.”

    Liang Wang laughed and waved his hand, obviously not caring about these compliments. They still had something to do. King Liang stopped just to give face to the jinshi, or to give the emperor a face. Now that the polite words were finished, King Liang planned to leave.

    He didn’t take two steps, when he suddenly saw Xiao Jingduo in the crowd, he exclaimed in surprise, “Is it you?”

    Xiao Jingduo didn’t know why, so he stepped forward and said: “Xiao Jingduo, I don’t know what King Liang ordered?”

     King Liang turned around and discussed with the other princes and consorts: “We still lack two people here, so the prime minister meant to transfer two good men from the army, but I’m afraid it will take a lot of time to come and go. , if those savages think that we are afraid of them, it’s not good. If you want me to say, it’s better to choose two of these people directly!”

     King Qi and several other county kings looked at each other, bowed their heads and said, “Yes, I think there were two people who were pretty good in the last game, just the two of them.”

    The matter was settled in a few words, Xiao Jingduo and Bai Jiayi didn’t know what happened, they were taken away by these royal relatives.

    Bai Jiayi lowered his voice and spoke to Xiao Jingduo: “So, now we have to fight against the Turks, these princes drag us to make up the number?”

    “Yes.”

    Bai Jiayi’s mood was a little complicated, and after a long time, he said leisurely: “I thought that this kind of matter related to national prestige and face, will be selected from the army. Professional personnel, but these princes actually Go out yourself?”

    Xiao Jingduo didn’t know what to say: “Get used to it, Rong is a martial artist, it’s always been like this.”

    Xiao Jingduo secretly thought in his heart, with the royal family’s arrogant and impetuous character, who loves to show off their beauty and force, you have to suffocate them when you let them watch others fight on stage.

    Xiao Jingduo inadvertently guessed the emperor’s mind.

    Seeing the scholars leaving the stage, although the people onlookers were still unsatisfied, they also knew that there was nothing to see today. But the emperor was still sitting on it, and the people were very curious about the emperor and the Turks, so they also surrounded the outside, and only a few people dispersed.

    Sitting on the stage in the Dingyonghou Mansion, Xiao Yuli asked others strangely: “The game is over, why hasn’t the saint left yet?”

    “Who knows.” Another noble lady pouted, “Why wait so long, I will go back first if there is nothing else…”

    Screaming suddenly sounded next to her, Xiao Yuli turned her head in displeasure: “Sanniang, what are you doing? Do you have some manners?”

    Xiao Yumang stared at the field, excited, even Cheng Huizhen came around curiously, widening her eyes in surprise: “Cousin look, they are back again! Wait, Isn’t that His Royal Highness Prince Liang?”

    “The king of Liang, the king of Qi… ah, the concubine is also here!”

    These noble ladies were all excited: “What are they going to do? Look, the prince and the eldest brother are on their horses. Are the Turks on the opposite side? Does the prince want to compete with the Turks?”

    Many people made similar guesses. As several princes reined in their horses and walked into the field, the cheers outside the polo field became louder than ever.

    The royal family confronted the Turks in person, and there were two new scholars in the team. This explosive news spread all over the Furong Garden immediately, and after a while, more and more people gathered outside the venue.

    On the high platform, Princess Xin’an said with a smile: “Sanlang and Shilang are also true, if you want to disarm the Turks, you just need to transfer people, why do you need to do it yourself?”

    “Eldest sister, you don’t know anything, if it wasn’t for everyone to stop me, my father would go down by himself!”

    There was a silver bell-like laughter from the female family members, and the tears of the princesses came out. Rong Ke sat next to Xin’an and deliberately said: “Aunt, it’s because of you that you are still complaining about the third uncle. Fourth uncle, look, isn’t my uncle down there too?”

    Princess Xin’an’s concubine seemed to sense something, restrained her horse back, and waved the moon pole in the direction of the curtain.

    Feeling the action of the concubine, several others in the team also stopped and looked towards the high pavilion where the princesses were.

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