Although the quiver competition was extremely exciting, there were only more than a hundred onlookers. Among the more than 1,200 guests in the Alum Tower, they were only a very small number. The civil servants despise the military generals. Even if they shouted, they remained unmoved. They neither went to watch nor wanted to know what had happened.

When the guests returned to their positions, the impact of the archery competition disappeared without a trace, as if nothing had happened.

Li Yanqing's seat was at No. 337 Qiulou. When he entered the door, he got the seat sign. Most of the guests in Qiulou were middle and lower-level officials. Although Li Yanqing was not the only one who attended the banquet, most of them sat in the Chunlou or Xialou with their father's status and power. Only Li Yanqing was the only one who sat in the Qiulou.

Qiulou also has the largest number of guests, with a total of 500 people. There are five rows in front and back, each with one hundred seats. The furnishings are much inferior to Chunlou and Xialou. There is only a small table and dishes. Although the dishes are also good porcelain, there is no decoration other than that, and there is not even a bottle of flowers. It is very crowded, so it will be very inconvenient for everyone to go to the table or go to the toilet.

But this is normal. How can the treatment of a small official of the sixth and seventh rank compared to that of the prime minister and the Grand Marshal?

Li Yanqing sat in the penultimate row. He found that there were young men in front, back and left and right, including gentle young officials and strong guards, but more were scholars without fame. Most of them were children of famous families and powerful people studying hard at home to prepare for the imperial examination.

At this time, all the young people were dressed well, exceeding the etiquette of attending the banquet, as if they were on a blind date, with a hint of pretentious expression on their faces, and their seat cards seemed to be made temporarily, mostly wooden cards, unlike themselves, which were a bronze medal.

Li Yanqing suddenly woke up. Zheng Rongtai told him that his grandmother had invited some young talents to date her ex-husband's granddaughter. It seemed that Zheng Rongtai was talking about these young people.

This discovery made Li Yanqing a little dissatisfied. If these young guests who were temporarily invited were removed, wouldn’t his seat be ranked last?

But after a change of thought, Li Yanqing felt relieved. He had no high-ranking father, no prominent family background, no Jinshi fame that everyone envied, and a typical three-no people. Why did the Zheng family look up to him?

At this time, a young official of 25 or 26 years old next to him smiled and said, "Can you discuss something with this virtuous brother?"

Li Yanqing realized after a while that the other party was talking to him. He couldn't help but be stunned, "What are you discussing?"

The young official pointed to the guest on the right of Li Yanqing and said, "This is my friend. We want to sit together. Can we change seats with my brother?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "Then please!"

He picked up his teacup and stood up, and changed his seat with the young official next to him, "Thank you! Thank you!" The man hurriedly clasped his fists to thank him.

Perhaps because of the change of seats, the young official felt embarrassed not to say hello, so he asked Li Yanqing with a smile: "My brother, where is the surname higher?"

"Brother, please be polite. I'm not allowed to leave your surname Li, and I am currently studying in the Imperial Academy."

"So it's too student, not bad! not bad!"

"I don't know that Ling Zun is," the young official asked tentatively again.

"Just a businessman, not worth mentioning!"

Li Yanqing felt a little unhappy and replied coldly. Generally speaking, after he introduced himself, the other party should also introduce himself in time. This is the etiquette of equality.

But instead of introducing himself, the other party asked Li Yanqing's father's background, obviously just wanted to know why he was able to attend the Alum Tower banquet. This was not only rude, but also revealed that he was a kind of person who was tempted by the incest.

When the other party heard that Li Yanqing's father was just a businessman, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes and still smiled twice, he ignored Li Yanqing and continued to chat with his friends next to him.

At this time, Li Yanqing saw Zheng Rongtai coming from behind, looking around to find something. Li Yanqing knew that he was looking for him, so he raised his hand with a smile. When Zheng Rongtai saw him, he was overjoyed. He quickly waved to him and whispered a few words, as if there was something urgent to ask him to go over.

"I'm sorry, I'll give it to you!"

Li Yanqing walked out of his seat with difficulty, which attracted a dissatisfaction. The seat was too tight and he walked around alone, dozens of people around him had to get up to give way.

"Brother Fat, what's the important thing?"

"Come with me, someone wants to see you." Zheng Rongtai pulled Li Yanqing and left.

"Are you those friends?"

"It has nothing to do with them. Those bastards don't give me face and deserve it if they beat them. These guys bully the weak and are afraid of the strong. They themselves dare not provoke you again, but when they go out, they have to be careful of their minions."

The two walked to a door behind Xialou. Zheng Rongtai pointed to the door and smiled, "I don't know what happened. It was my father who asked me to come to you. It should be nothing. Please come in!"

Li Yanqing was confused and pushed the door open and walked into the room. He saw four people sitting in the room, Zheng Rongtai's parents, and a middle-aged couple. Li Yanqing immediately recognized the noble lady. Wasn't it the lady she said she was peeping at in the afternoon?

However, seeing her smile on her face and there was no malice, Li Yanqing hurriedly saluted Zheng Rongtai's parents, "See uncle and aunt!"

Zheng Sheng smiled and introduced the middle-aged man next to him, "This is General Gao of the Left Guard, and he wants to see you!"

Li Yanqing hurriedly saluted. General Gao Shen, the founding general of the country, was a descendant of Gao Huaide. He had high titles and official positions, but he had no real power. Like all powerful families, the Gao family was not willing to be like this. They also wanted to cultivate their children, but the children who could stand out were very rare. In addition to cultivating their children, another way was to recruit Jinshi as son-in-law.

Gaoshen has three daughters, the eldest daughter is a Jinshi who married a second year in Zhenghe. She is now the wife of a county magistrate in a big county. Her eldest son-in-law will be promoted next year. Her second daughter is married to the Cao family. Now only her younger daughter is left. Although she is only fifteen years old, she should consider lifelong affairs in advance.

Gaoshen was actually not very interested in Li Yanqing. The son of a businessman, and the student was far inferior to the Jinshi, but his wife was very interested and had to let him meet Li Yanqing. Due to his wife's face, Gaoshen had to ask the Zheng family to help him build a bridge.

He waved his hand gently and said, "Please sit down, please sit down, we don't mean disrespect. We just want to get to know Li Shaojun and have a few casual conversations."

Seeing that the other party was polite and not disgusted, Li Yanqing sat down and asked with a smile: "What's the matter with Li Yanqing?"

"Li Shaojun is polite. I just heard from Master Zheng's introduction. It seems that Li Shaojun sacrificed his life at the Imperial Academy. Is that true?"

Senior senior was not interested in Li Yanqing's identity as the young master of Baoyanzhai, but he was somewhat interested in Li Yanqing's sacrificing his life in the Imperial Academy.

"That's right!" Li Yanqing admitted frankly.

"But as far as I know, although Li Shaojun was in the Jieyuan of Xiangzhou, he could not enter the Taixue Shangshe. He should be the inner sacrificial student. How could he enter the Shangshe?"

The Zheng couple looked at each other and they were also confused. Their son had to work hard to barely enter the inner house of the Imperial Academy. How could Li Yanqing enter the upper house? This qualification could not be bought even if he had money.

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said, "It's a senior who happened to have a place to stay, so he recommended me."

"Oh! I wonder which senior recommended it?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "I'm sorry, without the consent of my senior, I can't tell him who he is."

His deep thoughts changed drastically. There were only ten recommended places for the emperor to sacrifice his life every year, and the emperor and the queen occupied four. Not everyone could get it, and even his turn was not his turn. Only powerful people like Cai Jing, Tong Guan and Liang Shicheng had the opportunity.

Gao Shen immediately understood. Who said that this young man had no background? It was just that his background was hidden very deeply. Only by exploring it deeply would it gradually surface.

Gao Shen smiled and said, "I'm just a little curious and I don't mean to ask questions. Please don't be surprised by your husband."

"General Gao is polite, I won't care!"

"Then I wish Li Shaojun a good fortune in high school as soon as possible and a bright future. Please, please!"

"Thank you General Gao, thank you Uncle Zheng, thank you for your two ladies, I have said goodbye to you."

Li Yanqing bowed and turned around and left the room. As soon as he left, Mrs. Pan asked anxiously: "What do you think of this boy?"

Gao Shen nodded and praised: "You know how to learn and be polite, and you can teach me!"

"The master said, do we want it?"

Gao Shen glanced at the Zheng couple again, "What do you think of brother and sister-in-law?"

Why is the Zheng couple talking so much about this kind of thing? If things fail or regret it afterwards, they will offend others.

Zheng Sheng smiled implicitly and said, "As long as General Gao likes it!"

The implication is, ‘Just be sure, don’t ask us.’
Chapter completed!