Volume 1 The Empire in the Morning Chapter 191 The entertainer in the princess' mansion
Volume One: The Empire in the Morning, Chapter 191: The Busker in the Princess’s Mansion
Geniuses are often only associated with theories. They are only responsible for proposing possible answers to solve problems, but are not responsible for verifying the answers. They know what they are and guess what they are, but they don’t care how to prove it. Therefore, Ai Fuzi, who is relatively not good at mathematics, can propose the theory of relativity.
Then he continued to be in a daze, and the required preliminary experimental verification would have to wait several years before those hard-working scientists could stare at the solar eclipse for a long time in the wilderness.
Ning Que was praised as a genius. It seemed that he could throw the ideas in his mind to his senior brothers to turn them into reality and ignore them himself. Unfortunately, the talisman and arrow were what he needed. The talisman was something that the talisman master must personally participate in. More importantly, Ning Que was praised as a genius.
Unfortunately, he is the youngest junior student in the academy and does not have the qualifications or courage to pretend to be a subject leader. Therefore, in order to turn his genius idea into a perfect technological design, he had to continue to suffer endless pain in the next few days.
Stop on the paper to draw pictures and symbols, doing the most tedious and boring craft design work.
As someone's natal creature, Sangsang had to continue to play an important role in the rune experiment. After several storms and springs and autumns, she finally came to the happy and peaceful years of being a rich family's little maid, but unexpectedly she had to fall down.
Even though she was a little dull, she couldn't bear the itching and inexplicable weird feeling anymore. She resolutely tore off the white cloth on her body, took the wash basin and hid in the fake antique shop next door.
Even though he lost his most sensitive experimental tool, Ning Que still had to continue his research and development work. He stood in front of his desk biting the tip of his pen, thinking hard about how the rune should be improved in order to bring about the greatest speed increase effect on the feather arrows.
, the most troublesome thing is, how to draw the last stroke of the rune perfectly when the arrow is ejected?
Yujia's hair changed from a bird's nest to a chicken coop and then to the big white goose raised by his second senior brother, which was littered with water plants in the stream. His eyes went from tired to excited and then tired again, repeating this over and over again until he was completely black. Ming Ming always felt as if he was about to
I want to solve this problem, but I feel that the answer seems to be floating in the very far away clouds. I reach out to touch and explore but it always comes to nothing. It hits the water surface and the mirror, which is painful and annoying.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door of Lao Bi Zhai's shop.
Ning Que didn't call Sangsang to look at him, but called Sangsang several times to look at her, but received no reply. Then he remembered that she had already hid in the next door, so he had to throw away the ink pen in his hand, and walked towards the front door to open the door angrily.
Standing outside the door was a middle-aged man wearing a short-sleeved blue shirt with a respectful expression. Ning Que felt that this man looked familiar, so he took the invitation handed over and looked at the signature on the invitation before he remembered this middle-aged man.
People are the stewards of the princess mansion.
"What's the matter?" He rubbed his eyes and yawned and asked, "You must go?"
The steward was startled by his reaction, and said with a wry smile: "Master Ning, I really don't know what the specific matter is, but according to His Highness's arrangements, it should be a private gathering, so you'd better go."
Ning Que just asked in passing and had no intention of showing that he was not afraid of the royal power.
Since he stopped attending banquets in Chang'an City, he has not participated in such social activities for several days. Now he is busy with the talisman and arrow matters, and logically he is not in the mood to attend the appointment. But the other party is the most beloved princess of the Tang Empire.
, he and Li Yu hadn't seen each other for some days, so he went to see what the other party wanted to say and to relax, which might be of some benefit to the current predicament, so he said, "I'll be there on time tomorrow."
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The heat of late summer was gradually fading away, and the large leaf fan in the corridor in the distance was still spinning, blowing a gentle breeze into the courtyard, adding to the coolness and pleasantness. Sangsang took Xiaoman to the few trees
After catching insects under the old tree, Ning Que and Li Yu were sitting on the wooden boards in the courtyard drinking tea and chatting. The scene looked indescribably indifferent and casual.
However, the expression on Ning Que's face was definitely not suitable for this appearance. His brows were furrowed tightly, and the dimple on the left side of his face was particularly clear due to clenching his teeth and tightening his jaw muscles. He asked angrily: "Your Highness, can I not
go?"
"Father's autographed letter should have arrived at the academy by now." Li Yu gently turned his wrist and brought the tea cup to his lips, took a sip and said with admiration: "The rock tea sent by Shanyin County is really good."
Ning Que looked at her still beautiful face, sighed and said: "Your Highness, can we skip these banal pleasantries and flirting with things and get down to business? You must know that you and I are both young people, there is no need to imitate those old people.
Normally try it out."
Listening to the four words "love with things", Li Yu's thin eyebrows slowly raised, looking at him with a half-smile, but in the end he still did not use these four words to express his feelings, and said: "My father spoke in person, and Mr. Jun Mo probably didn't either."
I will object. In my opinion, you must go on this trip to the wilderness."
"I've already entered the second floor, why do I still need to practice cultivation?" Ning Que asked in confusion.
Li Yu was also a little puzzled by his attitude. He frowned and said, "Why are you unwilling to go? You must know that all the students in the academy will be the pillars of the imperial court in the future. Now that they are going to practice cultivation in the wilderness under your leadership, no matter what they want to do in the future,
I don’t care about your benefits, but at least I don’t dare to show any disrespect to you openly.”
Ning Que shook his head and said, "The wasteland is a very dangerous place."
Li Yu looked into his eyes quietly and said: "Staying in the prosperous area of Chang'an for too long will wear away a person's iron bones into crispy pieces? I don't believe that such a small scene can scare you. I know
With your reputation as a woodcutter at Subi Lake, are you still afraid of those barbarians on the grassland?"
"It's the woodcutter," Ning Que corrected.
He continued to explain: "Although the Qichengzhai side has not officially fought with the Prairie Golden Tent Royal Court for several years, the battlefield is not unfamiliar to me, and I am not afraid of returning to the battlefield. But since it is a battlefield,
We have no vision of life and death. Those students in the academy say they are invincible, but they are terrible at what they do. Who knows how many people will die if they go to the battlefield? If I take a group of children like this to the battlefield, I will be responsible for their lives. It is too stressful."
Li Yu said with a smile: "Don't forget that they were once your classmates. They keep saying that they are children. How much older are you than them? I don't know how you have acquired the old-fashioned feeling now."
Ning Que secretly thought that he was seven or eight years older than them. Although he was not old-fashioned, he always looked at things more cautiously and said, "The older the guy is, the easier it is for him to survive in the wilderness battlefield."
"But the truth is you don't need to take that pressure."
Li Yu looked at him and said calmly: "The actual cultivation of the academy is a major event for the empire to hone talents. How can you protect them like an old hen? There are no eyesight in life and death. Only the academy students who can come back alive from the battlefield are
The qualifications are carefully cultivated by the imperial court, so you just take them there without caring about their life or death."
Hearing this, Ning Que was slightly startled. After being silent for a while, he asked in confusion: "If you don't care about their life or death on the battlefield, then why do I have to take them there? Can't the military just send someone to end it?"
Li Yu didn't say anything. She looked at the few freckles on this fresh and pleasant face, and suddenly felt a hint of regret in her heart.
Yi Yiyi came back from the grassland last year. She can be said to be the first big figure in the Tang Empire to discover Ning Que's ability. She also tried to recruit her. Unfortunately, it seems that compared with Ning Que's potential, her recruitment efforts at that time did seem a bit...
Too young, but in just one year, this young soldier from Weicheng became the successor of the Talisman Master, a student on the second floor, and a celebrity in Chang'an City...
Slender fingers slowly turned the tea cup, and she gradually woke up from her trance. She looked at Ning Que and said with a smile: "My father asked you to take all the students from the academy to the wilderness. It is not because you value those students, but because you want you."
Go and save some face for the empire, and at the same time see what kind of abilities you can show."
Ning Que was slightly startled and said, "Your Majesty...do you think too highly of me?"
"Because you have ambitions and ideas, which are different from those senior brothers and sisters in the mountains behind the academy, and my father is interested in your ambitions and ideas. For our empire, whether young people have ambitions is a very important thing.
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"I really don't know what my ambitions are."
"Or to put it another way...ideal?"
"My ideals, Your Highness, should be clear. They are all very simple things."
"But if you satisfy your childhood ideal, isn't there a bigger ideal?"
"for example?"
Li Yu looked at his thoughtful expression and said, "Do you like practicing Taoism in the mountains behind the academy all year round?"
Ning Que replied without hesitation: "I like it."
This question might have confused him in the past, but since Chen Pipi took him to Yadong Bookstore and saw the scholar who kept copying and reading, it no longer became a problem.
Li Yu stared into his eyes and asked: "But after you have strong enough power, don't you want to rely on your power to do what you want to do and achieve some goals you want to achieve?"
Ning Que's mind flashed through the dilapidated mansion, the blood-stained stone lions, and the friends sitting on the dustpan in front of the wet wall. His body felt slightly stiff. After being silent for a long time, he put these unspeakable thoughts behind him and raised his head.
Looking at her shrugging, Wu Wu said: "I used to be passionate about fame and fortune, but now that I have it, I only know the troubles of being famous when I am famous, so now I really don't know what I will do in the future."
Li Yu looked at him quietly, and suddenly thought that this guy was now a student of Master, and the fame and fortune in the world did not have much appeal to him. For some reason, he felt a little frustrated and helpless.
"I remember one time last winter, you told Xiaoman a fairy tale in the wooden courtyard where we were sitting. The little princess in the fairy tale was proud, timid and incompetent, and the frog prince was a bit naughty.
"
After a long silence, she spoke.
She felt something was wrong as soon as she opened her mouth. She couldn't figure out why she suddenly told that story, but now that she had started, she clenched her fists hard and continued to tell the story calmly. I don't know if it was because of the late summer wind.
The heat was probably due to the palace maid in the corridor far away being too lazy to stop fanning. I felt my cheeks were a little warm.
"If you want to accomplish anything in the world, you must first dare to think. If you don't think about it, you will never be able to accomplish it. The so-called ambition, desire, and ideal actually still rely on courage in the final analysis."
Li Yu's mood gradually calmed down and he spoke slowly.
The courtyard was quiet, except for the faint sound of the turning of the large leaf fan in the corridor in the distance, Xiaoman's surprised cheers under the old tree, and the sound of water flowing from the rockery into the pool.
Ning Que saw the tranquility, gentleness and even connivance in her eyes, understood the meaning of her words, and couldn't help but think of the girl who was listening to the story by the fire at the Beishan Pass. However, in an instant he came to his senses and remembered that the other party was
The princess of the Tang Dynasty, who has an unparalleled status, especially those past speculations are still lingering in her mind, so she did not answer after a moment of silence, but asked: "How is Mr. Lu recently?"
Not hearing the other party's tentative words, Li Yusheng expressed a touch of regret and sadness, but he also breathed a sigh of relief. He picked up the precious Dragon Head Wushuang and a bundle of small bamboo clay pots in front of him, filled the tea cup in front of Ning Que, and responded with a smile.
Said: "Mr. Lu refused to live in Chang'an City and insisted on doing Qingxiu in Wading Mountain. A few days ago, he received a letter saying that he was in good health. By the way, he was very happy to know that you entered the second floor of the academy.
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Thinking of the selfless teachings given to him by the old man Lu Qingchen on the journey, at that time he was just a young man with no reputation and unable to practice, but now he has become a key training target of the Tang Dynasty court. Ning Que couldn't help but sigh with emotion and miss him very much.
I feel grateful and my mood becomes much warmer.
"Your Highness, while I'm in the wilderness... I'll ask you to take care of Sangsang."
"rest assured."
With the four princesses of the Tang Dynasty taking care of them, no one in Chang'an City should dare to bully the little maid. But Ning Que's trip to the wasteland was the first time that Sang Sang left his side after he was born, so after receiving such a positive answer, he was still a little agitated.
Worried, she stared into Li Yu's eyes and said seriously: "Don't let others bully her."
Being questioned by Ning Que, Li Yu, as the princess, not only was not displeased, but actually calmed down, because she knew that Ning Que was worried about Sangsang, but she was willing to leave Sangsang under her care, which showed a certain attitude.
"Don't worry, if anyone dares to bully Sangsang, I will make his life worse than death."
"Your Highness, this is too cruel. Let's just let that person die. The whole family will die."
"..."
"Your Highness?"
"It's nothing. I have a letter here. Take it with you. Although I know you won't be afraid of those barbarians in the wilderness, you are in a different place after all. If something happens, you can take this letter to see Prince Chongming."
Ning Que took the letter and put it in his arms. Just as he was about to say some standard words such as gratitude, he suddenly raised his eyebrows slightly. Listening to the breathing coming from outside the flower wall, he thought who in the princess's mansion dared to ignore the rules and eavesdrop on the princess.
Talk to yourself.
Li Yu saw him slightly startled, looked back, frowned and said, "Why are you here? Have you finished your homework today? When will the Imperial College allow students to leave class early?"
A young man in bright yellow clothes walked out from behind the flower wall. The young man had good features, but his face was pale as if he had not seen him for many days. His thin body and complexion gave people a feeling of weakness.
The young man responded with a smile: "Sister, don't be so fierce all the time."
After hearing the title, Ning Que knew the young man's identity - the eldest son of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the eldest prince Li Hunyuan who was the most promising to inherit the throne, so he left the table and stood up, bowing his hands and saluting.
He clasped his hands here as a courtesy, but the young prince raised his eyebrows, with a hint of displeasure on his pale face, waved his hand casually, and said, "No need."
In his opinion, although this person is qualified to sit across from his sister and is not an ordinary little person, no matter who you are, since it is your first time to see this prince, not to mention kneeling down, you must at least bow to the ground.
It's really disrespectful to clasp your hands casually.
He was secretly angry at Ning Que for being disrespectful, but Li Yu's face suddenly turned cold, and he scolded in displeasure: "Where have all the etiquette that Mr. Pingtian taught you gone? Why don't you return the gift to everyone Ning quickly?"
Hearing the words "Ning Family", the young prince Li Hunyuan immediately remembered the uproar in the palace this year. He looked up at Ning Que out of curiosity, and then compared the real person with the legendary person.
Normally, even if he knew that this person was someone his father appreciated, he would not show any color to her. However, the person he feared the most in the world was his sister. Seeing Li Yu's face turned frosty, he quickly stood up.
Xiang Ningque returned the gift.
Ning Que smiled gently and waved his hand to indicate no need, but did not turn aside to avoid it.
Li Hunyuan noticed this out of the corner of his eye, and his face looked a little ugly when he stood up. But after all, he was a child who grew up in an imperial family. He quickly suppressed the anger in his heart, walked to Ning Que, held his hand and chatted passionately.
stand up.
His pale and tender face exuded a sickly dignity, and he deliberately showed affection but could not hide the indifference in his eyes. Ning Que was used to seeing Chikuoer's intrigues in life and death, and his eyes could not tolerate any sand, let alone such inferior acting skills. He did not let this happen.
Rather than being happy, he showed his best acting skills, the best mental state, modesty yet enthusiasm, like a fire in the desert in winter.
Acting is the foundation for an actor to settle down and make a living. Today, Ning Que and the young prince were performing on the same stage by the cool breeze of the wooden courtyard. They kept on performing like this, just waiting to humiliate each other with their excellent acting skills.
Li Yu looked at the conversation between the two and already saw something fishy. He rubbed his brows in distress and glared at Ning Que, signaling him to stop.
The prince suddenly appeared in the princess's palace and happened to meet him. If this was really a coincidence, Ning Que would certainly not believe it. He knew what Li Yu meant, but regarding that matter, he was not qualified and did not want to participate. Even if he wanted to participate,
It must be a long time later, so looking at Li Yu's angry eyes, he smiled and stopped teasing the prince, clasping his hands and saluting to bid farewell to the two nobles.
Under the willow tree on the roadside when leaving the Princess's Mansion, he saw a young Taoist priest holding a yellow paper umbrella under his arm. He couldn't help but be slightly startled. These days, he often went to the South Gate Temple of Haotian Dao opposite the Imperial City, so he recognized this man.
The young Taoist is He Mingchi, a disciple of the Imperial Master Li Qingshan. He is responsible for some important work in the Tianshu Office and is extremely busy. He did not expect to see him in the princess's mansion today. It seems that he is waiting for someone.
Ning Que walked over and asked curiously: "Senior Brother Mingchi, who are you waiting for?"
The young Taoist looked at Ning Que, smiled helplessly, pointed in the direction of the palace, and said, "According to your Majesty's order, I am responsible for supervising the prince's studies. If he ran out of the Imperial College, I had no choice but to follow him."
Ning Que thought to himself that the dandy pale prince was really not an easy person to get along with. It was a hard job to supervise his studies. He looked at him sympathetically and comforted him: "It's just a matter of turning a blind eye."
Fang Mingchi shook his head with a wry smile and said: "I was adopted by the master. I have been with the master in and out of the palace since I was a child. I am familiar with the prince, so your majesty will entrust this matter to me. You don't dare to take it too seriously."
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After going to look for Sangsang under the old tree and chatting a few words with Xiaoman, Ning Que left the princess mansion.
Walking in the lively streets, looking at the urchins laughing and playing around the well at the entrance of the alley, thinking of the young prince and the rumors about the battle for the throne, he couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "Princess stalls like this
Brother, you are really unlucky. I don’t know how much suffering I will suffer because of him in the future.”
Sangsang asked curiously: "What's wrong with the prince? Master, do you think he is an idiot again?"
"If he is really an idiot, that's fine. No one will make things difficult for him. I have learned some tricks from Her Highness the Princess... Only idiots who want to become smart people can easily cause trouble."
Sangsang looked around and reminded in a low voice: "Young Master, that is a prince."
Ning Que said with a smile: "What about the prince? What about Prince Longqing? If this little prince dares to provoke me in the future, I will let him know how difficult it is to be an entertainer."
"Master, you often act very proud and complacent now."
"Two years ago, we could only participate in the distribution of gambling rights in the Weicheng Tavern. Now it seems that we can participate in the distribution of the imperial throne. How can we be dissatisfied? And it's not like there are no outsiders."
Sangsang glanced at him but said nothing.
"Don't believe it. When you enter the second floor of the academy, you will be the master's direct disciple. Regarding the succession of the throne, the attitude of the academy seems to be very important now, and the senior brothers and sisters in the mountain are definitely not interested in this matter. I
Probably the only one who might be interested..."
Ning Que said: "That's why the princess did what she did today. But looking at the little prince's performance today, I doubt she will regret today's arrangement. She should at least tell the little prince in advance."
Sangsang asked curiously: "Can the academy play a role in important matters such as the succession of the imperial throne? Young Master, you have become Master's direct disciple, and your status is so high? Is Master so powerful?"
Ning Que laughed at himself and said, "Don't forget that I haven't met this teacher until today, but after hearing a lot of rumors and the attitudes of the people around me, I can probably understand how great this teacher is."
"Master, then we should be considered the princess group?"
"Xiahou... should be from the Queen's side, so in the future I can only stand on the Queen's other side, that is, the princess's side. What I mean is that if I need to take sides. In fact, I have thought about this a long time ago.
I understand, it’s just that everything is for sale, and if you want to sell it at a suitable price, you have to wait. Now that the price is good, you can slowly start selling it.”
Sangsang suddenly stopped, looked up at his profile, and said seriously: "I heard and understood the fairy tale about the Frog Prince. Is this a good price?"
Ning Que was silent for a moment and then shook his head and said, "Not all toads want to eat swan meat."
"Isn't swan meat delicious?" Sangsang asked in confusion.
Ning Que looked at her and said with a smile: "In the eyes of some toads, dirty and smelly black loach is much more delicious than swan meat."
Sangsang asked: "Master, are you going around the bush and scolding me for being ugly and dark?"
Ning Que smiled and said: "It seems that my little girl is finally willing to use her brain to think about things."
Sangsang said seriously: "So the more I think about it, the more I feel that this is a good thing. According to what you told me when I was young, if I can marry His Highness and go home, I can save many years of struggle."
Ning Que continued to walk forward and said, "The question is how many people did she say this to."
These words involved the most vicious speculation about the woman. Sangsang frowned and said unhappily: "Master, you have always been prejudiced against Your Highness. In fact, she is a good person."
"Be it a good person or a bad person, what does it have to do with me?"
"Didn't you just say that you are waiting for a good price to sell it? What price will be higher than His Highness's own price?"
"Hey, haven't you ever heard of the saying that you don't sell yourself if you're an artist?"
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