On the lakeside lined with green willows, the cool wind is blowing, and the ripples on the lake surface rush to the shore, gently beating the smooth stones, making a sweet sound. Everything is as beautiful as a painting, so unreal. Somewhat unreal.

He and I are in the painting.

And he and I were the only ones in this painting who were not moving. We just stood there silently. I don’t know how long we stood there. There were willow leaves falling and scattered on our shoulders, and there was also wind blowing water vapor against our cheeks, but he and I Still motionless.

I don’t know how long it took, but his palms were blown cold by the wind.

Then, I felt the calloused fingers move gently on my cheek, slid down, and moved to my chin. He gently held my chin and looked at me in front of my eyes. .

I am still calm, even my breathing is not disturbed.

But the breath that was close at hand became a little chaotic and hot, and the fingertips holding my cheek were also trembling slightly, not because of instability, but because of a suppressed emotion, which seemed to be invisible to me. The place was tumbling, and I even had the illusion that those strong fingers would break my slender neck in the next moment.

But in the end, it still didn't happen. He slowly let go of me, and I took a step back gently and said slowly: "Isn't the emperor going to Jingren Palace to see the eldest prince?"

"Yeah."

"The civilian daughter accompanied the emperor."

"..."

He looked at me for a while, and seemed to grit his teeth. After all, he didn't say anything. He just breathed a little heavier, turned around and continued walking forward.

After a while, they arrived at Jingren Palace. The maids and eunuchs did not expect that the emperor would follow him. They all knelt down in shock to greet him. Pei Yuanhao was not in the mood to say anything and walked in with his hands behind his back.

At this time, I heard Nian Shen's giggle coming from the study room: "Wow! I'm done writing, I'm done!"

"Your Highness, be careful not to fall..."

"Haha, I want to show it to Aunt Qing!"

My heart skipped a beat, and when I raised my head, I saw the front of me. I thought like last time and ran out of the study, holding a large piece of rice paper filled with words, shouting all the way: "Aunt Qing." , Aunt Qing, I——"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw Pei Yuanhao and was startled. He stood there for a while, then hurriedly walked over, carefully knelt down and said, "I pay my respects to my father."

Pei Yuanhao didn't say anything, but looked back at me and said with a half-smile: "Aunt Qing...?"

I bit my lower lip and said softly: "The daughter of the people knows her crime."

Nian Shen immediately realized something and said hurriedly: "Father, please don't blame Qing - Qing Ying, the son-in-law himself called it that. It was - the queen said it. Qing Ying and she are good sisters. She is also very knowledgeable and can teach her a lot about life, so she calls her Aunt Qing."

Pei Yuanhao looked at me, then at him, and smiled: "When did I say I wanted to blame her?"

Nianshen raised his head in surprise.

"Your mother is right, she -" He glanced at me again: "Your Aunt Qing is very knowledgeable, you can learn more from her."

Nian Shen grinned: "Is it true, Father?"

Pei Yuanhao smiled lightly, with a playful sense of having everything under control, and said with a smile: "You have no joke, I also plan to let your Qing Aunt go to Jixian Hall."

My heart sank, but my expression did not change. I just smiled and said, "Your Highness, please show the Emperor what you wrote."

"Oh, okay."

Pei Yuanhao glanced at me and said nothing. He picked up Nian Shen and said with a smile: "Come here, show me what my eldest prince has learned these days."

It seemed that he was rarely so easy-going. Nianshen was a little flattered, and his little face turned red with happiness and nervousness. I followed behind and followed the father and son into the study. Shuixiu and Xing'er also followed carefully to serve. Pei

Yuan Hao carried Nian Shen to the table and asked him to unfold the rice paper. It was densely written with some childish words - it was the disciple rules I asked Nian Shen to come to.

"Father, please look."

Nian Shen looked up at him, as if asking for credit, and was nervously waiting for his review. Pei Yuanhao looked at it for a while, but frowned slightly.

As soon as he saw him like this, Nian Shen immediately became nervous.

Pei Yuanhao didn't say anything, but just looked back at me. I stepped forward to look at it with understanding. There were indeed some typos in the disciple rules written by Nianshen, but they had made great progress compared to before, especially when it came to urgent matters.

I told him about the mistakes he made once, but he never made them again, which is a big improvement.

So I smiled and said: "Your Highness wrote really well. It would be nice if I could write more carefully here."

Nian Shen looked at me blankly: "Where?"

I pointed to a word on it and said: "Disciple's regulations, sage's teachings, first filial piety and brotherhood, second time sincerity. There are three strokes below the word "sincere". Your Highness only wrote two strokes. Is there something missing?"

"Ah..."

"Principle means that people should be cautious, do things with reason, and not act arbitrarily. The same is true for writing. If there are more strokes and less strokes, it is not the word, and it does not mean the same thing."
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"Oh..."

Nian Shen nodded, hurriedly climbed onto the chair, grabbed a pen and started writing seriously. I stood by the chair, lowered my head and looked at his childish use of the pen, and Pei Yuanhao stood behind me.

, when he leaned down, his shoulders were slightly pressed against my back, and his hot breath blew into my ears.

I felt like I was burned all of a sudden. I looked back at his eyes without saying anything and silently moved to the side. At this time, Nian Shen had finished writing and seemed not to notice the undercurrent in the room at all. He turned around and raised his hand.

He held up the paper and showed it to us: "Father, Aunt Qing, is this time right?"

Pei Yuanhao looked at the crooked word "Jin", smiled, and reached out to rub Nian Shen's heart.

Then, he raised his head, looked at me, and said with a smile: "You taught me well, and it's not in vain that I plan to appoint you as the orthographer of Jixian Palace."

This time, my heart sank severely.

Jixian Zhengzi! Does he want me to serve in Jixian Hall?

Although the Celestial Dynasty does not allow women to be officials, Jixian Palace is an exception. There was a precedent for female bachelors in the previous dynasty. This is not unusual, but - he asked me to be the official of Jixian Palace. If I want to leave, I will

It’s even harder...

Nian Shen didn't feel my mood at all. He just looked at the emperor happily and said, "Father, is it true?"

"Didn't I tell you that you have no words to say?" Pei Yuanhao looked at him with a smile: "Your Qing aunt has made the correct calligraphy of Jixian Hall and will go to Jixian Hall to watch you in the future. If you don't pay attention to your studies, I will

But you will be punished."

Nian Shen was so happy that he almost jumped up, but he still tried his best to suppress himself and nodded vigorously: "I understand, I know!"

As he said that, he walked up to me again, raised his little face and looked at me: "Aunt Qing...Aunt Qing?" He looked at my confused expression with some surprise, held my sleeve, and said: "

Aunt Qing, what’s wrong with you?”

"..." I lowered my head in a daze, looked at him, and then at Pei Yuanhao over there, and finally gritted my teeth and forced a smile: "No, it's nothing."

Pei Yuanhao came over again, stretched out his hand and pinched his face: "Look at you, why is your face stained with ink? Someone is here -"

Shuixiu and Xing'er hurriedly walked in: "Your Majesty."

"Take the eldest prince down to clean himself up."

"Yes, I obey your order."

After saying that, the two of them came forward and carefully led the students down, and he and I were the only ones left in the study.

This time, the atmosphere became more and more heavy.

I glanced at him and didn't say anything. I just silently walked over to collect the pens, inks, paper and inkstones on the desk. He also walked over silently and stood behind me. The distance was the same as before. As long as he moved a little, he would be there.

I can stick to this warm body behind me.

I simply stood by the desk and didn't move.

But he was not angry, and I could even feel a faint smile when he spoke, and whispered in my ear: "There are still some things I want to discuss with you."

Discuss...

This was a word that the emperor would not use. I looked back at him and said, "I wonder what your emperor's orders are?"

"There was news that Fu Badai was attacked in Xingzhou on his way to Beijing."

"What?!" I was shocked and said hurriedly: "Then he——"

"Everyone is fine."

"..." My heart was about to beat out of my chest. I heard that everyone was fine, so I breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great."

Pei Yuanhao's voice was a little cold: "It seems that some people don't want him to enter Beijing."

This is natural. The emperor wants him to enter the capital, but there will naturally be people who don't want him to enter the capital. It is difficult to estimate the impact that such a great scholar entering the court as an official will have on the students all over the world. Those students are already a great help in the future.

But who to help may also determine the future of war and peace in the Central Plains.

I said softly: "However, since he promised the emperor, no matter how difficult the road is, he will definitely come."

Pei Yuanhao said: "I also know that it is really difficult for him to summon him to the capital."

"..."

"So, I want to treat him with great courtesy."

"...a big gift?"

I turned around and looked at Pei Yuanhao - of course, I wouldn't think that he purely respected Fu Badai. Someone attacked Fu Badai. This matter must not be hidden from others, but the emperor treated him with great courtesy, which was done to the world.

An attitude of a scholar.

As expected, he will not give up every opportunity.

Pei Yuanhao said: "I originally wanted hundreds of officials to welcome him, but he has not accepted the canonization after all. He is a citizen and not an official. It is not in line with etiquette to have hundreds of officials greet him, so I wanted to welcome him with ancient etiquette. However, since the royal family,

After entering the customs, many ancient rituals in the past have been abandoned. I heard that some ancient rituals are still used in Xichuan. I want to know what ancient rituals the people of Xichuan use to treat such a great Confucian?"

I thought for a while and said: "Yuan Ying."

"Yuan Ying?"

"Yes," I nodded and said, "People nowadays often say 'missing a welcome from afar', because this ancient ritual has been abandoned. If the emperor wants to treat him with great courtesy, he must leave the imperial city and go to a distant place.

Go and greet him. In this way, it will not be disrespectful to etiquette, but it will also express to him and the scholars all over the world that the emperor is eager for talents and is courteous to virtuous subordinates."

He pondered for a while and nodded: "Yes. Then I can have someone prepare it."
Chapter completed!