Chapter 72 That spring, I cut peach blossoms into one pound (one)

When I approached the academy and entered the meadow, I found that the pink and tender flowers and trees were not one. The most prosperous ones are apricot blossoms, but the most numerous are peach blossoms. Those light peaches avoided behind the apricot blossoms, and looked at the people who were secretly disturbing their quietness with their little faces, full of shyness.

Sangsang raised his little face and curiously climbed Ning Que's shoulder to look out the window, looking at the academy that was getting closer and closer, and looking at the mountain behind the academy where most of his face was covered by clouds, he found that he did not feel uncomfortable. His thin willow leaves narrowed his smile, full of happiness.

The students who were waiting for the exam got off the carriage in turn, lined up in front of a spacious stone plaza under the command of the Ministry of Rites and the academy teachers, and then entered the two rows of rain-covering corridors next to the plaza to rest.

The students who were waiting for the exam came from different places, most of which were selected by the academy teachers in various counties and village schools in the Tang Dynasty, and the rest were selected by various departments and offices. Among them, the military department alone selected more than 70 candidates, with a large number of people. However, so many students sat in the rain-covering corridors on both sides of the stone plaza, and it was not crowded at all. You can imagine how spacious the place was.

Above the stone pavement is the main building of the academy, hidden in the fog of flowers and trees. However, because the building itself is extremely tall, the two oblique corridors are like the wings of a phoenix, so there is no sense of jasper in the small house. Instead, it has a clear and refreshing taste that is indescribable, and it looks extremely grand.

Ning Que's focus at this time was not the appearance of the academy. If he could get into the academy, he would have several years to measure the width of the academy with his feet and look at the beauty of the academy with his eyes. What he is more concerned about now is that at this time, there are probably more than 500 candidates waiting for the academy in the rain corridor, and the academy will only admit 200. The 5th Middle School No. 2 is not a very high rate, so he can't help but feel a little worried.

The students who were waiting for the exam under the rain corridor were calm, and they did not talk left and right, and no one took out the real paper test questions in their arms for the final sprint. Everyone was the best young people in the Tang Dynasty and even the whole world. Yes, although there were lieutenants over thirty years old who were covered in bitter cold and frosty faces, and some were taught to take them back from a despicable rural village school to Chang'an and looked at the genius children under the age of fourteen, but they could always be considered young people. No one wanted to show their lack of confidence at this time.

Ning Que's confidence was getting less and less, and his right hand trembled slightly. He was about to reach out to Sangsang to ask for the real test paper in her package, but he forced it back. Just when he was finally about to give up and not be ashamed to sharpen his knife in front of the formation that he was best at, a sound of solemn palace music suddenly sounded around Shiping.

The Yulin Army arrived, the ceremonial guards arrived, the officials of various departments arrived, and the spectators who spent money to buy tickets arrived, the palace guards arrived, the princess arrived, the empress arrived, and the emperor arrived, so the students waiting for the exam in the rain corridor moved their seats and slightly sore waists, bowed their hands and bowed, shouted two times, and there was no last time to study hard - Alas? When Ning Que was nagging in his heart, he suddenly saw a beautiful girl, luxuriously dressed and peaceful temperament walking on the stone plaza. Who is not His Royal Highness?

Under the protection of the eunuchs and palace maids, Li Yu, the fourth princess of the Tang Dynasty, walked slowly across the stone plaza, walked through the envious and envious eyes of the young unmarried students in the corridor, walked through the surprised eyes and low-pitched discussions of the ministers, walked along the long phoenix-wing corridor to the main room of the academy, came to the stone railing and bowed to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress, and then stood quietly next to His Majesty the Emperor's left hand.

Unlike the ill-intentioned imaginations of enemies in other countries in the world, and from some conspiracy theories, such as Ning Que's imagination, there was no opposition between imperial power and academy in the Tang Empire. Only a very small number of people know that the Tang emperor today once studied in the academy for two years when he was young. After he ascended the throne, he would come to the academy for a break for a long time, and in winter, he might even spend the whole month in the academy.

If the Tang Dynasty's imperial power was really vaguely afraid of or even balanced the power of the academy, then when the academy was opened, the court would never have set up such a big battle, and the emperor would not regard himself as his second home.

The ministers in the court knew His Majesty’s feelings for the academy and knew the importance of each college opening ceremony to His Majesty. Therefore, when they saw the Fourth Princess Li Yu, they couldn’t help but exclaim in shock. They looked at the railings from afar and looked at the women standing on both sides of His Majesty’s left and right sides. The mood was extremely complicated. The Fourth Princess showed the world the unparalleled love she received after less than a month since the grassland returned to China. She didn’t know what the Empress, who was quietly standing on the other side of His Majesty, would think at this moment.

The bell behind the mountain was sounded crisply, which was the first time for the admission exam for the academy. Hundreds of students waiting to be tested in the rain corridor came out one after another under the command of the academy teaching, walked through the flat road under the main railing of the academy and walked into the yard.

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty looked at the handsome and elegant students, and was catching himself, unable to help but stroking his beards and showing a satisfied and joyful smile.

Seeing his father's expression, the fourth princess Li Yu smiled and said, "Congratulations to Father, all the talents in the world are in your trap."

The emperor burst into laughter when he heard this, not obeying it but not disobeying it.

The Empress didn't say anything, but just smiled and looked up at her husband, her eyes full of admiration and admiration. She gently put her soft right hand on his hand to express encouragement.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at his wife and daughter, ministers on both sides, and pillars of the empires in the future, and couldn't help feeling satisfied. Suddenly, he felt that there seemed to be one missing person beside him. He frowned slightly and asked a minister behind him: "Master... or not hesitate to come?"

The minister bowed to the ground in fear and said, "The dean said that the academy entrance examination is for His Majesty and for the Empire. He... doesn't need to come forward. He wants to prepare his luggage and leave in two days."

His Majesty the Emperor remembered this, his face full of regret, as if he had done a good thing but was not praised by his father. He patted Shilang and sighed: "I almost forgot that the Master will go to the country earlier this year."

He looked back at the mountain behind the academy that seemed to appear in the clouds and mist, and bowed for a moment after a silence.

In the pavilion, somewhere about ten miles away from this mountain, a monk and a road were talking to each other. It was early in the morning, and I don’t know where they got such an interesting place.

The monk was about thirty years old, with a handsome and gentle face, and naturally felt like he was free from dust. His eyes fell on the chess and his eyes were placed between the horizontal lines on the chess. Then he raised his eyes to look at the academy in the distant mountains and the academy, and suddenly asked, "I heard that... the Master is very tall."

The Taoist seemed solemn inside and outside, but today he seemed extremely frivolous and casual. He reached out and blew his hand gently into the air and replied, "Master...of course it is extremely high."

“How tall is it?”

"How do you know a small character like me?"

"Don't the Tang Dynasty's national master know?"

"You are the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, don't you know that?"
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