Eastward Flow

"Father, if I want to accompany my son to read, can I ask father's permission?"

Zhenbeihou was a little surprised when he received the request from his youngest daughter for the first time. He looked at his young daughter, saw her serious appearance, and asked again as if confirming, "Do you really want to accompany your son to read?"

Zhong Lisuo nodded, and said: "I want to go. The son is young, and although he is taught by a Chinese gentleman, he is either Xin or Geng. Most of the boys of his age are still at the age of fun. I think your majesty will let the son enter The Hongwen Museum wants the prince to be taught by our country Qing. Therefore, it would be more suitable for the elderly to read with me. Besides, I have a little bit of barbarian language during this period of time, and I want to learn more."

"What's more, my father and my elder sister are both important ministers in the court, serving the country and the people. My son also wants to do something to help my father, and I hope my father will allow me to report my name."

The young man who was no more than sixteen years old clearly explained his affairs one by one. Zhenbei Hou listened and agreed to her request without hesitation.Therefore, when the Hongwen Museum asked the students to volunteer to be the companions of the prince, Zhong Lisuo took the lead in reporting his name.

But she didn't expect that being a companion of the eldest son requires more than just being able to speak savage language.The matter of civil and military affairs is also the condition for selecting the son to accompany him to study.

In terms of literature and history, Zhong Lisuo didn't need to worry, but riding and shooting gave her a lot of headaches.Subei is a horse nationality, specializing in riding and shooting.In order to demonstrate my national prestige in Daqing, those who accompany the son must be people with both civil and military skills.

Those who are too good will only make people look up to them, and they will not dare to climb up.The Queen's idea was to train the eldest son to be a person who knows how to be respectful and fearful.

The aristocrat's children who reported will be selected ten days later. In order to make progress in riding and archery ten days later, Zhong Lisuo has been practicing hard at the school grounds after class for the past few days.

She left school early in the afternoon for three out of seven days, and she could practice her riding and archery in the spare time.It's just that as the selection time drew closer, Zhong Lisuo, who felt that he was not ready yet, wished that he had more time to practice.

It is very important to explain the scriptures to the queen, but if you are not selected to read with the prince, you will lose more opportunities to get in touch with the queen.After all, the son can enter the palace while reading with him, but not explaining the scriptures.

Zhong Lisuo weighed it over and over again, and after explaining the scriptures to the empress that day, he reluctantly said, "Your Majesty, I have something to ask you."

"What's the matter?" Xuan Jingchen looked at the young man in front of him who was looking at him very seriously, showing a puzzled expression.She had listened to Le Zhengsu explain the meaning of the scriptures for ten days, and when she got along with her, she found that the other party was indeed a sincere person, and those doubts caused by being too similar had gradually dissipated.

Xu Shi's unique vivacious vigor is very contagious, and Xuan Jingchen felt very at ease with her for ten days.Because of this, this boring moment of preaching also became full of fun amidst the young man's loud voice.

It is undeniable that Le Zhengsu is a child who makes people feel at ease.So when she asked Xuan Jingchen to ask for something, Her Majesty became curious.

Zhong Lishuo looked at the Queen's gentle face, thinking that he would not be able to see her again in the next few days, and said in a very regretful tone: "I have a riding and archery test in three days, sir is very strict, and I have never been good at riding and shooting, so I am worried that I will fail in the test. Passed. Therefore, I am here to ask His Majesty for a few days of vacation. In these few days, I hope His Majesty will allow me to practice, and I will give lectures to Your Majesty after the assessment is over."

Seeing her serious expression, Xuan Jingchen originally thought that what the other party was asking for should be a big deal, but upon hearing this, she found it extremely cute.She chuckled lightly, and said: "This is a big deal, and I will naturally allow you. You can lecture me on the scriptures every day, but there is only one exam. I hope that Mr. Xiao can pass the exam well."

She looked at Zhong Lisuo with encouraging eyes, and Zhong Lisuo was very happy when she was stimulated by the saying that she could preach scriptures every day, and she readily agreed.

Xuan Jingchen thought about her saying that riding and archery was not good, and asked again with concern: "If you have difficulty in practicing, I can help you find someone to teach you. There may not be many in a short time, but the assessment should be good. gone."

Zhong Lisuo shook his head, declined Xuan Jingchen's kindness, and said seriously: "I'm not very good at archery, so I invited Master Yang Yuting for this. The Hongwen Museum will not be open for two days, so I asked him to teach me, work hard It's been fought over."

Xuan Jingchen nodded and said, "Yang Yuting's archery skills are very high, with him teaching you, you will definitely be able to do it."

Zhong Lisuo bowed his head and replied, "Yes."

The matter was settled like this, and the next day, Zhong Lisuo changed into Taiyimen's blue warrior uniform, and went to the golden robe guard school field that he had made an appointment with Yang Yuting, and practiced hard in order to pass the selection for his son's companion.

Yang Yuting stood in the bow and arrow field with Zhong Lisuo in a strong outfit. With a bow and arrow on his back, he pointed to a target a hundred steps away from the school ground and said to Zhong Lisuo, "You know the selection rules, you can draw a stone bow , if six out of ten arrows hit the target, it is considered a pass, and then the arrows will be judged according to the number of arrow feathers and the degree of hitting the target."

After Yang Yuting finished speaking, he turned his head and glanced at the young man in a bun, stretched out his hand and patted her on the shoulder, and sighed, "Now that you can draw a stone bow, we don't need to force ourselves to be good, we just need to get by." Anyway, according to Zhenbeihou's family background, if the young master works harder, he will definitely be selected.

"Yeah." After Zhong Lisuo nodded in response, Yang Yuting looked at her callused hands and sighed, "Look at how much your hands have been ruined. There aren't many children who are as studious as you these days Yes. Put on the protective gear, I'm afraid you will suffer more in these two days."

As Yang Yuting said, the next two days will be the rare and hard two days after Zhong Lisuo woke up.Yang Yuting is a very strict coach. During the training, he doesn't show any affection at all, and also has extremely high requirements for standard postures. Zhong Lisuo didn't learn very well before, so he was inevitably reprimanded by him.

After tossing and tossing for two days, Zhong Lisuo achieved gratifying results, the older the better.But at the same time, the price paid is also very high.Due to the long-term posture and movements, the soreness of the waist and knees is a trivial matter, but there are many blisters and scars on the hands and feet.

It was just two days of hard work, which made Mrs. Lezheng feel very distressed.She sighed that this was a painful thing, and she had the tendency of being a loving mother and losing her children, so she stopped Zhong Lisuo from learning.

But Zhenbeihou was very happy. He thought that his little daughter would be spoiled, but he didn't want to be such a suffering child.With such a mind, no matter what I do in the future, my parents can feel at ease.

As for the person involved, Zhong Lisuo, he only felt that riding and shooting in this area was so hard, and he didn't know how tired the Qing soldiers were.With admiration in her heart, she became more and more serious in studying. Seeing her enthusiasm, Yang Yuting, who had only promised to teach her for two days, couldn't help but teach her until the day before the selection.

They all knew why Her Majesty the Queen chose a companion for the eldest son. Compared with martial arts, the Queen valued the companion's character and literature more.The young master has a good temper and decent knowledge, not to mention his family background.Seeing her working so hard, even if the young master misses one out of ten arrows, he can let the young master pass.

The rather corrupt Yang Yuting did not tell the young master that he was one of the commanders of the golden robe guards who assessed their riding and shooting.Therefore, when Zhong Lisuo rested restlessly overnight and ushered in the assessment, Yang Yuting appeared in the school grounds of Hongwen Hall very leisurely.

On this day, the aristocratic teenagers in the Hongwen Hall lined up in an orderly manner, waiting to be inspected by the golden robed guards.Zhong Lisuo lived in the middle, looking at the young man standing in front of the archery target in the school field, he rarely felt nervous.

She is already a young man in her 20s, and now she is standing in the arena with a group of teenagers waiting for the assessment, she really thinks she is only 16 years old.She glanced at the little boy who was shorter than herself standing beside her, and couldn't help but chuckled.

This experience is also not interesting.Thinking of this, Zhong Lisuo, who was so nervous because he cared about the outcome of this matter, gradually relaxed.

"Okay! The second son is good at arrows. He can shoot through Yang with a hundred steps, and there are no mistakes." The shouts of young people came from the crowd. Zhong Lisuo turned his head and saw that the group of clapping and applauding young people were very familiar. Etiquette, a fart child who insults the teacher.

Zhong Lisuo followed their gazes to the field, and saw a group of young men wearing jade crowns and blue robes standing in the field, bowing their bows and nodding their arrows, every time they struck, they firmly nailed the arrows a hundred steps away on target.Seeing the seriousness on his immature face and the smooth and free posture, Zhong Lisuo couldn't help calling a good arrow.

She knew that boy was Xu Renqing's younger brother, Xu Renli.

Seeing the heroic appearance of the young man, Zhong Lisuo thought to himself that since ancient times a hero was born from a young man, this sentence should describe him.

With this in mind, Zhong Lisuo ushered in his own assessment.Zhong Lisuo, who had seldom passed the riding and archery examination, took a deep breath, grabbed the longbow in his hand, and shot the arrow fiercely towards the opposite target.

The arrow feathers shuttled through the air and were nailed hard on the target, leaving only the arrow feathers trembling in the wind.The guard who was aiming at the target shouted loudly: "Hit!" Zhong Lisuo's mind gradually settled down, he set up the arrow feathers one by one, and shot them steadily.

The seven arrows hit the target, the assessment passed, and Zhong Lisuo's heart was completely settled.Pressing her beating heart, she walked towards the racecourse and rushed to her next examination room.

Yang Yuting, the chief examiner, heard the news that Zhong Lisuo had passed the examination, and couldn't help pumping his fist and saying, "Good boy!" His excited expression attracted the attention of the examiner beside him, and the golden-robed guard turned his head to look at him. He gave him a look like frost.

After passing the test at the racecourse, Zhong Lisuo finally breathed a sigh of relief.She left the examination room with the other students, went to the entrance of Hongwen Hall, and met A Sheng who came to pick her up.

The team of Jinpaowei passed in front of the Hongwen Hall, and the leaders walked ahead. Yang Yuting, who was riding on a horse, saw Zhong Lisuo standing at the door from a distance, so he rode his horse and walked towards her.

The sound of horseshoes gradually approached, Zhong Lisuo raised his head, and saw Yang Yuting, who was wearing a scarlet warrior uniform, looking at her with a smile on his horse: "Passed the exam, are you happy?"

"Yeah." Zhong Lisuo nodded, and smiled very heartily at Yang Yuting, "Tomorrow, I'll invite you to drink, to thank you for your kindness in teaching."

Hearing this, Yang Yuting said cheerfully: "How old are you? Treat me to a drink, don't say thank you, it's not a big favor. Besides, if I really go to drink with you, your sister will kill me." As Yang Yuting said, he put his hands across his neck, made a gesture of suicide, and exaggeratedly made a trembling and fearful appearance.

Zhong Lisuo lowered his head and smiled, and looked up at Yang Yuting, but out of the corner of his eyes, he noticed a golden-robed guard not far away who was wearing the same clothes as Yang Yuting.

It was an extremely handsome young man, with a white face and no beard, the corners of his eyes and brows were gentle like a passionate young man.It's just that his eyes were covered with frost and snow, and he looked inaccessible, which gave him a bit of the majesty of a general.

The young man was staring at her, and Zhong Lisuo, who was a little uncomfortable being looked at, felt that this person was quite familiar.Being looked at with such eyes, it would be rude to ignore him, so Zhong Lisuo turned his head and asked Yang Yuting, "Master Yang, what is the name of that golden-robed guard?"

Yang Yuting followed her gaze and replied, "Oh, that's Master Qian Cheng from the North Gate, what's the matter?"

Zhong Lisuo shook his head and said: "It's nothing, I just think it's a pity that this lord has a face like spring water, but with a cold expression."

Hearing Zhong Lisuo's comment, Yang Yuting sighed, and said, "No, Mr. Qian really has a good appearance. He was not like this before, and he still smiled very well with people. It's just that his appearance is too It's provocative, and the little girls are crying and wanting to marry him, so he later put on this face, saying that it can scare people." He approached Zhong Lisuo, and whispered: "But don't be afraid, This is a fake trick, it's a trick, and it's scary when our Commander Su is cold."

Zhong Lisuo laughed it off when she heard the words, she nodded, said goodbye to Yang Yuting, and saw him driving his horse back to the distance, leading the golden robed guards away.Yang Yuting, who returned to his colleagues, smiled happily, thinking about how he should blackmail Le Zhengying for compensation after teaching Le Zhengsu for a few days.

Just as he was thinking, a man's gentle voice came from his ear: "Yuting, whose family is that young master from? Lezheng's family?"

Yang Yuting turned his head and said with a smile: "Why don't you know, isn't he the youngest son of the Marquis of Zhenbei, called Asu."

"Is that the young master who found someone in the department office and then spread the word to the Jinpaowei?" Qian Cheng asked again, his words were soft, like a spring breeze.

Yang Yuting nodded, and replied: "It's her, she has been passed on by the Golden Robe Guard for a long time."

Qian Cheng nodded and replied, and then heard Yang Yuting ask again: "Why are you suddenly curious about that child?"

Qian Cheng rode his horse and shook his head slightly, "It's nothing, it's just that this child made me see another person." Qian Cheng sighed, turned to look at Yang Yuting, and asked him: "I was on duty in the West Palace back then. Did you meet Emperor Zhao?"

"Xigong, do you mean when we first entered the Golden Robe Guard?" Yang Yuting shook his head and said, "You and I are still guards patrolling the gates, how can we see Emperor Zhao in the deep palace?"

Hearing this, Qian Cheng smiled slightly and said, "I've seen it before."

Yang Yuting followed in surprise, and asked curiously: "How did you see it before, and I haven't heard you talk about it before."

Qian Cheng turned his head and glanced at him, his eyebrows were gentle, but he smiled silently.He said softly: "I only saw her once from a distance, and just once, I remembered her appearance. And that young master just now is very much like the deceased Emperor Zhao."

No, not just once, very few people knew that since that summer, Emperor Zhao would take the Queen through the long West Palace school grounds and return to the deep palace every day.He waited for a long time, and finally in that busy winter, he waited for a day when the emperor and empress were not together, and bumped into Emperor Zhao.

Zhonglisuo, a person whose name foreshadows incompleteness, is so fragile that it's a pity.

With a smile on his lips, Qian Cheng led the horse forward slowly.If someone were to touch his hand at this moment, they would find that it was already a warm spring day, and this elegant warrior still had a bone-biting chill.

He seems to have come from the ruins, no matter how gentle the spring water is, it can't cover up the dark and cold air that is getting stronger and stronger.

Zhong lisuo, who had successfully passed the examination, felt at ease after the results of civil and military subjects came out.She knew that as long as she obtained the qualifications and had the protection of her parents, she would definitely be selected.So when she saw the queen again the next day, she smiled very happily.

"But you passed the exam?" Seeing her undisguised joy, Xuan Jingchen also asked in a good mood.

"Yes." Zhong Lisuo nodded, opened Taiyi Ji with one hand, and said to the queen, "Your Majesty is very grateful for the vacation His Majesty gave me, and I will slowly make up for Your Majesty's lectures in the past few days." "She was once an emperor, but she didn't feel uncomfortable calling Xuan Jingchen your majesty.

Perhaps, when the order came out in the year when the emperor was seriously ill, she felt that Xuan Jingchen, who had such a destiny, was a blessing to the people of Chu State.If possible, Zhong Lisuo would never be willing to become the king of a country.Such a burden was too heavy, and she felt that she could not carry a country's subjects with her frail body.

She sincerely believes that the queen is her monarch, so she also showed a little respect when teaching, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, we finished the prayer chapter earlier, and today we are going to learn the cause and effect chapter. My humble opinion Therefore, if an emperor studies "Tai Yi Ji", he should focus on the chapter of cause and effect."

"Let me explain the scriptures in the book to your majesty. The so-called cause and effect are endless and endless. The scriptures written in the chapter of cause and effect in Tai Yiji are to teach people to be good, and for the king, it is How to be a wise emperor."

"The emperor is the king of a country. In Donghuang's astrolabe, he is the head of all the stars. The head of the star occupies a very important position in the astrolabe. Her every move will affect the trend of the entire astrolabe. In other words, It will affect the fate of most people."

"Although I am very good at recalculation, I use the astrolabe to push the fate, thinking that the astrolabe of a person falls on the palm. The astrolabe is not only the direction of the destiny, but also can be grasped by human beings. The free life posture influenced by cause and effect is The kindness bestowed by the Eastern Emperor."

"A person's life can go in the direction he chooses, but some people's choices will have a lot of influence on others. The king is such a character. This is the cause and effect caused by the objective. As a king, he should take pity on the people, so he is familiar with the cause and effect. Reflecting on yourself is very important."

The young man talked eloquently, as if he was not of such a mature age.Xuan Jingchen originally thought that she would prefer biographies and legends, but never thought that it would involve the king.As for the matter of the emperor, when she accompanied Emperor Zhao, she had already mastered the skills.Xuan Jingchen, who has never learned the way of being a king from others, listened carefully to the teachings of a 16-year-old boy in his [-]s.

Zhong Lisuo left "Tai Yi Ji", starting with what happened to Jin Dong, the first emperor of Chu, and the short life of the first emperor, and then closed the textbook.After she finished the class, Xuan Jingchen nodded approvingly: "I didn't expect you to be familiar with historical records at such a young age. I really listened to a good class today, and I was taught."

From this moment on, Xuan Jingchen felt that he should not treat the boy in front of him as a child.It would be great if such a knowledgeable person can serve the people well.

Zhong lisuo was a little embarrassed by her compliment.Her mother has been taught by the great Confucians of the Chu State, and she is a very talented enlightened master. She was in the cold palace when she was young, and she taught her many things.It's not that Zhong Lisuo is bragging, she does have a photographic memory, but she has never been very good at identifying people.

Xuan Jingchen looked at her young appearance, and asked in a gentle voice: "I heard from your elder sister that you are studying Geng now. With your erudite ability, if you study history, you may have been able to study history a few years ago. Why not?" What about the cross-level assessment?"

Zhong Lisuo pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, please don't make jokes. I read Geng because I am more comfortable with my classmates. And the schoolwork is not so busy, so I can read more when I have time."

Xuan Jingchen couldn't help laughing when she heard the words, only when she saw that she was mature, after all, she still had the heart of a young man, and said in a gentle voice: "Other young nobles have already planned their way out at your age, but you are still studying in Hongwen Hall, why? You still want to be in the Hongwen Museum in the future, don't you plan to become an official?"

Zhong Lisuo shook his head, sat up straight and looked at Xuan Jingchen and said seriously: "Yes, my wish is to always be by the emperor's side, to be able to record her every move, and to write a history book for her. Your Majesty, please don't make fun of me for being overconfident, I am going to give it a try in the Privy Council assessment in autumn."

The meaning in the young man's dark eyes made Xuan Jingchen's heart tremble, and when she heard the phrase "Always be by the emperor's side", she was a little flustered.She would feel uncomfortable if she said this with a face that looked like Emperor Zhao.Fortunately, Le Zhengsu is not Zhong Lisuo, but Xuan Jingchen is indeed a good king. She encouraged her after hearing the words: "I am very happy with this wish, Mr. Xiao. How could I laugh at you?"

Zhong Lisuo nodded in satisfaction, looked at Xuan Jingchen and said, "Your Majesty is the Lord of England. If I can write a history book for Your Majesty, it is my lifelong wish. Your Majesty, it's getting late, and I haven't finished copying today's scriptures. Let me grind ink for His Majesty."

As Zhong Lisuo said, he took down the "Tai Yi Ji" on the case, pulled up the sleeves of his robe, and studied ink for Xuan Jingchen.The boy's white and tender hand was wrapped with a bandage at the moment, Xuan Jingchen frowned as he looked at the scarred hand that had been hidden under the case before.