Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

The spring flowers are all gone, and the birds are singing in the green shade.The scorching sun above Chang'an shrouded the whole city in heat.Qingping fetched a bucket of water from the well. The cold well water temporarily dispelled the heat of the hot summer, and there was no wind under the shadow of the trees. She sat for a while and flipped through Yan Jinghan's letter, not wanting to hold the water in her hand. The letter paper was soaked and the handwriting blurred.

Qingping frantically wiped off the water stains again, when suddenly there was a knock on the door, she put down the things in her hands and opened the door, as expected, Wu Ying stood outside the door with a pile of books in her arms, and asked very politely: " Is Master Li convenient now?"

The corner of Qingping's mouth twitched. She wanted to say that she was inconvenient, but she couldn't say no to Wu Ying's hopeful face, so she opened the door casually and said, "It's nothing, please come in."

Wu Ying grandly stepped into the yard, Qingping sat in the study, rested his chin with his hands, pointed to the table next to him and said: "You can use that table, I just cleaned it up, it's always too crowded for two people A little bit."

Disappointment flashed across Wu Ying's eyes, and she thanked her with a smile. She put the pen on the table, spread out the paper, and began to practice the essay.

Since the two parted last time, Wu Ying seemed to put aside her worries, and did not pursue whether she was 'Yu Jun', but began to ask questions about her studies wholeheartedly.As the exam is approaching, many students will find some teachers or teachers who have exam experience to ask about the taboos related to the exam.Most of them would visit some former examiners of the scientific examination, and after presenting a small gift, they would listen to the earnest teachings of the examiners with a pious heart.

I don’t know if they really imparted knowledge, but one thing is certain, the actual meaning of these so-called visits is to ask the examiner to take care of them in disguise, and to make connections.Study the preferences and character of the new examiners, such as what fonts they like, and what kind of articles they like, so that they can prescribe the right medicine.

But this time the chief examiner was His Royal Highness Xin Wang, no one would dare to be foolish to visit this chief examiner who lived in the palace, so they had to settle for the next best thing and find someone else.

The professors in government schools only get some extra income before the scientific examination, and Qingping, who is only responsible for monitoring the appearance and character of the students, is not so conspicuous.

So that day when Wu Ying asked if she could come to her mansion for advice, Qing Ping did hesitate for a while, but under Wu Ying's expectant gaze, he couldn't even say a word of refusal, so he had to agree.Since then, I have been much more relaxed in the official school, and I don't have to worry about it anymore when I am dealing with official duties.But when they arrived in Xiumu, Wu Ying came to the door with her things, so Qingping had no choice but to tidy up a study and come out.

Wu Ying was going to write the report, while Qingping had to write the notes and report to the master in charge of the recent situation of government studies and preparations for the examination.Writing an excerpt is also a lot of brainwork, and after finishing it, you have to polish it before handing it in. The tricks are not as easy as writing a report, and the words need to be considered for a long time.

She frowned and stopped writing, and Wu Ying glanced at her imperceptibly, as if she was spying on something.Qing Ping kept writing, and he breathed a sigh of relief after writing two notebooks.He opened the booklet and looked carefully, then put it aside and hung up the brush.

Wu Ying was writing vigorously, Qing Ping walked over to take a look, she had just written the last paragraph, the essay needed to quote the classics, Wu Ying was right, Qing Ping finished her writing, and then said: "I still need to think more about the topic, if you want to The writing of the article is balanced and stable, and the extension must be reasonable. Scientific examinations are no more than official examinations, and you don’t ask very hard questions. Usually, His Majesty asks the candidates about major national affairs, so you must learn to follow His Majesty’s instructions. Start thinking about it."

This statement is not at all the same as that taught by professors in government schools. Wu Ying asked puzzledly, "Then how should I write it?"

"Don't criticize current malpractices, don't quote injustice, there is only one word."

Qing Ping took out a brush from her hand, and wrote the word 'steady' on the snow-white paper.

Wu Ying said: "Stable?" She read it many times in a row, as if she had gradually realized something.

The way of longevity that the empress seeks is to pay attention to innocence and inaction, but this is contrary to her position. Such a big country needs long-term peace, so that the empress can easily continue to pursue her cultivation. Qingping said: "It is this stability, Remember, no matter what you write, try to be steady and never be too aggressive."

It was getting late, after seeing off Wu Ying, Qingping had time to read.When she was teaching Wu Ying, she was reminiscing what she had learned in the past, but she never imagined that she would have a day to teach others. Thinking about the past, she felt very ridiculous. The current situation is probably something that she had never imagined before.

She went back to her study and remembered that Yan Jinghan was going to reply to Yan Jinghan's letter, so she lit a candle in the room, rubbing her ink just as she was about to write, when she heard someone knocking on the door, she thought it was Wu Ying who came back, she put on some clothes and went to open the door .

There was a person standing outside the door, wearing a light blue uniform and holding a palace lantern. Seeing her, he smiled and said, "I take the liberty of visiting at this time, do you mind?"

Before Qingping could break free from her bewildering smile, she suddenly became defensive again. She has lived here for nearly two months, how did Chu Jun know?I also remembered that this person has always been omniscient, and that such a trivial matter can only be obtained by letting the people below check it casually, and suddenly felt a little boring.

She opened the door with a lack of interest, and welcomed Chu Jun in. Seeing her reluctance, Chu Jun didn't say anything, but just pretended not to see, and still looked at the campus with great interest.

When she saw the tree in the courtyard, Chu Jun took a closer look, and it was an old sycamore tree. The evening wind blew gently, and the leaves rustled. ?”

Qingping reacted quickly and said, "Isn't Your Highness talking about himself?"

Chu Jun glanced at her, and smiled meaningfully, "Really?"

Qingping suddenly stopped talking, always feeling that there seemed to be some ambiguous hint in these words.She brought Chu Jun to the main hall, asked her to sit down, and poured tea again.

Chu Jun took the tea and it was warm to the touch. She glanced around and said, "Isn't it that you didn't even invite a servant? The master has to come to cook the tea by himself?"

Qingping was a little embarrassed, her monthly salary was not much, but she was not so poor that she couldn't even hire a servant.It's just that she doesn't like having outsiders at home, and she usually stays in the government school, and only comes back after taking a rest, so it's really not worthwhile to hire servants.

She said vaguely: "It's just that I don't want to buy someone. There is no one at home, so it's troublesome anyway."

Chu Jun put down the teacup, but highlighted the word "buyer" in her words, only thinking that she was concerned about the past, and felt hurt when she saw the servant who was sold and bought, and she didn't want to buy someone, and she didn't know for a while. Say something nice.

The hall fell silent, Chu Jun didn't speak, and Qingping didn't know what to say.After a while, Chu Jun said softly: "This is a private server visit, so there is no need to be so polite, just treat me as an old friend whom I haven't seen for a long time."

Qingping bowed slightly, Chu Jun stood up and paced out, walked to the study, and said politely: "Can I have a look?"

Naturally, Qingping would not refuse, but it was just a study room, and there was nothing important about it.She made a gesture of invitation, and Chu Jun stepped into the room, and saw that the bookcases in the room were neat, and the books on the shelves were arranged in an orderly manner, and a pot of orchids was placed in front of the bed for decoration.It's just that there are two long tables in the room, and there are paper, ink, pens and inkstones on both of them. It is obvious that two people are working here together to deal with official business. She can't help but slightly tilt her head and ask: "Why are there two tables here?"

Qingping couldn't say that it was used by Wu Ying, but he didn't really want to lie, so he could only say: "A student from the government school often came to the house to ask for advice, and the next official packed up a table for her to use."

Chu Jun nodded, his face softened a little, and he said, "It's just as long as you have a sense of proportion."

Qingping didn't know what she meant by being measured, Chu Jun said: "It's just that the scientific examination is approaching, and you, as a sacrificial wine, have a special position, so it's hard to guarantee that no one will get their ideas on you."

Qingping thought of the matter of mentioning Xueda, and suddenly felt deeply moved, she said: "The lower officials will pay attention to it."

Chu Jun wanted to say something, but suddenly the door knocked again, Qingping was puzzled, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a collection of essays on another desk. Bad feeling.

Her face turned white immediately, Chu Jun said: "Go and open the door, look, it's so late, who else is visiting like me?"

Her words were flat, but Qingping somehow heard a very mocking taste.Qingping hurriedly walked in front of her and said: "Why don't you ask His Highness to move up the hall, and the next official can go and see for himself."

Chu Jun glanced at her tightly pursed lips inexplicably, smiled without any emotion, and said, "Okay."

After she agreed, Qingping heaved a sigh of relief, and quickly went to open the door.She prayed in her heart that it would never be Wu Ying, never Wu Ying... The door opened a crack, and a student in a robe and green smock appeared outside her door, it was Wu Ying.

Even though it was such a hot summer night, Qingping felt that his heart had fallen into the ice cellar and was frozen inch by inch, but he still pretended to be nonchalant and said: "What's the matter, is there something wrong?"

In the night, Wu Ying couldn't see her face clearly, she just hesitated for a while before saying: "I have a sample book left here with your lord."

Qingping naturally knew it was the anthology, she said: "Then I'll get it for you, you can go back earlier after you get the book."

Wu Ying didn't expect her to be so straightforward, so she quickly reached out and grabbed her sleeve, "No, listen to me..."

Qingping was very anxious, now that if she said one more word, she would attract Chu Jun's danger. If the two met, she really didn't know what would happen.She said indifferently: "Let go, what about your usual etiquette? Go back quickly, I have something else to do, and it's the same if you come to find me tomorrow."

Wu Ying was taken aback by the sharp sarcasm in her words, Qingping had been so nice to her these days that she couldn't believe she would treat herself like this.Wu Ying couldn't help letting go, but murmured: "I just want to see you."

There was a dull pain in Qingping's heart when she said this, she almost wanted to hold Wu Ying's hand back, probably because the tenderness in her eyes gave away her thoughts, Wu Ying lowered her head and said in a pitiful tone: "Can I stay here tonight?" ? It's getting late—”

Suddenly someone said: "It's very late."

Qingping was startled, it was really cold, and he turned around suddenly, Chu Jun didn't know when he stood behind her, and he didn't know how long he had been listening.Her face was blurred in the shadow of the sycamore tree, but her tone was not very pleasant.

It seems to have a bit of... gnashing of teeth?

The author has something to say: The Tiantian campus chapter is on the scarf, which is the author's name, hehehe, I don't know how you feel after reading it hahahahahaha! !

Happy Tanabata, everyone!

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