It's not easy to be a scholar through Liaozhai

Li Qing sat on his seat and poured himself a drink. He was staying quietly and well, but suddenly he heard someone calling his name. When he looked up, he realized that it was the one who bumped into him in the morning. The concubine of the government.

There was a smile on the corner of Li Qing's mouth, "I don't know what advice this brother Qian has?" Li Qing tilted his head slightly, with a somewhat uninhibited appearance, and under the background of the lights, he became more and more handsome.

"Brother Li is the number one scholar of this year. Everyone was composing poems just now. How about brother Li composing a poem to share with everyone?" Qian Yunzhi said with a smile, but in fact he had some malicious intentions. Most of his reputation is based on his articles, and I have never heard of him having any talent in poetry.

In fact, if Li Qing hadn't won the number one prize this time, it is estimated that even the reputation in the article would not have been spread. It is really because Li Qing is too nerdy, and he has never participated in any poetry or literature competitions. He never went to his party, so he really didn't have much reputation. The reason why no one questioned Li Qing's talent this time was mainly because the emperor's praise on the spot was spread, and Li Qing's top three articles were also posted on The place where the list is posted.In addition, Li Qing's article was really well written, so no one was criticizing him.

Li Qing looked at Qian Yunzhi with a smile, and felt that this person was quite interesting. In fact, the two of them obviously had no conflict of interest. At most, he was a little nervous because he wrote the papers too quickly during the palace examination. But to be honest, this matter has little to do with Li Qing, after all, it was caused by Qian Yunzhi's poor psychological quality, but this person blamed all this on Li Qing, and kept on Come to find fault, Li Qing has never seen such a person several times in his life.

"Why, our Li Zhuangyuan won't let you down!" Qian Yunzhi was a little aggressive, but no one came to stop him. Liu Xiren just ate a lot and drank a lot of tea, so he went to the toilet.

"Okay, I don't know what the title is?" Li Qing sat in his seat and didn't get up, looking a little arrogant.

"Let's take the current situation as the topic!" Qian Yunzhi smiled maliciously, looking like a big villain, Li Qing was speechless.

Li Qing thought for a while, and said, "The past was so dirty that it wasn't enough to boast about, but now there is no limit to debauchery. The spring breeze is proud of the horseshoe disease, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day."

"Okay, good poetry!" The Minister of Rites at the top had already noticed the commotion below, but it was just a small dispute between literati. If he closed it, it would be a bit of a fuss, so he didn't interfere at all, but he kept supporting it. Close your ears and keep your eyes on it, lest something really happen to disturb the Qionglin Banquet.

Naturally, the Jinshi around also heard Li Qing's poem, and they all nodded in praise. After all, this is indeed a good poem that can be passed down through the ages.

Li Qing smiled and stood up, bowed to Mr. Zhao, and then sat down. Afterwards, many people came to chat with Li Qing, but Li Qing was indifferent, so gradually no one was there. Hit the iceberg again.

"Are you back?" Li Qing looked at Liu Xiren's unhappy expression, and was very curious. After all, during the past few days when he and Liu Xiren were dating, Liu Xiren was always smiling, and he had never seen him unhappy.

"Ah, what a bad luck!" Liu Xiren complained in a low voice.

"What's the matter? Did something happen?" Li Qing asked with a smile.

Liu Xiren looked around, "Forget it, I'll tell you when I get out, it's really bad luck anyway." Liu Xiren said in a low voice, "By the way, what happened just now? Why are they all so excited!"

Li Qing smiled, "It's nothing, it's just a chat." After Li Qing finished speaking, he poured himself a drink, which was quite enjoyable.

After the Qionglin Banquet was over, Li Qing and the others could go back to their respective houses, but Li Qing was dragged by Liu Xiren to go to a restaurant to eat, there was no way out, although the imperial dining room in the palace was superbly crafted, but the weather is not warm after all, The cooked dishes are almost cold when they are delivered to the banquet. Now most of the dishes are cooked with meat oil. Once the dishes are cold, the mouth will be smeared and it is impossible to eat.

"Why don't we go home and change our clothes before we go, after all we can't go out with this clothes." Li Qing pointed to the No. [-] Scholar suit on his body and said softly.

"Alright, let's meet in the drunk red building in half an hour." Liu Xiren nodded and said.

Li Qing sighed helplessly, "Let's go to another place, let's go to Zhuangyuan Building, and eat something honestly today!" After finishing speaking, he got into his own carriage. Fortunately, Uncle Li was smart enough to park the carriage at the Wait not far from the palace, otherwise he would hire a sedan chair for himself and go back.

Although Liu Xiren wanted to go to Zuihonglou more, but seeing Li Qing's firm appearance, he had no choice but to agree.

After going home and changing into plain clothes, Li Qing also heaved a sigh of relief. He was dressed like a red envelope, but Li Qing was under a lot of pressure.Before leaving the house, Li Qing went to see the three-colored cat he had rescued. Xiao Huang seemed to be recovering very well. It was only then that Qing discovered that Xiao Huang was actually quite pretty, and she was definitely a lovable cat, and she didn't know how twisted the psychology of the person who abused it was to be able to treat such a cute little animal cruelly.

After taking a look at Ah Huang, Li Qing also left, not disturbing its cultivation, got into the carriage, and went directly to the Zhuangyuan Building.

"Hey, Mr. Li is here, please go upstairs, Mr. Liu has already arrived." The shopkeeper greeted him personally with a smile, and Li Qing looked a little strange with that enthusiastic look.

Li Qing nodded with a smile, went upstairs, and saw Liu Xiren writing something on the table, took a closer look and found that it was on a banner, on which was written the words "Tranquility and Zhiyuan", and the brushwork seemed a bit European ,good.

"Master Zhuangyuan, today the little old man will give the two free orders. I wonder if Li Zhuangyuan will honor the face and leave a pair of calligraphy for the shop to admire." The shopkeeper's posture is very low, and there is a smile on his face.

Li Qing nodded, there was nothing wrong with it, he took the ratio next to him, ground it himself, laid the paper, thought about it, wrote a poem, and then settled the payment.

Li Qing's writing speed has always been fast, and he finished the poem in a short time. The shopkeeper happily put away Li Qing's calligraphy, and planned to send it to be mounted tomorrow. After taking the calligraphy, the shopkeeper quickly returned it After going out, it didn't take long for Xiaoer to bring up dishes, all of which were Zhuangyuan Building's signature dishes, and slowly there was a large table, probably the most expensive banquet in the store, and there was no one who couldn't come for three or forty taels.

Li Qing picked up the roast goose with chopsticks and thought it tasted good. Afterwards, he tried a few other dishes and then stopped. Liu Xiren was probably really hungry, and he ate a lot of each dish. The table was full of eighteen He almost ate half of the dish.It's just that there are a lot of leftovers, but don't worry too much about the leftovers. These dishes are all big meat dishes, and it's okay to remove them and distribute them to the kitchen staff.

"Phew, I'm finally full." Liu Xiren took a sip of tea and said with a sigh, the dishes on the table had been removed, and now there were some refreshments and a pot of clear tea.

"You, if you knew this, you should have eaten something before going." Li Qing said with a smile.

"Hey, I thought the Qionglin Banquet would be over soon, but who knew it would take so long!" Liu Xiren said with a smile, "Hey, by the way, let me tell you, you didn't ask me why you were unhappy Well, let me tell you, I met Prince Qian and the maid in the palace, you said it was bad luck or bad luck!" Liu Xiren said with a bad face, and no one would be in a good mood when encountering this kind of insidiousness in the harem.

"King Qian? Ah!" Li Qing muttered before remembering, "Is it the uncle of today?"

Liu Xiren nodded, and said in a low voice: "King Qian is the youngest brother of the late king, he is only three or four years older than the present king, and he grew up in the palace since he was a child. The late emperor loved him very much. It made him a lot of useless." In fact, the ministers all know this kind of thing, they just tacitly don't say anything, but now that they are all enthroned, King Qian will have to suffer, who made him bully so much at the beginning Today.

Li Qing smiled, "Just forget about these things after talking about them today." This kind of thing is not a good thing, it's best to pretend that you didn't see or hear it.

"I know, I just want to tell you, by the way, when do you plan to return to your hometown?" Liu Xiren asked.

"Two days later, there are still some things to deal with in Beijing." Li Qing sighed, the Li family's marriage should be pushed aside, otherwise Bai Shao will definitely be angry again.

"What's the matter, you don't seem to be easy to deal with like this, if you have any embarrassment, tell your brother, I will definitely help you." Liu Xiren said generously.

Li Qing shook his head with a slight smile, "You really can't help with this matter." But he didn't say anything, after all, it's best to deal with things like divorce quietly, otherwise it will hinder the woman's reputation He insisted on retiring the engagement, saying that he couldn't hurt the reputation of Miss Li's family.

But the only thing that is better about this matter is that this marriage was arranged before Li Qing was born. Later, when the uncles of the Li family were promoted one after another, the wife of the Li family was not very willing about this marriage, and had been thinking about retiring. Dear, so very few people know about the marriage contract between the two families, so as long as the settlement is done quietly, the impact on both parties will be very small.

Seeing that Li Qing didn't say anything, Liu Xiren guessed it was a relatively private matter, so he didn't press the question, but said: "I won't ask if you don't tell me, but if there is anything, just speak up. "

Afterwards, Li Qing saw that it was getting late, so he said goodbye to Liu Xiren and went home. After all, he was a little tired after a busy day today, so it was better to go back and rest earlier.