The little fool also has to take the imperial examinations

Yu Jingzhi dared not speak out about Qi Rui's strength, but was still cowardly in his bones. The only thing that mustered up his courage was to show that he would not give up, but once faced with Qi Rui's strong attitude, he felt a little retreat in his heart.

After being helped for the first time, he is more eager to be protected forever.

He didn't say a word, he only relaxed when he knew Qi Rui was gone.

After Qi Rui returned home, he told Yang Ye about returning the hairpin, and Yang Ye said 'oh'.

Qi Rui said: "There should be a transfer order from above in the next few days."

Yang Ye: "Are you going to work elsewhere?"

Qi Rui nodded: "I'm applying to go to Huai'an County."

Huai'an County is not far from Xiaoqingshan, only one day's journey, if they succeed, they can go home.

Because Yang Ye hoped that Qi Rui could be transferred to Huai'an County even more.

As the Dragon Boat Festival approached, Qi Rui invited Yang Ye to watch the dragon boat race.Yang Ye watched the dragon boat race in modern times, but only watched it on TV to see if he had seen it with his own eyes. Qi Rui nodded his head as soon as Qi Rui invited him.

The day of the Dragon Boat Festival is full of sunlight, and people's faces hurt from the sun.Yang Ye boiled sour plum soup to quench his thirst and made some cold food to watch the dragon boat race.Because of Qi Rui's status as the No. [-] scholar, they have a relatively good position, where they can watch the dragon boat race.

When they arrived, Qi Rui's colleagues were also there. Yang Ye had seen some of them. He had delivered food to Qi Rui some time ago, and everyone greeted him when they saw him.

"You guys are well prepared, you have everything to drink and eat." The speaker was Qin Yuan, who was in his 30s and had a lamb beard: "We didn't bring anything. We wanted to come here to buy, but people There are too many, and there is simply no way to grab them.”

The rest of the people agreed.

During the holidays, there is a large flow of people and a great demand, especially when there are more people watching the dragon boats. Not to mention the food is sold quickly, there are also a lot of people.Yang Ye and the others prepared their own food and drink, everything was refreshing and thirst-quenching, which was more conspicuous in the eyes of everyone.

Yang Ye was not stingy either, and took out things to share with everyone, such as grapes, watermelon, bananas and so on.There are also several cold dishes: Liangpi, cold noodles and cucumber.

"There are watermelons?" Everyone was surprised when they saw the watermelons.

The price of watermelons is high, and they will be looted as soon as they appear in the capital. Although their family is rich, they don't have the money to buy a watermelon just to satisfy their own appetite.

Yang Ye smiled: "I bought it by chance."

He shared the watermelon with everyone to taste.

Everyone was also polite, Qin Yuan smiled and said: "It's a pity that Jingzhi is not lucky today."

Yang Ye noticed that the person he was talking about was Yu Jingzhi, only to realize that he hadn't seen him today. Qin Yuan continued: "He contracted a cold two days ago and recuperated at home, and today he can't watch the dragon boat race or eat watermelon... ..”

Qi Rui sneered in his heart, pretending.

Yu Jingzhi looks thin and frail, but in fact he is in good health. He just doesn't want to see him. Fortunately, he didn't say that he would bring Yang Ye here today. If he knew, he might come even if he had a high fever.

"There are seven dragon boats participating in the competition this year, which one do you think will win?" Qin Yuan asked.

The dragon boat is ordinary, but the people behind it are not ordinary. They are all the nobles of the palace competing for the so-called title.

Qi Rui: "I only came to the capital this year and I don't know much about the situation of the competition. Brother Qin must have known their strength in the capital since he was a child."

Qin Yuan just smiled and didn't speak.

It's best to pretend not to know about such a sensitive topic.Especially after the death of the crown prince, the emperor summoned the princes who were entrusted in other places to return to Beijing this year for some reason in the name of celebrating their birthdays.

Qi Rui understands that he can't say too much, but Qin Yuan understands even more.He also just asked casually.

But Qi Rui clearly felt that Qin Yuan's subtle attitude changed, and he was quite confident. When he looked carefully, he found that he was looking at King Li's fleet.

Speaking of King Li, since he left the provincial capital, King Li was condemned by the emperor and almost cut off the prince, because he has been busy trying to please the emperor and never came to him.

Yang Ye watched with great interest, this kind of fierce competition seemed interesting, after watching it for a while, he suddenly wanted to go to the toilet, and whispered in Qi Rui's ear, Qi Rui whispered: "I'll go with you."

It's all because I drank too much sour plum soup today.

After Yang Ye went to the toilet, he discussed with Qi Rui the final winner of today's game, "I think the White Tigers must win."

The seven teams are named respectively: Baihu, Suzaku, Xuanwu, Qilin, Phoenix, Duongming and other ancient mythical beasts. ,

"Nonsense! My unicorn will definitely win."

A little boy's voice suddenly sounded.

Yang Ye looked down and saw a seven or eight-year-old boy staring angrily.

"The Qilin team is the best! They will definitely win! Change your words quickly, or I won't let you go!"

Yang Ye heard the kid talking nonsense, and there was no one around him. Judging by his clothes, he should have a good family background, and he probably got lost with his servants.

"Nonsense! I know that the Tigers are the best." Yang Ye turned to Qi Rui and asked, "Do you think so?"

The little boy's gaze also turned to Qi Rui, with a vicious look, as if you would never let him go if you didn't agree with him.

Of course Qi Rui was on the same side as Yang Ye, and he didn't feel guilty about bullying the child at all, "I think he's right, the White Tigers are the most powerful!"

Yang Ye's eyes were filled with pride, and the little boy's eyes were full of tears, and the tears burst into tears, and he burst into tears.Still shouting in his mouth: "Kirin is the most powerful."

It made people cry, and the two of them couldn't just throw their hands away and run away, but the two of them were not good at dealing with children, and they stared at each other.

Finally, Yang Ye said helplessly, "How about we make a bet?"

The effect was good, the little boy stopped crying immediately after hearing this, and wiped his tears with his sleeve, "Okay! I bet with you, whoever loses is the puppy."

After speaking, he ran towards the way he had come.

Yang Ye and Qi Rui looked at each other and smiled.

Of course, the White Tigers won the dragon boat race in the end. Yang Ye was in a good mood along the way.

There was also a lantern festival in the city at night, so the two naturally went home after shopping.

After that, it was the days of waiting for the transfer order, until Qi Rui told him that he was appointed by the emperor as the prince's teacher and could not go to Huai'an County for the time being.

Yang Ye frowned: "Why do you want to be the prince's teacher?"

Qi Rui also couldn't figure out why he was so much better than him in terms of seniority, knowledge and knowledge, why he was suddenly appointed, but when he went to the palace and saw the little boy who bet with Yang Ye that day, he would know why.

He is the emperor's youngest son, the fourteenth prince, Zhao Ji, who is six years old this year.

"It was my prince who asked my father to appoint you as my prince's teacher." Zhao Ji complacently asked Qi Rui for credit.

Qi Rui: "...." He didn't want to talk to a child.

When Yang Ye heard that the kid who bet with him was the prince, he was slightly surprised: "So why did he ask the emperor to appoint you as a teacher?"

Qi Rui said: "He said he lost the bet to you, so he went to ask the emperor for a reward."

Yang Ye: "..."

They don't want this reward...

The emperor's fate is irreversible, and Qi Rui doesn't want to be the prince's master, although in the eyes of others, Qi Rui is lucky, like they just passed the imperial examination, if they want to stay in the capital as an official, even if they have a little knowledge, it is very difficult It is difficult to have a good errand, and more people are outsiders.

On this day, when Yang Ye was diligently 'planting' the vegetables he was going to eat at home, there was a knock on the door.

He opened the door, and there was a well-dressed young man standing outside. Yang Ye hurriedly pulled out the invitation: "His Royal Highness Li Wang invited Lord Qi and Young Master Yang to attend the poetry meeting the day after tomorrow."

Yang Ye took the invitation and sent the boy away. Then he put the invitation on the table and started picking the freshly planted tomatoes.

When Qi Rui came back in the evening, he found the invitation and asked Yang Ye a few words. Yang Ye asked him if he was going?

Qi Rui shook his head: "The royal family can only be as far away as possible when they are fighting for the reserve."

King Li suddenly sent invitations after he became the prince's teacher. The purpose is not pure. At this time, he is in the capital, at the foot of the emperor, with many eyes, and he has too much involvement with the candidate for the crown prince, which is too eye-catching.

Yang Ye didn't take it seriously, but when he went out that day, he encountered several strong people blocking his way, and one of them stood up:

"Master Yang, our prince invites you to be our guest."

Several people approached him, forming a siege.

Yang Ye glanced at it and frowned slightly.