The wind blows the plum blossoms over Guanshan

After walking through the long palace road, Changsheng came to the place of the last night banquet again.Meng Sikong personally sent him over, and whispered in his ear for a while, telling Changsheng to remember the etiquette he taught, to respect Yunyun to the prince, and not to mess around like he was at home.After nagging for a long time, he waved his hand to say goodbye to Chang Sheng, and walked back slowly.Chang Sheng turned his head and saw the vermilion palace wall stretching forward infinitely, as if it would never end, and Meng Sikong also walked very slowly, occasionally stopping, Chang Sheng thought he would turn back, but he didn't , went straight ahead.

Changsheng was a little disappointed, his father didn't even look back at him.However, as other children arrived one after another, Changsheng's attention was also sucked away, and he couldn't care less about being sad.He glanced at the surrounding situation, and there were many teenagers with him, who were the sons of court ministers like him. He had seen several children, and some children's fathers were of higher rank than his father. to be tall.Changsheng naturally knew about official ranks, because his father, like other officials, treated his superiors very attentively.

It is the practice of the Yan Kingdom to choose a companion for the prince. The third prince Murong Dexin was supposed to have a companion a few years ago, but he was not mentioned because of the tense war in the north. Now that the war in the north has been decided, Emperor Cheng remembered this matter.Thinking that the rest of the princes were almost at the age to have companions, he simply ordered to select companions for all the princes in the palace who had not yet had companions.

Of the few princes in the palace, only the third prince and the seventh prince are descendants, and the rest of the princes are all concubines.The chance of the descendant prince inheriting the throne is even greater, and it is a great honor to be selected by the descendant prince.The eldest son of the emperor is already weak and has trouble walking on his legs, so he has long been excluded from the contenders for the throne.His companion had already been selected five years ago, and he did not participate in the ceremony today.And the second prince died young, so today I only choose companions for the third prince and his younger brothers.

The ceremonial officer ordered the candidates to kneel on the ground to welcome the arrival of the princes.Everyone knelt down and Changsheng knelt down obediently, because curiosity prevailed, so he often looked up to see the appearance of the princes when others were not paying attention.

The third prince, Murong Dexin, is already 15 years old. He is born with a noble air, and his eyes are somewhat rebellious. He is the most conspicuous among all the princes, and looks like a future emperor.The seventh prince, Murong Jianing, is just seven years old this year, holding the hand of his imperial brother, with watery eyes, like a cute little rabbit.The five or six princes seem to have a relatively good relationship, talking and laughing all the time.But... Looking around, why is there one missing?Aren't there five princes who want to choose companions today?Chang Sheng looked left and right curiously, Murong Dexin glanced over, and he quickly lowered his head.

"Third brother, why hasn't fourth brother come here yet?"

"Yes, although it is difficult to see his whereabouts on weekdays, it would be too shameful not to come today!"

The ones who spoke were the fifth prince Murong Kangding and the sixth prince Murong Xingping. Changsheng didn't like their tone of voice and always felt uncomfortable.After listening to the conversations of several people, Chang Sheng silently wrote down that the one who hadn't come yet was the Fourth Prince, and everyone except him knew each other.

Murong Dexin is the eldest son, although she is not very old, she looks quite mature, and she speaks and acts more maturely than her peers.He frowned, and said: "Let him go, if you don't come, don't come, just leave one for him. But... this kind of behavior that flouts the rules of the palace is unacceptable." As soon as Murong Dexin finished speaking, five The prince and the six princes immediately echoed: "What the emperor said is that the fourth brother is really outrageous."

Listening to the conversation of the princes, Chang Sheng thought: These four princes might be in trouble.

At this moment, the Seventh Prince Murong Jianing blinked, tugged on Murong Dexin's sleeve, pointed to the distance and said, "Brother, Brother! Isn't Fourth Brother here?"

Everyone looked in the direction Murong Jianing pointed, and a young man in light green clothes was slowly walking towards this side.His hair was untied, but tied loosely behind his head with a green ribbon. His skin was as creamy as fat, his lips as red as paint, his eyes with phoenix eyes had an indescribable charm, and his clothes fluttered like an exile.Changsheng was stunned, and forgot to bow his head obediently, but no one paid attention to his presumptuous behavior at this time.

"Sorry, I'm late." He said softly.

Hearing the voice, Chang Sheng immediately confirmed that he was the boy in red that he saw that night.By the moonlight that night, he could only see that the young man was beautiful. When he saw him today, and even more so that night, he really didn't look like a human being.He originally thought that this young man was the son of an official like him, but he did not expect that he was actually the prince of the dynasty.

"Fourth brother, are you as simple as an apology? The few of us stood here waiting for you for a while. Fourth brother is so arrogant!" Facing the harsh criticism, the fourth prince replied sincerely: "How dare you, everything is wrong. Is it the emperor's brother, the emperor would never dare to put on airs in front of the brothers, and he came a moment late only because he accidentally made a mistake in the time. If the emperor wants to punish, I will accept it willingly."

Murong Dexin naturally knew the reason why Murong Zhaohui came late.He stopped the eunuch who was passing the message to Murong Zhaohui halfway, and replaced him with his confidant.According to the time Murong Zhaohui knew, he would have to wait about three quarters of an hour to arrive.Now that Murong Zhaohui said this, he couldn't go on talking, after all, the investigation might involve himself.

"Forget it, there is nothing to worry about between brothers, just be more careful next time."

"Thank you, brother, for your generosity."

From the conversations of several princes, Chang Sheng smelled a smell of gunpowder.He felt that the relationship between the fourth prince and the other princes was not good, and he felt a bit squeezed out.Moreover, the clothes of the fourth prince are not as luxurious as those of the other princes, because he is very handsome, so he does not seem to lose to the other princes.

Perhaps because of the long delay, Murong Dexin got impatient and asked the master of ceremonies to start the selection process.The master of ceremonies lined up the candidates for the campaign and accepted the questions from the princes one by one in order.There are more than [-] sons of ministers who came to run for election, and only five will be selected. Changsheng thinks that it is unlikely that he will win, because...

"Next, Meng Changsheng, the son of Sikong Menghun." The eunuch Changsheng was not used to the slender voice, rubbed his ears, stood up and walked to the princes. "Raise your head and let us have a look." It was the third prince's voice.Changsheng raised his head obediently, without fear.Murong Dexin took a look at Chang Sheng, and said: "You look pretty good, I wonder what you know."

The problem is...he can't...

Changsheng scratched his head nervously.

"Have you studied The Doctrine of the Mean, Great Learning, and Mencius?"

Changsheng shook his head.

"What about "The Analects of Confucius"? This will be the general meeting."

"Yes... a little bit."

"Only know a little?"

Changsheng nodded obediently.He does not have much talent in learning, and he is particularly playful and active.Meng Sikong often sighed, he was a civil official, and the son he raised was not at all elegant, and he really committed crimes.

"What else do you want?"

"Three Character Classic..." To be honest, Chang Sheng himself felt that he couldn't hold back his face.The few people who were around his age just now could memorize long speeches that he had never heard before, but he didn't know anything.I knew that his father would have been more serious when teaching him, and memorized two more articles to avoid embarrassment.

After asking these questions, the third prince seemed to have no interest in him, so he waved him down.Chang Sheng took a look at the fourth prince, who was looking into the distance, his eyes were cold, with the look of rejecting people thousands of miles away.Changsheng knew that he was not very good at studying, so he stepped aside safely and watched the performance of the rest.

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