I'm just a dude

The crown prince is on a mission, and now he has to preside over the meeting. I am afraid that there will be no one else who can appear in the garden and be called His Highness.

Qi Yuan ran away quickly and lightly, and when he returned to the garden, he broke out in a cold sweat.Looking around again, it turns out that only the place I just went to is empty and deserted, I'm afraid there was someone guarding there, but the other party's negligence just now made me a coincidence.

But it was surprising that the prince came so early.Qi Yuan was afraid that he would accidentally attract the other party's attention, so he became more honest now, and he didn't go anywhere else anymore, he just wandered around the lotus pond, watching the literati everywhere dipping their brushes into ink, writing small notes, and hanging them up. It fits the scene on the artificial flower and artificial tree.

The sun rose little by little until noon, but the prince did not see him summoning him.

Everyone was exhausted in the garden, because they knew there would be a feast, so each of them only brought one or two servants with some incense and a change of clothes, and now they could only find pavilions to rest and wait hungry. .

Another hour passed after waiting, but there was still no one in the West Garden, not even the servant who sent the message.Gradually, some people couldn't help muttering, discussing in a low voice whether they should be summoned today or not. It seems that the time is coming, maybe the prince is not ready, or maybe he forgot...

Even more daring, he talked about the second prince's recent errands, how decent, how thoughtful, and there was a sense of comparison.

Qi Yuan was secretly startled when he heard this, but he knew that the crown prince was in the garden, and now he saw people gossiping constantly around him, and Fang Chenghe was surrounded by the rockery on the rockery surrounded by several princes and supervisors. , quickly walked over and pulled Fang Chenghe away, lest he was careless for a while and caused trouble.

When the supervisors saw him coming, they all showed disdain.

Qi Yuan took a glance and understood.These people are all good friends with Ren Yan in the monastery hall, but they didn't pass the provincial examination this time, and they were gradually alienated by Ren Yan and others.

Today, it turned around to look for Fang Cheng and reminiscing about the old days.

Qi Yuan sneered in his heart, knowing that these classmates looked down on him before, they didn't even bother to say hello, so they took Fang Chenghe's arm and left.Fang Chenghe saw that he took the initiative to look for him, so naturally he followed without saying a word.

The prison student really didn't like Qi Yuan, so he said coldly: "Young Master Qi, it's fine for you to bully Brother Fang all day long in prison, but now that you're out of prison, you still have to ask Brother Jin to compose poems for you." Can't answer the question?"

Qi Yuan paused, and looked at the man inexplicably: "Why should I ask him to write poems?"

The supervisor sneered and said, "This festival of incense fighting is originally an elegant gathering of literati, where poetry is right. The wine sacrifice is also to see that we are good at poetry appreciation, so we specially brought us here to add to the fun, but you don't know anything. , What are you doing in here?"

Qi Yuan didn't want to talk to them, but seeing this man's aggressiveness, he couldn't help but stop and sneered, "Who says I can't compose poetry?"

The prison student was stunned for a moment, and they all looked at each other in disbelief.

Afraid of Qi Yuan's embarrassment, Fang Chenghe quietly shook Qi Yuan's wrist, signaling that he could help.

Qi Yuan didn't look at him, just coughed lightly, shook his head and said, "There are a lot of words in the garden, and it can't be a poem or a song. There are some dog farts in the garden, why don't you get admitted early if you are talented?"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the several supervisors all blushed.Qi Yuan got an advantage, he chuckled, and was afraid that these people would become angry and beat him again, so he quickly dragged Fang Chenghe away.

Those prison students realized later, and wanted to ask him to reason again, but here, under the cover of flowers and trees, how could there be Qi Yuan's shadow?Several people were very angry, but it was not easy to chase after them. They were ridiculed and felt very bored. They stood for a while and then dispersed.

When these few people walked away, two people turned out from behind the rockery, both dressed as ordinary scholars.The taller one has a slightly darker complexion, but is in his twenties, with splayed eyebrows and a high nose bridge. The other one is of ordinary stature. Although his appearance has been slightly changed, he can still see his original appearance.

The tall man seemed to be very interested in the people just now. He stood here for a while, glanced at the flowers on the plum tree, and smiled slowly.

"Cut a branch of ice cloth with water and ice, Mu Xiulin's hair is covered with rouge, and when the cold weather is gone, it will be the time of spring." The man shook his head and sneered, "It's not wrong to scold, look at the paper is full of shabby. "

The person behind also looked up, but only smiled slightly.

The person in front asked: "You should know Qi Yuan, didn't you praise him when you came to the East Palace at the beginning of the year?"

"Back then, I was really shocked." The people behind paused, but turned to say, "It's like seeing Fang Jinzhi today."

These two people are the prince Zhou Yun and his companion Wenchi.The two of them changed their appearances a lot, and entered the garden pretending to be a scholar. Now they have been wandering around for a long time.

The ostentation of the West Garden is nothing to the royal family, so the crown prince naturally doesn't take it seriously, but now that the war in the southwest is tense, Shandong is in a catastrophe, the court can't pay the money, and the emperor is reluctant to touch the inner treasury... Everyone has nothing to do. When it was time to pay, he suddenly made such a magnificent appearance...

When the prince knew about it, he sneered again and again, thinking that he was himself, and wanted to write a book of impeachment.

However, at that time the West Garden had already been set up, and the Fragrance Fighting Festival was also a highly anticipated event, so it would be impossible for him to overthrow it and start over.

Fortunately, there are two accompanying students, Lu Weizhen is proficient in national codes and laws, and Wenchi is good at dealing with people and the world. After the two discussed together, they took advantage of the imperial examination to separate the officials of the Ministry of Rites and monopolize the power of the Douxiang Festival. Over there, he checked the principal of the matter and the relationship between them, and here he will discuss it in a long-term way and deal with it slowly.

Among the officials of the Ministry of Rites, there are naturally many loyal ministers, and Zhang Xun is also a good official.But the prince is single and weak, so he can only take one step at a time.

Wen Chi had been dealing with it for several days, and only returned to him today.

"You don't hesitate to praise others." The prince was noncommittal, and turned to look at him, "Who did this makeup for you?"

Wen Chi raised his eyes in doubt, and then he understood: "Myself. Just now... in a hurry, I just wiped it with black powder."

The crown prince nodded, "This is more like Verity."

An embarrassing blush suddenly appeared on Wen Chi's face.The prince still looked at him carefully, his eyes moved slightly, Wen Chi was startled for a moment, then lowered his head obediently.

"How about the East Hall?" The two walked back to a secluded place.

Wen Chi lowered his head and said quietly: "It has been rough selected. This time, except for the He family and the Hangzhou Mu family who came from the young family, the rest of the households, the Suzhou Wan family, the Guangzhou Xu family, and the Yangzhou Qi family all came Boss, today's primary election, skills are fine, but the matter of donating money may not be the decision."

The prince frowned slightly.

Wenchi and Wenchi had already left the West Garden while they were talking.The sun was setting to the west, and there was no one around, Wen Chi looked back to see the way, and asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, will we do the same tomorrow?"

The people in the garden, apart from the famous families, are the descendants of Beijing officials and the new imperial examination candidates... Today the prince did not show up, which has already aroused everyone's criticism.

"Always give those families time to prepare." The crown prince said, "The gang of thieves in the household department only know how to extort money and exploit the common people. Fang Chenghe is a disciple of the Tai Tuo, and he doesn't even have the courage to speak out and carry power." No. Now he writes a letter, flatters everyone, and wins the emperor's heart, but he is forced to be such a villain."

Wen Chi knew that he was holding back resentment, and said in a low voice: "Fang Jinzhi may have taken into account the disaster situation, but now all the ministers are fighting against each other, but it will not help the disaster relief."

Prince: "Are you so optimistic about him?"

Wen Chi bowed his head: "Maybe he is a loyal minister."

"Since ancient times, treachery seems loyal, and fraud seems trustworthy. This man has this city at a young age, so people have to guard against..." The prince shook his head and sighed, and said, "Let someone spread the word, that's all for today .”

After Qi Yuan dragged Fang Chenghe away, he heard the message from the servant.

The people who were discussing just now couldn't help but looked at each other, and then went back home with their own thoughts.After Qi Yuan went back, he asked Uncle Chen, and found out that today in the East Hall, someone from the Xiangyao Bureau had already passed the exam on them.

The competition in the past two days was to distinguish spices. Since Sishi, two types of incense have been debated every hour, which distinguishes between true and false, and also of grade.It wasn't until the end of the application period that the eight rounds of competition were considered over.

In fact, the first round of agarwood had already screened out many people, and when sandalwood, musk, dipteroin, benzoin, woody incense, carapace, etc. were all debated one by one, there were not many people in the East Hall.

Chen Bodao: "The old man is really lucky today. The last thing that this incense and medicine bureau compares is the smoked Lu incense from the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom, and there are all kinds of different grades."

Smoked Luxiang was originally produced in the Dashi Kingdom, but the Dashi Kingdom often transported it to the Three Buddhas to exchange items, and then the Three Buddhas were shipped to our dynasty, and were mostly traded in Guangzhou and Quanzhou.Uncle Chen's family incense holder happened to be from Guangzhou, so his understanding of Xun Lu Xiang is very comparable to others.In today's competition, only he and the master craftsman from Wanjia in Guangzhou were able to distinguish six grades: Picking Fragrance, Bottle Milk, Bottle Fragrance, Bag Fragrance, and Ru Da.As for other merchants, they don't even know the names of these types.

And today's Bixiang result was also mentioned on everyone's waist cards.

Merchants who have not passed the first round are sifted out, and will not be able to wear the incense in the next few days.

In the remaining rounds, according to the results of the competition, everyone's badges were changed to purple, red, pink, and white.The darker the color, the higher the position will be at the final formal incense match, and the easier it will be for the prince to see.

Chen Bo performed very steadily today, and he has already got the best brand.Rest at the inn tomorrow.

Qi Yuan knew that the old man must have exhausted all his strength this time, after thinking about it for a while, he guessed that it was time for the prince to prepare for the news, so he couldn't help but calm down a little, and just let the old man rest well.

However, he and Fang Chenghe had not received the order to rest at home, so they did not miss it every day.

Sure enough, after two days in a row, everyone went to Pixiang Palace again, but the prince still did not show up.

Many people began to speculate whether the crown prince was about to mess things up. On the fourth day, Qi Yuan and Fang Chenghe entered the garden early in the morning, and saw the guards at the gate constantly sending news that it was either this family's birthday party or That family was sick, and everyone didn't want to come.

However, when the two of them checked their badges and entered the park again, they were surprised.

The corridors on both sides of Pixianggong Middle Road are full of servants and guards.The two were led by a waiter in green clothes to have tea in the side hall, where many people had already gathered.

At Chenshi, another waiter in red palace uniform came to teach everyone the etiquette of prostration.

Qi Yuan couldn't help swallowing, and began to get nervous.About a quarter of an hour later, another servant came and led everyone to the main hall.Qi Yuan followed at the end, raised his head quietly, and vaguely saw many people sitting in the middle of the main hall, and the crown prince seemed to be hiding behind the bead curtain in the middle, looking down at them from above.

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ps: The relationship between the characters is not that complicated. Why does the prince like Yuanyuan?

(Although it sounds quite emotional

pps: Xu Xuan will be back tomorrow