Chapter 72 That spring, I cut a pound of peach blossoms (Part 1)

When I approached the academy and entered the meadow, I found that the pink and tender flower trees were not one. The most prosperous ones are now apricot blossoms, but the most numerous are peach blossoms. Those light first peaches avoid behind the apricot blossoms. , with his little face raised, he secretly looked at these people who came to disturb his quietness, full of shyness.

Sangsang raised his little face and curiously climbed Ning Que's shoulder to look out the window, looking at the academy that was getting closer and closer, and looking at the mountain behind the academy where most of his face was covered by clouds, he found that he had nothing to do with it. The feeling of comfort, the thin willow leaves narrowed their eyes and were full of happiness.

The students who were waiting for the exam got off the carriage one by one, lined up in front of a spacious stone plaza under the command of the Ministry of Rites and the academy teachers, and then entered the two rows of rain-covering corridors next to the plaza to rest.

The students who are waiting to be tested come from different places. Most of them were selected by the academy teachers in various counties and village schools in the Tang Dynasty, while the rest were selected by various departments and offices. Among them, the military department alone selected more than 70 candidates. There are a lot of people, but so many students are sitting in the rain-covering corridors on both sides of the stone ping, and it is not crowded at all. You can imagine how spacious the place is.

Above the stone pavement is the main building of the academy, hidden in the fog of flowers and trees. However, because the building itself is extremely tall, the two oblique corridors are like the wings of a phoenix, so there is no feeling of being a little jasper, but it is a kind of indecipherable. The refreshing and refreshing taste looks extremely atmospheric.

Ning Que's focus at this time was not the appearance of the academy. If he could get into the academy, he would have several years to use his feet to measure the width of the academy and use his eyes to look at the beauty of the academy. What he is more concerned about now is, At this time, there were probably more than 500 candidates waiting for the rain corridor, and the academy would only admit 200. The number of candidates in the fifth high school is not a very high rate, so I couldn't help but feel a little worried.

The students who were waiting for the exam under the rain corridor were all calm and did not talk left and right, nor did anyone take out the real paper test questions in their arms to make the final sprint. Everyone was the best young people in the Tang Dynasty and even the whole world - yes Although there are lieutenants over thirty years old who are covered with bitter cold and frosty faces, and some are taught to take them back to Chang'an from a despicable rural village school and look at the genius children under fourteen years old, but Anyway, it can be considered a young man - no one wants to show their lack of confidence at this time.

Ning Que's confidence was getting less and less, and his right hand trembled slightly. He was about to reach out to Sangsang to ask for the real test paper in her package, but he forced it back. Just at the end he was about to give up, not to have any face. When I was about to sharpen the knife in front of the formation that I was best at, a sound of solemn palace music suddenly sounded around Shiping.

The Yulin Army arrived, the ceremonial guards arrived, the officials of various departments arrived, and the spectators who paid for tickets arrived, the palace guards arrived, the princess arrived, the empress arrived, and the emperor arrived, so the students who were waiting for the exam in the rain corridor had a long time to move. Sitting on his slightly sore waist, bowing his hands and shouting, long live the mountain, and there is no last time to study hard - Alas? When Ning Que was nagging in his heart, he suddenly saw a beautiful girl, luxuriously dressed and peaceful temperament walking on Shiping. Who isn't His Royal Highness?

Under the escort of eunuchs and palace maids, Li Yu slowly walked across the stone plaza, walked through the passionate envious and loving eyes of young unmarried students in the corridor, walked through the surprised eyes and lowly discussions of the ministers. Following the long phoenix wing corridor to the main room of the academy, he came to the stone railing and bowed to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress, and then stood quietly beside His Majesty the Emperor's left hand.

Unlike the ill-intentioned imaginations of enemies in other countries in the world, and from some conspiracy theories, such as Ning Que's imagination, there was no situation in which the imperial power and the academy were opposed to the Tang Empire. Only a very few people know that the Tang Dynasty today When the emperor was young, he studied in the academy for two years. After he ascended the throne, he would come to the academy for a break for festivals of all ages, and he might even spend the whole month in winter.

If the Tang Dynasty's imperial power was really vaguely afraid of or even balanced the power of the academy, then when the academy was opened, the court would never have set up such a big battle, and the emperor would not regard himself as his second home.

The ministers in the court knew His Majesty's feelings for the academy and knew the importance of each college opening ceremony to His Majesty. Therefore, when they saw the Fourth Princess Li Yu, they couldn't help but exclaimed in shock. They looked at the high railings from afar. On the side, looking at the woman standing on both sides of Your Majesty, her mood was extremely complicated. Less than a month since the Fourth Princess returned to the country, she showed the world the unparalleled love she received. She didn't know that she was standing quietly in Your Majesty at this time The Queen on the other side, what will she think at this moment.

The bell behind the mountain was sounded crisply, which was the first time for the admission examination for the academy. Hundreds of students waiting to be examined in the rain corridor came out one after another under the command of the academy teaching, walked through the flat road under the main railing of the academy building, and headed towards the Walking into the yard.

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty looked at the handsome and elegant students, and was catching himself, unable to help but stroke his beards and smiled with satisfaction and joy.

Seeing his father's expression, the fourth princess Li Yu smiled and said, "Congratulations to Father, all the talents in the world are in your trap."

The emperor burst into laughter when he heard this, not obeying it but not disobeying it.

The Empress didn't say anything, but just smiled and looked up at her husband, her eyes full of admiration and admiration. She gently put her soft right hand on his hand to express encouragement.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at his wife and daughter, ministers on both sides, and countless pillars of the empires in the future, and couldn't help feeling satisfied. Suddenly, he felt that there seemed to be one missing person beside him, and his brows frowned slightly, and asked a minister behind him, "Master." ... Or refuse to come? "

The minister bowed to the ground in fear and said, "The dean said that the academy entrance examination is to select talents for His Majesty and the Empire. He... doesn't need to come forward. He has to prepare his luggage and leave in two days."

His Majesty the Emperor remembered this, his face full of regret, as if he had done a good thing but was not praised by his father. He patted Shilan and sighed: "I almost forgot that the Master went to the country this year more than before. It should be earlier."

He looked back at the mountain behind the academy that seemed to appear in the clouds and mist, and bowed for a moment after a silence.

In the pavilion, somewhere about ten miles away from this mountain, a monk and a Taoist were talking to each other. It was early in the morning, and I don't know where they got such a good mood.

The monk was about thirty years old, with a handsome and gentle face, and naturally felt like he was free from dust. His eyes fell between the vertical and horizontal lines on the chess, then he raised his eyes to look at the academy in the distant mountains and suddenly asked, "Listen," Say... the Master is very tall."

The Taoist seemed solemn inside and outside, but today he seemed extremely frivolous and casual. He reached out and blew his hand gently into the air and replied, "Master...of course it is extremely high."

"How high is it?"

"How do you know a small character like me?"

"Don't the national master of the Tang Dynasty know?"

"You are the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, don't you know it either?"