Chapter 281 Don’t worry about me doing things
Outside the city.
The courtyard of Li Mansion is brightly lit after nightfall.
A typical Jiangnan garden layout, the entire yard is built around a lake. At this time, in front of the largest pavilion in the courtyard, graceful and beautiful maids came and went, bringing wine, food, fruits and snacks one after another. The three tables were filled with a dazzling array of food.
Li Zisheng lazily put his legs on the chair in front of him, with a woman on each side beating his legs, and a woman behind him squeezing his shoulders, feeling very at ease.
Zhang Luan's side is much more elegant.
In addition to the food and wine in front of him, there were two girls standing next to him holding wine bottles to help pour wine. Each of them was a stunning beauty that could captivate Zhang Luan.
Opposite the pavilion, there is a magnificent stage built by the lake. More than a dozen lanterns illuminate the surroundings of the stage. At this time, an opera is being performed on the stage, and the Nainan Opera Troupe is performing.
Due to the distance, Zhang Luan could not hear clearly what was being sung. At this time, his attention was not on the stage, but on Li Zisheng across the table.
He is waiting for Li Zisheng's instructions, such as how to distribute the beauties tonight... If nothing else, at least I have to take away the two wine pourers, right?
Just when Zhang Luan was thinking wildly, Li Zisheng spoke.
“Stay back first.”
Li Zisheng’s words left Zhang Luan somewhat confused.
You entertained me with these birds and butterflies, and after just a few drinks, you turned them away. What does this mean?
If you want to say something, just let them stand next to you, and it won't affect anything.
"Laizhan, do you know why I invited you here?"
As Li Zisheng spoke, he put his shoes back on, sat up straight and looked at Zhang Luan.
Zhang Luan looked slightly embarrassed: "I wonder...could it be that there are still secrets and other things that you want to discuss with me?"
Li Zi said calmly: "Things like secrets and other secrets depend on luck, can you mention them? That’s enough...even if His Majesty doesn’t say it, we can’t always pry, right?
“That’s what I think, you see that you are very careful about writing the storybook? You are good at it, and your majesty has praised it for what you have written. I wonder if you have any unique insights in dramatization? ”
"This..."
Zhang Luan was a little confused.
He finally understood why Li Zisheng didn’t make him drink today. He also knew that he was not good at drinking. He deliberately only had a few drinks with him, then stopped and asked him to eat more vegetables, fruits and snacks. He was repeatedly reminded to pay attention to the content of the performance on the stage.
Li Zisheng smiled and said: "Your Majesty has used your prescription recently, and the dragons and tigers are fierce. But in today's palace, no one who is favored can compare with the former Wan Niangniang. I want your Majesty to temporarily put aside the loss. The only thing that hurts my beloved concubine is... to put my love elsewhere.
"Sending a beautiful woman into the palace rashly is too simple and straightforward, and it makes you tired of looking at her. It has no effect despite the public praise. , but if we just send a troupe to sing operas to relieve His Majesty's boredom, then if something happens... wouldn't it seem innovative? ”
Li Zisheng had great expectations for Zhang Luan, and seemed to be waiting for Zhang Luan to provide him with an opportunity to flatter him.
Zhang Luan sat there, looking very hesitant.
Li Zisheng asked: "Isn't this very difficult?"
"Huh?"
Zhang Luan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said very confidently , "You can give it a try next time."
Obviously Zhang Luan also knew that it would not be difficult to reject Li Zisheng now, and it was impossible for Li Zisheng to pester him over this matter, or to terminate the alliance and cooperation between the two.
It’s just...
If you refuse rashly, then tonight’s affair will be ruined. Only by showing your ability and successfully completing Li Zisheng’s request can you hug the beauty to sleep.
As for whether he can really complete the errand in the future, it depends on whether his son has that ability.
Hearing this, Li Zisheng smiled and said: "Let's just say that you are capable of anything. It is not an exaggeration to say that you are an unparalleled talent. You know astronomy and geography, and you are knowledgeable about the past and the present. You can be said to be the talent of a national scholar. In the future, Ming Dynasty will need talents like you to help the country...Come on, I am very optimistic about you!"
"It's too much praise, it's too much praise."
Zhang Luan looked a little confused.
In the past, I could honestly say that I had to let my son step in for the sake of the family's prosperity and disgrace. But today, it was obviously for his own happiness plan that he let his son take the lead.
He was also thinking, what are the benefits of me helping Li Zi save this way?
It would only make sense if my son gave some playbooks to the prince and asked the prince to find someone to rehearse the play.
"Laizhan, do you have any concerns? Or do you want to leave this opportunity to the prince?"
Li Zisheng smiled and said, "There is no need to hide anything between you and me. I am so Tell me, if you weren't here, I would have said something to the prince, but because of you, I would definitely stand by the prince, and I would never lie."
"Really?"
< br>Zhang Luan was embarrassed.
I don’t want Li Zisheng to see through even the little Jiujiu in me.
"The prince is young after all. There are some things that he cannot control, such as sending a troupe and a woman to His Majesty. Do you think the prince is capable of it?"
In order to dispel Zhang Luan's concerns, Li Zisheng also Take great pains.
Zhang Luan nodded and said: "Li Shilang is really thoughtful. It is really not appropriate for the prince to do this."
"You still call me Li Shilang, I am not the minister now."< br>
Li Zisheng pretended to be angry.
"Then I should call you Li Shangshu..."
Zhang Luan hurriedly changed his words.
Li Zisheng smiled and waved his hand: "You misunderstood. I have been relieved of my post. It is only His Majesty's decision to promote me to the chancellery. Whether it can be done depends on my recent performance... I won't just find someone right now." Are you there?"
"Oh, oh."
Zhang Luan nodded in agreement.
"Of course I have to do a good job in public, especially when it comes to the Empress Dowager's insignia. I have to take care of everything from top to bottom. But in private, I have to do my best!"
Li Zi saves the day. Talking about his own way of being an official, "Let's put it this way, when doing things around His Majesty, you have to be careful at all times. Nothing can be taken lightly. It seems that I am asking for favors, but in fact this is what the ministers have to do. ...Well, if you were in my position, you would understand my difficulty."
Zhang Luan cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Li."
Li Zisheng smiled and said: "What's the hard work? It all pays off... People come and go, why do you let them go? Even the shadows are gone? Come and see, these women today were all given to me by others. Just say what you like, Just pick one or two that you think are the best and take them away yourself.”
“How can a gentleman... take advantage of others?”
Zhang Luan swallowed, but he still had the evil heart but not the courage.
Just visit here in Lizi Province for a while. If you really want to take people back, you will be in trouble.
Li Zisheng smiled and said: "Then you choose first, call all the women in the yard, and show them to my best friend one by one. The ugly daughter-in-law still wants to see her parents-in-law. What is the purpose of hiding her? This is something that must be done when we welcome guests in the future.”
At this time, Zhang Luan immediately realized that the establishment of this courtyard was not simple.
In addition to selecting beauties for the emperor, it was also a place used by Li Zi Province to win over the people around him. He seemed to suddenly understand why Li Zi Province had been able to stand firm in recent years, and secretly sighed in his heart, this method is really a trick. Fanduo, if this yard were mine, wouldn't I... be happy to miss Shu? ……
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Early the next morning.
At dawn, Zhang Luan returned home and stayed in the courtyard waiting.
Seeing Zhang Yanling come out to wash up, he walked over and grabbed his son and dragged him towards the main hall: "Put down what you are doing, and I have something to tell you in detail as a father."
Zhang Yanling asked: "Why did dad come back so early? Didn't he say that he would go directly to the Yamen today?"
"My father went to the Hanlin Academy and had nothing to do. He asked me to go there and write a storybook. I can write it. What's going on?" Zhang Luan pulled his son to the main hall door as he spoke.
Before entering the room, Zhang Luan roughly told his son that Li Zisheng had asked him to write a play.
Zhang Yanling said: "He does have the knowledge and means to do better than others. Li Zisheng just wants to do what he likes today."
"My father knows that he has to sacrifice She is a woman, but the script is also very important." Zhang Luan said, "How can a woman attract His Majesty's attention? It's too difficult to guess the Tian family's thoughts."
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "So... Dad, do you think I can guess what the emperor likes?"
"Isn't this asking you to write a play? When I think about it, the play is not much different from the story. The worst case scenario is that he could just make up a play version of "Journey to the West" and "The Scholars" and send them to the palace."
Zhang Luan came up with what he thought was a clever move, but he didn't know it was a bad idea.
Zhang Yanling waved her hand and said: "Okay, Dad, I know about this matter and will help you take care of it. Don't worry."
"Is that true?"
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Zhang Luan seemed relieved.
Zhang Yanling smiled and joked: "Dad, you must have been very busy last night, right? You are all back, so it is best to go back to your room to rest and rest. I will go to the Hanlin Academy later, so no one will notice."
"You kid, you know how to make my father happy, but with your words, my father feels at ease."
Zhang Luan looked at ease.
Zhang Yanling said: "But dad, writing a play is different from writing a narrative. Maybe I need to meet the actors in person, select some who can sing, and do it based on their voices and kung fu. Some articles are chosen on merit, and appearance is secondary.
"If you think it's feasible, dad, you can tell Li Zisheng later that he will move his people to our yard and I will give them personal guidance."
"You will take action personally?"
Zhang Luan looked a little hesitant, but he still reminded him, "Son, you want to handle this matter personally. As a father, I have no objection, but you have to think clearly. Those are the women Li Zisheng is preparing to dedicate to His Majesty. No one has ever touched the beauty of the south of the Yangtze River before... Can he rest assured if he is asked to send someone here?"
Zhang Yanling shrugged: "He asked us for help, and he still has so many worries? "Okay, I just watched and didn't do anything. What's he worried about?"
"Okay, I'll go and tell him. If I had known that scripting would be so troublesome, maybe I wouldn't agree to it?" Him.”
Zhang Luan said, glanced at his son, and found that his little eyes were full of narrowness. He was immediately embarrassed to look at him again, so he could only turn his head away and murmured, "I was very tired last night. After drinking the hangover tea, , let’s go to the Wenhua Palace.”
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Wenhua Hall.
After the lectures are over this morning, the lecturers from the East Palace will leave the palace. They have no teaching tasks this afternoon, and the next few days are holidays.
For them, the first phase of the Spring Lecture has come to an end.
As a student, Zhu Youtang thanked all the gentlemen. He specially walked up to Xie Qian and wanted to hear Xie Qian's summary of his studies during this period.
Xie Qian said with a smile: "The prince has made great progress recently. I thought that the prince would delay his studies after getting married. I never thought that the prince would still be diligent and studious, and complete his studies a few days earlier than expected.
"In the next few days, the prince should study the four books more, write the corresponding articles on the assigned topics, and wait for Wei Chen to proofread them for you when he comes back. "
Zhu Youtang said respectfully: "You gentlemen have taught me well, and my wife always gives me more pointers and supervises me. I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Xie in advance. ”
"The Crown Princess..."
Xie Qian did not expect that the Crown Prince would actually talk about the Crown Princess at this time.
Zhu Youtang smiled and said: "Mr. Xie, do you still remember the poem I showed you earlier?"
Xie Qian suddenly thought of something. He first looked around and noticed that others After everyone had left the Wenhua Hall and no one was paying attention, he said with a serious face:
"I have asked someone to read the poems before. They are extremely neat and gorgeous. But it’s not superficial, it’s definitely a classic. Who knows if it was written by someone in the capital?”
As literati, although Donggong officials are not famous for their writing and writing, there are many famous poets among them.
But from what Xie Qian saw, that word was really beyond the ability of ordinary people to write.
Let alone being famous for a while, it is not difficult to be unique in the Ming Dynasty and even remain famous throughout the ages.
But it is really strange that the words written by such a person fell into the hands of the prince, and the literary world did not realize who wrote it.
Zhu Youtang smiled and said: "It was written by my wife."
"Ahem, cough, cough..."
Xie Qian knew that the author of the lyrics might be among the people around the prince, but he did not expect it to be such an absurd answer.
“Mr. , and it was not until later that I chose the concubine that I found out that she was the one who wrote the lyrics. With her talent, she can probably be compared with Li Yian, Xue Hongdu, Xie Lingjiang and other female poets who have been famous in the literary world since ancient times. "
"Yeah."
Xie Qian nodded helplessly.
This assessment is correct.
"Mr. Xie, do you think she writes well?"
Zhu Youtang seemed to want to hear other people's comments on his wife's poems.
Xie Qian said: "After what the prince said, I think about it, which words are really elegant and graceful, but there is also a sense of heroism in them, which is quite manly... maybe... The Crown Princess must not be inferior to men.”
After all, Xie Qian is the leader in today's poetry appreciation world.
Although those words read in a graceful and boudoir style, there is obviously a meaning in them that a man pretended to write in a woman's tone.
But the prince said that it was written by the princess, and Xie Qian could only recognize it because he could not find the answer to the question.
(End of this chapter)