"My lord, something happened." Lin Qi took out the letter and put it on the table.
"What is this? It's mysterious." Li Qiu picked up a letter and was slightly surprised when he saw the fire paint mark on it. He opened it and took out the letter and glanced at it twice, his face gradually became serious.
"Where did it come from?" Li Qiu stuffed the letter back and asked in a deep voice.
"It was sent by an old man. He didn't say anything. He handed this to me and left." Lin Qi said, "I think it might be Duan Fengnian's old friend, because after the Duan brothers were executed, I gave them to them. You collected the corpse, so that’s why you gave this to me, right?”
"Well...what did Xiao Chen say?" Li Qiu asked.
"The Marquis just read one letter and didn't say anything. He asked me to send it to the prince immediately." Lin Qi said, "No one knows about this except the Marquis and me."
"So these letters are real?" Li Qiu said.
"It's hard to tell the truth from the false." Lin Qi said.
"What does Xiao Chen mean by asking you to bring this to me?" Li Qiu said.
"The Marquis didn't say anything. I think he probably wanted the Prince to keep him so that he would be prepared for any trouble, right?" Lin Qi knew everything and said everything.
Because Brother Xiao taught him that when talking to the emperor or prince, he is not afraid that you will say something wrong, but that you will not say anything.
Of course, you can't talk nonsense.
"It's a good idea to be prepared for any trouble." Li Qiu chuckled, "I also hope to be prepared, and it's best to be safe."
Lin Qi couldn't answer this.
"By the way, have people from the Ministry of War approached you?" Li Qiu changed the topic and changed the topic.
"No." Lin Qi said, "Actually, I was just about to tell the prince about this. This time I followed the prince to Langya, and I had no merit at all. But, the prince, you listed me in the military merit book and reported it to me." The Ministry of War... Your Majesty, why didn’t you discuss this with me in advance!”
"Hahaha, are you talking to me?" Li Qiu was not angry when he heard this, but burst into laughter.
"Your Majesty, I speak from my heart." Lin Qi was serious. "Originally, I followed the Prince just to take notes as a staff officer. Apart from writing a few battle reports, I did nothing. I didn't even do anything on the battlefield. I have never been there, but if the prince records my merits, everyone will be unconvinced... I won’t be surprised either!"
Tou and the prince are members of the same family, so they speak the same language.
"Oh, you don't care about fame and fame, so what do you care about?" Li Qiu said.
"Who doesn't care about fame?" Lin Qi said, "But I want to use my own ability to get it! The emperor has given me permission to participate in this scientific examination, and I will get my fame from this!"
"You dare to say that you can pass the exam?" Li Qiu knew that Xiao Chen had already obtained the exam questions. Did he also tell you, kid?
"I can't say I'm 100% sure, but I'm sure it's 70% to 80% certain." Lin Qi was full of confidence in his knowledge.
Because his father, Mr. Dongyang, was also from Kejia, and he was very clever in writing.
His father had read the articles he had read since he was a child. At first he laughed, then scolded, then explained, and then discussed. After he turned twelve, he basically stopped commenting...
Because he felt that his son's articles were better than his own, and his explanations of principles were clearer than his own, especially his poetry. For several years, when he wrote poems for the emperor, he always asked his son to ghostwrite them.
Praise him for fear of making him proud, scold him but there is no way to scold him, so I can only be non-committal, not praise or criticize, and even suppressed him for several years by not allowing him to participate in the provincial examination...
"Oh? Then let me ask you, where does 'accepting teachings day and night to supplement Taide' come from and what does it mean?" Li Qiu asked casually.
"'Receiving teachings day and night to assist the emperor's virtue' comes from Shang Shu Shuo Fate, which means to give advice morning and evening to help the king cultivate his virtue." Lin Qixin said, who doesn't know this? Even elementary school students know it! Why don't you, Your Majesty, please ask me? This is not a test on me, this is an insult to me! This is it!
"Is that what you mean?" Li Qiu stared into Lin Qi's eyes, feeling that his reaction was not what he thought.
"Uh... for a deeper meaning, I have to ask the prince for advice." Lin Qi said.
"Well, you are so knowledgeable, so I won't give you any advice...then what, can you guess riddles?" Li Qiu asked.
"I'm pretty good at guessing riddles, but I can't guess the ones that are too difficult." Lin Qixin asked, "What on earth are you going to do?"
"Isn't the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month coming soon?" Li Qiu said with a smile, "Yesterday the emperor summoned some of us to the palace for a chat, and asked each of us to come up with a few lantern riddles, which can be regarded as To have fun with the people, I thought of a four-book riddle and let you guess it first. If you guess it right, I will give you a reward."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward." Lin Qi said boldly.
Riddle-guessing was just a trivial skill for him, not worth mentioning at all. It was also a question from the Four Books, and even he could guess it with his nose.
"Oh, I never noticed before that you kid still likes to tell lies!" Li Qiu said with a smile, "But you have to know that there is a reward for guessing. If you can't guess, I will punish you by drinking three glasses of wine!"
"I only want to receive the reward, not the punishment. Please ask the prince to solve the mystery." Lin Qi said.
"Guanyin has no family tradition." Li Qiu said, "Try one sentence from the four books."
"That must be a sentence in "The Doctrine of the Mean", no matter how good it is, there is no merit!" Lin Qi pondered for a moment and then gave the answer.
"Yeah?" Li Qiu was surprised when he heard this, "Although this is not my answer, why does it sound better than my answer?"
"Then I guessed wrong." Lin Qi said, "I wonder what the prince's answer is?"
"You can't say it, you can't say it." Li Qiu waved his hands repeatedly, "Just because your answer to the riddle is better than mine, it would be a loss of face if you tell it. It's better not to tell it. It seems that this riddle can't be used anymore, and you can't do it either. Go out and tell others!"
"Yes." Lin Qi was really baffled and thought to himself, "Master, did you go out to drink just now?" Why do everything you say sound like drunk talk? But I didn't smell alcohol on him either...
"By the way, the emperor ordered us to write a few poems to relieve the cold last night. I also pieced together a few sentences randomly. How about you come and take a look?" Li Qiu said, rolling up his arms and sleeves, preparing to write. Poetry.
Lin Qi hurriedly stepped forward, helped him spread out the paper, took the inkstone, dripped some water, and polished the ink for him with his own hands.
But I saw Li Qiu's pen moving like a dragon and a snake, finishing with a single swipe.
The poem says: "The Liyun Road is frozen, the courtyard is leisurely covered with snow, the candles are shining in the wind, the flute is warm and snuggled in the smoke, the thorn girl is standing on the waves, Chang'e sleeps with the moon in her arms, the Luofu is as close as possible, and the plum trees are broken and blooming. "
"How was it?" Li Qiu was very satisfied after finishing writing and asked Lin Qi with a smile.
"It's such a good poem, every word is precious and every sentence is beautiful!" Lin Qixin said it was just so-so, but of course he couldn't tell the truth at this time, so he could only praise it.
"Is it true?" Li Qiu said with a smile, "Father just said it was normal."
In fact, Li Qiu could do better, but because his two brothers, Li Shi and Li Feng, were both mediocre, he naturally didn't know how to be clever or show off, so he deliberately did a mediocre job.
"That's because the emperor's expectations of the prince are too high." Lin Qi said with a smile, "I usually write poems. Sometimes I think they are very good and I am very proud of them. But when my father sees them, he thinks they are not good."
The words are also very beautiful and decent.
