In the first year of Xinzhenyuan, the emperor moved the capital from Huining to Daxing Prefecture in Zhongdu, and took a series of measures to promote the population flow in the capital. Among them, Zhang Hao requested that all people from all over the world who were willing to live in Zhongdu would be exempted from taxes and servitude for ten years. As the capital, the emperor adopted his opinion. After this order, people from all over the capital built houses on land outside the capital. By the end of the first year of Zhenyuan, the number of people in the capital reached more than one million, several times more than before.
For a time, the buildings were piled up on top of each other, blocking out the sky and the sun. During festivals, shops of all sizes were lined up all night long. The prosperity on both sides of the avenue is so prosperous that horses can drive to it without turning back. Various tiles, hook rails, restaurants, and restaurants come alive in this land. The newly established Imperial College has admitted hundreds of students. .c
The emperor also strongly advocated the imperial examination system and personally supervised the palace examinations many times. He also went on stage to pose and even solve problems. His ideas were very clever. Every time he spoke about national affairs, he spoke with emotion and sincerity, which was widely spread.
Among them, Zhang Rulin, Zhang Xuanzheng's eldest son, successfully entered the palace examination.
On the fifth day after the palace examination, Zhang Qinli, accompanied by Wan Yanyong, was waiting in the courtyard with her parents, younger brother Zhang Rubi and sister-in-law Xiao Gao, waiting for the news of the release of the results.
Everyone was so nervous that they didn't even care to drink the tea beside them. Zhang Rulin came quietly, looked at the nervous faces of the others, suddenly smiled, and personally changed cups of hot tea for Wan Yanyong and Zhang Qinli.
"I'm not in a hurry myself, but the second sister and the king are so anxious that they are sweating! Look, the silk on the second sister's hand is even wet!"
Just looking at the pink silk in Qinli's hand, which was soaked through, Wanyanyong looked down and gently took the silk from her hand and put it on the table: "Madam, it's soaked. Put it down." Bar!"
"Someone, get some hot water!"
After saying this, someone immediately brought hot water to clean her hands, and then, there was a rush of footsteps not far away.
"My lord, my eldest wife, my eldest brother has been hit!"
After hearing this, Zhang Xuanzheng jumped up from his chair and rubbed his hands on both sides of his body: "Really?"
"I really looked at it. I squeezed in the crowd and looked at it for a long time. Our young master is indeed the first!"
Everyone cheered and hurriedly moved closer to Ru Lin. His parents were in tears. Mother Zhang put her arm around his shoulders with tears in her eyes: "Lin'er, now my Lin'er has become outstanding, my son!"
Rulin supported her and said, "Mother, don't be sad. Isn't this a good thing? I still want to thank my parents for raising me."
After saying that, he fell down and worshiped again and again.
Qinli looked at him and said half-jokingly: "Brother, now that you have achieved your goal, you have to plan to find a girl to marry! Rubi has been married for several years."
Rulin scratched his ears and cheeks, and said with a red face: "I..., I am a very honest person. I don't talk to girls' families very much. I don't know any of the girls here!"
Xuan Zheng shook his hips and smiled and replied: "Hey, what are you so anxious about? I will go to your uncle Li's house to discuss with him, and you will marry Ru'er!"
"Sister Ru, didn't she make peace with the King of Qi? She is determined to join the royal family. Besides, she rejected the third brother's matchmaking, how can she like her son?"
"Ahem, it was normal for the girl to be silly when she was young. Now she has become sensible and will never refuse. You have been close to these sisters since you were a child, and now only Ru'er is left. Don't miss it. Already!"
Rulin was silent, struggling and blushing. Seeing this, Xuan Zheng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Damn it, my father can't tell that you like Ru'er. I knew it when I was a child studying in a private school!"
"Ru'ersheng is pretty and cute. Although she is not as well-educated as her sister, this girl is very articulate and can bring some joy to the family. Come with me tomorrow!"
Rulin smiled and replied: "Yes, Daddy!"
Afterwards, he knelt down and worshiped Wanyan Yong again and said: "Your Majesty, Rulin thanks your Majesty again. Over the years, Your Majesty has always looked for the best teachers for Rulin and arranged for my third brother and I to study at Taixue. With this affection, Rulin It’s also unforgettable!”
Wanyan Yong pushed him away and helped him up and said: "Hai, get up quickly. They are just brothers. If you even have your wife,
Even if his brother doesn't help, the lonely king still has any human touch. The so-called starting a family and starting a business, you have already completed half of it, and now there are only life-long events left. Don't worry, the lonely king will definitely discuss it with his uncle together with Madam Li. "
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After saying this, he knelt down again, and Wan Yanyong quickly helped him up.
"Damn it, I have to kneel again!"
As he said this, everyone laughed, and Zhang Xuanzheng immediately ordered people to prepare a banquet for the number one scholar to celebrate Ru Lin.
In the early morning of the next day, Wanyan Yongzheng, with his chest and abdomen exposed, leaned against the wall window and read a book. After reading for a long time, he saw Qinli turning over in a hazy state.
When she turned over, the quilt on her body turned up. Seeing this, he covered the quilt tightly again. After a long time, she turned over and lay on him, hugging his waist. She closed her eyes and asked, "Your Majesty, how did you get up?" So early?"
"The lonely king couldn't sleep! So he got up and read a book. Why do you, like Qing Ya, also like reading strange books? Are you not afraid of these monsters and ghosts?"
"This "Baize Tu" was given to me by Mrs. Li! I am often free and have nothing to do. She comes to talk to me, so she brings me some books to read, which can also kill some loneliness."
Hearing this, he put the book aside, looked at her watery eyes, then pressed lightly on her, and smiled - "Li'er, the imperial concubine has been in a low mood in the past two years, so she spends a lot of time with her. Oh, I feel wronged to you!"
"Why do you say this, Your Majesty? I understand very well that the Queen must be in need of someone to accompany her when she loses her son."
"But the lonely king will come to my wife more often in the future. I can't let you read books every day to pass the time! Huh?"
After he said that, he lifted the quilt, smiled evilly, and rolled her under him.
She shyly turned her face away and asked, "Your Majesty, what...are you going to do?"
He said leisurely: "I came back after drinking last night and didn't take a good look at my wife. It's still early today, so I want to take a good look at my wife!"
"Your Majesty, please be gentler!"
"I know, I will."
"It would be nice if Qingya was as gentle as you, but she is a "Haitongqing" and is very stubborn. "
After saying that, he leaned down and stayed in bed with her until it was time to get up. Seeing that she fell asleep tiredly, he prepared to go to Qingya and discuss going to Li's house to discuss Rulin's marriage with Li Shi.
Seeing her sewing pillow cores with Mingxuan in the courtyard early in the morning, he walked over lightly and talked to her for a long time before he dared to mention the matter slowly. When he spoke, he smiled lightly, as if The bright moon is in my arms.
"No, why should I go? She said she wanted to apologize to me a few years ago, but she hasn't even seen any remorse until now. Why should I go? She makes her own decisions on her own affairs, even if it's Marrying a slut has nothing to do with me." When she said this, Qingya almost broke the embroidery needle in her hand.
"Qingya, why are you so stubborn? Why don't you go with the lonely king when he goes to the Li family?" He quickly stroked her back to calm the anger in her heart.
But she swung her body, took his hand down and said, "No, I have to go alone, Your Majesty. She and her father tortured my mother to death. I will never forget it in my life. Don't tell Li Qingru." As for kissing her, even if I just look at her, I want to rush up, peel off her skin, drink her blood, and then twitch her tendons."
He was still so careful, and quietly handed her tea: "Look, how can such a gentle Mrs. Gaoming be like a shrew in the market, and be so cruel before she even speaks. Of all the ladies in the house, you are the most cruel." How come someone who knows books and is polite becomes like this?"
"I am so cruel. Your Majesty promised to marry me, and he carried me here in eight sedan chairs. Now, either Your Majesty will divorce me, or... endure it!"
Seeing this, he looked at her with furrowed brows, raised his fingers and said, "You... are so impudent! You, a little girl, want to threaten the lonely king, you are so audacious."
But when she turned her head back, he quickly put his hand away. She stubbornly put the pillow aside and never looked at him again.
He took advantage of the warm autumn sun to look at her quietly. Her black hair was tied into a bun, with pearls hanging on it. The hanging tassels shone with starlight under the soft light. It was as if he could smell the light on her body even an inch closer. Light fragrance.
His Adam's apple moved up and down slightly
, winked at the wife opposite.
His wife also knew what he meant. She held his elegant hands for a long time and persuaded him.
"Qingya, just go! Go with the king and be obedient."
"No! Your Majesty wants to go, so go alone. I don't have time. I still have to make delicious food for Yungong." She was still so determined. She even stood up and bowed lightly, turned around and left.
Wanyan Yong got angry, pointed at her back and said, "Hey, you stubborn person, are you going or not?"
"Don't go!"
"Li Qingya, are you serious about coming?"
"yes!"
She gently supported Chu Zi and turned around, standing beside him and looking at him - "Your Majesty, do you love me?"
"It's all nonsense!"
"If you love me, how could you not know the pain in my heart? If you owe money to repay a debt, if you kill someone to pay for your life, why should your Majesty forgive her for me, and why should you ask me to forgive her? I will say this here today. It is not right for her, Your Majesty. , as long as I am alive, I will not let her have an easy time!"
Wan Yanyong stared at her, staring quietly, watching her clear eyes gradually turning red, her raised little eyebrows gradually lowering, then turning around, walking alone in the street with heavy and delicate steps. Under the clusters of ginkgo trees, the long shadow becomes shorter and disappears as the steps go away.
With such perseverance, how could she let an enemy who killed her mother live happily under her nose?
A long time after she returned, she held her mother's jade pendant and stared at it. Her mother's clear eyebrows and her face on the day of her death came to mind.
——"I, Li Qingya, swear here to be strong for my sister."
On that day, the young man of the Zhang family went to Li Shi to propose marriage, intending to marry Qingru. However, although she was already married for the second time, she was still very discerning and did not want to accept the marriage.
