Only a fool would have such a sweet dream if he hoped that a few casual words would make the imperial concubine feel that Gao Pragmatic and she were as close as mother and son. In fact, the conversation between Li Guifei and Gao Pragmatic was quite boring, basically in a simple question-and-answer mode, but it seemed that because of this, it was more like "calling the right person".
Concubine Li did not take additional exams for Gao Pragmatic's knowledge, which made Gao Pragmatic lose the opportunity to show off. Originally, he thought that if Concubine Li published a few couplets like the nobles in some novels such as unofficial histories and novels, and then he wrote a few high-quality second couplets, and then found an opportunity to exaggerate the story and spread it, then what would happen in the future? Shilin's reputation is bound to be better. After all, I know "Li Weng Duiyun" by heart.
However, the reality is not as rich as the pretentious novels. Although Li Guifei herself has tried her best to read some books in the past few years, this is mainly out of the consideration of arming her mind with knowledge to deal with possible court struggles. Really speaking, when it comes to knowledge, After all, the foundation is there, no matter how strong it is, how strong can it be?
People of this age have a natural inferiority complex in terms of knowledge towards civil servants with Jinshi background, and neither Cao Gan nor Concubine Li are exceptions. They subconsciously feel that Gao Pragmatic, who has a family background of several generations and has been taught by the words and deeds of his elders, is as knowledgeable as he is, even if he is younger.
What's more, Concubine Li has just seen "a masterpiece of high pragmatism". Although she has only seen the first chapter of "Longwen Whip Shadow" for the time being, it has already attracted the attention of Shen Shixing, the number one scholar at that time, and the other six elders who passed through the pavilion. The carefully selected prince was full of praises for his performance as an official. Isn't it like wielding an ax in front of Lu Ban's gate and wielding a sword in front of Guan Gong? It's better to hide your clumsiness.
So Li Guifei only asked some personal matters about Gao Jingshi. The details made Gao Jingshi feel that he was too influenced by the history books, and the history books overestimated the current Concubine Li and the future Empress Dowager Li. Because some of the questions Li Guifei asked him today seemed too trivial no matter how you looked at them——
Gao Aiqing is extremely knowledgeable. I wonder how old he was when he became enlightened?
Gao Aiqing's handwriting is quite good. Coincidentally, he is working with the prince Zhao Ti. Do you know other styles of calligraphy?
I heard that your father has been staying in Xinzheng to educate the children, which is really rare. Gao Aiqing must have benefited a lot from it?
Although it is said that Mr. Gao, Mr. Shen and other lecturers have the final say on the prince's studies, since Gao Aiqing is pretending to be a bachelor, if the prince fails to study for anything, you should advise him in time. Gao Aiqing, do you understand?
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I have asked a lot about all these things, but no matter how you look at them, they all seem to be nonsense, without any salt at all.
While Gao Pragmatic was responding, he was thinking about it in his mind. When the imperial concubine asked, she hit it here and there with a hammer and a stick, and couldn't hit it with eight poles. Was she just asking casually, or did she mean something?
In the end, Long Qing helped him out and said to Concubine Li with a smile: "My dear concubine, if you keep asking like this, you will ask how old Gao Aiqing was when she was weaned."
If he hadn't been worried about "disrespecting the king", Gao Pingshi would have just laughed out loud. Zhu Yijun on the other side also looked like he was trying to hold back his laughter.
Concubine Li was a little embarrassed and annoyed. She was not that afraid of Long Qing. She rolled her eyes at her man and said angrily: "The emperor wants me to come and see him again, and he thinks my question is trivial. Well, I won't ask anymore."
Long Qing smiled and said: "My dear, don't be upset, I'm just joking. If my dear wants to ask, Gao Aiqing will have a lot of time to come to the palace in the future, you can just call him to ask at any time." After that, he turned to Feng Bao and said: "Feng Bao, please pass on my message later. Gao Aiqing is the prince's companion and should always be by his side, so he is specially allowed to travel in the imperial court."
Feng Bao was stunned for a moment and thought to himself: If you are allowed to walk in the imperial court, you can freely enter and exit the palace. Isn't this a bit too much? The boy from the Gao family is young, but he is still a foreign minister after all. He can come in and out of the palace at will...
When Long Qing saw him standing still and not answering, he frowned and said, "Why, do you have any objection?"
"How dare you, slave?" Feng Bao quickly lowered his head, bent down and said, "I'm afraid of the discussion from the outside court."
"Then add a time limit. Before the prince's wedding, he must be pragmatic and walk in the inner court." Long Qing waved his hand and said, "There's nothing to say now, right? Well, they have to say what's going on in the world, and they have to dictate what the rules are in my family." Is it done?"
Of course this is the case. After all, no matter what the emperor said, he would not have the hobby of cuckolding himself. If Gao Pragmatic hadn't been young, how could he have given such a privilege? It would be appropriate to set a time limit before the prince's wedding. After all, princes usually get married relatively early, and Gao Pragmatic was still young at that time, so what could happen?
To take a step back, even if Gao Pragmatic had the power to enter and leave the palace, would he still be able to wander around in the inner court? Could it be that the middle officials in the inner court are just decorations and will not send people to follow them?
At this time, Prince Zhu Yijun found an opportunity to talk to Gao Pingshi, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Xiao Gao, in terms of your status as a fake bachelor, you should be considered a half-teacher, but you are also with Gu." Those who study at the Sutra Banquet are more like classmates, which one do you think is the right character?"
Facing Zhu Yijun, Gao Pragmatic could be a little less formal, so he said with a smile: "The prince is joking, pretending to be a bachelor is just a favor from His Majesty to make my status in the outside world look more noble. In fact, it cannot be taken seriously. Ruomeng The prince will not give up, so naturally I and His Highness are classmates."
Long Qing and Li Guifei nodded secretly as they listened. They felt in their hearts that this little guy Gao Pragmatic was, among other things, at least not the kind of frivolous kid who dared to open a dyeing workshop for just three points of color. With him by the prince's side, it was indeed better than that. It is much more reassuring to have the noble disciples of the gangsters and military officials.
Zhu Yijun was also very happy - what he was happy about was different from that of his parents. What he was happy about was that as a prince, he could actually have a classmate, which was really rare. At that moment, he nodded repeatedly with a smile on his face: "Okay, okay, it's great to have classmates. I won't have the chance to take part in the imperial examination after I am alone. It's hard to judge how knowledgeable I will be by then, but it will be different with you here. You must study hard, and it is best to have a similar level of knowledge in the future, and then you take the scientific examination, so that you can compare your scores and know how well you have learned!"
In fact, he didn't finish what he said, but Gao Pingshi knew in his heart that another very important factor why Zhu Yijun was so happy was "new experience." After all, as a prince, he could only study alone alone, but now he can have multiple companions. This is an unexpected new feeling - the prince is also a human being, which child is willing to play alone?
On the contrary, Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised by what Zhu Yijun said.
It seems that Zhu Yijun, at least at this stage, is very willing to study and make progress.
