The expression on Shen Chu's face did not change, and he said calmly: "What if I pass the exam? Could it be that you, a rebellious disciple, think that your teacher has no talent?"
Li Changan just asked: "How does the teacher's talent compare with Du Fu?"
Shen Chu then smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Of course he is far inferior to the Poet Saint. You guessed it right, I failed to pass the examination."
He has read so many books, how could he not know that in order to solve common social problems, he must rely on the government to issue policies? Five years after coming to this world, Shen Chu was not like Li Changan, who spent all day lying in his mother's arms drinking milk and waiting to grow up. His thoughts had been assimilated by the Tang Dynasty.
Li Bai wanted to be an official to serve the country, Du Fu wanted to be an official to serve the country, even the poet Wang Wei wanted to be an official, and Shen Chu naturally wanted to be an official to serve the country.
It's a pity that the powerful are not so easy to cling to.
Li Changan raised her eyebrows and suddenly put her hands on her hips proudly. She glanced at Shen Chu, who was more than half taller than her, and even jumped onto the stone bench, pointing her chin at Shen Chu.
Shen Chu narrowed his eyes, and the urge to beat the child suddenly arose in his heart.
"If you want to talk about this powerful man, he is far away and right in front of you." Li Changan felt that he had never been as proud as he is today in the past five years.
Isn't it that she put all her efforts into hugging Concubine Wu Hui's lap just to have the power of being a powerful person in addition to her name?
Shen Chu just sat on the stone bench, looking up at the little kid in front of him with his tail raised to the sky, "Just now you were holding my thigh and crying about how miserable you were."
Before Li Changan could quibble, Shen Chu asked and answered himself: "That's right. You cried miserably when you went to defraud the dean of funds. If other teachers' students hadn't leaked the information, I wouldn't have known about our group. The student research funding is higher than that of the pharmacy school next door. I don’t know how you, the only one in the group, needs so much funding.”
"Harm, once you are a teacher, you will always be a father. Why should you and I, master and disciple, be so arrogant?" Li Changan said haha. She was not defrauding the funds to find a few more students for her tutor next year, so that she could have junior brothers and sisters to share the burden. I have the power of my thesis, but who knows I won’t have time to recruit new students...
"But I didn't lie to you. I think my life experience is quite miserable."
Li Changan asked a question that she had wanted to know most in recent years.
"Teacher, do you know the twenty-ninth daughter of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty?"
Shen Chu tapped his fingertips on the stone table: "What is your name? Just a ranking, which may not be recorded in history books."
If the rebel asked this, then she must be the twenty-ninth daughter of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.
"My real name is Li Chang'an." Li Chang'an muttered, "But I came up with this name myself. The old guy named me 'Chong Niang', which is awful."
She had no respect for Tang Xuanzong at all. After all, Li Changan had not even seen Tang Xuanzong in the past five years. Compared with his father's identity, Li Changan's impression of Li Longji was more like "if you die twenty years earlier, you will be a wise king." "The old man who stole his daughter-in-law", and now there is also an old man who forced an innocent little girl (her mother!) to leave her hometown at the age of eighteen to give birth to his child.
"Is your mother Cao Yenaji?" Shen Chu asked.
Li Changan nodded.
There was pity in Shen Chu's eyes: "That is indeed quite unlucky. I was not liked by the emperor when I was born. My mother died when I was a child. I was ordered by the emperor to wear Taoist clothes and preside over Taoist temples in the palace. I was given a name that made me unpopular at first sight. Chong Niang. When she grew up, she happened to catch up with the Anshi Rebellion. She escaped by hiding among ordinary people. After Tang Xuanzong was forced to abdicate, she took the initiative to take care of him. Finally, Tang Xuanzong recognized her as his daughter. After Emperor Daizong ascended the throne, she was If you are named a princess and marry Su Fa, you will be in your forties by then."
Li Changan: "..."
What kind of plot is this about a scumbag and a bitch being a doormat?
Li Longji only cared about having children and not raising them. Because he hated girl Hu's daughter, he threw his good daughter into a Taoist temple and became a Taoist priest. During the Anshi Rebellion, he only ran away by himself and never thought of having such a daughter. Then, after the scumbag father was forced to abdicate, the daughter took the initiative to serve him with a hot face and a cold butt. Finally, she finally influenced the cold-blooded emperor, the scumbag father, and it was not until she was in her forties that her nephew randomly found a man to marry her.
Li Changan was angry when he heard it.
They are all princesses of the Tang Dynasty. It is useless enough not to think about rebellion, but they still go to serve the scumbag father. Is there something wrong with their brains?
"Teacher, can you get a pass?" Li Changan wiped his face and forced himself not to pay attention to history, but to focus on the present.
"For whom?" Shen Chu asked.
Li Changan pointed to Hong Ling who was guarding in the distance: "Give her a certificate of Hu merchants."
"It's not difficult." Shen Chu thought for a moment.
He spent all his wealth to help poor people, and got to know many people from all walks of life. Such things could be done at Fangzheng. Xuanyifang is full of powerful people and it's hard to get a pass, but in several towns near the West Market, if you have money, you can get a pass.
There were countless Hu merchants in Chang'an. Datang's attitude towards Hu merchants was tolerant and open, and it was not difficult to obtain proof of entry and exit from the border.
Three religions and nine streams have their own way. This kind of thing is extremely easy for them. Unlike the government's layer-by-level review, they only need money, and if the money is in place, they can get a pass for wherever they go.
Shen Chu asked: "When do you want to go to jail?"
Pass is the official name of the pass.
People who want to go out must register their name, age, appearance, where they are going, what they are doing, and when they will travel.
In fact, for the rich and powerful, there is no need to apply for a pass. Fish charms and business trip certificates can completely allow them to travel around the country without restrictions. Otherwise, people like Li Bai and Du Fu would not be able to travel around as they please.
But since Li Changan asked him to apply for a pass, he didn't want to use the "fish talisman" as a powerful method, but wanted to use such a civilian method. No matter when, ordinary people are always less eye-catching than dignitaries.
"I don't know." Li Changan shook his head.
Li Changan pursed his lips and said, "I want to steal someone out of the Daming Palace by using a stratagem to conceal the truth. When does the teacher think the time is right?"
Shen Chu took a deep look at Li Changan: "I'm not good at planning."
"I don't know the future history." Li Changan only responded.
If she knew that one day she would become a Tang Dynasty person, she would have studied the history of the Tang Dynasty thoroughly. It's a pity that she only went to school to get a bachelor's degree, and the little history she knew about the Xuanzong period was only jotted down after a few glances while studying the poet's background in writing poetry.
Shen Chu leaned back a little, thinking.
"Who are you trying to steal from?"
"My mother, Cao Ye Na Ji." Li Changan said, and then added, "She is just an ordinary palace maid with no name and no status. No outsider has seen her for three years. Concubine Wu Hui, who has seen her recently, does not have time to stare at her all day. She, and now she is terminally ill, is a dying person in the eyes of others.”
Shen Chu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed completely.
The difficulty of stealing a palace maid and stealing a palace concubine are different. The disappearance of a dying palace maid in the palace will not attract anyone's attention.
"On November 27, Zhang Jiuling was demoted and Li Linfu was appointed as Zhongshu Ling. Li Linfu was supported by Concubine Wu Hui. Next year, there will be disaster for three common people. Li Longji killed three sons in one day." Shen Chu knew about him. I told Li Changan what happened.
Li Changan smiled: "Concubine Wu Hui must be very happy. She has always wanted her son Prince Shou to be the crown prince, but Zhang Jiuling supports the current crown prince. Li Linfu replaced Zhang Jiuling as the first assistant, which is proof that Concubine Wu Hui's party has defeated the princeling party."
"You want to start next month? Are you too anxious?" Shen Chu frowned.
Li Changan sighed: "But this is the only chance."
When the situation becomes tense next year, the palace will be heavily guarded, and by then it will not be so easy to hide the truth.
Shen Chu didn't say anything more, he just told Li Changan that he would send him to the prison before November.
After the most important things were said, both of them relaxed.
Shen Chu joked in a complaining tone: "When I knew this old friend was you, I guessed that I would be in constant trouble in the future. Sure enough, you found something troublesome for me to do this first time we met."
Li Changan said shamelessly: "Once a teacher, always a father. I regard my teacher as my biological father."
"No." Shen Chu refused flatly, "Your father is not a good person, and I don't dare to compare with him."
Tang Xuanzong in the eyes of literary people is different from Tang Xuanzong in the eyes of historians. Historians can fairly evaluate Tang Xuanzong's achievements in the first half of his life and his sins in the second half of his life. However, most of the impressions of Tang Xuanzong by literary people are extended from Tang poetry. In the poet's writing, Tang Xuanzong is obviously not a wise master.
In particular, Shen Chu loved Du Fu very much. The Anshi Rebellion written by Du Fu was so miserable.
"Master, Yuan Niang is back."
Li Changan originally wanted to catch up with the teacher he hadn't seen for many years, but Hong Ling, who was guarding the door, interrupted her.
The return of Yuan Niang means that Mingyue is also back. There is no room for any leakage of the secret plan. Li Changan does not dare to risk his own mother's life on whether Mingyue will find any clues and report it to Concubine Wu Hui.
So as soon as Li Changan heard that Mingyue was back, he picked up his skirt and ran to the bedroom. He had time to leave a few words before leaving.
"Teacher, after I hug Concubine Wu Hui's lap, I will be your backer and support you in your work as an official."
Then the figure disappeared at the courtyard gate.
Shen Chu was left sitting alone under the locust tree. After a while, Shen Chu slowly said to himself: "Did I forget to tell her that Concubine Wu Hui will die next year?"
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Concubine Wu Hui is in a very happy mood recently.
Li Linfu, whom she had single-handedly supported in the court, was about to replace Zhang Jiuling as the Secretary of the Central Committee. Under her instigation and Sanlang's own concerns about the prince, Sanlang also began to think about deposing the prince.
Her Long'er has also grown up. After pulling Li Ying down, the position of crown prince will definitely belong to Long'er.
She is also very proud of her personal affairs. The little princess she has fallen in love with has been living in the Changqing Palace for the past two months. She is well-behaved and cute, which makes her interested in raising a daughter again. Moreover, the little princess jumped into her arms on her own. No trouble at all.
She is already nearly forty, and is at the age where she should have grandchildren. Unfortunately, Lian'er and Yuhuan only got married last year and have no children yet, and Xianyi has just gotten married and has no children. Having a five-year-old daughter to raise is enough to kill boredom.
"Is Cao Yenaji not cured yet?" Thinking of this, Concubine Wu Hui thought of recruiting Li Changan to come over to make her laugh. Unfortunately, Cao Yenaji started to fall ill again the day before yesterday, and Li Changan went to attend to the illness and was not in Changqing Palace.
The female officer beside her said: "I heard from the doctor that Cao Yenaji is very ill this time and may not be able to survive the winter, so..."
Concubine Wu Hui was in a good mood again. She waved her hand and said, "That's all. As the biological mother, An Niang should indeed repay the kindness of giving birth."
It’s still not too cold in Chang’an in November, and even the chrysanthemums haven’t bloomed yet.
The climate is too warm at this time, and winter does not seem very cold.
The weather was very sunny today. It was rare for Li Changan to allow Cao Yenaji to sit by the window and enjoy the breeze. Cao Yenaji held the hand stove and leaned on the soft pillow, with a lifeless face on her thin face.
She looked at the sky outside the window dreamily. Several birds flew across the sky. Cao Yenaji followed the birds with her eyes and flew out of the yard, out of the Daming Palace, and into the distance.
Li Changan leaned next to her, holding one of her hands and saying nothing.
"Chang'an, can you invite Concubine Wu Hui to come over tomorrow?" Cao Yenaji coughed twice and looked sideways at Li Changan and said.
"Do you want to be an orphan?" Li Changan did not agree first, but looked at Cao Yenaji quietly.
A very forced smile appeared on Cao Ye Naji's pale face: "I can't always hide it from you."
"Yeah, you haven't been able to hide anything from me since you were a child." Li Changan said with emotion.
Cao Yenaji patted Li Changan's hand and said solemnly: "I have listened to you most of the time, but this time you must listen to me. Changan, you are the smartest child I have ever seen. We all You know, I am extremely ill now and I won’t live long.”
"After I die, you will be the princess of the Tang Dynasty without a mother. You will have to find yourself a new mother-in-law with a higher status."
When Cao Yenaji said this, she was as calm as if she just said, "If you run out of oranges, go buy some dates."
Li Changan gritted her teeth and her voice was almost crying. She asked Cao Ye Naji: "But you have never cared about whether I want a new lady with a higher status. You are so self-righteous that as long as you Everything will be fine if you die."
Cao Yenaji just smiled and stroked Li Changan's head with his bony hands: "You are a child that crawled out of my intestines. How could I not understand you? You like to control everything, ever since you were still with me When you drink milk from your arms, you must drink the milk at the right time. If it’s too late, you’ll cry; if it’s too early, you won’t open your mouth…”
"When you were four years old, the jailer deducted charcoal from us. You didn't say anything at the time, but a month later you met Concubine Wu Hui in the garden, and a month later the jailer was beaten.
Even Li Changan himself didn't remember that he had done so many things, but Cao Yenaji counted the things that happened to Li Changan like he counted his treasures.
In the end, even Li Changan had to admit: "Well, I just like power, and I just want to climb up."
"There is one thing I have never told anyone, not even you." Cao Yenaji continued calmly as if she expected that Li Changan would eventually admit that he liked power.
Li Changan pricked up his ears curiously.
It's strange, in recent years she has even brought out the embarrassing incident of her mother secretly smashing the oil tank of the caravan next door when she was a child. How can her mother still have secrets from her?
Cao Ye Naji said softly: "When I was pregnant with you, I often had a dream. I dreamed that the sun and the moon were in the same sky. I was sitting on the wall of Chang'an City, and the sun and the moon fell together and fell into my lap. In my belly, many stars are orbiting around my belly.”
"I have had this dream many times. During the nine months I was pregnant with you, I had this dream every once in a while. I had this dream nine times in total. The light from my belly in the dream became brighter each time. The last time I had this dream In this dream, the sun and the moon finally jumped out of my belly, and you were born early the next morning. I had this dream nine times in exactly nine months."
One of the reasons why the original body was not favored by Xuanzong was that "she was born in nine months of pregnancy, and the emperor would hate her". Although Li Changan felt that this was just an excuse for Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Who is pregnant for more than nine months? It is normal to be pregnant between 37 weeks and 42 weeks. of.
Cao Yenaji looked at Li Changan seriously: "I have never told anyone about this dream. I was the only one who knew about this dream before, but now you and I know about it."
At that time, Cao Yenaji, who couldn't even speak Chinese, didn't know what the dream meant, but her innate keen intuition allowed her to keep it secret and protect her child. She kept it secret for five years, if she hadn't been about to die. Now, she will keep hiding this secret.
