Chapter 177: Lively but Slightly Awkward Imperial College

Su Changan thought for a moment and said, "Did you like him? Let me tell you, he is not as pretty as me, nor as knowledgeable as me!"

Xia Fengxiang glared at Su Changan: "I'm asking about serious matters! Don't talk nonsense, or I'll deal with you when I get back!"

Su Changan wanted to ask how to deal with it, but he held back and stopped joking, saying, "A passionate patriotic young man?"

Xia Fengxiang laughed when he heard this, and then said, "You can describe a straightforward and reckless personality as passionate."

However, Xia Fengxiang glanced at the students at the gate of the Imperial College and said, "But it is true that they are passionate."

After that, Xia Fengxiang looked at Su Changan and said, "That An Ming's original name was Wei Anming. He is one of the candidates who will go to Japan this time. His father is Wei Xuancheng. Two years ago, he petitioned to kill Li Nishang and Yang Shanchang. As a result, he was hated by the Yang Party and the Empress Dowager Party at that time and was imprisoned. In order to protect him, I demoted him and sent him to Longyou Road to serve as a soldier under Zhao Wuxiu. But he will be back soon."

At this point, Xia Fengxiang thought about what was the point of saying all this, so he looked at Su Changan and asked, "So what do you think of Zuo Shaoweng?"

Su Changan frowned and was about to say, "I'm really jealous of you."

But Xia Fengxiang saw through Su Changan's thoughts and immediately said, "Answer properly! Don't be so playful! Humph!"

Su Changan was helpless, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Don't tell me that if I say more, it will determine someone's life. Then I dare not comment more."

Xia Fengxiang smiled and said, "I'm ashamed to say that among the millions of literati in the world, the only person Zuo Shaoweng admires among his peers is Miss Chang'an. They admire you so much! Moreover, his wife is an admirer of yours, and she often takes you as her goal when teaching her children. But you don't say a single good word."

Su Changan smiled a little embarrassedly, but he suddenly thought of something and said, "It's useless for me to persuade you. We haven't even slept together yet."

Xia Fengxiang rolled his eyes, looked at Su Changan's current ugly appearance, and cursed: "You are so ugly, isn't it disgusting for you to say such things!"

Su Changan frowned and said seriously, "Very good, Xia Qingge said I'm ugly and doesn't like me anymore."

Xia Fengxiang was stunned for a moment, looking at Su Changan and was about to kick him, but just as he was about to raise his foot, he remembered the situation between him and Su Changan now. If he fought like usual, it would not look good. So he rolled his eyes at Su Changan and was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Su Changan looked at Xia Fengxiang and secretly sighed, it turned out that to defeat women, you have to use their way, and he should use it more often in the future.

Although the fact that Miss Chang'an would give a lecture in the Imperial College today was not publicized, many people knew about it, and many students also knew about it.

In order to prevent outsiders from entering, Mu Xu also asked Xun Kuang and others to make invitations. Only with invitations can they enter.

Of course, the students of the Imperial College had their own name cards to prove their credentials, so they did not need an invitation.

The honors enjoyed by Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang were truly special, forming a sharp contrast with the talented men and beautiful women who were invited around them.

Especially the servant boy who followed them, compared with the ugly appearance of Yan Ruyu and Maomao at the moment, he was much more handsome and handsome.

Some people were even shocked when they saw Su Changan's appearance, and immediately asked the people around them: "Brother Zhang, compared with this person, I am so handsome."

After hearing what his companion said, the man carefully looked at Su Changan who was walking on the other side for a while, and then immediately nodded: "That's right!"

The man from before was immediately happy, and he became much more confident. He held his head high and chest out. He no longer felt that the big mole on his face was an eyesore, but instead it was a symbol of his handsomeness.

…

There was also a pair of man and woman. The woman was stunned for a moment when she saw Su Changan, then looked at Xia Fengxiang who was walking with Su Changan, and pulled the man next to her.

The man turned around to look at the woman and asked with a smile, "Are you tired, sister Lian? If you are, take a rest before you go on. It's a pity that I can't hold you at the gate of the Imperial College, otherwise I would definitely not let you land on your feet, sister Lian."

The woman was a little embarrassed by the man's words, but shook her head: "Walk slowly, those people are so ugly, maybe they are infecting each other, let's not get too close. What if they infect you and me?"

Hearing this, the man looked at Su Changan and the others. He hadn't noticed them just now, but now he took a closer look and saw how ugly they were! So he nodded immediately and said, "Sister Lian is right. Let's walk slowly. Come, let's hold hands. Sister Lian and I are both so good-looking. We are not afraid of their ugliness."

The woman was shy, but she let the man hold her hand.

…

There were also students who were studying in groups of three. When they saw Su Changan and his group, they immediately sighed, "As expected of the capital city. We have encountered all kinds of things since we came to the capital city. Today, we have even met four people with such strange looks, and they are scholars."

"Brother Wen, please don't say such nonsense. The Imperial College has commented on other people's appearance before."

"I'm not saying anything nonsense. I'm really surprised. Especially, how should I put it? The idiom 'ugly appearance' can be used to describe these people. However, what I'm more concerned about is, aren't they afraid of being ugly to Miss Chang'an? I can't bear to look at them for a few more seconds."

"Ms. Chang'an is kind and gentle, she won't care about these things, let alone these people."

When he said this, the gentleman saw Su Changan turning around and laughing, and he immediately took a breath, so he changed the topic and said, "I hope I didn't scare Miss Changan."

…

Although the books of sages say that we should not comment on other people's appearance as it is against etiquette.

But these students who had just taken the imperial examination were after all ordinary people. What's more, Su Changan and the other three made themselves as ugly as possible in order to avoid being recognized. It was really hilarious and made people want to say a few more words.

and

His plain appearance was actually a compliment to Su Changan and others.

Therefore, the closer to the entrance of the Imperial College, the more people saw it, and the more people talked about it.

Su Changan and the others didn't care at all.

When they arrived at the gate of the Imperial College, Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang took out the business cards of the Imperial College students.

There were thousands of students in the Imperial College, many of whom did not know each other and could only recognize each other by name cards.

There is a special seal of the Imperial College on the name card, which is difficult to forge and no one dares to forge it.

Of course, Xia Fengxiang dared to do it, so she just made four of them.

Therefore, when the guards at the gate of the Imperial College saw the name card, they were surprised, but they thought that they should remember someone with such a good appearance.

However, although he was surprised at the extreme ugliness of Su Changan, Xia Fengxiang and the other three, he found that the business cards were real, so he had to let them go.

Today is not a banquet like a literary gathering or a poetry party.

It's just an ordinary lecture, to put it bluntly, it's like taking a class.

Therefore, there is no such person as the Japanese club who specializes in welcoming guests.

On the contrary, students walk around more freely.

After entering the Imperial College, Su Changan asked about the location of today's lecture.

The girl who was asked for directions was startled, but seeing that Su Changan bowed politely, she resisted the urge to run away and showed Su Changan the way. She was even more considerate and suggested that it would be better to go earlier because someone had already gone there at noon today and reserved a seat.

Su Changan thanked them and went with Xia Fengxiang and the others.

The girl was left comforting herself, thinking that being ugly alone is not terrible, but when four people are together, it is quite terrible.

Today's lecture is still held in the large lecture hall of the Japanese Society.

When Su Changan and the others went there, the lecture hall was packed with people, and even the inside was full of people.

After searching for a while, Xia Fengxiang saw a place under a tree not far from the main seat, so the four of them walked over.

After the four people passed by, the students who were originally nearby were startled and looked at Su Changan and the others with strange eyes.

But I stopped looking at it immediately, after all, he still has some quality.

They were just whispering to each other, and the word spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred. Immediately, many people turned their heads to look at Su Changan and the others.

It caused a small commotion.

Xia Fengxiang didn't care at all, he just laughed and cursed Su Changan, "Look how ugly you made me."

Su Changan was helpless and said that it was as if you were not ugly enough to impress others.

However, when Su Changan looked into the lecture hall, he found many familiar faces.

Gentlemen like Mr. Yao, Xun Kuang, Mr. Shuiyun, Wen Zhegu, Mr. Zhao Shi, Ji Shuying and so on were all there.

Looking again, he found that Li Chunfang, Cao Shen, Zhang Gu, Lord Gao Rou, and even the Duke of Qi were all there.

Most of the people in the lecture hall were officials and teachers from the Imperial College, while outside were probably the students who had arrived early and taken their seats.

Just thinking about these people in the classroom, Su Changan smiled bitterly.

With so many people here, how can you give the lecture yourself?

Are you crazy?

Even if you are shameless enough to go up and talk nonsense.

But is this possible?

Fortunately, I came here in disguise.

However, while thinking this, Su Changan looked carefully and found that there was indeed no sign of Mu Xu.

After thinking about it for a while, I wondered if this person was afraid that if I didn't come, I would be embarrassed and so he just hid himself.

Are you so shameless?

But thinking of this, Su Changan nodded. Mu Xu's words, well! He is really so shameless!

But in this situation, it was as if the pressure was on me, and I would feel embarrassed if I didn't show my face.

But without thinking about these, Su Changan looked down and saw Su Zifeng talking to someone at the bottom of the lecture hall.

On one side, Li Xingyue, Cui Yuer, and Su Linhan sat together.

Li Xingyue rolled her eyes and looked at Cui Yuer, obviously unable to bear it anymore, while Su Linhan smiled bitterly helplessly.

Su Wan'er was naturally there too, sitting quietly next to Su Zifeng, occasionally stretching her neck to look in the direction he was coming from, and then continuing to wait with a disappointed look on her face.

But what surprised Su Changan was

Su Zhaoxin is here too!

The fierce kid sat cross-legged next to Li Xingyue, looking around.

Just as Su Changan looked at him, Su Zhaoxin also happened to see Su Changan.

The frightened kid's eyes suddenly widened in shock, and then he immediately turned his head away and didn't dare to look at Su Changan.

Su Changan smiled helplessly and didn't look at these. Instead, he looked at Xia Fengxiang who was also looking at the people present.

He didn't bother him, but just stood beside Xia Fengxiang.

but.

Although Su Zhaoxin was startled and quickly looked away, he took a sneak peek and found that the ugly thing was not looking at him. He felt relieved and looked over carefully.

Su Zhaoxin immediately took a breath. There were four ugly freaks! !

then

Su Zhaoxin immediately pulled Li Xingyue's sleeve and said, "Sister Xingyue, look over there, those people are so ugly!"

Upon hearing this, Li Xingyue first frowned and looked at Su Zhaoxin, then looked at Su Changan and the others, and was also stunned.

Because it's really ugly, and there are four of them together.

But the next moment, Li Xingyue showed guilt on her face, thinking that she shouldn't have such thoughts, and lowered her head to look at Su Zhaoxin.

At this time, Su Zhaoxin was also staring at those scholars who, in his eyes, were uglier than his father, with a look of surprise and curiosity.

Li Xingyue looked at Su Zhaoxin like this and reached out to hit Su Zhaoxin's ear: "Don't discriminate against others' appearance."

Su Zhaoxin touched his ear and looked at Li Xingyue aggrievedly: "I didn't discriminate, it's just very strange, how could they look like that, and how could four people be like that."

Cui Yuer was already bored.

When Su Linhan was chatting, she was the one who kept talking, and Su Linhan just smiled.

When talking to Li Xingyue, she found that although Li Xingyue tried hard to talk to her, when it came to some academic things, Li Xingyue blinked and didn't understand what she was saying at all.

When he heard Su Zhaoxin's words, he immediately lowered his head: "What's wrong?"

Su Zhaoxin immediately said, "Sister Cui, look over there."

Cui Yuer looked in the direction Su Zhaoxin pointed, blinked, then looked down at Su Zhaoxin with a surprised look on her face and said, "Those four people look like you."

Su Zhaoxin was stunned for a moment, then: "Ah?"

Li Xingyue couldn't help but laughed.

Today, Li Xingyue no longer hides the pink pockmarks on her face, and follows the makeup that Su Changan taught her. Although she is not as beautiful as a woman with fair skin, she also has her own unique charm.

This smile immediately made some students around stare in amazement.

but

However, Su Zhaoxin had seen too many beauties, especially Su Changan, so he didn't care. He just glanced at Li Xingyue, then looked at Cui Yuer with a wronged look, and became a little anxious.

How can I compare with those four people!

Cui Yuer looked up at Su Changan and the others, thought for a moment, then looked down at Su Zhaoxin: "But you are still young. Although you are not good-looking like them now, what if you become good-looking when you grow up, right?"

Su Zhaoxin felt like a knife was stabbing his heart.

Then he immediately said aggrievedly: "I am obviously better looking than them."

Cui Yuer shook her head: "You look the same, but you are younger, so you look more cute."

After saying this, Cui Yuer looked back at Su Wan'er who was looking at them curiously, and her face showed even more confusion. Then she looked at Su Zhaoxin and asked, "I heard that you and Wan'er are twins. Why are you so much dumber and uglier than Wan'er? I read in a book that twins should look very similar."

Su Zhaoxin's eyes were filled with tears and he felt wronged. He didn't know how heartbroken he was. He turned to look at Li Xingyue for help.

Li Xingyue smiled helplessly and said, "Don't look at me. Logically, it's just as Yu'er said. In fact, I've always been curious about why Wan'er is so likable, but you are always so annoying."

Hearing this, Su Zhaoxin looked at his second sister Su Linhan.

Although Su Linhan didn't know what happened before, she couldn't help laughing when she heard this.

Seeing his second sister smile, Su Zhaoxin couldn't hold back any more. He stood up aggrievedly, saying "I'll go find my eldest sister!" and ran away.

Seeing his back, Su Linhan smiled helplessly and told Su Zifeng.

Su Zifeng nodded, indicating that Su Linhan didn't need to worry.

Not far away.

Su Changan saw Su Zhaoxin running away as if his defense was broken, and he was a little curious about what these people talked about. Why did Su Zhaoxin break his defense after a few more words from them?

Xia Fengxiang naturally noticed Su Zhaoxin's appearance, and said with a smile: "It's the first time I've seen your brother, he's very fierce, and he's said to be just like Su Zifan when he was young."

Su Changan smiled and nodded very pertinently: "He really deserves to be punished."

Su Changan is speaking here.

However, the expressions of Master Yao and others became more and more ugly.

While Xun Kuang was watching Master Yao and other elders of the same generation as his master, he looked towards the door and glanced at the increasing number of people around him. He felt very miserable.

Ji Shuying sat next to Xun Kuang and lowered her voice and asked, "What if the teacher doesn't come?"

Xun Kuang heard this, glanced at Yao Yuanzai, and moved slightly towards where Ji Shuying was, then lowered his voice and said, "It doesn't matter whether the teacher comes or not. What's important is what if the queen doesn't come. There are so many people, what should we say if the queen doesn't come?"

Ji Shuying looked at the crowd in front of her, frowned slightly and said, "How about we talk to Master Yao? What if the Queen really doesn't come and the teacher just lied to us? If that doesn't work, let the students discuss it freely, which is better than waiting like this. And whether to send someone to the palace to ask, just to inquire, it won't be considered as urging the Queen, nor will it be considered disrespectful."

Xun Kuang glanced at Yao Yuanzai's expression, thought for a while, and chose not to tell Yao Yuanzai, but to go find Mr. Shuiyun and Master Zhao, who were easier to talk to.

but

Just as Xun Kuang stood up and walked to Mr. Shuiyun's side, Master Yao said, "Didn't that old guy Mu Xu invite the Queen?"

Hearing this, Xun Kuang was stunned and stammered: "Student, student doesn't know. But the teacher should..."

Master Yao interrupted Xun Kuang and said, "That old fellow must not have been invited, so he hasn't come back yet. Otherwise, according to his personality, he would have come back and started to show off among us!"

Xun Kuang remained silent, because his teacher was indeed like that.

Old Master Yao went on to say, "If you want to send someone to the palace, don't go. It was that old man Mu Xu who took the initiative. If the queen knew that so many of us were waiting, she would definitely come. The queen is not in good health, how can she come on such a cold night. I will apologize to the adults and students later, so you don't have to worry about this matter. But we can't have these people come here with high hopes and leave disappointed tonight. Go to my yard and get some ancient books from my study, as well as the paintings and calligraphy you have been thinking about. It's a good start. If it doesn't work, change it to a literary or poetry gathering, after all, it will be lively tonight."

Xun Kuang was about to say something when he heard this.

There was a sudden uproar in the crowd in the distance, and the students even made way for them.

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