Chapter 489: The Queen can't keep a low profile after all

The old scholar Mu Xu just stood there, blinked, and then tried to squint to look at the two people who walked in behind Gu Quezhi.

After confirming that I read it correctly.

Mu Xu pursed his lips, with a complicated expression, and stood at the stairs, feeling a little at a loss.

I just want to ask, why are you here? I just said a few words, I didn't expect you to really come here.

While Qian Long smiled after seeing Gu Quezhi, he also saw the two girls walking behind him, and couldn't help but sighed: "Oh, what beautiful girls."

After saying that, he looked at Mu Xu and was about to say something, but he noticed that Mu Xu's expression was not right, and he also noticed that Mu Xu's foot that was about to step down the stairs retracted again, so he couldn't help but ask: "Why, do you owe Gu Quezhi money? Or did you cheat his granddaughter Gu Chiyu's salary? You won't cheat your grandchildren's money, right?"

Mu Xu was too lazy to say anything more to Qian Long, he just deliberately avoided their gazes. It was not because he was afraid that the two would see him, but because he was afraid that others would notice that he had seen something wrong with those two.

Can.

Why are you here? Why are you walking so fast?

Didn’t he leave half a decade later than me? Are we going to Yangzhou and Guangling via Yunxiang?

But what are we doing here, to join in the fun? Um! Judging from the personalities of these two, they are indeed willing to join in the fun, but how did they come together with that old man Gu Quezhi? Has His Majesty already extended his hand to the White Horse Academy to take action against those families?

Think of this

While Mu Xu looked up at Gu Quezhi, he glanced at the two people who were surrounded by three children.

But I don't know if it was noticed.

One of them looked up at him and smiled, then the other one lowered his head.

Good guy.

This smile was obviously very beautiful, but it made Mu Xu, the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, who was so powerful that the court would tremble if he stomped his feet, feel a little nervous.

Now that people know I'm here, there's no way I can avoid this matter, it's because I'm so famous.

but

I haven't seen her for more than a month. Why does it make me feel creepy just when the Queen smiles at me?

Could it be that what I did secretly was discovered?

That shouldn't be the case. Those things were all important matters that benefited the court and the compilation of books. Even if you knew about it, you should have praised me.

Or do you know I'm here today and just want to have fun?

Bah, bah, bah, who's here to play? I'm here to set up a trap for old Qian, so that he can get to know your brother Su Liheng.

When thinking about this.

Mu Xu reached out and pinched his nose, his eyes moving around.

Qian Long looked at Mu Xu motionlessly, as if he was thinking about something, or hiding something, and frowned: "What's wrong with you? Tell me quickly, or you two literary masters will quarrel and ruin my literary gathering!"

Mu Xu looked at Qian Long: "Do you want me to accept your grandson as my disciple?"

Qian Long was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously took a step back: "I don't have money. Whether you owe Gu Quezhi money or you cheated someone's granddaughter of money, I don't have the money to pay you back. Don't set your sights on me, and don't scheme against my grandson!"

Mu Xu rolled his eyes, "Ah, right, right! You have no money, you are the poorest! I am asking you now, do you want me to accept your grandson as a registered disciple?"

Qian Long was suspicious: "Just tell me the conditions."

Mu Xu chuckled and said, "How about you raise the stakes a little higher for this literary gathering?"

Qian Long was even more confused, but he knew Mu Xu. No matter what the old man said, he must be up to something when his eyes moved. So he looked alert and said, "Tell me why."

Mu Xu said frankly, "It's so lively. I just took a look and realized that so many people have come. And when I looked over, wow! What a group of Jiangnan scholars, each with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, they look like they are well-read and have great literary talent. Moreover, these people are dressed in gorgeous clothes. Although there are many people who support them, tell me, how many of them will really present articles? Will there be any literary gentlemen? That Bai Qicheng is in such a state, let alone that's why I asked you to raise the stakes."

Upon hearing this, Qian Long glanced at the students on the first and second floors. In fact, there were more people coming than he had imagined. Of course, this was also thanks to the fame of Mu Xu, Bai Qi, and Qiu Shui'an.

Just looking at Mu Xu, Qian Long still didn't dare to relax: "Is this really the only reason?"

Mu Xu rubbed his hands and said, "How dare I, a scholar, lie to you in Yunmu Pavilion? The Master Wenquxing in the shrine on the third floor is watching me."

Mu Xu pursed his lips and said, "Taking your grandson as a registered disciple, isn't this also helping you make up for it? After all, I spent so much money, so that you won't feel bad and start scolding me."

Qian Long thought about it and it seemed that this was the case. After all, there was nothing to plot against me.

Thinking of this, Qian Long nodded: "Okay! I believe you!"

Mu Xu chuckled and patted Qian Long on the shoulder: "Old brother, you will definitely make money on this, trust me!"

Qian Long looked at Mu Xu, who had a lewd smile on his face, and always felt something was not right.

but

At that moment, many people in Yunmu Pavilion saw Su Changan and the other person. Many of them saw them for the first time and immediately called their companions to look.

Many of them were eager to go up and get acquainted with them.

At this point, many people began to whisper.

Even the gentleman Qiu Shui'an couldn't help but look back, and then a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

As for the [Painted Armor] Bai Qi, someone immediately asked Bai Qi, who loved beautiful scenery, beautiful women and good wine, to take a look.

But Bai Qi, who was already drunk, waved his hand and said drunkenly, "Where can I find beauties? None of the beauties in the world are in my eyes now!" 'Then, he took another sip of wine, but he choked as the wine entered his throat. After coughing violently a few times, he closed his eyes and continued to immerse himself in the wine.

Where does beauty come from? It’s only the fantasy in your mind!

There is Yunmu Pavilion next to Yunmu Lake. If a beautiful woman stands here, it will be the most amazing sight in the world!

But is there?

No! !

Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang didn't care about the looks from the people around them.

But the fat boy among the three children standing with Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang looked at the Master of the Imperial Court with admiration and said, "You look so majestic, Master of the Imperial Court. Your smile is full of righteousness. You are obviously a great scholar! I have decided. Your idol is the Queen Mother, so I am the Master of the Imperial Court!"

As he said that, the little fat man looked at the girl and said, "In the future, I want to be someone like Master Jijiu!"

The girl looked disdainful and said, "You? You read so much that you fell asleep, and you're offering wine. You don't even know how to get to the capital! You should stop talking. Don't you see that all the people here are great scholars?"

The little fat boy was frustrated: "When I become better at studying than you, you can just cry!"

The girl was too lazy to pay attention to the little fat boy who only cared about eating. Instead, she looked at Xia Fengxiang, shook her head and said, "Sister, what are you talking about? Let me tell you, you Jianghu people are good at fighting and killing, but you can't do anything here. The one over there is the Lord Jijiu, a third-rank official! Even the prefect would kneel down to talk to him if he saw him. It's best not to care about anything and just watch the fun."

After saying that, the girl patted her chest and looked at Xia Fengxiang with a smile: "But don't worry, sister! Just follow me, I'm familiar with this place. Let's go down to the second floor to see the scenery. It's beautiful, especially since it just rained. It's much more beautiful than when we came in from outside!"

As she spoke, the girl looked at Xia Fengxiang with a smile, but noticed that Su Changan was also looking at her, so the girl immediately glared at Su Changan.

So what if it looks good!

Just because you handed the stick to the gentleman just now, I don't like you!

Su Changan smiled and didn't care. Instead, he looked inside the pavilion. The huge Yunmu Pavilion was full of people.

Although I have participated in several poetry and literary gatherings, this is the first time I have participated in a gathering of this scale.

Although no one introduced him, just by looking at his appearance, Su Changan could probably guess that the man lying on the ground, drunk and rude but still the center of attention should be [Painted Armor] Bai Qi.

The person surrounded by many people and who was quite elegant should be the [Wen Junzi] Qiu Shui'an.

The little bald guy disappeared after he came in. He ran back and looked at some people in the pavilion with disdain. Then he looked at Su Changan and said, "Sister, those people are staring at you two with lustful eyes. You must stand behind the three of us. These scholars have many crooked ideas."

While speaking, the little bald guy took out some snacks from his arms, and it was obvious that he had just gone to get some snacks.

The little fat boy immediately looked happy, and the little girl was also happy.

And the little bald head handed it to Xia Fengxiang and Su Changan.

But at this time.

"Old man! I didn't come to you to settle the score for what your good disciple Yan Shu did to my granddaughter, but you started to criticize me first!"

Then Gu Quezhi's voice was heard.

Everyone turned their heads to look and noticed that it was Master Gu who was pointing at Grand Priest Mu with an angry look on his face!

Everyone knows that Mr. Gu and Jijiu Mu were classmates and good friends, and they were both successful candidates in the same imperial examination.

but

What did the top scholar Yan Shu do to Mr. Gu’s granddaughter?

Everyone looked at the two old men with curiosity, looking forward to the next plot.

After all, Gu Chiyu was a well-known talented woman of their generation in Jiangnan, and she was also very beautiful, with countless suitors.

But after Gu Chiyu passed the palace examination and became a Jinshi, all of them lost interest, mainly because they could no longer afford him.

What does this have to do with the top scholar?

At Su Changan's side, the little fat man said, "I heard Master's wife nagging before, saying that the champion didn't like to pay attention to Sister Chiyu, and Sister Chiyu was very angry, but later she wrote a letter saying that the champion liked to pester Sister Chiyu again."

Hearing this, the little bald man corrected him, "It was my sister who fell in love with the top scholar, and there was no top scholar pestering my sister, but my sister pestered the top scholar! I know you like my sister, but would the top scholar pester my sister? If you think about it carefully, you will know that it is impossible!"

The little fat boy immediately said, "Sister Chiyu is so beautiful, why can't she be entangled?"

The little bald man sighed, "Look how my sister has bewitched you. You say you are pretty, but are you prettier than these two sisters? She, Gu Chiyu, is too embarrassed to show her face when she stands in front of these two sisters! You are so ugly, yet you still fall for the number one scholar. Oh, I am so worried! What should I do if I can't get married in the future?"

The little bald guy also has the surname Gu. Although he is not Gu Chiyu’s biological brother, he is still a cousin. It is natural for him to dislike his own sister.

The little girl looked at the two of them, shook her head and sighed, "These two little brats only know how to judge people by their appearance."

Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang were amused by the words of the three children.

At this time, the little girl was also trying hard to look forward, as if she wanted to see clearly what Huajia Baiqi and Wenjunzi Qiu Shuian looked like.

Su Changan saw this and picked up the girl.

The little girl was caught off guard and was about to resist, but she found that she could see clearly. She turned around and looked at Su Changan, hmm! I'm very considerate, and I forgive you a little bit!

Then he opened his eyes wide and looked towards the white mist over there, but when he looked over there, he was obviously disappointed.

But when he looked at Qiu Shui'an, his eyes widened.

This is what a scholar looks like!

Thinking of this, the girl turned around and looked at Su Changan: "What do you people in the martial arts world think of scholars?"

Su Changan was stunned for a moment, then said, "What a bunch of nonsense!"

The girl rolled her eyes at Su Changan, then patted Su Changan's hand and asked him to put her down.

Su Changan put the girl down.

The girl bowed to Su Changan and said, "You helped me, I want to thank you for this, I can't deny it."

After that, the girl added: "But you just wanted to see us get beaten and gave us the stick. You can't deny this. I will never forgive you!"

Su Changan curled his lips.

At the same time, Xia Fengxiang chuckled.

And the girl went on to say, "Do you see Mr. Qiu Shui An Qiu over there?"

Su Changan looked at Qiu Shui'an who was talking to Gu Quezhi, Mu Xu and others, and nodded: "I see."

The girl said immediately, "That's what a scholar is like! And I told you that I wrote to Sister Chiyu to ask what the Empress is like. Although Sister wrote a lot, the Empress must be as elegant as Mr. Qiu, and she is also very, very, very beautiful, and very, very gentle and kind."

Xia Fengxiang glanced at Qiu Shuian, then laughed again. Elegant?

Su Changan didn't know how to respond, but after thinking for a while he said, "Maybe the Queen is like me? She doesn't look like a scholar either?"

Hearing this, the girl widened her eyes and glared at Su Changan: "Although you just helped me, I won't let you say that about the Queen! And being the same as you is bad! Most importantly, what do you mean you don't look like a scholar? You are not a scholar. Scholars don't look like you."

These words completely silenced Su Changan.

The little bald man looked at the angry girl, pulled Su Changan's clothes, and bowed to apologize on the girl's behalf.

The girl seemed to know that what she said was wrong, and looked at Su Changan: "The person I admire most is the Queen, so I get angry when I hear someone talking about her. Don't be angry, sister. But if you read more books, you will definitely be much better than you are now!"

Su Changan didn't know what to say again. Mainly, it was the first time that he started to doubt himself about his appearance, so he turned his head to look at Xia Fengxiang.

But when he saw Xia Fengxiang covering his mouth and laughing, he was about to burst out laughing, and then he suddenly became silent again.

Good, good.

The cat is not here.

Here comes another little girl.

It's so sad.

"Sister, eat this. Don't be angry. This little girl has a sharp tongue and I get scolded by her every day." The little fat man took the snack and handed it to Su Changan with a smile.

Su Changan looked at this warm-hearted boy and was about to reach out and rub the little fat boy.

The girl was seen glaring at the fat boy, scaring him so much that he stepped aside.

Su Changan smiled helplessly, then looked at the girl and said, "Actually, I am considered a scholar."

The girl looked at Su Changan and said, "Well, I guess it's just a bit. You carry a knife and a sword, and you don't even speak politely. How can you be polite? But I'll give it to you."

Su Changan curled his lips and looked at the girl. He had met his match! !

But at this time.

The organizer of this literary gathering, Mr. Qian Long, spoke in a loud voice.

Su Changan didn't care what was said. He was mainly thinking about how to confront this girl!

It’s not that I’m angry, it’s that I just want to get back at someone!

Anyway, I was just thinking about this matter and didn't really listen to what Mr. Qian said. After a lot of polite words, he finally talked about the important thing, which was to add a few more bonuses and hope that everyone present would present poems.

but

The other prizes were fine, but one of them made everyone in the Yunmu Pavilion gasp and become excited.

Especially when they saw Qian Lang asking someone to take the zither from the brocade box at the front of the hall in the pavilion, everyone was stunned.

The six arts of a gentleman are rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy and mathematics.

Especially in the Jiangnan area, although the six arts are not complete, there are many people who are good at music.

This is the same reason why most scholars in the North are good at archery and chariot driving.

So when people saw this piano, their eyes widened!

Especially the gentleman Qiu Shui'an, he stood up and looked at the piano carefully.

"Everyone, this is the beginning. We, the old men, are waiting for your great work! If you want to see the scenery outside, you can open the door yourself!" Qian Long spoke loudly, and then returned to Mu Xu.

Mu Xu glanced at the zither and looked at Qian Long: "You are really willing to spend money. You just bought the zither and didn't even take it home. You're just giving it away?"

Qian Long looked at the zither and said with emotion, "A good instrument can only be used by talented people. Although I am not a scholar, I don't want such a good thing to go to waste, so I spent a lot of money to buy it back. And you asked me to add a jackpot, this is the best thing I have on hand now."

Mu Xu rubbed his hands and said nothing. He didn’t understand the hobbies of rich people.

But this jackpot is enough.

So, Mu Xu glanced at everyone in the pavilion, and even looked at the Queen and His Majesty intentionally or unintentionally.

Seeing that the Queen had an indifferent expression, His Majesty, on the other hand, looked very interested.

Mu Xu smiled inwardly, knowing that the matter was settled!

If Your Majesty is interested, then the Queen will definitely participate.

But more importantly, it doesn’t matter what the prize is. What matters is that Her Majesty and His Majesty get Qian Long’s things.

This wealth and glory depends on whether you, brother Qian, can hold it!

Everyone was surprised that Qian Long actually took out such a valuable item. They all whispered to each other, and some even started thinking about what to write.

What's more, you have to open the foldable wooden doors that have just been closed due to the rain.

Even the little girl who was put back on the ground by Su Changan covered her mouth and looked at the little bald man in surprise: "That [Untied Boat], isn't it what Sister Chiyu mentioned to us before, one of the best pianos in the world? Didn't Sister Youwei always want it?"

The little bald man corrected, "It's one of the ten great harps in the world. It's said to have been used by Le Jia in the past, but later that Le Jia died because of this harp, and then... and then what, I forgot. Anyway, it's very powerful!"

The little girl said, "It's so amazing, it must be worth tens of thousands of taels of silver."

Xia Fengxiang said at this time: "A few hundred thousand, after all, there are many people who love zithers in the world, and this zither has a good origin, so if it is really put on the market, there should be people willing to spend hundreds of thousands of taels to buy it. However, it turned out to be in Qian Long's hands, and I thought it was gone."

"Hundreds of thousands!?" The little girl looked at Xia Fengxiang with her mouth wide open.

The little fat guy on the side, who was originally eating snacks, was also stunned. Hundreds of thousands of taels, wow, this is enough to buy it. It is enough for me to eat roast goose three times a day for the rest of my life.

When Su Changan heard this, he looked at the others. No wonder they were all shocked. Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver was not a small amount.

but

Su Changan looked at Xia Fengxiang, because his wife knew this zither.

Xia Fengxiang smiled, then leaned close to Su Changan's ear and said, "When I was a kid, I was short of money, so I stole it from my father and planned to sell it, but I got lost right after leaving the palace, and the zither was lost too."

Su Changan looked at Xia Fengxiang, not knowing what to say.

But after thinking about it, he thought of a word, so he looked at Xia Fengxiang and said, "You are a spendthrift woman."

Xia Fengxiang immediately glared at Su Changan.

Su Changan immediately said: "I'm talking about me."

But after saying this, Su Changan was helpless again.

I'm an old man, but I'm a spendthrift woman. I'm getting more and more used to wearing women's clothes, right?

But I thought of what my wife said about stealing it from her father.

Su Changan looked at the zither, and his mind recalled the wonder he saw when he first came here, which was not much different from the Tengwang Pavilion in his previous life. Even the Yunmu Pavilion was very similar to the Tengwang Pavilion.

After all, there is no way to keep a low profile.

Su Changan sighed and looked at Xia Fengxiang: "I'll get it for you."

(End of this chapter)