Chapter 39 Novelist
"Give me the book, otherwise, I don't mind having the guards hand you over to the county lieutenant." Zhao Yuanxi said with a cold face.
Ling Yin remembered that Zou Heng had told him this morning that "there will be a disaster today", but he didn't take it seriously. He didn't expect it to come true so soon.
Damn it, since Zou Heng figured it out, why didn’t he tell him what it was!
Thinking that he was so young and was going to be executed for reading some erotic writings, Ling Yin felt that he was really unlucky!
He knelt on the ground, crying bitterly, grabbing the corner of Zhao Yuanxi's clothes, "Empress Dowager, I really didn't mean to offend you. I can give you this book, but please spare my life!"
He cried so miserably that the five Legalists who were sitting next door, the seven Confucians who were busy writing books, and the two idle people who were just passing by, all looked over at him curiously.
He was not embarrassed, but Zhao Yuanxi was embarrassed first.
She raised her foot to kick him away, but Ling Yin refused to give in, his expression complaining, "If the Queen Mother doesn't agree, I will cry to death here."
Zhao Yuanxi took a deep breath and said, "I'll count to three, then get up! Otherwise, you'll never get up again in this life!"
Ling Yin shrank his neck, quickly got up, lowered his head and wiped his tears, but he was still secretly observing Zhao Yuanxi's expression. Seeing that she was not angry, his heart was relieved. He said hesitantly, "Empress Dowager, please forgive me this time!"
With so many people watching, Zhao Yuanxi didn't have the nerve to say he wanted to read the book. He could only say with a dark face, "This won't happen again!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ling Yin smiled flatteringly, but he happened to have a good-looking face, so people didn't dislike him.
"You——" Zhao Yuanxi was so angry that he laughed, "Why are you here?"
She had thought that all the people her adopted son sent to her were capable people, but she never expected that there would be such a scoundrel!
Zhao Yuanxi misunderstood Ying Zheng. The fifteen people transferred from the Qin Academy were indeed talented and knowledgeable. Although Ling Yin was a bit unruly, his writing skills were indeed first-class.
Of course, the most crucial thing is that Ling Yin came here voluntarily.
His father was the magistrate of Xianyang. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be able to enter the court to discuss affairs after graduating from the academy. However, the magistrate had a rebellious nature.
He was unwilling to learn from the Legalists praised by the Qin State, nor was he willing to join the Confucianists praised by everyone. Instead, he took a different path and became a novelist.
His biggest hobby on weekdays was reading all kinds of strange stories. But today, perhaps because he was too relaxed, he actually took out the treasure from the bottom of the box, and was accidentally seen by the Queen Mother.
Ling Yin really couldn't laugh anymore this time.
"Students are naturally recommended by teachers."
Zhao Yuanxi didn't believe it. Wasn't this guy really just a phony?
"The Empress Dowager doesn't believe me?" Ling Yin felt aggrieved.
"It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not. What matters is that I think you are not fit to stay here."
Zhao Yuanxi is not a feudal or old-fashioned person. She just thinks that people should do what is appropriate for their place.
Ling Yin met her today. If he had met the King of Qin or other concubines, his behavior today would have caused him to suffer greatly.
Ling Yin's face turned pale. "The Queen Mother wants to drive me away? I can't leave! You can kill me or chop me up, but you can't ask me to leave."
"Why not?" Zhao Yuanxi raised his eyebrows. Could it be that driving him away would be more terrifying than beating him with dozens of sticks?
Ling Yin burst into tears and began to recount his miserable life, the harsh treatment he received from his parents, the oppression from his clan, and his own ideals. He spoke earnestly, "If Your Majesty drives me away, you'll be forcing me to jump into the fire pit. So, Your Majesty, why don't you take my life now?"
Zhao Yuanxi's eyelids twitched. "Is your ideal to read these romantic works?"
Ling Yin blushed, his lips trembling as he said, "Of course not. How could the Queen Mother treat me as such a playboy? I just like all kinds of strange stories."
"Then why don't you write it yourself? I think you are quite amazing!" Zhao Yuanxi said with a smile.
Ling Yin's eyes seemed to sparkle. "Does the Empress Dowager also think I have this talent?"
"Who else thinks you have talent?"
"Of course it's me!" Ling Yin said without any modesty.
Zhao Yuanxi rubbed his brow, unwilling to continue discussing this topic with him. "I will not dwell on your mistakes today, but you still deserve punishment. Since you love those strange books so much, I will punish you by making up a short story for me every day."
"Thank you, Madam!"
Zhao Yuanxi smiled without saying anything, hoping that he would still be so optimistic after a few days.
It just so happened that everyone was there, so Zhao Yuanxi recognized them one by one.
When hearing the name Zhang Cang, Zhao Yuanxi couldn't help but take another look at his butt. It was covered tightly by the long robe and nothing could be seen.
There is no way around it. In addition to being famous in history for compiling the "Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Mathematics", Zhang Cang's butt story is also widely circulated in the streets and alleys.
She cleared her throat and turned her gaze to Xu Yi. "Mr. Xu, could you please go with me to another place to discuss this in detail?"
Zhao Yuanxi finally met a colleague here, so he had to communicate with him.
Xu Yi was a little surprised. Although the Qin State attached great importance to agriculture, it did not care about students from farming families. There were few farmers in the court. Only the Minister of Grain and the Minister of the Treasury had a small number of farmers under their command.
The reason why he came here was because he was not valued in Xianyang, so he wanted to come to Yongcheng to seek development opportunities, but he never thought about getting anything from the Queen Mother.
Xu Yi nodded, and under the gaze of everyone, he followed Zhao Yuanxi away.
When Ling Yin saw the Queen Mother leave, he breathed a sigh of relief. What had just happened was truly horrible.
"If you are afraid, why are you still telling lies? Aren't you afraid that the Queen Mother will find out that you are lying and really kick you out?" Zou Heng crossed his arms and looked down at Ling Yin who was still kneeling on the ground in a very embarrassed state.
"That's easy for you to say. The Queen Mother really wanted to kick me out just now. If I hadn't spoken in a more pitiful way, how could she be willing to keep me?" Ling Yin muttered, pounding his legs. Finding that he still couldn't stand up, he could only reach out to Zou Heng, "Quick, quick, help me up, my legs are about to break!"
When he knelt on the ground, he didn't hold back at all, and since he had been kneeling for so long, his legs were now sore and painful.
Zou Heng pulled him up, but he was thinking about something else.
He had met the Queen Mother with his father before. At that time, the Queen Mother clearly looked decadent, but now her face was still the same, but there was vitality in her eyebrows and eyes, making her face come back to life!
A person's facial features are not unchangeable, but the changes also follow certain patterns, just like a blade of grass will only become a bigger blade of grass no matter how long it grows.
He had never seen anyone whose face could change so drastically.
The Queen Mother's face now looks like the light of a firefly turning into the sun and the moon.
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