How can this be eight years old? !

Huo Guozuo was so angry that he became an electric motor.

Yan Linghui hesitated for a moment and took two steps back cautiously: "Do you have epilepsy? This is none of my business. Everyone has seen it clearly. I haven't said anything yet."

Huo Guozuo was so angry that he became an enhanced electric motor.

Then he didn't forget to say: "I am angry for the eldest princess. As a child, you actually think she will let you be criticized by thousands of people. Isn't it too hurtful for a mother?"

Yan Linghui was about to speak.

Suddenly, a voice interrupted coldly: "The princess doesn't think that her daughter will be criticized by thousands of people for participating in the child prodigy exam. Besides, what does it matter if thousands of people criticize her? As long as she thinks what she did is right, the accusations of ordinary people are nothing but the wind and frost on her way to success."

Yan Linghui turned around in surprise: "Dad!!!"

Who else could it be but the princess consort Yan Chun.

Yan Linghui subconsciously wanted to rush towards the princess consort, but thought of something and stopped suddenly. She put her fingers behind her and moved them, her eyes dodging: "Dad, why... why are you here?!"

[Oh my! ] Xu Yanmiao revealed the secret: [The child who ran away from home was caught. 】

The old emperor, who hurried over, frowned when he learned that his granddaughter was going to take part in the child prodigy exam: "Running away from home?!"

The little bastard actually lied to him! She said she missed her grandfather, but her parents were busy and had no time to accompany her back to the capital, so she let her come back by herself.

He said that the child was only eight years old, and how could Fang Ling let her run back to the capital from Liaoning alone with her guards, which was a full three thousand miles!

*

The female consort walked over expressionlessly, looking weathered and cold, and stared at Huo Xima with sharp eyes: "Please tell me, Huo Xima, what do you mean by being angry for the princess? Do you think you understand the princess better, or do I understand her better?"

Some founding fathers had seen the princess and the empress work together on logistics, and when they saw the female consort's appearance, they smiled meaningfully.

This aura was too much like Princess Fangling.

Huo Xima tried to be strong, but did not reply to the princess' words. He directly accused her: "You princess, if you do not guard Liaodong and do not return to the capital without an imperial edict, who can guard it if the barbarians outside the Great Wall invade? Who will be responsible?"

Yan Chun was very calm: "The princess is guarding it. The princess is responsible."

After thinking for a while, she said: "It's not that there is no imperial edict to return to the capital. Local officials have to pay homage to

the emperor once every three years and report to the capital. Now it's been three years since the 32nd year of Tiantong." Although she arrived in the capital two months earlier, Liaodong was far away, so this matter could be explained. Who made her special? If she left, the princess could stay.

——Even for His Majesty, it would be more reassuring for the princess to guard Liaodong than for the princess, an outsider, to guard Liaodong.

When Yan Chun said this, the people who were watching the prodigy princess and the examiner arguing about whether women could enter the imperial examination room immediately realized: "That's not right. The princess is the princess's mother. The princess can also guard Liaodong when the prince consort is not around. How can such a woman think that her daughter is restless when she takes the imperial examination?"

"Besides, the prince consort must know the princess. He said that the princess supports the princess to take the prodigy exam, so she does support it."

"In that case, the princess's doing this is indeed in line with filial piety?"

As soon as a few words came out, everyone looked at Huo Xima.

Now the pressure is on him.

- After all, in the simple values ​​of the public, isn't the husband's words more trustworthy than you, an outsider?

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When the consort of Princess Fangling appeared at the prodigy test, Huo Xima knew that he would never be able to turn things around.

At this moment, he could only say very tactfully: "So that's the case. Don't blame me, my consort. I was too worried. I apologize to the princess. In this case, the little princess is very filial. For the princess's wish to be a female official, it is natural for her to take the prodigy test. Princess, please!"

As he said that, he made way.

In the eyes of most people, he was doing his duty. Although he was a little pedantic, he finally corrected his mistakes and did not have much resentment.

Only a few people realized that he was maliciously making things difficult for people, and he was not inflexible at all. Seeing this, they decided to stay away from this senior official in the future.

Huo Xima did not care.

Then, the people from the ancient literature school came over with a smile on their faces: "Huo Xima, Lord Quan asked us to bring you two things."

Huo Xima: "What are they?"

Thinking of Xu Yanmo's thoughts before, he had a premonition in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Just give me the things directly, no need to..." What are the things.

Before he finished speaking, the other party said loudly: "Lord Quan said that he will give you a copy of "The Book of Filial Piety" and a copy of "Xunzi". In the future, you can read more books at home."

"Wow——"

The people around him were all screaming.

Now, more eyes were focused on Huo Xima.

It was like a needle tube that could be inserted into the human body's veins, almost piercing the person through.

Huo Xima almost ran away.

——This is a "suggestion" from the leader of the literary world. It's called a suggestion, but in fact it's a slap in the face, saying that at his age he still doesn't know what true filial piety is and what false filial piety is! He should read more books!

It's particularly merciless.

Huo Xima forced himself to laugh and said dryly: "Mr. Quan is right, I should really read more books..."

The people of the ancient literature school nodded with satisfaction, and said: "In the past, there were child prodigies who solved the questions very well, but people suspected that they were ghostwritten. Why don't you set a question for Miss Yan and let her solve it. Mr. Quan will be the judge."

"What do you think?"

Huo Xima was silent for several breaths.

The officials who were eager to see the excitement started to complain: "His face has turned black, right? It was pale before, then it turned blue, just now it turned red, and now it's black. If this matter is not resolved, there may be two more colors."

"Will his nickname be Huo Diaose in the future?"

"No need. If he is impeached for being unfilial, it's uncertain whether he can continue to be an official. I guess no one will call him by his nickname anymore." "Not necessarily

. He just stopped being an official, not dead."

"It's better for him to be dead. He's already old and his integrity has been ruined."

Huo Xima still wanted to live, and it was better to live a miserable life than to die.

He knew why Lord Quan asked the questions. He was afraid that after entering the examination room, he would deliberately embarrass Miss Yan, or that others might spread rumors because Miss Yan was a woman, a princess. If she passed the prodigy test, she might be said to have no real talent, and was given preferential treatment because of her female status, and was given a break because her mother was the Princess Fangling.

However, answering questions in public was different. There were many witnesses.

Moreover, it was a good opportunity to punish him slightly and admonish him severely.

If the questions were easy, people would either say that he was arrogant at first but respectful later, or that he was uneducated; if the questions were difficult, people would say that he had made things difficult for an eight-year-old child and had no manners.

What a good plan!

Although there was no rain falling from the sky, Huo Xima still felt cold all over.

Then, he agreed immediately: "I think it's okay. In this way, I will give the little princess a question in front of all the gentlemen and students."

"Princess, please listen carefully. The question is--"

Huo Xima stared at Yan Linghui and suddenly threw his broken jar: "Confucius said."

You want me to give you a question that is not difficult or not, but I won't! Anyway, things have come to this, and I am destined to be a fool. It is better to let this little girl embarrass herself in public. Who knows, it may make her feel afraid when she thinks of this day for the rest of her life, and it will become a demon in her heart.

[Giving such a question to an eight-year-old girl! How shameless! ]

Xu Yanmiao was angry. If

you give this question to many scholars and judges, they may not be able to solve it.

Moreover, they had three days to think. If Yan Linghui answered the question on the spot, let alone three days, let alone three hours, everyone present would probably express dissatisfaction and disperse.

——Although Huo Xima, who asked such a question, had a bad reputation.

Many students present had already started to curse: "What a disrespectful old dog! Can you solve this question yourself!"

Some who knew his background directly exposed his face: "Of course not, he only passed the imperial examination at the age of sixty."

Some directly said: "Relying on yourself as the chief examiner, you embarrass the candidates, how shameless! Many talented students were driven away by you, the immoral dog officials!" They

quarreled and made a fuss, scolding Huo Xima to death. Huo Xima looked even more calm and composed, and asked Yan Linghui with a smile: "Little princess, can you solve this problem?"

The old emperor stood quietly by the wall, narrowing his eyes, and deeply remembered the man who made things difficult for his granddaughter.

Huo

Xima glanced at the little princess, thinking that she was thinking, and tried to interrupt her thoughts with a smile: "If you can't think of it, it doesn't matter. Your filial piety can also let you enter..."

Yan Linghui looked up at him and smiled: "A common man can be a teacher for hundreds of generations, and a word can be a law for the world."

"I've solved it."

Huo Xima's face changed suddenly.

Quan Yingzhang shouted, "Great!"

Huo Xima's face changed even more: "Mr. Quan!"

Quan Yingzhang ignored him and spoke to himself, answering the scholars around him: "The common man who became a teacher for hundreds of generations is 'Confucius', and the one word that became the law of the world is 'what Confucius said'. Good! What a good 'Zi said'!"

[Awesome! He is worthy of being a child prodigy! ]

The scholars around him were quite shocked and moved.

Xu Yanmiao continued to speak: [How can she be eight years old? ! ]

The officials who could hear his thoughts nodded quickly.

Yes, she is actually eight years old? !

In the crowd, the son of Minister Bing, who had just arrived not long ago, stared at Yan Linghui with bright eyes, and a smile appeared on the corners of his lips involuntarily.

It's her!

The judge behind the other person in the yamen that day must be her!

Found it!

Huo

Xima suddenly went crazy: "There is one more question! You have the ability to solve this question! This question is '0'! In the Analects, the number between chapters is 0!"

Almost everyone's face showed a complicated expression.

This is no longer a broken pot, this is completely hysterical, even if the little princess does not answer this question, it doesn't matter.

The female prince consort frowned and took her daughter's hand: "Let's go, let's go into the examination room."

"No!" Her daughter broke away from her hand and supported her waist with both hands: "He thinks I can't answer it, I must solve it for him! This child prodigy is taking the test, at worst I can come back in three years!"

The female prince consort sighed: "You are exactly like your mother."

But she didn't stop her.

Huo Xima was a little panicked.

He was afraid. He was afraid that Yan Linghui would really break through. If she did, his self-esteem and his life would be torn to pieces.

However, he had already pushed the situation to the point of desperation.

He could only pray, pray that this child prodigy was not so "divine".

*

Yan Linghui did not blurt out the answer as she did before. She thought for a full quarter of an hour.

But no one urged her. They were all waiting, waiting for this child to create a miracle.

The little girl's eyebrows wrinkled more and more, and her face became redder and redder in the cold wind.

"Before the saints spoke..."

She lowered her eyes, thinking, and slowly said it.

Just this sentence alone made some people's hearts jump suddenly, and their eyes were anxious and anxious.

Yes, yes, yes! This way of thinking about the problem is correct! "0" is a label. In "The Analects of Confucius", it is often placed before "The Master said"!

But there is another sentence! It's not over yet! There should be another sentence after that!

Yan Linghui suddenly raised his eyes, like a sharp knife raised high, and chopped down: "Empty!"

- Topic: Before the sage speaks, it is empty.

People who study Zhu Xi applauded directly: "Great! The sage does not speak, it is empty. Symbols are speechless, and they are also empty! What an empty!"