14 I am a dandy prince
◎Not a great writer◎
Inside the Yangxin Palace.
The emperor was reading a book intently.
This was personally delivered to me this morning by Zhao Xiyan, the vice-president of Songzhu Academy.
The emperor was very satisfied with the printing of this book, especially the faint fragrance when turning the pages, which made the emperor even happier.
The eunuch Xiao Fuzi at the door ran in quickly and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, the eldest princess wants to see you."
"Oh? Yue Rou is here." Upon hearing this, the emperor put down the book and instructed the eunuch who was serving behind him, "Go and invite her in."
"Father." He heard the voice before he saw the man. The emperor stood up and went to greet him with a smile.
"Yuerou, I've told you many times that there's no need to report, just come in directly. I've already instructed the guards on duty." said the emperor.
"I understand, son. I will definitely do it next time." Princess Yi Yuerou, dressed in gorgeous clothes, walked over slowly with lotus steps and replied with a smile.
The emperor took back the folding fan, picked it up and tapped Yi Yuerou's forehead gently, saying, "You! You have said this to me perfunctorily several times." Then he turned around and said to the attendant behind him, "Give the princess a seat."
"Father, that's not necessary. I have to go see mother later." Yi Yuerou said.
Waving his hand behind him, signaling them to move the stool back, the emperor said, "I thought you had already been to Zitong." As he spoke, he sat back on the dragon chair.
Yi Yuerou stepped forward and took the teapot from the eunuch behind her. She held up her sleeves and poured the tea into the cup while softly saying, "Father, as soon as I arrived at the palace, I went straight to the Yangxin Palace."
The emperor laughed dumbly, took the teacup from Yi Yuerou, took a sip, and said, "Do you think I don't know you? In the past, you always went to your mother's place first, and only came to me when you had enough."
At this point, the emperor put down his teacup and said solemnly, "You are so kind to me. Tell me what you want to talk to me about."
"Father, can't I come if I have nothing else to do?" Yi Yuerou said coquettishly, "Then I will go to find mother now."
"You start to lose your temper after just a few words. Your temper is exactly like your mother's." The emperor shook his head helplessly and smiled.
"Father!"
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything more." Seeing that Yi Yuerou was still pouting in anger, he lowered his head to see the book in his hand, and quickly changed the subject: "Yuerou, do you remember the young master you met a few days ago when you went incognito with me to sell candy figurines?"
"I remember that father talked about others for no reason." Yi Yuerou asked.
The emperor reached out and handed the book he had just read to her: "Yue Rou, look, this is the book he wrote."
"Really?" Yi Yuerou took the book with doubt.
"When have I ever lied to you?" the emperor said, "I was the one who ordered the printing of this book."
"Yi Baiyu?" The princess looked at the author of "Warning Words" and asked in confusion.
"He is from the Anping Hou family. They are old and have a child, but they only have this one child." He took a sip of tea and continued. "According to the relationship, he should call you cousin."
At this time, Yi Yuerou had immersed herself in the world of books and had completely forgotten about talking to the emperor. The emperor felt a little regretful, as if he had been left out.
"Cough cough." The emperor pretended to cough.
······was not heeded.
"Cough, cough, cough" the emperor made a louder noise, and finally made Yi Yuerou, who was immersed in the world of books, raise her head.
"Father, why are you coughing so hard?" Yi Yuerou stepped forward and patted the emperor's back with concern, and hurriedly said to Xiao Fuzi who was standing beside him, "Eunuch Fu, go find the imperial physician!"
Xiao Fuzi, who was extremely anxious, realized immediately after seeing the emperor's gesture that his majesty was pretending. He had his own plans, so he just made a fake move of turning around, but was immediately stopped by the emperor.
All I heard was the emperor saying, "I am fine. Perhaps it is because I have reviewed too many memorials in this Yangxin Palace."
"Let me accompany you to Yu Garden for a walk!" After saying that, Yi Yuerou immediately said, "Father, please take care of yourself and don't overwork yourself."
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to my eldest princess." The emperor said with a smile.
After touring the Yu Garden and bidding farewell to her father, Yi Yuerou prepared to leave for her mother.
The road to her mother's Kunning Palace was not far, so Yi Yuerou decided to walk there. It happened to be a while since she had been to the palace, so she might as well take a look along the way.
"Princess, please stay." The eunuch Xiao Fuzi caught up with Yue Rou and handed the book "Warning Words to the World" to her.
"Princess, my Lord has ordered me to deliver this book to you when he returns to the palace. My Lord really dotes on you, Princess." Xiao Fuzi leaned his shoulder against Yi Yuerou and spoke softly.
"Eunuch Fu, what you said makes me so ashamed." Although she said this, looking at Yi Yuerou's expression, it was obvious that she was very pleased with these words.
After saying goodbye to the eunuch Xiao Fuzi, Yi Yuerou walked for a while and finally arrived at Kunning Palace.
As soon as he entered the palace, he saw not only his mother, but also several wives of princes and ministers.
"Yue Rou has met each..." Before she finished the ceremony, a lady who was nearby held her hand.
The lady said: "Your Highness's body is worth a fortune, we are not grateful for this great gift."
"Everyone here is Yuerou's elder. It's okay for the younger generation to greet the elders." Yi Yuerou said.
Fortunately, the Queen saw the difficulty of the people and stepped in personally to stop the "dispute".
"Yuerou, mother hasn't seen you for a long time. Come here quickly and let mother take a good look at you." The queen said with a smile.
"Your son has seen the Queen Mother." Yi Yuerou bowed slightly.
"Okay, stop being so polite. Come here and let your mother take a look at you." The queen smiled lovingly.
"Why have you lost so much weight?" The Queen touched Yi Yuerou's face with heartache.
"Mother, don't worry about me being alright." Yi Yue said softly.
"Yuerou, are you..." He was about to say something, but when he remembered that there were outsiders in the hall, he stopped talking.
Seeing her mother's expression unchanged, Yi Yuerou quickly changed the subject and said, "Mother, this is the book that father likes to read recently." After saying that, she handed the book over.
"'Warning Words to the World'?" The Queen took the book, saw the name on the cover, and read it out loud.
After reading the first part, the queen couldn't help but look up at Yi Yuerou who was sitting next to her and said, "This is really well written, especially the examples of the characters in it, which are portrayed as if they were real, as if the author had seen them before."
Then the Queen asked, "Who is this author Yi Baiyu?"
"Mother, this man is a member of our royal family. He is from the Anping Marquis family." Yi Yuerou replied.
Hearing this, the queen couldn't help but laugh and said, "He should be rewarded well."
He then said to the ladies sitting below him, "This was written by Yi Baiyu, the son of the Marquis of Anping. You can take a look at it."
"Qiuxiang, go and deliver this to the ladies." The Queen handed the letter in her hand to the maid beside her.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Unlike the Empress who had lived in the inner palace for a long time and was busy with affairs, the ladies in the capital outside the palace had more or less heard of Yi Baiyu. Even if there were some who really didn't know, they were quickly "educated" by others.
Everyone who received the book could not help but have a racing mind, wondering how to praise it without leaving any trace and without falling into cliché.
It was simply because they did not believe that the book was that good, and they thought that the Queen's praise was just out of courtesy.
"Your Majesty, this book is full of wit and philosophy. It is a rare good book." After reading it roughly, the lady sitting in the first seat stood up and bowed to the Queen.
The lady behind him was not to be outdone and also stood up and said: "This book is indeed a must-read for life."
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The last person sitting was the wife of the Minister of Works, who was much younger than the others.
Seeing the performances of the sisters in front of her, her heart was greatly shocked and she was stunned!
She and her husband had just gotten married a few days ago. When she came this morning, her husband specifically told her to remember to learn more and read more.
Now it seems that my husband was right, I am not yet mature enough.
Unexpectedly, she was so focused on her thoughts that she didn't even react when the person next to her put a book in front of her.
When she came to her senses and wanted to turn the page to read, it was too late. Everyone's eyes were focused on her, so she had no choice but to stand up.
What should I do? What should I do? I was extremely anxious.
Suddenly, she had an idea and said, "It is a blessing for our Yi Dynasty that the prince has been born!"
I can't think of anything to say about what my husband said before he left, so I'll just praise our dynasty. There's nothing wrong with that.
After she finished speaking, the other ladies echoed her.
Hearing this, the Queen was very pleased. She said to Qiuxiang behind her, "Tell Eunuch Wang to go outside the palace to buy a batch and send them to the ladies later."
"Thank you, Her Majesty!" Everyone bowed and thanked her.
What happens in the imperial palace has always been what the common people are most curious about and what they love to hear about the most. Who doesn’t have a gossipy heart?
Moreover, this time the palace did not keep it secret, and soon the book spread throughout the streets of the capital and was highly valued by the nobles in the palace.
For a while, the following conversations were taking place in every bookstore in the city:
"Waiter, give me a book that all the nobles read."
"A Warning to the World?"
"I don't know. Everyone around me bought one, so I bought one to see."
These are ordinary people.
"Waiter, I want to buy a book, 'Words of Warning'."
"Sir, your book."
So, he borrowed the book, muttering, "I want to see what's so special about this book."
These are the sons of literati.
Some ministers in the court, after hearing the news, were unsure of the palace's attitude and bought several books to read.
Just like that, without Yi Baiyu's knowledge, the book he wrote became famous.
But Yi Baiyu was still in good condition, and he was sleeping soundly in the dormitory at this moment!
He was aware of the announcement of the results in the morning.
But in Bai Yu's opinion, there was no need to look at the test paper on which he had slacked off, which was pinned last on the board, so he just slept in the dormitory and it would not be too late to get up before the afternoon class.
【Author’s words】
Good afternoon.
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