Chapter 814: I smell a little fragrance, I suspect it is Guanghan coming
Tang Bao didn't originally want to ask.
However, since Princess Huaning brought it up, she couldn't help but ask.
Princess Huaning listened to Tang Bao's words and looked around.
Then, lowering his voice, he said, "It is said that a witchcraft item was found in my mother's palace, and my father's birth date was written on it..."
Tang Bao: “…”
The corners of his mouth twitched.
This plot is so old-fashioned!
Novels aren't written like this anymore.
After all, any fool could guess that the Queen was framed.
"Uncle Emperor seems to be very smart. He won't believe it, right?" Tang Bao asked curiously.
Princess Huaning looked at Tang Bao and said nothing.
Tang Bao: “…”
Well, it doesn’t matter whether the emperor believes it or not.
What’s important is that the emperor’s checks and balances should come into play.
"Actually, my father was in a very difficult situation at the time," Princess Huaning said. "It's said that memorials impeaching my mother were flying everywhere. Many old ministers cried and shouted, citing the rules set by our ancestors, saying that the harem was forbidden to practice witchcraft and cause chaos... Those people forced my father to depose the empress, and then ordered my mother to be executed..."
Tang Bao frowned and asked, "Then...besides the Yang family, were there many people implicated at that time?"
Princess Huaning thought for a moment and said, "I was still young at the time and didn't understand the affairs of the court. I just heard people in the palace gossiping that in order to prove the Yang family's innocence and protect the Empress, the old General Shenwu immediately surrendered the military power he had held for decades and willingly retired."
"Besides that, the ones who were most implicated and suffered the most were Elder Sun's family. The Sun family was already small to begin with, and Elder Sun died to show his resolve. The rest of the Sun family was either killed or exiled..."
Princess Huaning paused as if remembering something, then continued, "I also heard that Lord Sun had a granddaughter who was in her prime and deeply loved by Lord Sun. However, she was eventually exiled to the land of Hanjiang."
Princess Huaning said this with a look of regret on her face.
"Just imagine, how could a girl who had been raised so pampered endure such suffering? It's said that she died before she even reached the place of exile."
Princess Huaning finished her speech, shook her head and sighed.
Tang Bao: “…”
Her eyebrows wrinkled slightly.
Princess Huaning restrained her expression upon seeing this, patted Tang Bao's head, and said soothingly, "Forget it. We don't understand matters like these in the imperial court. We can't tell the difference between true and false, good and bad. Fortunately, my third brother went to your Daliushu Village and has lived peacefully these years."
After hearing what Princess Huaning said, Tang Bao's brows relaxed.
"Sister Ning is right. Everything has its cause and effect, and it will all come to an end sooner or later. Let's not worry about it." Tang Bao said with a zen-like expression, "I'll go find my brother and ask him to revise his poem, so that if it gets spread, people won't accuse him of being arrogant, looking down on others, and not knowing how to be respectful and humble."
"Well, go ahead." Princess Huaning nodded.
Tang Bao took the poem and hurried to find Xuanyuan Jin.
Princess Huaning looked at Tang Bao's graceful back, her heart filled with emotion.
Fortunately, my sister Fuya is by my third brother's side. This is probably God's compensation for the suffering he has endured.
When Xuanyuan Jin saw Tang Bao coming over, he looked at her and asked how she was doing.
Tang Bao placed the poem written by Xuanyuan Jin in front of him, pointed at the last sentence and said, "Brother, please revise it, otherwise, I'm afraid you will be criticized by all the failed scholars in the world."
As for whether he will roll up his sleeves and beat you up, it may depend on how many times he fails.
If you fail repeatedly, he might fight you to the death.
Who asked you to write such poems and laugh at others so arrogantly?
After hearing Tang Bao's words, Xuanyuan Jin said confidently, "Since you are unsuccessful, you must be able to withstand being ridiculed. If you can't even withstand a few words from others, then when such a person becomes an official in the future and encounters difficulties and obstacles, or obstacles from powerful forces, I'm afraid he will betray his party the first time."
Tang Bao: “…”
It seems... to make sense.
She was almost convinced.
"Brother is right, but—"
Tang Bao's tone changed.
"Let's leave this unbridled opportunity to mock others and temper their wills to others!"
After all, you are the current prince.
Let’s not talk about being humble and open-minded, but we can’t always mock others.
What's more, the imperial examinations test not only your knowledge but also your luck.
For an unlucky guy like Zhou Zixuan, no matter how good his knowledge is, it will be useless without luck.
So, let's not kick someone when they're down.
"Trouble!" Xuanyuan Jin said in a bad tone, but picked up the pen.
With a few strokes, he changed the two words "尽笑" (laugh all the time) into "却笑" (laugh all the time).
Tang Bao: “…”
There doesn't seem to be much difference.
"Brother, can't we be more considerate of the feelings of those failed scholars and remove the word 'laugh'?" Tang Bao said in a negotiating tone: "What if they get upset and hit their heads against a pillar or something?"
Xuanyuan Jin: "... pitiful, lamentable, regrettable, hateful, can..."
"Or brother, you can just do whatever you want." Tang Bao wrinkled her nose and interrupted Xuanyuan Jin.
It seems that the arrogance is gone, and it doesn't seem like something written by a young brother.
Xuanyuan Jin glanced at Tang Bao, spread out a new piece of paper, and started copying again.
Soon, the highlight of the Luming Banquet began.
Of course, not venison.
It's poetry criticism.
Prefect Xia specially invited Zhang Hanlin to come.
At this time, all the scholars who were good at writing would improvise a poem and hand it in.
Especially those scholars who failed the imperial examination, in order to show that they were not mediocre and that the reason for their failure was just bad luck, they put in all their efforts to write poetry.
Zhang Hanlin, Bo Yongqing, Xia Zhifu and others sat in the pavilion at the highest point, each flipping through the poems they had received.
Whenever someone comes across a well-written piece, they will nod repeatedly, and then several people will circulate it one by one for evaluation.
"I wonder what my fifth brother wrote?" Tang Bao said curiously as he looked at the lively scene over there.
"Fifth brother is quite knowledgeable about poetry and has a good education, so what he writes will definitely be good." Xuanyuan Jin said.
Tang Bao felt very relieved after hearing Xuanyuan Jin's words.
He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Xuanyuan Jin and said, "Brother, you can actually give sincere compliments to others. How honored is my fifth brother?"
Xuanyuan Jin: "..."
His face turned dark.
"If I say no to your brother, will you agree?" Xuanyuan Jin said quietly.
There was a hint of resentment in his eyes.
Tang Bao: “…”
She smiled with her lips pursed, and shook her head again and again.
Of course I won’t agree!
"Humph! I knew it!" Xuanyuan Jin said sourly, "It's all in vain that I love you! You have no conscience!"
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