249, pick someone up in person
249, pick someone up in person
On this day, Zhao Lang, who was at Prince Ding's Mansion, received the news that the Princess of Zhennan was asking her legitimate son to marry the Fifth Princess. The people in the palace were interested in making friends with Prince Zhennan. The Emperor had already agreed to the marriage and would soon issue an edict to grant the marriage between the Fifth Princess and the Prince of Zhennan.
Thinking back to the day when Qi Jun came to him for a drink, he finally understood the reason.
"Oh, so that's how it is." Zhao Lang smiled and finally understood what was going on.
This matter is said to be the idea of the Princess of Zhennan, but in fact it must have been the idea of the Prince of Zhennan. The Prince of Zhennan used the marriage of his legitimate son to express his stance, indicating that the entire Prince of Zhennan's Mansion would be loyal to the royal family in the future.
I wonder what the Prince of Zhennan's purpose was in letting his legitimate son marry the princess? And why did Qi Jun agree to marry the princess? The moment Zhao Lang heard the news, he began to ponder the intentions of the father and son.
I wonder, after his good father learns of this news, will he use the marriage of his legitimate son to gain the emperor's trust?
"Hmph." Zhao Lang sneered, put the teacup in his hand on the table, stood up from his seat, and ordered the guard at the door: "Prepare the carriage, I want to leave the house."
"Yes, master, I will arrange it right away." The guard outside responded.
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At the same time in the imperial palace, the candidates who had finished the palace examination received a notice that they could leave the palace.
This time, Lu Mingfei did not go to the front of the team, but went to the back of the team with Zhang Lingxuan. Just as those people wanted to get closer to Fu Lianxin, he gave up the front seat to others.
However, neither of them had the habit of talking about others behind their backs, so neither of them mentioned anything related to Young Master Fu Lianxin.
Zhang Lingxuan simply asked Lu Mingfei, "What are your plans after this palace exam?"
After today's palace examination, they would return home to await news. They would only know their ranking after the results were announced. Afterwards, except for the top three in the first class, who would directly enter the Hanlin Academy as officials, the second and third class would have to wait for the Ministry of Personnel to assign them positions. Most of these people would be sent out to serve as small county magistrates in the countryside, and only a few would be able to remain in Kyoto Prefecture.
When assigned to serve as a county magistrate, the county was also divided into upper, middle, and lower levels. It was easier to achieve political success in upper and middle-level counties, but it was much harder to achieve success in those barren, lower-level counties. Officials who failed to achieve good results had no chance of promotion, and many would spend their entire lives serving as minor officials in a small locality.
However, don't think the position of county magistrate is easy to get. The imperial court held a palace examination every three years, and each time, hundreds of Jinshi (imperial examinations) emerged. These Jinshi had to wait for the Ministry of Personnel to assign them positions. However, there were only so many positions in the imperial court, and every position had its own place. Without a position, the position would not be filled.
Therefore, even if a scholar worked hard to pass the imperial examination, if he was a poor scholar without power or influence, he would not be able to get a good position even if he passed the imperial examination. If he was even less lucky, he might not even get a letter of appointment from the Ministry of Personnel, which means he could not get a position or become an official.
Lu Mingfei knew the ins and outs of this, so he also understood why those people only flattered Fu Lianxin and not him, even though he had clearly ranked better than Fu Lianxin in both the provincial and metropolitan examinations.
As for the arrangements after the palace examination, he thought about it and said to Zhang Lingxuan: "I may take a break for a while and deal with things at home. I will wait for the appointment letter from the court to come down, and then take office on time." It is impossible for him to go to work early, but he did not say this.
There were eunuchs following him, and he was afraid that what he said would be heard by others.
"Since the palace examination is over, don't think too much and relax. Anyway, we have finished the exam now, and we just need to go home and wait for the results." Lu Mingfei was quite Buddhist about this. As long as they didn't make any improper moves in front of the palace during the exam, they would basically be able to get the status of a Jinshi.
"Yeah." Zhang Lingxuan responded, but at this moment he was a little hesitant, wondering whether he should tell his friends about his own affairs.
Lu Mingfei noticed that his friend seemed to be hesitant to speak, so he kindly handed him a ladder and asked, "Do you have anything you want to tell me?"
Zhang Lingxuan deliberately slowed down his pace, creating some distance between him and the person in front of him. Then, in a voice only audible to the two of them, he spoke to Lu Mingfei, "My family wants to arrange a marriage for me after the palace exam."
Hearing this, Lu Mingfei paused, turned around to look at Zhang Lingxuan, and asked him, "What do you think?"
"I..." Zhang Lingxuan opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. When he met Lu Mingfei's eyes, he knew that Lu Mingfei must have seen something.
Seeing that they were some distance behind the team ahead and the eunuchs beside them were staring at them, Lu Mingfei said to Zhang Lingxuan, "This is not the place to talk. Let's find a place to talk slowly later."
"Okay." Zhang Lingxuan nodded and followed Lu Mingfei.
The two men followed the large group out of the palace and arrived outside the imperial city.
Arriving at the palace gate, Lu Mingfei didn't see his own carriage there, but instead saw Zhao Lang's carriage. When a guard who usually accompanied Zhao Lang came over to invite him in, he knew that Zhao Lang had come to pick him up personally.
On one side was Prince Zhao, who had sent guards to pick him up, and on the other side was his good friend with whom he had just made an appointment to find a place to chat.
For a moment, Lu Mingfei was a little confused about who to go with.
Meeting Zhang Lingxuan's gaze, Lu Mingfei couldn't ignore the young master in the carriage, so he said to Zhang Lingxuan, "Lingxuan, wait here for a while. I'm going to go say hello to a friend."
"If you have something else to do today, let's talk another day." Zhang Lingxuan saw that Lu Mingfei had something to do, so he said.
He didn't ask Lu Mingfei which friend he was going to meet, even though they had known each other since childhood and he knew almost everyone Lu Mingfei knew. But since Lu Mingfei said he was going to meet a friend today and didn't bring him along, it must be someone he didn't know.
"...That's fine. When you have time tomorrow, come to my house to find me." Lu Mingfei thought that the young master in the carriage might not be so easy to send away, so he had to let his good friend Zhang Lingxuan suffer.
"Yeah." Zhang Lingxuan nodded, and he also saw the servant who came to pick him up.
Then the two men separated. Lu Mingfei followed the guards who came to pick him up and walked to the carriage parked on the opposite side of the road. He lifted the curtain and got into the carriage.
As he got in, a hand grabbed his wrist and pulled him forward.
Unprepared, he was pulled by Zhao Lang and fell forward, directly into a familiar embrace, "Hey!"
Zhao Lang hugged the person who fell into his arms and asked with a smile: "Baby, are you throwing yourself into my arms?"
"Don't just learn two words and use them randomly. It's obviously you..." Before Lu Mingfei could finish his sentence, his mouth was blocked by someone.
"Mmmm!" Despicable!
But soon, he gradually lost himself in this passionate kiss and fell limply into Zhao Lang's arms.
The coachman outside drove the carriage away without waiting for his master's orders.
Fu Lianxin, who was sitting in his carriage, lifted the curtain and looked out. He saw a carriage passing by his carriage. The wind blew up the window of the carriage, and through the gap, he saw a person's arm.
This person doesn't seem to be Lu Mingfei? He remembered that Lu Mingfei was wearing white clothes like them today, but the man just now was wearing black clothes.
[Could it be that there is someone else in this carriage besides Lu Mingfei?] Fu Lianxin felt a little strange.
Zhang Lingxuan behind him also got on the carriage that came to pick him up and went back home.
Lu Mingfei, who was in the carriage at this time, had regained some consciousness. He grabbed the hand that was trying to get into his clothes and warned someone, "Zhao Lang! No!"
Zhao Lang had no choice but to withdraw his hand with regret. He put his cheek against Lu Mingfei's ear, breathing a little disordered. "Lu Mingfei, when can we do it?"
"Not right now! Calm yourself down." Lu Mingfei wasn't open to the idea of doing anything like that on the street. He wanted to get out of Zhao Lang's arms, but someone had two hands around his waist, with no intention of letting him go.
"Let go."
"No."
Zhao Lang raised his head, looked at Lu Mingfei with an aggrieved expression, and said, "You keep saying this and that, and you still want me to let go."
"No more acting like a spoiled brat, no more being cute." Lu Mingfei pinched Prince Zhao's cheeks, deforming his handsome face. "No more fouls!"
"laugh--"
Zhao Lang couldn't help but laugh. He grabbed the hand that was pinching his face, looked at the boy in front of him, and said with a vicious look: "You are the only one in the world who dares to do this to me."
"I'll give you the same thing." Lu Mingfei snorted.
After the temperature in the carriage gradually cooled down and their breathing returned to normal, Lu Mingfei asked the prince who was holding him tightly, "Why did you come to pick me up today? Where is the guard Ma?"
"I asked him to go back and tell your family that you are with friends today and will be back later." Zhao Lang said.
"Are you making the decision for me?" Lu Mingfei couldn't help but stretched out his hand to pinch Prince Zhao's face. This guy was going too far!
"Can't I be your master?" Zhao Lang grabbed the hand that was playing tricks on his face, held both of Lu Mingfei's hands with one hand, and bit Lu Mingfei's lips in anger.
But he couldn't bear to eat it, so he just took a light bite.
"Ouch! Are you crazy?" Lu Mingfei felt a pain on his lips. He broke free from Zhao Lang's hand and touched his lips with his own hand.
When Zhao Lang saw Lu Mingfei's lips were a little red, he felt a little uneasy and said, "Don't worry, there will be no trace after we get off the carriage."
"..." Lu Mingfei was so angry that he pulled open Zhao Lang's collar and bit Zhao Lang's shoulder hard.
Zhao Lang groaned in pain and asked the person who had already released his mouth, "Are you a dog?" He reached out and touched the place where he was bitten and felt a deep tooth mark.
"If you dare to bite me again, I will bite you to death!" Lu Mingfei said harshly.
"Puff..." But Prince Zhao couldn't help laughing when he heard these harsh words. He asked Lu Huiyuan, who was glaring at him with gritted teeth... He might also become the Lu champion in the near future, "How do you want to bite me to death? Why don't you bite another one and let me see?"
"..." Lu Mingfei, there are still people in this world who make such a request to him! Author's gossip: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading
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