At the entrance of Lingji Palace.

“This is the temple of knowledge!”

Li Mingyue, the Lady of Lanling County, wore a warm hat, a round-necked shirt, and a grey mink cloak and shouted with excitement.

She is tall to begin with, and after putting on men's clothes, she looks even more heroic and aggressive.

Her best friend Zhang Xiaojing was also dressed like a scholar, yet she was still quiet and elegant, just like a green bamboo.

'Xiaojing' originally means 'beautiful little bamboo'.

Behind the two women, in addition to the regular follower Li Chengen, there was also a handsome and quiet young man.

"Sister, if you want to go in, go in quickly." The young man spoke with a slightly sad tone, and gently reminded Zhang Xiaojing:

"I see the ministers' sedan chair has arrived. If we delay any longer and run into father, we'll be dead."

"But the people who are here to pick us up haven't come out yet." Zhang Xiaojing heard this and stood on tiptoe to look inside. "If my brother is worried, let's hide first."

People and things in this world are afraid of comparison. Compared with Li Mingyue, Zhang Xiaojing is a good girl; but compared with her own brother, that is...

"Well, of course I have to stay. When my father sees you later, I can take the blame for you." The young man sighed. It turned out that he was another sister slave.

Hey, why do you say 'again'?

"What's so good about this?" The young master yawned and showed no interest. If he wasn't worried about his sister, he would never come to such a sour place. "It's better to go home and play mahjong."

"Brother, if you don't speak, no one will think you're dumb." Li Mingyue glanced at Li Chengen with a smile, and said with gritted teeth: "If you hadn't gotten the invitation letter, we wouldn't have to wait here stupidly!"

"You can't blame me for this," Li Chengen hurriedly explained, shaking his hands. "Xu Yuanchun assured me that we didn't need an invitation letter, and that he would be waiting at the door to take us in."

As he said this, he pointed forward and said with a look of relief: "No, here it comes!"

Then they saw Master Xu, dressed in a well-fitting brocade robe, a white jade ring around his waist, and a jade hairpin, coming in with a bright look, surrounded by Liu Side and others.

Along the way, the guests all looked sideways and couldn't help but take a few more glances at this handsome young man.

Many people recognized him and hurriedly bowed and greeted him, calling him "Young Master".

This made Xu Yuanchun feel great. And this was not just a fantasy!

In order to have a good image today, he got up at five in the morning to get ready, and even put on the jade crown that was tributed from the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Master Xu seemed to see that after Li Mingyue saw him, she first stared at him, then lowered her head shyly, but could not help but secretly glance at him out of the corner of her eye.

Unfortunately, this is just a fantasy picture...

In fact, Li Mingyue didn't even look at him, she was just talking in a low voice to Zhang Xiaojing beside her.

Liu Side and others were originally following behind Master Xu, laughing and discussing how to help him.

But when they saw Zhang Xiaojing beside Li Mingyue, their eyes lit up and they wanted to approach her and strike up a conversation.

But she was afraid of her scary father, so she had to stand far away and greet him politely.

Zhang Xiaojing nodded to them politely, and the group of playboys started to laugh like bears that had eaten honey.

This is the most beautiful girl in the capital in their hearts...

Although in terms of appearance alone, Li Mingyue is definitely not inferior to her.

But during the selection process, they automatically ignored the terrible Princess Lanling.

No matter how beautiful a tigress is, she is still a tiger. And as we all know, you can't touch a tiger's butt, so what's the point of commenting on her?

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Xu Yuanchun ordered someone to open the gate, then stood there with a smile, waiting to say you're welcome.

But Li Mingyue pulled Zhang Xiaojing and ran inside, still ignoring him.

"Miss Zhang is worried about running into her father, so let's go in quickly." Li Chengen patted Xu Yuanchun's shoulder comfortingly, and quickly followed with another sister-con.

"Oh, so that's how it is!" Master Xu was immediately cheered up, and he trotted after him, leading the way.

"Wow, there are so many people..."

When Li Mingyue entered the square, most of the audience had already taken their seats.

Thousands of well-dressed people were sitting there densely, and the scene was very spectacular.

This made the young county lady immediately feel that the trip was worth it.

However, this trip was proposed by Zhang Xiaojing, otherwise she would not have known that there was an annual cultural event in Beijing.

When Li Mingyue heard that the person giving the lecture today was the most knowledgeable person in the world, she decided to come and listen carefully.

It seemed as if she could become a cultured person just by going in and listening to a lecture once...

"But with so many people, can they hear what's being said on the stage?" Zhang Xiaojing was excited but also a little worried.

"Don't worry, we won't sit here." Xu Yuanchun smiled faintly. He had deliberately not given Li Chengen a ticket just for this moment.

Get out of the way, I want to show off!

He led everyone through the long corridor and came straight to the five-foot-high podium.

Li Mingyue and Zhang Xiaojing lowered their heads and whispered, "We can't sit here..."

Xu Yuanchun smiled bitterly secretly, this young master has no right to sit here... But he smiled reservedly:

"It's so cold outside, let's go inside and sit down."

As he spoke, he led them into the side hall on the west side of the square.

A row of tables and chairs had already been set up in the side hall, with tea and snacks on the tables, as well as tempting winter fruits such as pomegranates, oranges, winter dates, and duck pears neatly arranged.

The chairs are also provided with thick velvet cushions.

Around the table and chairs, silver charcoal was burning in four copper charcoal basins. Although it was not as warm as spring, it was at least much more comfortable than outside.

"Sure, this!" The young master and others were so happy that they sat down and started roasting a fire around the charcoal brazier.

Even Li Mingyue and Zhang Xiaojing were very happy that they didn't have to sit outside in the cold all day. They still had to thank them for this favor.

"How is it? It's warm and comfortable. I can see and hear clearly."

Xu Yuanchun tried hard to suppress a smug smile, thinking that even if the son of a juren was rich, he couldn't do such a thing, right?

Besides, how can he be richer than my family?

Thinking of this, he happily picked up the kettle from the charcoal basin and diligently made tea for Li Mingyue and Zhang Xiaojing's table.

"Thank you."

When Xu Yuanchun heard the county lady thanking him for the first time, the cheerful sound of suona immediately rang in his ears.

He clearly saw himself riding a white horse and bringing Li Mingyue in the bridal sedan back to his hometown in Huating.

The boy named Zhao could only blend in with the crowd watching the fun, following with tears in his eyes for one leg after another.

Until he fell to the ground, desperately stretched out his hand, trying to touch the sedan chair that had already gone away...

Xu Yuanchun was just laughing uncontrollably when he heard Li Mingyue exclaim in delight.

"Brother, look, is that my eldest brother?!"

Li Chengen turned his head and looked in the direction his sister pointed. He couldn't help but smile and said, "That's right. I can recognize it even if it turns into ashes."

"Don't talk about Brother like that!" Li Mingyue protested angrily.

"I mean, I'm familiar with Big Brother..." Li Chengen hurriedly stammered and explained, "It means life and death."

"What big brother?" Xu Yuanchun was taking a shower and couldn't look around, so he asked casually.

"He's the one I met at Miaofeng Mountain. He's now my mother's godson and my brothers." Li Chengen replied.

"Oh." Xu Yuanchun immediately recalled the scene of Zhao Hao kneeling in front of the princess and calling her "Mom". She gritted her teeth in jealousy. This brat is quite good at scheming!

Unfortunately, even if he put on the dragon robe, he could not become the crown prince. What could the son of a juren do in such an occasion where so many bigwigs gathered?

Master Xu smiled faintly and said, "Why not invite him in to sit with you? Although there is no seat prepared for him, we can just have him sit at the side and add a chair."

"I'm afraid it's inconvenient." Li Chengen shook his head.

"It doesn't matter. Since he saved the county lady and became your highness's adopted son, I won't let these guys bully him."

Xu Yuanchun put on a magnanimous expression, and after flushing the water, she slowly raised her head, wanting to take a look at the boy who had the audacity to curry favor with the eldest princess.

Then he froze, the kettle in his hand dripping boiling water onto the ground...

I saw the kid hugging his thigh. It was true that he was shivering in the cold wind, but he was shivering in the first row, and quite in the middle.

ps. The second chapter is here, please give me monthly tickets and recommendation tickets~~