I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Chapter 223
The next day.

Qingming.

Drizzle.

After the sacrificial ceremony is over.

Fang Xiu accompanied Wu Mingkong back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

After Lin Wan'er poured tea for the two of them, she stood aside.

on the dragon chair.

Wu Mingkong picked up his teacup, took a sip, looked at Fang Xiu, and asked, "Is it true that Bai Qi captured Jianbei Road?"

Fang Xiudao: "Although it hasn't been captured yet, it's not too far behind."

Got an affirmative answer.

Wu Mingkong's peach-blossom pupils were shining brightly, and the sadness of the rain-wet clothes and the cold spring was swept away, and he said excitedly: "Jianbei Road is the gateway of Jinnan Prefecture. Bai Qi captured Jianbei Road. From now on, I will do my best." Master the initiative of this war!"

Fang Xiu glanced at the empress, and wrote lightly: "To be precise, the moment I decide to go to war, the initiative is in Dagan's hands."

These words sounded extremely confident, and Wu Mingkong couldn't help but look at Fang Xiu one more time, and hummed, "I know you're amazing!"

Speaking of this, she suddenly thought of something, and asked: "Are you ready for the congratulatory gift for the mother's birthday?"

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Fang Xiu's hand holding up the teacup froze slightly.

Seeing this, Wu Mingkong said suspiciously: "You must not have forgotten, have you?"

Fang Xiu put down his teacup, smiled, and said, "Your Majesty told me so, how could I forget it?"

That said, I really forgot.

"Then what are you going to give?"

Wu Mingkong looked at Fang Xiu with a faint smile on his face.

She knew that the traitor Fang Xiu must have forgotten about it, and she was curious how he would respond to her.

Seeing the Empress's expression, Fang Xiu instantly guessed what she was thinking.

Without panic at all, he exchanged [-] emotional points for an empty exquisite wooden box from the system mall, placed it on the table, and said solemnly: "This is the congratulatory gift I prepared for my mother. Carry it with you at all times.”

Wu Mingkong obviously didn't expect that he could actually take out the congratulatory gift, he was slightly taken aback, and asked suspiciously: "Isn't it an empty box?"

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Fang Xiu was speechless, not knowing what to say.

Wu Mingkong got up and walked to him, picked up the wooden box, looked at it carefully, and asked curiously: "What's inside?"

Fang Xiudao: "Secret."

Wu Mingkong gave him a supercilious look, put down the wooden box, and said, "The queen mother said that on this year's birthday, she will not accept congratulatory gifts from outsiders. At that time, holding a family banquet will be regarded as a celebration."

Fang Xiu sighed, and said: "It's a pity, I have worked so hard to prepare the gift."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Wu Mingkong.

"What a pity. The queen mother just doesn't accept gifts from outsiders, and you are not considered an outsider. When the time comes, you will come to the family banquet."

Fang Xiu was slightly taken aback, thinking, he is only a courtier after all, why is he no longer an outsider with the Queen Mother.

Wu Mingkong noticed Fang Xiu's expression, snorted, and said unhappily: "What? You shouted one after another, just to ask you to send a congratulatory gift and have dinner with me and the queen, so I'm not happy." ?”

Hearing this, Fang Xiu hurriedly said: "I have absolutely no intention of doing so, I am just thinking about what capacity I will participate in."

Since the Empress Dowager said that it was a family banquet, the people who will be invited at that time must be some relatives of the emperor.

Although he is a great prime minister, under one person and above ten thousand people, he is only a courtier and has nothing to do with the royal family, so it is not appropriate to participate in any capacity.

Wu Mingkong looked at Fang Xiu, blinked his eyes full of water, and asked softly, "What identity do you want?"

Fang Xiu stretched out his hand to pinch the catkin of the empress, and said with a light smile: "Naturally, it is the identity of your majesty's husband."

After getting a satisfactory answer, a smile appeared on Wu Mingkong's delicate face, and he quickly hid it, spat, and said, "Bah! Who said you are my husband!"

Fang Xiu frowned slightly, and said, "I said it myself, why not?"

Wu Ming gave him a blank look, muttered shamelessly, and said: "It's just a family banquet, you can participate in whatever capacity you want."

After a pause, he said again: "This is what the queen mother meant."

Fang Xiu was silent for a while, with a dazed look on his face, he said leisurely: "Could it be that the Queen Mother discovered the adultery between the minister and His Majesty?"

[Emotion value +2000]

Wu Mingkong gave him a little fist, gritted his teeth and said: "If you talk nonsense again, don't blame my whip for serving you!"

Fang Xiu was startled, and subconsciously asked, "What whip?"

Wu Mingkong raised his willow eyebrows, looked at Lin Wan'er behind him, and ordered: "Bring it to Fang Xiang."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Lin Wan'er bowed, took a leather whip from somewhere, and presented it to the empress with both hands.

After Wu Mingkong took it, he held both ends of the whip with both hands, and yanked it hard twice, causing the whip to burst in the air.

Slightly holding his head up, he said quite proudly: "This is a whip specially made by Zhenming Shangfu Bureau. It is whipped on the body. Although it hurts, it will not leave marks."

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Fang Xiu was speechless, and asked, "Has Your Majesty read any strange books recently?"

Wu Mingkong's clear eyes revealed a hint of bewilderment, and he asked, "What script?"

Seeing that she didn't seem to be lying, Fang Xiu asked curiously: "Since you haven't read the script, why did Your Majesty think of making a special whip?"

Wu Mingkong snorted and said, "Of course it is to deal with you! If you dare to bully me next time, I will use it to beat you."

As he said that, he pulled it twice again, making a loud explosion, which was very bluffing.

Behind.

Lin Wan'er's face turned red, but she still couldn't hold it back, and explained in a low voice: "Your Majesty bit Xiangye last time, and I felt uncomfortable. As soon as I returned to the palace, I asked the female officer to make this whip. It won't hurt Xiangye, and it can as a threat."

The voice fell.

Wu Mingkong glared at her, and said angrily, "You just opened your mouth!"

Lin Wan'er lowered her head hastily, not daring to say any more.

Fang Xiu was slightly taken aback, and asked, "Didn't Your Majesty carry a dagger with him before?"

Wu Mingkong looked at Fang Xiu and said, "I threw it away a long time ago."

"Why?"

"It's not because I believe in you"

Wu Mingkong thought so in his heart, but he didn't say so, he just said: "If I want to bring a dagger, I can bring it, if I don't want to, I don't, you can control it."

This is not yet a rebellious period.
The corner of Fang Xiu's mouth twitched, speechless.

After Wu Mingkong finished speaking, he also felt that this sentence was too naive, he was a little embarrassed, and his face was slightly hot.

For some reason, every time she was alone with Fang Xiu, she seemed to lose all the restraints on her body and become a child.

Maybe it's because, only in front of Fang Xiu, can she disregard everything and be her true self!

The two laughed and cursed for a while, and then talked about business.

"Yesterday, the Ministry of Rites submitted a memorial, saying that a huge amount of money will be needed to build new-style schools in various state capitals. Do you know about this?"

Wu Mingkong looked at Fang Xiu and asked.

Fang Xiu frowned slightly when he heard this, and replied: "When I was on duty, I said that I would build a new school, but I haven't decided how to do it."

Wu Mingkong said with a "sure enough" expression on his face, "Although the memorial presented by the Ministry of Rites did not explicitly oppose the new style of school, it listed the money that the court would need to spend and the possible impact.

After I read it, I had only one thought in my mind, that new-style schools should never be built.

Afterwards, I realized that the Ministry of Rites' oblique opposition to this new school must be because it was your idea. "

Speaking of which.

She paused, looked at Fang Xiu, and asked curiously, "Why do you suddenly want to build a new school? What is mathematics and what is physics?"

Fang Xiu thought for a while and explained: "The so-called mathematics is arithmetic, and physics is the principle of everything in the world."

Wu Mingkong knows arithmetic.

physics.

It was the first time she had heard of it.

"The Truth of Everything in the World"

Wu Mingkong muttered to himself, looked at Fang Xiu, and said sternly: "I heard from the officials of the Ministry of Rites that after the opening of the new school, they don't read the Four Books and Five Classics, but only teach mathematics and physics."
As for mathematics, I can still understand that you need a large number of scholars who are proficient in mathematics to open a bank.

The principles of all things in this world are really too general, I can't figure it out, how is it different from Confucianism? "

She said these words not because she questioned Fang Xiu, but because she really couldn't figure it out.

In her opinion, Confucianism is all-encompassing, which explains the law of the movement of heaven and earth, as well as the principles of everything in the world.

So what's the point of studying physics?

Hearing this question, Fang Xiu was silent for a while, stood up, picked up two brushes from the table, one was heavier and the other was lighter.

He held up the two brushes in the air, looked at Wu Mingkong, and asked: "Your Majesty thinks that if I let go, will the two brushes fall to the ground at the same time, or the heavier one will hit the ground first, and the lighter one will hit the ground last."

Wu Mingkong and Lin Wan'er were startled when they heard this question.

"Fang Xiu, are you okay?"

Wu Mingkong stepped forward and touched his forehead with his hand, his delicate face showed a worried look.

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Fang Xiu was holding two brushes, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Lin Wan'er on the side murmured softly, "The heavier one must have landed first."

Fang Xiu looked at Lin Wan'er, raised his brows, and said, "What if two of them hit the ground at the same time?"

Lin Wan'er fell silent when she heard this, she really wanted to say, if they landed at the same time, the servants will serve the Prime Minister tonight!
However, after thinking about it, I don't seem to be qualified to say such a thing.

After all, Master Xiang belongs to His Majesty, and she is not qualified to serve her even if she wants to.

"If they land at the same time, I will reward her as your servant girl!"

Before Lin Wan'er could speak, Wu Mingkong said confidently.

"Two writing brushes, the heavier one must hit the ground first, how could it be possible to hit the ground at the same time!"

Behind.

Lin Wan'er was startled when she heard this, then a blush appeared on her pretty face, and the way she looked at Fang Xiu also changed.

At this moment, she was expecting the two writing brushes to land at the same time.

just.

The next second, she shook her head violently, telling herself not to think about it, put on a pitiful look, and sobbed:

"Wuuuu, slaves must stay by His Majesty's side for the rest of their lives, serving His Majesty. Slaves should not be Xiangye's little maids."

The corner of Fang Xiu's mouth twitched, looked at Wu Mingkong, and said:
"I made a bet with Your Majesty, if the heaviest one hits the ground first, I will agree to your Majesty's three conditions.

If the two branches land at the same time, Your Majesty will agree to three conditions, how about it? "

A long time ago, the two often bet together.

However, every time the loser must be Wu Mingkong.

Because of this, after a long time, no matter what Fang Xiu said or what he used as a bet, Wu Mingkong would not agree.

Because she knew that if Fang Xiu wasn't [-]% sure, he wouldn't bet on herself.

However, this time things are different.

After all, for different things, the heavier ones fall to the ground first, this is the truth that every child knows!

Plus.

It is too attractive to agree to three conditions.

After struggling for a long time, Wu Mingkong still didn't stick to his original principle of not betting with Fang Xiu. He gritted his teeth and said loudly, "Just bet!"

When Fang Xiu heard this, a smile appeared on his face, he raised the brush in his hand, and said:
"Wait for the ministers to put them down at the same time."

"See if they both hit the ground at the same time, or separately."

Before letting go, the little empress suddenly said:
"Wait!"

Wu Mingkong stood up, walked in front of Fang Xiu, stretched out his hand and said, "Show me!"

"it is good."

Fang Xiu nodded and handed the brush to Wu Mingkong.

Wu Mingkong reached out to take it, and weighed it twice.

After confirming that the weights of the two faults were significantly different, they stood aside with confidence.

"let's start!"

Wu Mingkong stared at the two writing brushes seriously, and said in a very firm tone, "This time, I must be the one who wins!"

She couldn't believe it.

Two writing brushes with different weights will fall to the ground at the same time.

"The minister has begun."

"Your Majesty, see clearly!"

Fang Xiu raised the brush above his head and said loudly: "Three!"

"two!"

"one!"

The last word is exported.

Fang Xiu let go of his hands.

The two brushes suddenly fell down.

It hit the case with a bang.

next second.

The little empress and Lin Wan'er were all dumbfounded!

Because they see clearly.

These two brushes of different sizes and weights landed at the same time!
"This, how is this possible!"

Wu Mingkong's eyes widened, his mouth opened slightly, and his expression was disbelieving.

next second.

She seemed to think of something, and said loudly: "Impossible, you must have done something wrong!"

When Fang Xiu heard this, a faint smile appeared on his face, and he did not refute.

The little empress has never been in touch with natural science, so she can't understand things beyond her knowledge, which is human nature.

Fang Xiu thought of this, picked up two brushes again, and walked in front of the little empress.

"If your majesty doesn't believe it, you can try it yourself."

"Just try it!"

Wu Mingkong gritted his silver teeth with a stubborn face, and reached out to take the two brushes.

Walking to the table, he raised the two brushes high, and then let go.

boom!
The two brushes fell to the ground at the same time, and only one sound was made.

This time.

Both Lin Wan'er and Wu Mingkong can see clearly, there is no problem at all!
"Impossible, impossible!"

Wu Mingkong was in a trance, and began to doubt life.

next second.

She looked at Lin Wan'er and told her to find two stones of different sizes.

"You take this stone, I take this, listen to my password, let go together!"

Wu Mingkong handed one of the larger stones to Fang Xiu, and said in a hurry.

She couldn't wait to find out now.

Did two things with different sizes and weights fall to the ground at the same time?

Fang Xiu did not refuse, reached out to take the stone, smiled, and said, "Okay."

Standing in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the two raised the two stones to the same height.

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

"put!"

One command.

Fang Xiu and Wu Mingkong let go at the same time.

boom!
The two stones fell to the ground at the same time.

this moment.

Wu Mingkong was completely stunned, his delicate face was in a daze, and he muttered to himself: "How could this be?"

(End of this chapter)