The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 395 Sheng Han's Strategy

"【Peach, plum and hibiscus know each other the best, and look at the past with inscriptions in the fog; conquer the territory and unite it, and wait for the real phoenix to come to court.】"

In the inner room of the study in the side courtyard of Tai'an Palace, Sheng Han sat in front of the table, carefully wrote the inscriptions that had been revised dozens of times, put them in a bamboo tube that was as wide as the little finger, and then let out a long breath.

Whether he can get out of the embarrassing situation in the palace depends on this time.

Sheng Han held the bamboo tube tightly, looking at the copper platform that Zhulei hugged tightly, feeling a little excited.

She had been in the palace for several years, and was raised under the knee of Concubine Wen in name, but in reality, she was an embarrassing person in the palace.

Concubine Wen Taigui seemed to have a kind attitude, and treated her well for food and clothing, but she never gave her a chance to get close, making it impossible for her to please her intentionally.

After realizing the estrangement of Concubine Wen, she regretted giving up her internship in Qin Tianjian.I thought that I could get the moon first if I could get close to the water, but I didn't want to get water from the bamboo basket in vain.

Fortunately, she was able to think about it, and knowing that she had missed the opportunity, she hid in peace and waited for the next opportunity.

In the past few years, she has devoted herself to reading books, practicing calligraphy, and self-taught young Ci, just waiting for a fight.

Now is the time for her to break out of the cocoon and be reborn!
Sheng Yuan's face was expressionless, but the hand holding the bamboo tube couldn't help shaking.

Although the emperors of the two generations no longer asked about her ability to "predict the past" since the former Qi thieves rioted in Beijing, she never slacked off and insisted on picking out things that were not easy to change in her memory from time to time.

Although her persistence has not been rewarded, and she seems to be affectionate towards the air, but judging from the timely disappearance of her "reports", her efforts are not in vain, and she will definitely get something in the end!
Thinking of this, Sheng Han looked at the bamboo tube in his hand, and the corners of his mouth curled up into an invisible arc.

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At dawn, someone from the palace sent a letter saying that Concubine Wen Taigui had summoned her. Sheng Han, who was groomed and dressed, looked at the empty corner of the table, where there was originally a bamboo tube with poems hidden there.

"Where did you say you were going?" Concubine Wen Taigui told Sheng Han when she would leave the palace, and wanted to ask her about her plans. If she was willing to wait for election in the palace, she would arrange for the sisters in the palace to take care of her; If she wants to go home to wait for election, she will ask the emperor and queen mother to talk about it.

In any case, this child has been raised under her name for several years, so it's not good to really ignore it and throw it aside.

But as soon as she finished speaking, she was shocked by the girl's answer.

"The noble concubine, the minister wants to be a female crown." Sheng Han lowered his eyes and bowed his head in reply.

Concubine Wen Taigui took a deep breath: "How old is your child, Biyu's young girl, you haven't entered the world yet, how do you choose to be born?"

"The imperial concubine, Li Ye, one of the four talented women in the Tang Dynasty, became a monk at the age of 11. Compared with her, the choice of courtiers is also very common."

"Li Ye? Is that Li Jilan who wrote the poem "Bazhi"?"

Four lines of 28 characters immediately appeared in Concubine Wen's mind: from near to far, from east to west, from deep to shallow Qingxi;

"She chose to become a monk to follow the orders of her parents, but you are different. You were born in the government, educated in the court, and have a bright future. Why do you have to suffer?" Concubine Wen sighed as she thought of the ending of this talented woman. , can't help but feel that Sheng Han is not good at comparing himself like this.It's just that it's hard for her to express her thoughts, so she can only persuade her gently.

However, Sheng Han seemed to have made up his mind and insisted: "Although my daughter was born in the government, her father is only a fifth-rank official. How can she compare with Li Tengkong, the daughter of Li Linfu, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty? She can abandon her identity to become a monk, but why can't my daughter?"

"..." Concubine Wen smiled helplessly, "I don't want to speak nonsense about the ancients, but you have to be clear that the future and future of women today are beyond the reach of previous dynasties. You girl looks smart , even if you don’t want to waste your time in the imperial examination, there are other ways to do it, why choose from the predecessors when you are ignorant?”

Sheng Han didn't expect that this concubine Wen Taigui, who usually didn't care about her much, would keep obstructing her now, and couldn't help feeling a little impatient.

It's just that she has practiced her face-saving skills very well in the past few years, so she will not show her emotions in a leisurely manner.

"Taigui Concubine, if you talk about future and status...couldn't a courtier surpass Tang Xuanzong's younger sister, Princess Yuzhen? She can abandon the prosperity of the world, so how can a courtier not?"

"You child!" Concubine Wen Taigui didn't expect to remind her so much, but the girl couldn't listen to it at all.

She thought that this child had been studying and practicing handwriting for several years, and that he had ambitions and pursuits, but she didn't want to see the wrong person.

"Let's go." She tried to persuade her, since this girl insisted on her own opinion, she couldn't stop her, "Since you have made up your mind, I can't say much, I can only respect your choice... But, you know At the beginning, it was the first emperor who sent you to my palace, so you want to become a monk, I have to report the truth to the present, as for whether the emperor will agree, I can't guarantee, if you insist, go back and wait for the news."

When Sheng Han heard the words, he was overjoyed immediately, and quickly kowtowed to thank him.

Concubine Wen was a little tired, she waved her hand casually to let her go down, then turned around and sent the news to Empress Dowager Qin.

"Oh?!" The Empress Dowager Qin put down the book, thought for a moment and smiled, "Could it be that she is really a girl who is indifferent to fame and fortune?"

Aunt Qi just came back from the palace and said with a smile, "Maybe so."

"No." The Empress Dowager Qin shook her head, and after pondering for a while, said very firmly, "There must be something we don't know about it."

Aunt Qi sat down in front of her and pounded a walnut for her: "If I let the slave say it, no matter what it is, as long as the girl leaves the palace, it will be a good thing."

"The first emperor left her in the palace, there must be something hidden! If I guessed correctly, I'm afraid the emperor would let her become a monk in this palace even if he allowed it."

After the Empress Dowager Qin finished speaking, she ordered her servants to pass the message to Tai'an Palace, only saying that she would tell the emperor about this matter, and that Concubine Wen Taigui didn't need to worry too much about it.

"As long as there is no Yang Taizhen, the Ai family doesn't want to care too much."

After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she put the matter aside and asked Aunt Qi about Sheng Yuan's recent situation.

She talked lively here, Jing Hedi couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard the news in Qingyuan Palace.

"Dr. Chen Wensheng, Qin Tianjian, has an audience."

The Dr. Qin Tianjian he called was the best at inscriptions. Since he just received Sheng Han's "prediction" poems, why not ask Chen Wensheng to come and interpret them now.

"Chen Chen heard the sound and kowtowed to His Majesty."

"Ai Qing doesn't need to be too polite, hurry up and explain the words!" Jing Hedi hurriedly called him to the front without waiting for the other party to finish the salute.

"Your Majesty, what does that girl have to offer?" Chen Wensheng often asked Jing Hedi to explain his words, so he knew that there was a girl in the palace who could predict the future.

"That's right." Emperor Jing He handed over the transcribed content.

Because his father had warned him not to be too indulging in Shenghan's "foreseeing" ability, so all along, he suppressed his curiosity to find out, but kept her in the palace, but never received him once.

It's just that the girl is quite obedient, and whenever she gets something, she writes it on paper.

What she got, can match four or five times in five or six times, which made him amazed by his father's warning, and wanted to keep all her gains in his hands.

So he asked people to send the special bamboo tube to Sheng Han, and it was right to use it as a message.

(End of this chapter)