fifth form

Chapter 2567 Be yourself

"Wei Qing, take these children to Jianzhang Palace to train for a while, and remember to inform their families!"

Young people in the imperial city area rarely go hungry, but the abstention from meat and fish during the period of mourning leads to a reverse retaliatory eating habit.

The emergence of a new ingredient that had never been seen before made these teenagers lose control of their mouths and stomachs, and thus they became the testers of white meat.

The new emperor dismissed many people around him. He scooped a ladle of tender white meat from the cauldron and ate slowly while making arrangements very calmly.

Before things were done, he obviously needed to avoid leaking out.

What followed was his confrontation with the King of Huainan.

If he were to take the lead himself, the new emperor would not need advice from his subjects.

The one who was most familiar with King Huainan was Emperor Jing, and then it was Emperor Xin's turn. Only the New Emperor could understand King Huainan's mentality.

As long as he imitated Emperor Jing's attitude and handled things, he would have a certain chance of suppressing the King of Huainan.

But this will also trigger fear and dread in King Huainan, and will inevitably push King Huainan to the opposing side.

After all, the King of Huainan was just a backup used by Emperor Jing to restrain the King of Liang. If he had held on for another ten years, the King of Huainan would have been too old and unable to do the work, and would have had to disappear from the stage of the Han Dynasty.

If he doesn't fight with these uncles, the new emperor believes that he has no rivals among the younger generation.

But the reality is that there is no distinction between the younger and older generations; everyone is competing at the same level.

"I must step out of my father's shadow!"

The world did not work the way Emperor Jing had imagined.

The new emperor always took Emperor Jing as his role model and also wanted to become the second Emperor Jing.

But when the new emperor followed Emperor Jing's instructions and behaved himself, he found that many things had deviated from Emperor Jing's plan.

Everyone encounters different things, and no matter how low-key he tries to be, he can never become the second Emperor Jing.

Perhaps when he used the fake Chixiao Sword to stabilize the legitimacy of the successor to the Han Dynasty, he had already deviated from the guidance of Emperor Jing.

This also means that for many things, we can no longer take Emperor Jing’s guidance as the golden rule, but need to deal with them ourselves.

For the first time, he felt that he should be himself instead of repeating everything that Emperor Jing did.

"Dongfang Shuo, you are very good at guessing, can you guess whether Madam Wei is pregnant with a boy or a girl?"

On one side is Emperor Jing's diligent teaching, and on the other side is the life that one has determined for oneself.

This is a different choice between left and right.

When the new emperor made up his mind, he casually asked Zhang Xuezhou a question.

"Zhuang Qingzhai said that you like magic cloth very much. If you guess correctly, I will give you ten pieces," said the new emperor.

"Master Zhuang is really outspoken!"

Zhuang Qingzhai betrayed Zhang Xuezhou very quickly. Perhaps he was pardoned by the new emperor and served in the new emperor's camp, or he was afraid of the empress dowager and had to cling to the new emperor's thigh tightly, or perhaps for other reasons, Zhuang Qingzhai had already confessed to inviting Li Shaojun for help.

Zhang Xuezhou could only be thankful that he had limited interactions with Zhuang Qingzhai and did not tell the other party about the matter of Zhenyuan Shenjun when they were working together, thus being able to maintain Li Shaojun's status and position.

This not only allows Li Shaojun to still possess the deterrent power of a great monk, but also allows him to protect Zhang Xuezhou in return, making Zhang Xuezhou, who maintains the relationship with Li Shaojun, still extremely important.

"I have nothing to store, so I want to use the magic cloth to make a bag. Lord Zhuang came to me for help and wanted to meet with Taoist Li to talk. I can ask for any reward. I asked him if he could give me some magic cloth. I didn't expect him to agree," Zhang Xuezhou said with a bow.

"Where is the bag?" asked the new emperor.

"It didn't work," said Zhang Xuezhou.

"Where's the magic cloth?"

"It's broken!"

Zhang Xuezhou's answer made it difficult for the new emperor to complain.

"Then guess it, if you guess it right I will give you a top-notch bag," the new emperor said. The new emperor looked at Zhang Xuezhou. What he had to do was no different from shooting a cover, either success or failure.

Zhang Xuezhou guessed the same thing, the answer was either male or female.

In the past, the new emperor would ask for advice in a humble manner, but now he has obviously begun to use a style that suits him to seek comparative answers.

The difficulty of his guessing game was very high, even though Mrs. Wei was not present.

All these analogies also correspond to the King of Huainan that the new emperor is currently facing.

If Zhang Xuezhou could accurately guess the answer, the new emperor would also have enough confidence to challenge the King of Huainan.

"Madam Wei..."

"She still has a month to give birth. When you recover from your illness, she may be in labor. Then you can check the answer!"

"Then please open this thing and check if my guess is correct!"

Zhang Xuezhou did not give a direct answer of male or female.

He knew very well that it would be difficult for the new emperor to determine what he would face in the future, so he submitted the strategic item of white meat, but still only gave him a reward of guessing the cover.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't mind. After all, this was the news brought by Dong Zhongshu, and he was just offering his services in exchange for his help.

After taking a ceramic bowl, Zhang Xuezhou turned the bowl upside down on a tray, turned around and pretended to be busy for a while, then calmly stuffed a half-liang coin into the bowl.

He handed the tray and the ceramic bowl to the new emperor, indicating that when Madam Wei was about to give birth, she could open the ceramic bowl to verify.

"This can only be revealed after delivery?" asked the new emperor.

"Your Majesty, the hiding and answering of Shefu must be synchronized!"

"What answer is written in it?"

"When Madam Wei is born, Your Majesty will open this thing and know whether my answer to the riddle is correct!"

Zhang Xuezhou bowed and reminded everyone not to touch the tray and ceramic bowl at will, so as to avoid suspicion of evil.

"I'll keep it myself!"

The new emperor narrowed his eyes slightly.

He gave Zhang Xuezhou an ambiguous guessing game, and Zhang Xuezhou's answer was equally mysterious.

But Zhang Xuezhou looked confident of victory, and seemed not to be afraid of the answer being verified in a few dozen days.

"What exactly is the mystery?"

The new emperor was preoccupied and did not see clearly what Zhang Xuezhou was doing.

He was somewhat curious about what answer Zhang Xuezhou had written in the pottery bowl.

But it all came back to him.

There are still more than twenty days left, and he and the King of Huainan may be in opposition and hostility, or they may be able to hide their contradictions and continue.

"Dongfang Shuo hid the answer, so my Chixiao Sword also hides the answer. I can go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to take the Chixiao Sword and offer it to my ancestors. I can use the name of my ancestors to order the King of Huainan. As long as the King of Huainan doesn't dare to test the Chixiao Sword, he should be able to give me a satisfactory answer!"

Many things have similar properties. As long as you know how to learn from them, everything can be imitated.

At least the new emperor was very satisfied with Zhang Xuezhou's response at the moment. He was also looking forward to the answer in more than 20 days to see whether the two used the same method.

"men and women?"

He picked up the tray with the bowl on it in the hall of Pingyang Marquis's mansion and carefully placed it in a box. He then locked the box and ordered everyone to leave and not enter the hall for dozens of days.

Once the palace gate was closed, everything was blocked.

He recited this, and he couldn't help but make up his mind, ready to attack the King of Huainan directly.