Chapter 264 Why So Smart
Chapter 264 Why So Smart
There were two messages hidden in Lord Cui's letter. After careful consideration, Wang Cheng discovered what Lord Cui wanted to say.
At this moment, he was carefully using his skillful hands to help Xiao Yining move the pill to the bell hanging under her longevity lock.
This medicine is a life-extending pill carefully developed by old man Shangguan. It is the 2.0 version of the life-extending pill that Lin Yuzan stole from Lord Cui.
This medicine played an important role in enabling him to live until his foolish grandson discovered him.
Now he actually gave one to Xiao Yining. Even if it was to repay the life-saving grace, the friendship was so deep that even Wang Cheng couldn't help but be moved.
"Sister Qing has two elixirs." Little Yining looked very proud. He raised his longevity lock in his hand and shook it, making a jingling sound.
This was made by her father at Dongfeng Pavilion based on her grandmother's jade safety lock. The only special feature is the bell at the bottom, which can be used to hide medicine.
Her father had previously hidden a life-extending pill he had obtained in the bell, and now she had two life-saving pills.
Wang Cheng's beautiful phoenix eyes were also full of smiles. He touched his niece's little head and said, "Qing Jie'er is really a lucky doll. Anyone who sees her will be happy."
He looked back at the disassembled bell, put it back together, and tied it around Xiao Yining's waist, solemnly instructing her, "You need to wear this bell for a few more days, and you can take it off after a while."
Just as Xiao Yining was about to happily agree, she heard Wang Cheng say, "Remember not to put it in your mouth. I'm afraid that old man Shangguan has put it in his mouth before."
Xiao Yining: ..., what's going on with this sudden nausea?
The warm atmosphere was instantly destroyed, and little Yining watched his uncle leave with a wooden face.
Wang Cheng, like Lin Yuzan, sighed deeply and left.
This time is different from last time. I have already said many farewell words at home. Talking about them again will only cause more sadness.
Xiao Yining went back to the second floor and looked at the situation in Hanqiu Courtyard.
Although there were more than ten older boys in the yard, her mind was always on her father's door.
But seeing that the two of them did not come out until it was completely dark, he could only look away sadly and return to his room to rest.
People in Hanqiuyuan didn't know what Wang and Lin were doing, but they were not sociable on weekdays and didn't like to open the door and go out every night, so they were not surprised to see their door closed, and no one thought something was wrong.
At this moment, Wang and Lin were already kneeling before the current emperor again.
Sheng Jingchen looked down at them and asked, "We should travel light on this trip. I heard that you two brought a lot of things. If it delays the trip, I will hold you two responsible."
Wang and Lin looked at each other. Needless to say, the person who filed the complaint was Academician Jiang, one of the emperor's secret agents.
During the day, Grand Secretary Jiang was quite dissatisfied with the fact that the two of them brought so many things with them. He ordered them to reduce the amount by half and secretly said that he would complain to the emperor.
If Wang Cheng hadn't known that the bad-tempered old man was the emperor's secret agent, he would not have taken the initiative to provoke him.
Although everyone who graduated from Yunfei Academy was extremely talented and passed eight out of ten imperial examinations, whether they could be entrusted with important tasks still depended on the evaluation of these secret agents.
However, after selecting for a long time, they put those things back intact. To them, those things were all indispensable, so they rejected Academician Jiang.
Lin Yuzan explained in a deep voice, "I am not in good health, so I brought all the medicine for the next few days. Although it is heavy, it can save my life."
"I also didn't want my mother to see her son die young, so I brought a lot of tonic medicine." Wang Cheng replied with confidence.
Sheng Jingchen: ...
He turned his gaze to Pei Dafu who was standing beside him.
Pei Dafu immediately stepped forward to explain, "Your Majesty, Mr. Cui's senior brother Shangguan Guiqing had his hand chopped off a few days ago. They asked the people in Medicine Valley to prepare this medicine, so there is a little more."
Sheng Jingchen raised his eyebrows, "Oh? I vaguely remember that Shangguan Guiqing worked in my Imperial Hospital. It seems that this Medicine Valley is not worthy of its name, and is not even as good as my Imperial Physician."
"Indeed, he has served. How can these quacks compare to your Majesty's men?" Pei Dafu flattered him a little.
Sheng Jingchen felt relieved immediately, and looked at the two of them and said, "Since you have brought a lot of things, you should set off early. Pei Yi will finish his first exam tomorrow. If he does well, I will let him enter Yunfei Academy tomorrow night. Then you two can follow Academician Jiang. Don't worry about being exposed. I have asked someone to pretend to be you two and follow Academician Jiang."
The two men had anticipated this, and their expressions did not change at all, as they agreed without complaint.
Sheng Jingchen was even more satisfied when he saw this. He waved his hand and asked them to go back and rest.
"You are neither humble nor arrogant in front of me. It's a good quality to be able to develop in the countryside." Sheng Jingchen muttered to himself as he watched people leave.
Then he laughed and said, "But these two people are also lawless. One drugged Lu Cheng'an and almost made him crazy because of missing his wife, and the other used Qing Jie'er's guise to give money to Liu Aiqing, hehe."
"That's also because of your majesty's indulgence." Pei Dafu also smiled and echoed, "Because of your majesty's elder's pampering, they behave a little eccentrically."
Although this sentence touched Sheng Jingchen's heart, he was thinking about another thing, "How was Qing Jie raised? How could she guess her father's thoughts at the age of three?"
Pei Dafu thought about the information collected by the shadow guard and guessed, "Your Majesty, could it be that Wan Niang took Qing Jie'er to the clan school every day to find Lin Yuzan? When Lin Yuzan was the teacher, she was also watching from the side. After watching more, she knew what Lin Yuzan was going to do."
Sheng Jingchen nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, and then said: "Let the Second Prince stand beside me tomorrow and watch me review the memorials."
Pei Dafu quickly responded respectfully.
The road of raising children is long and arduous, and even an emperor with only three children has a headache.
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Not many people knew that Wang and Lin were going on a trip, but on the next day everyone in the academy discovered that they were on Academician Jiang's travel list.
This is not surprising. After all, their courtyard is so famous that the people living in it always have bad luck and no one can escape the unlucky fate.
Originally, nothing happened between the two of them, but they were implicated because of the misfortunes that happened to the people living in this yard one after another.
Especially after what happened to Senior Brother Kong from the Tianzi class, they could no longer bear such pressure and decided to flee the academy and wait until the people from Hanqiu Academy were dealt with before coming back.
Everyone let their imagination run wild and came to the conclusion that these two people were truly miserable.
The students of Hanqiu Academy became more and more angry as they listened to the rumors that were getting more and more intense, and they had to prepare gifts to see the two off.
Leng Shuyu was still able to maintain his dignity, and said to the two men with bitter faces, "Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. Your trip really makes me envious. This is a beautiful land. You two junior brothers, take a good look at it for me."
"Don't worry, fellow brothers. Although I cannot send you to the examination room, we will beg Wenchang Star God to let all of you pass even if we are thousands of miles away." Lin Yuzan also showed a meaningful smile.
The word "beg" made the faces of those who were seeing him off become extremely interesting again.
Leng Shuyu immediately lost interest in pretending to be nice, and replied calmly, "Junior brother, you are thoughtful."
There was a coldness in his eyes as he smiled as he sent the two men down the mountain. His father's rebuke was still echoing in his mind, and his hands hidden in his sleeves clenched unconsciously.
He didn't believe that he had carefully planned to lure out Kong Xingzhi, but he was deliberately lured by someone. But when these two people left, they did not forget to plot against them, which made people suspicious.
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