Chapter 168

Lingchan Moon Palace.

In the courtyard, Bailing was sitting in front of a stone table, holding a flower in her hand, and was picking the petals on it boredly.

Pink petals fell one by one.

Some fell on her pink skirt, blending into her skirt, as if they were the pink flowers embroidered on it.

Xia Chan held the sword and stood silently under the eaves, staring at her blankly, but her eyes were not focused, and her thoughts flew to who knows where.

When footsteps sounded at the door.

The two came back to their senses and looked over together.

A young man in a wide Confucian robe walked in gracefully.

The handsome face and tall body, like a ray of sunshine, fell on their originally calm and boring heart lake, causing ripples.

Bailing's eyes lit up, she stood up, smiled, and two sweet dimples appeared on her face. She said crisply: "Sir, are you here to pay respects to the young lady so early?"

Zhu'er stood outside and did not dare to come in.

This Lingchan Moon Palace is not open to everyone.

Luo Qingzhou said directly: "Bailing, the eldest princess just sent someone to the mansion to ask me to go over."

"The eldest princess?"

Bailing frowned and asked in confusion: "Why did the eldest princess ask you to go?"

Luo Qingzhou shrugged: "I don't know, but the second young lady is there."

Bailing said "Oh" and looked strange: "Then why is the uncle here? Go quickly."

Luo Qingzhou glanced at the girl under the eaves, then looked at her and said: "The eldest princess is a woman, can I go to see her alone?"

Bailing was stunned for a moment, and seemed to not understand.

Luo Qingzhou said directly: "As a son-in-law, if I want to go out to see other women, shouldn't the eldest lady send someone to follow and supervise me?"

Bai Ling: "..."

She finally reacted, turned her head, looked at the girl under the eaves, and couldn't help but laugh: "Chanchan, this is the first time that the son-in-law invites you to go out together. Go and supervise the son-in-law, don't let him mess around outside, I will watch the young lady at home."

Xia Chan stood under the eaves with a sword in her arms, with a cold face, motionless.

Luo Qingzhou had to walk over and said: "Miss Xia Chan, there is a reward. If you accompany me once, I will give you... a string of candied haws."

As he said, he suddenly took out a string of candied haws from his back and handed it to her.

Bai Ling saw it, her eyes lit up immediately, and she ran over and said: "Son-in-law! Son-in-law! I will accompany you! I will supervise you! Let Chanchan watch the young lady at home!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the candied haws in Luo Qingzhou's hand was suddenly snatched away.

Xia Chan walked out of the eaves with a sword in one hand and a candied haws in the other, and walked towards the door coldly.

"Son-in-law..."

Bailing pouted her lips, looking pitiful.

Luo Qingzhou said, "No more, only one string left."

As he said this, he glanced at the cold girl walking towards the door, and immediately took out another one, secretly stuffed it into her hand, stretched out his hand and pinched her pink face, and then left seriously and hurriedly.

Bailing held the candied haws in one hand and touched her pinched face with the other hand, and stood there in a daze.

It was not until the two of them walked out of the door that she stamped her feet and muttered, "Stinky son-in-law, taking advantage of others again! Hateful!"

As she said this, she narrowed her eyes happily and began to eat the candied haws.

Zhu'er was anxious and led the way quickly in front.

Luo Qingzhou followed behind with Xia Chan.

When they arrived at the hall, a girl in a yellow dress stood up from her chair, looked at him curiously, and said with a smile: "This must be Mr. Luo. I am Yuewu, a maidservant of the princess. The princess wants to invite Mr. Luo to come over. I wonder if Mr. Luo is available?"

Luo Qingzhou bowed and said: "Miss Yuewu, I wonder why the princess wants to see me?"

Yuewu smiled and said: "Mr. Luo will know when he goes."

Song Ruyue, who was accompanying the guests, stood up and said: "Qingzhou, go quickly, Wei Mo is still there. If the princess has something to ask, if you can do it, you must do your best to help and satisfy the princess."

Luo Qingzhou said respectfully: "Yes, mother-in-law."

Yuewu smiled and said goodbye: "Madam Qin, we will leave first."

The group left the mansion.

A carriage was waiting at the gate.

Yuewu smiled and said, "Mr. Luo, please go first."

Luo Qingzhou glanced at Xia Chan behind him, and got on the carriage without any more excuses.

Xia Chan was definitely not allowed to get on the carriage.

There are some rules that must be followed outside.

Yuewu also got on the carriage.

The two sat in the carriage, looking at each other.

Xia Chan and Zhu'er followed the carriage.

The guards followed behind.

On the streets of the city, carriages can only move slowly, not gallop.

"I heard from Miss Qin Er that Mr. Luo is a scholar and is preparing for the autumn examination next year. Miss Qin Er is known as the most talented woman in Mo City, and even the princess praised her poems. I guess Mr. Luo's talent is also excellent, right?"

Yuewu smiled and said.

Luo Qingzhou said modestly, "How can I compare with Miss Qin Er? I am just a bookworm who can only recite some articles and do some questions from books. How can I have any talent?"

Yue Wu smiled slightly: "Mr. Luo, the little girl is a person who loves poetry very much. After following the eldest princess to Mocheng this time, she heard a few poems, all of which are amazing works of heaven and man. One of them is "Shui Tiao" "Gutou" is even more like the work of a poet descending from the mortal world. There is also a song "Yong Mei" that makes my daughter happy. I was extremely impressed. However, the little girl spent a lot of time trying to find someone, but she didn’t know who the author of these two works was. However, the poem about plum blossoms, "It fell into pieces and was crushed into dust, only the fragrance remains the same." It came from the Qin Mansion, could it also be the work of Miss Qin?"

Luo Qingzhou said calmly: "I'm sorry, Miss Yue Wu, I study at home every day and rarely go out. Moreover, I'm not good at poetry, so I don't pay attention to these."

Yue Wu looked at him with a smile and said nothing.

Luo Qingzhou turned his head, opened the curtain next to him, looked at the girl outside and said, "Are you tired?"

Pearl raised her head and said with a smile: "Uncle, I'm not tired."

Luo Qingzhou glanced at her and said, "I'm asking about Miss Xia Chan."

Pearl: "..."

Xia Chan stared straight ahead with a cold face and ignored him.

Luo Qingzhou put down the curtain, turned around, and locked eyes with the girl opposite.

Neither of them spoke anymore.

The carriage quickly arrived at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.

At the gate, there were many soldiers wearing silver armor and holding silver guns.

Luo Qingzhou could clearly feel the strong murderous aura emanating from these soldiers. They were obviously soldiers who had gone to the battlefield and killed people.

Yue Wu has a graceful figure and leads the way.

When they reached the entrance of the palace, the guard stretched out his hand to stop Xia Chan and Zhu'er from behind.

Luo Qingzhou turned to look at the two girls and said, "You guys wait here."

Pearl walked obediently to the side and stood respectfully.

Xia Chan was still following him, with a cold face and the sword tightly in her hand.

Luo Qingzhou glanced at her, turned and walked to her, suddenly lowered his head, leaned into her ear and said, "Good boy, wait outside. When my uncle comes out later, I will get you some candied haws."

Xia Chan was startled for a moment, her eyes staring at his cheek, which was close at hand, smelling the familiar scent of his body in her nose, feeling the gentleness in his voice in her heart, and her expression suddenly fell into a trance.

There was a pause.

She clenched the sword in her hand, turned and left, away from the guards and Pearl, standing alone under a big tree not far away, looking at him, her pretty face was still as cold as ice.

Luo Qingzhou glanced at her and followed Yue Wu into the house.

Stepping on a soft blanket, he passed through several gates guarded by female guards and turned into a luxuriously decorated corridor.

After passing through the long corridor, Fang entered a large hall.

On the right side of the main hall is a study room.

There were two maids in goose-yellow dresses standing at the door. When they saw him coming, they all looked at him.

Yue Wu walked to the door, bowed her head and said respectfully, "Your Highness, Mr. Luo is here."

After a while.

A faint female voice came from inside the room: "Let him come in."

"yes."

Yuewu turned her head and glanced at the young man behind her, motioned for him to follow, and then walked in first.

Luo Qingzhou followed her into the room, stepping on the red blanket.

Immediately, he stopped in front of a bead curtain.

Yue Wu lowered his head, stepped aside, and said softly: "Master Luo, just stand here and answer."

Luo Qingzhou bowed his head.

In front of the long table in the room, Nangong Huoyue, who was wearing a fiery red dress, was sitting on her knees, holding a wolf hair and writing.

Miss Qin Er, who was dressed in a plain white dress, knelt down beside her and gently rubbed the ink for her.

Another moment passed.

Nangong Huo Yuefang said while writing: "Young Master Luo is a scholar. I have a few questions that I would like to ask you. I hope you can answer them."

Luo Qingzhou said respectfully: "Excuse me, Your Highness."

Nangong Huoyue said: "[A gentleman acts according to his position and does not want to be outside of it]. Mr. Luo thinks this sentence in "The Doctrine of the Mean" is correct?"

Luo Qingzhou pondered for a moment and replied: "A gentleman is happy and aware of his fate. He is content with his current position. He walks in the mean, advances and retreats without losing sight of his path, does not envy anything other than his duty, and is not angry with anything other than his duty. I think this sentence depends on the situation. For some people, he is right, but for others, it is too rigid and pedantic."

"oh?"

Nangong Huoyue put down the pen in her hand, turned her head and looked at him and said, "Explain."

Luo Qingzhou said respectfully: "For some adults in official positions, this sentence can help them keep their peace, serve the public and the people wholeheartedly, not seek profit for themselves, not engage in fraud, not only think about promotion and wealth, and be good themselves" But for those soldiers or students, and those who still have a lot of room for improvement, this sentence will hinder their progress and destroy their ambitions. Just like soldiers, they don't want to. Soldiers who become generals are not good soldiers, because only when soldiers have the dream of becoming generals can they be more passionate, more idealistic, more motivated, braver, and able to fight the enemy regardless of risk. If you just muddle along and just want to be a small soldier all your life and just do your job well, then this army will not be able to fight, let alone win the war."

After saying this, the room suddenly fell into silence.

After a while.

Nangong Huoyue said, "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier...Mr. Luo, well said!"

Miss Qin Er, who was grinding ink next to her, lowered her head and moved her mouth slightly.

Nangong Huoyue was silent for a while, and suddenly asked, "Mr. Luo, do you think that as a commander of an army, you should also have this idea?"

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