The second update is coming today!!! It was Dragon Boat Festival yesterday, but Bolong was at work and forgot to come up to say Happy Holidays to everyone. It really shouldn't be. Haha, now I'll make it up, happy holidays! Friends, please forgive Bolong~~~

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There are two more famous academic institutions in the capital. One is Tongxian Academy, which has a history of nearly a hundred years. The current president is Yan Shifan. Most of the students and candidates in it are second-generation ancestors under Yan Song, and they have more or less status. The other is the Shuzhou Guild Hall. The Shuzhou Guild Hall was established in the first year of Jiajing and has been thirty-four years. In comparison, it is a relatively young academic institution, but the Shuzhou Guild Hall was also brilliant at the beginning.

Of course, Shuzhou Guild Hall is just the second largest private institution in Beijing, and relatively speaking, it is quite good. Every three years, Shuzhou Guild Hall will participate in the college talent competition jointly sponsored by the Taixue Institute and the Hanlin Academy. As early as when Zou Cen was a candidate, Shuzhou Guild Hall was once brilliant, but since then he has never won a good ranking in the competition.

It was already evening when Zhengyao and others returned to the guild hall, but everyone hadn't eaten yet. It was timely that Zhengyao and others came back. Zou Cen immediately arranged for cooking in the kitchen, and soon after, a table of food was on the table.

While having dinner, Zhengyao also saw the three roommates in the same house. The tallest of these three people came from Guangyuan, and it is said that they are somewhat related to Wu Zetian, named Wu Dan. The medium-sized and thin one is from Mianyang. It is relatively close to Zhengyao, with a strange name. The surname is Gu, and the name is just a gang. I don’t know what his parents thought when they named him. As for the last person, he was Liu Yan’s fellow townsman, who was a little shorter than Liu Yan and had much darker skin. His name was Lu Yanting.

These three people had seen Zhengyao and four of them in the morning. Unexpectedly, the seven people lived in the same room last night. Suddenly, the few people had a hot fight, talking and laughing, and eating seemed much more lively.

After dinner, the group of people sat down to talk, drank tea and enjoyed the moon, and they were very happy. Before they knew it, the three of them were all flattered that Zhengyao was no longer as flattered as before. It was not until late at night that everyone went back to their room to sleep.

The next day, Zhengyao and the other four got up early in the morning. After washing up, they went to the street to buy some gifts, and then the four of them went to the Jing Palace with large bags.

King Jing was also welcomed by the arrival of Zhengyao and the other four. Zhu Luying, who was beside him, also looked glamorous. The quality of the people in King Jing's family is really extraordinary.

Especially Zhu Luying was the most hospitable, and even brought Zhengyao and others to the study where they usually write poetry and painting, and almost entered her boudoir. This made Zhengyao and his men quite embarrassed. But gradually everyone became familiar with each other, and these embarrassments gradually disappeared.

When Zhengyao and others came back from Prince Jing's Mansion, it was already evening again. But a large group of people were discussing something in the hall. Zhengyao and the other two felt it was a bit unusual, so they hurriedly walked in.

"Oh, it's Zhengyao and Liu Yan, you are back! Come on, you are back just in time!" Zou Cen walked over with a smile and said to Zhengyao and the other two.

Zhengyao took advantage of the situation and closed the peach blossom fan in his hand, looked at Zou Cen in confusion and said, "Uncle Zou looked so excited today. Is there something good about it?"

Similarly, Zhang Cheng and Liu Yan next to him also looked at Zou Cen, feeling that Zou Cen would be more excited today.

At this time, someone came from behind Zou Cen, who was Wu Dan from Zhengyao's dormitory.

Wu Dan also smiled and saw that Zhengyao and others were puzzled, so he immediately said, "That's right. Tomorrow night will be the annual Fahua Temple Fair, which will last for three days. The dignitaries, wealthy businessmen and gentry in the capital will go there. Maybe there are princes and princesses in it, which is very lively! If you are lucky and make friends in the officialdom, it will be of great benefit in the future!"

After hearing what Wu Dan said, several other candidates from the Shuzhou Guild Hall behind him also walked over from behind, and kept saying yes, yes, as if they wanted to show off.

Zhengyao was not very excited about this, but instead disagreed. The temple fair was lively, and those high-ranking officials might go, but even if they went, would they have any interaction with poor scholars like you? Even if they say hello, it doesn’t mean that they will appreciate you and will help you in their career.

Of course, although that is the case, Zhengyao did not show it. Since that's the case, let's just go and have a look. The temple fair is so grand, maybe King Jing will go there at that time. If King Jing goes there, Miss Ying'er will go there naturally, then...

Zhengyao had already thought about it and after he came back today, he was obsessed with Zhu Luying psychologically, as if he had planned to turn the son-in-law's wish into a county horse.

"Well, such a good thing, we naturally cannot miss it!" Zhengyao thought for a while and resolutely expressed his excitement. Of course, the meaning of this excitement was not what everyone thought.

Liu Yan and Zhang Cheng are both talented people. When there are temple fairs, there are naturally some guessing poem riddles. That is their strength, so they will naturally not refuse to go there.

"You must go there, but I'm still going to explain it to you! This Fahua Temple is not an ordinary temple, it's a royal temple, so you must not seem too casual after entering. The temple fair is also a place where there are many people and many people. Everyone should try not to cause trouble. It's best not to provoke candidates from Tongxian Academy. They have always had gaps with our Shuzhou Guild Hall. If you see them, try to avoid disputes. As for the others, there is nothing to explain." Zou Cen thought about it, and it was probably only these two points, but when he was talking, he still had a smile on his face.

Of course, there were three talents coming to the Shuzhou Guild Hall this year. When you walk to the gate of Fahua Temple tomorrow, it may attract many people's attention. Then the director, he can feel some glory to the point of being at least awesome in front of others. You must know that the last time he walked on the street and was admired by thousands of people was the time when he took the imperial examination by himself more than ten years ago.

In fact, Zou Cen is also very talented, but it didn't matter if he offended Yan Song back then, so he had to fail the exam in the end. Fortunately, there were several Sichuan people in the capital who were officials who admired Zou Cen very much, so he invited Zou Cen to be the director, which was also a bit of comfort to him.

After making up their minds, everyone went to bed immediately and prepared to go to the temple fair site early tomorrow to get a good start.

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The residence of Gu Ru, a Grand Secretary of the Hanlin Academy.

At this moment, Ning An leaned against the window and began to ponder her inexplicably. In the nearly ten days of Gu's house, I don't know how many times this happened to Ning An. Xiao Xi, who was standing beside him, could only look in his eyes, but didn't know how to help.

"What's wrong with me? There is always an inexplicable feeling. This feeling seems painful but itchy. What is the reason?" Ning An looked at the unbloomed osmanthus tree outside the window and sighed weakly.

Perhaps it was as Ning An herself said, and she didn't understand why she became so like a grudge.

Xiaoxi brought a cup of tea and came over, handed it to Ning An and said, "Princess, come, let's drink this concentrated tea first. I think the weather is a bit dull recently, which has caused you to be in a bad mood. Why not do this? Let's go out tomorrow to relax?"

"Relax?" Ning An shook his head and sighed again, as if he could feel tired even when he moved.

"Princess! Have you forgotten that there will be a temple fair in Fahua Temple tomorrow? You were not like this before! Go, Xiaoxi still wants to fulfill his wish. Although the wish made last year was not fulfilled, Xiaoxi understands that sincerity will make it spiritual! Wherever sincerity comes, gold and stone will open up."

Although Xiaoxi said it was very passionate, Ning An was not excited at all. Instead, his face was full of fatigue. This was very different from the unruly princess who had always been grinning and decisive. If Xiaoxi had not been with Ning An day and night, even Xiaoxi would have doubted whether this Ning An princess had been thrown away.

"Princess…"

Unexpectedly, Ning An was so immersed in his mind that he didn't know what to think, and ignored Xiao Xi for a long time. Xiao Xi was a little anxious and shouted again.

Ning An smiled helplessly: "Okay, you girl, suddenly became so fun. Well, it's not a big deal to either embroider or write all day long. Maybe this princess should go out for a walk to get rid of her inexplicable daze."

"The princess is so good, princess is Qiansheng!" Xiaoxi immediately shouted mischievously, looking like a little girl.

"Temple Fair, I wonder if tomorrow's temple fair will be as energetic as it was in Wuchan Temple?" Ning An turned around, muttered to himself, and then burst into laughter, as if he had thought of something particularly funny.

"Princess, you laughed, you finally laughed." Xiaoxi was the smartest person, and instantly grabbed the moment Ning An laughed.

"You girl, can't I laugh? Okay, I promise you to go to the temple fair tomorrow. Before I can go there, I have to do something."
Chapter completed!