First Lady of the Crown Prince

Chapter 991 Growing up (Jingkong)

Coming out of the palace, Xiao Heng was about to give his three children to his parents, but when he turned around, his father decisively took his mother to Zhuque Street.

Xiao Heng didn't even look at the shadows of the two of them. He looked at the carriage disappearing on the street and said nonchalantly: "What are they doing?"

Gu Jiao groaned: "Let's go on our honeymoon."

 Xiao Heng’s lips twitched, a honeymoon twenty years late...

 He looked at the three little Doudings who looked at him with wide eyes, and instantly felt that his life collapsed.

 He first sent Gu Jiao and the three children back to the Princess Mansion, and then set off for the Ding'an Marquis Mansion.

Xiao Qingkong is a child with comprehensive development of moral, intellectual, physical, artistic and physical skills. Not only does he succeed in cultural classes, he also does not fall behind in martial arts.

He has recently been practicing martial arts with Gu Changqing. Although Gu Changqing said he would send him back, Xiao Heng still tried his best to pick him up every night.

 The feeling is always different when a parent takes care of it.

 Actually, there are quite a few people who have taught Xiao Jingkong martial arts, including Xuanyuan Qi, Long Yi, Xuan Pinghou, Gu Changqing, Chang Jing, and his master Luochen.

 He learns well from everyone and is not confused. He is also extremely talented.

 “Big brother, goodbye! Sister-in-law, goodbye!”

Xiao Jingkong said goodbye to Gu Changqing and Yuan Baolin at the gate of the Hou Mansion. Xiao Heng also thanked them and then took Xiao Jingkong into the carriage.

Xiao Jingkong is not that small anymore. He is now nine years old. He is growing faster day by day. He is no longer a little cub who will be completely blocked by the table when he sits down.

 “Bad brother-in-law!” He snorted and got into the carriage in a very disgusting manner.

  Xiao Heng: I don’t feel cute as soon as I open my mouth. I don’t know who I learned this from.

Xiao Jingkong has long been the dominant figure in the Imperial College. He is cold and handsome, but he is always so childish in front of Gu Jiao and Xiao Heng.

The carriage did not go through Chang'an Avenue, but went in the direction of Xuanwu Street.

"What are you going to do?" Xiao Jingkong had a good sense of direction, especially since the Imperial College was on Xuanwu Street. He was not very familiar with this area. He could tell if the carriage was going the right way with his eyes closed.

"This is not the way back to the princess's mansion." He glanced at the bad brother-in-law suspiciously, "You couldn't be more likely to drag me out in the middle of the night and sell me, right?"

Xiao Heng looked at him angrily and amusedly: "Yes, I just want to sell you to save you from raising my rent in the future."

Xiao Jingkong crossed his arms, raised his chin and hummed: "What are you talking about? You haven't paid the rent for this year! It's been four months!"

Xiao Heng dusted his wide sleeves and said calmly: "Didn't you pay off the debt?"

Xiao Jingkong's eyes flashed: "What kind of debt should I pay?"

　　　“I was booked once by the Imperial College for fighting birds, and I called the parents, so I went.”

“I collected protection fees and was booked twice by the Imperial College. I called my parents and went.”

“I cheated on exams and was penalized three times by the Imperial College, but I was the one who went there.”

Speaking of this, Xiao Heng glanced at a certain little guy and said: "We agreed that I will hide it from Jiaojiao for five hundred taels at a time. In total, you still owe me three hundred taels."

Xiao Jingqi’s flames plummeted, and he said bluffingly: "You, you, you have changed! You will never be bribed by me before!"

Xiao Heng would not let him lead the way: "So you mean that I have to carry you around for nothing? Okay, I will tell Jiaojiao to go later."

 Xiao Jingkong exploded: "No!"

The big one and the small one were bickering, and the carriage suddenly stopped.

 “Little Marquis, young master, here we are.” said the coachman.

Xiao Heng stood up: "Get off the car."

 Xiao Jingkong followed him and got out of the carriage.

 He looked around and said doubtfully, "Huh? It's so late, what are you doing in the Imperial College?"

 “I’ll take you to meet someone.” Xiao Heng said.

 He led the way, and Wu Jingkong followed reluctantly.

After entering the Imperial College, Xiao Heng took him directly to the attic of the masters.

At this hour, the masters had already gone off duty, and the attic was dark, with only one room seemingly lit by an oil lamp.

The two of them came to the door. The door was open, and a master was immersed in writing something. He was so focused that he didn't notice anyone coming.

 “Master Sun?” Xiao Jingkong recognized the other party.

Master Sun was once one of the teachers in the prodigy class. Later, some personnel changes were made. He no longer taught the prodigy class, and Xiaojingkong rarely saw him again.

Master Sun is a little more weathered than he was a few years ago, with a few gray hairs on his head. In fact, he is not old, he is only in his forties.

"Why did you bring me to see Master Sun?" Xiao Jingkong asked puzzledly.

Xiao Heng looked at him and said, "I don't want to bring you to see Master Sun, it's Master Sun who wants to see you."

 “Huh?” Xiao Qingkong was even more confused.

 Master Sun's eyes were sore. When he raised his hands to rub his eyes, he found Xiao Heng and Xiao Jingkong coming over. He was not too surprised, but felt relieved that they had finally arrived.

He smiled and said: "Come in."

 The two of them entered the house.

Only then did Xiao Jingkong realize that there was a large amount of paper on his desk. The paper was covered with all kinds of strange formulas. He had also studied a little and knew that these were mathematics from Jiaojiao's previous life, one of the national books of the Yan Kingdom. It contains a lot of mathematical knowledge.

 “I’m sorry for keeping Master Sun waiting for so long.” Xiao Heng said.

"It doesn't matter." Master Sun waved his hands hurriedly, "It's an honor for me to agree to come."

Who would have thought that the little **** whom he looked down on back then would rise so quickly to become the chief minister of the dynasty?

 Because of my poor eyesight, I didn't recognize him as the young marquis of Zhaodu who was buried in the sea of ​​​​fire.

However, his current achievements have little to do with his status. It is because he is truly talented and full of knowledge.

Master Sun did not go around in circles and bowed directly to the small clear space.

 This scares Xiao Qingkong.

 What's going on?

 Master, you suddenly saluted me, and I was very panicked.

After Master Sun bowed, Fang smiled and said sincerely: "The ancestry you read back then was correct. I was too arbitrary and wronged you."

 This happened when Xiao Jingkong first entered the Imperial College.

Master Sun taught an arithmetic problem to the children in the child prodigy class, which extended to the ancestral rate. The ancestral rate passed down by the ancestors can only be calculated to seven decimal places. This is recorded in the "Ten Books of Arithmetic Sutra", and Xiao Jingkong breathed a sigh of relief. Reported seventeen or eighteen decimal places.

Master Sun said that Xiao Jingkong was just talking nonsense and disrupting the class.

Xiao Jingkong questioned Master Sun for misleading his disciples, and even asked Master Sun ten arithmetic problems that Gu Jiao opened Xiaozao to teach him, successfully stumping Master Sun.

Master Sun was not convinced and gave him ten questions, and he solved half of them.

He also left some words that are so annoying that he will not pay for his life: "Is it any wonder that I can't solve the remaining questions? I am a student! I just came here to study because I don't know how to do it. I know how to do it and I still want to be a master." what?"

Master Sun was so angry that he hit him on the palm with a ruler. As a result, Xiao Qingkong ducked quickly and the other person missed him and fell down.

The whole class burst into laughter, and all the students from the other four classes came to watch. Master Sun was completely humiliated, and a grown man was so angry that he cried on the spot.

 Afterwards, Xiao Heng took Xiao Qingkong to apologize to Master Sun.

 As a student, he should not disrespect his teachers or disrupt the class.

But at the same time, Xiao Heng also made a request to Master Sun: "As for the Zu rate issue, I will work hard to verify it. If the calculation is correct, then I hope Master Sun can also apologize to Jingkong, because you have wronged him." ."

Xiao Jingkong was also moved by the bad brother-in-law at the time, but the bad brother-in-law never mentioned the matter again afterwards. He gradually stopped thinking it was a big deal and forgot about it.

Xiao Heng discovered the formula for calculating the ancestral rate in the Yan State's official document. He learned it himself and then taught it to Master Sun.

Master Sun calculated it three days ago.

 …

Coming out of the attic, it was raining outside, and big raindrops were beating on the eaves.

This rain came suddenly and no one expected it in advance.

 The coachman was waiting outside the attic with an umbrella.

There were only two umbrellas. Xiao Heng gave one to the driver and the other to Xiao Qingkong.

 The rain was heavy and fast, and small streams of water were meandering in low-lying areas.

Xiao Heng squatted down in front of Xiao Jingkong: "Come up."

 Xiao Jingkong muttered: "I can go by myself."

 “Hurry up.” Xiao Heng urged.

Xiao Qingkong slowly climbed onto the bad brother-in-law's back and opened his umbrella to cover the pouring rain.

Xiao Heng stepped into the puddle with one foot deep and the other shallow. The hem of his clothes and a pair of shoes were soaked.

The rain in late spring is ice cold, as if it carries the last bit of resistance against summer.

Xiao Jingkong lay on Xiao Heng's broad and warm back, unable to help but feel the other person's breath.

He thought about today's events again and whispered: "Why do you still remember it? Who cares about his apology?"

Xiao Heng said: "Then I ask Master Sun to take it back?"

 Little Headroom: “No!”

 Xiao Heng laughed.

“Forget it, I’ll give you rent-free this year.”

“Remember to pay back the three hundred taels you owe me.”

 “Bad brother-in-law!”

 …

At the end of this year, Xiao Jingkong is nine years old. He is a well-deserved child prodigy. There is a huge gap between him and the children in Mengxue. Xiao Heng and Lao Jijiu have to make small adjustments for him from time to time.

 He wanted to take the imperial examination.

 Xiao Heng had no objection, and Gu Jiao also agreed.

 He passed the examination and passed the Tongsheng examination smoothly.

The nine-year-old child student is quite rare. He was very happy and took the child student's documents to show off to the bad brother-in-law. As a result, he learned that the bad brother-in-law had passed the exam at the age of eight.

 His whole body is not well!

How could the bad brother-in-law be ahead of him!

 “At what age did the bad brother-in-law become a scholar?” he asked the servants in the house.

The servant said: "At the age of ten, the young Marquis could originally be a scholar after taking the boy's exam, but the princess said it was not too early, so he was detained for two years before he was allowed to take the exam, and he passed the exam right then."

 He wants to be a nine-year-old scholar! He is better than the bad brother-in-law!

 The scholar examination in the previous dynasty was conducted twice every three years. In order to select more talents, this dynasty changed it to once a year.

This year’s scholar examination happened to have not yet arrived, so Xiao Jingkong signed up with great anticipation.

 He was full of confidence in the exam, and Lao Jijiu and Xiao Heng also believed that there would be no big problem.

However, no one expected that he, who always had good luck, would have Mercury retrograde on the day of the exam.

 Xiaoba’s dog son chewed up his test papers.

—Yes, Xiaoba, the little puppy brought to the capital by Gu Yan from Zhuangzi, grew up and became a father with two puppies.

 Xiao Jingkong collapsed and cried.

　　It is not too late to pass the exam at the age of ten, and you can be on par with your bad brother-in-law.

But yes, he has Mercury retrograde again.

 He broke his hand the day before the exam.

 Although the age of eleven is one year too late, it is not too much.

This time he finally managed to enter the examination room, and after finishing the exam, the paper caught fire...

 He looked up to the sky and roared madly: "Bad brother-in-law, are you passing on your bad luck to me?!"

 At the age of twelve, he stopped taking the exam.

 The conflict between the six kingdoms broke out again, and he joined the army.

 Hand in for a guaranteed monthly ticket~Hmm~

 (End of this chapter)