Mikago

After an unknown amount of time, Ye Zuolan slowly opened her eyes, getting used to the bright light around her.

He found himself lying on the bed with a blue curtain on his head, and the mattress under his body was much softer than the one in the Guozijian dormitory.

Like a bedroom at home?

Ye Zuolan couldn't remember how she came back here.He raised his head slightly, only to feel dizzy like dizziness, and a dull pain came from his temple.

He raised his hand to touch again, and touched a circle of cloth towels.

By the way...in the Jingyi Pavilion of the Imperial College...

He vaguely remembered some chaotic episodes, and at this moment, the door was pushed open with a creak.

Pushing the door open was a servant of Ye Mansion, holding a decoction in his hand.After he put the medicine bowl on the table, he walked to the bed and found that Ye Zuolan had woken up, so he hurried out to report.

After a while, there was a rush of footsteps in the corridor outside the door.Ye Zuolan raised her head slightly, and then saw her mother and sister with sad faces.

From his mother's mouth, Ye Zuolan retrieved those lost memories - in front of the Jingyi Pavilion that day, he threw Zhang Cheng, a medical worker who wanted to escape, to the ground, but because of this, he knocked on the steps and suffered a hole in his head.It was Tang Ruilang who carried him to the ward to stop the bleeding and stop the injury from worsening.

After that, Ye Zuolan was sent home again, where she fell into a coma for a day and a night, and did not wake up until just now.

"It's okay, you're fine."

The mother hugged Ye Zuolan in her arms, caressing the white cloth on his forehead in distress.

Ye Zuolan didn't feel wronged or sad at first, but now she aroused a child's temper.He rubbed against his mother's arms a few times, looked past his sister standing by the bed, and saw his father standing far away in the corner.

Even if he didn't say it clearly, his father still cared about him silently after all.

Thinking of this, Ye Zuolan took the initiative to call out: "Daddy."

Ye Kaiquan responded, and finally walked to the bedside, reaching out to pat his wife's shoulder.

"I have something to say to Zuolan, you take Yueshan out first."

Mother and Yueshan left as promised, leaving only father and son in the room.Ye Zuolan wanted to lean up and get up, but her father pushed her back and continued to lie down.

"Don't move, just listen to me."

The father and son were silent for a while, but Ye Kaiquan asked, "Does your leg still hurt?"

Ye Zuolan shook her head: "It's almost better."

Ye Kaiquan couldn't help but lectured again: "Since I hit you with thirty sticks that day, you have never returned home. Your mother has always missed you. This time I heard that something happened to you, it is even more Scared out of my wits. You can hate me if you want, but you can't torture her like this."

"I know I'm wrong." Ye Zuolan lowered her eyes: "I don't blame my father, and I shouldn't make my mother worry."

Ye Kaiquan nodded, then bent down, and sat on the edge of the bed beside Ye Zuolan.

"Father wants to tell you some... old things. Are you willing to listen?"

Ye Zuolan nodded.

Ye Kaiquan pondered for a while: "The year you were born... two great things happened to our family. One is that your mother gave birth to you. The other is that you got a good name for your father."

"Jinshi Erjia No. 20 and six." Ye Zuolan recited the number that had already heard his ears callous.

"Not bad. Do you still remember the number of people in the palace examination that year?"

"Three thousand nine hundred and six people."

"Where are the candidates who passed the palace examination?"

"There are only 150 seven people."

Ye Kaiquan nodded, very satisfied with Ye Zuolan's answer.

"That's right... There were 150 seven people who passed the palace examination that year. Among them, those who stayed in Beijing for three years to be selected were six to seven out of ten; those who were immediately activated were less than 50. At that time, Weifu was activated by the court as the capital city Cheng, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he is proud of the spring breeze..."

Having said that, a smile appeared on his face.

"When you first enter the official career, you are always full of ambitions and assumptions. As a father at that time, I... wished I could stay in the capital prison all day long; I even took you with me, and received the influence of the imperial court from an early age. .”

Ye Zuolan asked curiously, "Have you ever entered the imperial city?"

"I did, but you don't remember it."

Speaking of this, the softness on Ye Kaiquan's face gradually dimmed.

"In the entire ten years since then, young talents have continued to enter official positions, and Jinshi during the same period has frequently moved to the right... I am the only one, guarding the sixth-rank official rank and the small capital prison, standing still. Slowly Suddenly, I went from full of joy to anxiety, sometimes ashamed, sometimes cynical..."

Having said this, he paused.

"Tell me, is your father's talent and learning really inferior to that of your Uncle Fu Zhenghuai?"

Ye Zuolan was not familiar with Fu Zhenghuai, but he still shook his head decisively: "In my child's mind, Daddy is always the best."

"...You have also learned how to flatter."

Ye Kaiquan smiled bitterly because of his son's answer, and reached out to pinch his cheek.

"Actually, what you said that day was not unreasonable. I have always measured your actions by the teachings of sages, but this is no longer an era in which sages live. The legendary unicorn was only born in a peaceful and prosperous age, but people with ambition But I can’t choose the time of my birth. Hard stones may be able to withstand the temporary erosion of running water, but weak fallen leaves can only flow down the current... As for being a father, I should not forget my own heart, even when you make it When I was reminded, I became angry from embarrassment."

These words from the heart had obviously been stored in Ye Kaiquan's heart for a long time, perhaps starting from the day Ye Zuolan was beaten.

In Ye Zuolan's memory, her father had never had such a sincere communication with her.It is obviously impossible to say that it is not a surprise.However, what moved Ye Zuolan more than the accident was that her father gave her the feeling of being respected for the first time.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that he had grown up.

The father and son were relatively silent for a while, Ye Zuolan took a deep breath, and looked up at Ye Kaiquan.

"Mr. Hong said that Guozijian is a place for academic study and self-cultivation. But there are far more things to learn than what can be found in books. Although the child has been in Taixue for half a year, he has indeed learned something. He can also understand his father's difficulties. ..."

Having said that, he took another deep breath.

"Actually, I have one more thing to confess...that beautiful cricket cage, Swiss Franc didn't accept it. He asked for another gift."

Ye Kaiquan seemed to have guessed this, and only asked, "Then what did he want?"

Ye Zuolan opened her mouth to answer, but was startled again, and changed her words: "I want a rhinoceros pen that Daddy bought for me before."

Ye Kaiquan didn't ask any more questions, but reached out to help him tuck the corner of the quilt.

"You should have a good rest. Just now someone in the Tang residence sent a message that his young master will visit you in the afternoon. You can chat, but you don't need to please, your father and I won't rely on you to make a fortune."

Just after noon, Tang Ruilang really came to visit.

Today is a ten-day holiday, and Tang Ruilang came directly from the Tang residence.Therefore, he did not wear the regular uniform of Guozixue in plain clothes and Qingjin.

At this moment, he is wearing a white brocade robe with a round collar, embroidered with dark Ganoderma lucidum patterns all over with silver thread; a gold belt of pearls is tied around his waist, and he wears a variety of white jade and purple rings and rhinoceros rings; his long hair is tied up on his head, and he wears an inlay The ruby ​​lotus petal golden crown...the gestures of the hands and feet are extraordinarily noble, as if the prince is here.

Ye Zuolan was stunned for a moment, but when she came back to her senses, Tang Ruilang had already sat by the bed, reaching out and gently stroking the wound on his forehead.

"You bled so much the day before yesterday, and the doctor at the ward said that you might leave a scar."

Although separated by a layer of cloth towel, Ye Zuolan still felt faintly hot where Tang Ruilang touched.

"If you leave a scar, you will leave a scar..." He deliberately shook it slightly to avoid Tang Ruilang's fingers, "It's not a little girl's house, so what does it matter?"

"Why doesn't it matter? Even if you don't care, I still feel bad."

Tang Ruilang's hand caressing the wound began to slide down, along Ye Zuolan's smooth cheek, and lifted his chin.

Although Tang Ruilang didn't know what Tang Ruilang's intention was, the moment her chin was lifted, Ye Zuolan suddenly felt her heart beat faster, and the strength in her body seemed to be taken away, so she could only limply lean to one side.

And Tang Ruilang seemed to have expected this a long time ago, with his arms relaxed, he took Ye Zuolan into his arms.

"At that time, I really thought you were going to die."

These words rushed into Ye Zuolan's ears like a gust of hot air.Suddenly, the whole head became hot with a "boom".

He felt astonishingly hot on his cheeks, and his vision began to blur. The only thing he could see clearly was Tang Ruilang's face, which was constantly enlarged in his sight, getting closer than any previous contact.

Soon, Ye Zuolan felt Tang Ruilang's breath, like a feather, gently touching her lips.

It was so itchy, he couldn't help shivering, and suddenly wanted to back away.

However, it was too late to be afraid at this time, because Tang Ruilang had already bent down and engulfed his lips.

Ye Zuolan's eyes widened, but her mind was blank.All consciousness seemed to shrink into a single point, concentrated on his own lips.

This is not what friends should do.

However, Tang Ruilang took his hand and Tang Ruilang put his arm around his shoulder.

They also used to lie on the same couch and sleep on their feet.

Ye Zuolan never did any of these things with anyone else.

It seems that only Tang Ruilang can be an exception...

Only Tang Ruilang.

At this moment, light footsteps came from outside the door.