The evening drums resounded throughout the capital, and the music and singing in the thousands of streets and hundreds of cemeteries were like tides, and the lights were brilliant.

Zuo Lingquan bid farewell to Tang Jingyan and drove his horse back to the south bank of Wende Bridge. The sky was completely dark.

The Zuo family in Qinghe County has accumulated several generations. Not to mention anything else, the family's wealth is very rich. Zuo Hanchou's mansion is also a rare luxury house in Wende Bridge. There are two stone lions at the door, and the red lanterns hanging on the eaves at the end of the year have not been removed at this time.

Zuo Lingquan handed the horse to the servants, entered the gate and walked around the screen wall. He wanted to go back to his room directly, but when he looked up, he saw someone under the eaves outside the main hall.

To be precise, it's hanging on the individual.

When he looked up and saw this scene, Zuo Lingquan was really shocked. He thought that someone was hanging himself at Uncle San’s house. After looking carefully, he found something was wrong.

There were lights in the main hall, and two servants stood in the veranda beside them. Under the eaves outside the main hall, a hemp rope passed through the beam. Below the hemp rope was a noble man tied up, hanging in the air, shaking desperately.

Judging from his usual appearance, it seems that this is not the first time he has been hung like this, and there is a chicken feather blanket beside the wall.

??

Zuo Lingquan knew some of his third uncle Zuo Hanchou. Among the three sons, the eldest and the third son were down-to-earth and studied outside, but the second son Zuo Yunting was useless. He searched for fun and lingered all day long, and his reputation was passed back to his hometown Qinghe County.

When the Zuo family taught their younger generations, they said:

"Learn to learn more about your Brother Ling Quan, but don't be like Yunting in Uncle San's house. You can't eat or do anything."

The noble young man who was hung up and beaten in front of him seemed to be no one else except Zuo Yunting.

Zuo Yunting is older than Zuo Lingquan and is ranked fifth in the entire Zuo family, so Zuo Lingquan has to call him the fifth brother.

Facing his brother, Zuo Lingquan naturally couldn't show a mocking look, walked slowly to the front, raised his hand and bowed:

"Fifth Brother?"

Under the eaves, Zuo Yunting, who was hanging in the air, saw Zuo Lingquan coming over. Although it was his first meeting, he still recognized this beautiful cousin at a glance.

Zuo Yunting was tied up by five flowers and could not come down to greet him. He could only smile with his brother Ci Mu and greeted:

"Lingquan, you're back."

Not to mention, although he was hung up, his expression was upright and not arrogant or impatient, and he really had a gentle and elegant style of a young man from aristocratic family.

Zuo Lingquan was not embarrassed by the other party either. He stood below and asked:

"Brother Fifth is this?"

Zuo Yunting looked down at the rope on his body, brewed for a moment, and smiled calmly:

"I recently read ancient books and learned a unique skill. I am practicing. I have never seen it before."

I definitely haven't seen it before...

Zuo Lingquan blinked and looked like he suddenly realized:

"So that's it. I'm ignorant. Well... how long will it take to practice? Do I need to make my fifth brother..."

"Need not!"

Zuo Yunting looked serious: "It's not time to come, and it's a rash to finish the work, which may hurt your muscles. You have to choose a prince consort tomorrow, so go down and rest first. When the time comes, I will come down myself."

"Fifth brother is sure he can get down?"

“…”

"Oh, it's me who said too much, well... Then Ling Quan said goodbye first, good night."

Zuo Lingquan didn't know why his fifth brother was hung up and beaten. In order to take care of his fifth brother's face, he raised his hand and said goodbye with tactfulness.

Although Zuo Yunting didn't know why he was hung up and beaten, seeing that his cousin was so understanding and knew how to take care of his cousin's face, his heart couldn't help but feel a little warm...

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The wind is gone and the lights are gone, and it is early morning without realizing it.

The tips of green bamboo leaves outside the window are hung with morning dew, reflecting the bright dawn in the distance.

In the elegantly decorated wing room, Zuo Lingquan was still sleeping, and suddenly there were dense steps in the corridor. Then the door opened, and more than a dozen beautiful and charming young maids entered one after another.

"Seventh Young Master~"

"Garment and washing..."

Zuo Lingquan suddenly woke up, sat up from the bed, and covered the uncontrollable youthful aura under his abdomen with a thin quilt.

The maids had laughter in their eyes and did not give Zuo Lingquan the chance to chase people. They ran to the front and combed their hair and dressed.

Zuo Lingquan doesn't like to serve others, but these little girls are too enthusiastic. After rejecting them a few times without success, they can only let the mermaid meat.

The eldest princess chose the princess, so the candidates could not dress up casually. A group of maids struggled for nearly half an hour and did not stop until dawn.

Zuo Lingquan walked out of the room and had become a gentle young man wearing a snow-white robe and long cloud-patterned boots, making the little maid who was already drooling in her eyes straight.

When choosing a prince consort at Qiyuntai, the princess naturally had to be present. Without the princess, the court could not hold a court meeting. Fortunately, the court gave all civil and military officials a day off.

At this time, in the Zuofu house, the third uncle, the third aunt, and the fifth brother Zuo Yunting were having breakfast.

After Zuo Lingquan went over and had breakfast together, he got on the carriage with Zuo Hanchou and headed to Qiyuntai on the east side of the imperial city.

Qiyuntai is a manor located on the side of the imperial city. The carriage is walking on the bustling street. After about half an hour, we arrived nearby.

In the thirty-six counties under the Dadan Dynasty, all the counties sent their sons from aristocratic families to come. At this time, there were many officials watching the fun at the windows of teahouses and restaurants on the street.

Zuo Hanchong instructed him all the way, and when the carriage stopped, he was out of the carriage. Zuo Lingquan followed him, and had not yet reached the entrance of Qiyuntai, suddenly there was a burst of exclamation:

"Wow! Look..."

Zuo Lingquan heard the sound of the wind breaking and subconsciously looked at the top of the house on the street, but saw a young man wearing a scholar's robe galloping towards him holding a black sheathed sword. His clothes moved with the wind and his long hair fluttered. He only had a few ups and downs to come to the wide and long street. His sturdy and unspeakable elegance caused countless cheers on the street.

Seeing this scene, Zuo Hanchou snorted, "Go to do some tricks to start with. The scholar should be Li Cang from Jintang County, and he is a distant relative of Li Xiang of the dynasty. Your biggest opponent this time is probably him. Be careful and don't be suppressed in front of outsiders."

Zuo Lingquan looked at the young scholars with greasy heads and pink faces, just like looking at children, and didn't take it seriously at all. Just as he was about to nod, he suddenly noticed someone staring at him in the distance.

Zuo Lingquan quickly turned his head and looked at the tall buildings inside Qiyuntai, but the figures on the tall buildings were back and forth, but they did not see anyone looking at him.

Zuo Lingquan frowned and noticed that it was a bit strange, but there were many people here, so it was normal for him to have illusions. He didn't take it seriously and entered the door with Zuo Hanchou...

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The morning light is just dew, and the fog in Yuntai Manor is still falling from the sky. From the high building, it looks like a sea of ​​clouds.

Qiyuntai is the place where the royal family plays polo. There are stands around and courts in the middle. Various facilities have been built; there are many dignitaries and nobles in the stands, and many princes and nobles have already sat on the stage.

On the top floor of the three-story building in the middle, there is a terrace outside, with bead curtains and seats on it. The eunuch and palace maid stood beside the fence and bent and waited.

In the private room where the emperors and concubines are resting inside the high-rise building, Princess Longli Jiang Yi, wearing a big red palace group, stood at the window with cold eyes, and just closed the window.

The palace maid Leng Zhu sat next to her and sorted out the list of "Show Man". Seeing His Royal Highness bit her lower lip and thought about her mistakes, she spoke curiously:

"Princess, why did you close the window? Everyone is here?"

Jiang Yi's chest was undulating, and she took a few deep breaths before suppressing the memory that she couldn't look back the night before. She sat down on the soft collapse and asked:

"Have you arranged everything you asked you to arrange?"

"I'm ready for the princess. Today I'll choose the princess, test riding and shooting, and martial arts. I can't fake martial arts, so I'm good at riding and shooting. The princess will wait and see the joke later."

Jiang Yi nodded at first, but after thinking about it, she felt that it was very despicable and inappropriate for the people behind her.

But when Zuo Lingquan was in Linhefang, he used his secret moves twice to win, and even pressed her to spank, the only guilt disappeared.

Who made you unkind first? This is what you asked for...

Jiang Yi thought so, after treating everyone almost all, she got up and walked out of the private room, came to the bead curtain on the terrace and sat down.

Leng Zhu didn't know Zuo Lingquan, but through her name, she knew that she was the nephew of the minister Zuo Hanchou. She swept around the surrounding stands and found a handsome young man dressed like snow next to Zuo Hanchou.

Zuo Lingquan has been practicing martial arts since childhood. He has a slender figure and is well-proportioned. He wears an elegant robe but does not look weak at all. Even if he does not make any moves, his spirit in his bones is still fully displayed. Compared with the scholars and officials beside him, he looks like a crane stands out.

Leng Zhu's eyes lit up. Seeing that the princess was also looking over there, her expression seemed to be a resentful woman in the deep boudoir who was deceived by her lover, she asked carefully:

"Princess, that handsome young man in white robe is Zuo Lingquan."

Jiang Yi'er pinched the hem of her skirt with a grudge in her eyes. When she heard this, her face darkened:

"What kind of handsome? The golden jade is so weak that it is not a gentleman's style, and it is useless to be like this."

“…”

Leng Zhu blinked, feeling that she was half scolding and half praising her words, but the princess still admitted that she looked good...

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"It's February, and all the trees are in spring. Today, the emperor set up a seat and invites you all to come to the Yuntai..."

As the people arrived one after another, on the terrace of the high-rise building, the elderly eunuch spoke loudly, chanting the opening words.

The so-called "Pin Consort" is different from the top scorer in the exam. To put it bluntly, the princess is sitting on the stage, looking for among the many young men in the audience, choosing whoever they like, and various competitions are nothing more than giving the young men present a chance to show themselves.

Zuo Lingquan sat beside Uncle San, and his mind was always on the matter of becoming a disciple of Qihuang Valley. Occasionally he would look at the terrace of the tall buildings in the distance, but the eldest princess' seat was blocked by bead curtains, so she could only see a blurry outline. After glanced at it, she stopped looking.

After the old eunuch on the terrace finished talking, all competitions officially began, the first one was equestrian.

The young master of aristocratic family, the six arts of gentlemen are compulsory courses. The riding in "Caring and Shooting" was originally a test for driving a chariot, but with the rise of cavalry, the chariot was eliminated, and now they have changed to riding a horse.

The test of horse racing on the quality of horses is better than the rider's skills, so it is impossible to compete in horses. Qiyuntai is originally a polo field. Today, it is a entertainment event that both the princes and nobles of the Great Dan Dynasty like to play polo. It just so happens that the eldest princes and princes also like to play this.

Polo, also known as "Kaju", was originally nearly 100 people from two teams, and men and women competed with each other on the same stage. However, the choice of the prince consort was destined to have only one winner, so the rules were changed. Forty people played at the same time to compete for a polo. Someone grabbed the ball and threw another one, and the one who hit the ball with more balls won.
To be continued...