I was Idle and Cool Chapter 78: The Ambition of the Concubine

"...Yes."

There is a strange pause in the voice.

Xue Tingzhi pinched the flower note and looked up at her. Something flashed in his dark eyes, but he finally stepped forward and handed out the flower note with both hands.

A thin sheet, sprinkled with gold, has a soft and warm luster against the light coming in from the window.

Lu Jinxi had already reached out to take it, but she didn't care much.

After all, this flower note was put there to test Xue Tingzhi, and now that the test is over, she casually pressed the flower note on the table, waved her hand to signal him to go back and sit down, and said with a smile, "Brother Chi I went to the Grand Master's Mansion and will be back in a while. It's you who came a little early today. Is there something wrong?"

Actually, it can be seen from a while ago that although Xue Tingzhi will come to greet him, he will not arrive too much earlier or later than others.

After all, he was born from a concubine, or he was born by an orchid of an alien bloodline before his mother entered the door, and his identity was a bit embarrassing. In this way, coming too early appears to be too attentive; coming too late, too indifference.

So Xue Tingzhi has always been in good control when it comes to greetings.

Today is so abnormal, and I came early. Lu Jinxi knew after a guess that he should have something to tell himself, that's why he asked this.

Xue Tingzhi heard this, but was secretly shocked by the keenness of this "mother".

He did come with something in mind.

It can even be said that this matter has been lingering in his heart for a long time. It's just that he doesn't know whether Lu Jinxi agrees or not.

In the lower position, he is sitting upright, and his sitting posture is too upright, making him seem a little restrained and uneasy.

A pair of eyes also seemed to hide uncertainty.

"Tingzhi today, there is indeed something I want to ask my mother-in-law, and I want to ask her for her approval."

"Oh?"

Lu Jinxi had said before that if there was anything missing, he would tell him to the steward. Now that I have to find myself, it is not so simple to think about it.

She was a little curious: "Tell me about it."

"Yes."

Xue Tingzhi replied, looking calm on the face, but his heart was already tense, and he thought about it in his mind before speaking.

"Tingzhi is now seventeen years old, and he has read the "Four Books and Five Classics" since he was a child. Yesterday, I followed you to the Yuewei Museum, only to hear people say that this year is the year of the examination, the world's All the sons and daughters gathered in the capital to get the title.”

Famous?

While listening, Lu Jinxi fiddled with his fingers on his knees. Hearing these two words, his eyelids twitched and he raised his head to look at him.

"Could it be that Tingzhi also intends to get involved in the imperial examination?"

The words themselves were very obvious, Xue Tingzhi didn't hide it, just nodded slowly under her gaze.

"The mother also knows that although Tingzhi was born in the Xue family's general gate, he was born with a disability and was unable to learn martial arts. However, he was still quite interested in studying."

"I only hope that one day, I can pass the imperial examination. I don't want to get ahead, but I want to find a way to make a living for myself. A seven-foot man can never achieve anything."

"I just don't know, what is your mother's intention?"

It's true that I have a disability, and it's true that I can't practice martial arts...

But Lu Jinxi was still a little surprised that Xue Tingzhi wanted to take the imperial examination. Because, after she came, although she changed her attitude towards this concubine, she didn't really think about the future for him.

Even if he is afraid, he can only imagine that "if he is not honest one day, he will be separated with a marriage".

But I didn't think about it, people have to have a way to make a living.

Like Xue Tingzhi, his appearance is first-class, and his talents are good. He is not an ordinary person. How can he be willing to live a mediocre life?

But besides that, what surprised her even more was...

As her thoughts turned, she somehow became silent. He only picked up the tea cup that had just been served next to him and took a sip slowly.

The room was silent for a while.

No one spoke, but Xue Tingzhi felt that his heart, in such silence, slowly hung up. He felt that this short silence was painful and long.

"Clap."

The fingers, which are as thin as shaving onion roots, lightly loosened, and the tea lid fell back, making a subtle sound.

Lu Jinxi put down the tea cup, looked at him with a calm and unwavering gaze, and finally broke the silence that he had created.

"If you have this ambition, I have no reason to stop it."

"Although I don't know your talent very well, I think that what the general has taught himself is much higher than ordinary people."

"It's just that there are laws in this dynasty..."

At this point, I suddenly don't know why, some can't go on.

Lu Jinxi clearly saw that Xue Tingzhi lowered his head slightly and closed his eyes. He didn't seem to have any mood swings, but the hands on his knees were slowly clenching.

Obviously, she didn't finish her words, but Xue Tingzhi understood.

According to the law of the imperial court, persons with disabilities are not allowed to enter office.

Just as some scholars can come out on top in the palace exam by virtue of their good handwriting, so in the officialdom, appearance is like a good handwriting in the palace exam, which is very important.

Even the disabled prince of the Tian family has no chance of inheriting the throne, let alone a scholar who wants to become an official?

Xue Tingzhi's leg and foot disease is not good for a day, it can be said that he is not able to get a career for a day.

Such regulations are naturally unfair.

But where in the world can one find absolute justice? Even in the modern age where Lu Jinxi lives, it may not be possible, let alone today.

Xue Tingzhi himself is familiar with poetry and books, so he shouldn't have known this, but now that he mentions it, this is the second point that Lu Jinxi was surprised at earlier.

Although she wasn't very happy with the boy, she always had a bit of pity.

Seeing that he understood his words, he didn't say a word, and finally sighed: "You should know what I'm talking about?"

"Ting Zhi knows."

Even before he came, he had already made plans and preparations in his heart, and he had warned himself countless times in his heart, thinking that he could remain calm at this moment.

But he underestimated...

I underestimated the long-suppressed injustice in my heart, underestimated the blood-colored shadow left by the palace change thirteen years ago, and underestimated my restless, urgent and restless ambition!

Also underestimated...

That little bit that runs in the blood and buried deep in the memory—hate!

The thick and slender eyelashes hang down like two fans.

At this moment, the turbulent emotions in the eyes were shrouded in the shadows they left, making it impossible to see clearly.

Only a few deep strands of hostility lingered.

Xue Tingzhi closed his eyes, as if he had made a certain determination, then slowly got up, lifted the hem of his robe with both hands, and knelt directly in front of Lu Jinxi!

"The court ruled that people with disabilities were not allowed to join the official post. However, the father's merits were outstanding, and the eldest mother had the support of Princess Yongning, and the legal principles were nothing more than human feelings. The court is here today, and I want to invite the aunt, and the details... "

The previous words were well said, but at the end, the sentence that had been circling in my heart for many times was stuck, and I couldn't say it.

His hands were pressed against the scarlet blanket on the ground, and his slender fingers were already clasped together unconsciously.

He didn't tremble, but Lu Jinxi could see his trembling.

The trembling of humiliation...

For a teenager who has not yet reached the crown, for one thing, kneeling down and begging for someone, and begging for his mother, a woman who indirectly led to the death of his biological mother, what kind of humiliation?

The so-called "man can bend and stretch", put it simply, how many people can do it?

You can imagine how much determination and pressure Xue Ting was under to make such a move.

You can also imagine how much he longs for a bright future...

Lu Jinxi should have given birth to a little bit of unbearable.

Just like her previous appreciation for his talent and bearing, and compassion for his illness and forbearance. But at this moment, she looked at his fingers that were curled together due to excessive force, and the slight warmth in her eyes slowly faded away.

At this moment, there seems to be a kind of aloof indifference.

For Xue Tingzhi, her likes and dislikes have always been divided into half.

It is true that Xue Kuang has made outstanding achievements, and it is true that Princess Yongning has a lot of support for her behind her back. However, how can it be an easy thing to open the first of the court regulations?

Lu Jinxi is not an idealist who has never experienced anything.

On the contrary, she has experienced too much "reality". For the sake of projects and relationships, when she pretends to be a grandson with a smiley face at the wine table, I don't know how much.

Self-esteem?

She has it too.

But she's too smart, and she's had too many somersaults. Throw this thing when it's time to throw it...

Xue Tingzhi is still too tender.

She just looked at him like that, as if she could penetrate his body and see the still trembling heart hidden inside.

"Oh..."

With such a low laugh, he leaned forward, stretched out his slender fingers, and gently pinched his jaw, making him raise his head.

An angular face, unbelievably handsome, pale skin, and a morbid fragility. Especially those thick drooping eyelashes, a pair of narrow peach eyes. How can we keep people from feeling pity?

Just...

"Do you know that asking for help, you should have the attitude of asking for help?"

A soft sound like water.

Even, because of that seemingly non-existent smile, it gives people a slightly sweet illusion.

But the fingers touching his lower jaw were cold...

At this moment, Xue Tingzhi's entire brain was almost blank.

His head followed her hand and lifted it up, so it slammed into her deep eyes.

Displeased, disapproved.

And there's that slightly hidden, slightly down-looking mockery.

It seems that with just one glance, he has seen through his whole person, and even has an insight into the fragile self-esteem in his heart at this moment.

He couldn't forget this moment until many, many years later.

Even though at that time, he had already got what he wanted and was worth ninety-five. He could look down at her and kneel at his feet like today's Lu Jinxi, but this moment is still deeply in his memory——

Remember her at this moment, remember her posture, and remember her eyes...

But at this moment, he was only the concubine of the Orchid in the General's House. Not only did he have the so-called alien blood, but he was even disabled.

And this woman with a smile on the corner of her mouth is the person he trusts and looks up to.

Her decisions will dictate his fate.

Xue Tingzhi stared at her for a long time, a face that was so close at hand, so it looked more and more perfect and flawless.

But his heart has never been so cold, and the blood flowing through his body seems to be frozen.

If you ask for help, you should have the attitude of asking for help.

The light in his eyes flickered violently, and his blue and white lips trembled, but he finally understood.

The straight back was slowly bent, and the forehead was placed on the blanket with the faint scent of sandalwood, and he kowtowed deeply.

"...Also ask my aunt to mediate for the court."