vrcanaries Chapter 483: 1 Day Imperial Teacher
Chapter 483: 1 Day Imperial Teacher
Bailu Academy received a special letter with the words "Mo Shen's personal letter" written on the envelope.
——It was delivered directly to the headmaster Mo Qing by a man who had ordinary appearance and dress but strong physical skills.
After asking who sent the visitor, Mo Qing went to the thatched cottage with the letter.
After coming out, he silently followed the messenger to the carriage that had been waiting at the entrance of the academy without even packing his luggage.
When I met Master Ouyang on the way, I couldn't avoid being pestered with questions.
"Principal, you haven't been out of the academy for some years. Where are you going?"
Master Ouyang stared at the unfamiliar face standing on either side of Mo Qing and asked with some caution and curiosity.
Mo Qing's face, which looked like a fairy, had a subtle expression. A hint of anxiety flashed across his eyes, and he sighed:
"Among the Bailu students who passed the exam this year, someone got into trouble and I need to clean up the mess."
When Master Ouyang heard this, he immediately got furious and his eyes widened.
"So what if you got into trouble? Everyone has their own destiny. Why do you have to travel thousands of miles to get there? This is against the rules of the academy!"
Mo Qing was waiting for Master Ouyang to say this. He looked at the messenger beside him and said in a clear and elegant voice:
"You heard it all. This is against the rules of the White Deer Academy. Go back and explain it to your mistress. She won't blame you."
"As for whether Sun Qingyuan and the others can be safe, it all depends on their own luck!"
"Sun Qingyuan?!" Master Ouyang's ears twitched, "What could happen to him?"
"Well...it is said to be related to cheating in the imperial examination." Mo Qing replied truthfully.
"Let him go... Nonsense! I can't guarantee that Sun Qingyuan will never get involved in such a thing!"
"Headmaster, what are you still hesitating about? Hurry up and get going!"
"Are we going to watch our Bailu students bear this stigma, ruining their future and putting their lives at risk?"
Mo Qing: “…”
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Cheating in the imperial examination has always been a major event that is intolerable to the people of the world.
There had been a scandal of cheating in the imperial examinations in the previous dynasty, which accelerated the process of collapse and destruction of this shaky dynasty.
The Western Frontier people's plot to cause the Shuchang Pavilion to collapse can be characterized as an external conflict.
Cheating in the imperial examinations is a problem that urgently needs to be solved within Daliang. It must be investigated thoroughly and no one will be left out.
Just as the investigation was going on vigorously, Mo Qing, who had been traveling at full speed, finally arrived in Kyoto.
After washing and bathing, Mo Qing finally returned to his original hermit appearance.
He handed a waist badge to the palace. It was a wooden badge with the words "Imperial Teacher" written on it.
Not long after, the gates of each palace and the imperial city were opened one after another, and Emperor Tianqi came out personally to welcome the headmaster of Bailu Academy into the palace.
The news spread slowly in the court and Kyoto, causing a huge uproar!
Mo Qing, the headmaster of Bailu Academy, is the only disciple of the great scholar Mo Shen, and is also the "one-day imperial tutor" of Emperor Huizong of our dynasty!
After Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, he also issued an edict to summon the great Confucian scholar Mo Shen, who had been invited three times by Emperor Taizu but had refused to come, to return to the capital, but he still did not get his wish.
After Huizong ascended the throne, he issued a similar imperial decree as usual, but still failed to invite Mo Shen.
However, Mo Shen finally sent his apprentice Mo Qing to Kyoto to meet Huizong on his behalf.
According to legend, Huizong talked with Mo Qing in the imperial study for a day. Huizong wanted to keep Mo Qing in Beijing, but was politely declined, so he never mentioned the matter again.
——He just smiled and said, "I have gained a lot from your teachings today, and I already regard you as the emperor's teacher."
Therefore, people all call Mo Qing "the one-day imperial teacher".
When Mo Qing left Beijing, Huizong gave Mo Qing a wooden sign that he had carved himself, and said, "The imperial teacher can use this token to enter and exit the palace at any time." This was the sign that Mo Qing handed into the palace.
……
Outer city, Liu Ang’s home.
Li Shuang'er's letter written in blood caused an uproar in Kyoto, but her home was impregnable and surrounded by soldiers like an iron barrel.
There were also people who were specifically keeping an eye on the family to prevent anyone from committing suicide.
Du Kongqing took the King of Yan token given to her by Luo Xiaoran and came in smoothly and met Li Shuang'er.
After not seeing her for a few days, Li Shuang'er had lost a lot of weight. She was holding a child in one hand, while her youngest daughter was sleeping in the cradle in front of her. Her blind mother-in-law was sitting on the bed.
The moment she saw Du Kongqing, a hint of guilt clearly flashed across Li Shuang'er's eyes, but she quickly adjusted her attitude and became expressionless.
At this moment, her eldest daughter in her arms waved happily at Du Kongqing and called out in a baby voice, "Auntie Kongqing!"
The cry was like a cup of hot water that suddenly scalded Li Shuang'er's hand, causing her to inadvertently let go of her eldest daughter's arms.
The little girl was originally leaning on her mother's arms. After losing her balance, she fell to the ground involuntarily and started crying.
"Mom is bad, I want Daddy! I want Daddy!"
"Shuang'er, why is Daya crying? Come to grandma, I'll give you some sweet-scented osmanthus candy."
When the blind old lady heard Daya's cry, she rubbed her hands, like dry tree bark, forward, and seemed to be getting up from the bed.
As they walked, she comforted Daya: "Your father has gone out to do some work. It will take some time for him to come back. Don't cry, don't cry. Grandma's heart will break if she hears that."
The old lady firmly believed that "a humble name makes it easier to raise a child", so she gave her eldest granddaughter a nickname commonly used by country girls. This was not to show that she favored boys over girls, but rather to inject a bit of her own kindness into her name.
The young child didn't know that his father had passed away, the blind woman didn't know that her son had died suddenly, and Li Shuang'er kept the whole family in the dark and did something alone that stirred up a lot of trouble.
Du Kongqing first helped the old lady sit on the bed, then he took out a bag of cakes from the cloth bag he carried with him and stuffed it into Daya's hand.
"Don't cry, Daya. Aunt Kongqing brought your favorite lotus cakes. Can you share them with your brother and grandma?"
"Aunt Kongqing has something to tell your mother."
Daya was at the age when she was greedy for food. When she saw the delicious food, she immediately stopped crying. She held the lotus cake in one hand and took her brother's hand with the other to go find her grandmother.
Since Li Shuang'er had painstakingly kept the secret a secret from her family for so long, and even the four people in the house who were monitoring their entire family had made up excuses to deceive their children and mother-in-law, she naturally would not have a "secret" with Du Kongqing here.
The two went to the farthest kitchen, and what caught their eyes was a messy stove. There was only half a tank of dirty water left in the water tank, and the cabbages and radishes in the vegetable basket were wilting due to lack of water.
"boom!"
As soon as she entered the door, Li Shuang'er knelt down in front of Du Kongqing and kowtowed heavily.
"Doctor Du, no matter what you ask me today, I won't tell you!"
Du Kongqing dodged her gift by moving sideways, "I'm not the one you're sorry to, so you don't need to... kneel down and confess to me!"
Li Shuang'er's whole body trembled, and her head, which had not yet been raised, slammed wildly against the ground again, whimpering hoarsely in her throat, like a female beast trapped in despair.