Li Shi Min's Praise!
Meanwhile, in Taiji Palace.
Li Shi Min threw the memorial on the table in frustration. He frowned and rubbed his temples.
Wang De, who was carrying tea in, was about to step through the door when he saw his irritable appearance. He knew in his heart that the Emperor was still troubled by the elopement of Princess Gao Yang and the monk Bian Ji.
Ever since Princess Gao Yang disappeared, Li Shi Min was no longer in a good mood. Whether it was reading memorials or eating in court, his mood became easily enraged. Even though Princess Chang Le was marrying in her place and he said that he would demote Princess Gao Yang to a commoner, she was still his daughter, the noble princess of Tang.
Sigh.
Wang De secretly sighed and brought the tea over.
"Your Majesty, have a cup of tea and rest for a while.”
Li Shi Min's tightly knitted brows didn't relax. He took the tea and sipped it, occasionally sighing.
Wang De saw all of this. He had followed Li Shiming for most of his life, and seeing Li Shiming like this, he felt bad.
After thinking for a while, as if he suddenly remembered something, Wang De smiled and leaned over." Your Majesty, I recently heard from a eunuch that there are many interesting things happening among the people. The one who talked the most is the new county magistrate of Chang 'an City, Fang Junfang.”
He stopped talking.
However, Li Shi Min didn't seem to be interested. After putting down the cup in his hand, he frowned again.
"Although Fang Jun's character is not bad, this one has heard that he can be considered a hedonistic son of a rich family. What deeds can he do for the common people to talk about?”
Wang De kept her in suspense.
"Actually, that's not the case. This old servant has heard that Lord Fang is talented in both poetry and painting. His wisdom is extraordinary. On his first day in office, in just one morning, he was praised by the people and spread word of mouth.”
"Oh? There's actually such a thing?" Li Shi Min was interested.
After all, a hedonistic son of a rich family could make the people spread his deeds by mouth in a single morning. It made people want to know more about him.
Li Shiming picked up his pen and flipped open the memorial again. His tightly furrowed brows relaxed a little."Tell me about it. I want to hear what extraordinary deeds this profligate young master can do for the people to spread word of mouth.”
Wang De quickly went forward to help grind the ink. As his hands moved, he said,"This old servant heard that the previous county magistrate left behind many trivial matters when he left, but those were nothing. The most praised thing was the case of paying back the debt that day.”
Li Shi Min raised his eyebrows slightly. It was obvious that he didn't believe that a debt repayment case could make the people speak so well of Fang Jun.
"It's only right and proper to pay back a debt. What case can this be?”
"Hey, Your Majesty, don't be anxious. Listen to this old servant slowly explain it to you.”
Then, Wang De continued,"I heard that's the case. A peddler borrowed ten taels of silver from a landlord to sell a fan, but the weather just happened to turn cold, and the peddler lost all his money. For three or four months, the landlord could not find the peddler. It was not until the day Lord Fang took office that the landlord happened to bump into the peddler selling the fan on the street. The two argued, but the peddler still could not pay back the money to the landlord. The landlord had no choice but to drag the peddler to court.”
Pausing for a moment, Wang De bowed slightly."Your Majesty, this old servant is audacious. May I ask, if Your Majesty were to encounter such a situation, how would you deal with it?”
Li Shi Min stopped writing and said,"Zhen will first lend the peddler ten taels of silver to return the landlord's money, and then let the peddler earn money in the future to return the money to Zhen. How could such a simple matter be dealt with?”
"This is naturally a feasible method, but Lord Fang doesn't do it this way."”
"Oh? Then how did you deal with him?"
"This is the most legendary place in the mouths of the people. Lord Fang immediately got someone to bring over a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. The brush danced on the fan, and in a short while, a landscape painting appeared on the fan.”
"Landscape painting?" Fang Jun knows how to draw?"
"That's right!" At this point, Wang De could not help but feel a little excited."Although this old servant did not see the true appearance of the landscape painting with my own eyes, the people said that the painting was lifelike. Just looking at it made one feel as if they were in the real world.”
After a pause, Wang De added,"Lord Fang even wrote a poem after he finished writing. Many scholars prostrated themselves before this poem.”
"Ci?" Li Shi Min's interest was piqued.
This was because this song had always been composed by folk musicians with the melody, so it was not enough to enter the elegant hall.
But that Fang Jun wrote it in front of everyone in the Elegant Hall.
He could already vaguely guess how neatly the poem was written.
"Read it for me to hear. I want to see what kind of poem can make so many scholars obsessed.”
Wang De was stunned. He had only heard it from those young eunuchs, so how could he remember that poem?
He couldn't help but feel troubled. He looked at Li Shimin who was reading the memorial attentively, waiting for him to read the poem. He opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.
However, at this moment, a young eunuch who was waiting below bowed and cupped his hands. He came forward and said,"Your Majesty, I know."
Wang De quickly grabbed this little eunuch who was like a life-saving straw."Then why don't you quickly read it out to His Majesty?”
The young eunuch cupped his hands again and took out a neatly folded piece of Xuan paper from his waist and handed it over.
"Replying to Your Majesty, this one had also read for a few days before entering the palace. I also loved those literary poems, so I specially copied them and carried them with me. It's just that this one's talent is shallow, and I can read them but I don't understand the meaning.”
As he spoke, the young eunuch handed the paper to Wang De, who then handed it to Li Shimin.
Li Shiming opened the paper and carefully read it. The hall quieted down, and only the sound of breathing could be heard.
Suddenly, Li Shimin slapped the table and smiled as he took the paper.
"Wonderful! It was really wonderful! He didn't expect Fang Xuanling's son to be so talented! It seems that it is not bad for me to marry Princess Chang Le to him!”As he spoke, he even laughed out loud.
Laughter came from Taiji Palace and echoed in the palace.
Wang De also grinned.
The young eunuch was even happier than Li Shimin.
At the same time, in Fang Manor.
Fang Jun had changed out of his official uniform after returning from the county office. As soon as he entered the door, he heard the servants cleaning the courtyard softly discussing his achievements today, praising him endlessly.
When the steward saw that the young master had returned and heard what the servants had said, he hurriedly walked over to the servants, intending to call them over.
Really, Young Master had returned and was still talking about it.
However, Fang Jun raised his hand to stop the housekeeper and went straight to Fang Xuanling's study.
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