Before noon the next day, a roaring roar came from Wenzhao Pavilion, and the imperial guards patrolling outside the palace looked at each other in shock.
"What? What triumphed?"
"Why do you care so much? That's the Wenzhao Pavilion of His Highness the Eighth Prince."
They were talking in low voices, but the group of guards turned a deaf ear and continued patrolling on their own.
At this time, in Wenzhao Pavilion, the eighth prince Zhao Hongrun was holding a bronze token tightly in his left hand and waving his fist excitedly.
In front of him, the ten clan guards, Mu Qing, Shen Yu, Wei Jiao, Chu Heng, Gao Kuo, Zhong Zhao, Lu Mu, Zhu Gui, He Miao and Zhou Pu, also had excited faces.
After fighting with the current emperor, the Emperor of Wei, for more than twenty days, his monthly salary was deducted, and his ammunition and food supplies were exhausted. The dignified prince went around fighting the autumn wind, and spent time in Ningxiang Palace, Tingfeng Pavilion, and Gongxue. As a dignified prince, The Zongwei, whose rank was no less than that of the local county magistrates, endured the humiliation and dined with the little eunuchs who worked as handymen in the palace, just to save the little silver they had left.
However, they persisted and finally got through it!
"...My father still did not allow me to leave the palace, which is not important. Yesterday, my mother-in-law called me to Ningxiang Palace and reprimanded me, and ordered me to go with her to the concubines' palaces in a few days to apologize. This It’s not important either; we still haven’t recovered the monthly salary that the prince deserves, and we don’t have much silver left on hand. None of this is important!… What’s important is that we won! We can finally leave the palace!”
"Whoa whoa--!!"
The ten sect guards raised their arms and shouted, each of them looking very excited.
"Put on your clothes and let's leave the palace!"
"oh!"
A group of people hurriedly passed on the ordinary people's clothes requested from the inner chamberlain, took off any items on their bodies that would doubt their identity, dressed up as ordinary people, passed through the palace gate in a grand manner, and left Bianjing. palace.
The main entrance of the Bianjing Palace faces Zhengyang Street.
Zhengyang Street is the only way for courtiers to enter the palace. Ordinary people cannot set foot here casually. Therefore, there are very few pedestrians walking on the street.
The alleys and alleys on Zhengyang Street are all the residences of officials from the central government. Even the palaces of the five princes Zhao Hongrun who have left the cabinet are also here.
It is no exaggeration to say that those who can live near Zhengyang Street are either rich or noble. They are the real dignitaries and upper class of Daliang, Chendu.
Walking further south along this street, most of the nearby buildings are mainly the offices of the imperial court, such as the headquarters office of the Sixth Ministry of Menxia Province, and the twenty-four division offices affiliated to the six departments, etc. These imperial offices , divided the entire Chendu Daliang into two different social circles, Nancheng and Beicheng.
Those who live in the North City are either rich or noble, and are all dignitaries in the Chendu Daliang; while those who live in the South City are ordinary people unless they have special preferences.
Walking along Zhengyang Street to Chaoyang Heng Street, the surrounding area suddenly became lively. Looking around, there were many shops on both sides of the street. The street was almost full of hawkers and people coming and going.
"Chaoyang Street is the most lively and prosperous street in Chendu." As an old Liang native born in the capital, Shen Yu introduced this prosperous street to His Royal Highness with great interest.
Although he has rarely had the opportunity to visit this street since he was recruited by the clan as a teenager, his understanding of this street is sufficient compared to Zhao Hongrun who has never left the palace. Become a guide for everyone.
"That's great..."
Standing at the intersection, Zhao Hongrun looked around and looked at the people coming and going.
On the street, there were gray-haired old people, children with pigtails, rude and muscular men, and elegant rich men. What was more important was that Zhao Hongrun finally saw a young woman.
"This is good..."
"Hmm... Your Highness, ah no, young master, look at that."
"Well, I have a good eye for skills..."
"Sir, look at that, that's not bad."
"Um... I'm sorry, Chu Heng, what do you think of me? You almost blinded me while you were there."
"Well, I think it's pretty good..."
"Come on, young master, look at that."
"well……"
This group of people squatted at the entrance of an alley, admiring the young and beautiful women in the crowd with critical appreciation.
It's no wonder, after all, neither Zhao Hongrun nor his imperial guards were locked up in the palace in the past and had no chance to go out. Although there were many beautiful young women in the palace, the women in the palace dared to act so wantonly.
Want to go see it?
The palace guards suffered from the sensitive status of the palace ladies, and as the prince Zhao Hongrun, it was even worse. In order to avoid suspicion, the palace ladies did not dare to show their faces in front of him. Even if they bumped into him from a distance, they would quickly avoid it to avoid being caught by the palace.
The eunuch inside saw them and punished them for seducing the prince.
"I feel like after more than ten years of being a walking dead, I finally came back to life today..."
Standing bent over at the entrance of the alley, he peeked at the young woman on the street for more than an hour before Zhao Hongrun let out a sigh of satisfaction.
Such a trivial thing actually gave him an extremely fulfilling sense of satisfaction. Even Zhao Hongrun himself found it incredible that his outlook on life had become so cheap.
However, his words were generally approved by the clan guards.
There is no way, the control in the palace is too strict.
"Sir, what should we do next?"
After watching it for more than an hour, Zongwei Gao Kuo felt that it was enough and couldn't help but ask.
"Where to go next?"
Hearing this question, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but feel a little confused.
In fact, when he couldn't leave the palace in the past, he had already thought about where he would go after leaving the palace, but now that he had actually left the palace, he found it difficult to adapt.
Outside the palace, it was too unfamiliar to him.
"How about going hunting?"
Zhao Hongrun said hesitantly.
Speaking of which, he has always longed for hunting. After all, when the Emperor of Wei organized hunting in the past, only the princes who had left the cabinet were allowed to participate. Young people like Zhao Hongrun were not even allowed to watch. What kind of sect was it?
Li, the young prince saw blood and was in danger.
Go to hell!
"Hunting?" Shen Yu raised his head and glanced at the sky, and said with a wry smile: "Sir, you need to go out of the city to hunt, and you need to prepare a lot of things, horses, bows and arrows, etc. We have no money, and we don't have enough time. Your Majesty... Well,
Your father made it clear that if we don’t return... to our home at dusk, our tokens will be confiscated..."
"Then let's do it next time." Zhao Hongrun felt a little unhappy.
Although this battle was considered a small victory for him, he finally forced the Emperor Wei to compromise and granted him a token to pass freely through the palace. However, he was also ordered to return to the palace at dusk, otherwise his token would be confiscated.
All in all, it can be regarded as freedom with time limits.
"Sir, why don't you go to a bar?"
"Yeah yeah."
Zongwei Zhu Gui and He Miao suggested.
Although there is no restriction on the princes and their royal guards drinking in the palace, the drinks provided to the princes are relatively light and slightly sweet, which is clearly fruit wine.
As for Zhao Hongrun's clan guards, they were all vigorous men in their twenties. Not to mention that they were not interested in drinking, even Zhao Hongrun didn't feel anything after drinking.
After all, I finally left the palace, so I naturally had to drink real liquor often.
When the two said this, the other Zongwei felt their throats were a little thirsty, and they wished they could immediately pick up a jar of strong wine and drink it down in one gulp, savoring the burning heat that was like a burning fire burning the heart.
Unfortunately, Zhao Hongrun has no interest in drinking. He prefers to stand quietly at the entrance of the alley and look at the young women coming and going on the street. This can restore his outlook on life to normal and prevent him from being harassed by the palace again.
He was poisoned in disguise by those handsome little eunuchs or his half-princesses.
Seeing that His Highness was indifferent, the sect guards couldn't help but feel a little distressed. They couldn't leave His Highness to go to a wine shop to have a drink by themselves?
Suddenly, Mu Qing had an idea and whispered: "Master, I know a place where you can drink wine and look at beauties at the same time. Moreover, the beauties are beautiful and know how to play music, chess, calligraphy and painting..."
Hearing these words, Shen Yu's expression changed slightly and he yelled in a low voice: "Mu Qing!"
But it was still too late. Mu Qing's words quickly turned into a thought in Zhao Hongrun's heart, and he couldn't get rid of it.
"You mean... brothel?"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of half of the ten clan guards suddenly changed, especially the more serious Lu Mu, Wei Jiao, and Shen Yu. They stared at Mu Qing with stern eyes, as if they were silently condemning: You An
How dare you trick the prince into going to a place like that?!
Being stared at by them with stern eyes, Mu Qing closed his mouth in frustration.
However, Zhao Hongrun's mind suddenly became more active: "I haven't been to a brothel..."
Shen Yu's heart trembled, and he was so frightened that he said quickly: "Young master, this is a degenerate thing. If the clan, the master or his wife finds out about it, the consequences will be disastrous..."
"If I don't tell you, if you don't tell me, who will know?"
"..." All the sect guards looked at each other in confusion.
They know His Highness's temperament very well. As long as it is decided by His Highness, when have they ever been able to persuade him to change his mind?
What's even worse is that His Highness's words, "Don't you think of going over there to see the truth?" suddenly stirred up the evil thoughts deep in their hearts.
"Death is death!"
All the sect guards exchanged glances and firmly stood on the side of His Highness.
"Then let's solve the money problem first, right?" Lu Mu, who was in charge of property, took out a money bag from his pocket and took out a pitiful dozen or so taels of silver. He hesitated to speak and looked at the man with an expectant face.
Everyone.
"A dozen taels of silver is not enough to spend..."
Wei Jiao's sigh made everyone feel as if the fire of expectation was extinguished by a basin of cold water.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun smiled and said to Mu Qing: "Mu Qing, take it out."
Mu Qing nodded and took out a picture album from his coat. He opened it and saw that it was a picture of mountains and rivers drawn by the sixth prince Zhao Hongzhao himself. The lower part was stamped with Zhao Hongzhao's seal.
"this……"
The eyes of all the guards suddenly shone. Who didn't know that the calligraphy and paintings of the Sixth Prince Zhao Hongzhao were highly praised by the talented and beautiful ladies in the capital. They were rarely circulated in the market and were very valuable.
"Sir, where did you get it?"
"Hey, don't say it, don't say it."
at the same time.
The Sixth Prince Zhao Hongzhao stood in the front hall of Yafeng Pavilion, his bedroom, looking thoughtfully at the surrounding walls covered with his favorite calligraphy and paintings.