The next day, Concubine Shen Shu sent her personal maid Xiao Tao to call Zhao Hongrun to Ningxiang Palace.
Because Zhao Hongrun deliberately offended the concubines in the palace a few days ago in order to force the Emperor of Wei to allow him to leave the cabinet, so today, Concubine Shen Shu had no choice but to take her naughty eldest son to the palaces of the concubines one by one to apologize.
Fortunately, Concubine Shen Shu had always lived a life of peace with the world and had never had any grudges with the concubines in the palace. What's more, those concubines were not fools. When they heard that the Emperor of Wei reluctantly handed over the tokens that were commonly used in the palace,
After giving it to the eighth prince Zhao Hongrun, they immediately understood it and no longer had any resentment.
After all, except for Chen Shuai, none of them had any actual losses. Now that Shen Shufei personally led Zhao Hongrun to the door to apologize, the resentment in their hearts had dissipated.
After their grievances dissipated, the more these concubines looked at Zhao Hongrun, the more pleasing they became. After all, Chen Shuai was used to dominating them in the past. Now because of Zhao Hongrun, Chen Shuai was increasingly ignored by the Emperor of Wei, which made them feel happy.
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Based on this incident, even Liu Shuyi, who was angered by Zhao Hongrun for the first time, couldn't stop praising Zhao Hongrun after Concubine Shen Shu came to apologize in person.
"Sister, what are you talking about? Hongrun, I think this kid is quite good."
Speaking of which, Liu Shuyi is the mother-in-law of the third prince, "Prince Xiang" Zhao Hongjing. It is hard to imagine that as the biological mother of the third prince who has already left the cabinet and been crowned king, Liu Shuyi could not suppress Chen Shuai. It is conceivable that Chen Shuai was under the control of Emperor Wei at that time
position in the heart.
After this busy work, it was almost noon before Concubine Shen Shu and Zhao Hongrun returned to Ningxiang Palace.
"Run'er, it seems that you are in a good mood today?... Or are you planning something else?"
Returning to her Ningxiang Palace, Concubine Shen Shu couldn't help but ask, because she felt that Zhao Hongrun seemed to be incredibly well-behaved today. Even though she had just asked him to apologize to the concubines, he had no complaints.
"Mom has such fiery eyes, how dare you kid to have any evil ideas?" Zhao Hongrun said with a grin.
"You...it's hard to tell." Concubine Shen Shu called Zhao Hongrun to sit down next to her and said curiously: "Where did you go when you left the palace yesterday? Tell me about it."
"Well, I didn't go anywhere." Zhao Hongrun didn't dare to tell the truth, so he said half-truth: "My child just looked around and strolled around Chaoyang Street... It's so lively there, it's more interesting than the palace.
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After hearing this, Concubine Shen Shu warned kindly: "After all, outside the palace is no better than inside the palace. You have to be careful in everything. Also, you are the prince, so you must not do anything that goes against your duty."
"I know." Zhao Hongrun responded helplessly, then said goodbye with his hands in hand: "Mom, that kid has to leave first."
"Huh? Why don't you stay in your mother's palace to eat?"
"No, I'll go to Brother Sixth Emperor's attic first." Without saying a word, Zhao Hongrun ran away like a gust of wind.
"This kid...even if it's very interesting outside the palace, there's no need to be so impatient, right?"
Concubine Shen Shu shook her head helplessly.
She misunderstood. She thought Zhao Hongrun was in a hurry to leave the palace, but in fact, Zhao Hongrun was just in a hurry to get to the Yafeng Pavilion of the sixth prince Zhao Hongzhao.
After all, in a few moments, his Sixth Emperor brother might return from the palace academy.
He hurriedly came to Yafeng Pavilion with a group of clan guards. Sure enough, Zhao Hongzhao had not returned from the palace school, and there were only a group of young eunuchs doing routine cleaning in the dormitory.
"Your Highness the Eighth." Seeing Zhao Hongrun, the young eunuchs quickly bowed and saluted.
"Excuse me, where is Brother Sixth Emperor?" Zhao Hongrun asked knowingly.
The young eunuchs did not doubt that he was there and respectfully replied: "Reporting to His Highness the Eighth Prince, His Highness the Sixth Prince has not returned yet."
"Oh... you are free to do as you like. I will stay for a while and see if Brother Sixth Emperor returns early."
Zhao Hongrun seemed to be wandering around the palace casually, but in fact, he was looking for his next target, to see which painting he could sneak away without attracting the attention of his Sixth Emperor brother.
After a while, the target was selected. Zhao Hongrun secretly took out a painting while the eunuchs were not paying attention, quickly rolled it up and hid it in his clothes.
"That's all, it seems Brother Sixth Emperor may not come back. I'm leaving the palace and will come back tomorrow."
"Your Highness, walk slowly."
After being sent off by a group of young eunuchs, Zhao Hongrun left happily.
Not long after he left, the sixth prince Zhao Hongzhao came back with his clan guards.
"Your Highness, the Eighth Prince came here just now."
As soon as Zhao Hongzhao stepped into the palace, a young eunuch reported the incident.
"Hongrun?" Zhao Hongzhao was slightly stunned and asked doubtfully: "Where are the others?"
"Seeing that I couldn't wait for His Highness, His Highness went back."
"Oh..." Zhao Hongzhao frowned slightly, feeling a little confused.
After all, this was already the second time. His eighth brother Zhao Hongrun had been looking for him for two days, but both of them missed him.
"Looks like I'll go to Wenzhao Pavilion later."
Zhao Hongzhao muttered, after all, out of etiquette considerations, Zhao Hongrun had already visited twice. Even if they missed it, Zhao Hongzhao still had to pay a return visit.
After thinking about it, he walked towards the back hall, but after taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and took a few steps back in a strange manner, looking around with a puzzled face.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Fei Wei, his imperial guard, asked in confusion.
Zhao Hongzhao also felt quite puzzled. He looked around for a while and shook his head in confusion.
"Is it an illusion? I always feel like something is different..."
Shaking his head, Zhao Hongzhao walked inside on his own.
The clan guards looked at each other in confusion.
At the same time, Zhao Hongrun, who had changed his clothes in the palace, led a group of clan guards out of the palace and exchanged another work of his brother Zhao Hongzhao for silver.
He repeated his old tricks and walked around the city for most of the time, until he felt that he was almost hit by the tail behind him. Zhao Hongrun led Shen Yu, Mu Qing, and Lu Mu directly to a waterside pavilion, and asked the remaining seven clan guards to continue walking around the city to prevent those behind him.
There were still people watching, and when they were done, they were told to go to the wine shop and have a drink.
As the saying goes, things get familiar again only once, and if Zhao Hongrun wants to see Miss Su again this time, he won't have to guess the mystery anymore.
He directly reported his name to a turtle slave, and not long after, Lu'er, the little maid from Cuixiaoxuan upstairs, ran down to greet Zhao Hongrun.
Maybe it was the four hundred taels of silver yesterday that had an effect. Lu'er's attitude towards Zhao Hongrun had obviously improved a lot. While this money-obsessed little girl welcomed Zhao Hongrun to the third floor, she sneakily looked at the backpack on Lu Mu's shoulder.
, when she saw the bulging backpack, she was filled with joy.
In response, Zhao Hongrun shook his head and was speechless.
"Miss, Mr. Jiang is here."
Lu'er made an announcement, and then Miss Su's call for invitation came from inside the room.
After entering the room, the three Zongwei, Shen Yu, Mu Qing, and Lu Mu, were still sitting in the same position as yesterday, crossing their legs and hugging their chests, closing their eyes and concentrating.
Zhao Hongrun looked at the walls of the house in surprise, because he found that all the crane pictures that had been hanging all over the house had been removed.
"Where are those paintings?" Zhao Hongrun asked curiously.
After hearing this, Miss Su glanced at him helplessly and said faintly: "Thankfully Mr. Jiang still asked the slave family... With this crane painted by Mr. Jiang, how could those ordinary cranes in the slave family's crude paintings dare to come out and make people laugh, long ago I don’t know where to hide.”
"Hey." Zhao Hongrun chuckled and looked down at the small table not far away in front of him. He was surprised to find that on the table they used to drink yesterday, there was no wine pot or wine glass on it today.
Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak when he suddenly heard Miss Su whispering: "Young Master Jiang, please come to our house. We have prepared drinks."
Zhao Hongrun looked up after hearing this and found that Miss Su had prepared drinks on the table in her inner room.
In addition, there is a chessboard placed on the table.
"Aren't you convinced you lost yesterday?" Zhao Hongrun sat down in front of her and asked a little funny.
After hearing this, Miss Su glanced at him with some complaints and said with some melancholy: "The Nu family prides themselves on being good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but yesterday they lost first in piano skills, then in painting skills, and even in calligraphy... The Nu family thought to themselves It’s hard to compare to Young Master. So today I have no choice but to play chess, hoping that I can get back one advantage."
"You are so confident." Zhao Hongrun looked at Miss Su and suddenly said with bad intentions: "If I told you that chess is my best at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, would you still be so confident?"
"Eh?"
Miss Su's eyes widened in disbelief.
"I don't believe it." Miss Su thought for a long time, but she still couldn't believe that a child of only fourteen years old was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
"Don't believe it? Then give it a try! ... But let's talk about it first, what will happen if you lose?"
Looking at Zhao Hongrun's still eager eyes, Miss Su couldn't help but blush a little, lowered her head and said quietly: "Then... Mr. Jiang, what do you think we should do?"
"I want you to drink with me... you really want to drink, but it's not just a touch of wine on your lips."
"That's it?" Miss Su breathed a sigh of relief.
"..." Zhao Hongrun stared at her in shock for a long time: "What do you think?"
"The slave family also thought it was drinking." Miss Su was so embarrassed that her fair neck turned crimson, and she said in a panic: "Since Mr. Jiang is so confident, the slave family can take the lead."
"It's up to you... lest you refuse to accept the defeat, I'll give you three more sons." Zhao Hongrun poured himself a drink.
"..."
Miss Su glanced at Zhao Hongrun in surprise, rolled her eyes, and clicked the stars on the four corners of the chessboard.
"You are very deceitful." Zhao Hongrun was a little dumbfounded, then shook his head and said with a smile: "It's a pity that your efforts are in vain, you will lose in the end."
Listening to these arrogant words, Miss Su held her breath and made up her mind to let this young man who didn't know what humility taste like defeat.
So she racked her brains, concentrated on it, and had to think for a long time before placing a piece. However, Zhao Hongrun, who was facing her, seemed to only be drinking while admiring her beauty, and placed pieces on the chessboard frequently without thinking. .
But what is unreasonable is that Zhao Hongrun actually won in the end, and he won by a huge advantage.
"How come?"
Miss Su was simply stunned.
"Drink." Zhao Hongrun poured a glass for her and brought it to her.
After looking at the chess game and then at Zhao Hongrun, Miss Su had no choice but to hold the wine glass, and under Zhao Hongrun's gaze, she drank the wine bit by bit.
Maybe she really wasn't good at drinking, so even though it was just a glass of light wine, a bright red wine halo appeared on her cheeks, and her beautiful eyes became more tender and charming.
Looking at this scene, Zhao Hongrun felt sincerely that the beauty was drunk. This was indeed a rare beauty in the world.