Perhaps because he slept too late last night, Zhao Hongrun didn't wake up from the bed until three o'clock in the morning the next day.∷
After he woke up, he did not get down immediately, but instead reached out his hand to touch a secret part.
"Huh... not bad."
He breathed a sigh of relief.
In his dream last night, he once dreamed about the imperial sister, but this time, he only dreamed about the scene when he took Princess Yulong to play wildly outside the palace after leaving the palace yesterday, and there was no bad scene. .
The princess's real smile, not the smile he imagined or imagined, made him feel satisfied.
This is a rational feeling: when you know that the relationship is fruitless, you hope that the other person will live a better life and try your best to help her.
"Deng, Deng, Deng——"
A rush of footsteps came from outside the bedroom.
Zhao Hongrun didn't care about this and just put on his clothes. After all, the only people who were qualified to enter his dormitory were his ten clan guards.
Sure enough, when Zhao Hongrun was getting dressed, Zongwei Shen Yu pushed open the door and walked in. When he saw His Highness getting dressed, he immediately closed the door.
"What's wrong, Shen Yu?" Zhao Hongrun noticed the wry smile on Shen Yu's face and asked curiously.
The bitter smile on Shen Yu's face became even stronger: "Your Highness, His Highness the Sixth Highness is coming to kill you."
"Brother Six Emperors?" Zhao Hongrun paused in putting on his clothes, with a look of distress and helplessness on his face.
He was not surprised. After all, in order to take Princess Yulong out of the palace to play quietly last night, he had no choice but to let go of his brother Hong Zhao, the sixth emperor.
"Where is he?"
"I'm sitting in the front hall, looking like I won't give up until I see His Highness."
"Ah?...Do you think it's possible for us to escape?"
The muscles on Shen Yu's face twitched: "His Sixth Highness, the ten sect guards have already stared at the window of Wenzhao Pavilion, and there are people behind the palace watching... His Highness wants to escape through the window, I'm afraid..."
This is no way to survive!
Zhao Hongrun was extremely sad and angry, but it was not surprising if he thought about it. After all, his brother Hongzhao, the Sixth Emperor, was praised as a born unicorn and had been extremely smart since he was a child. It was unrealistic to escape from his hands.
"Okay, just admit your mistake honestly."
Sighing, Zhao Hongrun put on his clothes and walked to the front hall.
In the front hall of Wenzhao Pavilion, the sixth prince Zhao Hongzhao was sitting upright, with his eyes closed and his face tense. It was obvious at a glance that he was not very happy.
After carefully looking around, Zhao Hongrun discovered that there was a guard guarding the Sixth Emperor Brother outside Wenzhao Pavilion, apparently considering that he might escape through the window.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun sighed secretly, with a smile on his face, walked up to the Sixth Emperor Brother and bowed.
"Brother Sixth Emperor came here. Hongrun was a little disappointed in welcoming you. Please forgive me for my sin."
"Don't hit anyone with a smile... right?" Zhao Hongzhao saw through Zhao Hongrun's intention of smiling at a glance. He stood up slowly with a straight face, puffed up his sleeves, looked at Zhao Hongrun and asked: "Hongrun , where did you go last night?"
Although Zhao Hongrun has a good relationship with the sixth emperor brother, it is difficult to reveal the truth. After all, princesses in the palace are not allowed to leave the palace without permission. If this matter spreads, it will be extremely detrimental to the imperial sister Zhao Hongrun.
"Last night...the emperor's brother got lost last night." He replied in a solemn tone.
"Huh?" The sixth prince looked a little dumbfounded: "You got lost in the palace?"
"No." Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said in a solemn tone: "It's not me who's lost, it's my heart."
"..." The sixth prince opened his mouth slightly and looked at Zhao Hongrun blankly. After a while, he smacked his lips and sighed through his nose: "Isn't there... a more suitable excuse?"
Hearing his serious tone, Zhao Hongrun could not hold back any longer and immediately lost his temper: "Okay, I was wrong, I was wrong, Hongrun should not have broken his promise... Accept the punishment and accept the punishment, please tell me, brother."
stop."
Zhao Hongzhao looked at his eighth brother up and down. According to his past knowledge, he did not think that Zhao Hongrun was a person who was willing to accept promises. Even if he was reluctant to participate in his poetry meeting, he would tell him beforehand that he would definitely not do so.
As for breaking the promise.
Therefore, he felt that Zhao Hongrun might have done something more important than attending his poetry meeting last night, at least it was something more important in the heart of the eighth emperor brother.
"Last night...could it be that you, Hongrun, left the palace?" Zhao Hongzhao guessed.
"Why does the emperor think so?"
"Hmph, it's obvious!" Zhao Hongzhao touched his chin: "With whom?"
"What with whom? Why does it have to be with someone? Can't I do it alone?"
"Haha." Zhao Hongzhao shook his head and said: "If you are the only one, you will not break the promise. In other words, someone must leave the palace with you...who is it?"
"Why should I tell you?" Zhao Hongrun's eyebrows trembled slightly.
"Hongxuan? Impossible! According to Hongxuan's temperament, he doesn't have the courage... He can't be a maid in the palace, right? Hongrun, you are harming them... No, the maids don't have the courage either.
A private meeting with the prince who has not yet left the palace..."
"..." The more Zhao Hongrun listened, the more frightened he became. He was also afraid that the brilliant Sixth Emperor Brother in front of him would guess some clues, so he quickly interrupted: "Can't it be someone from outside the palace?"
Zhao Hongzhao took a deep look at Zhao Hongrun and suddenly smiled faintly: "Sure enough, he is from the palace!"
This guy!
Zhao Hongrun gritted his teeth and looked at the Sixth Emperor Brother, and said angrily: "Can I make up for it, can you make it up?... Next time the Emperor has another poetry meeting, I will definitely go there, okay?"
"Every time?" Zhao Hongzhao asked calmly.
Taking advantage of the situation?
Zhao Hongrun stared and said angrily: "Just once!"
Zhao Hongzhao glanced at his younger brother and did not argue. He touched his chin and murmured: "Who could it be?...Actually, it's not difficult to guess..."
"Twice!" Zhao Hongrun gritted his teeth and said.
Zhao Hongzhao glanced at Zhao Hongrun again and continued to mutter to himself: "First of all, it's the people in the palace, and secondly, Hongrun didn't hesitate to break the appointment and take him out of the palace... Yesterday was Duanyang... I wanted to see him
Is the city bustling? In other words, this person should have never left the palace... not a palace maid, but someone who would not be in danger of life even if she was discovered sneaking out of the palace with the emperor's younger brother... Hmm
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Mad, this guy guessed it!
Seeing the Sixth Emperor's brother frowning for a moment, and his expression becoming serious at the same time, Zhao Hongrun cursed secretly in his heart.
"Three times!...Brother Sixth Emperor, please don't push yourself too far!" Zhao Hongrun said through gritted teeth.
Zhao Hongzhao thought for a moment, nodded with a smile and said: "Okay, three times is enough! ...Next time, Hongrun must not break the appointment again."
"snort!"
Zhao Hongzhao left with satisfaction.
After he walked out of Wenzhao Pavilion, he glanced thoughtfully towards the bedrooms of the princesses in the palace.
"Fei Wei."
"The humble job is here."
"Go and check, last night..." Halfway through, Zhao Hongzhao suddenly seemed to realize something, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's okay."
Zongwei Fei Wei looked at His Highness in confusion.
I really do... Hongrun has his own sense of proportion, why should I care so much?... However, are there any imperial sisters in the palace who have a good relationship with Hongrun? Who could they be? I'm really curious... I don't think so.
…
It is undeniable that he also has compassion and sympathy for the imperial sisters in the palace. After all, they have less independence and freedom than the princes like them.
Alas, the golden bird in the cage... Nai He was born in an emperor's family...
Shaking his head, Zhao Hongzhao went back to Yafeng Pavilion by himself.
In the last two days of the Dragon Boat Festival, the city is still bustling with activity.
Because he knew in his heart that Princess Yulong had never had the chance to leave the palace before, Zhao Hongrun spared no effort to instigate her to leave the palace in disguise with him.
Not for anything else, just to dispel the deep boredom and loneliness in the heart of this imperial sister.
Although Princess Yulong's eyebrows are also very beautiful, Zhao Hongrun still hopes that she will be happy every day.
After Zhao Hongrun's beating, the palace official Xu no longer dared to ask about Princess Yulong's affairs, and the palace maid Cui'er was Princess Yulong's personal palace maid. She always had a good relationship, so Princess Yulong took advantage of the sky every day before dusk.
In the darkness, he sneaked out of the palace quietly among Zhao Hongrun's imperial guards, but he was not exposed.
Unfortunately, once the Dragon Boat Festival was over, Zhao Hongrun had no chance to leave the palace after dusk. After all, it was the emperor's ban on him.
This makes it impossible for Zhao Hongrun to quietly take Princess Yulong out of the palace. After all, if he takes her out of the palace in disguise during the day, the chance of being exposed to the eyes of the Imperial Guards is too great. After all, Princess Yulong's body shape is very different from that of the Zongwei.
You can also use the sky to cover it up at night, but how to cover it up during the day?
And Zhao Hongrun also had a way to do this. Every time he left the palace, he would buy a small clay sculpture with a simple and cute shape in the market. After returning to the palace, he would ask Zong Wei to give it to Princess Yulong, or sometimes he would return to the palace earlier and personally
Go to Yuqiong Pavilion and give small clay sculptures and other gadgets as gifts to the imperial sister. You can also talk to her about all the interesting things you saw outside the palace.
Perhaps because of Zhao Hongrun, a younger brother who could talk to her confidant, Princess Yulong gradually became cheerful. Based on what Zhao Hongrun told her about things outside the palace, combined with what she saw during the Dragon Boat Festival, she wrote in the paper
There are pictures of scenes outside the palace painted one after another.
She hung these paintings depicting scenes and buildings outside the palace in her boudoir. She would feel very happy if she took a few glances at them every day.
During this period, the re-examination of the scientific examination presided over by the Ministry of Rites also came to an end. Since this was the first time that the Ministry of Rites took charge of the scientific examination, everyone from top to bottom of the Ministry of Rites attached great importance to it. Sheyou, the Minister of Rites, personally served as the official director of the scientific examination.
He was the chief assessor of the examination, and invited the emperor to appoint Su Geng, the imperial censor, who had recently been established by the emperor, to serve as the accompanying supervisor to strictly control fraud in the examination room.
But Zhao Hongrun was a little surprised by the final announcement of the scholars on the list.
He originally thought that the scholar Wen Qi who reminded him about Ji Zhu's fraud in the examination room would be able to go to high school. After all, Zhao Hongrun was deeply impressed by this man's articles and the speed of writing at that time.
But what I didn't expect was that the Wenqi scholar failed the list in the end, and his name was not on the list at all.
In addition, the number one scholar in this year's palace examination was actually won by a 19-year-old scholar named Kou Zheng from a poor family in Shangdang County, while the second place went to a 20-year-old scholar named Luo Yao, also from a poor family.
Zhongshu Ling He Xiangxu's eighteen-year-old grandson, He Xinxian, who has always been rumored to be as talented as Qilin'er Zhao Hongzhao in Beijing, was a frequent visitor to the Yafeng Poetry Club, but he could only place third in this scientific examination.
, which really surprised many people.
Whether it was the Prince of the East Palace, King Yong or King Xiang, they began to secretly win over these young scholars and select the best among them to enrich their own think tank team.
Even the kings of Yan and Qing, who were far inferior to the first three, secretly recruited aides.
After all, for the other princes, this year may be their last chance to seize the East Palace. Once the eldest emperor Sun Yonglu reaches eight years old next year, enters the palace school, and gradually wins the emperor's love and respect, they will win the throne.