The sudden hug from the fourth prince immediately stunned the aggressive King Jiangdu.
Although he had not put down the hammer he was holding high, his tone as if he was about to kill someone suddenly changed. Although he did not see clearly who the boy who suddenly rushed out to hug him was, he could
The request he made hit his biggest weakness.
Three years ago, he got tired of riding horses and archery, and started to learn blacksmithing. He felt that he was very talented, so he showed off his blacksmithing skills everywhere, and he also agreed to build things for people including the fourth prince, and in the end... he let him go as a matter of course.
A pigeon with few people!
King Jiangdu glanced at the dumb boy, but his eyes couldn't help but linger on the face of the handsome young man next to him. Although the brat the younger son mentioned was considered to have a flat head and a straight face, compared to others, he was
There was really a big difference. No need to guess, he could tell who was who between the two through this sharp contrast.
There is no doubt that the good-looking one is Zhang Shou. He was born so clean and pure. It is no wonder that Zhu Ying, who has favored beautiful men since childhood, likes him... Of course he does too. His biggest regret in life is that all his sons are like him.
None of the crooked melons and cracked dates inherited their mother’s beauty!
It was so easy to find a daughter with pink makeup, and now she looks no worse than Zhu Ying, who is famous in the capital, but she is so good at it that she falls in love with this wild boy who came out of nowhere! After all, this girl has good eyesight.
Better yet, it would be nice to bring back an elegant young gentleman like Zhang Shou!
King Jiangdu's eyes once again showed a frightening and fierce light. However, although Song Juren was a little hairy when he looked at him, he could not scare the little guy who was hugging his waist. He kept shouting: "Uncle Wang is not going to stop."
You owe me a dagger, you owe Third Brother an iron paperweight, you owe Emperor Father an iron ruler, you owe Empress Dowager and Concubine Yu..."
Before the person could finish speaking, King Jiangdu quickly covered the person's mouth with his free hand. By now, he had already realized who the person was. At such an old age, he could still keep talking.
Father and Third Brother, who else is it but the most greedy little bastard, the Fourth Prince?
He always liked to talk about blacksmithing every time he came to the palace, promising a lot of things. As it turned out, he just liked blacksmithing. After more than three years of blacksmithing, his skills were really mediocre. Even the master who taught him blacksmithing was frightened.
He said, "It's not that you are a slow learner, Chitose, but it's the blacksmith's trade that requires many years of apprenticeship!"
Nowadays, it's okay for him to hit some clumsy things like sickles, but there's no point in using delicate things! Daggers... If he takes a piece of iron and sharpens it, can it be given away as a dagger?
Prince Jiangdu, whose face turned dark, took a deep breath, then loosened his hand slightly, squeezed out a smile and said: "Fourth prince, I have a guest in my palace today, this little thing you mentioned, Uncle Wang will supply it next time
How are you?"
"It's natural that things are not in a hurry." Of course, the fourth prince would not turn against King Jiangdu as soon as he let go, but he did not struggle either. Instead, he muttered in a low voice, "But Uncle Wang, you are not trustworthy! Things that were promised well are gone in the blink of an eye.
, no one comes into the palace, only sister A Ling comes to see if she has nothing to do... She likes sweets, but you are willing to hire someone to make them at a high price, so just leave us alone!"
Nonsense, can my own precious daughter be compared to you brats?
King Jiangdu snorted coldly in his heart, but now the fourth prince is no longer just the little prince raised by the emperor in Qianqing Palace, but the closest brother to the future prince. He is uncertain about his future in the future. Even if he doesn't care about power, it is not good. I was so offended, so I had to laugh and say: "Fourth Prince, what are you talking about? Of course I often enter the palace, but you didn't see it..."
"But my father said that you haven't entered the palace for a long time! My father said that without you, Uncle Wang, he wouldn't even have a match for horse racing and archery!"
Upon hearing this, King Jiangdu's face finally softened slightly. Although horse racing and archery were no longer his main hobby, the emperor said that without him, there would be no opponents. This is really not true at all. Except Apart from him, probably the Duke of Zhao and Zhu Jing will win over the emperor, and the others... Haha, I wish I could make the emperor look like a god, a warrior, and Tiancheng, the best in the world!
"Okay, I'll go to the palace tomorrow to accompany the royal brother to have some sex addiction!"
At this moment, when he heard the words "brother" from King Jiangdu, Zhang Shou managed to keep his face tense, but his heart was turned upside down. With the look of this strong man, it would be polite to say forty, but there are also people who say fifty. Xin, actually younger than the current emperor? He just heard the fourth prince call him Uncle Wang, and he thought that maybe this was a false title like Uncle Shi. After all, the word "Uncle Wang" really didn't sound nice...
While Zhang Shou was thinking about such unrelated things, the fourth prince's free play did not end. He smiled and let go of the hand that had just hugged King Jiangdu, nodded heavily and said: "Uncle Wang is willing to go, that's fine. After I return to the palace, I can give an explanation to my father. My father was still muttering before, saying that Uncle Wang was so lazy that he even dared not come to the Sutra banquet because he was sick!"
This time, the king of Jiangdu took a deep breath. Of course, he would not be sensitive to the banquet. Previously, he had sent all four sons to listen to the banquet for a few days under the pretext of letting his sons undergo a good baptism. I hope the emperor can be more generous and let him go, and don't let him listen to boring stuff.
As a result, for nearly ten days, no one seemed to hold him accountable for being lazy at home. Unexpectedly, the emperor secretly made a note in his mind! This is terrible. You know, the emperor's other abilities aside, He has a great ability to hold grudges!
Seeing that his father was actually being talked about by the fourth prince, his face looked sad. He actually forgot that his good cabbage was about to be eaten by pigs. Zheng Silang, who had just gone to move reinforcements, was so angry that he couldn't wait. But before he could wait, He went over his father's side and went to investigate in person, and heard a laugh that made him shudder when he heard it.
"A'ling, you went to the palace to talk to the Queen Mother without incident, why did you come back with your guests?"
Following this voice, Zhang Shou saw two young men with square faces who were slightly older than him and very similar in appearance, accompanied by a beautiful woman in rich makeup and clothes. He saw that the beautiful woman had a beautiful face. , a small red damask coat and a long skirt woven with gold, the whole person from the head to the neck to the wrists, everything looks golden and jade-like, even more ostentatious than Zhu Ying, who always likes all kinds of jewelry.
Especially the whole head and face. Although he couldn't see the pattern clearly because of the distance, the distractions, picks, flowers, hairpins... Anyway, they were inlaid with all kinds of gold and jade. The gems were so covered that one could hardly see a single hair. His first reaction was how a person could walk with all these things on his head.
But this beauty, who was obviously the princess of Jiangdu, walked steadily and gracefully every step of the way. Although she asked the Lord of Hailing County, she did not wait for an answer at all, and greeted Zhu Ying with a smile.
"Long time no see, Yingying, you are getting married. Oh, this wishful husband is really handsome. If I were twenty years younger, I would definitely leave A Ling and his father to take advantage of him! Such a talented and beautiful man
A good son-in-law riding a dragon is hard to find even with a lantern!"
Zhu Ying originally wanted to explain the whole story, but she was overtaken by Princess Jiangdu as soon as she started talking. It was not until she finally stopped talking that she smiled and said: "Princess, if you were twenty years younger than me, you would compete with me for my birthday."
, then I’m in trouble... Who in the whole capital doesn’t know that the princess is the God of Wealth, and a penny can turn into ten and a hundred pennies in the blink of an eye!"
It was rare for Zhang Shou to see Zhu Ying complimenting someone. Looking at Princess Jiangdu, she seemed to have been scratched and her expression was even more beautiful. Although he already knew something about the wealthy families and merchants in the capital, the huge capital had too many people.
He really had never understood the Jiangdu royal family. When Zhu Ying counted with her fingers which famous old shops were owned by the royal family, he couldn't help but glance at Song Juren.
Fortunately, perhaps because the Song family was used to hearing various money figures in Guangdong, or because he was thinking about attracting investment from his future father-in-law and mother-in-law, in short, Song Juren was absolutely calm, confident and unfazed at the moment.
Princess Jiangdu, who came out after hearing the news, did take advantage of this moment to look at Zhang Shou and Song Juren carefully.
Zhang Shou has been famous for a long time, and she once glanced at her from a distance as if watching the excitement, but now she was really standing in front of her. Even if she was not a person who was greedy for appearance like Zhu Ying when she was young, she had to stand in front of her.
I was filled with admiration in my heart. After all, I am not an idiot waiting for an embroidered pillow. Not to mention my talent, my skills are quite remarkable.
It can be said that if Zhu Ying was really passionate about Zhang Shou for three minutes in the past, and her daughter really picked Zhang Shou back and said, "I want to marry him..." she would definitely not have a second thought at this moment!
But by chance, her daughter actually took her fancy to the idiot next to Zhang Shou who came from a well-known family and participated in the imperial chef selection competition! Her husband was not very clear about the situation, but she, who was well-informed, had already heard about it.
Such a person has passed by!
When Princess Jiangdu saw that her husband seemed to be about to speak, she coughed heavily, and immediately shut up when she saw him. However, she greeted Zhang Shou again with a smile, and was quite polite to Song Juren, until she saw the Lord of Hailing County seemed relieved.
As if, she just calmly stepped forward and took the person's arm.
"A'ling, I heard from your fourth brother that you followed the Queen Mother to watch the Royal Chef Selection Competition today? Tell your mother, what's interesting about it?"
While Princess Jiangdu was asking, she dragged the Lord of Hailing County away like a mother and daughter chatting. The smile on her face but her movements were unambiguous. Zhang Shou couldn't help but think of Wang Xifeng, who was equally strong and shrewd.
He thoughtfully stopped Zhu Ying, who was about to follow and interfere, and glanced at Song Juren again. Seeing that Song Hunzi was not panicked, he looked at him with admiration.
As his daughter was taken away by his wife, King Jiangdu felt that all his troubles were gone, and his originally aggressive behavior became much more natural. Although it was inevitable that he would not like Song Juren, at least he would not blow his beard and stare as if to make him angry.
He was eaten alive. However, he, who had four sons with him at this time, certainly did not mention Zhang Shou, Zhu Ying and others to come in and sit.
As for the fourth prince... fortunately he is not the third prince who is about to be crowned prince, so he can only apologize first!
However, without inviting anyone to sit in the room, but unable to think of anything to talk about, King Jiangdu could only glance at his four sons, hinting that they could think of something to talk about. Of course, it would be best to send away these uninvited guests.
However, compared to the fourth prince who distracted him by rambling as soon as he came up, some of his four sons continued to glare at Song Juren, while others looked at me. In short, none of them spoke.
This suddenly turned the scene cold!
Seeing that the five fathers and sons were all equally unsociable, and they were completely different from the Princess of Jiangdu just now, Zhang Shou was dumbfounded. He would not just stand in a daze with others, so he smiled and asked a few questions about blacksmithing, and gradually became more and more interested.
The topic turned to my own Tiangongfang.
Sure enough, Prince Jiangdu, a non-mainstream prince, was really interested in Tiangongfang, which the emperor personally visited and gave it a name. In addition, Zhang Shou said that he had recruited many craftsmen from all walks of life, and he was even more interested.
I gradually became a little tempted.
He didn't learn blacksmithing well, maybe because the master was hiding his skills and refused to teach him all his secrets! Why not get along with Zhang Shoulala and go back to the workshop that day to have a look. If there is any good blacksmith, please come back.
teach him?
After having such an idea, King Jiangdu became more enthusiastic towards Zhang Shou. But he was so soft, and Song Juren, who was thinking about how to impress his father-in-law to invest, finally took a look at the opportunity.
After all, he had been hanging out with Yang Zhan, the glass-burning master Yang Qi, for a while. He took a break to talk about glass and Zhang Shouxian's formula, and then he took out a lens he had with him and started to demonstrate it in public.
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Although the Jiangdu Prince and his son were all quite hostile to him, being hostile to people does not mean being hostile to things. Besides, some of the things that Zhang Shou had demonstrated on the first day of the Sutra Banquet were claimed by some outsiders to be demonic.
However, due to rumors and rumors, the father and son felt that it was some kind of trick. They were also curious and naturally willing to listen to Song Juren's explanation.
Although Zhang Shou heard that explanation, it was completely wrong - after all, Song Juren was also a typical liberal arts student. He was a liberal arts student whose skills were as low as dessert technology and could not understand the essence of mathematics, physics and chemistry - but at this time, people
It is enough to fool laymen by talking about the terms he learned from Yang Zhan one by one (although Yang Zhan also learned it from Guan Qiu).
Zhu Ying and the fourth prince on the side were bored - one was not interested at all, the other was slightly interested, but the level was too low to keep up. So, the two people who were not afraid of trouble, let alone causing trouble, looked at each other.
At a glance, he actually slipped away quietly. Although both Prince Jiangdu and his son noticed this scene, it was not Song Juren who slipped in, so of course they didn't care.
As a result, after a long while, Princess Jiangdu came out with the head of Hailing County, followed by the smiling Zhu Ying and the fourth prince. Compared to her happy daughter, Princess Jiangdu now had a headache on her face.
However, when she saw that her husband was chatting very enthusiastically with Song Juren, and Zhang Shou was surrounded by her four sons, she felt very tired.
Apart from her, there are five fathers and sons in this family, plus this spoiled daughter, no one is reliable!