It was a cold day, but Zhang Shou took the fourth prince out and did not come in for a long time. The third prince couldn't help but feel like a deer... Of course, more accurately, it should be said that he was confused. However, there was endless anger around him.
But his father couldn't ignore the coldness, so he could only rack his brains to think of how to appease his father, while paying attention to what was going on outside.
After suffering in uneasy waiting for a long time, he finally waited for the person who lowered his head and walked into Dongnuan Pavilion, but there was only one person, and that was the fourth prince. Seeing the person walking forward silently, and then kneeling on the ground, he
He thought that his fourth brother was ready to stand up, so he was anxious for a moment. But the next moment, he heard someone speaking.
"Father, I know I was wrong. I lied before."
The emperor, who was originally full of anger, heard that the fourth prince actually confessed his mistake, even admitted to lying, and then told the whole story about the "conspiracy" that was so simple and straightforward that it was horrifying to look at. He was not so much furious as he felt ridiculous. He stretched out his hand.
Pointing to the nose of the little guy in front of him, he almost said, "Go outside and kneel to reflect." But when the words came to his lips, he was slightly stunned.
I remember it was also a cold day like this. When he was young, he was punished by the Empress Dowager to kneel in front of the throne in the main hall of Qianqing Palace because of his rough treatment of a cabinet minister. Even though he was claimed to be the supreme emperor, the Empress Dowager's tone of voice showed that she was heartbroken.
But it made him horrified at that time. Are there many examples in the past dynasties of orphans and widowers who lost their thrones and even the world?
And the little tricks he used to deal with the pavilion elder seemed to be similar to those of the fourth prince...
The emperor took a deep breath, and then asked with a fierce face: "Where is Zhang Shou? Is it possible that I persuaded you to come back to confess and plead guilty, and then he left on his own? If I remember correctly, I sent Chen Yongshou to deliver the message.
At that time, you were talking about summoning him together, right?"
The third prince had just heard what the fourth prince said, and he was very angry that others were making their own decisions and trying to be smart. At this moment, he suddenly woke up and realized that Zhang Shou, who had just taken away the fourth prince, did not come with him. He quickly looked towards
His fourth brother, the fourth prince raised his head and said with shame: "Teacher is waiting outside Qianqing Palace and said he would not disturb us, father and son."
The emperor only felt that Zhang Shou's move was more to avoid suspicion than to avoid disaster, but he finally felt a little more comfortable. After all, the father could not call his son back to the palace, and the teacher had to take action. What did he think?
It didn't feel right. But the next moment, Chen Yongshou's cautious voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, someone from the Qingning Palace has invited Academician Zhang away."
When he learned that it was the Queen Mother who had taken Zhang Shou away, the emperor was stunned at first, but then the fourth prince jumped up: "Will the emperor's grandmother blame the teacher because of his son?"
As soon as these words came out, even the third prince could not help but turn pale with shock. This is very possible, after all, the Queen Mother sent Yuquan to send the fourth prince to Zhang Shou last time to teach him a lesson! And that time, Zhang Shou not only punished the second prince of the fourth prince but
Ten Commandments, I also received ten blows!
And when he thought about how complacent he was during the emergency design this morning, and did not expect that it would affect other people's problems, the fourth prince immediately ran out. As a result, the emperor who came over in surprise shouted in anger: "You
Where are you going? If you go to Qingning Palace now, you are harming him! Kneel down here and reflect, Sanlang, watch him for me!"
The third prince hurriedly ran forward, pulled the fourth prince back, and forced him to his knees on the ground. Seeing his father walking out without saying a word, although he wanted to follow him, the man in front of him was biting his lip. His younger brother had just made him even more worried. So, when the sound of his father's footsteps gradually disappeared outside, he stepped forward and squatted in front of the fourth prince.
"Fourth brother, what I want to say, I think the teacher has already taught you a lesson. I just want to tell you that I also hate the eldest brother and the second brother, and I am also worried that others want to take advantage of this incident and let them return to Beijing. , and even think that one of them is more suitable to be the prince. However, there are some things that you can think about in your heart, but you cannot do them."
"Don't worry about me. I'm not the Zheng Rong who almost died before! I'm the prince now. You should at least believe that I have the ability to protect myself and you,"
The fourth prince looked up in confusion, but then he saw the third prince kneeling down in front of him. This time, his eyes widened, and then he heard something that made him regret and hate him.
"My father ordered you to kneel here and wait for him to come back. I will accompany you now! It was my fault for not stopping you in advance. It was my fault for making both my father and the teacher angry and worried about you! You will make mistakes in the future. , I will accompany you no matter how much my father punishes you. If my father doesn’t want to, I can at least punish myself in private! If you don’t want to do this, just put away your little thoughts!"
"Third brother, I was wrong!" The naughty boy was really panicked this time. He rushed forward and tried to pull the third prince up, but he who was also kneeling on the ground did not have the strength to pull out the carrot. It seemed that after pulling it out for a long time, he was just out of breath from exhaustion. But when he was about to call someone, he suddenly remembered what the third prince had just said about punishing himself in private, and he was completely discouraged.
The third brother used to be like this too. He seemed weak, but he was actually very assertive. He could do it!
The emperor didn't know that his naughty boy met a second nemesis after his first nemesis today. He completely forgot that it was dinner time and that he was empty in his stomach. When he left the Qianqing Palace, he also Instead of calling him Jianyu, he walked out quickly. But when he walked out of Qianqing Gate, from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Hua Qi, who was standing aside as if waiting for him.
He gestured to others to follow him, and when he was some distance away from the Qianqing Gate, he looked back at the attendants behind him and made sure that they were all ten or so steps away. Then he asked in a low voice: "What, you are there again?" Did you overhear Zhang Shou and Shiro talking?"
"It's not eavesdropping, it's just listening openly." Hua Qi said seriously, "I was standing in front of Qianqing Gate at that time. I was able to listen openly just because my ears are much stronger than others."
The emperor had long been accustomed to people's nonsense, but he just laughed. When Hua Qi relayed what Zhang Shou said to the fourth prince, his joking look disappeared. Of course, Zhang Shou taught the fourth prince everything. It reached his heart, but what moved him the most were the lyrics hummed by the tone-deaf Hua Qi.
When I grow up, I will become you... If he saw him as a child now, would he also feel disgusted and disgusted? However, this is probably the price of growing up, just like his two remaining sons, although they are brothers, Harmony, but what about the future?
With such a heavy heart, when he entered the Qingning Gate and saw the Qingning Palace in front of him, he saw a familiar female official hurriedly came forward and said that the Queen Mother was having dinner. He was slightly startled: "The Queen Mother.
Are you having dinner? Where is Bachelor Zhang?"
The young female official who came forward was really puzzled by the emperor's question. After a while, she said cautiously: "Of course, Academician Zhang and Miss Zhu will have dinner with the Queen Mother."
Originally thinking that he was here to rescue someone, the emperor was dumbfounded at this moment, and then he realized that he was completely wrong.
Today is different from the last time. If you don’t know the little guy’s plan, it’s completely different from when people said in public that the eunuchs of the Imperial College are not as good as the eunuchs of the Li Supervisor. After all, the eunuchs of the Imperial College were expelled by Chief Hong Shan himself.
The accompanying escort was indeed his own fault. Of course, if the Queen Mother knew about the fourth prince's "conspiracy", the result would be different.
Just as he was thinking this, the emperor felt his stomach growl. Then he finally realized the hunger in his belly and simply smiled and said: "It's better to come early than to come by chance. You go in and report, saying that I am also here to rub elbows with the Queen Mother."
A meal.”
Even though she knew that the emperor was acting on a whim, the young female official immediately went inside to report it. Sure enough, the Queen Mother knew exactly what was going on. She glanced at Zhang Shou, who was eating in a gentle manner, and Zhu Ying, who was watching more people than eating, and finally gave the order
The emperor was invited to come in.
After some courtesy and greetings, she didn't mention anything about the fourth prince. She only asked for a pair of bowls and chopsticks, moved two barely touched dishes in front of her to the emperor, and ordered two more dishes for the small kitchen.
Have some snacks.
Zhang Shou, who was left in Qingning Palace to eat with him, already felt unwell. Now that the Emperor, a giant Buddha, was added to the list, he felt that this meal was going to give him a stomachache, and he just wanted to go back to eat it in the evening.
What kind of late-night snack could make up for his injured stomach and his mood? Sure enough, before he was even three-thirds full, someone had already served tea, and the meal was actually finished!
After rinsing his mouth, he heard the Queen Mother say: "It's getting late, Jiuzhang, please send Yingying back."
Zhang Shou quickly stood up and agreed, but Zhu Ying still yawned, and then said with a smile: "The Queen Mother is finally called Ah Shou? Grandpa Ge was always unhappy before, saying it was him
It’s a nice nickname for someone, but no one calls it... Well, I’ve been getting up early every day these past few days, and I’m really exhausted, so I’m going to leave now!”
Seeing that Zhu Ying stepped forward without hesitation and grabbed Zhang Shou, and saluted herself and the Queen Mother with a smile, as if she was afraid that he would ask more questions, she immediately turned around and left. The emperor was holding all the questions in his mouth, and finally
He could only laugh and curse: "Yingying, there must be a limit for female foreign ministers! Let Zhang Shou go back and copy the lyrics of that song. Although it is slang, I want to listen to it!"
Before Zhang Shou could speak, Zhu Ying had already directly agreed for him. He couldn't help but follow her out of Qingning Palace. When he went down the steps, he took the cloak handed by Ah Liu and wrapped it around him. When he saw Zhu Ying
As he hurriedly walked and dressed, he couldn't help but take two steps to catch up with her and asked: "Yingying, why are you running away?"
"Isn't it because of you? As soon as I heard that the fourth prince got into such a trouble today, I hurried into the palace and waited in Qingning Palace, for fear that the Queen Mother would ask you to discipline that brat again!"
Zhu Ying glared at Zhang Shou as she spoke, her face full of anger: "I hoped you would leave that kid alone, but it turned out that you actually went to Jiangdu Palace and personally sent the person back to the palace. I just
I'm afraid that you will take the responsibility again, saying that lax teaching is a teacher's laziness... Anyway, I will never watch you torture yourself for that naughty child, so of course I have to take you away as soon as possible!"
Zhang Shou immediately smiled. But of course he would not live up to the eldest lady's kindness, so he pretended to be surprised and said: "So, wouldn't it be that by some strange combination of circumstances, I was spared a beating? Oh, it really was going to happen.
Thank you madam for your kindness!"
When Zhu Ying heard the first half of the words, she wanted to scold him for being exaggerated, but when she heard the second half of the words, "mother", her cheeks immediately glowed. She was about to complain angrily to Zhang Shou for talking nonsense, but she felt reluctant to do so. She couldn't help but say it again.
She held his hand and said: "Stop talking so much, be careful that the emperor will be upset and come after us! Come on, hurry up, I'm still waiting to go home for supper!"
"Don't run, slow down! Don't exercise strenuously after meals, otherwise you will get colic!"
Zhang Shou's two words frightened Zhu Ying, who was about to run away, and immediately stopped. But when she reacted, she was about to complain that Zhang Shou was treating her like a child, but she saw that Zhang Shou actually changed
With a very serious expression: "I'm really not lying to you. I don't believe that Mrs. Tai and Aunt Jiu have never said this before."
Recalling that her grandmother and mother seemed to have said something like not exercising after meals, but there was no such terrifying description of intestinal syndrome, Zhu Ying could only glare at Zhang Shou again, but her pace really slowed down a lot. She
When entering the palace, she took a soft sedan directly from Xuanwu Gate. With Zhang Shou accompanying her, she was naturally very happy to walk back as a carriage.
Remembering what lyrics the emperor just said, she couldn't help but curiously asked. Although Zhang Shou expected that his conversation with the fourth prince might not be hidden from someone, but the emperor told him so clearly that he already knew, he was still a little bit naive.
The little boy was depressed, and after Zhu Ying rubbed him hard, he just started humming softly.
"When I was little, I thought you were beautiful..."
The title of that song that had impressed me deeply in childhood was later used in various completely opposite situations, including the way he used it in front of the fourth prince today. Thinking about it at this time, Zhang Shou felt a little sorry for the sincerity of the lyricist.
After listening to it, Zhu Ying's eyes widened even more: "Although the melody is weird, the lyrics sound pretty good. It doesn't seem to mean what you said... And, if I heard it right,
These blackboard chalks and other things seem to have come after you used them. This song refers to the teacher, right? How could the emperor be so concerned about it and ask you to write to him specially? "
Proper nouns like blackboard are indeed unique these days. Zhang Shou didn't want to say that he only intercepted one paragraph when he used it to fool the fourth prince, so he simply smiled back, hoping in his heart that the person listening in the corner would
The guy was still there, so he went to report back to the emperor, saving him from copying the lyrics again.
As a result, Zhu Ying was still asking, and a faint voice came from the side: "Xueshi Zhang, you are really good at grafting on ideas. Such lyrics that sound extremely positive can be misinterpreted like that by you. No wonder the fourth prince is so convinced by you."
.”
Hua Qi appeared before Zhu Ying could exclaim, and said with a smile: "In the case of Chief Hong Shan, Duke Qin and Prince Zhu successively wrote letters to plead guilty. The culprit was paraded through the streets. Chief Hong Shan wanted to avoid admitting that he was unlucky.
No matter what, the fourth prince will give you a small punishment and this matter will be over. As for the activities behind the scenes, Zhang, you and the eldest lady can rest assured."
"The ironclad case that has been solved cannot be overturned, otherwise there would be no one howling in the middle of the night!" As if to confirm his words, a shrill scream suddenly came from the night sky, and then it seemed like the person screaming
As if being gagged, everything was quiet again. At this time, Hua Qicai continued: "It has never been possible to recover something like water!"