"Fifth brother is really promising." After King An sighed, he turned around and saw the other three brothers looking at him. He asked in confusion, "What did I say wrong?"
"No." King Huai said dryly, "It would be better if you didn't speak."
Having said that, he turned and left.
"Brother, aren't we going to see our father?" Prince An stopped him and said, "Why are you going back again?"
King Huai stopped and said with a fake smile: "Father, you must be tired after hearing that Fifth Brother has been reciting books for so long. How can we disturb him?"
Yun Yanze glanced in the direction where Yun Duqing was standing, and silently followed King Huai away. Prince Jing hesitated for a moment, then whispered to Prince An, "Second brother, let's go too."
Without waiting for King An to react, he quickly followed King Huai and walked away without looking back.
Why are you leaving? Only a fool would leave when there is such a good opportunity to flatter someone.
Prince An straightened his outer robe and strode towards Yun Duqing. As he got closer, he heard these officials whispering to his fifth brother to go back and have a good rest, saying that health was the most important thing.
Fifth brother, were you reciting or moving books in Taiyang Palace just now?
"Your Highness Prince An." Ming Jingzhou raised his eyes and saluted Prince An.
"Lord Ming." Prince An returned the greeting politely. This was his fifth brother's wife's biological father, so he had to be more polite.
The officials then discovered the existence of Prince An. After some greetings, they decided not to talk too much about private matters with Prince Chen in front of the other princes, in order to avoid being accused of forming a faction.
"Your Highness, I cannot stay in the palace any longer. I will take my leave now." Ming Jingzhou looked at Jiuzhu and hesitated for a moment. "Spring is here and your mother has learned how to make flower cakes. If you have some free time, come to your house with Your Highness."
"Father." Jiuzhu followed Ming Jingzhou for two steps. She remembered that when she just returned to the capital, she saw a kind of cake made of fresh flowers in a book.
Her mother told her that flower cakes made with spring petals were the most delicious, and that she would make the flower cakes mentioned in the book for her in the coming spring.
She thought her mother had forgotten about this matter long ago, but it turned out that she had always kept it in her heart.
Ming Jingzhou stopped and turned to look at her: "Go back to the palace with His Highness as soon as possible."
"Father-in-law, I will take Jiuzhu back to my mother's house the day after tomorrow." Prince Chen walked over to the father and daughter and said, "Please make a few more, mother-in-law. I also want to try it."
"Okay." Ming Jingzhou smiled and said, "I will be waiting for your arrival at my humble residence."
After Ming Jingzhou left, Prince An looked at Prince Chen in confusion: "Fifth brother, I remember that you didn't like flower cakes in the past, and you said that they were not refreshing enough..."
"Second brother." Prince Chen wanted to cover Prince An's mouth: "People's tastes will change."
"But you just said that last year."
"The me of last year is no longer the me of today." Prince Chen said expressionlessly, "If you have nothing to do, you can go home and read more books."
Prince An saw that his fifth brother seemed a little angry, so he quickly shut up.
Why is Fifth Brother angry again?
He wants to curry favor with someone, why is it so difficult?
"Your Highness." Jiuzhu understood that His Highness did not like to eat flower cakes, but told his father that he wanted to try his mother's cooking, all for her.
"Don't listen to what my second brother says." Prince Chen smiled at her, "We haven't lived together since we were young. Who can know better than I do what I like and what I hate?"
"Mother not only knows how to make flower cakes, but also other dishes. The chefs in the mansion are also very good." Jiuzhu smiled sweetly at the Prince of Chen: "Your Highness, let's all try it together when the time comes."
"Okay." Seeing Jiuzhu's sweet smile, Prince Chen felt relieved: "Let's go back to Qilin Palace."
"Ah..." Prince An sighed as he watched his fifth brother and his wife leave.
Oops, today's plan to please others has also failed.
Maybe he came at the wrong time?
"You just said in the palace that I read late into the night every day?" Halfway through the journey, Prince Chen remembered this. He remembered that in the past few nights, he would wait until Ming Xiaozhu fell asleep before getting up and secretly reading.
"Every night, as soon as Your Highness leaves, I know." Jiuzhu didn't think much about it: "But seeing that you were reciting very seriously, I didn't disturb you."
Prince Chen: “…”
He just wanted Jiuzhu to feel that even if he didn't study the book seriously, he could still recite the whole book.
Unexpectedly, the secret had already been revealed.
"But Your Highness is really amazing. He has only read the book for a few days and he can memorize the whole book." Jiuzhu looked at him with shining eyes: "I wish I could be as good as you at memorizing when I was a child."
"That's nothing. A book called "Nongsang Ji" is not difficult." Prince Chen raised his chin and said, "As long as your prince wants to do it, there is nothing he can't do."
Jiuzhu's eyes looked at King Chen even more passionately.
Your Highness, you are truly a god-like man.
As soon as the news of the additional special examination spread, scholars throughout the capital were excited, and countless people happily rushed to report and prepare for the next exam this year.
"The imperial court really opened an additional imperial examination?"
"Could it be that Prince Chen memorized the book?"
"I memorized it. I memorized it. My classmate is Lord Wang's nephew. He said Lord Wang was present when Prince Chen was reciting the book. Prince Chen recited the whole book backwards without any mistakes, which amazed everyone."
"really?"
"How can what the nephew of the king said be false? But I heard from the grapevine that after the prince of Chen finished reciting the book, he was almost beaten. In the end, it was the princess of Chen who stepped forward and stopped the prince of Chen, so that His Majesty stopped."
"Why is that?"
"I don't know. Maybe His Majesty didn't originally plan to hold the imperial examination."
"I see. Your Highness, it is not easy for you to do this for the sake of scholars all over the world. Even for scholars like us, it is extremely difficult to memorize the "Nongsangji" within five days."
"Yeah, it's not easy."
Amidst a chorus of sighs, Prince Chen's reputation among scholars reached an unprecedented height.
The next day after he finished memorizing the book, Yun Qirong and Yun Yizhi, dressed in the clothes of the imperial guards, gathered around the prince and asked, "Did you really memorize the whole book?"
"How could I lie in front of so many officials?" Prince Chen yawned lazily: "That's it, I feel something is wrong."
"What's wrong?" Yun Qirong was puzzled. Now many scholars outside were praising His Highness. Why was it so wrong?
The Prince didn't say anything.
At first, his father-in-law only asked him to propose the matter of adding special examinations, but did not ask him to endorse it.
However, when he arrived at the main hall of Taiyang Palace, his father immediately lifted him up to a high place, and he didn't even have a chance to get down the stairs.
At that time, he only thought that it was not difficult to memorize a book. Now that he had finished memorizing the book and Enke's matter was done, he finally figured out something was wrong.
Could it be that... his father-in-law and the emperor had conspired to trick him into endorsing the book?
Seeing that the prince looked unhappy, Yun Qirong became worried: "Is there a conspiracy? Who dared to plot against you? Let's go and get back at them."
"You dare not go." The Prince of Chen continued to sigh: "You have never liked to study since you were young. You should be good guards in front of the emperor. In two years, you can find some real positions and open up more ways for future generations."
"Don't worry, Your Highness. We know it well." Yun Yizhi smiled innocently, "In the past, the other imperial guards looked down on us royal relatives, but now they are all very polite to us."
Half of it was because the good deeds they did in the capital reached the ears of their colleagues, and the other half was because of the prince.
They had served as the prince's companions, so their status was naturally different from that of others.
"Prince, you are here?" Liu Zhongbao found Prince Chen hiding in a corner behind the rockery and said with a smile, "It was easy for me to find you. Your Majesty invites you to the main hall of Taiyang Palace."
Looking at Liu Zhongbao who suddenly appeared, Prince Chen was speechless for a long time.
When he got up early this morning, he felt that something was wrong, so he found a secluded corner to stay in. Unexpectedly, he was still found by Eunuch Liu.
As expected, there are no secrets in this harem.
He stood up, patted his clothes, and sighed, "Eunuch Liu, my father asked me to come over. Is he asking me to recite a book or review a memorial?"
"Your Majesty's intention, I dare not speculate." Eunuch Liu smiled more kindly: "Your Highness, please bear with me and go with me."
Prince Chen rubbed his forehead and said, "Please lead the way, eunuch."
As soon as he stepped into the gate of Taiyang Palace, before he had time to salute, his father spoke.
"The Zizhi Tongjian says: 'The ruler must be trustworthy. If he trusts again and again, who will not be close to him?' What is the meaning of this sentence?"
"Your Majesty, I don't know." Emperor Longfeng of Chen Dynasty bowed and came to his side shamelessly: "Your Majesty, I am not interested in reading these boring books on weekdays."
"Han Feizi says: 'If you don't fly for three years, you will grow your wings; if you don't fly or sing, you will observe the people's behavior. Although you don't fly, you will soar into the sky; although you don't sing, your singing will startle people. What's the meaning of this?"
"Father." Prince Chen looked at Emperor Longfeng and said, "Look at me, do I look like someone who knows these things?"
Seeing him like this, Emperor Longfeng was not angry. He took half of the tall memorial and put it aside: "I heard from your mother that you want to take the princess out of the palace tomorrow?"
"Father, is this true?" Prince Chen looked at him in shock: "You actually threaten me with this kind of thing?"
"I am a benevolent monarch, how could I threaten you?" Emperor Longfeng smiled kindly, "If you don't even understand these questions, then stay in the palace and read books. When you understand them, it won't be too late to go out and play."
Prince Chen was silent for a moment, then stepped forward and took the half of the memorial to the side: "Father, between father and son, we can speak directly if we have anything to say, and you can give us instructions directly if you have anything to say. I can bear it."
Emperor Longfeng chuckled and said, "Liu Zhongbao, prepare some writing brushes and ink for Prince Chen."
"If you finish reviewing these memorials, leave the palace tomorrow and relax." Emperor Longfeng put down his red brush and leaned back in his chair lazily: "As a father, how can you not love your son?"
The Prince of Chen did not respond, but opened the memorial and started reviewing it.
What does it matter if he just wants his princess to eat the flower cakes made by her mother-in-law?
A mature man should provide a solid foundation for his woman.
What about "Zizhi Tongjian" and "Han Feizi"? Are they things that a prince should know about?
"The tax silver paid by Lizhou this year seems to be more than 20,000 strings less than in previous years?" Emperor Longfeng casually said, "The governor of Lizhou is not doing a good enough job."
"There were floods in several counties in Lizhou, so it's normal that the tax silver is less than in previous years." The Prince quickly read a memorial and wrote a few words on it: "The local governor is surnamed Liu. He is a pragmatic and good official, but he is a little stubborn and not very likable. Other problems are not big."
Emperor Longfeng smiled and nodded: "I am old now, I have forgotten such an important thing."
"Father, you should look in the mirror when you say this." Prince Chen looked at him and said, "If you were old, most of the officials in the court would have retired and returned home."
"Oh?" Emperor Longfeng smiled: "Could it be that in your heart, Father will never grow old?"
The Prince paused with his pen in his hand, and he looked at Emperor Longfeng seriously: "In the eyes of this son, your father will always be the father who roasted sweet potatoes for him in the middle of the night and ran around the yard with him on his back."
"As long as you are here, I am not afraid of anything." He put down his pen: "Father has a ruddy complexion, thick black hair, strong feet, and is in the prime of life."
"You can ask this question in a few decades." The Prince of Chen smiled and said, "Anyway, if you ask it now, I can only give you one answer."
"You are not old. You are the most majestic, wise and brave father in my heart."
"You are also the best emperor in Dacheng."
The hall was silent for a long time. Emperor Longfeng walked up to Prince Chen and patted him on the shoulder.
"I am very touched that you can say these words."
"But these memorials still need to be reviewed."
"I didn't say I wouldn't approve the memorial." Prince Chen patted his hand on his shoulder: "I just hope that your Majesty will not ask this question again."
No son wants his father to grow old.
Liu Zhongbao noticed that there seemed to be a hint of tears in His Majesty's eyes when he smiled.
He quickly lowered his head.
He was afraid that his gaze would disturb the warmth between father and son.
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