Chapter 53
This morning, the emperor was furious. The emperor had finally made a decision on the salt administration case in Jiangnan Province more than ten days ago. Ji Min, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, went to Jiangnan Province to investigate. The Ministry of Personnel was responsible for the assessment, appointment and dismissal of officials, and if he forced it, he could get it.
The Imperial Examination Party was actually somewhat dissatisfied, but the Sponsor Party was very much in favor of Ji Min going.
As for the reason, everyone knew it very well. Although Lord Ji was a member of the imperial examination system, he relied heavily on the sponsor in terms of form and manner, and was even somewhat close to the sponsor, especially since Lord Ji's superior was Lord Feng, the Minister of Personnel.
The Imperial Examination Party objected, and the Recommendation Party responded by saying that Lord Ji was also an Imperial Examination candidate, and was also a good friend of Ke An, so why did you still not trust Lord Ji? Or did you still doubt His Majesty?
But everyone didn't know that Ke An and Ji Min had parted ways four or five years ago.
The Imperial Examination Party had no way of speaking out their grievances, but they were unable to refute the attacks from the Nominating Party. In addition, during this period, the Nominating Officials, whether their superiors or colleagues in the court, more or less made things difficult for them, making it difficult for them to be an official in the court.
We can only obey the Holy Order.
As soon as the morning court was over, the candidates for the imperial examination were miserable. "They blocked my way and I was speechless." "We are so sorry to Lord Nie and Lord Ke."
There are also consolations: "I'm afraid the emperor's will is like this.", "The noble family is like a mountain, it is difficult to shake."
Some people felt a bit resentful in their hearts, blaming the aristocratic families, and it was inevitable that they also had a little resentment towards the emperor. Of course, they did not dare to say this, and even if they thought about it in their minds, they quickly suppressed the thought.
They are fortunate that the current emperor attaches great importance to the imperial examination.
For example, at the end of the Minghe period, the imperial examinations were withdrawn twice on the pretext of something, not to mention Zhongrui. At that time, there were only a few officials who came from the imperial examinations among the officials who attended the morning court. The current emperor has only been on the throne for four years. Now in the court, the fact that their imperial examination party can argue with the sponsoring party is the result of the emperor's support.
"Wait a little longer...", "We will eventually come out on top."
Everyone encouraged each other, but they felt a chill in their hearts. They could wait, but this time Lord Nie and Lord Ke had been wronged, and now one of them was dying and the other was missing. With the evidence Lord Ke had risked his life to find out, the case might be resolved in the end.
well.
When Ji Min came out, the members of the Imperial Examination Party quickened their pace when they saw him, pretending not to see him. Instead, Lord Feng came forward and spoke to Ji Min with a smile. Their conversation was mostly friendly. Ji Min hurriedly started chatting with him, showing great respect for his superior and even flattering him.
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Chongming Hall.
Xuanyuefu found that the atmosphere in the class was a little strange recently. Everyone used to form small groups in twos and threes, and whoever they could get along with would play together. Of course, Tian Wen and He Zhong and Zikai formed cliques and bullied others - they bullied him and isolated him.
Most of the other students played together according to their personalities or because they were close to the elders in their families, they had better relationships. A few good friends were also polite to other students in their interactions.
When he became the crown prince, the atmosphere of forming cliques in the class faded a little. Everyone in the class was harmonious and friendly, as if in front of him, we were not bullying our classmates or forming cliques.
Everyone is living in harmony and happiness.
As a result, it happened again in recent days, but because he was there, it was not as obvious as before to isolate him. However, Xuan Xuanfu still felt it, because elementary school students are really straightforward.
Not only him, but Liu Qiang also noticed it. Although Liu Qiang is a pig who doesn't like to study, he is still very sensitive sometimes. Liu Qiang said: "It's strange recently. They all walk around behind us, making me think I stink. I even went back to take a bath yesterday. Uncle Ming was scared."
Xuanyu Fu: ...How long has it been since you last took a shower!
"It's none of your business."
Liu Qiang: "I know, I've already taken a shower. They still took a detour today, and I didn't offend them." Then he said to Xuan Fu with a 'wise' look: "I just realized that they didn't talk to Ji Huai'en and didn't walk together after school."
"Do you know what happened?"
Manyu Fu: "There are disagreements on the affairs of the adults in the court."
"Is that so?" Liu Qiang was not interested in the reason after hearing it. "We are not adults, and this is adults' business."
"I'll go find Ji Huai'en to jump rope this afternoon."
It snowed a few days ago. It snowed for one day and then it was sunny for two or three days. However, the weather was much colder. We only had one physical education class of horse riding, archery and boxing in the afternoon, and the remaining class was changed to self-study class. Moreover, because of the cold weather, the horse riding road was slippery and the archers were cold, this class became a real "activity class" rather than a physical education class.
Do a set of boxing to warm up first and then you can move freely.
During the afternoon activity class, Liu Qiang asked Ji Huai'en to jump rope, but Ji Huai'en refused and stood in the corner with his head down. Manyu called out, "The little boy is still very serious. He hasn't even reached junior high school yet."
Ji Huai'en just came over.
The other students in the martial arts arena were secretly paying attention to this side, wanting to see what the Crown Prince and Ji Huai'en were talking about, and also wondering if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knew that Ji Huai'en's father had taken refuge with Lord Feng, and wanted to fool around with the salt administration case.
These are spreading outside now.
As a result, they heard that His Highness only let Ji Huai'en play rope skipping, and praised Ji Huai'en's rope skipping skills and said he wanted to learn from him. When the others heard the reason, they felt a little disappointed.
At the outer edge, some people surrounded Zhou Quan and whispered, "Should we tell His Highness about Ji Huai'en's father...", "Yes, tell His Highness not to play with Ji Huai'en."
Zhou Quan said, "Don't say that."
"Why? Zhou Quan, have you forgotten that your father and my father knelt in front of the palace for a long time to fight for this opportunity? But in the end, Ji Huaien's father was let to do it. Everyone knows what kind of person Ji Huaien's father is." This man has a straightforward temper, but he also knows to keep his voice down.
Zhou Quan said: "We can only see the court affairs from a limited perspective, and we can't see the whole picture. Besides, Ji Huai'en and I are both students of Chongming Hall. His Highness is a generous person, so how can we let His Highness exclude other students?"
"You have forgotten that Tian Wenhe and his companions originally excluded Your Highness because of court affairs." Li Ang stood up and spoke.
When the others heard this, they immediately wilted. Someone argued: How can His Highness be compared with Ji Huai'en... But he also knew that this was just talk, and Li Ang was right.
"I still feel uncomfortable. I'm not targeting him. I just won't play with him, okay?"
“Me too.”, “Same.”
After talking to each other, they went to have fun and couldn't come back reluctantly.
Zhou Quan sighed and said, "Don't blame them. My father was sick for more than ten days after that day. He had a high fever and had to go to the government office. I think other families are in the same situation."
"Of course I don't blame you. I have no right to say these things. Besides, you and I were not very familiar with Ji Huai'en before. It was still easy for us to talk about it. Liu Nanrong and Ji Huai'en used to get along so well and were good friends, but now it's like this." Li Ang didn't know what to say.
It seems like it makes sense no matter who you stand on.
Some people cheered in the martial arts arena.
The atmosphere on Li Ang's side was a bit "heavy". When he heard the sound and looked over, he saw several princes playing skipping rope, which was a solo game. Ji Huai'en was skipping with a fancy rope, jumping high and fast, and even shaking the rope twice or three times in the air. Prince Liu Qiang also cheered.
It seems...nothing serious.
The heavy atmosphere just now disappeared, Li Ang smiled and said: "Your Highness is here, let's go play rope and jump to warm up."
Zhou Quan was actually a little embarrassed and conflicted, but after listening to what Li Ang had just said and seeing how the prince was having a great time, although he was not familiar with Ji Huai'en before, if the whole class stopped playing with Ji Huai'en, Ji Huai'en would be too pitiful.
"Let's go."
Ji Huai'en had a hard time these past few days. His best friend treated him coldly, and he also heard people on the street talking about his father. He wanted to retort, but he couldn't. He went to ask his father, but his father just frowned and told him not to ask.
It's painful to be pulled and tangled like this.
Ji Huai'en was skipping rope today. He didn't want to play at first, but His Highness asked him to teach him. He jumped up and did a few double swings in the air. Slowly, the discomfort disappeared. He concentrated on the whole session of skipping rope, sweating profusely, and forgot everything else.
After a class.
Ji Huai'en's face was red, his forehead was covered with sweat, and his expression was no longer 'gloomy and depressed'.
"Go back, don't catch a cold." Xuanyufu said.
Everyone returned.
When we got to the main hall, we continued to dry our clothes, drink ginger tea, and then study. As soon as the self-study ended, everyone in the class bowed and left. It was cold and dark quickly, and the road was slippery. Some people said that they left first, or they were unhappy with Ji Huaien. Anyway, they could say both.
Xuan Duofu didn't care much and stayed after class as usual. He finished his homework, but his little classmate liked to stay and read a book, waiting for Master Yan to go back together. So Xuan Duofu didn't do his homework and stayed after class as well, and he slacked off on the side.
Like the memorial I wrote before to open the Institute of Diligent Studies.
While his deskmate was reading a book, Xuanyifu ran to the back and played checkers with Liu Qiang and others. It was cold and there were few outdoor activities, so Xuanyifu took out Gobang and checkers. Liu Qiang liked playing checkers, mainly because several people could play together.
This box of checkers was painted by Duo Fu, and Wang Banban personally sent it to the Internal Affairs Office to demonstrate how to make it. The checkers pieces are made of ceramic, and each one is round and of different colors, which is very beautiful.
There are four people playing now: Xuanyu Fu, Liu Qiang, Li Ze, and Ji Huai'en.
After school, Liu Nanrong walked very quickly. Ji Huai'en could see that she didn't want to go back with him, so he didn't bother to beg her. So he walked slowly out of spite and was dragged by Liu Qiang to play checkers.
"You try it, it's fun." Liu Qiang also taught the novice, "Walk to the other side, whoever gets there first wins."
Manyu Fu rubbed his hands together and said, "Stop talking nonsense and come on."
Zhou Quan Li Ang, a student from the study party, is reading with his deskmate in the front.
"Who's going first?"
"I am the prince, so naturally I will come first."
Liu Qiang: "Big fat boy, do you want to--"
"If you dare to say that, I'll complain to my second grandfather." Xuanyifu is shameless.
Liu Qiang: "Your Highness, you come first."
Xuanyi Fu was victorious and looked at the other two people, "I know you two don't mind, so I'll leave first." Hehe.
Naturally, His Highness invited Li Ze and Ji Huai'en first.
Wang Yuansun didn't leave either, and sat next to Liu Qiang.
Xuandifu played first and had some experience. Liu Qiang followed his intuition and had no idea where to move. Ji Huai'en was a novice and didn't know how to play, so he was the slowest. Li Ze was very smart and could calculate. He set up the chess paths again and again. One of his pieces flew to the front and surpassed Xuandifu.
"Wow, that's awesome." After praising Xuanfu, he quickly pondered over his next move.
Afterwards, Li Ze's chess piece did not "fly" as much as the previous move. The chess piece was neither slow nor fast, ranking second in speed, one step behind His Highness.
Wang Yuansun looked at it and snorted coldly.
Xuan Fu had actually already noticed it, and Li Ze deliberately let him do it.
But why did Wang Yuansun snort? I thought: My little classmate seems to be right. Wang Yuansun and Li Ze don't get along, but Li Ze is not easy to mess with. The two of them are secretly trying to show off.
He didn't interfere.
Let’s try green tea glutinous rice balls and black sesame glutinous rice balls.
Sure enough, he won the first set.
Xuanyuefu said, "I don't want to play anymore. You four come and let's take turns playing."
"Your Highness, please have fun. I'll take a break." Li Ze took the initiative to say.
Xuanyifu had already given up his seat and waved his hand. Wang Yuansun took over the seat, and Li Ze's expression changed. The two of them exchanged glances several times - that's what Xuanyifu thought.
The second game started. This time the winner was decided by rock-paper-scissors. Liu Qiang was lucky enough to win and go first. Liu Qiang was so happy that he didn't know what to do. He gave the fat boy a smug expression of "you watch".
Xuan Fu thought, this game between Li Ze and Wang Yuansun will make you lose your way!
Still happy as a fool.
Without him, Li Ze didn't need to calculate who to give up the chess piece to, so he played very quickly. Liu Qiang couldn't keep up and started to play randomly. He advised the other player, saying, "Brother, think about it. Don't you need to think when playing chess?"
"No need, I've thought about it." Wang Yuansun said coldly.
Liu Qiang: "...I didn't even see you thinking."
Wang Yuansun didn't respond, because this was a 'ghost wall'. Liu Qiang could only say 'ok, ok, ok', and then looked at Ji Huai'en. Ji Huai'en was faster than him, so it seemed that he was the last one.
Sure enough, the chessboard was soon settled. Wang Yuansun was one step ahead of Li Ze, just one step.
Li Zeyuan's face suddenly turned cold.
Many people who were eating melons nearby made a new discovery: my round face looks cool even when it is cold!!!
He turned around and pretended to be cool!
"Come again." Li Ze said with a smile.
Wang Yuansun began to choke: "I won't fight with a defeated general."
Liu Qiang, who hadn't finished playing chess yet, heard something was wrong and said quickly, "Haha, it's getting late, let's go home, let's go, buddy."
"It's just that I lost the game of rock-paper-scissors. I was one step late." Li Ze's smile disappeared.
Wang Yuansun: "Your luck in rock-paper-scissors is bad. If you lose, you lose."
"You won't always be lucky."
Xuanyu Fu: ...sweating all over, you two were so arguing that you forgot I was here, right?
Green Tea Glutinous Rice Balls, you don’t want to pretend anymore, right?
Seeing that they were about to have a fight, Xuanyun Fu was afraid that Li Ze would suffer a loss because Li Ze did not know martial arts and was not as strong as Wang Yuansun. He quickly called Li Ze and said, "You are very good. You don't have to let me go next time. This little game of checkers is no problem for you."
"He just loves to flatter people." Wang Yuansun said scornfully.
Xuanyun Fu's face suddenly became serious, and he turned around and said, "Wang Yuansun, what are you crazy about? I have a high status, and who in the class doesn't give in to me? Just now when we were playing checkers, Liu Qiang also gave in to me. Could it be that you don't like the fact that everyone in the class gives in to me?"
The tone of Wang Yuansun's words sounded as if he was saying that Li Ze was lowly.
"Li Ze loves to flatter me. Didn't you do that before? Why do you always like to control Li Ze? Do you have such a strong desire to control Li Ze?"
Wang Yuansun's face turned cold.
Xuanyifu was not afraid, "Who spoils you?" He saw from the corner of his eye that because he scolded Wang Yuansun, Li Ze had a smug and pitiful expression on his face. Xuanyifu: ...
"Stop pretending!"
I'm so angry!
Xuanyifu and the two dumplings cursed at the same time, and threw up their sleeves, "I'm going back alone."
He might have been too angry and raised his voice a little. Three people from the study party came over. Yan Huaijin's eyes showed concern and confusion, as if he knew what had happened.
Xuanyuefu's anger had just disappeared by more than half.
Turning his head to look over, Li Ze had no smile on his face, and Wang Yuansun still had a gloomy face, probably because something he said just now had touched someone's sore spot.
"Among the forty-one people, who would become friends simply because of their compatible personalities? Because of the political issues of our fathers in the court, our good friends have become strangers. When we can come together again tomorrow for some benefit, we can make friends if we want to. If we can't be friends, we can be classmates. If we can't be classmates, we can be strangers."
"I'm not petty, and I won't make things difficult for anyone just because they don't pamper me. Don't worry, my father is wise and powerful, and he will naturally not make things difficult for anyone just because of a child's fight."
"Let's go today, let's go back."
Xuanyuefu walked out with his hands behind his back, and the short Yan Huaijin followed him quickly. Xuanyuefu stopped at the door, sighed silently, and saw his little classmate put his head in front of him.
"Many blessings, you can pinch them."
"Yan Jinjin~~~" The Crown Prince, the mature and steady man, suddenly burst into tears and pinched Yan Jinjin's hair. He was still a child with a simple mind.
"Don't be angry."
"I'm not angry anymore."
"That's good."
Children are really easy to coax, but Xuan Fu was really not angry. He was angry because of Wang Yuansun's tone. In this era, the eunuchs and palace maids around him took care of him, served him and played with him every day because of their power and status. They should not be looked down upon because of this.
"Come on, I'll take you out." Xuanyufu said.
Yan Huaijin said: "No, I'll go find my uncle."
"..." Recently, Master Yan's classes have become more difficult, so he should just stay away.
Yan Huaijin laughed, and Xuanyuefu also laughed.
Shuncai took the fox fur coat and put it on the prince, and carried the schoolbag. His Royal Highness left first. When his back was out of sight, the remaining people in the hall went about their own business. Wang Yuansun's face was extremely ugly, and Li Ze was not much better. He would not be able to pretend in front of the prince in the future. Fortunately, there were not many people today.
Yan Huaijin, Li Ang and Zhou Quan should not be talkative.
Li Ze looked at Ji Huai'en.
Wang Yuansun sneered coldly, saying that Li Ze still wanted to "plan" and "control the situation". Li Ze looked over and saw Liu Qiang and Ji Huai'en standing beside him, ready to stop the fight at any time. However, Wang Yuansun ignored Li Ze and walked out of the hall from the back door in a single layer of clothes.
When Liu Qiang saw him, he hurriedly followed.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Wang Yuansun said with a gloomy face that Liu Qiang should not play with him anymore. "Do you think I want to play with you? That's what my father told me to do, to flatter you and obey you. Now that you know it, I won't hide it. You are right, I am disgusted by Li Ze, but I am doing this. I am so cheap."
"???" Liu Qiang couldn't think of what to say next, so he could only stand there, "What do you mean by praise or not? Can your sword really beat my gun?"
Wang Yuansun: ...
"I didn't let you."
"Haha, that's it. We were playing chess so well but ended up having a falling out. Fatty's words were just right, and Li Ze didn't do anything to offend you. Your tone was a little bad just now. Okay, okay, I won't say anything more. Go back and have a rest first. We'll play again tomorrow." This was all Liu Qiang could do.
Wang Yuansun: "I don't want to play with you, do you understand?"
"But I want to play with you. I understand. If you don't want to flatter me, then I can just go to you. We are brothers, so stop wasting time." After saying this, Liu Qiang quickly slipped away. Because Wang Yuansun's face was very dark, he decided to go to Wang Yuansun to play tomorrow.
Xuan Fu walked back in a hurry, and his boots and fox fur coat were stained with snow.
After returning to the Purple Palace, he ran to the warm room as usual, but was stopped by Eunuch Zhao, who smiled and whispered, "Your Highness, I'm afraid your shoes and socks are wet. It's freezing cold, so you should go back and change your clothes first, so you don't catch a cold."
Many Fukumoto wanted to say that he was warm in his boots -
...I suddenly understood something.
The two fathers are in love again, and that’s enough to be happy.
My son is not important.
In the warm room, Xu Xiaoman heard the baby's voice and asked Zhong Yun if Duoduo had come back. Zhong Yun was not interested in whether Duoduo had come back or not. He just kissed Xiaoman and said, "It's still early."
"Is it early?" Xu Xiaoman saw that it was getting dark outside.
Zhong Yun kissed Xiaoman, and Xu Xiaoman didn't care about anything else.
Outside, Xuanfu returned to his side palace and changed his clothes first. When he saw the time, it was time for dinner, so he called Wang Banban, "Give me some snacks to fill my stomach first."
"Your Highness, why don't you order some food and eat first?"
"No, I want to have dinner with my father."
Wang Yuanyuan: "That's something you have to wait for."
Xuanyu Fu: "..." Banban was right, "Then I'll eat a bowl of noodles first. What has the imperial kitchen prepared?" He still didn't want to eat just noodles.
Wang Yuanyuan looked at Xiao Duofu with pity.
"The governor asked us to prepare the hotpot that Wuzhou likes to eat in winter."
Many blessings:!!!
"Then I'd better wait for Dad." Otherwise, how can I eat from the pot when I'm full?
When Wang Yuanyuan saw the pitiful and greedy look of the little prince, he wanted to go to the outer room and throw stones at him - but he didn't dare to do so just thinking about it, because if he really got lost, no one could save him.
"Then the old slave will peel walnuts for the young prince?"
"Just accompany me for a snack, two sweet and two salty."
As they were talking, Xiao Luzi came in to ask for a meeting. Wang Yuanyuan thought he was here to pass on a message, wondering if the emperor and the governor had finished their work, so she called him in. Xiao Luzi came in with a box of snacks, knelt down to greet them, and said sweetly, "Your Highness, the imperial kitchen has recently come up with a few new dishes, fresh from the oven, please try them."
"We haven't ordered any dim sum yet. You're so smart that you thought of this." Wang Yuanyuan opened the lid. The dim sum was still hot, so she served it to the little prince first.
Xuan Duofu ate one. It was fresh out of the oven. The crust was warm and there were almonds and some dry milk crisps inside. "It's delicious." He looked at Wang Banban again.
Wang Yuanyuan smiled and gave Xiao Luzi a reward, and personally escorted Xiao Luzi out. Xiao Luzi was so happy to receive the reward that he was caught by Wang Gonggong's wrist. He was stunned immediately, thinking that Wang Gonggong looked a bit like his master, and he didn't dare to think further.
"Little Lu, that's not right. You are serving in front of the emperor, so you should call him Eunuch Lu."
Xiao Luzi immediately said no, no.
"It's my duty to serve His Majesty, but for such an errand as delivering snacks, a small eunuch can be asked to run errands. Why bother Eunuch Lu to make such a trip?" Wang Yuanyuan smiled and then became gloomy. "Our prince has a good temper and is the kindest, but not everyone can enter the Eastern Palace. Maybe we have misunderstood something. However, Eunuch Lu is by His Majesty's side, so we still have to make it clear."
Xiao Luzi broke out in a cold sweat and didn't know what to say for a moment. He wanted to go to the East Palace, but after hearing Wang Yuanyuan say this, he didn't dare to express his true thoughts.
Wang Yuanyuan let go of Xiao Luzi's hand, and a friendly smile returned to her face.
After walking along the small path and couldn't be seen clearly, Wang Yuanyuan stood at the door and thought for a while. She had to tell Zhao Erxi about this and keep his people under control, because it wouldn't be so easy next time.
He screened all the servants around His Highness and considered loyalty as the most important thing, regardless of anything else.
Xuanyuefu ate two pieces of almond cake and stopped eating. Seeing Wang Banban coming back, he asked, "Is he planning to come to the East Palace?"
"Your Highness is smart. Did you figure it out?"
"Yes." Xuanyu Fu said to Wang Banban, "He is my father's man. If my father wants to give him to me, that's fine. But if he wants it, the East Palace doesn't want him."
He felt that his tone was a little serious, and Xiao Luzi had done nothing wrong, so he said, "Banban, you should talk to Xiao Luzi's father-in-law and tell him not to think about changing jobs. I don't have much of a future here."
Wang Yuanyuan immediately said seriously: "Your Highness, this place is very good. I like to serve Your Highness for the rest of my life."
"Banban is different." Xuanyuefu laughed and said, "Banban doesn't seek great success. Banban treats me like a relative."
Wang Yuanyuan said that Your Highness was embarrassing her, but her eyes were red.
Many words of blessing are sincere words, and he can feel it from those who treat him well simply.
After a while, Zhao Erxi came in person to tell us that we could have our meal.
Many blessings: Finally, I can eat.
The pot in Wuzhou is a bit like a stew pot, and it is used for ribs. The braised ribs come with cabbage vermicelli and soft steamed cornmeal cakes. The cakes can be dipped in the ribs soup, which is especially fragrant.
Manyu Fu was chewing the ribs so deliciously that his face was covered with the soup.
Next to him was Xu Xiaoman, the father and son were exactly the same, they ate the food with their hands when they were enjoying it, their cheeks stained with the soup. Zhong Yan wanted to tease Xu Xiaoman when he saw him eating like this, but when he turned around and saw Xiaoman also eating with relish, he immediately put some ribs in Xu Xiaoman's bowl.
"I loved eating this way when I was in Wuzhou," said Zhong Yun.
Xu Xiaoman: "Yes, especially during the Chinese New Year, when we eat too much lamb and crave pork."
Many Fokeng chewed their heads and said, "Sheep is delicious, so is pig, and so is cow."
"Is there anything you don't like to eat?"
“I won’t tell you, father.” Xuan Fu happily continued to nibble.
After they had finished eating, the father and son slowed down. With his amazing political acumen, Xuan Fu asked, "Father, is that big problem about to be solved?"
"How do you know that?"
"I'm smart." Xuanyu Fu flattered himself.
Xu Xiaoman wiped his hands and said, "Our Duoduo is smart."
Zhong Yun: What cleverness? Today we are in the mood to play a little. Xuan Fu was blocked outside when he came back from school. He was eating happily and didn't talk about politics. Even a fool could see that he was in a good mood today.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince loves to eat, drink and have fun, why do you suddenly care about this? Tell the truth."
Xuanyuefu: "...In the past few days, everyone in the class has been somewhat distant from Ji Huai'en. Father, Ji Huai'en is the son of Lord Ji. People outside say that Lord Ji wants to fool the salt administration case..."
Zhong Yun laughed as he listened, and looked at Xiaoman with the tone of "Xu Xuanfu is a fool, you just praised him for being smart". Xu Xiaoman didn't look at Zhong Yun's eyes. Duoduo also cared about his classmates. He knew who Ji Min was, but didn't know who Ji Huai'en was, even though they had the same last name, Ji, and this topic was easy to guess.
But Jiu Qian Sui is a protective person.
I don't want to see the look in Emperor Ningwu's eyes that makes fun of me.
After many of Fu's words were finished, their eyes lit up and they sought confirmation: "Father, Lord Ji is a good official, right?" Otherwise, if Lord Ji was a bad person, Ji Huai'en would be too pitiful.
"Ji Min is a useful person." Zhong Yun did not say whether he was good or bad.
When Xuanyuefu heard this, it seemed that Mr. Ji was different from what his classmates said.
"Don't worry, it will be settled before the spring examination after the New Year," said Xu Xiaoman.
Zhong Yun: "Before the Spring Examination in February, it will be the time for our crown prince to be enthroned."
Xuan Fu listened to his two fathers' riddles and looked at them, but they didn't say anything more about the salt administration case. He didn't want to ask because he wouldn't get the answer. But it was enough for him to know that Ji Huai'en's father was not that kind of bad villain official.
The prince breathed a sigh of relief.
That day, the crown prince went back to sleep after having a full meal, while Emperor Ningwu asked Zhao Erxi, "How is the progress of the renovation of the East Palace?"
If Duoxuanfu had barged in today, Xiaoman would definitely have been so ashamed and angry that she would have beaten him.
Fortunately, fortunately.
Zhao Erxi replied quickly, and went to the Palace of the Gods the next day to ask about the progress. Will it be ready by the end of the month? Then dry it a little more, so that Wang Yuanyuan won't find fault with it.
After that, life went on as usual, except for two things: First, Wang Yuansun stopped coming to him and stopped praising him. Many blessings: It was as if nothing had happened.
Since Wang Yuansun looked down on the act of flattering others and thought it was lowly, he might feel better if he didn't do it.
So many of the blessings were not just angry words, nothing really happened.
Wang Yuansun sat at a separate table in the last row of the class. He used to have a smiling face, but after he said that day, Wang Yuansun seemed to have returned to his original nature the next day. He had a cold face most of the time, didn't pay much attention to his classmates, and kept to himself.
Except playing with Liu Qiang.
The second thing was that Lord Ji set out for Jiangnan Road, accompanied by three or four officials from the Inspection Office. The officials were all of low rank, only six or seven grades.
Compared to Wang Yuansun who keeps to himself and has Liu Qiang by his side, Ji Huai'en is really a loner. However, Li Ze would go over to chat and eat with Ji Huai'en from time to time.
Ji Huai'en and Li Ze became closer.
Xuanyu Fu: I also breathed a sigh of relief.
If Green Tea Tangyuan came to stick to him, he wouldn't be able to resist.
In a nutshell: nothing happens in life and I am still happy every day.
After a few more snowfalls, Xuan Fu got tired of making snowmen, so he suggested ice skating. He mentioned it casually, and unexpectedly, when he went to the martial arts field the next day, he saw an ice track built on the place where they usually practiced martial arts, and there were many ice sculptures next to it, in shapes like little rabbits and lanterns, which were very beautiful.
Skateboards are also available on the ice track.
The kind where he sits and others pull him around to play.
Everyone else wanted to pull him to play, but Xuanyufu declined. Liu Qiang said, "I'll pull you."
"I can't pull you." Xuanyufu said.
Liu Qiang glanced up and down: "Do I need you to pull me with your small body? No need, just do it, I can pull you even if you hold Yan Huaijin."
"Then I'll go ahead." Xuanyu Fu stopped being pretentious.
He felt that what Wang Yuansun said last time did not apply to Liu Qiang, because Liu Qiang coaxed you and played with you because he treated you as a friend, not because he saw you as the prince.
Manyu Fu thought: I was almost led into a ditch by Wang Yuansun.
Sitting down happily, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was full of vigor and power, "Liu Jiaojiao, hurry up!!!"
Liu Qiang almost fell over and turned his head: "Big fat boy, they are all human beings, I don't want to save face!"
"Don't talk nonsense, just go ahead."
After Liu Qiang pulled him to play, he pulled Yan Huaijin again. Yan Huaijin was small but very loyal, so he said, "Let me push you, Liu Qiang." Liu Qiang glanced at Yan Huaijin again.
Many blessings: ...
His hands itched, so he beat Liu Qiang.
"My little desk mate will grow taller in the future, so hurry up and sit down. My little desk mate and I will return the favor for your pulling just now. If we push you, you will eventually be able to move forward."
Uncle Liu Qiang curled his lips, but finally had to sit down due to the prince's awesome power.
The last three people flipped over, and Liu Qiang shouted: "Fat boy, you and your deskmate are plotting against me, right?" Then he rolled very fast and got off the slide.
Xuanyuefu didn't know what happened, and he ended up rolling and sliding down the entire slide with his desk mate. Everyone came to "protect him". Xuanyuefu was wearing thick clothes and didn't feel any pain at all. He laughed and said it was no problem.
Yan Huaijin was held in Xuanfu's arms, with only his pretty face showing due to the slightly red nose tip caused by the cold. He looked at Xuanfu who was laughing and started laughing too.
It was near the end of the month and the Chinese New Year was approaching, and the palace was filled with joy. I heard that the 28th emperor in the court would stop writing - a ceremony to take a holiday, and would not resume writing until after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month after the Chinese New Year.
It takes a full half month to enlarge.
Chongming Hall was opened on the 25th. Recently, Wang Zongguan began to instruct the eunuchs to move the luggage to the Prince's Eastern Palace. The Eastern Palace was finally repaired and the prince was moving.
Xu Xiaoman was reluctant and said that the New Year was almost coming, so why move now?
Zhong Yun was coaxed back. The palace was going to hold a New Year banquet this year, and Duofu also had friends to entertain, so the East Palace was a more spacious place.
Xu Xiaoman could only sigh and say okay.
The child has really grown up.
Zhong Yun: It’s good that you’ve grown up. Grow up quickly. Which prince sticks to his father every day?
He always calls me “Daddy”. He looks for me when he gets home from school, looks for me before going to bed, eats with me, and even hugs me and calls me “Daddy” in the morning…
And the most useful thing: the Anle County specialty, Hemorrhage Red, which was previously requested by many people, was finally purchased by the Princess's Mansion. In addition to a large box of Hemorrhage Red, there were also cloths dyed with Hemorrhage Red, and so on.
Many people are eager to try: It’s the New Year, can I dye my hair red?
How auspicious!
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