Chapter 28: The smell on His Highness Huangjintai, this king is at home with his wife...
Zhao Yan left the Taiji Hall and returned to the Zichen Hall with his eunuchs. He remembered the rumors his father had just told him that he would usurp the throne of Emperor Zhao Cheng, and felt a little uncomfortable. He asked the eunuchs to carry up all his treasure chests again. After rummaging for more than an hour, he finally found a gift that suited his taste.
This painting is by Mr. Zhang Wenjun, a master calligrapher of the Liang Dynasty. It depicts a painting of eight horses, and the artistry is naturally undeniable. Zhao Yan, a wild boar, can't appreciate fine bran, so I'm not sure how to describe it, but Zhao Cheng would probably like it.
Several young eunuchs were flitting about, carefully holding up the master's authentic work. "Your Highness, this painting is extremely valuable. Are you taking it out to get rid of the musty smell?"
Zhao Yan shook his head. "No, pack it up and send it to the Crown Prince later. I remember he seems to like calligraphy and painting."
"Ah?" The young eunuchs were frightened by the boy's words. It was normal for princes and nobles to receive some rewards. Although his highness had a rich collection, he couldn't give it away every few days, right?
"Ah, what?" Zhao Yan didn't care about these things. Compared with these material things, he cared more about the relationship with his relatives.
It was said that ten years ago, he had asked Zhao Cheng to take him to the Imperial Gardens to play on the ice, but the ice cracked and he fell in, suffering from fever for days without opening his eyes. When he regained consciousness, Concubine Shu and Zhao Cheng took off their hats and apologized outside the Purple Palace. He had been unconscious for several days, and Concubine Shu and Zhao Cheng had knelt in the snow for days, and it was their mother who had ordered them to do so.
Ancient people had feudal ideas and taking off their hats to apologize was an insult. Zhao Yan could never forget the sight of Zhao Cheng and his mother kneeling in the snow.
After he recovered, he realized that this was a world of pornographic novels. He threw a tantrum and asked his father to make Zhao Cheng the crown prince. He then followed his mother back to Nanjing to recuperate, without even apologizing to anyone.
"Go ahead and deliver it if I ask you to," Zhao Yan waved his hand to signal the eunuch to carry the remaining items out. "By the way, remember to tell my brother that I want him to help me find a teacher in the Hanlin Academy in exchange for this painting."
Brother Lan said that the guards left behind in Qingshui Village will have to be transferred away in due time, and the children cannot be without teachers. Zhao Cheng has been the crown prince for more than ten years, so he must be better at choosing teachers than him.
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Two days later, on July 22, the 48th year of Yuanwu.
All nations came to Yan to pay homage to the emperor.
At that time, after noon in the morning, Zhao Yan was pulled out of his quilt by a young eunuch: "Your Highness, the clothing department has delivered your custom-made clothes. Please get up and wash up."
The young man was as soft as cooked noodles. Just after being pulled out of the soft silk quilt, the eunuch lay down again without noticing: "I will sleep for another ten minutes..."
The young eunuch brought the boy's clothes and said, "Your Highness, it's okay for you to sleep until noon on ordinary days, but today is a grand day when all nations come to pay homage. I don't know how many envoys from vassal states will be attending the banquet. You must not be late!"
Zhao Yan: "Father said that I don't have to eat the feast, I can sleep for five more minutes..."
"Your Highness, have you forgotten that we still have to go find Prince Yong after the banquet?" the eunuch said. "I've heard recently that the palace has announced that the prince is ill and won't see anyone. If we don't go there early today to block him, we'll definitely not be able to see him!"
"!" The young eunuch's words successfully woke up the drowsy Zhao Yan.
"That's right, I still have something important to accomplish!" Zhao Yan forced himself to turn on his phone. "What time is it now? When does the party start?"
"The banquet will start before noon," the young eunuch said. "Prince Yong hasn't been seen since he returned to the capital. He will definitely be surrounded by people. We have to go and grab him."
"No need..." Zhao Yan had already thought of a countermeasure and hooked his finger at the eunuch in front of the bed: "You write a letter and say that Shen Buyu is in my hands. When the time comes, give it to him and he will naturally come back to see me."
The young eunuch looked at the confident young man and asked, "General Shen is in your hands?"
Zhao Yan: "Don't gossip, just go and write."
After putting on his clothes, Zhao Yan adjusted himself to the height-enhancing soap boots in the room, and asked the eunuch to apply mint ointment on the back of his neck to make sure that everything was safe before he stood up and went to the banquet!
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Dayan was established for more than 40 years. It conquered the Xianbei and expelled the Xiongnu. In just over a decade, it opened up a trade route to the Western Regions, making the countries in the Western Regions pay tribute to Dayan and pay tribute to it.
This birthday banquet was the largest held by Emperor Yuanwu since the founding of the country. The envoys who were to deliver the invitations to the Western Regions alone set out two days in advance. The entire banquet was so magnificent that it was unparalleled by any emperor in the last few hundred years!
After Zhao Yan came out of the Purple Palace, he could see red silk hanging everywhere inside the palace walls. The Beijing guards dressed in exquisite costumes almost surrounded the entire Taiji Palace. Before he reached the front of the Taiji Palace, a deafening horn sounded through the sky.
When the young eunuch heard the horn signaling the start of the banquet, he quickly ordered the eunuchs carrying the sedan chair to speed up: "Hurry up, hurry up, the banquet has already started, we are going to be late."
"Didn't I ask you to prepare the letter?" Zhao Yan was not panicked at all. He hadn't thought it through before and only went to find someone with benefits. If he had told Brother Lan a few days ago that "Chen Yan" was in his hands, would he still worry that he would not want to see him?
He was such a fool to waste so much time!
The young eunuchs carried the sedan chair at a rapid pace, and in just half an hour they had brought it to the front of the Purple Palace for the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony. Emperor Yuanwu sat at the front of the palace, while civil and military officials and envoys from vassal states listened to the emperor's speech at the foot of the long steps.
Zhao Yan was weaving through the crowd when he accidentally bumped into someone. The hard chest hit his forehead so hard that it hurt, and his veil was even tilted. "Sorry."
The person Zhao Yan bumped into was Shi Sunkuo, the Northern Pacification Secretary. The man standing next to him was wearing a crimson robe, had a tall figure, and a stunning face tied with a gauze ribbon.
The young man bumped into someone, but didn't even look up, and walked towards the group of princes standing in front of him.
The Northern Pacification Secretary patted his clothes and looked at the fleeing boy. "I haven't seen His Highness the Seventh Prince for many years. He has grown taller than I expected."
Yong Shaolan turned sideways and looked towards the gorgeous color, his brows furrowed uncontrollably.
The young man had a handsome figure and a clear voice. If he wasn't a little too tall, Yong Shaolan would almost mistake him for Shen Yan.
Yong Shaolan retracted his gaze, "Master Sun and the Seventh Prince are very familiar with each other?"
"Your Highness, you're joking. I only saw Your Highness once in the lake ten years ago. I was only about that age then. I never thought that Jinling's feng shui was so nourishing and that Your Highness's legs would grow so long."
Yong Shaolan: “…”
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After the court ceremony, all the civil and military officials took their seats. Zhao Yan left his brothers' side, but before he could take two steps, Zhao Cheng stopped him. "Ah Yan, I received the painting you sent me. I heard from people in your palace that you want to find a teacher to teach you how to read."
"Oh," Zhao Yan nodded. "I'm looking for someone who can teach the kids. Do you have anyone suitable?"
Zhao Cheng: "Okay, then I'll bring people to your palace someday."
"Thank you," Zhao Yan said anxiously, raising his hand to thank Zhao Cheng and preparing to sit down. "Brother, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go find a place to eat."
Zhao Cheng wanted to say something more, but the young man had already turned and hurried away. His hands suddenly tightened under his sleeves. "Do you really think you're so popular as Qilin'er? You're wearing a veil in such a grand occasion."
"It's unbecoming."
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Zhao Yan left the conspicuous hall and took his eunuch to a corner to sit down.
Officials below the fifth rank in Dayan wore green robes. A room full of people in green robes were sitting and chatting. Suddenly, the Seventh Prince came running over and found a place to sit down.
The inner hall, which was originally full of gossip, suddenly became silent.
Zhao Yan was just about to take off her veil when she saw that everyone around her had quieted down. She paused and said, "You guys chat about yourselves. I'll just rest here for a while."
Everyone lowered their heads and remained silent.
Zhao Yan: “…”
The banquet was held in the palaces on both sides of the Taiji Hall and was distributed according to official ranks. Zhao Yan wanted the young eunuch to deliver the letter to Yong Shaolan first, but he didn't want to be seen by him, so he found a remote palace.
Zhao Yan looked at the green-robed people around him, raised his voice, and said tentatively: "No looking, no talking, eat the feast!"
"Hey, Lord Wang, what did you just say?"
"Oh, my daughter just turned 15 this year..."
"This Ants Climbing a Tree dish is delicious. Sir Liu, please try it."
Seeing everyone busy with their own things, Zhao Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He found a corner seat in the inner hall and called his eunuch, "You, go find Prince Yong and give him the letter. Ask him to meet me after the banquet."
The young eunuch nodded: "Yes."
After saying that, he left the remote palace.
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Yong Shaolan broke away from the tedious social occasions and walked alone in the crowd until he saw a familiar figure in Qingyangxuan in the corner.
The young man was busy with something, standing at the back of the crowd with his back to the side door. His slender waist was almost identical to the one he remembered, but his height was completely different.
Yong Shaolan walked into the hall with his hands behind his back.
Zhao Yan's shoes were uncomfortable and he couldn't sit down on his knees, so he could only stand behind the seat and wait for the eunuch to come and deliver the letter.
For some reason, he turned his back, holding a cake and looking at the calligraphy and painting, and the noise behind him suddenly disappeared.
At this moment, he felt that the light behind him was blocked by someone.
An eerie feeling behind me.
Zhao Yan took a sip of the pastry in his mouth, stretched his neck and swallowed it.
When he turned around, he saw Yong Shaolan suddenly appear behind him like a ghost.
Zhao Yan shuddered with fear, and the water chestnut cake in his hand fell to the ground. Yong Shaolan took a step closer to him without any hesitation, "Your Highness, this smell on you."
"I have also smelled it on my wife at home."
Zhao Yan: “SOS!”
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[Delicate wife x addicted cold brother]
Bai Xu is a poor student from a remote mountain village. He has no other advantages except his good looks. Not long after he was admitted to A University, he found out that he is the son of a wealthy family that is about to go bankrupt. He wants to have a business marriage to save his family business.
The Fu family in City A is a financial tycoon. However, their son Fu Siyan was involved in a homosexual scandal and was arranged to marry by his family.
As the marriage partner of Mr. Fu, Bai Xu thought he was dressed very beautifully. However, when he arrived at the school cafeteria, he heard whispers all around. Some people whispered that he was a country bumpkin who actually dreamed of pursuing the school hunk!
Suddenly, a familiar face appeared and praised him in front of everyone, "Classmate, you look very nice today."
Huh?
Bai Xu took a look and found that his wealthy fiancé turned out to be the trendy guy he picked up not long ago!
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Fu Siyan came out to his family during the summer vacation of his sophomore year, and ended up being given a male fiancée.
He went out to relax, got into a car accident, and ended up in a strange town, where he was picked up by Bai Xu.
After getting along with each other, Fu Siyan decided to pursue Bai Xu.
As a result, Bai Xu suddenly disappeared.
It was not until school started that he discovered that his fiancée was the missing Bai Xu.
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Fu Siyan, a legendary figure at University A, is a rich young man with a good family background and good looks, and his personality is basically not very good.
It was said that the Bai family's missing youngest son had a mild personality, and everyone expected that he would be squeezed dry and kicked out of the Fu family in no time. He would only receive a few hundred million cold hard cash!
On the first day, we didn’t break up.
The next day, we didn’t break up.
In the third month, the Bai family enterprise came back to life?
Rich brother's life is really unpleasant!
Even Bai Xu's roommate complained to him: "Fu Siyan is so rich, he must be a cold and violent maniac in private, super npd!"
Bai Xu, chewing instant noodles, commented obediently: "Actually, Si Yan is a very nice person."
"He bought today's milk tea."
Roommate: Wait, the cute baby in their room is actually the school hunk’s mysterious wife?!
No, my brother is actually a hidden rich man!!!
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