Chapter 242
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The fifth prince received an allowance of one hundred taels of silver per month, and the rest remained the same as before. If he wanted to buy something, he could ask the people around him to buy it directly without using his pocket money.
One hundred taels may seem like a small amount, but he found out about the wages outside and found that the average wage was only a few cents a month. One hundred taels a month was a huge sum of money for him.
He calculated his expenses again, except for food. He had no desire for anything else. He saved the one hundred taels a month, which amounted to one thousand two hundred taels a year. He heard that many people could not earn one thousand taels in their entire lifetime, so this money was enough for him to spend for the rest of his life.
He calculated the date and planned to leave next year. After making the plan, he decided not to go on a diet and he wanted to eat well.
No matter how the nanny beside him tried to persuade him, it was of no use. He just ate what he wanted. Not only did he feel less sickly, but he also felt much better.
Cheng Zhao would go jogging every morning, and he would ask the Fifth Prince to join him. He saw the Fifth Prince's recent changes and said to him, "You just lacked exercise before. Now that you're running, your health is much better than before."
The fifth prince: “…” Nonsense, it was clearly the result of yesterday’s pork elbow, lamb chops, and chicken soup.
But he didn't dare to say anything, he could only smile and say: "Your Majesty is right."
"Just running is not enough. From now on, you should come to my gym every night after school and exercise with me." Cheng Zhao bought a lot of fitness equipment from the future and would take time out to exercise every day.
The fifth prince almost fainted when he heard this. "I'm fine. I just go to class and run every day. But you still have to deal with government affairs. There are too many things to do. Don't overwork yourself."
"It was indeed busy before, but recently they can help me share some of the burden, so I can relax a little. Sports don't take up much of my time." Cheng Zhao was talking about the elites selected from the class. In recent years, they not only attended classes with Cheng Zhao, but also became Cheng Zhao's trusted confidants. He could rest assured that he could leave many things to them.
When Cheng Yeran left, the court was in chaos for a while. Cheng Zhao was indeed very busy at that time. Now many things have been put on track. Those ministers who were dissatisfied with him have also seen his abilities and no longer treat him as a child. He is not so busy anymore.
When the Fifth Prince heard him say this, he thought to himself, you are not busy, but I am suffering.
He had no choice but to agree to Cheng Zhao's fitness proposal and go to the gym with Cheng Zhao in the evening.
Cheng Zhao also prepared clothes for him to wear when exercising, which surprised the Fifth Prince.
Although technology has been reformed and clothing is not as conservative as before, it still cannot keep up with the future.
The fifth prince looked at the sports vest and pants. What kind of indecent clothes were these?
He saw that Cheng Zhao had already changed. His usual clothes were very loose, hiding his figure. Now that he had changed into sportswear, the muscle lines on his arms could be seen, which made the Fifth Prince blush.
"It's more comfortable to exercise in this dress." Although Cheng Zhao was an ancient man, his thoughts were already moving closer to those of future people. He also wanted to change the clothes so that people would not be so conservative and could wear clothes that reveal their arms and legs when going out on the street.
But now the fifth prince is unwilling to wear clothes that expose his arms and legs, so it will definitely be difficult to promote this idea.
In the end, the fifth prince still wore long sleeves and long pants. He felt uncomfortable with them. Although they were not close-fitting, he felt that what he wore to sleep on weekdays was safer than this.
But soon he had no time to think about clothes. The complicated fitness equipment confused him. When Cheng Zhao was teaching him how to use them, he was distracted. It would have been nice to go back to sleep instead.
He thought of the plots in those storybooks. Many concubines would pretend to be sick or faint to win the emperor's mercy. This trick was very useful in winning favor.
However, the emperors in the storybooks are all brainless and cannot see through the poor acting skills of their concubines. Cheng Zhao is so smart, will he be able to see through it?
He was so exhausted that he didn't care about anything else. He closed his eyes, slowly lay on the ground and pretended to faint.
My heart was beating so hard after exercise. If I was discovered, would it be considered deceiving the king?
Before he could even get scared, he was picked up by Cheng Zhao. He heard Cheng Zhao's anxious voice asking the people beside him to call the imperial physician over.
Cheng Zhao put him on the bed in the lounge and pressed his chest with his hand.
The fifth prince was terrified. What was this going to do? Take advantage of him while he's dizzy? But if I pressed him so hard, he would vomit.
Cheng Zhao thought he had died suddenly from overexertion. He felt him and found that he was still breathing and had a pulse. He remembered the first aid knowledge he had read before and pressed the buttons a few times. The fifth prince woke up coughing, and hid behind him with a red face and fear written all over his face.
He thought the Fifth Prince was frightened because he suddenly fainted and didn't think about himself at all.
Just at this time the imperial physician also came. He heard that the Fifth Prince suddenly fainted during exercise. He felt the Fifth Prince's pulse and found nothing wrong. However, he did not think that the Fifth Prince was pretending to faint. Considering the Fifth Prince's previous experience of frequent illness, he told Cheng Zhao that the Fifth Prince was weak and not suitable for such strenuous exercise.
Cheng Zhao nodded, "I didn't think it through. You don't need to work out anymore. Just run with me every morning."
When the Fifth Prince heard this, his eyes filled with tears, and he thought to himself, Imperial Physician, you are my relative!
Although he avoided the gym, the Fifth Prince couldn't sleep after returning home at night. His mind was full of thoughts about why Cheng Zhao had pressed his chest just now? Cheng Zhao is not such a reckless person!
What he didn't know was that if he didn't wake up, Cheng Zhao might have to give him artificial respiration, which would scare him to death.
He was troubled by this matter for several days and even became distracted during class, but soon his attention was diverted to another matter.
In the new semester, their class was expanded with a group of elites. This time, Cheng Zhao divided the class into several classes. Those who had completed high school courses before were divided into different majors according to their specialties and continued to take online classes.
The fifth prince also studied university courses with Cheng Zhao. In fact, he didn't want to learn these complicated things. If he could learn cooking, he would definitely be happier than anyone else, but he didn't dare to say it.
It happened that a very smart girl came to the class at this time. She was not only smart, but also beautiful. Although she had not been able to come to the palace to attend classes before, her brother was taking classes in the palace and gave her a set of books. She did not take online classes, but finished all the courses by self-study. Cheng Zhao also admired her very much and made an exception to let her go directly to the university in the palace. She would usually follow Cheng Zhao, and the two of them would do research together.
The Fifth Prince noticed that the girl was very enthusiastic every time she looked at Cheng Zhao, so he must like Cheng Zhao. Cheng Zhao also always stayed with her. Although they were all doing serious things, Cheng Zhao, a top student, would definitely like a top student who had a common language with him, rather than someone like himself who was just idling around.
The fifth prince calculated the time and felt that it was time to leave. If he left on his own initiative, he could also make room for others.
Moreover, Cheng Zhao's throne is now secure, and even if she does not give birth to a purified offspring for him, no one will object to him sitting on the throne.
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