Chapter 384 Yang Chengchen's life after quitting
Yang Chengchen led his elder brother directly to the study in his yard. He also knew that his elder brother said this to remind him that, after all, in someone else's home, one should not take over the main role.
Yang Chengchen explained to his brother: "Don't worry, brother. Auntie is really good to me. Zhao Houyang and his family's yard is not smaller than mine, they are both quite big. The main thing is that there are only a few masters here, so even if a few more come, they can live in it openly.
The Prince's Mansion is different. There are dozens of masters, big and small. We should be happy to have two large courtyards."
Yang Chengchen tried to hold back for a moment, but couldn't help but say to Yang Chengchen: "You, really are just like the name of your yard, becoming more and more casual."
Yang Chengchen didn't care what his elder brother said at this moment! Now he just wanted to show off his study. He opened the door of the study with his own hands: "Hey, welcome to my study, elder brother!"
Seeing his brother like this, Yang Chengchen could only shake his head helplessly. But he still stretched his head and looked inside.
Yang Chengchen's first impression was that it was spectacular. He saw that three walls of the room were covered with bookshelves, and they were all filled with books.
There was a desk by the window, and a tea table in the middle of the study, but the chair looked strange, and there was even a screen separating it from the other chair, and a soft couch.
This is totally different from the style of my brother's study in the Prince's Mansion!
"You have so many books here? Where did you get them?"
Yang Chengchen's question made sense. Although books were made of paper in this era, they were still expensive. Don't underestimate the fact that they were grandsons of the emperor. As the saying goes, they didn't have much money. Most of the books were imperially commissioned and couldn't be converted into cash. So Yang Chengchen couldn't afford to buy so many books on his own.
Moreover, Yang Chengchen just glanced over and saw several relatively rare books, which even his father might not have.
"That's nothing. The books in my second cousin's room are the real deal. But they're not originals. Many of them are copied by us. We ask classmates to copy them, go to bookstores to copy them, or we pool our money to buy a copybook and copy it. Some of them are bought and copied by others.
This is all that has accumulated over time, isn’t it amazing! "
As Yang Chengchen explained, he sat down on a cotton-stuffed chair next to the tea table, sinking his whole body into it. He sighed comfortably.
Yang Chengchen's servant immediately started making tea nearby.
Yang Chengchen randomly picked up a book that interested him from the bookshelf, and sat in it like Yang Chengchen did. He felt it repeatedly and found it very comfortable.
Yang Chengchen chose a sitting position he liked and prepared to start reading.
Yang Chengchen quickly asked, "Does father really agree that you can live with aunt?"
"You don't know? Anyway, I've already told Mother and Grandfather, and Grandfather has approved my leave."
Yang Chengchen said this with such confidence!
Yang Chengchen was surprised at first, "Ah?", then he made a gesture to Yang Chengchen that said you are awesome.
Anyway, he couldn't care less about his elder brother and father's affairs, so he just yawned and asked, "Where are you sleeping tonight? In the room next to mine or with me?"
"I'll just sleep in the room next to yours!" Yang Chengchen's meaning was very clear. If you want to sleep, just sleep by yourself and leave someone to lead the way for him.
Anyway, he has seen so many books now, he can't fall asleep without flipping through a few pages.
Seeing that his elder brother was so engrossed in the book in his hand, Yang Chengchen ignored him and left a reliable servant to Yang Chengchen, then went downstairs to sleep.
Because Yang Chengchen was so engrossed in reading last night, he stayed up too late and ended up sleeping on the couch in the study. When he woke up, Zhao Lingmeng was the only one left in the mansion; the others had all gone to school.
Yang Chengchen not only did not feel neglected in such a scene, but also felt more comfortable. He actually did not like having a bunch of people around him with fake smiles at any time.
He leisurely finished his breakfast and had originally planned to pay his respects to Aunt Funing, since he was staying in her residence. However, the people Yang Chengchen had left behind told him that Princess Funing usually didn't get up until noon. So he went back to Yang Chengchen's study to find some books to read.
Yang Chengchen was reading a book in the yard while eating the dried meat and snacks served to him from below. When he was thirsty, he could drink the special milk tea from his aunt's house. He didn't want to go back even more.
At noon, he went to pay his respects to Princess Funing with his younger brother Yang Chengchen and cousin Zhao Houyang who had returned from school, and had lunch together. Then he took a nap with Yang Chengchen, and in the afternoon he listened to Princess Funing's lectures with Yang Chengchen and Zhao Houyang.
Although he didn't understand a lot of it, he found it very interesting. The way he looked at Zhao Lingmeng was definitely the way he looked at his idol.
The more fun Yang Chengchen had here, the more angry the prince became.
After the Crown Prince returned home that day, he stayed in the concubine's courtyard that night and did not go to the main courtyard. It was unknown why his eldest son did not return to the Crown Prince's residence at all.
When the Crown Princess heard that Yang Chengchen's people came to report that Yang Chengchen was going to stay in Princess Funing's mansion for a few days, the Crown Princess did not take it seriously at all. After all, her eldest son had said several times that he wanted to pay a visit to Princess Funing, and Yang Chengchen was also there.
The key point is that the Crown Princess thought that the Crown Prince had agreed to this matter, so she did not send anyone to notify the Crown Prince.
The next morning, the prince woke up and didn't see his son waiting for him. He thought he had run away the previous day and his son had gone to the palace first. The prince had already decided which jade pendant he would give to appease his son.
It’s not that the prince is humble, he is just afraid that his son will give up and not work for him.
When the prince didn't see anyone after the morning court session, he was confused and wondered where this kid had gone and how dare he not attend the morning court session.
After the court was dismissed, he sent someone to inquire and found out that the boy had run to the imperial sister's house.
The prince was about to leave the palace to capture Yang Chengchen when he was persuaded by the emperor. The core idea is that he was in such a hurry to go that Princess Funing thought he had something against her!
The emperor didn't really mean it that way; he just wanted to watch the fun and take sides. Anyway, he wasn't in good health, so he didn't have to do any work.
The prince looked at the pile of memorials in front of him and felt extremely regretful for having tricked his son yesterday.
What the prince didn't expect was that Yang Chengchen, the boy, stayed at Princess Funing's house and never came back. He didn't come back, and Yang Chengchen was afraid of being arrested and forced to work, so he didn't dare to go back to the prince's mansion.
Yang Chengchen would only take leave from the academy to return to the Prince's Mansion to see the Crown Princess when his father was away at court.
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