Wandering Palace.

"If you dare to be rude to His Highness again! I will kill you!"

Hongyuan looked at Deng Chuan coldly, with the same expressionless expression, and spoke word by word.

But in the face of Hong Yuan's threat and the sudden murderous aura emanating from his body, Deng Chuan actually showed no fear at all. He stood motionless and kept his gesture of saluting with his hands unchanged!

"Deng Baihu!"

Seeing the tense posture, Wang Defa hurriedly turned his head, glared at Deng Chuan coldly, and said in a deep voice.

Deng Chuan hesitated for a moment, then slowly took a step back, bowed and saluted again.

"Red Kite."

Zhu Yunxi raised his eyebrows, raised his hand and called out.

Upon hearing this, Hong Yuan glanced at Deng Chuan coldly and slowly returned to Zhu Yunxi.

"Go down."

Zhu Yunxi looked at Deng Chuan, whose expression remained unchanged, and said lightly.

"Yes!"

Deng Chuan agreed, and slowly exited the hall with twenty of his men, standing straight outside the hall.

Twenty-one people are like twenty-one straight swords! Show off your edge!

"Your Majesty, thank you for your hard work."

Then, Zhu Yunxi looked at Wang Defa again and said with a smile on his face.

Ever since he gave Wang Defa a slap in the face, his attitude towards Wang Defa has not been bad. After all, he is the person closest to Zhu Yuanzhang, so it is not a good thing to really offend him.

While talking, Zi Ning slowly came to Wang Defa's side, took out a bag of silver, and handed it to Wang Defa.

"Your Highness? This..."

Wang De was stunned for a moment, smiled sheepishly at Zhu Yunxi, and did not dare to reach out to pick it up.

"With a little thought, it's just like inviting the prince to tea, and being polite will go unnoticed."

Zhu Yunxi smiled and raised his hand to signal, and said meaningfully.

"Then I would like to thank you, Your Highness."

Wang Defa bowed his hands and took the silver into his arms.

"Now that the errand has been done, the old slave will go back and resume his duties."

Immediately afterwards, Wang Defa said goodbye to Zhu Yunxi, turned around and left with satisfaction.

"Prince, please walk slowly."

Zhu Yunxi watched Wang Defa leave and said lightly, with a strange smile in his eyes.

"This man has good courage, better than the one named Jiang!"

After Wang Defa left, Hongyuan glanced at Deng Chuan who was standing on the stone steps outside the palace with his back to the palace door, and said slowly.

"It's rare to be praised by you personally."

Zhu Yunxi raised his eyebrows and said meaningfully.

"Just telling the truth."

"But I seemed to see some reluctance in his eyes."

Hongyuan paused and said seriously.

"You see it too?"

"Yes, he has something on his mind."

"Check him out and find out where he came from."

Zhu Yunxi smiled and said lightly.

"Yes."

Hong Yuan agreed, bowed her hands, and left quickly.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the tall and unyielding figure outside the hall, and suddenly a bold idea came to his mind.

...

After nightfall.

Hong Yuan finally returned to the Wandering Palace after being away from the palace for half a day.

In the back hall, Zhu Yunxi and Zi Ning were sitting at a table having dinner.

A pot of preserved egg and lean meat porridge, two plates of side dishes, and a pot of Jiuyou pear blossom stuffing, simple but not boring.

He taught Zi Ning how to make porridge. Zi Ning was very smart and he only taught him how to make preserved eggs once.

"Your Highness."

Hong Yuan walked into the hall, bowed her hands, and then was attracted by the scent of preserved egg and lean meat porridge in front of her. She couldn't help but take a glance and swallowed.

That was her favorite delicacy, and I couldn’t find anyone in Kyoto who knew how to make it!

They didn't know why His Highness could come up with such strange ways to eat it.

"Eat first, don't rush to talk."

Zhu Yunxi smiled and waved.

Hong Yuan agreed, smiled and sat next to Zi Ning. The table had already been prepared for her.

After eating two bowls in a row, Hongyuan put down the bowls and chopsticks with satisfaction and gave Zi Ning a thumbs up in approval.

Zi Ning smiled shyly, stood up and started to clean up.

Zhu Yunteng had already finished eating and was tasting wine.

Jiuyou pear blossom brew is quite special, so you need to taste it carefully. The taste is different with every bite.

"Your Highness, it has been found out that Deng Chuan has been in the Jinyi Guard for three years. He has always been indifferent to others and has no good feelings toward Jiang Wei. Therefore, he is very unpopular with Jiang Wei. Therefore, he is an outcast among the Jinyi Guards."

"My father was once a general in the army. He died in the battle in the north five years ago. He was the only son left. Those who were with him also suffered the same fate as him. After they were all generals, His Majesty was merciful and allowed them to They all joined the Jin Yiwei, but like Deng Chuan, not only were they not reused in the Jin Yiwei, they were also bullied everywhere."

"It seems that Jiang Wei is not willing to send people to protect you, so he sent these people with grievances."

Hong Yuan bowed her hands and said clearly.

"He is avenging his personal revenge! It seems that he has been holding a grudge since he was ordered to be punished by the emperor for failing to protect the palace last time."

"That's why I chose these people to protect me. They want me to die!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he couldn't help but raised his eyebrows and said with a sneer.

"Do you want me to go find him and give him a warning?"

Hong Yuan narrowed her eyes and asked slowly.

"Need not."

"Since they don't like each other, it's safer to stay with me, safer than a group of obedient people."

Zhu Yunxi waved his hands, pursed his lips and showed a smile.

"understood."

Hongyuan paused and immediately understood the meaning of Zhu Yunxi's words.

At this time, Deng Chuan and others were not guarding the door of the back hall, because Zhu Yunxi had set a rule that except Hong Yuan and Zi Ning, only the maidservants in purple could enter and leave the back garden freely.

"By the way, Your Highness, there is a secret report from Feihu. When King Qin left the capital, he secretly left an informant. It seems that he wanted to monitor your movements."

Hong Yuan lowered her voice and continued.

"As expected, if he really believes in me, there is no way that his power will be weaker than King Yan."

"And in the darkness of Kyoto, there are more than just this group of informants."

Zhu Yunxi curled his lips and said nonchalantly.

In his mind, the city of Kyoto in front of him was not only the center of power, but also a arena where various forces secretly negotiated. A random person he met on the street might have other hidden identities.

"Your Highness, do you know what the people in Kyoto City call you now?"

Hongyuan hesitated for a moment, looked at Zhu Yunxi, and asked with a smile.

"Oh? Any new words?"

Zhu Yunxi suddenly became interested and asked curiously.

"The number one talent in Kyoto."

Hong Yuan replied with a smile.

"The most talented person in Kyoto?!"

After hearing Hong Yuan's answer, Zhu Yunxi couldn't help laughing while reciting the title silently.

Unexpectedly, "Da Ming Zhi", half of which was copied from an unofficial history, actually turned a good-for-nothing playboy into the most talented person in Kyoto! I don't know whether to be proud or ridiculous.

"Then if I come up with the second half of "The Great Ming Dynasty", how should they respond?!"

"Will he be directly promoted to become the most talented person in the Ming Dynasty?!"

Zhu Yunxi smiled, turned to look at Hongyuan, and asked with interest with a hint of expectation.

Hearing Zhu Yunxi's words, Hongyuan couldn't help but smile. Then she told Zhu Yunxi that the reason why he was known as the most talented scholar in Kyoto was because the Hanlin Academy secretly put a lot of effort into it, and it seemed that he was following His Majesty's will.

Hearing this, the smile on Zhu Yunxi's face became stronger and he felt more confident in his heart, because he knew that he was one step closer to that position.

...

Splendid Palace.

Zhu Yunxi was not the only one who heard the title of the number one talented scholar in Kyoto. Of course, this included Zhu Yunwen, who had been praised by many famous scholars and officials since childhood, and whose literary talents were highly praised by Zhu Yuanzhang as his grandson candidate!

But he never expected that the title of the most talented person in Kyoto would not be given to him, but to his younger brother who had never read a book properly since he was a child!

In the main hall, Zhu Yunxi was holding a copy of "The Great Ming Dynasty" in his hand. He had just read half of it when he showed a helpless smile.

Because he knew more than half of the deeds in the book, but he never thought of writing them into the book!

If he could think of it, maybe the name of the number one talent in Kyoto would belong to him!

Suddenly, a trace of jealousy that he had never felt before arose in his heart! That feeling made him go crazy!

He never thought that one day he would actually be jealous of someone who had never thought he was better than him...

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