Heaven is fearless

Shao Tianheng's illness has been recuperating for a long time, and he didn't get better until the beginning of spring. He had a high fever several times and stayed in bed for more than a month. Seeing that Chuzhang was terrified, he stayed by his bed all day and all night, and he didn't even go to Taixue again.

After a long time, Shao Tianheng's attitude towards him became more casual and gentle, and even Yingguang was amazed by their way of getting along.

Although he doesn't show it on weekdays, Shao Tianheng has a strong prestige. Although he looks very talkative because of his poor health, none of the people below dare to really regard him as a soft-hearted person.

But Chuzhang managed to get along well with Shao Tianheng, even if he deliberately catered to him, it couldn't help that Shao Tianheng really wanted to get close to Chuzhang.

"Is it snowing outside again?" Shao Tianheng woke up in a daze, seeing the sky outside the tent was still dazed, so he asked vaguely.

The warm quilt moved, and the young man lying beside him got up and got out of bed lightly, pressed the corner of the quilt that leaked air for him, and tried the temperature of his forehead with the back of his hand.

He has done this set of movements very skillfully, it can be seen that he has done a lot these days.

"It's snowing. It should be the last snow of this winter. The sky is still there. Your Highness should sleep a little longer." Chu Zhang replied softly.

Shao Tianheng was still in a daze, and slightly raised his eyelids to look at him. The other party was only wearing thin pajamas. Even though the room was burning with earth dragons and holding a brazier, he still frowned, and lazily patted his side to signal: "What are you doing up so early?"

Chu Zhang has been with Shao Tianheng these days, and sleeps beside the bed at night. Shao Tianheng couldn't see it, so he asked him to go to bed to sleep. Two men, father and son, have nothing to avoid. Soon he found Chu Zhang's Another bonus - warm.

The body of the young man is hot, which is much better than that of Tang Pozi, and the temperature is constant without overheating. People who are sick can easily feel cold. Shao Tianheng quickly accepted this large heater in only one day.

Chu Zhang rested his chin on the edge of the bed like a big dog, only watching Shao Tianheng shyly pursed his lips and smiled: "Your Highness, go to sleep, I will go out of the palace in a while, the Taixue's studies have fallen behind a lot, I let people Borrowed me the master's notes."

"Hmm..." Hearing that it was a matter of business, the unsuspecting Crown Prince who was sleeping under the quilt let out a long snort, and raised his chin condescendingly, "Okay."

After taking off the brocade clothes and majesty, the prince was only left with a nobleness like porcelain. Chu Zhang was full of joy when he saw this appearance. He carefully remembered His Highness's every move in his heart, as if Holding a piece of clear and sweet candy, reluctant to eat it, and afraid of losing it, he could only stare at this treasure with a good eye.

He soon fell asleep again, the overly pale cheeks were a little bloody, the black eyelashes like splashed ink steadily covered the blue under the eyes, and the thin lips were habitually pursed, as if he couldn't relax even in a dream pressure.

Chu Zhang watched quietly, feeling heavy in his heart. After a long while, he lifted the curtain and walked out of the screen. The long-awaited court ladies gently put on the regular clothes for him.

Chu Tianfeng was waiting in the inner room. There were dozens of kinds of rouge and gouache displayed on the table in front of her. She was trying each of them with great interest. When she saw Chu Zhang coming, she did not move her eyelids, letting Chu Zhang behave After finishing a set of big gifts.

"Mother, what's the matter to summon me here?" Chu Zhang asked while standing in front of Chu Tianfeng with his hands down.

Chu Tianfeng let out a breath from his nasal cavity, and looked at him with a half-smile, his charming eyes seemed to be rippling with black water.

In all fairness, Chu Tianfeng's appearance is definitely top-notch, her skin is like creamy fat, her eyebrows are like distant mountains, and there is a noble air between her eyebrows that other women don't have. This can also be seen from the body of Chu Zhang she gave birth to one two.

"Why, can't I call you here if I have nothing to do?" She stabbed at Chu Zhang in a neutral manner.

Chu Zhang lowered his head: "Mother is serious, it's just..."

"Okay," Chu Tianfeng interrupted him impatiently, she had never had much patience with this son, "I called you, it was Concubine Zhuang who told me that she wanted you to meet the Second Prince."

"Second prince?" Chu Zhang clenched his hands hidden in the wide sleeves, and a layer of gloom filled his eyes, "What does Concubine Zhuang mean?"

Chu Tianfeng didn't notice the change in him, and still lowered her head to pick among the pile of bottles and jars: "It's just a very foolish woman. If I flatter her a little, she will foolishly introduce me as a close friend. Expressing a little bit of dissatisfaction with the prince, she almost told me to support the second prince—how did such a stupid woman dominate the harem for so many years?"

Mentioning this point, even Chu Tianfeng's expression became a little unbelievable.

After listening to the general idea, Chu Zhang said slowly: "So, Concubine Zhuang means, let me have more contact with the second prince and be his internal support in the East Palace?"

Chu Tianfeng hummed: "The second prince is going to Shelan Academy today, you go out of the palace to meet him."

Chu Zhang didn't answer immediately, the corners of his mouth twitched, Concubine Zhuang was not stupid, on the contrary she was very smart, no, even Chu Tianfeng, who had a high self-esteem, was fooled by her, and she was quite proud of it.

In his heart, he raised his vigilance against Concubine Zhuang's mother and son, and Chu Zhang responded obediently: "Yes, I will leave the palace right away."

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Shelan Academy is a bit far from the imperial palace. It is located on Xiaotang Mountain in the east of the city. It is an extremely elegant association. Laughing: "Hey! Grandpa is here! Please come inside!"

Chu Zhang's heart trembled. He didn't say that he lived in seclusion, but he didn't show up much. This doorman could tell his identity at a glance. It seemed that the second prince had been paying attention to him for a while.

It's ridiculous that Chu Tianfeng still foolishly thought that she wanted to get close to Concubine Zhuang, but she had already thought about it, and just waited for her to come to her door!

Chu Zhang nodded lightly, and followed an emissary into the compound, facing the sparse flowers and trees, even though it was winter, the garden was still green as spring, with many stone tables and pavilions cleverly separated by trees on both sides of the path, there were many literati The bachelors played chess and chatted in groups of threes and twos, laughing occasionally.

The envoy led Chu Zhang inside for quite a while, and the chattering scholars gradually thinned out, and the scenery in front of him became more and more quiet. He didn't stop until he came to a carefully carved stone table.

There was only a young man sitting beside the stone table. His figure was tall and straight, his face was full of high spirits, his brows were full of fierce pride, his eyes were bright and ambitious, and he was dressed in the prince's ordinary clothes very flamboyantly. When he saw Chu Zhang, he waved with a smile : "Dingnan Gong, come here."

Chu Zhang bent down to salute, and was supported by the second prince: "Hey, you are not an outsider, what are you doing? Your mother and my mother and concubine are close friends, so we should be close friends, let alone you are the son of my imperial brother , we also have the title of uncle and nephew—"

As he said this, he looked at Chu Zhang's expression calmly, and sure enough, he saw that Chu Zhang froze when he heard the second half of the sentence, smiled with satisfaction, and paused pretending to be a slip of the tongue For a moment: "Hey - I shouldn't mention this, come, come, sit!"

Chu Zhang was lured by him silently and sat down opposite him. Shao Tianhuan poured him a cup of tea and said with a smile: "I have heard about your coming to Beijing for a long time, but I have never had a chance to meet you. , I even prepared the meeting gift, and finally I can give it to you!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand behind him, and immediately an envoy came up holding a wooden box half arm's length, bent down and lifted the wooden box above his head.

Chu Zhang looked at the second prince in amazement, but the other prince signaled to him generously: "Open it and have a look, if you don't like it, just change it!"

Chu Zhang stretched out his hand to open the box according to his words, and held his breath in horror when he saw what was inside.

Inside is a short sword placed on a red soft silk cloth. The sword has a unique shape, with a slightly curved arc. braid.

This short sword is gorgeous in style, but it looks like it is used by a woman, so it should not be given to Chu Zhang, but the second prince seemed to have not noticed this, and sat aside confidently.

Chu Zhang stared at the short sword, took a deep breath: "Your Highness, what do you mean?"

Shao Tianhuan spread his hands: "What's the point? Shouldn't the sixteen national swords of your southern border be entrusted to the royal family for safekeeping?"

Chu Zhang pursed his lips tightly, and after a while he said in a hoarse voice: "This belongs to my mother. If you return it to the original owner, you should also give it to my mother or my sister."

According to the tradition of female succession in southern Xinjiang, the national sword, a symbol of royal power, should indeed be handed over to the queen or her heir. In short, it should not be given to Chu Zhang.

Shao Tianhuan sighed: "You don't like it?"

Chu Zhang didn't speak, and lowered his eyes as if he was fighting fiercely in his heart.

Shao Tianhuan then added fuel to the fire: "I have always felt that the tradition of female succession in southern Xinjiang is really unreasonable. Men should be respected in the world. I have heard many rumors that praise your intelligence, but you are in southern Xinjiang. Jiang was crushed to death by women, don't you want to make your own career?"

He was satisfied to see Chu Zhang's eyes light up following his words.

It's just a 14-year-old kid, and he's only fifteen after the Chinese New Year, so it's very deceiving.

Chu Zhang looked at the dagger in the box, then at Shao Tianhuan, the look in his eyes quickly faded: "But... Southern Xinjiang has already..."

Shao Tianhuan waved his hands and lowered his voice: "You don't understand. The southern border is so far away from the Great Wei, and the emperor is not very keen on this place. Even the officials are unwilling to go. It is just a sentence to row out again." Brother Huang has always insisted that southern Xinjiang should be controlled by Wei, but I don't think that you live well there, the sky is high and the earth is far away, why should we have trouble? If I were in the position of father, I would I will let you go back again, the one in Southern Xinjiang will still be in Southern Xinjiang, and the one in Great Wei will still be in Great Wei, what do you think?"

His words almost revealed his thoughts nakedly, and his eyes fixed on Chu Zhang like a hungry wolf.

Chu Zhang seemed to be frightened, and took two steps back with a look of panic: "Your Highness, do you want to..."

But Shao Tianhuan laughed: "Oh, where did you think, I was just talking to you about another better way. What do you think? Are you satisfied with this sword?"

Chu Zhang stared at him blankly for a while, thought for a while hesitantly, and finally gritted his teeth: "Your Highness, I listen to you!"

Shao Tianhuan laughed loudly, and patted Chu Zhang on the shoulder: "Okay!"

The inside of the East Palace is extremely strictly controlled by his sick and consumptive elder brother, he has been unable to penetrate anyone, now there is an internal response, and it is not easy to deal with that sick and consumptive ghost!

Shao Tianhuan smiled complacently, and Chu Zhang also smiled slightly at the same time, as if he was full of excitement because he suddenly got such a great thing, his cheeks were flushed, there was hot venom in his mouth, and his heart was burning. Cold flames, wishing to pounce on and kill the second prince in front of him, but there was only a shy smile on his face.

The two guys with their own ulterior motives seemed to have become best friends for many years in an instant, and they shouted at each other with great joy.

When Chu Zhang left with the wooden box in his arms, the second prince restrained his smile and sneered: "Idiot."

At the same time, Chu Zhang who walked out of the garden looked back at this huge and magnificent manor, and cursed in his heart: "Idiot!"