Hypocrites

With Liang Heng's interruption, the serving Huangmen didn't succeed, and he didn't play tricks any more. He ordered hot tea in exchange for Liang Heng's apprentice ceremony.

Shen Yu watched coldly, feeling that he was extremely reluctant, but had to accept the arrangement because it was the emperor's order.

Shen Jin didn't say much, but only encouraged Liang Heng, such as "If you lift it deep, springs will come out; if you plant it in the soil, the grain will grow", hoping that Liang Heng can follow him and study diligently.After returning to the house temporarily resettled in Wangdu City, Shen Jin expressed her expectations to Shen Yu:

"If you are His Highness's companion, you can get closer to him. Don't let His Highness be blinded by eunuchs."

Father was also keenly aware of the unusual atmosphere in the palace.

The next day, the Chu Palace arranged for Shen Jin a study room that had not been used for a long time for him to give lectures, and Shen Yu followed his father with his bookcase on his back.Before the lecturer's banquet, there were two desks, one was Liang Heng's and the other was Shen Yu's. Shen Yu sorted out the scriptures to be used for Liang Heng, and studied two sets of ink. He has reached the ridge of the roof, but Liang Heng is still missing.

Shen Jin leisurely flipped through the bamboo slips, the only sound in the study was the rustling of braided ropes rubbing against the slips.

After all, Shen Yu couldn't bear it any longer, and asked, "Why hasn't that kid come yet?"

In the old Shen's school, there was no reason for being late. The students who compared each other were all those who got up earlier and studied harder today. It was often because the neighbor's rooster had not crowed yet, and there was already reading in the school. Voice.

"Don't be rude," Shen Jin said calmly, "When you saw His Highness yesterday, did you think he was the same as your former classmates? At this moment, he is probably snoozing."

Shen Yu had nothing to say, if Liang Heng was an obedient student, he wouldn't be angry and leave the three gentlemen.

"I'll go find him." Shen Yu stood up, got his father's tacit consent, and went to the Prince's bedroom.

I didn't meet a few attendants along the way, and the corridors, pavilions, and side halls were empty everywhere.

Just as he was wondering, he walked through the garden when he heard the sound of dense footsteps. He looked around and saw dozens of small yellow gates holding long poles and ladles in the garden, surrounded by a pile, and he didn't know what they were doing.

Shen Yu's heart moved, he walked up the corridor and took a closer look, and sure enough, he saw Liang Heng with disheveled hair among the eunuchs.He wears a pair of wooden clogs, and his clothes are wide open. He probably just got up from the couch and hasn't had time to wash up yet.The garden was full of gravel paths, Liang Heng's clogs made a crisp sound as they tapped on the gravel paths, trotting for a while, chasing something.

Dozens of yellow gates followed him around, very cautiously.

Shen Yu squinted his eyes and saw clearly that they were chasing and intercepting several birds.

The long pole and ladle were hung with a net, and with a light sweep, the sparrow flying in mid-air was knocked down by them and rolled to the grass.

"Your Highness, here, here!"

More than a dozen hands can't hold two small birds the size of eggs.

As soon as Liang Heng took off his outer robe, he flung it over like a net covering the sky.

"Caught it!" He wrapped the bird in a royal robe embroidered with gold thread, and sat down on the muddy floor.

"Get the cage quickly, don't let it go!" Liang Heng urged, and two half-grown eunuchs hurried into the corridor to fetch him the bird cage.

Liang Heng was carrying the cage, and the two yellow-browed sparrows were alive and kicking in the cage.The majestic prince of a country, got two birds but looked like a rare treasure, with a smile on his face, surrounded by everyone, walked into the corridor, and met Shen Yu head-on.

Liang Heng: "..."

The yellow-browed sparrow chirped, chirped.Everyone was silent.

"Ah!" Liang Heng suddenly realized, and shouted, "Am I going to listen to the teacher's lecture today?"

His royal robe was stained with grass clippings, his inner garment was stained with mud, and his long hair was disheveled.Shen Yu looked down on Liang Heng, who was half a head shorter than him, and said indifferently, "Yes."

"Your Highness, put on your clothes first." The personal attendant knelt down and brushed off the grass and dirt from the hem of Liang Heng's clothes, and smoothed his hair and tied it behind his head.Shen Yu later found out that this person's name was Xinzhou, and he was a round older than Liang Heng. He had been assigned to serve him since the birth of the emperor's son, and he grew up with the prince, and he was closer than the empress.

Liang Heng reluctantly bid farewell to his little bird, and entered the study, Shen Jin had just finished drinking the second pot of tea.

"Student is late for playfulness, sir, please punish me." Liang Heng bowed to apologize, seeming to show his appearance, but in Shen Yu's eyes, the indifferent expression on his face was a sign that he would not change after repeated admonitions.

Shen Jin said: "If the students in the school are lazy and slack, they will indeed be punished. If you don't cut a jade, you can't make a weapon. As the saying goes, if you don't study hard, how can you be among the top of the temple in the future? A grand vision? All scholars in the world do not follow this principle."

Liang Heng listened with lowered eyebrows.

"Except for Your Highness," Shen Jin said again, "His Highness was born in the emperor's family, and scholars are diligent in their studies, just to govern the country for the emperor. The emperor is the master, and the scholars are the retainers. Since there are retainers to manage the inside and outside, why do you need the emperor? Working hard by yourself? Naturally, you can play when you want to play, and be lazy when you want to be lazy."

What was wrong with these words, even Liang Heng could hear it.Thinking of his former master, whether it was the enlightenment in the library, the lectures in the jingshe, or even the three of Cui Maxie, they all said a lot of admonitions, but Shen Jin told him to "play if you want to play, and be lazy if you want to be lazy".

Shen Jin: "But the emperor is the master, so what are the common people?"

No one spoke in the study room, Liang Heng stood with his head down for a while, only to realize that Shen Jin was asking himself a question, thought for a while, and replied: "The common people are retainers?"

Although he is not easy to learn, he is very clever, and answered Shen Jin's previous words.Unexpectedly, Shen Jin said decisively: "Wrong, the common people are just passers-by."

"Only the Son of Heaven lives and dies with his country."

From Shen Yu's point of view, Liang Heng didn't understand Shen Jin's meaning at all, and nodded his head like a fuss, but he didn't know why. Afterwards, he listened to the lesson, ignorant, and didn't know what to ask.Shen Yu rubbed ink for him and watched him draw a bird on the edge of the hemp paper.Shen Yu's eyelids twitched, and he tried his best to restrain himself from hitting Liang Heng's forehead with a stroke.

By the end of the day, Liang Heng had dozed off for several rounds, Shen Jin pretended not to know, and announced the release, Liang Heng woke up immediately, jumped out of the study joyfully, and disappeared in a flash.

Shen Yu was dissatisfied and looked at his father.

Shen Jin preemptively said, "You accompany the crown prince to study the book, why didn't you remind your Highness even after he fell asleep?"

Shen Yu got up abruptly, and stepped out of the study a few steps: "I'll go see what he's doing!"

"Young man," Shen Jin said slowly, still tying the letter with a braided rope, "the hair is frizzy."

What is Liang Heng doing?He couldn't wait to see the two yellow-browed sparrows in the morning. The teeth of clogs made a series of light echoes in the corridor. In midsummer, all the servants were enjoying the shade in the corridor. gorgeous.

"Where's my sparrow?!"

Seeing Liang Heng, the members of the Huang family were a little embarrassed and looked at each other.

Xinzhou said: "Your Highness, the sparrows are here." He handed the birdcage made of pearls, jade and gold to Liang Heng, but Liang Heng didn't take it - a cage of bird feathers and scattered blood, two yellow-browed sparrows collided and smashed their heads. Flow, the bird's beak is broken, and it has lost its vitality.

"These two birds are really lively," a little Huangmen argued, "but they hit the cage hard, neither eating nor drinking water."

The other said: "Your Highness, don't worry, let's catch two more?"

Liang Heng suddenly asked: "Bumping into the cage, I just don't want to be locked up, why didn't you let me go?"

"How dare we, you didn't capture and lock this person yourself? No one can release it without your permission."

Liang Heng stopped talking, Xinzhou observed his expression, and asked: "Your Highness, do you want more?"

Liang Heng was stunned for a long time, said no, turned around and wanted to leave, someone proposed to catch him two more alive, this sentence ignited a firecracker somewhere, Liang Heng turned around and shouted: "No one is allowed to go!"

After taking two steps, he shouted again: "Don't catch me!"

The members of the Huang family were baffled, and no one knew where Liang Heng's nameless fire started.

Liang Heng turned around the corner of the corridor and bumped into Shen Yu standing against the wall with his arms folded.From such a close distance, what happened over there can be heard clearly.

"The bird died?" Shen Yu asked.

Liang Heng was furious, his thorns stood up all over his body, and he glared at Shen Yu viciously.

"What does it have to do with me?" Shen Yu spread his hands.

Liang Heng wiped his eyes angrily, walking like charging.Shen Yu couldn't understand how this person would feel pity for the two birds. How could the absurd prince have such kindness?

Shen Yu followed him: "Why don't you think about it, it's you who got up in the morning to catch the birds, if you obediently came to listen to the lesson, there would be no such thing."

Liang Heng said: "It's not the same thing at all!"

Shen Yudao: "Why is it not the same thing? How can a person be separated in different places at the same time? If you come to listen to the school, you won't catch birds. If you don't catch birds, you won't die."

Liang Heng couldn't get around Shen Yu at all, but luckily he was His Highness, so he didn't have to be unreasonable.

"what do you want to say in the end?"

Shen Yu grabbed Liang Heng and told him not to charge any more, but to stand still and listen carefully to what he said: "The birds can be pitiful, we waited for you all morning, and you fell asleep when you came, we dare not even say a serious word, Isn't it pitiful?"

Liang Heng looked at him, his eyes were very bright.He was originally born with red lips and white teeth, and his appearance was correct. If anyone stared at him like this, his temper would disappear in smoke.On the contrary, Shen Yu became a little uneasy, Liang Heng was noble after all, even his old father had told him not to make things difficult for him.

Forget it, Shen Yu admitted that he was guilty of Yan Yan's persuasion, scolded and punished.

Liang Heng said: "Then you can play with me if you want."

Shen Yu staggered on the spot and almost fell to the ground, suspecting that there was something wrong with his ears.

The prince was a little foolish.This impression was once again strengthened in Shen Yu's heart.

Later, Shen Yu reflected on his own failure in education, and came to a conclusion. For students who are too stupid, it is best to tell them frankly, lest they get lost in the twists and turns.

Facts have proved that Liang Heng is one of them.

On the second day of the lecture, he was late again, this time because of snoozing.Shen Yu found his bedroom, and the ice cubes stored in the Qingliang Hall continuously sent air-conditioning, which made his bones crisp.

Liang Heng was drooling in sleep, with a thin quilt around his waist, and the open neckline revealing the fair complexion of a young man.Xinzhou stood by the side with a round fan and shushed Shen Yu.

"..."

Hush him.

Shen Yu told Shen Jin all about this situation, and now he really understood why Cui Xian and others smashed golden signboards on the crown prince one after another.

But Shen Jin still took it calmly, even to the point that Shen Yu couldn't understand it—in order to accommodate the prince's sleep, Shen Jin rescheduled the subsequent classes to the afternoon.

Even so, the prince was still not present in the afternoon class.

Liang Heng wasn't even in the Chu Palace. Shen Yu grabbed a familiar little yellow door and asked Liang Heng where he was going. He already knew some people, such as the one in front of him who often followed Liang Heng.

Xiao Huangmen glanced wildly for a while, and hesitated to explain, but Shen Jin was nominally the prince's junior teacher, so she finally told Shen Yu:

"At this time, it's either Chen Yutang in the East City, or the Xie Ling Pavilion in the West City."

Shen Yu said sternly: "He has class today, even if he forgot, you wouldn't remind him?"

Xiao Huangmen didn't take it seriously: "Mr. Shen, if you have any doubts, just ask His Highness directly. As servants, we can just cater to the master and make him happy."

Chen Yutang, Xie Ling Pavilion, has an extremely elegant name.

There is also a Chen Yutang in Ruyang County, which specializes in selling jade and curios, and only deals with literati and inkmen.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yutang, who looks at the capital city, is very different, not elegant, but romantic.

The fragrance of rouge and gouache floats for ten miles, and all the people who come in and out are rich and noble people dressed in purple, red, and jeweled.Because it was daytime, most of the people who came here were idle dandies, and half of the officials' children from the royal city gathered here to sell money.

When Shen Yu walked into the building, his family was Li Shu, who had not been an official for generations, so they all wore plain clothes, but the materials were also very particular, and there was a beautiful jade pendant hanging around his waist, and immediately many fragrant girls came forward to greet him.

"I'm looking for someone, I don't want to eat alcohol!" Shen Yu hurriedly got away and went to the second floor.With Liang Heng's status, he couldn't show his face in the hall after all, so he must be in the private room upstairs.

There is no door in the private room, and screens or curtains are used instead, so that the inside is faintly visible.There are prostitutes clearing the bombs, beauties performing dances, and there are also people who eat and drink with them, and accompany them on the couch.Shen Yu walked all the way, his face as black as the bottom of a stove.

After all, Liang Heng was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and at his age, Shen Yu couldn't imagine how he would look like a duck to water in the party.Shen Yu himself had never been to these places, and literati gatherings would invite singers and dancers, but they always invited the girls to the mansion instead of going to the brothel by themselves.

Soon Shen Yu knew where Liang Heng was - he saw Xinzhou standing guard outside a room.