Tanhualang

There are many rumors about Prince Yu Zhao Heng.

The younger brother of His Majesty's mother and compatriots, he was granted the title of King of Shou when he was young, and studied the art of war with the veteran Sun Yao.After Jinshang ascended the throne, Zhao Heng succeeded Sun Yao to guard Gansu, and repelled the invasion of Tartars and Jin people several times. Later, he stationed in Henan, won military merits repeatedly, and was renamed Yuwang, and was recalled to the capital by Jinshang.

However, these things are not mentioned much.

The rumors outside are more about the princess Yu who hanged herself to death in the palace a few years ago.

Sending off King Yu, Shen Jing went to the concierge.

This is the second time he has left the courtyard after coming to Prince Yu's Mansion.

Following the direction of the boy in memory, I only found the side door, and the gatekeepers were also two strange faces.Shen Jing hesitated to take out the sign that Xiao You had given before, and one of them immediately saluted respectfully:

"Mr. Shen, right? The housekeeper greeted us before leaving. If you want to go in and out, please go ahead."

Quietly nodded, thought for a while and asked:

"Is the butler Xiaoyou in the mansion?"

"He went out with the prince, and I'm afraid it will take some days before he comes back."

"Those two know where he went?"

"A hunting ground under the west mountain in the suburbs of Beijing, right?" One of them laughed. "My lord loves to ride and shoot. Every year around the vernal equinox, I would go there for a period of time, ranging from ten days to half a month at most. I heard that the emperor also went there this year."

"Oh." Shen Jing paused for a moment, then tried again, "Is the butler with the prince?"

"That's for sure! Butler Xiaoyou is serving the prince personally, and he always follows the prince wherever he goes!"

"……Oh."

Shen Jing didn't ask any more questions, and followed the original path back to the yard.

As the night was getting darker, he lay on the bed for a while but couldn't feel sleepy. He didn't know whether he slept too much during the day or was trapped by doubts in his heart. He simply got up from the bed, lit the oil lamp and went to the kitchen. A basket of bean paste cakes.

In the early morning of the next day, he got up early to cook porridge, egg custard, and side dishes according to the usual time.

I thought Prince Yu would come, but after waiting for a long time, there was no one.He was serving porridge for his own use when he heard the door of the small courtyard being pushed open. Prince Yu hurried in through the door, rolled up his sleeves, sat down at the table naturally, and followed him comfortably as if returning to his own home. Shen Jing said hello:

"Shopkeeper Shen."

Quietly return the salute, serve the porridge and custard, and serve them to the table respectfully along with the snacks:

"My lord, please use it."

Prince Yu gave a "hmm" and raised his chopsticks to eat his breakfast. Although his demeanor was gentle, he cleaned up all the porridge and snacks in less than a quarter of an hour.Shen Jing looked at the bare plates and bowls on the dining table, and suspected that he hadn't eaten enough last night, or even now, so he asked cautiously:

"My lord, do you want to eat something else?"

"No need." Zhao Heng took the towel Shen Jing handed over and wiped his hands, then stood up, "Hard work, Shopkeeper Shen."

"Don't dare."

Shen Jing followed behind King Yu, and sent him out of the courtyard respectfully, while secretly looking at him behind him.Zhao Heng is wearing a simple green satin uniform today, without a crown, and a simple bun with jade buttons on the top of his head. No wonder.

At noon, there are two dishes and one soup.

Shen Jing doesn't have much confidence in her cooking skills.Although he is good at medicinal food, he doesn't know how to cook many ordinary dishes. Compared with the cooks in Fuzhong who are not tired of eating and eating, he is far behind. He can only try his best to choose dishes that are available in the kitchen and that he is good at. Do.

Fortunately, King Yu didn't seem to be very picky, he didn't ask any questions when he came to the courtyard, he ate when he sat down, and left after eating.

When he was about to leave, he seemed to suddenly think of a question:

"Shopkeeper Shen hasn't had lunch yet, has he?"

Quiet and busy saluting:

"Caomin will do it later."

King Yu hesitated to speak, but finally left without saying anything.

Just when Shen Jing was wondering how long this strange eating pattern would last, Xiao You came back.

was brought back.

After sending King Yu away at noon, Shen Jing began to worry about what to eat for dinner.The small kitchen in the yard has enough rice and noodles, as well as a lot of dried vegetables and cured meat, but seasonal vegetables and meat are purchased every two days, and in the past, they were delivered by the little boy with destiny.Now Xiaoyou and Xiaotong are not here, and no one else is involved in this matter.

Shen Jing was hesitating whether to go to the concierge and ask them to help deliver some meat and vegetables, when he heard a commotion outside, he hurriedly got up and went to the window to look out, and saw the courtyard door being pushed open with a "bang", two or three A guard carried Xiao You, who was dripping with blood, into the East Chamber in a hurry, followed by a crying boy with snot and tears.

Shen Jing was shocked, and immediately opened the door to the opposite side, seeing them put Xiao You on the bed in the back room.

He had never stepped into the door of the East Wing of Xiaoyou, and only after entering did he realize that it was the same as the West Wing, with simple doors, windows, tables and chairs.

The little boy was still sobbing and crying, and several guards blocked the door of the inner room, and quietly pushed them aside, seeing Xiaoyou lying on the bed with blood dripping from his lower body, they immediately turned back and called to the little boy:

"Have you invited a doctor?!"

The little boy cried and nodded:

"Already invited."

When Shen Jing got to the bed, she didn't know what to do for a moment, so she carefully touched Xiao You's shoulder and asked softly:

"... Is there a butler?"

Xiaoyou tried to open her eyes, and tugged at the corners of her mouth:

"Shopkeeper Shen...I'm fine."

Only then did Shen Jing feel relieved, got up and told the little boy:

"Ask someone to go to the kitchen to boil a few pots of hot water for later use, and then take some clean cotton cloths and boil them in hot water. We also need to prepare some spirits and put them in the yard for later use."

The little boy stopped crying, nodded and ran out:

"understood!"

Several guards also followed the boy out.

Shen Jing went back to her room to fetch hot tea, and brought a bowl of tea carefully to Xiaoyou's mouth:

"Little butler, would you like some water?"

Xiaoyou raised his head reluctantly, took a few sips with Shen Jing's hand, and lay down on the bed again, and couldn't help frowning in pain.Shen Jing put down the tea bowl, seeing his pitiful appearance, couldn't help but sighed softly.

After a while, Xiao Tong ran back again and replied to Shen Jing:

"The hot water has been boiled, and the cotton cloth has been boiled. I have told the accountant to order two jugs of spirits, and they will deliver them later."

Shen Jing nodded, before speaking, Xiaoyou lay on the bed and slowly spoke:

"The emperor summoned the prince to enter the palace immediately. Boy, ask the school captain to prepare chariots and horses."

Xiao Tong nodded in response, "Got it", and was about to run out, but was stopped by Xiao You:

"and many more."

I saw Xiaoyou turned his gaze to Shen Jing:

"Mr. Shen, please do me a favor."

"please say."

"I look like this, I can't wait for the prince to enter the palace." Xiao You looked at him and spoke earnestly, "I want to trouble Mr. Shen to run for me and send the prince to the palace gate."

"..."

"Mr. Shen, don't make things difficult. But go for me, it's not a big deal. If the prince asks, just tell the truth. Boy, take Mr. Shen there."

Shen Jing anxiously followed the little boy to the gate of the main courtyard of the palace.

At this time, Prince Yu was standing in front of the door, being dressed and dressed by others.Mingming had no expression on his face, but Shen Jing could feel the anger around him. He didn't dare to make a sound, but followed the little boy to salute, and then he heard King Yu ask:

"The doctor is here?"

"On the way."

At this time, the school captain Wei Zheng also entered the courtyard to salute Prince Yu:

"My lord, the carriage for entering the palace is ready."

King Yu glanced at him, his face was heavy and he didn't make a sound, he turned his face, only to notice that Shen Jing was also there:

"Is there something wrong with Shopkeeper Shen?"

Shen Jing saluted again, bent down and answered in a low voice:

"Go back to the prince. The little butler said that he can't wait for the prince to enter the palace, so he ordered Cao Min to follow him and send the prince to the gate of the palace."

"..."

Prince Yu did not reply for a long time.

Shen Jing arched his back, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the old servant who was changing his clothes slowly backing away, but King Yu stood there without moving. After a while, he heard him sigh:

"Then go ahead."

Speechless all the way.

The sun was still high when King Yu entered the palace, and it was time to light the lanterns when he came out.Shen Jing and Wei Zheng waited in front of the palace gate for more than an hour, her legs were almost numb, only then did she see the tall figure striding all the way up to board the carriage:

"Go home."

The carriage rumbled back to Prince Yu's mansion, Prince Yu got off the carriage and went straight to Xiaoyou's courtyard, followed by Shen Jing.Sure enough, the light in the East Wing was still on. As soon as he entered the room, he saw the little boy guarding the door, and when he saw the prince, he knelt down.King Yu didn't pay any attention, and went into the back room all the way, saw Xiaoyou lying on the bed, dressed in clean clothes, the wound should have been treated and changed into bloody clothes, when he heard the movement, he raised his eyes and saw that it was the prince, so he wanted to get up, and was caught by King Yu hold down:

"how do you feel?"

"No problem." Xiao You actually laughed, "Your Majesty, don't worry about it. The doctor has checked it, there is no bone injury, just a little flesh injury."

"How many hits?"

"Thirty." Xiao You still smiled, "It's not too rigid to the flesh, it only touches the skin a few times before it is lifted up. Everyone who comes out of Mr. Zheng knows how to measure."

Standing quietly at the side, she didn't dare to vent her breath, let alone think about it.

In the whole world, how many people can someone beat Prince Yu's followers?