The daily life of the crown prince of the Song Dynasty

Yuan Bai led Zheyun to the side hall and asked her to rest in the side hall for a while.

"Miss Zhe, please drink tea."

"Thank you."

Because His Royal Highness likes to drink brewed tea, Zheyun gradually fell in love with drinking brewed tea in the past four years.

In the Song Dynasty, drinking tea was basically frothed.Zhao Yang didn't like drinking this kind of tea very much, so he made out the brewed tea of ​​later generations.

Over the years, under his influence, Song Renzong and Empress Cao have fallen in love with brewed tea, and even some ministers like Yan Shu like to drink it.

The tea in the East Palace is all good tea.The tea that Zheyun is drinking now is Yuqian Longjing that came to the palace not long ago.

In the study, Ouyang Xiu had just finished teaching Zhao Yang and the others.

Seeing this, Yuan Bai came in, and said: "Your Highness, Miss Zhe is here, and she is in the side hall."

Cao Xu said very perceptively: "Your Highness, I will go out to avoid it first." Although Cao Xu is Zhao Yang's companion, to Zheyun he is a foreigner.In addition, they are all in their teens now, so they should avoid suspicion.

Zhao Yang nodded, and then said to Yuan Bai: "Let her in." In the past four years, Zhao Yang was very satisfied with Zheyun after getting along day and night.

"Yes, Your Highness."

After a while, Zheyun came in with a food box, and she first saluted Zhao Yang: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Zheyun walked over to Zhao Yang, and took out the snacks from the food box, "Your Highness, I made double-skin milk, crepes, cakes, and pudding today."

These modern snacks are made by Zhao Yang.To be precise, he just moved his lips, and it was Miao Zhaorong who did it.Then, Miao Zhaorong taught Zheyun again.

Zheyun brought Shuangpi Nai to Zhao Yang first: "Your Highness, you should try Shuangpi Nai first." After finishing speaking, she said again, "I didn't add much sugar, it's not very sweet." Zheyun knew Zhao Yang eats snacks, he doesn't like to eat too sweet, he likes to eat lightly sweet.

Zhao Yang reached out to take the Shuangpi Nai, picked up a spoon, scooped it up and tasted it.

Zheyun stood aside, looking at Zhao Yang nervously.

Zhao Yang raised his eyes and smiled at Zheyun: "It tastes good."

Hearing what Zhao Yang said, a smile appeared on Zheyun's face: "It's good that your highness doesn't dislike it."

"The lion head you made at noon is also delicious." Zhao Yang praised, "Now you have completely inherited the cooking skills of the little lady."

Being praised so much by Zhao Yang, Zheyun felt sweet and happy in his heart, and the smile on his face did not feel brighter.However, she said modestly: "Compared with Lady Zhaorong, I am still far behind, and I still have something to learn."

"Sit down and eat too."

"Okay." Zheyun didn't refuse, but sat down to eat snacks with Zhao Yang.

Zhao Yang asked Zheyun what he did this morning.Zheyun told him that she and Princess Fukang learned poetry from her husband in the morning.

Zheyun and Zhao Yang chatted for a while about poetry.Chatting and chatting, the two chatted about Princess Fukang's marriage.

"Your Highness, has the empress chosen a husband-in-law for the princess?"

"Sister asked you to ask." Zhao Yang still knew Zheyun's temperament very well, and with her temperament, she would never ask about it curiously.

Seen through by Zhao Yang, Zheyun smiled embarrassedly: "Your Highness has hit the mark."

"I didn't choose well." Zhao Yang said, "Ah Xu and I looked at the portraits, and none of them were good, they were all crooked."

"Ah?" Zheyun was startled, "They are all crooked melons and cracked dates?" Impossible, the empress must choose the best young talents in Bianjing City when she chooses a husband-in-law for the princess, how could she choose crooked girls for the princess? Melon split jujube.

"Ah Xu and I didn't like any of them."

Zheyun said cautiously: "Your Highness, are your eyes too high?"

"Is it tall?" Zhao Yang didn't think so, "My future brother-in-law and cousin-in-law should at least not be worse than my second cousin."

Hearing this, Zheyun was silent for a while.

"Your Highness, if you look for the second son of the Cao family according to the standards of the second son of the Cao family, I am afraid that the young talents in Bianjing are crooked." The first and second sons of the Cao family are both well-known sons in Bianjing. Not only are they both civil and military, but they are also outstanding talents. Most of the princes in Bianjing City are not as good as them.

"I didn't expect that Bianjing City didn't even have a decent young talent."

"Your Highness, your request is too high."

In fact, several sons of the Zhe family are about the same age as Princess Fukang and Gao Taotao, but Zhe Yun is already a princess, so the Zhe family can no longer marry the royal family, nor can they marry the Cao family.

Although Gao Taotao is from the Gao family, she is also from the Cao family, so her husband and son-in-law cannot be from the Zhe family.

"My sister is the only princess in Song Dynasty, so her son-in-law must be excellent in all aspects."

In fact, Princess Fukang's son-in-law is the hardest to find.Even though she is the only princess in the Song Dynasty, there are not many people among the rich and powerful who want to marry her, at least the legitimate sons or outstanding sons are not willing to marry her, because if you marry her, you cannot participate in politics if you become a son-in-law.

The Song Dynasty stipulated that concubines cannot participate in politics.Once the princess is taken, this person is insulated from political affairs, which means that he has nothing to do with rights.

Prince consort is a vain job, suitable for the children of powerful families who are incompetent or have no ambitions.But Song Renzong looked down on such a person, so it was not easy to choose Princess Fukang's son-in-law.

Compared with Princess Fukang, Gao Taotao's husband-in-law is much easier to choose, as long as it is not a family member, other people are fine.

However, as a modern person, Gao Taotao couldn't accept her husband having three wives and four concubines.The husband and son-in-law she wants can only have her as a wife, but this is impossible among the rich and powerful.The children of the rich and powerful are basically three wives and four concubines.

If Gao Taotao wants to be monogamous, she can only marry.However, she can't marry too badly when she gets married.

"My cousin's husband-in-law should be selected from the students who passed the exam this year." It is fine for Gao Taotao to marry a student who passed the exam this year.

"Will this...won't you wrong Miss Gao?" With Miss Gao's family background, she can marry into a well-matched family, even into the royal family.

"She wants to be monogamous, so she can only marry."

"Monogamy?" Zhe Yun was shocked, "How is this possible?"

"What is impossible." Zhao Yang took a deep look at Zheyun, "I agree and support monogamy."

When Zheyun heard what Zhao Yang said, his heart shook violently, and he looked at Zhao Yang in surprise.

What does His Highness mean?

Or she got it wrong.

Seeing Zheyun's stunned look, Zhao Yang thought for a while and said to her, "I will only have you in the future, so you have to be prepared."

These words completely "terrified" Zheyun, and she was stunned.

"It's fine for you to know about it yourself, don't tell the lady for now." Zhao Yang had no idea how earth-shattering his words were, and his tone was very calm.

"Your Highness, you..." It was so shocking that Zhe Yun didn't know what to say for a while.

"I know you don't believe it, but I'm serious." The reason why Zhao Yang told Zheyun about this now is mainly to make her prepare in her heart. "I will be very busy in the future, and I don't have so much time and energy to waste on the harem, so you are enough."

Zheyun's face turned red instantly, and his eyes were full of panic.

This this……

She, who was always steady and calm, was completely panicked and confused at this moment.

Zhao Yang picked up a piece of snack and fed it into Zheyun's mouth: "Continue to eat the snack, you will go back and digest what I just said."

Zheyun didn't know how she got back to Qingning Palace.

She didn't come back to her senses after returning to Qingning Palace for a long time, and she was in a huge shock.

No matter what Princess Fukang called her, it didn't wake her up.

After Zheyun left, Zhao Yang and Cao Xu continued to have history lessons with Yan Shu.

Before, Zhao Yang and the others had finished studying "Historical Records" with Yan Shu.Since then, they have learned history from Shang and Zhou Dynasties.

By the time the history class is over, it's already midnight.

Zhao Yang went to Kunning Palace with Cao Xu and had dinner with Empress Cao.

He was afraid that Empress Cao would be lonely eating alone, so for the past four years, he and Cao Xu still went to Kunning Palace to eat every day.

"What did you say to Yun'er this afternoon? This kid has been in a trance all afternoon?" Empress Cao asked Zhao Yang as soon as she saw him.

Zhao Yang looked innocent: "I didn't say anything, I just praised her a few words, saying that her cooking skills are good."

"That's it?" Empress Cao looked at her son suspiciously, "You really didn't say anything else?"

"Ma'am, what can I say?"

Cao Xu smiled ambiguously and said, "Your Highness, did you tell Miss Zhe that you liked her?"

When Empress Cao heard what her nephew said, she thought it was very possible.

"No wonder Yun'er has been in a trance all afternoon."

Seeing Empress Cao and the others misunderstood, Zhao Yang didn't bother to explain.

"By the way, I have an idea about my cousin's husband-in-law."

When Empress Cao saw her son changing the subject, she knew that her son was shy, and she was very considerate and didn't hold on to what she said just now.

"Do you have any idea?"

"Choose from the students who passed the exam this year." Zhao Yang said, "Although my cousin is married, the future cousin's husband will not dare to bully her or mess around with her."

"You have a good idea." Empress Cao nodded and said, "We will see how the students who passed the examination this year will look like." Speaking of the students who took the imperial examination this year, Empress Cao suddenly thought of two friends of Zhao Yang , "Yangyang, aren't your two friends very nice?"

Zhao Yang didn't expect Empress Cao to put her mind on Su Shi and Su Zhe, and said dumbfoundedly: "A Shi and the others can't do it." Even if Gao Taotao had a hundred courage, she would not dare to marry Su Shi and Su Zhe.

"Why can't they?"

"They will be my important ministers in the future, and I don't want them to be involved by the powerful." Zhao Yang's words were half-truth and half-false.

Empress Cao understood what her son meant, and immediately dismissed the idea.

"Then look at the other students." After finishing speaking, she asked again, "Where is Fukang's husband?"

Zhao Yang shrugged and said, "My sister's husband-in-law, I have no idea, you should find it, ma'am."

Empress Cao pointed to her son, then shook her head helplessly and said, "You..."

"Your Highness, Auntie, I'm hungry, let's have dinner first."

"Okay, have a meal."

During dinner, Zhao Yang and Cao Xu told Empress Cao what they had learned.

After dinner, Empress Cao taught Zhao Yang the art of war.

In a few years, Zhao Yang will lead troops to deal with Xixia.In the past few years, Zhao Yang and the others have to learn various art of war.

After learning the art of war with Empress Cao for an hour, Zhao Yang and Cao Xu returned to the East Palace.

Zheyun in Qingning Palace finally recovered from the huge shock in the afternoon, feeling excited and happy involuntarily.

To be precise, she was dizzy and couldn't believe Zhao Yang's words.

Although she knew it was normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, she also hoped that her husband would only have her as one wife.Now, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told her that he would only have her as his wife in the future, which made her not excited.

She felt that this was impossible, but she thought of the serious expression on His Highness's face when he told her this, which made her believe that His Highness was not lying to her, but telling the truth.

Zheyun buried herself in the quilt, hid in the quilt and secretly laughed, the smile was very sweet.

At this time, Zhao Yang in the East Palace was thinking about the exam questions.

A lot of things have happened in these four years, some of which are very important, Zhao Yang is thinking about which one is better.

In fact, Zhao Yang really wanted to come up with a topic about the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, but if he did so, he would definitely be rejected.

He still came up with more pragmatic exam questions, to test whether the students can do things in a down-to-earth manner.