Daming prepares the emperor

Following Zhu Biao's actions, the room became quiet again, only the slight clash of teacups and the rapid and tense breathing of the three princes could be heard, the volume was not loud, but it seemed to be happening in everyone's ears.

Zhu Di quietly glanced at the two elder brothers, and saw that they were kneeling there obediently, as if they were terrified and dared not do anything, their chins were so low that they were almost touching their chests.

Thinking about the conversation just now in his heart, he raised his head slightly, always feeling that something was wrong.

Sure enough, he saw Wei Zhongde looking at them anxiously, and when he saw Zhu Di's reaction, he showed a pleasant expression on his face, and gently drew a line diagonally upwards at the corner of his mouth with his finger.

laugh?

Brother is laughing?

Zhu Di was stunned for a while, then suddenly understood the meaning of this, stood up abruptly and rushed to Zhu Biao's side. Under the surprised eyes of Zhu Xi and Zhu Xi, he turned his foot, came to the back of the chair, stood on tiptoe and clasped his hands together. Zhu Biao's shoulder.

Zhu Biao turned his head slightly and looked back.

Zhu Di looked into Zhu Biao's eyes, smiled flatteringly, and said, "Brother, you've worked hard, I'll give you a shoulder squeeze."

Zhu Xing and Zhu Bian suddenly realized that they also got up and surrounded Zhu Biao, one helped him carry tea, and the other beat his arm.

"What are you doing, trying to fool me?" Zhu Biao still had a cold face.

"How can we, how dare we fool the eldest brother." Zhu Di couldn't help suspecting that Wei Zhongde was wrong, and said bravely, "In the world, only the elder brother educates the younger brother, and there is no such thing as the younger brother disobeying the elder brother."

After hearing this, Zhu Biao became more serious, and said: "Not necessarily, if the elder brother is wrong, the younger brother can naturally..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Xi hurriedly said: "Brother, are you not angry?"

Zhu Xing pinched Zhu Xing's neck fiercely in his heart, wishing to stop his mouth now, and said in his heart that it would only take a few breaths before and after, how could there be such a question, the elder brother would definitely lose his temper again, the fourth's hard work was over, and he was originally confined It's a month's work, and I have to sacrifice a good butt.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Biao didn't get angry again as he thought, but just looked at Zhu Xi with complicated eyes, sighed, and said, "Do you know what's wrong with you?"

"I shouldn't be self-willed, I shouldn't just think about my own happiness, and don't notice what responsibility I have." Zhu Xi said, "Brother, in fact, we know that the father will not allow us to go to the battlefield, so we came to you, we It's just thinking, you usually dote on us the most, maybe you will agree to it, so, just..."

"Is the persimmon picky and soft?"

"No, no." Zhu Xun was afraid that Zhu Xun would say a few more words, and they would have to leave the Hall of Spring Harmony sideways, so he hurriedly said, "We think that elder brother cares about us the most, and that he is graceful, talented, and kind-hearted..."

He eloquently boasted a lot, and finally spit out the key point: "So even if we are bastards who have not improved, lazy and undisciplined, stupid and unmedicated, I think the elder brother will not punish us like the father."

One is useless than the other!Stupid brother, you still have to look at me!

Zhu Di cursed secretly, and simply hugged Zhu Biao from behind, tears burst out: "Brother, I really know I was wrong, please forgive me, I don't want to go to the battlefield anymore, I will be honest all my life If you really stay in the palace, I will do whatever you ask me to do, and I won’t talk about anything!”

Hearing the crying from behind, Zhu Biao was startled, and subconsciously worried about the "defendant". Zhu Di is not a person who loves to cry. Could it be that he really beat him too much this time?

Then he immediately recalled, what does it mean to be sure to stay in the palace for the rest of his life?Isn't this miserable, whose prince lives with the emperor's prince?Whose prince will never leave the palace?

The high wall in Fengyang that was specially used to keep the emperor's relatives off has not yet been repaired, so it is too fake to say this now.

Zhu Di couldn't see from behind, but Zhu Biao was in the front, but he found that Zhu Biao froze for a moment. Then he made a plan and pinched Zhu Biao hard. There was a row of suona players in a meeting, and they blew vigorously, startling the eunuchs and maids guarding outside, and rushed in to help just waiting for the prince to shout.

Zhu Biao got a headache from the quarrel, so he picked up the dim sum plate prepared by Wei Zhongde. The three radish heads were stuffed with a cake by each of them without seeing anything clearly.

From here you can also see their personalities.Zhu Xun was the most honest, he swallowed the snacks without chewing, and took the tea served by Wei Zhongde to quench his thirst; I must take advantage of everything that can be taken advantage of. I squeezed the snacks in a leisurely manner and finished eating in one bite. While eating, I looked at Zhu Biao, tears were like a faucet, and stopped when I stopped talking.

hiss--

It's infuriating to watch.

Thanks to Zhu Biao's good cultivation, he abruptly stopped his anger, and said, "I think you still want to go, how about this, Wei Zhongde, you go to the Hall of Martial Arts and bring the memorabilia that your father will approve tomorrow to make room for your father." For a while, meet the princes and listen to their wishes. Father is kind and wise, and will definitely give them a satisfactory ending."

Wei Zhongde bent over and said, "Yes."

"Brother! Don't tell Father."

The three of them are in a hurry now, father is kind?

He held a knife and killed eight civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty back and forth, blinking his eyes and counting us as losers!

Zhu Biao said: "Do you really think that the father doesn't know? Even if I agree, without the father's permission, you still can't do without Yingtian half a step!"

The three of you looked at me, and I looked at you, and they stopped talking, and they were visibly sluggish.

Why don't they know this truth, they just understand that the elder brother has been the heart of the father since he was a child, and he has been loved a lot.

Now that the shortcut doesn't work, it's a matter of looking back, and it's nothing to go to the road to Huangquan.

"Okay, let's all go back." Zhu Biao said, "Aren't you satisfied with all this trouble?"

"yes, Sir."

Wei Zhongde, who had already walked to the door and was in charge of putting on a show, came back again.

The princes walked outside dejectedly, and were about to go back to each house to find their mothers, when Zhu Biao's voice suddenly came from inside.

"Go back and write a charter and submit it to me. Write me the customs of Sichuan, how to fight this battle, write your own ideas, and write enough for [-] words. You are not allowed to ask someone else to write it, and you are not allowed to ask a master to polish it. Well written, who walks with Sapphire."

After hearing this, they immediately cheered up, jumped on the spot, shouted a few times to the door of the room, Big Brother Chitose, and ran away.

After the princes left, Wei Zhongde closed the door and quietly stood behind Zhu Biao, waiting for him to make the unfinished decision.

"Go and bring Ju Fei from the mother's harem, and tell the mother that I have something to use for a few days."

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"Master, this is today, you..."

Yuan Kai took the things wrapped in a towel from his wife's hands, his face was pale and sick, and he whispered, "I'm going out today."

"Then this." The woman paused, the expression on her face changed, and she said in a trembling voice, "You want to take this out?"

"There have been ups and downs outside for several days, and they must gain some insight."

The woman felt very distressed, and her voice was filled with tears: "This world is hot and cold, and it is common, but today's saints behave like this. They will not be for the master today, and they will not be for others tomorrow. When it is their turn the next day, there will be no one to intercede. How did you think about it?"

After hearing what his wife said, Yuan Kai didn't agree with her, nor did he reprimand her for her rebellious remarks. He just patted her on the back, turned and left.

After the farce of the past few days, the servants in the mansion no longer respect Yuan Kai as much as they did before. Although they never left due to various reasons such as selling their lives or wages, Yuan Kai saw clearly the loathing in their eyes along the way. , and the evasive movement shown because his wife was not around, he couldn't help sighing secretly.

The servants under the influence of many years of prestige are still like this, let alone those colleagues who only have superficial friendship with him. on the street.

Looking around, he found that the brocade guards who were scattered all over had already withdrawn. While relaxing, he knew that his official career was now completely over, and the rest of his life would be spent in disguise, but it was better to save his life than anything else, saying no Unable to feel it, he blinked against the wind and almost shed tears.

There was a smell of cold pine wood in the cold air. It was such a cold winter, and the New Year was approaching. There were no pedestrians on the street outside the gate of the Yuan Mansion. There should have been a few people, but also because of the constant crying day and night. Hearing, changing the usual path, Yuan Kai wanted to make a fool of himself, so he had to go to the long street where he bought new year's goods.

Yuan Kai took off the padded jacket his wife had put on for him, threw it aside, and staggered to choose a direction to set off.

On a small building behind him, in the middle of the high roof, there was a touch of orange staring at Yuan Kai's every move. As he left, he jumped down quickly, landed lightly, and followed like lightning.

"Stir-fried chestnuts, fried chestnuts with sugar." The old lady walked past Yuan Kai with a basket on her shoulders.

Several children ran past Yuan Kai holding the candy figurines, turning their heads to tug at their parents from time to time.

The crowds are constantly flowing, each doing their own business, each living their own life, bustling and bustling.

The pyrotechnic voice kept penetrating into Yuan Kai's ears, causing him to have the illusion of a world apart. He was obviously one of these sentient beings not long ago, and even received countless benefits due to his superior status. In just a few days , who would have thought that there would be such a big change.

On the second floor of the roadside teahouse sat a few officials and eunuchs, who seemed to have recognized Yuan Kai, pointed at him with a folding fan, made contemptuous gestures while talking, and vaguely said something about crazy people and fools. .

This was exactly what Yuan Kai meant, he raised his head in coordination, and made those wealthy young masters laugh a lot, before walking towards the busiest place.

Being used to being a master, he still doesn't know what will be on the streets of the common people, and where is the most suitable place to carry out his performances.

It wasn't until he arrived at the place that he realized that it was not the booth he had imagined, but a theatrical performance with a shed. He didn't know what kind of school it was. I and I squeeze you, all of them are grabbing the front position, because the show has not started for a long time, some people even shouted, and this is not over, there are still people approaching one after another on the whole street like Yuan Kai.

On the second floor of the restaurant around the table, some high-ranking officials and dignitaries have reserved rooms and sat on it, looking very interested, leaning on the railing to look down.

Yuan Kai was not interested in the show at all, after a few glances, he realized that the crowd would not take time to pay attention to him, so he decided to walk away silently.

Clang——

With the sound of a gong, his legs subconsciously stopped.

The red curtain of the stands moved a few times, and a small milky white fox ran out.

At the beginning, it landed on all fours, and every time it took a step, its ears shook like jelly, and its tail swayed slightly behind it, like a big fluffy brush.

When it was approaching the edge of the stand, it stopped the car suddenly, stood on its hind legs, took out a small gong and a small mallet from the pack on its back, held it with its front paws, and tapped it three times in a row. Then he bowed in all directions.

monster?

Yuan Kai looked at the crowd, no one was surprised or frightened, instead the applause suddenly sounded.

Looking carefully, the fox's arm was tied with a strip of red cloth, and on the strip were three large yellow characters - intern.

It patiently waited for the applause and applause to stop before saying, "Hello folks, I am Hu Shuo, an art intern from Zhenyaosi. Today is the third day of our free performance. Here I would like to say hello to everyone This year, I wish everyone a happy and prosperous year.”

Immediately someone said: "We've got your wish, let's continue with yesterday's performance!"

One person echoed: "That's right, little fox, hurry up and act, we will definitely go to Zhenyaosi to give you the score sheet you mentioned."

Many others said: "Let's start quickly, don't leave until the show is over."

Hu Shuo didn't intend to procrastinate at first, and said after hearing the words: "Let's start! Today is the third act of upright officials and Daotong. The capital will give you a card, go up!"

The voice fell, and several figures emerged from the curtain. The leader was a golden toad, which was half the height of a person, followed by common monsters such as larks, cauliflower snakes, rabbits, etc. What was special was that these monsters were particularly tall Zhou Zheng.

They lined up and sat on the stools arranged on the left and right sides of the stage. They took out the player playing and singing from nowhere, took a deep breath, and just pressed their mouths against it, the classical tune rang out in the next moment.

After the sound of three consecutive footsteps, a figure in an official costume stood in front of the stage. In order to ensure the recognition of the town monster, the beard hanging on both sides of the cheek was not removed, and he said: "As the head of a county, why don't you know my official seal—"

A yamen servant appeared, shook his head and said triumphantly: "I don't know what official seal! I don't know what official department! We only obey the orders of Lord Hou in the territory of Panyu!"

Although the two sentences were both in a playful tone, Yuan Kai knew what he was acting upon hearing them. He was also regarded as the emperor's trustworthy person before, and he had some status in the court and was well-informed.The incident in Panyu has been going on for so long, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that it was it that set off a huge wave in the court, overturned countless boats carrying people, and ignited the line of fire between eastern Zhejiang and Huaixi.

I didn't expect Zhen Yaosi to have such ability, and dare to make up this kind of play for the common people to watch.

Shaking his head, Yuan Kai thought of Lu Jin'ai, saying that he was not envious would be a lie, but he also knew that what existed in his heart was more of a kind of jealousy, and this jealousy was not only because of the prince's preference, but also because of his belief in him Jealousy and perseverance, something that Yuan Kai would never dare to do, is just common to Lu Jinai.

Walking to the corner of the long street, Yuan Kai coughed, wrapped his thin clothes tightly, trembling his fingers a few times, finally took out the towel from his arms, and was about to put it in his mouth under the shocked and disgusted eyes of others, when he suddenly felt He was hit by something, couldn't stand upright, and fell to the ground with a slap.

Looking through the messy hair, Yuan Kai saw a shiny orange fat cat passing by his hand at a leisurely pace, lightly picked up the piece of cloth on the ground, and fiddled with it a few paws , He piled up all the things, picked them up and jumped onto the tree.

Yuan Kai couldn't distinguish reality from illusion, and stared at it blankly.Those cat pupils shrunk under the winter sun seemed to be looking back at him without blinking.

When the play in the distance reached its climax, Hu Shuo, who played Lu Jinai, yelled, "It's not just death, there must be movement in death! I want to go to Datian to listen—"

The ending sound is mellow and long, piercing into Yuan Kai's heart.

As if in exchange, the orange cat on the tree took Yuan Kai's small package and pushed down a token towards him.