Little Dandy, He's a Little Good

When the palace banquet was approaching, Rong Zhuo was brought into the palace by Li Feng.

He was very nervous along the way. After all, there are too many people to face tonight, the emperor, queen, prince and princes, and these people are not easy to offend, and a little carelessness may cause trouble.

Fortunately, knowing that Yu Jingdu would be there gave him a little confidence.

"Rong Zhuo." A familiar voice came.

Rong Zhuo turned his head to look, and found that it was Zhou Feng who came.

"Brother Zhou." When Rong Zhuo saw the old acquaintance, his heart felt a lot more at ease.

Zhou Feng hadn't seen him for a long time, and now he was quite enthusiastic, "I thought I wouldn't be able to see you until next year."

"I didn't expect you to come too." Rong Zhuo said.

"Hey, I want to watch the fun, so I proposed it to Mr. Ji." Zhou Feng smiled and said, "He probably couldn't beat me, so he reluctantly agreed."

After that, he leaned into Rong Zhuo's ear and said, "Other people from Guozi Academy are quite upset when they see me coming."

"Hahaha." Rong Zhuo smiled, and he followed the palace man who led the way into the hall.

Today is New Year's Eve, so the palace banquet was held in a place with a wonderful view in the palace, called Guanyueju.

This place has a high terrain, and viewing platforms are built on all sides, which is very suitable for tasting wine and enjoying the moon during New Years and festivals.

But now it is mid-winter, so the banquet was arranged in the hall.

Just as Rong Zhuo and Zhou Feng went in, Ji Xiunian and a few students also came after a while.The two hurried forward to salute and say hello, but Ji Xiunian's attitude was quite kind, and he even asked a few words about Rong Zhuo's recent situation, and encouraged him by the way.

But among the students, there was a person who was not very happy, and after seeing Rong Zhuo, his eyes were always a bit critical.

Rong Zhuo remembered him, this man was called Lin Yuan, his character was not bad, but he liked to teach others.

"Brother Lin." Rong Zhuo took the initiative to salute him.

Lin Yuan said with a bit of eccentricity: "I heard that you went to Dali Temple a few days ago. How come you can sneak in the palace banquet hosted by His Majesty? Could it be that you have climbed some high branches?"

Ji Xiunian's expression darkened when he heard this, and he gave him a restraining look.

Zhou Feng on the side was also a little unhappy, and his complexion changed immediately.

But Rong Zhuo was not annoyed, and just smiled frankly, "Thank you brother Lin for your concern. Since I only stayed in Dali Temple for one day, it means that I am innocent and there is nothing wrong with me. After all, I didn't listen to the regulations of the court Did you say that you can be released after only one day in jail for committing some crime?"

"If you are doing your duty, how can you enter Dali Temple?" Lin Yuan said, "Aren't you messing around?"

"According to what you said, going to Dali Temple is not your duty. Then the one who can come to this palace banquet is a master? Since I came with you, it means that there is no difference between me and you." Rong Zhuo smiled road.

"You are sophistry." Lin Yuan said.

"You say yes." Rong Zhuo didn't argue with him, and pulled Zhou Feng to sit down obediently.

Ji Xiunian's eyes fell on his face, seeing that he was not pretending to be magnanimous, but seemed to be really not annoyed, his eyes couldn't help showing admiration.He is tolerant and doesn't like disputes, so he doesn't approve of students too much arguing with others, especially when it comes to such issues that are obviously not worth distinguishing.

Rong Zhuo's temperament is exactly what he likes very much.

After the students sat down, the princes came one after another, and there were all kinds of salutes and greetings in the hall.

Not long after, Yu Jingdu also strode in with a entourage.

He glanced across the hall, first said hello to Ji Xiunian, and then walked straight to Rong Zhuo's side.

Rong Zhuo was taken aback, he didn't expect him to talk to him on this occasion.But before he could react, Yu Jingdu had already leaned over to his ear, and said in a voice only he could hear: "Don't eat up everything on the plate in a while, or tomorrow the whole capital will know that you are greedy."

When Rong Zhuo heard this, he suddenly remembered that when he and Yu Jingdu had dinner together, when he came across a dish he liked, he would clear the plate after making sure that the other party had finished eating.He always thought it was a virtue of frugality, but he didn't expect there to be such a saying.

Does everyone in the palace know that he is greedy?

Rong Zhuo's ears turned red, and he hung his head for a long while without making a sound.

Yu Jingdu's original intention was to divert his attention, lest he see the prince nervous.

Seeing the redness of his ear tips now, I just feel that the more I look at it, the more I like it, and I finally restrained the urge to pinch his ears.

The prince who came in behind Yu Jingdu happened to see the scene of Yu Jingdu and Rong Zhuo biting their ears, and a very complicated expression flashed across his face.But he has always been able to pretend, and quickly concealed his emotions.

The students probably didn't expect that Rong Zhuo would have a personal relationship with His Royal Highness Yan Wang, and judging from the way the two of them were biting their ears just now, the relationship should be quite close.So everyone looked at me and I looked at you with a little curiosity in their eyes.

But they didn't have time to think too much, because the prince came in at this moment, they could only restrain their minds and stood up to salute the prince.

The prince has always had the reputation of being a courteous and virtuous corporal. When he received the gift from the students, he didn't just nod his head like others.

And the students who were rewarded by him were all flattered, and they couldn't help feeling a little more fond of the prince in their hearts.

Rong Zhuo was caught among the students, naturally he didn't dare to neglect, he got up and saluted the prince.

The prince gave him a gentle smile, and when returning the gift, his eyes glanced at the purse hanging on his waist, and the corners of his lips raised a slight arc.

He was not so sure at first, thinking that Yu Jingdu would not be so dizzy, but when he saw the purse on Rong Zhuo's waist, he knew he had guessed right.

The pouch on Rong Zhuo's waist is almost exactly the same shape as the one on Yu Jingdu's waist, but the color and pattern are slightly different.There are many styles of purses in the embroidery room in the palace, but because the items in the embroidery room are only available for the concubines and princes and princesses except for the empress, and most of the concubines in the palace can embroider, and many people prefer to embroider small things like purses. I embroider it myself, so no matter the purses on the concubines, princes and princesses, most of them are not from the embroidery room.

Not to mention the emperor, the purses embroidered for him by the concubines can be changed every day.

In other words, the probability of meeting two people with the same purse in the palace is very low.

But Yu Jingdu was cold and aloof, and he hadn't thought about anyone in the past 20 years.

Now that he is fascinated by this little dude, he can't help but show off everywhere, even such mistakes will come out.

When the prince was studying history books, he had seen many examples of beauties wronging the country. At that time, he thought these people were really ridiculous.How can a person who can sit on the throne of God by means of means be so easily swayed by lust?

Thinking about it now, maybe some people just can't use it!

Soon, someone reported the arrival of the saint.

Everyone stood up and waited, and saw the emperor and empress walking into the hall side by side.

This was the first time Rong Zhuo saw the queen, so he couldn't help but sneak a glance.

The empress looked noble and graceful, and she was a good match standing with the emperor.

"Today is the New Year's Eve palace banquet, everyone don't have to be restrained, just be more casual." The emperor smiled after taking his seat: "It's been a long time, so don't be restrained." People chatted.

Rong Zhuo originally thought that the palace banquet should be quite serious, but he didn't expect that the people at the banquet were really just eating, which surprised him a bit.Then he also understood why Yu Jingdu had to tell him so, because the dishes cooked by the cooks in the palace were really delicious.

He used to think that the cooks of Jiang Yuezhai and Yanwangfu were good enough, but now he realizes that there is a sky beyond the sky.

While burying his head in his food, Rong Zhuo couldn't help but wonder, if Yu Jingdu becomes emperor in the future, will he be able to have a meal during the festivals?

Thinking of this, Rong Zhuo couldn't help but look up at Yu Jingdu's direction, and found that there was a milk doll beside Yu Jingdu at some point. talking about something.

Yu Jingdu, who had always been cold and introverted, also softened his expression a lot when facing the baby, and while talking to him, he didn't forget to feed him a few bites.

Seeing this scene, Rong Zhuo couldn't help but smile a little.

It was the first time he saw Jing Du taking care of the child, so it felt quite interesting.

The milk doll seemed to sense something, looked up in Rong Zhuo's direction, and grinned at Rong Zhuo.

Yu Jingdu followed his gaze, and happened to see Rong Zhuo making faces at the little guy to make him laugh.

Rong Zhuo: ...

"Third brother, that brother is so beautiful!" The eighth prince said to Yu Jingdu.

With a smile in his eyes, Yu Jingdu said in a low voice, "You can't keep staring at your pretty brother, otherwise people will think you are a disciple."

"What is Dengtuzi?" the Eighth Prince asked.

"It's just..." Yu Jingdu thought for a while, "People who always stare at others."

The Eighth Prince frowned and thought for a while, and finally turned his eyes away from Rong Zhuo.

But he soon discovered that his third brother seemed to have been peeking at his pretty brother.

The little guy couldn't help tilting his head and thinking, could it be that the third brother is an apprentice?

At the palace banquet, the wine went through three rounds.

As the emperor and Ji Xiunian chatted more and more deeply, the atmosphere of the whole banquet became active.

Everyone sat at long tables, and the tables were set up in two rows in the hall, with students sitting on one side and princes sitting on the other.This leads to people who are far away from each other having to leave their seats if they want to talk.However, at the palace banquet of this dynasty, this kind of behavior would not be criticized by others, even the emperor left his seat after chatting happily.

Rong Zhuo didn't need to make friends with others, so he sat at the table obediently and ate the snacks after the meal.

But if he doesn't look for others, he can't help others to look for him.

After the prince held on to the wine cup and exchanged greetings with all the students, he walked towards Rong Zhuo calmly.

Rong Zhuo became nervous when he saw him approaching, so he could only resist his anxiety and stood up to salute him.

But the crown prince didn't know what happened, the well-behaved man suddenly shook his hands, tilted the wine cup he was holding, and the wine in it poured all over Rong Zhuo's body.Rong Zhuo didn't bother to think too much, and hurriedly took two steps away to brush off the wine on his body.

"I'm sorry, I'm a little drunk." The prince hurriedly took a handkerchief to help Rong Zhuo wipe off the wine stains on his body.

"It's okay." Rong Zhuo avoided him calmly, "I'm wearing thick clothes, so I'm not soaked."

"It's all because of Gu's carelessness, which made your clothes dirty." The crown prince swept the wet place on Rong Zhuo's body guiltily, "Young Master Rong's clothes are well embroidered, you must cherish them very much, right? "

"It's okay, it's okay." Rong Zhuo didn't care about his clothes, but wiped the wine stains on his purse with his sleeves, he put the peace amulet in it today, for fear of getting wet with wine.

The prince's eyes fell on the purse in his hand, and he asked with a gentle smile, "This purse is very beautiful, is it a gift from your sweetheart?"

"Ah..." Rong Zhuo hurriedly put down his purse, "No."

"Your Highness does not know, Brother Rong's sweetheart is a young lady in the Xun Huan Building." A student next to him who had drunk too much said with a smile.

The prince suppressed his smile when he heard the words: "Young Master Rong, the embroiderer in the purse looks like he came from the embroidery room in the palace. How could it be given by the young lady in the flower building?"

Outsiders heard what he said, he was actually helping Rong Zhuo, but the students next to him couldn't help but glanced at Rong Zhuo's waist.

In the minds of the people, although everyone has purses, most of the time they are not given to others casually. Generally, purses are only given between lovers.

So Rong Zhuo has a very precious purse hanging on his waist, and this purse is from the embroidery studio in the palace, so it is worth pondering.

Just when everyone was full of suspicion, a seven or eight-year-old boy suddenly appeared behind the prince.

His eyes fell on Rong Zhuo's purse, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "Huh? His purse is the same as third brother's purse!"

This boy is the Seventh Prince, and the third brother he is talking about is naturally Yu Jingdu.

As soon as the Seventh Prince finished speaking, someone immediately turned their eyes to Yu Jingdu's direction.

"Don't talk nonsense." The prince reprimanded somewhat severely: "How could your third brother have the same purse as Young Master Rong?"

"It's true!" Seeing him questioning himself, the Seventh Prince argued, "Fourth brother, I'm not talking nonsense."

The child's voice was already very recognizable, and he didn't know how to lower his voice like an adult when arguing, so when he said this, almost half of the people in the hall heard it.

Everyone turned their heads to look over, and the expressions of the people who didn't know where were there were somewhat questioning.

"What's going on?" the queen asked.

"After returning to mother, the seventh child is messing around, it's okay." The prince pretended to smooth things over.

But the Seventh Prince was just at the age when he had just begun to have the concept of right and wrong, plus he was a child at heart, so he was naturally not happy to hear the prince say that he was messing around, so he complained to the queen like no one else: "I said his purse and third brother's purse are the same. Same, fourth brother doesn't believe me, and calls me nonsense!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard the words, they were all amused by the Seventh Prince's angry appearance.

The queen also smiled, and said kindly: "Your third brother is using a purse from the embroidery room in the palace. How can people outside the palace have this thing? You must have misread it."

"I didn't, I really didn't lie!" The Seventh Prince ran up to Yu Jingdu, "Third brother, you can testify for me, show them, and prove that I am not talking nonsense."

After being made such a fuss by him, everyone became curious and looked at Yu Jingdu one after another.

Rong Zhuo took a peek at Yu Jingdu, but quickly withdrew his gaze, lowered his head showing a nervous look, and deliberately covered his purse with one hand, looking extremely guilty.But if you look carefully, you will find that his eyes are clear, and there is no anxiety in his eyes.

"Jingdu?" the emperor smoothed things over, "You just take it out and show him."

Yu Jingdu was sullen for a while, then untied his purse from his waist.

Seeing this, the Seventh Prince grabbed him and ran back to Rong Zhuo.

"Fourth brother, look, are they the same?" The Seventh Prince raised his head and asked.

Rong Zhuo had no choice but to move his hand away under the gaze of everyone. The purse hanging on his waist was indeed very similar to the one held by the Seventh Prince. Although the color was different, it could be seen that the embroiderer And the style is almost the same.

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, especially the students present, thinking of the scene of Yu Jingdu and Rong Zhuo biting their ears not long ago, their expressions were very complicated.They all knew that Rong Zhuo was a broken sleeve, but they didn't expect Rong Zhuo to meet His Royal Highness the Banquet King!

"It's a coincidence." Ji Xiunian laughed, breaking the strange silence in the hall.

But no one agreed with him at the scene, because it was obvious that Rong Zhuo's purse came from the embroidery room in the palace, and it was impossible to explain it by coincidence.

Things in the palace will not fall into the common people for nothing, unless they are given by someone.

Things like purses are too easy to associate with charming, especially Rong Zhuo's habit of breaking sleeves is notorious.

So many clues are put together, so people can't help but think about it.

The emperor originally had a smile on his face, but the smile in his eyes soon faded.

In fact, he has never had any taboos about such things. If Yu Jingdu was still the former Yu Jingdu, the emperor would let him go if he had such a habit.But it is different now, he intends to stand in Jingdu as the prince, and the prince will be related to the succession of the state and the royal blood in the future.

If he hadn't thought that there were outsiders present, he might have questioned Yu Jingdu right now.

But even if he doesn't ask right now, the people present are all smart people, I'm afraid they have already finished making arrangements for Yu Jingdu in their hearts.

"Third." The emperor forced a smile, and asked Yu Jingdu, "Is that purse from you, kid from the Rong family?"

When he asked this question, it was naturally a step for Yu Jingdu to deny it.

Anyway, he denied it in public, and then the father and son will settle accounts behind closed doors.

Now that things have happened, he still wants to give Yu Jingdu face in front of others.

But Yu Jingdu didn't accept his affection, and said: "Yes."

As soon as he said this, the emperor's face immediately turned cold.

Not only for this answer, but also for Yu Jingdu's love for not accepting him.

The eighth prince, who was nestled in Jingdu's arms, sensed the strange atmosphere, and asked in a low voice: "Third brother, can't you give me a purse?"

Yu Jingdu stretched out his hand to touch his head, smiled at him reluctantly, and didn't explain much.

The eighth prince came out of his arms, walked in front of the emperor with small steps and whispered: "Father, don't be angry with the third brother... I don't want the purse of the third brother..." He said, holding a The bulging purse was put into the hands of the emperor.

The emperor was taken aback with the purse in his hand, "Your third brother also gave you this purse?"

"Yeah." The Eighth Prince whispered: "Third Brother said that he will grow taller next year after taking the New Year's money."

The emperor opened the purse and saw that there were several gold leaves and two pieces of sugar cake inside.

One can tell at a glance that the gold leaf should be sent with the purse, and the sugar cake is hidden by the little guy himself.

The emperor's face softened slightly, and he looked at Yu Jingdu, "You have a lot of money."

Yu Jingdu didn't make a sound.

"Return to Your Majesty." At this time Li Feng who was standing by the side suddenly said: "This matter is all my fault, not Your Highness."

As he spoke, he went to the hall and knelt down on one knee, "Your Highness asked me a few days ago, and said that if you make friends with someone, what kind of greeting gift will be given as a meeting gift, which is not over the norm and makes people like it. I have been in the army for a long time, and my sons and daughters have made great achievements. They all just want to reward money, and the minister casually said that rewarding money is the best, who doesn't love money..."

As he spoke, he took out the pouch that Yu Jingdu gave him today, and said: "His Royal Highness thought it was not good to reward the silver directly, so he went to the embroidery room and asked someone to make a lot of pouches and put gold leaves in them. I also got one today, Your Highness said to give the minister... New Year's money."

As soon as he said this, everyone couldn't help laughing.

It was probably the first time I saw him as a grown-up man, and he even took lucky money.

"Isn't that a coincidence?" Ji Xiunian smiled and said, "General Li's pouch is also very similar to the pouch of His Highness Eighth Highness, haha."

When everyone looked at it, they really looked alike, so it's not surprising that Yu Jingdu and Rong Zhuo's purses look very similar.

The emperor's expression softened slightly, he looked at Yu Jingdu and asked, "Who else did you give your purse to?"

"I can't remember clearly." Yu Jingdu said, "Several people can't remember their names..."

Crowd: ...

At this time, probably sensing that the atmosphere in the hall was a bit slow, a student stood up.

"Your Majesty forgive me, student... The student also got a purse from His Highness." The student politely handed over a purse after saying that.

Then two more students also presented their purses in the same way.

Everyone was dumbfounded, but Yu Jingdu had a gloomy face and said nothing.

"Really, why didn't you speak just now?" Ji Xiunian asked a student.

"Sir, don't blame me, student..." The student blushed and said, "Student doesn't know that everyone has the New Year's gift from His Royal Highness Banquet King. I was afraid that those who didn't have it would be offended, so I kept hiding it."

The emperor couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"Third son, third son, why do you still bring the habits of the army into the palace? How can you give someone a golden leaf as a gift during the New Year?" The emperor pretended to be angry and said: "You should learn more about etiquette, and let Mr. Ji Teach you well, so as not to make such a misunderstanding again."

Hearing this, Yu Jingdu hurriedly got up and saluted Ji Xiunian, and Ji Xiunian also saluted him back.

With such a commotion, no one cared anymore, and the atmosphere in the hall became lively again.

Rong Zhuo looked at Yu Jingdu from a distance, exchanged a glance with him, and then looked away.

Now that he had nothing to worry about, he felt relaxed, and kowtowed on the pine nuts on the table again.

The emperor ordered people to return everyone's purse, and the students who did not receive the purse from Yanwang looked enviously at the person who received the purse.

The fifth prince thought it was interesting, so he leaned over to ask Yu Jingdu for a purse, but he didn't expect that the other party actually asked for one from his close follower.

The emperor couldn't help being curious when he saw this, and after asking, he learned that Yu Jingdu still had more than a dozen purses that he hadn't given away.

He immediately became interested, and simply asked Yu Jingdu to take out the rest of his purse. This time, the students and the prince who were present this time can be said to be one of them.

A farce ended here.

The prince looked at the purse in front of him with an ugly expression, and couldn't even squeeze a half smile on his face.

The emperor glanced over the crowd inadvertently, and saw that Yu Jingdu was helping the eighth prince to take out the sugar cake from his purse, and he gave a serious lesson, while the eighth prince shrank his neck and looked obedient and sensible.

And one of the original parties, Rong Zhuo, was sinking his head into knocking on the pine nuts, showing no guilt or anxiety at all.While eating, the boy did not forget to hand a handful to the palace man behind him.

The emperor smiled helplessly, thinking that after the young man came to the palace banquet, he only ate and ate, and he didn't even take the initiative to greet others, which showed that he was unmotivated.Thinking about it carefully, the other party lived in Yan Wang's Mansion for so long, and received the same New Year's gift as the others, it is estimated that he really did not get Yu Jingdu's attention.

Thinking about it, Yu Jingdu's temperament is very similar to him, how could he fall in love with such a person?

Thinking of this, the emperor completely dispelled his doubts.

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Yu Jingdu: "Didn't Watch", "Won't See You"