Little Dandy, He's a Little Good

After such a commotion tonight, the emperor felt a little tired.

Especially when he saw the pale prince, he felt so disappointed in his heart that he felt bad even if he took a second look.

I don't know how he can give birth to such a thing?

In order to make him suspicious of Jing Du, the other party even did such unsightly things, and made him almost lose face in front of the teachers and students of Guozixue.

Now the emperor is only thankful that he has seen the prince's true nature early on. If the country is handed over to such a crown prince, then the foundation he has worked so hard to accumulate over the years may be ruined.

The emperor glanced at the prince coldly, his face full of disgust and displeasure.

In the end, he didn't stay until the end of the banquet, so he said he was tired and left first.

Fireworks were also arranged in the palace that night, so after the emperor left, he did not let the crowd disperse, but ordered the First Prince to preside over the situation.

Although he didn't point out what he said casually, most of the people present knew it well.

It stands to reason that the emperor went to rest first, and the palace banquet should be hosted by the prince.

But the emperor never mentioned the crown prince, as if treating him as a transparent person, he directly named the eldest prince.

After the emperor left, everyone had different thoughts.

The prince reluctantly wanted to maintain his dignity, so he could only hold on and not leave the table.

"Call Lao Qi over here." After the emperor returned to his bedroom, he said to Laifu, "Call the crown prince here too. I was planning to wait until the New Year is over before confronting him, but I didn't expect him to be so impatient. , I don’t know how to restrain myself during the Chinese New Year, I think I’m blind!”

"Your Majesty calm down, don't let your anger break your body." Lai Fu said.

"Forget it, you go call someone, I'm fine." Although the emperor said it's fine, his face was not very good-looking.

While Laifu ordered people to invite the Seventh Prince and the Crown Prince, he also went to help the Emperor.

The emperor is only in his 40s now, not over [-], but he has been hit one after another recently, and his body doesn't look as strong as before.

Being an emperor is not an easy task, and there are many and complicated things to face every day.

If he met someone who dared to delegate power, he might be able to relax a bit, but the emperor was obviously suspicious and didn't completely trust anyone, so he had to deal with a lot of trivial matters every day.

It would be fine if the sons were relieved, but this year, the sixth prince had an accident first, and Yu Jingdu almost lost his life. The recent betrayal of the prince has brought him a great impact.Lai Fu felt that His Majesty's momentum looked like he was about to suffer a serious illness.

But he didn't dare to say this, he could only think about it in his heart.

After a while, the Seventh Prince was brought here.

The seventh prince's name is Yu Jingwen, he is seven years old this year, and he is quite lively when he looks like a tiger.

After the emperor was over 30 years old, he began to pay attention to health preservation, and at that time he had already flourished, so

The days of going to the harem are much less than when they were young, which has led to the fact that there are not many concubines who have become pregnant in the harem in recent years.

When the Seventh Prince was born, there were no children of the same age in the palace, so the emperor still loved him.

But I have to say that in the eyes of the emperor, this son is similar to the sixth prince. He has no scheming, cleverness or talent. He is the kind of son who can't be used much.

After what happened today, he became more determined in this idea.

It is said that three years old is old. In the eyes of the emperor, whether a child is worth cultivating can always be seen at an early age.

But disappointment is disappointment, the other party is young after all, the emperor would not take his anger out on him.

"Royal Father." The Seventh Prince bowed to him politely.

"Are you full today?" the emperor asked with a smile.

The seventh prince's mind is not sharp, even the two-year-old eighth prince can feel the tension at the banquet, but he is heartless, unaware that he almost got into trouble, "My son is full."

"Come here and let the emperor hug you." The emperor said and stretched out his hand towards him.

The seventh prince ran to his side and was hugged by the emperor on his lap.

At this time, the prince also came, stood in the hall and bowed to the emperor.

His eyes fell on the Seventh Prince, his body froze obviously, but he pretended to be calm on his face.

The emperor ignored him, and only asked the seventh prince who was sitting on his lap: "Lao Qi, tell father why he suddenly likes purses today? In the past, father often carried purses, why didn't you notice them?"

The prince's face changed when he heard the words, but the seventh prince was hugged by the emperor, and he couldn't do anything.

"It's the prince's brother!" The Seventh Prince said unpreparedly: "The prince's brother said that someone at the banquet had the same purse as the third brother. I didn't believe it. He said that I would never be able to find out who it was! Father, my son found it. "He said proudly.

For tonight's banquet, in terms of the style of the purse, only Rong Zhuo's purse is the same as Yu Jingdu's.

Even if he couldn't find it himself, he would definitely notice after the prince's operation of pouring wine.

But the prince had grasped the temperament of the seventh prince, and took advantage of the child's aggressive mentality to successfully make things develop into what they were later.

The emperor didn't need to ask too much, he understood everything with just one sentence.

He didn't show his face, and asked someone to send the seventh prince back to rest, and then turned his attention to the prince.

The prince's expression was extremely ugly at the moment, he couldn't even pretend to be calm, he hesitated and said, "Father, son..."

"Kneel down." The emperor said coldly.

The prince was startled, but still knelt down as he said.

"I will give you a chance to explain." The emperor glanced at him impatiently, "If you deceive me with those nonsense, then you don't need to speak."

A trace of hesitation flashed in the prince's eyes, knowing that no matter how hard he argued, it would be useless, his father is not easy to fool.So he opened his mouth and said: "I used my seventh brother to find out the scandal of Jing Du and Rong Zhuo, but this matter is not fabricated!"

"Yu Jingdu?" The emperor raised his eyebrows, "You call your brother by his name now?"

"My son...Father, I know I was wrong." The crown prince said: "But the matter about third brother and Rong Zhuo is true."

The emperor only looked at him coldly when he heard the words, there was no fluctuation on his face.

"Father, you trust my son." The prince said eagerly: "If father doesn't believe it, you can find someone to watch the third brother, and they will definitely find out. They...they must have something shady."

"Have you been looking for someone to keep an eye on the third child?" the emperor asked.

When the prince was questioned like this, he was a little speechless.

He was a little surprised, he didn't expect that the emperor didn't have the slightest doubt about Jing Du, and only cared about settling accounts with him.

Could it be that his father didn't notice Rong Zhuo's excessive relationship with Yu Jingdu?

"They did get along too much, it was because I arranged for Rong Zhuo to live in Yanwang's Mansion, and the youngest had no choice but to make friends with him." The emperor said coldly.

Hearing this, the prince felt a chill run down his spine, he never thought that there would be such a layer.

With this premise, his so-called "exposing" becomes ridiculous...

"Fourth, you have such a vicious heart." The emperor sneered, "That's your elder brother. How has he ever harmed you? You framed him with such a thing, and made me do that by taking advantage of my concern for my children." The knife that killed him."

"No, father is not like this." The prince hurriedly said, "It's the third brother. He deliberately set up a trap to lure his sons into the trap. Why would he give those students purses when he is so good? This is unreasonable in itself. He wanted to design Frame the minister, let the father and emperor take his anger on the minister."

The emperor looked at him, "If you didn't want to harm him wholeheartedly, even if he devised a scheme, he wouldn't be able to harm you, right? As for why he gave the students purses, I can tell you that it was I who ordered him to make friends with students."

The prince looked at the emperor in shock, apparently he did not expect that the other party would allow this matter.

"Go back and think about your mistakes behind closed doors." The emperor was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, "Everyone in the East Palace is not allowed to take half a step without my permission."

The prince hurriedly said: "Father, even if my son was deceived by lard for a while, the third brother was not really punished. My son... my son was just thinking about it for a while, this is not an unforgivable big mistake, right?" ?”

"Have you ever made a big mistake, you should know better than me in your heart." The emperor looked at him coldly, without a trace of warmth in his eyes.

The prince suddenly felt as if he had fallen into a cellar of ice, and lay on the ground speechless.

Did the emperor know about the private barracks?

When he left the emperor's palace, he didn't want to believe it.

He told himself over and over again that he must have thought too much, it is impossible for the father to know about Yuzhou.

But if it wasn't for this, how could the other party do such a thing as banning the crown prince of a country?

He is the prince of this dynasty, no matter what, you shouldn't treat him like this!

Inside the hall, the emperor sighed wearily.

"Laifu, let the third child come too." The emperor said.

Laifu hurriedly ordered people to do it, and Yu Jingdu also came after a while.

"The purse was bought with money from the private treasury. Father can ask someone to check the books of the embroidery house. There should be a record." Yu Jingdu said to the emperor.The emperor didn't expect that the first thing he wanted to explain was this, and he was immediately amused by him, and his mood eased a lot.

"I beg my father to let the Rong family and his son move away from the palace." Yu Jingdu said again: "In the future, the minister will still have a foothold in the army. If the news gets out, the sons in the army don't know how to treat the minister. Those who don't know think that the children are thinking about their butts every day."

His words were obviously out of anger, and to the emperor's ears, there seemed to be a sense of grievance of accusation.

After this experience, the emperor's suspicions towards him have all faded away, and he just feels helpless to hear him say that.

"Now do you know that you care about your reputation? You have not restrained yourself from the bad reputation of Shura and Hades from the former army." The emperor said: "Besides, when others slander you, you should be more confident."

Yu Jingdu remained silent, looking sullen.

"The more you avoid suspicion with that little son of the Rong family, the more others will think you are guilty." The emperor said: "Father doesn't even suspect you, so what do you care about them? Take a step back and say, even if my son really likes you It doesn't matter if you are a young boy, Father knows that you have a sense of propriety, and you will never be a target of others, nor will you delay the continuation of your heirs."

Of course, the second half of his sentence was just pretending to be generous after dispelling his doubts about Jing Du.

Yu Jingdu also put away his aggrieved expression at the right time, "Thank you, Father, for your trust."

"I'm tired today too, go back and rest after watching the fireworks," the emperor said.

"I won't go to see it. The young master of the Rong family looks like a lively person. He must be on the viewing platform. I'd better avoid it." Yu Jingdu said.

"If I tell you to go, go." The emperor said, "The more frank you are about this kind of thing, the less suspicious you will be."

Yu Jingdu showed a reluctant expression, but finally nodded in agreement.

Guanyueju.

After the banquet, everyone wore capes and stood on the platform outside to watch the fireworks.

Although there will be fireworks shows in Beijing every year and festival, most of them are not as large as the palace.

Being able to watch a firework in the palace at close range, for many people, going out in the future is something that can be blown for half a year.

Rong Zhuo was lying on the railing wrapped in a cloak, unconsciously touching the purse at his waist with one hand.

Before entering the palace today, Yu Jingdu reminded him that the prince would most likely find bad luck.

But Yu Jingdu didn't tell him the details, he just told him not to think about anything, and don't worry, he can handle it well, and he will never be implicated.So when he was entangled by the prince that night, Rong Zhuo was not very flustered.

Firstly, he believed in Yu Jingdu, and secondly, he and Yu Jingdu were innocent, so he was not guilty.

He just didn't expect that Yu Jingdu could set up the game so seamlessly without making a sound.

The other party not only had to figure out the prince's mind, but also the emperor's mind, and even the seventh and eighth princes were in the game.If there is a problem with any of these links, things will not develop into what they are today.

The more Rong Zhuo thought about it, the more he felt that His Royal Highness the King of Banquet really had no plans to spare. It's no wonder that such a person could win several rounds when fighting the prince.

But while he had some appreciation for Jing Du, he also felt a little more afraid.

"Rong Zhuo, where are you going back later?" Zhou Feng deliberately asked Rong Zhuo in front of the other students, "I remember you don't live in Rong's mansion now? Our boy has been there several times, but we couldn't find him." you."

Many people present were very curious about this question, because Rong Zhuo and Father Rong have been a mystery since they left Dali Temple.

Rong Zhuo had been told by Yu Jingdu a long time ago, upon hearing this, he hurriedly said: "My father and I live in the villa arranged by His Majesty. Your Majesty has some things for us to do, and we will move back to Rong's Mansion when the errands are finished."

As soon as he said this, everyone immediately understood.

It turns out that Rong Zhuo and the others did not commit a crime by going to Dali Temple, but doing something for His Majesty?

It's a pity that they couldn't guess what the father and son were doing.

But most of the classmates' previous prejudice and suspicion towards Rong Zhuo have been dispelled so far.

"Bang!" A muffled sound.

Everyone followed the prestige, and saw a firework suddenly exploded in the night sky.

Followed by the second flower, the third flower...

Rong Zhuo looked up at the fireworks together with the crowd, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional in his heart.

Counting it, he has been in this world for several months.

In the past few months, he occasionally thought of the place where he used to live, the people and things there.

But most of the time, he won't be immersed in those powerless things.

Only tonight, on New Year's Eve, watching the fireworks all over the sky, he accidentally felt a little nostalgic.

When Yu Jingdu strode up, he saw the young man looking up at the night sky from a distance.

The exploding fireworks lit up the boy's face, but for some reason, his face was not as happy or excited as the other boys around him, but a little melancholy.

Yu Jingdu looked at his exquisite side face, feeling a little uneasy in his heart, as if the boy would disappear from his eyes at any moment.

He couldn't explain why he had such an illusion, but he just strode forward to the boy's side, and grabbed the boy's cold hand under the cover of the cloak, as if only in this way could he feel more at ease.

"Your Highness!" Seeing that he came back safe and sound, Rong Zhuo immediately showed a smile.

In front of other people, Yu Jingdu didn't have any strange expression on his face, he didn't even look at him more, and only slightly strengthened the hand holding him.

After the fireworks that night were over, everyone dispersed.

Rong Zhuo was a little afraid of the cold. After standing outside for so long, his whole body was icy cold, and he shrank into a ball after getting into the carriage.

Yu Jingdu wrapped his cloak around him, and reached out to cover his cheeks and ears to keep him warm.

"Your Majesty didn't say anything?" Rong Zhuo asked.

"Yeah." Yu Jingdu looked at him, "Aren't you scared tonight?"

"You've told me everything, so I'm not afraid anymore." Rong Zhuo said, "I was a little nervous at first, but after seeing that you are not in a hurry, I am not in a hurry." His words were full of trust in Jing Du.

Yu Jingdu slowly stroked his frozen cheek with his thumb, looking a little frustrated.

"Didn't it go well tonight? Why do you look unhappy?" Rong Zhuo asked him.

"I don't like letting you go through this." Yu Jingdu said: "But if you want to keep you by your side, it will happen sooner or later. I can't imagine how things will turn out if he is allowed to set up the situation himself. "

He knew that there was never a lack of eyeliner by his side, the emperor's and the prince's.No matter how cautious he is, as long as he can't help but get close to Rong Zhuo, there will be a day when he will be discovered. At that time, no matter whether the prince has the upper hand or the emperor notices something strange, it will be uncontrollable for him matter.

With the emperor's current trust in him, maybe he won't do anything to him, but what about Rong Zhuo?

Yu Jingdu didn't dare to imagine what kind of disaster would be brought to Rong Zhuo if the emperor was furious because of this incident.

Just let him let go, but he can't do it.

And if he wants to keep Rong Zhuo by his side, he must solve this trouble in advance.

With today's pre-emptive strike, I believe that the emperor will no longer use this matter to doubt him for a long time to come.

"We are not afraid of the shadow slanting, even if he really wants to arrange us, we are not afraid!" Rong Zhuo said.

Yu Jingdu's eyes flickered slightly, and he thought that the problem lies in... his body is not straight, not only is it not straight, it is almost crooked.

"However, it is quite enjoyable to see the crown prince suffer today." Rong Zhuo said, "I see his face is pale with anger."

Yu Jingdu smiled faintly, and asked: "I've always been curious, you didn't have much contact with him before, why did you always have a grudge against him? The first time you met was at the Yong'an Hou Shizi's poetry meeting, right?" At that time Rong Zhuo didn't even recognize the other party.

Where does such a big hatred come from a person who doesn't even know what the other person looks like?

"I..." Rong Zhuo's long eyelashes trembled slightly, as if a little cramped.

When Yu Jingdu saw his expression, he thought of Rong Zhuo's theories he had read a long time ago, and all kinds of strange stories he had read in those days.

But he didn't ask much, and quickly changed the subject.

Rong Zhuo had finally become less guarded against him in the past few days, and he didn't want to push him away with a single word.

After the carriage returned to the residence, Rong Zhuo went back to his residence.

Yu Jingdu stopped Li Feng and gave him some instructions.

"Go and bring Rong Qinghuai back early tomorrow." Yu Jingdu said.

"Your Highness..." Li Feng suggested: "Now that there is such a commotion, Your Majesty will probably have a showdown with His Highness the Crown Prince. Don't Lord Rong and Young Master Rong need to keep hiding?"

His implication is that they can be sent back to the Rong Mansion.

Yu Jingdu frowned and glanced at him, as if saying, "You want to talk more?"

Li Feng realized something after a while, and knew that his words had poked their Highness's sore spot.

He was thinking of sending him back to save trouble, but His Highness obviously didn't think so, maybe he wished that he could stay forever.

"I reckon father must have scolded the fourth child today." Yu Jingdu said.

He didn't know what the emperor said to the prince, but from the emperor's attitude towards him, he could guess that the prince must have lost face.

"Go and tell Vice-Commander Yao Tong that he send someone to keep an eye on the direction to Yuzhou, so as to prevent people from the East Palace from sending messages to Yuzhou." Yu Jingdu said: "The people from Yuzhou and the nearby prefectures that I asked you to find a few days ago Is the official list ready?"

"It's all ready, and the subordinates even asked people to sort out their promotion history and master's inheritance." Li Feng said.

"Bring it to the king tomorrow." Yu Jingdu said: "The matter of the private barracks should be done sooner rather than later, otherwise things will change."

Li Feng took the order and was about to retreat when he saw Rong Zhuo coming with a stove in his arms.

"Young Master Rong?" Li Feng hurriedly greeted him.

"Is Your Highness asleep?" Rong Zhuo asked.

Before Li Feng could answer, Yu Jingdu hurriedly got up and came out, "I didn't sleep."

"I just came to ask His Highness, do you want to watch the year?" Rong Zhuo said.

Yu Jingdu was taken aback, obviously he didn't expect Rong Zhuo to have the habit of keeping old age.

"Yes." Yu Jingdu sent Li Feng away with his eyes, and hurriedly let Rong Zhuo in, "I thought you were tired and went back to sleep."

"Some can't sleep." Rong Zhuo walked to the low couch with a hand stove in his arms and sat down.

He didn't know how to tell Yu Jingdu that he didn't want to spend tonight alone.

On a day like New Year's Eve, living alone always feels a little sad.

Father Rong was sent back to the Rong Mansion by Yu Jingdu to reunite with Mother Rong.

Duan Zheng was also accompanied by family members in Duanfu, and he couldn't go to the Xunhuan Building to look for Qingyu in the middle of the night...

"Homesick?" Yu Jingdu asked him.

Rong Zhuo glanced at him in surprise, feeling a little guilty for some reason.Obviously Yu Jingdu didn't ask him specifically which family he was thinking of, this family can be understood as Rongfu, after all he hasn't been back to Rongfu for a long time.

But inexplicably, he suddenly had the feeling of being seen through by the person in front of him.

"Tomorrow's first day, I can accompany you back." Yu Jingdu said again: "But your father will be taken back to the palace tomorrow morning."

Rong Zhuo heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and secretly thought that he must have thought too much.

Yu Jingdu glanced at him calmly, taking in the guilt that flashed across the young man's eyes.

He thought to himself, although he didn't know what the little dude's secret was, but the other party was obviously very nervous, and he didn't intend to confide it to others easily.

That being the case, he didn't mind keeping the matter silent.

For him, what Rong Zhuo's secret is is not that important.

He just needs to be convinced that what he sees in front of him is always that little dude.

"I just want to ask you something." Yu Jingdu said, "Do you want to go back to your grandfather's house for a while?"

Rong Zhuo was taken aback, "Why?"

"I'm going to Yuzhou after the new year, and I think it will take a long time to go." Yu Jingdu said: "Even if the prince doesn't know now, when I leave the capital, he will probably be able to guess the purpose of my trip. I I'm afraid that he will jump over the wall in a hurry, and I will not be in the capital by then..."

"Are you afraid that he will retaliate against me?" Rong Zhuo asked.

Yu Jingdu said: "At that time, I will find someone to protect you, but Yuzhou is too far away from the capital, so I still don't feel relieved."

"He's not that crazy, is he?" Rong Zhuo asked.

Yu Jingdu didn't answer, he couldn't tell Rong Zhuo that even if he could guard against the prince, he couldn't prevent himself from thinking about it day and night.

When he thought that when he was far away in Yuzhou, Rong Zhuo and the crown prince were in the capital together, he felt restless.

He still knows a little about the prince, and the other party has been in business for so many years, and now that he has come to such a position, he must hate him very much.So after the other party knew that there was no hope, he would definitely destroy everything Yu Jingdu cared about at any cost.

And Rong Zhuo was precisely the only thing he cared about.

"You don't want to go to your grandfather's house?" Yu Jingdu asked him.

"No." Rong Zhuo said: "I haven't been back for many years, and I don't know them very well, why don't I ask my cousin if he wants to accompany me?"

"If you don't want to go to your grandfather's house, you can go to Yuzhou with me." Yu Jingdu pretended to be casual and said his long-planned proposal.

"Ah?" Rong Zhuo was startled, "Will Your Majesty let me follow you? I can't help you."

Yu Jingdu raised his eyebrows, secretly thinking that the name might not have been right and wrong in the past, and it might even arouse the emperor's suspicion.

But with what happened tonight, it would be much easier.

"I have my own way of doing this." Yu Jingdu said.

Rong Zhuo thought about it, and felt that it would actually be good to follow Yu Jingdu to Yuzhou to see the world.

The ancient society was not like the modern society, the transportation was very inconvenient, not everyone had the opportunity to travel far.If Yu Jingdu was willing to take him to join in the fun, he would naturally be willing to follow.

"Going?" Yu Jingdu asked him with some anticipation in his eyes.

"Okay!" The boy nodded to him, "Tomorrow I will discuss it with my father."

Yu Jingdu didn't show it on the face, but he was relieved in his heart.

Outsiders may think that Yuzhou's actions are dangerous, and it is not wise to carry Rong Zhuo.

But in Yu Jingdu's view, there is no place safer than his side.

Only by putting people under his nose can he rest easy.