Brother Jia Sheshu of the Red Chamber

With a sound of 'pa', Master Zhu in the study room slapped Wang Zisheng's hand hard, then turned his head and said to the Fifth Prince, "Your Highness, you should remember."

The fifth prince stared blankly at Master Zhu, without saying a word.

Master Zhu sighed, do you want to hit Wang Zisheng again? Seeing that Wang Zisheng's hands are so red and swollen, they are almost as beautiful as braised bear's paws. Wang Zisheng slapped his hand.

In addition to accompanying the prince to study, the job of a companion is to be punished on behalf of the prince. After all, the prince is a rich man, and if he can't be punished, he can only punish the companion. The one who was chosen to be the prince's companion in the palace was not a child who was pampered at home, not to mention being beaten, not even a finger was hurt.

Poor Prince Sheng has been punished on behalf of the fifth prince since the first day he entered the palace as a companion. This hand was beaten from the first day until now. The white and tender hand that could be compared with a little girl was suddenly beaten into a braised bear's paw. And there is a tendency to continue to smolder.

Originally, there were two companions, and it shouldn't be Wang Zisheng who was beaten alone, but Wang Zisheng was also unfortunate. The other companion of the Fifth Prince was the nephew of Empress Zhen, so not all the punishment fell on the prince. Sheng got it, but only half a month after entering the palace, Wang Zisheng's little hand was so red and swollen from the beating that he couldn't even hold the chopsticks because of the pain.

If it was the other princes, they would certainly appease them, say something nice, or reward them with something, but the fifth prince did nothing, facing Zhen Yingren and Wang Zisheng as companions, it was as if he hadn't seen it. It was said that he said some kind words to appease him, and he might not even look at him a few times on weekdays.

Zhen Yingren is better. No matter how arrogant and domineering Concubine Zhen is, she will always take care of her own nephew. Shangzhen's family has been operating in the palace for many years, and these days are no worse than those in Jinling Zhen's family.

But Wang Zisheng was miserable. The foundation of the Wang family was in Jinling, and his hands could not reach into the palace, and there were no connections in the palace. After a long way, he left the Rongguo Mansion and arranged for a small eunuch to help take care of Wang Zisheng. .

But the little eunuch is just a little eunuch after all, and he can't help much in daily life. At most, he just helps Wang Zisheng get some medicine when he is injured, or occasionally helps Wang Zisheng run errands, and goes to the imperial dining room to get some snacks That is.

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu." Wang Zisheng shrank his hands, while yelling at the little eunuch who gave him the medicine, "Be gentler."

The little eunuch carefully applied the medicine to Wang Zisheng, while laughing with him, "Prince Wang, hold on, this medicine is taken from the imperial pharmacy, and it is most effective for treating this kind of stick injury."

Although it is effective, it is quite painful when the medicine is applied. After all, it is for eunuchs and maids like them. How good will it be?

It stands to reason that with Wang Zisheng's status, he should be able to ask the imperial physician to help prepare more suitable wound medicine, but the concubine Zhen was afraid that Wang Zisheng's punishment of the fifth prince would be known to the emperor, so she would not allow anyone to report to the imperial hospital. It's a child, who knows the twists and turns inside, so he had to spend money to buy some wound medicine from the little eunuch.

Wang Zisheng was in severe pain, and thinking that he would definitely be beaten again when he went to the study room tomorrow, he felt disheartened for a while, and shrank his hands, "Forget it, I won't wipe it anymore."

"My lord, I still need to take this medicine." The little eunuch persuaded: "My lord, ninja order it, after taking the medicine, it will be healed in a few days."

It's not that he is boasting. Although the wound medicine used by the eunuchs is more painful, the medicine is more effective. After all, the master is in a hurry to employ people, so it is possible to wait for the slave to heal slowly. Naturally, the wound will heal as soon as possible, no Well, get to work as soon as possible.

"Woooo..." Wang Zisheng said with tears in his eyes: "Tomorrow is not the same as being beaten. After tomorrow's beating, it will be changed to the day after tomorrow. After the beating the day after tomorrow, it will be changed to the day after tomorrow. Anyway, I am beaten every day, so I don't need to be cured. After being cured, I still have to be beaten. .”

The little eunuch also secretly sympathized with Wang Zisheng, even if he was a slave, there was no reason for him to be beaten every day, but Wang Zisheng met the fifth prince, and the other companion was the Zhen family, all the beatings were concentrated in Wang Zisheng On the human body, wouldn't this be beaten every day.

Wang Zisheng is also ten years old, and he is the eldest son. He was also raised by the Wang family. After experiencing this kind of life, he immediately clamored to go home. The concubine Zhen didn't do anything, but let someone give Wang Zisheng Jing After being hungry for two meals, Wang Zisheng became obedient and didn't dare to make noise anymore.

Wang Zisheng's hands hurt so badly. Thinking of the life of being beaten day after day, Wang Zisheng couldn't help crying. The more he cried, the more he hated the fifth prince. If the fifth prince was really stupid, he might go to the study master They just gave up, it's not stupid to have a fifth prince!

When the fifth prince speaks, everyone will find that the fifth prince knows everything, but he just refuses to say it.

The more Wang Zisheng thought about it, the angrier he became, the more he felt that the fifth prince was deliberately torturing him, and he said angrily, "It would be fine if the fifth prince wasn't here."

If the fifth prince was not around, he wouldn't have to enter the palace to do accompanying reading, let alone be beaten every day.

"Prince Wang, be careful." The little eunuch turned pale with fright, and quickly persuaded, "You can't talk nonsense." Don't talk about it, even if you think about it, it's a crime.

Wang Zisheng pouted, "You are so annoying!"

"Prince Wang." The little eunuch reminded anxiously: "This is not nonsense, this kind of thing must not be revealed at 01:30, no matter what the fifth prince is, he is also a prince."

When the word "Prince" was mentioned, Wang Zisheng finally regained his sanity. Yes, no matter how much he hated the fifth prince, he could only support him, because he was a prince, and he was only one of the four major families in Jinling. That's all, even if he was beaten to death by the masters in the study room, I'm afraid Concubine Zhen would still say that he led the prince badly, it should be such a calamity.

The more Wang Zisheng thought about it, the more desperate he became, crying: "Get out! Get out!"

The little eunuch persuaded a few words, saw that Wang Zisheng was still crying, and finally he didn't have a yoke, so he could only let Wang Gongzi stay calm and calm in the room, sympathy was all sympathy, the little eunuch was also a bit helpless, who is Wang Gongzi Fate is not good, neither the Zhen family nor the prince.

Not long after Wang Zisheng cried, someone brought dinner over. The rule in this palace is two meals a day, and at most other times, there are snacks at most, but even the snacks have a portion limit. Except for a few masters, most of the people in the palace were half-starved, even Wang Zisheng was no exception.

The Wang family knew more or less the twists and turns of the palace, and had prepared enough money for Wang Zisheng at the beginning so that he could run the business, but even if they had enough money, the food could never be compared with the family.

Wang Zisheng looked at the plate of fried peas, a plate of boiled radish, a plate of boiled pork, and a bowl of tofu soup. Because the Wang family's money was in place, there was an extra plate of buttered muffins on the kitchen. Although there were meat and vegetables, There are more details, but because of the lack of seasoning, there is no taste. Thinking about the food at home, Wang Zisheng became more and more wronged, and couldn't help crying.

This is also the rule in the palace. Although Wang Zisheng is a companion, he is also half-master and half-slave. In order to avoid eating some heavy food, the taste left by the master has been addicted. Except for the master, most of the eunuchs and maids eat. Most of them were tasteless boiled food like what Wang Zisheng ate, but in view of Wang Zisheng's status as an accompanying student and his generosity, the chef even added a dish of boiled pork than others.

Wang Zisheng lost his appetite after only a little bit. Thinking of the roast duck, crystal squid, and bad shad at home, he became more and more bored. He dropped his chopsticks and said angrily, "I won't eat."

Wuwuwu, he wants to go home, misses the old lady and the old man, the old lady is right, after the father and mother have a younger brother, they don't love him anymore, otherwise why would they let him come to the palace to suffer.The more Wang Zisheng thought about it, the more sad he became, his eyes turned red again.

Wang Zisheng cried for a while, and then he noticed that the eunuch who delivered the food had not left for a long time. He scolded angrily, "Why are you still here? Hurry up!"

The eunuch who delivered the food was not annoyed, but just asked in a low voice, "Do you want to teach the Fifth Highness a lesson, my lord?"

Wang Zisheng lifted his spirits, but then his expression darkened, and he said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about, that's the prince."

That's the prince, what can he do?It's impossible to beat the prince with a sack.

The meal delivery eunuch said softly: "It's up to people!"

He pointed out: "Concubine Zhen will at most take care of her Chuxiu Palace, but after leaving Chuxiu Palace, she still has to look at the faces of the other concubines."

Wang Zisheng was slightly puzzled, "You mean...?"

What did this man say? He couldn't understand a word.

Wang Zisheng, who is only ten years old, still doesn't understand the so-called knowledge of speech.

The corner of the eunuch's mouth twitched, and finally said bluntly: "There are other empresses in this palace, just like Empress Hui who gave birth to the eldest prince..."

This Wang family does not show its mountains and waters, but it controls the goods brought in by foreigners from the West. If it is well won, the money bag will not be smaller than that of the Zhen family.

At the same time, in the Jingjun Prince's Mansion, the First Prince's staff hesitated and persuaded: "Your Highness, should you think about it again? No matter what, His Highness Fifth Highness is His Royal Highness's brother. If the Holy Majesty knows about this..."

If the Holy Majesty finds out, let alone the future throne, I am afraid that the Jingjun throne will be difficult to keep. No father is keen to see brothers killing each other, let alone the fifth prince is just a child, and he has not offended the Jingjun king. There's really no point in doing anything to a child.

The eldest prince waved his hand, and said indifferently: "Don't teach the Zhen family a lesson, let the Zhen family know that they are afraid, if everyone is biased towards the prince, then what else can I fight for?"

The eldest prince's staff still hesitated, "But if this matter is not good, I'm afraid it will implicate Concubine Hui. Besides, this matter may not be easy to handle."

Because of the matter of the sixth prince, Concubine Hui has already lost her palace power. If she wants to count the fifth prince, it may not be so easy.

"It's just a trivial matter, besides, Concubine Zhen asked for it herself."

If Concubine Zhen hadn't been used to being arrogant on weekdays, even the Wang family's son would call around like a little eunuch in the palace, and it wouldn't arouse Wang's family's resentment. when.

The eldest prince didn't take this matter to heart, his mother and concubine had held the palace power for many years, even if he lost the palace power for a while, there are still many people loyal to his mother and concubine, so why is it difficult to count a child, It's just that there was no suitable replacement for the dead ghost in the past, so it was not easy to make a move.

But now that Wang's son bumped into him by himself, such a good opportunity should not be missed.

The first prince's staff still hesitated, but the first prince waved his hand indifferently, "It's just to teach Xiao Wu a lesson, to let the father know about Xiao Wu's illness, and it's not about killing him, so there's nothing to be afraid of."

The staff could only sigh, remembering that before the sixth prince's accident, the first prince said the same thing, but it turned out that the sixth prince died of illness, and Concubine Hui lost her palace power because of this.

The staff tried to persuade him several times, but the eldest prince insisted on going his own way, so the staff could only forget about it.

Forget it, Concubine Zhen is not Mo Zhaoyi back then, she couldn't even protect her own children, but she just made the Fifth Prince's illness known to the Holy One, so nothing would happen...

Half a month later, the fifth prince had an accident and fell into the rushing Jinshui River, and the Forbidden City was also suddenly struck by lightning.