Chapter 62: June
In the blink of an eye, June was coming, and the Wei Dynasty was still peaceful and nothing major happened in the court.
The Prince of the East Palace, Hongli, didn't know if he had figured it out, and he had not come to cause trouble for Zhao Hongrun this month.
Zhao Hongrun was also a little surprised. After all, he destroyed the major event of "making a statement" in the Wende Hall on Duanyang Day. Not only did he not let the Eastern Palace sit firmly as the crown prince as he wished, but instead made him bear the mistake of "stealing the article and bullying the king".
That's not all, Zhao Hongrun also disintegrated the East Palace's think tank team. It's hard to imagine that the East Palace would swallow its anger.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun sent Zongwei to inquire in the palace, and then he learned that after the examination, the East Palace won several companions among the scholars in high school and joined the think tank team of the East Palace. One of them, a scholar named Luo Rong, convinced the East Palace.
"Luo Wang? The second place in the palace examination this year?"
When Zhao Hongrun heard about this news, he was indeed a little surprised.
You should know that he was the prince who was a supervisor in the examination this year. He roughly knew the ability of this scholar. Excluding the scholar who relied on fraudulent means to fight for the career, the level of this scholar is generally quite high, such as Wen Qi, a scholar he once was very optimistic about.
But unexpectedly, Wen Qi, who was expected by Zhao Hongrun, was defeated. Even the famous scholars on the list were all scholars that Zhao Hongrun had hardly noticed.
what does that mean?
This means that the scholars who made the list in this year's test are relatively high.
To be honest, Zhao Hongrun was also a little concerned about the new class. After all, for now, he is favored by King Yong Hongyu.
When talking about King Yong Hongyu, one thing has to be mentioned, that is, Zhao Hongrun sent the clan guard Shen Yu to investigate the foundation of the second emperor's brother a while ago.
As he expected, King Yong, Hongyu, was very cooperative and had no intention of hiding it.
The results found in the verification made Zhao Hongrun very satisfied: this second emperor brother is indeed upright and has made achievements while winning over the officials of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue. With his outstanding insights and suggestions, he has impressed many officials in the court. No wonder this second emperor brother has a good reputation and a high reputation in the court.
Compared with King Yong, who is a king and emperor, Zhao Hongrun's third brother, namely King Xiang Hongjing, made Zhao Hongrun a little confused. His Highness Xiang has recruited many visitors in the mansion. Regardless of prominent families, poor families, and all the ranks of religions and ranks, King Xiang will accept him in the mansion and treat him as a diner.
It seems that King Xiang is not very ambitious...
Zhao Hongrun did not criticize this because in his opinion, anyone could use it at the right time, no matter how many religions and all kinds of things, his third brother, King Xiang Hongjing, is undoubtedly "raising troops" and waiting for the future.
As for the fourth brother, King Yan, Hongjiang and King Qing, Zhao Hongrun, he also made some inquiries. He only knew that King Yan was very fond of martial arts. Apart from dancing swords and guns in the mansion all day, he even went to the military camps in the suburbs of Beijing to compete with the generals. He seemed to have no interest in literary scholars who were good at writing and writing, and he never won over the scholars in the new high school and the full style of martial arts.
On the contrary, the fifth brother, King Qing, Hongxin, a literati and a military man, has contact with each other from time to time. Unfortunately, his prestige and reputation among literati are far inferior to those of the Eastern Palace, King Yong and King Xiang, and his martial arts are not as good as that of King Yan, so it is so deserted in front of the door that few people will take the initiative to surrender.
As for the sixth emperor brother Hong Zhao, there is no need to say. In Zhao Hongrun's eyes, this emperor brother only cares about his elegant poetry meeting. He is keen on anyone who makes excellent poems and adds lyrics, but because he is not yet married and has no intention of competing for the throne. Therefore, he cannot recruit ambition scholars. I am afraid that only a group of people with similar personalities can play with this prince.
Besides, Zhao Hongrun himself has been very idle these days. He went out of the palace to see Miss Su every day, and then went to the market to buy a small gift to Princess Yulong, and told her about interesting things outside the palace. It seemed that there were only Wen Zhao Pavilion, Ningxiang Palace, Cui Xiaoxuan, and Yuqiong Pavilion. Not to mention going to the Chuigong Palace, even his younger brother Hongxuan's Tingfeng Pavilion was rarely visited.
Perhaps because of Zhao Hongrun's frequent visits, Princess Yulong said cheerfully than on the Dragon Boat Festival that although she has no chance to sneak out of the palace at present, she listens to her younger brother Zhao Hongrun telling her about the things she saw outside the palace and some interesting things. Her days are more fulfilling than before, and she laughs far more often than before.
Especially today, Zhao Hongrun told her in Yuqiong Pavilion that he was flying kites with the sect guards in the palace. Because the emperor suddenly coughed behind them, the sect guard Mu Qing almost fell from the sky. Princess Yulong smiled so hard that she leaned back and forth, and for a moment, even her ladylike appearance was difficult to control.
"You...hehe...none of you saw your father?"
"At that time, we were all staring at Mu Qing in the sky. Who knew that his father would suddenly stand behind us and scare us?" Zhao Hongrun said with a lip silence.
"What happened later?"
"Later..." Zhao Hongrun spread his hands: "Later, my father changed my Xiaoyao Pavilion back."
He deliberately missed the debate with the three Secretaries in the Chuigong Hall because he felt it was unnecessary.
"What Xiaoyao Pavilion? Isn't Hongrun's bedroom Wen Zhao Pavilion?"
"Because it was so ugly, I asked the Ministry of Works to carve a plaque of Xiaoyao Pavilion for me... Later, my father ordered the guards to change it back. The emperor didn't know, just because of this, my father sent 500 guards to accompany me, because I was afraid that I would fight with the guards."
Princess Yulong asked curiously when she heard this, "What if there were only a few guards at that time? Hongrun would you allow them to remove the plaque?"
"Of course not!... I must ask Shen Yu and the others to repair those people."
"So the father's consideration is correct." Princess Yulong covered her mouth and smiled secretly.
Zhao Hongrun said helplessly when he heard this, "Where are you on the side, Princess? Can't you tell me a few words?"
Princess Yulong smiled and blinked: "The palace loft in the palace is not allowed to be changed without authorization... OK OK OK, what happened later?"
"Later, that's war!"
"I heard this." Princess Yulong's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said impatiently: "You messed up your father's imperial garden and the fish pond... It's a pity for those precious bamboos and golden scales..." At the end, she looked at Zhao Hongrun with a waste of resources.
Zhao Hongrun smiled awkwardly and said embarrassedly: "I thought I could fight back, but in the end, my father had an opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to cut off my monthly salary... Now, I thought about it, it was indeed a mistake at that time..."
Seeing Zhao Hongrun reviewing his former plan, Princess Yulong was both angry and funny.
After a long time, she seemed to have thought of something and sighed slightly: "Since the passing of her mother, she has never seemed to have laughed so freely."
Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, as if he had remembered something, and said embarrassedly: "Sister, I once smashed the front hall of Youzhi Palace, aren't you angry?"
The reason he asked this was because Princess Yulong's mother, Xiao Shuyan, was originally the owner of Youzhi Palace. After her death, the emperor allowed Chen Shuyan to move into Youzhi Palace.
Princess Yulong shook her head slightly and said softly: "I went to Youzhi Palace once a few years ago, and my appearance has changed a lot. The utensils my mother used were thrown away by Chen Shuyan, so I don't miss them anymore... Besides, I have heard of Chen Shuyan's character... It's not your fault."
"That's good." Zhao Hongrun breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, the sky gradually darkened, and seeing this, he was about to say goodbye.
"Will you leave now?" Princess Yulong seemed a little reluctant and kept her, "Why would you wait for the meal to go with the emperor's side before leaving? I also want to hear how you are in the examination and escort... "
"I'm afraid it won't work today." Zhao Hongrun explained in embarrassment: "This year, my mother asked us brothers to go to Ningxiang Palace for dinner."
"Concubine Shen Shu?" Princess Yulong was stunned for a moment, her expression became a little disappointed, and she murmured: "I really envy you brothers, you can see your mother at any time and talk to her..."
Looking at her lonely appearance, Zhao Hongrun secretly blamed herself for not revealing the truth just now, and quickly remedyed: "If the emperor sister has anything to say and talk to, you can also find me at any time. The emperor brother will accompany you at any time."
Princess Yulong felt warm when she heard this, and a sweet smile appeared on her face: "Hongrun, you are so nice."
"..." Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, looking at her sweet smile, his heartbeat slightly faster, and he quickly said goodbye: "Then...then I'll leave first."
"Wait." As if he had thought of something, Princess Yulong hurriedly called Zhao Hongrun: "Hongrun, will you come tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow... Is tomorrow the sixth day of the sixth month?"
"Yes." Princess Yulong nodded in confusion.
"That's trouble..." Zhao Hongrun smacked his lips and said with some embarrassment: "Tomorrow is the day of the Sixth Emperor's Brother Yafeng Poetry Festival in January. Last time I released him a pigeon during the Duanyang Festival. If it's not good tomorrow, I will lose my appointment again..."
At this time, Princess Yulong had already learned that in order to secretly take her out of the palace, Zhao Hongrun broke the appointment with the sixth prince Hongzhao to the Yafeng Poetry Festival on the Duanyang Festival, and felt a little moved.
While moved, she couldn't help but ask curiously: "Yafeng Poetry Club?"
Zhao Hongrun shrugged: "Yes, it's just a group of full-fledged guys talking loudly, talking about irrelevant things, or writing some messy poems that you think you're doing."
"Not as unbearable as you said... I heard that the sixth prince invited him to Yafeng Pavilion were all young heroes from my Chen Du Daliang."
Zhao Hongrun joked: "Why, the emperor is interested?"
Princess Yulong blanched at Zhao Hongrun when she heard this, and then sighed: "Sometimes, I really envy you for being a man. Even if you are trapped in the palace, you can invite some confidants to the pavilion to be guests... In the past, it was not easy for me to gather with the sisters in the palace to talk to each other."
Looking at the envy on her face, Zhao Hongrun hesitated for a moment and made a decision that he and she would regret very much in the future.
"Or otherwise, I'll take you there?"
"Is that OK?" Princess Yulong said hesitantly: "Isn't this good?"
"It's okay... I'll call you tomorrow."
"Then...oh."
ps: I just went out and couldn't send it in time. I'm sorry.
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Chapter completed!