A Precious Pearl in the Imperial City

"His Royal Highness, please go to the left. This is the Jingsi Pavilion." The dean of the college smiled embarrassedly: "The yard next to it is planted with fruits and vegetables. When the students enter the school, it will not only help them improve their food, but also It can save some money."

Wang Chen glanced at the yard and nodded: "The radish is a good thing, nourishing and nourishing people. If you don't finish it, you can turn it into a dried radish."

"Your Royal Highness has good eyesight, this is indeed a carrot." The dean praised in an almost exaggerated tone: "Your Royal Highness really knows the way of life of the people, and even knows this, really loves the people like a child!"

Li En smiled awkwardly, the dean of the college is his classmate, pedantic, obsessed with academics, and has not been able to reuse it all these years. It is precisely because of this character that His Majesty will be selected from a pile of lists to be the first dean of Hongwen College.

Just flattering is really not suitable for him to do, and it's easy to take pictures on the horse's legs.

"His Royal Highness, the dean meant that although you have good clothes and food, you don't forget to care about the people's food, clothing, housing and transportation." Li En whispered to help classmates: "There is no other meaning."

Wang Chen waved his hand: "This king understands. Let's go and look elsewhere."

Observing the entire school, Wang Chen praised: "It has been well cultivated. Since this is the academy built by the emperor with great pains, this king should also say something. When the king asks the long to send three thousand taels of silver, the academy should be added. Purchases, buy what should be bought."

"Thank you prince, thank prince." The dean was overjoyed, it seems that he is still talented in flattering, otherwise there would be a huge sum of three thousand taels.

In the past, he couldn't remember a word about Chen Wang's remarks, and he was only full of thoughts: Chen Wang's atmosphere! light and spacious! Outstanding action!

When Li En and Wang Chen left, he happily pulled out a few large carrots, and greeted the students who had not left outside the door to come in for dinner: "Add meat to the dish tonight!"

"His Royal Highness Chen is kind, not only took the money to provide you with paper and ink for copying books for free, but also donated three thousand taels of silver for the construction of the college." The dean was moved to tears: "Your Highness is good."

These poor students, hearing that the meat had already produced their tongues, heard the dean say that His Highness privately bought them paper and ink, and all got up and bowed to the palace.

Your Majesty is a good person, and His Royal Highness Chen is also a good person.

One student blushed and said: "In the past, students were ignorant and believed in others, thinking that there was something wrong with His Highness... the students were stupid."

"People are terrible, and you are all scholars. Whether or not you can enter Hongwen College in the future, the old man hopes you will remember one sentence." The dean looked at these poor students: "The people are wrong, listen and think. Don't listen to it and believe it."

"Thank you for the dean's teachings." The students thanked me.

"You are still young. I hope that in the near future, you can become a great humerus. You are loyal to the king, and you are worthy of the people. The top of your head is sunny and protects the world." The dean smiled and shook the mud on the radish: "We scholars, until we die. You have to remember one sentence, but you must be ashamed of your heart."

Chen Wang's donation of silver to Hongwen Academy was quickly spread. There are fewer scholars who curse Wang Chen, and there are also people who praise him. Even in the teahouse, the most popular series of stories about the overbearing king is the record of the overbearing king.

The common people thought that it must be the overbearing prince who had passed the first prize himself. He knew that it was not easy for a scholar to spend so much money on the seminary.

The story is outrageous, but it can't stand the common people like it. Therefore, in the teahouse, under the overpass, as long as the storyteller talks about the overbearing king's test of the champion, there will always be audiences around.

"Yun Duqing kind of idiot knows to please scholars." Wang Huai was so angry that he walked back and forth in the study a few times after listening to the rumors outside: "You also explained that the family will not help him, if it is not for the Ming family to give him Come up with ideas, with his brain, can he come up with this way of buying people's hearts?"

The counselor did not expect that Wang Chen dared to take the college built by his majesty to create momentum for himself: "His Majesty, Hongwen College is presided over by his majesty, and Wang Chen uses the academy to build a reputation for himself, maybe he will lift a stone and hit himself in the foot. ."

"Break yourself in the foot?" Wang Huai laughed: "Do you think that the father will have a suspicion for him because of such a small matter?"

Counselors wonder, is this kind of thing not enough for your majesty to care about?

"You can say this because you haven't seen how far your father's preference is for Yun Duqing." Wang Huai snorted inexplicably, "You don't understand him too much."

On the day when the emperor was enthroned, the enthronement ceremony had not yet begun. He stood outside the Taiyang Palace and saw the emperor bend down and carried Yun Duqing, who was about to turn eight years old, on his back, not caring that Yun Duqing might be crumpled. The dragon robe on him.

From then on, he knew very well that in his father's heart, Yun Duqing was different from them.

Over the years, he has never clashed with Yun Duqing, because he knew better than anyone that his father would definitely be on Yun Duqing's side.

"Then...Should we also donate some money to Hongwen Academy?" The counselor said, "This way, we can also end up with a benevolent name."

Huai Wang: "..."

That is three thousand taels of silver, not stone.

There are so many places to spend money in the entire palace. How could he spend thousands of taels of silver for fun like Yun Duqing did?

"Forget it." Wang Huai refused the offer: "With Yun Duqing in front, it won't be of much benefit for this king to donate money with him, so let this matter go."

Seeing that the prince was unwilling to pay the money, the counsellors glanced at each other and nodded.

The news reached the ears of Emperor Longfeng as expected by the adviser of the Royal Palace.

"Du Qing has grown a lot with Ming Jingzhou, knowing that he cares about poor students." Emperor Longfeng smiled gratifiedly: "I knew he had grown to such a big age. I should have let Ming Jingzhou be his teacher before."

Liu Zhongbao smiled and answered: "His Royal Highness is about to get married now, so naturally it is different from the past."

"Ming family." Emperor Longfeng sighed, feeling ashamed of the Ming family.

Back then, the three brothers of the Ming family were so beautiful when they walked on horses and parade. In the end, because he was imprisoned, his family was sent to the frontier.

Soon after the Ming family's three brothers were sent to the frontier, the Emperor Xian ordered him to be confined to the palace because of treacherous officials' slander.

Even he himself did not expect that the two years of confinement life tortured him and saved his life. The other princes forced the palace because of rebellion, and died in the end. The best outcome is to guard the imperial tomb.

I don't know what was in my mind when my father passed the throne to him before he died?

"If it weren't for me, Ming Jingzhou would not have been separated from his daughter for sixteen years." Emperor Longfeng retracted his **** and glanced at the night outside the window: "Tomorrow, is the wedding day of the fourth child and Miss Sun Jia?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Liu Zhongbao replied in a low voice.

He thought that His Majesty would reward the Sun Family or King Qi with grace, but he waited for a long time and did not wait for His Majesty to speak.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Ning, please see me."

"It's late at night." Emperor Longfeng didn't look back: "Let Concubine Ning go back to rest earlier."

"Yes." The little **** bowed and exited the hall door, and walked to the waiting Concubine Ning: "Niang, it's windy today, you go back to rest earlier."

Concubine Ning looked at the brightly lit Taiyang Palace and smiled softly: "I see. Thanks for passing on."

She turned around and walked on the long palace road, the red lantern swaying in the night breeze.

"Niang Niang." Hongmei supported her arm: "It's cold at night, sit down and let the palace man carry you back."

"My palace wants to walk by myself." Concubine Ning pushed aside Hongmei. She looked up at the lantern under the eaves and laughed at herself: "My son will be married tomorrow. Your Majesty doesn't want to see me. It's really unfeeling."

So far, Su's confounding his Majesty, the whole harem is useless because of her.

She hated His Majesty's unfeeling, and even more hated Su's charm of the Sacred Heart. I was thinking all the time, when Su and her silly son would die.

"Niang." Baishao glanced at Hongmei, who was pushed aside by Concubine Ning, and stepped forward to support Concubine Ning: "Among all the princesses, the girl of the Sun family is the most noble. If your majesty grants a reward, the other princes will hate your highness. Up."

"You are right." Concubine Ning tightly grasped the hand of the white peony: "Nothing can compare to my son's princess."

Looking at the palm pierced by Concubine Ning’s nails, Bai Peony endured the pain and laughed: "If your Majesty really doesn’t like your Highness, how could you arrange for him to go to the Ministry of Households? In my opinion, your majesty’s move may be Protect Your Highness."

The blood from the white peony palm flowed out of the palm of Concubine Ning's nails.

At the moment Ning Fei released her hand, the cold wind blew through the wound, and the white peony curled up her fingers with pain.

Qi Wang's wedding, the prince and princess, all the officials in the court, all went to the Qi palace to pay congratulations. Qi Palace was decorated with lights and colorful lanterns, and even gorgeous red lanterns were hung on the treetops. The road outside the palace was crowded with horse-drawn carriages from various houses, and it was very lively.

When Ming's carriage arrived, the carriage had already jammed outside the alley. The visitors who stopped in front of them, after recognizing the identity of their family members, got out of the car and confessed the crime. They also planned to give up the position of their carriage.

"Never." Ming Jingzhou hurriedly prevented the other party from doing this, and said with a smile: "This place is not far from the Prince of Qi's Mansion. For the sake of understanding, it is better to let the groom drive the cart back. I will wait for the walk."

"Master Ming is right." The other side glanced at the other carriage of Ming's family: "Are Mrs. Ling and Ling Ai behind?"

"Exactly." Ming Jingzhou said to each other: "Brother, please feel free to ask Zhuojing and the little girl to get off the carriage."

"Master Ming, go slowly." The other party said again.

When Mrs. Ming Jia and Miss Ming got out of the carriage, he couldn't help but glance again. Seeing a girl in a yellow tunic jumped out of the carriage, turned and smiled and stretched out her hand into the carriage.

The little girl had a lovely face and her smile was very arousing and very delicate.

Until he saw Mrs. Ming's wife, helping the little girl to get off the carriage, and then lovingly helping the little girl to support the Jin Zhichai by the side, he could be sure that this was the future princess Chen.

No wonder the officials of the six ministries are spreading that Ming Jingzhou does not want her daughter to marry to the Chen Palace. Such a well-behaved and lovely daughter, which father is willing to marry a domineering prince?

"A lot of people." Jiuzhu looked at the carriage that was squeezing the intersection: "There are so many carriages, how can I bring them in when the bride's sedan is waiting?"

"Kin Wuwei will come to maintain order later." Shen's interest is not very high, she looks a little lonely when looking at the red silk hanging on the streets and alleys.

"Mother, are you unwell?" Jiuzhu looked at Shen with worry.

"No." Shen looked at the daughter who was still ignorant and ignorant. Does this child really know the meaning of getting married?

"Your uncle wrote a few days ago. About six or seven days ago, he will return to Beijing." Shen turned the topic off: "When your sixth brother asks you to go out to play, don't answer him."

"Why?"

Shen laughed: "Your uncle wants to teach him homework. I'm afraid he will use you as an excuse to escape punishment."

"Oh." Jiuzhu nodded slowly, secretly planning in her heart, and when her uncle came back, she would go to rescue her when she wanted to fight the sixth brother.

She was a girl, and it was the first time she met. Uncle Fu would not embarrass Brother Fu in front of her.

Shen could see Jiu Zhu's intention at a glance, smiled, did not reveal her.

"Master of the Ministry of Etiquette Ming and his wife and daughter congratulate His Royal Highness on the wedding."

When everyone heard the sing of the newspaper, they turned their heads and looked at the gate. Officials who were familiar with Ming Jingzhou came forward to bow one after another. After Jiuzhu called out a bunch of uncles and uncles, he followed his mother to the inner courtyard where the female relatives were received.

"Sister Ming." Seeing Jiuzhu, Ms. Chen came forward to curtsey with Shen, and raised Jiuzhu's arm affectionately: "Sisters have been waiting for you for a long time, come and sit with us."

Shen smiled gently and watched Jiuzhu being pulled away by the little sisters, and then turned to sit with her husband.

"Mingyue Palace Concubine Su sent an envoy to the wedding of His Royal Highness King He Qi."

"The concubine Xu of Zhaoxiang Palace sent an envoy to the wedding of His Royal Highness King He Qi."

"The wedding of His Royal Highness King He Qi, the envoy from Yunlai Palace Lu Zhaoyi."

"Sister Chen." Jiuzhu asked Miss Chen in a low voice: "Which noble lady is Empress Xu from Zhaoxiang Palace?"

Whether it was the birthday banquet of the imperial concubine, or the last time she copied the scriptures, she had never heard of Xu Fei.

"Concubine Xu is the biological mother of Royal Highness Huai. After her majesty ascended the throne, she has been eating and reciting Buddha in the palace, and she rarely shows her face in front of others." Miss Chen whispered: "No one knows what happened. Some people guessed that it was Concubine Xu. I did the wrong thing to sorry your majesty back then, but I don’t look like it."

Jiuzhu looked at Miss Chen Jia in surprise.

"Hush." ​​Miss Chen Jia pulled Jiuzhu to the corner and whispered: "I know you are not a rappers, and you will be married to the royal family in the future. Some things are not harmful to you, so I will tell you. You listen to how long you will be in the future."

"Your majesty’s biological mother was not taken seriously by the first emperor. She had a hard time in the harem. It is said that she died of a long illness and no good medicine. Therefore, after his majesty ascended the throne, he took pity on the harem women’s family members and set up a central provincial government in the harem, and no one was allowed to detain them. The consumption of the concubines and concubines." Miss Chen sighed: "It is a pity that the Queen Mother went early and did not enjoy the blessings of your majesty."

"Then..." Jiuzhu asked cautiously: "What does this have to do with Concubine Xu?"

Ms. Chen Jia clicked on Jiuzhu's cheek: "Because Your Majesty is an emperor, even if it is not easy to show mercy to the harem girl, it is impossible to tolerate mistakes by the person next to her pillow, so I said that the rumors about Concubine Xu are not accurate.

"Maybe your Majesty is because she gave birth to His Royal Highness, so she doesn't care about many things?"

"You." Miss Chen Jia smiled and shook her head: "You don't understand men."

Jiuzhu confused, how could such a simple thing involve men and women again?

The master said that if there are some things that you don't understand, maybe the truth is as simple as it is on the surface. It's just that people always complicate simple things and are finally deceived by their own brains.

When night came, the bride got off the sedan chair, Jiuzhu and the ladies squeezed in the corridor together to watch the bride and groom.

Miss Sun Jia wears a phoenix crown on her head, and she holds a fan to cover her face, gently leading the red hydrangea into the inner door. The bridegroom King Qi is holding the other end of the red hydrangea, his face is a little pale in his red bridegroom suit.

"The bride comes in!"

Behind her, there was a cheer of a child. I don't know who pushed her so hard that the beads on the railing did not move.

She looked back abruptly, staring at some kid.

"You...I didn't mean it." The Second Young Master of the Zheng Family squeezed out the crowd, turned and ran.

He just ran a few steps away, and he felt that his clothes were tight, and his whole body rose into the air.

"what……"

"Shut up." Wang Chen stared at him impatiently: "If you dare to scream, this king will let your title fall clean!"

Zheng Jiaxiong looked at Wang Chen with tears in his eyes, and he didn't dare to say: "You, you can't bully the child."

"What's wrong with bullying the kids?" Wang Chen put the bear kids on the ground and smiled coldly: "Asshole kids like you, this king could kick twenty kids with one kick ten years ago."

Jiuzhu looked at Wang Chen with admiration. His Royal Highness was even more powerful than her.

The bear child was trembling with fright. He had heard from his family that this prince was particularly bad, and a child who did not sleep well would be eaten by him.

"Your Highness." Jiuzhu squeezed out of the crowd with difficulty, stretched out his hand, and picked up the bear child again: "Why are you pushing me?"

"Quickly let go of me, you bad woman!" The bear kid kicked his leg, "I'm going to tell my cousin, you bully me."

"Who are you sue?!" Wang Chen banged on the bear child's forehead: "With this king, who do you dare to sue?"

The bear child finally couldn't help it, opened his mouth and prepared to cry loudly.

"Dare to try crying?" Wang Chen wrapped his arms around his chest: "Come here, call the adults of the Zheng family. This king likes to listen to the old and the young crying together."

"Hiccup." The child bear hiccups, abruptly holding back the howling sound in his stomach.

"Isn't this understandable?" Wang Chen mocked, this kind of bear kid who pretends to be innocent and doing bad things, dare to make an axe in front of him? You know, he was the eldest child of the bear.

"Okay, put him down. This king does not believe that he dares to run." Pretending to not find that Jiuzhu's hand is strong, Chen Wang noticed the cunning in the eyes of the bear child, and continued: "He dared to run, this king would take Zheng All the family members were taken to prison."

Jiuzhu put down the bear child, tiptoe to Wang Chen's ear and asked in a low voice: "Really all the Zheng family was arrested in prison?"

Chen Wang: "..."

She even believed when she coaxed the child?

"Do you want to put them in prison?"

If Ming Xiaozhu really has this idea, he will work hard, not without hope.

"That's fine." Jiuzhu looked down at the bear boy of the Zheng family: "You pushed me on purpose just now, I saw it."

"I did not do it on purpose."

"It was deliberate." Jiuzhu and Wang Chen stood side by side: "With so much strength, how could it not be deliberate."

The bear kid knew that he could not deny it, so he broke the jar and said, "I did it on purpose, so what?"

"Who asked you to be the running dog of the enchanting concubine, who asked you to marry the prince who can eat children. If it weren't for you, our family wouldn't be downgraded. People like you are...that's..." Xiong child thought Words I heard a few days ago: "It's the broom star!"

Upon hearing this, Jiuzhu began to roll up his sleeves.

"What are you doing?" When Wang Chen saw that she was angry and wanted to hit someone, he quickly rolled her sleeves down.

"Hit the child!" Jiuzhu rolled up the sleeve of Wang Chen.

"Forget it, forget it." Wang Chen grabbed her wrist: "The children are ignorant, because the adults didn't teach them well. Later I will take you to bully their adults."

Jiuzhu struggled twice, then suddenly stopped. She looked at Wang Chen aggrievedly: "But he scolds you and also scolds the concubine and empress."

Chen Wang was startled slightly, and he stretched out his hand to straighten the bead flower that was crooked by her temple: "You are not stupid, you hit the child here, and others will say that he is still a child, so you let him go."

"What shall we do then?"

"Find a place where there is no one, dig a hole and bury it." Wang Chen fluttered and sneered: "Such annoying child, there is no help."

The bear child, who had been holding back for a long time, was finally scared to cry out loud.

As soon as Wang Qi sent the bride into the bridal chamber and was about to receive guests outside, he saw the servant rushing to him: "Master, something has happened."

"What's the matter?" Wang Qi frowned.

"The young man from the Zheng family tried to push down Miss Ming Jia. When he ran away, he was found by the King Chen and insulted the noble concubine, Wang Chen and Miss Ming Jia." The maid's shoulders were shaking so badly, I don't know if it was frightening or the wind outside was too cold. of.

Wang Qi sighed, "I'll go take a look."

In the happy room, Sun Caiyao felt even more disgusted with the Zheng family when he heard the words of King Qi and the servant. What else can this family do besides causing trouble to the prince?

In the side hall, the King Chen looked at the Zheng family who was shuddering and daring to raise their heads: "I thought it was already bold for your mansion to indulge in the subordinates to arbitrarily discuss the royal family, but I did not expect this king to look down on you."

"His Royal Highness, the ministers are not strict with the children, and I beg your Highness for forgiveness." Mrs. Ping Yuan, Bo knelt on the ground, crying to Wang Chen: "I beg your Highness for mercy, Ming'er is only a child..."

"Children are ignorant and like to talk to adults." Jiuzhu interrupted her: "So his words and deeds are influenced by you adults."

"The minister's wife didn't mean that." Mrs. Ping Yuan was panicked: "Even if the minister's wife is bold enough, I dare not say that the royal is not."

After she finished speaking, she pulled her son over and hit him twice: "Quickly please the prince and Miss Ming!"

"You don't need to play children in front of this king." King Chen stood up and said impatiently: "As the relatives of the fourth brother, you are doing everything you do and everything you do is looking for the king's unhappiness. I don't care. Whether you are making your own claim or being instigated by someone else, today’s affairs cannot be taken lightly."

"Fifth brother!" King Qi opened the door and looked at the Zheng family who was kneeling on the ground: "Today is my big day of rejoicing. Please also fifth brother to give me a bit of face and don't let outsiders read the jokes."

"When the Zheng family secretly calculated my future princess, they didn't want to give you any face." Wang Chen sneered: "Fourth brother, don't worry, I will never misunderstand that you instructed the Zheng family to do this."

The Zheng family's face changed.

Wang Qi turned to look at Jiu Zhu, who was sitting next to him without making a sound, and said to her: "Miss Ming, the fifth disciple has always been straightforward. Please dissuade him and let the fifth brother dispel his thoughts, and don't make things difficult to deal with. In the end they both embarrassed each other."

He saw that Yun Duqing was a little special to the Ming girl, maybe the Ming girl could persuade him.

"The prince." Jiuzhu got up and was deeply blessed, and returned the gift of the king: "Today's matter is due to your cousin's conspiracy against a weak woman, right?

King Qi glanced at the Zheng family and nodded slightly.

"Your Royal Highness's helper female presided over justice, but was rudely insulted by your cousin." Jiuzhu frowned, seemingly unable to understand the behavior of King Qi: "So, your Royal Highness vents your anger for the courtier, but you want the courtier to speak for you. Stop Your Highness?"

"His Royal Highness, are you joking with the courtiers?"