The day before April 4th, the emperor suddenly called Eunuch Gu to the imperial study. After Eunuch Gu arrived, the emperor did not speak for a long time.
Finally, the emperor asked: "Tomorrow, the third prince will go on an outing with the people from the Zhenbeihou Mansion? Aren't you going with me?"
Eunuch Gu bowed and said: "All according to His Majesty's will."
The emperor nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then there is no need to go. It should be fine to go out and have fun."
Eunuch Gu bowed again: "Just listen to Your Majesty."
The emperor pushed the teacup in front of him: "For you."
Eunuch Gu didn't hesitate, he picked it up and drank it immediately, then returned it with both hands, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
The emperor nodded in satisfaction, asked a few more words, and then let Eunuch Gu back down.
Although he didn't taste any taste in the tea, Eunuch Gu went to a deserted place, vomited out the contents of his stomach, and immediately fed himself a pill. For the next few days, he drank a lot of water. One night, he entered the emperor's study room and sprinkled some fine dust in several books that the emperor often read. He never put poison in food, wouldn't it be safer for people to touch the dust with their fingers and then touch the teacup or food
Because of this, Eunuch Sun carefully checked all the eating and drinking utensils used by the emperor, and did a general cleaning of the imperial dining room, but found nothing. He could only attribute the emperor's bad complexion to the fact that the emperor had entered the palace. The sudden increase in sex with newcomers.
The last time Shen Wen and Zhang Yunming met, Zhang Yunming said they would meet again in ten days, so it was a reunion before they left for the south, and this time happened to be the night before the spring outing.
When Yehou Mansion was brightly lit, many people slept very late, and Shen Wen couldn't come out early. When she arrived at the small courtyard, it was already very late at night.
There were lights on in the dilapidated house, Shen Wen took a small stone and hit it, the door opened, Zhang Yunzheng stood at the door with a stinky face.
Shen Wen walked in front of him, snorted, turned his face to the other side, expressing that he still remembered the last quarrel, and disdainfully watched Zhang Yunzheng enter the door.
Zhang Yunzheng said: "Humph?! You came so late!"
Shen Wen rolled his eyes: "There is too much eyeliner in our house! I have to wait for everyone to sleep before I can come out. It's not as easy as you."
Zhang Yunzheng said: "It's no wonder the prince is so unscrupulous in attacking, your family still allows so many eyeliners in the house! What kind of defense is this!"
This is the fourth time for Shen Wen to see Zhang Yunzheng, and he began to adapt to Zhang Yunzheng's aggressive social style. He felt that he could be regarded as an object of quiz, and retorted: "This is our family's defense! Open and aboveboard, no conspiracy! In this way the emperor Don't do it."
Zhang Yunzheng disdained: "But the crown prince has done it! I don't care if you have objections or not!"
Shen Wen's heart moved, and he saw a loophole in his family's thinking - he only guarded against the emperor's suspicion, but did not prevent others from removing Zhenbei Hou as a stumbling block. It's so frank, it makes people careless. But you can't admit defeat, and said: "Your family took precautions, but what happened?!"
Zhang Yunming sat on the chair with Erlang's legs crossed, waving his fan and said, "Forget it, forget it! Can you guys grow up?"
Shen Wen sat down on a chair by himself, and said to Zhang Yunming: "I didn't want to talk to him at first! He provoked me!"
Zhang Yunming said to Shen Wen in a sad tone: "Well, I want to introduce my brother to you formally - he is a thorny head, anyone can provoke him!"
Zhang Yunzheng raised his eyebrows at Zhang Yunming: "You are the thorn in the side!"
Shen Wen said to Zhang Yunzheng: "You are a thorn in the head!"
Zhang Yunzheng said to Shen Wen: "You are a pig!"
Shen Wen said: "You are a donkey's head!"
Zhang Yunming raised his fan with a smile: "Stop! Stop! We meet to discuss matters! Not to fight!"
Both Shen Wen and Zhang Yunzheng turned their heads at the same time, expressing that neither of them wanted to look at each other.
Zhang Yunming said to Shen Wen: "I persuaded my mother to give me an extra one hundred thousand taels of silver."
Shen Wen was happy, and said: "Great! The more grain you buy, the better. Give my second brother some more money. Although there is not much grain produced near the border, let him persuade my father to buy as much as possible. Also, taking advantage of the abundance of food this year, no one will grab the food, it is best to transport the food to the border as soon as possible."
Zhang Yunming asked: "Give it to your elder brother?"
Shen Wen shook his head: "No, the secret is stored in the big households near the border. When the Beirong invades..."
Zhang Yunming asked: "Let them donate food again?"
Shen Wen still shook his head: "No, let my brother and the others go grab the food."
Zhang Yunzheng snorted, "Little liar!"
Shen Wen fought back against Zhang Yunzheng: "You idiot!"
Zhang Yunming tried his best to keep the conversation at a mature level, and said to Shen Wen: "You don't want people to see that you and my government have a tacit understanding?"
Shen Wen changed his tone and said solemnly: "No matter who is the emperor, he will not like courtiers to partner, especially if the rich and the soldiers are together, it is even more dangerous."
Zhang Yunming nodded: "Now that we are really soldiers and money together, what you plan should be able to come true."
Shen Wen raised her head: "Of course! I spent..." She wanted to say that she spent a thousand years planning, but was interrupted by Zhang Yunzheng: "What did you spend? It's just a waste of words, you little liar!"
Shen Wen knew that Zhang Yunzheng didn't want her to say that she spent thousands of years and was possessed by a ghost, so she pouted at Zhang Yunzheng, then ignored him, and said to Zhang Yunming with great interest: "There are many delicious foods in the south." He stated with his fingers: Yangzhou's soup dumplings, Jiankang's duck blood soup, Kuaiji's sweet and sour fish... and various dried fruits! Dried prunes, dried plums, dried peaches…
Although he knew that Shen Wen was very scheming, but seeing Shen Wen like this, Zhang Yunming couldn't help but condescendingly said to a child: "Aren't you asking us to buy you delicious food to bring back? Let me tell you , the road is too far, too troublesome."
Shen Wen said with some disappointment: "Forget it! You just need to come back, anyway, there's still time."
Zhang Yunming asked: "What is there in time?"
Shen Wen said casually: "It's too late to prevent the fifth princess and Fan."
"What?!" Zhang Yunming blurted out.
Shen Wen pursed her lips with a cute expression.
Zhang Yunzheng said to Zhang Yunming angrily, "Look, she's fooling people again!"
Zhang Yunming asked: "What and Fan?!"
Zhang Yunzheng also said: "You liar, last time you said you wanted the fifth princess to marry my brother!"
Shen Wen tilted her head and said, "I said to 'prevent' it, but I didn't say that she would definitely go and fight."
Zhang Yunming frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
Shen Wen smiled and said: "It's still too late for you guys to come back, go buy food now! Oh, can you bring me back some dried fruit? It's very convenient and not easy to break..."
Zhang Yunming gritted his teeth and said, "What did you see?! Tell me now!"
Seeing that Zhang Yunming was serious, Shen Wen didn't dare to tease him anymore, and said with a moaning voice: "In the previous life, Concubine Chen Gui died, and the prince asked the fifth princess to marry Huo Luo, the second son of Beirong Tugu Khan. The princess died soon."
It took Zhang Yunming a long time to ask, "Can you stop it?"
Shen Wen nodded confidently: "Of course!"
Zhang Yunming squinted at Shen Wen and said, "Are you afraid that we won't do things well for you when we go to buy food, so you just use this to whet my appetite?"
Zhang Yunzheng beat the side drum: "That's what she meant!"
Shen Wen quickly denied: "What are you talking about! How could it be?! I trust you very much! I can't go out, and I can't do things myself. Whether we can survive in the future depends entirely on you?" The two blinked, expressing trust. But both of them looked like they didn't believe it.
Zhang Yunming asked: "Who in your family knows?"
Shen Wen stretched out his finger: "My three brothers."
Zhang Yunming shook his head slowly, and said to Shen Wen: "I thought the most hated person in your family was Shen San..."
Shen Wen said with a smile: "Ah, don't love and hate others so much, you will get wrinkles. The fifth princess likes young people..." She saw Zhang Yunming's uncommon complexion, and quickly turned her head to look around the room. Seeing that it had been tidied up and there were a few pieces of furniture, he said, "I want a secret room where I can hide things, and it's best to hide people. I want to do important things, but it's very important for our future." Life and death. When you come back, I will draw a sketch for you.”
Zhang Yunming felt a little irritable, and asked with a frown, "The secret room? Then how do you find someone to build it? After it's built, you have to kill people to silence it?"
Shen Wen looked at him: "Who are you looking for? Why are you killing people? Build it yourself!"
Zhang Yunming turned to look at Zhang Yunzheng: "Did you hear that? You're going to build a secret room when we come back!"
Zhang Yunzheng replied bluntly: "No! Whoever says it will build it!"
Shen Wen pointed to Zhang Yunzheng and said to Zhang Yunming: "Look! Is he a jerk?!"
Zhang Yunzheng retorted: "What about you? You're a slacker!"
Shen Wen said: "You are a lazy bastard!"
Zhang Yunming raised his hand again: "Okay, okay! Can't we do it together?"
Shen Wen looked at his hands: "I can't get my nails dirty, others will see it."
Zhang Yunzheng said nastyly: "Just say that you dig food from the ground and make it dirty, who would doubt it? Isn't it like this for all pigs?"
Zhang Yunming laughed, Shen Wen gritted his teeth and said to Zhang Yunming: "He Fan!"
Zhang Yunming coughed, stopped smiling, and said to Zhang Yunzheng: "You should be more polite to girls and behave like a gentleman."
Zhang Yunzheng said: "She is not a girl! She is a brat!"
Shen Wen said: "He is not a gentleman, he is a villain!"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "You are a brat!"
Shen Wen: "You are a villain!"
Zhang Yunming took out his fan with a wry smile and sighed: "It's not summer yet, is this place so hot?"
Shen Wen and Zhang Yunzheng made faces at each other, Zhang Yunming said to Shen Wen: "I saw you at the spring outing tomorrow, you can't quarrel like this."
Shen Wen waved his hand and said, "Who would be that stupid? I will pretend that I don't know him!"
Zhang Yunzheng said angrily, "I don't know you either!"
Shen Wen ignored him, and asked Zhang Yunming: "I still want to ask you, aren't you still avoiding the limelight? Why are you going to the spring outing with such a big fanfare?"
Zhang Yunming said: "I have to play too. A lot of friends don't see each other, and they will be unfamiliar. This time, the third prince and Mr. Ye are all my friends." He glanced at Zhang Yunzheng, and whispered to Shen Wen said: "I have to take this one, who is my distant cousin, to meet everyone."
Shen Wen knew that he wanted to introduce Zhang Yunzheng to his friends, and he could take care of things in the future. Moreover, everyone has decided to fight against the prince, so naturally they have to establish a good relationship with the third prince.
Shen Wen asked: "Does your father agree with you to make friends with the third prince?"
Zhang Yunming shook his head and said: "Of course I don't agree, but I can't stand someone making a scene." He raised his eyebrows in Zhang Yunzheng's direction.
Zhang Yunzheng snorted coldly: "You want to go too, but you just borrowed me as a gun again."
Shen Wen asked: "Did you tell your father about this?"
Zhang Yunming replied: "Not yet, there is no need for him yet, just wait."
Shen Wen also nodded: "I don't want to make a big move too early."
Zhang Yunming said in a low voice: "But I think my father sees that the abolishment of the empress will be very bad for the prince. Otherwise, no matter how noisy my brother is, he will not let us go."
Shen Wen asked: "Has your father ever doubted the prince before?"
Zhang Yunming said: "He probably wouldn't think that the prince would do that in the future, but he always said that the prince is too narrow-minded, and he has to care about a six or seven-year-old girl, so be careful." Zhang Yunming looked at Shen Wen: "That The child is you! It seems that you set up a trick, and the prince is wronged enough!"
Shen Wen wrinkled his nose: "What injustice? He is a narrow-minded person. Is it because of your father's words that your idiot brother went to visit the First Prince's Mansion and was almost caught?" Shen Wen ruthlessly Who said she couldn't fight back in self-defense
Zhang Yunming was shocked, and said to Zhang Yunzheng: "You went to visit the mansion of the eldest prince? You were almost arrested?! What are you doing?! Do you know how much trouble you will cause father if you are caught?! "
Zhang Yunzheng glared at Shen Wen angrily, and said to Zhang Yunming: "You told my father about it. I want to see what he looks like. Who can catch me? My master said that my lightness kung fu is the best in the world." !"
Shen Wen immediately said: "Second!"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "Who will compare to you! You little liar with a ghost in his heart!"
Shen Wen continued his efforts, and then revealed the fault: "Then why did you go to Wanhualou on the night of Wanhuawu? How old are you? Just go to Yanwu? No shame!"
Zhang Yunming was surprised again: "You went to the Wanhua Building?! How do you know where the Wanhua Building is?! Ah, I remembered, the other day I came back from Zhenbei Hou's Mansion and told you that there were Wanhua Building that night. Wu, you asked me to take you to see it, and I said you were too young, and if I didn't take you, you wouldn't let me go, but you went by yourself!"
Zhang Yunzheng was finally a little embarrassed: "The boy asked about it, but actually, I didn't see it either..."
Shen Wen said with a smile: "That's because he and Eunuch Gu met!"
Zhang Yunming was really angry, and reprimanded Zhang Yunzheng: "I didn't even know you could cause such a big trouble! Eunuch Gu's kung fu is also something you can touch?! This winter hunting, he killed nearly thirty people by himself. Although those people are intoxicated, his skill is definitely not one-tenth of what you and I can match! What if something happens to him when you face him?! Where can we find you?! I have to go and talk to my father Say, you can't leave the house at night casually in the future!"
Zhang Yunzheng scolded Shen Wen: "You little gossip! No, gossip!"
Shen Wen absolutely cannot be subdued! Cursing back: "You idiot who can't run fast! Short-legged crabs, prawns, and brainless lumps!" She tried to use rich vocabulary to express her wit.
Zhang Yunming pulled Zhang Yunzheng and said, "Go! Go home! You two don't meet again!"
Zhang Yunzheng and Zhang Yunming walked out, saying: "Who wants to see her! She came to find me!"
Shen Wen said loudly: "I shouldn't have seen you at all! Give me back my sparrow!"
Zhang Yunzheng was caught at once, turned his head and said to Shen Wen: "Is it hard to find sparrows? I can catch ten of them for you!"
Knowing that the sparrow had escaped, Shen Wen shouted: "I want the one I got as a gift! I dotted ink on its forehead! Don't fool me! You pay! One hundred thousand... no, one million taels of silver!"
Zhang Yunzheng had already left the door, but he turned around and called, "Greedy ghost! I saw, where is the ink? Liar! Spit out the wontons! That's a million taels of silver!"
Shen Wen chased him out: "You're so stingy, please remember the wonton bowl!"
Zhang Yunzheng turned his head vigorously: "What about you? Gifts and sparrows?! Miser!"
Shen Wen jumped: "I hate you!" A girl's trump card!
Not to be outdone, Zhang Yunzheng said, "I hate you too!" It sounded weird.
Zhang Yunming laughed, turned back and said to Shen Wen: "Go and turn off the lights, don't burn the house down, how long have you bought it?" The two walked away.
Shen Wen went back to the empty room alone, and let out a long breath—she actually felt very happy! It must be because there is no need to worry about money and food from now on, and the food problem at the border has been completely solved. Shen Wen blew out the lights, and there was no lock in the broken house. She was in a good mood and walked back home briskly. After returning to the mansion, I only had time to change clothes, but I didn't sleep well, because soon people started to get up, wash and prepare to go.
There is only one day of spring outing, so go early to have time for outings. So in the early morning, when it was still dark, the convoy from the Zhenbeihou Mansion set off.
But when they arrived at the city gate and waited to leave the city, the convoy from Pingyuanhou's Mansion also arrived, followed by the third prince riding on horseback accompanied by the fifth princess's palace convoy, the Yefu's convoy, and the other two convoys also arrived one after another. The horse-drawn carriages and horse teams lined up for several streets. The city gate opened, and it took these convoys two quarters of an hour to leave the city gate. Even in the twilight of the early morning, the people watching inside and outside the city gate could still clearly see these people in fresh clothes and angry horses, and the guards were sturdy, and they couldn't help discussing and amazed.
This team of chariots and horses drove along the outside of the city, covering a distance of several miles. The third prince was on the horse, and he saw a red figure from a distance, which often flashed in front of Zhenbeihou's motorcade, so he often lost his mind. Several times, the horse deviated from the main road, and he didn't notice it in time.
The fourth prince opened the curtain of the car and looked outside with prickly eyes. The field is full of spring, is Su Wanniang also looking at the same scenery? He touched a hosta in his sleeve, which he picked out after digging through his mother's jewelry for a long time yesterday. This is a lotus hairpin carved out of a whole piece of jade. The most valuable thing is the tips of the two lotus petals, which have a faint pink color, which makes this hairpin crystal clear, and also has a kind of aura. He thinks it is suitable for Su Wanniang That beautiful face. It's just that I don't know how to give it to her. Although it is almost impossible to meet Su Wanniang alone during this short one-day spring outing, the fourth prince still hopes that he can have the opportunity to hand over this hairpin to Su Wanniang himself.
Originally an hour's journey, the team walked for an hour and a half. When they arrived at Xiangye Temple, the sun was already high in the sky. The people of Zhenbeihou's Mansion knew the surrounding terrain and led them to the open area. The servants of each family began to unload the cars and set up the curtains for the female relatives. The men all dismounted and got off the carts. The fourth prince was helped out of the car by Ding Neishi, and followed the third prince and the fifth princess limping.
Everyone flocked in front of the two princes and the fifth princess, each family saluted.
Zhang Yunming remembered what Shen Wen said about the fifth princess's main reconciliation, so he took another look at the fifth princess while saluting, and met the eyes of the fifth princess looking at him tenderly. The fifth princess has imitated Concubine Chen's attitude since she was a child: she must smile when looking at people, her eyes must be gentle and amiable, and when others look at her, she must bow her head slightly to show humility, with half-closed eyes and a shy face... She has already mastered it now Naturally, meeting Zhang Yunming's eyes, he immediately lowered his eyelids slightly, pursed his lips and smiled, and bowed his head in return.
Zhang Yunming's demeanor has always been chic and detached, seeing that the corners of his mouth were slightly raised and his face remained unchanged, he opened the fan in his hand and slapped it twice. Over there, the fifth princess raised her eyes again, saw Zhang Yunming's behavior, and remembered that during the winter hunting, Zhang Yunming fanned wildly with a fan in winter, the smile deepened on his face, and his cheeks were slightly red.
After everyone has paid their respects to the royal personage, they greet each other. Zhang Yunming introduced Zhang Yunzheng: "This is my distant brother, Zhang Yunzheng, he is second in number, the Second Young Master Zhang." He introduced Zhang Yunzheng so solemnly, everyone knew that this young man was very close to Young Master Zhang, and they all praised his appearance. The handsome, but stiff-faced boy cupped his fists. Zhang Yunzheng was extremely cautious, biting his lip, returning the salutations one by one, occasionally saying a word or two, and stuttering a little, everyone thought he was so nervous just because he had never seen the world, and they didn't care. Only Shen Zhuo inexplicably felt that this young man looked familiar, so he couldn't help but look at him a few more times. Zhang Yunzheng immediately frowned, looking indifferent, but his forehead was sweating. The fourth prince felt sympathetic, walked towards him with a limp, and asked with a smile, "Where did Mr. Zhang come from? How old is he?"
Zhang Yunzheng had just paid a visit to the fourth prince, fixed his eyes on the yellow brocade clothes embroidered with auspicious clouds on the chest of the fourth prince, stammered and said: "Yes... yes... people, ten... sixteen this year..." If Shen Wen saw this scene, he didn't know what to do. How happy.
The fourth prince smiled and said, "I am about the same age as you."
Zhang Yunming on the side also smiled and said: "The fourth prince is the most approachable. He often plays chess at Guanyi Pavilion. I have never defeated him. You can play a game with the fourth prince when you have time."
Zhang Yunzheng nodded bluntly and said: "I also like to play chess, let's play a game now!" Just like a child, he took it seriously when he said it.
The fourth prince wanted to pretend to be lame and didn't want to walk much, so he said, "Okay, let's place dishes under the shade of the tree over there, facing the fruit forest, and you can still see the trees full of new leaves and flowers."
Zhang Yunzheng was not used to being with people in the first place, seeing that there was an open space over there, he agreed.
The fourth prince bid farewell to the third prince, and was supported by Ding Neishi to walk under the tree in the distance. Waiter Ding turned his head and ordered people to follow with the table and chessboard. Zhang Yunzheng also followed immediately. He watched the fourth prince walking with a limp, and felt that this young man who was about his size was worse than himself, so he gradually relaxed.
Seeing that Shen Jian and Shen Zhuo looked at him with more meaning, Zhang Yunming really wanted to go out with Shen Jian and the others, but he was worried that Zhang Yunzheng would be alone with the fourth prince, for fear that this stupefied younger brother would say something leaking Come, let the people from Pingyuanhou's Mansion bring some refreshments and go there with yourself.
Arriving under the shade of the tree, Ding Neishi asked someone to set up a small table, placed a chessboard and a chess jar, and spread a thick felt mat on the ground, and helped the fourth prince to sit cross-legged. Zhang Yunzheng didn't have much social experience, seeing that Ding Neishi had also laid a thick cushion opposite the fourth prince, he sat down naturally, without politeness at all, just took the chess pieces and guessed with the fourth prince.
The fourth prince had never seen someone who was as straightforward as himself and had no nonsense, so he was very relaxed for a while, and started playing chess with Zhang Yunzheng.
Zhang Yunming watched from the side, thinking that this younger brother had been locked up at home, only he played chess with him, and now he was finally able to come out to play chess with others, he felt joyful and also a little sad.
The Marquis of Pingyuan has always been particular about it. The people next to them set up a small clay stove and began to boil water to prepare tea. A servant girl came over and put towels on their faces one by one.
Zhang Yunming looked at it for a while, and couldn't help pointing out Zhang Yunzheng's moves. Zhang Yunzheng didn't give him any face, raised his eyebrows and said, "I want to play by myself! If you want to play, you can play against him alone!"
The fourth prince was surprised that this distant brother who didn't know where he came from was really rude to Ping Yuanhou's eldest son, and he didn't stutter at all when talking to Zhang Yunming, he was really anti-customer, he should be regarded as a coward. Seeing Zhang Yunming's gloomy face and sympathy in his heart, he smiled and said: "Master Zhang is idle and has nothing to do, why not start a game, I can play with you at the same time."
Zhang Yunming had never beaten the fourth prince before, so he was modest at this moment: "This is very unfair to His Highness..."
The fourth prince smiled: "If you can beat me, it's naturally unfair..." This means that he can't win at all.
No matter how thick-skinned Zhang Yunming was, he couldn't hold it anymore at this time, he turned around and said, "One more table, I'll practice with His Highness."
The fourth prince said with a smile, "Don't worry about your highness, your highness, if you see more, let's call him Mr. Jiang, just like when we knew each other."
Zhang Yunming remembered how he was plotted against by Shen Zhuo, and said to others: "Go and invite Third Young Master Shen, saying that we are here to fight Young Master Jiang, let him come to help."
Zhang Yunming sat at the new small table next to the fourth prince, and started to play chess with the fourth prince.
Because it is a spring outing, there is not such a strict defense of men and women. Everyone got out of the car to greet the prince and princess together, and there was no separation between men and women. In the ensuing chaos of greeting and saluting each other, men and women were gradually separated. Shen Zhuo stretched her neck to look into the group of Pingyuan Hou Zhang's family, Zhang Yunjin's rigid appearance flashed past among the crowd, she didn't even see herself, but that Zhang Yunzheng glared at her.
Shen Zhuo was very regretful, and immediately ran to the side, broke off a foot-long branch and stuck it in his hair, immediately achieving the effect of standing out from the crowd. Then Shen Zhuo continued to salute with other people, and when he was asked what he was doing with a smile, he said that he was doing this spring outing to meet the occasion, and everyone laughed. Soon, the girl was also pointing at this side, Zhang Yunjin looked over, and naturally saw Shen Zhuo grinning at her from a distance, Zhang Yunjin gritted his teeth, and whispered: "Showing up!" But he still couldn't help laughing.
Seeing this, Shen Zhuo went to find another wild peony and stuck it on his temples, but before he was allowed to perform any more, someone came to him and told him that Mr. Zhang is welcome.
Shen Zhuo was annoyed, knowing that Zhang Yunming was obstructing him again, but now that he has a cooperative relationship with Ping Yuanhou, he could only turn his back and come to the chess playing place with a straight face.
When Zhang Yunming saw the appearance of branches and flowers on Shen Zhuo's head, he secretly rejoiced that he had called Shen Zhuo here, otherwise Shen Zhuo would definitely be going to harm his sister, but he said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Self-proclaimed master, you can’t miss this opportunity.”
Seeing that the two of them were against the fourth prince, Shen Zhuo said indignantly, "Are you bullying?"
Zhang Yunzheng was engrossed in the fierce game with the fourth prince, and couldn't speak for a while, Zhang Yunming said: "We are barely supporting, waiting to see you show your skills."
Shen Zhuo looked aside for a while, and found that both Zhang Yunzheng and Zhang Yunming were obviously unable to beat the Fourth Prince, so he shook his head and said, "I thought you were being modest, but it seems that you really can't do it!"
Zhang Yunming squinted at Shen Zhuo: "Young Master Shen can also serve a plate." Let him cook you too!
Shen Zhuo started gearing up, although he had never defeated the Fourth Prince, but maybe he would not lose as badly as Zhang Yunming. So seeing the fourth prince smiling and nodding at him, he also got on the table and started playing chess with the fourth prince.
The fourth prince left by himself, while Young Master Ye, Shen Jian and other young people gathered around the third prince. Shen Jian said with a smile: "When we get here, we should go to the top to have a look."
The third prince immediately agreed: "Then let's go climbing!"
A group of people walked to the hillside not far away. In the beginning, a large group of people walked together, but slowly, the crowd turned into a long line. In the end, the only ones walking in front were Shen Jian and the third prince, who usually have martial arts and fast steps, and one complained about them. Mr. Ye who walked too fast but was not left behind.
On the side of the female relatives, girls from various families introduced each other, and it was also bustling. The fifth princess pulled Zhang Yunjin and Shen Xiang, first wiped away tears, and then walked towards the forest together, chatting in low voices all the way. The three of them ran for their lives together during the winter hunt, and this friendship is much deeper than any other.
Huge curtains were erected and brocades were laid on the floor. Some girls wore veiled hats and went to visit the surrounding fruit forests, while some sat under the shade of the trees, talking and laughing happily.
Because Shen Wen was "recovering from a serious illness", he couldn't be too active, so he found a place with sunshine, and sat weakly on a recliner to bask in the sun in full view of everyone.
Su Wanniang was not with Shen Wen, she was following Shen Qiang and gradually leaving the circle of girls.
Shen Qiang usually got up early, but this morning he seemed to know that they were going to come out to play. Whenever there was any movement in the yard, he would get up and make a fuss. Yang had no choice but to agree with Shen Jian to take him out of the house. He fell asleep when he arrived in the carriage, and slept all the way to Xiangye Temple. After they unloaded the carriage and put up the curtain, people played for a while, and he woke up around noon. After being served by others, he ate and drank water, and his energy became extraordinarily vigorous.
This is Shen Qiang's first time in the wild, and he is going crazy. In the circle of girls, he ran around, like a puppy having fun, not listening to anyone. Because usually only Su Wanniang can control him, so Shen Wen asked Su Wanniang to watch Shen Qiang specially. When Su Wanniang came, the maids and women were happy to let go and went to the side to rest.
Su Wanniang chased Shen Qiang back and forth on the grass, sweating profusely, finally lured Shen Qiang with a colored ball, grabbed Shen Qiang's hand, led him, and led him away from the crowd that excited him. We arrived at the Moon Watching Pavilion not far away.
Seeing that it was a pavilion, Shen Qiang looked inside and out, peeled off the stones, peeled off the paint, and kept quiet for a while.
Su Wanniang was finally able to sit down and rest for a while. She looked at the pavilion, which was more dilapidated than the last time she came. She thought of meeting Ji Wenzhao here three years ago, as if it was a lifetime away. At that time, she was only in her early ten years old. Although she is only a fourteen-year-old girl now, in her heart, she has grown up and is no longer that confused child.
Shen Qiang slowed down, took the colored ball and kicked it hard, the colored ball flew far away, he ran away screaming, Su Wanniang could only stand up quickly and chase after him.
Among the three players who played against the fourth prince, Zhang Yunming and Shen Zhuo had already surrendered. Zhang Yunming lost more, which made Shen Zhuo very proud. Only Zhang Yunzheng was entangled to death, never admitting defeat. It was clear that the overall situation had been decided, but he was there to resist stubbornly, escaped from death several times, and counterattacked again and again.
The fourth prince was secretly surprised in his heart, how could this young man, who was about the same size as himself, looked unsophisticated and hadn't seen much of the world, be so tenacious. Just relying on this kind of determination, what will happen in the future? The fourth prince looked at Zhang Yunzheng's serious and focused face, and actually liked this somewhat rude young man very much.
Zhang Yunming was not surprised at all, his younger brother was like this, he usually played chess with him, maybe he was reluctant to leave by himself, maybe he didn't like to win by himself, every time he would stalk him, fight for every eye like his life, fight to the last breath.
Shen Zhuo had already seen that the fourth prince would win, and impatient to watch Zhang Yunzheng's dying struggle, he got up and said that he was going to supervise the lunch arrangement, and the people who went outing in a while would come back to eat and drink. Zhang Yunming saw that the curtains had been set up on the side of the women's family, and knowing that Shen Zhuo would not be able to pass easily, he let Shen Zhuo go.
Finally, Zhang Yunzheng made the last move, and said with a sigh of relief: "I'm done."
The fourth prince was even a little moved, and said, "Mr. Zhang's perseverance is really admirable."
Zhang Yunzheng said in a daze: "Where is the perseverance? It is to take every step well."
The fourth prince nodded and said, "That's right. I usually play chess at Guanyi Pavilion, so you can play chess with me if you have time." If Ji Wenzhao was the first person invited by the four princes, Zhang Yunzheng would be the second.
Zhang Yunzheng nodded but then shook his head and said: "Eh... I'm going to the south soon, when I come back, I will definitely go to play chess with you often..."
While the two were talking, a colorful light flew from the corner of their eyes. The three sitting on the ground looked at it at the same time, and saw a colorful ball falling from the sky onto the lawn to their left. A dark little boy grinned, Drooling glisteningly, he was running over at a high speed, followed by a girl panting after him.