When Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying returned to the presence of the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince hand in hand, Hua Qi glanced at Ah Liu who was coming around from somewhere else with a calm expression as if he had just arrived. He was too lazy to expose the boy who had just sneaked over to eavesdrop, and at the same time, in order to warn others against approaching and eavesdropping, he walked forward with a smile.
With his hearing ability, he naturally heard everything the two of them said just now. Of course, he also knew that neither Zhu Ying nor Zhang Shou cared about him eavesdropping, otherwise they would not have whispered to each other on Wansui Mountain. Therefore, he did not pretend to know nothing at this time, but said directly: "From the tone of Mr. Shou's words just now, are you planning to follow the eldest son and get married in November?"
"Well, if we wait any longer, we might end up with more trouble." Zhang Shou laughed. Seeing the three princes and the four princes staring at him, he said with a smile, "Why, Zheng Rong, Zheng Rong, do you two object?"
"No, no!" The third prince quickly shook his head like a rattle. He hesitated and was too embarrassed to say it out loud, but the fourth prince rushed to ask, "But didn't the teacher say that we should get married after Sister Yingying's elder brother? Sister Yingying's elder brother hasn't been engaged yet!"
Zhu Ying was immediately annoyed when she found out that her eldest brother's difficult marriage had become a topic even the children knew about. She flicked the fourth prince's head. Seeing him staring at her aggrievedly, she said unhappily, "Be careful, my eldest brother will find out that you two dare to chew his tongue. You will be in trouble! Just wait for the wedding in November!"
The Third Prince was not as impulsive as the Fourth Prince. Seeing that his foolish Fourth Brother was still asking further questions, he quickly pulled him behind him, then nodded sincerely and said, "Brother Zhu is both civil and military, and has made outstanding contributions. He will definitely marry a virtuous wife, just like the teacher married Sister Yingying!"
Seeing Zhu Ying's smile and Zhang Shou's good mood, the Third Prince carefully asked Zhang Shou about the foreign history lecture in the Imperial Academy. Zhang Shou didn't expect that he just said it casually, but the Third Prince remembered it. He immediately sighed that he couldn't make wishes to children casually, and coughed immediately.
"Once a word is spoken, it cannot be taken back. As long as the emperor permits, this matter will be a piece of cake. However, based on what I said before, someone may soon say that I am talking nonsense. If I talk about it again in the future, there may be more things that are very different from our country, which may violate taboos. So I have to ask for the emperor's permission."
As soon as the words fell, the fourth prince rushed to say, "Don't you just need the emperor's consent? Teacher, please leave it to me and my third brother, we will go and ask together, it will definitely work! The emperor has always said that you are a talent, and that Sister Yingying has a good eye!"
This flattery finally hit the spot that made Zhu Ying so happy. She smiled happily, and saw that the Third Prince was dragged away by the Fourth Prince before he could say anything, and Hua Qi disappeared quietly after a group of guards hurriedly caught up with him. She couldn't help but say with some annoyance: "Uncle Hua is always elusive, even in the palace."
That's because he is nominally a member of your family, but actually a member of the emperor... Wait, in the future, he will actually be nominally a member of his family! With this realization, Zhang Shou thought about the trouble of having such an elusive person in his family, and then thought about how the little guys in his family seemed to be getting better and better in training, so he couldn't complain.