"Chu Kuan, bring me the new ink that my father sent me."
When this sentence did not attract a response for a long time, the third prince raised his head and sighed deeply. The longer he spent studying in Ciqing Palace every day, the more he could feel Chu Kuan's consideration and benefits. People often just stand here silently and can meet all your needs, so whenever someone is suddenly absent like now, he is not used to it.
"It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality." The little prince blurted out such a sentence that was not very suitable for the situation, and then he couldn't help but wonder where Chu Kuan had gone. He still remembered that the last time he went on a long journey, it was to rescue the second prince who was held hostage by the rebels. Although he failed to rescue him, he killed all the rebels as a sacrifice.
Chu Kuan's title is the manager of Wan'an Palace, but his mother never asked Chu Kuan to stay in Wan'an Palace. Instead, she earnestly told Chu Kuan to take good care of him. Now he is not in Ciqing Palace, but definitely not in Wan'an Palace either. He must have gone out of the palace again to do something.
Speaking of which, ever since the incident with the Second Prince, his father seems to have become much more distant from others. Should he try to persuade him
When the Third Prince was thinking about this, he suddenly heard a commotion outside, and then with a shout of "Third Brother", the Fourth Prince rushed in like a gust of wind. However, as soon as he entered the door, he pushed aside the door curtain and shouted to the outside: "I'm talking to my Third Brother, all of you get out of here, don't come near me!"
The Third Prince was immediately puzzled. Today's classes were over, and the tutors had all gone home. Considering that some elders had hoped not to use literate eunuchs here, and Chu Kuan often served here, there were only some sweepers outside the Ciqing Palace, who would never dare to come in or eavesdrop, so wasn't his fourth brother's order unnecessary
The Fourth Prince certainly didn't know that his Third Brother was thinking this. He rushed forward, pulled the Third Prince up, looked around for a while, and immediately lowered his voice and said, "Third Brother, Chu Kuan is dead!"
"What did you say?" The Third Prince didn't react at first. After asking, he finally realized what the Fourth Prince had said. His face suddenly changed. "How could he be dead? Who assassinated him, or..."
The words after two words were about to come out, but the third prince cut them off. If it wasn't an assassination attempt, then the only person who could kill Chu Kuan could be the emperor. But why would the emperor do this? Didn't Chu Kuan grow up with the emperor? It is said that during the most dangerous period, he had saved the emperor and the queen mother several times!
The Fourth Prince saw the Third Prince's expression changing constantly, and when he looked down, he saw his fists clenched and unclenched, unclenched and clenched again, clearly very emotional. Although he didn't quite understand when his Third Brother and Chu Kuan became so close, he wisely didn't ask any further questions, but whispered, "Chen Yongshou specifically told me this, and told me to tell my Third Brother not to mention him again in the future."
In the eyes of the Third Prince, this was equivalent to confirming why his father had killed Chu Kuan. His originally pale face suddenly became even paler. He wanted to say something, but his lips trembled for a long time, and he couldn't say a word. It took him a long time to regain his ability to speak.