The final result of the Taixue exam was Prince Lin Qing first, eldest Prince Lin Ting second, and Song Jinglan third, and the Lin Emperor's praise was also sent to each palace in turn.
In the eyes of everyone, Song Jinglan is no more than a general, no stubbornness, no stubbornness. This sudden appearance is shocking. However, Emperor Lin said it was a coincidence, and after being surprised, he didn't take it seriously, and was happily preparing for the New Year.
Lin Ting and Lin Qing were the most outstanding of the princes, and Emperor Lin separately called them to the hall to praise them, and respectively rewarded the treasures of their two sons. When leaving from the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart, Dongyang paved the ground outside, and Lin Qing smiled and said to Lin Ting: "This time I can beat the emperor's brother again. I still prefer the emperor's chanting plum."
Lin Ting smiled shyly: "Nothing compares to the third brother's Hsinchu."
Lin Qing looked at him with deep eyes, but found that his eldest brother was as sincere and innocent as ever, and the shallow grudges and suspicions that had arisen in his heart every time at this time disappeared in his gentle smile.
Lin Qing stepped on the steps and said with a smile: "Brother Emperor, we can compete again in the spring, don't let me go."
Lin Ting shook his head: "You know I don't like hunting."
Lin Qing shrugged, "Okay, then I will hunt a mountain rabbit for the emperor brother and come back and give your rabbit a companion."
Lin Ting smiled crookedly at the corner of his eyes: "Okay."
He received the compliments and rewards from his father, and was happy in his heart. When he returned to the Yaohua Palace with brisk steps, he found a guest in the palace.
Every year before the Lunar New Year, the Ruan family will send people in. Although Guifei Ruan lacks anything, she still cares about her mother's heart. This time it was an aunt of hers who was holding hands and talking happily in the temple.
Seeing the eldest prince coming, Aunt Ruan smiled and saluted him, Lin Tingxu took it, and politely helped him up.
Concubine Ruan saw the East China Sea Jade Inkstone in his hand and asked with a smile, "Your Majesty rewarded it?"
Lin Ting replied: "Yes."
She asked again: "What did you reward the prince?"
Lin Ting pursed her lower lip, her voice unconsciously lowered a bit: "The third brother is the same as Erchen, except that there is an extra ancient jade fan pendant."
Concubine Ruan’s smile faded a bit. Aunt Ruan watched her words and thoughts, hurriedly smiled and said to Lin Ting: “The prime minister always cares about Your Royal Highness. I don’t know that your Royal Highness likes small animals. I got this well-behaved puppy a while ago. Li is very healthy, just waiting for my Royal Highness to send it when I enter the palace."
Lin Ting didn't pay attention at first. After listening to her, she saw a cage on the corner of the house. In the cage was a pure white puppy, which looked like a fox and was very cute and cute. Seeing him come over. Wagging his tail at him happily.
Lin Ting's eyes were stagnant, as if afraid, he quickly retracted his gaze and lowered his eyes.
Concubine Ruan took a look at him and smiled at his aunt: "Father is interested."
After talking for a while, Aunt Ruan left. Before leaving, she smiled and said to Lin Ting: "His Royal Highness, this dog has a name, Chang Er."
As soon as she left, Concubine Ruan, who was lazily leaning on the collapse, told the maid: "Send the dog to the prince's room."
Lin Ting's fingers trembled, and two steps forward, knelt down, and whispered: "Mother concubine, I don't want to raise him."
Concubine Ruan Gui looked at her nails and asked quietly, "Why don't you raise them? Don't you like these the most?"
Lin Ting knelt and said nothing.
Concubine Ruan Gui looked over and her voice gradually became severe: "I'm afraid I will let you kill it again, right?"
Lin Ting's back was stretched straight, his teeth clenched, and it took a long time before he plucked up the courage and said, "Yes. The child minister doesn't want to raise or kill, ask the mother and concubine to do it."
Concubine Ruan Guiqi was so angry that he laughed, sat up straight and looked at him for a long while, and said in a deep voice, "Ting'er, get up."
Lin Ting gritted his teeth and stood up slowly. When he raised his head, there was a stubborn youthful stubbornness in his reddish eyes.
Concubine Ruan sighed, stretched out her hand to pull him to her side, and asked softly: "The mother concubine let you kill that rabbit last time, do you hate the concubine in your heart?"
He didn't speak, only shook his head.
Concubine Ruan looked at him and said, "You feel that your mother is cruel, because you still don’t understand the royal way of life. You are so weak-hearted, it’s okay to be born in an ordinary family, but you are born in the royal family, everyone Where you need to take a sword and a sword. You are soft-hearted to others, and they will not treat you half way. You will rely on yourself to fight for everything in the future. You don’t want to be cruel, so you can let others squeeze your temper. Fight? What to fight for?"
Lin Ting whispered: "I never wanted to fight for anything."
Concubine Ruan Gui laughed self-deprecatingly: "Whether you want to fight or don't want to fight, you are born in this position, everything is already doomed."
Lin Tinghong's eyes were still trying to say something, she waved her hand, and sat back lazily, "Okay, I have a head ailment these few days, so I won't tell you more. If you don't want to raise it, just take it and throw it away. ."
Lin Ting was overjoyed. Before the joy came to her eyes, she listened to her mother's concubine coldly saying: "Throw it to the animal garden." Then he instructed the chief eunuch beside him: "Wang Yang, you accompany the hall and watch with your own eyes. He threw it away and came back to report."
The animal garden is a place where ferocious birds and beasts are kept in the palace.
Such a weak puppy would only become food for beasts if thrown in.
Lin Ting looked at his beloved mother and concubine in disbelief, moved his lips, but couldn't say a word.
Lin Ting said nothing on the way to the animal park holding the puppy. Wang Yang is loyal to Concubine Ruan Gui and naturally he will not disobey the order. He can only persuade him: "His Royal Highness, Niang Niang is also for your good. You will understand when your Highness grows up. You will treat this as a dead thing and throw it with your eyes closed. It's over."
Lin Ting ignored him. The puppy hunched in his arms, sticking out his little pink tongue to lick his fingers.
He has loved animals since he was a child, and animals have been close to him. Whether it is cats, dogs or birds, he is willing to approach him actively.
But he can't protect them.
With red eyes, he hugged the puppy up, kissed its moving ears, and said something softly.
Wang Yang walked in front, looked back at the sound, then sighed and turned back, asking, is it possible that the majesty is too soft-hearted to force him in this way.
The location of the animal garden was very partial. When passing a courtyard full of weeds, Lin Ting, who had been silent, suddenly threw the puppy in from the dilapidated courtyard wall.
The yard was covered with several layers of dead branches and fallen leaves. The puppy didn't get hurt. When it fell, he whimpered twice, then climbed up on his calf, and ran without a trace.
There are many deserted and deserted wells nearby. I heard that many people have been drowned before. Wang Yang reacted and said, "His Royal Highness!"
Lin Ting looked at him coldly: "Tell the mother and concubine what you want!"
After speaking, turn around and leave.
Wang Yang looked at the dilapidated and cold yard, and then at Lin Ting who was walking away. He stomped his feet and could only return to the palace.
In Yaohua Palace, Concubine Ruan Guifei was lying on the collapse, the maid knelt aside and rubbed the acupuncture points on her head. Hearing Wang Yang returned to life, Dan Feng's eyes were slightly picked, but she was not angry, she just said with a lazy smile. Sentence: "It's a hard breath."
Lin Ting didn't return to the Yaohua Palace, but hid alone in an abandoned courtyard and cried for a while, then wiped away the tears and walked to Mingyue Palace.
When it was about to arrive, I heard Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu's laughter from a distance from the courtyard wall. When they came closer, they were playing snowball fights in the courtyard.
Seeing him push the door in, Lin Feilu unceremoniously slammed the snowball in his hand towards him, and Lin Ting was stunned and slammed into it.
Lin Zhanyuan clapped his hands next to him and laughed, "Big Brother Rabbit lost!"
His originally depressed and uncomfortable mood improved a bit. Lin Feilu smiled and ran over and took his hand: "Brother Dahuang, show you the snow dolls I made!"
There is no snowman at this time, it is the first time Lin Ting has seen him, and thinks Xiao Wu is really amazing.
As soon as he came in, Lin Feilu found him crying. He played with him for a while. After seeing his eyes gradually regaining the smile, he pulled him into the house. The little adult touched his head and asked: "Brother Dahuang, you what's wrong?"
Xiao Wu is probably the only person in this palace who is willing to share his thoughts.
Lin Ting's voice was low and told her what had happened.
He didn't agree with his mother and concubine in his heart, but he didn't know how to refute it. He wants to be filial and obedient, but also to protect his beloved.
He is the eldest son of Emperor Lin, and the oldest prince in this palace. He will always look like a gentle elder brother in front of his younger siblings, but in fact he is only twelve or three years old, an eldest child.
Lin Feilu didn't say much after listening to him.
This is his own life, and his mother and concubine have been involved enough.
She just took his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Dahuang, let's go get the puppy back!"
Lin Ting was stunned: "But... it's very remote. The puppy has already ran away, so I don't know where to find it."
Lin Feilu took the hand and walked out: "If we can't find it today, we will look for it tomorrow, if we can't find it tomorrow, we will look for it again the day after tomorrow, until we find it!"
Lin Zhanyuan was still stacking his crooked snowmen in the yard. When he saw them going out, Da Da Da ran over, tilted his head up and asked, "Where are Brother Rabbit and Sister Rabbit?"
Lin Feilu smiled and said, "Let's find a puppy, and find it back to play with you."
Lin Zhanyuan didn't know who he learned to act like a baby, and went to Lin Ting's clothes corner: "I want to go too."
Lin Ting took his sixth brother's cold hand in his palm, held his younger sister in one hand, and pulled the younger brother together, turning into that reassuring gentle brother again: "Okay, let's go together."