Chapter 21: Out of the Palace
CHAPTER XX
Speaking of which, the prince does not have such a lovely sister as Runrun, but he has a younger brother, the second prince Zhu Sheng.
Although the second prince and the prince are brothers of the same father and mother, their personalities are indeed very different.
Although the prince also has some young rebellion, he is still very sensible on the whole, and has not caused any big trouble, and usually does some learning in the East Palace.
The second prince is two years younger than the crown prince, and he has reached the age of sensibility, but he is still the prince who hates cats and dogs in the palace.
For example, the crown prince doesn't like Princess Nanxuan, and the second prince of Zhu Sheng may not like it either. It's just that he never expressed his displeasure with his sister who was the same age as him, but just threw caterpillars into her tea every day with a smile and wiped mud handprints on her new clothes.
Unlike the crown prince, who was going to inherit the throne in the future, both the emperor and Empress Yuan intended to cultivate him into an idle character. He teased cats and dogs, although sometimes it was really annoying, but the emperor didn't really force him to force his temperament.
On this day, when the prince left the palace, the second prince said that he would go out with his brother.
The prince has been able to leave the palace often recently because he has been grounded for almost a month, and the emperor also sees him as pitiful, gives him three tokens, and grants him three opportunities to leave the palace. I had already used one of them to go to the Chengguo Mansion before, and now I have two left in my hand.
The second prince had to follow, and the prince felt that he couldn't restrain his younger brother, for fear that he would cause trouble outside. Especially when he had a rash some time ago and was stuffy in the dormitory for almost two months, God knows what he could do with this fun. Second, it is a token to come out of a person, and with this younger brother, he will not have a third chance.
When the second prince saw that his brother refused, he sat on the ground with his buttocks, and cried while twisting his body: "I have already told the queen mother, and the queen mother said that if you are willing to take me, let me out." You and I are mothers and brothers, you only care about playing by yourself, and you don't think about me. I was sorry for helping you take on the matter of the imperial study last time......"
The prince hurried to cover his mouth.
The incident that the second prince said about the imperial study was that one day the emperor summoned the two princes to the imperial study for an audience.
When the two brothers arrived, several ministers asked to meet with them to discuss disaster relief after the floods in Fujian.
The emperor asked the two princes to stand aside and listen.
The minister who reported to him was an old civil official, and he was chattering about it, and this matter was already complicated, and the two brothers stood for almost an hour, and he hadn't finished speaking.
In addition, it was unfortunate that on this day, the two brothers had lunch together in the palace with the queen, and they ate the soybean stewed pig's feet that the second prince liked.
If you eat too many soybeans, everyone understands that it is necessary to ventilate.
The second prince doesn't restrain himself, he wants to fart, and he lets it go secretly.
The prince was afraid of embarrassment in front of people, so he secretly endured it.
This fart is getting bigger and bigger, and finally I can't hold it anymore, and I let out a long and undulating, lingering big fart!
The imperial study room is discussing national affairs, very quiet, in contrast, this fart is really extraordinarily loud. For a while, everyone in the hall couldn't help but look over......
The prince's face turned red, and he really wanted to get into the crack in the ground immediately.
At this time, the second prince standing beside him grinned and said to everyone: "I ate soybeans at noon, forgive me." ā
The emperor pointed at him helplessly and funny and scolded: "You said that you are not in a proper manner!" ā
Although everyone may not believe it, no one will delve into anything.
The prince finally got down the stairs and looked at his brother gratefully.
The second prince didn't feel anything, his eldest brother was going to be in charge of the government in the future, and he would have to work with this group of people day by day in the future. He didn't have much of it himself, and he didn't have to see them often anyway, and a fart wasn't a big deal for him.
But this did not prevent him from using this matter as a raft at this time, and he had to let his brother take him out of the palace together.
In front of the public, the dignified son sat on the ground and cried. It's the crown prince, who helps this younger brother panic.
"Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you. It's okay to take you there, but you have to talk to me about the 'three chapters of the law'. ā
The second prince immediately accepted the cry and jumped up from the ground, "Okay, okay, don't say three chapters, thirty chapters, three hundred chapters, I promise them all!" ā
This face-changing effort simply amazed the prince.
The two went out of the palace gate with a group of guards, and the second prince remembered to ask his brother where he was going.
He definitely didn't go to the Chengguo Mansion, so he didn't want to play with Ruyi.
He was the youngest of the three, and he didn't know how much of his cousin's losses he had suffered since he was a child. So much so that the second prince, who is not afraid of heaven and earth now, is still a little afraid of her.
Not to mention anything else, just every time they met, Ruyi came over and deliberately compared his height with him, and then touched his head and sighed again and again, he jumped to his feet angrily!
The queen mother has said that the boy is late when he grows taller! In two years, he will definitely be able to surpass her!
The crown prince went to the Chengguo Mansion a few days ago, but of course he won't go this time. This time he went to hang out, looking for some landscape calligraphy and paintings, and put the lone manuscript in the front hall for collection, although it was not as good as the ones collected in the palace, it was not interesting.
When the second prince heard this, he was also interested. In fact, sometimes he blames his father and queen mother for being eccentric, and his brother can often come out in the name of 'sympathy for the people', but he can only watch dryly. Speaking of which, this is the third time he has been out of the palace since he grew so old.
The two of them had already changed their clothes before leaving the palace, and they were accompanied by a few henchmen who looked like family members, and the rest of the guards were hidden in the crowd, so they seemed to be just rich boys who went out shopping at this time.
The prince wanted to go to the study, and the second prince didn't want to follow. But I had no choice but to mention one of the previous 'Three Chapters of the Law', that is, the second prince must follow him.
There are not many people in the study, especially the more precious manuscript, which is even less crowded.
But it is no wonder that a neatly written manuscript can be sold for a few taels of silver, enough for a small family to chew for a month.
The shopkeeper of the study is also poisonous, and when he sees them, he knows that a big customer is coming, so he greets them with extra courtesy.
The prince read all famous books, and the second prince was not interested in those, so he went to the place where he sold painting books at the door.
Most of the books are drawn with heroic stories such as the Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness and the Water Margin, which is especially attractive to boys in his grade. This look fascinated him.
The second prince became more and more energetic, and he leaned directly on the bookcase and buried his head in it.
Wu Song fought the tiger, Wu Song was fighting with the big insect, and when the second prince was engrossed, suddenly a small white hand reached out in front of him.
The second prince didn't think about it, and waved it away directly.
With a crisp sound, the second prince reacted, and when he looked up from the book, he saw a short and fat little girl with a budding bun and a small pink collar silk shirt standing in front of him, covering her hands with red eyes.
The second prince put down the book, scratched the back of his head, and said, "I'm reading a book, what are you doing with your hand stretched out?" ā
The short and fat girl's face was like a white ball, and she flattened her mouth, as if she was about to cry in the next moment.
The second prince also panicked and hurriedly apologized: "I didn't mean to hit you, it's that I'm too obsessed with reading." You show me your hand, does it hurt you? ā
The little girl handed him her hand, and the back of her white hand was visibly red. When the second prince saw it, he was also very unhappy in his heart, although he often bullied people in the palace, he never bullied the small with the big, let alone such a soft little girl.
She sobbed a few times, but finally struggled to hold back her tears, and then said with a crying voice, "Brother, I'm lost...... No, it's not because you hit me that I want to cry. ā
The second prince was softened by the soft and glutinous 'brother's shout, blew the back of her hand, and asked her, "Then where is your home?" I'll have someone send you back? ā
"IāI don't know. The first time I went out, my aunt said she would take me to make new clothes, but there was an older sister there who wouldn't let us in. And then the people around her came to catch us up&...... There are so many people, and I don't know why I can't find my aunt. ā
The second prince scratched his head in embarrassment, the little girl didn't know the road, how could he know it. I don't know if his brother is willing to help him......
When he was in a dilemma, suddenly his brother's surprised voice behind him-
"Runrun? Why are you here? ā