Chapter 16 The East Palace Attendant Reads
In the eyes of Cheng Mei, the current prince Zhu Houzhao was born to Mrs. An He, and since he was a member of the Li Dynasty, he must not be the prince. Bayi Middle School? Wenwang ? ?.? But now Zhu Youzhi only has such an heir, and he firmly believes that Zhu Houzhao is Zhang Junzhao's descendant, and no one has any reason to depose Zhu Houzhao's position as the prince, and only one person can naturally replace Zhu Houzhao's position.
And that person is the prince who was discarded by Wen Po a few years ago, although that prince is only from the capital, but in the end he is also a Han species, and it is easy to replace a prince born to the Li Dynasty.
Speaking of which, Qi Mei should have told the Empress Dowager Zhou truthfully about this matter, but she had concealed it for many years and never mentioned it to the Empress Dowager Zhou, so it was hard to guarantee that she did not have selfish intentions to take advantage of the fisherman!
You must know that helping a prince who lives in the people to get the position of the prince, and when he ascends the throne in the future, he must be grateful to her.
Qi Mei instructed Qin Tianjian to say that Wenqu Xingzhao was born in Xinjian County in the same year, month and day as Zhu Houzhao, and she tried to summon the prince into the palace, and then she helped him rebel step by step.
Zhu Youzhu couldn't stand the advice of several cabinet elders in the court, and in desperation, he was willing to send a decree to Xinjian and instructed the newly built magistrate to find the person who was born in the same year, month, and day with Zhu Houzhao.
Although he didn't really believe in these ghosts and gods, he still sent someone to find them.
There are two children born in Xinjian County and Zhu Houzhao on the same day, one surnamed Li, who is the son of a rich family, and the other, whose surname is Wei, is a child of a poor family.
Since Zhu Youzhi personally made the order, these two children were naturally escorted into the palace by the magistrate of Xinjian County.
On this day, the two children entered the palace. Zhu Youzhi was summoned to go to the Qianqing Palace to face the saint.
It stands to reason that those who can be an attendant to the prince are more suitable to give preference to the children of rich families, but the children of poor families. It met Zhu Youji's mind and pleased Zhu Houzhao.
When the two children entered the hall, Zhu Youzhu had not yet raised his eyes to look over, but Zhang Yu had already seen it from a distance, and he saw that the plainly dressed child was very familiar. After thinking about it for a while, I remembered that a few days ago, when they were in Xinjian and had nowhere to stay, they told them that they could go to Yiwang's Mansion to spend the night, and that child seemed to be called Wei Liansheng.
At the beginning, Zhu Youzhu wanted to give him a name.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yu hurriedly whispered to Zhu Youji, Zhu Youzhu raised his eyes to look at the two children when he heard the call, he looked at Wei Liansheng, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and murmured: "Liansheng? ”
At that time, Wei Liansheng had also seen him. At the beginning, Zhu Youzhu wanted to name him, with the appearance of this Zhu Youji, he remembered it clearly, and now when he saw him sitting on the dragon chair in the Qianqing Palace, he knew that the strange uncle who wanted to name him was the current saint!
Although he was fortunate to meet once, Wei Liansheng never became arrogant because of this, and Zhu Youzhu did not have this child who looked very much like himself, and immediately selected him as Zhu Houzhao's attendant.
The two children had just entered the palace and did not know the etiquette in the palace. Wei Liansheng has been humble and polite since he was a child, no matter who is in front of him, he always bows slightly, but only slightly. He did not bend his knees.
And another rich kid, who has been pampered since he was a child, where does he know these etiquettes, he saw Wei Liansheng bowing down like this, he was still indifferent, Zhang Yu reminded loudly: "See Your Majesty." Why don't you kneel down and salute? ”
Hearing this, Wei Liansheng knew that it was appropriate to bow like this, and he was not a stupid person, so after hearing Zhang Yu's reminder, he immediately knelt down and said, "Liansheng knocks to see Your Majesty." ”
The other child waited for Wei Liansheng to finish speaking, and then took a step forward and knelt down to salute, but did not speak.
"Get up."
Wei Liansheng said: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”
After this move, these two children, who is smart and who is not smart, who can read to Zhu Houzhao and who can't read to Zhu Houzhao, this is already obvious, Zhu Youzhi originally liked this Wei Liansheng from the bottom of his heart, and now compared with these two children, Wei Liansheng is extremely smart, and he is naturally more optimistic.
But Zhang Junfang said that they can't be parents in this matter, and they have to see who Zhu Houzhao likes.
Zhu Youzhu then looked sideways at Zhang Yu and said, "You go and call the prince." ”
Zhang Yu answered, and then walked to the outside of the Dongnuan Pavilion, knocked lightly on the door, and called: "Prince, Your Majesty called you out." ”
Zhu Houzhao was originally waiting in Dongnuan Pavilion because of this matter, but Zhang Yu called at this time, he naturally ran out in a hurry, ran to Zhu Youzhi's side, and called "Father", Zhu Youzhi said: "Do you remember what your father just told you?" ”
"Remember," Zhu Houzhao nodded.
Zhu Youzhi replied, pointed to the two children in the center of the hall, and said, "These two little brothers, you choose one by yourself and study with you." ”
Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao was not polite, and after Zhu Youzhi finished speaking, he ran to the two children, and asked the rich boy at first: "What is your name?" ”
When the child surnamed Li heard Zhu Houzhao ask like this, he was quite frightened, and said, "I...... My name is Li Xing. ”
Zhu Houzhao just wanted to find a child of the same age who could play with him, but this Li Xing was so flustered, I was afraid that the two of them would have nothing to play in the future. He nodded lightly and said "oh", and then walked up to Wei Liansheng and asked, "What about you?" ”
Wei Liansheng bowed slightly, bowed and said, "Back to the prince, my name is Wei Liansheng." ”
"Liansheng?"
Zhu Houzhao's reaction when he heard this name was exactly the same as Zhu Youji's original reaction, he was a little surprised, and asked, "Why are you called Liansheng?" It's not a lotus, or a lotus. ”
Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Wei Liansheng couldn't help grinning, in fact, Zhu Houzhao asked this just to make Wei Liansheng happy, but Zhu Youzhi heard it but reprimanded slightly: "Zhao'er, don't be rude." ”
Zhu Houzhao listened to the reprimand, and made a grimace with Zhu Youji, and said "oh" at the same time, Wei Liansheng also said at that time, jokingly: "My name is Liansheng, if the prince calls me Hesheng or Lotus Sheng, then I shouldn't have heard it." ”
Wei Liansheng said, Zhu Houzhao replied, nodded and smiled: "Oh, then I'll call you Liansheng." ”
The two looked at each other and smiled. Zhu Houzhao turned around and looked at Zhu Youji, and said, "Father, the son wants Liansheng to be an attendant. ”
"Okay," Zhu Youzhi knew that he chose Liansheng. Naturally, he was happy and very satisfied, and said with a slight bow: "Whoever Zhao'er likes, then we will choose whomever we want." ”
Before the words fell, Zhu Houzhao turned around and took Wei Liansheng's hand again. smiled with him: "Liansheng, you will study with me in the future, do you have any comments to say?" ”
Wei Liansheng shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't have any feelings, I'm just hungry and want to eat." ”
"I know there is a lot of food in the imperial dining room, there must be something you like, I'll take you there," Zhu Houzhao said, then pulled Wei Liansheng and ran outside, and said loudly: "Father." Erchen took Liansheng to find something to eat, and came back to write his homework! ”
Zhu Youzhu was naturally very relieved to see that Zhu Houzhao liked Wei Liansheng so much, for some reason, he always felt that this Wei Liansheng was familiar, and when he first saw him in Xinjian, he felt very familiar and very cordial.
What's more, this Wei Liansheng looks very much like him when he was a child!
It's really like it. Eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth. All of them are the same as when he was a child, not only in appearance, but also in the charm between his eyebrows and eyes.
Zhu Youzhu always remembered that this Wei Liansheng looked similar to himself, but he never doubted his background, Wei Liansheng said. He was raised by his parents from a lotus flower, and from then on, he should have doubted.
Four years have passed in the blink of an eye, and it is now the early spring of the sixteenth year of Hongji.
Today, Zhang Junyu didn't feel sleepy after lunch, so she thought about secretly going to Duanben Palace to see what Zhu Houzhao was doing, she often heard several gentlemen say that Zhu Houzhao is extremely studious and self-motivated, and with Wei Liansheng's assistance, the more humble and polite he is.
These are all said by several pavilion elders in Wenhua Palace, Zhang Junyu naturally believes that it is just that she has not cared about Zhu Houzhao's schoolwork for a long time, and on a whim today, she went to Duanben Palace while she was free at this time.
When Zhang Junfang arrived at Duanben Palace, Zhu Houzhao happened to come out of Duanben Palace with Wei Liansheng, and the two of them saluted Zhang Junfang, one said, "The son asks the queen mother", and the other says, "Weichen asks the queen mother." ”
"Let's all be even," Zhang Junyu responded, seeing Zhu Houzhao holding the schoolwork of the two of them in his hands, he couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that this Zhu Houzhao really loves Wei Liansheng very much, and as the prince, he actually took things for the waiter himself.
Zhang Junfang didn't say anything, after all, this was Zhu Houzhao's own willingness, and she said that she shouldn't discipline anything.
"Zhao'er, this is going to the Wenhua Palace?"
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said with a smile: "The queen mother is so smart!" ”
In the end, it is father and son, Zhu Houzhao is more and more similar to Zhu Youzhi when he speaks. Zhang Junyu also smiled and said: "Then you go, listen carefully, you are not allowed to desert!" ”
Zhu Houzhao agreed: "I know, Erchen has always listened carefully. ”
Zhang Junfang nodded lightly when he heard this, and then looked at Wei Liansheng again, and said: "Liansheng, be optimistic about the prince, if he deserts, you can tell the palace." ”
Wei Liansheng said with a smile: "Yes, Weichen must report it to Niangniang." ”
Zhang Junwei waited for Wei Liansheng to finish, then waved his hand and said kindly: "Go ahead." ”
"Erchen farewell," Zhu Houzhao bowed, and Wei Liansheng followed up and said, "Weichen farewell." ”
Zhang Junyu saw Zhu Houzhao holding his schoolwork left and right, pulling Wei Liansheng with his right hand and running outside, he was surprised and relieved in his heart, but in the end, this surprise was more than gratifying, she asked Nan Xu in a low voice, "Why does Zhao'er love Liansheng so much?" ”
Nan Xu didn't think about it, but said: "I think it's because of ...... Liansheng has many similarities with the crown prince. ”
Zhang Junfang looked at her sideways and said lightly: "My aunt thinks Liansheng is like Zhao'er, and this palace thinks he is like Your Majesty." ”
Nan Su was stunned, thinking that she had served by Zhu Youji's side since she was a child, and naturally knew that this Wei Liansheng and Zhu Youzhi looked similar, but she just wanted to cause trouble, because she had never mentioned it to Zhang Junzhu, and she didn't want Zhang Junfang to be aware of it.
Zhang Junyu said: "Auntie, do you feel that the charm of Liansheng's gestures is very similar to Your Majesty." ”
Nan Xu said: "Maybe it's a coincidence. ”
Hearing Nan Su say this, Zhang Junfang didn't say anything anymore, just walked towards the outside of the Duanben Palace, but saw Qi Mei walking away along the wall, Zhang Junfang knew that she was definitely going to come over, so he couldn't help but be a little suspicious in his heart.
She muttered, "What are you doing here......
This Qi Mei came over, naturally wanting to curry favor with Wei Liansheng, but she just came over, and when she saw Zhang Junyu here, she hurriedly turned back.
In the eyes of others, Qi Mei was extremely concerned about Zhu Houzhao and Wei Liansheng, and often came to Duanben Palace to find the two of them.
Nan Su also thought so, Zhang Junfang muttered, and she said: "The slave maid heard that Qi Mei often comes here to find the prince and Liansheng. ”
Zhang Junyu said unhappily: "What kind of medicine is she selling in this gourd!" ”
Nan Xu didn't know how to answer, so she simply didn't say anything.
In fact, Zhang Junfang was just talking, she didn't want to ask Nan Su to answer, and now that she was out of Duanben Palace, she naturally wanted to go back to Kunning Palace.
At that time, Zhang Junfang had not yet come out of Jingyunmen, and saw Tan Yifeng standing in front of her from a distance, thinking that she had not seen him for a long time, but now that she suddenly saw it, she was naturally a little surprised, so she called: "Brother? ”
Tan Yifeng turned around when he heard this, walked towards her unhurriedly, and said gently: "Niangniang, Weichen has something to tell you." ”
"What's the matter?" Zhang Junfang asked.
Tan Yifeng's gaze crossed Zhang Junyu and moved to Nan Su, Zhang Junfeng saw him like this, and knew that he was going to break up Nan Su, so he ordered from the side: "Auntie, go back first." ”
After Nan Su left, Tan Yifeng said: "Niangniang, tomorrow is Xie Er's death." ”
Hearing this, Zhang Junyu was stunned, paused before he said slightly: "I know, I will go." ”
Zhang Junfang's voice fell, and the two looked at each other speechlessly, and after a long time, Zhang Junfang asked, "Brother is looking for me just to talk about this?" ”
Tan Yifeng shook his head and said, "No." ”
When Zhang Junfang heard what he said, he was naturally even more suspicious, this talked about Yifeng, but the more elusive it became, she asked in a daze: "What else is there, brother said it together." ”
Tan Yifeng said: "I just want to see you." ”
Zhang Junqi was stunned, smiled slightly, and did not speak, Tan Yifeng secretly looked sideways, and saw Zhu Youzhu coming not far behind Zhang Junqi, so he pretended to have angina, and suddenly leaned over to cover his heart. Seeing him like this, Zhang Junfang was naturally shocked, and hurriedly supported him, grabbed his arm and called, "Brother! ”
Tan Yifeng seemed to be better, and Zhang Junfang was concerned. It's just that he was still holding his arm at this time, Tan Yifeng straightened up, but he took her hand without warning, and his eyes naturally drooped and stared at her.
At that time, Zhang Junfeng was shocked for a while, and he forgot to dodge, but he also stared at him, but Tan Yifeng slowly raised his hand, stroked her cheek, and said with a smile: "Zhu'er is still good-looking." ”
Zhang Junyu came back to his senses, quickly broke free, turned around and was about to walk away.
At this time, Fang knew that Zhu Youzhu had been watching from behind, it was too late! (To be continued.) )