Unlike when he returned to his room after the conversation, although Yuan Zifang was one of the owners of the Fuwang Mansion, he actually lived here for very little time, and most of the time, even his parents, Fuwang and his wife, didn't know what he was doing.

It's not that they don't care about him, but in the case of Yuan Ziqing's poor health, even the people of Fu Wangfu know that most of the people who will support the lintel of the palace in the future will be him, so Yuan Zifang needs to learn a lot of things, and going out to socialize with friends of the same age and the children of the world friends is an indispensable arrangement, and these things can only be done by him, so he will naturally be very busy.

Of course, the most important thing is that although he looks lively and jumpy, he is actually a very measured person, and he knows everything about what to do and what not to do, so King Fu and the princess will not care about his business when they are not energetic.

Out of the door, riding a horse all the way out of the West City Gate, Yuan Zifang immediately saw the people in the long pavilion. He rode his horse and walked over slowly, and someone beckoned, "Why did Brother Zifang come so late today?" We thought you weren't coming. ”

"Why don't you come to such a grand event?" Yuan Zifang smiled slightly, jumped off the horse, handed the reins to the little guy who followed behind, and entered the pavilion.

There were seven or eight young people sitting in the pavilion, and the one who just opened his mouth to greet Yuan Zifang was Fang Tingyu, the prince of the Shuguo Mansion. She and Yuan Zifang are close friends, and they speak naturally and casually.

In addition to him, the people in the pavilion also include Zhang Jiarui, the son of the Hou of Shoukang, Fu Wenrui, the son of the Hou of Ganyang, Xiang Yongjia, the son of the prime minister, and Zhao Yueming, the salary of the Shangshu family of the household, in addition to two Yuan Zifang who did not recognize, and another son in red clothes with hair tied and petite standing aside.

He swept his eyes, and he counted in his heart, and smiled at the red-clothed man who was standing, "Yingyue, why are you here too?" ”

But it turned out that this was Zhou Yingyue, the daughter of Hanlin bachelor Zhou Cai, who disguised herself as a man and came out to play with a group of people.

Yuan Zifang revealed her identity, Zhou Yingyue was annoyed, raised her eyebrows and asked, "What?" If you come, I won't come? "She is extremely beautiful, her smile is all graceful, if ordinary people see it, I am afraid that if she is not immediately confused, what she says is what she says.

But Yuan Zifang had no opponents in the capital, and when he heard the words, he just smiled, "Naturally, I can't come." We are good boys, what are you mixing with a girl's family? ”

"What good boy? I think it's a stinky man! Zhou Yingyue said, "You think I want to come?" My brother was locked up at home by his father to read books, let me come over on his behalf, otherwise who cares about you stinky men? ”

Her brother Zhou Honghui is a well-known talent in Beijing, and he usually has a lot of dealings with Yuan Zifang and others. In the past two years, Zhou Yingyue has often come out with her, and she is familiar with these people. She is bold and eccentric, and everyone likes her whenever she has amazing words, and because she is a girl, she will inevitably indulge. That's why Zhou Yingyue spoke so politely.

Yuan Zifang lost his temper when he heard this.

It stands to reason that Princess Fu is looking at Zhou Yingyue, and at this time she should stay at home honestly, but she ran out secretly. And knowing that he might marry Yuan Zifang, he didn't shy away from it at all, and he looked normal when he laughed with him, which was better than Yuan Zifang, so naturally he didn't know what else to say about her.

Xiang Yongjia said, "I thought I would be able to see Brother Honghui's masterpiece today, but I couldn't come, which is really embarrassing." ”

"What's there to be ashamed of?" Zhou Yingyue immediately grabbed the white, "I'm a hundred times stronger than my brother, you just need to listen to my masterpiece." ”

Everyone laughed, and the two sons, who didn't recognize Yuan Zifang and looked quite unfamiliar and restrained, also relaxed a lot.

Fu Wenrui then introduced, "Brother Zifang doesn't know these two yet, right?" These are the two most talented and most likely to enter the scholars and the first among the scholars who went to Beijing to take the exam this year, Zhu Minye and Zhou Wenhua. The main thing here is to appreciate the masterpieces of these two. ”

Jinshi and the first, that is a saying only in the top three of the first class. Although the examination will not start until next spring, many scholars will choose to enter Beijing early. First, you can take advantage of the last time to concentrate on reviewing, secondly, it is also to make friends with the scholars of the same department, and the most important thing is to participate in various literary meetings to spread your reputation, and in addition, to send famous assassins to various powerful families to ask for attachment, etc., and so on.

Just like Zhu Minye and Zhou Wenhua, they are the two with the highest voices among the scholars today, don't think that this call is useless, in fact, although the test adopts the vague name system, but the palace test is in front of the emperor, if it is valued by the courtiers present, and a few kind words in front of the emperor, the natural benefits are difficult to say. Not to mention, with a reputation, you may be invited by many powerful families to successfully break into a circle like Yuan Zifang and them, and accumulate contacts for future officials.

Yuan Zifang talked and laughed with these people, and finally got rid of the previous feeling of nowhere to settle a little.

Just when the others were busy, Zhou Yingyue suddenly walked behind him, gestured with her eyes, and then walked out of the pavilion and walked towards the flower trees outside. Yuan Zifang hurriedly got up and followed.

It's not that no one noticed their movements, but everyone knew that Zhou Yingyue might marry into the Fuwang Mansion, so they just smiled ambiguously and didn't bother.

The two walked into the woods, far away from the others, before Zhou Yingyue asked, "Do you have something on your mind?" ”

"Isn't it my eldest brother's illness?" Yuan Zifang couldn't help but sigh.

Zhou Yingyue said, "I always heard how your brother's illness is, what is going on?" ”

"It's still a royal scandal...... But it's all over, and I'm not afraid of anyone's jokes. When I was a child, my uncle had not yet ascended the throne, and my grandfather was still alive. The emperor's uncle is from the middle palace, but King An is the emperor's grandfather's favorite concubine, and he is the eldest son of the emperor's grandfather. ”

Zhou Yingyue nodded, it was nothing more than a dispute between the elders and elders. The eldest son is from the favored concubine, there is no righteousness but there is favor, and the sister-in-law is from the queen, but the queen occupies the position of the middle palace but has no favor. How many royal families have been caught up in complex struggles and battles because of similar issues.

For this process, Yuan Zifang did not describe it, only vaguely brought it, and said the final result, "When the emperor's grandfather was seriously ill, he had a bowl of soup from the emperor's uncle last time. At that time, the eldest brother was a guest at Uncle Huang's place, and Uncle Huang loved him so he gave him soup. Who knows......"

Who knew that after Yuan Ziqing drank it, he immediately suffered from abdominal pain and was highly poisoned. Although the Taiyi doctor had superb medical skills and saved his life, he hurt the root cause after all. Since then, he has been sick many times a year. And the body is weak, and most things are weak.

If this □□ is drunk today, then a prince who lingers on the sickbed is naturally not qualified to inherit the great treasure. Yuan Ziqing's sacrifice, although unintentional, did save the emperor from a disaster, and also laid the foundation for the wealth and prosperity of the Fuwang Mansion in the past few decades.

However, his life was completely ruined because of this.