Back at King Rui's Mansion, Zi Ji took the celadon vase back to her house and poured the blood in it into a coarse porcelain flower pot, looked at the palm-sized round-leaved plant, and chuckled: "Good, give you so many good things at one time, you must grow up quickly!" ”

Rong Zhao looked at the blood-colored veins on the fat leaves of the green plant, and chuckled, "This blood Bodhi is growing well. It's just that I don't know what King Pingnan will feel distressed about when he knows that his son's bowl of blood has made Rong Zhao's flower fertilizer? ”

"He's definitely going to want to kill." Zhao Mu walked closer with the tea brought by Mei Ruo, and asked curiously, "This is called Blood Bodhi?" ”

"This is a new variety that I have cultivated, grafted with the flower buds of the Tianshan Snow Lotus to the branches of the Black Queen of the East, and then the pollen of the hibiscus is given after flowering, and then germination after bearing fruit is it, and the blood Bodhi is the name given to it by our son." Zi Ji smirked.

"It's unheard of for your plant to combine three rare flowers and plants from the east, north, and west, and to breed a completely different species from the previous ones." Zhao Mu sighed.

"If you want to be poisonous, you have to start with the species." Rong Zhao chuckled, "This species that has been cultivated for several generations is poisonous from birth, and it is a mutated poison, and it is even more difficult to find an antidote than to ascend to the sky. ”

"You guys really dare to think and do." Zhao Mu sighed softly.

"Idle is idle, we don't like to read, we can't practice martial arts, how can we pass this boring life without tossing some interesting things." Rong Zhao chuckled.

"By the way, watering with this poisonous blood, the toxicity of this flower and plant has increased by another layer?" Zhao Mu asked again.

"Not necessarily, plants are a very magical thing, they are watered with feces and urine, and they bloom and bear fruit but fragrant and sweet." Rong Zhao said with a smile.

"......" Zhao Mu only felt sick for a while, so he didn't ask any more.

Mei Ruo took Lan Yun and the others to come in with a few dried fruits and put them on the couch under the east window, and then turned around and smiled: "Don't stand and talk, please sit down and have refreshments." ”

Zhao Mu smiled with satisfaction: "Okay." ”

Rong Zhao glared at Mei Ruo dissatisfied, thinking that she was troublesome-what time is this? Isn't it enough for him to run out with him, and still sit here drinking tea?

"Lord Wang, you use tea slowly, I have to go to the Guozijian. I didn't go for most of the day, and I missed a lot of classes. Rong Zhao said, and instructed Mei Ruo: "Come in and change my clothes for me." ”

"You don't have to be busy, there is no class for a day today." Zhao Mu chuckled.

"Why?" Rong Zhao asked curiously, "Why don't I know that there is no class today?" ”

"This king just asked someone to say, yesterday the students and masters worked very hard, and they should take a day off to be loose and loose."

"Three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, in my opinion, this country prison is just an ornament." Rong Zhao said, then went to sit down opposite Zhao Mu, grabbed a handful of melon seeds, and knocked them hard.

Zhao Mu leisurely blew the tea powder and said: "The imperial examination system has been abolished, and the Guozijian has long been an ornament, and I don't care about these two more days." ”

"What about tomorrow? Is the course open? ”

"Tomorrow is the national prince priest wine to give a class to everyone personally, specifically talking about the etiquette of the palace banquet, you should go to learn this, after a few days of the Dragon Boat Festival, there will be a banquet in the palace, and you, as a relative of the emperor, should naturally enter the palace to receive the banquet." Zhao Mu said.

"Do you want to enter the palace to receive a banquet during the Dragon Boat Festival?" Rong Zhao was suddenly pleasantly surprised-I can see my sister again!

"Yes! The rule in previous years was that after the Dragon Boat Festival, the father and emperor took a few favorite concubines to Xichangjing for summer vacation. Concubine Yue is being favored this year, and Duan Wu naturally has a place for you at the banquet. Zhao Mu said.

"That's good." Rong Zhao praised sincerely, turned his head and saw an orange invitation card on the small high table next to him, because he asked, "What is this?" ”

"Oh, that's right. There is something I forgot to tell Gongzi - this is an invitation sent by the Mingxuan girl of the Gu family this morning, saying that she invited Gongzi to the Gu family for a banquet the day after tomorrow. Mei Ruo hurriedly replied.

"Mingxuan?" Rong Zhao suddenly understood, "Oh, by the way, the day after tomorrow is her birthday, right?" ”

"It should be." Mei Ruo said, "Didn't the last time Gongzi came back and said that this month was Miss Gu's birthday?" also asked Niangniang for a few good things to prepare for Miss Gu's birthday. ”

"yes, I forgot if you didn't say it - this mess is annoying! Finally, there is something to be happy about, but you have to have a good time. Rong Zhao said, threw the remaining melon seeds in his hand back on the plate, got up and said to Zhao Mu: "Let's go, help me pick a birthday gift for Mingxuan." ”

Zhao Mu listened to Rong Zhao's "Mingxuan" call very affectionately, and for a while, there was a burst of acid rain in his stomach, and he sighed: "Usually these people celebrate their birthdays, and they just send each other a word or a painting, you are good!" actually picked a birthday gift at Concubine Yue's mother, which clearly means to suppress everyone? Aren't you afraid that the Gu family will misunderstand that you are going to come to the door to propose? ”

"Not really, right?" Rong Zhao was stunned for a moment, and seriously pondered Zhao Mu's words from his heart. To be honest, if the Gu family really misunderstood, it would be really a big trouble. However, when he looked up and saw the narrow gaze in Zhao Mu's eyes, he had an epiphany again, so he sneered: "If the prince thinks that the birthday gift I prepared is out of place, then please help me prepare one." ”

Zhao Muzheng had the intention to please Rong Zhao, and as soon as he heard this, he immediately agreed: "Okay, I'll prepare it for you, so you don't have to worry about this." ”

Rong Zhao saw that he agreed so happily, and he didn't believe it very much, so he asked: "Don't you deliberately make me bad and let me lose face in the Gu family." ”

"Am I so stingy in your heart?" Zhao Mu asked funny.

"Of course." Rong Zhao hummed unceremoniously.

"Since you're so worried, you might as well come with me to have a look." Zhao Mu said, put down the teacup in his hand, and got up.

"Look at what? Where to look? Rong Zhao asked.

"Naturally, I went to see the birthday ceremony and went to the treasury." Zhao Mu said with a smile.

"The prince wants to show off your treasure to a poor sour boy like me?" Rong Zhao thought to himself that you were not outside, and you actually took me to your treasury.

Zhao Mu sighed: "You obviously know it's not, so why bother to distort my meaning?" ”

"The main thing is that you are too scheming, and you have calculated once or twice, so you must always be on guard." Rong Zhao scoffed.

Zhao Mu shook his head, didn't refute his words, and only asked, "Do you want to go?" ”

"Go! Why not go? Anyway, I have to pick a decent birthday gift for Mingxuan. Rong Zhao said it rightly.

The treasury of the Rui Wang's Mansion is in the East Cross Courtyard, not too far from the courtyard where Rong Zhao lives, go out and go back, turn a corner and enter a vase-style courtyard door. The layout of the five tall three-story buildings with east and west wings and a small courtyard made Rong Zhao scold his mother from the stomach - I don't know how many treasures Zhao Mu has hidden here! However, when Zhao Mu took Rong Zhao into the backyard and went down the stairs from a small cubicle into the underground warehouse, Rong Zhao didn't even have the heart to curse.

The warehouse that could not be seen at a glance, there were all kinds of large boxes piled up inside, although it was underground, but it was not damp, Rong Zhao couldn't help but ask Zhao Mu curiously what was going on, Zhao Mu pointed to a black square pillar next to him, and said: "This pillar leads up to the ground, which happens to be the wind lamp in the courtyard and the corridor of the hall, and it is also the vent of this basement." ”

"That's wonderful." Rong Zhao sighed.

Zhao Mu smiled and didn't say anything more, only led Rong Zhao inside.

Rong Zhao asked again: "How much time and how much silver did it take to build this warehouse?" ”

Zhao Mu shook his head and said, "I don't know about this." When I was eight years old, my mother asked my father to start repairing it, and when I moved out of the palace when I was eighteen years old, this basement was already repaired. It stands to reason that this basement was built at the beginning, but it was repaired later, if such a basement is built out of thin air, it will take at least three or five years of effort, silver...... It's even harder to say. ”

Rong Zhao scolded in his heart again, what a cruelty! Then he made up his mind to pick a priceless gift for Ming Xuan, anyway, no matter how valuable a gift is, it is not even a dime a dozen for Zhao Mu.

"This way." Zhao Mu took Rong Zhao to the wall, pressed a button on the wall to open a heavy stone door, and a dark room appeared.

Rong Zhao didn't even have the strength to be surprised at this time, and numbly followed Zhao Mu in, only to find that there were shelves of books inside! It is a real book made of hemp rope and bamboo strips, not a paper book, nor a silk book.

At the beginning of the moment, Rong Zhao didn't react, looking at the big night pearl inlaid on the roof, he wondered if these broken books were worth more than gold and silver jewelry? However, when he figured it out, his eyes lit up - this is a real ancient book! Although the Great Qi Dynasty was very backward, the craftsmen already knew how to make paper, so the letters between these nobles were mostly paper, and the most important things were written on silk. And this kind of bamboo slip was used three or four hundred years ago for the Great Qi Dynasty.

Rong Zhao has lived in this evil feudal dynasty in his life, and the only thing that is gratifying is that he can find the ancient books that have been lost in later generations, and study some secret recipes and ancient techniques that later generations cannot get.

Zhao Mu just smiled and looked at Rong Zhao, then turned around and went inside and took out a bag of books from a certain shelf, and after reading the words written on the silk bag clearly, he smiled again, turned around and went out.

Rong Zhao turned it over little by little, anyway, the lighting in the underground warehouse relied on the night pearl, and he didn't know that it was dark and bright, and Rong Zhao didn't know how long he had turned over, and he suddenly felt hungry, and he began to sing empty city plans in his stomach before he looked up and looked around, because he didn't see Zhao Mu's shadow, Rong Zhao shouted loudly: "What about people?" ”

"Here." Zhao Mu's voice came from outside.

Rong Zhao went out with seven or eight volumes of books, and saw Zhao Mu sitting on a rattan recliner, holding a roll of bamboo slips in his hand, with this small table next to him, and two and a half plates of pastries on it.

Rong Zhao couldn't help it as soon as he saw it, so he walked over in three steps and two steps, took a piece of yam cake and sent it to his mouth.

"Look at the ashes of your hand!" Zhao Mu frowned and reminded.

Rong Zhao looked down at his fingers - there was no ash, these books were so precious, they were cleaned up by special people every day, and the library was spotless.

"Let's go." Zhao Mu rolled up the book in his hand and stuffed it into his book bag, and slowly got up.

"Oops, I forgot to pick a gift for Ming Xuan." Only then did Rong Zhao remember what he was doing.

Zhao Mu raised the book in his hand and said, "I have already picked it for you." ”

"What is this?" Rong Zhao took the book in wonder, but saw the three words "Chu Yunling" written on the bookbag in a small seal, because he didn't know what it was, he asked again: "What kind of book is Chu Yunling?" What are you talking about? ”

"This is Xianchu's score." Zhao Mu chuckled and explained, "Mingxuan likes the piano, and he has always wanted this set of music scores but he can't. If you give it to her as a birthday gift the day after tomorrow, it will surely make her happy. ”

"How do you know she likes piano?" Rong Zhao immediately asked rhetorically.

Zhao Mu looked at Rong Zhao and smiled, but did not speak.

Rong Zhao didn't feel anything when he asked, but when he saw Zhao Mu smiling and not speaking, he suddenly felt that there must be something greasy in it, so he asked, "Do you like Mingxuan?" ”

"Whoa!" Zhao Mu sighed lightly, and knocked on Rong Zhao's head with a smile.

"Nasty!" Rong Zhao took a step back and said angrily, "Who allowed you to touch me?!" "It's just a pity that there are no mirrors here." Zhao Mu shook his head, turned around and walked out.

Rong Zhao knew that this was definitely not a good thing, but he didn't understand what it meant, so he followed closely and asked, "What do you mean?!" ”

"If you had a mirror, you would be able to see how funny it was to be jealous." After Zhao Mu finished speaking, he laughed.

“…… Zhao Mu! Rong Zhao shouted angrily, "You don't want to get an inch!" ”

"If you don't give me an inch, where can I get in?" Zhao Mu walked in front proudly, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were proud.

Rong Zhao grinned at his back and gestured with his fists and feet, but he was reluctant to slap this guy after all.

The third day was Gu Mingxuan's birthday, Rong Zhao took leave in the Guozi Prison on the first day, got up early in the morning to freshen up, cleaned up his handsome and elegant, and prepared to go to the banquet, Huo Yun came in a hurry, and replied: "Rong Gongzi, the chief housekeeper of the Pingnan Mansion is here, saying that he is here to ask what is the result of the decomposition of their family's son?" ”

"Whoa." Rong Zhao turned around and went to the desk to take a piece of paper and handed it to Huo Yun, saying, "Fifty thousand taels of silver, give him this result." ”

"Five, fifty thousand?!" Huo Yun was almost stupid, thinking to himself that I heard it right, right?

"Why, isn't it too cheap to exchange the life of the prince of Pingnan for 50,000 silver? Or...... Lakh? ”

"Fifty thousand is fifty thousand." Huo Yunxin said that if the big butler in charge of the Pingnan Palace's mansion asked for 100,000 taels of silver, would the cell boss be so angry that he couldn't get up and die here? What a gloomy morning! Forget it.

"Remember to give money with one hand and results with the other. If you can't get back 50,000 silver to my son, my son will want you to look good when he turns around! Rong Zhao shouted towards Huo Yun's back.

Huo Yun agreed loudly, but in his heart, he slandered Rong Gongzi, why don't you go to the street to grab money? However, if the other party was the king of Pingnan, Huo Yun didn't mind grabbing more.

In the side hall of the front yard, when the chief housekeeper of the Pingnan Mansion heard Huo Yun say that he needed 50,000 silver to give the result, he jumped up at that time, spread his five fingers and said angrily: "You go and ask Rong Gongzi why he didn't go to the street to rob money?" You care if I want 50,000 taels of silver for such a piece of paper?! ”

Huo Yun smiled helplessly: "Big housekeeper, it's not that I speak badly, is it not that the life of your family is not worth 50,000 taels of silver?" With this piece of paper, you can prepare an antidote according to the poison he has in it! ”

When the chief steward heard this, he was not a decimal number, and he couldn't be the master of a housekeeper, so he shook his head and said, "There are too many amounts, I can't be the master." ”

"If you can't be the master, go back and ask the prince quickly. I'll get to the point of being ahead - Rong Gongzi will go out in a while, and I won't be able to find him when you come back. Huo Yun said with a smile.

"Out of the house? Where to? The butler asked again.

Huo Yun was not afraid to tell him, and said with a smile: "Go to the Gu family, today's birthday of Miss Gu, Gongzi Rong will go to celebrate Miss Gu's birthday." ”

"That's okay, I'll ask the prince when I go back and go to the Gu family to find you." After the chief butler finished speaking, he pulled his feet and left.

Gu Mingxuan's birthday was logically not daring to alarm Zhao Mu, but when Rong Zhao went, Zhao Mu didn't want to stay at home alone, so he also changed into a swallow suit and went with Rong Zhao.

Originally, it was the little girl's family for a birthday, it was just an ordinary family banquet, and even the post inviting Rong Zhao was written in the name of Gu Chen, only saying that Rong Zhao was invited to come to the house for a small gathering, but as soon as Zhao Mu came, Gu Mingxuan's handkerchiefs were a lot more restrained. Even Xiao Yunxin was not embarrassed to come forward to talk to Zhao Mu, so she only lowered her eyebrows and hid beside Gu Mingxuan and secretly glanced at Zhao Mu.

After the greetings, Rong Zhao took out the volume of "Chu Yun Ling" with a new bookbag and gave it to Gu Mingxuan, and said with a smile: "This is my birthday gift from Prince Rui and I, I hope you can like it." ”

Gu Mingxuan looked at the big red brocade bookbag embroidered with the word longevity, and guessed that it was an ancient book with a price, since this gift was hung with the name of King Rui, thinking that this ancient book must be genuine and out of print, he smiled and said: "This is too valuable." ”

Rong Zhao smiled: "You haven't seen it yet, how do you know it's valuable?" Maybe it won't get into your eyes. ”

"The things sent by Lord Rui are naturally priceless." Gu Mingxuan opened the bookbag as he spoke, took out the ancient book from it, and was speechless in surprise when he turned it over and saw the small characters on it.

"What, don't like it?" Rong Zhao asked with a smile.

"Great! This is "Chu Yunling"! I've been looking for this for a long time when I asked my brother to help me find this! I didn't expect this baby to be in Rui Wang's Mansion! Gu Mingxuan was about to jump up with joy.

"Thank you King Rui, thank you Gongzi Rong!" Gu Mingxuan said, and thanked Zhao Mu and Rong Zhaofu again.

This "Chu Yunling" may be just a valuable ancient book for ordinary people, but for Gu Mingxuan, who likes music, it is like a treasure. Gu Chen knew his sister's temperament and the value of this ancient book, so he stepped forward to thank Zhao Mu, he naturally understood that with Rong Zhao's cultivation, he definitely didn't know what "Chu Yunling" was, and it was impossible to give it to his sister as a birthday gift.

"As long as Miss Gu likes it, besides, this is what it means, I'm just doing a favor." Zhao Mu smiled.

"It's a pity." Gu Chen thanked Rong Zhao again.

When Rong Zhao heard the word 'pity' at first glance, he didn't react to the fact that people were talking about him, and only reacted after Gu Chen saluted him, and couldn't help glaring at Zhao Mu, and returned the salute: "Zhao Cheng can only participate in Miss Mingxuan's birthday banquet because of the Gu family's love, this birthday gift naturally has to be sincere to be reasonable, otherwise, where can you be cheeky to enter the door of the Gu family in the future." ”

"Haha! It's really polite. Come on, take your seats. Gu Chen smiled and took care of Zhao Mu and Rong Zhao to sit down, and explained to Zhao Mu: "Today, in order to let my sister have fun with her friends, my mother took people to the Dabei Temple outside the city early in the morning to listen to Master Jingyi's lecture. My father has not yet come back from the fact that he was ordered to supervise the spring disaster a few days ago, so the family is only troubled by our brother and sister. If there is any rudeness, the prince must not be surprised. ”

Zhao Mu smiled: "This king is uninvited, it's already rude first, why is it good to pick on you?" It's better for everyone to be free, and this king is also very bored at home to join in the fun. If you only talk about the rules, then this king will go. ”

The prince laughed. Please be seated. Gu Chen politely invited Zhao Mu to take a seat.

Gu Mingxuan's birthday was celebrated, and he invited a few friends who had gathered in Taohuajian Ya, only the two sisters of the Xie family did not come, it is said that it was because the old lady of the Xie family was sick. In addition, there are a few more girls from the Gu family, and only two of them can be on the stage to help Gu Mingxuan take care of the guests. The other three were young, and when they saw someone, they were very restrained, so Gu Mingxuan asked their nurse to take them to the side to eat fruit.

Rong Zhao sat down with Zhao Mu's hand, and glanced at Xiao Yunxin sitting next to Gu Mingxuan from time to time, and wondered for a while, secretly thinking why Xiao Yunxin was so well-behaved today and didn't come up to entangle with Zhao Mu? Looking at Zhao Mu's expression as usual, as if he didn't feel Xiao Yunxin's abnormality at all.

There's an insider! Rong Zhao couldn't help but glance at Zhao Mu again.

Zhao Mu just looked back at him, and saw him putting a cold light on him, so he asked with a smile: "Pity, is there anything wrong?" ”

Pity, pity, pity, pity! Rong Zhao glanced at Zhao Mu fiercely, and said coldly: "Today's Mingxuan's birthday, the prince is the chief guest, even if he is unwell and can't drink, he should say something, right?" ”

"That's right." Zhao Mu smiled and nodded, raised the teacup and said: "Today's Mingxuan's birthday, this king replaces wine with tea, and I wish Mingxuan's girl Fanghua forever and her face will never grow old." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Gu Mingxuan hurriedly gave Zhao Mu a deep blessing.

"The king is not yet in good health and cannot drink, but he cannot ruin everyone's interest. Today, the king is coming with pity, and this wine will be drunk by the king on behalf of the pity, everyone says it's good? ”

"Okay!" Gu Chen immediately responded.

"How good is that? Ming Xuan's little birthday labor prince was already uneasy in his heart, if he let Rong Gongzi get drunk again, wouldn't it be scolding? Gu Mingxuan knew that Rong Zhao was his daughter's family, so he refused to let him drink more.

"Mingxuan, didn't you ask the servants at home to rehearse a good play these days? Let's wait and see! Xiao Yunxin suddenly diverted the topic. Gu Mingxuan hurriedly smiled: "Oh, I just cared about talking, but I forgot about it." I specially invited Rong Gongzi to come over today because I was idle and had nothing to do to rehearse a scene at home, which was made up with the story of "Liang Zhu" that day Rong Gongzi said, but it took me a lot of work, and I always felt that it was still a little unsatisfactory, so I took the opportunity to give Gongzi an invitation today, because I wanted to ask Gongzi to correct it. ”

"I don't dare to take this seriously, in terms of drama and lyrics, I am a layman." Rong Zhao hurriedly smiled.

Gu Mingxuan said with a smile: "Although I said that, but in the end you told us this story, and I listened to your song that day before I had the idea of compiling this drama, so I thought that Gongzi would definitely feel after reading this drama." ”

Zhao Mu said with a smile: "Mingxuan is really talented, it's only been a few days to rehearse and perform the play, hurry up and show it to us." ”

Gu Mingxuan agreed to turn around and order his nurse, the nurse retreated with a smile, and after a while, the curtain on the small stage opposite slowly opened.

Everyone watched it with taste, and Rong Zhao rarely felt annoyed, and listened patiently to every sentence of the drama while eating melon seeds.

However, good things are always disturbed, and before a scene was sung, someone came in and replied: "Childe, the big housekeeper of Pingnan Wangfu is here, saying that he has something to see Rong Gongzi." ”

"The housekeeper of the Pingnan Palace's mansion sees Prince Rong?" Gu Chen glanced at Rong Zhao in confusion, and then asked the person who was talking back, "Did you say what it was?" ”

Rong Zhao smiled: "No need to ask, I naturally know." It's not convenient here, I'll go to the front to see him. ”

Gu Chen got up and said, "I'll go with you." ”

"It's fine." Rong Zhao originally wanted to refuse, but he thought that this was the Gu family, and it was natural for Gu Chen to accompany him.

"This king will go too." Zhao Mu said.

"It's not necessary. It's just a matter of a few words, so the prince should sit here and watch the show. Rong Zhao said with a smile.

"Don't worry, the prince is here, even if the king of Pingnan comes in person, he can't regret it, this is our Gu family's mansion." Gu Chen sneered.

Zhao Mu heard this and said with a smile: "Okay, then the king will rest assured." ”

Rong Zhao and Gu Chen went to the front to meet the guests together, and the big housekeeper of the Pingnan Royal Mansion who was waiting in the front hall was already anxious, and he didn't drink tea, but only walked around the house. Seeing the two of them coming in, the chief butler hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Young Master Rong, our prince said that 50,000 taels of silver is too much, and I can't make up this lot at this moment, I brought 10,000 taels here, and the remaining 40,000 yuan can I give you an IOU?" ”

"IOUs?" Rong Zhao couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, "Can the life of your family also pay an IOU?" ”

"I'll be sure to get all the money in three days' time. Rong Gongzi also knew that this was a matter of human life. And the emperor also knows about this, if you embarrass us like this, the emperor knows about it, and it's hard to say, right? The big housekeeper said this to a boy who hadn't grown all his hair when he was old, and his face was not ordinarily ugly.

Rong Zhao shook his head amusedly: "You take the emperor to press me?" Wow! You bring 10,000 taels, I will tell you the seven poisons, but you go back and tell your lord, any decomposition and inspection is wrong, and I am the same here. If you give me a discount of 50,000 taels of silver, then one or two of my seven poisons will be enough to be worthy of you. ”

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It's time to turn on the rip-off mode!

Well, don't smash your monthly passes, let Zhaozhao go and see your bamboo bar!

No kidding! Look at my serious face!

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