In the next few days, Zhou Boyan stayed in Shuyuan and didn't go anywhere, and at the same time, he closed his door and didn't see anyone. However, he is not idle, and his schedule is full. The first thing I do when I get up every morning is to accompany Qingshu and Qingyang to exercise in the morning. After that, everyone had breakfast together, and he spent an hour reading the account books or official documents, and then spent half an hour guiding Qingyang and their homework. In this way, the morning is gone. The schedule in the afternoon is: to spend half an hour to guide Qingyang in their homework; After that, it took half an hour to an hour to teach Qingshu to play chess; Then he took Qingyang and them to practice archery.

In the evening, two chessboards are set up in the winter courtyard. He and Qing Shu occupy a chessboard, and he continues to teach Qing Shu to play chess. Qingyang, Qinghao and Luo Xiaorong occupy a chessboard. They are two people playing chess, the third person is watching the game, and the three people end a game of chess together. If there is something they don't understand, they naturally have to ask Zhou Boyan for advice.

They hid in Shu Yuan and lived a comfortable and peaceful life, but some people outside were fighting to the death. Zhou Boyan doesn't leave the house, which doesn't mean that he doesn't know anything. For those things, his own spies sent him news in time. In addition to the spies, there is also An Rongzhou, who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

An Rongzhou had to climb over the wall to come in late every night. Whenever he was discovered by the guards, he thought he was very creative and held up a strip of white cloth and shook it at the guards, and showed a mouthful of white teeth with a smile. The guards didn't fold him, and every day they had to watch him go to the courtyard of the prince with a strip of white cloth in a hurry. When he arrived at the summer courtyard, he would not honestly knock on the courtyard door, still climb over the wall, and pry open the door of Zhou Boyan's house to enter.

Zhou Boyan probably knew his bad taste too well, and since the second night he broke in, he no longer bolted the door. When he broke into Zhou Boyan's room, he talked like a gossipy woman. No matter how concise the information is, when it reaches his mouth, it will definitely become thousands of words, or even tens of thousands of words.

After eleven days, and on the twelfth day, there were snowflakes in the sky around the middle of the night.

An Rongzhou still came in over the wall, and with a gentle push of his finger, the door of the outhouse where Zhou Boyan lived opened. He pursed his lips and muttered, "This kid didn't bolt the door, what if the thief came?" ”

Gu Shi yawned and came out of the ear room, "Eldest son, you are not too cold, you come in over the wall at midnight every night." Just come in, Childe will leave the door for you, and you will always complain that Childe didn't bolt the door. How convenient it is to push the door and go in, but you have to pry the door open to get in to be happy? ”

An Rongzhou slapped the clothes on his body a few times, and said confidently as he walked inside, "Silly boy, you don't understand. ”

Gu Shishi's coat was draped, "Yes, yes, yes, the little one doesn't understand your elegant hobbies." ”

An Rongzhou entered the inner room in the dark, pulled a chair and sat down, and said to the person lying still on the bed, "Is there any wine?" Give your eldest brother two cups to warm up. ”

If this person was not his eldest brother, Zhou Boyan would have dismantled him a long time ago. Zhou Boyan actually wanted to sigh, but he didn't, he just lay still, indicating that he was not ready to pay attention to this big brother.

An Rongzhou didn't care about this, "I said, someone is in a hurry to hang himself, why are you still hiding?" ”

Zhou Boyan: ......

An Rongzhou rubbed his hands, "Stones, snacks, and hot tea are all on the table, don't you see that Uncle I'm cold and hungry?" "It was quiet outside, and there was no sound at all. He shouted at the top of his voice, "Stone, stone, Gu stone, you kid, disobedient, itchy skin, right?" ”

The green tendons on Zhou Boyan's forehead jumped, "Shut up, what's the noise at night?" "It doesn't matter if you disturb his sleep, but if you wake up Qing Shu in the next courtyard, he will turn his face.

An Rongzhou's eyes flashed with triumphant joy, "You kid, don't talk to the eldest brother if you have the ability, continue to ignore the eldest brother." He snickered in his heart, Gu Qingshu was the weakness of this ice cube brother, and he tried it repeatedly.

Zhou Boyan: ......

Gu Shishi came in with a sleepy face and put a plate of dim sum on the table, "Eldest son, you are doing well, let the prince sleep peacefully for a night, okay?" ”

An Rongzhou smiled, reached out and took the snack and ate it. While eating, he also spoke vaguely, "Uncle, I have insomnia, as the so-called happiness and hardship are shared, at this time, if you don't find a brother as a companion, when will you find it?" ”

Gu Shishi was speechless. And this is the eldest son who can't sleep by himself, and then he runs to toss his son-in-law.

Zhou Boyan didn't say anything, as if he hadn't heard it.

An Rongzhou ate three pieces of dim sum in a row, urging Gu to make hot tea on the stone, and the gossip time began again. "A strange thing happened in Beijing today. Big brother told you. This afternoon, when the subordinates of Pingbohou's Mansion were tidying up the abandoned courtyard, they actually found the body of the missing Pingbohou. The eldest brother thought it was strange and went to take a look. ”

Zhou Boyan remained silent.

An Rongzhou said to himself, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, I was actually stabbed in the heart at close range, and I have been dead for many days." The gang of people who ate idle meals in the Criminal Department were not optimistic about the scene, and they said it ruthlessly without knowing what to do, and they didn't say anything clearly after the last day. In my opinion, Ping Bohou's body has been moved. The other party is very clever, basically leaving no traces, and ordinary people really don't notice the abnormality. Forget it, the topic is not interesting. Let's change the interesting one. ”

"You've been idle lately?" Zhou Boyan asked suddenly.

The relaxed look on An Rongzhou's face immediately flew away, "Not idle, not idle, big brother is busy!" "Just kidding, if he admits that he is idle, he may not be able to enslave him." Big brother squeezes out his precious sleep time every night, for whom? It's not to bring you the latest news! Zhong Taishi has been declining recently, his son stealing a widow was broken and he had no face to see people, and his grandson broke his leg when he was visiting the Qinglou tonight. It happened an hour ago. Tsk, tsk, tsk, Mrs. Zhong is really unlucky. That's not all, Zhong Zhi, the Zhong Zhi of the five-rank official position, was beaten by a suffocating stick after drinking too much last night, and he hasn't woken up until now. Zhong Taishi felt that this was a conspiracy, and suspected that the right minister and Zuo Siming were calculating the Taishi Mansion. ”

Zhou Boyan didn't speak. But Gu Shishi next to him was interested when he heard it, "What do you say?" ”

An Rongzhou patted Gu Shi's shoulder with a very respectful face, "Zuo Siming's grandson let Zhong Taishi's grandson beat him, and the injury was quite serious." Zhong Taishi seems to have caught Zuo Siming's handle, and coerced and enticed him to make the matter go away. Zuo Siming was forced to agree, but he was unwilling afterwards, so he secretly took revenge on Zhong Taishi. By the way, something suddenly came to mind. Brother Yan, you have to remind your Uncle Zhou, it's better to be more peaceful recently, so that you don't know how to lose your head. ”

Zhou Boyan said in a cold voice, "What did he do?" ”

"Moving around frequently, trying to win over the officials of the six ministries, not to mention, is trying to match Zuo Siming's granddaughter and Bu Wu."

They don't say it, but they all understand in their hearts that the right and left Siming are the queen mother's people, and Bu Zhongjun is the emperor's people. It is true that Bu Zhongjun is old, and it is true that he is old, but Bu Zhongjun's influence is still there, and the current prestige of the Bu family in the army is unparalleled.

What does it mean for the right prime minister's house and the Bufu to get married? It means that the Right Prime Minister's Mansion wants to pull Bu Zhongjun into his camp through marriage, that is, to make Bu Zhongjun the queen mother. Taking a step back, even if Bu Zhongjun didn't work hard for the Queen Mother, the marriage between the two families was completed, and the emperor no longer believed in Bu Zhongjun and Bufu, which was quite beneficial to the Queen Mother.

On this cusp, smart people remain neutral or pretend to be stupid and avoid it as much as possible. Lord Zhou rushed upwards and offended the emperor at once, which was impatient.

Zhou Boyan frowned. In the past, for various reasons, in order to protect him, the emperor's uncle asked Lord Zhou to make up a lie, saying that he was the son of Lord Zhou who was fostered outside. In fact, when this matter is arranged, it can only deceive ordinary people, young ladies and young ladies from powerful families, and some ordinary courtiers. Although he basically does not stay in the capital, important ministers such as Prime Minister and Shangshu all know his identity, but they don't dare to publicize it.

He didn't like his fake identity very much, and even if he returned to Beijing, he didn't like to stay in the Zhou Mansion very much, and he didn't go back to the Eldest Princess's Mansion, so he lived in the current Shuyuan or Jingyang Princess's Mansion. He knew that his identity was not a secret at all, so he didn't do anything deliberately, and he always acted as he pleased. Then, I don't know where the word came from, saying that he was the son of Lord Zhou, but he passed on to the eldest princess and Zhou Juma early. Therefore, after the death of the eldest princess and Zhou Yuma, his identity was embarrassing, so he was taken back by Lord Zhou for a reason.

Then there were rumors. He was reluctant to let the eldest princess and Zhou Juma leave him the glory and wealth, and he didn't like to return to his father, so he ran away in anger. It is well known that the queen mother and the emperor attach importance to the eldest princess, so the queen mother and the emperor love the house and Wu, even if he is the son of the eldest princess and Zhou Yuma, he is still hurt to the heart, and the eldest princess's mansion is still inherited by him. Behind all kinds of speculation and rumors, it will always come back to one sentence in the end: in the hearts of the queen mother and the emperor, his status is better than that of any prince.

When he turned against his uncle Zhou, someone privately spread that he was indeed the son of the eldest princess and Zhou Yuma. As an uncle, Lord Zhou felt sorry for him for the loss of his father, so he wanted to love him instead of his father, so he would take him back to Zhou's mansion. Lord Zhou had good intentions, but he was not grateful, but he broke the hearts of Lord Zhou and Mrs. Zhou, and went back alone to enjoy the glory and wealth left by the eldest princess.

The rumors and rumors in Beijing could not affect him. Because he basically doesn't stay in the capital. In the past two years, he has returned to Beijing more often. And in the past two years, any kind of rumor has been in his ears, and he has taken it as a deaf ear.

Now, when he heard that Uncle Zhou was involved in the power struggle between the emperor and the queen mother, he could only secretly scold the uncle for having water in his head.

Zhou Boyan wrote a letter overnight and sent someone to secretly deliver it to Mrs. Zhou. Then, he woke up Qingshu and them overnight, asked people to quickly set up the carriage and horses, pack the car, and ordered someone to wrap the horse's hooves in cloth, and the group quietly left Shuyuan. When he was ugly, he used his token to open the south gate of the capital, and the group left Beijing.