Chu Kuan was very sure that this was not a question that a mature prince of the East Palace would ask.

However, even the emperor may have considered making the third prince the crown prince a year ago, but I am afraid that it was just a vague idea, and he didn't think too deeply. It was only after the defeat of the Great Prince Cangzhou that that idea really took shape. That being the case, how could Chu Kuan have regarded the Third Prince as a popular candidate for the East Palace from the beginning?

After all, the eldest prince and the second prince are two major mountains that their younger brothers cannot overcome in terms of age and origin. Moreover, the three princes in the past were shy and shy, and the four princes were impulsive and reckless, and from any point of view, they were not qualified candidates for the crown prince. Chu Kuan hoped that the emperor could maintain a healthy body, and then have a few more princes with the concubines to choose from.

And for this reason, the woman who was too jealous and did not have the temperament of a queen at all was naturally listed by him as a target that must be eliminated. Now, that woman has become a deposed queen, and the emperor directly sent the eldest prince and the second prince out of the capital, and the third prince is like a green insect transforming into a butterfly and gradually spreading its wings, glowing with a different brilliance.

Now, although the third prince confronted himself and asked such an immature question, Chu Kuan felt relieved in his heart. He bowed his head deeply, and said in a flat voice: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the slave maid is indeed deliberate. ”

The three words on the third prince's lips almost blurted out, but fortunately, the memory of being taught by the emperor last night was still very deep, so he finally held back, and finally said dryly: "I know." Since my father ordered you to serve the pen and ink here, then from now on, inside and outside the Ciqing Palace, you will be under your jurisdiction. During the daily lecturer's lesson, you are the only one left. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered the slave." Chu Kuan bowed deeply, respectfully saluted and agreed, and then said casually, "It's just that the slave maid is here, and the Confucian scholar who asked the illiterate to enter the East Palace may be furious." ”

"Lone doesn't need him to point fingers!"

The third prince sneered angrily rarely, because he saw Chu Kuan straighten his waist, and his face showed a strange look, he suddenly realized that his self-claim and attitude just now seemed to be too tough, and he staggered his gaze unnaturally, and only after a long time did he say with a straight face: "Father believes in you, so Gu also believes in you, Father-in-law Chu is shrewd and capable, and a small Ciqing Palace will be handed over to you." ”

Remembering that last night, the other two Bingbi who came with Chu Kuan were directly dismissed from their posts and idle, but Chu Kuan was sent to Ciqing Palace to serve the pen and ink after being relieved of the palm seal by the emperor, but he didn't mention a word about the grade treatment, he paused for a while, and then continued: "However, Ciqing Palace is not a lonely sleeping palace, and Gu Weekday is not here, so there is no need to take care of the brand." ”

Chu Kuan didn't expect the third prince to directly block this road, he was slightly stunned, and then lowered his head and replied respectfully: "Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lives in the Zhaoren Palace, and is personally taught by the emperor. ”

"The slave and maid are here, except to serve the pen and ink, that is, to take care of the house, and do everything in their power to prevent anyone from hiding any mess in the corners, that's all."

The third prince is not a child who is ignorant of the world, and at this time, he immediately understood what Chu Kuan meant, and he couldn't help but stand up for a while. The so-called Tibetan mess, in other words, may be framed, and more seriously, there may be a witch nightmare town......

But he settled down in an instant. In the late period of several generations of emperors in this dynasty, when the princes fought for the throne until the dog's brains were all out, there was no such trick as the witch Gu Town, which was common in the Han and Tang dynasties, and it is said that it was actually quietly cleaned up.

Because Emperor Taizu said during his reign that this dynasty will never tolerate witches. Thinking about it, in secret, there were also many people like Chu Kuan who were busy working, so as not to anger the old ancestor...... No, it's to make the old ancestor so angry that he came back to life from the grave!

Therefore, after taking a deep look at the former Da Jue, who had made great achievements since the time of his grandfather Ruizong and had worked diligently by his father's side for nearly thirty years, the third prince nodded slightly: "Then this Ciqing Palace will be handed over to you Gonggong Chu." ”

It wasn't until he saw the thin and short figure of the third prince disappear from sight that Chu Kuan breathed a sigh of relief, and had a rough assessment of his days in Ciqing Palace in the future. Between him and the third prince, there is no love that has accompanied the emperor since childhood, and there is no trust established by experiencing life and death, and he still has a lot to do.

And Zhang Shou, who achieved two admonishment achievements in a few days, really felt a little helpless when he left the palace. I think that he originally planned to use the name of a celebrity in the village to develop a rural elegant tourism industry, but by mistake, he himself became a celebrity (famous teacher), and he is also a teacher who wants to beat people with a ruler at every turn, what the hell is this?

Chu Kuan appeared in Ciqing Palace today, so how did he think that he had been planning for a long time, and now he even suspected that all kinds of things that had happened these days were all in the hands of this guy who once claimed in front of him that the inheritance of the torch depended on the eunuchs!

When Zhang Shou walked out of Dong'an Gate with his hands in his hands, Ah Liu led the horse to meet him. The master and servant mounted their horses as usual, but this time they went to the public school in the outer city. Although he hasn't completely moved yet, he doesn't want to go anymore.

And the many Jiuzhang Hall attendants who left the palace one step earlier than them, of course, were a few people who shared a carriage and left. These carriages are free rental carriages unique to public schools, at the suggestion of Lu Sanlang, Lu Juan specially used donations from all parties to maintain, every morning, noon, and several fixed times in the afternoon, there will be two or three cars to and from the inner and outer cities to pick up students, and they can catch up when they are calculated.

Seeing Zhang Shou riding on a horse, he said to himself that the third prince took the initiative to beg for a fight today, Ah Liu listened silently, and suddenly said: "I went back to the house, and the lady went to the Zhaoguo Mansion, and I heard that it was Mrs. Tai and Mrs. who invited her to see the dowry furniture prepared over there. ”

Zhang Shou, who was full of sadness and sorrow, was suddenly stunned, and his mind suddenly shifted from the realm of empty consciousness to the realm of life such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

That's right, Lu Sanlang got married first, and the next thing is Zhu Tingfang, and then he is ...... And for him, he didn't need to prepare before the wedding, and he didn't even need to tailor the groom's outfit!

That's right, because the common people in these years are pretending to be the nine officials when they get married, as for all kinds of officials and the children of nobles, it is much simpler, just wear your official uniform! Of course, not in dark court clothes, but in more festive official clothes. Of course, don't think about wearing red, after all, he is only five grades, and there is still a distance from wearing red to swagger through the market.

Zhang Shou snorted softly, and then said with some toothache: "What do Mrs. Tai and Aunt Jiu think, actually invite your mother to come to see the future daughter-in-law's dowry?" ”

"The furniture is not an ordinary dowry, it is all made early with the best materials, who knows if it is in line with your taste, young master?" Ah Liu seriously refuted Zhang Shou, and when he saw that people seemed to be about to speak, he said solemnly, "The lady also said that she would ask the eldest lady to go to Zhang Yuan in person to pick up your new house after marriage in the future, and said that the courtyard will be reserved for your living now." ”

"Anyway, Zhang Yuanda, many places were empty before, and there was no furniture originally, so it was just right to fill up."

Zhang Shou was stunned. Zhang Yuan was indeed well maintained when the emperor "sold" it to him at an unbelievably low price, but a mansion needs popularity to maintain its vitality, even if there are people who have been repairing the house, tending the garden, sprinkling the roads, and cleaning the pond...... But it is impossible to use so many people during King Lu's lifetime to wipe and maintain all the furniture.

Therefore, in several major courtyards, those high-quality materials, extremely solid workmanship of the furniture after more than ten years still glow with a simple luster, many of the former for the next person to live in the side of the courtyard and even for the guest to live in the guest courtyard, within a few months after he moved in, found that many of them are good, rotten inside, and finally can only be thrown away.

In view of the fact that it was useless to buy furniture and put it there, after discussing with the Wu family, he emptied the decayed furniture one by one, so there were naturally many empty houses and empty yards with no furniture in the entire Zhang Garden.

Therefore, these days, there are more and more residents in Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Shou and Wu are very happy. Because if there are no more people, those well-furnished yards may also be abandoned. On the contrary, when the guests came, Zhang Yuan had to spend more on the diet of these people, as for all kinds of utensils......

That's even simpler, Wu led people to count the furniture in the guest courtyard at home, and then moved the style to a big move, more precisely, it should be to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall. Anyway, the furniture in the guest house is almost the same, and it's all together.

And some of these guests bring their own entourage, and some like to chat with the little ones who have nothing to do with Zhang Yuan, while inquiring about things, they also teach some who don't, and some will clean the house very diligently...... This includes Song Juren, who is often jokingly called Song Ben by Ah Liu. And the rest of the manpower, Zhang Yuan also has someone who can make up for it, and it just happens to be able to train and train.

In the previous Qiankun relocation in order to entertain guests, Zhang Yuan had several very good views, but because there was no owner, the courtyard where the furniture was moved by Qiankun has now become empty. Although Zhang Shou is not short of money at the moment, he is too lazy to spend money on furniture when he has no time to enjoy the scenery at home.

After all, what carved lacquer, cover lacquer, fill lacquer, luodian, and paint gold...... The most popular furniture painting process in these years is inseparable from one word, that is, money!

As a result, now listening to Ah Liu's tone, the elders on Zhu Ying's side plan to use this opportunity to fill those empty houses in one go! Mrs. Tai, how much furniture did they prepare for the eldest lady as a dowry?

Moreover, the rules of the capital, such as large pieces such as furniture, are not counted when the dowry is given, but will be quietly laid in before the dowry is given. If the dowry is estimated according to the scale of the furniture, wouldn't Zhu Ying really want ten miles of red makeup?

Thinking about it, Zhang Shou couldn't help but ask thoughtfully: "My mother went to the Zhao Guogong Mansion, what about Yingying?" ”

Hearing Zhang Shou ask Zhu Ying, Ah Liu's expression suddenly became more vivid. He said with a fluttering eyebrow: "The eldest lady said that today she invited Mrs. Hong to go out with her to hire a female doctor for the female student." ”

Zhu Ying really went all out to do such a thing, compared to the eldest lady who called friends and pounced on the long street of the prancing horse in the capital in the past, she is really full of energy and vitality now...... It's just that she left Princess Yongping directly, she didn't think that this would only make the contradiction bigger and bigger? Maybe it's not just Zhu Ying, Princess Yongping is also a fuel-efficient lamp......

Thinking of these, Zhang Shou rode all the way south, and after leaving Chongwenmen, he did not immediately go to the public school first, but saw that it was past lunchtime, so he simply changed the route and went to Xinglong Tea House first.

Because the first Imperial Chef Selection Contest had ended, he thought that the once prosperous area might reduce the flow of people, but what he never expected was that this side of the box was actually under construction again. Remembering that he hadn't seen this scene when he came over on the day of the final a few days ago, he had to ask Ah Liu to stop a passer-by to ask, and as a result, when people saw him, their eyes straightened.

Although Zhang Shou changed out of his official uniform when he came out of the palace, at this time, the warm hat and mink Qiu covered most of his face, but it added a bit of wealth, so even if his face was not immediately recognizable, it was enough for the old man to stare at it for a while.

"This son is really handsome...... cough cough, it is said that Bachelor Zhang of the East Palace looks like an immortal, and I don't think the son is bad......" After a long and long compliment, he laughed and said, "If you want to ask why you build a house here, I am right to ask the old man." My son was contracted to work as a plasterer here...... Ahem, what is going to be built here is a scripture reckoning hall. ”

Seeing that Zhang Shou was taken aback, the old man suddenly became even more proud: "I heard that this was proposed by the third son of the Lu family, the proud disciple of Master Zhang, and later, although the elders in the court did not agree, Lu Saijiu was very supportive, so after secretly preparing for it, he deliberately started work in the past two days." He said that it was a scripture library, but he planned to donate part of his family's collection of books for readers to borrow for free. ”

"But the reason why he named it the Calculation Hall is that he wants to thank Master Zhang for helping him teach a good son."

Even if Zhang Shou knew that this was definitely Lu Juan's propaganda method, he still wanted to give a thumbs up to this public school sacrificial wine that is now more and more varied. Moreover, when the old man said this, he immediately said with pride: "Lu Saijiu is compassionate, plus there is a holy son of heaven who was born by the common people, and many big families have paid for donations, and now my grandchildren also have a place to go to school." ”

"In the past, it was very expensive to spend money to send him to study at my husband's place, although he had some qualifications, after studying for a year, he only knew 100 words, and he would write a few according to them, and now he can enter the public school, which costs very little every year, and the teacher teaches well, I am really happy! I heard that this public school will open a few more to teach some other skills, and I am looking forward to it! ”

Seeing that someone stretched out three fingers and told him that there were three grandchildren at home, Zhang Shou immediately laughed. However, after laughing and saying goodbye to this old man, he thought in his heart that some trial products in his own heavenly workshop were far from enough to be produced by themselves, and they should be taken out for large-scale production. Only large-scale production will create a corresponding demand for literate workers.

It's just that there is no need to monopolize its interests, it is better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, and the one-time authorization buyout method can probably induce some people to get on board...... Just as he was thinking this, he heard an enthusiastic voice: "Master Zhang, are you here too?" Lu Saijiu still wants to give you a surprise, but I didn't expect it to be hidden from you! ”

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