"It's all the heart of the emperor's love for his son, and he was afraid that His Highness would be lonely and lonely, so he made a special trip to His Highness to choose a companion." Liu Jin said cautiously.

Brother Shou raised his eyebrows and said, "Is there still a lack of people around you?" Isn't there a big companion, there are Zhang Hui and Zhou Shi, and there are Shen Rui and He Taizhi outside the palace......"

Liu Jin said: "Zhang Guard, Zhou Guard, they are the young masters of the Xungui family, even if they are loyal to His Royal Highness, they will inevitably be involved in the family; Shen Gongzi and He Gongzi are the first children of the scholarly family, and they have a lot of ink and thoughts. The emperor wanted to come, and he was afraid that His Royal Highness would suffer a loss, so he worked so hard. ”

Listen to this, and be faithful.

Brother Shou's face drooped.

Yes, every time he has any annoyance, it is Liu Jin's "loyalty" in his ear, but it is "persuasion" that makes him more and more rebellious to his parents and elders.

But this saying is "righteous and awe-inspiring", even if it reaches the front of the emperor, it can also be heard.

Although Brother Shou is the master of the East Palace, he is young after all, and it is the emperor who really has the final say in the palace.

Since the emperor knew Liu Jin's loyalty and stability, he relied on him more and more. Although Liu Jin was not the first to serve by the side of the East Palace, he may squeeze everyone else down and become the first person around the East Palace, it is impossible to say that there is no support from the emperor.

Brother Shou hadn't thought about this at all earlier, but Liu Jin was the most intimate, and he was mostly convinced by his words. If it weren't for Yang Tinghe mentioning it in private, Brother Shou would never have suspected the people around him.

Now this sense of shame of being fooled in the palms of others makes Brother Shou extremely ashamed.

However, the children who grew up in the palace, no matter how innocent they are, have a few hearts. Brother Shou didn't have an immediate seizure, but just pondered the meaning of Liu Jin's words.

Although Liu Jin's words implicitly provoke, they are not unreasonable.

Zhang Hui and Zhou Shi, the brocade guards, as noble children, are both prosperous and lossy, and it is indeed difficult to get rid of the family ties. Even if they are loyal to the royal family, it will not affect the interests of their in-laws. Because the civil official was born in the imperial examination, he was in the imperial examination career with all his glory, and he could be more loyal to the emperor of the imperial court. But with the successive generations of eunuchs, the civil officials have gradually become a big network of human feelings.

Compared with the children of civil officials and military generals, there is no interest in choosing those domestic servants from poor families to raise their children and grandchildren?

Brother Shou sneered a few times in his heart, but his expression eased a lot.

In the past ten years, there are still fewer people who want to get close to him? Even if the emperor is indeed a beloved son, in the eyes of these big eunuchs in the palace, it is not a good time to fight for power and profit.

Brother Shou is the future son of heaven, and if he really wants to be his companion, he will not be able to run a future in the future.

The inner chamberlain is a eunuch, except for being a eunuch who guards the town, and can only walk in the inner court; Those who are serving and raising children and grandchildren are not eunuchs, whether they are civil officials or military officials, as long as they are in the eyes of the future Son of Heaven, everything is possible.

Shou Ge is a dignified prince, where can he look down on the sons of ordinary people who have given up their blood relatives for money and wealth, and are willing to be eunuchs?

However, he hid his disgust, but showed a bit of fun, and said: "What the companion said is true, everyone has selfish intentions, although Zhang Hui and Zhou Shi are respectful, they are too involved behind them; Shen Rui and He Taizhi are now ignorant of the identity of the orphan in order not to involve interests, if they know the identity of the orphan, it is inevitable that other thoughts will come out...... However, the candidates selected by the father and the emperor were all taught by eunuchs from all over the palace, and it goes without saying that loyalty is needless to say, and it has nothing to do with foreign courts. Lonely is to take a good look, I can't say that there is really a lonely future arm in it......" Between the words, there was still a bit of expectation and yearning in his expression, and the corner of his eyes was shining, but he was paying attention to Liu Jin.

Liu Jin's expression really froze, but he quickly adjusted and said, "I don't know which kid is blessed to be able to enter the eyes of His Royal Highness......"

Brother Shou was full of anticipation and said: "Knowing the son Mo Ruo's father, since the father specially sent someone to choose, they must all be good ......."

Liu Jin's expression became more and more stiff, but he squeezed out a smile and said, "It's good that Your Highness thinks like this...... Although the emperor is a little worried about His Royal Highness, but in the end, it is the heart of his beloved son......"

Brother Shou had already retracted his gaze, and his heart was much more relaxed. With Liu Jin here, he shouldn't have to worry about other things. His eldest companion, who entered the palace when he was a child, was also a character who had three sins and three ups and downs, had committed a capital crime, and was placed in the East Palace after escaping a catastrophe. As a eunuch, he squeezed out the old people of the East Palace and gave up a place, and won the trust and respect of the most noble father and son in the world, but he was not an ordinary person.

No matter whose idea it was to choose his adopted son as a playmate, Brother Shou didn't want to accept this "kindness". There are many servants in the palace, and he is surrounded by eunuchs, if there is another group of people who are integrated with the interests of the eunuchs, and they want to isolate him from Zhang Hui, Zhou Shi and others, then he, the prince, will become a puppet in the hands of the eunuchs

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed.

The incident of choosing a companion for the East Palace, which stirred up the dark tide in the Forbidden City, finally came to an end. Not only are those eunuchs who are walking around in all directions and want to send their adopted sons and grandchildren to be busy, but those eunuchs and young eunuchs who have no adopted sons and grandchildren outside, but have many junior apprentices and grandchildren, have also failed in their calculations.

The East Palace is still the old pattern, and there are no new people around His Royal Highness.

However, the adopted sons of the eunuchs who were selected before were found to be inappropriate by Dongchang, which caused the emperor to be furious, and even those cheap eunuch fathers and ancestors were also eaten.

Brother Shou's wish was granted, but he didn't feel happy, but shocked. Although he had heard about the eunuch's power for a long time, and he also knew that Liu Jin had a lot of connections in the palace, he didn't expect that he could handle the matter so well that even the emperor was kept in the dark. You must know that Liu Jin is not even a eunuch now, but only a young eunuch.

The nobles have relatives in contact, and the clan in-laws form a relationship network; Civil officials also formed various alliances of interests by virtue of their relationship with the same year, their hometowns, and their families; Among the internal officials, it is not uncommon for gangs to form factions.

Although Brother Shou was secretly frightened, he didn't show anything on his face, he was still innocent, and he still treated Liu Jin as usual, and let him control the affairs of the East Palace. However, in private, Brother Shou also began to pay attention to other East Palace attendants. Even if he is not close on the surface, he still keeps in mind those who have a dislike for Liu Jin, and pays attention to his character.

Shuntian Mansion School, before the monthly exam list.

Shen Rui was not surprised to see that his name was still listed as the results of the October monthly exam, ranking second. Last month, he was away from school for a few months, even if he didn't forget to study on the way, it was not unusual for his monthly exam results to fall from the first class to the second class in the school. Even the teaching of their homework is just to encourage him to catch up with the learning progress of his classmates as soon as possible.

It's just that then, Shen Rui took half a month's leave because of Shen Jue's death, not to mention speeding up the progress of study, and he didn't have the heart to study for half a month.

Reading books is "sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat", not to mention that Shen Rui's thoughts of reading the Four Books and Five Classics are limited, so far it has only been six years, and it will be less than half a year for his classmates, and the foundation is not solid.

Shen Rui knew that he was inadequate, and quietly rubbed his wrist.

Before the monthly exam, he was not diligent, and he did three articles every day. It's just that it's always easy to get distracted, and the articles I write can't bear to look at, and it doesn't get better until these days, otherwise I can't say that it's second class, and I can't say that I will fall to the third or fourth class.

He is not a sad autumn and sad character, the reason why he is impetuous these days and can't learn his homework is also because of this Shen Jue's accident. When he thought of himself, he studied hard and wanted fame, not with the heart of patriotism and loyalty, but just to make himself into the scholar class, hold the authority, and live more comfortably. But the world is impermanent, and if you really want to catch up with "birth, old age, sickness and death", everything is in vain.

He was at a loss as to whether to enjoy life or continue to study.

However, this monthly exam gave Shen Rui a wake-up call. Just as he persuaded Shen Jue in the past, he procrastinated to read the book for the first half of his life, and if he failed to achieve success and fame, he could only take care of the elders of the family, but one day he would be unreliable; is still ruthless, has gained fame, regardless of the future, but can be independent. Compared with the former, the latter is naturally more in line with Shen Rui's heart.

Shen Rui counted the period of the township examination in his heart, but he left all those sad memories behind, and put all his thoughts on reading.

At this moment, I heard someone say: "Ha, isn't this the head of the Shen case?" But the first place again? ”

Shen Rui followed the voice and saw Wang Ding, dressed in brocade clothes and with an arrogant face, surrounded by several classmates.

Wang Ding glanced at the list and saw Shen Rui's name in the second-class position, but there was no surprise on his face, obviously he got the news.

With a sneer on his face, he said to the left and right: "It is said that real gold is not afraid of fire, and those copper and iron fools are about to show their traces." Some people really don't need to be lifted, but they are villains who drill the camp, saying 'Jiang Lang's talent is exhausted, and Jiang Lang's talent is exalted', and some people are gold and copper, and it is not uncommon to show their true faces......"

Although a few classmates next to him flattered Wang Ding, they also knew that Shen Rui was the son of Shilang and the younger brother of the champion clan, and he was not easy to offend, so he only hummed and ha, and no one dared to answer.

In the past ten months, Wang Ding, in the name of the junior of "Zheng Guoqin", has been flattered by the servants and subordinates as the imperial prince and the prince have entered and exited the house of the prince, and now he is a little unable to get off the stage, and his eyes are becoming more and more unkind when he looks at Shen Rui

Shen Rui only thought he was a mad dog, how could he quarrel with him face to face? glanced at Wang Ding lightly, then looked away and continued to look at the list.

In order to temporarily avoid Wang Ding's edge, Liang Yao took leave to go home, but he still had to take the monthly exam. Shen Rui is looking at his grades, he is still third-class, but his grades have not declined, and he is only in the middle of the school, but he will not delay next year.

Although Ping Suli felt that Liang Yao was a little noisy, but now that he was not there, Shen Rui missed his nagging a little.

Because the list was posted, many students are looking at the list here.

Wang Ding's provocation fell in the eyes of everyone, although Shen Rui did fall second-class, so that everyone had different ideas, and everyone with a fair temperament knew that Wang Ding was doing nothing. are all classmates, who doesn't know that Shen Rui has something at home, so he took half a month off in November.

Some people have nothing to do with themselves, and some people are upset, and say to Wang Ding: "Shen Hengyun is just a first-class drop to a second-class, and it will not hinder next year's autumn; Wang Xianggong has been in the third class for several months, and if he doesn't catch up, he will have to wait for the next subject before he can enter the autumn season......"

When everyone heard this, they looked at Wang Ding and gloated.

Wang Ding's face was flushed, and he glared at the person who spoke: "Zhao Fu, what do you mean?" ”