For most of the following month, Zhao Hongrun would go to Cui Xiaoxuan in the Water Pavilion every day, listening to Miss Su's gradually improving piano music while drinking, and at the same time silently calculating the gains and losses of the three father-son wars in the past few days.

Probably out of consideration for comforting his son, the emperor of Great Wei not only restored the prince's moon in Zhao Hongrun's bedroom and Wenzhao Pavilion, but also turned a blind eye to his entry and exit of fireworks and willow alleys such as a water pavilion.

Perhaps the best remedy for a man who has been frustrated is the comfort of a woman, probably the Son of Heaven thinks so.

However, the acquiescence of the Son of Heaven did not make the relationship between Zhao Hongrun and Miss Su any further, on the contrary, after they had that skin-to-skin kiss, they became a little restrained, and sometimes the unintentional eye contact would make both of them embarrassed.

Maybe neither of them is ready to move from confidants to a higher-level relationship, after all, in terms of age, they are six years apart, which is the most embarrassing and the most important problem that cannot be ignored at present.

Aside from that, they got along well, and they gradually opened their hearts to each other, talking and laughing, and their friendship warmed up day by day.

Of course, there are also not good things, for example, on April 28, the sixteenth year of Hongde, Zhao Hongrun was just about to leave the palace to have a private meeting with Miss Su, but he was blocked by his sixth emperor brother Zhao Hongzhao.

At that time, when he saw the expression of the Sixth Emperor Brother who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, Zhao Hongrun secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good.

Sure enough, the first sentence that the Sixth Emperor Brother said left him speechless.

"Hongrun, it seems that a few paintings have been lost in the Foolish Brother's Bedroom recently...... I wonder what you think about this? ”

"Is that so?" Zhao Hongrun pretended to be very innocent.

Unexpectedly, the Sixth Emperor Brother instructed the Zong Wei Fei Wei behind him to take out a few scrolls of paintings, spread them out and take a look, they were exactly the ones that Zhao Hongrun smuggled to the palace a while ago and sold them.

"Hongrun, are you familiar with these paintings?" The sixth prince asked with a smirk.

glanced at the paintings in the hands of Zongwei Fei Wei, and then looked at the sixth emperor brother Zhao Hongzhao who seemed to be smiling, Zhao Hongrun didn't understand, and immediately arched his hand towards the imperial brother as if begging for mercy, and asked the imperial brother to raise his noble hand.

Qilin'er Zhao Hongzhao didn't care about the bad deeds of this Eighth Emperor Brother, because he knew that this Eighth Emperor Brother was deducted by their father at the beginning, and his life was very difficult, and it was understandable to use his crooked brains.

In addition, he came to Xingshi to ask for guilt this time, not out of the idea of asking Zhao Hongrun to compensate him for his losses.

"Next month, on the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month, Brother Yu will prepare a banquet for some young heroes of my Chen Du Daliang in Yafeng Pavilion, taste poems and words, and the Eighth Emperor Brother will appreciate his face, right?"

As he spoke, Zhao Hongzhao deliberately held up a painting and shook it in front of Zhao Hongrun, and the latter rolled his eyes.

"Brother Huang, this is prepared......" Zhao Hongrun smiled bitterly.

To be honest, he didn't have the slightest interest in the so-called 'Yafeng Poetry Society' of the Six Emperor Brothers, let alone on the Duanyang Day on the fifth day of the fifth month of May.

You must know that on the day of Duanyang Day on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, Chen Du Liang is extremely lively, climbing, dragon boat racing, hanging lanterns, to put it bluntly, it is a day of fun with the people, it is a day of fun, Zhao Hongrun originally planned to take Miss Su and have a good day.

"The fifth day of the fifth month of May...... I can't leave. Zhao Hongrun said curtly.

"That's right." Zhao Hongzhao shook his head when he heard this, and deliberately whispered in a voice that Zhao Hongrun could hear: "I bought these paintings back, but it cost more than 2,000 taels of silver for my foolish brother......

"Gotta gotcha, I'll go, okay?" Zhao Hongrun raised his hands and surrendered, and at present, he can't afford to bear a debt of more than 2,000 taels.

Zhao Hongzhao was satisfied when he heard this, and handed the painting to Zong Wei beside him, and said with a smile: "Okay, good, then the foolish brother will wait for the eighth brother to appreciate his face when the time comes." ”

Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes wordlessly: "But Brother Huang, according to the arrangement of the previous years, on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the father and emperor should gather us in the Wende Palace, right?" ”

Indeed, according to the arrangement of previous years, on the Duanyang Day on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the Son of Heaven of Great Wei will set up a family banquet in the Wende Palace, and invite all the concubines and princes in the palace to gather for a banquet.

I have to say that the Dragon Boat Festival is one of the few festivals where the princes can gather together throughout the year.

In the past Dragon Boat Festival, Zhao Hongrun simply showed his face in front of the Son of Heaven, and then quietly left the banquet to play his own game, even if he couldn't leave the palace. As for this year, because he already had a token in his hand to enter and leave the palace freely, he originally planned to show his face in front of the Son of Heaven and his brothers, and then sneak out of the palace. However, if this Sixth Emperor Brother intervened, his plan would obviously be in vain.

"You can rest assured that the foolish brother's poems will be arranged after the lanterns, and the father has allowed the foolish brother to invite several handsome men in Beijing to the banquet together, and they will sit in the foolish brother's accompanying seat, and after the lanterns, I will go to the foolish brother's Yafeng Pavilion, watch the lanterns and taste the poems, and tsk......"

In the end, the Sixth Emperor Brother looked intoxicated.

"Well, that means I can't sneak out of the palace."

Zhao Hongrun sighed helplessly.

"That's right." As if thinking of something, Zhao Hongzhao put away the intoxication on his face, frowned and asked, "Hongrun, have you offended the East Palace recently?" ”

"Prince?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned and asked, "What do you say?" ”

I saw Zhao Hongzhao looking left and right, and said in a low voice: "I don't know the specific foolish brother, I only know that the East Palace has participated in your copy in front of your father, saying that you don't learn every day, you only know how to go out of the palace to play, which is not in line with the prince's etiquette......"

"Is there such a thing?"

Zhao Hongrun was a little surprised, after all, he went back and forth between Wenzhao Pavilion and Yifang Water Pavilion these days, except for meeting his mother Shen Shufei was running out of the palace to have a private meeting with Miss Su, and he didn't pay much attention to the affairs in the palace. Moreover, the Emperor of Great Wei didn't accuse him of anything because of this incident, so Zhao Hongrun really didn't know that the prince of the East Palace was poking his lung tube in the back.

As for the resentment of the prince of the East Palace, Zhao Hongrun is not surprised by this, after all, the prince Hongli has attracted a group of Lang officials in the Ministry of Officials, but he didn't expect that in the case of the scientific examination, half of those Lang officials were kicked out by the Imperial Historian, which means that all the energy that Prince Hongli spent in the Ministry in the past was in vain, and it is no wonder that he is angry in his heart.

However, Zhao Hongrun is not worried about this, after all, in the last scientific examination, his father secretly placed him together, and used his grievances with Luo Wenzhong to rectify the entire ministry, so during this period, his father's attitude towards him was extremely tolerant, not only restoring his prince's moon, but also acquiescing to his entry and exit of a water pavilion.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun was not worried about what impact the Prince of the East Palace could have on him in this regard.

In his opinion, the prince's anger towards him is only temporary, after all, he Zhao Hongrun is not the place of life and death for the prince of the East Palace to compete for the throne, so it should not be very stiff.

"Anyway, you should be careful lately, don't get caught."

"Hmm."

After chatting a few words, Zhao Hongzhao got up and said goodbye.

In a blink of an eye, it was the fifth day of the fifth month of May, and on this day, Zhao Hongrun got up early.

After bathing and changing clothes in the dormitory, Zhao Hongrun first took the guards to Ningxiang Palace to meet his mother Shen Shufei.

It stands to reason that he should first go to the Wende Hall or the Vertical Arch Hall to ask his father for peace, and then go to his mother's concubine, but Zhao Hongrun doesn't care, anyway, in his opinion, his father's emperor has a prince who asks him for peace, no more than him, no less than him, but his mother Shen Shufei, I'm afraid only he and the Hongxuan brothers will go to visit.

It's a pity that his practice of valuing his mother over his father was reprimanded by Shen Shufei, and before the mother and son said a few words, Zhao Hongrun was driven out of Ningxiang Palace by Shen Shufei, and ordered him to go to the Great Wei Tianzi to ask his father for peace.

Zhao Hongrun couldn't resist this mother concubine who was soft on the outside and strong on the inside, so he had to take the guards to the Vertical Arch Hall again.

At this time, the palace was already full of lights and festive atmosphere, and the palace maids in the palace seemed to have changed into brand new palace clothes.

It's a pity that those smart palace maids still didn't dare to appear in front of Zhao Hongrun, the prince who had not yet left the cabinet, and only dared to take a few glances from a distance, and then fled in groups.

As he walked, Zhao Hongrun suddenly saw a person standing in the corridor in front of him, dressed in a gorgeous costume with his hands behind his back, and was smiling and watching him approach.

"King Yong...... What is he doing here?'

The young and the old are orderly, even if Zhao Hongrun has no friendship with the other party, he has to take the initiative to come forward to meet him.

"Hongrun, I've seen King Yong."

Unexpectedly, the other party grabbed Zhao Hongrun, who was about to bow down, and said with a wink and a smile: "Isn't it the second emperor brother but the king of Yong?" ”

Yes, this person is Zhao Hongrun's second emperor brother, Yongwang Hongyu.

『……』

Zhao Hongrun glanced at the second emperor brother in surprise. To be honest, he has never intersected with this second emperor brother, and he can't say a few words all year round, but looking at the attitude of this second emperor brother, he is extremely enthusiastic about Zhao Hongrun, so enthusiastic that Zhao Hongrun is faintly flattered.

"You and I are siblings, and we have the same blood flowing in our bodies, so why should we alienate you and my brotherhood with a sentence of 'King Yong'?" Yongwang Hongyu said with a smile.

"......" Zhao Hongrun glanced at the second emperor brother in surprise, and he really couldn't figure out what the other party was thinking.

You must know that the second emperor brother of Yongwang Hongyu is different from the sixth prince Hongzhao, it is a strong prince in the competition, if it is not necessary, Zhao Hongrun does not want to have too much to do with him, so as not to fall into the whirlpool of the dispute and keep trouble.

But the problem was that the second emperor brother treated him politely, and he couldn't just leave, so he had to go to the vertical arch hall with him.

"When did the second emperor enter the palace?"

"I only entered the palace for my brother......"

"Why don't you go and ask your father and Concubine Shi to say goodbye?"

Zhao Hongrun knew that the concubine Shi, who had always had a bad relationship with the queen Wang, was the biological mother of the second emperor brother.

"Brother is waiting for you." Yongwang Hongyu said with a smile.

"Wait for me?" Zhao Hongrun looked at King Yong Hongyu puzzled: "I don't know what the second emperor brother is looking for me?" ”

At this moment, I saw a few hints of cunning flashing in King Yong's eyes, and said in a low voice: "I'll talk about this later." ”

Zhao Hongrun was about to ask again, when he suddenly heard Shen Yu, the sect guard behind him, cough lowly.

He subconsciously raised his head, and happened to see that at the intersection of the corridors in front of him, Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, who was surrounded by a large group of people, was looking at them coldly.

To be precise, he looked coldly at King Yong Hongyu beside Zhao Hongrun.

"Please, don't you want to be so coincidental?"

Zhao Hongrun was really speechless, and a strong bad premonition hit his heart.