may have been sleeping too late last night, and Zhao Hongrun didn't wake up from the couch until the next day.

After waking up, he didn't stay right away, but reached out to a secret part and touched it.

"Whew...... OK. ”

He breathed a sigh of relief.

In last night's dream, he dreamed of the imperial sister once, but this time, he only dreamed of the scene when he took Princess Yulong to play outside the palace after leaving the palace yesterday, and there was no bad picture.

The real smile of the imperial sister, not his own imaginary and imaginary smile, made him feel satisfied.

This is a rational relationship: when you know that this relationship is fruitless, you turn to hope that the other person is doing better, and try your best to help her.

"Wow, blahh—"

A rush of footsteps came from outside the dormitory.

Zhao Hongrun didn't care about this, and put on his own clothes, after all, there were only ten of his sect guards who were qualified to enter his bedroom.

Sure enough, when Zhao Hongrun was getting dressed, Zongwei Shen Yu pushed the door and walked in, and when he saw that his Royal Highness was dressing, he immediately closed the door.

"What's wrong, Shen Yu?" Zhao Hongrun noticed the wry smile on Shen Yu's face and asked curiously.

The wry smile on Shen Yu's face became even stronger: "Your Highness, the Sixth Highness has been killed." ”

"Brother Six Emperors?" Zhao Hongrun paused to put on his clothes, and his face showed a little distress and helplessness.

He was not surprised, after all, in order to take Princess Yulong to sneak out of the palace to play quietly last night, he had to release the pigeon of his sixth emperor brother Hongzhao.

"Where is he?"

"Sitting in the front hall, I don't see His Highness and vow not to give up."

"Huh? …… Do you think it's possible for us to slip away? ”

The muscles on Shen Yu's face twitched: "The ten sect guards of the Sixth Highness have already seen the window of our Wenzhao Pavilion, and there are also people behind the hall who are watching...... Your Highness will escape through the window, I'm afraid it will ......"

"It's not a way to live!"

Zhao Hongrun was grief-stricken and indignant, but it was not surprising to think about it, after all, his sixth emperor brother Hongzhao was praised as a natural unicorn, and he was very smart since he was a child, and it was unrealistic to want him to escape.

"Well, admit your mistakes honestly."

With a sigh, Zhao Hongrun put on his clothes and trousers and walked to the front hall.

I saw that in the front hall of Wenzhao Pavilion, the sixth prince Zhao Hongzhao was sitting in the hall, closing his eyes and mouth, his face was also tight, and he knew that he was not very happy at a glance.

Taking a closer look around, Zhao Hongrun really found that there was a guard guarding the sect of the Six Emperor Brothers outside his Wenzhao Pavilion, obviously considering that he might escape through the window.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun sighed secretly, with a smile on his face, and walked up to the Sixth Emperor Brother and bowed.

"The six emperor brothers are here, Hongrun has lost his welcome, forgive his sins."

"Reach out and don't hit the smiling man...... Right? Zhao Hongzhao saw through Zhao Hongrun's intention with a smile on his face at a glance, stood up slowly with a straight face, shook his sleeves, looked at Zhao Hongrun and asked, "Hongrun, where did you go last night?" ”

Although Zhao Hongrun has a good relationship with the sixth emperor brother, it is not easy to reveal the truth, after all, the princess in the palace is not allowed to leave the palace without permission, if this matter spreads, it will be extremely unfavorable to Zhao Hongrun's imperial sister.

"Last night...... The royal brother got lost last night. He replied in a solemn tone.

"Huh?" The sixth prince was a little dumbfounded: "Lost in the palace?" ”

"Nope." Zhao Hongrun shook his head, and still said in a solemn tone: "It's not me who is lost, it's my heart." ”

"......" The sixth prince opened his mouth slightly, looking at Zhao Hongrun blankly. After half a ring, he smacked his lips and sighed from his nose: "There is no ...... A more appropriate excuse? ”

Listening to him, he seemed to have a solemn tone, where could Zhao Hongrun still hold back, and immediately vented his momentum: "Okay, I was wrong, I was wrong, Hongrun shouldn't be dishonest...... Admit the punishment and admit the punishment, Brother Huang, just say it. ”

Zhao Hongzhao looked his eighth brother up and down, according to his previous cognition, he didn't think that Zhao Hongrun was a person who made promises, even if he was reluctant to participate in his poetry meeting, he would talk to him in advance, and he would definitely not miss the appointment.

Therefore, he felt that Zhao Hongrun might have done something more important than participating in his poetry meeting last night, at least in the heart of the Eighth Emperor Brother.

"Last night...... Could it be that Hongrun, you are out of the palace? Zhao Hongzhao guessed.

"Why does the imperial brother think so?"

"Hmph, obvious!" Zhao Hongzhao touched his chin: "With whom?" ”

"What and whom? Why do you have to talk to whom? Am I not alone? ”

"Huh." Zhao Hongzhao shook his head and said, "If you are alone, you will not miss the appointment, in other words, someone will definitely leave the palace with you...... Who is it? ”

"Why should I tell you?" Zhao Hongrun's eyebrows trembled slightly.

"Hongxuan? No way! According to Hongxuan's temperament, he doesn't have the guts. …… It can't be a maid in the palace, right? Hongrun, you're hurting them. …… No, palace maid, I don't have the courage to have a private meeting with this prince who has not left the palace......"

"......" The more Zhao Hongrun listened, the more frightened he became, he was afraid that the six emperor brothers in front of him would guess some clues, so he hurriedly interrupted: "Can't it be someone outside the palace?" ”

Zhao Hongzhao glanced at Zhao Hongrun deeply, and suddenly smiled faintly: "Sure enough, it's in the palace!" ”

"This guy!"

Zhao Hongrun gritted his teeth and looked at the Sixth Emperor Brother, and said angrily: "Make it up, make it up?" …… The next time the royal brother has another poetry meeting, I will definitely go, okay? ”

"Every time?" Zhao Hongzhao asked calmly.

"Robbing while it's hot?"

Zhao Hongrun glared and said angrily: "Just once!" ”

Zhao Hongzhao glanced at his younger brother, didn't argue, touched his chin and muttered, "Who could it be?" …… Actually, it's not hard to guess......"

"Twice!" Zhao Hongrun gritted his teeth and said.

Zhao Hongzhao glanced at Zhao Hongrun again, and continued to mumble to himself: "First of all, the people in the palace, and secondly, Hongrun will take him out of the palace even if he doesn't hesitate to break the appointment...... Yesterday was Duanyang...... Do you want to see the excitement of the city? In other words, this person should have never been out of the palace...... is not a palace maid, it should be a person who will not have to worry about his life even if he is found sneaking out of the palace with his royal brother...... Not? ”

"Made, this guy guessed!"

Seeing that the Sixth Emperor Brother frowned at that moment, and at the same time his expression became solemn, Zhao Hongrun scolded in his heart.

"Three times! …… Brother Six Emperors, don't want to get an inch! Zhao Hongrun gritted his teeth and said.

Zhao Hongzhao thought for a moment, nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, three times will be three times!" …… Next time, Hongrun doesn't want to miss the appointment again. ”

"Humph!"

Zhao Hongzhao left satisfied.

When he walked out of the Wenzhao Pavilion, he glanced thoughtfully in the direction of the princesses' bedrooms in the palace.

"Fei Wei."

"Humble duty."

"You go to check, ...... last night" Halfway through speaking, Zhao Hongzhao suddenly seemed to realize something, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's okay." ”

Zong Wei Fei Wei looked at his Royal Highness in confusion.

"I really am...... Hongrun has its own measure, what do I care so much about? …… However, are there any royal sisters in the court who have a good relationship with Hongrun? Who could it be? I'm really curious...... I don't want to ......

It is undeniable that he has no lack of pity and sympathy for the royal sisters in the court. After all, they are even more autonomous and free than these princes.

"Alas, the caged gorse...... But he was born in an imperial family......

Shaking his head, Zhao Hongzhao took care of himself and returned to Yafeng Pavilion.

In the last two days of the Duanyang Festival, the city is still very lively.

Because he knew in his heart that Princess Yulong had never had the opportunity to leave the palace in the past, Zhao Hongrun spared no effort to instigate her to disguise herself from the palace with him.

Not for anything else, just to dispel the deep boredom and loneliness in the heart of this imperial sister.

Although Princess Yulong's eyebrows are also beautiful, Zhao Hongrun still hopes that she will be happy every day.

That Xu Gongshi no longer dared to ask about Princess Yulong after Zhao Hongrun's beating, and the palace maid Cui'er was Princess Yulong's personal palace maid, and she had always had a good relationship, so Princess Yulong quietly slipped out of the palace before dusk every day by taking advantage of the darkness of the sky to mix with Zhao Hongrun's guards, but she was not exposed.

It's a pity that as soon as the Duanyang Festival passes, Zhao Hongrun will not have a chance to leave the palace after dusk, after all, it is the ban of the Son of Heaven on him.

This makes Zhao Hongrun have no way to quietly take Princess Yulong out of the palace, after all, the chance of taking her out of the palace in disguise during the day and being exposed to the eyes of the Praetorian Guards is too great, after all, Princess Yulong's body shape is very different from the guards, and she can also use the sky to cover it up at night, how to hide it during the day?

And Zhao Hongrun also has a way to do this, every time he goes back to the palace, he will buy a small clay sculpture in the market with a simple and lovely shape, and ask Zong Wei to give it to Princess Yulong after returning to the palace, or sometimes he returns to the palace earlier, and personally goes to Yuqiong Pavilion, in addition to giving small clay sculptures and other gadgets as gifts to the imperial sister, and then talk to her and talk about all kinds of interesting things seen outside the palace.

It may be that with Zhao Hongrun, a younger brother who can speak to her heart, Princess Yulong gradually became cheerful, and she drew one after another scenes outside the palace on paper according to what Zhao Hongrun told her about outside the palace, combined with what she saw during the Duanyang Festival.

She hangs these paintings of the scenery and architecture outside the palace in the boudoir, and she will feel very happy when she looks at them a few times a day.

During this period, the re-examination of the subject examination presided over by the Ministry of Rites also came to an end, because this was the first time that the Ministry of Rites led the examination, therefore, the Ministry of Rites attached great importance to it, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Sheyou was personally the main assessment of the examination, and invited the Son of Heaven to set up the Imperial History Supervisor to send the Imperial Historian Su Geng as a companion to strictly control the fraud in the department.

And the last announced list of scholars surprised Zhao Hongrun.

He originally thought that Wen Qi, the scholar who reminded him of the 'following candle fraud' in the science field, would be able to go to high school, after all, the speed of this person's articles and writing at that time left a deep impression on Zhao Hongrun.

Unexpectedly, the scholar from Wenqi finally fell off the list, and his name was not on the list at all.

In addition, the champion of this year's palace examination was won by a nineteen-year-old Shangdang County Hanmen scholar named Kou Zheng, and the list eye was a twenty-year-old scholar named Luo Ying, who was also a Hanmen disciple.

He Xinxian, who is rumored to be no less talented than Qiliner Zhao Hongzhao, is a frequent visitor to the "Yafeng Poetry Club", but he can only be ranked third in this scientific examination, which really surprised many people.

Whether it is the prince of the East Palace, King Yong, or King Xiang, they all began to secretly envelop these young scholars, and selected the best of them to enrich their think tank team.

Even King Yan and King Qing, whose forms are far inferior to the first three, are secretly recruiting staff.

After all, for the other princes, this year may be their last chance to pull down the East Palace, once the emperor Sun Yonglu grows up to eight years old next year, enters the palace school, and gradually wins the love and respect of the Son of Heaven, their chances of winning the throne will become more and more slim.

『PS: Happy New Year 2016~』