It was recognized clearly, but after the panic, Yu Zhao forced himself to calm down. Soak in the bathtub at night, and send out those who will be waiting by the side.

The bath room was full of steam, hazy like her thoughts. I have so many worries that I can't see clearly the joy that arises from emotions in my heart. But I really felt it.

Reaching out to take the silk towel that wiped his body, he touched the glass screen, and there was a thin layer of mist, and the slight coolness spread from his fingers, completely freezing that bit of joy.

It's so reckless.

Yu Zhao thought so. But Chu Zikai didn't mean to back down at all, it shouldn't be like this. It is best to extinguish this symptom as soon as possible, how can it burn more and more fiercely, and if it continues like this, it will eventually become self-immolation.

The night breeze in early spring was still frozen, and Yu Zhao felt that the colder it was, the better, just to keep himself awake at all times. Alone in the back garden, the bowstring was pulled over and over again, and the blood blisters on my hands did not stop. It wasn't over until you didn't need anyone's help and you hit the target with your own strength. Returning to the dormitory with a tired body, the deep sleepiness made her let go of the burden in her heart and had a sound sleep that she hadn't had for a long time.

The next day, Chu Zikai was first surprised by Yu Zhao's rapid progress, and then caught a glimpse of her not wearing finger gloves and other protection, and the blood blisters on her hands were worn out due to force. Come and grab her wrist and take a closer look.

"Why is this happening?"

Yu Zhao shook off his hand and shot another arrow at his own discretion. "It's not in the way, it's all about practicing step by step, and archery needs calluses on your hands to stabilize the strings. Those so-called protections are only temporary, and if you encounter a critical moment in the future, you can't adapt to the pain, it will only be counterproductive, and it is better to have the pain at the beginning. ”

"Did you practice it yourself?" Chu Zikai asked.

Yu Zhao looked at him. "Diligent practice is not an unsightly thing, and it can also be effective." As he spoke, he was gently patted on the shoulder by Chu Zikai, and suddenly snorted in pain.

"It's only that brute force does progress rapidly, but can you see if your body can withstand it?" Chu Zikai was a little annoyed in helplessness, and patiently explained to her. "I didn't use the right force when I was practicing the bow, and I didn't notice it at the time, but when I fell asleep and relaxed, it was definitely painful. You've just unleashed a few arrows. ”

"I'm not afraid of pain, I just want to learn it quickly, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have to trouble me." Yu Zhao looked down at him as he spoke, his hand gently plucking the bowstring.

Then the two fell silent, and Yu Zhao's implication happened to touch Chu Zikai's mind, and he naturally understood.

He was immersed in loss, and glanced up at the man with his head down and his hand unconsciously plucking the bowstring. Suddenly, she felt that this action was very unsuitable.

Sensing that something was wrong, Yu Zhao, who he knew, if he didn't like it, he could have completely repelled him with fierce words, but now he just resisted silently, and he had a somewhat evasive attitude.

As if he had discovered Huadian, Chu Zikai looked at the person with his head bowed in front of him, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, maybe she also had this thought, but she was trapped by too many worries. Isn't this an intricate relationship......

Chu Zikai has always been a confident person, and he was even more afraid of an explanation in his heart, so he went directly to her: "Yu Zhao, do you also like me?"

These words made Yu Zhao's mind go blank, but his face instantly turned red, and after reacting, he threw his bow and arrow to the ground. "Get out!"

Without looking at the man the whole time, he went straight out of the back garden to the front hall.

didn't answer directly, that is, he guessed correctly, Chu Zikai was not sad at all when he was scolded, and he couldn't help but cheer. Pack up your things on the ground and get ready to follow.

I didn't want Yu Zhao to be prepared, and after letting those wolf dogs in, he ruthlessly closed the door to the front hall. Chu Zikai complained bitterly in his heart, the dogs barked viciously, and seeing that they were about to rush over, they hurriedly turned into the inner hall study and closed the door. Leaning against the door, he smiled bitterly. But the sweetness in her heart has not faded for a long time, and she also remembers the pain on Yu Zhao's hands and shoulders, so she reluctantly shook her head and went back to the East Palace to get her medicine.

Hearing that the dog inside stopped barking, in order to be cautious, Yu Zhao waited for a while before coming in, tentatively opened the door of the study, and was relieved to see that there was no one inside.

Turning around, he pushed a desk against the entrance, and was about to get a few more chairs to press on.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of the lock opening inside the entrance, and then I heard the voice of Chu Zikai exclaiming below. Still open, the table fell straight down. Chu Zikai stepped up and looked at Yu Zhao, who was a little surprised.

"It's downward." Chu Zikai explained with a smile, feeling more and more cute about her.

Yu Zhao was a little annoyed, and his tone was indifferent to the side. "You don't have to come in the future, I'll go and tell Your Majesty that I don't want to learn."

Chu Zikai turned a deaf ear, took care of himself and divided all kinds of drugs for her, picked up the pen on the bookcase and marked the effects one by one. While writing, he said: "I know you're not as thick-skinned as me, it's okay, take your time, anyway, I think you like me too."

"Nope." Yu Zhao answered categorically, but the previous firmness in his eyes was not visible at all. The hand hidden at his side also involuntarily wrung his sleeve.

Chu Zikai nodded, and said, "Okay, okay, no." But the tone is clear, with some ridicule and doting. Yu Zhao warned: "The dogs are outside, Your Highness will go by yourself or let them deliver?"

Turning to look at him, he was suddenly vigilant, because Chu Zi was not threatened at all, but put down his pen and came in her direction. Chu Zikai noticed her panic, was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that his behavior was indeed too much like a disciple, no wonder the cat in front of him was fried.

So he decided to let Yu Zhao take his time, put the medicine on the bookcase, and instructed: "This medicine is better than the imperial doctor, you can read the label above, rest first in the past two days, and I will come over to continue teaching you when the injury is healed." It is useless to tell my father, he loves face the most, and said that if you want to learn, you must learn. ”

When he reached the entrance of the secret passage, he turned back to scare her. "If you practice secretly by yourself again, that hand will be wasted in the end, and I can only feed you in the future......" Before he finished speaking, he hurriedly fled, because Yu Zhao had already summoned those wolf dogs in.

Fortunately, in the next two days, Chu Zikai did keep his promise, and the impact on Yu Zhao was able to have time to ease. But it is still entangled, not a tangle of acceptance or non-acceptance of this feeling. In Yu Zhao's heart, he would not think that there would be a result between the two at all, and the affection generated would only cause trouble.

When he said goodbye, although Chu Zikai restrained a lot, if there were signs of mentioning it, Yu Zhao opened it mercilessly.

Helplessly, Chu Zikai's words were indeed right, he was thick-skinned, these words smashed on his face, and none of the skin was broken, and he bounced twice.

It's not that he didn't want to talk to him well, but now he has noticed that Yu Zhao is also tempted, and talking to him means that Yu Zhao is relieved. It is an admission in disguise. In case he persists despite the consequences, this move becomes a firewood added to the fire.

After he came over, Yu Zhao would bring the dog to the back garden to watch, fortunately, it was only twenty days, and he could almost learn to read, so he hurriedly handed over the errand to Emperor Yuan, and finally did not have to face him every day.

In order to be distracted, Yu Zhao began to learn some papermaking, foreign languages and other things from the palace technicians.

One day on the way back to the palace, I met Shen Concubine, who was released from the grounding, and in two months, she lost a lot of weight, but her pride did not decrease. Seeing Yu Zhao, he didn't hide his hatred at all, and walked up to her and said viciously: "Although this palace confessed to coming out, it wasn't this palace who did it, this palace just wanted to humiliate you, did you wronged me for you?"

His eyes were slightly red with anger, and he tried his best to control his demeanor, but he still couldn't avoid a little hideous exposure. Frightened, Chu Ziyi hurriedly hid behind Yu Zhao, this action was seen by Shen Concubine, and suddenly sneered and stretched out her hand to him, Yu Zhao instinctively used his body to block her, separating her from Chu Ziyi.

"It's weird, I got such a golden bump," Shen Concubine sneered, and looked at Yu Zhao with disdain: "Protecting it so well, it means that he will give you a lifetime of glory and wealth, but it's a pity, it's not your blood in the end, don't work in vain when the time comes."

Yu Zhao looked at it coldly and snorted lightly. "I haven't wronged you, and you haven't made this palace credible, if you want to know who it is, check it yourself. What qualifications do you have to go around shouting grievances with a suspicion? Besides, I can't take care of my own son, don't stretch my hand too long, Your Majesty personally allowed me to raise His Royal Highness, and it is not your turn to talk nonsense. ”

"It's really not you?" Shen Concubine was extremely angry and asked through gritted teeth.

"It's not." Yu Zhao was frank in his heart, looked into her eyes and replied, and then said to her: "This matter is also related to this palace, if you have a place for me to help you in the secret investigation, you can speak." If you can only rely on yourself, just don't do dirty things like framing and disgusting people. ”

Hearing that Concubine Shen wanted to confront her again, Yu Zhao didn't want to waste time with her, so he slowly spoke: "The second prince has not been pardoned by His Majesty after thinking about it behind closed doors, Concubine Shen should also respect herself, save your energy to find out the truth, don't make mistakes again and make people better."

Grabbed Shen Concubine's weakness, but it was really a good reminder, don't get yourself into it again. It was inconvenient for her to investigate before her, and it was good for both of them to find out with her hands.

Sure enough, Concubine Shen calmed down and retracted her arrogance, dragging her thin body trembling back.

Yu Zhao returned to the Chaohui Palace, but saw that the palace gate was busy, and asked at the exit. The chamberlain who commanded the carrying of the things hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "This is the tribute offered by the second dragon in February, and these good things are selected here, except for sending them to the Son of Heaven Palace."

"Besides, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that His Royal Highness the Fifth Highness should learn to read and write in some time, and sent a lot of fine pen and ink inkstones. said that there was paper in Zhaohui Palace, but it was not common to use paper in the East Palace, so the slave asked Niangniang for some rice paper to go back. ”

The dignified prince's East Palace is so poor and sour, when did paper become a precious thing, Yu Zhao didn't believe it. The maids who happened to be following behind were holding the rice paper that Yu Zhao had made himself, and the clever little maids glanced straight behind them. Yu Zhao wanted to pretend not to see it, so he said: "Later, the palace will send someone to find some Anhui paper for His Majesty's royal use and send it to the East Palace, you can go back first."

"Don't dare to bother the mother," the little chamberlain showed a flattering smile, which made people look angry and not have a good attack, "The slave looks at the paper that the girls are holding is very good, the mother comes out a little evenly, and the slave takes it back." ”

The excuse is too eye-catching, but it is just paper, and the more you care about it, the more suspicious it is. Yu Zhao had no choice but to nodded, and the little chamberlain stepped forward and happily took a pile of rice paper, thanked him again and again, and hurriedly went back to receive the reward. Yu Zhao calmed down in a deep breath, and Zhuo Yao hurriedly asked, "Is Niangniang unwell?"

After shaking his head in denial, Yu Zhao led Chu Ziyi and walked inside. A maid came out of it, accidentally fell, kicked over the box containing the pen, spilled the pen, and hurriedly picked it up.

Zhuo Yao immediately wanted to reprimand and scold, but Yu Zhao didn't like to make noise, so he pressed down: "Forget it, just put that pen away."

saw Chu Ziyi flying in the air with those pens in the past, seeing this, Yu Zhao took him in and tried to let him hold the pen and write. Chu Ziyi lost interest again, threw down the pen to pick flowers, Yu Zhao was a little helpless, and thought that he was still too young to be in a hurry, he should take his time, so he started practicing calligraphy by himself.

This paper is really easy to write, from the success of papermaking, Yu Zhao practiced only using his own paper, experienced the tedious and complicated process, can become more focused and careful, for fear of wasting a piece due to a clerical error, the efficiency is greater than before. This night before going to bed, I practiced the words as usual, and I just happened to encounter a sentence 'Kai teaches it by force, that is, it is trained to win and be happy.' I didn't want to write the first word, the pen became as hot as carbon in Yu Zhao's hand, and he quickly threw it away, Yu Zhao didn't feel a pity, and hurriedly crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it away. I threw myself into the pillow and was secretly annoyed.