In the end, Xinluo was still taken away by a young man with a dead face, because Zuo Zongzheng said that if Zheng Yan dared to obstruct Xinluo again, he would die, and you, Zheng Yan, would be fined a few months of silver with a few lashes at most.

These words greatly stimulated Zheng Yan, when he was still living in the palace with Yingyue after his mother left, at first those people didn't dare to bully him, the prince, so they went to bully Yingyue beside him, and Yingyue seemed to understand a lot of things, in order not to make Zheng Yan fall into a more difficult situation, he didn't say anything but suffered silently,

Until one day Zheng Yan found that Ying Yue did not eat the boiled eggs on the table but quietly put them away, and later saw her use the egg to apply the bruises on her body, Zheng Yan, who was five years old at the time, didn't understand anything, just cried to help Ying Yue put on her back where she couldn't reach, Ying Yue smiled and helped Zheng Yan wipe her tears and comforted,

Later, the grandfather took a sword and killed the few people who had bullied them, and two mothers were also beaten into the cold palace, I heard that many families were unlucky, Zheng Yan thought, Yingyue was injured and bullied because she was implicated by herself, and those palace maids and eunuchs died because of themselves, and the two mothers who entered the cold palace were better than dead because of themselves, what can they do to prevent such a thing from happening! And Zheng Jing and Zheng Chi are the children brought by those two mothers, these causes and effects that belong to them should be borne by themselves, how can they affect others again.

Several children were taken to the Silent Hall, where one was given three lashes and kneeling for an hour.

Originally, there were a few people crying and crying, and they didn't dare to speak out after being warned by a executioner, and after a while, the executioners left one after another, leaving only seven children kneeling under the hall, and the eldest Zheng Gui was the first to speak, took a breath and said with a cracked mouth, "Fortunately, it is only three whips, if it is five whips, the skin and flesh will definitely be broken at this time."

Zheng Guang on the side was still shedding tears, choked up and said, "Aren't you broken now?" Why do I feel slimy on my back, Zheng Jing, can you help me see if it is bleeding?"

Zheng Jing happened to kneel behind him, and said angrily, "That's not blood, it's your sweat from fright", and then a voice came from behind, "Xiao Yan, are you okay?"

Zheng Yanzheng was worried about Xinluo, turned his head and saw that it was Zheng Tian, the eldest son of the third room of the eldest grandfather's family, and said strangely, "Brother Tian, why are you here?"

Zheng Tan on the side cried and said, "He fought the hardest, I took several punches from him",

Zheng Tian said with an unhappy face, "It's reasonable for a few of you to bully Xiao Yan, right, do you want to fight again?"

Zheng Gui hurriedly said, "Whatever you fight, it's all Zheng Jing and Zheng Chi, if you want to fight, you have to beat them",

Zheng Jing on the side said aggrievedly, "I didn't think about fighting,

For a while, several children were a little helpless, but they were all eleven or twelve-year-old children, and after a while, they forgot about the punishment for fighting, and talked about some jokes.

"Zheng Yan, who is that little girl who helped you? It's very good-looking, she must be a big beauty in the future", Zheng Gui suddenly asked curiously.

"The Zongren Mansion sent it, Xinluo", Zheng Yan was a little worried about Xinluo, and responded weakly.

"It's not fair, why are there two big men who sent me, and what was given to Zheng Yan was a girl", Zheng Jing was unconvinced,

"I'm sorry, I'm also a girl next to me, but I'm not as good as Xinluo, Master Zongzheng probably thinks you're a pervert", Zheng Gui said with a smile,

"Nonsense, I only peeked at them taking a shower, and I didn't do anything",

"What else do you want to do?

"You are stupid for me, what should I do when I am pregnant? Didn't Zheng Xin let a maid get pregnant?",

"He's like sixteen, how old are we?

"I heard about this too, what happened next?",

"Don't tell me, I heard that the maid's child was killed, and the adults didn't save it, and the nurse said that it was to be punished."

"Alas, yes".

A few children chatted and chatted for an hour, it was almost dark, the other children had already gone back, there were only a few of them left in the Zongren Mansion, and a few children walked to the door and did not forget to cross their eyebrows and face coldly, and they were pulled away by their own parents who saw their ears and pulled away,

An Guogong was also outside, and he naturally knew what was going on inside, watching Zheng Yan and Zheng Tian come out, he first looked at the backs of the two children, and saw that there was nothing wrong, after all, they began to exercise when they were five or six years old, and said with a smile, "Let's go, Xiaotian will also go back to grandpa, I don't know what time to go back so late, grandpa sent someone to tell your father", and said that he was ready to get into the carriage.

Zheng Yan didn't move, and said softly, "Grandpa, I want to wait for Xinluo, she was supposed to go back today."

An Guogong smiled slightly when he heard this and said, "Okay, then let's go back first and let the kitchen leave food for you."

Saying that, he picked Zheng Tian into the carriage and left, so he naturally didn't have to worry about safety, the inner chamberlain and the Zongren Mansion were responsible for keeping an eye on the safety of the royal children until they reached the age of sixteen or eighteen, and An Guogong also had someone to keep.

When the sun set and it was time to hold the lamp, I don't know how long it was, Zheng Yan watched the candle in the lantern in front of the Zongren Mansion burn a little half, and he wanted to go in several times and retreated, he didn't dare not take Zuo Zongzheng's words seriously, he sat on the steps when he was tired, and the guards at the door did not squint, and they looked cold like two statues.

Now it is the Qingming season, Zheng Yan can see all kinds of Kong Ming lanterns flying in the night sky in the distance, some are monochrome, some are written with poems, some are painted with patterns, and some seem to be marquee, the middle part is still rotating, Zheng Yan can't help but think of a sentence "Good wind frequently borrows strength, send me to Qingyun".

The guards on duty at the door have changed shifts, and Xinluo has not come out yet, in fact, what Zheng Yan doesn't know is that Xinluo has been behind the door all along, and there is Zuo Zongzheng next to him, they are standing in the shadows, and the people outside the door can't see it. What Zheng Yan didn't know was that Zuo Zongzheng made a bet with Xinluo, if Zheng Yan at the door didn't leave when the guards changed shifts, Zuo Zongzheng would tell Xinluo the name of the person who killed Xinluo's parents.

The guards changed, Zheng Yan was still sitting at the door, turning his head from time to time to look at the situation behind the door, and suddenly a figure walked out of the shadow in the door.

Zheng Yan stared at the person with wide eyes, only to see the corner of the cyan clothes, the same height as himself, after seeing the face of the person who came, yes, it was Xinluo, Zheng Yan jumped up happily to meet him, grabbed Xinluo's arm and checked it up and down, and asked with concern, "Did they beat you?"

Xinluo shook his head, his expression was still faint, and it didn't look like he had been beaten, Zheng Yan finally put his mind at ease, and said with a smile, "Then let's go back,

Xinluo hummed softly, and the two of them walked towards the Anguo Mansion.

Zheng Yan was still in front of Xinluo in the back, Zheng Yan turned his head and talked to Xinluo about the various Kongming lanterns in the sky while comparing the style and size of the lamps, and said that he would make those kinds of lamps very early, his face was radiant, Xinluo could see Zheng Yan's unnaturalness every time he turned his head in the back, and she had the content of judging and analyzing the subtle movements of her opponent in her training, knowing that Zheng Yan had injuries to the muscles on her back.

In the shadow at the entrance of the Zongren Mansion, Zuo Zongzheng didn't know when there was a tall man in bright yellow clothes beside him, silently looking at the two small figures who were walking farther and farther away, and Zuo Zongzheng next to him retracted his gaze and said softly, "I am afraid of losing, so cherish it, but it may be difficult to accept others with heart and heart in the future, and I may also have a love for children."

"If there is no shackle in the heart, it will eventually become a lonely soul, and the lonely soul will not have a binding and will not have a bottom line, those people's so-called pursuit of the way of heaven will cut off all cause and effect, but it is just a betrayal of human identity, Bodhisattva, Dajue has affection, why should you break off love!", suddenly a sneering voice came from nowhere.

The man in the bright yellow dress did not indicate anything to turn away.

Zheng Yan and Xinluo walked on the street, because today is Qingming, there are few pedestrians, and every time they reach an intersection, there will be some people burning money and ingots to worship their ancestors, and some are still crying, in a very rhythmic and strange tone.

Zheng Yan saw Xinluo looking at the person who burned the paper in a daze, so he explained, "This crying method is a custom that has been handed down for a long time, don't feel strange, people have been worshipping like this for a long time, I heard that this can make the deceased hear, guide them into the underworld to reincarnate, and because of the sense of ceremony, it also looks solemn",

Zheng Yan said while seeing Xinluo bending down to pick up a piece of paper money, he hurriedly grabbed it and whispered, "This is for the dead in the underworld, and we living people can't take it."

Xinluo seemed to have listened to Zheng Yan's words, and had no idea of making paper money on the ground, and Zheng Yan was also relieved.

Later, he walked to a road where the houses were concentrated, unlike some shops with lanterns hanging at the door, it was dark here, Zheng Yan felt that Xinluo behind him seemed to be a little nervous, and his footsteps were silent, so he stopped and grabbed Xinluo's small hand and said categorically, "It's okay, don't be afraid, I often walk this road."

Probably thinking that now should be the time to show manhood, Zheng Yan took Xinluo's hand and strode forward, Xinluo hesitated and did not break free.

Zheng Yan didn't know that in the small alley they had just walked through, there were two people fighting in close proximity, their fists and feet were going back and forth very fast and silently, and Xinluo glanced over there, his eyes were cold. After a while, the two children walked out of this road and entered a street with a lot of lights, Zheng Yan breathed a sigh of relief, he was more familiar with this street, and the Guogong Mansion was in front of him.

The two people who were originally fighting in the alley were sitting against the wall and the other was standing at this time, and there was a person leaning against the corner not far away, asking softly, "What is the way?"

The man standing stared at the person on the ground vigilantly and said, "The qi machine is running very well, and the exercises can't be seen, and you can't judge it by just the moves."

"Hmph, what years have it been that anyone dares to come to Luoyang City to do such a thing, don't you have someone in your department who is good at soul dementoring?

The people on the ground moved, struggling to stand up, but the two people standing didn't move, just watched the people on the ground struggle, and finally the person seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and reluctantly said, "I'll move, I'll be useful to you."

The person on the opposite side stretched out his palm and pressed the dantian of the person on the ground, and the golden light in his hand was glowing, and the golden light seeped into the dantian, and the person quickly fainted, and then checked his whole body again to make sure that there was no danger before he put the person on his shoulder, turned his head and said to the person standing against the wall at the entrance of the alley, "You don't have to follow anymore?"

"No, there are people, the method you used to seal the opponent's dantian to disperse the qi machine just now seems to be from the royal family", "Well, we are directly under the emperor" ,... "Oh, I see".

Zheng Yan and Xinluo returned to the Guogong Mansion after a while, Cheng Feng was turning around at the door, and when he saw the two of them coming back, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "The head of the family said, if Your Highness comes back, you don't have to go over there to ask for peace, go back to the courtyard and rest early, I'll just go back and say goodbye."

Zheng Yan nodded and asked, "Do you have any food?"

Cheng Feng smiled and said, "Keep it, Miss Yingyue has been in the back kitchen, I'll call it", and ran in as he spoke.

Zheng Yan and Xinluo returned to the small courtyard, Yingyue just came back with the food box, and when she saw Zheng Yan, she didn't say anything, put down the food box and pulled him to wash his hands, Zheng Yan was still a little worried, afraid that Yingyue would be angry, so he let Yingyue grab his hand and put it in the basin,

Ying Yue looked up at Zheng Yan's somewhat evasive eyes and smiled slightly, gently poked his face with the jade finger stained with water, and then signaled that there was Xin Luo next to him, Zheng Yan suddenly asked Xin Luo to come over to wash his hands and eat, at this time Ying Yue wrung out the towel and gently helped Zheng Yan wipe his face before giving up, and then went to put the food in the food box on the table and set the dishes and chopsticks, saying that he was going to make a pot of hot tea and walked out,

Xinluo didn't eat at the table, Zheng Yan had to pick two dishes and put them in a box and hand them to her to let her go back to her room to eat, and she didn't say anything all night.

As the days passed, according to the royal regulations, the children of the royal family were to enter the national prison when they were twelve years old.

Guozijian is different from Zongxue, Zongxue is managed by the Zongren Mansion, and most of the teachers who teach are members of the royal family, and when they do enlightenment learning and practice, they will also explain the development process of the Zheng family, as well as the deeds of the accomplished ancestors in history.

The Guozijian is managed by the Ministry of Rites, and the professors are mostly officials of the Ministry of Rites and ministers of the DPRK and China, and the students who study here are not only the children of the royal family, but also the children of the princes and princes and the heroes, and the content of the lecture is actually similar to the Zongxue, but the history of the royal family is reduced, the Confucianism and the doctrine of righteousness and kinghood are increased, and the depth and divergence of the way of governance are also very strong.

If Zongxue is just enlightenment, Guozijian can be said to lay the foundation and prepare everyone to choose the direction of study in the future.

Zheng Yan's days in Guozijian are dull and mediocre, so naturally urgency and anxiety are indispensable, because Guozijian's studies and exams are not generally strict, and the rest time will not exceed ten days a year.

Of course, this is only limited to students like Zheng Yan who wander on the edge of the passing line, and those who are hopeless to pass most of the time, except for Guozijian who will not let go, the parents of their respective families will not tolerate it, but they are all dead pigs who are not afraid of boiling water, and they will be able to bear it after a few more scaldings, and it will be a little comfortable if there are a few more good unlucky eggs to boil water with you.