Lu Song listened to Zhu Hao with several children, and even forgot the time.

First, Lu Bing couldn't help it, covered his stomach and said, "Dad, I'm hungry." ”

Lu Song couldn't get enough of it, and at this time, there was a sound of footsteps at the door, but Lu Song's subordinates came over to see what was going on, obviously Lu Song just came in to urge Zhu San and Lu Bing to go back to the inner courtyard to eat, why didn't there move after entering?

"Okay, that's all for today, and I'll talk about it when I come back from the Mid-Autumn Festival." Zhu Hao's mouth was a little dry and he didn't want to continue.

Zhu San protested: "No, no, no! I haven't heard enough yet, so let's go, I'll stay and listen. ”

At this time, Zhu San was immersed in the happiness of the little beggar teasing the Han boy, as if he had substituted himself into the role, and he was enjoying listening to it, where would he be willing to give up?

Even Jing Hong couldn't help but glance at her, as if he remembered his previous entanglement with the story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" told by Zhu Hao, and estimated that this person, like him, was obsessed with the story told by Zhu Hao.

"Shizi, please go back to the inner courtyard immediately, otherwise you won't be able to explain to the prince and Yuan Changshi."

Lu Song said solemnly.

I used to listen to stories with children, but now the adult mind has regained the upper hand and quickly broke free from the world of martial arts.

When Zhu San heard that Lu Song was using the name of his father and teacher to press him, he was immediately discouraged and muttered and left with Lu Song.

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"You're amazing, how do you remember these stories?" After Lu Song, Lu Bing and Zhu San left, Jing Hong looked at Zhu Hao with some admiration.

Zhu Hao said: "If you hear too much, won't you remember it?" ”

Jing Hong's eyes were eager, and he asked, "Who told you the story?" ”

"Huh."

Zhu Hao smiled and said nothing

Without Mr. here, Zhu San and Lu Bing are gone, and it is not interesting to stay in the school house any longer, Zhu Hao packed up his books and prepared to go back to the West Courtyard to eat something and leave the palace.

"It's class time, right? I'm afraid it's not so convenient to get out of the palace. Jing Hong was a little worried.

Zhu Hao said: "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, who still has the heart to study now?" Besides, who cares if we learn or not? ”

Jing Hong thought about it, and it seemed that this was really the case.

Since entering the palace, there are nominally Mr. and classmates, but in fact, the usual schoolwork is basically based on self-consciousness, and no one cares.

If you want to take care of it, only when Zhu Hao takes responsibility to become Mr. Zhu, he will urge them, but usually this guy is only busy with the things at hand.

Back in the west courtyard, the guards were carrying things, large and small boxes.

"A few big brothers, do you need to help? What is this? Zhu Hao asked with a smile.

The guard surnamed Lian replied, "...... for the festival The royal family has a big business, do you think there will be fewer things to send during the holidays? Come over here and give a hand. ”

There is free labor, of course.

It just so happened that at this time, Luo Sheng, the deputy of the palace guard, brought people over to inspect and shouted: "Hurry up and work, don't delay!" ”

Luo Sheng's status in the palace honor guard department is higher than Lu Songlai, Lu Song is only one of the six guards of the palace honor and guard department, the reason why he gets the weight is mainly because his wife is the nurse of the prince, the husband is expensive, and is usually responsible for the security work of the outer courtyard, as well as the travel honor guard.

Luo Sheng, as the deputy of the guard of honor, is the second-in-command of the guard division, and usually stays in the grange outside the palace and the city, and rarely returns.

Luo Shengyu Lin Wei is born in a thousand households, now over the age of sixtieth, the spirit is still strong, in history after he passed away in Zhengde 16 years, his son Luo An inherited his position, and Luo An is Zhu Houxi into the second generation of Jinyi Wei commander after the unification.

Zhu Chen, the commander of the first generation of Jinyi Guard, is now the honor guard of Xingwangfu.

This group of guards originally wanted Zhu Hao to be a free laborer, but when they saw Luo Sheng, they were silent one by one, and they were bored to work, Luo Sheng glanced at Zhu Hao, and took people to the inner courtyard without saying anything.

Look at this battle, most of it is because the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and the high-level officials of the palace are gathered.

Lunch in the cafeteria has long been withdrawn.

After returning to the room, Zhu Hao took out a snack and handed it to Jing Hong, who shook his head and declined.

"It won't be long before we leave the palace, and you're going home hungry, will you eat more or less at night? Eat more to make your family think that you are not having a good time in the palace, if you eat less...... Aren't you hungry? We're friends, let's cushion our stomachs. ”

Zhu Hao's words are well-founded.

Jing Hong thought about it, and it was really like this.

Listening to the story at noon, he didn't think carefully about what would happen when he went home without eating, as a filial son, of course he couldn't let his family worry.

"Thank you then."

Jinghong was not as restrained as before, and the two of them ate snacks, drank water, and returned to the school together.

"Later, what happened to Guo Jing?"

Jing Hong saw that Zhu San and they didn't come back, and couldn't help but want to continue listening to the story.

Zhu Hao said: "I said that I will talk about it when I come back after the Mid-Autumn Festival, I can't break my promise, so let's learn from you." ”

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I didn't see Zhu San again in the afternoon.

When the sun was setting in the west, Lu Bing followed his father Lu Song to the study.

"You can go." Lu Song came to pass the word.

Jing Hong let out an "oh", put down the book in hand, and got up to leave, but saw Zhu Hao walking towards Lu Song with a smile.

"Lu Dianzhan, tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, since Mr. is not here today, why don't you let us go home early?" Zhu Hao asked.

Lu Song glared at Zhu Hao and didn't answer.

Lu Bing asked with a little excitement: "Dad, can I also bring things home this year?" ”

Lu Song still didn't answer.

When he returned to the West Courtyard, Zhu Hao found that outside the house where he lived with Jing Hong, there were two bamboo baskets, and there were a lot of things in the bamboo baskets, which should be holiday gifts from the palace to accompany the reading.

Lu Bing excitedly went over to look at it, but was grabbed back by Lu Song: "Your share, I have asked your mother to take it home, and you can see it when you go back." ”

"yes." Lu Bing was very happy.

At a young age, although he didn't earn a lot of money in the palace, he had begun to bring things home, and the children had a sense of accomplishment.

Lu Song said: "You go in and pack up and go home." ”

After speaking, Lu Song didn't stare, explained to the guards, and took his son away first.

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Zhu Hao and Jing Hong packed their own things, and they were also curious about what was in the bamboo basket.

After reading it, I found that it was not a lot of expensive things, there were some materials for boiling eight-treasure porridge, a bag of whole grains, some salted fish, then two ink tables, a few brushes, and some salted duck eggs and boiled eggs wrapped in baggage.

Finally, there are moon cakes, there are eight pieces, and I don't know what kind of wrapping is not yet known.

"The treatment of the palace is really good." Zhu Hao said with a smile.

Jing Hong glanced up at Zhu Hao, he wanted to say, this is not bad?

Usually you eat better than this.

Zhu Hao said: "I'll go home first, can you go?" ”

"Let's go!"

Jinghong didn't want to stay in the palace for a long time, so he hurriedly packed up and left the palace with Zhu Hao.

On the way, the guards saw that the two children ignored it, and at this time there were still people moving things to the palace, obviously these things were not bought by the palace to be distributed, but gifts from outsiders to the Xingwang Mansion.

Even if Xingwangfu usually has little contact with the local gentry, it is still necessary to do enough etiquette for the official gentry during the New Year's holidays, which is also a common practice, after all, with the transcendent status of Xingwangfu, if you deliberately cause trouble, it will cause local turmoil.

Especially those officials and gentry with solid family backgrounds are most afraid of being seized by the powerful.

Xingwangfu has a good reputation in Anlu, firstly, Zhu Youqi is kind, and secondly, the head of the palace, Shi Yuan Zonggao, treats people modestly, even if there are some small people in the palace, but they dare not make trouble easily if they are pressed.

On the contrary, some of the local state capitals that exist in the feudal mansions are not necessarily so peaceful, and the most significant one is the Ning Wangfu in Nanchang.

"Zhu Hao, should we go and listen to the book?"

After Jinghong left the palace, he was not in a hurry to go home, and wanted to go to the bookstore.

Zhu Hao shook his head and issued a warning: "Jinghong, I have to remind you, go home early after school, so that the secret of our escape from the night will not be discovered by the family, if you have to listen to the book, it is better to invite the family to go with you at night, and say that I heard the prince say that the bookstore is very lively in the palace......

This is a rule of thumb.

It's natural for children to be playful, but the problem is that everyone in the family knows that you are going home now, once the time is not right, how do you explain?

Jing Hong nodded as if he didn't understand, and the two said goodbye at the corner of the street.

Zhu Hao didn't go far, he saw that the county yamen came to pick up Jinghong, obviously Xingwangfu notified the county government in advance that the child would go home early in the afternoon, maybe Zhu Hao's status is not high and no one cares, but Jinghong, as the son of the county, if something happens, the palace is not easy to explain.

If Jinghong runs to listen to the book, he will miss it with the person who came to greet him, and it will be difficult to explain it when he returns.

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Zhu Hao returned home.

The shop is very lively, and many neighbors come to buy festive items.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the four traditional festivals, since ancient times, there are customs such as worshipping the moon, admiring the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, appreciating osmanthus flowers, drinking osmanthus wine, etc., plus the people have surplus money just after the autumn harvest, they will naturally come to buy some things to celebrate the festival, and the business of the usually deserted shop has obviously improved.

"Xiaohao, your mother is waiting for you in the back."

It was Aunt Li who was settling accounts behind the counter.

Zhu Hao walked inside with the basket and heard the aunt outside discussing: "Zhu Niang's child? So big? I heard that I am working in the palace now? It's amazing. ”

Zhu Hao really wanted to say, thank you for the compliment.

When I entered the yard, I saw Zhu Niang and Zhu Ting picking vegetables there, and they were about to celebrate the festival, and the family was preparing in advance.

"Your aunt's hand is cut, and she can't get wet for the next two days, so let her support her at the counter, and I'll come over and do some work...... Xiao Hao, what is this? ”

Zhu Niang is very kind, she didn't bully the little because she was a big woman and Aunt Li was a concubine, her husband was gone, and the two couldn't remarry in the worldly shackles, and they would be sisters who depended on each other in the future.

Zhu Hao said: "It's a festival gift from the palace, and there are moon cakes and salted duck eggs in it...... Xiaoting, do you want to eat? ”

Zhu Ting's eyes lit up, and she turned her head to look at Zhu Niang.

Zhu Niang smiled: "Let's go in and eat with your brother." ”

"Mother, I'll help you."

Zhu Hao put his things down and was about to sit down to help.

Zhu Niang hurriedly waved her hand: "You are studying very hard in the palace, just let Wei Niang do these jobs...... Xiaoting, you can also go in, Xiaohao will teach your sister to read and write if she has time, she is very smart and learns quickly. ”

For Zhu Niang, her son is a scholar and will have a great future in the future, and the concept of a gentleman in this era is deeply rooted, and Zhu Niang does not want to make her son do anything that damages the dignity of a scholar because she wants to reduce her burden.

It wasn't the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the family sat together for a reunion dinner in the evening.

Zhu Niang was very happy: "This year, we have finally stabilized, the silver is available, Xiaohao has also started to study, and everything will be fine in our family in the future." ”

Zhu Hao said: "Mother, since we have spare money, let's not be busy doing anything else first, let's invite a maid back?" ”