There is a Xing palace in the territory of Huguang Anlu Mansion, which is located in the east of the Han River, close to the ferry street, the palace occupies a small area but is exquisite, it is the residence of Zhu Youqi, the fourth son of Emperor Xianzong of the former dynasty.

Now although Zhu Youqi has been dead for more than a year, he is still in the period of filial piety, so everything is as before, so the son Zhu Houxi has not yet been titled.

At this time, Zhu Houxi was practicing calligraphy in the study, and Zhu Sanmei was studying on the side, when suddenly a sentence came from outside:

"Little prince, Yong'an county lord, there is a prince outside who led a woman and said that he wanted to find the little prince, and he was originally going to tell the princess, but the little prince is now at home, so the little one will come to inform you first."

Zhu Houxi said to outsiders at this time:

"Uncle Jiu, don't disturb the princess and his old man, since Xiao Wang is at home, these things will be handled by Xiao Wang."

It turns out that Zhu Sanmei's title is the lord of Yong'an, this ninth uncle is naturally not really Zhu Houzhao's ninth uncle, but the housekeeper of the palace, and he has entertained Jiang Bin in the annex before, his real name is Lu Jiu, because he is older, everyone in the palace is used to calling him the ninth uncle.

Zhu Houxi waited for Uncle Nine to come in, so he still lowered his head and practiced his words and asked Uncle Nine casually:

"What is the appearance of the person who comes?"

Uncle Nine replied:

"The man in front of him, with a melon seed face, his eyes are not big or small, his complexion is slightly dark, he is dressed in green clothes, and he looks like he is sixteen or seven years old."

At this time, Zhu Sanmei, the county lord of Yong'an on the side, immediately smiled happily and said:

"Isn't this just not forgetting my brother, I'll go out to find him."

didn't wait for his brother Zhu Houxi to speak, and ran out without a figure.

When the third sister came to the door, when she saw that there was a female disciple of Emei next to her, Du did not forget it, so she immediately ran back angrily.

At this time, Zhu Houyu had already come to the door to greet Du Houyi in person, and the two had a pleasantry as soon as they met, and Du Houyi and Ling Xue were invited to his study by Zhu Houxi.

After coming to the study and sitting down and drinking a cup of tea, Zhu Houxi looked at the Emei beauty who had just changed into a women's dress today, and said first:

"I don't know the name of this Emei beauty next to my eldest brother."

Du did not forget to see that Ling Xue seemed to be shy, so he answered for him:

"This beauty's name is Ling Xue, in fact, he doesn't change his dress, and I have always been his aunt."

After saying that, he laughed.

Zhu Houzhao also replied:

"It's true that my eldest brother and I really have the same opinion, but I like him three points when I see Ling Xue in the women's skirt today."

At this time, Ling Xue saw that the two of them were making fun of him, so she replied:

"Didn't I just change into a cliché, you need to make fun of me like that"?

After saying that, he turned his head shyly.

Du did not forget to change the topic at this time and said:

"Little prince, now in the palace, you are the master, or don't call me brother or brother, so as not to affect the etiquette of the palace."

Zhu Houxi replied:

"There is no one else, we just call it that in private."

Then he said to Du Yiyi:

"How could the eldest brother come by water this time."

Du did not forget to tell the master about the situation and explained the purpose of this visit.

Zhu Houxi then instructed the housekeeper Uncle Nine to go down to get the medicine.

At this time, a middle-aged woman wearing a crown and about forty years old next to the third sister accompanied her to the door.

When Zhu Houxi saw the comer, he got up and immediately came to the woman to pay homage and said:

"I don't know why the mother suddenly came to the child's study."

After speaking, he looked at the third sister next to him, as if he understood something, and then glared at the third sister.

Du Buyi saw that it was the princess who came, so he immediately pulled Ling Xue to come to him, bowed to the princess, and said:

"Hello aunt, Xiaomin took the liberty to disturb your house today, and I didn't go to visit my aunt first, and I hope my aunt will forgive me."

At this time, Princess Xing was a little angry and instructed Zhu Houxi:

"Xi'er, how did my mother teach you since you were a child, don't you know the etiquette when the guests come, and bring them to the study without permission, let's go, take your friends to the hall and talk about it."

After saying that, he got a little angry and walked back.

After the princess left, Zhu Houxi said to Du Yiyi:

"Big brother, you can leave now, we have time to make another appointment, I think it must be the third sister who went to the princess to complain, looking at my mother's angry appearance, it must be no good to go to the hall."

Don't forget the reply:

"Since the princess is angry, we have to explain to the princess that we can't go like this, otherwise you will definitely have to be reprimanded a lot."

Zhu Houxi also knew Du Houyi's character, since he had said this, he would not listen to persuading him to leave, so he said:

"Since the eldest brother insists on the princess, let's go and see it, but you'd better not say that you are from the rivers and lakes, because my mother hates the people in the rivers and lakes the most."

At this time, a middle-aged teacher walked into the study, over forty years old, with a high nose bridge, thick eyebrows and small eyes.

As soon as Mr. Teaching entered the door and saw the two of them making a door shape, he asked the little prince Zhu Houxi:

"The little prince has something to do today."

The little prince Zhu Houxi replied:

"There are some small things, just when you are here, Mr. Zhang Xi, can you accompany me to meet my mother."

Zhang Xi said with a smile:

"The little prince must be fine."

Then he asked the little prince Zhu Houxi to introduce Du and Ling Xue on the side.

A few people went to the living room and introduced them.

It turned out that Zhang Yu was a person in one fell swoop, and after seven failed attempts, he was forced to found Luofeng Academy to teach, and he was quite famous in the local area.

But after a while, several people came to the palace hall, at this time, Princess Jiang was sitting in the hall drinking tea, and next to Zhu Sanmei, the lord of Chun'an, was standing.

When the princess saw that a few people had arrived after more than half a moment, she said to Zhu Houxi with some anger:

"Xi'er, now that you've grown up, you're about to inherit the throne, and you're getting less and less interested in being a mother, aren't you?"

At this time, Zhu Houxi hurriedly stepped forward and knelt in front of Princess Xing, bowed his head and replied:

"How dare the child offend the mother, the mother must have listened to the words of the third sister before she misunderstood the child."

After speaking, he looked up at the third sister on the side, and at this time, the third sister was also jealous for a while because she saw that Du did not forget to follow another Ling Xue by her side, so she went to the princess to complain, but she didn't expect the princess to lose her temper with the second brother, so she naturally couldn't help it.

At this time, the princess raised her head and asked Du Buzhi:

"This young man and little girl, I think they are quite handsome, but where do they come from?"

Du did not forget to introduce himself:

"Xiaomin is a native of the Luohan Temple near the palace."

The princess's face turned into a smile at this time, and she said:

"Fellow countrymen, fellow villagers are good."

Ling Xue was frightened by the princess's instruction to Zhu Houzhao just now, and didn't dare to speak. Seeing this, Du did not forget to say for him:

"This woman is Ling Xue, a disciple of the Emei Golden Light Master."

Du didn't forget it, naturally he forgot what the second brother said just now.

When the princess heard that she was a person from the rivers and lakes and a believer in Buddhism, she immediately said to the housekeeper Lu Jiu:

"Nine, call someone to drive this woman out, I don't want to see people in the rivers and lakes, especially those who believe in Buddhism."

It turned out that the princess was a paranoid Taoist believer, who had always loved cultivation, and she didn't like people in the rivers and lakes, so she naturally hated Ling Xue and the Buddhist Emei where he was located even more.

Since ancient times, Buddhism and Taoism have been constantly contending, Buddhism was introduced into China during the Eastern Han Dynasty, breaking the situation of Taoism being a dominant family, to the Northern Wei Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Buddhism completely suppressed Taoism, so many paranoid Taoist believers are still hostile to Buddhism.