Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 10 Leaving the Palace
"You are young, so it's normal for you to be sleepy. Are you hungry? Come and have dinner quickly." Queen Cao waved her hand.

"Hehe." Zhao Xing laughed and said, "Mother, I am indeed hungry."

"Why don't you come quickly? Don't you have to leave the palace today? Your uncle has been waiting for you at the Central Palace for a while."

Queen Cao personally served a bowl of porridge and handed it over.

"Your Majesty, father, actually arranged for my uncle to follow me out of the palace?" Zhao Xing asked in surprise.

This uncle was not the brother of Zhao Xing’s biological mother, Concubine Zhu, but the biological brother of Empress Cao.

Empress Cao was born in the Duke of Wei's mansion. Both her parents had passed away, and she had one older brother and one younger brother.

His elder brother died early without leaving any offspring, and the title was inherited by his younger brother Cao An.

The Emperor and Empress Cao had a deep relationship. Even though Empress Cao had no children, the Emperor still respected and trusted her very much and appointed her brother as the commander-in-chief of the Palace Front, in charge of the palace guards.

"Will your father be assured of sending someone else?"

Empress Cao warned: "You can go out of the palace to have fun, but don't eat outside or go to crowded places."

"Mother, I will definitely not be back at noon. I can't go hungry, right?" Zhao Xing said.

"I didn't tell you not to eat it, I just told you not to eat it carelessly. Ask someone to try it first before eating it, and only eat it if there is no problem." Queen Cao said.

"I understand, son." Zhao Xing nodded.

After breakfast, Zhao Xing went back to the side hall where he lived to change his clothes.

The accompanying eunuchs and palace maids also went back to their rooms to change their clothes.

After a while, Zhao Xing changed into a purple undershirt, with a jade pendant carved from mutton-fat white jade hanging around his waist and a folding fan in his hand.

If he wasn't so young, he would be a handsome young man.

After the eunuchs and palace maids came back after changing their clothes, Zhao Xing took the sedan chair to the central palace.

At the palace gate leading to the harem, Duke of Wei Cao An and two young men had been waiting there.

Seeing Zhao Xing coming in a sedan chair, he hurried forward and saluted: "I greet your Highness!"

Zhao Xing waited until the sedan chair was put down, got off the sedan chair, helped Cao An up, and said with a smile: "Uncle, two cousins, I have told you many times that there is no need to be polite. It is getting late, let's leave the palace first."

The two young men were both Cao An's sons. The eldest son was named Cao Qin and the second son was named Cao Mian. Both of them worked in the Palace Front Division.

"Yes, Your Highness, please get on the sedan chair!" said Cao An.

"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded and got on the sedan chair.

On the way out of the palace, Cao An kept talking to his two sons about how to protect His Highness.

Your Highness, please don't go to crowded places, always pay attention to your surroundings and don't let others bump into you.

As soon as Zhao Xing heard this, he knew Cao An was talking to him. If he wanted to give his son some instructions, he would have done so long ago. There was no need to say these in front of him.

But Zhao Xing was not angry. Cao An had no choice but to do this. He couldn't just instruct Zhao Xing directly, so he could only let Zhao Xing hear it in this way.

After leaving the palace, there was a carriage waiting at the palace gate.

There were also a dozen strong men in plain clothes, holding weapons.

These are just the ones who follow Zhao Xing. No one knows how many more guards there are in secret.

Zhao Xing got on the carriage, and Cao An came to the lathe and asked, "Is there anywhere you want to go, Your Highness?"

Zhao Xing lifted the curtain of the carriage and said, "Uncle, now that I have left the palace, don't call me Your Highness. Otherwise, I might as well leave the palace openly. Why bother with all this? Just call me Brother Fu."

"There is a difference between the emperor and his subjects. How dare a minister overstep his authority?" Cao An said in a deep voice.

"Then uncle can just call me Young Master." Zhao Xing said.

"Yes!" Cao An hesitated for a moment and agreed.

"This is my first time out of the palace. I don't know where to have fun. Let's go to Gu's house first and call my study partner Gu Erlang!" Zhao Xing said.

"Yes!"

Cao An responded, stepped back, mounted his horse and led a few guards to clear the way. His two sons stood on both sides of the carriage, one on the left and one on the right. Several palace maids and eunuchs who came out to serve, except Sanshui and Amber, all the others followed the carriage on foot. Finally, seven or eight guards brought up the rear.

This kind of pomp and circumstance for going out is equivalent to the pomp and circumstance of daily travel by princes and nobles.

Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion was not far from the imperial palace, and soon it stopped at the gate of Gu's house.

Zhao Xing asked Sanshui to knock on the door and asked Gu Tingye to go.

Although Sanshui did not reveal his identity, the Gu family's doorman did not dare to underestimate the visitor when he saw his presence so grand, and hurried in to inform him.

Gu Tingye came over after hearing the news, and when he saw Sanshui, he was surprised and said, "Mr. Sanshui..."

"Mr. Gu, my master is waiting for you in the carriage." Sanshui quickly interrupted Gu Tingye.

As soon as Gu Tingye heard it, he knew that Zhao Xing had left the palace in secret, and he followed Sanshui to greet him.

"Greetings, Your Highness. Meet the Duke of Wei." Gu Tingye bowed.

Zhao Xing waved his hand and said, "Don't reveal my identity, just call me Young Master Zhao. Zhong Huai, do you know where is fun in Bianjing?" "Young Master, there are many fun places in Bianjing. I wonder which one you are referring to?" Gu Tingye asked.

"It's more lively and a place people like to go to," said Zhao Xing.

"According to what the young master said, Daxiangguo Temple is a good place to go. Today happens to be the day when Daxiangguo Temple opens for business." Gu Tingye said.

When Cao An heard Gu Tingye recommend Daxiangguo Temple, his face turned green and he shouted, "Asshole, is that what your father taught you? Your Highness is a precious person, and Daxiangguo Temple is full of good and bad people. How can you let Your Highness go to a place like that? If something happens, can you bear the consequences?"

"I was foolish, please forgive me, Your Highness!"

After hearing Cao An's scolding, Gu Tingye realized the seriousness of the problem.

Just now, Zhao Xing said that he wanted to go to a more lively place where ordinary people like to go. His first thought was Daxiangguo Temple, and he didn’t think too much about it.

"Uncle, don't be angry. The Daxiangguo Temple is very lively when it opens for business. I have also heard about it in the palace. Naturally, I won't take the risk." Zhao Xing waved his hand.

In fact, after Gu Tingye finished speaking, he wanted to go to Daxiangguo Temple to take a look.

However, Cao An's words made him give up this idea.

If he insisted, Cao An would have no choice.

But he will definitely report it afterwards, and it will be difficult for him to leave the palace again.

In order to be able to leave the palace more often in the future, Zhao Xing has made up his mind to behave himself this time.

Cao An was really afraid that Zhao Xing would insist on going to Daxiangguo Temple, and he was relieved when he heard Zhao Xing say that.

"Apart from Daxiangguo Temple, Nanmen Street is the busiest place."

Gu Tingye also knew that Zhao Xing’s safety was the most important, so he didn’t dare to recommend a place randomly.

Nanmen Street is also known as Imperial Street and Suzaku Street.

However, this Imperial Street was not the road for the emperor to travel, but was modeled after the Suzaku Avenue in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty.

The Suzaku Avenue in Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty led directly to the Suzaku Gate and was the imperial road.

Zhuque Street, which was built in the Song Dynasty, was the most upscale shopping street in Bianjing City.

Although it is lively, only the rich or powerful people go there.

Zhao Xing's safety is also guaranteed.

"Your Highness... Young Master, Nanmen Street is indeed nice." Cao An looked at Gu Tingye with appreciation and agreed.

"Okay, let's go and have a look."

Although Zhao Xing was in the palace, he still knew where Nanmen Street was.

Both of them recommended it, so I might as well go and take a look, and buy some gifts for my mother and Queen Cao and the others.

Gu Tingye wanted to go home to get the horse, so Zhao Xing simply let him ride with him.

After the carriage started moving, Zhao Xing said unhappily, "Okay, Zhong Huai, you have learned how to play tricks on me!"

Gu Tingye said with a bitter face: "Your Highness, I have no choice. Duke Wei is about to go to my father. How dare I recommend a place to Your Highness?"

"What? Are you afraid that your father will beat you, so you don't consider my opinion?" Zhao Xing said with a straight face.

"I dare not, but I also think that Your Highness's safety is the most important thing." Gu Tingye said seriously.

"Okay, let's forget it this time. If something like this happens again in the future, remember to take my opinions seriously." Zhao Xing said.

"Yes, I'll remember it." Gu Tingye said.

After Zhao Xing finished knocking on Gu Tingye's door, he lifted the curtain of the car and admired the scenery along the way.

It has to be said that Bianliang was indeed prosperous during the Northern Song Dynasty.

The people I met along the way had ruddy complexions and their clothes were without even patches. It was obvious at a glance that they lived a wealthy life.

But Bianjing is the capital, and this place is still the inner city, which is normal.

"What is that place? Why are there so many people gathered there?"

Suddenly, Zhao Xing saw many people gathered in front of a very imposing building.

Because the distance was too far, he couldn't see clearly what was written on the plaque hanging above the door.

Gu Tingye took a look and said, "Your Highness, that is the Kaifeng government office."

"There are so many people gathered in front of the Kaifeng government office. There must be some big case. Let's go and take a look." Zhao Xing said.

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