Honghui is reborn in Legend of Zhen Huan, I will protect my mother

Time flies, half a month has passed in a flash, and the first day of February is just around the corner.

Early that morning, the father and son got on a carriage and headed for the Forbidden City with a lot of luggage.

They first went to the prince's residence.

The Prince's Residence is located on the west side of the Qianqing Palace, facing north and south. The five courtyards are closely adjacent to each other, and people also call it the Qianxi Five Residences.

Honghui was arranged to live in the West Third Building, which was a three-courtyard building. In addition to him, the Seventeenth Prince and the Eighteenth Prince also lived in the courtyard, and the three of them occupied exactly one courtyard each.

Since people lived in the front yard and the middle yard, his residence was moved to the back yard. However, Honghui was quite satisfied with it because the back yard was quiet and naturally blocked off many troubles.

"Come on, I'll take you around so you can get familiar with the environment of the abode."

Zhao Quanshun and a few young eunuchs arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs were left to pack up the luggage, and the father and son walked out.

"As you know just now, besides you, your seventeenth and eighteenth uncles also live in West Third Residence. Your eighteenth uncle lives in the middle courtyard, and your seventeenth uncle lives in the front courtyard. Wait until they get out of school, and then you can go to their houses one by one to say hello."

Honghui kept walking and nodded as he said, "Son, I understand."

"Now no one lives in the first palace, your fifteenth and sixteenth uncles live in the second palace, and the third palace, as for the fourth and fifth palaces, they are all occupied by your companions. Although you only come back once every three days, your companions cannot leave the palace at will, and can only come back once a month. They will accompany you at all times in the future."

Honghui had known this for a long time. While enjoying the exclusive education of the royal family, the companions also had to endure countless rules. If he, the eldest prince, made any mistakes, the companions would be punished on his behalf, without any exceptions.

Tsk! If he had not seen the "equality of all" in later generations, he might have been very grateful for this. Anyway, no one would be punished, and the princes and grandchildren of the emperor had the capital to do whatever they wanted.

However, the princes and grandchildren of the emperor are still diligent and dare not fall behind in their studies. They are afraid of being punished and scolded by the emperor, and then implicate their biological mothers in the palace and their blood relatives outside the palace.

Honghui made up his mind that he would do whatever the teacher said and would never let a group of children suffer for him.

Afterwards, the father and son came to the vicinity of the Qianqing Palace.

Coming towards me were bursts of clear reading sounds, which came from far away and became clearer and louder as the footsteps got closer.

Is the requirement to recite 120 times in the study room so strict? Are silent reading and aloud recitation not allowed? Honghui's heart tightened. This kind of life is too hard!

The Shangshufang of this dynasty was located on the left side of the Qianqing Palace. Several rooms were specially set aside for the princes, grandchildren of the emperor, close relatives of the royal family, and companions to study. The gentlemen selected to teach in the Shangshufang were all carefully selected and knowledgeable. Even though most of them were a little older, their personalities were also a bit stable.

As to how to act in the upper study room, the father and son had discussed in depth, and finally decided to follow the local customs and keep a low profile. So no matter how difficult it was, they had to endure it. At worst, they could read other books when they returned.

However, Honghui thought about his amazing progress. He had already finished learning three of the Four Books and a small part of the remaining "Mencius". In this situation, it would be very difficult to hide his shortcomings.

Fortunately, most people in the palace knew that he had started enlightenment at the age of four, so he didn't have to waste much time in the enlightenment class. But the companions had a hard time. The gap between them and himself was like a chasm. If they didn't work hard, they wouldn't even be able to keep up with him.

Honghui never had the idea of ​​stopping and waiting for his study companions to catch up. It didn't make sense in this era for a royal grandson to give way to several study companions!

Looking at the red walls and yellow tiles of the Qianqing Palace, he made a decision - then he would take his cousin Hongxi as the standard, a little bit lower!

The father and son left the study room, took a walk around the training ground, and then turned back to the West Third Building. At this time, the four companions had been waiting for a long time.

When Honghui saw them, each of them was standing solemnly in the yard, none of them looking around, and it was obvious that they had been trained in advance by their families.

"Your servant pays respects to Lord Beile and to the eldest prince."

Honghui put on a smiling face and comforted them, "Are you all used to the palace? Are the eunuchs assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs doing their best?"

Everyone said no, and even if they did, they didn't dare to say it out loud.

Honghui did not insist. After saying a few words, he asked his companions to go back and rest. He had already instilled his requirements into their minds before entering the palace. As for whether they would listen to him or not, he would have to wait and see in the future!

Yinzhen did not interrupt the whole process, allowing his eldest son to recruit his companions with both kindness and force, and then commented: "Not bad, but you must not treat them all equally. You must set up one or two targets in front of them to prevent them from joining hands to fool you."

Honghui nodded to show that he understood.

"Honghui, from now on, unless you are summoned, breakfast and lunch will be sent to the upper study, and dinner can only be taken back to the prince. Okay, it's almost time for lunch. Today, your father will take you to Yonghe Palace for lunch. Your mother has already told you in advance!"

After arriving at Yonghe Palace, Concubine De prepared a large table of delicious food to welcome her grandson.

"Fourth brother, Honghui is under my care in the palace, so you can rest assured! The eunuchs serving him are all people arranged by me. I have also taken care of the small kitchen in the prince's residence. Snacks are always prepared. Just ask the eunuch to get them..." Since it concerns her own grandson, Concubine De couldn't be more considerate!

"I am most confident in what your mother is doing." What Yinzhen was confident about was the network of bondsers behind Concubine De. This network extended from the Uya clan, layer upon layer, and formed a huge force in the Forbidden City.

Because adult princes were not allowed to stay in the harem for too long, the father and son left Yonghe Palace immediately after lunch.

This time, Yinzhen only sent his eldest son to the gate of Xisanso and stopped.

"Honghui, I have explained everything I need to tell you. You have to walk the rest of the way by yourself. Ama can't always be by your side!"

Honghui felt a little sad after hearing these words. The next time he would see his father and mother would be three days later!

"Father, mother is always worried and anxious. You need to take good care of her for your son. Make her smile more often and stop worrying about your son. Also, you need to take good care of yourself. Your son cannot be with you, so he can only pray to the gods and Buddhas to bless you and mother with good health and happiness!"

Yinzhen stared at his eldest son's face intently, and after a while he said in a deep voice: "Go back, there are a lot of official business waiting for you, Ama will leave the palace now." Although he was worried in his heart, he had to let go.

The father and son said goodbye to each other reluctantly. One went north and the other went south. They went in opposite directions and got farther and farther away.