After coming out of the palace, Yinzhen hurriedly went to the door of the Fourth Prince's mansion and took the original album from the reluctant Yinzhen.

After that, within just three days, the peace and tranquility here in Honghui was no longer there!

"Big Brother, this is the letter that Master Jiu asked me to give you. Please take a look."

"Big brother, Master Jiu asked me to tell you something. He said there is something wrong with this painting and you need to draw a new one."

"Honghui, come and take a look. These are the Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual and Western painting manuals that Uncle Jiu sent people to collect. If you have time, you can study them and improve your painting skills."…………

Honghui has something to say, Uncle Jiu, could you please not be so outrageous?

Well, how should I put it? There are so many people living in the prince's residence, but he is the only one who has people visiting him almost every day. The key is that the people who visit him have nothing to do with the Fourth Prince's Mansion. If you don't know him, you might think he is Uncle Nine's biological son!

Cousin Hong Sheng couldn't sit still and teased him, "Hong Hui, why does Uncle Jiu always come to see you? And that eunuch Fang from Yikun Palace also came to visit you at Uncle Jiu's behest, right? How Brother Jiu treats you, we can't compare..."

Honghui knew that his cousin Hongsheng had no ill intentions, he just joked around because they were familiar with each other, so he didn't take it to heart.

He only used those painting albums as an excuse: "Uncle Jiu came here to give me painting albums. I have learned painting for a few years and want to improve my painting skills. Uncle Jiu is an enthusiastic person and is willing to help." Honghui's words were not groundless, because he had been painting most of his free time these days. His study companions had seen them several times. What else needed to be said whether they believed it or not?

Hong Sheng actually believed this explanation. He even imagined that Uncle Jiu was teaching Hong Hui how to paint, which was why he came so often!

After he spoke, Honghui's convincing explanation spread within a day, and no one in the Prince's Office talked about the matter anymore.

Half a month later, around the end of June or the beginning of July, the album was finalized.

Before taking the engraving and printing, Yinzhen came to the prince's residence again and brought the entire album to Honghui.

Honghui took a rough look through the album and found that there were actually quite a lot of changes compared to a month ago, which showed how strict Uncle Jiu's requirements were.

But it's true, he has been revising it for more than 20 days in a row, how could this album not look brand new?

"Uncle Jiu, don't you need to improve it? I think my painting skills are not good enough for the public, but will anyone really buy it?"

Yinzhen said confidently, "You have to believe Uncle Jiu. What kind of business has Uncle Jiu not done? I can tell at a glance which one is profitable and which one is losing money! There are countless scholars who are better at painting than you, but can they paint these stories? Even if they can, they are just reciting from the book, with a picture under a sentence of the Three Character Classic. How can that be interesting?"

"..." Honghui remained silent. In order to show his sincerity and to make Hongshi, who was of average talent, understand the "Three Character Classic", he racked his brains to make up a story. Now he just hit on it by accident?

Yinzhen talked to himself: "Okay, Uncle Jiu will take care of the rest, I won't disturb you from studying hard." The fourth brother had reminded him several times, both explicitly and implicitly, to restrain himself, lest he be punished for multiple crimes after the emperor returned!

What? You said that Fourth Brother was concerned about him? Haha, could he not hear the deep meaning behind Fourth Brother's words? He was obviously afraid that he would affect Honghui's studies!

Well, well, I’ve bothered Honghui for a long time this month, so I shouldn’t cause him any more trouble!

……

After the beginning of autumn, it is the hottest time of July.

As the summer heat gradually subsided, the times for going to study and leaving school returned to their original times, which were the afternoon.

But Honghui was not dissatisfied. His father once told him, "You grandchildren of the emperor have it much easier than we did back then. Back then, we didn't finish school until the evening of the twelfth hour. We had to light the lamps and burn the midnight oil to continue studying after returning home. We would always fall asleep the next day. We didn't know how many times we were scolded and suffered so much!"

Thinking of this, Honghui stopped complaining all of a sudden. He went to the afternoon and sweated profusely. He could even have a good dream that night.

This peaceful time did not last long. Within two days, a disturbance occurred in the upper study.

That afternoon, it was time for martial arts class, and all the emperor's grandchildren and their companions gathered in the training ground to practice archery, and Honghui was no exception.

He held a small two-force bow in his hand, pulled it easily, and shot steadily at the target in the distance. Looking at the target again, although he did not hit the center of the bull's eye, the difference was not too far.

Yinzhen never understood the meaning of being tactful, and praised him generously: "Honghui, your riding and archery skills have improved a lot! If you train it for another half a year, you can change it to a Sanli bow."

Honghui smiled modestly: "Uncle Fourteen, you are too kind. My skill is nothing compared to this. I heard that Huang Mafa could use a four-force bow when he was six years old!"

"Your Huang Mafa's skills are far beyond the reach of ordinary people. Not to mention me, your Fourteenth Uncle, even your eldest uncle and seventh uncle, who are excellent in riding and shooting, cannot catch up with your Huang Mafa, so don't underestimate yourself!

"Honghui, your riding and archery skills are not top-notch, but they are much better than ordinary people. Look at Hongsheng from fifth brother's family and Hongshu from seventh brother's family. They are only using bows of three or four powers now. You will catch up with them sooner or later." As for fourth brother's well-known four and a half powers, don't mention it. It's really a bummer if you talk about it too much!

Honghui pulled the bowstring again and shot another arrow at the target, which happened to hit the center of the bull's eye.

"Uncle Fourteenth, what you said makes sense. I am where I am today thanks to your generous guidance..." He was interrupted before he could finish his words.

There was a quarrel coming from afar, which sounded like the voices of cousin Hongxi and cousin Hongyu. Honghui looked over.

——"Hongxi, why did you perform so poorly today? You hit the target five out of ten times. Are you not afraid of being laughed at when you say this? Is this the performance that the eldest grandson of the emperor should have? I heard that the Crown Prince's second uncle could shoot five arrows in a row when he was five years old, and he even shot a deer and four rabbits. And your horseback archery, wow..."

Hong Xi lowered his mouth and tried to defend himself: "I practiced calligraphy too much last night and hurt my wrist, so I didn't perform well. Let's compete again tomorrow, and I will make you admit defeat sincerely!"

Hongyu sneered: "Puchi~ Who are you trying to fool? How many times have you defeated me in the past? Even if I lost a few times, it was just your luck. Your riding and archery skills are not as good as mine."

"What's the point of being good at riding and shooting? Why don't you compare your studies? Do you think everyone is the same as you? You are just a reckless man!"

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