Prince Consort

Xie Ze'an met Zhao Chongzhao at noon.

As soon as Zhao Chongzhao met, he asked, "Sanlang, what did you say to Ning'er?"

Xie Ze'an couldn't call the princess by her name like Zhao Chongzhao. He said respectfully, "His Royal Highness is very interested in the pencil I use."

This is the rhetoric that Xie Zean and Princess Yanning set up.

Zhao Chongzhao had no doubt about him, and asked enthusiastically, "What pencil?"

Xie Ze'an took out a new set and peeled off one to show Zhao Chongzhao.He said: "His Royal Highness has poor wrist strength, and it is very hard to write calligraphy with a brush. It is easier to shape the words with a pencil, which is quite suitable."

Zhao Chongzhao looked interesting, so he asked Zhang Dade to find a piece of paper to try writing on.

His hands were so strong that he broke the nib in no time.So after writing a few words, he shook his head: "No, it's not easy to write."

Xie Ze'an said: "Your Highness has extraordinary strength, of course it is different."

Zhao Chongzhao thought for a while, picked up the pen and wrote a few more times, and said, "The nib of this pen is thin enough. If it is used to copy books, it will save paper, which is not bad."

Xie Ze'an glanced at Zhao Chongzhao in surprise.

Zhao Chongzhao became angry from embarrassment: "What's the meaning of your little eyes?"

Xie Ze'an looked surprised, and then he flattered with sincerity: "Your Highness always cares about the people, and it is really a blessing for the people!" Zhao Chongzhao's ability to say the word "province" does not refer to himself, so why does he need to save?

Zhao Chongzhao said big words without changing his expression: "When I was away from Beijing, I stopped and walked. I saw many scholars who couldn't afford books and copied them by hand. But the price of paper is also not cheap. Many people even I can’t even afford paper. When I was in the capital, everyone said that the Daqing Dynasty was rich, but this time I went to have a look, and I didn’t think it was rich or insufficient at all. You can’t experience this kind of feeling when you stay in the palace.”

Xie Ze'an glanced at him, and Shi Shiran said: "Your Highness has figured out this rhetoric to deceive people, right? Or should I say, Your Highness wants to deceive the emperor."

Zhao Chongzhao: "..."

Xie Ze'an bluntly pointed out Zhao Chongzhao's loopholes: "I didn't know it when I went there, but I knew it when I returned to Beijing. Why did Your Highness glance at the people along the way?"

Zhao Chongzhao immediately said: "I saw it when I went!"

Xie Ze'an smiled, and asked: "Your Highness thinks I'm being fooled, or is His Majesty being fooled?"

Zhao Chongzhao languished.

Zhao Ying still hasn't calmed down, and Zhao Chongzhao never disappeared when he asked to see him.In the past few days, Zhao Chongzhao finally realized that something was wrong, so he quickly found some "brain tanks" to give him advice.Under the concerted planning of the "brain tanks", he painstakingly memorized several sets of sayings, and prepared to wash away the fact that he went to Qingyun Temple to pray for blessings on different occasions.

Unexpectedly, even a little kid like Xie Ze'an couldn't be fooled by these rhetoric!

It's really a death before the master!

Zhao Chongzhao hugged his head: "Sanlang, I'm so worried, don't come and make trouble."

Xie Ze'an said: "What are you worried about, let's talk about it."

Zhao Chongzhao hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth, and briefly told the story of Zhao Ying's anger that day.In the end, Zhao Chongzhao also emphasized that he felt that he was not wrong, and he would definitely find a way to prove to Zhao Ying that he was right!

As soon as Xie Ze'an heard it, he knew that Zhao Chongzhao didn't understand why Zhao Ying was angry.

Xie Zhe'an said: "If someone hurts Her Highness, what will happen to Her Highness?"

Zhao Chongzhao said concisely: "I killed him!"

Xie Ze'an said, "Isn't that right?"

Zhao Chongzhao stared wide-eyed: "What's wrong?"

Xie Ze'an said: "Do you think His Majesty is a wise ruler who is diligent in government and loves the people?"

Zhao Chongzhao nodded.

Xie Ze'an said: "In other words, the country and the country are to His Majesty, just like a princess is to His Majesty. Things that are usually cherished like eyeballs, if someone wants to break them, do you think it is annoying?"

Zhao Chongzhao fell silent.

Xie Ze'an said: "Your Majesty speaks harshly to Your Highness because you have seen the calamity brought to Daqing by blind believers." He paused, looked at Zhao Chongzhao and said, "Your Highness should know better than me what kind of calamity it is. Yes. At that time, there were countless people in the royal family who went into battle in armor, and after the battle, more than half of the young and strong royal families were killed or injured. Don't you know, His Highness?"

Zhao Chongzhao said: "I don't really like reading the files from that time, I only read a few lines." He honestly admitted, "I really don't know much about it."

Xie Ze'an said: "That's why. Your Highness, His Majesty is not angry because you left Beijing privately, nor because you don't care about people's livelihood, but because of disappointment."

Zhao Chongzhao thought of Zhao Ying's last look at him, which gave him a cold look.

Since then, he went to see him and never saw him again.

Zhao Chongzhao felt wronged and couldn't think of what to do, so he could only lower his head and ask for advice seriously: "Then what should I do?"

Xie Ze'an said: "Your Highness should think for himself." He glanced at Zhao Chongzhao, "I'm only ten years old, what can I think of for such an important matter?"

Zhao Chongzhao: "..."

Is it too late to mention that I am only ten years old now?

Zhao Chongzhao said, "Okay, I'll go back and ask others."

Xie Ze'an sent Zhao Chongzhao out.

Zhao Chongzhao walked slowly to the door and was about to step over the threshold when he suddenly stopped.He stood quietly for a while, then turned his head and said to Xie Ze'an: "San Lang is right, I should think about it myself."

Xie Ze'an didn't speak, just looked back quietly.

Zhao Chongzhao said: "I asked the Taifu to talk to me for half an hour every day, nothing else, just talk about the things at that time." After he was quiet for a while, he came up with another idea. "I will visit Lao Zongzheng more often. Lao Zongzheng has gone through three dynasties and knows everything."

Xie Ze'an boasted: "Your Highness is wise."

Zhao Chongzhao said happily: "Then it's decided! But then I won't have time to go out of the palace to play, Saburo, I will come to you when I am free."

As soon as Xie Ze'an saw off Zhao Chongzhao, he welcomed another long-lost friend: Yan Chong.

Yan Chong had arrived early, and had been standing on the roof listening to the conversation between Xie Zean and Zhao Chongzhao.

As soon as Zhao Chongzhao left, Yan Chong turned over and landed steadily, looked at Xie Ze'an and said, "Sanlang, oh Sanlang, I can't see through you more and more."

As soon as Xie Ze'an heard it, he understood that Yan Chong had been listening in just now.

Xie Ze'an said: "This is what Her Highness the Princess told me. Her Highness said that the Crown Prince found some unreliable guys to ask for advice, and wanted to tell lies full of mistakes and omissions among a bunch of people. The Princess asked me to fool the Prince. His Royal Highness persuaded him to give up this stupid idea, and I dared to say a few words." He rubbed his chin, "Brother Yan, have you been fooled too?"

Yan Chong: "..."

Yan Chong said: "Take it easy, you guy not only met His Highness the Crown Prince but also His Highness the Princess, you must have been recorded in His Majesty's heart, your every move might already be watched by someone."

Xie Ze'an was a little apprehensive by Yan Chong's words: "Your Majesty should not be so free, right?"

Yan Chong said: "That's not necessarily true. It's okay if His Highness the Crown Prince has not figured it out. If he really figured it out and changed it, then you have made a great contribution by mistake."

Xie Ze'an said: "It's all due to Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Yan Chong said: "Why do you think the princess didn't mention something about His Highness the Crown Prince herself, instead she wanted to say it through your mouth?"

Xie Ze'an: "..."

That's because he bullied the little girl with his cheap mouth, so that she didn't dare to worry about her brother anymore.

Yan Chong has a different judgment: "The princess must already know that you and His Highness the Crown Prince have walked together. With the princess's intelligence, how can she not think of the reason why the Crown Prince suddenly became diligent in reading books--Sanlang, you are the only one on the road. Changes." He looked at Xie Ze'an, "Sanlang, you have a mouth that can speak eloquently."

Xie Ze'an is not humble at all: "Of course."

Yan Chong felt that his fist was itching again.

Yan Chong said: "Although His Highness the Crown Prince loves the princess, he does not obey her words. In fact, His Highness the Crown Prince is very stubborn, and there are very few people who can listen to his words. If you are persuasive, will you not be targeted?" ?"

Xie Ze'an smiled lightly and said, "It's a good thing to be useful."

Yan Chong nodded: "It is indeed a good thing to be useful." After speaking, he changed the subject, "I even came to the door in person, so you should confess something?"

Xie Ze'an said, "Brother Yan, what do you want to know?"

Yan Chong said: "I want to know about the 'searching for relatives' that you have not mentioned. You have been in the capital for half a month and have made a lot of money, but there has been no movement on the matter of searching for relatives. Is there any difficulty?"

Xie Ze'an said, "Brother Yan, you really guessed right."

Yan Chong didn't expect Xie Ze'an to answer so bluntly, but he didn't believe it: "Why are you so honest this time, boy?"

Xie Ze'an said obediently: "I have always been honest."

Yan Chong couldn't hold back all of a sudden, he raised his hand and slapped Xie Ze'an on the head vigorously.

Xie Zean covered his head in grief and anger.

Yan Chong said, "What's the difficulty, let's talk about it."

Xie Ze'an looked at him quietly: "Brother Yan, you forgot about it."

Yan Chong said, "I'll hit you again and you'll remember."

Xie Ze'an: "..."

Xie Ze'an asked: "Brother Yan, are you afraid of the rich and powerful?"

Yan Chong said: "I'm afraid, why not, but I can afford to offend ordinary dignitaries."

Xie Ze'an stopped talking and sighed faintly.

Yan Chong rubbed his fist: "Is your skin itchy again?"

Xie Ze'an said: "My difficulties are related to the unusual dignitaries."

Yan Chong's expression was serious: "Are you serious?"

Xie Ze'an said, "Really," he reminded, "My surname is Xie."

Rich and powerful, looking for relatives, difficult problems.

Most importantly, the surname is Xie.

The Xie family in Tongchuan is a powerful family. It is not difficult to count people with the surname Xie in the capital, but if you add "uncommon" in front, there are very few people.Recalling the poverty of Xie Zean, mother and son when they first met, it is not difficult to figure out what kind of story is in between.

What kind of story can a woman bring her two children to Beijing to "seek relatives" alone?

The number of people who can match this kind of story is more than half.

Yan Chong almost immediately thought of the most likely person: Xie Qian.

Yan Chong stared at Xie Zean.

Xie Ze'an couldn't figure out what Yan Chong was thinking, so he could only say, "Brother Yan, you can pretend that you don't know, and you don't have to come here again."

Yan Chong ignored Xie Ze'an's words, and asked instead: "What do you think?"

Xie said frankly: "I didn't think much about it, anyway, I'm not in a hurry, let's see why he asked A Niang to take me to Beijing first."

Yan Chong said: "That guy is not a good thing."

Xie Ze'an neither agreed nor refuted.

Yan Chong said, "What are you going to do?"

Xie Ze'an said, "I'm going to sell wine."

Yan Chong was not ashamed to ask: "Selling wine?"

Xie Ze'an said: "I asked Brother Zhang to help me grow wine, which is very strong. Of course, it's only half a month too late, so I can only borrow ready-made wine to make new wine. If I follow up the whole process, I will definitely be able to Make better wine."

Yan Chong still didn't understand: "What does this wine have to do with Xie Qian?"

Xie Ze'an said: "I heard that the eldest princess is good at wine." He smiled lightly, "I don't give this wine to take away, so I can only drink it on the spot."

Yan Chong said: "Do you want to see the eldest princess?"

Xie Zean nodded.

Yan Chong asked: "Why?"

Xie Ze'an said: "I always have to meet her to know what kind of person the eldest princess is."

Yan Chong said: "It is said that the eldest princess is tricky and jealous, are you not afraid?"

Xie Ze'an said: "Hearing is believing, seeing is believing."

Yan Chong said: "Then I'll come to see you after seeing you. I also like spirits, so you have to save more for me then."

Xie Ze'an smiled: "It's a deal!"