Song Emperor Jiangshan

Xiao Shan followed Li Huade all the way to the inner courtyard, and came to the residence Zhao Yuan had arranged for him.

The residence is arranged in a small courtyard in the back half of the palace. There is a big privet tree in the courtyard, and the canopy of the tree covers the entire courtyard, which looks very quiet.It is the end of March at this moment, the privet tree has already bloomed, and clusters of small white flowers bloom among the green leaves, bringing a faint fragrance.

There are a row of rooms on the east, west and south sides of the courtyard, all with mahogany carved doors.Xiao Shan's room was arranged in the west wing. Li Huade led it into the room, and saw that there were two rooms inside and outside.

The outer room is the study room, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are neatly arranged on the desk, a copy of "Tai Ping Guang Ji" is placed on the bookshelf, and two pots of verdant asparagus bamboo are placed on the separate desk.The inner room is next door, and the emerald curtains are hung by copper hooks. You can see that the beds inside are neatly made, and there is a mahogany basin stand beside the bed, on which there is a copper basin.

Li Huade said: "Your Excellency must be tired after coming all the way. The basin is full of clean water according to His Highness's instructions, which can be used to wash your hands."

Xiao Shan nodded, he walked out of the room, looked towards the main room facing south in the courtyard, and asked: "Li Abban, who lives in that?"

Li Huade looked respectful: "That room is His Highness's bedroom."

Xiao Shan was taken aback, Zhao Yuan said that he would let himself live next to the bedroom, but he never expected that it would be such a side. "Doesn't he hate me very much? Why do you want me to live in the same courtyard as him?" Xiao Shan wondered silently in his heart, "It doesn't seem to be in line with the rules. What does he mean by such an arrangement?"

Li Huade said: "Lord Xiao, if there is no other order, the slaves will go down first."

Xiao Shan nodded, and gave Li Huade a piece of silver as a guide fare.Qin Chong's oil shop has made money over the years, especially since he took over Qin Hui's big business, he has a lot of cash on hand. He knows that Xiao Shan will definitely need to manage up and down when he enters the palace, and he has everything prepared for it.

After Xiao Shan sent Li Huade out, he returned to his room and sat in front of the desk. The bookshelf was so close to the desk that he could touch it with his hand. It could be seen that the person who arranged the room put a lot of thought into it.Xiao Shan didn't know what kind of medicine Zhao Yuan bought in the gourd. Although his heart was full of doubts, he still put all the clothes he brought into the inner cabinet. He saw the quilt on his bed with a glance. The bed was double bunk.Occupational disease broke out in Xiaoshan, and the quilt was refolded into a standard quilt in the army-tofu cubes.

After folding the quilt, he clapped his hands and looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction.Although the layout of the room is exquisite, he doesn't like it very much because there are too many vines covering it, but it is not easy to rectify it all on the first day, so we can only talk about it later.

After Xiao Shan finished packing his things, he wandered around the small courtyard for a while, Zhao Yuan was not married yet, there were no female relatives in the mansion, only some maidservants and eunuchs came and went in and out of Zhao Yuan's room.

Xiao Shan noticed that the east wing lived in two very handsome girls, and they should be the ones serving Zhao Yuan by their attire, maybe they were the dignified maids by Zhao Yuan's side.

Not long after, Zhao Yuan came over with two eunuchs, Xiao Shan saluted Zhao Yuan, Zhao Yuan just nodded in reply, then walked towards Xiao Shan's room.

Xiao Shan also followed Zhao Yuan, and Zhao Yuan said as he walked, "You are in my house, you don't need to hide anything, I ordered someone to arrange a room for you, but you are still used to it..."

Speaking of which, Zhao Yuan has already stepped into Xiao Shan's room, Zhao Yuan didn't say the second half of the sentence when he entered the room, his eyes fell on Xiao Shan's bed, obviously, Zhao Yuan was shocked by Xiao Shan's bean curd quilt.

After a while, Zhao Yuan said: "This servant who folds the quilt is really skillful, he can make it like this!"

Xiao Shan smiled from the side: "I folded this. I have been used to it since I was a child. It always felt uncomfortable to change the look, so I changed it."

Zhao Yuan gave a faint "Oh", and sat in Xiao Shan's outer room again, and said a few words to Xiao Shan casually, nothing more than that there was no need to be restrained in the mansion, what he wanted to eat, let the servants cook, etc. cliché.

Xiao Shan agreed one by one, and Zhao Yuan invited him to have dinner with him, and there were three teachers.Zhao Yuan and Xiao Shan saluted the three teachers, and the other two already knew Xiao Shan's identity, and they were very polite to him, but it was obvious that there was alienation in the politeness.

These are all within Xiao Shan's expectation, he doesn't mind.On the contrary, it was Zhao Yuan's daily life that surprised him a little.

Zhao Yuan does not shy away from Xiao Shan in his daily work and rest. He gets up before dawn every morning, reads his books in the morning, and in the morning, three teachers will come to give lectures on the scriptures in turn. , not the beautiful women warming the bed, singing and dancing as Xiao Shan imagined, but practicing calligraphy and reading history.

Xiao Shan originally thought that no matter how motivated the prince is, he would have a very rich spare time life. At least dinner parties, beauties, and singing and dancing will not be missing. Unexpectedly, Xiao Shan has been here for a month, let alone beauties singing and dancing, and he doesn’t even listen to music. Been there once!Not to mention the food, which was completely different from what I saw at Qin Hui's mansion last time. Every time Zhao Yuan ate, he only had five or six dishes.However, it also showed the privilege of the royal family when eating, Zhao Yuan would eat first, and Xiao Shan's turn would be after eating the rest.The rest of Xiao Shan will be rewarded to those eunuchs who are waiting on the sidelines.

The eunuchs all took out the food, and only started to eat with their chopsticks after offering thanks.

During the past month, Xiao Shan lived with Zhao Yuan in food, clothing, sleep and sleep, and got a general idea of ​​Zhao Yuan's situation.

Zhao Yuan's strong point is reading, with a photographic memory and unique insights.He is very strict with himself, but he is very gentle with others. The eunuchs and maids around him made mistakes, but they only said a few words seriously, and never pulled them out to beat them.

The shortcoming lies in Zhao Yuan's martial arts riding and shooting in the afternoon.Zhao Yuan didn't seem to have much talent for sports. The martial arts masters in the mansion taught him how to practice swords, and he couldn't learn it many times. For those who come to practice archery, Zhao Yuan can hit three out of ten times, which is not bad.

These days, Zhao Yuan is still lukewarm towards Xiao Shan. From the outsiders’ point of view, Zhao Yuan treats Xiao Shan very politely. Every time he eats or goes out, he must call Xiao Shan. Every day, he will hang out with Xiao Shan in the garden of the mansion for at least half an hour. Time, gossip.But Xiao Shan knew very well in his heart that when Zhao Yuan really became enthusiastic, he would definitely not be so polite and considerate in every way, at least he would definitely come to his room to sit for a while.

He secretly observed Zhao Yuan's attitude towards other people, although on the surface it seemed that they treated them equally, but after careful consideration, he would find that Zhao Yuan paid special attention to the three of them.

One was an eunuch named Gan Bian (bian, four tones) next to him. Because the weather was getting hotter, mosquitoes began to increase. Zhao Yuan was not used to the mosquito-repellent incense used at night, so he said, "The incense is very fragrant. The qi is turbid, and the mosquitoes are bitter when not used." Gan Min replaced Zhao Yuan's doors and windows with white gauze the next day, allowing light to come in and blocking mosquitoes.Although Zhao Yuan didn't say anything at the time, he transferred Gan Min to his side afterwards. The reason was not that he was thinking of his master, but that he was "intelligent and wise".It can be seen that Zhao Yuan likes people who are smart and capable of doing things, but he doesn't like those who surround him all day long to flatter him.

The second one is a man named Zeng Chunfu who once visited the mansion. He once pointed out that Zhao Yuan's handwriting was insufficient and suggested ways to improve it. He ordered Xiao Shan to send him a letter, and the two had correspondence.

Xiao Shan was very keenly aware that Zhao Yuan's purpose of doing this was not to show his broad mind, but that he was really grateful to those who were willing to offer opinions and suggestions to him.

The third person is Shi Hao. Although there are three teachers who teach Zhao Yuan, the other two teachers read according to the book and refuse to say a word. Shi Hao is different. He sometimes discusses history with Zhao Yuan. Similar to past successes and losses, Zhao Yuan has the same respect for the three teachers, but it is obvious that he is much closer to Shi Hao.Xiao Shan understood that this was not only because Shi Hao was willing to speak very clearly, but also because Shi Hao would never be like the other two teachers who would ambiguously encounter sensitive issues.

Xiao Shan is thinking about how he can make Zhao Yuan change his view of himself from the bottom of his heart.

He knew that the two of them were good when they met for the first time, especially after they buried Zhang Xian and Yueyun together, Zhao Yuan had become very close to him, but then Zhao Yuan thought that he had deceived him, They broke up unhappy; then because I was busy studying and understanding current affairs, I forgot the three-day agreement, and was hated by Zhao Yuan; as for the subsequent debate in the Qin Mansion, I was completely judged by Zhao Yuan as a hostile force party.

Through the gains and losses of these three people, Xiao Shan has a preliminary understanding of what kind of person Zhao Yuan likes: 1. Smart, capable of doing practical things, and able to propose specific solutions to problems; Improvement; 2. Dare to put forward opinions on practical issues, with clear views and never ambiguous and perfunctory.

But those who deliberately flatter, flatter and fish in troubled waters cannot impress Zhao Yuan at all.

Since Xiao Shan figured it out after a month of silent observation and analysis, he started to act.Every night after Zhao Yuan fell asleep, he would set aside an hour to prepare for his own affairs.

What Xiao Shan didn't know was that while he was observing Zhao Yuan silently, Zhao Yuan was also observing him quietly.

This day, already at the end of April, after Zhao Yuan blew out the candles and dismissed the eunuchs and maids, he did not go to bed, but went to the window, opened the window quietly, and looked at the room where Xiao Shan was.

Xiao Shan's work and rest are very regular, he rests every day at Hai hour, but today is a bit different, Zhao Yuan looked at the hourglass in his room, and now it is midnight, the light in Xiao Shan's room is still on, and according to the light reflected by Xiao Shan on the window Judging by the shadow on his face, he is writing something.

Zhao Yuan was wondering what Xiao Shan was writing.Xiao Shan doesn't like reading very much, it's easy to see that whenever he reads with him, he basically looks bored.However, when he was practicing martial arts, he was full of interest and progressed very fast.

Zhao Yuan ruled out Xiao Shan's writing one by one: it can't be practicing calligraphy, the other party doesn't care about the quality of the calligraphy; it can't be writing, he doesn't have much interest in writing articles during the day, In the middle of the night, I won’t be able to; it is absolutely impossible to write a love letter, because Xiao Shan doesn’t seem to show any interest in the maids in the mansion, and he didn’t even look at it; then, after a tiring day, he is still writing, What will it be?Did he write to Qin Hui about the situation in his palace?This possibility does not seem to be very high, because within this month, Xiao Shan has been home alone to visit his parents, so he can take this opportunity to report to Qin Hui.

Zhao Yuan guessed a lot in his mind, but there was no result. He planned to find an excuse to ask Xiao Shan out tomorrow, and ordered his cronies to search Xiao Shan's room.

After making up his mind, Zhao Yuan fell asleep, and when he woke up in the middle of the night, Zhao Yuan saw through the window that the light in Xiao Shan's room was still on.Curiosity welled up in his heart, obviously the other party didn't shy away from him very much, let alone being afraid that he would see him lighting up the lamp in the middle of the night.Zhao Yuan wanted to see what Xiao Shan was doing, but in the end he suppressed his curiosity, he was afraid that if he went there now, he would startle the snake.

Zhao Yuan didn't sleep well all night, and the next morning, he was a little sluggish, but he was very surprised to find that Xiao Shan's spirit was still very good.He planned not to practice martial arts in the afternoon, but to find an excuse to ask Xiao Shan out for a lake tour.Because the spirit was not very good in the morning, Zhao Yuan was afraid that he might say the wrong thing or do something wrong.

In the morning when the two finished their studies and took a nap after lunch, Xiao Shan walked into Zhao Yuan's bedroom for the first time.

"Chen Qinshan begs to see His Highness!"

Zhao Yuan was taking a nap at noon, when he heard Xiao Shan outside the door saying that he wanted to see him, he was very surprised.He was sleepy, sat up from the soft couch, straightened his clothes casually, and said: "You don't need to be so polite, just come in!"

Xiao Shan came in, and seeing Zhao Yuanchun just woke up from sleep, he was a little uncomfortable.

He lowered his head and didn't say those polite words, but said straight to the point: "I see that His Highness seems to be a little troubled recently. Last night, I had nothing to do and wrote something. I don't know if I can help His Highness!"

After finishing speaking, he took out a stack of neatly bound books from behind, handed them to Zhao Yuan with both hands, bowed and said, "If you have time, Your Highness, you might as well take a look."

Zhao Yuan didn't move, Gan Min, the eunuch beside him, took Xiao Shan's books and sent them to Zhao Yuan.

Zhao Yuan took it casually without looking at it, and just said: "Is there anything that I can't just say, but write something?"

Xiao Shan said: "Because I have a lot to say, I'm afraid His Highness doesn't have enough time." After finishing speaking, he said, "If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first!"

Zhao Yuan didn't keep him either, after Xiao Shan left, Zhao Yuan lay down again, casually flipped through the books Xiao Shan sent, he couldn't help but be surprised.The booklet was written in Xiao Shan's handwriting. The handwriting was ugly, but it was written very neatly without any trace of smearing. It was very clean, and it could be seen that a lot of effort had been put into it.

However, looking at the contents of the book again, Zhao Yuan couldn't help feeling guilty.

Although he doesn't shy away from Xiao Shan, he has disguised one thing, that is martial arts riding and archery.Because as a prince, his reading and literacy is very advanced, which is common sense, but if he likes riding and archery, and is interested in the military, it will reveal that he is a prince who is determined to do something.

If you only have ambitions but no corresponding abilities at all, then you have great ambitions and talents, and Qin Hui will be happy to see yourself like this; but if you have ambitions and are already putting them into practice, it must be ten years of sharpening your sword, which will make Qin Hui Be very vigilant.

Zhao Yuan deliberately pretended to be disinterested and clumsy every time a martial artist taught martial arts; when some guards in the mansion talked about fighting with Jinren, Zhao Yuan always pretended to be very interested at first, but when it came to the details, Zhao Yuan always pretended to be very interested. , he always showed a very bored look.

All this is of course just a disguise, but he never expected that Xiao Shan didn't sleep last night, and wrote a booklet, which described in detail how to practice martial arts easily, using very popular language and metaphors to explain some Usually I always pretend to be wrong or don't understand the problem at all.

Looking at the booklet written by Xiao Shan, Zhao Yuan felt a little uneasy and guilty.However, the uneasiness was just a budding in his heart, another question surfaced: Why did Xiao Shan suddenly give him such a thing, was he testing himself?Or are you demonstrating to yourself?

Zhao Yuan put Xiao Shan's brochure by his side, his brows slightly frowned.

"Perhaps, it's really time to ask him out and have a good talk!" Zhao Yuan thought so.