Are you stupid?

Shenlong glanced out the window, wrinkled his face, and said in embarrassment: "It's getting dark."

Mu Huaiyuan thought to himself, His Highness Shenlong doesn't seem like a person who likes to talk nonsense, but what does "it's dark" mean?Could this be a code word in the palace?But when he was a minister, he stayed in the palace on duty at night, and he had never heard such words.

The palace maid laughed, and coaxed Shenlong softly, "Your Highness, be good, Your Majesty is also waiting for His Highness to pass by in the Chenghong Palace."

"The queen mother is here too? If the queen mother agrees, she won't teach me with 'running around in the dark, let me worry about you'." Shenlong immediately threw away the ledger, followed the maid and left.

As soon as he left, Gu Nian couldn't continue to settle the accounts, so he hurriedly recorded the calculated data, put the account book back on the desk, and returned to his seat to sit down properly.

Fan Su was already lying on the table and snoring a little. The whole day's lessons were the biggest drain on his energy.Although Zhou Rong was born in a family of civil servants, the misfortune in the early years made the Zhou family's descendants go to military positions. Instead, they relaxed a lot about the cultural courses. When the Second Highness left the room, he also let go of the brush, and quietly took out a soldier from his arms. book to read.

Fan Su is like a wolf cub who only smells the scent of flesh and blood. Zhou Rong just woke up when he saw the art of war.

After discovering what Zhou Rong was reading, Fan Su said carelessly: "There are so many military books in the world. Everyone has read them. It's useless to read them all. Don't read them over and over again. If you want to take the martial arts exam in the future, why not train your fists and feet well?" , let the family ask for a decree as soon as possible, and I will send you to the barracks to practice."

You can tell that Fan Su is not a shrewd person just by looking at his appearance, and his performance has always been in line with the speculations of his companions on his IQ upper limit. Zhou Rong didn't expect to hear Fan Su's insightful speech suddenly, so he hurriedly asked, "Zhou No one in my family is doing martial arts, there are many things I don't understand, and I ask brother to point me out."

Fan Su rolled up his sleeves to his shoulders, revealing his huge muscles that did not match his age, and said proudly: "Wen Chen has a sharp mouth, but it is different in the barracks, you have to be able to avoid being beaten down, right? Hard fists are useful."

Gu Nian and Shen Yu looked at Fan Su's strong arm, showing envious eyes, only Wei Qian turned his head disapprovingly.

Fan Su is not stupid, seeing Wei Qian's actions made his face darken, but he didn't bother Wei Qian, so he just lay down on the table and didn't say a word.

Zhou Rong reprimanded in a low voice: "Brother Fan's family kindly pointed me out, what are you doing wrong?"

"Your family suffered a military disaster. You were asked to practice martial arts to strengthen your health, not to throw yourself on the battlefield. I think you are the one who caused the trouble." Wei Qian twisted Zhou Rong's ear and pressed his face to the book On the next day, he gave a blunt lesson, "Have you finished your homework? Just mess around with others."

Fan Su followed Yu Yin's path, waiting to fill in the vacancies; the Zhou family were all civil servants, Zhou Rong definitely couldn't follow the same path as Fan Su, martial arts exams also had cultural examinations, he was taught a lesson by Wei Qian, and habitually treated Wei Qian Bow your head and go back to study and do your homework.

The library fell silent for a while.

Mu Huaiyuan seems to be detached from the "companion reading" group, turning a blind eye to the looming competition among the companion reading.

He was savoring the few short words of Shenlong just now, trying to dismantle Shenlong's behavior pattern.

The phrase "it's dark" originally meant "it's too dark to go out, why don't we go, so as not to attract the queen mother's scolding".

His Royal Highness Shenlong was indeed a child who was very sensitive to danger since he was a child.

His Highness the Third Highness and the First Mother of the Highness Shenlong are compatriots, and their bodies have been weak since they were young, and they are always in danger of dying.This kind of child can't beat or scold at all. Even if they touch, they are afraid that the other party will suddenly fall down, and they have to take responsibility for themselves.Under the doting and obedience of his parents, it is inevitable that he will develop an arrogant temperament.Now His Royal Highness Shenlong has got the favor of the teacher and wants to teach him in person.If the Third Highness is willing, he can bring the imperial physician to study together, but he made a fuss about begging his elder brother's teacher.

Even if he didn't have a bad impression of the Third Highness in his previous life, Mu Huaiyuan knew that the Third Highness's move was uneasy and kind.

His Royal Highness Shenlong stepped into the Chenghong Palace tonight, and he was bound to face a grand banquet. He took advantage of Empress Cui's prestige to try to shirk it, but it was a pity that the Third Highness was also Empress Cui's own child. It's different, but in the end I still had to take this trip.

Mu Huaiyuan wanted to follow and see how His Royal Highness Shenlong would respond, but it was inconvenient for him to intervene in the internal affairs of the royal family. Colleagues who competed with him in the classroom showed immature signs of parting ways.

Really boring.

The rules of the inner palace are strict, and it is dark and locked, but today is different from the past, the road all the way to Chenghong Hall is brightly lit.

Shenlong sat in the car and didn't ask any more questions from the beginning to the end, as if he didn't understand what a difficult choice he was about to face. The servant driving the car couldn't help but glanced into the car with pity, then turned his head away.

Shenlong was ushered into the door by the servants all the way, and when he got to the bed, he saw a scrawny child. This younger brother was also ten years old, but he looked pitiful with protruding cheekbones and tassel-like hair.

——His younger brother, Liu Xingye.

Emperor Taixing and Empress Cui were sitting around the bed, Empress Cui was holding her youngest son's hand tightly and weeping, obviously unable to do anything about his stubbornness.

"Father, mother and queen." After greeting Shenlong, he stepped forward curiously, and said to Xingye with a smile, "I came with my mother several times before, and my brother was lying on the bed and sleeping soundly. Didn't brother sleep today? "

Ever since Xingye was born, Emperor Taixing knew that his son would not live long.In order to avoid daily sadness, he rarely came to visit. As a parent, he is far less responsible for his children than Empress Cui.Therefore, he didn't know how often the second son visited the third son.

After hearing Shenlong's words, Emperor Taixing asked Empress Cui in puzzlement, "Xingye is weak, and Shenlong is inconvenient. Why do you always take him around?"

Empress Cui paused, and was so angry by her husband that she couldn't stop crying, "How can I always bring Shenlong here to delay his homework. It's just that I come here at different times. Xingye is Shenlong's younger brother, and he is worried that there is something wrong with Xingye."

Emperor Taixing was so trained by his wife that he couldn't lift his head, and he couldn't help but think, the two sons came over several times at different times and couldn't get up. They wanted the teacher of Shenlong, but they were willing to waste energy waking up and pestering Empress Cui.

When the eldest son was alive, Emperor Taixing didn't like Shenlong. Now that the eldest son is gone, Shenlong has become the "eldest son" in the actual sense. When Emperor Taixing looked at Xingye, the third son who was smarter than Shenlong, he couldn't help but think of it again. The old grievance between King Lu and himself for the heir, made the third son who was not close at all even colder.

As a younger brother, he always wants to compete with his elder brother for everything, so he is uneasy and kind.

His body and bones are so weak that he can't be used for much. If he insists on such a legendary figure as a teacher, it is simply a matter of delaying the continuation of the dynasty.

immature!

Xingye didn't need to pretend, he was already seriously ill, he didn't care what Shenlong said, he stretched out his bony palm and pulled at Shenlong's sleeve, begging bitterly, "My brother has only one dream in this life, to be my uncle's disciple, please The second brother is perfect."

Shenlong opened his black and white eyes and nodded immediately, "That's great, I will study with us every day after Xingye!"

Empress Cui knew how helpful it would be for Shenlong to be a "disciple of classics" and have classics escorting the court, but the palms and backs of her hands were full of flesh, and Shenlong was an idiot, so he was very weak; No one is willing to be wronged.Xingye cried to her and begged for the opportunity to learn from the classics. Empress Cui was confused by the sad tearful eyes of her youngest son. The son actually played tricks on him by taking advantage of his illness, and he felt very uncomfortable.

"It's all because I'm weak and I can't keep up with my brother's class..." Xingye covered his mouth and coughed weakly, but his breath was weak and low, and even his chest vibration was weak, which made people worry whether he would die in the next moment. I'm out of breath.

Shenlong looked at Xingye in embarrassment, and said very distressed: "But my great-uncle is usually busy, so he won't enter the palace except when he is in class."

Shenlong's eyes suddenly lit up, turned to Emperor Taixing, and excitedly tugged at his sleeves and asked, "Father, is my uncle going to settle in the harem in the future?"

Emperor Taixing slapped Shenlong's head, "What nonsense. Is it convenient for your aunt to stay in the harem for a long time? One class every three days, from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] noon, he will go back to the Princess Mansion immediately after class to be with your aunt A large collapsed tomb was discovered in Shanxi, and several ancient letters came out of it. Your great-uncle and grandfather are busy transcribing and compiling, so how can you spend so much time on you.”

Shenlong grabbed Emperor Taixing's hand and acted coquettishly, "But my brother can't go to class at a fixed time. Father, please beg my aunt and grandpa. Let him live in the palace as a servant."

Shenlong shook Emperor Taixing's arm, completely unaware that the faces of Emperor Taixing and Empress Cui had completely sunk.

Emperor Taixing pointed to Meng Kai, handed the dragon into his hands and ordered, "It's late at night, send the prince back to rest, don't delay the prince's class tomorrow."

Sending Shenlong away, Emperor Taixing was angry and taught his third son, "The classics are your aunt and grandfather, who are so senior that even I have to offer them up. You say that you only want to be his disciple, but in your heart you regard the classics as a servant." Who do you think the classics are? You can come and go as you please! Since your body is weak, you should cultivate well, and don’t waste your time thinking about what you shouldn’t think about.”

Before leaving, Emperor Taixing took a deep look at Empress Cui, and instead of going to Empress Cui's Fengqi Palace, he directly found a group of newly favored concubines to serve him.

Empress Cui sat in front of the bed, holding the third prince's hand all the time.

Xingye wiped his tears and said, "Queen, it's because I'm too weak to embarrass you."

This time, Empress Cui did not comfort him like countless times before, but looked at Xingye with a new look.

After a while, she let out a soft laugh, stretched out her hand to rub the hair of her younger son, looked at him without any emotion and asked back, "Xingye, you know I can still keep your father by my side today, Do you have to deal with how many concubines who pretend to be sick and send someone to ask your father to leave every month? It is my most disgusting behavior to ask people for what they should not do by using 'sickness'."

Xingye immediately turned pale.

He was pushed back into the bed by Empress Cui, tucked in the quilt and told him, "Take good care of your illness and don't worry about other things."

The author has something to say:

Xingye: I am weak and I am justified, you all have to give in to me!

Shenlong: In terms of pretending to be sick, you are not as professional as I am.

Thank you eel Lulu for the mine, meme chirp.