A Precious Pearl in the Imperial City

"His Royal Highness, please go to the left, this is the Jingsi Pavilion." The dean of the college smiled embarrassedly: "The yard next to me is full of fruits and vegetables. When the students enter the school, not only can I help them. Improve meals and save some money.”

King Chen glanced at the yard and nodded: "Radishes are good things, they nourish and nourish people, and they can be dried as dried radishes if they are not finished."

"Your Highness has good eyesight, ?? This is indeed a radish." The dean praised in an almost exaggerated tone: "His Royal Highness really knows the way of life of the common people, and even knows these things. He really loves the people like a son!"

Li En smiled awkwardly. The dean of the academy was his classmate. He was pedantic and devoted to academics. It is precisely because of this character that His Majesty chose him to be the first dean of Hongwen Academy from a list of lists.

It's just a matter of flattering, it's really not suitable for him to do, it's easy to pat on the horse's legs.

"His Royal Highness, what the dean means is that you don't forget to care about the people's clothing, food, housing, and transportation, even though you are wearing fine clothes and food." Li En whispered to help his classmates: "There is no other meaning."

King Chen waved his hand: "This king understands. Let's go and look elsewhere."

Observing the complete academy, King Chen praised: "You have done a good job. Since this is a college built by the father and emperor with all his efforts, this king should also express something. After this time, this king will ask the chief to send three thousand taels of silver. ?? The additions that should be purchased in the academy, the purchases that should be purchased."

"Thank you, my lord, thank you my lord." The dean was overjoyed. It seemed that he had a talent for flattering, otherwise, there would be a huge sum of 3,000 taels.

He couldn't remember a word of what King Chen said in the past, and all he could think about was: King Chen is so arrogant! light and spacious! Brilliant shot!

When Li En and Chen Wang left, he happily pulled out a few big radishes and greeted the students who had not left outside the door to enter the door for dinner: "Tonight, add meat to the dishes!"

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"His Royal Highness King Chen is kind and generous. Not only did he take the money to provide you with paper and ink for copying books for free, but he also donated three thousand taels of silver for the construction of the college." The dean was moved to tears: "Your Highness is a good man."

These poor students, hearing that the meat was already full of mouth and tongue, and then listening to the dean said that His Highness bought paper and ink for them privately, all got up and bowed in the direction of the palace.

His Majesty is a good person, and His Royal Highness King Chen is also a good person.

A student blushed and said, "In the past, students were ignorant and believed in others, thinking that His Highness had...something wrong, because the students were ignorant."

"People say it's scary, you and others are all people who read, whether you can be admitted to Hongwen College in the future, I hope you will remember one sentence." The dean looked at these poor students: "The people's false words, listen and think. Yes, don’t listen to it and believe it.”

"Thank you for your teachings." The students bowed in thanks.

"You are still young, and I hope that in the near future, you will become Dacheng humerus. The superior is loyal to the king, and the inferior is worthy of the people. The sunny sky above your head will protect the bright world." The dean laughed and shook off the mud on the radish: "We scholars, until we die. You have to remember one sentence, but be worthy of your heart.”

The fact that King Chen donated money to Hongwen College quickly spread. There are fewer scholars who scold King Chen, and there are also people who praise him. Even in the teahouse, the most popular story in the Overbearing Prince series is the Overbearing Prince Examination for the No. 1 Scholar.

The common people thought to themselves, the overbearing prince must have passed the champion exam himself, knowing that it is not easy to be a scholar, so he would spend so much money on the academy.

The story is outrageous is outrageous, but the common people like it. So in the teahouse, under the overpass, as long as the storyteller talks about the domineering prince's examination of the champion, there will always be people around.

"A idiot like Yun Duqing knows how to please scholars." Wang Huai walked back and forth in the study a few times in anger when he heard the rumors outside: "You also stated that the family would not help him, if it wasn't for the Ming family. Come up with ideas, with his brain, can he come up with such a way to buy people's hearts?"

The advisors did not expect that King Chen would dare to use the academy built by His Majesty to build momentum for himself: "His Royal Highness, the Hongwen Academy was built under the auspices of His Majesty, and King Chen used the academy to gain fame for himself, and he might shoot himself in the foot. ."

"Smashing yourself in the foot?" King Huai laughed: "Do you think that the royal father would hate him because of such a trivial matter?"

The counselors wondered, is this kind of thing not enough for His Majesty to care?

"You can say this because you haven't seen how much your royal father favors Yun Duqing." King Huai snorted inexplicably, "You don't know him too well."

On the day his father ascended the throne, the enthronement ceremony had not yet begun. He stood outside Taiyang Palace and saw his father bending down and carrying Yun Duqing, who was about to turn eight years old, on his back. He didn't care that Yun Duqing might be crumpled. The dragon robe on him.

From then on, he knew very well that in his father's heart, Yun Duqing was different from them.

Over the years, he has never had a conflict with Yun Duqing, because he knew better than anyone that his father would definitely stand on Yun Duqing's side.

"Then... why don't we learn from King Chen and donate some money to Hongwen College?" The advisor said, "This way, we can also get a benevolent name."

King Huai: "..."

It was three thousand taels of silver, not a stone.

There are so many places to spend money in the entire palace, how could he be like Yun Duqing, spending thousands of taels of silver to play with?

"Forget it." King Huai rejected this proposal: "With Yun Duqing in front, even if this king donates money with him, it will not be of much benefit. Let's leave this matter."

Seeing that the prince was unwilling to pay the money, the advisors looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

The news reached Emperor Longfeng's ears as expected by the advisors of Prince Huai's mansion.

"Du Qing has grown up a lot with Ming Jingzhou, and he knows he cares about poor students." Emperor Longfeng smiled comfortably: "If I knew he had grown so much, I should have made Ming Jingzhou his teacher before."

Liu Zhongbao continued with a smile: "His Royal Highness is now a person who is about to get married. Naturally, it is different from the past."

"The Ming family." Emperor Longfeng sighed, feeling ashamed of the Ming family.

The three brothers of the Ming family were so beautiful when they rode their horses through the streets. In the end, because of him, he was imprisoned and the whole family was sent to the frontier.

Shortly after the three Ming brothers were sent to the frontier, the late emperor ordered him to be imprisoned in the palace due to the slander of a traitor.

He didn't even think that the two-year confinement life tortured him and saved his life. The other princes forced the palace because of rebellion, and finally died, disabled, and the best outcome was to guard the imperial mausoleum.

I don't know what was in my mind when my father passed the throne to him before he died?

"If it wasn't for me, Ming Jingzhou wouldn't have been separated from his daughter for 16 years." Emperor Longfeng retracted his mind and glanced at the night outside the window: "Tomorrow, is the wedding day of the fourth and Miss Sun?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Liu Zhongbao replied in a low voice.

He thought that His Majesty would give grace to the Sun family or King Qi, but he waited for a long time, but did not wait for His Majesty to speak.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Ning asks to see you."

"It's late at night." Emperor Longfeng didn't look back: "Let Concubine Ning go back to rest earlier."

"Yes." The little eunuch bowed out of the palace door and walked to Concubine Ning, who was waiting outside: "Niangniang, it's windy today, you should go back and rest early."

Concubine Ning looked at the brightly lit Taiyang Palace, and smiled softly: "I see, thank you father-in-law for passing it on."

She turned around and walked on the long palace road, the fiery red lantern swaying in the night wind.

"Niangniang." Hongmei supported her arm: "It's cold at night, sit on the chariot and let the palace servants carry you back."

"Bengong wants to walk by herself." Concubine Ning pushed Hongmei away, and she lifted the

Looking at the lantern under the eaves, he laughed at himself: "Tomorrow my son's big wedding, His Majesty doesn't want to see me, it's really heartless."

The Su family has confused His Majesty so far, and the entire harem is in vain because of her.

She hated His Majesty for being unfeeling, and even more hated Su's charm for the Sacred Heart. All the while thinking about when Su Shi and her scumbag son died.

"Niangniang." Bai Shao glanced at Hongmei, who was pushed aside by Concubine Ning, and stepped forward to support Concubine Ning: "Among all the concubines, the girl from the Sun family is the most honorable, and if Your Majesty awards more awards, the other princes will be jealous of His Highness. already."

"You're right." Concubine Ning grabbed Bai Shao's hand tightly: "Any girl from the Wu family, a girl from the Liu family, or a girl from the Ming family can't compare to my son's princess."

Looking at the palm pierced by Concubine Ning's fingernails, Bai Shao endured the pain and smiled: "If Your Majesty really doesn't like His Highness, why would he have arranged for him to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs. In my humble opinion, Your Majesty's move may be due to Protect Your Highness."

The blood in Bai Shao's palm flowed out of the palm along Ning Fei's nails.

The moment Ning Fei released her hand, the cold wind blew through the wound, and Bai Shao curled up her fingers in pain.

King Qi's big wedding, the prince and princess, all the officials in the court, all went to the King Qi's mansion to pay their respects. Qi Wang's mansion was decorated with lanterns, and even the treetops were hung with gorgeous red lanterns. The road outside the palace was crowded with carriages from various palaces, and it was very lively.

When the Ming family's carriage arrived, the carriage had already been blocked outside the alley. The visitor who stopped in front of them, after recognizing the identity of the Ming family, got out of the car and charged the crime in person, and planned to give up the seat of their carriage.

"Absolutely not." Ming Jingzhou hurriedly stopped the other party's move, and said with a smile: "This place is not far from Qi Wang's mansion. In my opinion, it is better to let the groom drive the car back, and I will go on foot."

"Master Ming's words are reasonable." The other party glanced at another carriage of Ming's family: "Are Madam Ling and Ling Ai behind?"

"Exactly." Ming Jingzhou bowed to each other: "Brother, please feel free to ask Zhuojing and the little girl to get off the carriage."

"Lord Ming, walk slowly." The other party nodded again.

When Mrs. Ming and Miss Ming got off the carriage, he couldn't help but take a second glance. Seeing a girl in a light yellow dress jump out of the carriage, she turned around and stretched out her hand towards the carriage with a smile on her face.

The little girl has a cute little face, and when she smiles, she is very provocative and very smart.

Until he saw Ming Shilang's wife, holding the little girl's hand out of the carriage, and then lovingly helping the little girl to support the golden hairpin on the side of her temples, he would be sure that this was the future Princess Chen.

No wonder the officials of the six ministries are spreading rumors that Ming Jingzhou does not want his daughter to marry into the palace of Chen Wang, such a cute and well-behaved daughter, which father would be willing to marry her to a domineering prince?

"There are a lot of people." Jiuzhu looked at the carriage that crowded the intersection: "There are so many carriages, waiting for the bride's sedan chair, how should they be carried in?"

"Wait, Jin Wuwei will come to maintain order." Shen shi was not very interested. She looked at the red silk hanging on the streets and alleys, and her expression looked a little lonely.

"Mother, are you feeling unwell?" Jiu Zhu looked at Shen Shi worriedly.

"No." Shen shi looked at her still ignorant daughter, does this child really know the meaning of marriage?

"Your uncle wrote a letter a few days ago, and he will return to Beijing in about six or seven days." Shen shi changed the subject: "When your sixth brother asks you to go out to play, don't answer him."

"Why?"

Shen Shi smiled: "Your uncle wants to teach him his homework. I'm afraid he will use you as an excuse to escape punishment."

"Oh." Jiuzhu nodded slowly, secretly planning in her heart, when the uncle came back,

When she was going to beat Brother Fu Liu, she would go to make a clearance.

She was a girl, and it was the first time they met. Uncle would never embarrass brother Fu Liu in front of her.

Shen shi could see Jiu Zhu's intention at a glance, smiled, but did not expose her.

"Master Lang Ming, Minister of Rites, brings his wife and daughter to congratulate His Royal Highness on the wedding."

When everyone heard the chanting, they turned their heads and looked towards the gate. Officials who were acquainted with Ming Jingzhou came forward to greet them one after another. After calling out a bunch of uncles and uncles, Jiuzhu followed her mother to the inner courtyard where she received the female relatives.

"Sister Ming." Miss Chen's family saw Jiuzhu, stepped forward and bowed her knees to Shen shi, and hugged Jiuzhu's arm affectionately: "Sisters have been waiting for you for a long time, come and sit with us."

Shen shi smiled tenderly as she watched Jiu Zhu being pulled away by the little sisters, and turned to sit with the ladies.

"Mingyue Palace Su Guifei sent an envoy to congratulate His Royal Highness King Qi on the wedding."

"Concubine Xu of Zhaoxiang Palace sent messengers to congratulate His Royal Highness King Qi on the wedding."

"Lv Zhaoyi sent an envoy from Yunlai Palace to congratulate His Royal Highness King Qi on the wedding."

"Sister Chen." Jiuzhu asked the Chen family in a low voice, "Which noble is the concubine Xu of Zhaoxiang Palace?"

Whether it was the concubine's birthday banquet or the last time she copied the scriptures, she had never heard of Concubine Xu.

"Concubine Xu is the biological mother of His Royal Highness King Huai. After His Majesty ascended the throne, she has been eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddha in the palace, and rarely shows up in front of others." Miss Chen whispered: "No one knows what happened, some people guess it is Concubine Xu I did something wrong that I'm sorry Your Majesty, but I don't look like it."

Jiuzhu looked at the Miss Chen family in surprise.

"Shh." Miss Chen's family pulled Jiuzhu to the corner and whispered: "I know you are not a talkative person, and you will marry into the royal family in the future. There are some things that are not harmful to you, so I will tell you, Listen to how long your heart will be in the future."

"Your Majesty's biological mother was not valued by the late emperor. She lived very hard in the harem. It is said that she died due to a long illness without good medicine. Therefore, after His Majesty ascended the throne, he took pity on the daughters of the harem and set up a palace in the harem. No one is allowed to deduct. The cost of food and clothing for the concubines and concubines." Miss Chen sighed: "Unfortunately, the Empress Dowager went early and did not enjoy the blessings of Her Majesty."

"Then..." Jiuzhu asked cautiously, "What does this have to do with Concubine Xu?"

The Miss Chen family touched Jiuzhu's cheek: "Because Your Majesty is an emperor, even if it is not easy to pity the women in the harem, it is impossible to tolerate the mistakes of the people next to your pillow, so I said that the rumors about Concubine Xu are not accurate."

"Perhaps Your Majesty is looking at her for giving birth to His Royal Highness King Huai, so he doesn't care about many things?"

"You." Miss Chen smiled and shook her head: "You don't understand men."

Jiuzhu was confused, how could such a simple matter be brought to men and women again?

Master said, if you can't understand something, maybe the truth is as simple as it appears. It's just that people always complicate simple things and end up being deceived by their own brains.

When night came, the bride got off the sedan chair, and Jiuzhu and the ladies crowded together in the corridor to watch the groom and the bride.

Miss Sun wore a phoenix crown on her head, covered her face with a fan in her hands, and gently led the red hydrangea into the inner door. The bridegroom, King Qi, held the other end of the red hydrangea, and the bright red groom's clothes made his face pale.

"The bride is in the door!"

There were cheers from the children behind her, and someone gave her a shove, but the nine beads that were just holding the railing did not move at all.

She looked back suddenly, and met a certain little kid.

"You... I didn't mean to." Zheng Jia Er Shao squeezed out of the crowd, turned around and ran.

Just after running a few steps away, he felt that his clothes were tight, and he rose up into the air.

"what……"

"Shut up." King Chen stared at him impatiently: "If you dare to scream, this king will let your family's title be wiped clean!"

The Zheng family bear children are full of tears

Looking at King Chen, he didn't dare to call out, "You, you can't bully children."

"What's wrong with bullying the child?" King Chen put the bear child on the ground and smiled coldly: "A little brat like you, this king could kick twenty with one kick ten years ago."

Jiu Zhu looked at King Chen with admiration, His Highness was even more powerful than her.

The bear child was so frightened that he shivered. He heard from his family that this prince was particularly bad, and he would eat children who did not sleep well.

"His Royal Highness." Jiuzhu squeezed out of the crowd with difficulty, stretched out her hand, and picked up the bear child again: "Why did you push me?"

"Let me go, you bad woman!" The bear boy kicked his legs, "I'm going to tell my cousin that you bullied me."

"Who are you suing?!" King Chen slapped the bear boy on the forehead: "With this king here, who do you dare to sue?"

The bear boy finally couldn't help it, and opened his mouth to cry loudly.

"Try to cry?" King Chen put his hands around his chest: "Come here, call the adults of the Zheng family. This king likes to hear the old and young cry together."

"Hiccup." The bear child hiccupped and forced the howling back into his stomach.

"Isn't this understandable?" King Chen sneered. This kind of arrogant child who pretended to be innocent and did bad things would dare to use an axe in front of him? You know, he was the eldest of the bear children back then.

"Okay, put him down, this king doesn't believe that he dares to run." Pretending not to notice that Jiuzhu's hands are strong, King Chen noticed the slyness in the bear boy's eyes, and continued: "If he dares to run, this king will take Zheng The whole family was taken to jail."

Jiu Zhu put down the bear child, tiptoed in the ear of King Chen and whispered, "Really put the entire Zheng family in jail?"

King Chen: "..."

If she coaxes a child, she actually believes it?

"You want to put them in jail?"

If Ming Xiaozhu really has such an idea, he will work hard, and it is not hopeless.

"That's fine." Jiuzhu looked down at the arrogant boy from the Zheng family: "You pushed me on purpose just now, I saw it."

"I did not do it on purpose."

"It was intentional." Jiuzhu and King Chen stood side by side: "With so much strength, how could it not be intentional."

The bear boy knew that he couldn't deny it, so he broke the jar and said, "I did it on purpose, so what?"

"Who asked you to be the servant of the demon concubine, who asked you to marry a prince who would eat children. If it weren't for you, our family wouldn't be downgraded. People like you are... just..." The bear child thought. The word I heard a few days ago: "It's the broom star!"

When Jiuzhu heard this, she started rolling up her sleeves.

"What are you doing?" King Chen quickly rolled down her sleeves when she saw her anger and wanted to hit someone.

"Hit the child!" Jiu Zhu rolled up the sleeve that King Chen had rolled down.

"Forget it, forget it." King Chen took her by the wrist: "The children are ignorant, and the adults have not taught them well. I will take you to bully their adults later."

Jiuzhu struggled for a while, then stopped suddenly, she looked at King Chen aggrievedly: "But he scolded you, and he also scolded the noble concubine."

King Chen was slightly startled, and stretched out his hand to straighten the beaded flower on her temples: "Are you stupid, beat a child here, others will say that he is still a child, so you let him go."

"Then what shall we do?"

"Find a place where there is no one, dig a hole and bury it." King Chen fluttered and sneered: "Such a nasty child, there is no way to save it."

The bear child, who had been holding back for a long time, was finally frightened and cried aloud.

Just as King Qi sent the bride into the bridal chamber and was about to receive the guests outside, he saw the inner servant hurriedly running in front of him: "My lord, something happened."

"What's the matter?" King Qi frowned.

"The young master of the Zheng family tried to overthrow the young lady of the Ming family. When he was running away, he was discovered by the king, and he verbally abused the imperial concubine, the king, and the young lady of the Ming family." The servant's shoulders shook violently. of.

King Qi sighed, "I'll take a look."

In the wedding room, Sun Caiyao was even more disgusted with the Zheng family when he heard the words of King Qi and his servants. What else can this family do other than cause trouble for the prince?

In the side hall, King Chen looked at the Zheng family who were stunned and did not dare to raise their heads: "I thought it was audacious for your palace to condone people talking about the royal family, but I didn't expect that this king looked down on you."

"His Royal Highness, ministers and women are not strict in teaching children, please forgive me." Mrs. Pingyuan knelt on the ground and cried to King Chen: "I beg your Highness to be kind, tomorrow's just a child..."

"Children are ignorant and like to talk to adults." Jiuzhu interrupted her: "So his words and deeds are influenced by you adults."

"That's not what the minister's wife meant." Mrs. Pingyuan panicked: "Even if you give the minister's wife the courage, I wouldn't dare to say that the royal family is not."

After she finished speaking, she pulled her son over and slapped him twice: "Ask the prince and Miss Ming to apologize!"

"You don't need to play children in front of this king." King Chen stood up and said impatiently: "As the relatives of the fourth brother, everything you do is to find this king's unhappiness. I don't care. Whether you are making your own decisions, or are you being instructed by someone, there is absolutely no way to forgive today’s affairs.”

"Fifth brother!" King Qi pushed open the door and looked at the Zheng family who were kneeling on the ground: "Today is my big day. I also ask the fifth brother to give me a little face, and don't let outsiders see the joke."

"When the Zheng family plotted against my future princess, they didn't intend to give you any face." King Chen sneered: "Fourth brother, don't worry, I will never misunderstand that you instructed the Zheng family to do this."

The Zheng family changed their faces.

King Qi turned to look at Jiuzhu, who was sitting next to him without saying a word, and bowed his hands to her: "Ms. Ming, Fifth Disciple has always been straightforward. In the end it was embarrassing for each other.”

He saw that Yun Duqing was a little special to the Ming family girl, maybe the Ming family girl could persuade him.

"My lord." Jiuzhu got up and gave a deep blessing, and returned the ceremony of King Qi: "Today's incident is due to the weak woman behind your cousin's secret plan, right?"

King Qi glanced at the Zheng family and nodded slightly.

"His Royal Highness helped the minister's daughter to uphold justice, but was rudely insulted by your cousin." Jiuzhu frowned, as if she couldn't understand King Qi's behavior: "So, Your Highness vented his anger for the minister's daughter, but you wanted the minister's daughter to speak for you, Stop Your Highness?"

"His Royal Highness King Qi, are you kidding me?"??w??, please keep in mind:,