Houfu Key Class

The General's Mansion.

Zong Jincheng has been silent since he came back. Xu Wan asked Pan Hongzhi to go to sleep in another courtyard first. She came to guard the little boy in person. People in the mansion didn't know what happened, and they were all preparing to enter the palace tomorrow. Excited for the palace exam.

Xu Wan asked someone to prepare a lot of Jin Cheng's favorite dishes and send them over, but he didn't eat much. He usually eats so much, but now he was full after just a few bites.

Xu Wan knew that he was still sad because of Shadow's death.

Luo Jingfeng said he would be kind to Yingying's family, but in fact Yingying has no family, he only has himself, and there will be nothing when he dies.

Zong Jincheng didn't cry anymore. He just lay on the bed, hugging his legs, and didn't want to say a word.

Xu Wan was racking her brains again to think about how to comfort the little kid, but she searched around Shadow and couldn't find a suitable entry point, so she told him a story instead.

Zong Jincheng listened for a while, not knowing whether he heard it or not. Suddenly he raised his head and asked, "Mom, who wants to kill me?"

The child's eyes twinkled, tears brimming in his eyes.

Xu Wan was actually not sure.

But because I know a lot of things, I can roughly deduce it.

She said softly: "Mom is not sure whether it is him, but your father and uncle have already gone to avenge you. Mom thinks the results should be available soon."

Zong Jincheng held back his tears and said, "There is only one person who can make the two of them work together to deal with it, right? He wants to kill me, and he also thinks I deserve to die."

It's his biological father.

The current emperor.

The leader of Da Chu.

In the past, when he didn't understand the difference between life and death, he could discuss with others unscrupulously whether Luo Shusheng's little prince should die. But when he truly experienced the death of Shadow, when he realized that the person who should be killed by all superiors was him, he Only then did he finally merge himself with the little prince.

He doesn't want to die.

He just wants to live well.

Xu Wan didn't expect that the way of thinking taught to him by the prince would allow him to guess the emperor himself, but this idea was not completely right. She corrected: "It's not that he thinks you deserve to die. He is not completely right. He He has also done many wrong things, and your father and your uncle have long been unable to stand him."

The little devil asked with tears in his eyes: "What wrong things has he done?"

Xu Wan told him: "The poison on His Highness was also caused by him."

When Zong Zhao told her about this incident, she was shocked for a while, but then she thought about it, the Tian family is ruthless, and killing sons and fathers is so common in the royal family.

But Zong Jincheng was not mentally prepared.

His eyes widened and he said in horror: "How is it possible? How is it possible! His Highness said, His Highness said that the emperor was very kind to him. The emperor's skills he taught me were all taught to him by the emperor. Mother, you can't do that. , I can feel from His Highness’s description that he trusts the Emperor very much!”

Xu Wan sat on the edge of the bed, stroking his hair and said, "Perhaps it is because of too much trust that His Highness never doubted the Emperor until he almost died of poison."

Zong Jincheng was still shaking his head: "No, no, how could it be possible? Tiger poison does not eat its children, and His Highness is the emperor's biological son..."

Xu Wan told him: "Huai Shui was sent to His Highness by the Emperor when he was very young. Except for the Emperor, no one can let Huai Shui betray His Highness, not even your uncle."

Zong Jincheng's world view collapsed.

His already confused mind was even more confused now.

Xu Wan tried to enlighten him with the idea of ​​learning knowledge: "Chengcheng, you have trapped yourself in it. The emperor is not only the father of you and His Highness, but also the ruler of the entire world. There are many books by sages that we have learned. Have you forgotten the allusion of royal father and son killing each other?”

Zong Jincheng did not forget.

He just, he just fell into it.

He did not expect that the history he had learned would merge with reality. He did not expect that the bloody truth would happen around him every moment.

Heaven is ruthless, father and son have no love.

What a terrible thing.

Zong Jincheng raised his head and said fragilely: "Mom, I'm scared."

This is the first time the word fear appears in his dictionary.

The little devil who was fearless finally had the day to be afraid, but the accompanying choking made people feel heartbroken.

Xu Wan held him in her arms, stroked the little boy's back with one hand and said, "Don't be afraid, mother is here. There are many people inside and outside the house to protect you. Your uncle and your father are also protecting you. Never again." Someone can hurt you."

This night, Xu Wan was by my side.

Even though Zong Jincheng woke up from a nightmare midway, he fell asleep again after feeling his hand being held by his mother.

In the early morning, all the small courtyards became lively.

He Zheng's loud voice rang outside the house: "Brother! Are you up? We are going to the palace examination! The palace examination, the palace examination, we are all going to win the first grade today!!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! We're going to take the palace exam!!" The voices of Shen Yibai and others also rang out.

One by one they hurriedly came in to urge the little devil to get up.

But Shunzi was blocking him outside, and the boys could only ask in confusion: "Why aren't we allowed in? We're still waiting to call Jin Cheng!"

Shunzi replied: "Master Cheng and his wife are choosing clothes to change inside. They will be out soon."

"Oh, wait a minute, hehe, what do you think of my outfit today? Is it the most beautiful outfit in the whole capital?"

"My evaluation is: wait until Brother's new clothes come out first, hahaha..."

After Zong Jinqing woke up in the morning, his mood improved a lot.

Mother was beside him taking care of him washing and changing clothes, and told him what to pay attention to in the palace examination. Finally, she sighed: "Our Chengcheng is so beautiful, even if he can't get the first place, he can get the third place with his face."

Zong Jincheng pouted and said: "I don't want to get the third place."

His goal is the first place, the first place.

But looking at the emperor's attitude towards him, let alone the first place, he will most likely be sent to the bottom of the third place.

Zong Jincheng didn't say this, he didn't want his mother to worry about him: "Mother, let's go, I will answer the questions well."

"Well, just do your best." Xu Wan touched his head and took his hand out.

In fact, she wanted Jincheng to give up the palace examination because she was worried that the emperor would do something bad to him in the palace.

But this morning, Zong Zhao sent a letter back saying that everything was ready and asked her to bring Jincheng into the palace. Xu Wan confirmed that it was Zong Zhao's handwriting and changed her mind.

But all the way, she was worried.

After entering the palace gate, everyone got off the carriage and met the tribute scholars who came from all directions. The high-spirited students were very contagious, and they all greeted each other happily.

Xu Wan watched the nine people go in: "Don't be nervous, I'll wait for you outside the palace."

"Okay!"

On the way to the palace, Zong Jincheng and his group received a lot of attention on the road because of their young age.

Until later, someone called out, pointed at them and asked in surprise: "You...you are the boys who passed the imperial examination, right?!"

"Zong Jincheng, that is Zong Jincheng, right? He has been famous in our academy for a long time. It was him and Qin Ye who helped us identify Wei Shaoling's evil intentions. Otherwise, we would definitely not have so many people passing the imperial examination this year."

"Brother Zong is kind and righteous. Can we be friends? We are all candidates of the same class. When we enter the official career in the future, we can also work together and do good things for the people."

"Yes, yes, take me with you, Zong Jincheng, I also want to make friends with you."

"And me, and me, I am the student you helped, Zong Jincheng, look at me!"