The two mounted on the ‘horses’ were both children who looked like six or seven years old and dressed in royal clothes. The one crawling on the ground looking at the clothing one was an eunuch, and the other …..
Zhang Ping’s expression changed greatly
Although he took off his outer garment, but how could he not recognize the small short coat he had put on himself?
“Drive! Come on! Why is it so slow? I want you to hurry up! “Prince Huangfu Jue, the sixth prince riding on Huangfu Jie, saw that he was lagging behind the fifth prince and was so angry that he lifted the small leather whip in his hand and beat the “horse” under him.
Huang Fu Jie moved a little faster, using his elbows to brace the ground and desperately climb forward.
Zhang Ping rushed forward and stopped again. Just now he thought that this little boy showing of military prowess* was very cute, but how he looks awful now.
“Sixth Brother, you’ll lose if you don’t hurry! ” The eldest prince and the third prince laughed. The second prince watched with arms folded.
Seeing that the Fifth Prince is about to reach the end, the eunuchs around the circle help their highness to cheer and shout.
The Sixth Prince’s little leather whip pumped more diligently.
Zhang Ping’s eyes were red with anger, his hands were clenched into fists, and he thought twice before suddenly turning around and walking to a secluded place to put down the food box, then walking back to where he was.
Isn’t it Imperial Academy* here? Why didn’t the teacher inside come out and stop it?
Zhang Ping does not know, those teachers at first still know to put a stop. But it went on for many times and for a long time continued and no adult came forward, so they went with them. As long as they didn’t see red or big things happen, they didn’t want to offend these powerful princes.
A cheer erupted as the fifth prince finally reached the end.
The sixth princes got down from the horseback ride and was so angry that he kicked at Huang Fu Jie.
Huang Fu Jie blocked with his hands, avoiding the vital point.
Zhang Ping watched from the side, teeth clenched together. If it is his brother who is being bullied now…..
“Eat mud! Eat mud! The loser will be punished with eating mud! ”
Huangfu Jie knelt on the ground with expressionless expression, watching the two eunuchs grab the mud from the flower bed and deliver it to him.
“It’s all your fault that I lost to my fifth brother! I lost the silver money for this month! Eat quickly! Eat it all!” The sixth prince waved his small leather whip in exasperation.
A whip mark appeared on HuangfuJie’s face, and the child trembled in pain, but did not let out a sound.
“Your Highness!” Zhang Ping rushed over, so what if he wasn’t his brother? So what if he is Emperor’s son? If someone hurts him, I’ll be hurt, from now on, he will be my Zhangsan* younger brother!
“Xian Fei asked you to go back to the palace and said there was an emergency! “Zhang Ping picked up the child and dragged him away.
Unexpectedly, Huangfu Jie was scared when he heard that his mother was looking for him, he was stunned.
“Stop! Which Palace servant are you! Can’t you see your highnesses are here?” The Grand Prince’s eunuch, , looked at his Highness’s eyes, and immediately stopped the two from going on their way and shouted loudly.
Zhang Ping stopped in his tracks and “fluttered” at the largest looking child in imperial clothes, kneeling and kowtowing as he said: “This slave deserved to die, this slave is the envoy of Ruihua Palace, because the concubine is in a hurry, she asked her slave to find Fourth Royal Highness quickly brought him back, and In a moment of recklessness has offended his highnesses. This slave is damned, this slave is damned! ”
Huang Fu Jie stood dumbfounded as he watched Zhang Ping kowtow to the grand prince
Hearing that Xian Fei asked Huangfu Jie to return quickly, it wasn’t good for the Grand Prince to go too far. Although Xian Fei has not been favored for many years, but to see that she can still sit on the Xian Fei’s throne for so many years, one can see the emperor’s intention.
It is no longer a matter of the emperor’s family, but of the balance between the country. Although the fourth Prince is not powerful, but he has a grandfather who is a first rank cavalry great general’s behind him. If it wasn’t for adults not bothering to stop them, they wouldn’t dare to do this to Huangfu Jie.
Since he was a child, he was taught to be an emperor in the future, so it’s naturally not good not to give Xian Fei a face, but he couldn’t step down even if he left it at that. With a wave of his hand, he said: ”Since it was Xian Fei who told the fourth brother to go back , it was natural to return quickly. But a loss is a loss, and the penalty should still be paid. What do you think, fourth brother?”
Huangfu Jie raised his face stupefied, he reach out to grab the mud in the eunuch’s hand.
Immediately Zhang Ping stretched out his head, he grabbed the hand of the eldest prince’s attendant eunuch and wiped it on his face. When he had finished, he kowtowed to the princes, saying : “This slave servant has been ordered by the mother to follow the fourth prince. The mother told him not to let his highness be cold, hot, frozen, injured or dirty. Otherwise, I would die” I beg your grace and spare your servant’s life. The fourth Highness’s body is noble. If he eats mud, I am afraid I will have to trouble the doctor, so this slave is willing to eat the mud instead of the fourth highness. ”
The grand prince sneered and looked towards Huang Fu Jie…… On his side his reading companion Wei Wenxin, the son of the prime minister, let out a low cough and tugged on the sleeve of the great prince.
Wei Wenxin is the oldest among the royal sons and reading companion. He is 15 years old. Huang Fu Hun, the eldest prince, attached great importance to him and looked back at him.
“Your Highness, wait. ” Wei Wenxin whispered in the great prince’s ear,” this move must have profound meaning, Xian Fei did not send a eunuch to follow the four princes before, but now she has sent one. And it seems that the servant is very concerned about the fourth highness. I’m afraid that Xian Fei has ordered him. ”
“Although the fourth highness is ugly and eccentric, and she is not loved by her highness Xian fei, but she has only one son. Second Highness is also there, If the villain lets you do it alone, then it will not be pretty if you are hated by her highness Xian Fei.”
The other people naturally couldn’t hear what Wei Wenxin said to the great prince, and then saw the eldest prince turned a little, and say to Wei Wenxin very boringly, “Well, say it early if you are hungry. Lao second and Lao third , you keep playing, Wenxin, let’s go.”
“Thank you Royal Highness for your kindness” Wei Wenxin was so relieved that Huangfu Hun was so intelligent, convinced that he had not followed the wrong person. He immediately followed Huangfu Hun and walked towards the school.
The Second prince smiled slightly and said to the people around him, “Aren’t you guys hungry?” he also lifted his feet and walk away
Seeing that the eldest and the second had left. The third looked around and shouted that he was hungry. He ran towards the school.
Only the fifth and the sixth are playful, making people hold a lot of mud to make Huang Fu Jie eat it.
Zhang Ping grabbed the eunuch’s hand and ate it with relish, coating his face with sludge all over his face and neck. Eating it while saying how it’s delicious.
The fifth Prince and the sixth prince are childish. Seeing Zhang Ping eating and making strange looks, he was much more fun than the timid Huangfu Jie. So they circle around him and leave Huangfu Jie out. These little ghosts* watched for a while and were reminded to dine by their respective attendants, so they dispersed with satisfaction.
Zhang Ping wiped his face with his sleeve and stood up. looking at his fourth Prince’s highness on the other side, he said, “Your Highness, would you like to go back for dinner today? ”
Huangfu Jie nodded.
Zhang Ping was in front, Huangfu Jie was behind, as the two slowly walked out of the school. As he walked out of the school, Huangfu Jie watched Zhang Ping pull out a food box from behind a stone bench.
“My mother didn’t call for me, did she? ”
“Right” Zhang Ping thought the little ghost wasn’t too stupid.
“It will hurt your stomach when you eat the mud,” the child said again.
“This slave knows.” Zhang Ping thought that he wasn’t so stupid to really ate the mud. He covered his face with mud, spit it out from his mouth, and wiped it while eating. A bunch of small children could not tell whether he had eaten the mud or not.
Good! Very good! I’m really unlucky to have a poor prince who everyone can ride on his head. But it’s only today, don’t you dare to bully him again! What’s wrong with being ugly? What’s wrong with being eccentric? Don’t be such a bully.
Hump, I Zhang San* had decided, I will cultivate the world’s second-best over here in the palace!
Zhang Ping went all the way, clenching his fists in a click. Huangfu Jie was so scared that he shrank his head for fear of being beaten.
Zhang Ping didn’t even wash his face, so he walked all the way back to Ruihua Palace with a muddy face.
The waiter inside naturally reported to Hongxiu after seeing it.
Before he even reached the entrance of the small courtyard, he heard someone behind him shout, “Zhang Ping, stop right there!”
Zhang Ping turned back, and Huang Fu Jie also silently turned around.
“What’s going on? Do you disgrace madam consort with this face! Hong Xiu scolded harshly.
“Thud!” Zhang Ping immediately knelt down and rubbed his eyes, red. “Hong Xiu daren! .”
It’s still a young boy’s crisp voice, which has become a little weak because of castration, and with his aggrieved tone, just listening to it, it felt like the little eunuch had something to say.
“What’s the matter? “In fact, when Hongxiu questioned she could already guess that when the princes played a trick on the fourth prince, they also bullied the servant. But on the surface, she still had to do something, not expecting this question, it almost blew her lungs out.
“This slave doesn’t dare to conceal it from daren, even the slave servant doesn’t dare to let Hong Xiu daren be my master, but the slave doesn’t dare to speak. ” Zhang Ping kowtowed while speaking with a sobbing voice.
“You say it, I will never blame you for anything. ” Hong Xiu grew more curious to see him like this. Looking again at the Fourth Prince beside Zhang Ping, he was still the same as usual, just seemed to be a bit cleaner than usual.
Zhang Ping wiped the tears from his eyes, he didn’t know if they were flowing or not, but with this wipe, but he make it seems like it was true.
“Hong Xiu daren, listen to your servant. As daren’s command, The slave servant went to bring His Majesty’s meal at noon, but when he arrived at the Imperial Academy, I found that His Highness was being ridden as a horse by the Sixth Prince, and while riding, he said…….”
“Say what? ” Hongxiu frowned, thinking that it’s not good to find an honest person. He doesn’t know how to figure her out.
“Sixth royal highness said … Fourth highness could only serve him as a horse to ride, and also said that Xian Fei is only worthy as his mother …”
“What ?!” Hong xiu was furious.
Zhang Ping couldn’t resist kowtowing again, “Hongxiu daren spare my life, this was not what the slaves said. It was said by the Sixth Royal highness. This slaves rushed to stop them, but were stopped by Great Prince’s servants. His Royal Highness asked which palace the slave was from, and answered truthfully, asking the Grand Prince to let the Sixth Prince come down from the Fourth Prince. But his highness said….. ”
Hong Xiu glared at him angrily, not knowing who she was angry with either.
Zhang Ping, regardless of her expression, said in one breath:
“Great Royal Highness said that even if you were a little eunuch, you dare to talk to this Prince . Even your Consort Xian Fei have to bow to respect this prince. What’s wrong teaching the fourth prince a lesson ? I could kill people of your palace if I want to kill! Great Royal Highness as he speaks was pulled by a boy in Jinyi’s clothing next to him. The young man said something to the big prince, the big prince said to the slave: Who is your boss? This Prince wants to ask them how they taught you!
Listening to Zhang Ping, Hong Xiu guesses that the son of the shrewd Prime Minister of must be the one who stops his Highness’s unbridled behavior. It’s true that your highness said those things correctly, but there are some things that can’t be said clearly. It would be very deceiving to say it!
Zhang Ping took a breath and continued, ”The slave servant doesn’t dare to speak for fear of implicating the people in the palace. servant next to the big prince would stretch out and kick the slave, and I heard third-prince royal highness said on the side: : : Aren’t all the servants at the Ruihua Palace taught by that woman called Hong Xiu?”
When Hong xiu heard of her name mentioned, her face suddenly changed.
“Grand prince asked who Hong Xiu was. Third prince said: She is the only female official fifth ranked palace maid who is responsible for teaching the prince. Grand Prince asked how do the third prince remember her, is it possibly that this palace maid Hongxiu is more beautiful than the Xian Fei? Then third prince was angry and vulgarly said “What beauty! A fat old woman! I remember her because she used to meet my mother with Xian fei. My mother insulted her and she couldn’t talk back, just letting someone slapped her in the mouth. As a result, I remember her face that is fatter than a pig.
Hongxiu is mad. She screams, “shut up! ” Hongxiu is born with a round face. She hates people saying that she is fat. She can’t help her hatred when she hears that his highness third prince insults her so much behind her. He thought of how his mother Consort Shu Fei* had humiliated her.
*)Shu fei 2nd of the fourth high rank consort
Suffer! Suffer! Serves you right for bullying my second best in the world. Zhang Ping was happy in his heart, and his head was kowtowing diligently.
“These were not the words of a slave. When the slave servant heard that they insulted Hong Xiu daren and the Madam consort, he argued with them, and as a result, the servants of the Great Prince let the people smear the slave servant’s face with sludge, and said that this was for the people of Ruihua Palace to see, and that they should remember to keep their tails between their leg in the future. He also said that the people of the Ruihua Palace should remember that it’s no use to raise a prince, who is just a piece of mud under their feet.
“The slave was really angry, so I called out that our fourth princes were born with the appearance of the Dragon God, and that our madam consort was a ninth heaven fairy who descended to earth and kidnapped. One day he will shock the world. As a result, his great highness did not like to listen, so they let the servants use mud to plug this servants mouth. Boohoo! ”
Hong Xiu didn’t speak for a long time. Huang Fu Jie would be bullied by his highnesses and belittled by the servants, she knew it all. It could be said that this situation was caused by her and the madam consort, intentionally or not.
They hated him, and when they saw this abnormal-looking fourth prince, they would think that he had caused them all to suffer today. They were so desperate for him to die early, but Huang Fu Jie lived to see the light of day.
What will happen to Ruihua Palace in the future? With the madam consort’s youth over, the possibility of wanting to conceive a royal son again was almost zero. Thinking about the fact that General Yan had just come here yesterday, he also mentioned once again whether he wanted to support this ugly son. Then Hong Xiu dropped her gaze to the Fourth Emperor who had been silent at the side.
Is this naturally the unusual appearance of a Dragon God coming to earth?
Maybe she should go and talk to the madam consort properly, no matter how ugly the fourth princes are and how he is not favoured by the emperor, no one can change the fact that he is a prince. Compared to other concubines with nothing to show for it, at least they have a prince, right?
Hong Xiu isn’t a stupid person, she’s the woman who was arranged to enter the palace by Yan Jing for her daughter in order for her to gain a foothold in the future, naturally, she is intelligent.
In the past nine years, Hongxiu and Xian Fei have been blinded by hatred and disappointment, and they have lost their youth in waiting and hope again and again. They themselves knew they had no bargain chips, and if they hadn’t had a patron in Yan Jing, they might have been sent to the cold palace.
They had also thought about supporting Huangfu Jie, otherwise, they would not plead again and again to The Emperor to ask Huangfu Jie to study at Imperial Academy. But Huangfu Jie’s appearance was really amazing and he is not very intelligent. He timidly shrank all day. He could bow when he saw the servant, which makes them even more angry.
It just so happens that yesterday General Yan also analyzed the current situation for them, watching the princes grow older, they have to learn to protect themselves even if they don’t seek the throne of supremacy. In the next two years, even if they don’t take the initiative, the prince who sees the influence behind the Yan family will also borrow an excuse to get close to them. Instead of waiting until then, they should take the initiative themselves.
And rather than to be implicated in the future defeat of any prince they rely on, it is better to cultivate a neutral prince general who is in control of the military, who dares not offend and wants to please, this is the best for them.
Yes, it’s time for them to plan. It will be hard to support Huangfu Jie when he is older.
Hong Xiu thought in her heart like the waves of the sea, but did not say much. After posturing to reprimand Zhang Ping with a few words, she let him and the fourth prince go back to the small yard.
From the beginning to the end, Hong Xiu had not doubted Zhang Ping’s words. First, she knew very well how badly those highnesses usually bullied Huang Fu Jie. Secondly, she didn’t believe that Zhang Ping, who had just entered the palace with an honest face, would lie at all. Not to mention that Zhang Ping had only been at Ruihua Palace for three days, so why would he need to lie?
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