Zhang Ping said a little excited. After all, if you can be a eunuch accompanying a general instead of a eunuch beside an incompetent prince he won’t feel inferior. Although the root below him was cut, his man’s blood did not disappear. The most important thing is that he finally has a chance to enter the library!
The child looked thoughtful.
“You don’t have to be afraid,” Zhang Ping comforted his little prince. “Your brothers are not much older than you. Your eldest brother and second brother are only 12 years old. They don’t know much more than you. You can catch up now. ”
Zhang Ping also knew that he had said too much. Although the eldest, the second and the third princes are not much older than the fourth princes, they have received emperor education since childhood, and their mother’s family has cultivated them. Just looking at the reading companion by their side to know how much effort their mother’s family has given.
As for his family member, Zhang Ping looked at him and worried. Why do you think it’s so difficult to cultivate the second best in the world? Is it because he has not become the first in the world?
He always thought the child was not stupid, but how could he not be enlightened? Most of the time, he would clam up. He can remember what he was taught, but when it comes to drawing conclusions, don’t count on it. Don’t even think about being articulate in the four art*.
Although it can be felt that the attitude of Madam* Xianfei and Hongxiu towards the fourth Prince has changed, there is still a long way to go from deliberate cultivation. I don’t know what they mean.
Sometimes Zhang Ping was very skeptical about whether Huangfu Jie was really born by Xianfei. But if he weren’t born from her, this ugly child would probably have been strangled to death.
Just when Zhang Ping worries the child won’t be enlightened, things suddenly turned around. Although this turnaround came at the cost of his blood, it is an indisputable fact that Huangfu Jie has become more vigorous and proactive since then.
That was the next day …
Why did they choose to go to the library today? Because today is a day off. It was said that the emperor would test the knowledge of his sons and called them all to the imperial study, except for the fourth son, Huangfu Jie. The emperor seems to have completely forgotten his fourth sons.
Huangfu Jie didn’t say it. Zhang Ping couldn’t tell what he was feeling, but it must have been hard.
In order to comfort the pain of the fatherless little ghost, Zhang Ping took the child to sleep for the night and told him two stories. On the surface, the child seems satisfied.
In the morning of the next day, Zhang Ping, like in the past, picked up the child and asked him to go out to do the morning lessons he had arranged for him.
Zhang Ping himself, after activating his body for a while, went to boil water, take food, and did his daily housework.
Zhang Ping came to the yard with a copper basin and watched the children punch like tiger gives birth to the wind.* Suddenly, he felt that himself as the Shifu* was of some value.
This regard as some kind of love, isn’t it? Zhang Ping felt his chin, pretending to be mature. To be honest, with this child in the palace, he has a great sense of achievement.
“Come here to eat, and let’s go to the library after you eat.”
At the door of the library, they were stopped.
“Fourth Highness? “The two servants guarding the library looked at each other.
“I’m sorry. We have never seen fourth princes. I dare not let anyone in.” Said the middle-aged eunuch.
“Two Gonggong*, how do you usually verify the identity of the other princes? “Zhang Ping swallowed his breath.
*)courtesy calling to address senior eunuch means granpas
Huangfu Jie’s clothes and accessories can prove that he is a prince, but that’s not it. In this palace, how many people can wear embroidered dragon-shaped patterns and golden yellow colored belt?
Besides, those who have been in the palace for a long time don’t they know that Xian Fei has an ugly prince. He didn’t think Huangfu Jie has become beautiful today. The watchmen did not let them in, because they looked down on people, and they did not bring money to reward them.
“Can you show me the jade plate of his Highness the fourth prince? ”
Zhang Ping obviously knew that this was unnecessary, but he had to act according to the requirements of the other party, so he turned to the child and said, “Your Highness, can you please give me your jade pendant?”
The jade pendant representing the identity of the prince has a uniform shape, with dragon flying and auspicious clouds on the front and the prince’s name and rank on the back. The jade pendants are different in texture. Each palace can prepare them separately.
In order to prevent the craftsman from imitating, the jade pendant must go through seven grindings, each of which has strict regulations. No craftsman knows all the patterns and techniques. That is to say, those who really know the shape, pattern and specification of jade pendants all over the world, except the royal family, only know about one.
Moreover, in the palace, the prince did not need to wear a jade pendant at all. Underage princes cannot go out of the palace until a specific day. The so-called specific day is when they follow the emperor imperial chariot, such as large-scale safari, sacrificial rites, or celebrating with the people during the New Year. In other words, the princes would never be able to leave the house alone during their underage.
There is no need for jade pendant in the outer palace. Most of the palace slaves are familiar with the faces of the princes and princesses. Even if they are not familiar with it, they can see from the clothes and decorations that there is no place for jade pendant.
When the prince is granted a palace as an adult, the prince’s jade pendant is useless. They have other clothes to show their identity. Therefore, the prince’s jade pendant is not very useful for the princes, it is just a decoration.
Do you think there will be people in the palace who dare to wear prince costumes but are not princes? Even if there were assassins or thieves posing for luck, eunuchs and palace ladies who were royal slaves would never have the courage to verify their identity.
Unexpectedly, the fourth prince, Huangfu Jie, was asked to show the jade pendant representing the prince’s identity outside the library building in the palace today. This could count as a joke in the palace right.
Zhang Ping understood that it was because the other side determined that Huangfu Jie was the fourth prince, that they dared to ask to verify the jade plate.
Huangfu Jie shows the jade pendant, and the two servants take it like this. They look at it in a pretentious way and smile on their faces.
“Oh, I’m impolite. I don’t know if it’s the fourth highness. How does His Highness come to the library today to teach?”
“His highness came down to borrow books.”
“Oh, borrow a book. The Fourth Highness is diligent and eager to learn. Its really fortunate. Can the old slaves ask me what books the fourth Highness intend to borrow?”
Huangfu Jie didn’t respond to the old eunuch’s rudeness, and he didn’t know how to respond.
Zhang Ping was so angry that he didn’t teach the child how to act like a prince and how to deal with such things. In fact, he was only 15 years old, and he had just entered the palace for less than a year. How could he know how the prince should deal with this kind of thing? He was just angry that Huangfu Jie’s attitude was too weak.
“Gonggong, His highness is going to find it by himself. “Zhang Ping was so angry that he still had a smile on his face.
“This…. “The old eunuch did not say yes or no.
Zhang Ping secretly poked at the child, trying to make him yell at them.
As a result, the child turned to look at him.
Zhang Ping stunned, what are you looking at me for? You show me your power! These waiters are soft and afraid, but they are just secretly enjoying the superiority of bullying the prince.
“Zhang Ping …” the child began to talk.
Well, you don’t show authority, I will give you authority. As soon as Zhang Ping gritted his teeth and threw himself on his knees, he began to knock his head again and again.
“Your Highness’s please forgive, your Highness’s please forgive. This slave a bastard, this slave deserves to die. It’s because the slave didn’t do it well. Please forgive me, your highness. This slave knows his mistake. This slave really knows his mistake. ”
In order to be more persuasive, he raised his hand and began slapping himself in the face. Once, twice, and several times, he bled.
Huangfu Jie froze. He just wanted to say: Zhang Ping, let’s go back. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ping would suddenly kneel down at him and start beating himself. Why did he do this?
Huangfu Jie reached out and wanted to stop Zhang Ping.
Zhang Ping took the hand, and respectfully said, “Thank Your Highness for your kindness. The slaves let the two gong gong invite His Highness to go in.”
Zhang Ping got up and did not wipe the blood on the corners of his mouth. He went to the two eunuchs without expression and said, “Two Gonggong, my highness, would like to go into the library to borrow books. Please do me a favor. ”
The two eunuchs glanced at each other, and had been scared by Zhang Ping’s self-punishment for a long time, and then saw that the four princes who were famous for their ugliness were looking at them with a very gloomy eyes, immediately they were scared they had cold sweat.
Did they just go too far? This ugly prince is not favored any more, but he is also a prince! What’s more, his grandfather is still a cavalry general.
“Please forgive me for my impoliteness. Only because there are many books in this library, and the classification is very complicated. I wanted to ask the fourth highness what books he wanted to read. The old slave could look for them on behalf of him, which saved the fourth Highness’s efforts to find books. But if the fourth highness wants to find the book himself, he has no choice. Fourth highness, please! ”
The door of the library was finally opened to them. Zhang Ping asked Huangfu Jie to go first, and then he followed in. Today, his friend, a young eunuch who was trained in the same period with him at the same time, Shao Yun was on duty inside. He didn’t worry about finding the book he wanted.
The library is really big and really deep.
A large number of books are crammed into the bookshelves. Someone cleans and arranges them every day, but the cold eerie feeling can’t be dispelled.
With the help of Shao Yun, Zhang Ping soon found books such as art of war. Considering that it was not easy to come to the library, he took one book after another. But where is the martial arts secret collection?
Huangfu Jie didn’t understand, so he stood by and watched. After a long time, seeing Zhang Ping’s addiction in finding books, he was bored and looked around casually. In the distance, the young eunuch named Shao Yun is peering into him secretly. Huangfu Jie glanced at him, and the other party immediately backed away.
Is he really that scary? When Zhang Ping took him to find him just now, he screamed at him and knocked over the books being revised on the table.
If he is so scary, why Zhang Ping never fears him and dares to sleep with him at night?
He remembered that Gao Xin, the eunuch who had served him before, said that during the day, it was okay. If he saw him at night, living people would be scared to death.
He is really ugly and scared people, isn’t he?
“Your Highness, you also walk around to see what books you are interested in. This is a treasure land that only the royal family can possibly come to. A lot of books are out there but they can’t be found. Zhang Ping sighed, this is the place that many scholars dream of.
Huangfu Jie nodded obediently and began to walk around the study at will. Sometimes he would take out a book to have a look.
Time goes by unconsciously.
Huangfu Jie, who walked around and looked westward, suddenly set his gaze on a book on the bottom row of the left-hand shelf leaning lonely. What attracted him was the cover of this book. Generally, there is only the name of the book on the cover, but this book …
“The Emperor arrives –”
What? Zhang Ping and Huangfu Jie raise their heads together.
The emperor is here? Why did he come here all of a sudden? Isn’t he testing his sons in the imperial study?
It was not long before I heard the voice of the servant kowtowing outside the building:
“Pay courtesy to the emperor, long live the emperor -”
Zhang Ping turns to his fourth prince.
Huangfu Jie stepped out of the corner of the bookshelf and walked to Zhang Ping.
“Your Highness? ”
Huangfu Jie stared at the door.。
The middle door of the library was opened, and the sun slanted into the dark library. A slender figure wearing a bright yellow robe and a purple gold crown led a small figure into the building, and a group of people followed and marched in.。
Zhang Ping saw that the child did not respond and did not know what to do for a while. It seems that there are several rows of bookshelves between them, and they will not be found for the time being.
Go out to see you or kneel here?
Shao yun, who is repairing books in the library, has also knelt down in front of the door to welcome him. Calling long live his majesty.
The child’s body moved and he went out.
Zhang Ping saw that he was surprised first and then delighted. Father and son are instinct. It’s natural for a son to want to see his father. It is said that the child has never seen his father, and it is good that he can summon up courage to go out to meet him today.
Zhang Ping followed later.
“Ahhhh!” Suddenly! The child’s screams cut through the silent space.
Dust fluttered in the sun, Zhang Ping stood in the dark and could see clearly. The screaming child is Huangfu Jue, the sixth prince, and the most beloved little prince today. The emperor was holding him.
He was the first to come in with his father, and the first to see Huangfu Jie standing in the dark shadow behind the bookshelf.
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