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Chapter Five The First Step of the Long March

Empress Zhang looked at Hongzhi and smiled: "Your Majesty, Tianxiang saw Liu Jin and Li Yuan envoy entering the Wenhua Palace, what happened to Wei'er?"

Hong Zhi glanced at Empress Dowager Zhou with a guilty look, and Empress Zhang understood: "Oh, I went to Cining Palace to tell the Empress Dowager that Wei'er could talk. The Empress Dowager missed her great-grandson, so she asked Hong Xizhong to come to Wenhua Palace."

Hongzhi understood that Queen Mother Zhou didn't know anything, and was devastated. However, Hua Houwei's hands were still a little red and swollen, so it was better not to worry the old man. So Hongzhi began to talk about what happened in the Wenhua Palace with excitement: "Today Hou Zhao and Wei'er The performance of the two of them is really unexpected... I didn't expect that Wang Hua would give up the reserve of a scholar for Wei'er!"

Empress Dowager Zhou listened attentively, Empress Zhang kept smiling from ear to ear, and several palace maids and eunuchs serving nearby also pricked up their ears. Only the brothers Hua Houwei and Zhu Houzhao, no matter what else, were holding the chicken legs and feasting.

Empress Dowager Zhou waited for Hongzhi to come to an end, picked up Hua Houwei with bulging cheeks, and looked him up and down: "Huh? Can't you see that your good grandson is still a little prodigy? Youtang, he seems to be more powerful than you were when you were a child, right?"

Hongzhi nodded: "I was in a precarious situation at that time, so how could I bother to study? I am definitely not as good as Wei'er. Even my ancestors in literary affairs are probably not as good as me."

"Tsk, tsk, Tianjing heard about a child prodigy one day, but I didn't expect one to be born in our family!"

Hua Houwei tried his best to swallow the chicken in his cheeks, laughed twice and said: "Ancestor, this is nothing. In the future, I will be a general and cut down all our enemies! Hoho haha!"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately became energetic and jumped with Hua Houwei: "Brother, I am the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and you are the vanguard general. We will fight in the world together! How can you shout? Oh! Hohohaha Hey!"

Seeing the two children jumping together on Queen Mother Zhou's warm couch, everyone burst into laughter. Empress Zhang came over and pinched Zhu Houzhao's ears, and hugged Hua Houwei with one hand: "Little monkey cub, are you going to shake things up? You're still big. Marshal, give me back to the general? Do you dare?"

"It hurts, it hurts! Mother, let go!"

"Mom! I'll come down right now!"

Hongzhi chuckled, a feeling of satisfaction welling up in his heart. Empress Dowager Zhou slapped Zhu Houzhao on the butt: "It belongs to you."

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What a joy! He deserves a beating! Put Wei'er down, the old lady can still handle him."

The whole family was lively and cozy, and Hua Houwei gradually felt intoxicated. It seemed that being a child was not bad at all. But his health was really bad. He snuggled into the arms of Queen Mother Zhou and listened to the cheap dad telling stories about the outside world. Sometimes, my eyelids kept trembling, and I didn't know when I fell asleep.

Early the next morning, after having breakfast, Hua Houwei ran all the way to the Wenhua Hall. He was too young now and had no place of his own. He always followed Queen Zhang. Tai Chi is an excellent way to keep fit, but If you, a little brat, try to practice at this time, Hongzhi and Empress Zhang must be suspicious, so you should find a reasonable source for your Tai Chi, and let’s talk about practice!

Entering the Wenhua Hall, Wang Hua and Xie Qian were already sitting in the hall. After greeting the two teachers, today's class began. Zhu Houzhao appeared out of breath a quarter of an hour later, and Xie Qian asked kindly: "Your Highness, study This is a matter of perseverance, and you must not be late in the future.”

An hour and a half later, the two brothers bid farewell to their two masters and left the Wenhua Palace together. As soon as they left the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Houzhao immediately revealed his true colors: "Brother, let's go to the Imperial Garden to play?"

Hua Houwei nodded: "Brother, I haven't been to the Royal Garden yet. What's fun?"

Zhu Houzhao proudly began to snap his fingers: "That's a lot! Ants, crickets, grasshoppers, grasshoppers, damselflies, butterflies, beetles..."

Hua Houwei suddenly remembered that he had watched a video, but he had never played it due to constraints, so he just wanted to try it this time. So he happily urged: "Then what are you waiting for? Hurry and go!"

Jogging all the way, the two of them reached the Royal Garden. Hua Houwei couldn't wait to ask: "Brother, where are the ants?"

It was already February in early spring, and green grass sprouted sparsely on the ground, and the shrubs and flowers also had some greenery. Zhu Houzhao pulled Hua Houwei, turned around, and stopped under a rose tree: "Look, I discovered it yesterday.

Yes! It’s definitely a huge ant nest!”

Hua Houwei followed Zhu Houzhao and squatted down. He looked at the busy ants under the branches as thick as his arms. He rolled his eyes and began to guide: "How big? How big is it? Brother, don't brag?"

Zhu Houzhao was a little anxious. He pointed at the ant nest half a foot above the ground and shouted: "Isn't this big? Is this big?"

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It’s the biggest ant nest I’ve ever found! Humph, where in the Royal Garden have I not been? You’ll never find anything bigger than this!”

Hua Houwei smiled slyly: "Brother, even if this is the case, how can you prove it? Well, do you know what an ant nest looks like?"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned. He had never thought about how to prove it, let alone what the inside of an ant nest looked like. He groaned for a long time and said unconvinced: "Brother, do you know what the inside of an ant nest looks like?"

Hua Houwei raised his head and looked at Zhu Houzhao: "I don't know either, but I have a way to know!"

This is new! Zhu Houzhao's eyes immediately lit up and he asked eagerly: "What can I do?"

This is a blackmail brought to the door, no knocking, no knocking! Hua Houwei raised his head to the sky with a smile, stretched out two fingers and rubbed it: "Hua Chai Hua Chai!"

"What do you mean?"

Looking at the dumbfounded Zhu Houzhao, Hua Houwei became angry: "Brother, the idea is valuable, you can't take it away for nothing! You have to exchange it with money!"

"How much?"

"Well, let's just give Ma Ma Xuxu five taels of silver!"

"Brother! Do you know how many cases I have per month?" Zhu Houzhao exclaimed in surprise.

Hua Houwei shook his head and said tentatively: "You are the prince, why don't you have five hundred taels?"

Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand in dismay: "Five hundred? Humph, only five taels! If I give them all to you, I'll have nothing."

Hua Houwei stuck out his tongue in surprise. Those knights in TV dramas and movies only paid ten taels of silver. How come the emperor's family can't afford five or six hundred taels a month for each person? Unexpectedly, Zhu Houzhao, as the crown prince of a country, only has five taels of silver per month!

"Eh? Brother, remember that day I gave you an incense burner as a gift, and I didn't ask you for money. How can I ask you for an idea and you want money?" Zhu Houzhao realized what he was doing and asked Hua Houwei with a puzzled look on his face.

Hua Houwei chuckled: "Brother, I was joking with you. I just want you to know that knowledge also has a price."

"Tch, I still don't know if your idea will come true!"

"Why not? I really want to give you all my monthly salary!"

"You have a lot of shit every month! It's all under the control of the Queen Mother!"
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