That night, Hu Shanggong came to Zhu Zhanyi's courtyard. Zhu Zhanyi retreated, leaving only himself and Hu Shanwei.
The candlelight flickered, and the two people sat at opposite ends. Under the candlelight, Hu Shanwei was about to speak but stopped.
Zhu Zhanzhen saw everything in his eyes and said softly: "Hu Shanggong, I will leave for Guangzhou tomorrow. It is difficult to determine the return date for this trip. Maybe I can come back once during the New Year's Day."
"Your Highness has a heavy responsibility this time." Hu Shanwei looked at Zhu Zhanchen and then looked away.
"Hu Shanggong, I originally planned to apply to Grandpa Huang to take you with me. After all, Chu'er is young and inexperienced, and the Prince of Zhujiang County also needs someone who can control the situation." Hu Shanwei looked at Hu Shanwei at this point.
It seemed that she had expectations, but she knew that Zhu Zhanzhen's words had limitations.
"However, Hu Shanggong is my mother's most capable assistant. Shanggong has to worry about all the big and small things in the palace. My mother will definitely not let him go, and if I ask Shanggong to leave alone, there will be some rumors.
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Yes, there will definitely be rumors. How could he, the Prince of Zhujiang County, spread rumors with an older female minister like me? Hu Shanwei laughed in his heart at his own overestimation.
What on earth was I expecting? Hu Shanwei laughed at himself in his heart.
"It's okay for me. My reputation is mostly mixed, but Shang Gong is different. Shang Gong has an excellent reputation in the palace, so I can't ruin Shang Gong."
Hearing Zhu Zhanyi's words, Hu Shanwei wished he could immediately say that he would follow Zhu Zhanyi, but Hu Shanwei couldn't say it. Age and etiquette were two big mountains that stood between her and the princesses, not to mention her.
Regardless of these.
Her words and stops are full of stories, and her hesitations are full of expectations.
If the young man said "Come with me" right now, she would be desperate.
But the boy didn't say anything.
"Five years from now should be Hu Shanggong's last chance to leave the palace."
When the female officials in the palace reach a certain age, they can choose to leave the palace. Of course, capable ones like Hu Shanwei will definitely be retained. However, if they do not leave the palace to get married after reaching the final age, they can only serve as nannies in the palace.
Naturally, Hu Shanwei doesn't want to be a nanny. She is very capable and deeply trusted by the Crown Princess. Maybe she can stay as her Hu Shanggong instead of being a nanny, but in the end she still has to be a nanny.
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"Five years from now, Shanwei will leave the palace to get married. Shanxiang has become the Crown Princess, and his father is still at home. It shouldn't be a problem to find a good family to marry after leaving the palace. The Crown Princess has pity on me, so maybe she will marry me."
A large dowry, whether a farmer or a small official, is always required to get married." Hu Shanwei smiled reluctantly.
Zhu Zhanzhen said calmly: "Hu Shanggong, I will take you away in five years."
Hu Shanwei looked at Zhu Zhanzhen in surprise and confirmed that he had not heard wrong. He really said that, and he would take me away in five years.
After sorting out his mood, he said slowly: "Your Highness, do you want me to go to the Zhujiang County Prince's Mansion to help? Shanwei will be old by then..."
"Be my concubine, and in five years, be my concubine." Zhu Zhanzhen interrupted Hu Shanwei before she could finish her words.
The light of the candle flame danced in Hu Shanwei's eyes, and even more, the flame danced in her heart.
The boy in front of me didn't look like he was joking, he was serious about what he said.
"Your Highness, don't make fun of Shanwei. Shanwei is much bigger than you."
"A gentleman's words are hard to follow. I mean what I said. Hu Shanggong is a smart man. I am usually close to you. Can't you see it? I don't believe it. I have made up my mind from the bottom of my heart.
I want Hu Shanggong to be my concubine before I get close to you, but I am not old enough now. When Hu Shanggong can leave the palace in five years and I have grown up, I will ask the matchmaker to marry Hu Shanggong."
"Your Highness... Your Highness..."
"Hu Shanggong doesn't like me?"
"No...no, Your Highness, please don't misunderstand..."
"As long as I like it, I'll just decide."
"Your Highness, can you really not care what the world thinks?"
"I never cared."
Hu Shanwei looked at the serious-faced young man in front of him. He wouldn't believe it if he were anyone else, but she believed Zhu Zhanzhen, because His Highness never seemed to care about the opinions of the people in the world.
He is smart, extremely smart. He will be smarter and more sophisticated when he grows up.
People always have to make plans for themselves. The broad road in front of them is the road they like, so there is no reason not to take it.
Zhu Zhanzhen went on to say: "Hu Shanggong, from now on you and I will exchange more letters. This is a book of Analects. If there are some things that are not convenient to say directly in the future, so that you can carefully reveal a few pages, lines and words in the letter, I will take it.
Just compare it with the Analects."
Hu Shanwei was such a smart person that he naturally knew that Zhu Zhanzhen's hidden meaning was to tell her to keep an eye on him in the palace, and to deliver a letter to him if there was any news that was relevant.
I thought that Hu Shanwei would hesitate for a while, but I didn't expect that Hu Shanwei didn't hesitate at all: "It's natural to have correspondence with His Highness. It's only His Highness who said that you want me to be your concubine. Only you know that I know the heaven and the earth, and the kindness
People who are surrounded by female prostitutes and don’t have any evidence would not be able to believe it.”
"Then what do you think we should do?"
Hu Shanwei picked up the inkstone and began to grind the ink. His slender white fingers moved gently: "Your Highness, how about you write a letter of guarantee?"
"Do you want to bite off your fingers and make bloody fingerprints?"
"That's not necessary. Just keep His Highness's handwriting."
The two looked at each other and smiled, no one was at a disadvantage, and their goals were achieved.
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Early on the next morning, Zhu Zhanzhen took Chu'er Xiaosheng and the people in the hospital to the ferry. Li Xiaozhu and Zara accompanied him, while Cao Xinyue took the people on the boat one step ahead to avoid people talking too much.
Those who came to see him off were the fat father, the princess, the eldest brother, the third brother, and the fourth brother. As for the second brother, he had already been arranged to go out and become a feudal lord.
What's rare is that Prince Han is also here.
"You can do it, kid. Didn't you say before that you won't be a vassal if you cheat? Why are you being arranged to go out now?" Prince Han pulled Zhu Zhanyi to whisper.
"I've figured it out. It's actually quite good to just go out and have no one to care about you. You can do whatever you want."
"The sky is high and the road is far away from Guangzhou. In ancient times, it was called Lingnan. It was a place where criminals who made mistakes were sent out. I don't know what your father thinks, and he won't give you a fight."
The second uncle is really trying his best to destroy his family relationship.
"Second uncle, it's not because of you."
"Me? What does it have to do with me?"
"Second uncle would have conquered Yunnan if he didn't go there before. Now you can't send me there."
"Aren't you going to Guangzhou Mansion?" Prince Han looked confused. Zhu Di's order had not yet been issued. He wanted to wait until the first early morning after Zhu Zhanzhen's departure to issue it. In order to avoid causing riots, at least Zhu Zhanzhen had already set off.
Yes, the matter is a foregone conclusion.
Zhu Zhanchen sighed: "Hey, although I only vassal Guangzhou, the emperor asked me to control Guangdong and Guangxi. There are still troops in Jiaozhi in Yunnan. How can I calculate that there are always 300,000 or 400,000? If my second uncle had vassalized me back then. Once we move to Yunnan, this kind of thing won't happen anymore."
"What?" Prince Han exclaimed, this is not a joke, so many soldiers are given to a child, he wants to give some soldiers to the emperor and hide them, for fear that he will have too much power, so he is so generous to Zhu Zhanyi?
The Prince of Han became angrier the more he thought about it, so he sent Zhu Zhanyi on the boat and rushed towards the palace.