Soon Zhu San and Zhu Si appeared at the door of the classroom. When Zhu San entered, his eyes lit up when he saw Zhu Hao, and he ran over with a smile: "I was just looking for you... Mr. Yuan said that there will be an assessment before the end of the year, and it is not for us.
, but you and Xiao Jingzi, you two have to sort out the pros and cons... It seems that the one with bad grades will leave the palace."
Jinghong's eyes immediately widened when he heard this.
Perhaps he realized that the huge gap between himself and Zhu Hao could not be made up with a short period of hard work, so this exam said it included Zhu Hao and him, but it was actually aimed at him alone.
If you don't understand why you can't look at him, do you want to drive him away?
Zhu Si shook his head: "You don't have to leave."
Jinghong turned his head to one side, as if he hadn't heard the bad news, and his resentful eyes seemed to say, I love so and so, I won't struggle anymore, if I want to destroy it, hurry up...
Zhu Hao made no statement, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.
Zhu San said hurriedly: "Zhu Hao, don't think that I don't know what you are thinking, and don't make any mistakes."
Zhu Hao frowned: "Please tell me clearly, what wrong idea did I have?"
Zhu San snorted softly, Yao's nose wrinkled, and Zhu Si next to him explained: "Third brother said on the way here that last time you pretended to be the prince and was poisoned... When you are frustrated, there is a high possibility that you will
She took this opportunity to leave the palace and deliberately lost to Jinghong in the assessment, so she said that."
"I don't need other people's pity. I have to speak with my true ability." Jinghong looked unwilling, fearing that he would be looked down upon by others.
Zhu San said disdainfully: "Xiao Jingzi, don't you understand? What Xiaosi means is that Zhu Hao wants to lose because he is afraid of death. Do you really think he chose to sacrifice himself in order to keep you in the palace?"
Jinghong was busy reading, pretending not to hear Zhu San's words.
"Hey, Zhu Hao, what do you mean?"
Seeing that Zhu Hao still didn't express his position, Zhu San asked curiously.
Zhu Hao looked hopeless: "It's still a long time until the end of the year, isn't it? By then, maybe Jinghong's knowledge and attainments will be above mine... You won't think that as long as my grades can't compare with his
, you must have lost on purpose, right?"
Zhu San curled his lips: "At your level, even Mr. Gongsun would have to step aside. Just him... I'm not looking down on Xiao Jingzi, he's not qualified yet."
"Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing..."
Jinghong deliberately made the reading volume louder to drown out Zhu San's voice.
"whee……"
Zhu San seemed to be showing off his power, with a happy smile on his face.
Zhu Si asked: "Zhu Hao, what were you doing when you didn't return to the palace yesterday? I originally wanted to take advantage of the time before dinner to play Cuju together."
Zhu Hao didn't answer. He couldn't tell this kid that he was out yesterday helping his family to make money and also buying a theater troupe to make money for himself, right?
These things seem a bit far away from the world of a child. Even if you want to bring something new and interesting to Zhu Si, you don't need to let him know the whole process.
"If you have time in the next two days, you can ask Mr. Yuan to go shopping outside the palace... I have something good to show you."
Zhu Hao extended an invitation.
Zhu San asked in confusion: "What good thing?"
Zhu Hao shook his head: "We will know then."
Zhu Si asked excitedly: "Are you going to see Sun Monkey? I also want to see something else... Oh, by the way, my third brother wants to see it too. If there is a chance... can we go together?"
Zhu Hao looked at Zhu San.
This little girl's little face turned red.
When I went out to the palace to go to the theater, the real Crown Prince Xing had the opportunity to be with Zhu Hao, but she, the fake one, had to stay at home and think about her mistakes...
"I'm afraid it won't be easy for her to go out." Zhu Hao said casually.
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The new theater troupe was already under Zhu Hao's name, and Zhu Hao spent half an afternoon and one night rehearsing the show.
Next, we are waiting for the new drama to be performed.
But Zhu Hao couldn't leave the palace to watch the premiere. He wanted to know how the play performed.
The new play will officially start three days after rehearsal. Zhu Hao continues to study in the palace and does not leave casually at night. It is an extraordinary period now. It is best to advance and retreat together with Zhu Si and the others. If he leaves the palace alone at night, I am afraid that he will
Causing unnecessary trouble.
In the next few days, everything was as usual except that Jinghong studied harder.
Jinghong was very afraid that he would be kicked out of the palace.
In fact, where is studying not studying?
Perhaps he would rather go home and have his father teach him, or go to a private school... It would be more comfortable than being in the palace.
But if he really left because of poor grades, it would be a huge setback for him, so he worked hard to get better than Zhu Hao in the end-of-year assessment.
After school ended that afternoon, the two returned to the courtyard where they lived, and Jinghong hurriedly went inside to study.
Zhu Hao was going to have dinner.
Gongsun Yi did not choose to go to the palace cafeteria to eat and take food after school in the past few afternoons. Perhaps he felt guilty. Even though the palace did not order him not to do so, he still went home to eat.
Zhu Hao was just fetching water from the well when Lu Song came in from outside the courtyard gate.
Zhu Hao had already deduced from the rotation times of several palace guards that that day was the first day of Lu Song's night shift rotation, and he would have to work five consecutive night shifts.
"There will be an assessment in the palace soon, why didn't you go to study?"
Lu Song first took a look in the direction of the room and heard the sound of reading from inside. He knew that Jinghong was actually studying instead of pretending.
Zhu Hao said: "Even Lu Dianzhan knows about the year-end exam?"
Lu Song said with a dark face: "This is not a secret."
Zhu Hao spread his hands and did not explain to Lu Song.
Anyway, Lu Song knew him well, and he didn't care how Lu Song looked at him. He was both a friend and an enemy. He had said before that he wanted to leave Prince Xing's Mansion, and it made Lu Song feel like he was "giving up on himself." There was nothing wrong with that.
There happened to be a group of night guards passing by outside. They had not yet taken up their duties, and they were discussing something eagerly, laughing and joking, and their voices were noisy and harsh.
"What?"
Lu Song went out and called these people.
Several guards looked at Lu Song inexplicably.
We just talked a little louder, and it didn't affect the order of the palace. You, Lu Song, are just a model, not much higher than us, why are you putting on airs? Although you are in power, who can
Didn’t you know that the palace looked at you differently because your wife is the prince’s wet nurse?
One of the guards said: "There is a theater to the west of the palace, and a new play is being performed. We finally bought tickets to see it today. It is really exciting..."
At this point, the eyes of a group of guards shone, as if this show was really exciting, and they still had endless aftertaste after watching it for a long time.
Lu Song frowned when he heard this.
He knew very well that the theater the guards mentioned was the bookstore opened by Zhu Hao, but the stage was specially widened and amplification facilities were added to facilitate the theater troupe to perform on the stage. He had already watched "Three Strikes of Bone Demons" with the prince before.
Now that he heard that a new play has been rehearsed, Lu Song started to murmur in his heart... Does Zhu Hao really have the ability to write a new play and make these rich and powerful men yearn for it?
Another guard said: "Lu Dianzhan, we didn't go to see him when he was on duty, and it didn't affect our errands. You won't even have to take care of this, right?"
Lu Song was a little embarrassed and said with a straight face: "There are a lot of things going on in the palace recently. You don't have a good rest during the day and go to the theater... Aren't you afraid of dozing off at night? You won't do it next time!"
Since Lu Song didn't say he wanted to punish them, even though the guards were dissatisfied, they still had a good laugh and let the matter go.
After the guard left, Lu Song turned his head and looked at Zhu Hao, who was smiling at him, "Are you the one doing this?"
Zhu Hao was not happy when he heard this: "Why do you call it ghosting? I haven't left the palace for the past few days. As you know, whether the plays outside are performed by my theater is another matter. Even if it is... it still requires the skills of an actor to perform on stage.
Qiang, it’s not me who sings it...why don’t Lu Dianzhan come back and listen to it with me?"
Lu Song felt helpless.
Obviously Zhu Hao is just a child, and I have ten thousand ways to control this kid, but why do I feel so helpless every time I talk to him?
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The next day, even Zhu San and Zhu Si heard that a new opera was being performed in the theater outside.
Zhu Hao asked curiously: "Who did you listen to?"
It was not yet class time, only Jinghong was holding the book and reciting silently. Zhu San and Zhu Si looked like they were doing nothing. They knew that Gongsun Yi would not come to class for a long time, so they came to the school in advance to learn more
It's to find friends to play with.
Zhu San smiled and said: "I heard Zhang Fengzheng talking to his uncle, saying that the play was really good...My uncle even invited Zhang Fengzheng to watch it together...Zhu Hao, what was the play like? Can you tell us about it?"
Zhu Hao shook his head and did not answer.
Zhu Si asked: "You said before that you would take us to see something good, is this it?"
"right!"
Zhu Hao did not avoid it this time.
Zhu San narrowed his eyes, his eyes were like crescent moons, and asked happily: "Let's just say that you are a talented person. In addition to being good at reading, you can also write plays? Oh, by the way, did you write the play, or was it written by the gentleman before you?"
"No comment!" Zhu Hao shrugged.
Zhu San stuck out his tongue: "I knew you would pretend to be mysterious. Today, Xiaosi and I will find an opportunity to tell our father and ask him to allow us to go out of the palace to listen to the show."
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The ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny.
Zhu Hao knew that King Xing would not agree to the two children's unreasonable request.
The first time you go out, you will catch the enemy off guard. What if the second time you go out, Jin Yiwei and the Zhu family are prepared and attack the children again?
With the precedent of Zhu Hao being poisoned, Prince Xing's palace will feel that someone is trying to kill the crown prince, and will not allow the child to leave the palace.
Just as Zhu Hao expected.
Zhu San and Zhu Si came back in the afternoon and said that Zhu Youqi did not agree to their proposal and said that he would continue to pester the princess to intercede...
After school, Zhu Hao and Jinghong were having dinner in the cafeteria.
Lu Song came in, but this time he didn't come to talk to Zhu Hao, but asked Zhu Hao to follow him.
"What's up?"
Zhu Hao didn't want to put down his chopsticks, "If it's not in a hurry, can you let me finish the meal? If I don't eat now, I won't have anything to eat at night."
Lu Song glanced at Zhu Hao: "Yuan Changshi is here."
Since it was Yuan Zonggao who came in person, Zhu Hao had to put down his bowls and chopsticks and walked out of the cafeteria with Lu Song. As soon as he came out of the hospital, he saw Yuan Zonggao standing there, flanked by Jiang Lun and several other palace officials whom Zhu Hao didn't know.
"Just as I was talking, he came."
Yuan Zonggao smiled brightly and said, "Zhu Hao, I heard that you opened a bookstore west of the palace and recently set up a stage to perform in operas. Is this possible?"
Those who come are not good and those who are good will not come. Zhu Hao nodded: "Exactly."
Yuan Zonggao said: "I heard that this play has a large audience and a strong response. It is not the winter leisure period at the end of the year, and all the work in the palace has been relaxed. I am here to tell you about inviting the troupe to the palace to sing a few performances.
, the government will pay you a lot of money... What do you think?"