After talking to Zhu Hao, he immediately informed Yuan Zonggao of the conversation with Zhu Hao, indicating that Zhu Hao had the idea of leaving the palace.
Yuan Zonggao was a little confused: "So, this son wants to leave the palace to avoid danger?"
Lu Song said: "Listening to his words, it's roughly the same."
Lu Song had long wanted to drive Zhu Hao out of the palace. Now Yuan Zonggao asked him to test Zhu Hao. In addition, Zhu Hao had clearly stated that he wanted to leave, so he had no reason to hide it. He wished that Zhu Hao would leave early. From then on, the inside of the palace
No one will become his "peer" anymore, and the risk of identity exposure is greatly reduced.
Yuan Zonggao sighed softly: "Alas! It seems that this son is not willing to make sacrifices for the palace. Once he encounters danger, he wants to leave and protect himself wisely, but the Zhu family will not take advantage of his wishes..."
Lu Song thought for a while and replied: "He said he wanted to study abroad."
"hehe."
Yuan Zonggao smiled and said, "He has thought carefully and even thought of this."
Lu Song said: "As for Yuan Changshi, if he has such thoughts, should he be retained by the palace or not?"
This was the issue that Lu Song was most concerned about. Before, he thought that the palace was going to drive Zhu Hao away, but unexpectedly, Zhu Hao stayed on and his position seemed to be more stable.
Yuan Zonggao picked up the brush next to the table and raised his wrist as if to write something. However, because of Lu Song's question, his mind was a little confused. The tip of the pen did not touch the paper. He turned his head and replied: "Of course I won't leave it."
After listening to Yuan Zonggao's words, Lu Song felt relieved.
The palace finally thought of driving Zhu Hao away, and Zhu Hao himself said he wanted to leave... There shouldn't be any surprises this time, right?
In the past, he would not have thought deeply about it, but when it came to Zhu Hao, he gradually realized that he could not use common sense to deduce that since the fire in the palace, from the Xingwang Zhu Youqian to the people in the palace, they all had different opinions on Zhu Hao's behavior and behavior.
The decision... most of the time baffled him.
"But what if this kid doesn't fall behind in the year-end assessment..."
Lu Song was still a little worried.
If Zhu Hao said he wanted to leave, but ended up topping the exam, would he leave or not?
Yuan Zonggao smiled and said: "Since you have decided not to retain him, what is the point of the assessment? He was recruited to the palace to be a companion to show to the world that the palace is upright... Now that the traitor in the court is openly poisoning and murdering the prince, then why does the palace need to deal with it?
A show of kindness from someone with evil intentions?"
Lu Song was relieved.
It turns out that Zhu Hao's attitude is not important, what is important is the relationship between the imperial court and Prince Xing's Mansion.
Previously, the palace wanted to show outsiders that there were no secrets in the palace, but someone in the court reported that they wanted the emperor to cultivate a prince among the heirs of the royal family. Only then did the palace want to show the world the existence of the crown prince and show that he was qualified to compete for the crown prince.
But now, the relationship between Prince Xing's Mansion and the imperial court has reached a stalemate. This kind of overture is completely unnecessary, and there is no need for Zhu Hao to stay in Prince Xing's Mansion as a link with Jin Yiwei.
Lu Song asked again: "Young master from Jingzhi County..."
"I won't stay either."
Yuan Zonggao had already made a comprehensive plan, but now he just told Lu Song, "Why does a local magistrate of Fuguo County, who has no background in the court and is from a juren family, try his best to send his children to the palace as a companion? Even if he has no
Bad intentions, but with his status, if Jin Yiwei puts pressure on him, will he offend the treacherous gang of sycophants in the court for the Xing Palace?"
A word to wake up the dreamer.
Lu Song finally understood that although Jing Zhongkuan's motive was just political speculation, his behavior could easily be exploited and pressured by Jin Yiwei, so the palace would not keep Jinghong.
The position of accompanying student in the palace came to an end in less than half a year. Neither Zhu Hao nor Jinghong had any need to stay in the palace to cause trouble.
Lu Song said: "I'm afraid that if they establish a deep friendship with the two princes, the two princes... will get into trouble."
Yuan Zonggao smiled and said: "It's rare that you can take into account the thoughts of the prince and the princess. Your son's status as a companion in the palace remains unchanged. If you look for a companion in the future, you will only find him from among the children of the right age in the palace. Outsiders are not allowed to enter the palace again."
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Lu Song nodded.
He actually didn't care whether Lu Bing stayed in the palace or not. It was not a good thing in itself for his young son to be involved in court disputes, not to mention that as a father, he was still caught between Jin Yiwei and Prince Xing's palace, and it was difficult for him to behave.
If Zhu Hao and Jinghong are gone, Jin Yiwei wants to know more about the crown prince, and he has to tell it from his mouth. If Jin Yiwei finds out that his son is still staying in the palace as a companion...
Lu Song simply didn't dare to think about it.
This huge burden will fall on him alone!
Thinking about it now, Zhu Hao's stay in the palace seems to be of some use, that is, there is someone who can share the pressure for him.
"Okay, I will go to the study hall later to assess the knowledge of the crown prince and the princess. Recently, you should pay more attention to the movements of the two children in the west courtyard."
Yuan Zonggao finally started to write something, and said in his mouth, "The prince and the princess will not go to the bookstore to study these days. Gongsun Fengyuan is preparing for the provincial examination. There may be new students arriving after the year... You have to know that now we not only
We must be on guard against traitors in the court who may be detrimental to the palace, and we must also be on guard against Prince Ning of Jiangxi. He frequently makes small moves behind his back, and his sword points directly at the throat of Prince Xing, so we must be on guard."
Lu Song hurriedly took a step back and said respectfully: "I humbly accept my order."
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When Lu Song came out of the inner courtyard, snow was still falling in the sky.
He secretly sighed that Yuan Zonggao had planned everything well and even noticed the abnormal movements of King Ning. He should have considered that Zhang Zhong's previous poisoning might be related to King Ning's instigation.
He wanted to inform Zhu Hao in his private capacity and ask him to prepare to pack up and leave, but he felt that there was little point in doing so. Zhu Hao was already ready to leave, perhaps because he had already calculated what would happen next at the palace.
What's the trend?
"Could it be that he knew that the palace had no intention of keeping him, so he was ready to leave, and he still bid farewell to me in a formal way, as if he was explaining his funeral affairs, and made it clear to me, this boy... shouldn't be considered a liar
Plan? Yuan Changshi made a decision and then acted. How could outsiders easily detect his thoughts?"
When he arrived at the west gate of the palace, Lu Song suddenly thought of something and asked the guard beside him: "Have you seen Zhu Hao?"
The guard replied: "It seems that he has gone out."
"What? He... went out?"
Lu Song was startled and thought to himself, this boy came back a day earlier and even met Zhu San and Zhu Si. This might be the last time they met, and then left the palace. How can this be said?
When he was about to go home, he immediately changed his mind and walked straight to the west.
He expected that the bookstore would be closed due to heavy snowfall and severe cold weather, but he did not know that although there were few people that day, precisely because there were few people and the tickets were cheap, many people braved the snow to come and watch the newly edited "The Legend of White Snake".
In the front row of the crowd, Zhu Hao sat there, cracking melon seeds and watching the show, as if there was no one else around.
"Sir, may I see your ticket?"
Someone came to block Lu Song's way.
But when he saw the military attaché uniform in Lu Song's coat and the saber at his waist, the man quickly stepped aside and did not dare to say anything.
Lu Song sat down on the seat next to Zhu Hao and looked sideways with bright eyes, "You kid, you didn't even get warm after returning to the palace, but you ran out to watch a play? Isn't this a play you wrote? I watched it.
Many times, is it interesting?"
Lu Songben was a little thirsty and wanted to pour a cup of tea. He reached out and touched the teapot but found it was cold.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "I just came here, but the two guests couldn't stand the biting cold wind and left, so I sat down... Lu Dianzhan is really everywhere."
Lu Song frowned when he heard this.
This seems to explain why there happened to be a vacant seat here, but he didn't see anyone leaving when he came over. Could it be too much of a coincidence?
"Have someone bring a pot of hot tea to Lu Dianzhan?" Zhu Hao asked.
Lu Song shook his head: "No need, just say a few words and leave."
Zhu Hao nodded: "That's right, Lu Dianzhan is not on duty tonight. He should go back to his wife and children to have a hot bed. Your wife is not in the palace today, right? I see that the palace has already distributed new year's goods, and many of the guards have left with eggs...
…This is the second batch of new year’s goods this year…”
Lu Song found that Zhu Hao's observations were very careful.
Zhu Hao continued to look at the stage, and Lu Song also followed his gaze, only to see that the women in green and white were still singing. When Xu Xian came on stage, the three actors were all blushing because of the cold weather.
It is light makeup, but it looks like wearing bright makeup.
The woman in white...
The face is brighter.
This was the third time Lu Song watched this play, but he didn't watch it carefully the first three times. This time it was rare that he could put aside all distracting thoughts and enjoy it. After watching it for a while, he was lost in thought, when Zhu Hao asked from next to him: "Lu Dianzhan, where are you going?"
Have you met Yuan Changshi?"
Lu Song immediately collected his attention and looked sideways at Zhu Hao: "You know?"
Zhu Haodao: "I guess you not only went to see Yuan Changshi, but also told him what we said. He told you that Jinghong and I will not stay in the palace after the year, right?"
"you……"
Lu Song's eyes widened. It was incredible. This kid could actually guess this? Then the conversation he had with him before... wasn't he deliberately trying to trick him?
"Is Lu Dianzhan trying to say, am I afraid that you will tell Yuan Changshi what I'm saying now? I'm not afraid, because it doesn't matter whether you tell me or not, the result will be the same. I still have to leave, right? I don't know what I'm thinking about now.
He left Anlu without knowing it, without letting Jin Yiwei and the Zhu family find out...
"But this is a bit difficult. Once found by the family, I may be trapped in a cage and unable to get out... Can Lu Dianzhan help me?"
At the end of his speech, Zhu Hao actually made a request?
Lu Song felt even more confused. He breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Since the palace wants you to leave, the Zhu family can't be unreasonable, right? Why did they leave Anlu quietly?"
Zhu Hao spread his hands and said: "If the Zhu family had been reasonable, maybe I wouldn't have considered entering the palace at the beginning. How comfortable would I be studying outside? The palace is full of dangers. I will be burned to death today, and someone will poison me tomorrow... You should be careful.
Is it fun? If Lu Dianzhan doesn’t want to help, forget it.”
Lu Song had no intention of taking over.
What does it have to do with me whether you leave Anlu or not? I am showing the greatest respect to you by not informing you.
Zhu Haodao: "I hope Lu Dianzhan will tell Yuan Changshi that King Ning's ambition has now emerged. No, the troupe has just received a letter from King Ning, saying that there will be a lobby meeting in Nanchang, Jiangxi in the next year.
, promised generous rewards, and famous troupes from all over the country received invitations, even our small troupe, which has just established its foothold in Anlu, is no exception... I don’t know where they got the news."
"Oh? Are you taking the troupe to Nanchang?" Lu Song frowned. The news Zhu Hao brought coincided with Yuan Zonggao's opinion on the need to guard against Prince Ning's Mansion.
Zhu Hao nodded: "That's right. Actually, what I want to say is that Prince Ning went to such great lengths to invite theater troupes from all over the world to gather in Nanchang. He actually wanted to find a good theater troupe and send it to the capital to curry favor with His Majesty.
"I just want to go on a study tour. Nanchang is also good. Although the ground in Jiangxi is not very flat, as the saying goes, it's dark under the light. Nanchang City is the safest place in the world for the time being... There is an acquaintance there, and I want to visit him.
, and by the way, I advise him to...return when he has lost his way."