In the next few days, although Zhu Hao and Jinghong stayed in the palace, they could only go to the Academy to study alone. Zhu San, Zhu Si and Lu Bing did not appear again.
There is no husband to take care of it, and he behaves laissez-faire. At noon, he goes to the cafeteria to eat. No one cares whether he comes in the afternoon. At night, he goes back to the dormitory to sleep. He can still leave the palace freely without anyone following him. It’s just that it’s troublesome when he comes back at night.
The night guard at the door extorted a sum of money for drinks...
Even Jinghong saw that something was wrong: "Zhu Hao, does the palace not intend to keep us?"
It was already the twentieth of the twelfth lunar month.
Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Did you just see it?"
The huge school building seemed extremely empty.
The blackboard hung there, deserted and deserted. There were few people around, and it felt particularly cold.
Jinghong tightened his heavy winter coat and sighed: "I didn't expect to leave the palace so soon, but if we leave together, I will feel better. Maybe my father will not be too disappointed in me... You
If there is no place to study... I can ask my father to let you come to the county government office to study with me."
Zhu Hao looked at Jinghong with admiration.
Jinghong had shown his intention to compete with him before, but he didn't expect that he would actually think about his opponent and want to help him regain the opportunity to study.
"It's better to take care of yourself, and take advantage of these few days before the end of the year to enjoy our last time as classmates." After Zhu Hao finished speaking, he took out a book seriously, covered his head... and fell asleep.
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The twenty-first day of the twelfth lunar month.
The palace was ready to send the two companions away, and Lu Song personally came to inform Zhu Hao and Jinghong that they could go home for the New Year.
Jinghong quietly packed up his belongings. After spending half a year in the palace, he had overcome his discomfort and now felt a little reluctant to leave.
After all, he gained a lot in the palace, and he had friends and competitors. Even if he was usually entertained by Zhu San, he still cherished these few friends who could share his joys and sorrows.
"Zhu Hao, come with me, I'll take you somewhere." Lu Song looked at Zhu Hao again.
"where to?"
Zhu Hao's words showed that he was open-minded and unsuspecting. Lu Song had already turned around and glanced back after hearing the words.
This kid, don't you know that there are some things that you need to avoid Jinghong? You are really here.
"You'll know when you get there."
Lu Song said, "Go to the yard and wait."
After waiting for a while, Zhu Hao came out and followed Lu Song silently. Lu Song asked curiously: "You can't guess everything? Do you know where I want to take you?"
Zhu Hao spread his hands and said, "I'm not a roundworm in your belly, so why do you know everything? You're just going to meet someone, so you wouldn't find a place to kill me, then dig a hole and bury me on the spot, right?"
Lu Song rolled his eyes at Zhu Hao angrily: "Take you to see Yuan Changshi."
When they met before leaving, Zhu Hao felt that Yuan Zonggao had no good intentions. He was probably trying to trick him like an old fox and was preparing to get the final information from him.
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We did not go to the inner courtyard of the palace, but to the east courtyard.
When we arrived at the place where Zhu Hao lived before, the yard had been repaired thanks to the concerted efforts of the craftsmen. However, it was no longer a warehouse inside, but there were some wooden shelves for unknown purposes.
Yuan Zonggao stood there, looking at the furnishings in the yard, waiting for Zhu Hao to arrive.
"Yuan Changshi, Zhu Hao brings you here." Lu Song saluted.
Zhu Hao stepped forward and bowed to greet him. At this moment, Yuan Zonggao turned around. Uncharacteristically, the old fox did not even have a smile on his face.
Yuan Zonggao said earnestly: "Zhu Hao, are you familiar with this place?"
Zhu Hao thought to himself, I have lived here before, isn't your question nonsense? Old fox, you still like to talk in circles.
"Yeah." Zhu Hao nodded.
Yuan Zonggao said: "After the fire in the palace, the place was almost burned to the ground. Now it has been roughly repaired, but the courtyard is a bit unlucky and can no longer be inhabited, so it can only be left vacant... Zhu Hao, do you know how the fire started?"
There was a hint of temptation in his words, but Zhu Hao's expression did not evade at all: "I don't know."
Yuan Zonggao smiled and said: "You don't know, or you don't dare to say it?"
Lu Song shouted coldly: "If I ask you something, just say it!"
Zhu Haodao: "They say Jianmaoluo set the fire, but I think Jianmaoluo has bad intentions, but he is stupid and can easily be taken advantage of. Setting fires in broad daylight... doesn't seem like his style, but
He wanted to kill me, but I could see clearly."
Lu Song was surprised at first by this answer. After he came back to his senses, he quickly observed Yuan Zonggao's reaction and found that Yuan Zonggao's face was also a little sluggish.
Seven-year-old children can see people accurately...
Simple and eye-catching.
Yuan Zonggao looked stunned for just a moment, and then he changed his tone and asked: "Jianmao Dao was later sentenced to exile, but the palace sent someone to question him, but he refused to admit that he set the fire. He repeatedly said that he was wrongly accused, and that he was beaten to death when he confessed.
, and said...this fire may have something to do with you..."
Zhu Hao said: "Did he want to say that I set the fire on purpose to wrongly accuse him?"
Yuan Zonggao smiled and did not answer directly.
Lu Song said sharply: "Does that fire have anything to do with you?"
Zhu Hao shook his head: "Yuan Changshi, I am just a child. I was pressed by my family step by step and had to enter the palace. I wanted a chance to study. Although I was threatened by the family, I did not reveal the secrets in the palace that should not be spread outside.
Even if I want to cause destruction... wouldn't it be better if I burned down other places? Why should I burn down the place where I live?"
Seeing that Zhu Hao was already in a mood, Yuan Zonggao thought that his plot had succeeded, and said with a smile: "No one doubts you. They all saw your bravery when you rescued people from the fire, but the fourth prince happened to appear here. It was too coincidental.
"
Zhu Hao said: "Fourth Prince? Not the Crown Prince?"
"Um?"
Yuan Zonggao was speechless for a while when he was asked.
"Yuan Changshi, I have been getting along with the princess and the prince for nearly half a year. If I still can't tell their identities... am I too ignorant of the world? But I have nothing to hide. If I know, I know. Before entering the palace,
I know their true identities." Zhu Hao said.
Yuan Zonggao looked stern, no longer as cunning as the old fox before, and asked sternly: "What did you say?"
Zhu Haodao: "I have said before that before entering the palace, the princess brought the prince to meet me and wanted to buy rabbits from me. The prince even called the princess 'third sister'. It was only after I entered the palace that he
I changed my name to Third Brother. I rescued people from the fire. Those who came to investigate the situation, including Zhang Fengzheng, directly called me 'Crown Prince'. Moreover, my family also told me that King Xing only has one son, and he is the Crown Prince."
Yuan Zonggao originally thought that Zhu Hao had some bad intentions. After hearing this, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
The relationship has long been exposed. Everyone in the palace is acting, but Zhu Hao is just cooperating with the acting? How deep is this kid...his scheming?
"But Yuan Changshi, please rest assured. I have never mentioned the identity of the princess and the prince to my family. I didn't even reveal a word in front of Jinghong. I came to the palace just to study. If the palace doesn't need me anymore,
Let me leave, I can leave at any time... I am planning to study abroad, so that I can avoid being used by the Zhu family again, and the affairs of the palace in the future have nothing to do with me."
"As for the fire, it really has nothing to do with me. I am unjustly accused of having someone else's mouth. I can't stop it even if I want to. But I just want to make it clear that if I had a conspiracy and set the fire, why would I go into the fire to save it?
Are you looking for death?"
Zhu Hao was relatively "honest". When he was about to leave the palace, he was "open and honest" in front of the old fox Yuan Zonggao.
Yuan Zonggao looked at Lu Song and found that Lu Song was also looking at him.
After the two of them looked at each other, they seemed to have put down their wariness towards Zhu Hao. There were indeed many things that didn't make sense. Just the fact that Zhu Hao "risked his own life" to rescue the crown prince from the fire was a great achievement, even if he wasn't really a sharp-haired person.
It could only have been set on fire by someone else, or as Zhu Houcong said, it was him who accidentally set the fire while playing revolving door.
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Yuan Zonggao looked at Zhu Hao with a smile, nodded and said: "With your intelligence, you will definitely achieve great things in the future. No wonder Tang Bohu chose you to be his disciple."
Zhu Hao said: "Yuan Changshi, I am leaving the palace soon, right?"
Yuan Zonggao smiled and did not answer.
"If I leave, can the palace hide it for me for a few days? I want to let the Zhu family know the news after I leave Anlu with my family... I am afraid that I will be caught back by the clan and use me to blackmail my mother.
Let alone studying, I don't even have the right to go out freely." Zhu Hao looked sincere.
Yuan Zonggao thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
Zhu Hao then breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Thank you Yuan Changshi for your teaching. Even if I study abroad in the future, I will never forget this experience in the palace. If I have the opportunity... I will definitely repay you. Then Yuan Changshi
, I’m going back to pack my things.”
Yuan Zonggao raised his hand: "Don't leave in a hurry. I have something to ask you."
Zhu Hao made a gesture of listening attentively.
Yuan Zonggao said: "Can you tell me why Tang Bohu let you enter Prince Xing's Mansion? Just to let you study?"
Zhu Haodao: "Yuan Changshi is talking about Mr. Lu, right? He said that there is a hidden dragon in Anlu, which will surely leap into the sky in the future and bring blessings to the world... I think the dragon he is talking about is the prince.
?”
After hearing Zhu Hao's words, Yuan Zonggao couldn't help but show joy on his face even if he tried to hold back.
This flattery...
The photo was taken of Prince Xing’s Mansion, but Yuan Zonggao felt particularly comfortable after hearing this.
"Zhu Hao, you know the way. Go back by yourself. I still have something to tell Lu Dianzhan." Yuan Zonggao surprisingly did not let Lu Song send Zhu Hao back.
Zhu Hao bowed and then left.
After Zhu Hao left, Lu Song looked at Yuan Zonggao in confusion: "Yuan Changshi, do you think that the fire was really related to Zhu Hao?"
Yuan Zonggao smiled and said: "What does it matter whether it is related or not? His heart is set for Prince Xing's Mansion, but I can see through this. After talking with him, I was even reluctant to send him out of the Prince's Mansion and wanted to keep him...
…Such a genius is truly rare in the world.”
Lu Song became nervous and thought, could this be Zhu Hao's purpose? To say some high-sounding words just to win Yuan Zonggao's trust? To beat around the bush to stay in the palace?
"That……"
"It's better not to stay!"
Yuan Zonggao shook his head and sighed, "In troubled times, one thing is worse than one thing less. I also helped him and let him and his family leave Anlu. If there is any need for help, the palace can help... Just try to help. He left Anlu, It’s not a bad thing for the palace.”