After walking out of Xianfu Palace, Zhao Yanxun did not step on the chariot, but chose to walk back.
His body is indeed weak, so he must find a way to improve his physique as soon as possible so that he can survive better in the end of the world.
As for Concubine Duan's longing for the heir, Zhao Yanxun basically didn't care about it. He wished he could stay as far away from this whirlpool as possible.
As we walked along, it was still early morning, and there were not many pedestrians in the palace corridor.
Apart from meeting a few higher-ranking female officials, Zhao Yanxun only met palace maids and eunuchs along the way.
Except for the crown prince Zhao Yanjun, all the princes older than Zhao Yanxun have already gone to the fiefdom to become a vassal, so there are no brothers to trouble him at this moment.
After returning to the prince's residence without incident, Zhao Yanxun saw two teenagers playing around, but it was Zhao Yanyuan, the tenth old man, and Zhao Yansong, the eleventh old man.
Seeing Zhao Yanxun return, the servants serving the two princes knelt down to salute, and the two princes also bowed their hands.
"I've met the emperor brother!"
The two princes' maternal clans are not strong. After entering the prince's residence, Zhao Yanxun took great care of them, so the relationship between the three of them was good.
"Well... keep playing!"
Ninth Brother didn't seem too happy to see him. Zhao Yanyuan and the other two thought he was in a bad mood after recovering from a serious illness, so they didn't come forward to joke as usual.
In fact, the two of them also heard about some affairs in the court and knew that Zhao Yanxun was in trouble now, so it was normal for him to feel upset.
Besides, Zhao Yanxun, after entering the dormitory, shouted from outside: "Lin Quan, Huo An... come here!"
Among the young eunuchs, two immediately responded and quickly knelt down in front of Zhao Yanxun.
The two of them had their waists crossed and looked groveling. They were both fifteen or sixteen years old.
Zhao Yanxun took off the black gauze hat from his head and placed it on the high table beside him, then slowly turned around and sat down at the head of the hall.
"Everyone else get out!"
In this hall, Zhao Yanxun's words were an imperial edict, so all the other eunuchs and maids withdrew.
Just when the two young eunuchs on the ground were confused, Zhao Yanxun asked: "How long have you two been following Gu?"
The two young eunuchs looked at each other, and the smart-looking young eunuch among them replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, I have been following Your Highness since I was six or seven years old. It has been almost ten years now!"
Zhao Yanxun knew all this, and he knew even more that these two were his predecessor's absolute confidants. Putting aside their superiority and inferiority, the three of them could be considered playmates who grew up together.
Searching for the pictures in his memory, Zhao Yanxun said with emotion: "Ten years have passed, time flies so fast!"
"Can I trust you?"
The smart-looking young eunuch was Lin Quan. At this moment, he guessed that the Ninth Prince had something to handle.
So Lin Quan said quickly: "I am willing to die for Your Highness!"
Seeing Lin Quan say this, Huo An, who looked slightly dull at the side, also bent down and said: "I am also willing to die for Your Highness!"
Zhao Yanxun carefully examined the two people in front of him and repeatedly observed their microexpressions. After confirming that these two people were reliable, he smiled and said: "I have something to ask you to do, but you don't need to work hard!"
After saying this, Zhao Yanxun pointed in the direction of the desk: "There is a piece of paper under the second book on the desk, and the things I want are written on it. You two follow the list and find it!"
At Zhao Yanxun's signal, Lin Quan stood up and walked to the desk beside him, and took out a piece of paper from under the book.
When you open it, you will see that it is a huge piece of rice paper, densely filled with things written on it.
"One thousand catties of bacon, one hundred catties of salt, one hundred catties of charcoal, two thousand catties of rice..."
The things Zhao Yanxun listed were things he spent all day thinking about yesterday, and they are all things that can be used in the apocalypse.
"Your Highness, you...what do you want these things for?" Lin Quan couldn't help but ask.
"It's useful to be alone, just go and prepare!" Zhao Yanxun picked up the tea cup and took a sip. The taste was indeed good.
"Your Highness, the food and things we use are fine, but these weapons and armors are under the control of my Dajin, and my slaves are helpless!" Huo An said with a wry smile.
They were just two young eunuchs from the prince's office. They had no ability to obtain weapons. Besides, this was a serious crime of beheading.
Zhao Yanxun didn't expect this. After he thought about it for a while, he put the tea cup on the coffee table: "Then you can make as much as you can. If you need money, just use it directly!"
As the son of Concubine Duan, Zhao Yanxun has received many rewards over the years, and his family is not generally rich.
I used to have a calm temperament. I didn't like luxury and prosperity on weekdays, so I saved all my money. Now I actually have ten thousand taels of silver in my hand.
"Your Highness, where do you store the things after you buy them?" Lin Quan asked again.
Zhao Yanxun had already made a plan for this and said: "Just store it in the house on Yongning Lane, buy a few big cars, and be ready to leave at any time!"
"Don't ask too many questions. Just do as you say. Don't make any publicity about this matter, and don't say anything to Xianfu Palace!"
Having said this, Zhao Yanxun said in a serious tone: "Do you understand?"
In his previous life, he had also experienced mountains of swords and seas of fire. At this moment, he only felt a sense of majesty, making Lin Quan and the others not dare to neglect him at all.
"Slave, you obey!"
After a demonstration, you have to show kindness. This is what Zhao Yanxun learned from the leaders, so a smile appeared on his face again: "You two are my confidants, I will never treat you badly!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Although they said so, Lin Quan and Lin Quan were murmuring in their hearts, secretly thinking that His Highness the Ninth Prince's personality had changed too much after his serious illness.
The majesty he showed just now actually has the aura of today's emperor, which makes people feel shuddering.
After Lin and Quan carefully exited the main hall, they followed Zhao Yanxun's instructions and left the palace to do some shopping.
Walking on the palace road, seeing no one behind him, Lin Quan couldn't help but said: "Xiao Anzi, His Highness seems to have changed. Don't you think it's strange?"
Huo An just hurried on and said casually: "How many things in this palace are true? How do you know that His Highness has changed?"
Lin Quan was speechless immediately, and was reminded by Huo An's words.
Yes... Could it be that the Ninth Prince that I had seen before was his true face? There are no simple people in the palace.
But if the Ninth Prince had endured it for so many years without revealing anything, then the city would be too deep... Lin Quan shuddered even more thinking about this.
"Tell me...why did His Highness buy these useless things?"
Huo An stopped and said calmly: "As slaves, we just have to do our jobs well!"
After saying that, Huo An turned around and left again, and Lin Quan shook his head and followed immediately.
Five days soon passed, and the time came to the third day of February in the 24th year of Tai'an.
Zhao Yanxun was wearing single clothes and doing push-ups in the main hall. The door of the main hall was closed, and all the palace maids and eunuchs were kicked out by him.
In the past few days, in addition to going to Xianfu Palace to pay greetings and listening to Concubine Duan talk about the affairs of the court, Zhao Yanxun started exercising as soon as he returned to the palace.
He wanted to seize every possibility to make himself stronger, and he never failed to exercise and trot every day.
After finishing the fifth set of thirty push-ups, Zhao Yanxun sat back on the chair, picked up the teapot next to him and drank some.
After closing his eyes slightly and enjoying a moment of rest, Zhao Yanxun couldn't help but summon the system. The countdown on the panel had changed to "25 days, 12 hours, 35 minutes and 33 seconds".
Before Zhao Yanxun could complain, he heard the voice of the palace maid outside: "Your Highness, the queen is calling urgently!"
It was already afternoon. What was he urgently called to do at this time? Zhao Yanxun was confused.