Zheng Chen almost gritted his teeth and roared out the last sentence.
A very handsome face suddenly distorted, almost ferocious.
Peng Sihai had never seen his master lose his composure before. He was a little frightened for a moment, and was afraid that the sound would be heard outside the study, so he had to remind him: "Young Master, calm down! In case the Duke and the Duke of Guo are alarmed. Things are not going well for the Duke’s wife.”
Zheng Chen’s eyes turned red, and he was about to burst out with anger and reluctance. At the last moment, reason finally prevailed and he endured it.
He sent Peng Sihai and his entourage to Nanyang County in secret, and his father and mother must not know about it.
He couldn't explain his anger and pain to anyone. Including the immediate confidants.
Zheng Chen took a deep breath, turned around and stood with his back to Peng Sihai: "Please step aside first, I want to be alone."
Peng Sihai responded. Yes, before retreating, he whispered: "What the young master said just now, I must be tight-lipped."
Zheng Chen didn't move. There was a sound of opening the door behind him, and then the door was gently opened. Close gently.
The study became silent again.
He maintained this stiff stance and did not move for a long time.
Third watch, fourth watch, until the sound of bangzi sounded at the fifth watch.
Peng Sihai, who had been waiting outside the door all night, gently knocked on the door and reminded his master who had not slept all night: "Will the young master ask for a day off from the palace today?"
" No need." After a while, a familiar voice sounded from the door, and then Zheng Chen pushed the door open and walked out.
Peng Sihai quickly looked at his master and breathed a sigh of relief.
After one night, Zheng Chen's turbulent anger faded away like a tide, and he returned to his usual calmness: "I'm going to prepare hot water. I want to take a shower and change clothes."
......
An hour later .
In the palace, go to the study.
The prince held the book and flipped through a few pages. He put it down again when he lost interest. He turned around and said, "Huh? Why hasn't Zixian come today?"
Jiang Yi tossed the jade pendant in his hand, moving it up and down to relieve his boredom, not caring to respond for a moment.
Li Boyuan smiled and said: "He left the palace and returned home last night."
Several prince companions have residences in the palace, but they often leave the palace and return home on weekdays. . Especially Wang Jin, who has to go back to the palace every two or three days, and is often teased by everyone for being the first-class filial son in the world.
While chatting, Zheng Chen had already stepped into the study room.
The prince looked at it and asked with a smile: "What did Zixian do last night? Why are his eyes a little red?"
All traces of a sleepless night were washed away by hot water. Only the bloodshot eyes in one pair of eyes would not disappear for a while. Zheng Chen had already thought of an excuse: "I had a nightmare last night. After I woke up in the middle of the night, I couldn't sleep."
Li Boyuan was the first to open his mouth and laugh: "It turns out that Mr. Zheng, who is both civil and military, is also afraid. "
The half-grown young men get together and love to compete in everything.
When it comes to reading, Wang Jin deserves to be second, followed by Zheng Chen. When he arrived at the martial arts training ground, Zheng Chen stole the show. When it comes to horseback riding, archery and boxing, Li Boyuan is inferior to Zheng Chen in everything, which is really annoying.
Zheng Chen was in a bad mood and had no interest in arguing with Li Boyuan. He twitched his lips and said nothing.
Wang Jin, on the other hand, asked curiously: "What nightmare did you have?" Zheng Chen said lightly: "I forgot."
Wang Jin stopped asking.
Pop!
Everyone turned their heads together.
It turned out that Jiang Yi was distracted and failed to catch the jade pendant. A fine piece of mutton-fat jade pendant was smashed to pieces. Jiang Yi smiled and didn't take it seriously: "Come here quickly and clean up this place."
Soon, the Taifu came.
The young men sat upright and began their day's study.
Zheng Chen was in a confused mood and couldn't listen at all. He looked like he was listening on his face, but in fact his mind was racing. The Taifu's eyes were as bright as a flashlight, and he directed Zheng Chen to answer questions without hesitation.
There are three Taifus in the upper study room. This Taifu Huang is a Hanlin bachelor. He is knowledgeable, but his temperament is a bit old-fashioned.
Zheng Chen didn't listen at all. He couldn't answer anything, so he had to admit his mistake in shame: "I was distracted just now. Thank you, Taifu, for reminding me."
There are five young men in front of him. His Royal Highness has a noble status. Needless to say, the other four are also. They are all the top young men from Daliang. Mr. Huang is just old-fashioned and not stupid enough to hold on to such a trivial matter. Just a few words of warning and that's all.
What else can we do?
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanders away from time to time. Li Boyuan can't understand a few words with his eyes wide open. Jiang Yi changes his posture and keeps looking outside... If this happens every day, what can he do as a Tutor? Is it possible to scold someone with a straight face every day, or just refuse to go to class?
I had to hold my nose and endure it.
The morning episode was nothing. During the afternoon riding and archery class, Zheng Chen missed three arrows in succession, and one arrow even missed the target.
This time, even the imperial guard general who taught riding and archery had a serious face, gave Mr. Zheng a lesson and punished him to shoot fifty more arrows.
The prince and others all cast sympathetic glances.
Zheng Chen took a few deep breaths, calmed down for a moment, and then drew the bow and shot again. Barely back to 80% of normal levels.
After these few days, even Queen Mother Zheng was alarmed.
"The Empress Dowager ordered her servants to deliver the message and ask the young master to go to Jingyang Palace." Eunuch Zhao, who had become more and more favored recently, put powder on his face and sprinkled some floral dew on him. The fragrance was intoxicating.
Zheng Chen nodded slightly and followed Eunuch Zhao to Jingyang Palace.
Empress Dowager Zheng waved to Zheng Chen to come forward, took his hand and looked at it carefully: "The Ai family heard that you have not been eating well and sleeping well these days, and you are often absent-minded in the study. Let's take a look today , looking really haggard. What's going on? If anything happens, just tell the Ai family. The Ai family will support you."
Zheng Chen looked at the loving Empress Dowager Zheng, but what he thought of was that he was forced in his previous life. The despair of marrying Fan's legitimate daughter.
Empress Dowager Zheng, who had always loved him, ignored his wishes and forced herself to separate him and Jiang Shaohua.
That year, the prince died unexpectedly not long after he sat on the dragon throne, and the second prince, who was only eight years old, became the new emperor.
In order to ensure the stability of the new emperor's throne, Empress Dowager Zheng won over Prime Minister Wang and ordered Jiang Shaohua to marry into the Wang family. He also granted marriage to the Zheng family and the Fan family.
“The Zheng family is powerful and wealthy today, all because of the Ai family. Only by relying on the imperial power, the Zheng family is the most prominent descendant in Daliang.”
“The emperor is young and still puzzled. How can all the ministers in the court be convinced of this child? Only political marriage can maintain the stability of the court. There has always been peace in the north. If there is chaos in the country, and there will be internal and external troubles, how long can the Liang Dynasty last?"
"Even Shaohua City? You understand, why don’t you understand?”
Empress Dowager Zheng scolded angrily with a livid face: "Shaohua's surname is Jiang. You can sacrifice for the Jiang family. You, the young master of the Zheng family, must marry the Fan family for the future stability of the Zheng family. The Fan family has military power and belongs to the emperor." My uncle’s family. If you marry a girl from the Fan family, the Zheng family will be able to maintain wealth for at least two generations.”
“You can’t tolerate this!”