Chapter 23

23: The Temple

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"There are still a lot of things going on in this mansion, not to mention that Father Emperor punished you, yet you immediately ran off to another courtyard to play, won't that cause people to criticize you?" Mu Hanzhang sighed and pushed the guy in his arms away slightly, picking up the account book again to look at it.

Jing Shao followed his force and fell onto the soft collapse, "Father asked me to copy the Book of War ten times, it will take at least a month to finish it, so I can't stay bored at home all the time, right?"

Mu Hanzhang glanced at him, only pretending not to hear, and put the scrutinized account book aside, instead picking up a roster of the royal family to look at, "There's something I need to ask you about."

Although Li's drugged thing is solved, but the drug is from where to come, today only have a brow, involved in this matter of the subordinate's name are circled one by one, there is just one person is more special.

"Yeonji?" Jing Shao couldn't help but frown when he heard this name, "Keep this matter under wraps beforehand, and deal with it when the Grand Imperial Brother leaves for his expedition three days later." Liu Yan Ji was sent by the Grand Prince, although he knew that she had problems, but the Grand Prince rushed to deal with the Wang Ji he sent when his expedition was imminent, it would inevitably cause gossip.

"I do have an idea," Mu Hanzhang pursed her lips, glanced at Jing Shao, and said with some hesitation, "Is it true that Your Highness has never touched her?"

Jing Shao sat up and rubbed his nose in embarrassment, "Why would I lie to you about something like that?"

"What I mean is that the Fourth Prince's grounding order will be lifted next month, and it's only natural that Your Highness, as an elder brother, should send a congratulatory gift." Mu Hanzhang lowered his eyes and slowly said.

Jing Shao's eyes lit up, "You mean, give her to Jing Yu?" Concubines a little bit of concubines are all can be given away, since the grand prince send a scourge in his side, he can completely give the scourge to others, although these years the grand prince and the fourth prince two go close, but also face and heart is not the same, there is such a ready source of information, do not believe that the grand prince do not have to use.

This is a beautifully executed move!

"Junqing, you're too smart!" Jing Shao excitedly took his own princess into his arms and kissed her.

"Your Highness ......" Mu Hanzhang pushed him away, his ears tinted a layer of pink, he was talking about business, why is this person not in shape?

Two people finally discussed the results, involved in the delivery of medicine underlings all disposed of, first not move Yeonji, when the fourth prince released in mid-March, it will be sent to him.

In the afternoon, Jing Shao hugged his own princess and rested a beautiful nap, and then followed him to the small study, one to deal with the affairs of the inner house, and one to copy the book of war.

The Book of War is the beginning of the founding of the country, the Great Ancestor with four bachelor compiled the general description of the art of war, set the essence of the art of war for thousands of years in one, is indeed a good book, just Jing Shao looked at the full set of books half a foot high, or a bitter face. This ten times copy down, I'm afraid that a month can't finish copying.

Mu Hanzhang glanced at just copying three pages on the table on the immobile guy, the wonderful Ruoxi made a good tea pushed him: "the House of things can be arranged in the next few days, the first three days of April there is a temple fair, when we go shopping, accompanied by the way you go to live in a separate house for two days." When the first of April is over, and the new maids and boys are picked on the second day, there's basically no big deal.

Jing Shao heard, immediately happy, drink a mouthful of tea and start copying again, not long but can't sit still: "I'll go practice sword for a while and then come back to copy." After saying that, he threw down his pen and went out.

Mu Hanzhang lightly smiled and shook his head, knowing the son is not like the father, the emperor punished Jing Shao copying books, is to know that he does not love to write can not sit down. Took him to copy half of the book, staring at the full of powerful words for a moment, put up the pen then break the line to write up.

When Jing Shao returned, he found that the book that he had originally copied only five pages had turned into more than thirty pages, and those extra words, the strokes and force were actually exactly the same as his own!

"Junqing, did you write this?" Jing Shao grabbed the book and found his own princess sitting at the dining table serving soup.

Mu Hanzhang nodded slightly, "When I was a child doing homework for my elder brother and two cousins, I learned to imitate other people's fonts."

"But can anyone's writing be imitated?" Jing Shao excitedly held his hand, knowing that those who could imitate words would be able to forge letters, which would be too useful on the battlefield!

"As long as it's not too strange." Handing the bowl of soup over, Mu Hanzhang didn't understand why he valued it so much.

"Junqing ...... you are truly a rare treasure!" Jing Shao was silent for a moment and said slowly.

"But some of the skills are not on the stage," Mu Hanzhang smiled, he will be those imitation of words, accounting, are readers disdain, "I just learn too much, Mr. not allow me to be successful in the next year will go to the test." Said here, the eyes of the God could not help but dim, he was seventeen years old in the lifts, Mr. feel that his fire is not yet, let him wait for another three years, but did not expect that this three years into forever.

Seeing him sad, Jing Shao didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only digress, "Tomorrow don't let them prepare breakfast, I'll take you to eat at Hui Wei House, Xiao Yuan and his wife are both very interesting."

The next day, when he arrived at the Huiwei Building Jing Shao regretted it, because as soon as his own princess and Zhou Zhun met, they talked about doing business with each other, and the boss of Zhou, who was all in emerald green, even warmly invited Mu Huanzhang to attend the monthly gathering of men's wives, so that he and Xiao Yuan, who had also been left out, could only look at each other and eat wontons without a word.

It was the third day of April, and the temple fair in the south of the city was bustling with activity. Stalls, sellers of art, seek signatures, monkeys, a crowd of people, to name a few.

Jing Shao pulled his own princess in the crowd. April weather has begun to heat up, the two wore the same color of azure silk clothes, Jing Shao buttoned a pair of embedded gemstone silver wrist guards, Mu Huanzhang outside a wide-sleeved gauze, the same handsome two people in the pile of people quite eye-catching.

The roadside is full of selling snacks and knick-knacks, Jing Shao bought a serving of fried dumplings, veggie dumplings made of flour, tofu, bean sprouts and other dough, fried golden brown in a frying pan, drizzled with a layer of sauce, looks very tempting. Poked a bamboo stick and handed it to the mouth of his own princess, Mu Hanzhang frowned, eating on the road is not what a gentleman does, it's very rude, but he didn't want to brush off his good intentions. Looked around, quickly opened his mouth to bite down the balls, crispy balls with fresh sauce, but surprisingly delicious. Mu Hanzhang couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth.

This series of expressions naturally fell into Jing Shao's eyes, and he was about to tease a couple of times, when suddenly a déjà vu figure flashed out of the corner of his eye. Suddenly looked up, only to see a figure dressed in pink dress hidden into the crowd, a flash of side face made him greatly shocked, could not help but drop the pills in his hand, turned around and chased out.

"Little spoon ......" Mu Hanzhang watched as he let go of his hand and chased a pink woman away, drowning in the crowd without a trace in no time.

"Yo, Your Highness can even go out, why don't you bring a guard?" A familiar voice came from behind, Mu Hanzhang frowned, this frivolous and annoying voice, once he heard it, it was his cousin Mu Yangwen.

"Second brother also came to the temple fair ah, why are you alone?" Turning his head to look, it was indeed his elder brother, Mu Lingbao, and two cousins, Mu Yangwen and Mu Huafeng.

Jing Shao chased after him for a short distance, and the man had already disappeared.

"Your Highness, who are you looking for?" The guards hidden in the crowd came over and asked.

"You two go and look for a woman dressed in pink with a vermillion mole on the corner of her eyebrow, she should be called 'Ruoyi'." Pointing to the two guards for them to find, Jing Shao then remembered that he had left Jun Qing behind and ran back in a panic. There were so many people at the temple fair, and Jun Qing was so good looking, so it would be bad if he met a rogue or a wandering woman.

Sure enough, when he returned to his original position, he saw three men surrounding Mu Hanzhang, his back to him could not see what he was doing, but look at the expression of his own princess, pursed lips look obviously angry. Jing Shao was filled with anger, walked over and grabbed the collar of the man who was talking, shone a punch in the eye socket, and kicked one of the men on either side of him to the ground.

Mu Hanzhang's eyes widened, his mouth half-open as Jing Shao wrapped his arms around him, "Junqing, are you alright?"

"Little spoon, they ......" Mu Hanzhang looked at the three people who fell to the ground, the corner of his mouth twitched a little.

"How are you guys doing your job? See Wangfei being molested and still not come out?" Jing Shao scolded the two guards behind him, and looked down at the three "dengtu" on the ground, the two covering their stomachs seemed somewhat familiar, and the one who climbed up with one eye green seemed to be his great-uncle--Mu Lingbao?