The Forbidden City in the capital, Xiefang Hall.

After Zhu Houzhao finished the day's class, she couldn't wait to take the wooden box that Jin Guigang sent to the palace and return to her bedroom to study the good things that Chen Xi brought to him from thousands of miles away.

"Mr. Chen is becoming less and less sincere. He used to have a big box every month. This time I will give him a wooden box. What good things can be found in it so light?"

What Zhu Houzhao is most looking forward to is martial arts novels. He has read the previous few books and felt very unsatisfied, so he asked Zhang Yuan to tell him a few stories he had heard before, all of which were "old" stories like "The Legend of Tong Lin" and "The Legend of Yue Quan". The content was not exciting at all. Zhang Yuan could not choose the wonderful parts of the story, and even Zhu Houzhao was not interested.

It is still the new martial arts novel written by Chen Xi that suits him more. First of all, it is easy to understand and is written in vernacular. In addition, the characters are described in profound ways, such as the Divine Condor Hero, Lu Xiaofeng with four eyebrows, Duan Yu, who is sometimes not effective in the six-vein magic sword, have become characters he must imitate every day. He is even interested in the martial arts secrets in the book, and sent people outside to inquire but gain nothing, which makes Zhu Houzhao very depressed.

Zhang Yuan followed behind and entered the prince's bedroom. Zhang Yuan said anxiously: "Your Highness, have you ever found someone to check these things? If there are poisonous snakes and venomous scorpions inside..."

"I'll go, Eunuch Zhang, can't you say something nice? I'm not a child, I'm just scaring people."

Although Zhu Houzhao didn't believe that Chen Xi would give him the poisonous snake and scorpion, he still handed the wooden box to Zhang Yuan to be on the safe side, "You come and open it!"

Zhang Yuan only blamed himself for being mean, but he still took the wooden box as he said. It would be better to resist it by himself than to let the prince commit a dangerous situation. If the prince had an accident, his head would not be enough to cut it off. But if he was injured by protecting the prince, the meaning would be different. Now it seems that he is more looking forward to the dangerous thing in the wooden box.

After Zhang Yuan carefully opened the wooden box, he realized that there were only a few books and a little gadget inside.

"I don't believe it even if I say it's okay!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at her head, reached out to pull Zhang Yuan aside, took out the things in the wooden box, and what he cared about the most was the books. When he opened it, all the martial arts novels he longed for for a long time. After reading them, he was a little disappointed:

"I had known that I should have written to Mr. Chen and asked him to find me a martial arts secret book. The previous "Sunflower Book" and "The Evil-Repelling Sword Technique" were quite good... Hey, "The Smiling Proud Wanderer" has new content, I want to see if Linghu Chong married the little nun Yilin home."

Zhang Yuan was so amused that when the naughty child was reading martial arts novels, he was close to the water and read roughly the martial arts novels. The two martial arts mentioned by Zhu Houzhao were the most suitable for him to practice. He was forced to be a eunuch, and this little master actually took the initiative to practice the secrets that needed to castrate himself?

Zhang Yuan quickly reminded: "Your Highness, you cannot harm yourself."

"Who wants to self-injure your body? Oh, by the way, it's just castration, right? Cut off the peeing thing? Haha..."

Zhu Houzhao pointed to Zhang Yuan, without considering Zhang Yuan's pain at all, and enjoyed other people's shortcomings. "Okay, I know how to do it. I don't practice "Sunflower Book" and "Evil-Repelling Sword Book", but I still practice "Dugu Nine Swords". That thing is also very strong. You go down first, I will deliver dinner aside. I will naturally eat it when I am hungry. If my father and mother later, I will tell me immediately!"

Zhang Yuan was very helpless. He knew that "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer" had only written twelve volumes. Zhu Houzhao disappeared when he saw the most exciting time, and he was extremely upset. Now, the next six volumes have come. It seems that there is a final finale. Zhu Houzhao must have to sleep and eat and fall in love with him for several days.

Zhang Yuan looked into the wooden box and found that there were actually things besides martial arts novels. Unfortunately, Zhu Houzhao's attention is all on martial arts novels at this moment, and he didn't pay attention to anything else at all.

Zhang Yuan is a person who is interested. Zhu Houzhao doesn't care about the little things that Zhu Houzhao doesn't care about now, or if he turns around, he will use them as treasures. He quickly put them away and take them out and "dedicate the treasures" when he returns. At that time, Zhu Houzhao may not believe that these good things were brought by him with someone.

"My little nephew is really capable. He is highly appreciated by the emperor and the prince at a young age. Nowadays, people who are officials from other places can always find some good things to attract the prince's attention. If they are not in the Eastern Palace, they are the person the prince cares most." Zhang Yuan was very jealous of Chen Xi, but he knew that he was not comparable to Chen Xi.

It would be useless for him to be jealous of Chen Xi. Instead, it would be better to think about how to make good use of Chen Xi and gain opportunities for promotion in the palace in the future.

The Eastern Palace attendant means being with the prince, and if the prince succeeds to the throne, he can achieve success.

Emperors of the Ming Dynasty generally did not live long, and recent generations of emperors lived about forty years old, so Zhang Yuan also hoped that Emperor Hongzhi would die soon. The prince was young and relied on the people around him, so he might call for wind and rain in the palace and court.

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After reading the novel for three days and three nights, Zhu Houzhao's eyes turned red. When others saw it, they thought he was sick, but in fact they were just because they stayed up late to read books.

During class, naughty children either sleep or continue to read martial arts novels in the back of the book. The lecturer of the East Palace has long been used to the prince’s absence of classes and nonsense. Now the prince can sit there quietly and listen to the lecture. As for whether he can listen in, it doesn’t matter. The most important thing is that people are there.

If the emperor and the queen come to check on a whim, it would be enough for the prince to have the illusion of being humble and studious.

Halfway through the class, Zhu Houzhao suddenly sighed, put down the book she was holding in her hand, and said with a slight silence: "Oh, I finally finished reading "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer".

The right concubine Wang Hua was the one who taught the prince. Wang Hua looked up at the prince and asked, "What did the prince say?"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he was still in class, but I forgot about reading novels, so I ignored the fact that there was an Eastern Palace lecturer in front of him. He gave a smile and said, "Mr. Wang, I mean it's a bit hot today. Maybe I might as well take a break first and let me go into the back hall to have a tea before talking about it!"

Zhu Houzhao finished watching the last volume of "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer" and wanted to change her mind. Without waiting for Wang Hua to agree, she stood up and ran towards the bedroom.

When the prince was not here, Wang Hua could only take a break. He walked to the prince's desk, picked up the book on the table that didn't even have a book cover, and put it in his hand for a long time, but he couldn't see what it was.

"What kind of book is this?" Wang Hua was a little confused.

He has been reading books for half his life and has been a lecturer in the East Palace for half his life. The books Wang Hua, who is in his fifties, have seen on weekdays, are collections of classics, history, and literature. He has never seen a book, nor has he ever seen a martial arts novel written entirely in vernacular. In his opinion, the book is basically full of slang, common sayings, and the content is unclear. Therefore, martial arts figures besieged the Hengshan School, and why go to the cave of the back mountain of Huashan Mountain to learn martial arts. It is completely a grudge. After reading it for a while, he put down the book and shook his head helplessly: "I don't know what's the matter!"

Wang Hua was extremely surprised.

The prince was so good, how could he read such books? He was sure that the collection of books in the palace would not contain such vulgar slang. Someone must have brought them in from outside the palace. The text on the books was very small and neatly arranged. It was not just a brush, but it was clearly printed fonts.

Wang Hua was a person who was responsible for educating the prince. He put the book in his arms and prepared to go back to find Liang Chu, Yang Tinghe and others to discuss before making a decision.

Soon, Zhu Houzhao came out of the bedroom, with several books bulging in his arms. He sat down and smiled and said, "Mr. Wang, let's continue talking, ha, the weather is so good today."

Wang Hua pretended not to know and continued to give lectures, while Zhu Houzhao buried her head in reading, and even forgot the previous book "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer".

After class in the afternoon, Zhu Houzhao remembered that she wanted to ask Queen Zhang to give her the "sister" in the palace to explore the communication issues between men and women. She also fell into several volumes of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" she brought to the classroom before, and was caught by Wang Hua again.

After Wang Hua returned home, he studied these books and read them roughly, and was very angry.

"It's really becoming less and less awesome. There are such dirty books in the East Palace. It's shameful to talk about men and women openly!" Wang Hua didn't have much opinion on the content of the last volume of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer". The story didn't start, and it was fighting and killing. The ending seemed to be a retreat, which was quite a bit like Buddhism seeing through the world.

But Wang Hua was very angry at the description of Duan Yu and Zhong Ling almost having sex in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Confucianism emphasizes the prevention of ethics and education, and has strict regulations on interactions between men and women. The principles of nature and ethics must not be rebellious. Wang Hua absolutely cannot accept the various debauchery and shamelessness in the book.

Wang Hua decided to list several major crimes for these two books, and he might be alone, so he decided to call Liang Chu and others to discuss, and investigate the origin of these books at the same time, and severely punish the initiator who brought the books to the palace.

Just when Wang Hua was about to report this to Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao was wondering, I brought a few books to the classroom during the day, but why did it disappear in a blink of an eye?

Zhu Houzhao mobilized the entire East Palace to search, but found nothing. Finally, Zhang Yuan said helplessly: "Was the prince not being picked up by the garden?"

"Bold, who dares to pick up what I have left behind? He is impatient to live. You continue to look for me. If you can't find it, you are not allowed to sleep!" Zhu Houzhao said angrily.

The prince was destined, and the eunuchs and new palace maids struggled to search for him all night. The next day, when Zhu Houzhao woke up, he still didn't see the book, so he accepted the fact that his beloved martial arts novel disappeared.

"Forget it, I've finished watching "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer" and the ones I've lost are just the last volume. Although "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is a lot lost, I'll just ask Mr. Shen to send me a few more volumes."

Zhu Houzhao was "free and easy". Since he hadn't found it, he wouldn't look for it, but he didn't know that because of his martial arts novels, his butt would face a disaster.
Chapter completed!