The twelfth day of the first lunar month.

This day was the day when Jinghong's father resigned from the post of magistrate of Changshou County and officially left Anlu. Jinghong did not follow his family, but chose to stay in Prince Xing's Mansion to continue his studies.

As Jinghong's best and almost only friend, Zhu Hao accompanied him to see him off.

At the gate of the city, he watched Jing Zhongkuan and his entourage ride away in a carriage. Only when they disappeared did Jinghong prepare to return to the city with some regrets.

On the side, County Magistrate Song said with a smile: "Master Jing, don't worry, there will be people to take care of you when you are here from now on."

The county magistrate of Liushui is a subordinate official. Although Song County Magistrate is not a subordinate official, he has sent away two county magistrates before and after him. He has a bit of "let the wind blow and the waves hit me, I will stand still" style, but in fact, as a distinguished official

Officials of the same rank are still bound by their tenure. They will be transferred after three years of examination, but the time is just not up.

Jinghong glanced at Song County Cheng, obviously not trusting him to help him, but looked at Zhu Hao with earnest eyes.

Zhu Hao said: "Should I go back to the palace today, or should I find a place for you to stay?"

Jinghong replied without thinking: "Go back to the palace. Before my father left, he sent someone to send a letter to Yuan Changshi. Yuan Changshi told me that I can stay in the palace permanently in the future. In this way... you can usually go back

Home, I...can't do it."

Jinghong was quite disappointed as he spoke.

Zhu Hao really wanted to say that it was your own choice to stay in Anlu. He said it as if he had to part ways with his family. If you didn't want to stay, you would go after your family, but no one would stop you!

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The two of them walked to the palace together.

Jinghong only brought one servant, who was about fifty years old and had no residence in the city. He temporarily stayed at the county government office, which probably meant doing some moving and lifting work for the county government office. The county government office paid a small amount of compensation and arranged for food and drinks.

live.

As a disciple of the former county magistrate, the county government will still give him this face. Besides, the old servant does not live and eat in vain.

As for Jinghong’s belongings...

There was only one baggage, which probably only contained a few changes of clothes. After all, the palace took care of food and housing, and gave me at least a hundred cash in pocket money after a month, which was enough for daily expenses.

When we arrived at the west gate of the palace, we saw that the place was very lively.

The guards gathered together, their voices were loud, as if they were talking about something interesting. They didn't react much when they saw Zhu Hao and Jinghong. The two children were old acquaintances after all, and there was no problem in entering and exiting the palace gate.

"Brothers, what are you talking about? Is there anything going on in the palace?"

Zhu Hao smiled and stepped forward to chat.

One of the guards said: "Hey, you don't know yet? Mr. Lu, the guest of the palace, is back... It turns out that your husband is the famous Tang Bohu..."

Good guys, you guards don’t know Tang Bohu’s true identity?

etc.

Tang Yin is back?

The news came a bit suddenly.

Although Tang Yin is just a staff member to the palace, to Zhu Hao he is an "enlightenment mentor". With Tang Yin in the palace, everything can be blamed on Tang Yin. This is a person of great significance to Zhu Hao

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The two of them walked briskly across the courtyard to the west.

Jinghong asked curiously: "They didn't know Mr. Lu was Tang Yin before?"

Zhu Hao said: "Everyone in the Royal Palace Chief Shi Si should know that, but these guards...are usually big talkers and always like to spread rumors when there is nothing wrong. Who will take the initiative to tell them?"

Jinghong couldn't understand the difference in treatment between the Palace Chief Shi Si and the people from the Yiwei Department. In fact, the reason was very simple. No matter how the guards gained the trust of the palace, once a confidential matter was involved, it was impossible for the people below to know the inside story. But if they

Being able to get into a position like Dian Zhan, the Chief of Ceremony and Guards of the Royal Palace, is something special.

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Zhu Hao accompanied Jinghong back to the palace to settle down. There were still three days before the official start of school today, and Tang Yin obviously would not come to the West Campus dormitory to look for anyone.

After chatting with Jinghong for a few words, Zhu Hao decided to leave, otherwise he would miss lunch at home.

Before leaving the west gate, I saw the guards and others coming in from the outside, holding chicken, duck, fish and other ingredients in their hands, as if they were going to the kitchen.

"Isn't this Mr. Zhu? It's a holiday today. What kind of wind has brought you here?"

Even the guards usually act like they are desperately tired and have a very venomous mouth, and today was no exception. When they met, they joked, "You can keep it in my hands. The big fish and meat are enough for you today. Why don't you come with us?"

Let’s have a meal in the cafeteria?”

Zhu Hao asked with a smile: "Is there a happy event in the palace?"

Even the guard said: "Of course there is a happy event. Your mentor is back. The palace will host a banquet. The kitchens in the east and west courtyards will also add dishes... Look how fat this chicken is?"

Zhu Hao pouted: "At first glance, it looks like an old hen. It's not tender enough, so I'm afraid it won't be able to chew."

"Hahaha……"

The guard next to him burst into laughter.

"Bah! I can't eat it, I'm starving you to death, only the old hen is strong enough..."

Even the guard seemed like a gourmet, licking his lips as he talked, as if he was savoring the wonderful taste.

One of the guards joked: "Isn't the old hen you're talking about eating hens?"

"Hahaha……"

There was another burst of laughter.

Zhu Hao passed by these people and went straight out of the palace gate. Looking back, he suddenly felt sad and felt that his good days in the palace were coming to an end.

If he takes the imperial examination, he will nominally make progress in his studies and serve as a role model for the prince, but will it indirectly encourage him to leave the palace as soon as possible?

The palace would consider it accommodating for a child whose academic progress is much faster than that of the Crown Prince to stay for a long time. If I pass the county examination, the government examination, or even the high school entrance examination, the palace will probably consider sending me to study elsewhere...

Such as Nanjing Imperial College...

"My boss..."

Shopkeeper Ma jumped out of the carriage and was ready to pick up Zhu Hao.

Apparently Shopkeeper Ma had been waiting at the gate of the palace for some time, and Yu San, who had been called to pick him up by Zhu Hao earlier, might have been taken away by Shopkeeper Ma.

"Old Ma, are you okay?" Zhu Hao got into the carriage.

Shopkeeper Ma followed him and got into the car. As the carriage was moving, he said: "The matter you asked to inquire about has been settled. As expected, there is a mole in the Ouyang family. Most of the glassware has been sent to Jiangxi and other places for sale at low prices.

, it was not shipped to Nanjing at all, but it falsely reported profits here, causing Miss Ouyang... to keep sending money there."

Zhu Hao frowned: "Is she careless? She hasn't even gotten the money back, so she dares to continue investing money?"

Shopkeeper Ma shook his head: "I'm not sure exactly, but it seems to be related to the second master of the Zhu family."

Zhu Hao snorted coldly, "Isn't it just the old routine of collusion between inside and outside? This is the end of having no son. A rich young lady who has never experienced intrigues is suddenly pushed to the front desk to take care of the family business. Naturally, she will be bullied. If she turns back, she will be bullied.

If you can't pay off your debts... why don't you end up in the dust... Tsk, tsk, what a pity..."

Shopkeeper Ma looked at Zhu Hao with surprise in his eyes.

It seems to be saying.

Boss, at your young age, you actually understand this?

"I asked you to buy their flat glass in secret before. Do you know where it is?" Zhu Hao asked.

"I have bought back a batch, which cost about twenty-three-four taels of silver, which is the cost price... The Zhu family thought someone had been tricked by them, and they were probably counting the money happily at the moment... But the little boss,

I still want to remind you that this batch of goods may be difficult to sell..."

What Shopkeeper Ma means is, if people think you are stupid now, don't be stupid in the end.

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "I'm going to use this batch of goods to make some glass mirrors and use them for fishing."

"ah?"

Shopkeeper Ma was shocked.

Doesn't this mess up the rules of doing business with Su Xigui?

Zhu Haodao: "Go back and find someone to spread the word, saying that Su Dongzhu has transferred the flat glass he bought back to Wuchang Mansion to make mirrors... Let the Zhu family know about this, and then you can go and talk to my second uncle in person.

Sell ​​the colored glass mirror to him and let him resell it... You also know what this batch of colored glass is, if you sell it..."

Shopkeeper Ma finally understood after hearing this and sighed: "They are all inferior goods. I'm afraid they will break if touched."

"Um."

Zhu Hao nodded, "What we want is this effect. Use the flat glass they sell to turn them into the glass mirrors they dream of, make a fortune, and then let them lose everything..."

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The fourteenth day of the first lunar month.
To be continued...