Chapter 33: Imperial Palace Test-taker
Zhu Yunwen was also dumbfounded. He couldn't understand why Zhu Yunhuan could beat someone up and still make people respect him.
Logically speaking, shouldn't Uncle Fifteen be fighting Zhu Yunhuan to the death?
How come in the end, Uncle Fifteen did not hate Zhu Yunhuan, but instead became a team with him?
In fact, in the entire main hall, not only Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yunhuan couldn't understand, but the other princes also looked confused.
Only one person understood it, and that was Qi Tai, the palace scholar hiding behind the bookshelf.
Qi Tai was shocked by Zhu Yunhuan's performance on the spot.
This grandson's methods were really strong. He beat me, scolded me, and took advantage of me. In the end, it was Zhu Yunwen who was blamed...
But the most amazing thing was the kick delivered by Zhu Yunhuan, which was simply a stroke of genius.
This kick not only protected Zhu Yunwen from being beaten, but also kicked himself to the opposite side of Zhu Yunwen, standing on the same front as King of Liao Zhu Zhi, and also eliminated a melee.
Without this kick, Zhu Zhi would never listen to his advice, let alone give him any face. If he forcibly stopped him, a fight would be inevitable.
Once a fight broke out, given the age and physique of Liao Wang Zhu Zhi, beating these two grandsons should be like playing. Even if Zhu Yunhuan was eloquent, he would still be beaten black and blue by Zhu Zhi.
But what shocked him most was what Zhu Yunhuan said.
The Jianghu is not about fighting and killing, but about the ways of the world...
This child is so young, but he has such a thorough understanding of the world and human nature. What will happen if he becomes an emperor in the future?
When Qi Tai thought of this, helplessness and bitterness suddenly appeared on his face.
One is too stupid, the other is too smart. It seems that neither of them is qualified to be the successor.
If he had to choose between the two, he believed that the officials in the court would definitely choose Zhu Yunwen.
Although this child lacks some responsibility, he is also more obedient and easier to manipulate.
The consensus of all civil servants is that the emperor cannot be too smart. If the successor is like the current emperor, will they still be able to survive in the future?
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Where there are people, there is the world, and where there is the world, there is a circle.
The Imperial Palace is no exception.
Even though there are only a dozen princes in the palace now, they are still divided into several small circles according to their age and the status of their mothers.
Prince Yu Zhu Gui, together with his half-brother Prince Gu Zhu Tan, Prince Su Zhu Ying and Prince Ning Zhu Quan, formed an older circle.
Except for Zhu Tan, all the others were teenagers over the age of 15. Their mothers were also of high status, or they were favored. The mother of Prince Yu Zhu Gui was the daughter of Guo Zixing, and she was definitely a descendant of a famous family.
Although Zhu Zhi was a bit of a lackey, he was doing well. He formed a middle-aged circle with himself as the core, gathering several princes around thirteen years old.
The rest are the younger circle consisting of some young princes, and the circle of imperial grandchildren consisting of Zhu Yunwen.
According to the original rules, Zhu Yunhuan should be someone who hangs out in the circle of emperor's grandchildren, and at best he could just hang out in the circle of younger people, and people might not be willing to take him out to play.
However, his performance just now was too eye-catching, and his strong and domineering image was deeply rooted in people's hearts. He skipped the low-age circle and directly received invitations from the middle-age circle.
The so-called invitation was nothing more than some snacks.
As the core of the middle-aged circle, Zhu Zhi naturally has his own strengths, and his means of winning people's hearts is snacks. A whole food box of snacks, with a wide variety of snacks.
"Zhu Yunxun, come and try it too!"
When Zhu Yunhuan saw Zhu Zhi greeting him warmly, he walked over without hesitation, picked out a few of his favorite flavors from the food box, and shared them with the young boys.
When Zhu Zhi saw Zhu Yunxun eating the snacks he brought, he looked very happy, as if to say, "If you eat my snacks, you are my person from now on."
Zhu Yunhuan also understood this point, which is why he accepted the olive branch extended by Zhu Zhi.
Although these naughty kids are insignificant now, within a few years, they will become vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, and they will start as princes.
Relatively speaking, although he has a father who is a prince, when he is crowned king in the future, he will at most start as a prince of a county.
Therefore, establishing good relations with them would not only help the economic development of the fiefdom, but also help improve the single industrial structure of the fiefdom, and enable it to exchange resources with other vassal kings and achieve complementary advantages.
The most important thing is that a deep strategic partnership can be formed to jointly resist the central court's policy of reducing the power of the feudal lords and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the feudal states, such as territorial integrity, judicial independence, and regional autonomy.
"Uncle Fifteen, I'm sorry for what happened just now..."
Zhu Yunxun casually said an apology while eating snacks, which moved Zhu Zhi deeply. He thought to himself that this kid is smart!
"Hi!"
"Let's not talk about the past. As my brother Yunxun said, the martial arts world is not about fighting and killing, but about the ways of the world..."
"I have lived for more than ten years, how could I not understand this?"
"Besides, Brother Yunxun was just reminding me that he didn't want me to make a big mistake because of a momentary thought. I have to understand this..."
As soon as Zhu Zhi finished speaking, a weak voice sounded.
"Brother Fifteen, I think you got the generations wrong just now, right?"
"Zhu Yunhuan is our nephew, not our brother..."
Zhu Zhi was extremely embarrassed upon hearing this and wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
The reason why he made this mistake was mainly because Zhu Yunhuan's behavior just now was so damn Jianghu-like that he subconsciously regarded him as a fellow traveler.
Zhu Yunhuan was very interested after hearing this.
To be honest, he felt a little uncomfortable when he had to call a group of kids who were about his age uncle.
If you can be on good terms with them, it would be a good way to get along with them.
"Hey, you're being too polite. We've been together for a long time, and it's fate that we met. How can we let the relationship be hurt by a mere vulgar etiquette?"
"If you all agree, we can call each other brothers in private from now on!"
When several people heard Zhu Yunhuan's words, their eyes lit up.
Teenagers are in their rebellious period and they love nothing more than to be different.
Although Zhu Yunhuan's words were a bit unorthodox and shocking, they perfectly fit their age group and accurately targeted the target group, making them subconsciously feel very cool, very stylish, and very individual.
"Brother Yunxun, you said it well!"
"I have another suggestion. Why don't we become brothers like they say in operas?"
The suggestion put forward by this clever man was immediately widely praised, and even two talented people started a heated discussion with him.
One said he wanted to go to the Taimiao to burn yellow paper and swear brotherhood, and the other said he wanted to go to the Guandi Temple outside the palace because it was the most authentic.
Zhu Yunhuan was so scared after hearing this. What's going on? You guys are brothers with the same surname!
Just as they were chatting happily, a cough suddenly came from behind the bookshelf, followed by a young man in his thirties walking out from behind the bookshelf with a book in his hand.
"Who is this person?"
"You don't even know this person?"
"Oh, I almost forgot, you have soul separation syndrome and you don't remember anything about the past..."
"This man is Mr. Qi from our main hall. He is responsible for teaching us knowledge."
"oh oh……"
"What's this person's temper like? Is he strict?"
"He has a good temper and is easy to fool..."
"Generally speaking, he only has Zhu Yunwen in his eyes, and doesn't care much about the studies of our other princes and grandchildren."
Zhu Zhi deliberately put emphasis on the word "others". The meaning was obvious. He wanted to tell Zhu Yunhuan that although compared with your father, we princes are "others", but compared with Zhu Yunwen, you, the grandson, are also "others".
Zhu Yunhuan didn't care at all. He had made up that set of words deliberately to scare people, and he didn't take it seriously at all.
However, he felt a little sour about his teacher's special attention to Zhu Yunwen.
"cut!"
"Isn't he just a test-taker in the palace? He has been doing test questions all his life, but he is still a waste in the end!"
