16 Chapter 16 Lack of Money

After being rained on for an hour in the yard, Jing Shao did not speak or move. Mu Hanzhang accompanied him quietly, holding him in the rain for an hour, and waited until he calmed down before dragging him into the house to take a bath and change clothes.

Although the courtyard was used by Jing Shao to train soldiers, it was a royal courtyard after all, with all the necessary things, and there was also hot spring water. There was a large hot spring pool in Jing Shao's main courtyard, but because it was raining and he couldn't take a bath in the open air, he soaked in the small pool in the house to drive away the cold.

"A-choo!" Mu Hanzhang coaxed Jing Shao to drink a bowl of ginger soup, but he sneezed himself.

"You should drink a bowl too." Jing Shao handed him the ginger soup, and took a cloth towel to wipe his hair. Then he remembered that Jun Qing had a bad physical foundation and had been frozen when he was a child. Although the spring rain was not cold, sitting in the rain for an hour would make most people sick, let alone him. Thinking of this, he hurriedly pushed Mu Hanzhang to soak in the hot spring for a while.

"I am in good health," Mu Hanzhang smiled after seeing Jing Shao's intention, "I used to kneel in the rain for three hours without getting sick, not to mention..." Seeing Jing Shao's face change, Mu Hanzhang realized that he had let the cat out of the bag again, and hurriedly pulled him to bed.

Because it was built for rest and fun, the bed in the courtyard was much wider than the one in the palace. Jing Shao crawled into the bed twice and lay down next to Mu Hanzhang, with a hint of anger in his eyes: "Why?"

"At that time, the wet nurse made a mistake, and I wanted to save her," Mu Hanzhang leaned on the large pillows stacked at the head of the bed, and bandaged the wound on his hand with the cloth and medicine he had just found, "Isn't it normal for a child to be punished to kneel?"

At that time, the wet nurse's son was caught stealing things from the mansion, and the lady wanted to drive them out. When he fell into the lake, it was the wet nurse who took care of him without taking off her clothes that saved his life. The lady didn't let her live, in the final analysis, because she didn't like him as a bastard. I knelt for three hours, but my grandmother couldn't bear it anymore, so she saved the nurse and her son, but drove them to the farm.

Jing Shao heard this and pulled a bitter smile on his face: "Yes, I knelt in front of the Qinzheng Palace for a day and a night.

Mu Hanzhang covered the people around him with a quilt, slid down, supported his head with one hand, and looked at him sideways: "One day and one night?" King Cheng is the orthodox son, but he didn't live well in the palace?

"At that time, I insisted on going to the military camp. My father said that if I could kneel in front of the Qinzheng Palace for twelve hours, he would let me go," Jing Shao smiled self-deprecatingly, "Without the protection of my mother, my brother and I lived in the palace worse than the eldest prince born to the concubine. At that time, I only thought about leading troops, holding military power, and killing all those who bullied me! "

Mu Hanzhang frowned, put his hand on Jing Shao's head and gently stroked it, but did not speak.

The gentle touch made Jing Shao so comfortable that he squinted his eyes, took a deep breath, and smelled the faint fragrance of Jun Qing, which gradually calmed his manic mood: "When I was a child, my mother would make small clothes for me by hand, and also make delicious osmanthus cakes. I broke her most beloved orchid, and she beat me up. Before I cried, she cried first, hugged me and asked me if it hurt..." As he spoke, Jing Shao's eyes became wet.

Men don't shed tears easily, but Because he was not sad enough. A strong man like Jing Shao would be more distressing when he shed tears. Mu Hanzhang looked at Jing Shao like this, and felt extremely pity for him. He slowly lowered his head and placed a light kiss on his frowning brows.

Jing Shao opened his eyes and looked at him, then turned over and buried his face in Mu Hanzhang's chest, fearing that he would see his miserable appearance.

Mu Hanzhang lay down, hugged him, and gently stroked his back, just like soothing a wounded little animal, stroking it over and over again without getting tired. Jing Shao, who was exhausted, gradually fell asleep in such a wonderful touch,

‘Xiao Shaoer, you will have a brother or sister...’

‘Even if you have a brother or sister, Xiao Shaoer is still the queen mother's favorite child...’

‘It's red! It's very red! ’ The chaotic figures are everywhere, who is screaming? Where is the queen mother?

‘Shao, don't be afraid, it's okay, it's all over...’ Whose voice is so nice? The blood-red scene in front of him gradually faded away, leaving only a gentle face, and a handsome and unparalleled person smiling at him in the cool spring rain. The nightmare never appeared again, and there was only a A piece of peace.

The next day, when Jing Shao woke up, the person who comforted him all night was still there. He looked up at the peaceful sleeping face of the person and recalled the gentle kiss last night. Now he recalled it. Although he only kissed between the eyebrows, he was very happy. He slowly moved over and kissed the eyes with a faint blue shadow.

Mu Hanzhang slowly opened his eyes and saw a handsome face close at hand. He was in a trance for a moment before he woke up: "Prince..."

"I said, you are not allowed to call me Prince in private. You will be punished once you call me." Jing Shao kissed him heavily on the lips with dissatisfaction.

Mu Hanzhang blushed and accepted this "punishment". Why does this person have so many names? "But it's awkward to call me 'Shao' alone. You don't have a courtesy name... Then, do you have any nicknames?"

"My mother and brother call me 'Xiao Shao'er'. "A certain prince shamelessly offered his nickname.

Feeling a chill from the sticky name, Mu Hanzhang's mouth twitched, and he chuckled: "'Xiao Shao', this name is really good."

"It's 'Xiao Shao'!" Jing Shao said dissatisfiedly.

"Well, Xiao Shao, I'll call you that from now on." Mu Hanzhang patted his head, got up and started to put on his clothes.

Jing Shao's eyes widened. Was he being teased by his own princess?

When Jing Shao returned to the palace, he was stopped by Mr. Yun and asked him to deal with the consequences of yesterday's horse riding in the downtown area. Mu Hanzhang went back to Dongyuan to catch up on his sleep.

"Your Majesty, I have some clues about what you asked me to investigate." After finishing a bunch of chores, Mr. Yun mentioned the news that had just arrived, "It is about the princess who fell into the water when she was a child."

The servants of the Beiweihou Mansion change every three years. After many years, many people who knew about it are no longer in the mansion. Even if some are there, they keep the matter secret. This seems to be a taboo in the Beiweihou Mansion. After many twists and turns, the people sent by Mr. Yun found out that the nanny who had taken care of Mu Hanzhang when he was a child actually heard the whole story from the nanny at a farm owned by Mrs. Beiwei Hou.

Back then, Mrs. Beiwei Hou made a fur cloak for each of her two grandsons, Mu Lingbao a fox fur cloak and Mu Hanzhang a rabbit fur cloak. Because Mu Hanzhang was so good-looking, Mu Lingbao felt that the cloak on his younger brother was better than his, so he insisted on snatching it away, and pushed him into the lotus pond while tearing him apart. There were two cousins ​​present at the time, and the three children ran away with the stolen fur cloaks, leaving Mu Hanzhang, who was only three years old, struggling in the thin-ice pond. Fortunately, the wet nurse arrived. , fished him out, and it took him half a year of illness to save his life.

"You bastard!" After Jing Shao heard this, he raised his hand and threw the cup in his hand. Mrs. Beiwei Hou must have kicked the servants out and put them away in order to preserve her son's reputation, and no one was allowed to mention it again. The royal family would not allow an unjust person who killed his brothers to become the crown prince.

Walking around the room with his hands behind his back, he turned around and said to Mr. Yun: "Now I have two things for you to do. One, check out Lingbao's daily whereabouts, hobbies, people he associates with, and the places he frequents; second, Looking for people to spread around the capital, the fourth prince Jing Yu likes to eat raw meat, don’t say much else.”

Mr. Yun understood the first thing, but why did the fourth prince like to eat raw meat?

"Don't Jing Yu like the raw fish sent as tribute from Japan? It's just a matter of omitting the word "fish", so you can do it." Jing Shao curled his lips and smiled coldly. It's just spreading rumors, who wouldn't? He could kill 500 surrendered troops and turn them into 100,000 prisoners. I wonder what the fourth prince's little hobby will become. It's really exciting!

After Jing Shao had someone release the news, he stayed at home with his wife every day, practicing swordplay, and reading, enjoying this rare leisure time. Mu Hanzhang also reviewed the palace's three-year account books in a few days.

Looking at the monthly balance in the account, the side wife's monthly silver is fifty taels, so as the concubine, his monthly silver is at least eighty taels. In this way, the problem of not having any cash on hand is solved. Mu Hanzhang closed the last door. This accountant let out a sigh of relief, this is much more than his monthly salary as a juren.

"Yunzhu, take this and go and collect my salary for last month." Suddenly remembering that he still had a salary to receive, Mu Hanzhang handed a document to Yunzhu. Although it was very meager, After all, it is an income. "The money you receive is yours."

"Really!" Yunzhu immediately became energetic, "Thank you, Princess!" He grabbed the piece of paper, put it into his arms, and ran out happily.

"Master!" Lan Xuan hurried in.

"What's wrong?" Mu Hanzhang motioned for her to speak slowly.

"Grandma Zhou's little daughter came to see you today, but was stopped by the guards at a side door. My servant talked to her at the door..." Lan Xuan said hurriedly, but his words were incoherent.

"What happened?" Mu Hanzhang frowned, "Did something happen to her family?" Grandma Zhou refers to his nanny. She must have encountered difficulties when she asked a little daughter to come to find him who was already married.

"Her son broke his leg the day before yesterday and has no money for medical treatment. The people in the village said that their family is old and disabled, and they can't work and eat food for free. They want to drive them out." Lan Ting, who came later, hurriedly took the hand. Otherwise, Lan Xuan's stupid talk will make the young master angry. "She comes to you because she wants to borrow some silver from you."

"I understand, you go down." Mu Hanzhang pursed his lips. He had no cash in his hand, but there were some jewels in his dowry, but pawning the dowry just after he got married was like slapping his husband in the face, which was absolutely unacceptable.

In the garden, Jing Shao was dressed in a white outfit and danced smoothly with a long sword. After practicing a set of swordsmanship, Jing Shao stopped and happened to see his own princess standing by the rockery. He threw the sword to the maid aside, wiped his sweat with a cloth, and walked to Mu Hanzhang. Seeing that he was about to speak, he He stopped and said with a chuckle: "Jun Qing, is something wrong?"

Mu Hanzhang pursed his lips, lowered his eyes and said softly: "Can you lend me a hundred taels of silver?"