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Zheng Chen almost gritted his teeth and roared out the last sentence.

An extremely handsome face suddenly distorted, almost ferocious.

Peng Sihai had never seen his master lose his temper like this before. He was a little frightened for a moment. He was afraid that the sound would be heard outside the study room, so he had to remind him: "Young Master, calm down! It would be bad if the Duke and his wife are alerted." ”

Zheng Chen's eyes turned red, and he was about to burst out with anger and unwillingness. At the last moment, reason finally prevailed and he endured it.

He sent Peng Sihai and his party to Nanyang County, which was a secret move that must not be known to his father and mother.

He couldn't explain his anger and pain to anyone. Including the immediate confidants.

Zheng Chen exhaled a deep breath, turned around and stood with his back to Peng Sihai: "Please step aside first, I want to be alone for a while."

Peng Sihai responded with a yes, and before retreating, he whispered: "You must be tight-lipped about what the young master just said."

Zheng Chen didn't move. There was a sound of the door opening behind him, and then the door was gently closed.

Silence returned to the study room again.

He maintained this stiff stance and did not move for a long time.

The third watch, the fourth watch, until the bang of the fifth watch sounds.

Peng Sihai, who had been waiting outside the door all night, gently knocked on the door and reminded his master who had not slept all night: "Do you want the young master to ask for leave from the palace today?"

"No need." After a while, a familiar voice sounded from the door, and then Zheng Chen pushed the door open and walked out.

Peng Sihai quickly looked at his master and breathed a sigh of relief.

After one night, Zheng Chen's turbulent anger faded away like a tide, and he returned to his usual calmness: "I want you to prepare hot water. I want to take a bath and change clothes."

……

An hour later.

In the palace, go to the study.

The prince held the book and flipped through a few pages. He put it down again when he lost interest. He turned around and said, "Huh? Why hasn't Zixian come today?"

Jiang Yi tossed the jade pendant in his hand, moving it up and down to relieve his boredom, not caring to respond for a moment.

Li Boyuan smiled and said: "He left the palace and returned home last night."

Several of the prince's companions had residences in the palace, but they often left the palace and returned home on weekdays. Especially Wang Jin, who has to go back to the palace every two or three days, and is often teased by everyone for being the first-class filial son in the world.

While chatting, Zheng Chen had already stepped into the study room.

The prince looked at him and asked with a smile: "What did Zixian do last night? Why are his eyes a little red?"

All traces of a sleepless night were washed away by hot water. Only the bloodshot eyes in one pair of eyes would not subside for a while. Zheng Chen had already thought of an excuse: "I had a nightmare last night. I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep."

Li Boyuan was the first to open his mouth and laugh: "It turns out that Mr. Zheng, who is both civil and military and has high spirits, is also afraid sometimes."

Half-grown young men get together and love to compete in everything.

When it comes to reading, Wang Jin deserves to be second, followed by Zheng Chen. When he arrived at the martial arts training ground, Zheng Chen stole the show. When it comes to horseback riding, archery and boxing, Li Boyuan is inferior to Zheng Chen in everything, which is really annoying.

Zheng Chen was in a bad mood and had no interest in arguing with Li Boyuan. He twitched his lips and said nothing.

Wang Jin, on the other hand, asked curiously: "What nightmare did you have?" Zheng Chen said lightly: "I forgot."

Wang Jin stopped asking.

Snapped!

Everyone turned their heads together.

It turned out that Jiang Yi was distracted and failed to catch the jade pendant. A fine piece of mutton-fat jade pendant was broken into pieces. Jiang Yi chuckled and didn't take it seriously: "Someone come quickly and clean up this place."

Soon, Taifu came.

The young men sat upright and began their day's study.

Zheng Chen was in a confused mood and couldn't listen at all. He looked like he was listening on his face, but in fact his mind was in a turmoil. The Taifu's eyes were as bright as a flashlight, and he directed Zheng Chen to answer questions without hesitation.

There are three tutors in the upper study room. This Taifu Huang is a Hanlin bachelor. He is knowledgeable, but his temperament is a bit old-fashioned.

Zheng Chen didn't listen at all. He couldn't answer anything, so he had to admit his mistake in shame: "I was distracted just now, thank you Taifu for reminding me."

Needless to say, among the five young men in front of me, His Highness the Crown Prince has a distinguished status. The other four are also the top young men from Daliang. Mr. Huang is just old-fashioned and not stupid enough to hold on to such a trivial matter. Just a few words of admonishment and that's all.

Otherwise, what else can be done?

His Highness the Crown Prince wanders away from time to time. Li Boyuan can't understand a few words with his eyes wide open. Jiang Yi changes his posture and keeps looking outside... If this happens every day, what can a Tai Tu do? Is it possible to scold someone with a straight face every day, or just refuse to go to class?

I had to hold my nose and endure it.

The morning episode was nothing. During the afternoon riding and archery class, Zheng Chen missed three arrows in succession, and one arrow even missed the target.

This time, even the general of the imperial guard who taught riding and archery had a serious face and gave Mr. Zheng a lesson and punished him to shoot fifty more arrows.

The prince and others all cast sympathetic glances.

Zheng Chen took a few deep breaths, calmed down for a moment, and then drew the bow and shot again. Barely back to 80% of normal levels.

After a few days, even Queen Mother Zheng was alarmed.

"The Empress Dowager ordered her servants to deliver the message and ask the young master to go to Jingyang Palace." Eunuch Zhao, who had become more and more favored recently, put powder on his face and sprinkled some floral dew on him. The fragrance was intoxicating.

Zheng Chen nodded slightly and followed Eunuch Zhao to Jingyang Palace.

Empress Dowager Zheng waved Zheng Chen forward, took his hand and looked at it carefully: "The Ai family heard that you haven't been eating well and sleeping well these days, and you often lose your mind in the study room. Today, when I look at it, your face is really haggard. What's going on? If anything happens, just tell the Ai family, and the Ai family will support you."

Zheng Chen looked at the loving Empress Dowager Zheng, but what came to mind was his despair when he was forced to marry Fan's legitimate daughter in his previous life.

Empress Dowager Zheng, who had always loved him, ignored his wishes and forced herself to separate him and Jiang Shaohua.

That year, the prince died unexpectedly not long after he sat on the dragon throne, and the second prince, who was only eight years old, became the new emperor.

In order to ensure the stability of the new emperor's throne, Empress Dowager Zheng won over Prime Minister Wang and asked Jiang Shaohua to marry into the Wang family. He also granted marriage to the Zheng family and the Fan family.

"The Zheng family is powerful and wealthy today all because of the Ai family. Only by relying on the imperial power, the Zheng family is the most prominent descendant in Daliang."

"The emperor is young and a child who doesn't understand things. How can all the ministers in the court be convinced? At this time, the only way is political marriage to maintain the stability of the court. There has been unrest in the north. If there is chaos in the court, there will be internal troubles. How long can the Liang Dynasty last in the face of foreign aggression?"

"Even Shaohua understands, why don't you understand?"

Empress Dowager Zheng scolded angrily with a livid face: "Shaohua's surname is Jiang. You can sacrifice for the Jiang family. You, the young master of the Zheng family, must marry the Fan family for the future stability of the Zheng family. The Fan family has military power and belongs to the emperor." Uncle’s family. If you marry a girl from the Fan family, the Zheng family will be able to maintain wealth for at least two generations."

"There is no room for your unwillingness in this matter!"