Although Gao Yuan was a personal bodyguard, Prince Yi never needed any protection. Also, because he was not good at speaking, Prince Yi would not take him with him when he went out unless he had special needs.

Gao Yuan, on the other hand, could not sit still and often did chores for the palace.

"Never mind," Zhou Chang's stomach had been growling for a long time, and he didn't care whether Prince Yi's Mansion would go bankrupt tomorrow. "Since you are going to Jixiangfang, it's just right. There are all kinds of things there. You can buy some delicious food and drinks to celebrate."

"Yes." Gao Yuan has always been a man of few words and didn't ask what they were celebrating.

Zhou Chang turned around and ordered the thin monkey: "Go quickly and take the banknotes from the clothes that the bedroom was wearing the day before yesterday."

This is really not the style of Prince Yi in the past.

The thin monkey hesitated: "My Lord, are you sure you want to spend that money?"

"Why? If you have money, spend it. Why are you hesitating?" Zhou Chang was puzzled. "It's not difficult to make money if you don't have it. Don't worry."

"Okay." Although the skinny monkey asked this, he was already very happy in his heart and left quickly.

Zhou Chang didn't even need to think about it. From Concubine Rui's memory, he could just say: "Order a table of banquet from Longyun Tower, and have it delivered. Longsheng Tower's roasted whole lamb and roasted duck are also good. I'd like to get a portion of each of Longjin Tower's various dim sum and preserved fruits. I'd like to get two jars of Yuzuifang's wine. I'd also like to call a troupe of actors, some kind of acrobatics, shadow puppetry... Oh, and there are also lobsters. I'd like to get two two-pound lobsters first."

She was muttering to herself excitedly when she turned around and found Gao Yuan staring at her in a daze.

"Your Highness, the silver is here." The skinny monkey held a handful.

Zhou Chang stroked the banknotes. It was the three thousand taels he earned from Prince Duan's Mansion the day before yesterday, plus the three hundred taels that Prince Yi had left, totaling three thousand three hundred taels, which was all Prince Yi Fengming's belongings.

He took out three hundred taels and handed it to Gao Yuan: "Take it, it will definitely be enough."

Gao Yuan stood there like a wooden stake, not accepting the banknote, but asking, "Your Majesty, what is a lobster?"

"Lobsters are in the deep sea..." Zhou Chang suddenly realized that there might not be such a thing in this dimension, and Jindu City was under the feet of the emperor, so he didn't know whether the word "dragon" was taboo.

Seeing that Gao Yuan only had one arm and couldn't use it to take the banknotes, Zhou Chang stuffed them directly into Gao Yuan's lapel: "Then don't take the lobster. As for the rest, just buy whatever you can find delicious and fun. Three hundred taels should be enough."

"Your Highness, this, we..." The skinny monkey wanted to stop it but didn't want to stop it either, and was very conflicted.

Gao Yuan was obviously surprised by Zhou Chang's unusual behavior. He wanted to say something but couldn't: "But..., but..."

"It's nothing, just go quickly." Zhou Chang urged impatiently.

"Yes." Gao Yuan said no more and left quickly.

Zhou Chang then felt relieved and went back to his study, and sent the skinny monkey to get some snacks to fill his stomach.

"It's bad, it's bad, Your Majesty." Zhou Chang had just eaten two pieces of dry, hard and bland snacks made by Wang's mother when a man limped in. "Mr. Zhong was knocked unconscious. Carry him back."

The doorman, Uncle Qiu, appeared at the entrance of the study courtyard, holding a wine jug in one hand and leaning on a walking stick in the other.

Uncle Qiu was an old man in the palace who served Prince Yi and his son. His legs and feet became disabled due to some accidents and he never recovered.

He followed Prince Yi out of the palace and now works as a gatekeeper in the ear room.

Normally, no one comes to Prince Yi's mansion, and there isn't even a soldier guarding the door. Therefore, there is no need for Uncle Qiu to take care of him. He just needs to let him have a living and the rest is for him to enjoy his retirement.

"What?" Zhou Chang was startled. He threw down the hard snack and walked out. "Uncle Qiu, please slow down. You don't have to follow me."

Mr. Zhong is the only real scholar in the entire Prince Yi's Mansion. He is also the only strategist, general manager, and clerk in the Prince Yi's Mansion, and is responsible for handling all matters, big or small, that others cannot handle.

Uncle Qiu took a detour and still limped along trying to keep up.

The two walked one after the other through the vegetable garden in the front yard and came to the gate.

Then he heard a polite voice outside the corner door saying, "Since Brother Zhong is fine and has woken up, I am not in a good condition to enter the palace, so I will take my leave first."

No one answered.

When Zhou Chang went out, he saw a few skinny guys supporting a scholar in gray clothes, who was staggering back and forth.

A carriage with a carriage-like shape had already gone far away.

Zhou Chang was just about to go over to ask.

The skinny monkey yelled again: "Ouch, that's not good."

The gray-robed scholar was staggering, apparently having fainted again.

The thin monkey turned around and saw Zhou Chang, stretching his neck and shouting, "Oh no, it's bad, Your Majesty, Mr. Zhong was knocked unconscious and sent back."

Zhou Chang changed to the identity of Prince Yi, and this was the second time he met Zhong Yu.

Zhong Yu had been carried up by several people. His linen-gray scholar's robe was wrinkled, his eyes were closed, his face was pale, and there were bloodstains on his forehead and cheeks.

"What happened? Was he really beaten?" Zhou Chang began to panic, and he couldn't find out from Prince Yi's memory who he had an enemy with.

The skinny monkey didn't care about anything and acted quickly: "Your Majesty, let's send him back to the house first. Mr. Zhong's body is not much stronger than a piece of tofu. If he is beaten again, he will be like tofu brain."

"Yes, yes." Zhou Chang was in a hurry and didn't care about anything else. He followed the crowd inside.

Several people quickly carried the person to a small courtyard on the west side. Before they entered the door, a short and stout woman who heard the news also ran over, followed by two children, Duofu and Duobao.

She was holding a spatula in her hand and yelled, "Who, who is it? I heard someone beat up Mr. Zhong."

The thin monkey said anxiously: "Oh, Mother Wang, you should first go find the pill that Mr. Zhong usually takes."

"Oh oh..." Mother Wang agreed hurriedly, turned into the yard, and ran back to the house first.

Zhou Chang followed behind carefully, matching each person up in his mind.

The cook, Mama Wang, is in her early forties, with a round face and big eyes. She is of average appearance, but short and stocky, with a rough personality, like a man. She is the cook in the palace and is also Zhong Yu's current wife.

Zhong Yu and Wang's mother are from the same hometown.

When he was young, he was determined to serve the country and the people. He passed the imperial examination, but for some reason, he was unable to enter the official career. He had a wife and children in his early years, but eventually, due to various changes, his wife and children died one after another.

The reason why he was able to come to Prince Yi's Mansion was because of the introduction of Wang Mama, the cook of Prince Yi's Mansion.

As Zhou Chang checked his numbers, he thought of a key question: "By the way, should I go see a doctor?"

The skinny monkey kept walking and responded, "Mr. Zhong won't agree. If he wakes up after taking the medicine, he will definitely not agree. Your Majesty, don't waste your time."

Zhong Yu had a problem of fainting easily, and Zhou Chang already knew it, so he just followed him.

Everyone carried Zhong Yu into the house and laid him flat on the bed.

Mother Wang had already found the pills, poured one on her hand, stuffed it into Zhong Yu's mouth, and then skillfully fed him two sips of water.

Then everyone gathered around the bed, staring at Zhong Yu's face nervously. "If he has any skills, he won't be completely incompetent.

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