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The fact that Zhou Tang entered Chaoyang Palace surprised the other princes.They didn't understand, how could the father allow Xiao Qizi to get close to his precious grandson? Isn't he the most afraid of those two people's contact?

In fact, since Zhou Tang Palace answered the strategy of "fixing the north" that day, the emperor paid a little attention to him.

He sent someone to Taiyuan Academy to inquire about Zhou Tang's academic situation, and learned that Zhou Tang had never received an orthodox education there. He issued an imperial decree and angrily reprimanded the Taifu of Taiyuan Academy, but there was no substantive punishment or order. He called Zhou Tang to come to class.

What kind of person the Taifu is, he immediately understood that the emperor scolded him just for show, and didn't really want to cultivate Zhou Tang, so after receiving the scolding, everything in Taiyuan Academy remained as usual.

The emperor really thought so.

Seven sons and one eldest grandson, almost all of them are considered for the position of prince, except Zhou Tang, who is not among them.

It's not a question of talent and ability, but that he doesn't want to.

Whether it's superstitious or biased, in short, he will never let the child of a vicious woman who cursed the Zhou family die to ascend the throne. Isn't that the same as ruining the Zhou family dynasty with his own hands!

This time Zhou Tang went to Chaoyang Palace, the emperor wanted to find a name to drive him out, but changed his mind after seeing it.

He felt that it was more convenient to observe and monitor Zhou Tang this way. If the child really had any evil intentions, once it was exposed, he could get rid of him completely.

After Zhou Tang was allowed to enter and leave Chaoyang Palace, he would come and visit at noon every day.The emperor specially asked Zhou Heng's wife and martial artist to test him, to see if he was really intelligent and dedicated to the country.

The master asked several times and replied to the emperor: "Your Highness Seven is indeed not stupid, but he is not interested in learning. He has not read all the four books and five classics, and he is ignorant of national policy and military law. He is very clear about the places to eat, drink and have fun, and he likes some strange stories the most, and I don’t know which servant told him about them.”

Reminiscent of Zhou Tang's performance in the Spring Festival Banquet and the exam, the emperor believed most of this.

Zhou Tang couldn't even memorize a short "Oath of Shepherd", but he was able to answer what kind of jade and cold black iron. I guess he read it from some idle book, or heard it from some idle person. Coincidentally.

The martial artist also told the emperor that when Zhou Heng was practicing martial arts, Zhou Tang would either lay down on the table to draw a turtle, or stumble and ride a donkey. He had never seen him do a serious thing, and he was the happiest when he was playing.

So the emperor was relieved for the time being.

How can a little prince who can't do it well fight for the throne?

Zhou Tang's tortoise pictures had already covered the table, and he was still drawing in a very boring way.

The Master shook his head, sighed "you can't teach a child", and went to read his own book.

As soon as he left, Zhou Tang changed a piece of paper and started drawing to the martial artist who was giving a demonstration to Zhou Heng outside the door.

The paper is full of villains, posing in various poses, but upon closer inspection, they are all moves taught by the martial artist.

The martial artist led Zhou Heng to the horse farm to practice riding and shooting, so he took the little donkey and wandered in a place not far from them. Riding on the donkey, listening to the martial artist's teaching to Zhou Heng, he slowly learned to balance. own body.

After he was able to ride basically, he began to observe how the martial artist drew the bow and shot the arrow.Sometimes he was so engrossed that he fell off his donkey and was ridiculed by those slaves.

Zhou Heng had a special sword and bow, but he didn't have one, so he cut a bamboo from the bamboo forest behind the Fudong Hall, and stole Heng'er's broken bowstring, and spent those two days thinking about making one for himself. .

Practice has proved that he is really not good at this kind of work. He cut the handle with a small knife when cutting bamboo strips, and cut the handle when he bowed the string. Putting on silk was the end of the matter, but the small wound became inflamed, and the pain was so painful that he couldn't even hold a pen.

He grinned silently and finished writing "On the Passing of the Qin Dynasty". Luo Ping took it over and glanced at it, and said indifferently: "Your Highness, is this your new dog reptile?"

Zhou Tang insisted, "It's fine if you can understand it!"

Seeing that he was still holding on, Luo Ping sighed: "Stretch out your hand, if you really wait until the flesh is rotten, you will not tell me."

Zhou Tang's face flushed, and he spread his hands in front of him reluctantly, and said in a whisper, "It's just a small tear, it will be healed in a few days."

Luo Ping didn't listen to his nonsense, opened the wrapped silk and satin, and frowned: "How did you get hurt?"

"Slashed with a knife..."

"What do you do with a knife?"

At first Zhou Tang didn't think much about it, but for some reason, he felt very wronged when asked by the young master, and his temper also came up.

"I want to practice archery! No bow, no arrows, I have nothing! My father obviously doesn't want me to be successful, he has no expectations of me at all! What can I do? Go steal it? Go beg that kid Zhou Heng?" I, Zhou Tang, don't do such despicable things! I don't ask them, can I do it myself?"

After he finished yelling, his throat was stuck, and he turned his head away from Luo Ping.He felt ashamed of himself like this.

Without saying anything, Luo Ping tore off a piece of clean silk from his inner sleeve, wrapped it up again, and then got up to leave.Zhou Tang was taken aback for a moment, then grabbed his hand subconsciously and said, "Where are you going?"

Luo Ping said: "I'll go get you some wound medicine. You're in such pain, how can I teach you? I'll be back as soon as possible. You should read the book first."

Zhou Tang groaned, and then let go of his hand.

Luo Ping walked a few steps and looked back at him, seeing him sucking in pain when he turned the pages of the book.It can be seen that just now in front of him, he forcibly held back and refused to make a sound.

He sighed helplessly.

This person, with blood of pride flowing in his body, refused to bow his head to others no matter what.

Even his closest person, even him Luoping.

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Luo Ping soon returned to Saohexuan, and he came with a box of gold sore medicine, an ebony bow and a quiver.

Seeing this, Zhou Tang jumped up, took the bow and arrow and said excitedly, "Is this for me? Where did you get it, little master?"

Luo Ping replied: "A few days ago I asked someone to do it. I wanted to wait for you to be more proficient before bringing it to you. Now that you are so impatient, I'd better let you use it first. But you must be careful in the palace. Let people see, let alone hurt people..."

"Little master, you are too kind!"

Zhou Tang was so happy that he was about to draw a bow and shoot arrows in the house.As a result, he accidentally pulled the wound, and with a cry of pain, the arrow fell to the ground.

Luo Ping found it amused to see him yelling anxiously, and joked: "Your Highness, with your skills, the only thing you can hit is your own instep."

Zhou Tang blushed: "That's because of my hand..."

"Your hand? If you don't try to be brave enough to make a bow and arrow yourself, will you end up like this?" Luo Ping put on the airs of a master and said, "You are a prince, you should learn to use your own power and learn to use the people around you , instead of blindly doing what you are not good at.”

Zhou Tang remained silent, apparently reflecting.

Luo Ping didn't say any more, took the bow and arrow from him and put it aside, spread his hands in front of him, and cleaned his wound again with a silk cloth dipped in water.

When the wound touched the water, there was a sharp pain, and Zhou Tang gasped.

Seeing him shrinking back instinctively, Luo Ping held his wrist, blew gently, and comforted him: "Your Highness, be good, if you bear with it, the pain will soon be gone, and the pain will be gone after taking the medicine."

The cool breath brushed over the palm of his hand, and Zhou Tang felt itchy, as if it really didn't hurt at all.but……

"Little master, I, I'm not a child anymore, so don't coax me like this."

Luo Ping raised his eyebrows: "Really, Your Highness is no longer a child? Then you have to be more brave. Don't be afraid, it will be fine soon, be good."

Zhou Tang's face was full of black lines, the little master clearly still treated him like a child, he was definitely playing with him!He just lost his temper when he was coaxed by that soft voice.

After the cool and pain-relieving ointment was applied to the wound and wrapped in clean gauze, Zhou Tang immediately felt that his hands were much more comfortable.

Looking up and seeing Luo Ping's broken cuff, he suddenly thought of something, and smiled ambiguously: "Last time I saw in a book that the ancients said that the sleeve was broken, little master, you are breaking the sleeve to me now?"

Luo Ping was startled when he heard the words, looked at his sleeves before reacting, and scolded blushingly: "Your Highness, what have you been looking at! What broken sleeves, my sleeves..."

"Little Master, are you blushing, are you shy?" Seeing that his fair face was blushing, Zhou Tang found it even more interesting, so he reached out and stroked his cheek.

The temperature of the fingertips melted into the skin.

——Luo Qing, are you shy?I didn't see you blushing when you asked me for an official position. Why are you so thin-skinned at this time?

Luo Ping was in a trance for a while, and quickly turned his head away, eyes dodging and said: "Your Highness is joking."

Zhou Tang still smiled: "Little master, it is said that the emperor has no long-term love, but I think that Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty did have affection for Dong Xian. You treat me so well, little master. If I really become an emperor in the future, I will give it to you." I am willing to break a hundred and eighty sleeves."

He has a childlike heart, speaks freely, and has only a half-knowledge about love affairs. He didn't feel anything when he said this, but it shocked Luo Ping's heart.

"Your Highness!" Luo Ping sternly said, "Your Highness is still young, so don't say such things casually, you will gradually understand in the future, the relationship between you and me is a relationship between a teacher and a student, a monarch and a subject, not a relationship that requires you to break your sleeves! "

Zhou Tang noticed that Luo Ping's expression was different, he panicked, and quickly apologized: "Little master, I just said it casually, don't be angry, I know I was wrong."

Having said that, Zhou Tang actually didn't know what he said was wrong.

He likes the little master, admires the little master, why can't he break his sleeves with such a love?

On that day, Luo Ping fell asleep while reading a book in the Saohexuan, and he pressed it on the paper he copied and practiced. In order not to wake him up, he scrapped all the papers and copied it again. Is it the same?

Why did my little master react so strongly...

Luo Ping was in a mess.He was scared, really scared.

The emperor has no long-term love, this sentence is not wrong at all.

His mistake back then was that he trusted his long-term love too much, so he paid for his life.

Now he has repeatedly warned himself to abide by his duty, but when facing this person, it is still easy to get confused.

He couldn't teach Zhou Tang the word love, because even he himself couldn't figure it out.