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Chapter 200 Cricket Fight (3)

Wu Cheng and others were delighted to see Zhu Zhanji go out, and thought that the Crown Princess might have a solution.

After the two of them had finished their meal, Hu Shanxiang took Zhu Zhanji to the garden for a walk to help digest the food.

Hu Shanxiang glanced at the palace maid behind her, and still mustered up the courage to reach out and hold Zhu Zhanji's hand. Zhu Zhanji was stunned, and immediately shook hands with her. Wu Cheng, Lingzhi and others who followed behind immediately lowered their heads as if they saw nothing, but in fact, the corners of their mouths were already raised to the point where they could no longer conceal it.

"Why don't you ask me what happened today?" Zhu Zhanji was very depressed now. He wanted to vent those things in his heart, but he was afraid.

Hu Shanxiang stopped, looked at him seriously and said, "It would be a lie to say that I'm not curious, but the premise of all this is that Your Highness wants to tell me. If Your Highness doesn't want to talk, I won't ask. However, Your Highness must agree to one request of mine, that is, no matter what happens, you can't joke about your body like you did today without eating or drinking. You can vent and make trouble as you like, but you can't hurt your body, do you hear me?"

It is said that men do not shed tears easily, but why did Zhu Zhanji's nose feel sore uncontrollably when he heard this? He wanted to cry, but he thought that he was still outside and it would be bad for others to see him, so he tried his best to hold it back. Later, he could no longer control himself, so he had to hug Hu Shanxiang and bury his head in her neck.

Hu Shanxiang was still confused at first, as it was in public, but then she felt a warm current and she immediately hugged Zhu Zhanji back.

After a while, Zhu Zhanji calmed down and raised his head, "I promise you, I will never joke about my body again."

After returning, Wu Cheng thought about how His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had been in a bad mood these days, and racked his brains. Finally, he came up with a good idea that would definitely make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince happy.

"Your Highness, look what good stuff I have found for you." Wu Cheng took out two cricket jars and placed them in front of Zhu Zhanji.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince used to love playing with crickets and always carried them with him. But for some reason, he played with them less in recent years. Wu Cheng thought that this thing should make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince happier.

"Where did you get this from? I haven't played with this in a long time." Zhu Zhanji was indeed interested after seeing it. He immediately opened it and took a look. There was only one in a jar. It was boring for him to play with it alone. After thinking for a while, he closed the lid, took it and walked out.

Wu Cheng thought he was going to take it out to play, so he followed him immediately.

Zhu Zhanji walked over to Hu Shanxiang and showed her the things.

Hu Shanxiang didn't know what it was at first, but when she opened it, she saw, "Cricket?"

"Yeah." Zhu Zhanji nodded, "Do you want to play?"

"Okay." Hu Shanxiang had never played it before and was a little curious.

Zhu Zhan originally thought that she would refuse. After all, she once said that playing with these things was a waste of time.

"Why are you in a daze, Your Highness? Do you want to play by yourself or go out to play?" Hu Shanxiang asked.

"That's it." Zhu Zhanji sat down and put two crickets in the same jar. Each of them chose one, and then the game began...

Zhu Zhanji was an old hand after all, and Hu Shanxiang lost several times.

"Your Highness is so amazing." Hu Shanxiang praised sincerely.

"This cricket is really good. Don't be discouraged. Just play with it a few more times and you will be fine."

"I heard that Your Highness likes to play this very much. Is there any reason for it?" Hu Shanxiang remembered that some people in later generations specifically called Zhu Zhanji the Cricket Emperor. Although it was a bit exaggerated, it was well known that Zhu Zhanji loved cricket fighting.

Zhu Zhanji didn't expect her to ask this, and he really thought about it carefully.

"When I was little, my brothers and sisters were not yet born, so I had no playmates. The servants around me would catch crickets for me to play with, and I gradually began to like them. I can't really say why I like them." Zhu Zhanji thought of his childhood when he was alone, "Maybe it's because when I was young and alone, holding a cricket made me feel less alone."

Hu Shanxiang never thought that this would be the reason. Come to think of it, it seemed to be true. All of Zhu Zhanji's brothers and sisters were born a few years after Your Majesty ascended the throne. And it was said that Zhu Zhanji was raised by Your Majesty and the late Queen since he was born, and he was not with the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess since he was a child.

"Your Highness has me now. I will always be with Your Highness. Your Highness will no longer be alone." Hu Shanxiang said with some heartache.

Zhu Zhanji smiled and nodded, "Yes, I have you now, so of course I won't be lonely anymore. I don't like playing with crickets that much now." Then he took the cricket jar and walked outside and released the two crickets.

"Why did your highness let them go?"

"They probably want to be free rather than locked up in a little jar."

"That's true."

Zhu Zhanji watched the two crickets slowly crawling away and thought to himself: I don’t want to be caught again next time.