EBE Chapter 278: Scholar's Thanks
Chapter 278: Scholar's Thanks
"Thank you, Uncle Qiu, for reminding me. Now is the time..." Zhou Chang saw Uncle Qiu's hands were red from the cold. "You didn't even wear gloves. Your hands are frozen. How can you hold the wine jug in the future? Won't it delay your drinking?"
Uncle Qiu laughed hoarsely, "Haha, this wine keeps you warmer than any clothes. Once I drink it, my whole body feels warm. I don't need gloves anymore."
"The gloves are fine, but I always forget to apply the ointment on my legs, and I always need someone to watch me and remind me." Aunt Jing appeared again from nowhere.
After saying that, he bowed to Zhou Chang and said, "My Lord, why don't you put on a cloak when you come out? Be careful not to catch a cold."
When Zhou Chang was a woman in his previous life, he was often afraid of the cold, especially in the winter in the north. Now that he has become a man, he doesn’t know if it’s because of his physique or if the winter in Jindu City is not cold, but he is much more “cold-resistant” than before.
"It's okay. I won't leave the house. I'll be back soon." Seeing Aunt Jing's smiling face, as if she was happy about something, he couldn't help but ask, "Aunt Jing, what good news do you have?"
Aunt Jing smiled and said, "It's a good thing that the New Year is coming. The new clothes made by the servants in the mansion have just been delivered. They were just delivered to Uncle Qiu. He was not in the house at the time, so he found this place and saw the prince. Prince, you should also change into new clothes in the next two days to have a happy New Year."
"Yes, we should change them. It's great that everyone has new clothes to wear during the New Year." Zhou Chang didn't care whether the clothes were new or not, but he tried his best to sound sincere.
In her previous life, every Chinese New Year, she would consciously or unconsciously resist and was unwilling to go home.
The situation is different now. Looking at Aunt Jing's happy face as she prepares for the New Year, she also begins to look forward to it.
You have to wear new clothes during the Chinese New Year. I remember in my previous life, when I was a child, my grandmother would make her a set of cotton clothes and trousers every year. Later, when she grew up and returned to her parents' home, she had nothing.
Two days ago, when Aunt Jing brought Prince Yi's new clothes, Zhou Chang tried them on. Although he no longer felt the feeling of a girl wearing new clothes, he also felt Aunt Jing's meticulous care.
After saying a few more words, Aunt Jing accompanied Uncle Qiu to try on new clothes.
Zhou Chang's attention drifted to the outside of the gate again.
The sound of the skinny monkey and his men driving away gradually stopped, which instead aroused some curiosity in her heart, and she walked forward.
Outside the gate, Shou Hou and several palace soldiers were shouting to stop them, pushing the crowd to both sides: "Disperse, disperse..."
The people outside who were setting off firecrackers had stopped long ago, and the people who were watching the fun, not seeing Prince Yi show up, slowly dispersed.
There were only a dozen or so people at the front who were still unwilling to leave easily.
Zhou Chang glanced through the crack in the door, but he didn't recognize any of them.
Those people were all dressed like scholars and behaved in a polite and courteous manner.
Driven away by the skinny monkey, they did not come closer, but bowed to the ground in the direction of the gate of Prince Yi's mansion and saluted solemnly. Finally, they dispersed in groups of two or three.
The skinny monkey waited for a while with the palace soldiers. When most of them had left, he turned around and went back with a few palace soldiers.
"Why is Your Majesty standing here?" The skinny monkey came in from the side door, but caught a glimpse of Zhou Chang who was still standing on the porch.
"Let me see what's going on." To hide his embarrassment, Zhou Chang simply opened the door and walked out. "It seems that these people have all dispersed."
The thin monkey followed up and said, "The servants have already driven them away. Since the prince did not show up, they just bowed and expressed their gratitude. But these scholars are really corn cobs. Since they came to thank the prince, they didn't say anything about giving gifts during the New Year, even if it's just a roast chicken or a roast duck."
"Nothing is better." Zhou Chang felt that scholars were sincere and would not think about such empty things as giving gifts. At this time, if he gave something, he would feel uneasy if he accepted it.
"Your Highness, please go in. Don't stand here. What if someone comes later?" The skinny monkey said as he was about to close the door. When he turned around, he suddenly saw someone, "Hey, that person...?"
"What?" Zhou Chang looked in the direction the skinny monkey was looking.
There is an intersection diagonally opposite the west side of the palace gate. There is a shop on the opposite side of the intersection near the palace. There is a man standing behind the sign outside the shop. Although his body is behind the sign, most of his head and shoulders are sticking out and staring at this side.
"Your Highness, that figure over there looks like Mei Sheng..." In addition to eating, the skinny monkey also has a good eye.
"Ah, yes." Zhou Chang recognized him almost at the same time. Although Mei Sheng was a man, his skin was too white and tender, and his pair of deer eyes flickered, making him very eye-catching in the crowd.
The moment the two men discovered him, Mei Sheng hid behind the sign, but then stuck his head out again, like a frightened deer.
Zhou Chang took two steps forward, trying to get a clearer look.
Mei Sheng flickered his deer eyes and stuck his head out again, only to find that Zhou Chang had actually walked out and was looking at him, so he hid back again.
Zhou Chang couldn't help but feel happy.
"Your Highness, he looks like he's here to see you," the skinny monkey followed behind Zhou Chang and reminded him, "But your Highness should ignore him. This is in front of our palace after all, and it might not be good for someone to see us. Let's go in."
Zhou Chang thought of that night, and of the fact that Mei Sheng was also a scholar, and finally sighed: "Alas, after all, he is a scholar. As for the other..., let's forget about it."
It was more or less a fate between us, and as he spoke, he waved to Meisheng.
Mei Shenglu blinked his eyes and confirmed that it was Zhou Chang who signaled to him. He was no longer timid and ran over immediately.
Mei Sheng stopped at the bottom of the stairs, bowed to Zhou Chang, but said nothing, just stood respectfully with his hands hanging down.
Zhou Chang didn't know what to say, he just looked at him.
Mei Sheng was wearing a blue-gray cotton robe. Like most of the scholars just now, he wore a black velvet hat on his head and a black scarf around his shoulders, which made his face look even whiter.
After a while, Zhou Chang was the first to realize the problem: "Mr. Mei, do you know who I am now?"
Meisheng kept his head down, but he was peeking with his deer eyes.
After hearing Zhou Kai speak, he dared to raise his head and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Zhou, are you really a prince?"
"Yes." Zhou Chang answered decisively. There was no need to hide anything. He became curious again, "How did you know my identity?"
When Mei Sheng heard the word "yes", his whole body tensed up. He slowly lowered his head, staring at his toes motionlessly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Just when Zhou Chang thought he would not get an answer, he suddenly whispered four words: "Jiang Lu is dead."
There was a "boom".
Zhou Chang's brain exploded the moment he realized who Jiang Lu was.