Li Yuanzhao led Fang Zheng to a remote place, dispersed many serving eunuchs, and said impatiently: "I have many questions to ask you. When you are treating the flood..."
"Your Highness, wait a moment! I have something to say..." Fang Zhengyi interrupted Li Yuanzhao.
"How did you get the injury on your face? Is it possible that there is someone in the palace who can hit you?"
This question struck Fang Zheng as soon as he entered the door and he became curious. The injury on the prince's face looked like a whip. What ruthless person would dare to hurt the prince's face?
Who knew that just after asking the question, Li Yuanzhao immediately bared his teeth and said viciously: "Who else could it be! Who else could it be!"
"Who else in the palace would dare to attack me besides my father!"
"I don't know if my father took the wrong medicine. Yesterday I went to see him to say hello. As soon as he said a few words, he hung me up and beat me. He accidentally slapped me on the face!"
"I haven't made any mistakes after thinking about it for a long time! Hiss...it still hurts now!"
"..." Fang Zheng immediately shut up and made a quail posture.
"Uh... Huh! I should say it or not. His Highness was originally handsome with fine features. Now with a wound on his face, he looks even more handsome and masculine. It's as if he has just returned from the battlefield! His Majesty's martial arts skills are unrivaled. He is the so-called Tiger Father. There is no dog, even His Highness the Prince thinks so!"
Li Yuanzhao touched the wound on his cheek and said happily: "Really!?"
Fang Zheng slapped his chest: "It's true! I guarantee my character as Fang Zheng! Putting aside His Highness's dragon aura, the murderous aura on his face is unparalleled! It's so powerful that it makes people want to bow down!"
This young man likes to be praised by others, even if he is a prince.
Li Yuanzhao immediately laughed: "Okay, okay! You are the only one in the palace who understands me. I am a natural-born general. Who would have thought that my father and the old ministers in the palace would belittle me all day long! They are ignorant!"
Fang Zheng couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
It seems that the prince's life in the palace is not good. It seems that he is being teased by the emperor and the ministers every day, and he has no friends around him. It is not easy to maintain such an innocent and optimistic character.
"Ah...what did Your Highness want to ask me just now?"
"Thunder! I would like to ask you how you used thunder to cure floods?" Li Yuanzhao's eyes flashed with excitement.
"Your Highness is joking, there are no thunders anywhere... They are just man-made tools, just like hammers and sickles. However, the quantity obtained by chance is not much. In the future, your Highness can make as many as he wants."
"Oh..." The disappointment on Li Yuanzhao's face was visible to the naked eye, but he still didn't give up. Then he asked: "Then the swordsmen and flying swords written in the book are all fake? Are there no ghosts and gods in this world?"
Fang Zheng hesitated for a moment. As a serious and progressive young man, he certainly didn't take rumors about ghosts and gods to heart.
But he turned out to be a fucking time traveler, which was a bit embarrassing.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Ghosts and gods... I don't believe this. They are just stupid rumors! A waste can only become a dead waste when it dies. If you feel a little resentful in your heart, you want to turn over and turn into a devil? It's just the sustenance of the people's good wishes. That’s it!”
"And think about it, the masters in those novels are either blind or beggars, or they are weak scholars. Most of these books are written by weak scholars, maybe they want to express the unsatisfactory life."
"Yes...there is some truth..." Li Yuanzhao felt severely hit, and the spiritual world he had been imagining seemed to be broken...
"As for flying with a sword, it was just made up in the book!"
"Your Highness will know if you have seen enough, there are overseas barbarian swordsmen flying on broomsticks! Is this reasonable?"
Li Yuanzhao raised his eyebrows: "Riding a broomstick? This is new, and riding is easier than standing, but it doesn't look very nice when you think about it..."
"Why bother? It won't hurt the basket!"
"...I see, then it would be appropriate for Liu Jin to ride on him."
The more you say it, the more outrageous it becomes. This topic cannot be continued! Fang Zheng quickly interrupted him and said, "Your Highness, is there anything else you want to ask?"
"Oh, and the message..." "It has been presented to His Majesty."
"I heard that there is a person called a sketch artist in Taoyuan County. His painting skills are astonishing. He can make his paintings lifelike and real. I would like to see him."
Fang Zheng smiled and said: "Your Highness, sketching is a painting technique. If Your Highness is interested, I will immediately find the painter and ask you to learn it."
Li Yuanzhao said: "That's not necessary. I just want to experience things. I can also paint, but I always think about what the painting should be like to be worthy of the word "lifelike".
"The paintings by the painters in the palace don't look very similar...Look, this is the painting I painted this morning, how about it?"
As he spoke, Li Yuanzhao took out a piece of rice paper from his chest and unfolded it. What seemed to be a drawing of some kind of animal, with black and white lines forming...
Fang Zheng looked at them one by one and immediately said in surprise: "Ah! I didn't expect His Highness to be able to draw penguins! And he painted them so resemblingly!"
Li Yuanzhao was confused: "What is a penguin? This is a kingfisher!"
"...."
Fang Zheng said without changing his expression: "That's right! In my hometown, kingfishers are called penguins. This is the dialect."
"That's right! It seems that I do have some talent in this area." Li Yuanzhao sighed.
Fang Zheng twitched the corner of his eye twice.
"Yes! I didn't expect His Highness to be both civil and military... It's just that this kind of art is still too early for humans. It will be designated as a national treasure after 1800 years, so put it away quickly!"
"Hahaha! If you are discerning, then this painting will be given to you!"
"...Thank you, Your Highness"
Fang Zheng expressionlessly took the painting and stuffed it into his arms, then took out a thick stack of books-like things from his arms, and whispered: "Your Highness, I and Your Highness hit it off, and I have prepared some for Your Highness for the first time here. A gift!"
Li Yuanzhao was startled when he saw the thick stack of banknotes handed over by Fang Zheng. He took a step back and exclaimed: "What is this!? Banknotes?"
This bank note was specially exchanged by Fang Zhengyi for a small-denomination bank note, totaling ten thousand taels. The thick stack seemed to be more than what was originally given to Emperor Jing!
Seeing that he was avoiding me, Fang Zheng looked unhappy and said, "What do you mean, Your Highness? Are you looking down on me, Fang Zhengyi?"
"This ten thousand taels of silver is nothing more than my kindness. I regard the prince as a close friend, so what does a mere piece of silver mean?"
Li Yuanzhao was surprised: "This is ten thousand taels!?"
"Exactly!"
A greedy look suddenly appeared in Li Yuanzhao's eyes. The monthly money Emperor Jing gave to the East Palace was around four to five hundred taels. To him, these ten thousand taels were considered a huge sum of money.
But he still hesitated: "I take your money, is this... appropriate?"
Fang Zhengyi said sadly: "Brothers are like siblings, money is like dung. If you don't accept this money, Your Highness will look down on me and don't treat me as a friend!"
"I, Fangzheng, have nothing to offer, and I have nothing at home except money. Does it mean that Your Highness dislikes the fact that I smell like copper?!"
Li Yuanzhao waved his hands quickly and said in a panic: "No, no! I treat you as a friend, don't think so!"
As he spoke, he happily snatched the money from Fang Zhengyi's hand and stuffed it into his sleeve, and said movedly: "This brother of yours has been recognized by me! If anyone in the palace bullies you in the future, just go to me!"
"Your Highness, you're welcome! If so, your Highness will call me Lao Fang from now on! If you have anything, just tell me!"
After a while, the two of them started to get warm, chatting and laughing, and they were completely embarrassed.
At this time, the young eunuch Liu Jin ran over in a panic and saw the prince and Fang Zhengyi holding hands. He immediately opened his mouth and said nonchalantly: "Your Highness the prince! Yan Zhan's matter has arrived!"
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