"Your Highness, what are you looking at?"

In order to surprise Lu Chenzhang, Mo Xia deliberately returned to Kaiyang Palace in advance.But he found that Lu Chenzhang was lying on the bed, his small body was shaking, and he didn't know what he was doing.

Hearing Mo Ya's voice, Lu Chenzhang's back stiffened instantly, he hurriedly stuffed a square, book-like thing into the quilt, and turned his head, as if nothing happened just now: "Ah Ya is back?Did you buy me a present?"

Mo Xia stared at Lu Chenzhang for a long time, put the things in his hand on the table, and asked suspiciously, "Your Highness, what are you looking at?"

Lu Chenxian obviously had a fierce mental struggle, but finally compromised, and took out the book from the quilt to show Mo Xia.

Mo Xia took the book, looked at the light blue cover of the book, and the two big characters of "The Analects of Confucius" on the right side of the cover, and said, "It's nothing, Your Highness, why are you hiding it?"

Until Mo Ya turned the pages of the book and saw the contents inside.

"Your Highness, where did you get this book?" Mo Ya tried his best to control his expression, not to make himself look too new to the world, "You can really surprise me."

At the same time, Mo Ya kept comforting himself from the bottom of his heart: It's okay, it's okay, at least this is not a plan to avoid the fire...

Lu Chenzhang tugged at his sleeves and said in a low voice, "I paid the little eunuch to bring it into the palace."

Mo Xia obviously didn't believe it.

His Royal Highness, he still doesn't know?

Although Lu Chenzhang started late, he worked extremely hard.

Xu Shi knew that he was far behind Lu Chenzhang, in order to catch up with the gap between them, Lu Chenzhang never wasted a single bit of time.

How could such a highness ask someone to buy a script?I'm afraid he doesn't even know what the script is.

Looking at Mo Ya's eyes of "you continue to make up", Lu Chenzhang said: "Really, Ah Ya, you trust me. I asked the little eunuch to bring me some miscellaneous books from outside the palace, but I didn't expect that there were mixed books in them.I bought this kind of thing. I didn’t know it at first, so I held it and looked at it. I didn’t expect it to be so good-looking, so I..."

The more Lu Chenzhang spoke, the softer his voice became, and the more he spoke, the less confident he became. In the end, his voice was too weak to be heard.

Mo Xia took the book and walked to Lu Chenzhang's side.

He had just flipped through it, and it was a very vulgar story of a prostitute who met a scholar who was going to Beijing to rush for an exam, and the two agreed to make an oath of eternal love and promise to grow old together.

He doesn't reject this kind of scripts, but His Highness is not even hairy at this age. Isn't it too far-fetched to read such erotic books?

Mo Xia flipped the page casually, just in time to talk about the heroine's escape from the brothel on the eve of her opening.

Mo Xia put the book on the wooden table next to the bed, and said, "Your Highness, it's not that you can't read this kind of book, but you are still young. If you don't want to read the classics and history collections, I can find you some travel notes and other books.Books, you have to grow up to read them."

Lu Chenzhang thought that Mo Xia was angry, grabbed his clothes, lowered his head and explained in a low voice: "I think we, as princes, live in Miyagi every day, don't understand the life outside, and look at the sky too much."

Lu Chenzhang thought for a while, and then said: "Master He also said that marching and fighting can't be done on paper, and the same is true for governing the country. If you don't understand the people's sentiments and only follow your own wishes to implement orders, you will not be able to get the support of the people. So I don't think you canOnly reading the Four Books and Five Classics, sitting in the Mingjian Pavilion every day, listening to the Taifu’s lectures, and being a frog at the bottom of the well. It is better to listen and read more, to understand how the people outside live. "

Mo Ya didn't expect Lu Chenzhang to have such insights, looking at Lu Chenzhang, there seemed to be a thousand words in his eyes.

Seeing his appearance, Lu Chenzhang thought that Mo Ya was angry, so he hurriedly said, "Ah Ya, do you not like me reading these books? I will never read them again, just don't be angry with me, don't ignore me.”

"Your Highness, I'm not angry." Mo Xia sat by the bed and patted Lu Chenzhang's head: "I'm very happy that Your Highness can have such an idea."

"Really? Aya, don't you lie to me?" Lu Chenzhang was very disappointed at first, but when he heard Mo Ya say that, he became happy again.

Mo Xia looked into Lu Chenzhang's eyes, and said seriously: "Your Highness, the royal nobles have lived in the deep palace for a long time, and they have long been blinded by the glitz. The words of the officials below can make them believe that the world is clean and peaceful..”

Lu Chenzhang listened carefully, but found that Mo Xia sighed: "But in fact, even in the suburbs of Beijing, there are many people who sell their children and daughters for a bag of corn, and their families are ruined."

"Really?" Lu Chenzhang couldn't believe it.

In the Mingjian Pavilion, he had always heard the Taifus say how the current emperor is self-denying and devoted to the public, and loves the people like a son.What a king, sage, minister and virtuous the court today is, the country is peaceful and the people are safe.

"Didn't your Highness just say that you are short-sighted in Mingjian Pavilion, and Xia Chong talks about ice?" Mo Xia said, "I was once sent to a temple by my father and lived a poor and poor life. Outside the capital, I met too manyTragic. The officials in the court are fighting for power and profit, forming cliques for personal gain, and have long forgotten the original intention of entering the official career."

"Your Highness, you may not have imagined that unjust, false and wrongly decided cases are happening in different places every day. The princes grew up rich and well-clothed, and they don't know the sufferings of the world. Even in their eyes, these things are just superfluous talk and they dismiss them."

The atmosphere was inexplicably heavy.

Lu Chenzhang held Mo Xia's hand tightly, as if wanting to give him strength.

Seeing this, Mo Xia couldn't help laughing and said: "Your Highness, I'm fine. But you, you just read the book, hide what you are doing, and act like you've done something bad and you're afraid I'll catch you."

Lu Chenzhang scratched his head, pretended not to hear, and ignored the topic directly: "Aya, what do you think of the young actors in the brothel?"

Mo Ya did not answer, but threw the question back to Lu Chenzhang: "How does Your Highness view them?"

Lu Chenzhang pursed his lips and looked aside, as if he was extremely disdainful of them, and he even felt degraded when he mentioned them.

Mo Ya sighed again.

This is how the world treats actors.

Goulan Washe is their destiny, and shrouded in broken mats is their destination.

A lucky actor is favored by dignitaries, and once he flies to a branch to be an aunt, he can still live a little decently.It's a pity that most of the actors ended up being eaten by wild dogs in mass graves, accompanied by crows, and ended up with no bones.

It seems that all the injustices of the world are imposed on them.Even if he struggles hard, this identity is still like a thorny vine, and no matter how hard he tries, he cannot escape the swamp of fate.

Hearing Lu Chenzhang's question, Mo Xia couldn't help but think of Xiang Bai.

In order to raise money for the medicine for his younger sister Xiangwei, relying on his good music skills, Xiang Bai is now playing the piano to accompany those courtesans at the fireworks field in Xianlai Lake.

Although he is well-off and relaxed, he has finally entered such an "unpopular" industry.

The days to come are so long, and don't know how Xiangbai should go?

"Ah-ya, Ah-ya?" Mo Ya's shoulders trembled when he was startled by Lu Chenzhang's call, and when he came back to his senses, Lu Chenzhang said with a puffy face, "I've called you for a long time and you haven't heard anything."Tell me, what are you thinking?"

"Your Highness, I was thinking about your question just now." Mo Xia paused, and then said slowly: "Your Highness, actors are low class and rejected by the world. But there are too many unavoidable things in this world. Some people have no choice but to choose their own birthSome people are forced by life to join these genres that are despised by the world. There are even some people who are branded as lowly slaves from birth and cannot stand up for life. But is this what they are willing to choose?"

"Heavenly talents are constrained by their births, and unrivaled talents are constrained by their future. When mentioning them, everyone says 'serve it'. Everyone thinks that they should do the most menial work all their lives, and be trampled into it all their lives.Dust. But, if there is no other way out, who would be willing to be so belittled?"

"They're human beings and they want to be respected."

In Lu Chenzhang's usual thinking, an actor is the most humble existence.

The son of a family, a nobleman, raises an actor, hires an actor, just like a pet.When you are happy, you will be teased and rewarded, and if you are not happy, you will be beaten or scolded.

In their eyes, an actor is not even considered a human being, at best it is just a boring thing.

This was the first time he had heard someone say such a thing, to justify the names of actors, saying that they also longed for respect.

"No wonder..." Lu Chenzhang whispered.

Mo Ya didn't hear clearly: "Your Highness, why is it?"

Lu Chenzhang said, "Nothing."

Mo Xia glanced at the sky and said, "Your Highness, it's already late, what do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."

Lu Chenzhang usually likes to hear Mo Ya say these words the most, but today he is rarely interested: "I can do it, Aya, you can do whatever you want."

Mo Ya was a little surprised, but he didn't ask, but got up and put the book back on the high shelf: "That's it, today I will make cherry meat and fried quail for His Highness, with refreshing and delicious mixed seasonal vegetables, and a bowl of appetizers."How about the greasy sour bamboo shoot and chicken skin soup?"

Lu Chenzhang said: "Okay, I will listen to Aya."

Mo Ya turned to go out, but saw Ah Si who had been guarding the door.

Seeing Mo Ya, Ah Si bowed slightly, extremely humble.

Mo Xia paused, hesitated to speak, but finally walked towards the kitchen without saying anything.

.........

"Your Highness, are you going to Baocui Palace again today?" Mo Xia was sitting in front of the desk with a book of military tactics spread out on the desk. He was marking Lu Chenzhang with the knowledge he would learn in lectures in the next few days, but found thatDressed up and ready to go.

After thinking for a while, Mo Xia understood Lu Chenzhang's destination.

Lu Chenzhang nodded, and only answered with one word: "Yes."

Mo Ya didn't ask any questions, and said with a smile, "Your Highness, come back earlier."

Seeing Ah Si following behind Lu Chenzhang, Mo Xia suddenly said, "Your Highness, can you keep Ah Si?"

Mo Ya nodded without hesitation: "Ah Si, you don't have to follow me. Stay in Kaiyang Palace and listen to Ah Ya's orders."

Ah Si raised his head, the corners of his lips twitched slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said: "Yes, this servant obeys."

Mo Xia looked at Ah Si who was a foot away from him with a smile, and said, "Ah Si, why are you standing so far away? I don't know how to eat people."

Ah Si stepped forward silently, and stood still in front of Mo Xia's desk: "What orders does Mr. Mo have?"

Mo Ya looked at Ah Si.

In the past, Ah Si bowed his knees, and Mo Xia always regarded him as an ordinary eunuch.Today, deliberately observed it carefully, but found that Ah Sipin was extraordinary in appearance, with a pine-like temperament.

Even a shabby eunuch's clothes, which were washed white and shabby, couldn't conceal Ah Si's introverted sharpness and lofty ambition.

This feeling, the more you look, the more you look like a person.

Mo Xia suddenly had a very strange idea.By chance, he blurted out: "Si, do you know Du Fengxiu?"