Seeing that it was getting late, Hua Ju said to Liu Shun and others: "Okay, you all go back and rest."

"Sir, you should also go to bed early."

After Liu Shun and others left, Hua Ju went to wash his body with cold water, then returned to the bedroom and sat at the table, thinking about what to draw for Zhao Jinnu.

"What exactly are you drawing?"

After thinking for more than ten minutes, Hua Ju finally made a decision and started to paint.

Hua Ju didn't sleep that night because after drawing the cartoon for Zhao Jinnu, he also drew the process of annihilating Kushu Mountain.

As for the cartoon about leading troops to relieve the siege of Dongchang Mansion, he had already drawn it during those few days in Dongchang Mansion.

When it was time for the morning court, Hua Ju changed into court clothes, put the cartoons he had drawn on his body, and then took Liu Shun and others to the palace.

In the morning, Huizong praised Hua Ju's achievements in front of all the ministers, and then awarded him a reward. However, he did not give him another official position this time. After all, Hua Ju was still young, and there would be many opportunities for meritorious service in the future. If every

Even if it was just to send him an official title, it would not be enough, so he only gave material rewards, namely ten thousand taels of gold, one thousand bolts of silk and satin, and three hundred jars of royal wine.

Of course, in addition to what was given to him, the generals and soldiers who followed Hua Ju this time also received rewards.

Seeing that Huazhu had been rewarded by Huizong again, Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng gritted their teeth with hatred, but they had no choice but to secretly sulk in their hearts.

After the morning court, Hua Ju followed Huizong to the imperial study.

Now that Zhou Xiaode, Shang Peiling and other loyal and upright ministers have returned to the court, almost all the matters reported in the court every day can be solved immediately. Therefore, there are very few memorials that Huizong needs to take back for review, and they can be approved in less than half an hour.

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Later, Hua Ju handed the comic about relieving the siege of Dongchang Prefecture and annihilating Kushu Mountain to Huizong. Huizong took it and couldn't wait to read it in one breath, and then praised Hua Ju again.

"Your Majesty, this is the cartoon I drew for the princess last night. Please give it to the princess." Hua Ju handed the cartoon to Huizong with both hands.

Huizong took the comic and read it, smiled and nodded, then handed the comic back to him and said: "Since it is a gift from you, you should give it to her yourself."

Ever since Huizong made the engagement between Zhao Jinnu and Hua Ju, perhaps out of shyness or because he didn't want Hua Ju to misunderstand that she was an ungrateful person, Zhao Jinnu never left the palace or saw Hua Ju again.

He stayed in his bedroom every day reading, writing, painting, studying female beauty and other things.

However, although she didn't say it out loud, Huizong knew that she still wanted to see Hua Ju, so he wanted to take advantage of her birthday to satisfy her wish and let her meet Hua Ju.

When Huizong asked him to hand the comics to Zhao Jinnu in person, Huaju was startled and said, "What, asking me to hand it to her in person... I'm afraid it's not appropriate."

Although he and Zhao Jinnu had an engagement, they were not yet married after all, and Zhao Jinnu lived in the inner garden of the deep palace. It was inappropriate for him, a foreign minister, to enter the inner garden.

Huizong said: "It is up to me to decide whether it is suitable or not. I will decide whether it is suitable or not."

After speaking, he turned to look at Wu Chenghai and said, "Take Wenshan to Nu'er's bedroom."

"yes."

Wu Chenghai bowed slightly towards Hua Ju and said: "Master Hua, please."

Hua Ju couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so he had no choice but to salute Huizong and then follow Wu Chenghai away.

Wu Chenghai took Hua Ju through the palace and came to the outside of the palace where Zhao Jinnu lived. He smiled and said to Hua Ju: "Master Hua, this is where the princess lives. You can go in by yourself. We will go back and report to your majesty."

Returned to life."

"Eunuch Wu, if you leave, who will take me out later?" Hua Ju asked.

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Wu Chenghai said: "If you want to leave, just go out. No one will stop you."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Hua Ju looked at the palace door in front of him, knowing that he had to pass this level no matter what, so he immediately stepped forward and patted the door gently. Soon a palace maid opened the door. Seeing Hua Ju, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked

: "Who are you?"

Hua Ju said: "I am Hua Ju, the commander of the escort army. I have been ordered by His Majesty to deliver a birthday gift to the princess. Please let me know on my behalf."

When the palace maid heard that it was the future consort, she quickly said: "Master Hua, please wait a moment. I will report to the princess right now."

"Thank you." Hua Ju said.

The palace maid who opened the door hurriedly went to report to Zhao Jinnu. As soon as she ran to the door of the palace, she met Zhao Jinnu's personal maid Xuezhu coming out with a basin of water. She quickly whispered into her ear, Xuezhu said.

Lu Xi said: "Really!"

"Really, someone is standing outside the door." said the palace maid who opened the door.

Xuezhu quickly handed the water basin in his hand to the palace maid, then turned around and entered the palace door, opened the curtain, ran to Zhao Jinnu, and said: "Princess, someone outside is here to give you a birthday gift."

Zhao Jinnu was concentrating on learning how to be a female celebrity, so he didn't pay attention and asked casually: "Who is it?"

Xuezhu said: "That's the person you think about day and night."

"oops!"

Zhao Jinnu's hand trembled, and her finger was pricked by a needle. Xuezhu quickly grabbed her hand and asked: "Princess, it's pricked, let me see quickly."

Zhao Jinnu ignored his fingers, looked at Xuezhu and asked: "Are you talking about Mr. Hua?"

Xuezhu held her fingers and inspected them while saying, "Yes, Your Majesty asked him to come and give you a birthday gift, so he is standing outside."

"Oh, why did you tell me now?"

Zhao Jinnu hurriedly looked at the other maid beside him and said, "Hurry up and invite Mr. Hua in."

"yes."

As soon as the palace maid walked to the door, Zhao Jinnu suddenly shouted again: "Wait a minute."

The palace maid turned back to look at her and said, "Any other instructions, princess?"

Zhao Jinnu stood up and straightened his hair, then asked Xuezhu: "How do I look now? Do I need to touch up my makeup?"

"Princess, you look very good now. You don't need to touch up your makeup." Xuezhu said.

"Go and invite Mr. Hua in." Zhao Jinnu ordered.

"yes."

The palace maid came to the gate, bowed to Hua Ju and said, "Master Hua, the princess invites you."

Hua Ju followed the palace maid in, saluted Zhao Jinnu with his hands clasped in fists, and said, "Your Majesty, Hua Ju, comes to see the princess."

"Master Hua, no courtesy." Zhao Jinnu said with a blushing face and a voice like the moan of a mosquito.

"Thank you, princess."

Hua Ju took out the comic book he wanted to give to her, handed it over with both hands, and said: "I heard that today is the princess's birthday, and I didn't know what the princess liked, so I drew a comic book and gave it to the princess, wishing her good luck on her birthday.

, good luck and prosperity."

Xuezhu was about to go over and take the comic book. Zhao Jinnu gently pulled her back, then walked a few steps forward, took the comic book over with his own hands, and said to the stool: "Master Hua, please sit down."

"Thank you, princess."

Hua Ju originally wanted to leave right away, but Zhao Jinnu was the princess after all, and she had already spoken. It would be inappropriate if she didn't even give her this little face, so she decided to sit down for a while.

"Xue Zhu, quickly serve tea to Mr. Hua." Zhao Jinnu said to Xuezhu.

Xuezhu personally made a cup of tea for Hua Ju, and then stepped aside.

Before Zhao Jinnu

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Although I thought about Hua Ju day and night, when the two of them actually sat together, they didn't know what to say because of their shyness, so they sat there with their heads bowed in silence.

The same goes for Hua Ju. He can deal with the generals under his command, other men of letters, and even enemies with ease. However, facing Zhao Jinnu, he feels that nothing he says is appropriate.

Because this era is not as open as later generations, if you say something that is too intimate, it will appear frivolous, and if you say something that has nothing to do with feelings, it will seem a bit perfunctory.

So, after much deliberation, I don’t know how to resolve this embarrassing situation.

"Master Hua, it's hard to lead the troops to relieve the siege of Dongchang Mansion this time, isn't it?"

In the end, it was Zhao Jinnu who broke the awkward silence between the two.

"It's not bad. We are all riding on horses. The soldiers are the ones who are really doing the hard work," Hua Ju said.

Zhao Jinnu said: "I heard that the Liangshan bandits were very ferocious, killing people like crazy and not treating the common people as human beings at all, right?"

Hua Ju said: "There are indeed such people in Liangshan, but not everyone is like this. For example, those generals from the original imperial court were almost all forced to go to Liangshan. Therefore, even if they went to Liangshan, they were not as good as those in the Jianghu.

People of good origin will kill innocent people indiscriminately."

"I know you are talking about Lin Chong, Qin Ming, and Yang Zhi." Zhao Jinnu said.

"The princess also knows about their affairs?" Hua Ju asked in surprise.

Zhao Jinnu smiled and said, "I know this from the comics you gave to my father."

In the first two months, Hua Ju sent Huizong a comic every few days about the generals in Liangshan who were in the recruitment area. After two months, he sent Qin Ming, Yang Zhi, Hu Tingzhuo, Xu Ning, Zhu Dian,

Li Ying, Sun Li, Huang Xin, Han Tao, Peng Qi, Hu Sanniang and other eleven people told Huizong about their affairs.

Because Zhao Jinnu liked Hua Ju's comics, whenever Huizong got new comics, she would run to read them, so she also knew about Qin Ming, Yang Zhi and others.

"That's it." Hua Ju nodded.
To be continued...