Rongchuan was even less likely to speak up during the palace examination; his head was always bowed low. Now, feeling the Crown Prince's gaze, his heart tightened.
Crown Prince Yuguang observed his third uncle; this man was not one who made trouble for no reason. Today, he invited not only Zhou Changlian but also Zhang Rongchuan—it was becoming interesting. During the palace examination, the Emperor had paid unusual attention to this young man. As soon as the examination was over, the Emperor had summoned his third uncle to the palace under pretense of playing chess—who were they fooling!
He himself had not been idle yesterday; he had already thoroughly investigated everything he wanted to know. One was named Shen Yang, with an excessively pure family background. Zhang Rongchuan was even more intriguing: a child raised as a son-in-law by Zhou Shuren.
