Chapter 113 The prince is not a lover
Chen Xi is about to return to Beijing, and Xie’s mansion is very happy. As Chen Xi’s personal disciple in the study of heart, Xie Pi has many expectations for Chen Xi’s return to Beijing.
Xie Pi ranked fourth in the high school in the Shuntianfu provincial examination in the 14th year of Hongzhi, but failed in the 15th year of Hongzhi. He is now preparing for the 2nd year of the exam.
If Chen Xi is in the capital, in addition to being a teacher, she is also a "nephew son-in-law". Xie Pi and Chen Xi are a family, so she has more reason to ask Chen Xi for knowledge.
Xie Piba was not allowed to return to the capital and be idle, or be a lecturer in the East Palace as before, and he had plenty of time every month to teach him about his knowledge.
In the Xiefang Hall of the Forbidden City, Zhu Houzhao learned that Chen Xi had not been recruited to the northwest and would return to Beijing in the near future, but was a little unhappy.
In Zhu Houzhao's vision, he should go to the northwest with Chen Xi, with golden swords and iron horses, bent his bow and arrows, and it is best to bend the bow and shoot the eagle like Guo Jing in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and complete the feat of sealing the wolf and Juxu like Huo Qubing, and it is famous in history...
Young people have a dream of becoming a hero in their hearts!
Chen Xi weaved a gorgeous martial arts dream for Zhu Houzhao, allowing him to appreciate how all kinds of people survive in society, and love, hate, and love are fascinating.
Zhu Houzhao is born with a personal heroism. In his opinion, the best opportunity to express himself is to go to the northwest with his husband to make achievements. Unfortunately, his father tore his dream apart.
"It must be my mother. She knew that I was going to the northwest with Mr. Chen, so she went to tell her father that even Mr. Chen herself could not go to the northwest. It was me that Mr. Chen could not make achievements like me! If Mr. Chen knew, he would definitely blame me... Alas, I was so angry!"
Zhu Houzhao already felt a sense of responsibility at this time and gradually realized that as a man, he needed to be responsible. This was the outlook on life and world that he had experienced in the subtle influence of martial arts novels. At this moment, he was even embarrassed to face Chen Xi... It was because he wanted to go to the northwest with Mr. Chen, which made Mr. Chen lose the opportunity to be a general to prepare for war and feel like a sinner.
"Your Highness, the Queen, send someone to the Ganqing Palace!" Zhang Yuan came in and reported, Zhu Houzhao looked up at him, and a look of determination flashed on his little face.
Zhu Houzhao asked, "Eunuch Zhang, ask you something, have you ever left the palace?"
Zhang Yuan was stunned at first, and then answered truthfully: "Go back to the prince, I am a person outside the palace. I have only entered the palace for the first few years. I wonder what your highness is going to ask?"
Zhang Yuan was a little clever. Since the prince asked him whether he had ever been out of the palace, he must ask about things outside the palace.
Zhang Yuan didn't know that the prince had ever left the palace gate, and felt that the prince was kept in the deep palace and could scare the prince without leaving the house without leaving the house.
Zhang Yuan thought to himself: "As long as the prince asks me more, I will tell him the folk gambling house and the place of love and love. Perhaps the prince will rely more on me in the future."
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Just as Zhang Yuan was full of expectations, Zhu Houzhao responded with a stern face and ended the conversation in a strange way, which made Zhang Yuan feel very abrupt... He was ready to speak out and explain to the prince the prosperity and excitement outside the palace, why didn't the prince ask?
Zhang Yuan said: "Your Highness, it's time to leave. On the way... I can tell you about the matter outside the palace."
"You want to tell me about something outside the palace?"
Zhu Houzhao seemed to be very unfamiliar with Zhang Yuan, which made Zhang Yuan even more confused... Isn't the prince always curious about everything? Why don't he even want to know what he looks like outside the palace?
Chen Xi didn't know that Zhu Houzhao had not only been outside the palace, but also saw that the lives of the people outside the palace walls were not as peaceful as the songs and dances he had heard before, and lived and worked in peace. So when others talked about things outside the palace and said that the outside of the palace was a prosperous and prosperous scene, he sneered, but he didn't like to listen to the sufferings of the people outside the palace. Over time, he began to doubt everything and wanted to confirm it himself.
Zhang Yuan had been in the Eastern Palace for a long time. When he saw the prince like this, he knew that he might have said something wrong. He quickly kept silent and accompanied Zhu Houzhao out of the Xiefang Palace and headed towards the Ganqing Palace.
On the way, Zhang Yuan heard Zhu Houzhao muttering: "It would be better for my two uncles to go to the northwest... In fact, it is the same as going to the more Tatar fights with them."
"Your Highness, what did you say?"
Zhang Yuan listened with his ears on his ears, and finally he heard it clearly. The prince seemed to be talking about the "two uncles". Zhang Yuan was ordered by the Zhang brothers to find out the prince's words and deeds, especially when it comes to the Zhang family, and he must report it truthfully.
Zhang Yuan's wife was under the control of the Zhang brothers, and he also hoped to rely on the two marquises to contribute to his future work in the palace, so he accepted the hawks and dogs of the Zhang brothers.
Zhu Houzhao stared at the tiger's eyes: "What I said, does it have anything to do with you?"
Zhang Yuan shut up honestly and continued to walk forward.
It was dusk and the sky gradually became darker. Zhu Houzhao suddenly pointed to a palace courtyard next to him: "You are waiting outside, I'll come when I go!" After that, he actually ran away.
Zhang Yuan asked: "Your Highness, what are you doing?"
"Can't I pee? Come with me again and see how I deal with you, get out of here!" Zhu Houzhao shouted.
At the palace, Zhu Houzhao could urinate and defecate anywhere, and no one else was so brave. Although Zhang Yuan did not dare to follow him closely, he still walked over from afar... He was afraid that the prince would suddenly disappear like he disappeared last time.
But this time Zhu Houzhao was really so nervous that she wanted to relieve her skills. Just as Zhu Houzhao was standing in the corner of the wall and unbuttoned her belt to release the water, suddenly something seemed to be moving in the crack of the palace gate. Zhu Houzhao was frightened and her body trembled. She immediately raised her pants, leaned over and touched a brick in the corner of the wall, and walked towards the palace gate step by step.
"Your Highness, be careful!"
Zhang Yuan also noticed something was wrong and hurried over to stop Zhu Houzhao.
However, even though Zhu Houzhao was a little scared, she had no intention of retreating. She kicked the door open and was about to swing the brick to smash the person who was inexplicably scaring him inside the door. Halfway through the brick, she suddenly stopped because he noticed that the man was crying there, not intending to scare him.
"What should you blame for being a bold servant who dares to disturb the prince's decree?" Zhang Yuan has not learned anything else in the Eastern Palace in the past few years, so he can scare people and put on airs, but he can speak out.
The man didn't say anything and continued to kneel on the ground and sobbed. Zhang Yuan blocked Zhu Houzhao, who looked a little confused, and stared at the man. When the man raised his head, Zhang Yuan was shocked... It was not someone else, but the former eunuch of the Eastern Palace, Liu Jin, who is now working in the Siyuan Bureau.
Liu Jin was worn out in an old age. Perhaps he had no money to change his suit in the past two years. At this time, he was snot and tears, and looked up and crying, which made him look even more old and sad.
The eunuch who was once a famous figure in the Eastern Palace and even the emperor and the queen valued him was in a state of decline. Zhu Hou took care of him and was a little puzzled: "Who is this? Why do you cry when you see me?"
Zhu Houzhao remembers Liu Jin's goodness, but he hasn't seen each other for a long time. Zhu Houzhao is young and ignorant, and he almost forgot about Liu Jin's behavior, let alone being haggard after being down and out.
Zhu Houzhao only knew that this person had a strong smell of urine, and he was also very sloppy, with a black and greasy face, and the crying sounded like an old hen crowing. If it weren't for the dirty, Zhu Houzhao would have been kicking her.
"Eunuch Liu?"
Zhang Yuan said in shock.
Zhu Houzhao then remembered that this person looked a little kind-looking. When he thought about it carefully, wasn’t it Liu Jin who had been responsible for his daily life and play with him in the past few years?
Liu Jin knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao through the threshold, and said, "I met His Highness the Crown Prince... Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo w
Zhu Houzhao grinned. He used to think that Liu Jin was good, but when he saw this, he immediately disliked him. Such a sloppy old man, who is not the clean and clean Eunuch Liu who can act according to my wishes?
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "It turns out it's Eunuch Liu. Long time no see. Don't be so excited when I see me. I just came over to pee... It's all you. When you make a fuss, I'll lose my urge to pee. Forget it, I'll talk to you again if I have the chance in the future. Eunuch Zhang, let's go!"
For a naughty child like Zhu Houzhao, who is already heartless, once the reality does not meet his expectations, his mind may change at any time. He used to want to recall Liu Jin back to his side, but seeing Liu Jin's cowardly appearance now, he felt that Zhang Yuan was not so annoying.
Zhu Houzhao turned around and walked, and took a few steps. Liu Jin's familiar voice came from behind: "Old Nu Gong Sails the Crown Prince!"
Originally, Zhu Houzhao was about to leave, and he didn't have any souvenirs for Liu Jin, but this sound made Zhu Houzhao feel familiar. Many past events came to his mind. He suddenly stopped and looked back at Liu Jin who was still kneeling on the ground and crying. The pity in his heart finally suppressed his disgust.
"I made him look like this. He didn't hold a grudge against me. He was still so respectful when he saw me. Even if I ignored him, he still treated me like his master."
Zhu Houzhao had a trace of sadness on her face.
Zhang Yuan reminded: "Your Highness, you should go to Qianqing Palace. You cannot let Your Majesty and the Empress wait in a hurry."
"knew."
Zhu Houzhao took a few more steps forward, stopped again, and suddenly turned around and walked towards Liu Jin. Even Zhang Yuan did not expect that the prince would take care of a down-and-out old eunuch. He hurried over to see what the prince was going to do.
But Zhu Houzhao took out something from his arms, which was a piece of ancient jade that Zhu Houzhao usually wore. There were many such decorative objects in the East Palace, but because they were the prince's objects, many of them were engraved with dragon patterns. Unless they were rewarded, ordinary people could not possess them.
Zhu Houzhao walked to Liu Jin. Liu Jin stopped crying, raised his head, looked at the prince with tears on his face, and was surprised that the prince would actually come back.
"Eunuch Liu, you used to take care of me, but you had no credit and hard work. I remember your good deeds, but now my father and mother are going to transfer you to another place to serve. As for why, I don't know much about it. There is a jade pendant here, so I will give you it. As for whether you keep it for collection or sell it, let it go!"
After saying that, Zhu Houzhao carried the red thread that tied the jade pendant and sent the jade pendant into Liu Jin's hands that he was holding it up.
Liu Jin took the jade, raised it high, and knocked his head to the ground, making a "bang" sound, saying, "I thanked the prince!"
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ps: The second update is here!
Chapter completed!