Zhu Houzhao was out of the palace and used to be a small eunuch. She had the eunuch uniforms in the palace, and her height and body shape were no different from that of a small eunuch. She also knew the rules in the palace and could always get what she wanted.

However, as he grew older, many male characteristics became obvious. In addition, the palace was heavily guarded during the war, so it became difficult for Zhu Houzhao to leave the palace.

The Yulin Left Guard Captain, who was in charge of guarding Donghua Gate, stepped forward, looked at Zhu Houzhao, and asked, "You are a little eunuch, you are alone and have a sneaky behavior. Where are you going?"

Zhu Houzhao did not have the timidity of an ordinary eunuch. She looked at the captain and said carelessly: "I have a token here and I am ordered to leave the palace. Do you have any control?"

"Just having a pass token, you can't go in and out of the palace at will. Who knows if it was a detailed work sent by the Tartars? You have to be careful in extraordinary times! You'd better go back!"

The Yulin School Captain circled around the naughty child, his eyes full of suspicion.

Zhu Houzhao waved the token and shouted, "Why can't you go out of the palace? I have something important to do, get out of here!"

In the past, if Zhu Houzhao couldn't make it, he would give up and wait for the guards to change shifts before trying. But now he doesn't have that good patience. He has also trained his courage in the battle between Xizhimen and Zhengyangmen before. In addition, he was indignant of being "contained" by his father and mother, and he became more arrogant and domineering in every move.

If the officers and soldiers of the 12 guards of the Shishi Guards kept a distance from the eunuchs on weekdays, they did not know whether a eunuch whom they had never met was an emperor or a celebrity in front of the queen, and whether there was a deep background behind them... Or they were ordinary now, but they might become the governor of the Dongchang, or the eunuch of the Sili and Imperial Horses. At that time, revenge would cause people to be destroyed.

But now, a young eunuch who was still young and had no idea what he wanted to break into the palace gate. These guards of the Shangzhi Army would not ignore it. They would catch Zhu Houzhao when they came up. At least they had to get a few sticks to relieve their anger and then sent them to the yamen for punishment. The crime of forcing the palace gate was indispensable.

"Take it!"

The Yulin Captain of Donghua Gate was ordering to take someone, but saw a middle-aged eunuch in the distance, holding his hem in one hand and holding his hand with the other, jogging towards Donghua Gate, shouting: "No! No!"

As the voice came, more than a dozen palace guards stopped what they were doing, and did not care about taking the people and looked at the person in a sideways eyes.

But when he saw the man, his face was square, his lips were thick, and his voice was like a duck's voice, which made people frown when they heard it. Zhu Houzhao looked over there, but a hint of joy appeared on his face.

The person who came was not someone else, but Liu Jin, the former eunuch of the Eastern Palace.

Liu Jin had an excellent chance to make a name for himself in the palace. After all, he was the attendant of the Eastern Palace and had the closest relationship with the prince. He knew how to guess the prince's psychology on weekdays. He could be said to be an extremely smart person. Unfortunately, he was "involved" by Shen Xi. He first lost the trust of the prince, and then hated by his relatives Zhang brothers. Finally, he was transferred from the Xiefang Palace. He was in trouble in several responsibilities and yamen in the palace and was very unsuccessful.

But recently, because of Liu Jin's outstanding ability and the death of the eunuch Xu Ting, the governor of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, the emperor ordered the recruitment of people from the eunuchs' yamen to add more people. Because Liu Jin's high qualifications and his ability to engage in bribery, he finally got a vacancy in the "President".

Among the twenty-four prisons of the Ming Dynasty, the highest status were the Sili Supervisor and the Imperial Horse Supervisor. The Sili Supervisor was in charge of the duties of reviewing the tickets to be approved by the emperor, while the Imperial Horse Supervisor was in charge of the horses and elephant houses of the Tengxiang Four Guards. The Tengxiang Four Guards were actually the imperial guards of the palace, which can be said to be the emperor's direct personal guards and was not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.

Although Liu Jin entered the Imperial Horse Prison and seemed to have a way out, his status in the Imperial Horse Prison was not high. This steward is the official who manages horses in the inner palace. He has hundreds of grooms and thousands of horses under his command, which is almost the same as Bima Wen. But even so, those guards recognized Liu Jin, who often went in and out of the palace, and were respectful to Liu Jin.

The Yulin Captain who was on duty at Donghua Gate stepped forward: "Isn't this Eunuch Liu? What wind blows you?"

Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao with a sad look. After all, he was once the attendant of the Eastern Palace, and he had a bright future. He didn't even understand how he lost his power. Although Zhang Yuan seemed to be doing chores now, there were quite a few people who cursed Zhang Yuan. However, the Zhang brothers thought they had mastered Zhang Yuan's life, so they didn't respect Zhang Yuan much. But everyone knew that as the attendant of the prince, Zhang Yuan would have a great chance to take charge of the Si Lijian or the Imperial Horse Prison in the future.

Liu Jin was afraid of revealing Zhu Houzhao's identity, so he bowed to Zhu Houzhao slightly as a salute. If this small move was not focused, it would be difficult for people to notice. When he looked at the Yulin Captain again, he said in a modest tone, "We have something to leave the palace. This is a public document issued by the Imperial Horse Prison. Have you checked it and see if there is any problem?"

The Yulin Captain took the official document of leaving the palace from Liu Jin for detailed investigation. In fact, the main inspection was the token of leaving the palace. After the inspection was correct, he handed the things back to Liu Jin and said, "Please, Eunuch Liu!"

Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Isn't this the little eunuch beside the prince? If you don't take care of the prince in the East Palace, why do you come to Donghua Gate?"

When the captain Yulin heard that the arrogant eunuch in front of him was actually a close servant of the Eastern Palace, he quickly put away his contempt and thought to himself: "No wonder this kid speaks so arrogantly. The prince supports him with the feelings... The eunuch in the Eastern Palace cannot afford to offend him. Who knows that the emperor will die one day and change a new master? Maybe by then, he will be slaves to the master's honor!"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes rolled around and understood that Liu Jin was trying to help him, but her little face was still a bit arrogant, and said, "The prince asked me to leave the palace to help him find some small things. He said that if he didn't get the things back, he would chop my head. If anyone stops this, chop my head together!"

Liu Jin smiled and said, "Then I'll bother the guards and give him a way out and let him go. The prince is very anxious. If he offended the prince, he will definitely not have any good results! What do you think?"

The Yulin Captain frowned: "Eunuch Liu, although... this young master comes from the East Palace, he still has to follow the rules for some things. He has to take out the official certificate when entering and leaving the palace gate!"

Liu Jin stepped forward and whispered a few words in the ear of the Yulin Captain, and stuffed the silver over. Although it was not much, it was two or three taels. The Yulin Captain's eyes lit up instantly. After putting away the silver, he walked to Zhu Houzhao again and invited Zhu Houzhao's waist card. After checking, he said:

"Since it's Eunuch Liu who is the guarantee, then this young master will go out of the palace, but he must come back before dark, otherwise, he will hand it over to the Ministry of Justice!"

The Yulin Captain was very cunning and did not offend anyone. He put the blame on Liu Jin. Someone took it on someone's responsibility. He also earned two or three taels of silver and wine in vain, and he won more than one kill.

However, he didn't know that all the things he did were clearly seen by Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao hated corruption and abused the law the most in his life. Although Liu Jin bribed him, he was not a good person, but after all, Liu Jin did not hate him so much to help him.

Zhu Houzhao was very angry and followed Liu Jin out of the palace gate and said with some annoyance:

"Are my Daming palace guards so unbearable? Just give me some money and let it go. What if it is a bad thing for my father and the palace?"

Liu Jin smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, you haven't left Dong'anmen yet, how can you whisper? Prince, you may not know the current situation in the officialdom. How can one of the officials be clean? It's not that the servants have to give those people money, but they really don't give money... they don't give it to pass!"

"This is clearly a matter of using power for personal gain! No wonder Mr. Chen once said that absolute power leads to absolute corruption and is sincere and does not deceive me. Liu Jin, you have done a good job. You have helped me leave the palace several times. I will repay you in my heart. It seems that you eat very openly everywhere in the palace gate. If you help me in the future, I will be able to enter and exit the palace gate freely!"

Zhu Houzhao had a little appreciation and gratitude towards Liu Jin.

Liu Jin was frightened and frightened: "Your Highness, you are leaving the palace... This is a big deal. If you have any problems outside the palace, please let me..."

Zhu Houzhao raised his hand and said, "Uh, I said, as long as I help me with my heart, I will never treat him badly in the future. Liu Jin, you help me leave the palace, is my hero. Through this matter, I can see that you are very good at doing things and will make great achievements in the future. Let's do this, I will go out of the city to fight with Mr. Chen. As long as I come back, I will tell my father that you will be transferred back to me as a service. What do you think?"

Liu Jin waved his hand quickly: "Your Highness, you must not!"

Zhu Houzhao frowned: "Why, don't you want to continue serving me?"

Liu Jin explained: "Crown Prince, the prince was transferred out of the Xiefang Palace, which must be because the servants served him poorly. If the prince mentioned this matter to the emperor, if the emperor thought it was the servants who made slander in front of the prince, then... I am afraid that the prince was not helping the servants, but to make it difficult for the servants to survive!"

Zhu Houzhao narrowed his eyes and looked at Liu Jin and said, "It's not that serious? Well, it's okay if you don't come back, but I remember your contribution. What rewards do you want in the future? Just come to the East Palace to find me. I lack the ones around you who are good at doing things like this. They are all the eyeliners sent by Zhang Yuan to monitor me. My palace is so angry that I can cause trouble all day long!"

The more dissatisfied Zhu Houzhao was with Zhang Yuan, the happier Liu Jin was. After all, Zhang Yuan replaced him and became the leader of the eunuchs of the Eastern Palace. If the prince could lose trust in Zhang Yuan, he would inevitably choose a trustworthy eunuch in the palace, so that he, Liu Jin, would have the opportunity to rise.

But Liu Jin did not dare to return to the Eastern Palace for a short time because he didn't know how he was driven away, for fear that it was the meaning of Emperor Hongzhi and Empress Zhang.

Before leaving, Liu Jin repeatedly reminded: "Your Highness, you said you want to leave the city. It seems that there is no need for me. At this moment, the troops of the Governor of Yansui, Lord Shen, have mostly entered Zijing Pass, and you can't catch up with you even if you leave the city. You may not be able to bear the hard work along the way. It is best for the prince to go out of the palace to go early and return early!" (To be continued., Your support is my greatest motivation.) 17-03-14 08:26:00
Chapter completed!