Capital.

Forbidden City, in Xiefang Hall.

Zhu Houzhao held the martial arts novel written by Chen Xi for him, and it was obvious that it took more than ten days, almost to the point of forgetting to eat and sleep.

Finally, the naughty kid read all the martial arts novels that Chen Xi continued to write, and felt that a big stone in his heart finally fell down... Many of the martial arts novels given by Chen Xi are the final chapters of works that Naughty kids had been worried about before, such as "The Knights", "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", etc., and finally no longer have the same beginning and ending as before.

"So that ends the story. Shi Potian, this silly boy, doesn't even know a big word, but a fool is lucky. Not only did he learn the magical skills of a knight, but he also hooked up with so many beautiful women... Although Guo Xiang had a crush on Yang Guo, Yang Guo finally reunited with his aunt and became one of the five great masters in the world. It's so heartbreaking... Linghu Chong did not choose the little nun of Yilin, but he got along with the demon witch Ren Yingying, which was really a waste of Yilin's infatuation... Duan Yu was with the fairy sister, Zhong Lin and Mu Wanqing also had the opportunity to marry him. He would definitely be very happy in the future. It turns out that he is not the son of Prince Duan... Who, hurry up and find a heavy sword for me to come back. From now on, I will be the hero of the Divine Condor!"

Zhu Houzhao was deeply poisoned by martial arts novels. The half-aged boy was curious about the world. Chen Xi's martial arts novels created one magnificent world after another, which was much more vivid and interesting than the life in the palace.

Through these novels, Zhu Houguang understood what chivalrous spirit is, roughly understood the various aspects of society, and understood the meaning of family, friendship and love. This is the most precious thing for him.

When the naughty child read all the martial arts books and looked back and read them several times, he memorized almost many plots and began to feel lost again.

One by one, one touching story has ended, but real life continues. Zhu Houzhao faces the four palace walls and finds that she is imprisoned in this narrow world, unable to do anything, and she is increasingly wanting to go out for a walk.

"So too, Mr. Chen is going to Huguang, why don't you bring me with me? If you can go to Huguang to see the local customs and customs, how great would it be? I remember that Xiangyang, guarded by Daxia Guo and the Condor Heroes in the book, seemed to be in Huguang. I wonder if it was the same as what Mr. Chen described in the book, was there any sword tomb, Jueqing Valley, etc.?" Zhu Houzhao yearned for the outside world very much and had a lot of thoughts.

Although it is basically no effort for Zhu Houzhao to go out of the palace and go around the capital now, he has no chance to leave the capital and does not know what the world outside the capital is.

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi Zhu Youzhang's control of his son was not as strict as before. Perhaps he thought that the prince was old and made great contributions in the battle to defend the capital, so he could stand alone. Zhu Youzhang's illness was repeated and his supervision of his son's academic performance was not as strict as before, which gave Zhu Houzhao more opportunities to skip classes.

Of course, this is also related to the indulgence of several Eastern Palace lecturers such as Wang Hua, Liang Chu, Wang Yang, and Yang Tinghe.

No matter what the attitude of ministers like Liu Jian and Li Dongyang towards Zhu Houzhao, the Hanlin officials of the Zhanshi Mansion have basically the same attitude towards Zhu Houzhao... Zhu Houzhao is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty and the future emperor. Even if the crown prince is at fault, as a minister, he can only persuade him appropriately and not be too harsh. Even if Zhu Houzhao is unwilling to learn, they can only let him go and there is no other better way to guide him.

Zhang Yuan is now gradually learning to be smart and try not to appear by Zhu Houzhao, so as not to be punished for doing wrong things.

Zhu Houzhao read the martial arts novel at hand again, ordered someone to call Zhang Yuan, and said with a straight face: "Eunuch Zhang, you used to live outside the palace, right?"

Zhang Yuan didn't know why Zhu Houzhao suddenly cared about his private life, and replied tremblingly: "Go back to the crown prince, that's it..."

Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction and asked again: "Where are you from?"

Zhang Yuan was a little scared and thought to himself, could it be that the prince knew that there was something wrong with my background and asked?

No, no! If someone knows that I am a detailed work sent to the palace by Shouning Hou, my fate will be very miserable... This secret must be kept! Now that my wife is still under the control of Shouning Hou, I must deal with it with caution!

Zhang Yuan stammered and replied: "I...I am from Jiangyin, Nanzhili!"

Zhu Houzhao said dissatisfiedly: "Why isn't it Huguang? Or maybe you are from Fujian Province! I still want to hear about things in those places... Oh, forget it, do you know how to get to Huguang from Beijing?"

When the naughty child asked this question, he had already thought of leaving the capital to Huguang. However, because he was not familiar with the journey, Zhu Houzhao's little cleverness naturally had to ask someone to ask clearly so as not to lose direction on the road. As for the person he was going to join, there was no one except Shen Xi.

In the past, even if naughty children were willing, they were powerless in many things. They didn’t have the courage to go out to explore with Shen Xi.

However, since Zhu Houzhao personally led his men to the top of the city during the Battle of the Capital, killed Tatar soldiers in the face of battle, and took command and guarded Xizhimen and Zhengyangmen, he is now full of confidence and feels that it is not difficult to travel through mountains and rivers and can be easily overcome.

Zhu Houzhao is smart and wise, and is born with a spirit of adventure. However, he did not use it on the right path. He cared about not the country or the people, but to satisfy his personal heroism and vanity. Zhu Houzhao was determined to go outside the capital to gain knowledge, and ignored him at all, the only remaining son of Emperor Hongzhi, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, and the prince who was absolutely no one could shake his position.

Zhang Yuan had not guessed Zhu Houzhao's little thoughts for a while, and told the truth about what he knew: "When I go back to the prince, I have never been to Huguang, but I heard... If you want to go to Huguang, you should take a waterway, get on a boat from Tongzhou, go south from the Grand Canal, all the way to Jiangdu, and then take a boat west, so that you can get to Huguang. As for land, it is also feasible, you should go to Central Plains... But the road there is not easy to walk. I heard that there are bandits..."

"There are bandits?"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up and thought, "Without Tartars, it's great to lead troops to combat bandits." Wasn't Mr. Shen going to the southeast to combat bandits?"

But then I thought, when I went to ask my father for troops to fight the bandits, my father would definitely not give him military power! This time I was going to sneak out of Beijing, and I was determined to meet Shen Xi and do big things with the teacher. As for the fight against bandits and other things, I just had to hand it over to the local government. I didn’t need to cause any trouble.

Zhang Yuan was just talking vigorously, but suddenly realized that the naughty child might have been thinking about leaving the palace. He couldn't help but feel excited and rinsed his cold sweat.

Zhang Yuan's eyes rolled and quickly used his cleverness to scare Zhu Houzhao: "Yes, Your Highness, local bandits are rampant. Not only are there in the Central Plains and Qilu, but there are also many around the canal. Especially after the Tartars invaded the south, local bandits were particularly affected by severe troubles. The people were disturbed and the people were living in vain. The ships traveling from south to north on the canal have stopped sailing!"

When Zhang Yuan said this, he was secretly proud: "I made you like to leave the palace. I said so. Are you so scared that you stayed in the capital obediently? If you were asked to sneak out of the palace, you would be surprised by the emperor and the queen knowing that it would be strange if I didn't punish me heavily!"

Unfortunately, Zhu Houzhao is a stubborn donkey who is rushing to retreat without leaving. If he encounters bandits on the way south, it will be exciting and interesting for Zhu Houzhao. He left the palace just to have fun.

Moreover, Zhu Houzhao didn't believe Zhang Yuan's nonsense at all, and said to himself: "You think I'm stupid? Mr. Chen said before that the Grand Canal is a transportation hub that communicates between the north and south of the Ming Dynasty. Half of the trade between the north and the south take the front line of the canal, especially when it comes to the transportation of money and grain in the imperial court, it is even more necessary to go to the Grand Canal."

"Even if there are bandits elsewhere, there must be peace around the Grand Canal. How could there be bandits causing trouble on the canal? Do you want to live? You want to scare me, hum, you're a little tender!"

But the naughty child did not reveal Zhang Yuan and waved his hand: "Eunuch Zhang, the things I want to ask have been asked have been asked, you can go out!"
Chapter completed!