Zhu Houzhao made absurd and ridiculous move again. .

I didn't spend the wedding night in the Forbidden City, but I just spent the night in the leopard room outside the palace, and I didn't take my newly married queen seriously.

After hearing Dai Yi’s reply, Empress Dowager Zhang glared at Gao Feng and Dai Yi and shouted sternly: “How do you look at the Emperor?”

Gao Feng and Dai Yi originally thought that this matter had nothing to do with them, and were secretly glad that they were not the one who was vigilant yesterday. However, when they heard Empress Dowager Zhang's words, they realized that they had to be responsible if they were not on the rotation. The two knelt on the ground almost at the same time and kowtowed to Empress Dowager Zhang to apologize.

Dai Yi said with a bitter face: "The Empress Dowager calms down, I am aware of the crime... Please punish the Empress Dowager!"

Empress Dowager Zhang sneered: "Punishment? It seems that the Ai family really needs to punish you well. Even such a big person can't bear to see it. Have you never thought that Your Majesty would leave the palace? By the way, where are Liu Jin and Zhang Yuan people?"

After hearing Empress Dowager Zhang mention Liu Jin and Zhang Yuan, Gao Feng and Dai Yi's concerns were slightly relieved. After all, those two were the most powerful eunuchs in the palace and had little to do with them. Gao Feng said respectfully: "Go back to Empress Dowager, I don't know."

Empress Dowager Zhang looked angry: "I don't know anything. What are you doing? Just eat rice but not work? Come and tell them the other one..."

Originally, Empress Dowager Zhang wanted to take his anger on Dai Yi and Gao Feng and punished them heavily, but then he thought that the emperor left the queen out of the palace on the day of his wedding. This was too absurd and unruly, which seriously affected the reputation of the royal family.

Empress Dowager Zhang thought to herself: "No, you should not punish these two people. If the matter spreads, the court and the people will definitely criticize the emperor, not only will hesitate his face, but also will shame my Ming royal family. Now we must turn big things into small things and small things into nothing, and we must never let this matter spread! "

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Zhang asked sternly: "Do you two know your mistake?"

Dai Yi and Gao Feng both kowtowed, because they tried too hard, and their foreheads were broken. For the two, this was an unrestrained disaster. They were not responsible for serving the emperor's daily life. As envoys of brides, they would be finished even if they had to go through all the procedures they should go. How can they guarantee that the emperor stayed in Jiaotai Hall to complete the house?

Dai Yi and Gao Feng had nowhere to complain, and at the same time said, "I know my mistake, please calm down the queen mother."

Empress Dowager Zhang sat down again and said with a dark face: "You two are wrong, and they are outrageously wrong. You deserve to die! The Ai family will not punish you for the time being. You must now make meritorious contributions. You cannot let outsiders know what you should do today. Do you know what to do?"

Gao Feng and Dai Yi raised their heads slightly, and they looked at each other first, with blood on both sides' foreheads. Dai Yi took the lead in proclaiming: "Empress Dowager, the old slave knows what to do, so that those who know about His Majesty's departure from the palace yesterday... will all banish!"

Empress Dowager Zhang said sternly: "Just know how to do it. Now hurry up and not only do the people in the palace ban, but also the people outside the palace must also be banned! Go and call Liu Jin!"

Dai Yi heard that the palace guards and people outside the palace were going to be sealed and banned. He knew that he was unable to reach the limit and was thinking that he might be in a disaster this time. Empress Dowager Zhang called Liu Jin over here. He finally felt relieved and thought to himself:

"After all, Eunuch Liu is blocking the sky, the sky cannot fall. I think about how to let those servants banish their words. It is definitely not OK to kill them. It is contrary to the harmony of heaven. If you are poisonous and mute... it is not OK. It is too inhumane! Could it be just a scare and let them swear not to speak nonsense?"

Seeing Dai Yi hesitating, Empress Dowager Zhang said angrily: "What are you still doing? Don't go!"

"The Empress Dowager calms down, I'll go now!"

After Dai Yi kowtowed, he struggled to get up from the ground, looked at Gao Feng, who was still kneeling, and then hurriedly went to Liu Jin.

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Not to mention Empress Dowager Zhang, Gao Feng, Dai Yi and others were unaware of this matter, even Liu Jin was kept in the dark.

Liu Jin was sleeping at home. As soon as it was dawn, someone came to knock on the door. When he saw the visitor, Liu Jin was shocked. It was Dai Yi, the eunuch who was the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor.

Liu Jin and Dai Yi are not very good at usually because Dai Yi is a double-faced person and is swaying between Liu Jin and Zhang Yuan.

Liu Jin has always been dissatisfied with Dai Yi's position as the eunuch of the chief of the Sili Supervisor, so he never regards Dai Yi as his own person. He usually treats Dai Yi as a slave when he sees Dai Yi.

Liu Jin looked at Dai Yi, who looked bitter and covered in blood on his forehead, frowned and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Dai Yi cried and said sadly: "Eunuch Liu, big things are not good... big things are not good... woo woo, it's really a long story..."

Dai Yi was still keeping a secret at this time. Liu Jin wanted to slap this guy, but Liu Jin finally managed to help and asked, "Why are you panic? Is something wrong in the palace?"

The first thing that Liu Jin thought of was that the emperor might have any danger, such as having an acute illness, or being stabbed by someone, etc.

Dai Yi grinned and said as if crying: "Your Majesty left the palace yesterday evening and has not returned yet."

When Liu Jin heard this, he took a breath of air conditioning slightly, his head shrank back, his brows frowned, but he thought to himself: "What a big deal? Isn't it common for the emperor to leave the palace?"

But he thought that there might be some problems that he didn't notice, so he asked again: "After leaving the palace yesterday evening, did you follow Shen Zhihou to Xuanfu?"

What Liu Jin was most worried about was not that the emperor would not go home at night, because Zhu Houzhao would not go home almost every day. What he was afraid of was that he was kidnapped away by Shen Xi. If Zhu Houzhao went to Xuanfu, he would not be able to recover the person.

Liu Jin understood Zhu Houzhao's personality. He was a young emperor who was very enthusiastic. When Zhu Houzhao was the prince, he followed him to travel south and traveled around the world. As for how Zhu Houzhao finally returned to the capital, Liu Jin still didn't know very well.

Dai Yi was stunned by Liu Jin's questioning and found that he and Liu Jin were not the same as what he said.

"Eunuch Liu, what are you talking about... Do you mean... Your Majesty followed Shen Shangshu of the Ministry of War to go to war?" Dai Yi was shocked by this.

Liu Jin asked in a sharp voice: "You don't even know where Your Majesty has gone. Why are you crazy when you come to our house? Let's talk, why do you want to come to our house?"

Dai Yi returned to the original problem and said with a sad face: "Eunuch Liu, His Majesty left the palace yesterday and went to the leopard room. He has not yet returned. The Empress Dowager was waiting outside Jiaotai Hall early in the morning today. She happened to find this secret and was caught. I am afraid that we can't escape now..."

Liu Jin pointed at Dai Yi's nose in anger and cursed: "Bastard, you don't care about Your Majesty. What does it have to do with our family?"

Dai Yi said aggrievedly: "How can it not matter? The Empress Dowager was afraid that this incident would spread and ordered the ban..."

When Liu Jin heard this, his eyes widened and furious: "Okay, your surname is Dai. If you come to your house, you are deliberately letting our family know about this and frame our family?"

Dai Yi quickly denied: "Eunuch Liu is too worried. This is what the Empress Dowager said in person... The Empress Dowager asked me to leave the palace and invite Eunuch Liu to go back to the palace to see you. You don't think it was me who gave you a stumbling block, right?"

Liu Jin really felt that Dai Yi was deliberately trying to trip, and gritted his teeth and said sternly: "Hmph, let's settle the score with you again!"

After saying that, he didn't bother to discuss with Zhang Wenmian, Sun Cong and others, and then went into the palace with Dai Yi.

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The sun finally rose.

In the Forbidden City, in Kunning Palace, the one who sits here at this time is not the new Empress Xia family, but the Empress Dowager Zhang family.

Empress Dowager Zhang realized that the problem was serious and did not dare to talk to Empress Dowager Wang. Instead, he summoned all the insiders to Kunning Palace and gave instructions to the relevant people so that they could understand and not spread the matter.

When Liu Jin and Dai Yi arrived, Empress Dowager Zhang had been scolding her for a long time, and she was a little dry-mouthed at this time.

The palace maids and eunuchs knelt there tremblingly, fearing that Empress Dowager Zhang would kill people for the sake of banishment.

Even if they are not killed, they may still kill the chicken to warn the monkey and selectively kill one or two to establish their authority. In such a cruel place as the palace, it is common for palace maids and eunuchs to be persecuted to death. Palace maids and eunuchs are all worried about their fate.

"Liu Jin, you are here just in time!" Empress Dowager Zhang had just taken a sip of tea, and when she saw Liu Jin coming, she immediately raised her voice and said sternly.

Liu Jin couldn't help but startled, and quickly stepped up. He knelt down immediately when he arrived in front of Empress Dowager Zhang. There was still someone kneeling beside him, which was Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan had no private residence outside the palace. Empress Dowager Zhang summoned him. Zhang Yuan did not dare to delay and came soon, knelt on the ground and listened to the instructions.

When Liu Jin heard Empress Dowager Zhang call her name directly, he knew that Empress Dowager Zhang was now in anger and kowtowed heavily: "I pay homage to the Empress Dowager."

Seeing that Liu Jin, who was in charge of the rituals and rituals, was so respectful that no matter what, the other party was the leader of the eunuch, and needed some respect. He was no longer as arrogant as before, and asked, "Liu Jin, do you know about Your Majesty's departure from the palace yesterday?"

Liu Jin explained: "When I returned to the Empress Dowager, the old slave was also spread by Eunuch Dai, and I only learned about this. I had no idea before."

Empress Dowager Zhang said angrily: "Then how do you take care of Your Majesty's daily life? Are you usually following Your Majesty out of the palace?"

"this……"

Liu Jin couldn't say anything about his suffering.

At the beginning, he was indeed accompanying Zhu Houzhao out of the palace. Even Zhu Hou had worked hard to take care of him, and he specifically allowed him to own a private house outside the palace, and since then he gained the authority to enter and exit the palace freely. Liu Jin usually spent the night in his house, and only worked at the Sili Superintendent in the palace during the day.

But now Zhu Houzhao's daily life in the Leopard Room has nothing to do with him. He usually favored eunuchs and followers, such as Xiao Taozi and Qian Ning, who serve him. These are the celebrities in front of Zhu Houzhao.

Empress Dowager Zhang didn't seem to want to listen to Liu Jin's explanation, and raised her hand: "You don't need to say more now. The Ai family doesn't want this to spread. Besides... you immediately go out of the palace to call the emperor back, and just say what the Ai family said. If he doesn't want to come back, then the Ai family can consider changing to others to be the emperor!"

"The Ai family blames himself for giving birth to him wrongly. He is so arrogant at such a young age and ignores the rules of his ancestors. How could this be an emperor's demeanor?"

In a fit of anger, Empress Dowager Zhang spoke more heavily.

He even proposed to depose Zhu Houzhao's throne.

Liu Jin was very scared when he heard this. Although Empress Dowager Zhang may not have the power to depose the emperor, once the Empress Dowager and the emperor get into evil, the suffering of them is that they are essentially the slaves of the royal family.

Liu Jin kowtowed repeatedly: "I will leave the palace and look for Your Majesty. Please calm down the anger of the Empress Dowager. I will definitely find Your Majesty back!"

Empress Dowager Zhang shouted: "If he doesn't come back, you don't have to come back. Let's go to fend for yourself with him!"

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The news of Zhu Houzhao's disappearance is a highly confidential matter in the palace and no one can know.

Chen Xi did not pay attention to where Zhu Houzhao, the emperor, spent the night last night, because it had nothing to do with him and he was not particularly interested in it.

Originally, Chen Xi was resting on that day, but because he had delayed some work due to the preparation of the military school, he still rushed to the Ministry of War that day to prepare for the backlog of official duties.

It was already midday when Chen Xi arrived. As soon as he arrived at his office, Wang Shouren walked out of the room next to him and said hello: "Zhihou, Xie Shangshu has been waiting for a long time."

Chen Xi was a little displeased with Xie Qian's arrival, and he didn't want to deal with this old stubborn person at all... Xie Qian liked to teach him a lesson with an elder's attitude and frequently put pressure on him. It seemed that the Ministry of War was directly under Xie Qian's jurisdiction, and Chen Xi was no longer tired of it.

However, since the person has come, he has to meet him. In short, Xie Qian is the chief minister of the dynasty and his status is there. Chen Xi, as the Minister of War, cannot lose his etiquette.

When Chen Xi arrived at the living room, Xie Qian, who was drinking tea, stood up. Before Chen Xi could greet him, he said directly: "I am here to tell you something... Your Majesty did not spend the night in the palace last night."

Chen Xi raised his hands and was about to close his fists and salute him. Hearing this, he put his hands down, looked around, and then frowned and said to Xie Qian: "Is the old man here to talk about this?"

Xie Qian bang beard and glared: "What, do you think this matter is not big enough? Yesterday was the day of Your Majesty's wedding, and Your Majesty did not stay in the palace for the night. If this matter is spread, it will have a great impact on Your Majesty's reputation. Don't you know?"

Chen Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly. Seeing that Xie Qian attached so much importance to this matter, he could not understand it for a moment because he himself did not feel what he thought.

Chen Xi thought to himself: "There are such big differences in ideas among people of different eras? It seems that it is nothing great if Your Majesty cannot leave the palace. At worst, it means that the emperor is dissatisfied with the queen... What does this have to do with us as ministers?"

Because Chen Xi is very familiar with Zhu Houzhao's personality, and he knows that there are rumors in history that Zhu Houzhao's queen Xia is likely to have never been lucky enough to Zhu Houzhao in his life, so Chen Xi is mentally prepared for this matter and never thought about helping Zhu Houzhao achieve a happy marriage or what if.

The emperor's marriage was originally a political marriage. Before entering the palace, Xia should have been mentally prepared to not get the emperor's favor. Chen Xi didn't want to cause trouble for himself for no reason. He didn't want to care about such bad things at all.

Chen Xi asked, "Where did the Master of Pavilion know that Your Majesty was not in the palace yesterday? Did the Master of Pavilion send someone to stare at Your Majesty's daily life? It seems that this is not good, right?"

Xie Qian narrowed his eyes and looked at Chen Xi, and asked coldly: "What do you mean? Do you think I am the kind of person who is ignorant?"

Chen Xi did not answer, and he could not imagine how Xie Qian knew about this. In his opinion, even if such a thing happened, the palace would inevitably block the news and the possibility of leaking the information was slim.

When Xie Qian saw Chen Xi, he refused to answer and said angrily: "I just saw the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace looking panicked, as if the sky had collapsed. Then he got a little news, saying that His Majesty left the palace last night and did not return..."

On this issue, Xie Qian avoided the important things and was of course aware of it.
Chapter completed!