Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

The three eunuchs and several guards who accompanied the prince out of the palace were escorted down. All the palace people kneeling outside the palace retreated and were ordered not to come near.

Zhu Houzhao knelt in Ciqing Palace with his neck curled up, as honest as a quail. Hearing the sound of the palace door slowly closing behind him, his cheeks twitched slightly.

As the palace door of Ciqing Palace was completely closed, only the father and son were left in the entire palace.

The atmosphere was a bit depressing. Zhu Houzhao silently picked up the cloth bag placed by his leg, took out the remaining three items one by one, and placed them on the ground.

Zhu Youtang just glanced at it, then looked away and asked: "Where are my Duan inkstone and the pair of white jade paperweights?"

". Done."

Faced with this answer, Emperor Hongzhi did not find it surprising. It is said that there is no better son than a father.

Based on his understanding of his son, it was impossible for this traitor to like these things in the study, so he stole them for his own use.

Zhu Youtang's guess was that he had sold it, and the traitor's answer was that he had believed it.

There are some differences, but there is essentially no difference.

"Oh, how much silver did the prince pawn with my things?"

"Fifty-five thousand taels."

"Where's the silver?"

"The owner of the pawn shop said he didn't have enough cash and needed to make preparations. He will pick it up with the silver deed in three days."

"Hand over the pawn notes and silver deed to me."

From beginning to end, Zhu Houzhao answered honestly, but when faced with this question, he was silent for a while, "My son has been lost."

At this time, Zhu Youtang's expression finally changed, and he said in disbelief: "Lost?"

"Yes, but father, don't worry, I will definitely help you redeem your things later."

"."

Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a while, then suddenly flicked his sleeves, and a bamboo stick slipped out of the wide cuffs. It was about one meter long and about the thickness of a kite stick. It was most suitable for whipping people. Moreover, this length was very handy.

Seeing this bamboo stick, Zhu Houzhao couldn't kneel immediately. He stood up suddenly and ran away in a swish. "Father, please don't fight me. I promise, I will help you redeem your things in the future. Really?"

Yes, I won’t lie to you.”

"It is unethical for a country's crown prince to commit theft; for a son to steal his father's beloved things, this is unfilial;

As a majestic prince, your ancestors and the country are all tied to you, yet you go out of the palace privately regardless of your safety, and return to the palace in the middle of the night. If something goes wrong, how can you be worthy of your ancestors?"

Zhu Youtang stood still, counting his crimes one by one, and finally said: "I ask you again, will you hand over the pawn tickets and the silver deed or not?"

Seeing that his father did not come over to slap him, Zhu Houzhao did not take it lightly. He was always ready to run away. He said in a strong voice: "It's not that I don't want to be with you, it's really that I lost it."

"Ah"

Emperor Hongzhi sneered, not believing this statement at all, he just wanted to keep the more than 50,000 taels of silver.

I've grown up in skills, I've really grown in skills.

Just because of the theft, today's beating was unavoidable, but if he handed over the pawn notes and silver deeds and admitted his mistake, he might be able to be more gentle.

But this traitor still dares to deceive the heart!

"I heard that the prince prefers to hang people?"

"?"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, then he reacted, but before he could say anything, Emperor Hongzhi had already opened the palace door.

"Come here! Hang up this traitor!"

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Early the next morning, Xia Yuan arrived at Zhan Shi Mansion. Before he entered the duty room of the Economic Bureau, he was led to the East Palace by a somewhat unfamiliar eunuch.

Then he entered the prince's bedroom, looked around, and scanned the furnishings inside one by one. Then his nose twitched, and he seemed to be able to faintly smell a bitter medicinal smell.

His eyes finally fell on the bed. When he walked over, he found that Zhu Houzhao was still sleeping, but lying on his stomach. And he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the smell of the medicine seemed to be more obvious.

After waiting for a while, seeing that this guy showed no sign of waking up, Xia Yuan could only cough several times. Zhu Houzhao then opened his eyes in a daze. When he saw the person clearly, he seemed to wake up instantly, and then

Suddenly he got up from the bed.

Xia Yuan was startled by his swift movements. Before he could calm down, the quilt on Zhu Houzhao slipped off, revealing his naked back.

Then he was shocked when he saw dozens of blue-purple scars crisscrossing his back, as if they were pulled out with bamboo strips as thick as a kite stick.

Who dared to beat the dignified prince and do it so cruelly, besides the emperor, who else could he be?

As for Emperor Hongzhi, based on what Xia Yuan himself heard and saw, although there were some slight deviations from the history books, it was generally correct.

Although this emperor is a high-ranking emperor and a high-ranking king of a country, sometimes he will get into some nasty fights with his ministers, but at other times he is absolutely gentle and makes people feel like a spring breeze.

Especially for his eldest son, he was treated with great love and affection, to the point of pampering, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would not have had such a lawless and absurd emperor as Ming Wuzong.

But now, he has beaten his big baby into this state.

This matter has nothing to do with me, it does.

It must have happened yesterday.

The prince was beaten into such a miserable state, how could he, a participant, end up in this situation?

Anyone who rides on a horse knows that this is an abyss.

Zhu Houzhao didn't seem to care about the scars on his back. He adjusted his posture and didn't get out of bed. He just sat cross-legged on the couch.

"Master, you're here just in time. Come on, let's plan a business plan to make money!"

What a plan!

Xia Yuan's cheeks twitched, "After all this, Your Highness still wants to make money?"

"Why don't you want to?" After saying that, Zhu Houzhao waved his fist, with a mixture of pride and indignation, "I must make money, a lot of money!

I have repeatedly promised to my father that I will definitely redeem the things in the future, but that fool didn’t stop, and instead slapped me harder. I must make money, I must avenge my shame, and I must slap him hard.

I'm so angry, I want to do something big for that foolish king to see!"

"."

After a moment of silence, Xia Yuan took out two pieces of paper from his arms and handed them over: "Your Highness, take this pawn ticket and the silver deed and go to the pawn shop to redeem the things. When the time comes, we will use your money to do business.

Half and half."

"."

Zhu Houzhao looked at him blankly as if his computer was down.

Xia Yuan felt that this guy was moved by his noble sentiments, but the next second Zhu Houzhao suddenly jumped off the bed, then grabbed him by the collar, his expression was extremely excited,

"How can you say such a thing?! I have been beaten for so long, and even after being beaten for so long, that stupid king still hung me under the beam and beat me!

No matter how hard he beat me, I gritted my teeth and did not reveal the whereabouts of the pawn tickets and silver deeds. I insisted that they were lost. But you actually said such things, saying that you want to redeem them now.

If you redeem the things now, wouldn’t this beating from me be in vain?!”
Chapter completed!