Chapter 258 Visiting the Palace

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 258 Visiting the Palace

In just a few days, the carriage entered Beizhili. The closer it got to the capital, the more uneasy Zhu Houzhao became. Not only him, but even Xia Yuan felt his heart pounding. He was obviously doing a good thing, why? This eyelid keeps twitching?

The two of them were sitting in a carriage in a coquettish manner. Seeing that the outline of the capital was faintly visible, Zhu Houzhao became even more worried. He sighed and said, "I have a premonition that something will happen to me when I go back this time."

Xia Yuan couldn't bear to hear this now, "Think of the good in everything. Our disaster relief this time has been a great success."

"I am the prince. Even if I have great achievements, I will definitely be dealt with by that foolish king."

"Then why did you jump on board in the first place?"

"I was impulsive"

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After a moment of silence, Zhu Houzhao cheered up and said, "I'm not afraid. It's just a beating. I can stand it."

"Your Highness is mighty."

Xia Yuan flattered, and before Zhu Houzhao could puff up his chest, he continued: "Your Highness, please don't forget it. It was you who jumped on the boat on your own initiative. You have nothing to do with me at all, and I have nothing to do with you." I don’t know, and I even gave you countless warnings not to get on the ship before, but you just went your own way without caring about your personal safety.”

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Before he could finish his words, Zhu Houzhao instantly turned his face and said, "What you said doesn't sound right at all. Who am I? Even if you don't say it, I know how to do it. But when you say it, I know what to do." On the contrary, I feel uncomfortable because I feel that you don’t trust me as a person.”

Xia Yuan's face became solemn and he said seriously: "Your Highness, please don't misunderstand me. I'm just reminding you that I'm afraid you may have misremembered, but I don't believe in your character.

I know that His Highness is a person who is wise, mighty and heroic, especially in terms of loyalty, which even Guan Yunchang in the Three Kingdoms cannot keep up with. Your Highness is simply synonymous with righteousness."

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao immediately felt relieved, and said reservedly: "I dare not say that he is more loyal than Guan Yunchang, but it is not far behind."

More than a dozen carriages and hundreds of guards entered the capital in a mighty manner, and soon someone announced their arrival on horseback.

As a result, just after entering Fucheng Gate and not walking for a long time, Xiao Jing came with a group of guards, then quickly took over the carriage Zhu Houzhao was riding, and headed for the Forbidden City.

Xia Yuan banged the car, "Please stop for a moment and let me get out of the car first."

Zhu Houzhao looked at him with wide eyes, shocked, "Master, won't you follow me into the palace?"

Xia Yuan was even more shocked than him, "What kind of palace are you entering? These people are welcoming you, not me. I want to go home."

After that, he ignored the dog prince and started banging the car.

Under his relentless patting, the carriage finally stopped. Just as Xia Yuan was about to get out of the car, the curtain was suddenly opened, and then Xiao Jing's old face poked in, "Master Xia, please stop taking pictures, Your Majesty." I have given instructions for you to go to the palace together with His Highness the Crown Prince."

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Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao started to gloat over his misfortune, but Xia Yuan didn't want to pay attention to him, and sat back with a slumped face.

Soon, the carriage arrived at Xihua Gate. The two people got off the carriage. They were guarded very tightly by a group of guards. They couldn't escape even if they wanted to. They had to enter the palace and were taken all the way to Qianqing Palace. .

In the warm pavilion of Qianqing Palace, Emperor Hongzhi was sitting behind the imperial desk, concentrating on reviewing memorials.

Zhu Houzhao gave up very quickly. As soon as he entered the Nuan Pavilion, he knelt down without any hesitation. He knelt down neatly and kowtowed: "I have seen my father!"

Xia Yuan was also right. Almost at the same time, he knelt down and saluted, "Your Majesty, I am here to attend!"

Emperor Hongzhi didn't seem to hear. After a long time, he raised his eyes and asked: "Xia Qing's house, the weather is getting colder now, but in the past month or so, there has been only a few inches of rain in Beizhili. In your opinion, when will it rain?" ?”

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Xia Yuan was startled for a moment. This question really caught him off guard. In more than a month, Beizhili had only an inch of rain?

After he entered Beizhili, he did find that the air was dry, but the air here in the capital was already so dry.

But this question is being asked by me, I am not a weather forecaster, so how would I know.

"I don't know."

"You don't even know?"

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This Jinghe Lian was very spiritual, and the tone and tone of his words made Xia Yuan suspect for a moment that he might really know something.

"Replying to Your Majesty, I really don't know."

From the beginning of autumn to now, all the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the Northern Zhili Province have received very little rainfall, and even Shuntian Prefecture only received a light rain.

This year's harvest quota for Northern Zhili is no longer available.

Emperor Hongzhi thought that his son-in-law, who was proficient in the art of Kanyu, could predict when it would rain, but he didn't expect it.

After retracting his thoughts, Zhu Youtang said again: "I am also aware of the incident in Puzhou this time in this palace. The prince and Xia Qing's family have handled the disaster relief in an extremely appropriate manner. I can't help but applaud in the palace."

Xia Yuan looked humble and said, "Your Majesty is so complimentary. I am ashamed."

Zhu Houzhao was already very happy, but he still said: "Father, my son and I are also ashamed."

"Don't be ashamed. If you do well, you are good. I can still tell the difference between good and bad."

After that, Zhu Youtang continued: "Since I came to the throne, there have been countless natural disasters, big and small. I have also sent many officials to provide disaster relief, but no one has ever been as effective as you in providing relief. Xia The Qing family is so young but has such talent, they are really talented people."

Xia Yuan blushed a little when he was praised. After all, this came from the experience of later generations when he was a volunteer. If he were a person of the current generation and a native aborigine, he would probably be blind when faced with how to provide disaster relief.

Emperor Hongzhi asked again: "I heard that when you left Puzhou, tens of thousands of people knelt down to see you off, and you also sent tens of thousands of people to me to invite Xia Qing's family to serve as the governor of Puzhou, and to take off their boots?"

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao interjected: "Not only that, the people also want to build shrines to worship their sons and masters."

Zhu Youtang nodded slightly and sighed: "The ceremony of taking off boots has only happened once since I came to the throne. It was Yan Rui, the current governor of Gongchang Prefecture. And this is the second time for Xia Qing's family. When I heard about this for the first time, I was surprised and happy. The gift of taking off the boots is only due to the officials' great kindness to the local area. Only then can they receive this courtesy. Our Ming Dynasty has produced another good minister who has blessed the people."

After a moment of silence, Emperor Hongzhi glanced at the two of them and immediately asked: "Have you ever known your mistake in running away to provide disaster relief this time privately?"

This was obviously an intention to spare him. Xia Yuan quickly said, "I was wrong. Please punish me."

Although Zhu Houzhao was very happy, he followed closely and said, "My son is wrong, please punish me."

"Okay, it's good to have you say this. This disaster relief work has been done so brilliantly. It's really hard for me to teach you a lesson. But since you have this intention, then I will give you a good punishment."

As he said that, the pleasant look on Emperor Hongzhi's face no longer appeared, and he said angrily: "Go and close all the doors of the Qianqing Palace for me! Then bring me the bamboo stick I prepared!"

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Another hateful dividing line.

PS: I just came back from the hospital yesterday afternoon. I rushed here since yesterday. Now I will post the third update. I will resume the fourth update tomorrow. I will try to see if I can write more today.

I will try to write 10,000 words and make up for the updates I owe you readers.
Chapter completed!