Chapter 66 Father actually knows?

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 66 Father actually knows?

The weather this year seems to be too cold too early. It has not even reached October yet and the wind is already biting.

Emperor Hongzhi always liked to handle government affairs in Jinshen Hall, because the name of Jinshen Hall meant to organize oneself, and he also used this to remind himself to be conscientious and diligent.

However, he was afraid of the cold. Seeing that the weather was getting colder, he moved his office to the Nuan Pavilion in Qianqing Palace.

This warm pavilion is equipped with a floor kang and a fire wall. Once it is burned, the heat will steam and the whole hall will be warm.

Zhu Youtang was wearing regular clothes and was reviewing memorials with an imperial pen. Since Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister system, the workload of the Ming Emperor suddenly increased dramatically. Later, Zhu Di was so tired that he established the cabinet system.

Although the cabinet system helped the emperor reduce the workload a lot, the emperor still had to deal with a large number of affairs every day, so some emperors would ask eunuchs to help.

Zhu Youtang was worried about raising a powerful eunuch and had to do everything personally. Over the past ten years, his body and bones have been bearing a huge burden, and now he feels more and more unable to do what he does.

The envelopes of memorials were either punctuated or marked, and soon they piled up like a hill. Picking up a new memorial, Zhu Youtang immediately frowned, why did he need to ask for leave again?

Then something suddenly occurred in his heart, and he immediately thought of something. He turned around and said, "Xiao Banban, knowledge and action are one, the heart is reason, and conscience is the guide. What do you think is the profound meaning in it?"

Xiao Jing's lips moved, and he bowed and said, "I don't know this."

"Yes, you don't know, and I don't know either." Zhu Youtang sighed deeply. He didn't know what happened these days. First, the masters of the East Palace asked for leave one after another.

After inquiring, I found out that the cause was actually a sentence, knowledge and action are unified, the heart is the reason, and it leads to conscience.

I sent someone to investigate, and found out that this sentence was spread by Wang Hua. I wanted to ask Wang Hua, but it turned out that Wang Hua was only responsible for setting the fire, and took leave after setting the fire.

There was no way, Zhu Youtang could only think about it by himself. After pondering for a long time, he seemed to have figured out some clues, but he couldn't see the magic power of this sentence. He actually asked the officials of the Zhanshi Mansion in the East Palace to collectively ask for leave, and those who did not ask for leave were punished. Crazy every day.

Later, when Li Dongyang came to the palace to perform something, he asked the chief minister of the cabinet who was well-versed in poetry and literature. As a result, Li Dongyang's note was handed over the next day.

And he didn't take a leave of absence, he resigned.

Speaking of which, this is the third time Li Dongyang has resigned this year, and Zhu Youtang still responded with his consistent reply of disapproval.

Then Li Dongyang took leave.

Zhu Youtang only felt a pain in his head. He had never encountered such a situation in more than ten years of power, and he did not dare to ask anyone anymore. If he asked someone, he would take a leave of absence. How could the court still operate?

What can I do if I am the Ming Dynasty?

Fortunately, now only one of the chief ministers of the cabinet has taken leave, as well as the Hanlin masters in the East Palace.

Thinking of the East Palace, the melancholy on Zhu Youtang's face inexplicably dissipated a lot, and he even asked slightly happily: "What has the prince been doing recently? But he is still studying?"

Yes, what made him happy was the news that the prince actually studied in the past few days, and he also took the initiative to study.

Can you believe this?

Okay, it's a bit unbelievable, but the prince is indeed reading, and I don't know what book he is reading, but just reading is a great thing, and it is said that he is so obsessed with reading that he even forgets to sleep and eat.

However, when Xiao Jing heard the emperor's question, he hesitated. As the emperor's personal eunuch, he was definitely an ancestor-like presence in the palace. Naturally, there were also his informants in the East Palace, or he could also be called the grandson.

According to reports from his grandchildren, the prince did not study much last night, but even today

Seeing the expectant joy on Zhu Youtang's face, Xiao Jing really couldn't bear to tell him the truth.

"Xiao Banban, why don't you speak?" Seeing that the other party didn't say a word, Zhu Youtang asked in confusion.

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Xiao Jing fell to his knees with a plop, "Your Majesty, I dare not hide it. The prince only read for a while last night, and then ran out to practice martial arts. Moreover, he continued to practice until the fourth watch. sky."

The fourth update is the time period from one to three in the middle of the night. After hearing this, Zhu Youtang's hope and joy disappeared, and his brows also wrinkled.

He looked at Xiao Jing who was kneeling on him and said with a sigh: "That's all, I, the prince, am just playful and mischievous. What does it have to do with you? Just get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After receiving such news, Zhu Youtang didn't want to ask about the affairs of the East Palace anymore. He picked up the imperial pen and was about to continue reviewing the memorial. He couldn't help but ask: "What kind of martial arts is he practicing that makes him so noisy at the fourth watch?"

"I heard that Shi Zi subdues the dragon with eighteen palms."

"Subduing the Dragon. Eighteen Palms?"

Zhu Youtang's brows furrowed again, and he was still a little confused. It sounded like some kind of palm technique, but the name reminded him of the Buddhist Arhat subduing the dragon.

As he thought about it, he lowered his eyes to look at his chest, and then he could no longer look away.

He was wearing regular clothes, and the Ming Emperor's regular clothes were embroidered with dragon patterns, with a total of four dragons embroidered on them. There was a large dragon pattern on the chest.

"Go and call the prince over. I have something to ask him."

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There was a thud in the palace, and it was clear that Xiao Jing knelt down again. Even though he was used to seeing wind and waves in his old age, he couldn't help but look bitter at this moment, "Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

At this point, he stopped again and did not dare to say any more.

"What happened to the prince?"

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Xiao Jing closed his eyes and knocked his head on the ground, "Your Majesty, Your Highness has sneaked out of the palace again."

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Zhu Youtang was silent for a while, then suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "Find him for me, even if you want to tie him up, I will tie him up!"

"I always feel anxious. How about, Eunuch Xiao, go and take a look first and see what your father is like now?"

Not long after returning to the palace, Zhu Houzhao received a summons from Emperor Hongzhi. He followed Xiao Jing anxiously to the gate of Qianqing Palace. At this moment, he didn't dare to enter. He opened the door and poked his head in to observe for a while, but couldn't see anything. Less than.

"If my father is not angry, you can come out and call me. If you are angry, you can come out and call me."

"Come out and call His Highness too?"

"No, if you get angry, I will run away."

Xiao Jing sighed, "Where can you go, Your Highness? You'd better follow the slave in."

"Father, is he not angry?"

"Your Majesty, he is naturally angry."

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Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao turned around and left, but was stopped by a sentence, "But if His Highness leaves like this, the Emperor will only be even more angry."

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He paused for two seconds, then turned around, "Okay, what Eunuch Xiao said makes sense, and if you can run away, the monk can't run away from the temple, and I won't run away."

Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao asked angrily: "But now I just want to know one thing."

"Your Highness, please speak."

"Is it you who betrayed me?"

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Xiao Jing's expression was stagnant, he hesitated for a moment, and then he bowed and admitted: "Your Highness, I forgive you, but how dare you, Your Majesty, ask this slave?"

Zhu Houzhao was obviously not a patient person. He only heard half of it before he glared and shouted: "Well, you old eunuch, I knew it was you who did it. I think I have never treated you badly. I met you a few days ago.

I also gave you two walnuts, which I picked from the trees in Nanji Alley, so please return my walnuts."

Just as he was talking, a voice floated out from the hall, "Is the noise enough? Come back in here."

Zhu Houzhao's voice stopped immediately, he hesitated for a while, and then replied to the hall: "Father, don't worry, the child will be here right away."

After that, he said to Xiao Jing seriously: "I don't want you to return the walnuts, but you can't think of the benefits of me in the future."

"Slaves will save it, slaves will save it."

Xiao Jing nodded repeatedly, sighed silently in his heart, put on a smile and asked: "Can your Highness go in with the slaves now? Your Majesty will be impatient after a while."

"I didn't say not to go."

As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao's expression changed quickly, revealing a well-behaved look like a quail, and he entered the Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace with his head shrunk.

In Nuan Pavilion, Zhu Youtang was still reviewing memorials. He didn't even raise his head when he saw the prince coming in, and continued busy with his own affairs.

Zhu Houzhao waited patiently for a while, then lost his temper. He wriggled his lips a few times, and then cautiously shouted, "Father."

"Um"

Emperor Hongzhi responded calmly, and after a while, he finally raised his head from the pile of memorials, and then frowned, "What's wrong with your nose?"

He saw two paper balls stuck in his son's nostrils, with some bright red blood stains on them.

"This is it." Zhu Houzhao subconsciously touched his nose with his hand. Just as he was thinking about how to explain it, he heard his father ask again: "Did you fall from the tree while picking walnuts?"

"No, the walnuts were picked out of the palace a few days ago, and the child didn't fall that time."

Looking at his funny yet proud look, and thinking that as a dignified prince of the Ming Dynasty, the crown prince of a country climbed up a tree to pick walnuts like a monkey, Zhu Youtang couldn't help but feel angry.

"You still have the nerve to mention it!"

"I ask you, did you run out of the palace again today?"

Zhu Houzhao was also a bachelor, so he admitted it simply, "Yes."

Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath, "I ask you again, what were you doing last night, but practicing Shenzi's Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon?"

But as soon as he said this, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up and he said angrily: "Father, you actually know the Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon?"
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