Daming Military Empire

Chapter 489 The Young Master of the Prince

The New Year's Eve is approaching, and the capital of Daming is becoming more and more lively. People buying new year's goods almost crowd all the streets, and the business of various shops is very good.

To say that the local people in the capital alone would not crowd the streets, and it is impossible for them to run out together to buy new year's goods. Most of the people who crowded the streets were people from other places.

Among the crowded crowd, there were people from nearby Dongdaying, Shandong, Henan and other nearby provinces, and even Liaodong, Northwest and Jiangnan.

There are many people, so there are naturally many cars. The driveway in the middle of the road is also crowded with all kinds of cars, including horse-drawn carts, donkey carts, ox carts, handcarts, and the latest rickshaw launched by Daming Royal Machinery Group.

In the crowded traffic, three people and three riders are particularly conspicuous. Although there is no strict prohibition on horse riding in the capital at the moment, most people really dare not ride out on horses. You want to take a carriage. If you hit a horse and gallop on the street, you will definitely be dragged to the board!

You can't run on horseback, it's better to walk or take a car, so the number of horseback riders in the capital is gradually decreasing, and there are more and more cars.

These three people looked travel-stained, and they were not natives of the capital at first glance. They didn't gallop their horses, they just urged their horses to move forward slowly in the traffic.

Although they didn't run on the street, this kind of maverick behavior still attracted the attention of passers-by. The two behind them were nothing, they looked like guards or followers at first glance, but the one in front was a big deal.

It seems that he is only in his thirties, but he is full of bookishness, like a well-educated scholar. Coupled with his slender figure and handsome appearance, he is like a magnet attracting women who come and go .

Whether it was a commoner woman walking on the street or a rich lady sitting in a carriage, they couldn't help but secretly stare at him, heartbroken.

Who is this person who is so outstanding?
If he were to tell his name, it is estimated that women who took a peek at him would faint. This is the champion of the Jiaxu Division in the seventh year of Chongzhen, the just-retired governor of the three northwestern provinces, Chen Zilong!

Chen Zilong, who was riding a horse, was filled with emotion. Seven years ago when he was the No. [-] scholar in high school, he took a tour around the capital city. Although the capital city was considered prosperous at that time, it was far less exaggerated than it is now.

Not to mention anything else, just this shop, at that time there were ten shops in a street, it was considered a big deal, but now, there are not a few shops in the whole street that are not shops!

The speed of Ming's development is really astonishing. For example, the three northwestern provinces he governed were wilderness and uninhabited eight years ago. Now, there are blue waves and thousands of miles, and there are many merchants!

Being able to be born in such a peaceful and prosperous age is simply a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes. If a scholar like him was born in a troubled world, he would not have achieved what he is today.

The flow of people in front gradually thinned out, not because this place is already approaching the outside of the city, but because this place is already approaching the imperial city, the more Chen Zilong thought about it, the more excited he became, and when there were no more carriages and horses ahead, he actually galloped stand up!

Seeing the three people and three riders gradually going away, some people couldn't help shaking their heads and sighing. How could such a gentle and handsome young man not know how to restrain himself? How many boards would he have to suffer if he dared to gallop wildly on West Chang'an Street near the imperial city? !
The strange thing is, he ran all the way, but no one came up to stop him, no matter whether it was the servants of the Shuntian Mansion, the spies of Jinyiwei, or even the soldiers of the imperial guards, he didn't see a single one!
Common people don't know who he is, how can Jin Yiwei not know who he is?

As soon as he entered the city, he was discovered by Jin Yiwei's secret agents. This is the favorite student of the chief assistant Xu Guangqi, the famous man in front of the emperor, it is too late to send someone to protect him, arrest him, stop joking!
It’s not that he was young and frivolous, it’s that the emperor urgently recruited him to the capital to face saints. This horse is not his own, but was sent to him by Jin Yiwei after he got off the train in the west of the city. There is no station in the capital, so he walked over Or maybe it would take a long time to go there by car, and Zhu Cijiong was eager to see him, so he simply asked Jin Yiwei to bring a few horses and wait at the station.

Naturally, he could no longer ride a horse after entering the imperial city. He left his two personal guards behind and hurried to the imperial palace under the guidance of an eunuch.

It's very strange that the eunuch didn't go in when he took him to Qianqing Palace, but led him directly to Kunning Palace!
How is this going?The emperor invited him to see him but he didn't say where to meet him, so he could only follow behind the eunuch who led the way, with his head covered and rushed forward.

Regarding the question of meeting him in the Kunning Palace, it was not that Zhu Cijiong wanted to be unconventional, but mainly because of the empress dowagers of the two palaces.

This Chen Zilong was the teacher the emperor had found for the prince, and he was also responsible for the teaching of all the princes. If they didn't see it with their own eyes, how could they rest assured.

After rushing all the way for about half an hour, he finally arrived at the place. Even though Chen Zilong was in his prime, his breath was a little disturbed.

At the door of the study, the leading eunuch stopped, bowed and raised his hand, and made a gesture of invitation, which means that the emperor is inside, you can go in by yourself.

Chen Zilong straightened his clothes and calmed down, before he bowed and walked in.

After walking a few steps, his eyes went dark, he stopped quickly, and when he looked up, it turned out to be a screen. Fortunately, he was careful, and almost bumped into it!
There was faint laughter coming from behind the screen, and it was all female voices, so what's going on?

Chen Zilong braced himself, bowed his head, and walked around the screen. The laughter in front of him became clearer. It was really a female voice, so he didn't dare to look up.

Just when he didn't know what to do, the laughter in front of him suddenly disappeared, leaving only the voice of the child babbling.

There is also a child, Chen Zilong feels like he is going to faint, why did the emperor invite him here!
Zhu Cijiong was lying on the kang behind the desk to tease his eldest son just now. If Queen Qin Mingyue hadn't patted him, he would not have known that Chen Zilong was here.

He looked up at Chen Zilong bowing his head, and couldn't help laughing: "Maozhong, what are you doing, come and see my son, you will be his teacher from now on."

Chen Zilong naturally knew who the emperor was talking about, that was His Royal Highness, the proper crown prince, who would be his teacher!

He looked up in surprise, and now he really felt a little unsteady, the empress dowagers, queens, and imperial concubines of the two palaces were all there!
Just before the ceremony, he knelt down in the direction of the emperor, and said loudly: "My humble minister Chen Zilong, I greet the emperor, the two empress dowagers, the empress, and the noble concubine."

Zhu Cijiong hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said kindly: "Maozhong doesn't need to be so polite, you are my senior brother, you are also a family member, don't be so polite when you are with your family from now on, come and see you Two little disciples of mine."

Two, what do you mean?
At this time, the queen had already picked up the eldest prince, and Princess Anna also picked up the second prince. The two walked over and turned their son to Chen Zilong, and said in unison: "Quick, call the teacher."

A child less than one year old can speak, Zhu Cijiong looked at the stunned Chen Zilong, shook his head and smiled: "Maozhong, I recruited you back this time, mainly to be in charge of Zhan Shifu's affairs, and my teacher is also old, you are free Just go and help him, I will give you a servant of the Ministry of Rites for the time being, Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, Prince Shaoshi, and you will take the seat of your mentor in the future."

The young master of the prince is the second grade, and he is still suspended for the time being, as if he has been wronged!
Chen Zilong was so excited, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, my lord, for your kindness!"

(End of this chapter)