I'm really not the carpenter emperor

No matter how you harvest it, you can't cross the line anyway. Once you cross the line and attract the emperor's attention, it will be the death of everyone.

Accepting a son is not random, one must see that this person has some skills, and he may make some famous things in the future.

The reason is that if he loses his power, someone will take care of him and die, not to accept a bunch of godsons to cause trouble for him.

Wang Chengen, who came with the imperial decree, looked in front of him and said with a smile: "My lord is in a good mood, I'm already 65, and I'm still growing old?"

Old and strong ass!

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Tang Wang Zhu Shuohuang is sitting on the seat, fat and bloodshot, and his eyes are full of bloodshot eyes, more air is being breathed in and less air is being released, it is obvious that the end of life is approaching, and he will not live for a few years.

"I heard that the prince is here to proclaim the decree. Your Majesty has been on the throne for six years. Why do you suddenly think of me?" Zhu Shuohuang seemed to be struggling to speak, gasping for breath.

Seeing his frail appearance, Wang Chengen couldn't help but look him up and down a few times, thinking about it.

Tang Wang, an old guy, may live a few more years if he stays in the palace. Now that the weather is hot and the road is bumpy, he is afraid that he will die violently on the way to Beijing. Can he persist until the capital?

Even if you arrive at the capital, can you go back to Nanyang?

Wang Cheng'en didn't speak, but after reacting, he looked around and said with a smile: "Your Majesty misses the prince, our family is here to deliver an order for the prince to go to Beijing."

Hearing this, Zhu Shuohuang was a little surprised, and then he was very moved, with tears running down his face:

"This king is from Shufan. I didn't expect His Majesty to still miss me. I really... really don't know what to say!"

Wang Chengen could tell that the old guy was really crying, so he quickly persuaded:

"What did the prince say? His Majesty often said that the princes in the world are all royals, and the world belongs to the royal family, so why should they be divided?"

"By the way, why didn't you see the prince?" Wang Chengen said, rubbing his hands and laughing: "My lord doesn't know, but when the slaves come, His Majesty has given thousands of instructions and ten thousand instructions, saying that he must see the prince."

"Sir?"

Hearing this, without waiting for Zhu Shuohuang to speak, the concubine Cai who was beside him quickly stood up from beside him, a little flustered, and was about to leave without making a sound.

"What is madam going to do?"

Wang Chengen asked with a smile, Zhu Shuohuang was at a loss for a while, and besides that, there was a hint of boredom in his eyes.

He really didn't expect that the emperor would be interested in the son.

Also unexpected is the concubine Cai, she is just an unnamed concubine. When she was in the palace, because of the special favor of the Tang king, her status might not be bad.

But when he met the emperor's valet who was powerful and powerful in the palace, he didn't dare to trust him.

Therefore, when Wang Chengen saw Mrs. Cai, he only had the honorific title of so-called madam in words, and he didn't make any gestures of saluting except for bowing his head slightly.

He also knows that it's just a concubine, and it's fine if you mean it.

Chapter 8 and Five: The Prince of Tang, Imprisoned for 12 Years

"Yes..." Cai's eyes raised and then turned away, "It's something in the inner palace, the poor concubine should go back and have a look for peace of mind."

"Relax?"

Wang Cheng'en didn't mean to let her go. Before coming here, he had already inquired about the strange things in the Tang Palace.

He knew that Tang Wang Zhu Shuohuang favored his concubine Cai, loved his house and Wu, and loved his second son even more than his eldest son Zhu Qiqi.

The reason why the son was not established for a long time was that Zhu Shuohuang, the king of Tang, was so confused by the Cai family that he didn't want to establish Zhu Qiyi, but wanted to establish his younger brother Zhu Qisun!

Wang Chengen also heard an unbelievable news from the local superintendent that his eldest son Zhu Qiqi and his son Zhu Yujian had been imprisoned in the Tang Palace for 42 years since the 12nd year of Wanli!

This is 12!

If this matter is indeed true, what Tang Wang Zhu Shuohuang did is simply sensational. This is a great family scandal, and if it is not done well, it will greatly damage the image of the royal family.

At first, Wang Chengen didn't take it seriously when he heard it, thinking it was the rumor that the Superintendent had listened to.

But when he stepped into the main hall of the Tang Palace and saw this Su Daji-like Cai family beside Zhu Shuohuang, he felt chills down his spine, because all of this might be true.

"Bewitching the prince with evil words and imprisoning the royal children, how can Madam be at ease?" As he spoke, Wang Chengen's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost.

"Madam, do you still want to play dumb?"

Wang Chengen knew that even though the current emperor was extremely harsh on the lineage of King Fu, and issued an edict to limit the salary of the clan, he was still the emperor of the Zhu family.

This world is still the world of the Zhu family, and the descendants of the Zhu family are still the sons and grandsons of the dragon. It is one thing for the emperor to deal with it himself, but it is another thing to be bullied by you, a concubine who doesn't even have a name.

If this matter spread to the capital, Emperor Tianqi would definitely be furious. Wang Chengen knew the temper of that lord deeply, so he didn't intend to hide it.

This time is also an excellent opportunity for him to make meritorious deeds.

When Mrs. Cai heard the words, she fell limply on the ground as if struck by a thunderbolt from the blue sky. Tang Wang Zhu Shuohuang, who was above him, saw that his concubine was frightened like this, so he couldn't bear it.

"Eunuch, don't embarrass Mrs. Cai, all of this is my idea, it's my idea..."

"My lord?" Cai's eyes widened, she struggled to stand up and ran behind Zhu Shuohuang, hugging him tightly.

This very touching scene, in Wang Chengen's eyes, was extremely hateful.

Originally, he was just trying to say something, but he didn't expect that the Cai family would not tell himself. From this point of view, all the things he heard along the way, such as Cai's family slaves running amok in Nanyang Mansion and occupying the people's fields, are all true.

"This trip, our family really did not come in vain!" Wang Chengen gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, our family has no right to specialize in this matter, but we will return to Beijing to report to His Majesty."

"The eldest son and His Royal Highness are the people His Majesty wants to see by name. The prince has to let them out and go to Beijing with our family to face the saint."

"As for you..." Wang Chengen looked at the Cai family behind Zhu Shuohuang, without even the most basic respect, and sneered:

"Go to Beijing together, let's obey the holy will!"

The Cai family has always relied on the favor of Tang Wang Zhu Shuohuang to run amok in the palace. In Nanyang, she is equivalent to the status of an earth queen.

But now she couldn't say a word, even Zhu Shuohuang couldn't protect herself this time, let alone her concubine who didn't even have a title.

The two looked at each other, and they both accepted their fate.

Who would have imagined that after 12 years of coming here without incident, Emperor Tianqi, who had been on the throne for nearly seven years, suddenly wanted to see King Tang.

If it weren't for this summoning, the events of so many years would not have surfaced like this, and the eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies who came to announce the decree, would not have known.

Life is life!

……

Tang Palace, Chengfeng Department.

Chengfeng Division is one of the 24 yamen. It is under the command of eunuchs. It is specially set up in the prince's mansions in various places, and it is under the jurisdiction of the ceremonial supervisor.

In a remote woodshed on the east side of the yamen, a petty official hid around the locust tree, saw no one around, then ran out sneakily to the door of the woodshed.

"His Royal Highness, they are all gone...His Royal Highness...?" The clerk called out, carefully placing a bowl of leftover food in front of the door.

There was no movement inside the door for a while, and it took a long time before a black gray hand stretched out from the dog hole under the door, and quickly took the bowl of food in.

The little official sighed, thinking what was going on.

He looked around, nervously waiting for the two people inside to finish eating, so that he could take the empty bowl back, otherwise he would be discovered, and something would happen.

At this time, a large number of footsteps suddenly came from a distance.

The sound of gobbling food stopped inside the door, and the little official got up quickly, but he couldn't find a place to hide. At this time, if he returned to the locust tree, he might bump into someone head-on.

The footsteps came very quickly, it was a group of messengers from the Ministry of Justice, they came here and saw the little official who hadn't had time to hide.

The leading eunuch asked, "What are you doing here? Mrs. Cai has ordered them to starve to death. What are you doing?"

The little official hurriedly knelt down and said:

"Eunuch Zhao calm down, the younger one is also worried, so I came to watch them, so as not to starve to death and cause trouble for the prince."

This father-in-law surnamed Zhao obviously didn't come to arrest him, but for other things, so he ordered someone to open the door without thinking too much.

"Hurry up, the people from the inner court are coming, get them away!"

Opening the door, I saw Zhu Yujian and his eldest son Zhu Qi huddled in the corner of the firewood room. The two were dressed in rags and their faces were seriously disheveled. It was obvious that they hadn't eaten for many days.

This is not a majestic aristocrat, it is clearly two down-and-out beggars.

Zhu Qiqi was covered with a straw mat, and his spirit was so weak that he couldn't even speak.

Zhu Yujian who was at the side was still young and in good spirits, when he saw the person coming, he immediately stood in front of him and said loudly: "What are you doing here!"

Seeing the little official behind them, Zhu Yujian thought of something, took two steps back calmly, and hid the rice bowl under the straw mat.

Seeing this, the little official relaxed his heart, and then he was a little moved, stepped forward and asked with a flattering smile: "Elder-in-law, what happened so urgently?"

Hearing the little official's question, Fengzheng Zhao Ke of the Chengfeng Division glared at the little official and said, "Why do you ask so many questions, you servant?"

"Quick, help me and carry them away!"

Zhu Yujian struggled desperately, but there were too many people in charge of the department, and he himself was weak for many days, so he was quickly dragged out.

The little official watched from behind, unable to do anything, even if he said a few more words, he would be suspected. Once suspected, life in the palace would be difficult in the future.

A group of people from Chengfeng Division had just arrived at the courtyard, but they ran into Wang Chengen who rushed over.

Wang Chengen shouted: "Wait, what are you going to do? Our family is the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi who came to pass the decree, who is carrying it!"

Behind Wang Chenen, there were four or five school captains from Jinyiwei Beizhen Fusi, who are now called Tiqi. These people's boxing skills are not vegetarian.

Seeing this, the people from Chengfeng Division looked at each other in blank dismay, and quickly put down Zhu Qiqi and Zhu Yujian.

Chapter 8 and Six: The Great Earthquake in Three Provinces

A head fell to the ground, and blood was soaked into the white stone bricks. Everyone in the Chengfeng Division had ashen-colored faces and stepped back one after another, looking at the murderous Tiqi.

Fengzheng Zhao Ke's face was pale, and he rushed to the ground, "Elder-in-law calm down, the little one is just following orders, this is not the little one's original intention, how dare the little one abuse the emperor..."

"Shut your stinky mouth!" Wang Chengen angrily reprimanded, "Zhao Ke, if you have the guts, who is Zhu Qiqi, he is the heir of the Tang Dynasty! Who is Zhu Yujian, he is the future grandson of the Tang Dynasty!"

"You even dare to imprison them, do you really not know whose family is in power now?"

Tiqi tightly gripped the hilt of his sword, and knew that Zhao Ke had committed an unforgivable crime, so he stepped forward and stood on the left and right, ready to take him down at any time.

Zhao Ke was frightened out of his wits long ago, it was none other than the eunuch Bingbi of the Supervisor of Rituals who came here, this is his immediate superior, which made him have no desire to resist at all.

"Eunuch, the villain also has something hard to say, he is clearly a concubine..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Wang Chengen, "Shut up! Zhao Ke, you have committed a serious crime. Even if our family can't bear it, we will have to keep you."

"Come on, take him down for me, drive him into the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, and guard the mausoleum for the emperor's ancestors in the past dynasties, so as to atone for his sins!"

Zhao Ke was taken down by two riders, one on the left and one on the right, and was detained while shrinking and begging for mercy.

Wang Chengen looked at Yu's Chengfengsi and others, and said coldly: "As a member of the Yousi, you don't work for the court. Instead, you help Zhao Kena to kill and abuse your clan. None of you can live."

"what?"

Hearing this, the people in Chengfeng Division panicked.

"Elder-in-law, we are all following Zhao Ke's orders!"

"Yes, father-in-law, let's wait for the crime to not die!"

"Eunuch, please forgive me..."

Wang Chengen had his own considerations. It seems that such matters that affect the face of the royal family must be handled with caution. It is impossible to completely stop talking, but doing so can at least deter other people who know the truth, so that they will not dare to speak more in a short time. Word.

In this way, what will be circulated in the market in the future will only be unconfirmed rumors, at best unofficial history.

Whether the real royal hair happened or such a scandal can only depend on the imagination of the later generations.

Thinking of this, there was no trace of human emotion in his face, and he said: "Kill them all, don't keep any of them."

After saying that, regardless of the begging and crying of the people in the Chengfeng Department, he took Zhu Qiqi and Zhu Yujian, turned and left the Chengfeng Department.

After hearing about Cheng Fengsi, the concubine Cai knew she was guilty, and never dared to persuade the Tang king Zhu Shuohuang when Wang Chengen came to the Tang palace.

The old king of Tang, without Cai's ear, is like a kite with a broken string. He brought his relatives and came to Beijing with Wang Chengen and his party to listen to the announcement.

……

In July of the sixth year of Tianqi, another major event happened in Ming Dynasty.

The usual famine, wind, flood, or fire in a certain place is no longer a major event that has caused a sensation in the government and the public. This is another major earthquake that has spread to many provinces after the previous earthquake in five provinces.

In the words of later generations, the magnitude of the earthquake is at least seven.

On the fifth day of the seventh lunar month, at Choushi, the Datong Mansion in Shanxi went from the northwest to the southeast, and the sound was like thunder, shaking down 28 towers and walls.

In Hunyuan Prefecture and other places, starting from the west, the city shook the mountains, and the sound was like a huge thunder, knocking down the large city wall and the four official walls.

The next day, the capital, Tianjin Sanwei, and Xuanda were shaken dozens of times. Within three days, the Jifu area was overwhelmed with casualties. According to the disaster department, there were more than [-] people!