[Ming Dynasty] I seem to know too much

Emperor Hongzhi is in a very good mood today, very good.Although, as a gentle and considerate emperor, he seldom loses his temper with courtiers, but with his introverted personality, he often smiles today, even when encountering difficult things, he just frowns slightly, which does not affect his mood at all.

When discussing politics in the Wenhua Palace, Li Dongyang couldn't help but ask in the gaps between the thinking of several important officials: "Your Majesty, is there any happy event today? I must be very happy to see your smile on your face." Emperor Hongzhi had a gentle temper, He is a friendly minister, and has a good relationship with several important ministers around him, and he is a little easy-going when speaking.When Li Dongyang asked, he smiled and said, "You must have not spoken to Xie Qian today, right?"

Li Dongyang looked at Xie Qian who was sitting opposite him in confusion, and squinted his eyes. Could it be that he did something?Xie Qian raised his head when he heard Emperor Hongzhi's words, and just at this time he received a message from Li Dongyang, and responded with a smile: "The emperor is right." Come back together.

Since Emperor Hongzhi reopened the Wu Dynasty, he still felt that it was not enough. On this basis, he created the Wenhua Palace to discuss government affairs, and the time happened to be between the early and afternoon dynasties.With such a diligent emperor, under his leadership, he naturally has a good cabinet.People at the time commented: Li Gongmou, Liu Gongduan, Xie Gongyou Kankan.As a "conspirator", Li Dongyang could only think of the troublesome Prince Highness under the strange behavior of the two monarchs and ministers in front of him.

He glanced at Liu Jian who was next to the old god, and cupped his hands and said, "Could it be that what did His Royal Highness do?" As for why he had to look at Liu Jian before speaking, it was because Li Dongyang knew Liu Jian's personality well.Don't look at the current chief assistant who is smiling on many occasions, but in fact he is stubborn in political affairs. If something big or bad happens, Liu Jian will definitely lose his temper now.

Xie Qian played a lubricating role among several cabinet ministers, so he couldn't help but have a sharp mouth and a decent character.Emperor Hongzhi once commented: "Gong Xie is here, and the courtiers have no gaps." And he is also the teacher of the prince Zhu Houzhao, and he is much more loved than the prince Liu Jian.Don't look at the last time the prince asked Liu Jian to do a little trick and gave things to Jiao Shizhi, but in essence, if he had a choice, he would definitely not take the initiative to approach Liu Jian.

"It's nothing, it's just that the prince has settled down and studied for several months, and the emperor is very happy." Xie Qian said with a smile. Talented, truly a genius.The Ming Dynasty actually did not require the princes to practice martial arts, after all, they still respected the literati.But let's not talk about whether there is water in these words, the focus still falls on the prince.Being so diligent and studious, it almost made people think that the prince had been dropped.

Li Dongyang is also clear about the prince's situation in the past six months. The prince is not stupid, but he is very stubborn and stubborn. It is a great joy that he finally enlightened today.

Just when they were full of emotions, the prince was getting up from the ground with his teeth bared.The weather is cold, and there are frequent frosts on the ground.Although the people at the sweeping area cleaned up diligently, but after all, it was snowing heavily and it was cold, so there were always things that could not be dealt with in time.And the prince has just started to regain his martial arts these days, no matter how careful the martial arts masters are, the muscles still need to be stretched, which makes the prince's activities not so sensitive these days.

The prince's fall frightened Liu Jin, Gao Feng and others, who followed the prince to keep warm, and someone else severely punished the little eunuch who was in charge of this area, making the scene not very good.Hearing the noisy words in his ear, Zhu Houzhao frowned, "Just fine him with one month's salary, hurry down." Hearing it made his head swell.

Liu Jin looked worriedly at the bruises on the Prince's elbow, and softly persuaded: "Your Highness, there are always people around you to protect you, so there is no need to practice martial arts yourself. Your body is noble, and now you are covered with scars. The empress will feel distressed when she sees it. "Zhu Houzhao reached out and poked the purple silt, and the corners of his eyes twitched. It really hurt.

But he seriously thought about the scene of his wrestling just now, and felt that it was terrible. If he was good enough, the embarrassing scene just now would never have happened.So what if there are so many guards around him, it would be embarrassing to lose face without life safety!

Looking at the prince's face, Liu Jinduan knew that he did not agree with his opinion, and immediately changed his words: "However, if His Royal Highness can practice hard all the time, he will definitely become a master of masters in a short time." Zhu Houzhao nodded in satisfaction, He continued to reject the suggestion of taking a taxi and planned to walk back.

And where is Jiao Shizhi at this time?

He was in the small kitchen of the East Palace, facing a lively fish, deeply troubled.

The cook who was watching was sweating deeply for their lives, and the head chef stepped forward and suggested: "My lord, let us do it?" Sword, is it going to be on the battlefield or cooking? !

Jiao Shizhi smiled without showing his teeth, and said softly, "It's okay, I'll do it." He couldn't be calmer than his face, and after repeating the steps silently again, Jiao Shizhi's hands started to move.

Swipe, swipe, swipe——but for a moment, the fish slices on the cutting board were crystal clear, so thin that the texture on them could be seen clearly.Jiao Shizhi breathed a sigh of relief, anyway, the first step is relatively simple.

That's right, he is fulfilling his promise to cook for that little ancestor.Needless to say, there were several hardships and ups and downs. Anyway, the posture is very good now, as long as he does not make mistakes in the last step.

"Liu Jin, where is the right place?" The prince who had returned to the East Palace ordered people to prepare hot water for a bath, and asked Liu Jin casually.

Liu Jin who has been following Zhu Houzhao:? ? ?

Gu Dayong, who simply stayed in the East Palace today, hastily answered, "Master Jiao should still be in the small kitchen." From the guard Jiao to the present Lord Jiao, there is no need to say anything about the changes.Remembering the previous agreement, Zhu Houzhao felt a lot better, and happily went to take a bath first.

Jiao Shi went back with a fishy face on his face, asked the servant to help him prepare hot water, and then hurriedly washed off the smell.Stuck in the warm hot water in the bucket, Jiao Shizhi couldn't get out of the wooden bucket. The weather has been getting colder and colder these days. Just now, I didn't feel it in the stuffy environment of the small kitchen. I almost didn't get frozen when I went out. A shiver.But seeing the time, Jiao Shizhi still struggled to get out of the hot water. After changing his clothes, he went to the main hall without caring about his undried hair.

Eating with the prince seems to have become a habit, and Jiao Shi has calmed down a long time ago.Some people have said it in private, but they were all strangled by Liu Jin at the embryonic stage.It is not a good thing to anger the crown prince now, if given a choice, Liu Jin prefers to proceed step by step.

When Jiao Shizhi arrived at the main hall, Zhu Houzhao just came out from the room, his hair was wet, and Gao Feng behind him chased him to wipe his hair.Zhu Houzhao originally had a smile on his face, but when he saw Jiao Shizhi's drenched hair, he didn't look very good. He puffed up and said, "Liu Jin, go get an extra towel."

Facing Zhu Houzhao who was full of anger, Jiao Shizhi was rarely embarrassed. He honestly took the towel handed over by Liu Jin, wiped his hair until it was half dry, and then sat down.The freshly dried hair naturally hung down behind him, slid slightly with Jiao Shizhi's movements, and scattered in front of him, adding a bit of wanton freedom.Seeing such a young man, the prince felt a little better. Looking at the dishes on the table, he naturally landed on the dish in front of him.

With a calm expression on his face, Jiao Shizhi found that the Prince's eyes had already landed on the dish that was the most unreliable. Obviously, every time the dish was served, the dish that was most in it must be made by him.However, his eyes still quietly fell on the food-testing waiter, and after seeing the normal face of the man, well, at least it won't poison people to death.God knows that Jiao Shizhi's only expectation for him is this. I really don't know why His Highness still insists on letting him cook.

The waiter watched His Highness's first chopsticks still resolutely choose the dishes made by Lord Jiao, and silently mourned for the small kitchen in his heart.

Jiao Shizhi looked at the prince's face with a little nervousness, and asked softly: "Your Highness, are you alright?" These words seemed to be asking about the dishes, but they were actually concerned about the prince's stomach, cough, he didn't have much confidence.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Jiao Shizhi, and said with a smile, "Shang Ke, continue tomorrow." There was a bit of coquettishness in the words, but it was not annoying. Instead, Jiao Shizhi looked at the dish embarrassingly, and he would rather His Highness Don't say a word.

Although there are so many small troubles, Jiao Shizhi lived a long and comfortable life in the East Palace.Except for the foresight sentences that appeared in front of Jiao Shizhi's eyes from time to time and startled him, there were no major disturbances.

But today's sentence has a bit of that bad meaning——

Like all foreseeable sentences, as long as the bad things about the year, month and day are not mentioned, it will be really uncomfortable for Jiao Shizhi.If the content of the evaluation is good, but if it involves bad facts, even if he wants to redeem it but doesn't know how to do it, it's better to not know about it at the beginning, so he feels better.

Thinking about it now, he accidentally interrupted Qiu Ju and the others' ideas, making it a good thing that the prince and the woman could not be together, which may have changed the fact that it should have happened in a sense.Jiao Shizhi is very clear about what the history books say is not entirely correct. He doesn't know what happened in later generations, which leads to different descriptions of what he can foresee.But some content is still without trouble, such as lust, such as lust.

However, after that incident, Jiao Shizhi obviously felt that His Highness the Crown Prince had completely lost interest in this package of matters. He was sure that the Crown Prince's appearance should have been in high spirits, but it might have been interrupted by his appearance. When thinking of something like this, Jiao Shizhi's ears turned red, and he coughed lightly twice. He swore that he really didn't do it on purpose, and hoped that His Highness would not have any obstacles because of it.

Taking a deep breath, he felt something, turned his head to look at the prince who was staring at him, and knew in his heart that his strange reaction just now had fallen into the eyes of His Highness.His Highness is a very sensitive person, he often knows the changes of the people around him better than himself.

"Your Highness, I want to ask for a leave of absence from my humble position tonight." Jiao Shizhi said softly, not lying, but Chen Chuming, who is also a guard of the Eastern Palace, celebrated his birthday today, and it just so happened that he was on duty today. It cannot be exchanged at will, so this birthday can only be passed in the palace.

Although Jiao Shizhi spent most of his time in the Eastern Palace around the prince, he still needed to communicate with the guards of the Eastern Palace sometimes. He also made a few good friends like Lin Xiu before, and Chen Chuming was one of them.It's funny to say that the two got to know each other because of a misunderstanding.

Jiao Shizhi's face can be regarded as an old acquaintance in the East Palace. Although he needs to wear a waist card when entering and leaving the East Palace, but that day Jiao Shizhi's belt card was picked up by the prince for playing, and he forgot to bring it back when he came back.In the end, I met Chen Chuming. If I were someone else, I might let him go after explaining. However, I met Chen Chuming, who was born with face blindness. He couldn't recognize who the person in front of him was. , Jiao Shizhi, who was stuck at the first checkpoint for less than half an hour, was finally rescued by the prince who came back late. After learning about this, the prince laughed for a quarter of an hour. Standing beside him with a paralyzed face, Jiao Shizhi said that it was not funny at all. place.

When the prince heard Jiao Shizhi's request for leave, he was very disappointed after asking about the content. Tonight, Queen Zhang called him to the Kunning Palace, "It must be very interesting." The endless regrets in the words made Jiao Shizhi very grateful to Zhang With the Queen's sudden idea, Chen Chuming must not be able to adapt to a prince congratulating him on his birthday.

The bright moon was in the sky, and the soft light did not lose its brilliance, covering most of the brilliance of the stars.More than half of the first month has passed, and the festive atmosphere of the New Year has not dissipated. Red lanterns and dazzling revolving lanterns are still hung in the palace.Jiao Shizhi stepped on the snowflakes that fell during the day and knocked on the door of the guardhouse of the Eastern Palace.

The guard at the gate opened the door with a "squeak" and said with a smile when he saw who was coming, "Yo, I thought you wouldn't be able to come today." This person was Chen Chuming. Compared with his face blindness, But he is a very cheerful person, with a smile that warms people's hearts, and he is the right-hand man of the chief guard of the Eastern Palace.If it weren't for his face blindness, he should be in a higher position than he is now.

"You should really thank me, otherwise I would bring your Highness down to congratulate you now." Facing Chen Chuming's teasing, Jiao Shizhi raised his eyebrows and said with a half-smile.

Seeing Chen Chuming's shoulders tremble, he coughed twice and said seriously: "What are you talking about? His Royal Highness is a man of gold, how could he come here? Wouldn't it dirty the nobleman's eyes. Let's go, let's start soon .” Just kidding, if His Highness really came over, he would definitely lose his life!

There is a row of small yards in the guard's office, which is a place for the guards on duty in the palace to rest.Chen Chuming's room was on the left side of the inside. It was his birthday today, and a few people who knew him privately gathered together to find someone to make a banquet for him.Although Jiao Shizhi didn't pay, he was the one looking for someone, otherwise who else would have the face to cook meals in the small kitchen of the Eastern Palace.

At this time, several people had already left the room. When they saw Chen Chuming and Jiao Shizhi coming, everyone's emotions were very high, and they poured Chen Chuming half a pot of wine in two or three.Although Jiao Shizhi also drank a little, firstly he was not the protagonist, and secondly, no one dared to drink him, so he naturally watched Chen Chuming's suffering from the sidelines with ease.

After a round of drinking, Chen Chuming sat down next to Jiao Shizhi with a smell of alcohol all over his body. Jiao Shizhi reminded him in a low voice, "Aren't you going to be on duty tonight with your appearance?" Getting caught is no small matter.

Chen Chuming was a handsome brown-skinned young man. He hiccupped his mouth and lowered his voice, "Brother Zhang knew it was my birthday tonight, so he specially stayed an extra night to work the night shift for me." Brother Zhang was Zhang Donghua, the chief guard of the Eastern Palace.

Jiao Shizhi nodded, and suddenly remembered the question that he had been thinking about for a long time before, "Didn't you recognize people before? Why did you recognize me when you saw me later?" And not only him, but also other people. , now he can basically speak out as soon as they meet, which is a leap forward compared to before.

Chen Chuming showed a shy smile and said, "Isn't it that I can't recognize people? Later, a friend, a friend taught me that since I can't recognize faces, I simply don't remember them, and instead remember everyone's faces." Body shape. No two people in the world will look exactly the same, even twins.” He was a martial arts practitioner, and remembering other people’s body shapes is easy for him, and it is more convenient for him to check people in and out.

Jiao Shizhi nodded thoughtfully. The person who gave Chen Chuming an idea must be a very quick-thinking person. After looking at the problem from a different angle, he would find a completely different answer.He patted Chen Chuming on the shoulder, "You have made very good friends."

Chen Chuming just smiled, the blush after drinking dissipated, making his eyes a little moist, he nodded a little ignorantly, and was soon dragged into the drinking party by the guards and friends.

The people who came here tonight didn't have night shifts, and the earliest ones were the afternoon shifts of the next day. Jiao Shizhi didn't say much, and stopped him when the time was about to come, so that Chen Chuming could clean up the mess and make sure After this face-blind man threw himself into the pool, Jiao Shizhi looked at his clothes with a little distaste. He smelled of alcohol, which made him feel uncomfortable.

Pieces of snow began to fall from the sky again. The snow was not heavy, but it looked very beautiful under the bright moonlight tonight.Jiao Shizhi stood on the road and looked up for a long while, finally defeated by the gradually rising chill in his legs and feet, and hurried back to the East Palace.

The charcoal fire was already burning in the house, and the warm breath made Jiao Shizhi's hands and feet numb, and he rubbed his hands vigorously, exhaling hot air.The little waiter at the door poking around smiled when he saw Jiao Shizhi come back, and said in a crisp voice, "Master Jiao, there is tea in the teapot on the table, you can use some to warm up."

This little servant was originally a little eunuch at the sweeping office, but was later transferred by the prince to be responsible for the cleaning of Jiao Shizhi's house, and later he began to serve Jiao Shizhi after a smooth operation. At first, Jiao Shizhi was very uncomfortable. He came to the East Palace for the purpose of Serving the prince, now I enjoy it instead.If it wasn't for the crown prince's refusal to back down, he would have sent him back long ago.But in the later relationship, Jiao Shizhi was also glad that he didn't do this. Xiao Dezi's environment in the sanitation place was not very good, and it was almost desperate to come here. If he was sent back, he would really have no way out.

"Xiao Dezi, is Your Highness back?" Jiao Shizhi poured himself a cup of tea and held it in his palm to warm his hands.Xiao Dezi only dared to watch from the side, but didn't dare to do it himself. He knew that Jiao Shizhi didn't like others to help too much.

"His Royal Highness hasn't come back yet. I heard that he is going to enjoy the snow. Eunuch Liu and the others are accompanying him." Jiao Shizhi looked up at the moonlight. The light snow outside the window did not stop. Tonight is indeed a good time to enjoy the snow.But it's so late now, and you haven't come back yet?

He stretched his body, his face was a little tired, the wine he drank just now was a little bit high, and now his head hurts a little.I heard that there is also snake bone wine collected by Chef Zhang of the Imperial Dining Room. I really don’t know how they bought it. The color is similar to this tea, but the taste is really unbearable.

Xiao Dezi suddenly heard a loud sound of "bang bang" in the room, which made him tremble all over, cautiously glanced inside, and found that Master Jiao was staring at the teacup on the table with a pale face, as if it was a fascinating The demon, the chair behind him fell to the side, and the arm supporting the table trembled violently, as if he was suppressing something.

After a while, Jiao Shizhi's mood seemed to return to normal, he stood up straight, and his eyes were no longer as scary as before.Xiao Dezi breathed a sigh of relief, and stared at him with dark eyes for a moment, which made him shrink back subconsciously in fright, and only heard the slightly hoarse voice asking: "Do you know where your Highness has gone?"

Xiao Dezi nodded quickly.