[Ming Dynasty] I seem to know too much

After Zhu Houzhao arranged his appearance, he ordered Liu Jin and others to go out of the palace and call several cabinet ministers into the palace.Because Zhu Houzhao's complexion wasn't very good at that time, the servants tried their best to rush everywhere, for fear that the slow speed would make Zhu Houzhao angry.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao's mood had stabilized at this time, his ugly face was because he hadn't slept for several days, and Jiao Shizhi was treating his wound, which was a little painful.

When Liu Jian was summoned into the palace, he was still a little confused, and he was accompanied by Xie Qian, Li Dongyang and other ministers who were confused with him. It was because His Royal Highness the Prince's resistance was too strong a few days ago, which caused them to be overwhelmed by this sudden attack. The contrast is shocking.

The prince did not summon them in the Qianqing Palace, but in the Wenhua Palace.The few important ministers who entered the palace could also understand that the emperor had just passed away in Qianqing Palace, and His Highness the Crown Prince's attitude towards Qianqing Palace can also be imagined.The six ministers also came in together, but the only people Zhu Houzhao really wanted to call were a few cabinet scholars and ministers of rites.

Zhang Sheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, was promoted to the post of Shangshu in Hongzhi 15 years ago. He is diligent and conscientious, and he is a person who follows the rules.The prince summoned him here to inquire about the funeral. The emperor's funeral department already had a set of procedures, so he wanted to ask about it first.Moreover, the site selection of the mausoleum in the Ming Dynasty was prepared in advance and afterwards.Emperor Hongzhi didn't expect to die young, so he didn't even prepare the cemetery.

The first real contact between the crown prince and several adults was quite pleasant. Although there were occasional disputes, they were quickly and properly resolved.The crown prince ordered the Ministry of Rites to formulate a charter after returning to discuss the temple name and posthumous title of the late emperor, and ordered the Ministry of Industry and Qin Tianjian to be responsible for finding a suitable place to build the mausoleum.

The first thing the prince discussed was the funeral of Emperor Hongzhi, and the ministers were very satisfied.If the prince cheerfully asked them to discuss matters about the succession, even if it was reasonable, it would be really criticized.

"His Royal Highness, the funeral needs to be dealt with, but your succession ceremony cannot be ignored. I hope that His Highness will succeed to the throne as soon as possible to stabilize the hearts of the people." Liu Jian came out to remonstrate. Although Zhu Houzhao was not very happy, he also nodded. Zhang Sheng said: "In addition to the funeral ceremony, the succession ceremony also needs to take out the regulations as soon as possible, but you must not ignore the former because of this, do you remember?"

Zhang Sheng had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly responded.

After the two matters were dealt with, the prince didn't want to talk more, so he asked people to step down.Liu Jian and others took into account that the prince had just gotten started and didn't force too much, so they left one after another.Only Xie Qian hesitated for a moment before leaving, but he was the last one to come out standing behind.

Li Dongyang looked at the mysterious Xie Qian who came out and asked in doubt: "What's the matter with your face? I saw you with a solemn face just now, and the change has changed a little bit?" These important officials have a good relationship with Emperor Hongzhi. The death of Emperor Hongzhi affected them more or less, and they were really depressed these few days.

Xie Qian shook his head lightly, and said with a calm smile, "Just now you were only focused on discussing things, but you didn't notice the person standing next to the prince?" Attention.

Li Dongyang and Liu Jian, who walked slowly, got together, looked at Xie Qian who was smiling, and began to recall the previous things. After a long while, Li Dongyang shook his head. He really didn't pay attention to that.Liu Jian clapped his hands and said, "The one standing on the right is Liu Jin Gaofeng, but the one standing on the left is Jiao Shizhi." Liu Jian was very impressed with Jiao Shizhi, after all, this is the crown prince's sloppy face. It was the first time in history that the prince asked him to hand over something to the person who gave it to him. How could Liu Jian not remember it.

Xie Qian nodded, then frowned and said, "I heard that he went back to his hometown for the funeral, so he was not with His Highness during this period of time. But judging from the scene just now, he may have rushed back in the past two days." Just now I haven't thought of it yet, but it's a bit strange to think about it now.

"That's why His Highness has such a change today?" Li Dongyang followed Xie Qian's train of thought and said thoughtfully: "But how did he know the things in the capital? The speed can't be that fast." This one belongs to the one who thinks a little too much.

Xie Qian gave Li Dongyang a blank look, and shook his head helplessly, "Could it be that Jiao Shizhi couldn't come back from the funeral? Look at your wild thinking. But if the changes in the prince today are really caused by Jiao Shizhi, then this one will be in front of His Highness." His influence is huge, even surpassing that of Liu Jin."

Liu Jin, as the chief eunuch of the Crown Prince's East Palace, has long been known by these courtiers. The Ming Dynasty's eunuchs were very powerful. This inseparable person will be the leader of the eunuchs in the next few years. Why don't you figure out this person's character? OK?But it's a pity that it's impossible for Liu Jin to have the kindness of Huai En. Thank God if there is no more Li Guang.

Liu Jian understood Xie Qian's hidden meaning. Liu Jin had served Zhu Houzhao for many years. He was supposed to be the most familiar person of the prince. They had also secretly asked Liu Jin to persuade him about the previous matter, but the effect was not very good, or maybe Liu Jin was not at all They didn't dare to persuade them, whether it was the former's guess or the latter, for them, Liu Jin was no longer a suitable candidate.

After Zhu Houzhao waited for the Wenhua Palace to quiet down, he lay lazily on the chair. The wound on his forehead was only slightly treated by Jiao Shizhi. The ministers didn't notice it just now, but now it is still aching.Jiao Shi took a few steps forward, bent over to observe the prince's scar, and also blocked the light in front of him.

"What's wrong with Shizhi?" The prince said sleepily without even opening his eyes.

He hadn't closed his eyes for many days, and his tense emotions suddenly relaxed, and he felt unable to exert himself.

Jiao Shizhi looked at the prince's situation, and quickly winked at Liu Jin and the others, and several people worked together to help him up, and helped him to the waiting car outside the door.Liu Jin is so clever. Looking at the prince's face, he knew that he probably had no strength now. He had already called the chauffeur privately. Even if the prince didn't want to sit, he could show his concern.

As soon as he sat on the carriage, the prince sank inside, with his head half-stretched, and he squinted his eyes to return to the East Palace. Jiao Shizhi immediately helped him into the bedroom and helped him take off his coat Boots, when Zhu Houzhao lay down on the bed, he almost fell asleep immediately.

Jiao Shizhi looked at the swollen wound on the crown prince's forehead. He just took care of it briefly. He quietly retreated and said to Liu Jin, "Please, please call for the imperial doctor. The prince's wound needs to be treated again." Liu Jin nodded , I went to tell people not to mention it.Afterwards, Jiao Shizhi also heard about his situation after he left Beijing from the servants who served him closely.

After Jiao Shizhi left for a period of time, Emperor Hongzhi's condition did improve, and he began to deal with government affairs.However, within a month, he fell ill in bed again, this time with a menacing illness, and he was caught off guard.No matter what the people in the Tai Hospital do, it is almost impossible to cure them.

On the day of Emperor Hongzhi's death, there were almost no symptoms. Although his body became weaker and weaker, he was in good spirits that night.The imperial physicians were discussing outside, and Empress Zhang and the prince were talking with him inside. It was a time when they were tender but inexplicably sad. At some point, Emperor Hongzhi’s spirit became better and better as he chatted. At the end, he suddenly Ask someone to find Liu Jian and others.

Gao Feng said in a hoarse voice: "At that time, something was wrong with the emperor, the empress and His Highness also found out, but they all held back and dared not say anything. After several adults came in, the emperor suddenly pulled Liu Ge The old hand said, I hope Elder Liu Ge can help His Highness more in the future, so that His Highness is young and easy." At the end, Gao Feng's throat choked up and he was speechless.He was originally sent by Emperor Hongzhi to serve the prince, so he was naturally grateful for Emperor Hongzhi's kindness.

Liu Jin just came back, looking at Gao Feng's appearance, she was also a little sentimental, and then said: "At that time, I knew it was a flashback, and His Highness has been guarding by the side. When the emperor left, the empress passed out immediately. His Highness is handling the matter, and he hasn't closed his eyes until today." Zhang Yong was also at the side, and they all followed the prince all the time, so they knew the scene of chaos at that time.

Liu Jin, Gao Feng and others spoke very briefly, but Jiao Shizhi felt very uncomfortable hearing it. He couldn't imagine how these things were all on the prince's shoulders all of a sudden.He rubbed his forehead and felt that he also had a headache now.But as he moved, his head began to ache more and more, and he suddenly remembered that he himself had barely slept, and had rushed here day and night, and his body was indeed at its peak.

When he didn't notice it, he didn't feel anything, but once he found it, Jiao Shizhi felt stares flashing in his eyes, almost unable to stand up.He now understands better the feeling of the crown prince falling asleep just now, and he said to Liu Jin with strength: "Eunuch Liu, I'm not feeling well, go back and lie down for a while, His Highness, please take care of me here." Liu Jin Waiting for people to nod, Zhang Yong volunteered to help Jiao Shizhi go back, because his appearance was a bit scary and his face was pale.

Liu Jin and others sent Jiao Shizhi away, then he shook his head at Gao Feng, and said in a low voice, "Did you see that face?" Gao Feng frowned slightly, "It looks uglier than His Highness, could it be true? Did you rush back?"

Speaking of this, the two of them subconsciously stopped talking. No matter why Jiao Shizhi rushed back, His Highness the Crown Prince trusts him so much now, and because of his arrival, the Crown Prince came out of the occlusion. when it's time.

Jiao Shizhi was really uncomfortable. He used to dig mud in the rain in the small town, and after hearing the news, he rushed all the way to the capital. Such intense fatigue pushed his body to the limit, and he even had a low fever. .Waking up after sleeping, Jiao Shizhi found that his health was not much better, on the contrary, he felt more uncomfortable, so he laughed helplessly.

It was midnight at this time, Jiao Shizhi sat for a while, but he sat alone from night to day.

When he woke up in the morning, Xiao Dezi was the first to notice that something was wrong with him, and kept saying that he was going to call the imperial doctor. Jiao Shizhi raised his hand to stop him, coughed a few times and said, "It's so chaotic now, don't make any noise. Come on. I’ll just go to the Imperial Hospital later, I’m just a bodyguard, so I shouldn’t be so grand.” Xiao Dezi muttered, “You’re still Master Jin Yiwei, it’s not a big deal to let the imperial doctor see you. .”

Jiao Shizhi shook his head, changed his clothes to clean his face, and took care of himself a little so that he would not be able to see people.

"Is Your Highness awake?" he asked.

Xiao Dezi shook his head, "No, when the villain passed by just now, Eunuch Liu came out, and it is said that His Highness the Crown Prince is still sleeping." Jiao Shizhi was not at ease, so he propped himself up to look at it again, until it was true Hearing the prince snoring slightly, he was relieved.

The prince is really tired.

When he came out, Gao Feng glanced at Jiao Shizhi's face, and couldn't help but said, "Lord Jiao, are you really alright?" Jiao Shizhi raised his head and touched his forehead, feeling a little hot.He retracted it calmly, and said as usual: "I'm going to the Imperial Hospital right now. If His Highness wakes up later, please help me cover it up so that His Highness doesn't know my whereabouts." Worry.

Gao Feng nodded, and Jiao Shizhi left in a hurry.

Not long after he left, the prince's voice sounded in the hall, and several eunuchs rushed in to watch, only to see Zhu Houzhao sitting up with the quilt in his arms, his eyes blurred, and he seemed not quite sober.After sitting for a while, sober, he casually threw away the quilt that was tightly hugged just now, stretched his waist after getting out of bed, raised his eyelids and looked at the waiter who came in, "Why are you guys, what should I do? "The words were full of little disgust.

Gao Feng said cleverly: "Lord Jiao is probably tired from the journey these days, he is not awake yet." Zhu Houzhao nodded, but did not ask further, "Let him rest for a while, don't bother him Him. I'll take a look after I finish cleaning up later."

Several big eunuchs looked at each other and remained silent.

All of them secretly begged Jiao Shizhi to come back soon in their hearts. The prince's temper was not very good during this time, and if they got angry, they couldn't help it.

Jiao Shizhi's speed was quite fast. His foundation was already very good, but he was too tired during this period, and he was drenched in some rain, so the wind and cold entered his body, so he returned after taking the medicine.As soon as the front foot handed over the things in Xiao Dezi, Zhu Houzhao came over on the back foot. The prince saw the medicine bag in Xiao Dezi's hand at a glance, and his eyes immediately flew to Jiao Shizhi.

Jiao Shizhi groaned secretly, how could he be bumped into by the prince just at this juncture.He originally wanted to let Xiao Dezi brew the medicine quietly. During this period of time, His Royal Highness has had enough burdens on his body, and he didn't want to bother him with his own affairs.

Zhu Houzhao's complexion was indeed not very good-looking, he glared at Xiao Dezi hard, and told him to get out in a rough voice. When the knife was stabbed in Liu Jin, Gao Feng and the others, they suddenly realized that they were also on the list of getting out, and immediately Just rolled away.Jiao Shizhi watched Zhang Yong close the door, looked at the angry prince, and said embarrassingly, "Why is Your Highness here, don't sleep for a while?"

"If I go to sleep again, you will be tortured to death one day! What's going on?" Zhu Houzhao gave Jiao Shi a hard look, and Jiao Shi looked up at the sky in embarrassment.In his relationship with the prince, it is extremely rare for such a situation to occur.Jiao Shizhi was already a few years older than Zhu Houzhao, and he was much more mature than Zhu Houzhao on weekdays. Jiao Shizhi had never been so unreasonable.

"The humble job is because I've been on the road for the past few days, and I'm not feeling well, so I thought about going to see the imperial doctor before the rainy day. It's really not a big deal." Jiao Shizhi tried to remedy it, and found a legitimate reason.But the next moment the prince's action startled him, he took a step forward, put his palm on his forehead, and said angrily after a while: "Is this nothing?!"

Jiao Shizhi said uncomfortably: "Your Highness, your hand." The warm touch on the forehead that did not belong to him was very strange, which made him tremble unconsciously.

"What's wrong with my hand! Don't interrupt! With your current appearance, you still say it's nothing?! I'll fall down as soon as I push the sickly look. Tell me clearly, how long did it take you to come here?" Anger flashed in Zhu Houzhao's dark eyes, and after a second thought, he tried to ask why.

"Eleven days." Jiao Shizhi blinked and said briskly.

The prince pondered for a long time and found that he didn't know the distance from the capital to Jiao Shizhi's hometown, and it was useless to ask for time.He was thinking fast, seeing that Jiao Shizhi seemed relieved, he suddenly asked, "How long did it take you to go?"

Jiao Shi almost lost his breath, his eyes subconsciously glanced to the side.Zhu Houzhao found out, and impatiently stretched out his hand and turned his head back, but his hand still stayed there without moving, staring at Jiao Shizhi covetously.

Jiao Shizhi was self-defeating, but even more embarrassing.The prince touched his face with one hand and stroked his forehead with the other. The strange movements made him feel unnatural.The ears were slightly hot, and Jiao Shizhi didn't dare to imagine his current appearance.

"About, it took ten or nineteen days." He finished speaking in a stumbling manner, and a volcanic eruption prince was ushered in.

Moments later, even Liu Jin, Gao Feng, Xiao Dezi and other people who were kicked out to guard the door could hear Zhu Houzhao's roar inside the door, which can be said to be quite rare.

Xiao Dezi was forced by the aura of the prince inside the door, looked at the door with a face of horror, then looked at the calm and composed Liu Jin Gaofeng, and said cautiously: "Grandpas, Mr. Jiao, is Mr. Jiao really all right?" The appearance of His Highness the Crown Prince is so terrifying, it feels like the roof is about to be toppled by him!

Liu Jin glanced at him lightly, seeing that he was the person next to Jiao Shizhi, it was rare for him to remind him, "Have you ever seen your master being punished by His Highness the Crown Prince? Don't worry, nothing will happen." He was from the East Palace, but he was actually sent by Zhu Houzhao to serve Jiao Shizhi, and Liu Jin did not assign him to them.

Xiao Dezi nodded with half understanding, Liu Jin sneered in his heart, but didn't speak.That's why he doesn't care how little Dezi gets Jiao Shi's favor.So stupid, once he goes out, he can only be swallowed alive, he is not his opponent at all.His real opponent is the group of talents gathered around the prince.Although three died, there were still five left!

Although Liu Jin and the others are peaceful on the surface, there are a lot of intrigues in private.

It was rare for Jiao Shizhi to be given a solid meal by the crown prince. The storm made him a little nervous, so the crown prince finally stopped talking and yelled at Xiao Dezi to make medicine.

Seeing that the prince's attention was all on this, Jiao Shizhi hurriedly distracted him, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, how is your empress? Don't you need to go over and have a look?" , pushed Jiao Shizhi onto the bed, and said in a rough voice: "You give me a good rest, I won't see you staying on the bed when I come back, you won't know what I want to do!"

Before leaving, Jiao Shizhi gave Jiao Shizhi nods with an extremely fierce gaze, and sat obediently on the bed.

After the prince finally left, Jiao Shizhi touched his ear awkwardly, and it turned red as expected.He rubbed it vigorously twice, but the strange emotion in his heart hadn't dissipated, but for a moment, he seemed to remember something important, with a slight worry on his brows, and suddenly sighed.Maybe it was because he was too anxious when he came, which made him ignore a lot of things.Leaving aside the matter of the emperor's death, the servants outside the door who had just followed the prince also began to fight each other. Maybe before the prince figured out how to deal with things, his backyard might catch fire.

Jiao Shizhi's premonition was not wrong, and such a thing happened very quickly.

Zhang Sheng, as Minister of the Ministry of Rites, shoulders the important task of etiquette for various major events, so he is naturally a busy person recently, but in his busy schedule, he found an annoying thing after he entered the palace.

Originally, Zhang Sheng was supposed to go to the Wenhua Hall, but he was attracted by a few monk-like people on the way. Thinking of those "capable people" that Emperor Hongzhi often enshrined, he was startled, and hurriedly walked in that direction, only to find that The Qianqing Palace, which was supposed to be quiet and peaceful, was bustling for some reason. The room was full of complicated human voices, and there were also exclamations.Surprised, Zhang Sheng went inside and found that a group of people in Taoist uniforms were wielding swords and lighting a fire inside.

Zhang Sheng was furious, and later on the way to the Wenhua Hall, he found many Buddhists and Taoists, and the flames in his heart became even worse.

On the second day, Zhang Sheng played directly, saying that some people in Taoism and Tibetan religion disturbed the inner palace by exorcising evil spirits.

The memorial was uploaded to Zhu Houzhao, which made him furious, and ordered Liu Jin to lead people to remove the name of this group of people and expel them from the palace.Shortly thereafter, there was fierce competition for the positions of eunuch and eunuch of the [-]th Supervisor of Internal Affairs. However, because Liu Jin and others were unable to continue their successors, they were no more powerful and powerful than the original incumbents. filled the gap of the twelve prisons.

Under this undercurrent, Zhu Houzhao turned a blind eye to it, and repeated the three points and one line life of the East Palace-Kunning Palace-Wenhua Palace every day, and resettled the coffin according to the rules after a seven-day stop, and ordered the eunuch Fu An and the Minister of Rites and others After many surveys, the site of the mausoleum was finally selected.

But soon there was another thing that attracted the attention of the whole world.

——The new emperor's enthronement ceremony!

In May of the 18th year of Hongzhi, the sky was fine and cloudless.

"It's the day, the morning, send officials to report to the Heaven and Earth Clan Society. The emperor has filial piety to report to a few years." This is recorded in the history annals with a few words, which completely kicked off the prelude to the enthronement of the royal family of the Ming Dynasty.

In the early morning, all civil and military officials knelt on both sides of the royal road, kowtowed and waited for the crown prince Zhu Houzhao to ascend Fengtian Gate step by step.Jiao Shizhi was standing on the top of the city tower, which was the position reserved for him by the prince against all opinions, where he could watch the prince pray to heaven and earth, and communicate with ghosts and gods.Thousands of arrogance suddenly surged in his heart, and he couldn't help but kneel down deeply, his thin back trembling slightly.

That's exciting!

Even more proud!

At the beginning of the new era, the world sent away the benevolent Emperor Hongzhi and ushered in their new monarch-Zhu Houzhao.

The following year, the emperor changed his name to Yuan Zhengde, and officially opened the curtain of a new dynasty.

Soon, the courtiers discovered that they were at odds with the newly appointed emperor, very much at odds!

In April of the first year of Zhengde, the third time in this month that he waited for more than half an hour in the Golden Luan Hall, Liu Jian and Liu Ge got mad.He took Xie Qian, Li Dongyang and others into the inner palace, and went straight to Qianqing palace.Now the people waiting outside the door saw several cabinet lords approaching aggressively, so they hurriedly sent someone to invite Liu Jin.

There was a reason why Zhu Houzhao couldn't get up.

During this period of time, Liu Jin led Zhu Houzhao out of the palace to play, and only came back in the dead of night, making a lot of mischief.It just so happened that Jiao Shizhi went out these days because of Jinyiwei's affairs, and he was not in the capital all the time. No one could stop the emperor and let him have a good time.

The courtiers also have eyes and ears, not to mention these important cabinet ministers.They were originally entrusted with important tasks by the late emperor, and they were duty-bound. Even if the emperor made such a mess, they could only bite the bullet.

Liu Jin was very experienced and stuck in front for half an hour, until Zhu Houzhao yawned and got up.In fact, Liu Jin is also very bitter in her heart!Last night, I tremblingly accompanied the emperor to the night market. After returning from the end, the emperor was still able to catch up on sleep. He has been standing up since morning, preparing to block all the people who might disturb his sleep for the emperor. It can be said to be very hard. !

When Zhu Houzhao got up, he was still a little dazed. His usual work and rest were normal, but these days his day and night turned upside down, which made him a little unbearable.Fortunately, he was young, so there was no major problem, and he became sober soon.It's just that there was a little noise outside the door, and he frowned as he dressed himself.

Tsk, do these servants want to die?None of them were there.

The emperor who didn't know what kind of accident happened outside the door leisurely changed his clothes, and just stepped out of the palace when he was startled by several ministers who broke through the defense line and entered.Liu Jian's face was really dark, as dark as the bottom of the pot he just broke last night, and Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but think carefully about what he had done in the past few days to offend this powerful old Liu Ge?

"I pay homage to the emperor—"

Even when they were so angry, Liu Jian and others did not forget to be polite.The emperor waved his hand casually, "Several lovers, please get up quickly." At this time, it was still the honeymoon period between the emperor and the ministers, and all kinds of conflicts had not yet started to break out, and Zhu Houzhao's tone was quite good.

But next...

"Dare to ask the emperor, it is now the beginning of the Si Dynasty, and the ministers have been waiting for a long time, why the emperor has not yet come to the court?" Although his face was full of anger, Liu Jian's tone was not bad, after all, the emperor's previous deeds had already put these few people in the court. The heart of an important minister has been exercised once. If he is unhappy, he is unhappy, but he is not that unhappy.It's just that it's not a problem to let the emperor go on messing around, you have to talk about it.

Zhu Houzhao seemed to have just remembered such a thing, touched his nose, and tentatively said: "Why don't the aiqings write down all the things they want to talk about and hand them over in a memorial, and then distribute the results tomorrow?" The supervisor of ceremonies has nothing to do recently, so he can make good use of it.

After all, Liu Jian and the others have taught the emperor for a few years. Although they are not as long as the regular princes, they have also understood the emperor's temperament. How can they not guess what method he intends to use to perfunctory, and immediately said: "Since The emperor has already missed the early court, and the Wenhua Palace will discuss the affairs, and the matter can be dealt with at noon, so please invite the emperor to go with his ministers."

Zhu Houzhao:

The emperor was too diligent, so diligent that the rules he left behind made Zhu Houzhao very painful, and he wanted to run away.But in the end, he was defeated by Liu Jian, who was even more angry, and drove the Wenhua Palace dejectedly.

Liu Jin was sent by Zhu Houzhao to inform the courtiers who were still guarding Fengtian Hall, but she was secretly happy.With the emperor's temper, one or two times can be tolerated, but it can't be done for a long time.Mr. Liu Ge chose a stupid method, but Liu Jian didn't know that he should have used a softer method, but the emperor and the prince are completely different from anyone else in any position.Even if his current position is not the emperor, there is a long time to wait for him to grow up.

But the emperor couldn't.

Bearing the high hopes of all people, he was born to bear more weight.

It was a cool night, and the Qianqing Palace was brightly lit. Zhu Houzhao was finishing the last booklet, when Liu Jin's cautious voice came from his ear, "Your Majesty, the girl from the Zhang family is begging to see—"

Zhu Houzhao blinked his eyes, and it took him a long time to think of such a person. After the death of Emperor Hongzhi, Empress Zhang spent a long time on the sick bed. With her next to her, I think it should be the age to be married.

He snorted twice, and said casually: "If she has something to do, she will naturally go to the queen mother. Why do you come to me? I don't want to see anyone in the Zhang family except the queen mother!"

Liu Jin said with a sneer: "Of course the villain knows, but Miss Zhang said she came here with her mother's orders, so the villain came in to report." Otherwise, with Liu Jin's cleverness, how could he come in and suffer this meal for nothing? scold.

Zhu Houzhao frowned impatiently, "Let her in."

The recent incidents in the Zhang family almost annoyed Zhu Houzhao to death. Not long after he took the throne, Zhang Heling made another incident of forced confiscation of fertile land, and this time killed several innocent people.After the complaint came up, Zhu Houzhao asked the Zhang family to hand over the assailant in a rage, and finally handed over a few housekeepers to settle the matter, and Zhu Houzhao was barely satisfied.

However, Empress Zhang, no, it is Empress Dowager Zhang now. She was so angry with her son that she closed the palace for three days. During this time, Zhu Houzhao would be reprimanded by Empress Dowager Zhang whenever she went to Kunning Palace. Although Zhu Houzhao was impatient, he still endured it .After all, Queen Mother Zhang sent someone to give a signal, and he had to answer it.

Zhang Qiaoniang arrived in elegant clothes.

"The little girl is paying homage to the emperor, and the empress ordered the little girl to bring soup, and I hope the emperor will take care of his health and not overwork." Zhang Qiaoniang took the food box from the handmaid Cui Liu behind her, and moved lightly, ignoring the existence of Liu Jin and others. Walk slowly to the shore of the table.

Seeing that the emperor didn't intend to stop him from the beginning, Liu Jin pretended to be dead beside her. Seeing that Miss Zhang is so straightforward, she was also shocked.Thinking about it carefully, maybe it was the only other woman who dared to get so close to the emperor for so many years besides the Queen Mother Kai.In the past, all the servants who served personally in the East Palace were internal servants.

Zhu Houzhao didn't care about this. His eyes fell on the opened food box, and he smiled helplessly when he saw the familiar soup. After so many years, Zhu Houzhao knew it very well.

Stretching out his hand to pick up the soup bowl, Zhu Houzhao was about to drink it, but at that moment his eyes moved slightly, his expression changed suddenly, and the next moment the soup bowl in his hand fell directly on Zhang Qiaoniang, and the hot soup splashed on Zhang Qiaoniang , so hot that she screamed, the soup covered her face, and she was in a mess.

Zhu Houzhao said in a cold voice: "Don't be petty in front of me, even if your mother values ​​you again, I will kill you in the blink of an eye!"

Zhang Qiaoniang knelt down on the ground when she heard the words, her beautiful curves trembled, and she said anxiously: "Your Majesty, please give me a moment, my Majesty, I will tell you everything you know, and I will look forward to your Majesty."

"I don't know, and I don't want to know!"

Zhu Houzhao stared at his phoenix eyes, and several servants hurriedly took Zhang Qiaoniang's master and servant away, and the rest hurriedly cleaned up the mess that had just happened.

Liu Jin said worriedly, "Your Majesty, if Zhang Qiaoniang goes back to tell the truth, what should I do?"