Emperor's Grace

When Zhu Yunjing came out of the prison, there was a happy smile on the corner of his mouth. Wang Jiu just took a look and knew that His Highness's wishes had come true, and he was also happy.After all, if His Highness is not happy, it is these servants who will eat melons. Only when His Highness is happy can they have a good life.

The officials of the Dali Temple Prison courteously sent the crown prince away in his car. Before getting into the car, Zhu Yunjing glanced at the prison magistrate who was kneeling in front of him, and reminded him in a deep voice: "You are not allowed to go out and talk nonsense about coming here alone."

The other party's head lowered: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will never dare."

The carriage rolled away, and the officials who had kneeled on the ground didn't get up until the shadow disappeared, but everyone in the winter was sweating coldly, what's the matter!

In the car, Zhu Yunjing closed her eyes and rested her mind, and said to Wang Jiu: "I will find someone to send a message to the Duke's Mansion later, and ask that kid Xie Xuanming to help Gu get this matter done."

"No." Wang Jiu hurriedly agreed.

It was already time to return to the palace, and Emperor Zhaoyang was reviewing memorials in the warm pavilion of the imperial study. Zhu Yunjing went in and greeted him politely. Emperor Zhaoyang called him to his side and asked him: "How are you doing today?" Didn't see you come to court?"

"It snowed suddenly last night, and I got cold, and I feel a little uncomfortable." Zhu Yunjing gave a random reason.

"Has the imperial doctor seen it?"

"It's nothing important, just take two doses of medicine and you'll be fine. Father don't have to worry."

Emperor Zhaoyang was relieved, and turned to talk to him about another matter: "The Zhengyuan army will return to the imperial court at the beginning of next month, and you will go to Deshengmen to welcome it for me. After so many years, the north has finally calmed down. It is all thanks to the protection of our ancestors that I will have the face to meet my ancestors after a hundred years."

Emperor Zhaoyang sighed to himself, with joy and excitement that could not be concealed in his eyes.

Zhu Yunjing took advantage of the situation and complimented: "It's my father's martial arts that is unrivaled in the world, and everyone in the world will submit to him."

Emperor Zhaoyang obviously liked hearing these words very much, he stroked his beard, and smiled with a bit of complacency.

The barbarians in the north are powerful. In recent decades, they have repeatedly violated the Dayan border, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of crimes. The head of the Yiren Khan King retreated thousands of miles from the enemy, and beat the Yiren into obedience, so he had to pay tribute.This is something that the first emperor never managed to achieve in his whole life, but it was accomplished in the hands of Emperor Zhaoyang. It will definitely be a highlight in the history books of later generations. It is no wonder that Emperor Zhaoyang is so complacent.

Zhu Yunjing was thinking about other things, the He family and his second brother Zhu Yunxun must be even more proud when the army from Zhengyuan came back with a complete victory.

After Zhaoyang Emperor explained the matter, he said something else while he was in a good mood: "Yesterday I went to Yongshou Palace to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager. She mentioned that you are now 17 years old and you should be married. Good morning, I was negligent about this matter, you are my crown prince, and getting married and starting a business as soon as possible is also a matter of credit to the community."

Zhu Yunjing cupped her hands: "But it's up to the father to make the decision."

Emperor Zhaoyang was very satisfied with his obedience, and casually reminded him: "A few days ago, I heard some absurd rumors in Beijing. Although it is unbelievable, it is harmful to your reputation. In the future, you must act more cautiously and solemnly." , don’t lose your tongue.”

Zhu Yunjing was not surprised that the idea of ​​him and Xu Shixian would reach the ears of Emperor Zhaoyang. There are always people who have racked their brains and just don't want him to have a good time. No matter what they think in their hearts, they still have to be taught with humility: Save it."

Emperor Zhaoyang nodded: "The wedding is not in a hurry, the Empress Dowager will look after you for you. If you have any ideas, you can go and talk to the Empress Dowager."

Zhu Yunjing smiled: "I don't have much idea, father and grandmother must choose the best for my son."

After that, Zhu Yunjing helped Emperor Zhaoyang review some of the memorials, and had lunch with him. After noon, he went back to the palace for a nap, and then went to Chonghua Hall to study in the afternoon.

Chonghua Hall is the place where the princes study. Zhu Yunjing entered the imperial court at the age of 12 to learn how to deal with political affairs with Emperor Zhaoyang. It was Emperor Zhaoyang's intention to come here only once, to listen to the lessons with the other princes, for fear that he would become unfamiliar with his brothers.

As soon as Zhu Yunjing entered the door, all the brothers who came earlier stood up to greet him. Emperor Zhaoyang had a lot of heirs, and there were eight sons alone. Zhu Yunjing was not familiar with most of the younger brothers, so she nodded perfunctorily and walked to her sit down.

An afternoon passed quickly, and when the sun was setting, school was finally over, Zhu Yunjing got up, and called her fifth younger brother, Zhu Yunxuan, to the East Palace for dinner.

Zhu Yunxuan is the brother of Zhu Yunjing's mother and compatriot. He is 14 years old. Zhu Yunjing's mother died in childbirth when she gave birth to this little brother. On weekdays, Zhu Yunjing took care of Zhu Yunxuan a lot. Among so many brothers, he also Just got closer to Zhu Yunxuan.

Zhu Yunxuan has a bright personality and a carefree personality. After there were no outsiders, she approached Zhu Yunjing and asked him with a smile: "Brother Prince, did the emperor say that he wants to marry you?"

Zhu Yunjing glanced at him: "How do you know?"

"Yesterday, I went to pay my respects to the emperor's grandmother. I heard what she said to my father, and what my emperor's grandmother said. It seems that she intends to promise you her niece and granddaughter. My father didn't say yes or no."

Zhu Yunjing sneered: "The Zhao family, you can't get on the stage."

Although the Zhao family is from the empress dowager's mother's family, they were able to be promoted to ranks, but the empress dowager came from a humble background. future queen.

Zhu Yunjing knew that his father would not be so confused, so he didn't agree to the queen mother immediately, delaying it was just a room for change, at worst, he would marry as a side concubine, Zhu Yunjing didn't agree with this worry.

Zhu Yunxuan was deeply convinced: "Isn't it? This is far worse than the daughter of the family that the second brother is going to marry. Since the news of the victory of the expeditionary army and the surrender of the northern barbarians came back to Beijing, the second brother has been very proud these days. Today Father also sent him an errand, so he probably won't come to Chonghua Palace in a long time."

When this happened just now, Zhu Yunjing had already heard people say that Zhu Yunxun has indeed been in the limelight these days, and some people in the court are even agitating Emperor Zhaoyang to distribute the princes. Once Zhu Yunxun has Wang Jue is really only one step away from his crown prince.

Zhu Yunjing and Zhu Yunxun have always been at odds, Zhu Yunxun was only born two days later than the eldest son of the emperor, he is the empress's son, Zhu Yunxun is the son of the imperial concubine, the empress is the daughter of the Duke, and the imperial concubine's family is also full of loyalty In terms of family background, the noble concubine and the empress are not much different, but it was because the first empress took a fancy to his mother's good-bye and made his mother the concubine, so the noble concubine kept holding her breath, and later she failed to take the first step After giving birth to the eldest son of the emperor, he lost another game. Although Zhu Yunjing's mother died young, Emperor Zhaoyang was probably afraid that the imperial concubine's mother and son would have the desire to win the heir, and did not help her until the imperial concubine died of illness two years ago. It was a complete victory, but in the past two years, his good luck seemed to have come to an end.

First, before the noble concubine died of illness, she begged Emperor Zhaoyang with her last breath to point Zhu Yunxun to a concubine who was born of a century-old famous Zanying family. Just get married.Then his mother’s Xie Guogong’s mansion was beaten several times because of some trivial matters that offended the Holy Wrath, but there were no dandies in the mansion who were worthy of great positions. Wan Zhengyuan's army went to Beiyi, died in the battle and sacrificed his life for the country. Later, He Huailing, the son of He Yuan, was ordered to take up the important task of the commander of the expeditionary army at the age of 50. King Yihan made great achievements, and everyone in the court looked at him. Emperor Zhaoyang even issued three imperial decrees in succession, expressing his praise.But today, Zhu Yunxun, who was isolated from the court, finally had an errand, and Zhu Yunjing's only advantage would no longer exist.

Zhu Yunjing's thoughts turned and turned, and finally curled the corner of her mouth: "It's nothing, the battle is over, the expeditionary army has returned to the court, and the achievements are great, and the donkey is killed. It's the same in ancient times."

"It's true," Zhu Yunxuan couldn't help feeling a little sympathy for the General He who was about to return to the court, and quickly forgot it, and the topic returned to Zhu Yunjing's marriage, and ran on him with a smile, "Brother Prince, Didn’t you really like that Tanhualang before? I thought you really liked him, but now that he’s committed a crime, don’t you plan to intervene?”

"A man from a poor family, is it possible that he really married back to be a princess?" Zhu Yunjing snorted, "I only see him to give him face, who told him that he doesn't know how to flatter him."

"Then he is going to die. It's a pity. He is so good-looking and full of knowledge. He has to lose his head at a young age."

"Don't you take a look at what he committed? The prefect of Jingzhou violated the biggest taboo of the father, and it would be easy for him to die ten thousand times."

Zhu Yunxuan was thoughtful: "But I think that the prefect of Jingzhou doesn't look like that kind of person. He is old and has children and he wants to rebel when he is tired of life. I think it is probably true He offended someone and was framed by someone."

Zhu Yunjing disagreed: "So what, that poem was always written by him in the correspondence with Xu Shixian, even if it was far-fetched, but the emperor said it was anti-poetry, then it was anti-poetry."

It seems absurd for an ordinary poem to be labeled as an anti-poetry, but in fact, the censor or the person behind him who revealed this matter has grasped Emperor Zhaoyang's mind. Being adopted by the former empress but not the orthodox son-in-law after all, and later being criticized for being out of position, in this respect it is indeed a bit of a hassle.The impeachment of the poem was suspected of criticizing the emperor, Emperor Zhaoyang sent people to investigate, and found out that the prefect of Jingzhou was discussing state affairs in private, and his words seemed to have the intention of treason, so he was convicted of the crime.But did he really have the intention of treason, and did he really scold the court for scolding Emperor Zhaoyang in private? Those false and true evidences are really not convincing, but Emperor Zhaoyang Say he is, and he is a traitor.

It's just a pity that Xu Shixian, at such a young age, ruined his bright future.

As for overturning the case?Zhu Yunjing didn't know whether Xu Shixian was really that naive and couldn't see the situation clearly, or if he was driven to a dead end and had delusional thoughts, but Zhu Yunjing would not try to do such a stupid thing.

Although you are not joking, he is only a half-lord. Besides, what he promised Xu Shixian was never to reverse the case.