Sure enough, during the night of searching the city, the officials in the clouds did not see the slightest trace of the so-called assassin.

Zhu Houzhao and Xie Zhi's excerpts were sent to Beijing by He Liang overnight.

Yesterday was Chinese New Year's Eve, the people of the city celebrated all night, and just fell asleep in the early hours of the morning, He Liang hit his horse and walked forward, which was particularly crisp in the whole street.

He Liang hurried all the way, knocked on the door of Xie's mansion, didn't bother to say more, and asked in the first sentence: "Is the master here?" ”

The man yawned and replied lazily: "Yes, the master doesn't have to go to the court today, he shouldn't have gotten up yet." ”

He Liang didn't respond, and hurriedly walked towards Xie Qian's room.

Knock knock...

After a few quick knocks, the door opened, and when he saw He Liang at the door, Xie Qian was a little surprised, and asked with some concern, "Why did you come back?" What's going on in the clouds? ”

There is an incident in the clouds every once in a while, and Xie Qian is used to it.

He Liang rode his horse all night, took off his hat, his head was steaming, and replied: "An assassin went to the county government to assassinate His Highness..."

He Liang only said one sentence, and Xie Qian blurted out, "What?" How is Your Highness now? ”

That's the crown prince of the dynasty, if something happens to him, the entire Xie family can't afford it.

He Liang immediately replied: "Don't worry, Your Highness is fine, Gu Dayong was injured a little, the young master was scratched on his wrist when he fought with the assassin, it's no big deal, when the villain came out of the clouds, the young master had already scattered his men and horses to search for the assassin in the city, but the young master said that it was not easy to find the assassin, after all, there were many homeless people pouring in the clouds, and it was not easy to investigate, the only way was to send more people to protect His Highness..."

As he spoke, He Liang took out the fold from his arms and said, "This is the fold written by the young master and His Royal Highness to His Majesty." ”

Xie Qian took the two folds from He Liang's hand, opened Xie Zhi's, and after reading the contents, he said, "The old man will enter the palace immediately, you are waiting for news in the mansion now." ”

Xie Zhi has already explained on the excerpt that Zhu Houzhao has almost experienced in the clouds, and it is time to return to the palace.

Xie Qian happened to have this intention, after knowing Xie Zhi's thoughts, he could also know what to say to Emperor Hongzhi after entering the palace.

In fact, when Zhu Houzhao was taken out of Beijing by Xie Zhi from the beginning, Xie Qian was a little disapproves, but it was his own son, and it was not good for him to demolish his son's platform.

Participating in some government affairs can also be experienced, so why do you have to go out of Beijing.

When he entered the palace with the excerpt, Emperor Hongzhi had not yet risen in the Kunning Palace.

After all, there is only one day of rest in a year, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have rested, and Emperor Hongzhi can finally relax.

The inner palace is not something that Xie Qian, a foreign minister, can enter, Xie Qian entered the palace and informed the internal servant, and the inner service was transmitted to Xiao Jing, and it took several processes to finally transmit the news to Kunning Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi was having breakfast with Empress Zhang and Zhu Xiurong, and when he heard Xiao Jing's report, he was stunned for a moment and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Xiao Jing shook his head and replied: "I don't know, I heard from the people below, Gong Xie is still quite anxious..."

No matter what it is, Xie Qian's rush into the palace must not be a trivial matter?

Emperor Hongzhi took a handkerchief from the palace maid on the side, wiped his mouth, got up and said, "Let's go, go and have a look." ”

Emperor Hongzhi was about to leave, but Zhu Xiurong pulled up the corner of his clothes and said, "Father, is there something wrong with my brother and Xie Zhi?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi paused, smiled slightly, and asked gently, "How can you say that?" ”

Zhu Xiurong glared and replied quite innocently: "Xiurong guessed, father, when will my brother and Xie Zhi come back, they haven't taken Xiurong out to play together for a long time?" ”

Although Zhu Xiurong didn't say why, Emperor Hongzhi also guessed this aspect.

If it was other things in the court, Xie Qian would never enter the palace alone so early in the morning, at least he would have passed the anger with Li Dongyang and Liu Jian, and the three of them came together.

Regarding Zhu Xiurong's question, Emperor Hongzhi replied with a smile and full of doting: "The two of them have urgent matters, and when they are free, I will let them come back..."

Zhu Xiurong was the only princess of the Hongzhi Dynasty, and Emperor Hongzhi poured all his attention to him.

After coming out of Kunning Palace, Emperor Hongzhi went straight to the warm pavilion.

When he went to the Warm Pavilion, Xie Qian had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Emperor Hongzhi come in and hurriedly salute, he said, "Your Majesty, He Liang sent the news overnight, and last night an assassin sneaked into Yunzhong County to assassinate His Highness..."

Before Xie Qian's second half of his words were finished, Emperor Hongzhi exclaimed in surprise and said, "The crown prince is fine, right?" ”

Xie Qian shook his head and replied, "Your Highness is fine, Your Majesty... This is an excerpt sent back by His Highness and Xie Zhi..."

Xie Qian directly handed the two folds to Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi was the first to look at Zhu Houzhao's.

At this time, Xie Qian spoke: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's time to recall His Royal Highness back to Beijing, Yunzhong County has a limited number of government officials, I am afraid it will be difficult to protect His Highness's safety, besides, His Royal Highness, as a prince, will leave Beijing for a long time, after all, it is not appropriate." ”

Emperor Hongzhi did not answer Xie Qian's suggestion immediately, and after carrying Zhu Houzhao's excerpt, he looked at Xie Zhi's again, and did not respond to Xie Qian's opinion, but asked: "Who may be the assassin of the prince this time?" ”

The assassin's trace was not caught, and Xie Qian could only guess, and replied: "Mobs, foreigners, and royal families are all possible... If the Assassin could be caught, the assassination was not too big, and if the Assassin was not heard from there, it would be clear that the assassination conspiracy was very large. ”

Xie Qian's analysis was reasonable, and Emperor Hongzhi looked serious and did not say a word.

Every prince of all dynasties has had to go through several conspiracies and assassinations, if he has not experienced these things, no one will believe that he came from the position of the prince.

Zhu Houzhao has no other brothers, and he is lucky compared to other princes.

Emperor Hongzhi hoped that his son would become a talent, but he would also hope that his son would be safe.

After this incident, without Xie Zhi's twists and turns, and without Xie Qian's advice, he had to call his son back.

Anyway, the palace is still safer.

Without any hesitation, Emperor Hongzhi directly issued an order, saying: "Spread the order to the East Palace Guard, immediately set off to the clouds, take back the prince, there must be no mistake, and send another edict to thank you, continue to search for the assassin." ”

Even though he knew that these Assassins were hard to find, he still had to find them.

With Emperor Hongzhi's will, Donggongwei quickly rushed in the direction of Yunzhong.

As soon as these two decrees of Emperor Hongzhi came out, the news of Zhu Houzhao's assassination quickly spread in Beijing.

Although Xie Zhi didn't do too many things to offend people in Beijing, what he did in the clouds still made many people a little jealous.

For a while, many people said that Xie Zhi bewitched Zhu Houzhao, and also said that taking Zhu Houzhao out of Beijing was purely ill-intentioned.

With the suppression of the Xie family's status, and the experience of Zhang Cai in the Wuliangha incident, some courtiers did not dare to be too blatant.

Zhou Shou is not a bird, he finally seized this opportunity, how could he easily miss it.

first sued Xie Zhi from the Empress Dowager Zhou, and then personally went to Emperor Hongzhi to count Xie Zhi's many problems, and finally showed his loyalty, as if he was the purest one in the world, and asked Emperor Hongzhi to listen to him.

Emperor Hongzhi indulged these imperial relatives and nobles, but it does not mean that Emperor Hongzhi does not know right and wrong.

The arrogance of the Zhou family over the years, Emperor Hongzhi is not unaware.

It's just that sometimes for the sake of the overall situation, I have to carry these burdens forward.

Regarding Zhou Shou's question, Emperor Hongzhi raised his head and said: "Qingyun Hou doesn't have to worry about it, I have already sent Xie to search for assassins, and I also agreed to the prince when he went out, not to mention that the prince has not had an accident now, even if there are really three long and two short, it cannot all be blamed on Xie Zhi alone." ”

Emperor Hongzhi's attitude is so firm, Zhou Shou is not good to continue.

It's just that Emperor Hongzhi protected Xie Zhi so much, and Zhou Shou was a little jealous.

Although Emperor Hongzhi also protected his Zhou family, none of the children of the Zhou family were worthy of his respect.

Zhou Shou also understood that the current honor of his Zhou family was only because of the relationship between the Empress Dowager Zhou.

Without the Empress Dowager Zhou and Emperor Hongzhi, the existing glory and wealth of his Zhou family will soon disappear.

Only when their descendants have a future can the Zhou family prosper.

"Your Majesty, Zhou Ping is not too young, and he doesn't work hard to study, can you get him an errand?"

This matter is not difficult for Emperor Hongzhi, and he didn't think deeply, so he directly agreed and said, "Then let him go to Jinwuwei to be a hundred households." ”

Jin Wuwei, as the emperor's pro-army, can only be like this.

There are only some places where you don't need to take too many exams to enter.