Chang Yu followed the prestige, but saw that it was Lao Liu, the eunuch of Shang Shanjian, that is, his original top boss.

"Hey, Grandpa Liu, it's been a few days" Chang Yu bowed his hand and looked sideways at the gate of Shang Shanjian in the east, "We will be neighbors in the future, and we will often come and go."

"Father-in-law Chang laughed" Lao Liu glanced at the yamen of Neidongchang: "Your place, can the old immortal not go or not!" ”

Hahaha, Chang Yu laughed: "Father-in-law Liu, you are joking, why do you have time to visit the door today?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare" Lao Liu coughed lightly, glanced around and said in a low voice: "Gong Wen went to face the saint when he returned to Beijing last night, and we were very uneasy when we failed to meet in time.

Chang Yu smiled, the eunuchs of the yamen and the eight eunuchs in the hall under the celebrant were all mixed with him, and they all had shares in the casino.

"I'll talk about it later, at this time, the prince summons, our family needs to go immediately, I dare not guarantee that we are free at noon, if we can't leave, we should let Chunxiang pass."

Chang Yu said goodbye to Lao Liu and turned to leave.

Lao Liu looked at his back, coughing constantly, and his eyes were complicated.

"I heard that the prince only slept in the early morning, why did he get up so early" Chang Yu left and chatted with the little eunuch of the prince's mansion who passed the message.

"Father-in-law Chang, the crown prince is not in Duanben Palace at this time, but in the Purple Light Pavilion," the little eunuch said in a mysterious whisper.

Chang Yu was stunned, stopped, and couldn't help but smile and ask: "Ziguang Pavilion, is it possible that the prince wants to find our family to practice?" ”

"I really don't know this little one, before the prince left the palace, he told the little one to find you to send a message to the Purple Light Pavilion......"

Ziguang Pavilion is on the west bank of the Taiye Pool (now Zhongnanhai collectively) on the west side of the imperial city, the place where Zhu Houzhao of Ming Wuzong ran horses and archery, it is an ordinary high platform, and in the Qing Dynasty, it became a martial arts hall, the place where the emperor's palace tried the martial arts and inspected the ministers of the guards, and now it is the place where the national leaders receive foreign guests.

This Chongzhen Dynasty, the platform has been built pavilion, "the pavilion is very high and open, the shade of the tree and the shadow of the pool, the verdant and verdant, a good scene!" "However, the function has not changed, and it has been used as a royal schoolyard.

Chang Yu wants to go to Ziguang Pavilion outside the Donghua Gate There are only two ways, one goes directly along the north of the palace to the Xuanwu Gate and goes straight to the west, from the Yuhe Bridge to the Taiye Pool to reach the destination, and the other is to pass through the palace from the Donghua Gate and go north along the moat all the way north to cross the Yudai Bridge.

The rules in the imperial city are strict, and the palace is not allowed to enter the palace at will unless the eunuchs and palace maids on duty are allowed to enter, but Chang Yu's level at this time is not comparable to that of ordinary eunuchs, and he is too lazy to take a detour, and goes straight to Donghua Gate.

The eunuchs and guards on duty at Donghua Gate greeted them warmly, Chang Yu smiled and nodded and hurried by, walking straight to the Xihua Gate due west.

Not far from the Donghua Gate, the north side is the Wenhua Palace, that is, the East Palace of the Prince of the Ming Dynasty, but now Zhu Cihong does not live here, behind the Wenhua Hall is the Wenyuan Pavilion, this is the place where the books are stored, in fact, it is also the office of the Ming Cabinet, and then it is the Ciqing Palace (Duanben Palace) where Zhu Cihong now lives.

Shi Kefa came to Beijing at this time, the cabinet should not be calm, Chang Yu stood on the side of the road and looked towards Wenyuan Pavilion, except for a few eunuchs in front of the palace, there were no courtiers.

"Father-in-law Chang, those adults are all cleaning the door at this time" The little eunuch who led the way was clever, and when he saw Chang Yu like this, he said.

Chang Yu smiled but did not speak, coughed lightly and continued to hurry, passing through the Huangji Gate and Wuying Palace, the eunuchs and palace maids he met along the way were all respectful and courteous to him, and he also nodded his head one by one.

Out of the Xihua Gate, after crossing the moat, along the moat straight to the east, along the way to the east of hope, the heart can't help but sigh, the original imperial city is so big.

After Chang Yu crossed over to the Imperial City, he only cared about fighting and brawling for money for a short period of time, and he didn't have time to see the whole city, and he lived on the east side of the Imperial City most of the time, and now it was the first time he came to the West Garden of the Imperial City.

"That's the liquid pool over there" Looking at the lake due west and sparkling in the sun, Chang Yu couldn't help but exclaim, although it was winter, the scenery was still different, the emperor's house was really extraordinary, thinking about the future generations where the leaders lived in the forbidden place, it was impossible to visit here, at this time, be a good student and take a look.

"Factory father, there is Shang Baojian over there, next to the west is the Eagle Fang Division, and the sweet room in front is Shang Shan's external supervisor...... The small one next to the old prison library is the Guandi Temple, you see that the land next to the Taiye Pond is the banana garden, next to it is the Chongzhi Palace, and the Diaoyutai is over there, do you know that the Chongzhi Hall is actually a dojo......"

The little eunuch who led the way was clever and kind to speak, Chang Yu asked, he could pull a book, which was very cute, and he couldn't help asking: "What's your name?" ”

"The little Luo Yan has been on an errand in the East Palace, when Father-in-law Chang showed his strength in the Prince's Mansion and knocked over the Tang guards and others, the little one was watching it with his own eyes on the side, Father-in-law Chang is really majestic......"

"Are you interested in being on duty in the East Factory?" Chang Yu loves his wit and has the heart to carry him.

"Dongchang? I heard that it will offend people very much" Luo Yan is indeed a lovely person, with a tangled face.

Chang Yu laughed: "But majestic"

The two talked and laughed and unconsciously arrived at the Qianming Gate, and the Chengguang Hall next to it was the Yuhe Bridgehead, and the entire Taiye Pool could be seen at a glance.

The north of the bridge is the Beihai Park of the later generations, and the Qionghua Island in the lake can be reached from the Taiye Bridge behind the Chengguang Palace, and there are the ruins of the Guanghan Palace on it.

The south side of the bridge is the Zhonghai in the later generations, and the later generations are forbidden places, at this time they are collectively referred to as the Taiye Pool, and the whole area is called the West Garden, and most of the 24 yamen of the celebrant are spread here.

There is a gate at both ends of the Yuhe Bridge, the east gate Qianming gate, and the west gate Lingxing gate.

Out of the Lingxing Gate to the south is the silkworm pond, to the south is the purple light pavilion, the west side of the purple light pavilion is the longevity palace, but at this time the ruins are left, only the ruins.

Chang Yu has no time to appreciate the Ziguang Pavilion, in fact, it is just a two-story ordinary attic building built on a high platform, far from the splendid of later generations, there are hundreds of square meters of platform in front of the attic, at that time, there are dozens of people on the ground, seeing Chang Yu's arrival, everyone's eyes are attracted.

"Wu that thief, dare to fight with this general" A handsome young man on the high platform, dressed in strong clothes, pointed at Chang Yu and asked loudly.

"Our family is going to fight ten" Chang Yu laughed, strode quickly, rubbed onto the high platform, and went straight to Zhu Cihong to salute, "I've seen the prince, why is the prince so interested today?"

Zhu Cihong laughed, his interest was indeed very high, the young man was good at martial arts, he heard that Chang Yu had so many heroic deeds of killing the enemy, his heart was surging, it was difficult to restrain himself, and he was a little deep in the play, and he actually recruited Chang Yu to try one or two so far, and he was addicted.

Although Chang Yu was extremely bored in his heart, he had to pretend to be very interested to cooperate.

"This palace heard that you went into battle to kill thieves, and every time you killed dozens of enemies, is this really the case?" Zhu Cihong's eyes were full of stars, and he looked at Chang Yu fiercely.

Chang Yu has never boasted in front of him, and the two have not had a private chat since he came back, so it is speculated that it is very likely that the one who bragged about him was Wu Mengming or Tang Potian, who was originally a guard of the Prince's Mansion.

"Rumors are inevitably exaggerated" Chang Yu smiled, and looked at the guards around Zhu Cihong, most of them were acquaintances, and a few had even fought each other: "But it should be more than enough to beat these brothers."

As always, he was still so arrogant, the prince couldn't help laughing, the faces of the guards around him were a little embarrassed, and they were unconvinced, Chang Yu could beat the entire imperial city, and his strength was so strong that he could really sweep the imperial city.

"During the time I went out of Beijing, our family learned to ride and shoot with Teng Xiangwei's good players, and we achieved a little success, why don't we compare bow horses?" Chang Yu looked at the guards of the East Palace and chuckled, he really didn't want to fight in his heart at the moment, but because of the prince's face, he had to deal with it like this.

"Oh, this palace almost forgot, Tang Potian once said that you are skilled in arching and horses, and you can use a strong bow and a hundred steps to penetrate Yang, so let this palace open your eyes today" Zhu Cihong came prepared, and he also saw that Chang Yu didn't want to fight, so he beckoned, and someone immediately sent a bow and arrow to bring a few horses.

"The prince is good at riding and shooting?" Chang Yu asked with a smile.

Zhu Cihong shook his head: "It's okay to ride a horse, but you can't open a bow, but these guards around this palace are all good hands, you have a good fight with them, and it also opens the eyes of this palace."

Chang Yu glanced at the guards, and saw that they were all ready to move, and they seemed to be quite confident, obviously they knew that their fists and feet could not compare, so they wanted to save face in riding and shooting.

couldn't help but smile, if it was a month ago, these people would still be able to suppress him, but after he left Beijing, his eyes were opened, not to mention the tenacity, Chi Qingshi's top master of mounted archery, even those ordinary archers in the army are far higher than the palace guards.

"Old rules, let's get some color" Chang Yu smiled heartily, took out a piece of five taels of silver from his arms, and put it on the railing next to him: "Prince, are you interested?" ”

Zhu Cihong smiled even more happily: "Since it is a colorful head, of course the palace will not miss it" said and turned his head to look at the guards: "The palace will press you and wait today, don't lose the face of the East Palace."

"I must do my best to live up to the prince's expectations" The guards rubbed their hands, and Zhu Cihong immediately pressed fifty taels as a color.

Chang Yu sneered, took a bow and arrow, jumped off the high platform directly, turned over on the horse, and whipped the horse towards the lake, there are many trees by the lake as arrow targets.

All the guards also got off the stage and got on the horse, raised the whip and chased him, Zhu Cihong watched each other on the high platform, his fists clenched excitedly, and he saw Chang Yu and a group of guards riding on the shore of the lake, holding bows and shooting arrows, attracting the nearby eunuchs and palace maids to gather and watch, sometimes stroking their palms and applauding.

Chang Yu by the lake competed with a group of guards, but he didn't care that on the second floor of the Ziguang Pavilion, there was a palace makeup lady who was watching on the railing, and her eyes never left his posture.

"I didn't think that there was such a person in the palace, Wen Taowu made the courtiers embarrassed, but it was a pity that he was a eunuch......" The noblewoman's tone was full of regret.

"Although this young man is thin and talented, but his actions are too flamboyant, the queen mother, you see that Brother Wang has a close relationship with him, and he has learned so flamboyant and has no physique, and the dignified prince's teeth and claws have been passed out, but some of them have been choreographed" A young girl beside the noble lady pouted, looking at everything in front of her coldly, and her expression was slightly dissatisfied.

The lady smiled: "This is the heart of a young man, this is the true character of a man, otherwise they will learn from their daughter's delicate family, who will protect these thousands of miles."

The girl didn't say anything when she heard this, but just looked at Chang Yu, who was shooting from a long distance by the lake in the distance, and her eyes were a little strange.