Jingshi, the Forbidden City.

Zhu Youzhu sat on the soft couch in the prince's mansion, looking at the two eunuchs kneeling below, his face was pale. Half an hour ago, when he received the news of the disappearance of the crown prince Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Youzhu suddenly felt dizzy and almost fell, but fortunately, the eunuch who was serving on the side was quick and helped him up.

Zhu Youzhi has long known that the prince likes to mess around, but he didn't expect the prince to dare to leave the palace without permission, the Ming Dynasty now has only one prince, and he only has such a son, what if something happens to the prince. Besides, this matter can't be known to the queen, otherwise how can the queen bear it?

In the past two days, Empress Zhang also talked to Zhu Youzhi that Zhu Houzhao had not gone to ask her for peace recently, Zhu Youzhi felt that the prince might just be playful, but now that I think about it, I am afraid that the prince has already left the palace at that time.

Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youzhu and Empress Zhang had a very good relationship with each other, and they only married Empress Zhang alone in their lives, and there were no other concubines. Queen Zhang is not the eldest lady of a famous family, she was born in a small civilian family, and her father Zhang Luan is just a showman, at most she is a small jasper from a scholarly family.

Because according to the post-election system in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the queen often came from a commoner's family, so this is not a special case. This Empress Zhang is beautiful and intelligent, and she has a lively nature, and she lives very happily and harmoniously with Zhu Youzhu after marriage, just like ordinary folk couples, they are inseparable, eating and sleeping together. Love the house and Wu, Xiaozong also treated Empress Zhang's family very favorably, not only posthumously crowned his father-in-law Zhang Luan as the Duke of Changguo, but also named his brother-in-law Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling as Shouning Hou and Jianchangbo.

Now that their only son Zhu Houzhao is missing, how can they hide it from Empress Zhang, Zhu Youzhu felt a headache when he thought about it.

Just when Gu Dayong and Ma Yongcheng felt unbearable pain in their knees, Zhu Youzhi finally spoke: "It's not your fault in this matter, you must remember not to leak the news after you go down, otherwise I will never spare you." In addition, you go with Mu Bin to find the prince, and be sure to bring the prince back unscathed, otherwise I will cut off your heads. ”

Gu Dayong and Ma Yongcheng breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, at least their heads were temporarily saved, and they hurriedly kowtowed: "The minions must bring the prince back safely." ”

After the two finished speaking, they crawled out and retreated, Zhu Youzhu looked at the empty room, and fell into a deep helplessness.

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When Cao Wei brought Zhu Houzhao home, Xu Pengju's eyes almost popped out. Sweet potato didn't react much after knowing Zhu Houzhao's identity, after all, after experiencing the Yangzhou epidemic and the land temple a few days ago, the two things put her and her beloved on the edge of life and death, so if she encounters anything, she can adjust her mentality well, she went into the inner courtyard to rest after saluting Zhu Houzhao.

After Wang Sheng brought Zhu Houzhao to the prepared room, Xu Pengju finally couldn't help but pull Cao Wei and whispered: "Why is this little bastard coming to Nanjing?" Why did you still bring him home? ”

Cao Wei smiled bitterly: "I also want to know why the prince is in Nanjing, and why he brought him back...... Do you dare to put him outside now? ”

Xu Pengju was silent for a long time, stayed for a long time, and said: "I played with the prince when I was a child, and I can be regarded as young, I know the prince's temperament......"

Xu Pengju looked around again, then lowered his voice and said, "...... He's just the biggest bastard, he doesn't follow the rules, he does things without scruples, and sometimes he really wants to beat him, but he has a good father......"

Cao Wei also lowered his voice: "Qingyu, don't say it, I really want to beat him too......"

Xu Pengju glared at him fiercely, and said angrily: "Call me Qingyu again, and I will turn my face with you!" ”

"Qingyu, who are you going to turn your face with?"

Xu Pengju heard someone behind him call him his name, and he was about to get angry, but he found that it was Zhu Houzhao, and then quickly smiled on his face: "It's nothing, it's just that I have a dog at home, and I always want to turn my face with it." ”

After Xu Pengju finished speaking, he secretly gouged out Cao Wei's eyes, and Zhu Houzhao said with disgust on his face: "How old are you, you are still so unproductive, how can you still meet a dog, forget it, Lone doesn't want to know your, Lone is hungry and wants to eat." ”

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he looked at Cao Wei and Xu Pengju, Cao Wei was stirred up by Zhu Houzhao at the banquet tonight, and he didn't eat much, he was also a little hungry at this time, after thinking about it, a trace of cunning flashed in his eyes, and he smiled at Zhu Houzhao: "Your Highness, do you want to learn real kung fu?" ”

Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed and said, "Could it be that Master is going to teach me tonight?" ”

"Your Highness, if you want to learn real kung fu, you can't see blood."

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up: "Master really said that the master was fed with the blood of the enemy, but I couldn't get in touch with the real enemy...... Liu Jin, don't stand so far, go find a knife for Lonely, we've made a move. ”

"Your Highness, where does the old slave know any martial arts!" Liu Jin stepped forward tremblingly, almost crying, and turned his head to Cao Wei again: "Lord Cao, you are talking, I still want to live for a few more years......"

Cao Wei looked at Zhu Houzhao and said quietly: "Your Highness, the kung fu must come step by step, you can't be in a hurry, the first step to see blood is not to see human blood, but: kill chickens!" ”

After a pillar of incense, the servants of Caofu were surprised to find that the little boy who had just brought back from the old man was killing chickens, and then the old man skillfully plucked the chicken feathers, and the little grandfather Xu was making a fire, and his face was covered with soot. Finally, the master wrapped the two cleaned chickens and buried them in the fire.

"Cao Wei, is it really delicious to call it flower chicken?" Zhu Houzhao looked at Cao Wei expectantly.

"Your Royal Highness, this is the most delicious delicacy I have ever tasted in this world, the fragrant chicken is fragrant, the crispy meat is tender, its color is bright and red, the oil is moist and bright, and the two pillars of fragrant chicken are cooked, and the mud shell will be fragrant as soon as it is opened, and it can't be stopped."

"Boom." Zhu Houzhao and Xu Pengju swallowed at the same time, and their four eyes stared directly at the mud lumps in the fire.

After two pillars of incense, the three of them couldn't wait to open the wrapped flower chicken, the white and smooth chicken made the three of them drool, regardless of the hot mouth, rushed to eat, and finally the three of them were satisfied to lie on the table at the door of the inner hall panting.

"Your Highness, do you have any ambitions?"

Zhu Houzhao was rare to be quiet for a while, thought for a moment and said: "The change of Tumubao is a great shame for my Ming Dynasty, I will lead my Ming soldiers in my lifetime, conquer Tatar Warat, a shame before the snow, I want to be an emperor who will be famous through the ages!" ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't realize that he no longer used "lonely" when talking to Cao Wei and the others, but "I", which is a kind of identity and closeness.

"Pengju, what about you? What do you want to do? ”

"I want to see the magnificent mountains and rivers laid down by my ancestors, and before I became the Duke of Wei, I will see all the places I want to go, and I will not have any regrets in the future. Your Majesty has a call, so I will help Your Majesty expand the territory and raise the prestige of the Ming Dynasty. ”

After Xu Pengju took over the title, he had to guard Nanjing, and he had to go to other places for no reason, especially the previous dynasties of Wei Guogong had to hold the military power and could not make any mistakes, so Nanjing City was not only the home of Wei Guogong, but also their cage.

Cao Wei said: "The Ming Dynasty is still controlled by those older generations, but the future is decided by our brothers, we are the young men of the Ming Dynasty, we have our own pursuits, and it is not a problem to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and listen to me write an article:

The national fortune of the Ming Dynasty is not in others, but in my Ming youth. Juvenile wisdom is great wisdom, juvenile wealth is great, juvenile strength is great, juvenile independence is Ming independence, juvenile freedom is Ming freedom, juvenile progress is Ming progress.

The red sun is rising, and its way is bright; The river flows out of the subterranean flow, and the ocean is poured out; The hidden dragon soars into the abyss, and the scales and claws are flying; The milk tiger roars in the valley, and the beasts are terrified; The eagle falcon tries its wings, and the wind and dust are sucked up; Strange flower firstborn, the emperor; The cadres will be hairy, and there will be their mangs; The sky wears its blue, and the earth wears its yellow; Throughout the ages, there are eight wildernesses, the future is like the sea, and the future is long. It's beautiful, I'm young and bright, and I'm not old; I am a young man of the Ming Dynasty, and the country has no borders! ”

Zhu Houzhao had never felt so happy, and he felt that his heart was about to explode with excitement.

"I will build a palace in the future, and put all kinds of strange things there, as well as the fruits of my conquest, which are my merits, and will be admired by posterity. I've thought of the name of the other palace, so let's call it "Children's Palace"! Cao Wei, what do you think? ”

Children's Palace? It's also a science museum!

Cao Wei said with disgust on his face: "Why is His Highness so unimposing in a name?" ”

"Hearing you say that, I really feel a little unimposing, so it's called ...... Well, it's called the "Leopard Room". ”