Chapter 4 I want to see what's in the water
"Big walks with me". Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Zhongxian, who was still standing beside him in the end, not daring to sit at the same table with him.
"Old Slave Honor".
Zhu Youxiao was not too familiar with the palace Zhu Youxiao, so he had to take a casual walk with the memories in his mind, while Wei Zhongxian and a group of palace maids and eunuchs carefully followed Zhu Youxiao's side and waited carefully.
The palace began to be built in the fourth year of Yongle of Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and was built on the basis of the imperial palace in Nanjing, and was completed in the eighteenth year of Yongle. It is a rectangular castle with a length of 961 meters from north to south and a width of 753 meters from east to west, surrounded by a wall 10 meters high on all sides, and a moat with a width of 52 meters outside the city. The buildings in the Forbidden City are divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court. The center of the outer dynasty is the Taihe Palace, the Zhonghe Palace, and the Baohe Palace, collectively referred to as the three major halls, which are the places where the state holds great ceremonies. The center of the inner court is the Qianqing Palace, the Jiaotai Palace, and the Kunning Palace, collectively known as the Hou Three Palaces, which are the main palaces where the emperor and empress live.
These are all introduced by Zhu Youxiao when he used to play in the Forbidden City in Beijing, and Zhu Youxiao's current location belongs to the inner courtyard.
As I walked around the school, I suddenly turned a corner and walked in another direction, and after a while, I came to a lake.
I still have a deep memory of this lake injection, and my body is in this place where the cruise ship unintentionally fell into the water.
What a joke it is that an emperor would unintentionally fall into the water and be rescued only after being drowned half to death under the recovery of dozens of eunuchs and palace maids.
"What a good unintentional one, it's just that I just pushed Wei Zhongxian out a few years ago, and it turned out to be ......."
Thinking about the inexplicable deaths of several monarchs of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
"But I'm alive again this time, I don't know if I let you people down."
On a calm lake, a small boat is quietly docked on the shore and swings in the wind. Every now and then, a few leaves fall into the lake, causing a ripple.
Zhu Youxiao looked at the lake calmly, not knowing what he was thinking. Wei Zhongxian, who was rooted behind Zhu Youxiao, was turning in his heart, wanting to figure out what Zhu Youxiao meant. From time to time, he raised his head and glanced at the effective facial expressions, hoping to see a clue from them.
"Did King Shin move anything after he returned?"
Zhu Youxiao stared at the lake and said as if talking to himself.
"After King Xin returned, he closed the door and thanked the guests, and studied and practiced calligraphy in the study all day, and never had any great performance."
After listening to Wei Zhongxian's words, Zhu Youxiao nodded lightly with an expressionless face.
"What about the court"?
"How have several cabinet elders in the cabinet and the six Shangshu been doing recently?"
"Advance and abide by his own duties, but the head of the household department has recently accepted a concubine."
"Zhou Yingqiu"?
Zhu Youxiao muttered softly, for this Zhou Yingqiu, Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Zhongxian meaningfully.
Zhou Yingqiu Wanli Jinshi. He served as a waiter in the Ministry of Works, with a humble character, and resigned to avoid Donglin Qing's discussion. In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian became the left servant of the Nanjing Criminal Department, and the following year the Criminal Department was changed to add the main Shangshu and the Zuodu Imperial History. He once simmered his hooves to please Wei Zhongxian's son Liangqing, known as "Simmering Hoof General Constitution". For six years, he served as the secretary of the ministry, and the officials divided bribes and cut the clear stream. He is the leader of Wei Zhongxian's henchmen "Ten Dogs". However, it is a pity that after Chongzhen ascended the throne, he was included in the Shuo case by Chongzhen and sent to death.
However, this also reassured Zhu Youxiao, at least the main ministers in the court were still headed by Wei Zhongxian.
"Otomo, what do you say is under the water?"
Wei Zhongxian didn't keep up with Zhu Youxiao's sudden turn, and was a little stunned for a while, but he still reacted quickly.
"Your Majesty only needs to drain the water from the lake and see what it hides."
"If Your Majesty can trust the old slave, the old slave will personally come to the field to drain this lake for Your Majesty."
Wei Zhongxian bowed his head respectfully.
"If the ministers of the DPRK and China are all like this, I can rest assured."
"I am here to assure you that as long as I reign for one day, I will keep you prosperous and rich."
"The old slave doesn't want any glory and wealth, he is only willing to stay by His Majesty's side forever, and he is willing to sacrifice his first horse for His Majesty."
Zhu Youxiao smiled after hearing Wei Zhongxian's words, turned his head to Wei Zhongxian, and gently removed a few leaves that had fallen on Wei Zhongxian's shoulder.
"Then the big companion will arrange for someone to come and drain the lake, and I want to see it now."
"It's the old slave's decree, but Your Majesty's lake is very big, and it will take some time, so Your Majesty can take a break in the Anxin Pavilion."
After Zhu Youxiao nodded, he walked towards a courtyard not far away under the leadership of a little eunuch. And Wei Zhongxian ordered the little eunuch on the side to quickly find someone to come over.
After a while, I saw dozens of people dressed as little eunuchs, one of whom was carrying an empty bucket in his hand. Led by a foreman, the water from the lake is constantly lifted and slowly transported elsewhere.
Sitting not far away, he actually saw Wei Zhongxian, and he actually started it himself, and came out with a few buckets of water, and his heart was even more satisfied.
"Your Majesty's lake has been drained, Your Majesty can go and check it." Wei Zhongxian, who was covered in water, walked up to Zhu Youxiao's side and asked gently.
"The big companion doesn't have to go on the field in person and make such a mess, just have this group of subordinates to do it."
"Later, you can go to my dormitory and get a piece of clothing for your companion, don't catch a cold."
Zhu Youxiao turned his head and instructed a little eunuch beside him.
"Your Majesty Long En, the old slave will never give up."
Under the leadership of Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youxiao came to the lake and looked at the bottom of the lake in front of him.
"I didn't expect there to be so many fish under the calm lake, look at that one is quite big."
Zhu Youxiao stood next to him, pointing to the golden carp at the bottom of the lake, which was obviously much larger than other fish, with a happy look in his eyes.
"Yes, Your Majesty, for those fish, the surface of the water is their best barrier. But now that the water has been drained, this group of fish naturally has nowhere to escape, but to struggle at the bottom of the muddy lake, and sooner or later it will be brought to the table and become something in the mouth of His Majesty."
Wei Zhongxian also stood next to him and flattered Zhu Youxiao with a respectful face.
"There is also the credit of Otomo here, I ordered the imperial dining room to catch that golden carp, I will eat it tonight, and Otomo can taste it with me."
"Old slave thank you, Your Majesty", Wei Zhongxian knelt on the ground with an excited face.
"I said that Otomo can become the second eunuch of the Three Treasures in my dynasty."
"It depends on whether the big mate is willing or not."
As soon as the words fell, Zhu Youxiao turned around and walked out, stopped halfway through, looked back at the lake, and then turned around and walked away quickly.
Wei Zhongxian, who fell to the ground, hurriedly got up, hurriedly chased after Zhu Youxiao not far away, and then left with Zhu Youxiao closely.
Only a few dozen eunuchs and the golden carp that glittered in the sunlight were left at the scene.