Zeng Jinhua, the eighth imperial doctor of Tai Hospital, is a tall and thin man, in his thirties, his facial features are still upright, but he is a big myopia, and he has a pair of crystal-polished glasses on the bridge of his nose, so he is often called "Zeng Siyan" behind his back. He also has a nickname called "Zeng Shen Doctor", not because of how divine his medical skills are, but because he is superstitious and Taoist, and he always likes to quote ghosts and gods for incurable diseases.

However, his medical skills are still the most brilliant in the Tai Hospital, and he is also serious and responsible, and he is a fellow villager of Queen Zhou in Suzhou, so he is very trusted by Chongzhen and his wife.

Regarding Zhu Cihong's condition, his judgment as a "miracle doctor" is also reliable. Zhu Cihong's body is indeed fine and very healthy. The reason why I can't wake up is that there is a run-in period between the new soul and this body.

And Zhu Cihong's words of complaining about the ancestor in the dream were heard by him, and he naturally thought of the supernatural event of Taizu Tuomeng.

In the early morning of March 15, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Dr. Zeng, who was a little chattering, saw Zhu Cihong again.

Zhu Cihong, who had not slept all night, was lying on the desk writing the decree at this time, and next to his bookcase, there were all kinds of blank or finished chapters.

"Minister Zeng Jinhua visited His Royal Highness the Prince," after performing the ceremony, Dr. Zeng asked again, "Your Highness does you feel sleepy today?" ”

"There are some," Zhu Cihong said, "I just feel groggy, I'm afraid I can't read and learn words." ”

Can't read and learn? So what are you doing now?

Doctor Zeng lifted his glasses and looked at Zhu Cihong, who was writing at the desk, "Your Highness wants to cancel the daily lecture?" ”

"The palace needs to recuperate for three days," Zhu Cihong said bluntly, "You just do what the palace wants." In addition, Hongu is restless and may get sick at any time, so you will be by Hongu's side from today onwards. ”

There was an undoubted majesty in Zhu Cihong's tone, where did Doctor Zeng dare to disobey an eight-rank imperial doctor, he had to claim it even again.

Zhu Cihong said again: "Is there anyone in your family in Beijing?" If there are people, you can go and settle down this morning, Dabao, and go and get ten taels of silver for Imperial Doctor Zeng. ”

Ten taels of silver? What do you mean?

Doctor Zeng was stunned and stunned, the prince seemed to have something to say...... However, he didn't delve into it, because he was from Suzhou, his wife and children were all in his hometown, and he only had a concubine by his side.

After thanking the prince for the reward, Zeng Jinhua and Huang Dabao went to get the silver, and hurried to meet the concubine in his mansion in the outer city - he didn't know at this time that if he said goodbye to the concubine today, there would be no goodbye in this life!

After Huang Dabao sent Dr. Zeng away, when he returned to Duanjing Palace, he came with another accompanying eunuch, Qiu Zhizhong, and Bi Jiucheng, a scrivener and a scholar of Zhongshu.

Zhu Cihong's two companions are in shifts, and now it's time for Eunuch Qiu to take up his post.

Eunuch Qiu is a thin man, thirty-four or five years old, with a gentle smile on his face, looking like a scholar and talent. However, Zhu Cihong knew that this eunuch was a "martial eunuch" who was proficient in bow and horse, and Zhu Cihong followed him to learn horseback riding, archery and fencing - the prince of the Ming Dynasty was theoretically both civil and military.

The scrivener is the prince's subordinate officer, and belongs to the last existence of the scrivener in the reading team, and is generally filled by the secretary of the cabinet. Bijiucheng, who is in his early twenties this year, is one of Zhu Cihong's two Chinese scholars. This person is a fat man, with a very cheerful and lively personality, and he is not restrained when he sees Zhu Cihong, and he likes to tell the prince some strange things outside the palace, so he has a good relationship with Prince Zhu. In addition, he is a new science and technology scholar in Chongzhen for 16 years, and he has no family in Beijing, so it can be said that he has no worries. Zhu Cihong called him to be a "secretary", and he saw that he had a lot of paperwork to deal with, and he had to use copywriting.

Seeing a large pile of documents on Zhu Cihong's desk, Eunuch Qiu was also a little strange, but he didn't ask anything, just reminded: "Master Chitose, it's not too early, it's time to ask someone to serve you to wash, and then go to report to the queen mother that she is safe." ”

Only then did Zhu Cihong remember that he still had to deal with Queen Zhou's mother!

"Oh." He nodded, blinked his round eyes, and looked at his Bi Jiucheng with a very strange look: "Bi Shishu, these things I wrote have been taken care of for me, and no one is allowed to touch them." Also, look for some chapters where you can write the decree, the more the better! ”

"Your Highness, these things are ......" Bi Jiucheng looked at the large number of chapters in front of him, and then looked at Zhu Cihong, whose eyes and tone were much sharper, he was really a little overwhelmed.

"See for yourself." Zhu Cihong then said to Eunuch Qiu, "Wait for the palace to change clothes!" ”

"Whoa." Qiu Zhizhong answered, and then called a few palace maids and eunuchs to wait for Zhu Cihong to wash and change clothes.

The palace maids are all elderly aunts. Zhu Cihong remembered that he had two younger nurses, but they were all dismissed when he went out to study, and only the aunt and palace maid who were over fifty years old served in the Duanben Palace.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong's daily life is quite boring, except for the eunuchs around him, he is an aunt, or a teacher with a lot of beard to talk about the principles of saints. That is, when I went to Kunning Palace to meet my mother, I could meet a few younger palace people.

said she was young, but in fact, she was an old girl in her thirties. Because his father, Emperor Chongzhen, was bent on being a saint, he restrained himself from being beautiful, and he didn't choose a show girl in the palace for many years, that is, he chose Zhu Cihong once a year ago, but only three or two girls were left, and the others were dismissed.

So the women who are now serving Chongzhen are Queen Zhou, Yuan Guifei, the two princesses, as well as Concubine Liu, Concubine Fang, Concubine Shen, and a few old girls in their thirties, and there is no one else.

Among them, Empress Zhou and Yuan Guifei were both elected to the palace when Chongzhen was the king of Xinxin, and there was also a Tian Guifei who died in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen.

In addition to these concubines of Chongzhen, there is also a Empress Zhang in the palace at this time, who is the sister-in-law of Emperor Chongzhen and the empress of Emperor Tianqi. In addition, there is a concubine Li, who is the concubine of Emperor Guangzong Taichang.

However, the Ming Dynasty palace was forbidden, and as the prince who went out of the cabinet, Zhu Cihong was theoretically not allowed to go to the queen, let alone a bunch of imperial concubines and concubines. It's just that Chongzhen made a decree and allowed Zhu Cihong to "don't ask after the future", so he can often see his mother, Queen Zhou.

After washing up, I had a simple breakfast, and the sky outside was already bright.

Only then did Zhu Cihong take Qiu Zhizhong out of the Duanjing Palace.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, are you going to Kunning Palace?" Zhu Chunjie, the guard of the East Palace, saw Zhu Cihong coming out, and hurriedly stepped forward, while beckoning the eunuchs to raise Russell's umbrellas and fans, and set up a queue.

This Zhu Chunjie is in his twenties, tall and sturdy, and has a beard, which is indeed a bit murderous. But it looks murderous, and in fact, I haven't even killed a chicken......

This guy is the queen of Jiangmen, and the ancestor is the hero of the Battle of Jingyan, Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo. However, Zhu Chunjie is not a descendant, so he is not qualified to inherit the title of duke, but he became Zhu Cihong's foreman and guard in the East Palace under the recommendation of his brother Zhu Chunchen.

Zhu Cihong took a breath and said to Zhu Chunjie: "Yes, go to Kunning Palace!" ”

Kunning Palace is the dormitory of Queen Zhou, which is known as the Middle Palace in the world.

Now there are two ways out in front of Zhu Cihong, one is to take advantage of Li Zicheng's army to sneak away to Tongzhou before the city of Beijing is surrounded; One was to break through and escape when the city of Beijing was breached.

If he chooses the former way, Zhu Cihong will be charged with unfilial piety. In the Ming Dynasty, which pays special attention to theory and morality, unfilial piety is a big crime!

And Zhu Cihong, who only fled with a few guards and eunuchs, it was difficult to pull a team from Beijing.

Looking at Wang Chengen's meaning, it is unlikely that he will cooperate with him to slip away in advance, so it is difficult to take away the large group of people from Beijing.

Prince Daming has its own official system, and its Chinese officials have four attendant class officials, six lecture officials, two school books, and two attendant books. The military attache has a class of guards in the East Palace. Eunuchs include Zhan Shi eunuchs, accompanying eunuchs and ordinary internal officials, as well as a large number of people.

And these people also have status and status, civil officials have protégés, military attaches have family members, and eunuchs have godsons. Together, it is a small Donggong group.

In addition, there were still some civil and military officials and eunuchs in the capital city who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Cihong could also take them away together, thus expanding the Donggong Group.

Moreover, Zhu Cihong can also take away an armed force from the Beijing division through a breakthrough operation. Even if there are only 1,000 people, it's better than running out with bare hands!

Of course, the most valuable "assets" in Jingshi City are not officials, eunuchs and armed forces, but Emperor Chongzhen himself!

No matter how confused Emperor Chongzhen is, he is also an emperor!

In the eyes of the people of the world, the fall of Jingshi and the unnatural death of the emperor occurred at the same time, and the Ming Dynasty died!

The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king is martyred or something, which is indeed strong, but it cannot be denied that this is a symbol of the death of the country! In this case, if Zhu Cihong wants to ascend to the throne, he must rely on the support of important ministers and warlords, which will inevitably become a puppet of others.

If Emperor Chongzhen abandons the Jingshi and leaves, his prestige will certainly plummet, but the emperor's reputation is still there! And if Zhu Cihong can pull out a Donggong group in the process of breaking through and then master a certain amount of force, he will not be afraid of being used as a puppet.

A real prince is much stronger than a fake emperor!

Moreover, it is much better for Chongzhen to give way to himself through inner meditation than to let a warlord like the four towns of Jiangbei support him......

Of course, pushing back the days of escape by a few days is also a lot more risky!