Arrived at the Qianqing Palace, the eunuch who led the way retreated, the emperor's personal eunuch Wang An went in to report, after the report Wang An led Zhu Youzhen into the palace, the outer hall of the Qianqing Palace and the emperor's bedroom were separated by a yellow silk curtain, Wang An did not stay, and went straight to the dragon bed of the Wanli Emperor with His Royal Highness the Emperor Sun through the curtain.

Zhu Youzhen looked around, Concubine Zheng Guifei sat on the side and watched Zhu Youzhen, and only the great eunuch Wang Anli waited on the side, and Emperor Wanli was lying on the bed in a bad spirit.

According to etiquette, Zhu Youzhen should have worshiped the imperial grandfather and Zheng Guifei, but Zhu Youzhen ignored that, this old aunt with a bad stomach couldn't stand his kneeling. Zhu Youzhen glanced around, then went straight to the bedside, hugged the old emperor's arm, and pretended to be stupid: "Grandpa Huang called his grandson over at this time, did he miss his grandson?" ”

Seeing Zhu Youzhen's appearance of not understanding the etiquette of respect and humility, Concubine Zheng naturally couldn't help but feel angry again.

Emperor Wanli didn't like the crown prince in every way, but he didn't have a little disgust with this little emperor Sun Xing, even if he heard that he left the palace without permission today, he was only a little worried about the safety of this little guy.

The old emperor straightened his face and pretended to be angry, "Little Wu, did you sneak out of the palace today?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said coquettishly, "Grandpa Huang, my grandson has been living in the palace for ten years, and I always heard how colorful our Zhu family's rivers and mountains are, but my grandson is like a canary, I haven't seen the outside world yet, and my grandson also wants to go out to see it openly, but those guards don't allow it, so my grandson can only sneak out." ”

Zhu Youzhen secretly looked at the old emperor's expression as he spoke, as if he was not too angry, so he continued, "Do you know that the grandson went to Liuli Lane in the west of the city today, which is really too prosperous, and everything that can be called famous by the grandson is everything, and it can be seen that the people live and work in peace and contentment. ”

The old emperor was a little blushing by what this little grandson said, he had heard of Liuli Lane, it was indeed prosperous, but it was said to be the epitome of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how confident the old emperor was, he still had self-knowledge, but he was so admired by his grandson that Wanli would not expose his shortcomings, the old emperor really couldn't imagine that such a young child would really make a sycophant, and it should be what the child really saw and thought.

"My grandson not only sneaked out to play today, but also brought an interesting object to the emperor's grandfather." Saying that, Zhu Youzhen took out a pocket watch from his arms and handed it to the old emperor, "This thing is called a pocket watch, which is made by Westerners for timekeeping, and there are many Westerners who have opened shops there in Liuli Lane, including Franc machine people, French people, and British, this pocket watch is bought by Sun Er from a Franc machine man shop, and there are many clocks there, these imported clocks are the symbol of the coming dynasty of all countries, and the symbol of the prosperity of my Ming Dynasty." ”

Emperor Wanli was held by Zhu Youzhen seven inches, what he was most looking forward to for decades was to be recognized, the old emperor was a little enthusiastic by this little grandson, and thought to himself, "I really should let the ministers listen to my grandson's words, blame me all day long, this is not right, that is not good, saying that my Ming Dynasty is not good here and there is a problem, not even a child, I don't know how hard I am." ”

In fact, Zhu Youzhen bought this pocket watch for him, obviously he was going to give Zhu Youxiao one by himself, didn't he sneak out of the palace and was arrested, so he had to take out his own one to make the emperor's grandfather happy.

This little grandson can still think about himself when he sneaks out to play, Wanli's only little anger is gone, he plays with the pocket watch that his grandson has picked up with one hand, and takes out a token with the other, "It's rare that Xiao Wu can still think about the imperial grandfather when he goes out to play, and the imperial grandfather can't ask for your things in vain, this token will be given to you, and if you want to go out in the future, you will go out openly." "Emperor Wanli was kind to Zhu Youzhen.

Then he turned his head and changed his complexion, and said to Wang An, who was standing next to him, "Go find two guards for His Royal Highness Five, and when you leave the palace in the future, you must take good care of Xiao Wu." "The emperor, who originally had a kind face, showed the majesty of the Ninety-Five Supreme.

"Slaves obey!"

Zhu Youzhen took the token of the Wanli Emperor, and started quite heavy, the token was the size of a palm, surrounded by a circle of gold, and the middle was inlaid with green jade, one side was engraved with two dragons around a royal character, and the other side was four gilded characters such as I came in person.

Zheng Guifei sat there without saying a word, tonight should have been a punishment for the five emperors and grandsons to leave the palace without permission, how could it be a reward conference again, especially this gold-inlaid jade token, Zheng Guifei is not so ignorant as Zhu Youzhen, this token is not only as simple as convenient to leave the palace, from now on, this five emperors and grandsons are officially no one dares to provoke.

"I'm tired, Wang An, take the Fifth Highness down to select the guards!" The old emperor waved his hand.

"Grandpa Huang has a good rest, and his grandson retires." Zhu Youzhen and Wang An retreated together.

Out of the door of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen said, "Wang An, can I choose the guards that the imperial grandfather said to me?" ”

"Your Highness is naturally okay, but I think Your Highness has no contact with the guards, and the old slave will choose better for His Highness." Wang An replied.

Wang An is a eunuch who is in charge of the seal, does not form a party, does not corrupt, is loyal to the emperor, and is a good man.

"How about Gao Sheng and Gao Han brothers?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

"Your Highness knows these two? These two people used to be His Majesty's personal guards, and their kung fu was unmatched in the palace, but these two people had a somewhat upright personality, and the old slaves were afraid that His Highness would take them with them, and they would often collide with His Highness. Wang An is telling the truth, but Zhu Youzhen is not afraid, the upright character of the two of them is not too reckless, and it can still be taught badly with more guidance, not to mention that His Royal Highness has always been afraid that you have a character, just afraid that you have no ability.

"That's it."

"The old slave will do it." Wang An bowed and retreated.

Zhu Youzhen walked towards Li Jinzhong not far away, Li Jinzhong has been waiting outside the gate of Qianqing Palace since Zhu Youzhen entered the Qianqing Palace, still carrying the pastries bought by Zhu Youzhen in his hand, thinking that this court staff can't be hidden, and at least more than 20 canes will be killed, depending on how much ability the Fifth Highness can protect himself.

It wasn't until he saw Zhu Youzhen and Wang An walking out together that he breathed a sigh of relief, and he didn't know what means this young master had used, so that he could go out of the palace without any punishment, Li Jinzhong was ready to be punished with a rod.

Getting closer, Zhu Youzhen took out a token and shook it in front of Li Jinzhong, and said with a swagger: "In the future, I will never have to be sneaky when I go out of the palace with my master." ”

Li Jinzhong looked at the four big words "Ru I am coming" on the gold-inlaid jade token, and thought to himself, this time he finally didn't choose the wrong one.

After a toss, the sky was completely dark, except for the guards of Xihua Gate and a few insiders, others didn't know what happened to the Fifth Highness, Jinxiu and a few Zhu Youzhen's palace people were looking forward to it at the door early, until it was dark, they didn't see the figure of the Fifth Highness, this is the first time the Fifth Highness has left the palace, but the palace door is locked, if the Fifth Highness is still outside the palace, then it will not be able to enter anyway.

Jinxiu knew that the Fifth Highness and Li Jinzhong went out together, and sent someone to the palace of the Great Highness to inquire, and replied that Li Jinzhong did not come back, if something really happened to the Fifth Highness, these people were afraid that they would die without redemption, and everyone was as anxious as ants on a hot pot, some people were worried about their fate, and Jinxiu was really worried about the safety of the Fifth Highness.

Over there, Zhu Youzhen comforted Li Jinzhong's frightened heart after seeing Li Jinzhong, but he did not rush back to the dormitory, but went to the dormitory with Li Jinzhong and the two of them.

When he arrived at the palace of His Royal Highness, Zhu Youzhen heard that the people from his palace had just come to inquire about the news, and he also guessed that he was already worried about himself, so he sent someone back to report the news.

At this time, the time has not arrived, Zhu Youxiao has not rested, Zhu Youzhen took a pocket watch and gave it to Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao took it in his hand and looked at it for a long time, only to hear the sound of ticking and ticking, but he didn't know what the magic of this thing was.

"Brother Huang, I went out of the palace today to walk around and bring a treasure to Brother Huang, this baby is called a pocket watch, which was transmitted to me from the Franc machine, you look at this workmanship, you look at this precision, tsk...... It's unparalleled. ”

"Little Wu, did you really go out? How did you get out? Why don't you bring your royal brother with you? "Zhu Youxiao has seen a lot of treasures in the palace, and I heard that this is another treasure, although I have never seen it, but I am still not very interested, but I am full of curiosity about leaving the palace.

"The risk is relatively high this time, the imperial brother has been arrested alone, and he was still listening to the emperor's grandfather's lecture in the Qianqing Palace just now, and we will have more opportunities to go out and play in the future." I will first tell the royal brother about the use of this treasure, the pocket watch is used by Westerners to keep time, and the timing with the pocket watch can be accurate to the hour, minute, minute and second. So Zhu Youzhen explained to Zhu Youxiao how to use a pocket watch, for a person who has not even heard of Arabic numerals and the Gregorian calendar year to explain the cognition of the pocket watch is very difficult, no one in the Ming Dynasty has heard of the concept of hours, so Zhu Youzhen will transform the scale of the pocket watch into the hour of Zi Chou Yinmao, how many minutes of the scale into a moment of tea and incense, how many seconds into a snap of the finger, how many seconds for a moment (pocket watches with seconds hand were not born until the 18th century).

Here Zhu Youzhen's mouth is dry, Zhu Youxiao is drowsy when he listens, it is not easy for a prince who does not like to learn since he was a child to sit down and listen to these complex knowledge, expect him to learn it once, Zhu Youzhen does not have this illusion, if it weren't for Zhu Youxiao's unbearable heart, he would have driven people out a long time ago.

Zhu Youzhen's idea is very simple, the application of the Gregorian calendar and modern time has a great impact on the development of modern science, it seems that the small thinking can only be slowly instilled in the imperial brother, because it will soon be the era of Zhu Youxiao, as long as the imperial brother accepts it, then it will be much easier to promote and apply.

Zhu Youzhen didn't leave until he said that Zhu Youxiao was asleep, and returned to his bedroom, Jinxiu and the others were still waiting at the door, until they really touched the sleeves of the Fifth Highness, and these palace people completely let go of their hearts.

In this cold winter, a group of people were waiting for him here in the cold wind at night, which still moved Zhu Youzhen very much, and hurriedly beckoned everyone into the house.

A group of girls and eunuchs who were worried began to chatter and shout to let Zhu Youzhen tell him what he had seen outside the palace, but these people would never dare to change it before.

"Fifth master, how about telling the slaves and maids about the outside of the palace? Is it fun? ”

"Fifth Master, did anything interesting happen today?"

Although Zhu Youzhen was a little tired after a day, he still didn't want to dismiss everyone's mind, after all, these people were scared for him all night, so he talked about what he saw and heard in Liuli Lane that day, Zhu Youzhen was able to speak, and the experience of the day made him talk about the climax, what sea bowl is a fairy, the little grandfather of the royal mud workshop, and the blonde and blue-eyed Franc machine chick, who will learn a few words of unknown dialect and shout.

A group of people listened to it with yearning and laughter, until after the end of the day, the pastries of Zhengmingzhai bought by His Royal Highness were almost eaten, and everyone gradually dispersed, leaving only Jinxiu to serve Zhu Youzhen to change clothes.

"Xiu'er, this is the perfume that the master bought today, which bottle do you smell better?" Zhu Youzhen took out the four bottles of perfume bought by the Imperial Mudhouse and put them on the table one by one.

Jinxiu cautiously opened a bottle of perfume and smelled it, and suddenly there was a look of intoxication on her face, "Is this perfume?" Good fragrant taste, some fragrant and rich at first smell, but long aftertaste. "After tasting a bottle, Jinxiu carefully put it away, but if you are not careful, I heard that four bottles cost four hundred taels of silver.

Then Jinxiu opened another bottle, "This bottle tastes similar to the previous one, but it is stronger, which makes people feel enthusiastic and unrestrained." ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at it, these two bottles are rose-scented.

Jinxiu opened the third bottle, "The smell of this bottle of perfume is very unique, fresh and elegant, fragrant and rich, it would be better if the taste was lighter." ”

"The last bottle of ......" Jinxiu smelled the last bottle of perfume, and was a little stunned, "The same jasmine fragrance as the previous bottle, delicate and unassuming, plain and graceful, there is such a smell in the world." ”

Looking at the pale yellow liquid in the delicate and transparent glass bottle in his hand, Jinxiu was a little distracted, and he was reluctant to put it down for a long time in his hand.

"You can take this bottle of perfume, as your reward for tasting incense for the master, and the remaining three bottles will be wrapped up for the master, and kept for one day to go to the Bada Hutong to pick up girls." Zhu Youzhen looked at Jinxiu's expression and knew that she had a soft spot for this bottle of jasmine fragrance, although she was going to give it to Jinxiu, but in view of Jinxiu's average performance in the past few days, even if she gave it to her, she would be angry with her.

Jinxiu understood the preciousness of this perfume, but she really couldn't bear to refuse the temptation of this fragrance, so she just lowered her head and said softly, "Thank you!" ”