Zhang Fu came out of the imperial city and told Zhu Neng that since he was appointed as a deputy general and did not dare to use his life, he was going to do something now. So the two said goodbye, Zhu Neng went out of Hongwu Gate, and Zhang Fu stayed in the Thousand Steps Corridor and went to the Jinyi Health Office.

It happened that Ji Gang, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, was not in the government office, so Zhang Fu was beckoned to wait in the lobby.

There were two people in the hall inside, whispering, one of them was handsome, short, and only up to the shoulders of the other general. The tall voice said: "The person in the hall, even the Jinyi guard can't be lazy, Yang Zongqi, hurry up and call someone to serve tea." ”

The short man Yang Zongqi asked curiously, "What's the matter?" ”

Gao said: "It's a Hou master." ”

Mr. Yang let out an "oh...... Zhang Fu also knew that on this thousand-step corridor, what ministers and princes and nobles could really be seen casually.

Gao continued: "The newly sealed Xincheng Marquis." His father is the posthumously crowned Rongguo Gong, who died on the battlefield for the saint, and his sister is the newly sealed Zhang Guifei! ”

At this time, Yang Zongqi immediately walked quickly to the lobby, he did not serve tea, only said: "Hou Ye Zhang, wait a minute, the last general will immediately go to the commander to come back." ”

Zhang Fu didn't take the shelf, and arched his hand and said, "I'm tired." ”

Sure enough, as long as the people in the government office do what they care about, they can do it very quickly. After a while, Ji Gang walked in with a smile on his face, and Yang Zongqi was very close to him.

Ji Gang hugged his fists and saluted, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the Marquis of Xincheng, Marquis Zhang, a rare guest." In the end, there will be a long way to go! ”

Zhang Fu has already heard of Ji Gang's name, and the reputation of this guy is getting worse and worse, and it is already rotten. Zhang Fu didn't say much, and said politely and coldly: "I bothered Commander Ji, I came here today to ask Commander Ji to borrow someone." ”

Ji Gang hurriedly asked, "Who?" You say! ”

Zhang Fu said: "Huang Zhong." ”

Ji Gang looked embarrassed, and muttered: "That Huang Zhong's carelessness has damaged the saint's face, and Long Yan is furious, this is ......"

"Convicted?" Zhang Fu asked.

Ji Gang frowned and shook his head: "That's not yet." ”

Zhang Fu said: "I have just been appointed as the deputy general of the expedition to Annan, this person is of great use, if there is a way to fish it out, I don't have to bother the saint for this trivial matter." ”

"There is a way!" Ji Gang nodded immediately. He seemed to suddenly wake up to the fact that Zhang Fu was in front of the saint and was also a person who could speak, and his attitude immediately changed.

Zhang Fu asked curiously, "What's the method?" ”

Ji Gang said: "I will tell Yang Yong to go and release Huang Zhong from the edict." ”

Zhang Fu: "......"

Zhang Fu said in his heart, it is nothing more than putting a garlic in front of Lao Tzu! Although they are all military attachés, Zhang Fu looks down on this person in his heart, and he has the same mind as the civil officials on this matter.

…… The news spread quickly, and the candidates for the general of Annan soon spread in the imperial city.

When Zhu Gaochi, the crown prince of the East Palace, heard the news, he was coming out of the Wenhua Palace, preparing to take the car to the Spring and Palace for lunch. He was stunned for a moment when he heard the news, and immediately repulsed the car and asked someone to help him walk back to the palace.

Poor Zhu Gaochi was already so hungry that his eyes were golden, and he walked over with difficulty, and soon he was sweating profusely and his legs were weak.

"My father has high hopes for his son, and his son can't live up to him, and he can get thinner if he walks more." Zhu Gaochi gasped for breath while still reciting words.

The group finally arrived at Chunhua Gate, and suddenly heard the voice of a palace maid: "I'm dying of hunger, when will I eat?" ”

Another voice said, "There is only vegetable porridge for dinner." ”

At this moment, the eunuch at the door said, "Meet the prince." ”

Zhu Gaochi walked into Chunhua Gate and saw that the faces of the two palace maids were pale, and they were already kneeling on the ground, and both of them were begging for mercy: "The slave and maid should die, the slave and maid should die!" ”

"Get up, I'll make people think." Zhu Gaochi behaved very gently, and sighed softly after speaking.

Although he didn't like eunuchs, he was very good to the palace maids, and of course he didn't mean to starve them. Just because he can't help it, Donggong really has no food! A palace maid has starved to death last month...... His father, Zhu Di, was the opposite, Zhu Di didn't like palace maids, but trusted eunuchs.

In the East Palace of the Ming Dynasty, people would starve to death? If it weren't for Zhu Gaochi's personal experience, he wouldn't want to believe such a thing.

Since the beginning of this year, the imperial court has been doing several major things, repairing the palace city in Beijing and planning to move the capital; Zheng He wanted to go to the Western Ocean, built more than 200 sea ships, and brought 30,000 people; The official army wants to conquer the country of Annam...... It's all about spending money. But these are not the reasons for starving to death of the palace maids in the East Palace, and the imperial court is not short of this money.

The reason is ridiculous in Zhu Gaochi's opinion: his father forced him to lose weight!

The method of losing weight is also very crude and ridiculous, that is, to reduce the money and food in the East Palace, and only give very little money and food. Zhu Di is good to his two grandsons, and he goes to the harem every day, eats big fish and meat, and only harsh others in the East Palace.

Of course, the result has no effect, there are so many eunuchs and palace maids in the East Palace, and the prince will not eat alone. In the past few months, Zhu Gaochi has not lost even a pound of meat, only the eunuch palace maid has been hungry and thin, and one has starved to death.

Zhu Gao returned to the Chunhe Palace sullenly, and the crown princess Zhang had already prepared lunch. I didn't see Zhu Zhanji at this time, and it seemed that he was taken to the imperial kitchen to eat again.

On the table was a plate of pickles, two plates of boiled vegetables, all of which had no oil at all, and a bowl of rice.

"Let's go down." Zhang's Road.

Several palace maids bent their knees and withdrew from the palace. Zhu Gaochi sat silently at the table, picked up the chopsticks and picked them in the bowl, and he picked up a few pieces of fat pork below.

Zhang smiled and looked at him lovingly: "Please invite the prince to dinner." ”

I don't know why, the fatter Zhu Gaochi gets, the more he likes to eat fatty meat, and lean meat can't satisfy his cravings at all. He took a piece and put it in his mouth, chewed and chewed, his heart was sore, and suddenly a few tears fell.

"Ouch, Prince, what's wrong with you?" Zhang asked nervously.

It's okay not to ask him, but when he asked, Zhu Gaochi couldn't stop sobbing...... I buried many grievances in my heart, and I never dared to say it; And the matter of losing weight made him feel deep malice.

A voice in Zhu Gaochi's heart said: What's wrong with being fat? Are fat people guilty?!

He was wronged!

Although the father and the emperor talked about this to the queen mother, they all said that it was good for the prince, to lose weight, to be in good health, and to be able to ride a horse and shoot arrows. But Zhu Gaochi felt that this was not the case, he felt that his father was disgusting him, that he was in bad shape, and that he was disgraced to the royal family! seems to be saying how reluctant and embarrassing it is to let you be the prince, but if there is a little way, it is better not to give birth to you fat man!

Zhu Gaochi felt that his heart was greatly hurt, not as simple as not satisfying the desire of his tongue.

He resented!

The dignified emperor actually did such a ridiculous thing and treated his own son like this. Zhu Gao said in his heart, I have gone through all the history books, and I have never seen the emperor so paranoid and did such a thing.

Zhang picked up the handkerchief, gently wiped Zhu Gaochi's face, and comforted him softly.

Zhu Gaochi finally spoke: "The second brother gave his father and queen mother a pair of jade, which is said to be worth 50,000 yuan. I accidentally thought that it would be better to be a vassal king like the second brother......"

"Don't be stupid." Zhang's expression changed, and he hurriedly whispered, "The crown prince is the eldest son, if you can't be the crown prince, it's not so light." These words do not need to be uttered by concubines. ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Gaochi gritted his teeth and nodded, and stuffed another piece of fat into his mouth.

He ate in silence, and soon ate all the food on the table, and still felt that he was not full. It turned out that he didn't eat so much, and in recent months, the dishes have not been very meaty, but he has eaten more.

At this time, Zhu Gaochi spoke again, his stomach was not so hungry, he was much calmer, and said indifferently: "The general who will fight for Annan has been elected." There are two ways in the army, Guangxi has the most people here, Zhu Neng is the general of Zhengyi, Zhang Fu is the right deputy general of Zhengyi, and he will soon set off for Guangxi; The road in Yunnan was led by Gao Xu. Go both ways. ”

After hearing this, Zhang thought for a while and asked, "There is a lack of a left deputy general, is Gao Xu a deputy general?" ”

Zhu Gaochi shook his head and said, "Gao Xu is also a prince anyway, how can he be a deputy general?" His father's decree was to 'hear each other's momentum and work together to succeed', which was probably the same as Gao Xu's and the general Zhengyi. However, because Gao Xu is a prince, he is equal in military power, and he himself has the upper hand, if there are different opinions, most of them will listen to him. ”

Zhang nodded slowly: "If this battle is successful, Gao Xu's credit will be even greater." ”

Zhu Gaochi sighed and said: "In the eyes of my father, of course, Gao Xue is the most popular, and Gao Sui is the most painful. I'm the eldest son......" At this point, he didn't continue.

Zhang also gave him a look, not wanting him to say any more.

"The concubine still has some jewelry, call a henchman tomorrow and quietly take it out for some money." Zhang said kindly.

Zhu Gaochi said with an embarrassed face: "There are so many people in the East Palace, the inner treasury doesn't give money, what's the use of relying on jewelry alone?" ”

Zhang pondered for a moment, and then said: "Our royal family is married to the two younger sisters of the Song family, and they are still in Beijing. I heard that Song Sheng said nothing in the northwest, and I am afraid that he will be rich. When the two younger sisters got married, the dowry given by the father was like a mountain of gold and silver. The prince is the eldest brother, he can't open his mouth, and the concubine is finally a woman's family, regardless of her face, she will go back to the two of them to borrow some and help you as the eldest brother. ”

Zhu Gaochi's face was hot, he really felt ashamed that he was a prince mixed up in such a field. But thinking that the palace maids in the East Palace were so hungry and weak that they would die if they continued, he didn't say anything.

Zhang quietly held his chubby hand, and blew the wind in his ear again: "Don't worry, prince, no matter whether you are rich or poor, the concubine is of the same heart as you!" ”

Zhu Gaochi's hand to Zhang's hand was as boring as his own hand, but when he heard her words, his heart was soft, and his words sounded a lot better, "In the end, I am married to a wife, and I see my heart in adversity!" ”

Zhang threw a flattering look that made Zhu Gaochi very embarrassed, and said coquettishly, "It's good that the prince knows." ”