For Zhu Houzhao, in fact, the Empress Dowager is more concerned than Empress Zhang!

In fact, the Empress Dowager has seven or eight grandchildren, but except for Zhu Houzhao, most of them are not in Beijing, such as Zhu Houxi, the son of King Anlu, and so on.

Compared with the Empress Dowager, Zhu Houzhao's father, Emperor Hongzhi, was personally raised by himself in Renshou Palace, and the meaning is completely different, and Zhu Houzhao has been watching since he was a child!

Outside this Renshou Palace, some people may slander Zhu Houzhao for a few words, thinking that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is sometimes not very presentable, but in Renshou Palace, His Royal Highness the Prince's reputation is simply a good person through the ages, if anyone dares to say half a sentence is not, they will probably be dragged out to feed the dogs.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao said obediently: "I'm not hungry, Erchen is here to send a hand-copied Taoist scripture." ”

As soon as she heard the hand-copied Taoist scriptures, the Empress Dowager was overjoyed and said with a smile: "It's rare that you have filial piety, you don't have to worry about you, you, as long as you come to say hello, the mourning family will be content, why bother with this effort." ”

As he spoke, Liu Jin, who followed Zhu Houzhao, handed over the hand-copied Taoist scripture to Wang Yan, the great eunuch of Renshou Palace.

Wang Yan was in his forties, with a big belly and poop, and his body was blessed, so he hurriedly took the manuscript from Liu Jin's hand.

The Empress Dowager said casually: "Come, show the mourning family." ”

Wang Yan saluted the manuscript, and the Empress Dowager took it, as Zhu Hou said according to the other party's successor, the Empress Dowager's eyes were a little flowery, and she only saw a blurred handwriting, and then smiled: "This is copied by the prince himself, the mourning family is really happy in their hearts, Wang Yan ......"

"The slave is here."

The Empress Dowager said: "Read it to the mourners." ”

It seems that for the Empress Dowager, the Taoist scriptures copied by the prince always have different meanings, and if they are put on the shelf, they always feel sorry for the prince's intentions.

Wang Yan was able to understand it, and hurriedly took the manuscript again, so she shook her head and read the Tao Te Ching first.

However, when he was preparing to read it, his eyes were obviously in a trance.

This handwriting...... Is it His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?

But when he came back to his senses and glanced at the prince cautiously, he saw Zhu Houzhao baring his teeth at him, he shuddered, where did he dare to delve deeper, so he coughed and said, "Dao Kedao...... Very ......"

The Tao Te Ching is sprinkled with 5,000 words, it is the supreme true scripture of Taoism, and although Zhu Houzhao listened to it very boringly, the Empress Dowager was enjoying it.

The Empress Dowager believes in Taoism, which is something known inside and outside the palace!

Since the beginning of Emperor Chenghua, because Emperor Chenghua believed, there were many Taoists in this palace, Emperor Chenghua preferred Taoism, is to take its technique, more preferred alchemy and alchemy, and the Empress Dowager was under the influence of the eyes, but also convinced of this, but just ...... She is more inclined to the scriptures, believing that these Dao Sutras can bring her inner peace.

After reciting the Tao Te Ching, and then began to recite the scriptures, Wang Yan only glanced at the head of the scriptures, and was stunned again.

The Empress Dowager was still waiting, and opened her eyes and said, "Read." ”

Wang Yan glanced at Zhu Houzhao cautiously again.

Zhu Houzhao was a little annoyed in his heart, why, you still want to break down the palace and ask someone to copy it?

But in an instant, Wang Yan was drenched in cold sweat on her forehead, and even the hand holding the sutra note was trembling slightly.

The Empress Dowager also seemed to notice the abnormality, and looked at him undoubtedly: "Nian! ”

Wang Yan's face was shocked, so she had to wait for Ai Ai to say: "The husband is the Taoist, Yuan X is nothing, chaotic nature, Eryi is born from it, all resources are formed, and it cannot be obtained for the name, and the name of the strong is called the Tao..."

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager was also stunned.

Sure enough, she also sensed that something was wrong, but ...... She didn't make a sound, but her face became extremely solemn.

She was silent, while Wang Yan cautiously raised her eyes to look at the Empress Dowager's expression.

"Keep reading." The Empress Dowager said.

Zhu Houzhao looked suspicious, he was not stupid, how could he not feel this unusual?

Wang Yan was even more trembling: "Therefore, the first chapter of the first chapter should be absolutely word-by-word, such as the chapter used by the middle road, it is also the first word ......to be revealed."

The Empress Dowager's face became even heavier, and her body even trembled slightly.

After a long time, she closed her eyes and said with a straight face: "Why don't you continue to read again." ”

"Slave maid ......" Wang Yan hurriedly knelt down, crying and mourning: "Slave and maid are dead." ”

The Empress Dowager opened her eyes and looked at Wang Yan deadly: "What is this for you, why are you dying?" ”

"The old slave served Niangniang for twenty ......years" Wang Yan's soul was not possessed, and Ai Ai said: "I have been accompanying Niangniang to read the scriptures, in Renshou Palace, I have collected the world's Tao Te Ching annotations, and I have never heard of this edition, which ...... This is a distortion of the scriptures, is a deviant statement, the slave and the maid actually read it, polluted the ears of the mother, so that the mother damaged the heart of the Tao, the slave and the maid have the sin of ten thousand deaths, and the mother forgives the sin. ”

Base...... Is there no commentary on this version of the Tao Sutra?

Zhu Houzhao's jaw is about to fall.

No wonder when Fang Jifan copied the scriptures, when he came to the scripture commentary, he thought that the original scripture annotation was not good, and dared to ...... This scripture is noted...... He wrote it himself.

In fact, where did Zhu Houzhao think that this scripture commentary is from the most outstanding Taoist school of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Dayou is a Taoist in the period of Hongwu and Emperor Wen, Fang Jifan thinks that since Wei Dayou is a person of that era, then this "Tao Te Ching Jiyi" has naturally been handed down a long time ago, not only handed down, but also respected by the world, otherwise, how can this version of the scripture commentary be passed on to future generations?

But what Fang Jifan never expected was that the books of this era were different from later generations.

Later generations, however, if they write a book, they can publish it, after all, it doesn't cost a few dollars to publish, and the cost of ink and paper is not high. Even if it can't be published, it will be put on the Internet, and naturally someone will spread it.

It was an era of knowledge explosion, and Fang Jifan was ......

He really didn't realize this, he only thought that since this book was written in the early Ming Dynasty, it should have started circulating in the early Ming Dynasty!

Who knows, although this "Tao Te Ching Jiyi", although it was made early, it was not circulated in the world at all, until the end of the Ming Dynasty, because of the chaos in the world, a large number of tomb robbers emerged, and finally began to circulate.

This is just like the "Analects of Qi", people only remember the general version of the Analects, and the Analects of Qi had been compiled into a book as early as the Warring States Period, but because it was not circulated, it was lost in later generations, and it was not until the excavation of the tomb of the Marquis of Haihuang that people found traces of the "Analects of Qi" from the tomb of the Marquis of Haiding.

The Empress Dowager attaches great importance to the Taoist scriptures. And in this era, the Tao Sutra is by no means something that can be annotated by cats and dogs, otherwise, in the eyes of people, it is a deviant.

This is especially true for people like the Empress Dowager who advocate Taoism.

In Renshou Palace, there are hundreds of versions of the scriptures that collect the Tao Te Ching, each of which is the painstaking work of the emperors and Taoists of the past dynasties.

And these scripture notes, the Empress Dowager can be said to be familiar, Wang Yan has followed the Empress Dowager for 20 years, and she is also familiar with it, just look at this "Tao Te Ching Collection of Righteousness", you will know that this scripture does not exist at all, a non-existent Taoist scripture, how did His Royal Highness the Prince copy it?

Let alone...... This Taoist scripture for no reason dares to privately annotate Taoist classics such as the Tao Te Ching, how arrogant is this, it is simply ...... It's bold.

At least he knew that the Empress Dowager was bound to be angry.

Really...... The Empress Dowager showed a look of extreme displeasure on her face!

In her opinion, this is a very serious matter, how serious is it, not just some people who deviate from the norm and are bold. What's even more terrifying is that the prince actually copied such a thing, so in this way, isn't someone misleading the prince? This prince was deceived by this deviant statement, how could he, who was a great-grandmother, not be worried?

"Zhao'er, where did you copy this?" The Empress Dowager stiffened her face and asked sharply.

Zhu Houzhao is also a dog, copying a book, can he also copy something?

Seeing that his great-grandmother, who had always been loving, suddenly turned his face, he suddenly hesitated, and after a long time, he said to Ai Ai: "Erchen, Erchen doesn't know...... ...... copied by hand"

Obviously, he just wants to get by.

It's a pity that for the Empress Dowager, this matter is too serious, just like a scholar who believes in the Four Books and Five Classics, and learns that the prince actually makes an alternative interpretation of the Four Books and Five Classics, what a worrying thing, and even, such a thing can be classified as a mistaken belief and traitor.

Wang Yan hesitated, he naturally knew the consequences of this matter, the stakes were very important, he clearly saw that this manuscript, although it was deliberately copied from His Royal Highness the Prince's handwriting, but it was obvious, but it was not copied by His Royal Highness the Prince, if there was no extraneous branch, of course he did not dare to inform the Empress Dowager of this matter, after all, he did not dare to offend His Royal Highness the Prince.

But now...... Now it's different, the Queen Mother is furious, and she is bound to investigate this matter thoroughly, as long as she checks it, she knows that this is not the prince's handwriting, and she is still hiding it for His Royal Highness the Prince, which is ...... Isn't it looking for death?

So Wang Yan hurriedly said: "Slave maid...... The slave maid felt ...... I feel that the scripture copied here is not the handwriting of His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Houzhao's face collapsed instantly.

To be bad.

However, he seemed to be very experienced in this sudden situation, and he did not become in a hurry all of a sudden, but immediately looked at the Empress Dowager with a pitiful look.

But the Empress Dowager has experienced so much in this deep palace, how can she be so easy to fool?

Even if she regarded this great-grandson as a treasure in her heart, she could naturally be considerate of Zhu Houzhao asking people to help copy the scriptures, but what she couldn't understand was that this scripture was actually deviant, and the devil knew what kind of fallacy was here?

She shouted and asked, "Who copied it randomly?" ”

"This ......" Zhu Houzhao did not hesitate, and said quietly: "It's Liu Jin!" ”