Chapter 107: The Prince Travels
In the afternoon, Zhang Fan, who had just returned home, was still in a trance, not because he was stimulated by anything, but what he saw at Liu Shan's house made him unable to come back to his senses for a while.
"Brother Fan, what's wrong," Yingyue looked at Zhang Fan, who was a little distracted, and asked worriedly.
"Well, what's wrong," Zhang Fan, who was sitting in front of the window, looked at the drizzle outside, and only came back to his senses after a while and replied.
"What's wrong, Brother Fan, it's Yingyue asking you," Yingyue stretched out her white tender hand and shook it in front of Zhang Fan's eyes.
"Oh, nothing, I'm fine," Zhang Fan said listlessly, and then he looked at Yingyue's body and let out a long sigh.
"What's the matter, Brother Fan, this is," Yingyue was very puzzled in her heart, seeing Zhang Fan looking at herself, she thought that there was something wrong with herself, and looked at herself for a long time, "It's nothing," Yingyue said in her heart.
"By the way, Brother Fan, I received a letter from the capital just now, and it was sent by Sister Ru Xue," Yingyue suddenly thought of this, picked up a letter from the table and put it in front of Zhang Fan's eyes.
Hearing Ru Xue, the beautiful thoughts that still remained in Zhang Fan's heart suddenly disappeared: "Really, what did the letter say," Zhang Fan, who took the letter, asked, looking very anxious.
Yingyue saw him like this, and she was quite surprised in her heart, but she didn't care, and said: "The letter was written to you by my sister, Yingyue is not convenient to read, if there are any love words in it for Yingyue to listen, it will not be good,"
After listening to Yingyue's words, Zhang Fan was not in a hurry to open the letter, but said with a smile: "Okay, you Yue'er, why did I hear that you were a little jealous, dare to eat the vinegar of the eldest lady in the family, and wait for you to enter the door, I want to let your sister Ruxue discipline you well on behalf of your husband,"
"What's the matter," Yingyue said immediately, "How could I eat Sister Ruxue's vinegar, not to mention that now I'm by Brother Fan's side,"
"Really," Zhang Fan looked at Yingyue with puzzled eyes and said, "Then why did I smell a sour smell just now,"
"Where is it," Yingyue said in a low voice with a slight redness on her face, but she was saying in her heart: "Brother Fan, I'm just a little envious of Sister Ru Xue,"
Zhang Fan saw that he didn't talk anymore, but he thought that Yingyue was a little tender when he talked about marriage, so he didn't ask anymore when he smiled, and then opened the letter and read it.
Ru Xue did complain in the letter that she missed each other, but Ru Xue, a good wife who understood Zhang Fan's thoughts, did not spend more time on it, and everything in the family was fine, although Zhao did not have Zhang Fan by her side, but there was a pregnant daughter-in-law by her side, Zhao seemed very satisfied, and then it was the matter of Zhao Xue's girl, she seemed to be still losing her temper because Zhang Fan did not take her to Jiangnan with her, as for Zhang Fan's most concerning, it should be Ru Xue's own child in her womb, not their mother and son, It's almost June, Ru Xue has been pregnant for nearly four months, what can not be said between husband and wife, Ru Xue told Zhang Fan that she is quite inconvenient now, but fortunately, Ru Xue, who is very quiet on weekdays, is now not inconvenient, and she is very stable at home, but in this way, she can be sad Zhao Xue's girl, although the weather in the capital is not as hot as in the south, but the summer weather is coming, which also makes Zhao Xue's girl a little lonely, and she wants to run out all day long, But the little girl had scruples about her sister, and Ru Xue didn't want her to run around like a girl who hadn't been out of the cabinet, so the hyperactive Zhao Xue was stuffed at home all day long, and she was very unhappy.
When Zhang Fan saw this, he couldn't help but smile slightly when he thought of Zhao Xue's resentful look.
Zhang Fan already knew that Nurhachi was now in his own house, and Ru Xue also mentioned this ten-year-old Jurchen child in her heart, Nurhachi may be used to living in the clan, and he is not used to the life of opening his mouth today, but everything he can do is done by himself, which is very much liked by the Zhao family, and the Zhao family even wants to be a righteous son under Nurhachi, but Nurhachi, this child is also born with a stubborn and strong, not to mention that it is difficult for him to let go of the Jurchen brand on his body, Even now that Zhao wants him to keep his hair, the little guy doesn't want to.
The letter said that although Nurhachi was young, he was very good at riding and archery, and he heard that he often ran to Jinyiwei's martial arts training ground.
Some trivial things at home, Zhang Fan looked extremely warm, but then, what was written in the letter made Zhang Fan a little confused why.
This matter also has something to do with Zhang Fan, that is, about the current prince, the future Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, it is said that since Zhang Fan went to Jiangnan, Zhu Yijun has been listless all day long, and the scholars of the various palaces who have entered the East Palace to teach have changed one after another, this is not how Zhu Yijun is naughty and disgusted, and he is angry with these people, but because Zhu Yijun is now lacking in interest and drowsy all day long, which makes those bachelors who teach and the scholars who are punished on behalf of the prince a little inexplicable.
Longqing didn't have anything to do in the end, now that Zhang Fan is not in the capital, the bachelor who can still insist on teaching in the East Palace in the entire capital is out of Zhang Juzheng, and there is no one else, but even Zhang Juzheng sighs that he can't stand it anymore.
You can think about it, these teachers and gentlemen are not famous bachelors, for them, teaching the prince is the supreme honor, and now Zhu Yijun is just a student, but Zhu Yijun always looks like he is sleep-deprived every time he is in class, and he responds with "um, ah," to the orders of the people who come to teach him, and then turns his head and forgets.
The prince didn't pay attention to the class, so naturally there were scholars who accompanied him to be punished on his behalf, but Zhu Yijun was indifferent to this, and after a long time, these people couldn't bear to punish those scholars anymore, and then, these scholars asked Longqing to resign.
Of course, these Zhang Fan and Ru Xue will not know, Ru Xue said in the letter that since Zhang Fan left, Zhu Yijun ran to Zhang Fan's mansion twice in three days, at first Zhu Yijun also paid attention to his identity and hid for a while, but then, the little prince felt that he had no need to do this anymore, and began to go in and out of Zhang's mansion in and out of the house.
Zhang Fan's place of residence is the most concentrated residential area of officials in the capital, many of them are courtiers who want to enter the palace every day to see Longqing, Zhu Yijun's face they naturally know, and now Zhu Yijun has been going to Zhang Fan's house twice in three days, so His Royal Highness the Prince's simple move to relieve boredom has changed in the eyes of other courtiers.
It's better now, all the ministers know that Zhang Fan went to Jiangnan, and the Zhang family is ruled by Zhang Fan's mother, the Zhao family, and those who know a little bit of the rumor know that the Zhao family's ears are a little soft, and they don't know how to refuse people, so the wives and concubines of many officials are now also carrying various gifts again and again, and running to Zhang's mansion under the banner of visiting Ru Xue, who is pregnant.
At the beginning, the Zhao family was indeed frightened by this kind of battle, but for a long time, the Zhao family has not gone through the maturity period has become numb, although she is a woman, but she also knows the purpose of these people to come to their own home, the beginning of the Zhao family is also for the sake of the son, when the people come to visit, the gifts are all sent back, but in this way, those who give gifts still think that their gifts are light, so more crazy gift-giving actions began.
Originally, the Zhao family still planned to refuse, but this matter was known by Zhu Yijun, the laziest Ming Emperor in the future, but this time he was diligent, but it was a search idea, he actually ran back to the palace to grind his father Longqing to Zhang Fan's mansion to open a holy decree, and the content of this holy decree was to let Zhang Fan's mansion accept all the gifts sent by anyone, and at the end of the year, Longqing personally mentioned "forgive you not guilty" A few golden pen characters.
Okay, this time the Zhao family is really a little numb, but the Zhao family is used to living a hard life, although she has the Holy Purpose in hand, she is still reluctant to use these things, but she left some supplements for her daughter-in-law to nourish her body, and she replaced all the other things with food relief for the people who are suffering from crime in the Northeast today.
This incident really moved Nurhachi for a long time, and Longqing heard Zhu Yijun talk about it, and even specially ordered to erect a memorial arch for the Zhao family to commend her.
Ru Xue's letter also said that Zhu Yijun is now playing very closely with Xue'er, that is, Xiangmei's sister, and now Zhang Fan's youngest sister-in-law.
However, there is one thing that makes Zhang Fan puzzled, that is, Ru Xue said in her heart that when Zhu Yijun came to Zhang Fan to play these times, he always asked the people of the Zhang family where Zhang Fan was now.
"What does the prince mean by this, he can't write a letter to me, but someone is responsible for sending the letter to me, why do you need to ask me where I am now," Zhang Fan was very puzzled in his heart, and then, he thought of a possibility, "Mo Fei, he ......" Shocked, Zhang Fan stood up.
"Brother Fan, what's the matter, did Sister Ru Xue say something in her heart," Yingyue asked suspiciously, seeing Zhang Fan's appearance on the side.
"Nothing, I ...... I thought it was time to eat," Zhang Fan said in a perfunctory manner, and the person walked towards the courtyard outside.
"Dinner, it's still early," Yingyue was a little puzzled, but she saw Zhang Fan walking out, and hurriedly chased out with an umbrella, "Brother Fan, it's still raining outside,"
Zhang Fan couldn't hear this, and kept thinking in his heart: "No, Your Majesty won't let the prince come so nonsense," but he thought in a blink of an eye: "No, this is not necessarily, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can do any ridiculous things,"
What exactly is Zhang Fan guessing, a scene in the capital has already given the answer.
In the Forbidden City, the East Palace, the residence of the prince, Zhu Yijun was alone in a room with his father Emperor Longqing, and no one else was there.
"Jun'er, it's not that my father won't let me, it's really ......," Long Qing said with some embarrassment.
"Father, you are the emperor, you must do what you say," Zhu Yijun said, "You already promised your son the day before yesterday,"
"Nonsense, you Lao Tzu and I just drank the medicinal herbs, and I was about to spoil the new beauty who entered the palace, you kid is here, don't you promise you to do it," Long Qing said in his heart.
"But it's too dangerous for you to go on the road alone," Long Qing said.
"Father, Erchen has already made plans," Zhu Yijun said very resolutely, "What's more, no outsiders know about this matter, and Erchen has someone guarding him along the way, it doesn't matter,"
"Then, I ......" Long Qinggang wanted to speak.
"Don't," Zhu Yijun hurriedly blocked the words that his father was about to exit, "If you let the Taifu know, he will definitely disagree,"
"You kid, you really can't do it," Long Qing was a little helpless.
"Don't worry, not to mention my father, although my son is the crown prince, he only lives in the capital," Zhu Yijun said, "My son also wants to know about my Ming world,"
"Well, go ahead, but don't let your mother know about it," said Longqing.
"Don't worry, father, the son didn't talk about it to his mother, and besides, his mother is now concerned about his younger brother, and on weekdays, he only needs to send someone to report it," Zhu Yijun said confidently.
"Alas, Zhang Aiqing, I have you to thank you," Long Qing couldn't help but sigh in his heart,