At dawn on October 27, Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty officially returned to the palace.

And before Zhu Houzhao got on the horse, Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, Li Dongyang, the second assistant, and Xie Qian, the third assistant, also appeared one after another on the third day, Zhu Houzhao saw that the three of them had tired faces, so he couldn't help but smile and said: "The three cabinet elders have been working hard these days!" ”

Liu Jian, the first assistant to the cabinet, didn't know that Zhu Houzhao was mocking him, so he only nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Thanks to Your Majesty's care, Weichen is afraid!" ”

The second assistant Li Dongyang only smiled faintly: "Your Majesty is also hard!" ”

Sanfu Xie Qian did not speak.

Zhu Houzhao didn't say anything more, and when he saw that the officials of the Ministry of Rites said that it was time for him to leave, Liu Jin led the horse to the direction of the noon gate.

At this time, the sky has cleared, and the mild winter sun shines through the thick clouds, leaving countless golden rays that shine on the human body and only feel warm.

The whole world suddenly became surprisingly quiet.

The civil and military officials have taken a temporary rest in their respective homes, preparing to take off their decaying clothes tomorrow and change into auspicious clothes to pay a consolation gift to Zhu Houzhao.

Therefore, at this time, the only people who followed Zhu Houzhao back to the palace were ministers.

Zhu Hou looked at the sergeants standing upright on both sides and only smiled slightly, on the surface he was also very quiet, but in fact, he was not calm in his heart, his hand was tightly pulling the reins, and he was about to poke out half a blade from time to time with the dagger in his sleeve, and his eyes were also vigilant like eagles and falcons.

At this time, Guo Rong, the officer on duty who was standing outside the noon gate, was also standing aside, watching the appearance of Emperor Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty with a hint of reverence.

Guo Rong, like most officers and soldiers, does have heartfelt respect and expectations for Zhu Houzhao at this moment, because it was Zhu Houzhao who sent Lu Mi that made them bid farewell to hunger and usher in hope.

However, at this moment, a sergeant suddenly took off his cotton armor, held a wooden stick without a gun head, and suddenly rushed out towards the location where Zhu Houzhao was in the middle of the road!

Zhu Houzhao was even more nervous and excited, he knew that in the future, he would no longer need to pretend to be a simple and deceitful appearance.

Zhu Houzhao was waiting for the sergeant to appear at this time, and hurriedly gave Liu Jin a look.

Liu Jin nodded, shouted and rushed out towards the sergeant: "There is an assassin, help!" ”

The calm and orderly procession suddenly became chaotic.

Wang Yue, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies and the palm seal, asked Zhang Zhao, the eunuch of the palm seal of the imperial horse eunuch, directly: "What happened?" ”

"Son, go and see", Zhang Zhao, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, hurriedly ran over, he was also very panicked, because he was responsible for the defense of Miyagi, and if there was really an assassination of the emperor, he would be the first to get out of it!

And at this time, Guo Rong happened to see the sergeant coming towards him, and directly slashed it with a knife, and cut the sergeant to the ground with a stick and hand on the spot, and for a while the sergeant was in pain and bloody, but he turned around and smiled at Guo Rong, and then took out a pill with his left hand and sent it to his mouth, Liu Jin also ran over directly at this time and choked the sergeant's neck.

The sergeant was long dead, and seemed to be weak, and even died peacefully.

Zhu Houzhao was relieved when he saw this scene, and he also hurriedly got off the horse, and lowered his face coldly: "Where is Zhang Zhao, the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor's palm print?" ”

Zhang Zhao, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's palm seal, also rushed over at this time and asked loudly: "What happened, how did you do it?!" ”

Saying that, Zhang Zhao, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's palm print, came to Zhu Houzhao and patted Zhu Houzhao's clothes: "Emperor, are you okay?" ”

Zhu Houzhao slapped the eunuch Zhang Zhao with his backhand: "Dog slave!" Who gave you the guts to dare to pull my clothes and kneel! ”

Zhang Zhao, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's palm seal, was taken aback, he didn't expect His Majesty the Emperor to suddenly be furious, his personality was completely different from the past, and he couldn't help covering his painful face for a while, hesitating whether to kneel or not.

At this time, Wang Yue, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, also caught up, he was also surprised how the assassination incident suddenly appeared, and he was very puzzled when he looked at the corpse blocking the middle of the road, but when he heard Zhu Houzhao drink Zhang Zhao to kneel, he also knew that the emperor was the emperor at this time, and some majesty could not be challenged, so he also scolded Zhang Zhaolai: "If the emperor wants you to kneel, you will kneel!" ”

Syllable!

Zhu Houzhao gave Wang Yue a slap with his backhand: "Dog slave!" You really can't be an ancestor when you are an ancestor! I want him to kneel, but he doesn't kneel, I have to say kneel before he can kneel! ”

Wang Yue was suddenly shocked!

What's going on?

Why is the emperor so different from usual today!

Why are you so angry, and you don't care about anything!

But the situation is stronger than people, no matter how Zhu Houzhao says it, he is also the emperor, not to mention that the cabinet ministers are not there at this time, so Wang Yue, the eunuch who is in charge of the seal, is also isolated at this time, and he does not dare to challenge the majesty of Emperor Zhu Houzhao alone, so he has to kneel down:

"Slaves don't dare! Slaves and maids dare not call themselves ancestors! I hope that the emperor will be angry! ”

Zhu Houzhao saw that the eunuch Wang Yue was beaten by himself and left five fingerprints on his face, and he knelt on the ground, and his heart was also very happy, thinking that he had just experienced the majesty of the emperor.

However, Zhu Houzhao didn't show a smug look on the surface, and he didn't let Wang Yue get up, but only looked at Zhang Zhao coldly: "Why, don't you kneel yet, I have to kill you?!" ”

Zhang Zhao, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's palm seal, came back to his senses at this time, endured the pain on his face and the sudden anger, and pretended to be panicked and knelt down: "The slave doesn't dare!" ”

"It's good if you don't dare!"

Zhu Houzhao said to Liu Jin: "Ask him for me, how did he act as the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, so that there was an assassin in Ouchi!" ”

Liu Jin hurriedly asked Zhang Zhaolai: "The emperor asked you, how did you make the palm print of the imperial horse supervisor, so that there were assassins in Ouchi!" ”

"Slave, slave!"

Zhang Zhao, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's palm seal, didn't know what to say for a while, and then said: "Please give the slave and maid a chance, and the slave and maid must be strictly investigated!" ”

"Useless stuff!"

Zhu Houzhao directly kicked the eunuch Zhang Zhao, the eunuch of the palm seal of the imperial horse supervisor, and said:

"Where is Mu Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard?"

Lu He, the eunuch and commander of Dongchang, who was standing next to him, was very surprised, and thought to himself why did the emperor directly find Mu Bin, the commander of Jinyi Weidu, shouldn't he be looking for himself, the commander of Dongchang, who has always been the commander of Dongchang?

However, before the eunuch and commander of Dongchang Luhe had time to react, Mu Bin, the commander of the Jinyi guard, had to appear here in Zhu Houzhao: "Weichen is here!" ”

"I took off Zhang Zhao's crown and sent him to prison! Strict interrogation! ”

Zhu Houzhao shouted coldly.

Jin Yiwei commanded Mu Bin but did not expect that the emperor would let him send Zhang Zhao, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's palm seal, into the edict, and he was also very shocked in his heart, but at this moment, he could only hurriedly shout to obey the order.

Zhang Zhao, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's palm seal, did not beg for mercy, but was shocked in his heart, and felt more and more that all this was deliberately planned by the emperor.

And when the eunuch Wang Yue saw this scene, he already understood in his heart that this was an assassination case, which was obviously a deliberate bureau set up by the emperor to control the inner court, and at the same time, he was secretly surprised that this emperor turned out to be an emperor with a city and was not really simple and deceitful.

Wang Yue, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant eunuch, felt a little afraid, but he also knew that since he had reached this point, he would definitely become a thorn in Zhu Houzhao's side, and it was not okay to beg for mercy, the only thing he could do was to find an opportunity to tell the cabinet and unite with the foreign ministers to suppress Zhu Houzhao, or even get rid of it!