"Did my father-in-law have a grudge with Xining in the past?"

Zhu Qiming finally regained his composure, he understood that the reason why the emperor minded Xiao Hai's mouth was not simple, thinking about it carefully, his assassination and exile many years ago was not an isolated incident, there were faintly several clues that overlapped at a special time node, maybe everything stemmed from the battle for the throne back then!

However, at that time, how could the Son of Heaven have such a complicated calculation, and then quietly fall into the complicated game? Who secretly manipulated all this, and when did the emperor know about the secret situation?

Zhu Qiming has the answer in his heart, but the increasingly strange hidden situation makes him have to reorganize his thoughts in order to see the key points and solve all the mysteries like a cocoon.

"The old slave and Xining have no grudges in the past, and there is no enmity in the near future." Xiao Hai looked at Zhu Qiming quietly, his expression calm, "However, justice is at ease in the hearts of the people!" Many people secretly stood on His Highness's side, and because they did not understand the details and were forced by the pressure of the world, they had to act as the silent majority. And the old slave and the silent person are different, the old slave and the red knotweed are the old people of the Han Palace, because His Royal Highness's father accidentally met a group of innocent people and was tortured miserably, so he went to the Queen Mother to intercede, the old slave and others were able to live, how can the grace of saving lives not be repaid! ”

No wonder Hongli has been secretly helping the descendants of Yuefu, it turns out that all this involves the kindness of the past! Zhu Qiming couldn't help but think of his deceased father and mother, and he was sad for a while. It wasn't until Xiao Hai coughed a few times that he came back to his senses.

"In the seventh year of orthodoxy, on the day of the emperor's wedding, what did the father-in-law want to say to the king?"

The lamp oil was about to run out, and the light in the room was fading.

"I want to persuade His Royal Highness to be careful, but unexpectedly it was still a step too late, Xining actually made a move that night, hum, on the occasion of the wedding of the Son of Heaven, just to hide people's eyes!"

It's really a happy thing! Although he had already expected that the fall into the water must have been caused by Xining in secret, Zhu Qiming was still deeply shocked when he heard Xiao Hai say this matter with his own ears at this moment. "How did my father-in-law think that it was Xining's black hand that night?"

"The old slave has not been clear about the assassination and abduction of His Royal Highness, until that day His Royal Highness and the internal and external important ministers gathered in the Yongsu Palace, almost let Xining fall into the law, the old slave knew that Xining was the suspect in the murder of His Highness! Since then, the old slave has often secretly watched Xinning's actions. Before the wedding of the Son of Heaven, Xining twice traveled to the vicinity of the courtyard at night, hidden in the forest to peep, all of this was seen by the old slave, and he planned to report the matter to His Royal Highness, but that day he was almost at the gate of the courtyard, but was called by the eunuch of the inner official and the eunuch of the palm seal, and then the old slave was busy with the wedding ceremony of the Son of Heaven, and he had no time to be distracted. ”

The flame on the oil lamp flickered and then went out, and the room was darkened, and the curtains were faintly bright, reflecting the starry sky outside.

"On the night of the wedding of the Son of Heaven, the inner chamberlain was very busy, so when the king fell into the water, where was Xining?"

"The internal officials gathered inside and outside the Fengtian Palace, and their minds were all on the wedding of the Son of Heaven, so no one paid attention to where Xining was. Counting the time when His Highness fell into the water, the old slave vaguely remembered that at that time, Xining didn't know when he left everyone, and he didn't know where he went. ”

Zhu Qiming's eyes gradually adapted to the dark environment, and when he looked intently, Xiao Hai's vague figure could be faintly seen. "The grandmother, the palace maid and the brocade guard on duty outside the courtyard have never seen outsiders sneak into the courtyard, and there are no external injuries on the king's body, it seems that the king accidentally fell into the water. Although the father-in-law saw and doubted, he couldn't identify that Xining was doing evil in secret, so the father-in-law could only remain silent, and then stared at Xining, bent on removing his mask, right? ”

Xiao Hai coughed a few times again, "Your Highness, Xining's evil deeds of murdering you have been turned over and over again, the emperor will not be interested in this anymore, you have to try to pry Xining's mouth open, he has hidden too many things in front of and behind people, don't talk about the emperor, even Wang Zhen and the old slave may not know everything." Find out those unknown secrets, and Your Highness will see through a real Xining! ”

"Tonight's trip is worthwhile, which confirms the king's suspicion that Xining had served others before entering the palace. This king has his own measure, if his father-in-law wants to live, he has to control his mouth, and never mention the word Xining from now on! The king is gone, and the father-in-law takes care. ”

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"Master Ma, there is nothing special about the mission entering Beijing today, why did the emperor order Xiao Wang to come here?" Standing outside the door of the Huitong Hall, looking at the figures coming in and out, distinguishing all kinds of envoys from various countries and a large number of merchants from the Western Regions, Zhu Qiming said in surprise.

Although he had doubts on his lips, he was secretly happy in his heart, he saw Xiao Hai last night, and he could meet Ma Yu this morning, which was exactly what he expected.

"Whenever a foreign envoy enters Beijing, the emperor will think of His Royal Highness, which has become a common practice." Ma Yu said with a smile.

At this time, a group of strangely dressed people left the guild hall and walked towards Wuman City, looking at their costumes, which were different from those of the merchants of the Western Regions.

"Eh, Master Ma, who is that merchant?"

Ma Yu turned his head and glanced at the group of people, "It was said that it was a Persian merchant who asked Daming to allow him to purchase 100,000 pieces of porcelain." ”

Zhu Qiming was stunned, "Now that the sea route is not quiet, how can they transport the porcelain back to Persia?" ”

"Of course, it's a risky sea route."

Zhu Qiming remembered the "sea ban" in time, thinking that Persian and Arab merchants had never had such a big stroke, even if the Ming Dynasty opened its net and opened the sea to relax the ban, how long would such a large amount of porcelain have to wait until what year and month can it be sold out?

How did he know that the demand for Chinese products from Europeans was growing rapidly, and that Europeans could not reach China yet, so they could only obtain coveted Chinese goods from the Arabs, which allowed Persian and Arab merchants to make a fortune from it.

Compared with China, which had an enlightened monarchy, Europe was still in the dark Middle Ages, and even after the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery, Europeans could not change their backward position in looking up to China for 300 years. The Europeans showed their ignorance in the face of the exquisite porcelain from China, and some said that the porcelain was formed by the mysterious holy liquid from the underground, which is unique to China; It is also said that porcelain was a sacred vessel used by the gods; The Spaniards even said that porcelain awakened the spirits of the dead.

More than 100 years later, the coastal Japanese invaders declined, the Ming Dynasty opened the sea ban to a limited extent, China and Europe gradually established maritime trade routes, and Chinese culture began to influence the entire European continent on a large scale, from the royal family, nobles to the common people, all of whom were proud of collecting and using Chinese objects, and in their minds, China was a paradise. When European envoys and businessmen were able to come to the Ming Dynasty as they wished, it was easy to expose their low quality, for example, at a state banquet, a group of European envoys really could not resist the temptation of court porcelain, and actually stole a large number of cups and dishes on the case, but the civilized Ming showed enough tolerance to them.

With the spread of the "Chongzhong flattery" wind, the Europeans embarked on a long road of "cottage", the first to imitate Chinese porcelain was the Dutch, fired out the Dutch blue porcelain, but unfortunately the process is not up to par, the Dutch blue porcelain is very rough, and often gnawed by the rat into shape, so it is nicknamed "rat bite blue".

Looking back on this period of history, and looking at the real mentality of many modern Chinese today in the contrast between China and the West, is there a sense of heaven and earth turning upside down and sighing?

Gossip is less, and the conversation is to the point.

Zhu Qiming chatted with Ma Yu for a while, and finally brought up the business in his heart, "Xiao Wang wants to go to the prison of the Criminal Department, and he also asks Master Ma for convenience." ”

Ma Yu glanced at Zhu Qiming calmly, but he was not surprised, "It's difficult!" Now that the internal and external officials have their own calculations, if some of the Jiuqing are holding their stomachs, they may be waiting to spread it out with His Royal Highness. His Royal Highness has to think clearly, to see Xining secretly, Jin Shangshu of the Criminal Department can't be the master alone. ”