Looking at the imperial grandmother, who was already in her last years, Zhu Qiming felt a deep sense of guilt in his heart, "Imperial grandmother, you don't have to worry about your grandson!" ”

"You don't need to worry about this matter from the imperial grandmother, you can ······ Waiting······ News from the Emperor's side. ”

The Empress Dowager looked extremely tired, and her open eyes were gradually narrowing. Zhu Qiming got up to support the Empress Dowager and ordered Mama Cui to call the chamberlain to send the Empress Dowager back to Qingning Palace.

"You have to understand, the emperor said to let you go to the domain, that's angry words, you can't listen to the wind or rain, think you can get your wish! It's not okay to escape, there is one thing, the imperial grandmother has always been hiding in her heart, the imperial grandmother ······ In fact, I want to find a way to keep you in Beijing forever. It's a pity that you are so troublesome because of your temperament, Grandmother Huang······ can only use words to plug the emperor's mouth, those words can be ······ Not that the emperor wants to hear it. Alas, the imperial grandmother doesn't know how many days she can live, it's up to your own creation! ”

Staying in Beijing? Although he once had a heavy dream of Daming, although there were still many doubts to be solved, his heart was cold, and going to the domain was really a relief for him!

However, the emperor threw out all the heavy words of "being a faint king", which means that in the foreseeable future, going to the vassal has also become a luxury for him.

Who dares to let the emperor be a faint king!

"Grandmother Huang will give you another ······ before she breathes Send some men. ”

The chamberlain raised his shoulders and went on the road, and Zhu Qiming bowed down to send the Empress Dowager out of the courtyard.

The slanting sun reflected the golden shoulder, which gradually drifted away, and was finally covered by the shade of the midsummer trees.

Cui Mama turned around and returned to the corridor, "Your Highness also saw it, the Queen Mother still has Her Royal Highness in her heart, the Queen Mother always thinks that Her Royal Highness is very smart, so she is still at ease with Her Royal Highness, usually Her Royal Highness suffers some grievances, the Queen Mother is not that she doesn't want to take care of it, but she is worried that it will backfire if she manages too much, anyway, those grievances are not big, and they will endure it." ”

Seeing that the brocade guards outside the courtyard were lining up, it seemed that they were about to evacuate, which may be the direct result of the quarrel and catharsis just now.

"This king understands that the queen mother let her grandmother follow this king, naturally with good intentions!"

Mama Cui took the gold mask from Zhu Qiming's hand and put it back on his head for him, "It's good that Your Highness knows." Turning his head to look out of the courtyard, "Your Highness, look, the Jinyi Guard has withdrawn!" ”

"The king has seen it."

Seeing that Zhu Qiming was in low spirits, Mama Cui's attention returned to the earlier topic: "In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, Her Royal Highness has done everything right, and she never cares about His Highness, and only when Her Royal Highness is in great trouble, the Empress Dowager is willing to come forward." ”

Zhu Qiming secretly smiled bitterly, "Mama should say: In the eyes of the Queen Mother, except for one thing that the king can't do, there is probably nothing wrong with doing other things." ”

Mama Cui was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Your Highness will definitely not do that!" ”

The two of them were like playing dumb riddles, and they were reluctant to explain "that incident", just because no one dared to put the word "rebellion" on their lips.

If I continue to talk about this matter, I am afraid that I will talk about the subtleties of the relationship between the grandparents and grandchildren, and it will also reveal the complicated chess game of Mama Cui coming to the other courtyard to be a son and a son, which will tarnish Fang Cai's sincere touch! So, Zhu Qiming moved to the place where he fell into the water that night, and looked down at the small pool by the railing, "Eh, Mama, could it be that there is something unclean at the bottom of this pool?" ”

"Unclean?" Mama Cui looked at Xiao Chi suspiciously, but did not speak.

"Have you ever had a concubine live in another courtyard in the past?"

"Oh, the slave remembers that during the Xuande period, there were really two concubines who were stripped of their titles, and the courtyard at that time was far less magnificent than it is now!"

"Has anyone ever been accidentally disfigured?"

After a moment of contemplation, Mama Cui showed a look of consternation, and smiled after a long time, obviously as if she was hiding something. Mama Cui changed the topic at the right time: "Why does Your Highness bother to inquire about these old things? Please also ask Your Highness to think more about Ling Xu's words, didn't the Empress Dowager have already ordered? At the moment, being able to get rid of the evil poison in the body is the top priority. ”

"The emperor's grandmother said that this matter will wait for the emperor's will."

The emperor's will is coming!

I saw Jin Ying slowly enter the courtyard, and cautiously glanced at the side of the corridor, probably thinking that Zhu Qiming was not too scary wearing a mask, so he immediately quickened his pace and crossed the corridor, and when he stepped on the corridor, he began to salute, "See His Royal Highness King Yue." ”

Seeing that Zhu Qiming was silent, Mama Cui greeted with a smile: "Didn't Gonggong Jin come here by order?" Eh, why did the emperor let his father-in-law run away? ”

"The emperor probably thinks that the Sprinkle family is not so annoying to His Royal Highness King Yue."

Zhu Qiming raised his hand to invite, "Please go to the main hall for tea." ”

"No, thank you, Your Highness! Your Royal Highness, the emperor said that there are no longer guards on this side of the courtyard, and His Royal Highness can enter and leave as he pleases, and there is no need for the imperial chamberlain to follow, as long as he does not leave the Forbidden City. ”

Over there, Mama Cui smiled brightly, "It seems that the emperor's anger has disappeared, and the emperor still values His Highness!" ”

Zhu Qiming remembered his thoughts when he heard this. Although the emperor has given him the convenience of walking in the Forbidden City at the moment, such a convenience is actually useless! Hanging around with a half-human, half-ghost face, going out to scare people during the day, going out to scare people at night, within three days, no one in the entire Forbidden City will dare to go out!

Isn't it enough to scare a queen, you have to make a disturbance in the palace before you want to stop?

At first, he was frightened by the bedridden palace maids, chamberlains were probably no less than twenty people, there was a timid old chamberlain who saw him at first glance and his legs trembled, unfortunately fell ill, and he trembled when he saw people. These days, no one dares to approach the other courtyard, and those who used to pass through this place now take a detour, and it is rare to see a figure around the courtyard all day long. He finally understood that he had become the biggest unstable factor in the palace!

Knowing that it was inconvenient for the owner of the other courtyard to go out, the emperor still opened the ban, and to put it bluntly, it was just a reassuring lie.

"Thank you for the emperor's kindness, this king is self-aware, so let's stay in the other courtyard and scare myself."

Jin Ying gave him a sympathetic look, "Your Highness, the emperor ordered someone to send a letter to the Jurchen tribes and let them find ······ Damn, the Sprinklers forgot their names! In short, it is a good medicine that can cure the evil poison in His Highness's body, and the emperor also sent several people to Liaodong, Yulin, and Ningxia to find medicine, so His Highness doesn't have to worry about these things. ”

What is not even known by the name, can be a good medicine? Zhu Qiming naturally didn't believe it, and said lightly: "I know." ”

"Your Royal Highness, the emperor asked Xiao Hai, who was the internal official supervisor, to serve as a young eunuch in the imperial prison, and Xiao Hai will do all the things of the close servants in the future, it seems that the emperor is going to put Xining aside."

Xiao Hai? Zhu Qiming turned his head and glanced at Mama Cui, and the old thought flashed in his mind, but it was just a flash, thinking that his appearance had changed greatly, as soon as he went out, he was afraid that he would alarm the entire Forbidden City, and his every move would be particularly eye-catching, so any idea at this time was in vain!

As for the so-called "putting Xining aside", it's just to let Xining avoid the limelight, and after ten days and a half months, Xining will become a celebrity in front of the palace again!

He lifted the golden mask on his head, "I don't need to tell this king." Eh, this king remembers, the emperor still owes this king 100,000 taels of silver! ”

"Your Highness, don't mention the matter of silver. His Royal Highness is too upright, maybe His Highness thinks that it is the wedding of the Son of Heaven, and all people should stop some, but His Highness must not forget, they all want to stop, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for those who do not want to stop! ”

Zhu Qiming's heart was shocked, and the angry flame in his chest was about to rekindle, and after enduring it, the words still fell on the silver: "It's really 100,000 taels, Gonggong Jin!" ”

"One hundred thousand taels?" Jin Ying touched her head, "Oh, it doesn't seem to be this number, the Sprinkle family heard the emperor mention it, saying that he still owes His Highness 50,000 taels of silver, and when the inner treasury has surplus money, he will distribute a reward of silver to His Highness." ”

When does the inner treasury have any money to spare? That's it, let's ignore these things for now, and talk about the price! Zhu Qiming gritted his teeth secretly, "It's not 50,000 taels, it's 100,000 taels, it must be my father-in-law who heard it." This king put in 100,000 taels of silver for nothing to suppress the thief, and 100,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, and my father-in-law can speak for this king. ”

"Yes······ Is there a hundred thousand taels? The Sprinkle family remembered that His Royal Highness's second expedition was the silver from the household. ”

"Don't mention the unstoppable household! Didn't the king build his own barracks on the second expedition, my father-in-law didn't know, it cost more money to build barracks in the barren mountains and mountains, and the cost would be dozens of times higher than that of the capital! The father-in-law must be by the emperor's side to settle accounts for the king! ”

"It's easy to say, and the family is leaving." Jin Ying turned around and walked a few steps down the corridor.

"Gonggong Jin, this king almost miscalculated, this king put in 100,000 taels, plus 50,000 taels of silver, a total of 150,000 taels!"

Jin Ying urged the old leg and walked out of the courtyard with a smoke.

Mama Cui's mind was obviously not on the huge sum of money mentioned by Zhu Qiming, "Your Highness, the emperor believed Ling Xu's words and sent a few people out to find medicine, maybe there will be a harvest!"

It's just for show! Zhu Qiming said quietly: "Going to the vast north to find unheard of miracle medicines, even if there is one, it is a needle in a haystack, so there is no need to expect too much." ”

"But Your Highness can't always be like this! I don't know if Miss Lu will be like Miss Zhou Jiaer when she sees His Royal Highness······"

Xu realized that this remark touched Zhu Qiming's sensitive nerves, and Mama Cui hurriedly stopped talking.

"Mama don't worry, I'm afraid I'll never see her again in this life, so I can't scare her!"

Zhu Qiming was straight there, motionless. It wasn't until the afterglow of the setting sun broke free from the canopy and shot straight into his eyes, illuminating his eyes, that he moved his body and waved his hand with great ease, as if he had unloaded a heavy burden. "Mama, bring more wine for dinner."

The master and servant looked at each other and smiled, squandering this belated ease.

Suddenly, the breeze sent a wisp of piano sound, Zhu Qiming was suddenly shocked, and ran to the study like a conditioned reflex.

"Sister."

Yin'er raised her head and said timidly: "Your Highness, the slave maid cleaned up the piano case and touched the strings unintentionally. ”