Although he did not receive the minister after the previous summons in the Wenhua Palace, and only listened to the general report of the celebrant according to the usual example, how could Emperor Hongzhi not notice the disputes and undercurrents in the court, this mood was simply irritability and anxiety. What he didn't expect was that when he came to Kunning Palace to relax and have dinner, he heard an unbelievable thing - Zhu Houzhao summoned Qi Jiliang, the only son of the eldest princess Renhe, and interrogated people in the side hall alone, and then ordered two eunuchs to escort people back, but he didn't even care about dinner, so he went out angrily.

"What's going on! Queen, why don't you stop him! ”

"What are you stopping, you don't know your son's temper!" Empress Zhang's eyes widened, and she said angrily, "If you want me to say, although Qi Jiliang's kid is the son of Renhe, he was able to treat Zheng Wangfeng as a guest at home before, and this person's character is already crooked!" Although it is not good to cure his crimes, he should also send a person to admonish and admonish, and throw people into the Guozi Prison to let Xie Duo take care of it, wasn't this how the son of Wei Guogong was thrown in before? ”

Emperor Hongzhi's face suddenly turned blue. Before Xu Xu was sent to the Guozijian, it was sent by Li Yifeng under the sign of the prince, for this matter he had already recruited Xie Duo for a long time to complain vaguely, this famous Confucian and the northern supervisor of the sacrificial wine even had the seal of Zhishi for this anger, he was already anxious enough. If Qi Jiliang, who was only thirteen or fourteen, was sent over like this, Xie Duo might really pick on him.

"Queen, what do you think of the country's eunuch!"

"Where is it, isn't it a place to study and educate people, if you want to twist Qi Jiliang's surname, you have to take cruel medicine!"

As soon as Empress Zhang thought of what happened before, she held a fire in her stomach, and today when Renhe eldest princess came, Zhu Houzhao was furious, and she naturally fell all on Qi Jiliang's head. Since she has made up her mind, she has to hold on to this point and press on it step by step, and the helpless Emperor Hongzhi had to retreat step by step, and in the end, the most noble couple in the world was about to make a twist, and a voice suddenly came from outside.

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is back!"

"It's finally back! Come on in! ”

Empress Zhang was overjoyed and hurriedly commanded. However, when a waiter outside lifted the curtain and Zhu Houzhao strode in, she was stunned when she saw someone. I saw that Zhu Houzhao was dressed bulgingly, and he was wrapped in a sheepskin coat that she had never seen before, his face was very ugly, and he even sneezed loudly three or four times in a row as soon as he entered the room. At this moment, let alone her, even Emperor Hongzhi was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward and pulled his son.

"What's going on? How to wear this clothes, ouch, how cold is this face, and this hand ......"

Empress Zhang touched her forehead and covered her hands again, as if she was anxious about something. And although Emperor Hongzhi is not a mother-in-law like her, he has to call the people who have just followed. As soon as Liu Jin trotted in and knelt down, he asked impatiently: "Don't kowtow, where is the prince, how did he come back like this?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... Your Highness ......"

Liu Jin quietly raised his head and glanced at Zhu Houzhao, but he didn't know whether to say it or not, and how to say it. And at this moment, Empress Zhang said angrily: "Your Majesty, when the concubine went to Chengqian Palace before, this dog thing was standing on Houzhao's body and stepping on it, saying that what kind of bow and arrow practice makes my back hurt!" If you want me to say that the son of a daughter can't sit in the hall, Houzhao is a dignified prince, what is the reason for learning such a useless Raushzi, Ming'er will not go! ”

"No, I'm going!"

Empress Zhang was unaware that Zhu Houzhao suddenly spoke, and was stunned for a moment, and the next moment she shouted angrily: "You promised the queen mother before, saying that you would never learn archery again, why did you suddenly change your mind?" Also, where did you go before your face and hands were frozen like this? ”

"Queen Mother, you don't care!" Zhu Houzhao came out with some impatience, and coldly caught a glimpse of Empress Zhang's bad face, so he slowed down his tone, took Empress Zhang's hand and said, "In short, Erchen has grown up, and he can take care of his own affairs." Besides, there must be a beginning and an end to doing things, and Erchen doesn't believe that my talent will be worse than others! Hmph, it may not be known who killed the deer! ”

Zhu Houzhao said something inexplicable, and Empress Zhang naturally frowned when she heard it. She was about to continue to say something, but she felt a hand on her shoulder, and when she looked up, she saw that it was Emperor Hongji. found that her husband shook his head slightly at herself, so she had to stop for the time being, but her face was still disapproving.

"Since the people are back, let's pass the meal first, it's been a long time since dinner!" Speaking of this, Emperor Hongzhi gently and skillfully diverted the topic and said, "Houzhao, your queen mother specially asked people to make the red stewed mutton you like." ”

Zhu Houzhao saw his father winking at him, and immediately said in understanding: "Thank you Queen Mother!" ”

was paired by the father and son, and Queen Zhang naturally gradually put the first thing behind, and the family of three walked out of the house holding hands with each other, and no one noticed that Liu Jin was still kneeling there. And as soon as they left, as soon as the curtain fell, Liu Jin immediately got up, took a long breath and wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead.

"I actually ran into it twice in one day, and my courage was almost broken, could it be that I bumped into some evil yesterday, so I was so unlucky?"

The family of three over there had a hearty dinner happily under the service of two female officials and many palace maids, and after rinsing their mouths, they held tea and gossiped for a while, and then Emperor Hongzhi stood up and said: "Houzhao, go back to the Qianqing Palace with me." ”

When Empress Zhang heard this, she was afraid that Emperor Hongzhi would go to test Zhu Houzhao's homework again, so she was immediately anxious, and hurriedly helped beside her: "Your Majesty, it's late today, if you want to take the test, let's change it, and let Houzhao rest early." ”

"Queen Mother, it's okay, the son is still in good spirits!"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao looking radiant at herself, Empress Zhang couldn't do it for a while, so she could only glance at her husband with an angry gaze, and then ordered someone to make some hand stoves and other things, and she took a peacock brocade face mink liner handed by the female official and put it on Zhu Houzhao, and babbled and instructed for a while, and finally whispered: "If your father wants to blame you, push your mother's head and let me fight with your father in the ring!" ”

Although it was a low voice, Emperor Hongzhi was next to him, so there was no reason why he couldn't hear it, but he could only pretend that he hadn't heard anything. When he took Zhu Houzhao out of Kunning Palace and went to the shoulder, he said to his son with a smile: "See, your queen mother is more concerned about you, as if I will eat you!" ”

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was just smiling, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't do anything about this only son, plus the wind was strong on the road, he didn't bother to say anything more, until he stepped into the warm Qianqing Palace, he walked straight into the East Warm Pavilion with his hands behind his back, and saw Zhu Houzhao obediently following in, he just glanced at the waiter and retreated, and then looked at Zhu Houzhao and asked, "What are you doing in a hurry to Xiyuan without eating dinner before?" ”

It took so much time before, of course, Zhu Houzhao gave the confession to Yan Yan, and then he drooped his head and pretended to be honest and said: "I went to Xu Xunbi to shoot arrows." ”

"Looking for Xu Xunbi to shoot arrows?" Faced with such an unexpected answer, Emperor Hongzhi's brows almost wrinkled, "You deliberately called Qi Jiliang into the palace, and mysteriously interrogated people alone, and then ran to Xiyuan, and actually said that it was to find Xu Xun to compare archery?" Do you think I'm so easy to fool? ”

"Father!" Zhu Houzhao knelt down and said pitifully, "Father, that kid Qi Jiliang is a bastard, he somehow knew that it was Erchen and Xu Xun who went to Renhe's eldest princess's mansion last time to make trouble, and he used the excuse of fugitive slaves to find trouble in Xing'anbo's mansion, and as a result, the jade pendant that Erchen sent out was returned to his mother through Renhe Eldest Princess, and he also planned to pass this complaint, but he reprimanded Erchen fiercely. The minister said that his surname should be sent to the Guozijian to be sharpened......"

Why does this mother and son treat Guozijian as a place where people kill people?

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but be angry and funny, but he could only sink his face and shout: "Nonsense, what do you think is the place of Guozijian, it is not enough to send in a Xu Xu, and you plan to take in a Qi Jiliang who is less than fifteen years old?" Okay, don't talk to me, how can it take so long to shoot arrows in Xiyuan? Also, didn't you tell your mother that you wouldn't practice before, why did you suddenly change your mind again? ”

"It's not Xu Xun yet!" Zhu Houzhao immediately jumped up, his face was full of unconvinced, "He also said that he didn't know how to shoot arrows, who knew that he was secretly practicing there, and his accuracy was stronger than me, and he won me in archery just now!" He also said what he said in front of me as if he was showing off his might, perseverance, if he can't win it back, where will my face be put on the prince? ”

Is that what happened?

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhu Houzhao, who was clenching his small fists, and suddenly felt an indescribable joy, and he couldn't wait to laugh three times. Please don't be as agitated as a general, I can't see that Xu Xun is so young, he is not like those echo worms who only know that they are only afraid of promises, but they can twist Zhu Houzhao, who is already discouraged, back! He doesn't care if he shoots an arrow or not, what he cares about is the heart of his only son!

Thinking of this, he immediately shouted: "Come on, go to Xiyuan early tomorrow morning, and reward Xu Xunbao with a bow and a bag of carved arrows...... Wait, even that Wang Shouren was rewarded! ”

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he almost didn't bare out of his eyes, and blurted out: "Father, you are so partial, I am proud enough that he won, and you will reward them!" No, no, you have to reward me too! ”

Emperor Hongzhi touched Zhu Houzhao's head with a smile, and said meaningfully: "Houzhao, this world will be yours sooner or later, what other reward do you want?" ”

(To be continued)