The crown prince was slapped by the emperor, and Zhang Yong, as the initiator of pretending to be sick on the side, was panicked at first, and even walked carefully, lest Zhu Houzhao would take the fire on himself. However, to his surprise, Zhu Houzhao didn't mean to say to the emperor that someone else instigated him to pretend to be sick, not to mention his kindness, and even to the other people below without the slightest anger. The only change is that the little prince went to the Wenhua Hall to listen to the lectures according to the emperor's instructions, and the class was unusually upright, but after class, he became more and more indulgent, did not read any books, threw aside any window classes, and looked perfunctory in front of the emperor. But Zhang Yongming knew that Zhu Houzhao was really having trouble with the emperor, so how could he dare to persuade him?

And such a thing, Zhang Yong soaked in the avant-garde of the government army all day long, and he didn't dare to mention it to Xu Xun at all, and he still had things to do. Even if there is an emperor's warrant, the face of the East Palace, two thousand handguns and the required gunpowder are difficult to prepare, however, Xu Xun only asked for five hundred first, and he had to take the emperor's warrant and strictly ordered the commanders and officials of the two bureaus to supply it attentively, and finally after the Ordnance Bureau secretly transported all the inventory to the abandoned coal mine, the Gunpowder Bureau replenished a batch of gunpowder, which was barely enough. Together with Xu Xun and Wang Shouren, he pulled all 2,000 people into the abandoned mine, starting from the basic use of firearms to popularize the young army, which was even more untouchable.

Partial birth at this time, as if Ma Wensheng, Jiao Fang, Zhu Houzhao, before and after, this "disease" is not messy enough, Wang Shouren's father Wang Hua, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, is also sick, but this time it is really menacing, Wang Shouren had to leave the avant-garde training of the government army and go home to serve the sick, Zhang Yong wished that the head of the military department who always looked at himself was not pleasing to go home, and he was like a fish in water for a while.

However, it wasn't until he returned to the East Palace one day that he found Zhu Houzhao tossing and turning, and the big bed was creaking, and he didn't fall asleep until midnight. And after this master fell asleep, he even heard a few really terrifying dream words, and now he finally couldn't hold it anymore. He didn't know if others had heard it or didn't make up for it, so he thought about it, and when he saw the gap in his practice that day, he pulled Xu Xun to a secret place, sighed and pretended to be ill, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince actually slapped Emperor Hongzhi 1510 about it, and only hid his own pout.

Xu Xun only then understood what was going on with Zhang Yong's absent-mindedness these days, and was glad that the first time he instigated Zhu Hou to pretend to be sick and was not recognized, he couldn't help but be a little worried about the pair of supreme father and son. After getting along for so long, he almost understands Zhu Houzhao's temper, and in addition to stubbornly admitting death, that kind of maverick behavior is also very rare, and in the final analysis, this kind of temper is pampered by Emperor Hongzhi and Empress Zhang. After all, in ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, it seems that this kind of prince who has no brothers and sisters is probably the only one.

"After the emperor slapped the prince, what else do you have to say these days?"

"It's just not, I'm in a hurry!" Zhang Yong shook his head helplessly, quite a bit of the emperor's impatience with the eunuch, "In the past, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was messing around, although the emperor never moved, but it was not without admonishment, but afterwards there was always a thousand comforts and thousands of reliefs, but this time it was not a word else." Liu Jingu used Ma Yongcheng to accompany the prince to the palace to ask for peace, saying that the emperor and the prince often end with a few perfunctory words, isn't it a rush to death? ”

"Even the queen has never appeared?"

"Don't mention it, the queen mother has been to Chengqian Palace a few times, but His Royal Highness the prince has returned to the previous attitude, although it is not very cold, but it is not close, the queen mother's surname is anxious, and the result is back and ......forth."

Zhang Yong didn't need to continue to say, Xu Xun already understood what the result was now. After thinking about it again and again, he finally said softly: "The emperor said that if the prince skips class again, he will punish you eunuchs, so did he say that the prince will punish you if he secretly leaves the palace?" I mean, is it feasible for the prince to go to the Wenhua Hall in the morning and leave the palace in the afternoon? ”

"Well...... this"

The emperor gave a strict order, and now the East Palace is naturally silent, and no one dares to joke with his ass, and Zhang Yong is no exception. But since he came to discuss this matter with Xu Xun, he already had this idea, and after only hesitating for a moment at this time, he nodded and said, "I'll figure it out!" I knew that no one else could do anything about it, but if it was you, there would always be something. But let me tell you, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has really been hit hard this time, and it's not something you can easily turn around with whatever you say. ”

"I know, so this time, I have to come forward with someone else."

It is said that the lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the lord humiliates the ministers to death, and today's East Palace has some such meaning. Although Zhu Houzhao has always been such a temper, in the past, the prince was sincere filial piety to the emperor, although several eunuchs were occasionally punished for making mistakes, but at most they picked it up and put it down gently, and now it seems that the father and son monarchs and ministers are drifting away, and Zhang Yong is far more anxious.

Therefore, when Zhang Yong stopped talking about Liu Jingu and Ma Yongcheng's several good plans, everyone thought that the father and son would continue to stalemate, and their possible unlucky ending, after gritting their teeth, Suo surnamed Suo left behind what the consequences were. So on the afternoon of this day, Gu Da used Ma Yongcheng to stay in the palace, and said that he had moved a large number of Gao Feng, who had the highest rank, to respond in the middle, and Liu Jin did everything possible to take Zhu Houzhao out of the palace, and Zhang Yong stayed outside the city and let Xu Xun return to the city.

Although it was only two months since he left the palace, Zhu Houzhao suddenly faced the bustling outside the palace, and there was a feeling of a vast sea and sky, even if he was only in the most remote northern city now, he still stood there and took a deep breath of fresh air. It wasn't until Liu Jin urged again and again that he reluctantly got into the carriage, but as soon as he sat down, he hung up the curtains completely, and only watched the peddlers and pawns coming and going outside, until the car went down the street from the drum tower to the silver ingot bridge, he thought of something, and hurriedly kicked the door in front of him with his toes.

"Hey, I'm not going out of Andingmen today. At this time, I can't go to see Xu Xun and Zhang Yong training, where are you going to take me? ”

"Your Highness, don't worry, how can you not know about this matter? If you go to other places, the slaves and maids are afraid of taking on the burden, but if you go to some places, the emperor will at most reprimand us. Liu Jin didn't look back and explained, and found that the people in the carriage were silent, he was afraid that it would be self-defeating, so he hurriedly said, "It's to go to the Shouning Marquis Mansion on Zhang Huangqin Street." After all, the identity of Shou Ninghou is different, even if the emperor starts a fire, there is also a mother in the way. ”

"Humph!"

Although a cold snort at this time was regarded as an answer to Liu Jin, but when he really stepped into the Shouning Marquis Mansion and saw Zhang Heling who came out, his face was full of surprise, and he was so excited that he spoke a little incoherently, Zhu Houzhao thought that he had punished Zhang Zongshu before, so he finally showed a rare and pleasant face. After talking to someone without a match, he suddenly saw a servant at the second gate leading a man out. With sharp eyes, he recognized the man at a glance, and hurriedly opened his mouth and shouted, "Xing Anbo, why are you here?" ”

"Uh, His Highness the Prince." Xu Liang walked forward quickly, as if he didn't see Zhang Heling's cautious gaze, and said with a smile, "It's all the kindness of the Hou Ninghou, so I came over the house to rub the Hou Ye's good wine, I didn't want it to be so coincidental." Hey, I haven't seen you for a long time, why does Your Highness seem to have a little bit of a reduction? ”

"You actually saw it?" Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows and asked rhetorically, and then snorted lightly, "Xing'anbo has good eyesight, except for you, no one has said that I have lost weight these days." ”

That's a lot of weight. Although Zhang Heling was very excited about Zhu Houzhao's coming today, he didn't dare to accept this, but Xu Liang smiled as if nothing happened: "The emperor and the queen said that they met His Royal Highness, and the fathers-in-law also said that they were accompanied, of course I couldn't see it, but I haven't seen His Highness for several months." You are the time to grow your body, you haven't seen you for a few months, and people have jumped so high, so naturally it seems to be clear. ”

Although Zhu Houzhao is the crown prince, he has a child's temper after all, and when he heard that Xu Liang praised himself for growing taller, he was immediately very happy. And Xu Liang took advantage of Zhu Houzhao's happiness, looked at the prince's head and said, "It's just that you have to eat and sleep more when you grow your body." His Royal Highness didn't know that Xun'er had grown more than half a head taller from last year to this year, and the amount of food he ate had doubled compared to before. ”

Speaking of this, the brave Zhu Houzhao immediately became interested, until Xu Liang counted Xu Xun's recipes in a few words, and he suddenly remembered the delicious braised pork of this Xing'anbo, and he was salivating for a while, so he had to grind and beg Xu Liang to do it. In Zhang Heling's surprised gaze, Xu Liang actually agreed to cook, and in less than half an hour, he brought out a bowl of braised pork with beautiful color and flavor and four large bowls, which naturally attracted Zhu Houzhao's index finger to move, and after a while, he was all gone.

"Xing'anbo, it's good that Xu Xun has your father."

When he was full of wine and food, Zhu Houzhao's sudden words made Zhang Heling startled, and he subconsciously poked Xu Liang on his toes, but then found that Zhu Houzhao was glaring at him dissatisfied.

"Uncle, who are you kicking, am I wrong? Those Confucian gentlemen only know that the gentleman cooks far away, even for their own children, and there are few fathers who are willing to condescend to cook and cook, how can Xing'anbo have a heart? ”

"Your Highness, in this world, parents are judged to have a heart or not, but it is not just a matter of cooking a few meals."

Although Xu Liang had received Xu Xun's face-to-face teaching, he still couldn't help it in the face of the shocking words of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. At this time, he refuted a sentence, and saw that Zhu Houzhao's face sank suddenly, and he didn't know where the impulse came from, so he blurted out, "Your Highness, my son is a hundred times better than me, I can't help as a father, and occasionally cooking is a rare pleasure between father and son." But the emperor has the world in mind, and the heart of a cute son will never be a little less than that of a minister. Not to mention anything else, His Royal Highness thinks that in addition to government affairs, is the emperor like an ordinary father in front of His Royal Highness, or is he like the Supreme Son of Heaven? ”

(To be continued)