At this time, in the Shuntian Mansion of the capital, in the Xinuan Pavilion of the Inner Garden of the Imperial Palace, Emperor Zhu Jianshen stood next to Liang Fang, who was an old dragon clock, and in front of him, there was a man in rags.

Zhu Jianshen didn't say a word, just looked at the man kneeling on the ground quietly, and after a long time, the breath in the air was a little stagnant, and then he asked lazily: "How are things going?" ”

The man's tone was sonorous, and he said word by word: "Fortunately, I don't disgrace my life!" ”

"Hmph, so many people went out, and you came back, just reluctantly." Zhu Jianshen snorted dissatisfiedly: "Keep an eye on the East Palace, and once there is any abnormal movement, you will shoot immediately." ”

"The last general obeys!" After the man nodded in agreement, he saw the emperor waving his hand and immediately turned to leave.

Zhu Jian took a deep breath and said to Liang Fang, who was standing aside: "Keep an eye on it during this time, I'm afraid they will stab Lou Zi." ”

Liang Fang bowed and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the old slave will always keep an eye on it." ”

"This matter is not trivial, and there can't be a little mistake, otherwise if you give some people a good heart, the whole thing will turn sour." Zhu Jianshen said uneasily.

For Liang Fang, he can generally rest assured, he has been with his old man for more than ten years, and basically he knows everything about the emperor.

Liang Fang said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, if some people jump out, just let that person clean them up." ”

"Can't go too far, Niangniang's health is not very good, if I get angry, I don't know how to live." Zhu Jianshen said with some concern.

Who is this lady referring to, Liang Fang couldn't be clearer, and sometimes he can't figure out where the charm of the old and decrepit concubine Niangniang comes from, so that His Majesty will never forget her. But he is not a roundworm in the emperor's stomach after all, no matter how close he is, there are some things he doesn't know.

The emperor's health is not as good as day by day, and he has recently listened to the advice of the imperial doctor, and he has been cut off the pill, and his body has improved. The emperor seems to know about the affairs of the East Palace, but it seems that the emperor does not intend to care.

In the East Palace of this matter, the crown prince Zhu Youzhu and Qin Ji were standing at the door, followed by a group of retired brocade guards who had lost the flying fish suit embroidered spring knife, but those people were all tigers with bears on their backs, steady steps, and their eyes were only staring at the prince, for fear that he would fly.

"Can you stay away, do you want to go out of your way?" Zhu Youzhu was dissatisfied.

The people behind him still followed not far away, and they pretended not to hear the prince's words. Anyway, if the prince wants to get out of the East Palace, it is basically impossible, and now the prince is basically equivalent to being under house arrest.

All the guards in the East Palace have been replaced, and now all the people in the East Palace are their people, if it weren't for the orders from above not to be rude to the prince, they could even insult the prince at will.

"Wife, can we still hide this time?" Zhu Youzhu said this because he looked a little negative in the follow-up, and his tone was not quite like a young man.

Because of his old age, Qin Ji was able to stay with the prince, and Zhu Youzhu was extremely close to him, calling him his wife on weekdays. He was afraid that Zhu Youzhu would be depressed because of this, so he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't worry, Wantong's minions are all over the Shuntian Mansion, but the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, Your Majesty will know sooner or later." ”

Zhu Youzhu glanced at Qin Ji and said lightly: "Do you think that such a big thing has happened, and my father may not know about it?" Jinyiwei's people are not dead, Wantong's ability is not enough to control the entire Jinyiwei, even if he controls Jinyiwei, he will definitely not even control Brother Hu's people. What do you think my father means when he knows that I am under house arrest but does not come to my rescue? ”

Qin Ji squeezed out a smile: "Your Majesty doesn't speak, there may be reasons for him, you are father and son, after all, you are connected by blood, tiger poison does not eat children, Your Majesty will not sit idly by." ”

Zhu Youzhu was dissatisfied: "My father is not an ordinary father, he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so he can not care about anyone's life or death, including me." ”

may be because when talking about his father Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Youzhu actually remembered the hard life he had in Anle Hall when he was a child, when in addition to the nurse and mother by his side, only Zhang Ru would stretch out his little hand and ask for something from Gong'e from time to time.

Six years, six whole years my father ignored him, and even if my father didn't know about his existence, he couldn't forgive that.

And after finally the father and son recognized each other, his mother died mysteriously, which he couldn't accept anyway.

He had hatred in his heart, but he was forced to hide it in his heart all the time, until this time the East Palace was controlled by someone, but the emperor did not react at all, and he vented some dissatisfaction in front of Qin Ji, his own person. He is a benevolent person, and he rarely has a grudge against a person, only for his father Zhu Jianshen, he is full of complaints.

Qin Ji Zhengse said: "His Royal Highness is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, and he will inherit the Ming Dynasty in the future, so don't say these frustrating words." Your Majesty has his own sufferings, and there are some things that may be possible in other dynasties, but in the Ming Dynasty, he can't help himself. The Son of Heaven ruled by the arch, and many things were actually handed over to the cabinet, so His Majesty also had a hard time. Your Highness don't worry, since the situation in the East Palace is under His Majesty, it is naturally still under His Majesty's control, if the crown prince of the current dynasty is harmed by a group of traitorous villains, isn't Your Majesty afraid of leaving a stigma in the living notes? ”

The words made Zhu Youjiao's mood improve slightly, and when he saw the follower behind him in the spare light of his eyes, his mood instantly changed again: "I don't know if Mu Bin has informed Brother Hu, as long as he comes back, this farce will end." ”

Qin Ji whispered: "Your Highness is silent, be careful that the wall has ears." ”

The crown prince was imprisoned, which was a big event, but Shuntianfu did not make the slightest wave, firstly, the people who controlled the prince's East Palace did not leak the news, and secondly, the emperor ordered that no people in the know should be allowed to take care of this matter.

The entire capital is waiting, and what exactly is waiting for, no one knows except the initiator of this matter.

Ten days later, the dusty Zhang Ru rushed back to Shuntianfu with more than 100 people, and the defenders at the city gate directly blocked his way, even after he showed the sign of the Jinyi Weidong Division, the other party still did not mean to get out of the way.

Zhang Ru realized that something was wrong, looked left and right, and found that there were about a dozen officers and soldiers guarding the city, he glanced at Jiang Wei, a harrier turned over and got off the horse, and without saying a word, pulling out the embroidered spring knife is a knife.

The one always felt a flower in front of him, and his head was gone.

At the same time, there were many people who were preparing to enter the city, and this scene frightened many people, and those who did not know what was going on fled privately.

Jiang Wei shouted loudly while revealing his identity: "Don't mess up, Jinyiwei will do things, and others will retreat!" ”

Originally, it was just a chaotic people, as soon as they heard the word Jinyiwei, many of them were so frightened that they lay on the ground, but there were still some people running, and for a while, they made someone turn on their backs.

Fortunately, the people of the Jinyi Guard evacuated the crowd in time, and except for a few who were stepped on, there were no large-scale casualties.

More than a dozen city gate guards were quickly controlled, and Zhang Ru didn't bother to pay attention to their gang of small fish and shrimp, and rode his horse on the street, knocking over many small stalls along the way, and only arrived at the inner city gate half an hour later.

The gatekeeper of the noon gate is an old acquaintance Zhu Wei, which makes Zhang Ru a little embarrassed, this Zhu Wei is a person from Zhu Youzhang, the king of Tai'an County, or a person who was once cleared out of the East Division by himself.

When the old enemy met, he was very red-eyed, and if he wanted to pass the noon gate, he had to break through this barrier, and the guards who obviously entered a state of alert after seeing Zhang Ru obviously would not let Zhang Ru pass.

Zhu Wei looked like a villain: "Yo, isn't this our Nine-Sided Patrol General, why did you have to go back to Beijing empty?" ”

Zhang Ru said coldly: "Zhu Wei, the official doesn't have time to gag with you here, get out of the way if you know each other, otherwise you won't blame the official for being polite!" ”

Zhu Wei looked arrogant and sneered: "It's really a big breath, if you want to enter the noon gate, you have to see if you have the ability to do it." I'd love to say yes, but you'll have to ask if your brothers will say yes. ”

Zhang Ru squinted his eyes, his gaze was like a falcon: "Are you sure?" ”

Zhu Wei patted his chest: "I'm sure and sure, there is no holy decree, I want to enter through the noon gate, no door!" ”

The setting of the noon gate is set up in the way of three bright and five dark, three main gates in the middle, two doors on both sides, only the emperor can enter and exit the main gate in the middle, and others must go through the doors on both sides to enter. Zhang Ru's current position is the door on the left.

The officers and soldiers guarding the noon gate are generally around 300 people, and the main gate in the middle is naturally more manpower, and the manpower of the gate on both sides is relatively smaller, but it also remains at 20.

Seeing that reasoning no longer makes sense, after all, there is no emperor's holy decree in his hand, and he has already made a protest against the decree by returning to Beijing rashly. For the sake of the crown prince, he can only offend the emperor, after all, the emperor only represents the present, and the prince represents the future.

"Take it!" The cold order entered the ears of the Jinyi guards, and the Jinyi guards, who had long been accustomed to seeing Zhu Wei, rushed up, pulled out embroidered spring knives, and waited with the back of the knives.

The guard at the door was beaten to the point of crying dad and mother, but the number of people was not as good as the others, so he had to shout loudly, hoping that the main gate and the people on the right side would come to help.

But those people don't pay attention to it at all, they have their own responsibilities to fight the house, and if they leave their posts without permission and let the above find out, they will lose their officials at least and lose their heads at worst, this is not a joke.

It didn't take long for the guards on the left side of the gate to be taken down by the Jinyi guards, and then Zhang Ru drove straight in, passed the left gate after the Fengtian Gate, and then passed the Jingyun Gate, and arrived at the East Palace-Yuqing Palace.

I also encountered obstacles along the way, but many of these people who blocked them were palace guards, so the resistance was not as big as that of the noon gate.

The door of Yuqing Palace is full of people under Wantong, as soon as they see Zhang Ru, these people are like a great enemy, many of them have seen Zhang Ru beat the scene of the little son.