Chapter 9: Never Knowing the Face of a King (3)
Zhu Cihong quickly realized his gaffe. The longer he lived in this huge prison, the more he felt like he was losing control.
It's stressful!
Recalling the early years of Chongzhen, Emperor Bixia was full of energy, and even if he had to spend eight hours on government affairs, he could still make time to hug the prince. However, the situation is eroding day by day, and the ministers have deceived again and again, and made mistakes in decision-making again and again...... finally forced a sunny and intelligent young man into a madman.
Otherwise, at the juncture of Zuihou, he would not have cut off his beloved daughter's arm.
Chongzhen's love for the princess Kunxing is no less than that of the prince.
"I asked you to clean the dormitory," Zhu Cihong controlled his emotions and slowed his tone, "It's to move in early." There is no need to repair anything, as long as there are no cobwebs in the bedroom, no dust can be seen, and a new curtain is enough. Do you understand what I say? ”
Tian Cunshan said with a bitter face: "Chitose, it's not like you can save it if you say it." It's a matter of the face of the heavenly family, what if the emperor knows? If a villain makes a stumbling block, the slave and maid will no longer be able to serve your Highness! Tian Cunshan cried when he said that he cried, and tears the size of beans rolled down and crackled.
Zhu Cihong had to take a breath and suppress the displeasure in his heart: "You mean that you can't protect you alone?" ”
Tian Cunshan was a spirit, and kowtowed to the ground: "Slaves don't dare!" The slave didn't mean that! He knew very well that the prince usually used "you and me" to address him, and once he was called lonely, he would be very unhappy.
"Forget it," Zhu Cihong sighed, "After dawn, I'll go to say goodbye, and then I'll leave the palace." The manuscripts in the East Palace were removed one by one, including the rewards over the years, and nothing should be left behind. ”
Tian Cunshan was shocked: Isn't the prince planning to come back?
Of course, he knew that the prince was in a hurry to leave the palace, but he only thought that it was the young man's irrepressible curiosity, wanting to see Shijie outside the palace. But I didn't expect the prince to have the heart to live outside the palace for a long time, and even take away the things in the East Palace!
- Forget it, I still listen to the prince, and it's a big deal to move back in the future. I want to come to the outside to be so comfortable in the palace, I'm afraid he won't be able to endure it for a few days.
Tian Cunshan said secretly in his heart.
"Tomorrow," Zhu Cihong raised his fingers, "If the palace is cleaned out, I will live in the palace at night." If you can't clean it, you can live in the house in Houhai. ”
Tian Cunshan's back was cold, and his mouth trembled for a long time before he said, "Slave and maid obey."
Zhu Cihong is well versed in the truth that time does not wait, and immediately ordered Tian Cunshan to be good, list all the things that need to be arranged tomorrow, and assign the person in charge. Each of these things has a standard for completion, as well as a time limit.
This set of sophisticated process management fully mobilized everyone around the prince, but because of the conditions of Jishu, it is impossible to communicate in real time, and many connection links are bound to have differences, and even affect the overall arrangement. However, if these eunuchs can't do it, then no one will do better in the entire Daming, or the entire shijie.
These physically handicapped servants were taught from the day they entered the palace how to be loyal to the king, how to be cautious, and how to satisfy their master's demands to the greatest extent. If they can't learn, they naturally won't appear in Zhu Cihong's field of vision. Even the position of chopping wood and boiling water in the palace has a large group of people waiting.
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On the Renshou Palace, Empress Yi'an Zhang sat at the desk, and breakfast was already set on the table.
"Why didn't you see the prince come to greet you today?" Mrs. Zhang asked out loud.
The palace called the concubine of today's saint as Niangniang, and the concubine of the first emperor as the old lady. Empress Zhang is less than forty, so she has been upgraded to an "old lady". And because the first emperor and the present are brothers and sisters, the first emperor and queen cannot be named the queen mother, and can only obey the emblem of "Queen Yi'an".
However, speaking of which, Chongzhen does regard this imperial sister-in-law as the queen mother.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come to greet him before dawn today," replied the female official beside her, "and at that time the Lady had not yet gotten up, so she bowed outside the palace and left." ”
Old Lady Zhang held her breath in her chest, and she didn't go up or down for a long time before she eased up and said coldly: "Drive Kunning Palace." ”
What if you go to Kunning Palace?
Zhu Cihong was determined to leave this time, so he bowed to his father and mother to say goodbye, waited at the gate of the Qianqing Palace and waited for the morning bell to ring, and led the crowd to leave as soon as possible. Originally, according to the etiquette system, there should be the East Palace guards, attendant eunuchs, palace maids, and even basins, kettles, and toilets...... All of them were abandoned, and the prince only took the fifteen eunuchs and eunuchs on duty in the Duanben Palace and left.
The celebrants knew about it far earlier than the emperor, but no one dared to provoke the prince at this juncture. Because the news of Zhang Xianzhong's capture of Wuchang in mid-May will soon be sent to the imperial case.
In this unfortunate time, more is better than less.
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Since the establishment of the capital of Beijing, this ancient capital has become increasingly prosperous. Although it has experienced wars and natural disasters, there are still millions of Dingkou reported by Shuntianfu.
As a metropolis with a population of one million, Beijing's appearance has always made Zhu Cihong curious. He knew that the underground drainage canals built in the Ming Dynasty were used until the time of the Republic, and were still considered by Soviet experts to be unnecessary. He also knew that each neighborhood had its own garbage dump and that there were manure trucks to collect it every day.
However, he still wanted to see with his own eyes how the people of the Ming Dynasty lived.
Zhu Cihong escaped from the forbidden palace wrapped in a tiger skin this time, but in fact, he didn't even pack up the palace, and he couldn't accept the court meeting of hundreds of officials at all. Accepting the official court is the primary premise of the prince's administration. As the so-called name is not right, it is not good, and if you have not been worshiped by hundreds of officials, even if you issue an order, no one will obey it.
"In that case," Zhu Cihong said to the left and right, "Let's take a private visit first." ”
When Zhou Jing heard this, he shuddered and looked at Tian Cunshan.
He was pulled out of the bed by Zhu Cihong. Of course, it was not the quilt lifted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself. But at that time, there were a bunch of people in the room inexplicably, and I was still naked, which was really terrifying.
Zhu Cihong changed the clothes of the noble son at Zhou Jing's house, and asked people to send the Han generals of the East Palace guard class as a temporary station. He himself did not believe that anyone would murder the crown prince, because there was no dispute for the throne at all. Even if Jiannu and Li Chuang's spies in Beijing are not going to take risks under such an advantage, they will not expose their identities needlessly.
However, Zhou Jing didn't think so.
By blood, he is the prince's uncle, but ethically, he is a courtier. Not to mention the extremely violent thing of someone assassinating the prince, even if the prince accidentally bumped into his house, he would never be able to redeem himself. And although there is news of the prince's army in the palace, it is still undecided after all. It is very likely that the crown prince left the palace without permission...... Thinking of this, Zhou Jing was almost paralyzed.
- What's the use of seeing our family? Do you think the prince will listen to our family?
Tian Cunshan was seen by Zhou Jing's heart tightened, and slowly lowered his head and did not answer.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince," Zhou Jing said stiffly, "When you leave the palace, will Bixia have a holy edict for Weichen?" "Although Zhou Jing leads the title of the guard of the East Palace, he is essentially a minister, not a general.
"Heh, are you so cowardly this week?" Zhu Cihong avoided talking about key issues, and said with a smile: "In the palace, you dare to call me a breast name, but in your own home, you call me the prince." ”
- At that time, you were harmless to people and animals in the palace! Now that you have run out of the palace, except for the emperor in person, you are the biggest, who dares to be presumptuous!
Zhou Jing slandered in his heart, but he didn't dare to spit out a word in his mouth. When the tiger is in a cage, no one dares to yell at it twice. Once released, who would dare to mess around?
Even a professional smirk is not something that everyone is entitled to. Zhu Cihong put away his smile and said expressionlessly: "I don't believe it, won't the son of the noble family in the Beijing division go out?" Is there robbery every day? Then Shuntianfu should really commit suicide and apologize! ”
"Your Highness," Zhou Jing said stiffly, "Although there are prodigals in Beijing, I don't know how many robbers and thieves there are. It's just that now that the epidemic is rampant, the minister is really afraid that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will make a mistake. ”
"It doesn't matter, this palace has its own secret treasure." Zhu Cihong beckoned to Tian Cunshan.
Tian Cunshan immediately took out a pair of masks from the wooden box held by the eunuch behind him. This mask is not like the triangular scarf that is popular outside, but a rectangular piece, sewn with cotton yarn, with ropes worn up and down, hung on the ears, and covering the entire mouth and nose tightly. Because of the hot weather, Zhu Cihong didn't put it on immediately, but just showed it to Zhou Jing.
"There are also carbon tablets and incense tablets in it, even if you go to the human field, it doesn't matter." Zhu Cihong said.
Zhou Jing knew that although the triangular scarf was also used to cover the smell, it would blow open between the mouth and nose and breath, and it was something that was better than nothing. And the same thing, the prince only changed it slightly, and there was a different situation, and he was really a genius.
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