Chapter 72: General Tao's Arrow Shoots the Wolf (5)
Perhaps because of the military power, Zhu Cihong finally didn't feel that the huge Forbidden City was a prison for him.
He had a rare look at the red-filled palace complex with a rare eye of appreciation. Huang Ming takes Zhu as the positive color, and in the palace, whether it is the wall or the robe, it is festive red. However, for a person who is walking into the execution ground every day, this festive tone becomes torture.
Now that the torture is finally gone, Zhu Cihong no longer feels dazzling when he looks at the red python robes of the great eunuchs.
This slightly cheerful mind makes it very easy for those who really care about the prince to feel it. Queen Zhou's eyes were already swollen from crying, and she thought she was dazzled in a trance.
The younger siblings who hadn't seen each other for several months also appeared in Kunning Palace, but they didn't see their father, Emperor Chongzhen.
Zhu Cihong stepped forward to salute his mother, and after sitting down, he accepted the salute of his younger brothers and sisters, and bowed back one by one.
After a week, I couldn't hold back my thoughts, and asked about everything from food and clothing to every detail.
Zhu Cihong is like returning to the state of facing the board of directors in his previous life, energetic and tireless to tell about his life outside the palace. Zhou Hou also lived outside the palace in her early years, and there are even rumors that she also traveled with Chongzhen when she was the princess of the palace.
The two princes, a princess, who could only listen from the sidelines, were wide-eyed, full of curiosity and fear about Shijie who was completely different from the palace.
"Now it's popular in the market again, but I'm afraid it can't be compared with the Apocalypse." Zhu Cihong said unintentionally.
During the Apocalypse, Queen Zhou still believed in the princess, and she didn't know what she thought of for a while, so she was silent. Zhu Cihong also realized that it was a bit inappropriate to say this, wouldn't it seem that his father's level of governance was inferior? Even the standard of living in the Shoushan district has dropped so much.
"But there's no way around it." Zhu Cihong looked at his two younger brothers and taught by the way: "During the Jisi Change, the population of Gyeonggi was slaughtered, and almost everyone in the Beijing division wore filial piety, and every household was mourned. Last year, Linqing was slaughtered and the canal was blocked. This year, there was another outbreak of plague in Jingshi, and the deaths were very serious, so the situation was indeed not as good as during the Apocalypse, let alone the peaceful time of Wanli. ”
Dingwang Cijiong is now thirteen years old, and he has reached the age of being slightly sensible, and when he heard his brother say this, his face also showed a little sadness. Yongwang Cizhao was added last year, and now he is only eleven years old, although he is two years apart, he can't understand the matter of "death and life" after all, and he is still ignorant.
However, the eldest sister, Princess Kunxing, heard it with a pale face, and said: "Listening to the eldest brother of the emperor say this, I know that my father and queen mother are grateful for the people's livelihood and eat Changzhai." ”
Zhu Cihong looked at his sister Zhu Yujiao, and saw that her sister had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, although she was not born beautiful, but she inherited the advantages of her father Chongzhen in her facial features, and she would not be disabled in the future, and she would never let down the future generations who invited a fairy sister like Zhao Yazhi to play her.
For this princess Kunxing, who is more famous than herself, that is, the "Princess Changping" said by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhu Cihong has not had much contact. Although he is a fellow mother, Zhu Cihong's life in the palace is mainly to write and read in the study, in preparation for leaving the palace in the future, and it is impossible to run to Kunning Palace all day long.
"You and I were born in heaven, and these things should be understood." Zhu Cihong looks old. He was a man of two lives, and looking at this fourteen-year-old girl, she was more like a daughter than a sister.
Zhou Hou was amused by her son's Lao Cheng, and said with a smile: "When you go out of the palace, you have more and more dignity from heaven." ”
"Erchen is just a fox and a fake tiger." Zhu Cihong said with a smile.
The atmosphere was harmonious for a while, but soon a female official walked in and whispered a few words in Queen Zhou's ear. The smile on Empress Zhou's face quickly froze, and she said, "Got it, you go down." Zhu Cihong saw that the queen mother was not in good shape, and hurriedly asked, "Queen mother, what happened?" ”
"Your father is still discussing with the minister, and he can't leave." Empress Zhou said regretfully.
Zhu Cihong hoped to see Chongzhen from the bottom of his heart, and immediately got up and said: "Erchen only thinks about his parents, and it is not wrong to come to visit his mother first. But he ignored that now the son has the right to prevent the epidemic, and the minister is the first, and he should go to see his father Bixia first. ”
When Zhou Hou heard this, his face turned a little pale, and he said: "After seeing your father, I will come back again, I have something to tell you." Can you stay in the palace tonight? ”
"If my father Bixia has no other errands, the son will return to the epidemic prevention matter." Zhu Cihong didn't say it to death.
Zhou Hou was very happy when she heard this, and said, "Go and come back quickly, I'll let someone go and clean up the dormitory for you." "Even if the prince is not in the palace, there are people cleaning the palace every day, and they dare not slack off. The so-called tidying up is nothing more than laying new bedding, burning incense in the room, and driving away insects and ants.
After Zhu Cihong said goodbye to his mother, his two younger brothers and eldest sister were sent to the gate of the palace, and he set up the honor guard of the East Palace and walked to the Wenhua Palace. This is also too much distress at home, from Kunning Palace to Wenhua Palace, there is also a mile and a half or two miles away, although there is no need for Zhu Cihong to walk by himself, but being carried by others feels even more anxious, and he can't wait to get down and run by himself.
Now, even if you run there, it's only a matter of minutes, and you're not out of breath. I have to say that since he left the palace, he can exercise openly, and Zhu Cihong's physique has obviously improved, and he can even see faint muscle lines.
Zhu Cihong is very envious of those who can exercise in the deep palace, not to mention the safety issues, just to discipline the mother-in-law to buckle a "deceitful" hat, even if you are a prince, you have to obediently kneel down and be punished. Especially not to mention running, even walking fast will be criticized. is not inferior to the common people, and from this point of view, the children of the common people are happier.
Zhu Cihong thought of his younger brothers and sisters again. In addition to Yongwang Cizhao, who was born by Tian Guifei, the two princesses Dingwang Cijiong, Kunxing, and Zhaoren are all children of Zhou Hou, and they are real relatives with themselves. These children are not very old now, and if they follow them in the future, they can give them a healthy environment to grow up in.
Even the danger is relatively great.
Because he didn't think too much about the heavy problem, Zhu Cihong felt that the road was much closer, and he could already see Wenhua Gate in a blink of an eye.
Wang Zhixin got the news of the first step and was already waiting in front of Wenhua. He is the eunuch of the celebrant and the seal of the seal, the real minister, and with his status and status, he does not have to come out to greet the prince by himself. However, now the prince is not an ordinary person, and it is rumored that the guards of the East Palace not only dare to kill the petty officials, but even the prince of the country will not let go.
Just when Wang Zhixin vaguely saw that the honor guard of the East Palace was about to meet him, he suddenly heard someone coming out behind him, and when he looked back, it was Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the East Factory who was the master of ceremonies and the commander of the East Factory.
"Princess," Wang Chengen said with a flattering smile, "but you went to Yingdong Palace?" Just go together, go together. ”
Wang Zhixin also smiled with a smile on his face: "What a coincidence, I actually thought of being in the same place with the prince, how could I not do it?" ”
The two lieutenant officials were so enthusiastic that they were like close friends, and they stepped forward together, waiting for the honor guard of the East Palace to come over.
A restrained expression, and a vibrating uniform, just like meeting the emperor.
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