Chapter 284: Lao Zhu's intentions

The crown prince personally escorted these back-and-bones minions to the palace hall, and was immediately stopped by the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Quartz, and said.

"Your Majesty has an order, please ask the prince to hand over the people he has caught to the humble position, and then he can take the Duke of Fuguo to face the saint!"

These two people didn't dare to slack off, so they had to hand over all the captured witnesses to Quartz, who didn't greet each other, and escorted people inside.

looked at Lu Ning a little uncomfortable, the reason was that his brother-in-law Xu Zengshou used to be the commander of Jinyiwei, and his wife Xu Miaojin also served in Jinyiwei for hundreds of households, why didn't he give any face, and it was too obvious that people were going to tea.

It's just that time has passed, and after Xu Zengshou's term expired, he has been transferred to other provinces as a political envoy, and Xu Miaojin also resigned from his position in Jinyiwei in a hurry because he got married and had children.

Since he had only been back to Beijing for a short time, he didn't know where this quartz came from, and in the face of the embarrassing situation in front of him, Lu Ning didn't know what to say.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace with a gloomy face, except for a few eunuchs waiting on both sides, no one else was present.

The two of them hurriedly kowtowed to Zhu Yuanzhang, but this time Zhu Yuanzhang did not call out immediately, but asked Zhu Biao with a gloomy face.

"I heard that we gave such a fat job to your fourth brother from the domestic products department, and you have some complaints about us behind your back?"

Zhu Biao was frightened and replied directly.

"Wronged, father, the sons never dare to complain about their father, please ask your father to investigate."

"It seems that you have complained for a long time, but you just don't dare."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted.

"You grew up in a peaceful and prosperous era, we don't ask you to have many skills, at least you should have some generosity, only care about some petty profits, and forget the righteousness of loyalty to the monarch's father, so how can we rest assured that this thousands of miles of rivers and mountains will be handed over to you?"

At this time, Zhu Biao didn't know what he was wrong with, and he still swore a gambling curse to explain himself.

"In the son's mansion, the crown princess and the emperor's eldest grandson are sick, and in order to treat them, they are very busy, and recently there are people in the palace who have made trouble, poisoned and murdered the prince and the emperor's eldest grandson, and the sons are afraid that this matter is also instigated by traitors."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him fiercely and said.

"I heard that these minions of your East Palace are so bold that they have come and gone for interrogation, and they actually climbed on your brother, is there such a thing?"

Zhu Biao had no choice but to explain as best he could.

"Father, that's how those minions recruited, and the sons didn't dare to make a decision, so I came to ask my father to make a clear decision."

Hearing the prince say this, Zhu Yuanzhang's tone softened a lot.

"Where are the people?"

"According to the will of my father, it has been handed over to the commander of Jinyiwei."

Zhu Yuanzhang told the eunuch Xiao Songzi next to him with a gloomy face, telling him to go to Jinyiwei's edict prison to interrogate those criminals.

Zhu Yuanzhang motioned to Zhu Biao to get up, and at this time, Zhu Biao's legs were a little unstable, and he was trembling.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes focused on Lu Ning's body again and asked.

"Zi'an, I heard that you are arrogant and disrespectful to those gentlemen in the Tai Hospital, and you dare to slander the official prescription of the Ming Dynasty? Is there such a thing? ”

Lu Ning immediately understood, this must be a villain slandering in front of the emperor, and if he forcibly defends himself at this time, he will definitely get darker and darker.

So he nodded and replied.

"Your Majesty, there is indeed something to do."

"Do you really think that you have cured a few incurable diseases, and you can deny the collective skills of my Ming Imperial Doctor, are you also like the overlord of Chu, who wants to go mad to the edge of the Wujiang River?"

Lu Ning lowered his head, and said in his heart that this uncle was simply a cat and a dog for a while, and said immediately.

"The minister is guilty, please ask Your Majesty to confess, the minister has nothing to explain."

Seeing that he had such a good attitude in admitting his guilt, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Ma Qiang, another eunuch next to him.

"You go and declare our will, Lu Ning is young and vigorous, insulting all the gentlemen in the Tai Hospital, I will punish him to write a confession according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, and then punish him for a month."

Ma Qiang hurriedly asked someone to draw up the holy decree and went to the Tai Hospital to read the holy decree.

After hearing this, Lu Ning smiled bitterly.

Who knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was not done yet, and continued to give his will.

"Lu Ning, if you are asked to blindly run around outside and offend people, but instead let people say that we don't know people, we will punish you to go to the palace and serve as the master of the emperor's eldest grandson, if you teach well, you will make up for your mistakes, and if you don't teach well, you will be severely punished!"

Hearing this will, Lu Ning was also stunned for a moment, I heard that seeing His Majesty's angry appearance just now, even if he didn't cut off my head, he would have to be sent to the army.

Who knows, the thunder and rain are thin, and I was fined a month's salary without pain, and then I was asked to go to the East Palace to serve as the master of the emperor's eldest grandson.

Is this a reward or a punishment?

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Lu Ning to get up and stand beside him with his hands down to listen to the training.

Just when he was in doubt, suddenly, Xiao Songzi walked in from outside and reported to Zhu Yuanzhang with a panicked face.

"Your Majesty, after those minions entered the edict of Jinyiwei, they knew that it would be difficult to escape the severe punishment, so they committed suicide in advance, and when the minions arrived, they only saw the ashes they left."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was as usual, and he turned to Zhu Biao and said.

"Now there is no proof of death, although there is a reason for the incident, it is also the fault of your lax precautions in the East Palace, you must take it as a warning when you go back in the future, and you must not let people with ill intentions mix in, Lu Ning has thought about it behind closed doors in your East Palace, you supervise him for us, and you must not let him steal and play tricks."

Zhu Biao hurriedly agreed respectfully, and then led Lu Ning to the palace.

As soon as they went out with their front feet, two people suddenly walked out of the curtain behind the Qianqing Palace, and knelt in front of Zhu Yuanzhang with their faces like ashes.