Zhu Youxiao's words made Zhu Youzhen not know what to say for a while.

"Normally, shouldn't the emperor be jealous of his younger brother at this time, and then imprison his younger brother......

Zhu Youzhen thought unscrupulously in his heart, completely unaware of his status in Zhu Youxiao's heart.

He didn't know that in history, when Wei Zhongxian's power was tilted towards the government and the opposition, he once thought of framing Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, and usurping the throne because he wanted to kill the emperor.

However, when Wei Zhongxian discussed this matter with his close confidant Wang Tiqian, Wang Tiqian reminded Wei Zhongxian that he said:

"The Lord is stubborn in everything, and he is not thin among his brothers, and if he is not careful, he will leave nothing behind."

Wei Zhongxian was also secretly shocked when he heard this, so he put those people to death, killed people, and resolved the matter.

Not only that, even if Wei Zhongxian once thought of uniting with the Hakka clan to frame Zhu Youzhen, the Hakka clan also said that once the king of Xin was framed, she and Wei Zhongxian would both die.

That is, in the eyes of the Hakka family, Zhu Youxiao unconditionally believes in his younger brother who was raised by himself.

Zhu Youzhen didn't know these things, and he only felt that Zhu Youxiao's feeling of protecting himself made him a little moved.

Maybe he didn't experience this feeling of being protected by his brother in his previous life, and his nose was a little sour for a while.

Because he looked too white, his nose turned red as soon as it was sour, and Zhu Youxiao hurriedly smiled when he saw it:

"My brother is so old, but he hasn't gotten rid of this habit of crying his nose."

"Forehead ......" Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Zhu Youzhen sniffed, then rubbed his nose and said:

"Anyway, brother, don't worry, I will definitely take a good look at the four guards and one battalion of the Imperial Horse Supervisor."

"Well, my brother believes in you." Seeing Zhu Youzhen's somewhat embarrassed appearance, Zhu Youxiao just smiled dotingly.

However, the conversation between the two brothers was interrupted a moment later by the sound of drums in the palace's drum tower.

The drumming sound seemed to remind Zhu Youzhen that it was time to leave.

Zhu Youxiao grabbed Zhu Youzhen and said with a serious face: "My brother can stay in the Qianqing Palace." ”

"Forget it...... I will still be in the palace, otherwise the official will know, and I am afraid that I will have to say something. Zhu Youzhen smiled bitterly, he had long known the power of the Ming Dynasty officials.

Although in terms of age, there is no problem for him to live in the inner court at the age of ten, and he can even live until he is thirteen or fourteen years old.

But after all, he has moved out of the inner court and went to live in the East Palace, and it is not good to rely on the inner court.

Anyway, the national funeral is almost over, and if nothing else, he should go to the Imperial Mausoleum area in Changping in a few days to start the repair of the Qingling Tomb.

Therefore, he had no choice but to excuse himself: "My younger brother will go to Changping to build an imperial mausoleum for the imperial examination in the near future, and I hope that my brother will take good care of himself in the capital, and don't be spoiled by those civil officials." ”

Speaking of which, Zhu Youzhen also quipped:

"My brother will come back to see my brother three times a month, on the first day, the fourteenth day of the new year, and the twenty-fourth day of each month, so don't think too much about my brother."

"You kid ......" Zhu Youxiao was amused by Zhu Youzhen, so he followed him and walked slowly towards the outside of the hall, Wang Chengen, Cao Huachun, Wei Zhongxian, Wang An and others also followed behind.

The two brothers chatted all the way, walked from the hall to the outside of the hall, and then walked from the outside of the hall to the gate of the Qianqing Palace, until the drums were about to stop, and Zhu Youxiao had already sent Zhu Youzhen from the Qianqing Palace to the middle left gate of the Huangji Palace.

When he arrived here, Zhu Youzhen could return to the East Palace after taking another stick of incense.

Zhu Youzhen wanted to leave, but Zhu Youxiao was still a little reluctant, and said to Wang An next to him:

"Wang An, the herald twenty-four yamen, the fifth brother of the emperor temporarily entered the East Palace to live, and asked them to be clever and wait."

"Uh......" Wang An was stunned when he heard this, and then said:

"Hooray, this is not etiquette......"

"Etiquette system, my younger brother is just a temporary residence, when he becomes an adult, he will be a vassal, and I have no queen or heir, and the East Palace is empty, so why not live for a few years?"

Zhu Youxiao was a little unhappy, and at this time Wei Zhongxian stepped forward and said:

"Long live, there are not enough palace maids and eunuchs in the East Palace, why don't you transfer some from the inner court?"

"Hmm......" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but ponder when he heard this, and after Zhu Youzhen heard it, he was afraid that Wei Zhongxian would stick a nail in his side, so he said:

"Brother doesn't have to, the concubines of the imperial examination have all gone to the east and west palaces of the inner court, the east palace of the outer court, and there are more than 100 palace maids and eunuchs, plus I have to go to Changping to supervise the construction of the imperial tomb of the imperial examination, and I can't live for a few days all year round."

"It's better to wait for the imperial mausoleum to be repaired, and wait for me to live in the slave maid?"

"Well, then do as you say." Hearing Zhu Youzhen say so methodically, Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then there was some reluctance in his eyes.

"Then, the younger brother will retire first." Zhu Youzhen slowly bowed and saluted, then got into the car and slowly left his sight under Zhu Youxiao's gaze.

Zhu Youxiao watched Zhu Youzhen's figure disappear, first his heart was empty, and then he frowned slightly and said to Wei Zhongxian:

"Tell Luo Sigong to tell his Jinyi Wei to follow the fifth brother of the emperor, if something happens to my younger brother, he is the only one who asks!"

"Slave and maid order ......" Wei Zhongxian bowed slightly, and should have an errand.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao said to Wang An:

"The governor of Changping registered some of the official wasteland at the foot of Yanshan Mountain in Changping and sent it to the hands of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and those wastelands will be the pasture of the Imperial Horse Supervisor in the future."

"Slave and maid command." Wang An bowed generously, and when Zhu Youxiao saw this, he turned his head to look at the three major halls of the outer court not far away, where only the broken eaves remained.

"When will the renovation of the three major halls start and when will it be completed?"

Zhu Youxiao asked this question, Wei Zhongxian was blind, and he didn't know how to answer at all, but Wang An replied in an orderly manner:

"The wood, stone, and color materials for the construction of the three major halls were prepared by Emperor Shenzong when he was there, but they have not been built."

"Because the Ministry of Industry offered 30 million taels at the beginning, Emperor Shenzong thought it was too expensive, so he ordered the officials and supervisors to spend some silver every year to buy materials, so after accumulating for nearly 20 years, the materials have been accumulated enough."

"However, according to the quotation of the Ministry of Industry, even if there are materials, it still needs five million taels of silver......

"Five million taels?" Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly, after all, his income in a year was only less than six million taels, and the treasury was only three or four million taels of silver.

It costs five million taels of silver to build the three major halls, which is really painful.

If you don't repair it, what does this make officials and scholars in the world think?

The center of power of a dynasty is actually a broken wall, which is like the court working on the ruins, how can it be convincing?

"Alas......" Principal Zhu You sighed, thinking of the situation in Liaodong and next year's military salary, he could only say a little tiredly:

"Slow down......"