After seven years in this world, Zheng Haizhu finally faced the king of the empire.

He is also the shortest-lived emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty, unlike the later dynasty, did not have the so-called "monarch and minister etiquette" that allowed courtiers to call themselves slaves and bow down at every turn.

Zheng Haizhu, as the registered speaker of the Ministry of Rites, like Ding Yun, the official on the side, did not have to bend his knees when he saw the holy car.

She only had to bow slightly.

Before bowing her head, she had quickly glanced at Zhu Changluo's appearance.

The middle-aged Son of Heaven has a slightly fat figure, ordinary facial features, slender eyes, and no momentum of the Ninety-Five Supreme who is not angry and arrogant.

Wang An, the chief eunuch who accompanied him, received the signal of the Son of Heaven, stepped over in a few steps, glanced at everyone first, and his eyes stayed at Eunuch Xue.

Eunuch Xue immediately spoke: "Princess, the slave and maid should be damned, they didn't stop Master Zheng and disturbed the holy car." ”

Wang An glanced at Zheng Haizhu.

Zheng Haizhu calmed down at this time, and was not in a hurry to grab the words, staring coldly at Eunuch Xue, listening to what he would do later.

Wang An had heard about this woman from Yang Lian before, and his first impression today was acceptable, so he scolded Eunuch Xue: "Tell me the truth directly." ”

Eunuch Xue sighed: "The slave maid wanted to lead Master Zheng to change the scarlet robe of the lecturer, but she said that she didn't want to meet with the ministers on the side of the Imperial Palace, so the slave and maid took her from the back of the imperial pharmacy to the side hall to the west of the Wenhua Palace. The slave maid wanted to ask the reason, she first said that she had never seen the grandeur of the Forbidden City, so she was curious, and when she saw that the slave maid didn't believe it, she stuffed a bag of gold, saying that she heard that the Long Live Lord was coming to the three major halls today, and she wanted to meet the Long Live Lord. ”

Speaking of this, Eunuch Xue staggered Wang An's body, poofed, and knelt down at Zhu Changluo, who was standing behind, three points of panic and seven points of righteousness.

"Your Majesty, there are palace rules in the palace, how can the slave and maid take the ministers to run around in the palace, and don't want this Master Zheng to pounce like a cat, so he will come here, and he can't stop it...... Hey, Ding gave advice, just bumped into it, isn't Ding Guanren? ”

Ding Yun showed a look of contempt and disgust: "What do you want to see the Long Live Lord, look at the lower officials, this woman clearly wants the Long Live Lord to see her." Lowering the official, is it Dong Shaoqing on His Majesty's side? ”

"This official, Dong Qichang of Taichang Temple."

Dong Qichang looked at Wang An, and greeted this young courtier who could be his grandson with a kind face.

There is no way, most of the Ming Yanguan are so aggressive, the Son of Heaven is stunned, he is an old guy who has a teacher-student friendship with Xinjun, and has just become the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, how dare he put up a fight with Yanguan.

Ding Yun sneered: "Dong Shaoqing, I heard that the Zheng family has a friendship with you. No wonder, she knew that His Majesty was coming to the three major halls today, crying and making trouble to let His Majesty take a look at her. Where is this master who is a prince, he clearly wants to be a ......"

How could Dong Qichang not hear the meaning of Ding Yun's words.

Today, he did enter the palace at the edict, accompanied Zhu Changluo to inspect the three major halls, and as the official of Taichang Temple, he made some plans for the ceremony after the completion of the renovation of the new hall.

With such a pot on his back inexplicably, no matter how good Dong Qichang's cultivation is, it will inevitably change color.

"Dong Gong is not angry," Zheng Haizhu raised his head and said to Dong Qichang, "I have lived with Xue Gonggong and Ding Qi, I don't know why the two of them framed me and said me so badly." ”

Zheng Haizhu paused, and turned his gaze to Zhu Changluo calmly.

"Don't be rude before you." Wang An reminded her with a stern reprimand.

Zheng Haizhu lowered his head in time, but his voice doubled: "Long live and the trust of the imperial court, the lower officials just want to be the master of the princes." Today, he was summoned here by Gonggong Xue on the grounds of avoiding the ministers. When Xia Guan felt that something was wrong, he turned around and ran. On the ground between the palace walls, there are two lines of footprints in opposite directions, begging His Majesty to send the prince to inspect it carefully. ”

Wang An heard her speak clearly, without panic, and with a sense of resignation, his heart was relieved first.

This person was recommended by Donglin, if she is really a stupid and reckless person with a dirty mind and a self-recommended pillow, wouldn't she, a Chinese person who had said good things for her in front of the Son of Heaven, be inseparable?

Zhu Changluo's voice finally sounded, slowly, gently: "Oh, on that road, the little firefighters just swept by, and there were many footprints. ”

Zheng Haizhu said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister is wearing cloth shoes from his own workshop. The sole of the shoe is made of Jiading yellow grass in the shape of our Songjiang square tower, both to increase friction and as a mark of this number. The prince went to see it. ”

When Zhu Changluo first heard Eunuch Xue's complaint, he looked at Zheng Haizhu and saw that there was only a wooden hairpin in her fancy and simple bun, and her eyebrows were still upright on her face under the black hair, but she couldn't see that she had been carefully depicted with fat powder, and her face looked black and yellow rough, which was completely different from the concubines in the harem who were creamy, shy and lovely.

The color of the gown was even more dull ochre.

Zhu Changluo muttered, saying that it was the posture of Pu Liu, but it was not enough, but how could there be such a non-powdered way to confuse you? If they hadn't made a fuss, this woman would have walked in front of me, and I would have thought she was a palace grandmother.

"Wang An, go and take a look." Zhu Changluo commanded lightly.

Wang An ran to the corridor between the palace walls and leaned over to look back and forth.

Zhu Changluo caught a glimpse that Eunuch Xue's face was not as vigorous as Fang Cai, so he said with a pleasant face: "Xiao Xue also went to see it, so as not to worry that Wang An would lie about the military situation in order to take care of my Master Dong." ”

As soon as Zhu Changluo said this, Zheng Haizhu's attitude towards the Son of Heaven was seven or eight points clear.

Eunuch Xue concealed his apprehension, said "obey the order", and also moved to the vicinity of Wang An.

Wang An pointed to the ground: "It's really like a spire, this string, towards the three major halls, hey, look at this string of footprints again, the tip is in the direction of the Wenhua Palace, isn't it, Xiao Xue." ”

Eunuch Xue felt a chill down his spine, Wang An's voice seemed to become distant, and his heart began to think about what to do next.

He subconsciously turned his head to look at Ding Yun, but saw the female Taoist priest Jingzhao, who had always stood behind everyone, already standing in front of Tianzi and talking.

"Alright, let's go." Wang An smiled meaningfully and called Eunuch Xue.

After listening to Wang An's truthful report, Zhu Changluo said to Eunuch Xue with a calm face: "Jingzhao Taoist said that she entered the palace today to preach the "Tongxuan True Scripture" for the concubine, and I just saw you and Master Zheng pulling from a distance, she seemed to be running back, but you pulled her and didn't let go, didn't you?" ”

Eunuch Xue was like an electric shock.

This testimony is tantamount to directly convicting him of deceiving the king.

How could you be so unlucky, and you ran into this stinky road passing by to meddle with meddlesomeness!

But when it was creepy, many years of experience in the deep palace still made Eunuch Xue make a decision quickly.

You can't confess to Ding Yun, who conspired around you, and you can't set them up to take revenge on Yao Zongwen for Zheng Chongming's swallowing of the army. What he did today should not be a capital crime, and after he was sent out of Beijing, he could always try to rely on Yao Zongwen and them to come back.

Eunuch Xue gritted his teeth and knelt in front of Zhu Changluo again: "Your Majesty, the slave and maid are dead, and the slave and maid are confused!" Because the slave maid heard that the Zheng family was in Tong County, in order to cling to the left imperial history, he was very disrespectful to the steward of the imperial village who cleared the land for Li Niangniang, thinking that Li Niangniang had always treated the people in the palace well, and the slave maid made a claim today, and wanted to give Li Niangniang a breath of relief. ”

After saying that, his knees turned half a circle, and he kept waving towards Ding Yun: "Ding Guanren, the slave and maid misjudged the king's hearing and hearing, and the official misjudged the palace discipline, and he can't live with Ding Guanren and Ding Guanren." ”

In the Six Science Corridors, which one is not a human spirit, and which one is not in a hurry? Ding Yun heard that Eunuch Xue meant that he was carrying the turmoil, and a heart that had already jumped to his throat fell back into his stomach in an instant.

He glanced at Eunuch Xue fiercely, a miserable look appeared on his face, his eyebrows were twisted into a deep groove that could trap mosquitoes, and he gasped a few times, as if he came back to his senses, he stepped up to Zhu Changluo and bowed his waist into shrimp.

"Minister, no place to be ashamed, no place to be ashamed!"

Zhu Changluo was in a complicated mood for a while, and secretly worried, he was afraid that his father Wanli had not been so simply admitted by the Yanguan that he had made a mistake.

"Ding Qingjia, you are not sorry for me today," Zhu Changluo teased, "It's not compensation, it's the wrong person." ”

Ding Yun gritted the back socket of his teeth, turned to Zheng Haizhu and said, "Master Zheng forgives the sin." ”

Zheng Haizhu observed the behavior of Eunuch Xue and Ding Yun from beginning to end, especially Ding Yunzhen's style of dragging Dong Qichang, who was friendly with Donglin, into the water, and did not believe that this person was a confused melon-eating crowd.

This surnamed Ding is in the middle of the household...... Isn't Yao Zongwen exactly the middle of the household? Isn't Yao Zongwen the pawn of Fang Congzhe, Donglin's sworn enemy and leader of the Zhejiang Party?

In this section, Zheng Haizhu was guessing a moment ago.

How could Eunuch Xue, an inner servant who had already infiltrated the celebrant eunuch, go to great lengths to make such a farce in order to vent his anger to the concubines.

But at this moment, she can't ask impulsively, she has to look at the attitude of the Son of Heaven first.

I saw that Zhu Changluo still looked like a tepid Ajiaweng, shook his head and said to Eunuch Xue: "Huangzhuang steward, that day was clearly an invasion of the land, after I heard about it, I not only reprimanded Li Niangniang, but now I should also reward Master Zheng for speaking up." You are still the celebrant of ceremonies, so there is no distinction between right and wrong. Wang An......"

"The slave is here."

"Spread the word that Xue Erbao was transferred to Fengyang to guard the imperial mausoleum."

"Yes." Wang Andao.

"Slave and maid, thank you, long live the lord." Eunuch Xue said in a humble voice.

After Xue and Ding retreated in embarrassment, Zhu Changluo said to Zheng Haizhu with a warm face: "Master Zheng was falsely accused in vain, it is really a disaster. ”

Zheng Haizhu saluted: "Your Majesty Shengming, there is this Jingzhao Taoist who can distinguish right from wrong, and the lower officials are in danger." ”

Zhu Changluo said: "The eldest son of the emperor and the fifth son of the emperor, I ordered them to wait in the Wenhua Hall early in the morning, if you are shocked and tired today, I will let Wang An and Sun Hanlin go and say, the class will be rescheduled." ”

"Your Majesty, the ancients, persuaded the monarch to cherish his youth, every inch of time and every inch of gold, and the lower officials were in good spirits, and what he wanted at the moment was to go to the Wenhua Hall as soon as possible and work with the assistant teacher Lu Xiangsheng to teach the princes."

Zheng Haizhu deliberately bit the three words "Lu Xiangsheng" more clearly and brushed the ears of the Son of Heaven.

Zhu Changluo smiled with satisfaction: "Yes, those who are teachers are more eager to become talented than me, who are fathers." Okay, Wang An, you lead Master Zheng to Wenhua Hall to serve and speak. ”

After Zheng Haizhu thanked him, he once again gave a blessing to Jing Zhao, who was standing silently aside: "Today, I will bear the testimony of the Taoist chief, and I will visit the Taoist immortal temple another day." ”

Jing Zhao bowed: "The hugging of the Guozi Prison is waiting for Master Zheng." ”

The young female Taoist leader stood in place, sent Zhu Changluo and Dong Qichang to the west side of the three major halls, turned around again, and looked at the back of Zheng Haizhu following Wang An hurriedly to the east.

"General Ma, Amber returned your favor today."

She said to herself.