Zhu Houzhao will not bathe so often in winter, but basically after three or five days, he feels that his skin is a little itchy, and today is the same, so he ordered to go down and prepare fragrant soup.

Liu Jin saw that the prince was not very happy, so he instructed the eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting outside, "Be careful today, if you annoy Your Highness, it will be your own head!"

At this time, Qiu Yun had to be careful, she poked in, and found that many eunuchs and palace maids in the room also knelt down.

"Gonggong Liu, what's wrong with Your Highness today? But who provoked His Highness again?"

"Ugh." Liu Jin sighed, "Wei Bin is gone. Your Highness probably doesn't feel good in your heart."

Qiuyun blinked, not daring to ask again.

Since she came to the East Palace in the tenth year of Hongzhi, she has known many people, and Wei Bin is one of them. She doesn't know about the political affairs of the foreign dynasty and the major events in the world, and she doesn't want to be clear. But she knew that Wei Bin had also followed His Highness for many years.

Over the years, the prince has not punished disobedient slaves and maids, but just like the foreign ministers have some misunderstandings about His Royal Highness, those close to them know that the prince is actually very lenient.

Just like this winter, whoever lacks warm clothes, His Highness will reward; Whoever is accidentally injured on weekdays, His Royal Highness will also give medicine; Especially women, there are cases every month, and the pain in the lower abdomen is unbearable, His Royal Highness doesn't ask, but he will understand. In a word, as long as you are an old and hard-working person, you can actually live quite comfortably in the East Palace, and it is another matter if you can't find it yourself.

So now that Wei Bin is gone, he must have made a big mistake.

Qiu Yun turned around and gave a look to the palace maids behind him, some of them nodded, and some swallowed their saliva, "I have to cheer up my spirit today, what I did in the past, I have to do it more carefully today."

"Yes." Everyone responded softly.

In the room, behind the screen, the hot air in the soup pool was rising, and the prince soaked in it, and there were eunuchs who kept carrying hot water. It's cold in winter, and he doesn't have dozens of people to serve him in this bath, so he can't wash comfortably at all.

「…… Liu Jin."

The old eunuch had been guarding not far away, and when he heard the call, he hurriedly rolled in, "Your Highness!"

"Idle and bored, is there anything interesting in the people, say it and listen to it?"

Forehead...... Liu Jin still rarely saw the prince ask about these things, and ordinary people didn't dare to talk to the prince, talking too much, in case the prince had a playful heart, then there would be a minister to play, saying that they slaves and maids played with folk wild fun.

Liu Jin hesitated for a moment, and Qiu Yun on the side took over, "Your Highness, the slaves have heard a joke recently."

"Jokes?" Zhu Houzhao found a position to lie half-lying, with black hair falling into the water, and now there is only a head floating on the water, "Let's hear it."

"It is said that a scholar went to Beijing to take the exam, and when he encountered a strong wind on the road, he suddenly blew his hat away and fell to the ground. The scholar shouted: "Young master, the hat has fallen to the ground." The scholar was unhappy and reprimanded: You are not allowed to talk about landing (first) in the future! To speak of the earth (p. The scholar didn't know why, so he did it anyway, thinking that if he fell down again, he would tie all the luggage he was carrying a little tighter, and then said: "The young master will never be able to reach the ground again!" ….

"Poof......" Zhu Houzhao still couldn't help laughing, "This is good. This is the earliest homonym."

The crown prince smiled, and Liu Jin and Qiu Yun's hearts were a little relieved.

Liu Jin wiped her sweat and laughed with her anyway.

However, Qiu Yun became more proficient, "Your Highness, what is a homophonic stalk?"

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Houzhao twisted his neck, "I'm a little tired today, is the bed warm?" When I got warm, I went to bed early."

"Your Highness, rest assured, it's already warm."

It's cold in winter, and there is no heating this year, so it's more comfortable to be bedded. It's just that it's a little troublesome when the hair is wet, so Zhu Houzhao will pill on Qiuyun's thigh, and Qiuyun will wipe it repeatedly with a dry cloth to absorb water.

"Your Highness, don't be too tired."

Zhu Houzhao took off the silk scarf on his face, but said with some spirit, "I can't squint. I want to squint my eyes, and the Ming Dynasty may have a few more corrupt officials to harm me

Fang people. So I should be tired."

Qiu Yun's nose was sour, "If the people of the world can have people as good as His Highness for generations, then the world will be peaceful."

"Then I can't stop squinting for generations."

"The palace said that the emperor also felt sorry for His Highness's fatigue, so he had to choose a princess for His Highness, and someone would be able to take better care of His Highness in the future."

Oh, I forgot about it when I got busy.

"What to take care of, I don't have a headache next to me, but I'm afraid that she won't be able to do this work of serving people, and it's even more difficult to serve so carefully like you and trim her nails so well." Zhu Houzhao smacked his lips, anyway, let's talk about it later.

He was worried about this, but when he raised his eyes, he found that Qiu Yun was holding back a smile, and he looked a little strange, "What's so funny about this?"

"There is no ......," Qiu Yun said in a voice like a mosquito, "Even if someone marries a daughter-in-law, how can anyone care about such a thing as trimming their nails...... This kind of thing is still called a slave and maid...... Your Highness, the slave and maid said something bold, does Your Highness know what it is to marry a daughter-in-law?"

She was so embarrassed that she said this, and the atmosphere suddenly became ambiguous.

The so-called half-curtain breeze, a bright moon, half like shy and half shirk, not like the ordinary waves......

That's pretty much it.

In fact, of course Zhu Houzhao knew, but he was curious, "Do you know? You've never been married."

After all, Qiu Yun was a few years older, and her tender face was delicate, and she gently spit out the words, "That's it...... Listen to the sisters in the palace."

"That's... Who are those sisters listening to?"

"The slave doesn't know this. Someone has been married, so he knows."

Zhu Houzhao, a bastard, knows how to pretend not to understand, he seems to like to tease this freshly ripe flower, probably thinking that love is a thing that is more charming than chaotic.

"And what did they say?"

Qiuyun didn't know if this was a violation of the rules, so he said, "...... Then Your Highness promised me that I could only listen, not try."

[I have known an old book friend for ten years to recommend to me to chase books, @

The seventeenth year of governance is one day less than one day, and seeing that the eighteenth year of Hongzhi is coming, the deadline is approaching. He originally thought that the Hongzhi Emperor in history should be a little tired, but now that he has his own burden, he can be more or less better, and his health has indeed improved some time ago.

But now it seems that Hongji is in physical condition, even if it is better, it will only be a matter of two or three years, and it will not be delayed for too long. Alas.

But even though he knew that this was the case, he was still very angry, "Didn't you ask what Liu Daxia said?!"

"Your Highness, the slave maid inquired about it. But if there is no shadow, the slave and maid dare not say more. It's just a faint rumor that Da Situ Jinyan said that His Majesty regards the morning and the sun as little, and all the big and small affairs are entrusted to the East Palace, and now he has something to care about, but he is in a hurry to choose a princess for the fourteen-year-old prince......

The courtiers are straightforward, and they think that the emperor has something that can be improved, and of course it is possible to say so. But Liu Daxia is the emperor's favorite minister, and if he says such things, Hongzhi may feel sad.

"Your Highness, don't be in a hurry." Qiu Yun tied the jade belt for him, and chose a time to interject words of relief, "The emperor is dependent on His Royal Highness day by day, and if His Royal Highness is not in a hurry, the emperor will be at ease, and if His Highness is in a hurry, the emperor will be even more anxious."

That's right.

It's just that when you really get to the Qianqing Palace, you are still easy to be infected by that tense atmosphere.

This reminded him of the scene in Hongji's ten years, the only difference was that he grew up and Hongji looked older.

"Father's ......"

Zhu Houzhao knelt beside the bed, the medicine had already served the emperor to drink, and now he could only grab the emperor's hand and accompany him, and the emperor just lay flat and looked straight at the top of the bed.

"Prince ......"

"The retainer is here."

"Tomorrow, I don't want to go to court early, I'm tired...... Come to court."

This is actually not politically symbolic, because with the support of Hongji, the power of the East Palace is already very strong. When these words came out, it really meant that the emperor was tired.

"The sons obey the order, please rest assured that the emperor and the emperor can rest in peace, there are sons and daughters who can't be messed up in the Ming Dynasty."

The emperor turned his head with difficulty, revealing some happy smiles, "I like to listen to you very much, there will be no chaos in the Ming Dynasty with you. I'm going to have a successor...... is worthy of the first emperor, worthy of Taizu Taizong, and worthy of the common people in the world...... In the end, it's still a son, and I won't dislike him no matter what."

This sentence should mean something, so it's a little sad.

After figuring out this section, Zhu Houzhao's eyes changed, "My father is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor can't be bullied by anyone!"

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