On the first day of July in the sixteenth year of Zhengde, Zhu Houxi, the son of Xingshi, was removed.

Zhengde's will has been transmitted early in the morning, so that Zhu Houxi will inherit the title of Xingwang today and grant the treasure seal and establish a gold book.

Zhu Houxi was wearing a red prince's robe embroidered with gold thread embroidery of the five-clawed dragon, and the jade belt was inlaid with twenty pieces of fine Hetian jade, engraved with dragon and phoenix patterns, and under his feet were black court boots embroidered with two dragons playing with pearls.

Wearing the most solemn crown of Prince Daming - the Nine Crowns.

Zhu Houxi's previous crown was seven beads, but now it has become nine beads, but the meaning is completely different.

"Minister Zhu Houxi, thank you."

Taking the holy decree in the hands of the eunuch, Zhu Houyu got up slowly, he knew that from this moment on, he was no longer Zhu Houxi, the son of Xingshi, he would be the king of Daming Xing.

"Congratulations to the prince."

The subordinates in the house, together with the eunuchs who came to deliver the decree, tacitly congratulated Zhu Houxi.

"This king wants to enter the palace, and Te Wei will enter the palace with this king."

Zhu Houxi said in a flat tone, it seems that being canonized as King Xing has not changed much for him, he is still the same person he used to be, without the slightest change.

The three captains of the special guard commanded: "It's the prince." ”

Outside the gate of Xingwang's Mansion, Zhu Houxi now has his own prince's honor guard, which was sent by Yiluan Si and the grace of getting up early.

Zhu Houxi also entered the car unceremoniously and said, "Let's go." ”

As the car began to move, Zhu Houxi sat in the car and began to think about how to persuade Zhengde to keep Tewei by his side when he saw Zhengde.

The leopard room outside the Forbidden City.

Zhengde, who was reviewing the recital, suddenly heard the report of the eunuch Wei Bin.

"Your Majesty, King Xing asks to see you."

Zhengde's tone was very dissatisfied: "The imperial brother is here, you just let him come in directly, why is it still passed on?" ”

Wei Bin shrunk his neck when he was counted, and then said: "Yes, yes, it's all the slave's fault, and the slave will go and invite His Royal Highness King Xing to come in." ”

Zhengde took the note sent by the cabinet and continued to read it, not paying attention to Wei Bin, who quickly exited the hall, and after a while, Zhu Houxi strolled in.

"Big brother."

For Zhu Houxi's casual and unruly character, Zhengde has long been surprised, because a large part of the reason is that Zhengde himself is used to it.

Zhu Houxi saw Zhengde put down the brush that was reading the chapter, looked up at him, scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and said embarrassedly: "Big brother, my brother is here to thank you." ”

Zhengde couldn't help but laugh directly and said, "Thank you? I'm guessing you have something else to do. ”

Zhu Houxi, who was still weak-hearted, immediately began to open up when he heard Zhengde's words.

"Big brother is wise, I really can't hide anything from my big brother."

Zhengde smiled: "Say, what's the matter." ”

"This ...... That ......"

Zhu Houxi stood up, after all, it was okay to do this kind of thing secretly by planting people around the emperor, but it was indeed a little difficult to say it openly.

Seeing Zhu Houxi like this, Zhengde had a strong interest in his heart and induced; "Say, I don't blame you."

Zhu Houxi plucked up the courage and said truthfully: "It's that the younger brother has cultivated some guards with superb martial arts, and the eldest brother doesn't want to recruit in person, so the younger brother wants the eldest brother to bring some with him, so that they can protect the safety of the eldest brother for the younger brother." ”

"Haha...... When you are a palace guard, you are all wine bags and rice bags, and you can't protect my safety? ”

Zhu Houxi hurriedly said: "No, no, this is different, the guards sent by the younger brother are sent by the younger brother, and the eldest brother's guards are the eldest brother's, you can't generalize, this is also a part of the younger brother's mind." ”

Seeing Zhu Houyu explain so hard, Zhengde didn't want to tease Zhu Houxi anymore and said: "Okay, you can arrange it if you want to, you can just talk to Wei Bin about it." ”

Zhu Houxi said excitedly: "Brother Xie is complete." ”

chatted with Zhengde for a while, Zhu Houxi was left by Zhengde in the leopard room for dinner, and when he left, he left the second and third teams to Zhengde, and left with the fourth team.

First of all, the iron cavalry battalion, the military general Guogong went out, and he was a member of the two special guard teams, Zhu Houxi, who arranged everything for Zhengde, finally felt a lot more stable in his heart, and felt that Zhengde's expedition would definitely not be in any danger.

Leaving the palace, Wang Zuo, the captain of the special guard team, couldn't help but ask worriedly: "The prince left the members of the two special guard teams to His Majesty, and the safety of the prince ......"

Before Wang Zuo finished speaking, Zhu Houxi interrupted: "What danger can this king have in the capital, unless someone can come to the city." ”

Wang Zuo thought about it and felt that what his prince said was very reasonable, so he stopped talking.

As soon as Zhu Houxi's prince's guard of honor returned to the gate of Xingwangfu, the housekeeper in charge ran over quickly and said loudly: "Lord, the prince of Dingguo, the prince of Chengguo, and the Duke of England are here." ”

Zhu Houxi, who had just stepped out of the car and heard the housekeeper's report, of course knew what the three princes were coming to the door at the same time, and walked towards the palace without hesitation.

Carrier Hall.

Because of Anluxing's palace, Zhu Houxi named the main hall of the newly built Xingwangfu as the Carrier Palace.

Zhu Houxi walked into the main hall and saw the three national justices drinking tea there.

Zhu Houxi said in a relaxed tone: "The three princes are good. ”

The three princes put down the tea cup in their hands and replied, "Lord Wang." ”

"The three princes of the country are invited to sit down quickly, there is no need to be polite."

In Zhu Houxi's eyes, these are the backhands he prepared for Zhengde, and naturally he will not neglect the three of Dingguogong, but will pay more attention to the three of them, because only in this way does Zhu Houyu feel that the three of them will desperately protect his eldest brother, he is afraid that these three people will not be able to protect Zhengde wholeheartedly, so his attitude is very respectful.

After a few people sat down, someone brought a teacup to Zhu Houxi, Zhu Houyu looked at the three princes and said: "This time the eldest brother went on an expedition to Jianzhouwei, and I hope that the three princes can do their best. ”

Seeing Zhu Houyu so solemn, the three princes felt much more relieved, although Zhu Houyu had promised the three of them before, but unlike at this moment, now the three of them can also have a witness to each other, unlike before, Zhu Houyu made a verbal promise in private.

The three of them stood up for various reasons and bowed, "Thank you, Lord Wang." ”

Zhu Houxi waved his hand to let the three of them sit down, and said: "This king has just entered the palace and sent a few guards to His Majesty, the iron cavalry battalion has entered Beizhili and is now stationed outside the city, when Dingguo Gong leaves, they can become the guards of the army, as for Cheng Guogong, this king will send capable people to follow and assist Cheng Guogong to protect His Majesty." ”

After arranging the two older princes, Zhu Houxi looked at the British prince Zhang Lun apologetically, and said: "Xingfan's foundation is weak, and that's all the things that can be taken out, and I hope that the British princess will be able to reach the sea." ”

Zhang Lun has been the British duke for five or six years, and he is young and vigorous, so he doesn't care at the moment: "Whatever the prince says, he will definitely not live up to the prince's trust." ”

Seeing that Zhang Lun's tone was so affirmative, Zhu Houxi said excitedly: "Okay, well, the king of this book is grateful to the British duke." ”