When night falls, the temple of nourishing the heart.

The Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang, sat at the back of the bookcase, looking at the folds handed over by the six parts one by one, and then stamped them one by one with the seals that symbolized the supreme power of the world in her hand.

Although the six ministries and the cabinet are now controlled by King Wu's lineage, Zhang's side is just a formality, but even so, she must see it.

The process that should be taken must be followed, not to mention for the time being, let's just say that with the current situation of the emperor, she must also see this fold.

Although she clearly knew that the important actions of King Wu would not be sent to her in the form of official documents, she was still able to understand some of the movements of King Wu through official documents.

It is even possible to perceive some weaknesses of the Wu Wang lineage, or imperfections.

Similarly, as the residence of the Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty, the Yangxin Palace has always been a busy, but relatively peaceful place.

Busy because the Empress Dowager Zhang is the current Ming Dynasty's insurance line, all the twists and turns need to be stamped here with the seal that symbolizes the supreme power before it can be sent down, and then it can be executed.

It is said to be calm because this is the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, the residence of the Empress Dowager.

Before Zhang's family, the Ming Dynasty was the emperor to handle affairs, not to mention the top model worker of Emperor Taizu Gao, Zhu Di, who often dealt with urgent affairs in the middle of the night.

And now, after all, the empress dowager is a woman, and most of the ministers in the court are men, which is not very convenient.

However, tonight's Heart Cultivation Hall was not so peaceful.

The candlelight in the Heart Cultivation Hall is flickering, and the outside of the Heart Cultivation Hall is also illuminated by the lights, and everything seems to be as usual.

However, a little reflection suddenly appeared in an inconspicuous corner, causing the guards at the gate of the Heart Cultivation Hall to frown and slowly walk towards that side.

"Uh......"

A few muffled snorts with despair sounded, and one after another the guards fell to the ground, and one after another the black-clothed people quickly entered the Danqi outside the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Suddenly, a sigh came from the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Zhang put down the seal in his hand, covered the box, kept it with great care, and then looked up at the door.

With Zhang's sigh, many figures suddenly appeared in the Heart Cultivation Palace, which shocked the hearts of those black-clothed people who were surrounded by the Heart Cultivation Palace.

However, once you have entered, there is no turning back.

The assassination of the royal family has always been a capital crime, and it is also a major crime of the nine clans, not to mention that they are going to assassinate the empress dowager of the Ming Dynasty.

However, as the empress dowager and the leader of the disadvantaged emperor's lineage, the protection that the Zhang family received was not something that ordinary people could enjoy.

Soon, all the black-clothed people on the Dan Qi outside the Heart Cultivation Hall were cleared, and they had never been able to enter the Heart Cultivation Hall from the beginning to the end.

But did the assassination attempt fail like this?

Not necessarily.

……

Xiangzhou Mansion, Wu Palace.

As the day gets closer and closer, Xiangzhou Mansion is getting busier and busier, but no matter how busy it is, today's day, the things that should be put on the go have to be put down.

Because the fleet from Suncheonfu has arrived.

Samut Prakan Pier.

Zhu Zhanqi was waiting here early, and Mu Bin and others came with him.

How long has it been since I saw my father and mother-in-law? Zhu Zhanqi didn't remember it anymore, but he knew that it would take at least four years, since his family got the control of Shuntianfu and even the entire Ming Dynasty, his father was either in Shuntianfu or Yingtianfu.

However, because of the special experience of his childhood, Zhu Zhanqi's feelings for his father are not too deep, but more of a guilty emotion.

After all, he had misunderstood his father for so many years.

Just when Zhu Zhanqi was thinking nonsense, the shadow of the fleet had already appeared in the distance, and the people around him also began to whisper, so that Zhu Zhanqi's flying thoughts were pulled back.

Looking at the mountain and running a dead horse, this sentence actually applies to the sea, and the distance as far as the eye can see is not necessarily very close.

After half an hour, the fleet slowly landed, and Zhu Zhanqi also took the lead to meet it.

"Father, mother-in-law."

The first to come down were Zhu Gaoxu and his wife, and Zhu Zhanqi also saw them one by one.

Seeing his concubine again after more than four years, Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything, just patted his son's shoulder heavily.

Between father and son, such a small action is often worth a thousand words.

In contrast, Princess Wu was a little excited.

"It's a lot darker, but it's also a lot stronger." Looking at this child who was not born by herself, although Princess Wu did not love him as much as she loved Zhu Zhanyan, it was not much worse.

"Actually, you are more reassuring than your eldest brother, he is still running around outside after he has a family, compared to you who have been in this Xiangzhou Mansion for four years, the credit is very high, and there is a lot of hard work, hard work for you."

"The mother-in-law has tormented the child, this is what a child should do." Zhu Zhanqi bowed slightly, very respectful.

In fact, when the hatred that didn't exist was lifted, Zhu Zhanqi saw a lot of things that he couldn't see before, including his father's feelings, and his mother-in-law, who was very tolerant of him.

Princess Wu smiled very comfortingly, then stepped aside and stood with her husband.

Immediately following Zhu Gaoxu and his wife got off the boat was Zhu Zhanyu and his wife's family.

"Big brother, let me see my nephew."

Compared with meeting his parents, Zhu Zhanqi will be more relaxed when he sees his eldest brother, because the two meet more often, and their relationship is not as respectful as when they face their parents.

"What?" Zhu Zhanyan glanced at his younger brother angrily.

"Rare, huh? It's rare to give birth to one! Don't play with my son! ”

As Zhu Zhanyu's words fell, Zhu Gaoxu and his wife laughed, and then Mu Sheng, who got off the boat, also laughed.

Having children is always something that elders like to see, and they prefer to see their juniors have children.

"Okay, okay, don't be rare." Seeing his younger brother teasing his son, Zhu Zhanyan spoke angrily.

"We came early, there are still ten days before your big day, now that my father and I are here, you can relax, and there will be time to see it in the future."

"It's a hot day, we just came from Shuntianfu, it's almost winter over there, this one is hot and cold, don't spoil your eldest nephew, let's go home first."

Zhu Zhanqi's wedding was scheduled for the twenty-fifth of the end of October, and King Wu came early, today is only October 22, and there is still nearly half a month to go.

came early, firstly, it reflects the importance of Zhu Zhanqi's son and erases those specious rumors.

There is also the need to give some people enough time.

……

Shuntian Mansion, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

After the assassination, Zhang was still the same as usual, teaching his grandson when he should have been taught, and dealing with government affairs when he should have done so, without any intention of pursuing it, as if nothing had happened.

However, anything will always be inadvertently revealed, no matter how well hidden.

The cabinet and the Sixth Ministry soon learned of the assassination of the Empress Dowager, but they did not know about it through formal channels, let alone the Zhang family, but they found out on their own.

Everything is just because of the mess in this Heart Nourishing Temple today.

The bookcase that Zhang used to handle official business is now a mess, and all kinds of official documents are piled up haphazardly, which is no different from the past.

The difference from the past is that there is one more thing on the bookcase today, something that should not have appeared.

A blood-stained silk handkerchief.

Soon, several imperial physicians hurriedly entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, and a powerful storm began to brew in this palace.

(End of chapter)