This year's weather seems to be cold too early, and it is not yet October, and it is already bitterly cold.

Emperor Hongzhi has always liked to deal with government affairs in the palace of the body, because the name of the palace has the meaning of rectifying itself, and he also reminds himself to be cautious and diligent.

However, he had a problem of being afraid of the cold, and seeing that the weather was already cold, he moved his office to the warm pavilion of the Qianqing Palace.

This warm pavilion is paved with a kang and a wall of fire, as long as it burns, the heat is steaming, and the whole hall is warm.

Zhu Youzhu was dressed in regular clothes, and was holding the imperial pen to review the chapter, since Zhu Yuanzhang banned the prime minister system, the workload of the Ming Emperor suddenly increased dramatically, and later Zhu Di was tired enough, and the cabinet system was created.

Although the cabinet system helped the emperor reduce his workload a lot, the amount of affairs that the emperor had to deal with every day was still a large amount, so some emperors would ask eunuchs to help.

And Zhu Youzhu is worried about raising a power eunuch, and he must bow to everything, and his body and bones have borne a great burden in the past ten years, and now he feels more and more powerless.

A seal or circle, or a batch of words, soon piled up like a hill, picking up a new chapter, Zhu Youzhu suddenly frowned, why do you want to take a leave of absence?

Immediately after that, his heart suddenly burst into thought, and he instantly thought of something, turned his head and said: "Xiao Companion, the unity of knowledge and action, the heart is reason, to conscience, what do you think is the deep meaning?" ”

Xiao Jing's lips moved, and he bowed and said, "The slave doesn't know this. ”

"Yes, you don't know, and neither do I." Zhu Youzhu sighed deeply, I don't know what happened in the past few days, first the masters of the East Palace have taken several days of leave.

After inquiry, I learned that the cause was actually due to a sentence, the unity of knowledge and action, the heart is reason, and the conscience is caused.

sent someone to check, and found out that this sentence was passed by Wang Hua, and I wanted to ask Wang Hua about it, but Wang Hua was only responsible for setting the fire, and after setting the fire, he took leave.

There was no way, Zhu Youzhu could only ponder by himself, pondering for a long time, as if he could see a little way, but he couldn't see where the magic of this sentence was, and he actually made the officials of the Zhan Mansion of the East Palace take leave collectively, and those who didn't take leave were crazy all day long.

Later, when Li Dongyang entered the palace to perform, he asked the cabinet chief assistant who read poetry and books, and the next day, Li Dongyang's excerpt was handed over.

And it's not a leave, it's a resignation.

Speaking of which, this is the third time that Li Dongyang has resigned this year, and Zhu Youzhu has always replied to this and did not approve it.

Then Li Dongyang took a leave of absence.

Zhu Youzhu only felt a pain in his head, he had never encountered this situation in his more than ten years of rule, and he didn't dare to ask anyone again, if he asked one, he would take a leave of absence, how would this court still work?

What can I do?

Fortunately, now he is just taking a leave of absence from the cabinet, as well as those Hanlin masters in the East Palace.

Thinking of the East Palace, the melancholy on Zhu Youjiao's face dissipated a lot inexplicably, and he even asked with a little joy: "What has the prince been doing recently?" But still reading? ”

That's right, what makes him happy is the news that the prince has been reading books in the past few days, and he has taken the initiative to read.

Can you believe this?

Okay, it's a little unbelievable, but the prince is really reading, and I don't know what books he reads, but as long as he reads, it's a great thing, and it is said that he is still fascinated by reading, and even forgets to sleep and eat.

However, hearing the emperor's question, Xiao Jing hesitated, as the emperor's personal eunuch, he is definitely an ancestor-like existence in this palace, and he naturally has his eyeliner in the East Palace, or he can also be called a godgrandson.

And according to those grandchildren, the prince didn't read much last night, but ..... Even today...

Looking at the joy of anticipation on Zhu Youzhang's face, Xiao Jing really couldn't bear to tell him the truth.

"Xiao Banban, why don't you speak?" Seeing that the other party didn't say a word for a long time, Zhu Youzhu asked a little puzzled.

Who expected that as soon as these words came out, Xiao Jing directly pounced and knelt on the ground, "Emperor, the slave doesn't dare to hide it, the prince only read for a while last night, and then ran out to practice martial arts, and moreover, he practiced until the fourth watch." ”

The fourth watch is the time period from one to three o'clock in the middle of the night, after listening to this, Zhu Youjiao's hope and joy just now are gone, and his brows are furrowed.

He looked at Xiao Jing, who was kneeling on it, and said with a sigh: "That's it, I, the prince, is already greedy for fun, what does it have to do with you, you can get up." ”

"Emperor Xie."

After getting such news, Zhu Youzhu didn't have the heart to inquire about the affairs of the East Palace, picked up the imperial pen and was about to continue to review the twists and turns, and couldn't help asking: "What kind of martial arts did he practice, and it turned out to be a mess at the fourth watch?" ”

"I heard that it was the eighteen palms of the dragon descended from the gods."

"Descending the dragon.... Eighteen palms? ”

Zhu Youjiao's brows furrowed again, and he was still a little dazed, it sounded like some kind of palm technique, but the name reminded him of the Buddhist dragon descending Arhat.

Thinking about it, he glanced down at his chest, and then he couldn't take his eyes off it.

He was wearing a regular robe, and the regular clothes of the Ming Emperor had a dragon pattern on it, embroidered with a total of four dragons, and the position on the chest was a dragon pattern, a large piece.

"Go, call the prince over, I have something to ask him."

"Plop..."

There was a plop in the hall, obviously, Xiao Jing knelt down again, Rao is old and used to seeing wind and waves, and he couldn't help but look bitter at this time, "Emperor, His Royal Highness the Prince....."

At this, he stopped again, not daring to say any more.

"What happened to the prince?"

“.....”

Xiao Jing closed his eyes and slammed his head to the ground, "Emperor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has sneaked out of the palace again." ”

“.........”

Zhu Youzhu was silent for a while, then suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Go for me to find him, even if you tie him up, you have to tie him up!" ”

..................

"This palace always feels panicked, otherwise, Gonggong Xiao will go and take a look first, and see what his father is like now?"

Not long after returning to the palace, Zhu Houzhao received a summons from Emperor Hongzhi, and followed Xiao Jing all the way to the gate of the Qianqing Palace.

"If your father is not angry, you will come out and call the palace, if you are angry......"

"Also come out to call Your Highness?"

"No, if you get angry, Hongu will run away."

Xiao Jing sighed, "Your Highness, where can you run and go?" Let the slave go in. ”

"Father, he's not angry?"

"The emperor, he is naturally angry."

“......”

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao turned around and left, but was stopped by a sentence, "But if Your Highness leaves like this, the emperor will only be more angry." ”

“......”

His figure paused for two seconds, and then turned around again, "Okay, what Gonggong Xiao said makes sense, and if you can run, the monk can't run the temple, and the palace won't run." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao asked angrily again: "But now this palace only wants to know one thing." ”

"Your Highness, please speak."

"Is it the Hongu you betrayed?"

"This..."

Xiao Jing's expression froze, hesitated for a moment, and then bowed down and admitted: "Your Highness forgives your sins, but how dare the emperor ask the slaves..."

Zhu Houzhao is obviously not a patient person, only heard half of it, so he stared directly and shouted: "Okay, you old eunuch, this palace knows that you did it, I want to come to this palace and have not treated you badly, when I met a few days ago, this palace also gave you two walnuts, which were picked by this palace on the tree in Nanji Hutong, you return the walnuts of this palace back to ......."

As he spoke, a voice floated from the hall, "Is there enough noise?" If that's enough, get me in. ”

Zhu Houzhao's voice immediately stopped, he was entangled for a while, and replied to the palace: "Father, don't worry, the child is coming." ”

After that, he said to Xiao Jing with a serious face: "I don't want you to return the walnuts, but in the future, you won't be able to think about the benefits of this palace." ”

"Slaves and maids can be saved, slaves and maids can be saved."

Xiao Jing nodded again and again, sighed silently in his heart, and asked with a smile, "Can Your Highness go in with the slave now?" The emperor should be in a hurry for a while. ”

"Hongu didn't say no."

As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao's expression quickly changed, revealing a well-behaved quail, and he shrank his head and entered the warm pavilion of the Qianqing Palace.

In the warm pavilion, Zhu Youzhu was still reviewing the chapters, and when he saw the prince coming in, he didn't raise his head, and continued to be busy with his own affairs.

Zhu Houzhao waited patiently for a while, then he couldn't hold his breath a little, squirmed his lips a few times, and then cautiously shouted, "Father...."

"Hmm..."

Emperor Hongzhi replied without being salty, and after a while, he finally raised his head from the pile of folds, and then frowned, "What's the matter with your nose?" ”

He saw that his son had two paper balls stuffed into his nostrils, and there were some red blood stains on them.

"This is...."Zhu Houzhao subconsciously touched his nose with his hand, and was thinking about how to explain it, when he heard his father ask: "Picking walnuts fell from the tree?" ”

"No, the walnuts were picked out of the palace a few days ago, and the child didn't fall that time."

Looking at his funny and smug look, and then thinking that he was the dignified prince of the Ming Dynasty, and the prince of a country climbed the tree to pick walnuts like a monkey, Zhu Youjiao's heart couldn't stop being angry, "You still have the face to mention!" ”

"I ask you, did you run out of the palace again today?"

Zhu Houzhao was also single, and admitted it very simply, "Yes." ”

Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath, "I ask you again, what were you doing last night, but you are practicing the eighteen palms of the dragon descending from Shizi?" ”

But as soon as he didn't want to say this, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, and he said angrily: "Father also knows about the eighteen palms of the dragon?" ”