On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, thirty miles east of the divine capital, a team of men and horses was hurrying in the direction of the capital.

At the front of the procession was a guard of honor, accompanied by hundreds of guards, and there were more than 20 carriages in front and behind.

Looking at its honor guard rank, it is by no means something that ordinary officials can enjoy, and they have to be a first- or second-class senior member of the DPRK and Central China to have this qualification.

On its guard of honor and flag, the identity of the owner of the team has been named, just because the word "Beijing" is written on it.

In a carriage in the middle of the team, King Shui Rong of Beijing was sitting in danger, and his heart was already like an arrow.

This time, he has been ordered to go north for half a year, and he is far away in the bitter cold land on errands, and he misses all the people and things in the divine capital.

Fortunately, this time to live up to the mission, the emperor assigned several errands have been completed, today to Beijing into the palace to hand over the decree, you can go back to the house to reunite with the family.

Although he has inherited the king of the county, he is only twenty years old now, and he still has some youthful temperament that has not dissipated.

Just as he was looking forward to returning home to reunite with a group of beautiful wives and concubines, and listening to the children shouting for their father, there was a sound of intimacy outside.

"Lord Wang, Grandpa Zhang from the East Palace is here!"

Gonggong Zhang of the East Palace, Shui Rong naturally understands who it is, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the incarnation of the prince.

Although the other party was just a eunuch, Shui Rong didn't dare to be slacking off at the moment, and immediately ordered to stop and get out of the carriage at the same time.

I saw that outside the carriage, Zhang Xin, the chief eunuch of the East Palace, with a few small eunuchs and more than a dozen guards, was already waiting on the side of the official road.

"Grandpa Zhang, why did you come here, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always been good?" Shui Rong hurriedly stepped forward.

I saw Zhang Xin smiling lightly, putting his hands in front of him and replied very calmly: "Your Highness has been doing well recently, and when I learned that the prince was back, the special servants came to greet him!" ”

The prince of the prince's kingdom ordered people to go out of the city to welcome him, the little county king, such a courtesy was too much.

This made Shui Rong extremely frightened, for fear that he would be involved in the battle for succession, and the tragic experience of the previous generation made him really not want to be involved again.

"How dare Xiao Wang be so courteous to the prince, he is really frightened!" Shui Rong said it a bit bluntly, and it can be regarded as an indirect indication of attitude.

"The crown prince said that the king of Beijing is the pillar of the country, and now that he has completed the imperial mission, he should be praised more!"

Hearing Zhang Xin talking, although Shui Rong had a smile on his face, he was actually crying in his heart.

The crown prince and King Rui, no matter who they are entangled with, are huge troubles in his opinion, and they can't get rid of that.

At this moment, Shui Rong couldn't help but regret a little, he shouldn't have come out to toss blindly, just eat in the palace and wait for death.

But this is just to think about it, if he really eats and waits for death, his palace should be defeated, or he will have to be removed from the lord and the people in a few generations.

Next, Shui Rong listened to Zhang Xin say a lot of nonsense, and he himself had to pick up two sentences from time to time so as not to let the scene cool down.

After about a few minutes, Zhang Xin finally got to the point.

"I heard that the prince went north this time, and among the various tribes and vassals in the north, he got a batch of good horses?"

This is true, what makes Shui Rong curious is how the prince would pay attention to this matter, or whether the eunuch in front of him has an idea.

"I bought a few good horses, is Grandpa Zhang short of horses to ride? I'll give you one then! ”

Of course, this is a temptation, if Zhang Xin, the eunuch, wants benefits, of course Shui Rong will not refuse, but will just give him a horse casually.

Zhang Xin immediately explained: "It's not that the slave wants it, but the prince likes it, so the old slave is specially ordered to come...... Please put two horses on the prince! ”

After promising to find a good horse for Zhu Jinghong, Zhu Jingyuan specially asked people to discuss the matter, and only learned that Shui Rong had made a batch of good horses in the past two days.

In order to prevent the sixth from attacking first, Zhu Jingyuan ordered people to go out of the city to greet him, in order to get the horses.

He didn't expect that the sixth child would start a few days earlier, and even gave a gift to Princess Beijing.

But coincidentally, although Princess Beijing agreed to this matter, she forgot to communicate with her husband, resulting in Shui Rong still being kept in the dark.

In other words, Shui Rong was determined to stay away from the battle for the heir, but he didn't know that he was already being targeted by the crown prince Rui at the same time, and he had become the core of the wrestling between the two.

At this moment, Shui Rong didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at all, but said to Zhang Xin with a smile: "This matter is simple, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can see it, and I will send it to the door in a few days!" ”

The prince specially sent someone, and even if Shui Rong loved this batch of horses again, he couldn't have the heart to refuse.

Obviously, Zhang Xin also felt that this should be the case, so he asked suspiciously: "How many days later?" ”

How many days do you have to wait for the prince to give what the prince wanted? What does this mean?

Afraid that Zhang Xin would misunderstand, Shui Rong hurriedly explained: "Those horses have to be carefully taken care of, and they didn't follow the team, so it took two days to arrive!" ”

"Oh......"

Hearing this, Zhang Xin was a little disappointed, and he expected to bring the horse back now.

"I'm really embarrassed, I hope Gonggong Zhang will explain to the prince for me!"

Speaking of this, Shui Rong made a color to his entourage, and the latter took out the silver ticket at his senses, and then stuffed it to the little eunuch behind Zhang Xin.

"This ......" Zhang Xin looked puzzled, obviously pretending to be confused.

Without a water-soluble explanation, his entourage replied: "The father-in-law has worked hard all the way, and this little money is used to buy tea on the road!" ”

"What's so embarrassing?" Zhang Xin looked at the water soluble.

"Father-in-law Zhang doesn't have to excuse himself and explain to the prince...... It's hard work! ”

"Little things...... It's just a trifle! ”

Zhang Xin agreed, and after another idle talk, he left with a group of his subordinates.

After seeing him leave, Shui Rong returned to the carriage, but his face was sad.

He wasn't worried about the horses, but he was worried that he would get caught up in the whirlpool, which would be a blessing and a curse.

"Lord Wang, have you set off? No matter how late it is, you won't be able to enter the palace! ”

Hearing the reminder from his family, Shui Rong sighed before ordering the team to move on.

Anything can be delayed, but today's meeting with the emperor must not be delayed, which is ten thousand times more important than his return home for reunion.

The team continued on their way, and after more than an hour they entered the city, and Shui Rong only asked some of the guards to take him to the palace, while the rest returned directly to the palace.

When he came back this time, Shui Rong was in high spirits, but the fact that the prince sent someone to look for him made his fluttering disappear.

Therefore, after entering the palace, Shui Rong is as low-key as possible, and walks in places with few people, for fear of being met again.

Fortunately, there was nothing wrong all the way, and he was able to come to the outside of the Qianqing Palace smoothly, and entered the Qianqing Gate under the guidance of the eunuch.

Normally, the emperor is relatively free in the afternoon, so civil and military officials choose this time for their visits.

"Dare to ask my father-in-law, how many people are there today? Can you communicate with the Holy God for me in advance? ”

When I entered the palace gate just now, there were more than a dozen people waiting outside, and it was obvious that there were a lot of people who came to see him today.

As long as it is not the cabinet ministers and the six Shangshu, as well as the governors of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, it is still very easy for him to "cut in line".

After entering the palace gate, there were no such people waiting outside the main hall, so Shui Rong would ask.

"Just the dozen or so people outside, most of them are officials who come to admonish, the prince doesn't have to pay attention to them!"

It is normal for officials to impeach civil and military officials, but it is unusual for them to appear in Qianqingmen like this today.

Since the time of Shizu, from the founding of Taizu to the present three hundred years, the Ming Dynasty's speech officials have attacked their colleagues hard, and they have always been very honest in front of the emperor.

"How bold are they?"

Hearing Shui Rong's question, the eunuch who led the way couldn't help but smile and said, "They are asking the Lord to add honorific titles to their advice!" ”

(End of chapter)