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Chapter 16 Conspiracy
For the time being, King Xing Zhu Youzhu has only one son, Zhu Houcong.

If Zhu Houcong died, then the threat of King Xing's lineage to the royal orthodoxy would no longer exist, Queen Mother Zhang would no longer be able to focus on Anlu, and Zhu Wanhong, the eldest son of Zhu, would no longer be made things difficult for him. For the Zhu family, this is a good opportunity to turn things around.

But Zhu Jiashi had no better way.

After sending Lin Baihu away, Zhu Jia came to the bedroom on the east side of the main house and saw her husband on the sick bed.

Although my husband can't speak most of the time and his expressive ability is not good, he can still hear and understand the words.

After she roughly recounted what Lin Baihu said, Zhu Mingshan's eyes showed helplessness.

"Master, our Zhu family has been in Huguang for so long, if we can really fulfill our mission, we can settle here with peace of mind from now on, and the boss can also be his deputy Qianhu in the capital with peace of mind... There was a word in the palace before, saying The boss has the opportunity to take charge of a..."

Zhu Mingshan closed his eyes sadly and didn't say anything more.

Zhu Jia's eyes became more and more determined: "For the sake of the Zhu family, even if it means risking the displeasure of the world, you have to do it. The former emperor once sent people to help the master in the Anlu world. Many of them, if there is a chance... they will do it. …Don’t attack King Xing, only target the little prince, master don’t insist any longer.”

It turned out that the Zhu family had long planned to assassinate King Xing or his son.

However, after King Xing arrived in Anlu, he had only given birth to two sons in so many years, and one of them died shortly after he was born.

Zhu Mingshan didn't open his eyes, as he acquiesced to his wife's thoughts.

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Zhu Hao spent the past few days wandering around Anlu City.

In name, it was to inspect the commercial layout of the city, but in fact it focused on the Xingwang Mansion.

"Emperor Ming's ancestral teachings, brothers end up with younger brothers, and finally Zhu Houcong was able to become emperor because he was Zhu Houzhao's cousin. At first, he was adopted to the lineage of Emperor Hongzhi Zhu Youtang. If Zhu Houcong died, then the lineage of King Xing It is impossible to touch the throne again, even if Zhengde is dead and King Xing is alive..."

Zhu Hao walked around the Xingwang Mansion several times in a few days.

There are four gates to the palace, facing south and north, as well as southeast and southwest.

The appearance is a bit like the Forbidden City of the capital. According to the layout of the Forbidden City visited in the previous life, the place where the prince lives should be on the east side of the palace, but it is too difficult to enter the palace.

For the time being, there is no need to recruit domestic servants and servants in the Xingwang Mansion, which means that there is no chance of getting in.

On the east side of Xingwang Mansion is a flower and bird market, and there are many wealthy businessmen and gentry living around, with arty needs.Zhu Hao went to the market and turned around, looking for opportunities. It was rumored that Xing Wang Zhu Youzhao liked antique calligraphy and paintings very much, just like when the old Ning Wang Zhu Quan was jealous of Zhu Di, he also managed to die well by keeping a low profile.

Zhu Youzhu didn't know the danger he was facing.

Emperor Hongzhi Zhu Youtang had only one son, Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao has no son so far...

This is to catch the ducks on the shelves!

Zhu Youjiu likes Wenwan, and often buys some from the market. If there is demand, there will be supply. The Wenwan Street is formed around the flower and bird market on the east side of the palace.This area can be regarded as a gathering place for literati and scholars in the state city. Zhu Hao went in and out many times, but he couldn't find a breakthrough.

One day he was bored, bought two sesame seed cakes on the street and ate them, when he suddenly saw a bird seller pushing a wooden cart from a distance, peddling along the street while heading to Xingwang Mansion.

It was nothing unusual to do business, but the vendor found a gap in the flower and bird market and sat down. When he slightly lifted his hem, his exquisite leather boots leaked out.

A small peddler who walks around the streets can actually afford expensive boots?

Zhu Hao observed carefully, and found that from time to time someone sat down by the bird stand, as if admiring the birds, but he saw the vendor looking around vigilantly, with his lips moving, as if he was talking about something.

From this point alone, Zhu Hao judged that this was someone who had plots against Xing Wangfu.

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The vendors left within half an hour after setting up their stalls.

Zhu Hao smiled and walked to the old woman selling flower pots, and asked, "Is there a bird seller here just now? I want to buy a starling to play with."

The old woman looked at Zhu Hao with a strange expression, as if she was saying, you bought mynah, and you came to tell me a flowerpot seller?

"gone!"

The old woman looked impatient.

Zhu Hao asked puzzledly: "Why did you leave? Old man, don't you know him? Where can I find him?"

The old woman shook her head in disgust: "I don't know."

"Then usually there are many birds sold here?" Zhu Hao insisted.

The old woman got angry, she glared at Zhu Hao and said, "If you want to buy birds, go inside, there are many stalls selling them, don't get in the way here... Any child who doesn't open his eyes is making trouble."

As soon as he heard it, he knew that the old woman had been setting up a stall for a long time, and Zhu Hao had finally found his target.

Zhu Hao asked the price, and bought a small flowerpot for two cents. The old woman's brows and eyes instantly widened, and she was willing to argue with Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao asked: "Old man, I want to ask, is the palace next to it? The fence is so high, and the gate is closed at all times. Can anyone come out to buy things here?"

The old woman opened the door, in a good mood, and said with a smile: "He is a prince and dignitary, would he care about the crap here?"

"Then if you don't have children or anything, come out and buy a starling, or buy something new and fun like me?" Zhu Hao shifted the question to his own focus.

The old woman's smile faltered, and she thought for a while, as if recalling something: "Two or three months ago, when the weather was not so hot, a few people came out of the small gate on the east side of the palace, and there was a doll about your age, The voice is delicate and tight, and I came to ask if there is any rabbit for sale... It's a strange thing that happens every year."

Buy a rabbit?
This is a useful clue for Zhu Hao.

When Zhu Hao observed the topography of Xingwang Mansion, he thought about a question. Children love to play by nature. Even if the family is strictly controlled, they will still try their best to find new and interesting things. Could it be that Zhu Houcong is willing to stay in the compound and not contact the outside environment?
The place where Zhu Houcong lived should be on the east side of the palace, and the east side is a bustling flower and bird market. If it were Zhu Houcong, he would definitely find a way to slip out.

"I'm an expert at catching rabbits. Can I set up a stall next to you later to sell rabbits?" Zhu Hao asked with a smile.

The old woman gave Zhu Hao a sideways look: "Little brat, look at your stomach, are you here to buy starlings, or to amuse the old woman?"

Zhu Hao threw down a copper coin: "Thank you old man, next time I will bring a few rabbits to set up a stall, and if there are more children in the palace, I will sell the rabbits for money... The old man will keep an eye on it for me, thank you! "

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The old woman didn't seem to be lying, but it's hard to say whether the child who bought the rabbit from her mouth was Zhu Houcong himself.

But Zhu Hao felt that this was probably the biggest breakthrough he had found in the past few days.

As for the person who set up a stall to sell the birds before, Zhu Hao didn't care, but he probably guessed that it might be related to the mission of the Zhu family to move to Anlu.

It is precisely because Xing Wang's mansion is so popular that he acts so low-key. You must know that Xing Wang Zhu Youzhao has little contact with even the people in the local government.

Zhu Hao returned home.

The first thing is to get a few rabbits to set up a stall outside Xingwang's mansion.

Even if you are lucky, it is better than sitting still.

Zhu Niang didn't want to call him, and said: "Xiaohao, Yu San just sent a letter from Wuchang Mansion and found a buyer. In the next two days, he will bring people to Anlu to pick up the goods and go to Hanshui."

Zhu Hao said: "Mother, why don't you just contact them? Ask me why?"

"Xiaohao, do we really want to sell the salt to others? In fact, we keep it and sell it...it's not impossible."

Zhu Niang was obviously worried about the sale of private salt, but in fact the salt kept in the shop was official official salt, and there were traces to follow, but Zhu Niang acted too cautiously, and she had never done anything illegal before. It is inevitable that there will be drums in my heart.

Zhu Hao grinned: "Mother, why are you so overwhelmed? Now that there are buyers, what are we afraid of? By the way, mother, didn't I ask you to contact my aunt? She is in Jingshan County, and she also helps sell some salt..."

Zhu Niang said: "There is a rush of time, I didn't have time to inform... Looking ahead, this word is not bad, but you haven't learned it yet, where did you learn these new words?"

Zhu Hao smiled and dismissed the question: "I've heard what someone said, and I wrote it down if I thought it sounded good."

As a child who should be illiterate, Zhu Hao sometimes uses words that should not be able to be spoken by a child of his age.

Before, Zhu Niang was all focused on whether or not the store could be preserved, and she didn't pay much attention to her son's choice of words and sentences.

Now that she was more relaxed, she immediately realized the problem.

"Mother, I'd better invite you to come back earlier..."

Zhu Niang seems to have made up her mind to let her son start to study, "I can't let you run around all the time. My mother has no choice but to come out to do business, and you...you must not become a peddler when you grow up. If that is the case, my mother will be too sorry." Your father is dead."

The mother here wants to express her feelings, but she sees her son trotting all the way to the back of the counter: "Mother, give me two silver coins, or two hundred cash, I'm going to hire some people outside the city to do things... Don't worry, mother, I won't waste money recklessly."

Seeing her son's sincere appearance, Zhu Niang was a little puzzled.

"What do you hire people for?"

Zhu Niang was puzzled, but her son was doing the building of the salt pond before, she had nothing to doubt, so she followed the past and took two strings of money to her son.

Zhu Hao said: "I'll explain it to my mother later, it involves whether I can stay with my mother in the future... Let's treat it as a reward to God."

"Reward God?"

Zhu Niang was at a loss.

Zhu Hao rubbed the back of his head, nodded and said, "Of course I have to reward the gods, otherwise, why do you think I came up with so many good ideas? I went to the temple to thank the gods for giving me a bright mind, mother... let's not talk, I Go first!"

Zhu Niang wanted to stop her son and talk about looking for her husband, but Zhu Hao ran out without looking back.

"This kid is so wild, we must find a way to calm him down, otherwise his future will be in jeopardy!" Zhu Niang looked helpless.

(End of this chapter)