Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 625 The East Palace
Since the younger sister wanted to have dinner with her elder brother, Zhu Cihong would certainly not refuse.

But he still wants to go to the East Palace first:

"Okay, the emperor will accompany the three imperial sisters to have a meal in a while. Before the meal, the emperor still wants to go back to the palace to have a look. Look at the emperor..."

"Okay, let's accompany the emperor to the East Palace."

Before Zhu Cihong finished speaking, Princess Kunxing understood what the elder brother meant, and immediately agreed.

The prince lived with his mother when he was a child, and the prince still lives in the palace when he grows up.

The other princes did not have the treatment of the prince, they had to move out of the palace and live in the palace outside.

The East Palace mentioned by Zhu Cihong is the Duanmu Palace, which is located in the Donghua Gate in the east of the Forbidden City, and it can also be called the Spring Palace.

The four of them went directly to Duanmu Palace. The eunuch guarding the palace gate saw the princess coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow down:

"See Her Royal Highness."

Kunxing looked at Zhu Cihong beside him and said to the eunuch:
"This is His Royal Highness, my brother, the Crown Prince. Hurry up and pay your respects to the Crown Prince."

The eunuch was taken aback at the time, but quickly realized, and hastily kowtowed to Zhu Cihong again:
"Meet Your Royal Highness."

Zhu Cilang waved his hand:

"No gift, flat!"

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Seeing this, some readers may ask:
"No way! The eunuch who guards the gate of the East Palace doesn't know the prince? How is this possible!"

In fact, not only did the guard eunuch not know Zhu Cihong, but none of the maids inside had ever seen Zhu Cihong, only the eunuch in charge knew him.

The former eunuchs and maids were all kicked out of the palace by Emperor Chongzhen when the capital was about to be breached.

Now these court ladies and eunuchs are all newcomers, so no one knows Zhu Cihong.

As the emperor's servant, no matter the eunuch or the court lady, no one dared to ask where the prince was.

They only need to clean up the palace every day.

It will be two years since he entered the palace, and the prince has never appeared.

The princess will often come to the palace to check, and take a look at the relics left by her brother (I haven't seen the prince for so long, I thought Zhu Cihong was not alive)

The prince suddenly appeared today, leaving the eunuch at a loss for a moment.

Looking at the familiar gate, Zhu Cihong felt a little sore in his heart, and walked into Duanmu Palace.

Princess Kunxing and Jianwen Ziwei hurried in.

Because Zhu Cihong was not around, there were not many eunuchs and maids in the palace, only a dozen or so.

The person in charge here is Wang Lu, who is Wang Chengen's adopted son and a loyal eunuch.

Wang Lu was repairing flowers and plants in the front yard, when he suddenly saw three princesses and a boy come in.

He hastily stepped forward and knelt down:

"See Her Royal Highness."

Princess Kunxing waved her hand:
"Wang Lu is free from courtesy, let's see who this is?"

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness."

Wang Lu stood up and looked at Zhu Cihong, suddenly his legs softened and kowtowed to Zhu Cihong again:
"Your Highness, you are back, little Wang Lu pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, woo woo..."

When Wang Lu kowtowed to Zhu Cihuang, he really couldn't control his emotions, so he burst into tears.

As the adopted son of Wang Chengen, Wang Lu certainly knew the prince, he was deeply influenced by the old king, and he was also loyal to the royal family.

No matter how much Zhu Cihong changed, it only took two years.

"Wang Lu, flatten yourself!"

Knowing that Wang Lu had served his father before, Zhu Cihong hurried forward to support Wang Lu.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

After Wang Lu thanked Zhu Cihong, he immediately called a little eunuch:

"Hurry up and tell everyone to come and greet the prince, the prince is back!"

"Yes"

Wang Lu ordered someone to summon the court ladies and eunuchs to meet the prince Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong patted Wang Lu on the shoulder, turned around and walked towards the room where he used to live.

The room was tidy, and Zhu Cihong found that all his things were left there intact.

He didn't even move his location, as if he had always lived in the palace.

Princess Kunxing stretched out her hand to hold her brother's arm, tears streaming down her face again.

"After the emperor left, the emperor ordered that no one should touch anything here until you come back.

If you don't come back, this place will be sealed forever, and no one can live in it.

The younger sister often comes here to see the items left by the emperor's brother. Seeing them is like seeing the emperor's brother.

Especially during those unbearable days, my sister would come over every day..."

Both Princess Kunxing and Zhu Cihong were born to Queen Zhou, and they are real brothers and sisters.

Looking back at Princess Kunxing's pretty face covered with rain, Zhu Cihong's heart ached, and he stretched out his hand to embrace her.

He wanted to use his chest to warm the hurt heart of Princess Kunxing Zhu Weixi, and he has never been like this!
"Wei Xi, big brother will always be by your side, and will never leave again."

As Zhu Cihong said, she took out a handkerchief and wiped away her sister's tears.

Zhu Weixi suddenly smiled mischievously:
"Hee hee, Brother Huang is a liar, when you own the Sangong Sixth Courtyard, how can you think of your sister..."

Zhu Cihong was taken aback for a moment, he really never thought about the Sangong Sixth Courtyard.

"Haha, my sister was joking. Even if there is a day, the person closest to the emperor's brother will still be Wei Xie. Now the emperor's brother will accompany the sisters to have dinner."

Zhu Cihong gently left his brother's embrace, and made a face at Zhu Cihong:

"Let's go, my sister treats the emperor to dinner, and Jianwen and Ziwei pay for the treat!"

Jianwen and Ziwei smiled sweetly, and made a gesture of invitation to Zhu Cihong:
"No problem, let's go to the Royal Hotel, brother please!"

After Zhu Cihong's experience in Shanxi, his personality has changed a lot, and he is no longer the old-fashioned boy.

The three princesses also often run around outside the palace, and they are already close to women today.

The four naturally had a lot of topics to talk about, and it was impossible to worry too much like the original prince and princess.

After a few words, the four of them reached a consensus and were going to have dinner at the Royal Hotel.

"See His Royal Highness."

At this time, Wang Lu brought four young eunuchs and six court ladies, and knelt down in front of Zhu Cihong.

"Let's get back together. Wang Lu will still be the housekeeper of this palace. The others will continue to do what they have to do. Prepare a carriage for this palace."

"Yes, thank you, my lord!"

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, she changed into casual clothes and walked out of Duanmu Palace with the three princesses.
In the past, Princess Kunxing and the others disguised themselves as men when they went out of the palace. They had never seen people as their daughters. Today was the first time their daughters went out in disguise.

Originally wanted to ride a horse to the Royal Hotel, but seeing that the younger sisters were all wearing dresses, Zhu Cihong carefully chose the carriage to go out.

Soon a two-horse carriage stopped outside the gate of Duanmu Palace.

"Princess, please get in the car"

Wang Lu jumped out of the carriage, let Princess Zhu Cilang Kunxing get into the carriage, and drove the carriage for the prince and princess himself.

Zhu Cihong nodded to Wang Lu:
"Send me to the Royal Hotel."

"obey"

The four got into the carriage, Wang Lu swung his whip to urge the carriage, the two horses neighed, and the carriage sped out of the Forbidden City.

After a while, the carriage arrived at the downstairs of the Royal Hotel, Wang Lu jumped off the carriage and lifted the curtain for the four of them.

"Prince and princess, the Royal Hotel has arrived."

Zhu Cihong, Princess Kunxing, Princess Jianwen, and Princess Ziwei got off the carriage one at a time.

Zhu Cihong looked up at the luxurious Royal Hotel and said to Wang Lu:
"Wang Lu, you can go back, you don't have to wait for me."

"Good prince, I will pick you up after you and the princess have eaten."

Seeing Zhu Cihong and the three princesses entering the Royal Hotel, Wang Lu urged the carriage to leave.

(End of this chapter)