Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 158 It's All Lu's Fault!

Lao Zhu absent-mindedly went to the morning court, and the general trivial matters were as usual, and the memorials were collected for a little more complicated matters, and he would reply in a day.

It's just that for the Guozijian offering wine, His Royal Highness King Wu used the Guozijian students like cattle and horses, and gave a severe reprimand.

"Your Guozijian can't keep people, how can you blame our grandson?"

"Furthermore, our eldest grandson just hired a few students to be teachers, and let the children of the common people in the capital study for free. No matter how you look at it, it can't reach the level of being like a cow or horse?"

"Take this memorial back, and write an apology tomorrow and hand it over!"

When Hu Ji'an heard this, he was so wronged that he almost cried.

Your Majesty said it too lightly, is it a matter of how many people, it was a small 300 people who were poached at one time!

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

Hu Jianan tried several times, but he didn't have the guts to fight Lao Zhu, so he could only accept this punishment in humiliation.

Just thinking bitterly in my heart, when your grandson evacuates the Imperial College, don't you old man blame me for not reminding you!

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished handling the matter of offering wine to the Imperial College, the early dynasty was hastily ended.

Erhu had been waiting outside the hall for a long time, and when he saw the emperor coming out in a hurry, he trotted along and reported the case in a low voice.

"Report to the emperor, the investigation has been clear."

"The Crown Princess said it was accidentally broken, and reported it to the palace at that time, so that the palace can buy a new one."

"Concubine Han and Concubine Yang are also talking roughly, but the porcelain pillow in Concubine Han's palace was broken by His Royal Highness Fifteenth Prince himself, and the one in Concubine Yang's palace was accidentally broken by a maid, and they have all been reported."

"How are the emperor's heirs?"

Hao Wenjie, who was accompanying him at the side, immediately stepped forward when he heard this, and presented the medical records from the Imperial Hospital.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the emperor's heirs are very healthy and there is no sign of poisoning."

"How is Zhu Yunxi?"

"His Highness the Third Emperor's Sun is the most robust, full of energy and blood, full of energy, and no signs of poisoning have been detected."

"I think this should be attributed to His Highness the Third Emperor's insistence on running and exercising during this period!"

Lao Zhu flipped through the medical records casually, and after hearing the report from Imperial Physician Hao, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"You guys have contributed a lot to the hospital!"

"According to our decree, all the imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital will be rewarded with two bolts of brocade, and the doctors and medicine boys will each be rewarded with five taels of silver!"

When Hao Wenjie heard this, he hurriedly bowed to thank him.

"On behalf of all colleagues in the Imperial Hospital, I would like to thank Your Majesty for the reward!"

While the few people were talking, Lao Zhu's bodyguard had already arrived at Changning Palace.

Lao Zhu got off his shoulders, kicked open the gate of Changning Palace and walked in.

Concubine Guo Hui had already heard the movements of other palaces, and knew that His Majesty the Emperor was investigating the porcelain pillow, so she waited in the palace early.

"My lord, what do you want to ask my concubine?"

Old Zhu nodded when he heard the words.

"I didn't doubt what you meant, but I just wanted to ask, how did the two white-glazed baby pillows in your palace get damaged?"

Concubine Guo Hui thought for a while when she heard the words.

"Baby pillow..."

"It's been a long time. If the concubine remembers correctly, it should be the group that paid tribute ten years ago, right?"

"Yes!"

"That batch of porcelain pillows is just a shoddy product. It's not easy to use at all. When Gui'er was a child, he yelled as soon as he put the pillow on it. Later, he smashed it in a fit of anger."

"Zhu Sui's was also smashed by him, saying he wanted to see the silver bits inside."

"At that time, the concubine was busy with affairs in the palace and had no time to discipline Gui'er. These are what he said afterwards."

When Guo Hui said this, he suddenly thought of something, and a look of horror appeared on his face.

"My lord, but is there something wrong with that porcelain pillow?"

Seeing that Guo Hui didn't hide anything, and even said "silver dots" without reservation, Lao Zhu no longer doubted him.

"The silver dots that Gui'er refers to are mercury."

"Mercury is highly poisonous, if it is inhaled into the mouth and nose, it will make people stupid!"

Concubine Guo Hui turned pale with fright when she heard this.

"How can this be done!"

"Gui'er!"

"Gui'er doesn't like reading so much, is it because she was poisoned by a poisoned pillow when she was a child!"

Hearing what Guo Hui said, Lao Zhu felt nervous for a while.

"How long did Zhu Gui sleep on a poisonous pillow when he was a child?"

Concubine Guo Hui counted with her fingers.

"About two or three days?"

"Anyway, within three days, both pillows were smashed by him!"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he felt relieved, and at the same time secretly scolded this guy as a prodigal son, and he couldn't hold any good things for three days!

"Don't worry, your son's dislike of reading has nothing to do with the pillow, he's just born with a brain problem!"

"Your son's brain is the only problem!"

When Guo Hui heard this, he was not happy on the spot, so he retorted on the spot.But after she finished speaking, she immediately reacted and giggled...

"Hi!"

"The concubine is confused by you, isn't Gui'er your son, hehehe..."

Lao Zhu was also infected by Guo Hui's laughter, and laughed hehehe.

Just laughing and laughing, he suddenly became gloomy again.

That's why so many porcelain pillows were paid tribute, and the prince and grandson in the palace were fine, but his grandson was poisoned?
"Erhu, don't you think there is something strange about this?"

After thinking for a while, Erhu asked tentatively.

"My lord, you want to say, why only His Royal Highness the third grandson was poisoned?"

"Yes!"

Old Zhu let out a long sigh.

"This is too coincidental, isn't it?"

"Other princes are crying while sleeping on the poisonous pillow, why did our eldest grandson just sleep on it for so many years?"

Hearing the words, Erhu retreated quietly, and brought a group of court ladies and eunuchs in after a while.

In fact, Erhu had interrogated him a long time ago, but it was more convincing for the emperor to hear some words with his own ears.

"Returning to the emperor, these are the people who served His Royal Highness the third emperor and grandson back then."

"If you have any questions, feel free to ask them."

Lao Zhu looked at the people kneeling on the ground shivering and asked.

"Who is serving our grandson personally, and when did our grandson start to sleep on porcelain pillows?"

As soon as Lao Zhu finished speaking, the wet nurse Yang immediately stepped forward on her knees and said.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the emperor's grandson was always taken care of by his servants when he was a child. After the emperor's grandson turned three years old, the servants were transferred by the princess to work in the clothes washing bureau, and only then did they leave His Highness the third emperor's grandson."

"However, when the servant served His Royal Highness, he never let him rest on a pillow. The baby's head is soft, and the servant is afraid that the emperor will fall into it, so the servant always uses a soft pillow made of cotton wool for the emperor."

"As for after the age of three, slaves do laundry all the year round, and rarely see the emperor's grandson a few times a year, so it's not clear when the emperor's grandson slept on the porcelain pillow..."

Lao Zhu nodded after listening to Yang's words.

"You have a heart!"

"In the future, I don't need to go to the clothes bureau, I will serve our grandson full-time."

When Yang heard the words, she immediately kowtowed to thank her.

"My servant thanked Your Majesty for rewarding me. I will definitely do my best to serve His Royal Highness, woo woo woo..."

"The servant was brought into the palace by Crown Princess Jingyi, and she didn't want to leave His Royal Highness. If the princess hadn't forced to transfer the servant, the emperor and grandson wouldn't have suffered so many crimes, woo woo woo..."

After hearing this, Lao Zhu's nose became even more sour, and he felt that his natal family was reliable.

"What's your name, have you ever read a book?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Yang Liuli, my servant, read three hundred thousand books with her father when she was a child, and she knows a few words."

"Then go to the Shangfu Bureau first and become a sixth-rank clothing secretary to practice. If you do a good job, we will let you be the handprint female officer of the Shangfu Bureau!"

"The servant thanked His Majesty, but the servant wants to stay with the little master..."

When Lao Zhu heard this, he was even more satisfied with this person's character.

"Don't worry, you will have a long time to serve that grandson in the future!"

When Qin Deshun heard His Majesty say this, he was secretly startled, this Yang Liuli was smoked from the ancestral grave, as long as there is no accident, the palm print of the Shangfu Bureau must be her!
This is the position of the sixth rank, and it is on an equal footing with him.

And from His Majesty's tone, it seems that he has already decided to appoint the third emperor's grandson as the heir, otherwise, how could he say that the days to come are still long?
Lao Zhu sent Yang Liuli away, and then looked at the little eunuchs kneeling on the ground.

Seeing that the wet nurse was not only innocent, but also received such a great reward, several young eunuchs hurriedly kowtowed and kept showing their loyalty to Lao Zhu, expressing their willingness to return to serve the emperor and grandson.

However, just when Lao Zhu was about to agree to their request, Wang De, who was standing aside, plopped and knelt on the ground.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, they are all followers of power who disliked the desertedness of our courtyard before and took the initiative to find someone to transfer them away."

"Before they saw that His Majesty paid more attention to the Three Emperors, they begged the Three Emperors to take them in again, but the Three Emperors refused."

"The third emperor's grandson said that he would rather do everything by himself than want these people who betrayed the master!"

There is one thing to say, but Zhu Yunxi did not say the last words. Zhu Yunxi did not have such a strong sense of feudalism.

As soon as Lao Zhu heard this, he finally had a place to vent his anger.

In his life, he also hated those who betrayed the Lord the most. In his life creed, once betrayed, it will never be used for life.

Now hearing that these eunuchs dared to despise his eldest grandson, they were immediately furious!

"Pull out these people who betray the Lord and seek glory!"

"promise!"

The two tigers agreed, and called Jin Yiwei to drag them.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me, the servants will never dare again!"

"I beg Your Majesty to be merciful, the servants have never done anything wrong to His Royal Highness, woo woo woo..."

The few queens kneeling on the ground listened to this and begged for mercy in fright, but no matter how much they begged for mercy, Lao Zhu would never forgive them.

After Jin Yiwei dragged the eunuchs down, Changning Palace regained its tranquility.

"Wang De, tell me, how many years has our eldest grandson slept on that poisonous pillow?"

"Reporting to the emperor, the servants can't remember this matter clearly, His Royal Highness should be six or seven years old before sleeping on it?"

"His Royal Highness complained about uncomfortable pillows several times when he was a child, and wanted to change to a more suitable one. The servant also mentioned it to the Crown Princess once, but the Crown Princess promised well, turned her head and left it behind. No new pillows have been added to the bedroom of His Royal Highness..."

Concubine Guo Hui suddenly interjected when she heard this.

"Is this the only pillow in the small house?"

Wang De nodded when he heard the words.

"Counting the wooden sleepers of the servants, there are only two..."

Guo Hui immediately broke his defense when he heard this, tearing at old Zhu and weeping bitterly.

"My lord, you have seen it, this is the pity of not having a mother!"

"As long as there is a mother around, seeing that the pillow is so unsuitable, she would have changed it for the child long ago, how could the child endure it for so many years!"

"In addition, you go to the palace and outside the palace to find out, whose children either have several pillows from childhood to adulthood, or the pillows that Gui'er has worn out since childhood, you can't count them with one hand!"

"Only Xiao Xun, a child who has no mother's pain and no mother's care, can only sleep on one pillow to grow up..."

"The concubine is sorry for Sister Ma, I am sorry for that child of Chang's!"

"My lord, punish my concubine for a crime, or I will die of guilt, woo woo woo..."

When Lao Zhu heard Guo Hui's words, he also wept silently.

"Where do we have the face to punish you, we all want to slap ourselves a few times!"

"As long as we care about this child more than asking a few questions, we won't make him suffer so much from childhood to adulthood, woo woo woo..."

Through this interrogation, Lao Zhu finally figured out why only his grandson was poisoned.

Whenever there is a mother who is looking after the child and sees that the child does not like the pillow, or is crying, she will change the pillow for the child.

However, when Zhu Yunxi was a child, he could only suffer in silence, without even a pillow to change!
Seeing that the atmosphere was almost created, Er Hu hurriedly bowed and said.

"Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with the Lu family. Do you want to continue the investigation?"

Old Zhu was immersed in the sadness of the river flowing against the current and couldn't extricate himself. Hearing this, he stared angrily at the eyes of the two evil dragons.

"It doesn't matter why!"

"If it weren't for the vicious Mrs. Lu, how could our eldest grandson have suffered so much!"

"You go to the Taimiao and withdraw Lu Ben's ranking for us, and then throw it in the imperial dining room and set it on fire!"

"Having raised such a vicious daughter, do you still want to be worthy of the Taimiao?"

"Nonsence!"

"One more time... one more time... one more time to punish Lu Shi for copying the rules a hundred times, and let her copy it for us on her knees!"

After Lao Zhu said this, he turned his head and looked at Guo Hui who was crying.

"Guo Hui, you send someone to watch over this matter. If you write a wrong word, let her rewrite it for us!"

Originally, Lao Zhu wanted to abolish Lu's position as the crown princess, but when he thought that there were three grandchildren under her name, he forcibly endured this tone.

Guo Hui was also holding his breath, and immediately found a punching bag when he heard this.

"Yep!"

"It's Lu's fault. If Chang's child hadn't been recommended back then, how could we have helped her upright!"

"However, when Mrs. Chang was dying, she took care of her beloved son. One was raised to death by her, and the other was almost disabled by her. What a vicious heart!"

"Don't worry, the emperor. From now on, the concubine will go over and stare at her every day, and the concubine will let her kneel in the yard to copy the women's rules!"

After Lao Zhu dealt with Mrs. Lu, he finally felt less stuffy in his chest, and then said to Qin Deshun beside him.

"Go to the big hall to see if it's time for lunch, and call our eldest grandson to eat with us..."

"promise!"

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