King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 6 Are you going to Qinhuai River?

"What's your name?"

"Where are you from?"

"Are you afraid of me?"

In the carriage, Zhu Jinghong asked three questions in a row, and only the last one got a response.

Seeing the little girl in front of him nodding, Zhu Jinghong said angrily, "I saved you just now, don't you know how to be grateful?"

His questioning expression made Yinglian feel even more frightened, and she shrank back unconsciously.

But the carriage is only this big, no matter how right she is, where can she retreat.

After being slightly dazed, Zhu Jinghong sighed, and would not scare the little girl anymore.

Zhu Jinghong, who moved from place to place and frequently caused his subordinates to kill, was even more terrifying to the young Yinglian.

"Master Thirteen, we are going to the palace soon!" The guard outside reminded.

In fact, before entering the gate of the palace, the carriage was stopped.

On weekdays, the palace is guarded by special troops.

Now that the prince is driving here, apart from the original guard soldiers, there are also [-] Beijing troops who followed the prince.

The Xinggong was built on the ruins of the Yingtian Imperial Palace. Compared with the former imperial palace, the scale was much smaller, but the building area was still extraordinarily large.

After five consecutive inspections, Zhu Jinghong's carriage entered the palace.

When he got off the carriage, he said to the accompanying guards: "You guys, find a way to arrange it!"

Arranging a little girl to stay, Zhu Jinghong didn't have a good place for himself, so he just dumped it to the people below.

Only one of them reminded: "Master Shisan, don't worry, you go to see the prince!"

They were more anxious about this matter than Zhu Jinghong, after all, they couldn't bear the crown prince's questioning.

Zhu Jinghong smiled, and said with relief: "Don't worry, Fourth Brother won't trouble you, don't you know his temper?"

Saying goodbye to a group of guards, Zhu Jinghong walked to the depths of the palace, while Yinglian was led to the other side by the guards.

The outside of the gate of the Xinggong Palace is guarded by the army, while the inside is guarded by the Dragon Guards from Beijing.

These people all knew Zhu Jinghong, so he traveled unimpeded all the way to the palace where the prince stayed.

Glancing inside, Zhu Jinghong saw that there were only a few young eunuchs on duty, so Zhu Jinghong made a "hush" gesture.

Most of the little eunuchs in the palace had been punched and kicked by Zhu Jinghong's predecessor, and all of them lowered their heads at this moment, as if they didn't know anything.

Zhu Jinghong stepped into the main hall and tiptoed to the west side hall.

This time with the prince to Jinling, it was Zhu Jinghong's predecessor who tried his best to ask his grandfather to sue his grandmother to get the emperor's father to agree, and to let the prince take good care of his brother.

Unexpectedly, although this fellow was strong and strong, he contracted a cold and fell ill on the way, and finally let Zhu Jinghong take advantage of it.

Seeing his younger brother fell ill, Prince Zhu Jingyuan was extremely worried and cared for him.

Even if Zhu Jinghong recovered, he was still worried that his younger brother would have an accident again, so he let Zhu Jinghong live with him so that he could be controlled and protected at all times.

In this sleeping hall, the prince lives in the east side hall, while Zhu Jinghong lives in the west side hall.

"Master Thirteen..."

They were already about to enter the room, so they could immediately pretend nothing happened, and then when they were chatting with the prince, Zhu Jinghong's heart tightened because of the sound behind him.

Turning around, Zhu Jinghong smiled and said, "Scholar Gao, what can I do for you?"

The person who spoke was dressed in a blue official robe, with white temples and a serious expression. He was Gao Shuyan, a scholar of Zuo Chunfang University.

"The prince invites you to come over!" Gao Shuyan said in a deep voice.

"I was just going to go out for a walk, I don't know why the fourth brother is looking for me?" Zhu Jinghong didn't blush and his heart didn't beat.

Gao Shuyan didn't intend to expose him, and said solemnly: "The prince is worried about state affairs, if the thirteenth master still cares about brotherhood, don't cause trouble for the prince anymore!"

After saying this, Gao Shuyan bowed his hands and saluted, then turned around and left.

Zhu Jinghong couldn't justify what Gao Shuyan said, but his predecessor and him caused some trouble.

The status of the crown prince is not stable, as the second son of the direct line, Prince Rui Zhu Jingyuan is now launching a fierce offensive against the East Palace.

As long as the prince makes a slight mistake, it will be magnified and made a fuss, such as not taking good care of his brothers...

When he came to the east side hall, Zhu Jinghong first took a look inside, but he didn't see the prince in the main hall.

"Is the old thirteen here?"

A hoarse voice came from the jingshe near the south side of the side hall, causing Zhu Jinghong to respond quickly: "Fourth brother, what do you need from me?"

While talking, Zhu Jinghong stepped into the side hall and went directly to the abode.

Behind the Jingshe desk, a thin middle-aged man was flipping through the booklets piled up in front of him.

This person is the crown prince Zhu Jingyuan, the eldest son of the current emperor.

Seeing Zhu Jinghong coming in, Prince Zhu Jingyuan put down the brochure, and asked with a straight face, "I heard that you ran out without permission?"

"Hehe" laughed twice, and Zhu Jinghong responded, "Fourth brother, I just strolled around the palace to relax!"

"The imperial doctor also said that I should not always lie down and move more!"

Zhu Jingyuan still had a stern face, and said with a sneer: "Really? So, the Qinhuai River is also near the palace?"

What?You know all this?Zhu Jinghong was very surprised.

"Why don't you talk?" Zhu Jingyuan scolded angrily.

Zhu Jinghong immediately replied: "Fourth brother, you can't wrong me!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Jinghong yelled: "That bastard is talking nonsense, isn't it just out of thin air to defile people's innocence? I, Zhu Jinghong, am upright, how could I go to such a dirty place!"

However, at the next moment, Zhu Jingyuan asked in a cold voice: "How do you know that the Qinhuai River is a dirty place?"

Since Zhu Jinghong was born, he hasn't even been out of the imperial palace a few times. The first time he came to Yingtian, he knew that the Qinhuai River was a dirty place.

"Fourth brother, listen to my explanation..." Zhu Jinghong was still laughing, trying to get away with it.

"Old Thirteen!"

Zhu Jingyuan's tone was particularly severe, and he glared at his incompetent younger brother.

But before he started to reprimand, he coughed continuously, as if he would lose his breath at any moment, and the eunuchs who were serving inside and outside were so frightened that they rushed to serve.

It was feeding water, taking medicine, and smoothing the air... After 1 minute, Zhu Jingyuan finally recovered.

"Prince, the imperial doctor has repeatedly told you not to get angry, you have to take care of yourself!"

Speaking of this, the eunuch Zhang Xin said to Zhu Jinghong: "Master Shisan, you should admit your mistake to the crown prince, and don't make the crown prince angry!"

Zhang Xin has passed away, he is a close friend who grew up with Zhu Jingyuan, and now he is the chief eunuch of the Eastern Palace.

"Fourth brother, I was wrong!" Zhu Jinghong bowed deeply.

Anyway, his fourth brother really loves him, otherwise he wouldn't be so angry.

"You all go out, don't talk about the matter just now!" Zhu Jingyuan waved his hand.

After these people retreated, Zhu Jingyuan looked at Zhu Jinghong again, and motioned him to come closer.

"Do you know where you went wrong?"

Hearing this question, Zhu Jinghong seemed to have returned to his student days, and the teacher would ask this question before playing the handboard.

"Shouldn't have sneaked out..." Zhu Jinghong replied nonchalantly.

"anything else?"

"You shouldn't make the fourth brother angry!"

Hearing this, Zhu Jingyuan put on a straight face again, and was about to lose his temper again.

Zhu Jinghong quickly said, "You shouldn't be going to the Qinhuai River!"

"As a child of the royal family, it's fine if you don't like reading, you must have some noble character!"

"Where is the Qinhuai River? You should go to such a place where filth is hidden at such a young age?"

"Then I can go when fourth brother is the age?" Zhu Jinghong joked casually.

Zhu Jingyuan was so angry that he just wanted to hit someone, so he kicked him out, and Zhu Jinghong didn't hide from the kick.

"You bastard!"

(End of this chapter)