King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 75
"You are usually ignorant and incompetent, and you are busy with state affairs, so I have no time to discipline you. Now that you have accompanied the crown prince to Jinling, you acted more recklessly. You dared to speak recklessly about important matters in the court, which caused the crown prince to issue administrative orders..."

"If I don't discipline you strictly, will you want to overthrow the world?"

If I continue to mess around, will I go to heaven?The old man knows me too well... Zhu Jinghong secretly said.

"Even ordered Dongchang Jinyiwei to send people to Jinling, arrest the old thirteen sticks and punish the thirty big boards!"

"Kin this!"

"May [-]th of the orthodox tenth year!"

"Prince Thirteenth Lord, accept the order!" Wang Qing rolled up the imperial order.

Under the guidance of the crown prince, all the officials shouted "Long live", but Zhu Jinghong froze in place.

Wang Qing walked down the imperial steps, and quickly helped the prince up. After reading the imperial decree, how could he dare to entrust him again.

"Prince, you need to get things done in Jinling quickly, the Lord is very dissatisfied..."

After saying this, Wang Qing looked at the officials again and said, "Everyone should work together to help the prince achieve success!"

"It should be like this, it should be like this..." Zheng Xianlin smiled apologetically.

Coming in front of Zhu Jinghong, Wang Qing showed a smile uglier than crying, and said, "Master Thirteen, the people from Jin Yiwei have already gone outside, should you go by yourself or..."

"Hmph, isn't it thirty boards, am I still afraid?"

After saying that, Zhu Jinghong directly turned around and walked outside, quite awe-inspiring.

Going out of the door, Zhu Jinghong looked up to the sky and sighed: "As long as the Japanese rebellion can be put down, let alone thirty big boards, even if I suffer more grievances, I will not complain!"

These words are both explicit and implicit, saying that the emperor is not holy, and only Zhu Jinghong can do it in the world.

To be precise, this is very much in line with the personality of his predecessor. Although he is often reprimanded and beaten by the emperor, he has more of a father-son relationship with the emperor.

If the relationship with the emperor is a monarch and minister, even his own son would not dare to speak nonsense, this is the case with the Crown Prince and Prince Rui.

Looking at the dozen Jinyiwei standing on the left and right, and the long bench in the middle, Zhu Jinghong simply laid down on the ground decisively.

"bring it on……"

Several guards in Jin Yi glanced at each other, and under Wang Qing's signal, they took the big board and hit Zhu Jinghong's ass.

The emperor has strict orders, so they dare not cut corners, because the board was really hard hit.

But Zhu Jinghong was rough-skinned and thick-skinned, although he felt the pain, he could hold on, and he didn't say a word.

pop... pop... pop...

The board was smashed down again and again, the people around were terrified, and the crown prince Zhu Jingyuan was heartbroken.

In his opinion, Zhu Jinghong took the punishment on his behalf, and these punishments should have fallen on him.

After hitting more than a dozen boards, Zhu Jinghong's buttocks were already red, and everyone was shocked to see it.

"Wang Gonggong, I think it's almost enough..." Zhu Jingyuan pleaded.

"My lord, this servant is also acting according to orders. The master said that there will be [-] boards, who dares to reduce or reduce it without authorization..." Wang Qing looked helpless.

This time he came to Jinling on business, he looked majestic, but in fact he was complaining in his heart.

Getting into trouble with a demon king like Zhu Jinghong, I don't know how many troubles there will be in the future!
But the emperor used his "ruthlessness", and the ubiquitous eyeliner around him made him dare not release water at this moment.

He also wanted to gain a reputation as a "good old man" in the East Factory like Hu Yongquan, but since he started as a ruthless man, this possibility has never been possible.

The board fell again and again, Zhu Jinghong's face was flushed, and the severe pain made him want to get up and hit someone.

"23..."

"24..."

"Eunuch Wang, I can't fight any more..." Zhu Jingyuan pleaded again as he looked at his younger brother's bright red clothes.

Wang Qing was deeply speechless, if you really intend to save someone, you should go forward and stop it yourself, don't those people from Jin Yiwei dare to beat you?

Beg me a eunuch, can I listen to your words and resist the order?

At the time of the slander, Wang Qing replied in a stylized manner again: "Prince, this old slave dare not resist the order!"

Of course Zhu Jingyuan didn't dare to resist the order, so he could only worry while ordering someone to go to the doctor immediately.

"thirty……"

Finally, after the thirty boards were over, Jin Yiwei, who was in charge of the punishment, withdrew.

Zhu Jinghong yelled at the surrounding guards: "Damn it, hurry up and help me!"

This left everyone present speechless. Do you think you didn't fight enough?Wang Qing is still there.

Several guards stepped forward immediately, helped Zhu Jinghong up, and then wanted to take him away.

After walking a few steps, the severe pain in his butt made Zhu Jinghong grin his teeth, but it was still within the bearable range.

These days, the imperial power is highly concentrated, and officials who have committed crimes are frequently dismissed from office to question their crimes or even beheaded, and the imperial staff is rarely used in comparison.

But Jin Yiwei, who was in charge of the torture, did not lose his skills. Although Zhu Jinghong looked bloody and bloody, in fact it was only a skin trauma.

"Master Thirteen, the Lord has a strict decree, and there is nothing I can do about it, please forgive me!" Wang Qing explained for himself.

Zhu Jinghong didn't answer, and said, clutching his buttocks, "Go back and tell the old man that I took the bucket of boards today, and everything before will be written off. He can't go back on his word!"

In this situation and the scene, hearing these words in the ears of all the officials made them feel very moved.

The Thirteenth Master is righteous, he dares to fight the emperor at this time, just to exonerate the big guy.

In contrast, the submissive prince has become an absolute negative teaching material, making people unable to follow him at all.

"Master Thirteen, how dare this old slave say such a thing!" Wang Qing said with a mocking smile.

"Don't tell me, right? Then I'll settle the score with you when I return to Beijing!" Zhu Jinghong sneered.

It was not the first time Zhu Jinghong had done this to threaten the imperial envoy, but it was the first time for others to see it, and it refreshed their three views for a while.

So what about the eunuch in charge of the East Factory, to put it bluntly, he is a servant of the royal family.

Threatened by Zhu Jinghong at this moment, Wang Qing said with a bitter face: "This is the old slave's message!"

In such a situation, Zhu Jingyuan on the side should also be able to do it, but his personality prevented him from doing it.

"Help me back!"

Zhu Jinghong was helped down, Jin Yiwei's people began to clean up the scene, and all the officials also left after leaving.

"I'm going to see my thirteenth brother!"

Zhu Jingyuan was about to leave, but was stopped by Gao Shuyan beside him.

"Your Highness, the imperial physician has been invited, everything will be fine!"

After admonishing this sentence, Gao Shuyan looked at Wang Qing: "Eunuch Wang, Gao has something to ask!"

"Sir Gao, please tell me!" Wang Qing replied calmly.

"Exemption from Jinling's deficit, I'm afraid there will be a catastrophe in the court. I don't know what's going on now?"

Blindly offending people will capsize sooner or later, so Wang Qing will sell people appropriately.

Hearing Gao Shuyan's question, Wang Qing replied: "It's not just a catastrophe, the memorial to impeach the crown prince and the thirteenth master, there are seventy or eighty if not one hundred!"

"As for the senior officials in Jinling, there are countless impeachment memorials. It's incredible that they are still in official positions..."

Being impeached by so many people, it is common sense not to say dismissal, at least suspended pending investigation, it is impossible to escape, but now none of the senior officials in Jinling is fine.

There was a lot of trouble at the court meeting, and all of them were suppressed by the emperor.

Seeing the worried faces of the crown prince and Gao Shuyan, Wang Qing went on to say: "Although there are many impeachments, the lord has suppressed them all. The crown prince does not need to worry!"

"For the current plan, as long as the Japanese chaos is put down, the prince can sit back and relax!"

Wang Qing's words were almost the same as Zhu Jinghong's idea, which made Zhu Jingyuan feel more at ease.

"It will take time to dispatch troops, and the Guhui will strictly supervise and wipe out the Japanese pirates!"

Rarely, Zhu Jingyuan got angry for a while, even though he was only shouting slogans.

(End of this chapter)