Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 161 There are conspiracies everywhere! The partner turned out to be them! !
"How many people did you bring?"

"A hundred or so."

"Can so many people enter the city?"

"Nowadays, the capital's city defenses are as leaky as a sieve. As long as you are willing to spend money, wild boars can be let in."

"Do you have any guns?"

"There are a few of them, it's enough to bluff people."

"Has the subsequent retreat been arranged?"

"Well, don't worry. The Shangyuan Festival is already crowded and chaotic, and the security in the capital is extremely poor now. Even if the imperial guards want to pursue them, they will never be able to catch up."

"Yes, what's going on with the Japanese slaves?"

"Toyotomi Hideyoshi was an ambitious man. As soon as he unified Japan, he was coveting the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, he had no brains and was too eager for success. He rushed to attack North Korea before even swallowing Tokugawa Ieyasu. What a reckless man. "

Just when Zhu Yijun felt that he had one less trouble, he and the queen's eldest daughter Zhu Xuan came to have sex.

Since the treasury was still tight and Korea was still at war, Emperor Wanli issued an edict stating that during the Lantern Festival this year, things in the palace would remain as simple as last year.

The doll is actually not ugly, it just looks a little weird. I slightly opened the small bag on the doll's chest and saw a piece of paper inside.

"Guo Zhengyu? Why him?"

Such a direct move from her daughter caused Zhu Yijun, who was still smiling like a father, to freeze in an instant.

"Yes, but it is enough to use Tokugawa Ieyasu's power to kill Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the early stage. Otherwise, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi's power develops and grows, the Ming Dynasty will be in the shaky state it is now. , I'm afraid it will be difficult to hold on to it in the future...Forget it, it's too early to say this now, by the way, who have you 'negotiated' with? "

"Huh? Is it him? He is actually willing?"

Zhu Xuanyu bowed to her emperor father in a very polite and dignified manner. The fourteen-year-old girl was already as graceful as a white lotus in spring, gentle yet tough, with a faint trace of beauty between her picturesque eyebrows. He has a calmness that transcends his age.

Isn't this clearly saying that he is afraid that she, a widow, will go out to steal people?
Queen Mother Li was really angry to death. She was so angry that even if the emperor's son took the initiative to send someone to ask this year, she would decisively refuse!

At the family banquet, her father's eyes were always on her brother Zhu Changxun. That was a preference she had never received before, and something she didn't dare to ask for.

Zhu Xuanyu felt uncomfortable with the emperor's father's enthusiasm for a moment. After all, she rarely saw her father, and even when she did, it was usually at family banquets.

"The world is as dark as a crow, and Tokugawa Ieyasu is not a good bird either."

After learning that Queen Mother Li would not leave the palace to join in the fun this year, Zhu Yijun also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Guo Zhengyu is the prince's teacher. Now that Emperor Jianwen's reign has been restored, they should also be able to see that the emperor wants to depose the prince and make Prince Fu the crown prince! If Guo Zhengyu wants to keep his prince's student, he must keep his Wusha Mao, if he wants to become the imperial master he dreams of, he can only help us!"

To be honest, Zhu Yijun didn't like his daughter very much. She was too rigid, too much like his rigid queen.

After the conversation between the two ended, Zhang Chonghui randomly picked a very old-fashioned doll and went to pay. When the suspicious followers saw this, they slowed down.

……

Zhu Xuanyu, like her empress mother, wanted to talk about business when she came up. She didn't seem to want to chat about some household matters with her "not very familiar" emperor father.

"King Lu."

"My son, I would like to send my regards to my father."

"It's too late to explain. You'll soon know what's going on! They're following. I'm leaving first. You have to take care of yourself!"

……

After all, during the Lantern Festival last year, Queen Mother Li was impeached by the ministers of the previous dynasty after she returned from a trip to the palace!
The mouths of the ministers were as if they had been tempered with poison. It was really inappropriate and disrespectful to impeach Queen Mother Li for using the Imperial City's Imperial Guard over a "mere" personal matter!
That's it. What annoys Queen Mother Li the most is that some people actually impeach her, saying that she, a widow who lost her husband early in life, should not go out to show herself, for fear of being criticized by the world!

Qianqing Palace.

"Father, I have something to ask of you."

In fact, the number of times Zhu Yijun saw his eldest daughter was not much different from the number of times he saw the queen, his first wife.

"We'll talk about this later. The person following me got suspicious and followed me! I put the stuff in that red ugly doll. Just take this and go directly to Guo Zhengyu for help."

"Where is Tokugawa Ieyasu?"

No one knows whether Zhu Yijun was truly filial. Anyway, Empress Dowager Li decisively rejected the emperor's son's 'good intention'.

"Prince Lu has reached rock bottom now. If he doesn't struggle anymore, he, the prince, may never want to be his local emperor in the feudal land for the rest of his life."

……

I don’t know if Zhu Yijun was too filial, but he actually took the initiative to send someone to tell his biological mother, Queen Mother Li, that this year the Ministry of War could still mobilize the imperial army to escort Queen Mother Li out of the palace to visit the Lantern Festival.

"Tokugawa Ieyasu is smarter than Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He knows that the Ming Dynasty is a hard nut that they can't chew, so he just wants to protect the three-acre land of Japan, hold their puppet emperor, and create an era of shogunate power. "

"Hey, get up! Why are you so rigid like your mother? Why do you do such a big ceremony?" Zhu Yijun scolded his daughter, as if he loved her very much.

After all, no matter what, she was his biological mother. If something happened to him, his conscience would be uneasy...

"Ah? Restoring the reign title of Emperor Jianwen? What does this have to do with the replacement of the deposed prince?"

"Okay, take care of yourself too!"

"By the way, someone has been following you. How did you contact King Lu?"

It wasn't until Zhang Chonghui paid the money and left, and all the people who were following him, that the young man wearing a big hat took off the red ugly doll.

Zhang Yunxiu didn't take it out to check immediately, but took the doll and paid for it, and then asked all the way where Guo Zhengyu's home was.

After all, it is not easy to use the Forbidden Army once, but Zhu Yijun is not at ease if the Forbidden Army guards are not used.

"Say it." Zhu Yijun put away his original kind smile, and it was obvious that he was a little unhappy.

Seeing the emperor's father 'returning to normal', Zhu Xuanyu got used to it, although he felt an indescribable loss in his heart...

"Father, my mother's health is getting worse day by day. She lies on the bed all day long and feels unhappy. The imperial doctor said that this is not conducive to recovery.

Erchen thought, the Lantern Festival is coming soon. If she can go out of the palace to gain popularity, maybe she will feel better and her illness will be better?
Therefore, I begged my father to let me take my mother out of the palace for a Lantern Night tour during the Lantern Festival! "

After Zhu Xuanyu said this, she knelt down again and kowtowed to her emperor father in gratitude.

The father and daughter who were born like this are not like father and daughter, but more like monarch and minister, but that is indeed the case.

However, when Zhu Yijun saw this scene, his expression became even more ugly.

At this time, Zhu Xuanyu had no idea that she had offended the emperor's father. In fact, when she came to beg the emperor's father this time, she had to do it forcefully.

Because Zhu Xuanyu could feel that her queen mother might not be able to hold on for long...

The Lantern Festival was not held in the palace last year, and Zhu Xuanyu clearly felt the deep loss of his mother.

Unexpectedly...it won't be held this year...

Thinking back to today, the empress mother's sighs and sad words were like a last word, Zhu Xuanyu felt extremely uncomfortable.

She knew there wasn't much she could do, she just wanted to be truly 'happy' while her mother was still alive and well.

Zhu Xuanyu felt that the emperor's father would agree to her request. After all, her imperial grandmother left the palace last year.

However, the reality was cruel. Her emperor father almost did not hesitate and rejected her plea without saying a word, and even scolded her:
"Xiao'er, there's a lot of chaos outside on the night of Shangyuan! Your mother is so ill, what she should do is rest! How can you go out of the palace to join in the fun? What if something unexpected happens!"

If it had been in the past, Zhu Xuanyu would have been too frightened to reply, but this time, she seemed to be risking her life, kneeling forward and begging again:

"Father, there will be no accidents! As long as you send more people like you did when the imperial grandmother left the palace last year..."

"Okay!" Zhu Yijun interrupted his daughter impatiently.

The emperor vomited and roared, and everyone was panicked!

This time, Zhu Xuanyu was as frightened as ever, and was completely afraid to ask the emperor's father again...

She was originally afraid of the emperor's father, but now she was yelled at like that... In addition to panic and fear, she felt disappointed...

Zhu Xuanyu was almost certain that if her brother Zhu Changxun, Prince Fu, and Concubine Zheng wanted to go on a night trip out of the palace, her emperor father would definitely agree without saying a word.

Zhu Xuanyu knows very well that in the final analysis, he is just her father and does not care about the mother and daughter...

Looking at his daughter who was kneeling on the ground without saying a word and trembling slightly, Zhu Yijun realized that he had been a little fierce just now.

For a moment, the guilt of being an old father came up...

His daughter just wanted the queen, whose time was running out, to finally go out and see the fireworks in this world. Why should he refuse...

At worst, he would deploy more imperial troops to protect the mother and daughter! It's just a few letters of impeachment, so he just doesn't read it!
Just when Zhu Yijun wanted to 'comfort' her daughter and say 'yes', Zhu Xuanyu was one step ahead and said with full disappointment like her queen mother:
"My father is busy with state affairs, so I won't disturb you and will take my leave now."

After Zhu Xuanyu finished speaking, he kowtowed several times.

Seeing such a 'familiar' scene, Zhu Yijun's words that he was about to say were completely blocked in his mouth.

What he hates most is such a non-competitive attitude! She looks exactly like his queen!
"Let's go!" Zhu Yijun waved his hand to drive him away!

Zhu Xuanyu didn't say anything. He was filled with loneliness and silently retreated.

……

Zhu Xuanyu left, and his old father Zhu Yijun felt regretful again.

Just like more than ten years ago, when he was young and drove away the queen he loved at that time.

Zhu Yijun didn't understand why. He once clearly loved the queen and loved his daughter very much, but whenever he saw the mother and daughter acting in the same way, he couldn't help but get angry!
Sometimes, Zhu Yijun even hopes that his wife and daughter can imitate Concubine Zheng and her son, and compete for favor and love!
Zhu Yijun was getting agitated when someone came again.

Zhu Yijun was a little surprised by the visitor, because it was his niece Zhu Xuanyao who was not yet ten years old.

The little baby is wearing a very festive plush coat and a furry little tiger head hat. Her delicate little face is round. I don’t know if she is wearing too much or eating too much. She looks like a round girl. Like a porcelain doll, so cute.

Zhu Xuanyao, who had been favored by her father Zhu Yili since she was a child, was not afraid even in front of the emperor's uncle. After a hasty salute, she ran to the emperor's uncle's throne without any rules or rules. Next to each other, one mouthful:
"Uncle Huang, what are you doing? We haven't seen you for so long. Have you missed Yao'er?" Zhu Yijun was not in a good mood at first, but when he saw such a lively, cute, round and furry little niece, his mood suddenly changed. He felt better, narrowed his eyes and smiled:

"Yes, of course I do. We haven't seen each other for just a few months. Yao'er, have you gained some weight again?"

"Why do you even say that Yao'er is fat! Yao'er is not fat!" Zhu Xuanyao put his hands on his hips and looked unconvinced, as if the person in front of him was just an ordinary uncle, not a superior emperor.

Seeing his little niece's fierce appearance like a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, Zhu Yijun, as the emperor, was not angry at her for not having any rules. Instead, he smiled and doted on her, as if she was his own biological daughter. He even He also admitted his mistake:
"Okay, okay, Yao'er isn't fat, it's all because of Uncle Huang's misconception."

Zhu Xuanyao was not easy to coax. Even though the emperor's uncle admitted his mistake, she even talked about the conditions without satisfaction: "Uncle Huang, you sent Yao'er away with just a few words. Yao'er is not happy. Unless..."

"Unless what?" Zhu Yijun asked with a smile, even though he had already guessed that his niece came to the palace to seek reward.

Zhu Xuanyao was not polite and said directly like a lion:

"Uncle Huang, this year's Lantern Festival, Yao'er wants to set off a lot of fireworks in the mansion!
But Yao'er has no money to buy fireworks, and my father is as picky as a rooster, so he refuses to buy me fireworks, so..."

At this point, the originally cheerful little girl lowered her eyebrows and looked aggrieved. She stretched out her chubby hand to tug on Zhu Yijun's sleeve and said coquettishly: "Uncle Huang, can you fulfill Yao'er's wish?" ?”

"So Yao'er wants to set off fireworks." Zhu Yijun was still smiling, but he knew in his heart that it was not his niece who wanted to set off fireworks, but his good brother.

There is no way, but over the years, the status of Prince Lu's Mansion has been getting lower and lower, and outsiders are talking about His Highness Prince Lu losing his favor and not being the same as before.

As a member of the royal family and the younger brother of the current emperor, King Lu lost his favor. This was no small matter.

Zhu Yijun knew very well that his good brother wanted to use this grand fireworks that everyone could see to show that he, King Lu, was still glorious and still full of divine grace!

Zhu Yijun knew better that the war was still ongoing, and if his younger brother, King Lu, took such an extravagant act of going to war on the Lantern Festival, he would definitely be impeached by the officials of the previous dynasty, and they advised him, His Majesty the Emperor, to 'drive out' Lu as soon as possible. When the king goes to vassal land, he will become vassal!

"Are you okay~Uncle Huang~" Zhu Xuanyao was a good judge of expressions. Seeing that there was hope, he started to act coquettishly while the iron was hot.

At this time, the child was still unaware that the emperor's uncle in front of her had already guessed her father's true intention.

"Yao'er has already spoken, how can Uncle Huang not agree?" Zhu Yijun pinched his niece's chubby face and said with a smile:

"Go back and tell your father that Uncle Huang only agreed because of Yao'er's face. Do you remember?"

How could the young Zhu Xuanyao know the true meaning of this sentence? The little kid only thought that he was 'really capable', so he nodded and said: "I know, Yao'er, thank you, Uncle Huang!"

The goal was achieved, but Zhu Xuanyao did not leave immediately like her cousin Zhu Xuanyao. Instead, she stayed here, talking about family affairs with the emperor's uncle, and complained about the quarrels between her parents every now and then. .

Perhaps Zhu Yijun had been the emperor for too long and had seen too much 'serious things'. He was quite interested when he overheard these parents being filthy, so he just had to eat some melon seeds.

Looking at his little niece who was chattering non-stop, Zhu Yijun smiled happily. For a moment, he wished that his daughter could be so lively...

Perhaps Zhu Yijun will never understand that children who have not been pampered do not dare to show off.

Perhaps Zhu Yijun will never know that everything he dislikes is all caused by himself.

……

Zhu Xuanyao left, and before leaving, she did not forget to take away a few treasures from the emperor's uncle, just as unscrupulously as her father, King Lu Zhu Yiliu, did in those days.

Facts have proved that nothing lasts forever.

Nowadays, Zhu Xuanyao's prince father is no longer as arrogant as before. Even if he wants to ask the emperor to do something, Zhu Yili has to rely on his precious daughter to act coquettishly.

After completing the task assigned by the prince's father, Zhu Xuanyao should have returned to the palace immediately and told his father the 'good news' as early as possible.

However, Zhu Xuanyao did not do this, but turned around and went to the Kunning Palace of the Queen's aunt.

After all, before Zhu Xuanyao left home, her princely father had repeatedly warned her:

"Yao'er, if your uncle agrees to your request, then you don't have to rush home. Your aunt is still ill. As her biological niece, you should go see her and give her some advice if it is reasonable. Kowtow and say hello."

Zhu Xuanyao had no objection to this. After all, the queen, her aunt, treated her well on weekdays. In the past, when she entered the palace, she would go to Kunning Palace to pay her respects.

What makes Zhu Xuanyao a little strange is that when she entered the palace in the past, whether it was the prince's father or the princess's mother, they would all tell her repeatedly that she must visit the imperial grandmother.

But this time...why is it gone?
……

In the twenty-third year of Wanli, the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.

Ever since he promised his niece Zhu Xuanyao to send a "big firework" to Prince Lu's Mansion, Zhu Yijun immediately issued the order.

His Majesty the Emperor first ordered someone to bring out a large amount of gunpowder from the 'Wang Gong Factory', which is the royal gunpowder depot!

Immediately afterwards, he ordered the Ministry of Industry to send people to work day and night to rush out the gorgeous fireworks before the arrival of Shangyuan Jiaye!
The emperor just said a word, and the people below were busy breaking their legs. Since the tenth day of the first lunar month, the Ministry of Industry has been so busy that it hit the back of the head just because the prince of the Zhu family wanted to set off fireworks during the festival.

Such a 'flashy' and extravagant thing naturally led to the impeachment of the former ministers.

No, even before the fireworks were set off, King Lu was impeached as a grandson again by overwhelming memorials.

In response to these impeachment calls, Zhu Yijun, as usual, did not express anything. It seemed that he had always been a doting brother and a madman.

And on the other side...

……

When she learned that a big fireworks show was about to be set off at her youngest son's palace, Queen Mother Li, who loved to join in the fun, was excited.

She couldn't go out of the palace to play, so she couldn't go to her son's house to watch the fireworks?
But just when Empress Dowager Li was happy that she could finally spend the holidays with her youngest son whom she had not seen for a long time this year, Prince Zhu Yixi of Lu actively refused her visit!

Zhu Yili even said tactfully that it would be better for her to stay in the harem, eat fast and chant Buddha's name, and go out less often.

At this time, Queen Mother Li was so angry that she felt desperate, and she was filled with emotion: "The eldest son is just pretending to be filial, but why is the younger son not filial?"

Just when Queen Mother Li was feeling sad, a piece of news came that made her suspicious.

"What? The queen and the princess went to Prince Lu's Mansion?"

"How can they go? This is wrong..."

……

At the same time, a fire suddenly broke out in a small, dilapidated workshop on the outskirts of Shuntian Mansion.

However, no one paid much attention to the intensity of the fire in this place, because it was just a very ordinary and inconspicuous small place outside the suburbs of Beijing.

……

The fourteenth day of the first lunar month, night.

It was already late at night, but there were still many pedestrians on the streets and alleys of Shuntian Mansion.

Of course, most of them were robbed, or were going to prostitutes.

At this time, the Zhao Mansion was already quiet, and everyone seemed to have gone to sleep, but Zhang Chonghui was not there yet, nor was his little wife Zhao Lanying.

Since returning to the Zhao Mansion on the tenth day of the first lunar month to this day, Zhang Chonghui has not taken a step out. He is either planing wood or reading some messy books all day long.

Among these books, there are even some related to gynecology.

In short, no one can understand what Zhang Chonghui wants to do.

"Madam." Zhang Chonghui earnestly warned the little daughter-in-law in his arms:

"In the next few days, I may not be so safe, but don't worry, I will be fine. Don't worry too much about me, just relax and wait for me to come back."

I thought Zhao Lanying would be surprised, but she was not too surprised. She just asked: "Is it possible that you are going to jail again?"

"You won't go to jail this time, don't worry." Zhang Chonghui knew what the other party was worried about, and added: "You won't go hungry either, don't worry."

"That's good..." Zhao Lanying breathed a sigh of relief, "You don't have to go to jail, just don't go hungry..."

Although he said that this would be fine, Zhao Lanying was still worried about whether her man would catch a cold or be tired.

She was worried, but Zhao Lanying didn't say it out loud because she knew that the more she expressed her concern, the greater the pressure on the other party would be.

Zhao Lanying didn't ask any more questions, because she knew that the little man had his own ideas. Although her old father often secretly asked her to instill some ideas of 'keeping one's duty' into the little man, she always listened with one ear and the other with the right. When the words come out, there is a response to every word, but nothing is put into practice.

Zhao Lanying didn't understand her father's thoughts. Why would you control someone by suppressing them when you love them? Shouldn't you love someone and let them blossom?
"Husband." Zhao Lanying held the little man's head in her arms and asked, "Then tomorrow night is the Lantern Festival, will you still go out with me?"

Feeling the suffocating softness, Zhang Chonghui replied with some difficulty: "Of course."

"Great!"

"Madam, don't be too excited, I can't breathe..."

"Just pretend, you pretend to be pitiful every time, just like I coerce you, but in the end... in short, don't play hard to get with me again!"

"Okay, then I won't pretend. This is what you asked for."

Half an hour later.

"Husband... how about... you should just pretend in the future..."

"Look, you're not happy after doing it."

"I……"

……

The fourteenth day of the first lunar month passed quietly, and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month came.

At this time of transition, His Majesty the Emperor, who was sleeping peacefully in the Qianqing Palace, was frightened awake by a nightmare!
In the dream, Zhu Yijun was tied into a sack, surrounded by darkness.

Outside the sack, there was the familiar voice of Zhu Yijun.

"Your Majesty, you tied me up last year! This year, it's my turn to tie you up!"

(End of this chapter)