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

Chapter 189 Falling into the water! Shocked by Zhang Chonghui’s lack of heart!
Zhang Yunxiu only felt that his head was getting heavier and heavier, and his consciousness was getting less and less clear. He really wanted to sleep, but Emperor Wanli beside him refused to let him sleep!
"Hahaha! I know you're not drunk, so don't pretend to be asleep!"

Zhu Yijun patted Zhang Yunxiu's back again and again, and while laughing strangely, asked Zhang Yunxiu a 'guiding' question:

"Wulang, do you blame me for ordering your house to be ransacked?"

Zhu Yijun stared at the drunken Zhang Yunxiu, waiting for him to tell the truth after drinking.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Zhang Yunxiu shook his head, and with only a little sense left, he replied: "Your Majesty, you are not wrong..."

Zhu Yijun also didn't expect that Zhang Yunxiu would be so defensive, and he would still know how to keep his mouth shut even though he was so drunk.

This actually made Zhu Yijun, who was still a little tipsy, wake up instantly, and continued to ask tentatively:
"Then Goro, do you want to vindicate your father?"

"I want to!" Zhang Yunxiu suddenly struggled to regain his energy and said hurriedly: "Of course I want to!"

"Okay!" Seeing that the person had finally taken the bait, Zhu Yijun hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and asked:

"I can promise to vindicate your father, but you can't deceive me like you did before, okay?"

"Empress, your Majesty sent someone to tell you that Zhang Sicheng got drunk on a whim, so he will stay in Xiyuan to rest for the time being. As for Mrs. Zhang, it is up to you, the Empress, to make proper arrangements."

"Ah! Zhang Sicheng fell into the water!"

Now that Kunning Palace has not yet been built, the queen simply moved to Cining Palace to live with the Queen Mother, so the bride came here to express her gratitude.

"Your Majesty, you have a kind heart. When I return, I will ask your husband to convey your concern to your nephew." Ms. Li replied respectfully.

However, what Zhu Yijun didn't expect was that when he just mentioned the word 'nephew', Zhang Yunxiu, who was still drunk, was so excited that he was beating his head!
Something's wrong! This is very wrong!
However, no matter how wrong it is, it doesn't help.

Zhang Yunxiu only remembered that this little emperor who was several years older than him loved to show off to him, and he had no choice but to play with him because of his status as emperor and his father's request.

Sister Wang Xi didn't find it too noisy, and it was quite interesting to listen to the young girl talking about her newlyweds.

I don't know if her mentality has changed after she "survived the catastrophe" or for some reason. Since the disaster she suffered during the Lantern Festival last year, Queen Wang Xi's originally sick body has actually improved a lot.

Li really wanted to say, "The emperor's blessing is of no use," but she didn't dare to tell the truth. After all, she was just a little nervous, not stupid.

After learning that her husband was drunk, the first thing Li did was to beg the queen to be merciful and let her go to Xiyuan to see her husband.

……

"Wu Lang." Zhu Yijun was still saying, "I remember you were very well-behaved when you were a child. Why are you so defensive now? Have you... been led astray by your nephew?"

The two chatted for some time. Sister Wang Xi was a man of few words, so as they chatted, it became like she was talking to Mr. Li, who was more obedient.

"Why are you still standing there! Save people quickly!"

When she heard that her husband was drunk, Mrs. Li was so anxious that she lost her sense of propriety and asked hurriedly: "How can a man in the blue sky still be drunk? Is my husband in any serious condition?"

"Your Majesty...this...rescue or..."

"Queen, how can this be trouble? This is your personal concern as the mother of a country! If my nephew hears this, he will definitely be grateful for your maternal concern!"

This time, Zhang Yunxiu was silent. In his confused mind, he couldn't tell whether the emperor wanted to test him or had some other purpose!
Just when Zhang Yunxiu was trying to sort out the little rationality left in his mind and trying to wake himself up, such a sentence came to his ears.

The bride, Mrs. Li, has a lively nature and is a girl who talks a lot but has no control over her. In addition, the queen, Sister Wang Xi, has a gentle and kind attitude, so Mrs. Li will answer whatever the queen asks.

The bride, Mrs. Li, was already very nervous, so she didn’t think too much about it and replied quickly and cheerfully:

However, the queen, Wang Xijie, repeatedly declined, was very enthusiastic, and refused to allow Li to live temporarily in the palace.

As soon as he heard the word 'nephew', Zhang Yunxiu immediately realized that something was wrong. He hurriedly beat his head to force himself to wake up!

Just as I was listening, someone from the palace suddenly came to report.

"Back to the Empress, I am not sure whether my nephew has recovered from his illness. However, before going out today, I heard from my husband and the housekeeper in the mansion, asking someone to send some money and thick clothes to the East Palace for my nephew. Son."

After being granted the marriage by the emperor, Zhang Yunxiu went to Xiyuan to express his gratitude to His Majesty the Emperor. Naturally, the bride had to go to the harem to express her gratitude to the empress of the middle palace.

"Mrs. Zhang, um..." Sister Wang Xi suddenly asked: "I heard that your eldest nephew has been sick for more than half a year. Is he still not sick now?"

Zhang Yunxiu looked at Zhu Yijun in confusion. He was wondering why the other party kept saying such disgusting words.
Although they were playmates together back then, Zhang Yunxiu's impression of Zhu Yijun was not very good.

"Ah, there's no need for that." Sister Wang Xi's cheeks turned slightly red and she said, "There's no need to go to such trouble..."

……

However, in the eyes of Zhu Yijun, such an extreme move made the other party suspicious!
"Wulang, who is your nephew?" Zhu Yijun asked directly: "He... was taken away by whom?"

"Mrs. Zhang, don't worry, she's just drunk. The Emperor is in Xiyuan, with the Emperor's blessing. Your husband will be fine." Sister Wang Xi comforted Mrs. Li.

"I went to the East Palace." Sister Wang Xi nodded and said, "I guess I'm in good health."

Just when Zhu Yijun was thinking about what to ask, the drunk Zhang Yunxiu in front of him suddenly rushed into the lake beside him like crazy!
"Pfft!"

In fact, Zhu Yijun originally just wanted to use the 'nephew' as a trigger to find out what Zhang Chonghui has done over the years!

Not only did she look better, but she also talked more. After accepting the bride's kneeling and thanking her, Sister Wang Xi even started chatting with her.

"Ah... yes..." Sister Wang Xi didn't know what to say. She found that although this bride had all the etiquette she should have, she was still a bit nervous after all...

"Wu Lang, in fact, I have always regarded you as my biological brother. I have even been thinking that it would be great if King Lu could be half as well-behaved as you."

Cining Palace.

At first, the two of them just chatted with each other with some polite words, but as they chatted, the topic started to deviate.

Seemingly feeling that it was inappropriate to ask directly like this, Sister Wang Xi added:
"The main reason is that your nephew saved my life and the princess's life. I am also concerned about the body of the savior."

Li Shi suddenly became serious and said solemnly:

Queen Wang Xi knew very well that the reason why the emperor sent someone to ask her to 'make proper arrangements' for the Li family, saying that they were making proper arrangements, actually meant to imply to her——

——Not only must Mrs. Li be appeased, but Mrs. Li must not be allowed to leave the palace and spread this matter!
Sister Wang Xi knew that something must have happened to Xiyuan, and... she didn't know whether Zhang Yunxiu was still alive or not...

……

After comforting and dismissing Mrs. Li for a while, Sister Wang Xi fell into a dilemma.

As a queen, she has the responsibility and obligation to hide some things from the emperor's husband.

But as a person with conscience, she could not help but feel guilty towards her savior Zhang Chonghui.

The savior's uncle was not knowing whether to live or die at this moment. Sister Wang Xi only felt that her heart was getting more and more entangled, and her conscience became more and more uneasy.

Coincidentally, just when the dilemma was entangled, Sister Wang Xi's daughter Zhu Xuanyu came.

The moment she saw her daughter, Sister Wang Xi immediately remembered what Li said not long ago that Zhang Chonghui had gone to the East Palace.

"Xiao'er." Sister Wang Xi rolled her eyes and asked thoughtfully: "You haven't seen your brother for a long time, don't you want to go to the East Palace to see him?"

Zhu Xuanyu blinked her eyes. She didn't quite understand why the Queen's mother suddenly asked such a question, but she still replied:

"Mother, didn't Chang Luo come to say hello to you just half a month ago? We had dinner together at that time. It didn't happen long ago."

"Ah...yeah, look, I was also sick and confused, and I forgot..." Sister Wang Xi lowered her head in embarrassment, and then thought of other excuses.

Seeing his mother hesitate to speak, Zhu Xuanyu, who had always been sensitive, couldn't help but start thinking wildly. Thinking of this, Zhu Xuanyu thought of the so-called future consort arranged by the emperor's father in the East Palace.

"Mother, are you, like my father, also trying to bring me and Yang Chunyuan together?" Zhu Xuanyu said angrily:
"I've already said that I don't want to get married so early, and now I just want to stay with you!
Do you dislike me so much and want to drive me to someone else's house just like your father? "

Seeing her usually well-behaved daughter so angry, Sister Wang Xi felt distressed and was stunned for a moment. She had almost forgotten about Yang Chunyuan.

"Xiao'er, you misunderstood me. I didn't mean to force you to get married." Sister Wang Xi was busy comforting her daughter, and then said based on this matter:
"Xiao'er, I know you don't want to get married so early, but... I heard your father said that Yang Chunyuan is quite handsome, and you don't want to go and see..."

"No! I want to!" Zhu Xuanyu refused without saying a word. It's not like she had never seen a good-looking man.

"Okay, okay, we won't look at it." Sister Wang Xi had no choice but to find another way, but after thinking for a long time, she really couldn't find any other reason.

"Mother, what do you want to say?" Zhu Xuannai saw the clues. She always felt that the real purpose of the queen's mother was something else.

After thinking about it for a while, Sister Wang Xi finally decided that she no longer wanted to hide anything.

Zhu Xuanyu was her biological daughter. If she couldn't trust her only flesh and blood, who else could she trust?

Therefore, Sister Wang Xi directly told her daughter her true purpose and said:

"Xiao'er, let me tell you the truth. Actually, I want you to go to the East Palace and meet Zhang..."

……

Ciqing Palace.

In just one meal, Zhang Chonghui had already found out all about Yang Chunyuan's family background.

It was more about Yang Chunyuan's "self-introduction" than prying. Before Zhang Chonghui asked anything, the other party just poured beans out of a bamboo tube and told him everything.

At this moment, there is still some time before the afternoon class.

The lecturers all have special rest areas, while the accompanying readers returned to their desks, chatting in pairs and dozing off.

Zhang Chonghui also discovered a strange thing. As the 'Queen of Sinners', it was not unusual for him to be ostracized by other companions.

But as Yang Chunyuan's future consort, he should have a lot of followers rushing to fawn over him.

However, Yang Chunyuan's treatment was no different from that of Zhang Chonghui, the criminal, and he was also isolated and ostracized.

"Brother Zhang, do you know why they exclude us?" Yang Chunyuan came up and asked, as if he had seen through Zhang Chonghui's mind.

"Why?" Zhang Chonghui asked flatteringly, although he had already roughly guessed the reason.

Yang Chunyuan first rolled his eyes at the others, then approached Zhang Chonghui's ear and said seriously:

"They are ostracizing you because of your disgraceful status as a criminal! And they are ostracizing me because they are jealous of me!"

"Oh, that's right." Zhang Chonghui nodded without surprise.

"Aren't you curious why they are jealous of me?" Yang Chunyuan said with a shocked look on his face: "Is it possible... you can see it?"

Zhang Chonghui was about to say that he didn't see it, but before he could say anything, the lecturer came.

Everyone who was still whispering hurriedly separated and returned to their seats, waiting for the prince to come to class.

However, there was one person who did not panic at all. Instead, he raised his hand to greet the lecturer who had come early, and shouted without any rules:

"Mr. Ye! The student needs your help!"

Ye Xianggao was stunned for a moment when he heard the shouting. He turned around and saw that Yang Chunyuan was calling him, and then came over holding a thick book of scriptures and history.

However, just after taking one step, after seeing that the person next to Yang Chunyuan was Zhang Chonghui, Ye Xianggao frowned and stopped suddenly!

After a brief thought, Ye Xianggao said: "The prince is coming soon. You can come to me for help after your classes are over in the afternoon."

Ye Xianggao turned around and left, but Yang Chunyuan didn't notice anything was wrong. Instead, he proudly introduced to Zhang Chonghui:

"Brother Zhang, let me tell you, Mr. Ye is the most talkative and most arrogant among the lecturers in the East Palace.

He is not as fierce as Mr. Guo, nor is he nagging like other masters. Do you know why? "

"Why?" Zhang Chonghui asked casually, but what he was thinking about was the various behaviors of Guo Zhengyu, Ye Xianggao and others who collectively avoided him.

"Because." Yang Chunyuan lowered his voice slightly and said:
"I heard that Mr. Ye is from Fuzhou Prefecture. When he was born, he happened to be in trouble with Japanese pirates! His mother hid in a hut to avoid Japanese pirates and gave birth to him!
Because of this, Mr. Ye's nickname has the word "toilet" in it! So you should know why Mr. Ye is easy to talk to, right?

Because he was born in a humble and poor manner, not as noble as other masters! You are from a low background. If you want to climb up, you have to keep your tail between your legs! "

After Yang Chunyuan introduced Ye Xianggao, the sarcasm in his words was not lacking, and he sounded like a noble son looking down on the people at the bottom.

Zhang Chonghui turned to look at Yang Chunyuan, but there was no weird look on his face.

It was as if the harsh and harsh words just now were just ordinary explanations and not intended to be sarcastic or distasteful.

"So?" Zhang Chonghui asked, "What exactly do you want to express?"

"No, you still don't understand this? You're smart, but you're too stupid!" Yang Chunyuan said with a look of hatred on his face, and patiently advised:

"Remember, if you have any questions in the future, just go to Mr. Ye. Don't go to other gentlemen!
Other gentlemen look down upon others. They will bully you and look down on you because of your status as a criminal! "

Zhang Chonghui looked at Yang Chunyuan so carefully, and he saw every slight expression of the other person's frown and sigh.

Zhang Chonghui is almost certain that Yang Chunyuan did not act.

and so……

"I finally know why you were excluded." Zhang Chonghui couldn't explain what he said.

This guy is really short-sighted and can’t tell the difference between good and bad words...

"Ah! You really know!" Yang Chunyuan looked excited!
Before the prince and lecturers arrived, Yang Chunyuan hurriedly pulled Zhang Chonghui to the nearest deserted hall.

As if he had finally found a long-lost confidant, Yang Chunyuan confided his true feelings to Zhang Chonghui:
"Brother Zhang! I didn't expect to meet someone who understands me like you in this life! I really...only you understand me!"
Yes! That's right! You guessed it right! The reason why they exclude me is because they are jealous of me!

They are jealous of my prominent family background! They are jealous that I am favored by the emperor and will soon be accused of being a consort!
They are jealous that I am handsome, charming, and graceful! They are all jealous of me! "

Yang Chunyuan quickly said what he had been holding in his heart for a long time, completely unaware of Zhang Chonghui's stunned expression.

Even if he found out, he would think that Zhang Chonghui was feeling sorry for him because he was jealous.

"Brother Zhang! Do you know?" Yang Chunyuan continued to say excitedly:
"You are the only person I know who is not jealous of me! I felt it the first time I saw you!
When most people meet me for the first time, they rush to curry favor with me! As a result, not long after we got along with me, they left because they were jealous of me!

But you are different. The first time you met me, you seemed too lazy to talk to me! But after we got along really well, you didn't leave because of jealousy of me!
Brother Zhang, although you are a sinner and a son-in-law, I don’t mind your bad status!

Brother Zhang! I want to become a brother of the opposite sex with you! Good brother! I don’t want to be born on the same day, same year, same month, but I want the same..."

"Hey! Wait, wait!" Zhang Chonghui was shocked and quickly interrupted and advised:
"Calm down first, it's just the first day we've met!"

"I can't calm down!"

"..."

At the same time, Zhu Xuanyu, who had just walked outside the side hall and eavesdropped a few words, was also stunned by the "tiger and wolf language" of these two people!
Isn't it? this……

(End of this chapter)