golden scales

Zhu Cihong soon realized his gaffe.The longer he lived in this huge prison, the more he felt that he was losing control.

Tremendous stress!

Recalling the early years of Chongzhen, His Majesty the Emperor was full of energy, even if he had to spend eight hours on government affairs, he could still spare time to hug the prince.However, the current situation is getting worse day by day, the ministers cheated again and again, and made mistakes again and again... Finally, a bright and bright young emperor was driven into a madman.

Otherwise, at the last moment, he would not cut off his beloved daughter's arm.

Chongzhen's love for that Princess Kunxing was no less than that of the crown prince.

"I asked you to clean the bedroom." Zhu Cihong controlled his emotions and said in a slow tone, "It is to move in sooner. There is no need to repair anything, as long as there are no cobwebs in the bedroom, no dust, and new curtains, it will be fine." That's enough. Do you understand me when I say that?"

Tian Cunshan said with a bitter face: "Qiantui, this is not something you can save just by saying it. It is a matter of Tian family's face, what if the emperor knows about it? I can’t serve His Highness around you anymore!” Tian Cunshan started to cry as soon as he said that, tears the size of beans rolled down immediately, with a crackling sound.

Zhu Cihong had to take a breath, suppressing the displeasure in his heart: "You mean you can't protect you alone?"

Tian Cunshan was shocked immediately, and kowtowed to the ground: "I don't dare! I never mean that!" He knew very well that the crown prince is usually called "you and me", and it must be very uncomfortable to call him a widow. happy.

"Forget it," Zhu Cihong sighed, "After dawn, I will go to pay my respects, and then I will leave the palace. The manuscripts in the East Palace will be removed in batches, including the rewards over the years. Don't leave anything behind."

Tian Cunshan was startled: Is the prince planning to come back?

Although he knew that the prince was in a hurry to leave the palace, he only thought it was the young man's irrepressible curiosity, wanting to see the world outside the palace.But he didn't expect that the crown prince wanted to live outside the palace permanently, and even took away the things in the East Palace!

——Forget it, I still listen to the prince, and at worst, I will move back later.Thinking about going outside is not as comfortable as inside the palace, I'm afraid he won't be able to bear it for a few days.

Tian Cunshan thought to himself.

"Tomorrow," Zhu Cihong raised his finger, "If the palace of the palace is cleaned, I will live in the palace at night. If it cannot be cleaned, I will live in your house in Houhai."

Tian Cunshan's back was cold, his mouth was trembling for a long time before he said "Your servant obeys".

Zhu Cihong was well aware of the principle that time does not wait for others, so he immediately ordered Tian Cunshan to get up, list all the things that need to be arranged tomorrow, and assign the person in charge.Everything has a standard of completion, as well as a time limit.

This set of sophisticated process management has fully mobilized everyone around the prince, but because of technical conditions, real-time communication cannot be achieved, and there are bound to be gaps in many links, which may even affect the overall arrangement.However, if these eunuchs can't do it, then no one in the entire Ming Dynasty, or the whole world, will be able to do it better.

These physically handicapped servants have been taught from the day they entered the palace how to be loyal to the king's affairs, how to be cautious, and how to satisfy their master's requirements to the greatest extent.If they couldn't learn it, they would naturally not appear in Zhu Cihong's field of vision.Even the position of chopping firewood and boiling water in the palace has a large group of people waiting.

……

In the Hall of Renshou, Empress Zhang Yi'an was sitting at the desk, on which breakfast had already been set.

"Why didn't you see the prince come to greet you today?" Mrs. Zhang asked aloud.

In the palace, the empress and concubine of the current emperor is called the empress, and the empress and concubine of the former emperor are called the old empress.Empress Zhang was not yet forty, so she was promoted to "Old Lady".And because the first emperor and the present are brothers and sisters, the first emperor and the empress cannot be named queen mother, but can only follow the emblem of "Empress Yi'an".

But in theory, Chongzhen really regarded this emperor's wife as his mother's queen.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to pay his respects before dawn today," the female officer at the side replied, "The empress hadn't gotten up at that time, and left after bowing outside the palace."

Mrs. Zhang held her breath in her chest, and she couldn't move up or down for a long while, before she came back, and said coldly: "Show the Kunning Palace."

What if we went to Kunning Palace?

This time Zhu Cihong was determined to leave, and he kowtowed outside the palace of his father and mother to pay his respects, and waited for the morning bell to ring at the gate of Qianqing Palace, and then led the crowd to leave immediately.The Eastern Palace guards, accompanying eunuchs, court ladies, and even washbasins, kettles, toilets, etc. that should have been in accordance with the etiquette system were all abandoned. and go.

The chief inspectors of ceremonies knew about it far earlier than the emperor, but no one dared to provoke the prince at this juncture.Because the news that Zhang Xianzhong captured Wuchang in mid-May will soon be sent to the imperial case.

In this unlucky time, one more thing is worse than one less thing.

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Since Cheng Zu established Yanjing as his capital, this ancient capital has become increasingly prosperous.Although wars and natural disasters have been experienced, the number of Dingkou reported by Shuntian Mansion is still as large as one million.

As a metropolis with a population of one million, Zhu Cihong has always been curious about Yanjing's city appearance.He knew that the underground drainage channel built in the Ming Dynasty had been used until the Republic era, and was still considered unnecessary by Soviet experts to be repaired.He also knows that every neighborhood has its own garbage dump, and there are dung trucks to collect the dung every day.

However, he still wanted to see with his own eyes how the people of the Ming Dynasty lived.

This time Zhu Cihong escaped from the Forbidden Palace wrapped in tiger skins. In fact, he didn't even clean up the palace, so he couldn't accept the audience of all officials.Accepting the official audience is the first prerequisite for the prince's administration.As the saying goes, if the name is not correct, the words will not follow. If you have not been worshiped by hundreds of officials, even if you issue an order, no one will obey it.

"In that case," Zhu Cihong said to the left and right, "Let's make a private visit first."

Zhou Jing shuddered when he heard this, and looked at Tian Cunshan.

He was pulled out of the bed by Zhu Cihong.Of course, it wasn't His Royal Highness who lifted the quilt himself.But at that time, there were a bunch of people inexplicably crowded in the room, and he was still shirtless. The situation was really appalling.

Zhu Cihong changed the noble son's clothes at Zhou Jing's house, and asked someone to send the big Han generals from the guard squad of the Eastern Palace as a temporary place to stay.He himself does not believe that someone will murder the prince, because there is no struggle for the throne now.Even Jiannu and Li Chuang's spy agents in Beijing would not take risks with such an advantage and expose their identities needlessly.

However, Zhou Jing didn't think so.

In terms of blood, he is the prince's uncle, but in terms of ethics, he is a courtier.Not to mention the extremely violent incident of someone assassinating the prince, even if the prince accidentally bumped into his house, he would die without redemption.Moreover, although there is news in the palace that the prince is helping the army, it is still an undecided matter after all.The prince most likely left the palace without permission... Thinking of this, Zhou Jing was almost paralyzed.

——What's the use of seeing our house?Do you think the prince will listen to our family?

Tian Cunshan's heart tightened when Zhou Jing looked at him, and he slowly lowered his head without answering.

"His Royal Highness," Zhou Jing said bravely, "When you leave the palace, will your Majesty have an imperial edict for the humble minister?" Although Zhou Jing holds the title of guard of the Eastern Palace, he is essentially a minister, not a general.

"Heh, Zhou Jing, are you so timid this week?" Zhu Cihong avoided talking about important issues, and said with a smile, "You dare to call me by my baby name in the palace, but you call him prince in your own home."

——At that time, you were harmless to humans and animals in the palace!Now that you run out of the palace, besides the emperor's presence, you are the biggest, who dares to be presumptuous!

Zhou Jing slandered in his heart, but he didn't dare to utter a word.When a tiger is locked in a cage, no one dares to roar at it.Once released, who would dare to mess around?

Even a professional smirk is not for everyone.Zhu Cilang put away his smile, and said expressionlessly: "I don't believe it, don't the sons of the noble family in the capital not go out? Could it be that there are people robbing every day? Then Shuntian Mansion should really commit suicide and apologize!"

"Your Highness," Zhou Jing said bravely, "Although there are prodigals in Beijing, I don't know how many robbers and bandits are there. It's just that the epidemic is rampant now, and I'm really afraid that His Royal Highness may make a mistake."

"It doesn't matter, I have my own secret treasure." Zhu Cihong waved to Tian Cunshan.

Tian Cunshan immediately took out a mask from the wooden box held by the eunuch behind him.This mask is not like the popular triangular scarf, but a rectangular piece, sewn with cotton yarn, with ropes on the top and bottom, hanging on the ears, and tightly covering the whole mouth and nose.Because of the hot weather, Zhu Cihong didn't put it on immediately, but just showed it to Zhou Jing.

"There are carbon tablets and incense tablets in it, so it doesn't matter even if you go to the Huarenchang." Zhu Cihong said.

Zhou Jing knew that although the triangular scarf was also used to cover the smell, it would blow away when the mouth, nose and breath were breathed, so it was simply better than nothing.As for the same thing, the prince just changed it a little, and there is no situation. He really is a genius.

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