Chapter Fifty-One
Yue Su's request is somewhat reasonable. Even if you are a high official, this is the palace after all, and there is no reason to let you see whoever you say you want to see. A trace of anger flashed on King Zhou's face, and he said with some displeasure:
"Lord Yue, this is too inappropriate."
Yue Su said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, I know that such a request is indeed inappropriate. However, I have no choice but to do this. In case what the Prince said is untrue, a prince is not in the house at the moment and goes out of the city without authorization.
If something goes wrong, I can't afford it."
"This..." Yue Su's words directly choked the King of Zhou. Now that he is using a big hat to suppress others, it will not work if you don't bring your son out to show him. If you keep trying, he will definitely say yes.
You are hiding it deliberately. Your son is definitely not at home. He has gone out of town.
King Zhou was so angry that his teeth itched, but he had no choice but to say: "Come here, call all the princes."
The eunuch agreed and immediately ran down to the palace to summon several princes.
After a while, three princes walked into the main hall. The eldest of these three princes was in his early thirties and the younger was twelve or thirteen years old. Yue Su took a look and said: "Your Majesty, didn't you say that there are four princes in total?"
Are you a prince? Why are there only three here? I wonder where the other one is now? Could it be that..."
King Zhou rushed over and said: "The prince of the lonely king was riding a horse at the racecourse a few days ago. He accidentally lost his footing and fell off the horse. Now he is injured and is still lying on the bed unable to get up. If you want to see him, please wait until the lonely king orders someone to come.
Sir, just go ahead."
"Oh..." Yue Su deliberately exclaimed and said, "I wonder if the prince's injury is serious. On what day did he fall?"
"It's just a broken muscle and bone. Is the injury serious or minor? You're a young man. You can give it a beating. I can't remember the exact date. It should be the first day of October." King Zhou said.
Okay, the case happened outside the city on the first day of October. It was such a coincidence that your prince was also injured on the first day of October. Moreover, he fell off a horse. You said it was at the racecourse of the palace, but I couldn't see it.
Yue Su thought so in his heart and said: "This is too careless. What do those guards eat? The prince must punish them severely."
"Of course they must be punished. The lonely king killed them all in a rage." King Zhou said angrily.
You are so awesome. After hearing this, Yue Su felt angry, but there was nothing he could do.
The prince has his own family laws, and no one can control the execution of some of the guards in the palace. Now, it is difficult to find witnesses.
Yue Su thought for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, since there is no prince in the household who has left the city without authorization, I can rest assured. However, even though I have heard the news that the crown prince fell from a horse and was injured, there is no reason not to visit him, so I still ask the prince to come."
Please show me the way and I will go visit you personally."
King Zhou was even more angry when he saw that Yue Su would not give up until he reached the Yellow River. However, Yue Su spoke politely and could not fault him, so he could only nod his head and said: "Zhao Wen, you will lead Master Yue to visit his deceased son in his palace."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhao Wen was a close eunuch of King Zhou. After receiving the order, he came to Yue Su and said politely: "Master Yue, please."
Yue Su stood up, nodded and smiled, and said, "Then you'll have to work." After saying that, he rushed forward and held his hands in his hands, saying, "Your Majesty, I'll take my leave first."
King Zhou waved his hand and said, "My Lord Yue, please excuse me."
When Yue Su and Zhao Wen came down from the palace, King Zhou slapped the handrail angrily, gritted his teeth and said, "You Yue Su, you are so arrogant and arrogant, you go too far to bully others, why don't my son just bump into someone and kill him in the suburbs?"
There’s no need to mobilize troops and mobilize people like this. Humph!”
At this time, there were still three little princes standing in the palace. When the three of them saw their father getting angry, they all shivered in fright. The second prince, the oldest, asked weakly: "I don't know why my father called me here."
What's up?"
"It's okay, it's okay, all go down." King Zhou waved his hand impatiently and sent his three sons off.
There was an eunuch on duty standing outside the palace. After the three princes went down, the second prince waved to the eunuch on duty, called him over, and asked, "Do you know why my father sent us here?"
The eunuch shook his head hurriedly and said, "I don't know."
The second prince saw the panic on his face and thought he must have known about it, but there were two younger brothers around him now, so he couldn't ask further questions, so he left with his younger brothers. The three of them each had their own bedrooms, and halfway through, they parted ways. They watched the two younger brothers leave.
, the second prince stopped and said to the old eunuch accompanying him: "Chen Banban, I think something unusual must have happened when our father called us here today. What do you think?"
"As for the young prince, I think so too. It's just that we are at the back and don't know what happened in front." Eunuch Chen said.
"I see that the eunuch on duty just now seems to know something. You are familiar with the father-in-law in the house. You can go inquire for me and find out what happened." As he said that, the second prince touched his arms.
He took out a few pieces of gold leaves and stuffed them into Eunuch Chen's hand.
Eunuch Chen nodded slightly and said, "I understand."
After finishing, Eunuch Chen turned around and walked towards the direction of Yin'an Hall. When he reached the bottom of the steps, he stretched out his hand to greet the eunuch on duty. The young eunuch quickly ran over and said with a smile: "Eunuch Chen, please greet me.
What's the matter with?"
The eunuchs in the palace are also divided into different levels. The eldest one is naturally the eunuch who serves the prince and is also the eunuch in charge of the palace. Next are some eunuchs with duties, and then there are the eunuchs who serve several princes. Among them, the eunuch who serves the crown prince,
The one with the highest status is obviously the future eunuch in charge, second only to the one currently serving the prince.
Eunuch Chen's status was not very high, but he was higher than the eunuch on duty. He didn't say anything at first, but just took the person aside, then took out the gold leaf, put it into the other person's hand, and whispered: "This is the second prince.
Reward you."
The eunuch had never seen gold before. He was startled and said hurriedly: "This... this... how can this make..."
"I tell you to keep it, so just keep it." Eunuch Chen said calmly.
"Then... I'll just thank the second prince and Eunuch Chen..." Eunuchs are all greedy for money. They knew that there might be something wrong with it, but they couldn't resist the temptation and still took it into their arms.
Seeing that he accepted it, Eunuch Chen showed a smile on his face and asked in a low voice: "Who was that first-grade official just now? I don't know what happened to the palace. Why did the prince want to recruit all the princes? But when the person came, there was no one."
What to say."
"This..." The little eunuch hesitated, thinking about the gold in his arms, and finally lowered his voice and said: "That first-grade official is the new governor Yue Shatou. He came to the house to check if there is any gold.
A prince left the city without permission."
"Oh..." Eunuch Chen nodded and said, "Which prince left the city without authorization?"
"This..." The little eunuch had a look of embarrassment on his face, "I'm not sure..."
"You don't have to be sure of your answer, just tell me what you know." Eunuch Chen said calmly.
"It's very possible that it's the Crown Prince. Wasn't the Crown Prince injured when he fell off his horse? There was no movement at first, but the day before yesterday, the prince suddenly ordered that all the Crown Prince's followers be executed. The reason was that the Crown Prince fell off his horse and was injured because of the lack of protection." The little eunuch said.
He said it truthfully. When he said these words, his voice was even lower.
"So that's it." Eunuch Chen nodded again and asked, "Are all the people who accompanied the prince out of the city dead?"
"I'm not sure about this one."
"Okay, you go back to work. If our family asks you, don't mention it to anyone, you know." Eunuch Chen instructed.
"Don't worry, father-in-law, I will never tell anyone." For the sake of the golden leaves in his arms, the little eunuch couldn't tell anyone.
Eunuch Chen turned around and left. Halfway through, he suddenly remembered something. It was true that Zhu Gongxu liked horse racing, but he would always find an opponent. He used to play with that person at the racecourse, and later he often went to the streets. Such things
It has been several years and most of the people in the house know about it, let alone Eunuch Chen.
Thinking of this person, Eunuch Chen stopped his steps and walked towards the East Moon Gate. The prince of the palace is almost the same as the prince in the palace. He wants to live in the East Palace. The East Palace is closer to the East Moon Gate. Even if the prince's retainers are killed, the gatekeepers
The guards are all still alive.
When he arrived at the door, he called a guard over. Naturally, the guard of the royal palace knew the eunuchs who had duties in the palace. Eunuch Chen often accompanied the second prince in and out, so how could he not know him. When the guard approached, he quickly bowed and saluted, "Eunuch Chen,
I wonder what your instructions are for calling the young one here."
Eunuch Chen lowered his voice and said, "We are here today because we want to ask you about something." As he said this, he took out three gold leaves from his arms and put them into the guard's hands.
The second prince gave Eunuch Chen a total of seven gold leaves. He had just given three to the young eunuch. He originally wanted to keep four for himself, but he wanted to inquire again, so he had no choice but to part with him again. When the guard saw the gold leaves, his face was filled with excitement.
Dui laughed, "Eunuch... how dare this... villain accept..."
"If I tell you to keep it, just keep it. Don't drag it around, it will not be good for others to see." Eunuch Chen said with a smile.
No one is a fool. If you are rewarded with so much money at one time, there must be something wrong. The guard held the gold leaf in his hand and did not dare to put it in his arms. He whispered: "Father, I wonder what you want to ask me about?"
"It's nothing serious, I just want to ask you, on the first day of October, did anyone come to look for the crown prince?" Eunuch Chen asked in a low voice.
"This... the prince has asked... not to mention it to anyone else..." the guard whispered.
"We are not outsiders, so there is nothing we can't mention." Eunuch Chen said with a smile.
"What my father-in-law said is true. You are not an outsider. But after your father-in-law heard this, you can't tell others anymore..." the guard said pretending to be mysterious.
"Okay, okay, okay... If you don't tell me, do you think our family doesn't know?" After saying that, Eunuch Chen took a step forward and whispered in the guard's ear: "Is it..."
"Eunuch-in-law, you said this yourself, not the younger one." The guard said with a smile. Then, he put the gold leaf into his arms. It was obvious that he acknowledged the name of the person mentioned by Eunuch Chen.
"Has the prince ever gone out with him?" Eunuch Chen asked again in a low voice.
The guard nodded and said "Yeah".
"Did the prince take away those guards when he went out?" Eunuch Chen said, raising his hand to strike with his bare hands.
The guard still nodded, and then whispered: "Father, it's okay to know about this matter, but you must not tell anyone about it. The prince is very concerned about this matter now. If anyone talks nonsense, they will lose their head."
"I know." Eunuch Chen nodded, and then his voice became a little louder, and he said: "Okay, let's go. Remember, when you have time to go out on the street, don't forget to buy things back.
, take it to the miscellaneous family."
"Don't worry, father-in-law, I will definitely not forget this villain."
Chapter completed!