Zhu Youxiao's words made Zhu Youjian not know what to say for a while.

"Normally speaking, at this time, shouldn't the emperor be suspicious of his younger brother and then imprison him..."

Zhu Youjian thought unscrupulously in his heart, completely unaware of his status in Zhu Youxiao's heart.

He didn't know that in history, when Wei Zhongxian was in power, he once thought of framed King Xin Zhu Youjian for killing the emperor and usurping the throne.

However, when Wei Zhongxian discussed this matter with his crony Wang Tigan, Wang Tigan reminded Wei Zhongxian:

"My lord is always cautious in everything, but only among brothers. If you are not careful, we will all fall into the same category."

Wei Zhongxian was secretly shocked after hearing this, so he executed those people and silenced them, thus resolving the matter.

Not only that, even though Wei Zhongxian once thought of teaming up with the Hakka family to frame Zhu Youjian, the Hakka family also said that if they framed King Xin, both she and Wei Zhongxian would die.

In other words, from Hakka's point of view, Zhu Youxiao unconditionally believed in his younger brother who was raised by him.

Zhu Youjian didn't know these things, and at the moment he just felt a little touched by Zhu Youxiao's feeling of protecting him.

Perhaps it was because he had never experienced this feeling of being protected by his brother in his previous life, so his nose felt sore for a while.

Because he was so fair, his nose turned red just after it became sour. When Zhu Youxiao saw it, he quickly smiled and said:

"My brother, on the other hand, he still hasn't gotten rid of his crying habit even at this age."

"Uh..." After hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Zhu Youjian sniffed, then rubbed his nose and said:

"Anyway, brother, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of the four guards and one battalion of the Imperial Horse Guards."

"Well, brother believes in you." Seeing Zhu Youjian's embarrassed look, Zhu Youxiao just smiled fondly.

However, the chat between the two brothers was interrupted a moment later by the sound of drums from the drum tower of the palace.

The drumming sound seemed to remind Zhu Youjian that it was time to leave.

Zhu Youxiao caught Zhu Youjian and said seriously: "My brother can stay in Qianqing Palace."

"Forget it... I'd better know Xu Qin Palace, otherwise if Yan Guan finds out, I'm afraid he'll have to say something." Zhu Youjian smiled bitterly. He had already known about the power of Yan Guan in the Ming Dynasty.

Although judging from his age, there is no problem for him to live in the inner court at the age of ten, and he can even live there until he is thirteen or fourteen years old.

But after all, he had moved out of the inner court and went to live in the East Palace. It would not be good to stay in the inner court.

Anyway, the national mourning is almost over. If nothing else happens, he will go to the imperial tomb area in Changping in a few days to start the repair of Qingling.

Therefore, he could only refuse and said: "My younger brother will go to Changping soon to build an imperial mausoleum for the imperial examination. I hope that my elder brother will take good care of himself in the capital and not be ruined by the anger of those civil servants."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian also joked:

"My younger brother will come back to see my elder brother three times a month, on the first, fourteenth and twenty-fourth of each month. Please don't miss your younger brother too much."

"You kid..." Zhu Youxiao was amused by Zhu Youjian, so he slowly walked out of the hall with him. Wang Chengen, Cao Huachun, Wei Zhongxian, Wang An and others also followed behind.

The two brothers chatted all the way, walking from the inside of the palace to the outside of the palace, and then from outside the palace to the entrance of Qianqing Palace, until the drums almost stopped, and Zhu Youxiao had already sent Zhu Youjian from Qianqing Palace to the center left of Huangji Palace. Door.

Once here, Zhu Youjian can return to the East Palace in just one stick of incense.

Zhu Youjian wanted to leave, but Zhu Youxiao was still a little reluctant to leave, and said to Wang An next to him:

"Wang An, please send an order to the twenty-four yamen and the emperor's fifth brother to temporarily live in the East Palace, asking them to serve you wisely."

"Uh..." Wang An was stunned when he heard this, and then said:

"Long live, this is not in line with etiquette..."

"Rituals are based on etiquette. My younger brother is just a temporary stay. When he comes of age, he will become a vassal. Besides, I don't have a queen or heirs yet. If the East Palace is empty, it will be empty. So why not live here for a few years?"

"

Zhu Youxiao was a little unhappy. At this time, Wei Zhongxian stepped forward to flatter him and said:

"Long live, there are not enough maids and eunuchs in the East Palace. How about transferring some from the inner court?"

"Well..." Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but ponder when he heard this. After Zhu Youjian heard this, he was afraid that Wei Zhongxian would put nails in his side, so he said:

"Brother, no need. The concubines of Huang Kao have all gone to the East and West Sixth Palace in the inner court. There are also hundreds of maids and eunuchs in the East Palace of the outer court. In addition, I have to go to Changping to supervise the construction of Huang Kao's imperial mausoleum. At the end of the year, too

Can’t stay for a few days.”

"Why don't you wait until the renovation of Huang Kao's imperial mausoleum is completed, and then add slaves when I stay here?"

"Well, then I'll do as you say." After hearing what Zhu Youjian said in such a logical manner, Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then there was some reluctance in his eyes.

"Then, my brother, I will take my leave first." Zhu Youjian slowly bowed his body and saluted, then got into the carriage and slowly left his sight under Zhu Youxiao's gaze.

Zhu Youxiao watched Zhu Youjian's figure disappear. First his heart felt empty, and then he frowned slightly and said to Wei Zhongxian:

"Tell Luo Sigong to ask his Jin Yiwei and Hao Huang's fifth brother. If anything happens to my brother, he is the only one to ask!"

"Your servant accepts the order..." Wei Zhongxian bowed slightly and accepted the errand.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao said to Wang An:

"The magistrate named Changping registered some government wastelands at the foot of Yanshan Mountain in Changping and sent them to the Yuma Supervisor. In the future, those wastelands will be the Yuma Supervisor's pasture."

"Your Majesty." Wang An saluted gracefully. When Zhu Youxiao saw this, he turned his head and looked at the three main halls of the outer court not far away, where only the broken eaves and broken walls were left.

"When will the renovation of the three main halls start and when will it be completed?"

When Zhu Youxiao asked this question, Wei Zhongxian was blinded and didn't know how to answer it. However, Wang An answered in an orderly manner:

"The wood, stone, and colored materials for the construction of the three main halls were prepared when Emperor Shenzong was the emperor, but they were never built."

"Because the Ministry of Industry initially offered a price of 30 million taels, Emperor Shenzong thought it was too expensive, so he ordered the internal officials and supervisors to spend some money every year to purchase materials. After nearly twenty years of accumulation, the materials have been accumulated."

"But according to the quotation from the Ministry of Industry, even if we have the materials, we still need five million taels of silver..."

"Five million taels?" Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly. After all, his income in a year was less than six million taels, and the national treasury only had three to four million taels.

It costs five million taels of silver to build the three main halls, which is really heartbreaking.

But if we don’t practice it, what will the officials and the scholars in the world think?

The center of power of a dynasty is actually a ruined eaves and broken wall. This is like the imperial court working on ruins. How can it be convincing?

"Alas..." Principal Zhu You sighed, thinking about the situation in Liaodong and next year's military pay, he could only say a little tiredly:
Chapter completed!