Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan fled to the home of Xin Wang Zhu Youjian on the back of the old man with colored eyes...
The old man with semu was still dizzy. Zhu Youjian glanced at him with disdain and asked Ma Xiaoquan: "This is a man with semu, why did you save him?"
Ma Xiaoquan had already prepared the draft and said, neither humble nor arrogant: "Your Majesty, I have surrendered myself to the Prince, but I have never made any great contribution to the Prince. I feel very ashamed, so I got news from the grapevine that Wei Zhongxian has recently arrested a group of people.
The Semu people, well, there is a father and son among them, they are the nobles of the Semu people..."
"Noble?" Zhu Youjian said humbly, "Continue. "
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Yes, although the nobles of these lustful people are much worse than the nobles of the Ming Dynasty, their business acumen is much better than others. Why? Because they travel to various places.
The country... By the way, Your Majesty, if one day Your Majesty can attend the grand ceremony, the help these people will give to Your Majesty will be great. Of course, our Han people’s affairs will ultimately be handled by us Han people, so we will use them
They, just let them pay, hehe."
Not to mention anything else, Ma Xiaoquan’s last sentence alone was very provocative.
Historically, Zhu Youjian would take over the throne of the Ming Dynasty from his short-lived brother. However, Zhu Youjian, who was still King Xin at this time, actually had thoughts of being honored at the ceremony, and had already begun secret preparations.
Zhu Youjian nodded with satisfaction and said, "So, is the lustful man you saved still useful?"
"In reply to the prince, that's exactly what happened. Well, Wei Zhongxian is cruel and unscrupulous. For such an old man, he castrated people... Oh, it's a bit miserable."
Zhu Youjian said: "Well, no matter what, what you did this time was a bit dangerous. I won't allow you to do this next time. Do you understand?"
Ma Xiaoquan said respectfully: "I obey."
"Well, didn't you just say they were Semuren father and son? Why is there only one old man?"
"My lord, it is true that they are a father and son, but Wei Chen alone cannot save him. Originally, Wei Chen wanted to save the younger one, but the young one was disobedient. Wei Chen had no choice but to save the old one.
Besides, Your Majesty, it’s hard to control the young ones after you save them. If you save the old ones, it’s not too much, and they are castrated. I will definitely serve you, Your Majesty, with all my heart..."
"Well, what you said makes sense, okay! This old man can stay here with me to recover for the time being."
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While the two were talking, the factory guards from the East Factory also searched the door of Prince Xin's Mansion.
Although Dongchang is powerful, it is definitely not possible to enter by entering Prince Xin's Mansion, not to mention it is already late at night.
"Dong dong dong" The factory guard knocked on the door outside. The sound was not loud, but in such a quiet night, it was enough for everyone in the palace to hear.
A servant of the palace stood inside the door and said, "Who, it's so late, doesn't you know that this is Prince Xin's palace?"
"Oh, I'm really sorry. We are from Dongchang. A prisoner escaped from Dongchang Prison. We chased him here. Please open the door."
The door opened, and there were dozens of factory guards from the East Factory surrounding the door, but inside the door, there was only one gatekeeper from Prince Xin's Mansion.
Even so, the factory guards outside the door would never dare to break into the palace.
"We saw blood stains at the door of this little brother's palace, so we wanted to report it to the prince and go in to check."
"Did you just wait until you asked to enter Prince Xin's Mansion? Even if your Eunuch Wei comes, you can't just enter. No, it's too late. Let's talk about it tomorrow if you have anything to do." After that, the gatekeeper of Prince Xin's Mansion closed the door.
After being rejected, the factory guards outside the door were very angry, but there was nothing they could do. No one could bear the responsibility of breaking into the palace without permission.
But... there are clearly traces of fresh cleaning on the ground in front of Prince Xin's Mansion. Although it cannot be judged that the stains being cleaned are blood stains, they are already here, so we can't just give up.
With a "creak" sound, the palace door opened again.
Zhu Youjian walked out wearing a long coat. When all the factory guards saw him by the light of torches, they hurriedly knelt down to greet him.
Zhu Youjian said kindly: "I heard that someone escaped from Dongchang Prison. Well, you are also responsible for it. If I don't let you investigate, you probably won't be able to explain it. But I believe that the palace can't let so many of you.
Go in, how about this, you choose two of them and come with me to check them out, how about that?"
King Xin opened his mouth, but how could these factory guards dare to refuse? Just when they were worried about not being able to get in, King Xin actually came out and invited him in person.
After a short discussion, the factory guards selected two representatives and followed Zhu Youjian into the palace for inspection.
After about a while of burning incense, the two factory guards walked out of the palace with a smile. When they came out, they each had a ring inlaid with a small luminous pearl on their hands.
When the factory guards outside the door saw it, they were all extremely envious. If they had known that getting into the palace would lead to such good things, they would have to fight for it themselves.
Zhu Youjian chuckled and said: "Okay, since there is nothing good, let's invite all the gentlemen back. Well, everyone is lucky. I still have some good silk here. You can each take it.
Of course, don’t make any noise about this kind of thing..."
When all the factory guards heard this, they were all secretly happy. It turns out that we also have something good to get. Although it is not as valuable as the ring, the silk sent by the palace must be very good silk...
After beating away the factory guards, Zhu Youjian exhaled heavily. Fortunately, the blood stains at the entrance of the palace were cleaned up before these factory guards came. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to handle.
Back in the study, Zhu Youjian snorted first, and then said: "Ma Xiaoquan, you said I helped you such a big favor, how can you repay me?"
In the corner of the study, Ma Xiaoquan stood respectfully. Zhu You questioned his words, and he replied neither humble nor arrogantly: "Your Majesty, if you say that as long as a humble minister can do it, your Majesty, just say it."
Zhu Youjian chuckled and asked: "Really? Okay, then I want all the property of your Ma family!"
Ma Xiaoquan sneered in his heart. He had known that Zhu Youjian would plot his Ma family's money. It didn't matter. Most of the money was not in Beijing. In addition, the Ma family in Beijing was robbed once by Wei Zhongxian. Hum, you want my horse?
All my family's property and property in Beijing will be given to you.
Thinking of this, Ma Xiaoquan did not hesitate, patted his chest and said: "This is easy to handle, but Your Majesty, please allocate a large part of these properties to support Ningyuan, Liaodong... The war ahead is tense, and the soldiers are...