In order to help her son, or to help the Zhu family achieve fame, Zhu Jiashi has given up everything and is showing signs of going crazy.
Zhu Haoren was in the palace. Although he didn't go home, he still felt the crisis that was coming at any time.
"Now that Prince Xing's Mansion seems to be in a state of monolith, will the Jinyiwei people still gather their troops to attack? Do you want to use me to achieve your goals? You have to see if you can talk to me first."
Zhu Hao's best way to avoid being exploited by his family is to stay away from the palace for a while. As long as the Zhu family can't see him, they can't take advantage of him.
During this period of time, he could stay in the palace to study, leisurely, and write plays and novels. Who cares?
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After the palace strengthened its vigilance, there was indeed no movement from the Jin Yiwei side.
As the guards of Prince Xing's Mansion gathered throughout Anlu, it only took two days for Prince Xing's Mansion to go from pretending to be on heightened alert to truly being on tight alert.
At this time, there were more than 400 guards in Prince Xing's Mansion. In the past, there were two shifts day and night, and each shift could have a size of more than 200 people.
Now the rotation rules have been changed, everyone is divided into three shifts, and one rotation has been increased from the original six hours to eight hours, with different rotation times mixed in. Two-thirds of the palace's guards are on duty at all times, even if they are resting
All time is spent in the palace for housekeeping, no one is allowed to go home, and everything is handled according to wartime standards.
When the Jin Yiwei saw that the number of patrols around the palace had increased significantly, they suddenly realized that it might have been a cover-up trick by the palace.
Inside the post house.
Zhu Wanhong listened to the summary and summary of the two close men, and thought that people from the Imperial Guards Department had been entering the city in the past two days, and he felt very angry.
One of his close associates wondered: "Zhu Qianhu, if we had taken action early, we might not be as passive as today. Now it is obvious that we are on the opposite side of Prince Xing's Mansion. So many people have stayed in Anlu for a long time and have not returned... The imperial court
It’s not easy to communicate with each other.”
Qian Ning mobilized a large number of people from the capital to go south to assist Zhu Wanhong in plotting to assassinate Zhu Houcong, demanding that it be done cleanly and without leaving any traces. Now that the palace has clearly increased its vigilance, even if it succeeds, it will definitely cause an uproar in the court.
Another confidant complained: "Even if we are ordered to kill Prince Xing, there will still be King De, King Tang, King Shu, etc., when will the end be over if we keep killing like this?"
Zhu Wanhong looked at the complaining subordinate and asked with a sneer: "Does that mean you don't need to pay attention to the tasks assigned by the superiors?"
"Zhu Qianhu, calm down... Now it's better to report the local situation quickly and see what the reaction from above is." This subordinate quickly made suggestions.
Zhu Wanhong looked ugly, and seemed to have no better way. At this time, the confidant reminded him again: "Or is it possible to follow the emperor's idea and use the palace's insiders to plot the assassination?"
Zhu Wanhong raised his hand: "No, this plan is not feasible, it will put us in danger, not to mention that the court wants to target the Xingwang Mansion. When the Wan family planned to establish a Xingwang Mansion in Chenghua, the people in the court may have some intentions. If
If we brave the injustice of the world and brazenly hurt people, the Qingliu in the court will definitely not sit idly by and ignore it, and the court will definitely push you and me out for execution to quell the public anger!
"Now that the palace is on guard, the assassination mission should be canceled in time!"
"This... but I'm afraid that's not what it means..." Another subordinate had a different opinion.
Zhu Wanhong sneered: "Do you want to make me a scapegoat? Is this good for you?"
The subordinate lowered his head and did not dare to persist.
The senior officials of Jinyiwei don't care whether you, Zhu Wanhong, live or die. As long as they can kill Prince Xing's son, preferably father and son together, then even if you complete the task, they will push you out later to quell the public's anger, and the court will be able to distance themselves from the relationship.
But Zhu Wanhong understood the situation clearly and understood that he was just an insignificant pawn on the chessboard and could be abandoned at any time.
What he was thinking at this time was, since Prince Xing's Mansion is on guard, I will report it truthfully. The murder of Crown Prince Xing cannot be made public. Even if Qian Ning wants to target him, it will not endanger his life. There is really no way
It is necessary to make fun of your own life in order to complete the errand.
At critical moments, Zhu Wanhong can still distinguish priorities.
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After the security of the palace was strengthened.
The study status of several children has not been affected. Except for Zhu Hao who is not going home for the time being, even Lu Bing and Jinghong are no longer going home. However, Lu Bing does not usually live in the Xikuoyuan dormitory and will go to the inner courtyard to find his mother at night.
Live together.
Lu Song was busy here and there, so he usually didn't see anyone.
Everyone in the palace felt like they were facing a formidable enemy, but Zhu Si, as the one who was most closely protected in the incident, acted like a normal person, eating, drinking, studying and playing every day, and he was at ease.
This shows that King Xing did not want the court disputes to affect his son's normal growth.
Tang Yin is the one who bears the greatest pressure.
Since the palace has tightened its security, Gongsun Yi no longer comes to the palace for the time being to attend classes. All teaching is done by Tang Yin alone. His changes are also the most obvious. He has a droopy face every day. People who don't know think that someone owes him a few ounces of money. As long as Tang Yin
If he doesn't take the initiative to talk to Zhu Hao, Zhu Hao will ignore this old boy.
It's almost June in the blink of an eye.
Zhu Hao didn't go home for more than a month, and he didn't even leave the palace gate. The business of the theater and workshop was completely entrusted to him.
On this day, Tang Yin came over to inform Zhu Hao and Jinghong that they were coming tomorrow, May 28th, and they could go home to visit relatives. They would also take three days off at a time, which would make up for the previous vacation.
Jinghong was very happy. As a child, he always missed home. Even if he played well with his friends, he still wanted to see his family after a long time. Zhu Hao didn't feel much about it.
He was going home the next day. On that day, Zhu Hao kept his previous habit of "staying up all day and going out at night", and still slept unceremoniously during Tang Yin's class in the afternoon.
When the sun set, Zhu Hao woke up and found that several children were playing in the yard. Only Tang Yin sat there and looked at him with a smile.
"Were you the one who knocked on the table just now?"
Zhu Hao rubbed his eyes and asked.
Tang Yin smiled and said: "If I don't remind you, how long are you going to sleep? Why do you doze off so much every day? What do you do at night?"
Zhu Hao didn't want to answer Tang Yin's useless questions.
"You are going back tomorrow. How do you feel about staying in the palace for more than a month?" Tang Yin asked.
Zhu Hao still didn't answer.
Tang Yin was asking for trouble, but he refused to give up: "Now let me ask you, do you think the current crisis in the palace has passed? Will the Jin Yiwei still attack the palace?"
Zhu Hao squinted his eyes and looked at it: "Mr. Lu, as a staff member of the palace, I heard that Prince Xing has been summoned frequently recently. You should be more aware of the changes in the external situation than me, right? Is your coming to ask me a test for me?"
Tang Yin was startled.
Why can't I hide it from Zhu Hao?
What is the current situation in the palace? Just ask the people in the palace directly. Have the Jinyiwei gang left? What is Zhu Wanhong's movement? What's the point of asking a child locked up in the palace...
His purpose is to test. You haven't left the palace for more than a month. If there is an expert behind you, I haven't been able to communicate with you recently. Your knowledge must be less impressive, right?
"Just treat it like a test. If this is what you said, I won't care about what you did in class, but if you guessed wrong..."
A smirk suddenly appeared on Tang Yin's face.
Zhu Hao said: "What if I guess wrong? My head is growing on my body, and I can't stop being trapped. Even if you hit me with a ruler, I'm still sleepy... Actually, it's not bad that I'm kicked out of the palace, so as not to be trapped by Zhu again."
The family took advantage of it, and from then on they could not find any loopholes in the palace...
"I'm not bragging, I can still find a place to study after leaving the palace... The palace is an invisible shackles to me now!"
Tang Yin was stunned for a moment after hearing Zhu Hao's words.
Why do you guys suddenly feel like you've been injected with chicken blood, telling me whether you have these things or not?
No, this guy seems to say that the family will take advantage of him...
This is consistent with the news sent to me by King Xing. At that time, I also made some distinctions for you. Even Zhang Zuo and others also spoke for you, saying that you would not endanger the safety of the prince, but at the same time, I would not let you leave the palace...
This did not affect your study in the palace, nor did it drive you away...
You didn't leave the palace, how did you know that your family wanted to use you for assassination?
"Mr. Lu, is there anything else?"
Zhu Hao suddenly looked at Tang Yin calmly.
Tang Yin rolled his eyes at Zhu Hao: "Zhu Hao, you are young, but you have a mature mentality. Perhaps it is what others say, a child without a father has long been in charge. You have really shown me!"
Tang Yinben wanted to continue to pester and cross-examine Zhu Hao.
But now he no longer worries about whether there is an expert behind Zhu Hao.
"By the way, Zhu Hao, I heard that there haven't been many performances in the troupe recently. A lot of things have happened in the city. You will know after you go out."
Tang Yin stood up and walked to the door.
Zhu Hao asked: "What's the matter?"
Tang Yin said: "You will know when you leave the palace."
Zhu Hao nodded: "Maybe it has something to do with Prince Ning."
"Um?"
Tang Yin stopped after hearing this and looked back at Zhu Hao.
If Zhu Hao might have had some advice from someone behind his back about the affairs in the palace, then Zhu Hao shouldn't know about the affairs in the city at the moment, right? That's not right. What if Lu Song or someone else had said anything in front of Zhu Hao?
This is no secret!
Zhu Hao was already packing up his textbooks, obviously not planning to attend the last class in the afternoon, and said casually: "I wanted to do good business with Dr. Su, but I haven't been back for the past two months, and Dr. Su's goods can't be supplied.
You must be looking around to see if you can let me out. You are not... bribed by Dongzhu Su, are you?"
Tang Yin said angrily: "What are you talking nonsense about?"
Zhu Hao said: "After my first batch of goods was given to Su Dongzhu, he must have made a lot of profits from it. Can he continue to do such a big business?
"But I think the area around Anlu has been uneasy recently, and it's not easy to move the goods. If Su Dongzhu really wants to do long-term business with me, he will probably find his brother-in-law, Huang Fantai, to rob and cause chaos in the surrounding areas.
Clean it up. Consider it my contribution to local commerce and people’s livelihood!”