The Xingwang Mansion Study Hall is the Chunyi Hall that Emperor Jiajing later allocated special funds to repair. It is located to the east of the palace and is where Zhu Youqi lived. There are five rooms in the front and rear, a total of twelve rooms in the left and right rooms, and three doors.
In a room at the back, Zhu Youqiao was holding the hand of his son on the couch, with a concerned look on his face.
Yuan Zonggao saw the doctor out of the house, and when he turned back, he was followed by Zhu San who lowered his head and did not dare to look at his father or Yuan Zonggao.
Yuan Zonggao said: "Prince Xing, we have sent someone to inform the princess that the prince is fine."
"Father, I feel better... Ahem, I don't blame anyone else. I may have accidentally caused the fire... When I got there, I felt a little sleepy, so I lay down on the table and fell asleep for a while, forgetting that there was someone in front of me. The revolving lantern was lit, maybe I accidentally knocked it over and set the house on fire."
Zhu Houcong's voice was weak. The reason why he was bedridden was because his body was still a little weak, but he was in good spirits.
Children are scheming. What if they make a mistake and immediately jump up and down and are punished by their father? They have to pretend to be sick after a life and death experience.
Zhu Houcong wanted to teach his son a lesson with a straight face, but seeing that his son was so weak, he really couldn't harden his heart.
Yuan Zonggao asked: "Your Majesty, did you know Zhu Hao early in the morning?"
Finally got to the point.
Zhu San was the most nervous.
"Um."
Zhu Houcong just nodded and his eyes couldn't help but fall on his sister.
Zhu Youqian and Yuan Zonggao looked at Zhu San at the same time. Zhu San blushed and wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl in.
Zhu Youqi looked at his daughter and asked with a straight face: "How did we know her?"
"I...I just know..."
Zhu San's little head was spinning very fast, and he never stopped talking, "He is the disciple of Mr. Sui's friend. Mr. Sui took me to see him before. If you don't believe me, you can ask Mr. Sui..."
Zhu San's principle when answering in front of his father is to put the responsibility on others as much as possible.
How much importance Prince Xing's Mansion paid to her brother, if others didn't know, how could she not know?
Since childhood, I have dressed up as a man in order to protect my younger brother. I have to pretend to be my younger brother and take risks. They have the same parents, but their treatment is completely different.
If you take your younger brother out to play and let him fall into the water, you must not tell him unless you have to!
Zhu Youqian frowned slightly: "The disciple of Sui's friend?"
It sounds like a child lying, so his father naturally doesn't believe it.
Yuan Zonggao asked with great interest: "Let's talk about it in detail."
Zhu Sandao: "That day, Mr. Sui said that he wanted to go out of the palace to meet a friend. He also said that the man was unparalleled in poetry and painting... It seemed that his surname was Tang. I said that I also wanted to see him, and he took me out... "
Hearing this, Zhu Youqian and Yuan Zonggao looked at each other.
Allowing Sui Gongyan to take his daughter out of the palace was a strategy that Zhu Youji and Yuan Zonggao had agreed upon before, so as to make people think that Zhu San was Zhu Houcong as much as possible. Sui Gongyan did not violate the prohibition in this matter.
"At that time, Zhu Hao was with that man, fishing together... He said he was fishing but there was no hook. He said Jiang Taigong took the bait when he fished."
Zhu San recalled that her first contact with Zhu Hao by the river was indeed an "accidental meeting", and she did not hide anything about it.
Zhu Youqian muttered: "Both poems and paintings are unique? Unparalleled in the world? Could it be Tang Yin?"
Yuan Zonggao said: "I have never heard of Tang Bohu coming to Huguang before."
"What happened next?" Zhu Youqian asked.
Zhu Sanyi saw that it was just a perfunctory meeting by the river and there was no way to communicate. He could only say a little more: "Later, Zhu Hao said that his mother was sick and wanted to sell rabbits to me. I also wanted to raise a few rabbits, so I bought him." of……"
The story became more and more bizarre. Zhu Youqi didn't want to continue listening to his daughter's nonsense, so he asked Zhu Houcong: "Is that so?"
Zhu Houcong thought for a moment and nodded.
Yuan Zonggao thought for a moment and then said: "It seems that there is quite a lot of fate... Zhu Hao passed the examination for selecting a companion in Prince Xing's Mansion based on his true ability. If he is a disciple of Tang Bohu... famous teachers give birth to great disciples, everything makes sense. Yes. But why did Tang Bohu’s disciples come to Prince Xing’s Mansion?”
Zhu Youqian continued to ask: "Then after Zhu Hao entered Prince Xing's Mansion, how did you know that he lived in the East Courtyard? Why did you go there?"
This is the issue that Zhu Youqian and Yuan Zonggao are most concerned about.
Zhu Sanyi didn't know how to answer for a while.
Yuan Zonggao said: "Tell the truth and don't hide it."
Zhu San suddenly thought of something and said: "It's A Bing... No, it's Lu Bing. He told us that Zhu Hao entered the palace and lived in the east courtyard... Father, please go ask him."
When it came to shirking responsibility, Zhu San did it from beginning to end, and she didn't lie this time.
"Lu Bing?"
Zhu Youqian looked at Yuan Zonggao in confusion.
Yuan Zonggao explained: "Lu Bing is the son of Lu Song, the official of the Palace Guards Department. He is also among the candidates for the palace's selection of companions. He had an encounter with Zhu Hao when he participated in the selection. Third Young Master, you mean, and It's not Zhu Hao who came to find you, but you who came to find him, right?"
Yuan Zonggao seemed to be just presiding over the last round of exams, but in fact he knew everything about the palace's selection of study companions, so he naturally knew that Lu Bing had communicated with Zhu Hao during the exams.
Zhu San thought for a while and nodded seriously: "He can't enter the inner courtyard... We only went to play with him because Lu Bing said so."
When Yuan Zonggao heard this, he sighed slightly.
His last mystery was also solved.
This is a problem he has been struggling with. If Zhu Hao took the initiative to find Zhu San and Zhu Houcong, it was probably Zhu Hao who set up a trap, and Zhu Hao might be an accomplice of the arsonist.
But if it was because Lu Bing knew Zhu Hao and told Zhu San and Zhu Houxuan that Zhu Hao was in the palace, the two young ones took the initiative to look for it...
Zhu Hao is the passive party, so setting the fire has nothing to do with Zhu Hao!
Originally, Jian Maoluo and others deliberately set fire to Zhu Hao, but by some mistake, Zhu Houcong went to play with Zhu Hao, and Zhu Houcong was burned. Fortunately, Zhu Hao stepped forward at that time...
"King Xing, everything makes sense. As long as we verify it again, we will know whether someone is lying."
Yuan Zonggao did not completely trust Zhu San, but the matter was very simple. He only needed to ask Sui Gongyan and people related to the matter to find out the truth.
Zhu Youyi nodded, and when he saw Yuan Zonggao winking, he realized that his father cared too much.
As a member of the royal family, no matter how much you care about your son, you still have to show indifference and avoid letting others know your weaknesses. This is the responsible attitude towards your son.
"Okay, let's all go out... Let Xiaosi rest here and notify the princess to come over."
Zhu Youyi left the care of his son to his wife, and even Zhu San was temporarily kicked out of the house. There is a high possibility that this girl will be ordered to shut up and think about her mistakes.
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Zhu Youqi and Yuan Zonggao came to the study room in front.
In front of the desk, Zhu Youqi slammed the table: "A group of untouchables actually took it upon themselves to set fire to the palace and commit murder. Do they really think that our palace is a den of thieves?"
Killing Zhu Hao was not Zhu Youqian's intention, nor was it even Yuan Zonggao's intention. It was just that the people below catered to his superiors' wishes and made their own decisions based on their own assumptions.
It's hard to tell whether Jian Maoluo killed someone unintentionally.
But now the case has been settled.
Yuan Zonggao shook his head: "I can't even understand why that kid from the Zhu family... wants to risk his life to save others?"
Zhu Youqian frowned slightly and glanced at Yuan Zonggao, as if to say, do you think he shouldn't save people? If he doesn't save people, my son may be in danger!
"Prince Xing, let's call someone in and ask!"
Yuan Zonggao suggested.
Zhu Youyi nodded and agreed to Yuan Zonggao's request, but after he sat back at his desk, his face returned to calm.
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Zhu Hao and Lu Song were called into the study.
Zhu Youqian looked at Lu Song, nodded and said, "Lu Dianzhan, because you have done great work in putting out the fire today, I will give you an additional three months' salary."
Lu Song was originally absent-minded, but after hearing this, he quickly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Yuan Zonggao smiled and said: "Lu Dianzhan is loyal and loyal, and he is actually the pillar of our palace... You go and do your work first. I have something to ask Zhu Hao here."
"yes."
Lu Song was originally full of doubts, but after communicating with Zhu Hao, he figured out one thing, that is, he must be of the same mind as Zhu Hao.
Lu Song walked out of the door and closed the study door.
"Meet His Highness King Xing."
Zhu Hao bent down and saluted, "I have met Mr. Yuan."
Zhu Youqi didn't express anything.
Yuan Zonggao smiled and said: "Zhu Hao, when I took the exam that day, I thought you were very smart... I wonder who you studied under?"
Instead of asking about arson and rescuing people, Zhu Hao first asked which master he studied under. Zhu Hao immediately made a judgment. The two old foxes asked Zhu San and Zhu Si first. Do they want to get the answer from me?
Zhu Haodao: "The student did not formally become a teacher, but he was an anonymous gentleman who traveled to Jiangxi and Gansu via Huguang. He taught me many principles of life and he is considered my enlightenment teacher."
"Then why do you want to enter Prince Xing's Mansion?"
Yuan Zonggao's next question was more acute.
I went to Prince Xing's Mansion to spy on information. God knows what you know and what I know. Even the craftsmen know it. Why do I need to ask?
"I...want to study."
Since you all know, I'll pretend you don't know.
Yuan Zonggao smiled and said, "Is it just for studying?"
Zhu Haodao: "To be honest, my father was a member of the Jinyi Guards, and died for his country to quell the rebellion. He left the property to our orphans and widowed mother. However, the family always wanted to take the land and house back, and they did not hesitate to frame my mother for selling illegal salt and put her in jail. We are even required to pay forty taels of silver to the clan every month..."
"Oh, is it so?"
Yuan Zonggao showed great interest, thinking that he already knew this.
"In order to let me study, my mother went to the city to hire a husband. Unexpectedly, the Zhu family spread the news and did not allow scholars to enlighten me... I wanted to study in the prince's palace, so that my family could not control it, so I signed up to take the examination... Who knew that I would enter the prince's palace? A few days ago, my grandmother came to me to give me a lecture, saying that she wanted me to tell her all the details about what I learned at the palace."
Zhu Hao was very sincere and actually told everything about what he did when he came to the palace.
Yuan Zonggao sighed: "Zhu Hao, you are very spiritual and very talented in reading. You are really a talent that can be developed. But it is wrong for you to do this. The palace recruited you as a companion to study for you, but you Informing outsiders about the affairs of the royal palace is not repaying kindness with evil."
Uncle, do you need to say this?
Zhu Hao said: "I also know that this is wrong, but I just want to study. If I don't obey, the Zhu family will take me back and take away the property left by my father. Not only will I not be able to study, but I will also have to They were arranged to do coolies, and even my late father’s position as a member of a wealthy family had to be given to the children of my second uncle’s family... We, orphans and widowed mothers, were really forced to have no choice but to do so.”
Yuan Zonggao smiled and glanced at Zhu Youqi. He saw that King Xing had a look of disgust on his face. Apparently in his heart, even if Zhu Hao saved his son's life, he could not stay.
Who told Zhu Hao to be a member of the Zhu family of Jinyiwei?
And the Zhu family was arranged by the imperial court to move to Anlu to monitor Prince Xing's mansion nearby?
"Then Zhu Hao, why do you want to save people today?"
Yuan Zonggao continued to issue soul torture.
Zhu Hao asked in surprise: "Mr. Yuan, I don't quite understand what you mean... I saw my friend in the fire, shouldn't I save him?"
"friend?"
Yuan Zonggao could not understand why Zhu Hao said this.
"Yeah, I haven't had any friends since I was a child. Zhu San and Zhu Si are my best friends. I know that they have high status and are not worthy of being friends with them. But isn't it only natural for me to help my friends when they are in trouble? ?"
"And what happened to Zhu Si when he was playing with me was because I was involved. Even if I risked my life, I would save him from the sea of fire... Sigh, I really didn't think too much at the time..."