Chapter 145 The little prince's official appointment and wish
Probably because Zhu Houzhao had some bad records in the past, it was rare for the prince to drink up the medicine easily. The envoy from the Taiyuan Hospital came up to inspect the medicine bowl in person, and even scraped the residue into his mouth with his fingers.
After a while, he nodded to the emperor. Then, knowing that there was nothing fishy, Emperor Hongzhi suddenly smiled, stepped forward and rubbed Zhu Houzhao's head, and gave some stern instructions to the ministers.
, then Xu Xun was called over.
Before the emperor could speak, Xu Xun rushed in and said: "Report to the emperor, the ministers have already advised the prince. The prince said that his illness has alarmed so many people, and he will definitely take medicine and recuperate in peace, and will never cause trouble again."
Already."
Emperor Hongzhi was originally worried that Xu Xun was taking advantage of his own merits. From now on, Zhu Houzhao would have to take medicine every day without him, which would be really troublesome. Of course, if Xu Xun was really such a man of ideas, he would not be unable to find a ruthless way to solve the problem once and for all.
Hearing this at this moment, he breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time, he could not help but feel more and more pleased with the young man in front of him. After nodding happily, he glanced at his son who was rarely so quiet on the bed, and then said slowly: "Since then
That's the best. You have contributed a lot to today's affairs. It's getting late now, so just stand down."
"Son"
"Father!"
Xu Xun had just replied respectfully, but Zhu Houzhao, who was lying on the bed over there but had his ears raised all the time to eavesdrop, immediately shouted. Seeing Emperor Hongzhi rushing back in a hurry, he pretended to be pitiful.
He said: "Father, would you like Xu Xun to say a few more words to your son? Just two or three words, just for a while!"
Seeing Zhu Houzhao's sallow face, Empress Zhang couldn't help but advise: "Your Majesty, since you have a headache, stop talking!"
"Mother!"
In the past, Zhu Houzhao would have dropped his face and become angry once he was sure, but now he unexpectedly stretched out his hand to hold Queen Zhang who was sitting on the edge of the bed, and shook it like a charm: "Mother, you are right.
Sir, it will be a while... Why don't you let them light a stick of incense and watch the time yourself?"
"You kid!" Empress Zhang was also shocked by Zhu Houzhao's rare closeness and was stunned for a moment. Then she stretched out her finger and flicked her son's forehead lovingly, then raised her head and glanced at Hong Zhi who was standing aside.
Seeing her husband, the emperor also nodded slightly. She thought about it again and again, and finally agreed. While standing up, she ordered Xu Xun, who had a low eyebrow and seemed to be pleased with him, "...The prince is now in a weak state. Remember to advise the prince to take good care of himself."
You will be raised, don’t indulge!”
These two sentences were different from the previous ones. They were all dignified and solemn by the queen. Xu Xun quickly bowed and responded. After watching the two supreme beings go out, he listened to the sounds outside and saw that after a while of commotion, it seemed that the emperor and empress were speaking.
As if the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were leaving, Xu Xun breathed a sigh of relief, and then his sleeves were pulled hard. The strong force immediately made him sit down on the footboard in front of the bed.
When he looked up, he saw Zhu Houzhao's furious face.
"I also drank the medicine this time, but don't expect me to hold my nose and drink the second dose, otherwise don't blame me for selling you to my father!"
Xu Xun glanced at Liu Jin and saw Liu Jin standing aside with an expression of "I didn't hear anything" on his face. He couldn't help but feel angry. He planned to say that it depends on your few capable generals, but he heard it.
A burst of sound.
Turning around, he saw that Zhang Yong, who had led him in here in the first place, had crept in. Knowing that this guy was sent to contact people from the Taiyuan Hospital, he waved and gave up another seat.
"Your Highness, the matter has been settled. Judge Liu promised with all his heart, and now he has cleared the relationship and went to see Eunuch Xiao, the Chief of Ceremonies. However, I was afraid that he would vouch for his hot moxibustion combined with herbal pigeon soup.
The method is better than the decoction and moxibustion used by the court envoys. If Eunuch Xiao is not willing to believe it and is not willing to take the risk to speak in front of the emperor, then the medicine in the evening..."
Seeing that Zhang Yong had just said that it was done, but there was such an emergency later, Zhu Houzhao's face suddenly darkened. At this time, Xu Xun said quickly: "If you can take me to see the Chief of Ceremonies when you leave the palace,
Eunuch Xiao, I am 70-80% certain about this matter. As long as His Highness the Crown Prince shows that he is gradually getting better, others will naturally have nothing to say."
"Okay, okay, then I'll leave this to you!"
Zhu Houzhao patted Xu Xun's shoulder with joy. He suddenly remembered the way Empress Zhang was intimate with him just now, and suddenly felt a little hesitant in his heart. After a while, he looked at Liu Jin and the man kneeling in front of the bed.
Zhang Yong suddenly shouted: "Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, you two, go and watch outside, I have something to tell Xu Xun!"
Liu Jin and Zhang Yong looked at each other and immediately left the room without saying a word. But Zhu Houzhao was still worried and leaned out to take a look. Then he leaned close to Xu Xun's ear and whispered: "Xu Xun, you go outside.
Check it out and see if there are any rumors among the people... that I was not born from another mother."
"Huh?" Xu Xun didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to be straightforward this time. After the initial surprise, his eyes couldn't help but flicker, and then he looked sideways at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Since His Highness the Crown Prince trusts you so much, then I will try my best."
Try. But..."
"But what? Oh, you want benefits. I have plenty of gold and silver. I will let Liu Jin..."
Although Zhu Houzhao spoke nonchalantly, Xu Xun immediately shook his head and interrupted him: "Your Highness, although I am new to the capital, fortunately there are still people to take care of me. Even the house's ceremonial supervisor, Mr. Xiao, has already found a place. As for the
Gold and silver, these external things, can be used as long as they are enough, so what is there to covet? What I want to say is, Your Highness entrusted me to investigate things outside, why not take this opportunity to investigate inside the palace? For example, how can Your Highness?
Did you hear these words intentionally, or was it really unintentional? How widespread are these rumors, how many people have heard them, and why do the Emperor and the Empress seem to know nothing?"
"You mean..." Although Zhu Houzhao was young and spoiled by his parents, he was extremely smart. At this moment, his eyes lit up and he hit the bed with his fist, "You said
That's right, you're in charge of the outside and I'm in charge of the inside, let's investigate separately! What's the Jinyi Weidong Factory? We're going to overshadow them in one fell swoop this time. When the time comes to reopen the West Factory, I don't want those useless guys in charge.
I will personally command the admiral!"
"Cough...cough cough!"
Xu Xun almost choked to death on his own saliva, but he still couldn't laugh out loud in front of the serious Zhu Houzhao. He finally understood how the prince would proclaim himself a marshal and a prince in the future and give himself a salary. Now this position is obvious
I already thought that the Admiral Xichang could do whatever he wanted. It was just that he incited Zhu Houzhao in this way because he really wanted the prince to know a little bit about some treacherous plans, and he didn't really want people to do whatever he wanted. After all,
, Today's Zhu Houzhao Zhenjian is spoiled too much and protected too well. When Emperor Hongzhi's world falls..." How can the little guy bear it?
"His Highness is really ambitious... In fact, His Highness has heard of this news, and the people around you should have heard of it. And when it comes to doing things, you can't go out and check it in person, so why not pick one or two?
, reliable, especially Eunuch Liu and Eunuch Zhang who are outside at the moment. Of course, Your Highness must not let them know that I am still investigating outside..."
"You're right, I've heard all about it, but I don't believe they haven't heard of these nonsense... Liu Jin is considerate, Zhang Yong is cunning and clever, but it's really not possible and Gu Dayong, too many people are not good.
The things outside belong to you, and I will never say a word to them. Well, now that we have divided the work inside and outside, everything will be fine!"
Zhu Houzhao stretched out in relief. Seeing Xu Xun stand up, he suddenly grabbed Xu Xun's sleeve again: "By the way, Xu Xun, my father just made you an honorary guard, and I will also make you an official."
Son...well, I will make you the number one employee under me, the future admiral of the West Factory, so please be more attentive to me!"
When Xu Xun heard this, he almost fell to the ground with his bosses. Although this was just a joke from the prince, he was really afraid that the little prince who wanted to do whatever he wanted would directly make a fuss in front of the emperor. Then two of his factory guards would
He couldn't take off the words. So, he had to explain to Zhu Houzhao with a smiling face the importance of not being rewarded for his merits and the importance of rewards based on his merits. Finally, he succeeded in getting the master to take back his life. He was about to retire.
At this moment, he thought of Xu Xu who was in Jinyiwei and Wang Shikun in Fangyuan, so he had to test it a little bit, but he didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao had completely forgotten Xu Xu a long time ago. After hearing this, Wang Shikun raised his eyebrows.
"Is that the brother-in-law of Wei Guogong who beat his nephew with a horse whip? He is not bad, he has a good temperament for me. Come to Sunrise Palace and take me to see you again!"
When Xu Xun left Chengqian Palace, went out from Xuanwu Gate to visit the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and finally exited the imperial city from Bei'an Gate, he was so hungry and tired that he almost collapsed.
When I came, I was picked up by a carriage. When I left, it was also a carriage because it was considered a meritorious service. Unfortunately, Xu Xun was very hungry in the car. Along the way, I saw people selling snacks who wanted to stop and fill their stomachs first, but the driver was deaf.
, he couldn't tell clearly after several stops, so he had to stick to it. When he arrived at the gate of Wei Guogong's Fangyuan, he saw Tao Hong and A Bao rushing out to greet him. He weakly patted Tao Hong on the shoulder and said: "Go, hurry up.
Let them prepare food, Master, I will soon be hungry!"
When Tao Hong walked in quickly, he held A Bao's shoulders and moved inside step by step. When he heard that Wang Shikun had gone to pay homage to Duke Ding, he didn't pay much attention. When he was about to reach the courtyard gate, he suddenly remembered what A Bao had said before.
Then he asked in a low voice: "Abao, the Prince Zheng you mentioned before, did you mean that his daughter worked as an errand in Qianqing Palace and was taken in by the current emperor?"
A Bao was on the boat in the canal. He was old. When he first arrived in the capital and saw so many noble people, living in big houses and wearing good clothes, he had already felt a little nervous, and he didn't speak as casually as before. At this moment, Xu Xun asked this question.
..." He was stunned for a while, and then he mumbled: "Master, I'm just talking nonsense...