Chapter 167 Protecting the calf and loving wife in the wrath of the emperor
Beizhen Fusi went to Princess Renhe's mansion to arrest people?
At this moment, not to mention Emperor Hongzhi was shocked, even Xiao Jing and Li Rong were also surprised. Empress Zhang just wanted to ask what happened, but she remembered that just now Ren and the eldest princess knelt down in front of them and kowtowed miserably.
With a pleading look, her pity immediately came up, and she quickly helped: "Your Majesty, I just heard Yuanniang talk about this matter, and I was very angry! Even if the Jinyiwei gang has the power of investigation, who can allow it?
They are so reckless and dare to break into the eldest princess's mansion, they are really audacious!"
"How could Ye Yan be so bold!"
Seeing the pitiful appearance of Ren and the eldest princess kneeling on the ground, Emperor Hongzhi remembered that she had become a widow before she was thirty, and now that she had encountered such a thing, he naturally felt pity for her. He stood up immediately and actually helped her up personally.
He stood up and ordered people to move the chair without looking back. At this moment, Zhang Yong was still kneeling on the ground, and Xiao Jing, who had easier access to his legs, naturally rushed to the front. Although Ren and the eldest princess were trembling, they sat down.
While doing so, he did not forget to thank Xiao Jing, and then grabbed Queen Zhang's hand.
"Sister-in-law, my man failed to live up to expectations when he was alive. After he dies, I will just pretend that he is no longer a person. But I am just a son. He is still sensible at a young age. I also know that the imperial court has rules for appointing officials.
, I don’t ask the emperor to make an exception for him, but now that he has been bullied, what’s the point of my life!”
As Renhe and the eldest princess spoke, they knelt down and covered their faces and cried bitterly. When Emperor Hongzhi saw Empress Zhang admonishing him, he immediately lowered his face and ordered: "Go to Beizhen Fusi personally and ask Ye Guang what is going on! Who is it?"
He is so bold that he dares to go to the eldest princess’s mansion to arrest people without asking for orders, it is simply arrogant!”
Li Rong glanced at Xiao Jing sideways and knew that the other party had always been able to get around in Beizhen Fusi, so he coughed lightly and said: "Your Majesty, Beizhen Fusi is no worse than other places for those children to go. That's the reason.
It's big, and the matter involves the eldest princess, so I'd better go there in person, and the matter should be handled more secretly.
"Okay, you go!"
When Princess Renhe heard that it was Li Rong who took action in person, she quickly wiped her face with a handkerchief. She actually stood up with red eyes and saluted Li Rong. The old eunuch was so panicked that he quickly avoided it and kept saying that he couldn't help it. He was making a fuss.
At that moment, as if God didn't want the people here to stop, a cautious voice suddenly came from outside.
"Eunuch Chen, the Emperor's Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies, is here, saying that he has forwarded an important letter from Mr. Ye, Fu Si of Beizhen!"
"This is really about Cao Cao. Cao Cao is here! Let him in!" Emperor Hongzhi frowned, but finally announced that Chen Kuan had entered. When Chen Kuan hurriedly entered the room holding a letter, he knelt down and saluted before him.
He waved his hands and said, "There is no need for these empty articles. Whatever Ye Guangcheng has entered, show it to me!"
When he took the sealed letter and took a look, he saw that it had been carefully wrapped with a layer of oil paper. Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. After finally opening it with great effort, he found that there was actually a thick layer of kraft paper envelope inside.
, his frown deepened, and he picked up a paper knife and opened the envelope. What he took out was not the letterhead he expected, but actually a small envelope. At this time, he finally became impatient.
He put down the paper knife and said angrily: "How dare Ye Guang amuse me!"
Xiao Jing instinctively felt that this was a bit strange, and it was not something that a cautious person like Ye Guang could do. He did not help to intercede, but stepped forward and bent down to help open the small envelope, and it was easy to open it again.
He cut it open, only to see a neatly folded small square piece of paper inside. He glanced sideways at Emperor Hongzhi, and seeing that the emperor didn't even look at it, he simply helped unfold it, and then took a look.
At one glance at the handwriting, he was surprised and delighted and handed it to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, this is the Crown Prince, His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"What!"
Emperor Hongzhi snatched the piece of paper, and after scanning the vague writing on the front, he recognized that it was indeed Zhu Houzhao's. There were no more than twenty or thirty words in the note, all in vernacular... "Father, I am here to arrest you."
I caught a big fish, and now I'm going to review it with Ye Guang. I'll report back the details, please take care of it."
Caught a big fish? Went to trial with Ye Guang? What does this mean?
Emperor Hongzhi has been the emperor for more than ten years. He has a lot of experience in poetry and articles, but at least he is at an above-average level. He is determined to understand the eloquent parallel prose in some memorials, but this time
Faced with these simple twenty or thirty words, he couldn't understand it. After reading it horizontally and vertically several times, he finally got a little taste of it and suddenly looked at the station.
There, the bewildered Princess Renhe asked: "Yuan Niang, first of all, you said that people from Beizhen Fusi went to your house to arrest someone. Did you catch anyone?"
Renhe and the eldest princess only listened to Qi Jiliang's words and did not know the specific situation. After staying for a while, they said hesitantly: "From what Liang'er said, it seems that someone was arrested and he was his distinguished guest."
"How many people from Beizhen Fusi have gone?"
"this……"
Princess Ren and the eldest princess didn't know what the emperor's words meant, and they really didn't know. They were immediately in trouble. Seeing this, Emperor Hongzhi immediately made a decision and told Li Rong: "You don't need to go to Beizhen either."
Fusi, first go to the eldest princess’s mansion to find out what happened. How many people have gone to Fusi in Beizhen, who are they, who are they kidnapped...how are they kidnapped, and how are they coercing the eldest princess’s son?
, please ask me everything first!"
"Huang Huang!"
Seeing Li Rong obeying the order and leaving, Princess Renhe immediately became anxious. After these words, Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and said: "My dear sister, it's not that I don't believe you, but it's a matter of great importance. I have to ask clearly! If it's true!
They broke into your eldest princess's mansion without permission, and I will definitely give you justice! Okay, let's see how you cry. Someone, help the eldest princess down, wash her face well, and take her to Kunning Palace to rest!"
When the two little eunuchs from outside came in and helped Ren and the eldest princess out, Empress Zhang, who had been holding it in all the time, finally couldn't bear it any longer. She almost rushed to the emperor's side, grabbed Emperor Hongzhi and threw him down.
The note on the desk changed drastically as soon as I read it from beginning to end. I immediately raised my head and said, "Your Majesty, what is going on?"
Unexpectedly, Emperor Hongzhi was caught off guard by the fact that the Queen was as quiet as a virgin and as quick as a rabbit. The words that he had been thinking about for a long time were of no use. He could only laugh and said: "Queen, don't think so much."
, this is just a joke between Hou Zhao and us. This child is playful by nature, it’s not like you don’t know..."
"Your Majesty, don't be sloppy with your concubines. If it wasn't a big deal, you would have kicked all the concubines in the East Palace outside and made them kneel down?" The more Empress Zhang thought about it, the more she felt that she was too sloppy when she came in. She was anxious and angry for a moment.
He actually grabbed Emperor Hongzhi's sleeve and said, "What happened to Hou Zhao? What happened to my concubine's son? Didn't he go to the Wenhua Hall to listen to the lecture today? Why did he go to the Beizhen Fusi to hear the case? And what's more?
What does this big fish mean?”
If I knew what it meant, would I still be worried here?
Emperor Hongzhi was already filled with sorrow, but he had to calm down and comfort him: "Queen, where are you thinking? Of course Houzhao is in good condition, otherwise how could he send such a letter? As for him sneaking out
Palace, it’s not just once or twice, at worst, we will punish him severely when the time comes, so that we can win over his heart..."
"Penish, punish, punish. How can we just punish? He is still young!"
Seeing that Empress Zhang was indeed distracted by him, Emperor Hongzhi was relieved. He quickly echoed from the side and took the opportunity to discuss the teaching of children with Empress Zhang. Being attracted by him, Empress Zhang naturally talked about it again.
After seeing Zhu Houzhao's illness some time ago, he immediately complained again: "Those ministers only know how to give lectures, but they really don't care about him as the prince! He got up early in the morning on a cold day and went to the Wenhua Palace, and only rested for an hour or two at noon. In the afternoon
He will continue to talk about how he can bear it at such a young age..."..."
Xiao Jing, who was standing aside, saw that the emperor was perfunctory with the queen and making a subtle gesture to himself, so he naturally retreated quietly. However, after leaving the palace gate, he first gave instructions to the people in the East Palace who were still kneeling outside.
Looking for a place to settle for the time being, a Qianqing palace promised hesitantly, saying that he was afraid that the emperor would ask, and he immediately said annoyedly: "Don't you see the empress in there? What if the empress retreated, wouldn't it be another scene when she saw it?
A good interrogation? Even the emperor doesn’t look good."
With one word, he solved everyone's difficulties. He didn't stay too long and went straight out of Qianqing Gate with his entourage. When he saw two young eunuchs carrying stools over, he, who had given the inner city a stool in his early years, waved his hand and said
: "Don't go back to the Director of Ceremonies, go straight out of the Meridian Gate and go to Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town!"
When Empress Zhang married Emperor Hongzhi, she was still the prince, and there was a concubine Wan Guifei who was weighing on everyone's heads in the palace, so the two could be said to be a couple in need. But after all the hardships, Emperor Hongzhi still never married another child.
The harem is almost unique in ancient times, not to mention the relationship between the husband and wife. At this time, in order to prevent his wife from pursuing her son's affairs, Emperor Hongzhi did not know how many coaxing methods he used, and even spent a lot of money
Zhou Zhang recalled the joys and sorrows of the past.
However, no one knows how long it took, as the light in the room gradually dimmed, Queen Zhang finally noticed that it was getting dark.
"Stop talking to me about him and tell me where he is, Hou Zhao!"
Empress Zhang was so anxious that she even called her "you and me". Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Emperor Hongzhi sighed deeply and then said: "Huzhao has grown up. I heard that he was in the palace a few days ago.
I heard people say bad things about your brother and my brother, but I didn't know what clues I found, and I actually ran out of the palace myself. This kid really doesn't make people worry."
After the initial shock and anger, Empress Zhang felt happy in her heart, and her eyes turned a little red. She didn't know how many methods she used to prevent her son from getting close to his two uncles, and even gradually alienating himself.
But it never worked, but now my husband actually said that Zhu Houzhao ran out of the palace for his two uncles.