Although he had not met with the ministers since the previous summons at the Wenhua Hall, and the memorial was just a general report from the Chief of Ceremonies as usual, how could Emperor Hongzhi not be aware of the disputes and undercurrents in the court?
He was simply irritable and anxious. What he didn't expect was that when he came to Kunning Palace to relax and have dinner, he heard something incredible. Zhu Houzhao summoned Qi Jiliang, the only son of Princess Renhe, to come over alone in the remote area.
The palace interrogated the person, and then ordered two eunuchs to escort the person back, but he didn't even bother to eat dinner, so he went out in anger.
"What's going on! Queen, you didn't stop him!"
"Why stop me? It's not like you don't know your son's temper!" Queen Zhang glared and said angrily, "Let me tell you, even though Qi Jiliang is Renhe's son, he actually managed to enshrine Zheng Wang in front of him.
As a guest at home, this person's character has already been corrupted [Baidu post first published]! Although it is difficult to cure his crime, he should be sent to someone to lecture him. At worst, he should be thrown into the Imperial College and let Xie Feng take good care of him.
Isn’t that how Wei Guogong’s son was thrown in before?”
Emperor Hongzhi's face suddenly turned blue. Xu Xu was sent to the Imperial Academy before, and it was Li Yifeng who sent him there under the guise of being the prince. For this matter, he had already recruited Xie Feng to write a series of cryptic articles about it.
Complain, this famous Confucian scholar and Northern Supervisor even got a certificate for becoming an official because of this. He is already [Baidu Post first posted] very distressed. If Qi Jiliang, who is only 13 or 14 years old, is sent here like this, thank you
If Feng pointed it out, he would really give up his game.
"Queen, where do you think the Imperial College is?"
"Somewhere, other than a place for studying and educating people, if you want to change Qi Jiliang's temper, you have to give him some harsh medicine!"
When Empress Zhang thought about what happened before, she felt a fire in her stomach. But today, the arrival of Ren and the eldest princess made Zhu Houzhao furious. Naturally, she blamed Qi Jiliang for everything. Now that she had made up her mind, she had to
Holding on to this point, Emperor Hongzhi pressed forward step by step, but the helpless Emperor Hongzhi had no choice but to retreat step by step. In the end, the most noble couple in the world was about to get into trouble when a voice suddenly came from outside.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Queen, Your Highness the Crown Prince is back!"
"I'm finally back! Come in quickly!"
Empress Zhang was overjoyed and hurriedly gave orders.
However, when a waiter outside raised the curtain and Zhu Houzhao strode in, she was stunned when she saw the person. She saw that Zhu Houzhao's clothes were bulging, and he was also wrapped in something she had never seen before.
She was wearing a sheepskin cloak and her face was very ugly. As soon as she entered the room, she even sneezed loudly three or four times in a row. At this time, not to mention her, even Emperor Hongzhi was startled and hurriedly stepped forward and pulled his son over.
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"What's going on? Why are you wearing these clothes? Ouch, why is this face so cold, and these hands..."
Empress Zhang touched her forehead and covered her hands, her face looking anxious. Although Emperor Hongzhi was not as mother-in-law as she was, he still had to sternly call the people who had just followed him. When Liu Jin trotted in and knelt down, he
He asked impatiently: "Stop kowtowing. Where has the prince been? How did he come back like this?"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince... Your Highness..."
Liu Jin quietly raised her head and glanced at Zhu Houzhao, but in her heart she didn't know what to say or not, or what to say. But at this moment, Queen Zhang said angrily: "Your Majesty, when I went to Chengqian Palace before, this
The dog is standing on Hou Zhao's body and stepping hard, saying that practicing bow and arrow has made his back sore! You want me to say that the son of a rich man cannot sit down in the palace. Hou Zhao is a dignified prince. Why should he learn from such a useless person? Ming
My son is gone!"
"No, I have to go!"
Empress Zhang caught Zhu Houzhao suddenly speaking, she was stunned for a moment, and the next moment she yelled angrily: "You promised your mother that you would never learn archery again, why did you suddenly change your mind? Also, your face
Your upper body and hands are frozen like this, where did you go before?"
"Queen Mother, just leave it alone!" Zhu Houzhao said this impatiently. Suddenly he caught a glimpse of Queen Zhang's expression, so he softened his tone, took Queen Zhang's hand and said, "In short, my son has already [
Baidu post first published] When you grow up, you can take care of your own affairs. Besides, you have to start and finish everything. I don’t believe that my talent will be worse than others! Humph, I don’t know who will win!"
While Zhu Houzhao was talking, he said some incomprehensible words, and Queen Zhang naturally frowned. She was about to continue talking, but she felt a hand on her shoulder. When she looked up, she saw that it was Emperor Hongzhi. She found her husband.
Shaking her head slightly at herself, she had to stop temporarily, but her face still showed disapproval.
"Since you are back, let's pass on the food first. It's been a long time since dinner time!" At this point, Emperor Hongzhi gently and skillfully changed the subject and said, "Huzhao, your mother specially came to
Let someone make the braised mutton you like."
When Zhu Houzhao saw his father blinking at him, he immediately understood and said: "Thank you, Queen Mother!"
Being paired up by the father and son, Queen Zhang naturally gradually forgot about the previous things. The family of three just walked out of the house holding hands with each other. No one noticed that Liu Jin was still kneeling there. And when they waited
As soon as he left and the curtain fell, Liu Jin jumped up and took a long breath and wiped the greasy sweat on his forehead.
"We bumped into each other twice in one day. My courage was almost shattered. Could it be that there was something evil about the collision yesterday, and that's why I'm so unlucky?"
Over there, a family of three, served by two female palace maids and many other maids, happily ate a sumptuous dinner. After rinsing their mouths, they chatted for a while with tea in their hands. Emperor Hongzhi then stood up.
Said: "Huzhao, follow me back to Qianqing Palace."
When Empress Zhang heard this, she was afraid that Emperor Hongzhi would take Zhu Houzhao's exam again, so she became anxious and quickly said to the side: "Your Majesty, it's late today. If I have to take the exam, I'd better change it to another day. Let Houzhao get there early."
Get some rest.”
"Mother, it's okay, I'm still in good spirits!"
Seeing Zhu Houzhao looking cheerful towards her, Empress Zhang was speechless for a moment. She could only look at her husband with an angry look, and then ordered someone to prepare a hand stove and other things. She also took a piece of peacock brocade from the female officer.
Zhu Houzhao put on the velvet-lined cloak. He kept mumbling instructions for a while, and finally said in a low voice: "If your father wants to blame you, just push it on the queen mother's head and let me and your father fight in the ring!"
Although it was in a low voice, Emperor Hongzhi was right next to him, so there was no reason why he couldn't hear anything, but he could only pretend not to hear anything. When he took Zhu Houzhao out of Kunning Palace and got on the shoulder, he smiled half-smilingly. He said to his son: "I see, your mother is so tight on you, as if I will eat you!"
Seeing that Zhu Houzhao just smiled, Emperor Hongzhi had nothing to do with his only son. In addition, it was windy on the road, so he was too lazy to say anything until he entered the warm Qianqing Palace. He walked directly into Dongnuan Pavilion with his hands behind his back. Seeing Zhu Houzhao obediently followed When he came in, he turned away all the attendants with just one look. Then he looked at Zhu Houzhao and asked, "Why did you rush to Xiyuan before even eating dinner?"
After spending so long before, Zhu Houzhao of course went through his confession carefully. Now he lowered his head and pretended to be honest and said: "I went to Xu Xunbi to shoot arrows."
"Are you asking Xu Xun to compete in archery?" Emperor Hongzhi almost frowned when faced with such an unexpected answer, "You specially called Qi Jiliang into the palace, and interrogated him alone in a mysterious manner, and then I ran to Xiyuan and actually said that I wanted to compete with Xu Xun in archery? Do you think I can be fooled so easily?"
"Father!" Zhu Houzhao knelt down and said pitifully, "Father, that boy Qi Jiliang is a bastard. He somehow knew that it was Erchen and Xu Xun who made trouble at Princess Renhe's mansion last time. The slave made excuses to cause trouble in the Xing'an Bo Mansion, but in the end he returned the jade pendant sent by his son to his mother through the eldest princess Renhe. He also planned to file a complaint through this, but he was severely reprimanded by his son. .I want my son to tell me that his temperament should be sent to the Imperial College to be tempered..."
Why do both mother and son regard the Imperial College as a place for murderous people?
Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but feel angry and funny, but he could only lower his face and shouted: "Nonsense, what kind of place do you think the Imperial College is? It's not enough to send Xu Xu in, but you also plan to send Qi Jixin who is less than fifteen years old. Okay, don't You're talking nonsense with me, why does it take so long to shoot arrows in Xiyuan? Also, didn't you tell your mother you didn't want to practice anymore, so why did you suddenly change your mind?"
"It's not Xu Xun!" Zhu Houzhao jumped up immediately, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face, "He said he didn't know how to shoot an arrow, but who knew he was secretly practicing there? His accuracy was better than mine, and he even beat me in archery just now. Me! He is still talking about perseverance in front of me like he is arrogant. If he can't win back, where will I, the prince, put his face? "
Is this actually the case?
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhu Houzhao, who was clenching his little fists, and suddenly felt an indescribable joy. He wanted to laugh three times. It would be better to challenge him than to challenge him. He couldn't see that Xu Xun, at such a young age, was not like those who only knew how to be submissive and fearful. The frightening yes-man was able to force the discouraged Zhu Houzhao back! He didn't care whether he could shoot or not, what he cared about was the character of his only son!
Thinking of this, he immediately shouted loudly: "Come here, go to Xiyuan early tomorrow morning and reward Xu Xun with a bow and a bag of carved feather arrows... Wait, even Wang Shouren will be rewarded!"
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he almost didn't stare out his eyes, and blurted out: "Father, you are so partial. I am already proud of him when he wins, and you still reward them! No, no, you too You want to reward me!"
Emperor Hongzhi smiled and touched Zhu Houzhao's head, and said meaningfully: "Houzhao, this world will be yours sooner or later, what other rewards do you want?"