Chapter 418: The Imperial Prince's grandson Yituo is the little county lord

The beginning of April in Beijing was originally a rare pleasant season of the year, but now the restrictions of the Zhumen families on the female dependents are becoming stricter, and the daughters of the boudoir are at most going to get together with good family friends, even if they go out, they are often followed by a bunch of girls. Because a new branch of Jinshi has just been released this year, the solid family with school-age daughters at home has sent people to inquire about the appearance and character of the new branch jinshi, etc., for a while, the official media and private media have become busy, and the fire in the three major halls has become a secondary business among the people.

Although Da Ming Yulu is not high, as long as he marries a Jinshi, he can always earn a fate, and when the time comes, Feng Guanxia is not better than marrying ordinary people? So, although Xiao Wu is no longer an orphan without a father and mother, he has been talked about by Qiu Shi in the past few days, and finally had to flee under the pretext of Zhu Ning's invitation, and waited for Zhu Ning's carriage before he stroked his chest and let out a long breath.

"How come I never found my mother so pestering before...... Those Jinshi who are not old-fashioned Taoists who read through the Four Books and Five Classics, if I marry in the past, how many rules do I have to have, how can I stand it! County Lord, I understand your pain now, if I continue like this, I have to be driven crazy, and I don't have any orders, even if I want to marry, isn't it good to marry a flat-headed people? ”

Zhu Ning angrily stretched out his finger and flicked it lightly on Xiao Wu's forehead, because he smiled: "I don't know the blessing in the blessing, I can have a father and mother like Mrs. Du, and I don't know how many lifetimes you have cultivated!" You are sixteen years old now, naturally not young, who wants you if you don't marry again? However, although those jinshi have a background, they may not be your good match, and you deserve better. ”

Xiao Wu originally looked indifferent, but when she heard Zhu Ning say that she deserved better, she suddenly turned red, and then hurriedly interrupted: "The county lord doesn't just talk about me...... Then again, isn't His Royal Highness King Zhou's illness still healed? ”

"He's still pretending to be sick!" Zhu Ning sighed happily, and then said casually, "If he wasn't so 'sick', he would have returned to Kaifeng a long time ago, and now that the three major halls are on fire, no one can take care of him, but let me listen to that nagging every day, and I will never be lighter than you." Because of this, I haven't been in the palace for half a month, so I finally don't need to see the emperor angry. ”

Nominally, they made an appointment to go to Shangxiang, but whether it was Xiao Wu, who grew up next to Daoyan, or Zhu Ning, who was raised as a boy by Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, who believed in everything but didn't believe in anything, didn't have any interest in Buddhist temples, and the two were just going to go out of the city to visit Meng's house today, but they had to find an excuse for others. At this time, the carriage was slowly moving along Xuanwumen Street, and Zhu Ning simply raised the curtain by half, and the two people with similar tempers chatted very well.

"County Lord, it's hard to get over there in the West City!"

Hearing the guard's voice, Zhu Ning stopped talking, and asked in surprise, "How can a good person not get by?" ”

"Back to the county lord, according to passers-by, the West Fourth Archway is killing people again, so the roads on all sides are closed!"

"Murder? Now is not the time for the autumn showdown......"

Halfway through the words, Zhu Ning suddenly realized, and his face, which was still frowning, suddenly became gloomy. The death row prisoners were all executed after the autumn, and in addition to major crimes such as rebellion, there was only one possibility of execution at this time - there were not many people left behind in the Zhou Palace, since she had not received any news in advance, then this was undoubtedly the order of the Son of Heaven. Feeling that Xiao Wu suddenly grabbed her hand, she didn't know that the little girl was a little scared, and when she was about to order a detour, she hesitated for a moment, and finally ordered the carriage to be temporarily pulled aside, and ordered the guards to inquire about the news.

After a while, the guard who inquired about the news flew back like a horse, rolled off the saddle and stepped forward, panting and saying: "Returning to the county lord, it is the emperor's special order to kill people today." Xiao Yi, the director of the Ministry of Rites, sat and slandered and was immediately beheaded! I heard that at the same time, there were also Li Shimian and Luo Rujing, who were guarding the prison in Jinyi, and the yamen of various ministries and courtyards were already in chaos! ”

On the one hand, he issued an edict to speak out, and on the other hand, he put to death the officials who wrote to speak out!

Although Zhu Ning had just vaguely guessed that this was the case, he still gasped when he was confirmed at this moment. After pondering for a long time, she opened the curtain of the car in front of her and ordered her to turn back to King Zhou's Mansion first, and then turned her head to Xiao Wu and said: "Xiao Wu, something big has happened here, let's not go to the Meng family to make trouble, I will let someone send you home later!" ”

Although he didn't know what the murder in the West Fourth Archway had to do with himself, Xiao Wu understood that what Zhu Ning said was right, so he nodded. When she arrived at King Zhou's mansion, Zhu Ning instructed the coachman to send Xiao Wu back, only to see the carriage disappear, she heard the sound of hurried horses' hooves from the other end, and after a while, she saw a group of several people stop in front of the door. The eunuch in his early thirties at the head was Hai Shou, the young eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, who jumped off his horse and took three steps and two steps to salute.

"County Lord, the emperor announced that you and King Zhou have entered the palace." Seeing Zhu Ning's puzzled face, Hai Shou hurriedly explained, "Because the emperor asked for a direct message, some ministers wrote that King Zhou had been staying in Beijing for two months, which was not normal, and it also implied that King Zhou was ordered to enter Beijing because of bad intentions, and he should be dealt with seriously." Although the emperor said that he was furious, he remembered that now that King Zhou lived outside, it was inevitable that some people would talk nonsense, so the emperor asked King Zhou to live in the palace for a while, and wait for the matter to pass, so as to save trouble. ”

Of course, he couldn't find the slightest flaw in these words, but just now he heard that the West Fourth Archway was murderous, and Hai Shou and his party took himself and his father into the palace again, and Zhu Ning suddenly couldn't help but have a strange thought. She nodded with a forced smile, and then hurried inside, straight into Zhu Hu's bedroom. She explained the reason in a few words, but saw Zhu Hu, who had been lying on the bed sick for several days, suddenly jumped up.

"Someone, change clothes!"

Zhu Ning was stunned and watched several palace people busy changing her father's clothes, and when Zhu Hu finished changing her clothes, she beckoned someone to bring her gold-embroidered Zhai pattern gown and Luan Feng crown, and she reacted. When she changed her clothes and walked out of the house with Zhu Lu in her arms, she couldn't help but remind in a low voice: "Father, you have been sick for several days, and if you enter the palace so soon, people will inevitably impeach you for pretending to be sick." Simply I'll go out and push Haishou for the time being, and you will enter the palace later. ”

"The emperor didn't add to the crime in the previous incident, and after I went back, I couldn't find an excuse even if I wanted to return the three guards. The matter of pretending to be sick was originally that you know and I know the emperor, but now that the three major halls have burned, instead of letting people find fault with me in the future, it is better to let people pick enough this time, and I will confess my guilt in the book, and I will have peace of mind in the future. ”

It wasn't until he got off the elephant chariot at the palace gate with Zhu Hu and saw all kinds of eyes from people who came and went that Zhu Ning gradually realized the deep meaning of Zhu Hu's words. Thinking that others said that her father was confused and ridiculous, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. The emperor's smart, ambitious, and restless younger brothers all fell one by one, if it weren't for the "confusion and absurdity", how could my father enjoy Kaifeng, the most convenient feudal country, in peace?

The noon gate had already been prepared, and Zhu Hu took it up, and he didn't come down until he was clear of the door. After the guards entered the house to report, Zhu Di only summoned Zhu Hu, but ordered Zhu Ning to visit the crown princess. At this moment, Zhu Ning only felt that his head was completely insufficient, so he simply didn't bring a guard, gritted his teeth and turned around to Duanjing Palace. However, she just passed the Huiji Gate, but happened to bump into Zhu Zhanji, the imperial grandson who came back from outside.

After the two sides met, they learned that Zhu Ning was ordered to see his mother, so Zhu Zhanji raised his eyebrows: "Aunt Ning came unfortunately, and her mother went to the mourning hall of Concubine Zhaoshun to worship." Well, then, how about you come and sit with me? ”

Zhu Zhanji saw Zhu Ning nodding, so he took the person directly to the study room of the West Side Palace. sent Huang Run out to guard, and he said bluntly: "Since the emperor's grandfather ordered someone to issue an edict to ask for bluntness, many officials have written books, but almost all of them refer to the reprimands and relocation of the capital and the ban on opening the sea. Yesterday, Xiao Yi was imprisoned, and Li Shimian and Luo Rujing were imprisoned, but anyone who reprimanded these two things was punished for defamation. At this time, the king of Zhou was summoned, but because there were a lot of sloppies on those officials at noon, the emperor's grandfather had already ordered the hundred officials to debate at noon tomorrow. ”

Zhu Ning didn't ask what it was, but his palms were already wet. The ministers did not dare to criticize the emperor, and they could no longer criticize the current affairs, so since Zhu Zhanji said so, and Haishou had just mentioned that someone had impeached King Zhou for staying in Beijing for a long time, then the rest of the ministers would inevitably be reprimanded. Thinking of Zhu Di's angry temper, she couldn't help but gasp.

The emperor has never been afraid of killing, and if he really continues to make trouble this time, how many heads will he have to lose?

"So, I have one thing I want to ask Aunt Ning."

Seeing Zhu Ning's expression of attention, Zhu Zhanji explained: "Since my father and mother are both in Beijing now, the imperial grandfather can naturally give a little advice, but the imperial grandfather is as anxious as fire, and this time the turmoil is so big, he may not be able to bear it." It is not so much up to him as it is to the officials. It is impossible to expect those officials to retract what they have said, so the impeached minister is the key. I heard that a few days ago, Zhang Yue in the Qianqing Palace dismissed the emperor's plan to punish all the scholars, and this was a very good job. Although the official may not have received his affection, his father and mother have praised him for his general knowledge. You'd better use the opportunity to visit Du Yiren to meet Zhang Yue later, and let him try to turn around when he debates tomorrow. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Ning breathed a sigh of relief, and agreed with his mouth. got up and was about to leave, but Zhu Zhanji suddenly stopped her again: "Aunt Ning, I know that you are still hesitating in picking the honor guests. Although I, a junior, should not say much, I want to say that it is impossible for King Zhou to stay in Beijing for too long, otherwise there will definitely be ministers impeached. I know that what you want is the kind of guest of honor who has neither the gentlemen nor the ambitions of the humble scholars, and in that case, I have a candidate. ”