Zhu Cihuan has always hidden it well, and he also knows that once his identity is exposed, most of the things that will bring him will not be wealth, but disaster.

In the early years, if he came out, it must be an excellent banner, I don't know how many people will take the initiative to join his door, but at that time, he was timid, and second, he was displaced, and he failed to flee to the area controlled by the Ming army or the rebel army, so he lost the best opportunity to show his identity.

He is now revealing his identity, but the Ming Dynasty has set Nanjing, the court no longer needs him as a prince, his appearance will not only not bring benefits to the Ming Dynasty, but also have the danger of shaking the country's capital again, becoming a hidden danger of turmoil, many people must want to get rid of it quickly.

Zhu Cihuan is timid, but he knows this, so he is tight-lipped about his life, but he has gone from a prince to a down-and-out scholar, and there must be a gap and dissatisfaction in his heart.

He saw the prosperity of the city, saw the flowers and mountains, this could have been his, he saw the life of the gentry and wealthy families, and he inevitably felt unbalanced in his heart.

Now that he is under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, he does not have to be as worried as he was under the Qing court, and he is a little relieved in his heart.

At this time, the city gate was inspected, and he often came to visit Zhuangzi, and each time he brought a lot of gifts, talked with him, and after a few times, Zhu Cihuan regarded him as a friend.

That patrol is not a ruffian, he is such a person, he can't play with Zhu Cihuan at all. He was originally also a scholar, but in the south of the Yangtze River, the cultural context is prosperous, there are too many books, and it is several times more difficult to get into the fame than other places.

Zhu Cihuan left the palace at the age of thirteen, although there is a great professor of Hanlin, but there are not many things that can be learned at the age of thirteen, his level is not much different from this inspection, and this inspection is sophisticated, has many contacts, is good at figuring out people's hearts, and soon won Zhu Cihuan's trust.

Years later, the two drank together, and Zhu Cihuan also had the desire to confide in others, so he revealed a little secret of his past and said his rich life in the past, but he was still vigilant and did not explain his identity, but when the inspection heard it, he was immediately overjoyed and concluded that Zhu Cihuan must be the son of a Qing official in the north.

In fact, if he had been patient during the inspection, he might have been able to get Zhu Cihuan's true identity, but he was too anxious, and when he returned to the county seat, he told Li Xiancheng the inference.

That Li Xiancheng came to power with nepotism, he had long wanted to deal with Hu Yuanwai in Hujiazhuang, but after hearing this, he didn't send someone to implement it again, so he asked Zhu Cihuan and Hu Yuanwai to be locked up and imprisoned together, wanting to swallow Hu Yuanwai's property.

This kind of thing, the people happen from time to time, when the Ming army just recovered the south of the Yangtze River, accepted a large territory, many local officials, slandered the rich to the enemy, and cooperated with the Qing soldiers to deal with the Ming army, and wantonly amassed wealth, and finally Wang Yan issued a decree, except for the list of investigations stipulated by the imperial court, the rest are not allowed to be investigated, so that this turmoil will be suppressed.

Doing so will definitely make some people go unpunished, but the Qing army ruled Jiangnan for a few years, and the people in the area under their rule who have not cooperated with the Qing court or more or less have really investigated it, that person will be killed half, plus take the opportunity to extort, and the Ming Dynasty's government and people's will will collapse.

After Zhu Cihuan and Hu Yuanwai were imprisoned, Liu Zhixian was a little dissatisfied with this, he knew that this was Li Xiancheng and his gang who had taken a fancy to other people's land, and Hu Yuanwai was a famous squire in Yuyao, and his ancestors had also been big officials, and some connections were there, and he was about to be transferred, so he didn't want to wade into troubled waters at all, and he didn't want to leave a handle.

Li Xiancheng is a relative of Zhang Kentang, the boss of the Zhejiang Party, and Liu Zhixian is also a member of the Zhejiang Party, and although he is a magistrate, because he is a demoted official, he usually can't shake Li Xiancheng, and Li Xiancheng doesn't take him very seriously.

After Zhu Cihuan and Hu Yuanwai were imprisoned, Li Xiancheng forced Liu Zhixian to hurry up and settle the case.

Liu Zhixian was angry in his heart, their officials and businessmen colluded to annex other people's land, but they wanted him to be a villain, in case Hu Yuan's friends came to him and asked him to take the blame, he naturally didn't do it.

Liu Zhixian dragged it out during the trial, and when he arrived in the court, he was pulling around, but he didn't close the case, and wanted to drag it until the day of transfer and let Li Xiancheng deal with it himself, but he didn't expect him to pull out a fifth son of the emperor.

Zhu Cihuan didn't want to reveal his identity, he wanted to live quietly and peacefully, but now he was accused of being imprisoned, and even wanted to be executed as a family member of a Qing official, so he had no reason to hide it, and he told his identity during the interrogation.

Liu Zhixian thought he was talking nonsense at first, but then when he asked about things in the palace, Zhu Cihuan answered him fluently, and he was shocked.

He knew that this was a landmine dug for the imperial court, and for the imperial court, it was best not to have any five princes, especially the king of Chu must be happy that Zhu Cihuan would spend his life among the people like this and not reveal his identity, but they dug up this hidden five princes.

Liu Zhixian could only block the news on the one hand, and on the other hand, he quickly reported to his backer and the old prefect Xiao Qi would know.

In Nanjing, the New Year's holiday has ended for a few days, and the officialdom is busy again.

Xinmao New Year is the most comfortable year for Wang Yan in the past few years.

Like ordinary people, the palace cleaned the houses, put up lanterns, prepared sacrifices, worshiped ancestors, and distributed New Year's money to family members and subordinates.

In addition to worshiping the ancestors and personally participating in these things, Wang Yan took care of other things by the princess He Zhizhi and Xu Yanyan, and he either accompanied his mother to watch the play, or amused the two sons and one daughter, and spent a few days in the palace.

However, the comfortable time always passed very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the holiday was over, and he had to start dealing with the accumulated government affairs of the new year.

For several days, he had to go to the cabinet to go through the recent events first, and then deal with them first.

Before dawn that day, Wang Yan was still asleep, he was woken up by He Zhizhi, he sneezed heavily, and when he opened his eyes, he found He Zhizhi sitting on the bed, hurriedly retracting a bundle of hair pinched by his fingers.

Wang Yan was angry and funny, grabbed her hand, pretended to be angry and said: "I'm a mother, how can I be more naughty than the son!" ”

He Zhizhi was not afraid of him, and laughed softly: "My sister said that His Highness will also get up early today to go to the cabinet for deliberations, and kindly wake up His Highness, why doesn't His Highness appreciate it." ”

Wang Yan sat up, let go of his hand, pinched her face, and said with a smile, "Don't tease your husband like this next time." ”

After speaking, Wang Yan stood up, got out of bed and stretched a lazy waist, He Zhizhi also got out of bed, brought a burst of incense, and instructed the maids waiting outside: "Come in, wait for His Highness to wash and change clothes." ”

When Wang Yan finished washing up and was about to leave, King Lu had already left King Lu's mansion under the escort of nearly a hundred guards.

He was sitting in the carriage, the car was passing on the street, and suddenly a carriage caught up with King Lu, King Lu heard the sound, lifted the curtain, and the opposite side also happened to be opened, it was Dong Zhining, an official under King Lu.

"Your Highness, your subordinates have a big report!"