Chapter 14: The Carpenter Emperor

Just crossed over and killed two imperial doctors, which Comrade Zhu Youzhen absolutely did not expect. Especially Bao Jianyan and Lord Bao, the old man has a bad heart, and in the past two days, the emperor has strictly ordered to save King Ning, and Bao Jianyan is already big in Yali Mountain. As a result, Zhu Youzhen died and came back to life, and the old man couldn't help but stand this kind of stimulation, and suddenly suffered a myocardial infarction, and it passed after a while. As a result, he was suspected of secretly communicating with the Donglin Party and opposing Wei Zhongxian, not only died in vain, but also affected his family, which is really more wronged than Dou E!

At this time, Zhu Youzhen was walking with Rui'er on the way to the Qianqing Palace to meet the emperor. Heavy snow fell all the way, turning the Forbidden City into a silver world, like a heavenly palace. Zhu Youzhen was a northerner in his previous life, and he saw a lot of heavy snow, so he didn't care. Rui'er is different, she grew up in Suzhou and just entered the capital with her father this fall. Although these years have been full of cold winters, there has never been snow in the land of Suzhou and Hangzhou, at most it is winter rain. Originally, both of them could sit in a sedan chair, but Zhu Youzhen saw that Rui'er liked snow, so in order to please his wife, he didn't sit in a sedan chair. Seeing the snow flakes as big as goose feathers, Rui'er was very curious and excited, and couldn't help but pick them up with her hands from time to time. When the snow flakes fell on his head, he was reluctant to dust them, and he became a snowman in a short time. If she hadn't been in the way of being the princess from time to time, she would have wanted to jump and laugh, and even roll on the snow and be happy to be wild.

Zhu You looked at the childlike Rui'er, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: For children, sometimes happiness is so simple, and a snow can forget all the unpleasantness. And when I grew up and saw more, I gradually became numb and gradually became a layman. Except for money and beautiful women, there is really nothing to impress you. Now, he has traveled from the distant future to here, and he is really lucky to be more fortunate than Marshal Tianpeng who mistakenly cast a pig's fetus. Needless to say, there are six beauties around now, and I don't know how many there will be in the future. As for money, as the emperor's favored prince, can it be less? But even so, thinking of the terrible fate in the future and the current dangerous situation, Zhu Youzhen's heart was still like pressing a big stone, and he couldn't even breathe well. In the past, I only had envy, jealousy and hatred for those dignitaries and billionaires, but now I understand that it is not easy for anyone to fuck him!

Rui'er was happy, and when she saw Zhu Youzhen staring at herself, she thought it was her gaffe, and whispered embarrassedly: "The concubine is rude, please forgive the prince." ”

Zhu Youzhen was pondering blindly, and was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and only came back to his senses after a while, and said with a smile: "What's so rude about this, where did you get so many courtesies." It's snowing, so it's a shame not to play in the snow. After meeting the emperor for a while, let's go back to the Wenhua Palace, drink and enjoy the snow, build snowmen, have snowball fights, pull sleds, roll snowballs, and let you have enough fun, okay? ”

Rui'er didn't know that there were so many ways to play in the snow, and she couldn't help but nod her head with joy, her eyes full of anticipation. Even Yiyi next to him, as well as Mei Jian and the other four sisters who had just followed Zhu Youzhen, also made him fascinated.

In fact, Zhu Youzhen also has some tricks to play with snow, such as burying himself in a snowdrift, suddenly jumping out to scare people, or urinating in the snow, and then using a frozen ice skate to trick children into eating, etc. In the past, he was very happy to play these spoof games, but now that he has become a prince, he naturally has to pay attention to his identity. In front of so many beauties, the dignified prince peed in the snow, and he himself felt too dirty, so he had to hold back and not say it.

Not long after, they had already passed through the Qianqing Gate and came to the front of the Qianqing Palace. When visiting the Forbidden City in his previous life, Zhu Youzhen also learned a little about the history of the Forbidden City from the tour guide. This Qianqing Palace was the official residence of the Ming and Qing emperors, and nominally the emperor would sleep here at night. However, in fact, the emperors often thought that the Qianqing Palace was too big and too serious, and rarely wanted to spend the night here, either to go to the concubines to be happy, or to find another place to go. For example, Emperor Kangxi spent most of his time in the Heart Cultivation Palace. Another example is Emperor Jiajing, who simply hid out of the Forbidden City and hid in Xiyuan to refine the pill and cultivate. From this point of view, this current Holy Emperor of the Apocalypse is quite compliant.

However, as soon as he passed through the Qianqing Gate, Zhu Youzhen was startled by the scene in front of him. I saw that the wide square between the Qianqing Gate and the Qianqing Palace was full of bundles of wood, and even the logs that had been cut down and had not been processed in any way, and the two of them might not be able to hug each other. The timber was covered with tarpaulin, and by this time a thick layer of snow had accumulated on it, and a dozen eunuchs were busily sweeping the snow off the tarpaulin, presumably to prevent the wood from getting wet.

Looking at the wood piles next to them, there are also a lot of wood products scattered around. Zhu Youzhen took a closer look, wooden tables, wooden chairs, wooden benches, and wooden handicrafts, all of which were quite complete, but they were all incomplete, as if they had been deliberately chopped with an axe and then discarded here at will.

Qianqing Palace to be demolished? Zhu Youzhen felt inexplicable, and looked up at the Qianqing Palace in front of him, which was still standing majestically, and he couldn't see anything abnormal.

Zhu Youzhen was in Nahan, and one of the large group of eunuchs standing in front of the Qianqing Palace walked over quickly, pulling the male duck's voice and said: "The old slave king is dry, please say hello to King Ning Chitose and the princess!" You two are here, long live the wait, you are in a hurry. ”

Zhu Youzhen is basically half of the history illiterate, so naturally he doesn't know who this Wang Tiqian is. But being able to wait by the emperor's side must be a big deal. Even if it is not as majestic as Wei Zhongxian, it is definitely impossible to offend. So he hurriedly squeezed out a smile and said, "Then there is Prince Lao, take Xiao Wang and his wife to meet Long live." As he spoke, he felt awkward in his heart: If this prince wants to humble himself, it is really difficult to phrase it. Say "this king", it seems to be a bit of a stinky fart; Saying "minister", it seems to be too demeaning to himself, after all, this prince is naturally noble, and there is still a difference between him and the minister; Thinking about it, he only calls himself "Xiao Wang". But when I say "Xiao Wang", I always think of playing cards; In the playing cards, in addition to being able to manage the "2", it seems that there is no big use, even the smallest "to 3" can not be managed, the most important thing is that as long as a "small king", basically will be "king" shot to death, the biggest role, it is limited to make a contribution.

Zhu Youzhen thought as he followed Wang Tiqian forward, followed by Rui'er. The three of them passed through several heavy guards, climbed the stairs, ascended the Sumeru seat of the Qianqing Palace, and came to the closed gate of the tall palace. Wang Tiqian didn't go inside anymore, turned around and said with a smile: "Long live Lord has a will, King Ning and Princess Ning enter the palace, and there is no need to pass through." Prince, mother, please! ”

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but panic in his heart, thinking that the person sitting inside was the emperor of the Ming Empire, and he was the largest subordinate all day, where had he seen such a big battle in his previous life. At that time, at most, the deputy mayor in charge of education came to inspect the school. In this way, I had to let a bunch of fools pout their butts a week in advance to do hygiene, pull banners, set up flower beds, write board newspapers, and be busy in the dark. The student union also has to organize rehearsals, such as how to answer this question and how to answer that, and it has to be practiced to perfection and 100% satisfied with the leader. When they arrived, they didn't come to their campus at all, and in addition to scolding a few words, "You are full, you have nothing to do", they can only vent their frustration by destroying hygiene more violently.

Now that I have arrived at the gate of the main hall, I can't catch the ducks on the shelves, and I can't go in if I don't go in. Zhu Youzhen had to stabilize his mind and said loudly: "Minister Zhu Youzhen is waiting to see you!" ”

After shouting this voice, there was no reaction in the hall. Wang Tiqian stretched out his hand to the hall and motioned for Zhu Youzhen to enter the hall directly. Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to cautiously push open the door of the palace, step over the high threshold, and enter the main hall of the Qianqing Palace with Rui'er.

As soon as he came in, Zhu Youzhen was immediately startled: Is this an earthquake or a robbery? I saw that the originally very wide hall was filled with all kinds of wooden furniture and utensils, and there was no place to stay, even the wooden ladder leaning on the dragon pillar, and even the entire wooden bed. Unlike the outside of the hall, the furniture here is intact, the materials are exquisite, and the workmanship is exquisite, but some have been painted and some have not yet been painted. The hall was smoky, the air was filthy, mixed with the smell of sawdust and paint, and Zhu Youzhen coughed. The ground was also covered with sawdust and stained with paint, and from time to time there was an unused paint bucket, as well as large and small carpentry saws, axes and chisels, and other tools. The throne directly in front of the main hall was empty.

This is like the residence of Jiuchen in the emperor's Yujiyu, which is clearly a hot solid wood furniture factory!

Zhu Youzhen was puzzled, and suddenly heard a "clanging" sound in a corner of the main hall. Following the sound, I found that in the pile of furniture, a young man covered in sawdust and sweat was shirtless, carving the head of a large wooden bed with a chisel, carefully doing fine processing. Look at this posture, and get rid of a decoration master in a previous life.

Without waiting for Zhu Youzhen to come back to his senses, the young man laughed and threw away the tools in his hand, walked over, wiped the sweat on his face with the dirty towel on his shoulder, and said jokingly: "What's the matter, fifth brother, I haven't seen you for a few days, can't you recognize me?" ”

This is the master of the Ming Empire, the Emperor of the Apocalypse who dominates the world? If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Zhu Youzhen wouldn't have believed it anyway. The Apocalypse in his mind, even if it is not as good as the Apocalypse Tank, at least he has to have a bit of the bearing of dominating the world, sitting on the throne without being angry and arrogant, and opening his mouth is "I shoot you innocent" and the like. And the young man in front of him, no matter how you look at it, is still a carpenter!

However, if you look closely, this young man's appearance is somewhat similar to his own, but he is taller and larger. At this time, the snow was falling outside the hall, and the Qianqing Palace was big, much colder than his own Wenhua Palace, but this person was sweating profusely, and he was quite fit shirtless, so he was so embarrassed that Rui'er behind him quickly lowered his head and didn't dare to look at it again. It's just that his face is slightly pale and he doesn't look very healthy.

After a few seconds, Zhu Youzhen woke up from his shock: since he called himself "I", who else could he be if he was not the emperor, and others lent him a hundred guts, and he didn't dare to make such a joke! So he hurriedly knelt on the ground with Rui'er, bowed and said, "Long live my emperor, long live!" ”

This young man is Zhu Youzhen's own brother, Zhu Youxiao, the Emperor of the Apocalypse. If it weren't for the ignorance of learning, Zhu Youzhen would have known that Zhu Youxiao was a famous "carpenter emperor" in history, who had favored Wei Zhongxian since he ascended the throne and allowed him to do anything wrong, but he ignored the government and politics, and was only interested in carpentry work, and his craftsmanship was extraordinary. If it weren't for the emperor, Zhu Youxiao would be a rare carpentry master. It's a pity that he is the emperor, so he can only bear the infamy of "faint king" forever.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao smiled and picked up Zhu Youzhen and said, "You and my brother, don't pay attention to these etiquette. It's all for those old men to see, what's the use? Then he turned to Rui'er and said, "Princess Ning, get up too." This time, the queen pointed you out to the fifth brother, and you really have a vision, which can be called the beauty of the country, and you can compare my concubines! I became the queen, if I didn't point it out to you, the fifth brother, I would take you in! ”

Zhu Youzhen's heart tightened when he heard this, and said in his heart, I, the emperor's brother, don't fall in love with Rui'er at a glance, you want to snatch love with a knife, right?