eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 42 The Wrath of the Prince!
After entering the Xiefang Hall and turning left, Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao was sitting on a soft bed, his legs were covered by a thick yellow blanket, and he was holding a book in his hand under the candlelight.

Li Guang didn't understand why the window was open.

He came in secret, and spoke in secret.

So the window was so open that he felt somewhat guilty.

The caretaker Zhu Hou knelt down, his eyes turned away from the book, and fell on the white-haired old man.In fact, he was wearing a bright red robe, and speaking of which, his status in the palace was not low.

However, yesterday and today, heaven and earth.

"Slave Li Guang, greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Wow, there is nothing here except the sound of pages being turned.

Li Guang murmured in his heart, wondering why the crown prince ignored him.

"Slave Li Guang, I greet His Highness the Crown Prince!" He shouted again.

"I hear you. Don't be noisy."

Li Guang: "..."

His heart was beating wildly, the pressure was really great.

Zhu Houzhao turned over two more pages of the book before speaking, "Eunuch Li..."

Li Guang lowered his body by two more points, "Your Highness."

"How many generations do you think my Ming Dynasty can pass on?"

"I'm Ming, so of course it will last forever!"

"Why do you see it? Qin, Han, Tang, Song and Yuan, which dynasty really lasted forever? Is there any difference between my Ming Dynasty?"

Li Guang couldn't figure out what the Prince's intention was when he mentioned this.
Logically speaking, this is not a difficult question to answer.

But he knew the prince well and knew that the prince would not talk nonsense.

"Servant, I don't understand His Highness's meaning, please show Your Highness!"

"The meaning of this Palace is very simple. My Ming Dynasty will not be passed on forever. I am the crown prince, the future emperor. When I come here, there are already several emperors in Ming Dynasty. Maybe someday the world will change."

"Your Highness. Now that the Holy Son of Heaven is in power, the Ming Dynasty will be at peace everywhere, and the country will live in peace and prosperity!"

"The world is peaceful, the country is peaceful and the people are safe..." Zhu Houzhao silently read these two words, then shook his head, "You said the emperors of the Han and Tang Dynasties, they should have heard the eunuchs in the palace tell them that, right? But the world has changed Color. At the end of the Han Dynasty and the end of the Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs caused serious disasters. Speaking of which, I would like to thank the eunuchs at that time."

Li Guang was already dizzy.

Until the following words of the crown prince,

"...These eunuchs sing praises and whitewash the peace every day. They speak words of loyalty to the country in front of the people, and they are greedy for money. They ignore the laws of the court and destroy the future of the country. Without these people, where would this world be? Your surname is Zhu, maybe you are still surnamed Li, without them, maybe you, Eunuch Li, would still be the master of my Zhu family boy."

!!!

Those who heard this were shocked!

"Your Highness's words... are to make the slaves die!" In the cold winter night, cold sweat broke out on Li Guang's forehead!
The crown prince snorted, "Li Guang, you probably think in your heart that it is Ben Gong who caused trouble for you. But Ben Gong thinks that you are the one who troubled Ben Gong first, and what you did for your own selfish desires, then It is to exterminate the descendants of our Zhu family! In the future, we will bury my Zhu family's grave, and that will also be due to your contribution!"

The crown prince's speech is not fast, but every sentence is like a knife piercing his heart!

"Your Highness! This servant has no such intentions!" Li Guang really didn't dare to continue listening, "My servant is usually a little greedy for money, but above loyalty and righteousness, I will never be so foolish! What Your Highness said is treason Big crime! The slaves are deeply favored by the emperor, and they will never have such thoughts! Please learn from your highness!"

"Absolutely not thinking like that?" Zhu Houzhao threw the book in his hand directly at him, and raised his voice a little: "Then tell yourself! How much of a small family's annual expenses is worth the money you are greedy for ink! There is only so much wealth in the world. If you occupy more, the people will have less. If the people have nothing to eat or drink, they will rise up and let my old Zhu family die without a place to bury! How is this different from rebellion?! Is this how you repay the emperor's favor!"

Li Guang kowtowed, "His Royal Highness, this servant is blinded by lard and greedy for money. It's really... I was afraid of being poor when I was young! However, this servant is willing to hand over all the money and dedicate it to His Highness. I beg Your Highness to save this servant! I don’t want to die, servant..."

At the end, he also cried.

Hulala's tears were running across that old face, it was very ugly,

But when I think about what he has done, I feel even more angry!
"Is it the king's land in the whole world, and the king's minister on the shore of the land. I am the heir, the only heir of the father. When did I miss your few taels of silver?! But the palace wants your money, not the prince. The palace is greedy and loves money, and it is for the people of the world!"

"It stands to reason that killing you and ransacking your home is enough, and the money will naturally be dug out. But my father believes in you very deeply. No matter what kind of memorials the ministers give, he will not believe that you have such sins. My father You are the lord of ZTE with a great reputation. If you find a mountain of money from you now, how will the subjects of the world think of the father? At that time, what will be the face of my Ming Dynasty? You idiot! Listen! You hand over all those greedy money to me! Even so, you will be blamed for death!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't bear the calmness before but the intensity now.He pointed at the old guy's nose and cursed!

The commotion was so loud that Zhang Yong outside approached the main hall, good guy, it's better that nothing happens.

"Your Highness..." At this time, facing the threat of death, no matter how calm you are on weekdays, you can't hold back anymore.

Moreover, what the crown prince said was not only about crime, but also about love, the relationship between Li Guang and the emperor.

He himself knows how the emperor treats him, and he himself knows what he has done.

"Your Highness, this old slave knows his mistake... this old slave knows his mistake, and all the guilt lies with this old slave. I just ask His Highness not to tell the emperor about this. The emperor is a benevolent monarch that has been rare for thousands of years. I also don't want him to be sad..." Li Guang really said this while crying.

Zhu Houzhao doesn't care whether he really cried with guilt or acted out,

He doesn't care, he wants to see silver, and he wants to see a lot of silver.

Up to here, he also remained silent for a long time, making a troubled look, "...Forget it, it's the same sentence. I won't ask Wenchen to kill you. If you kill you, the emperor will be sad for a while... "

Hearing this, Li Guang suddenly had the hope of living.Your Highness wants to spare him for the sake of the overall situation? !
"The old servant thanked His Highness! Thanked Your Highness!"

This is not the point, he immediately followed up with an explanation, "Your Highness don't have to worry about the money, the old slave will definitely give it to His Highness in full. It's just... this amount is not small..."

"how?"

"Your Highness... His Highness said that day that His Highness will find a reason for the source of the silver..."

Zhu Houzhao said disgustedly: "If I wanted to kill you, I would have united with my foreign ministers long ago! Do I still need to make such a big circle?! Just rest assured, I will only slowly show the money to others It can be said that it was presented by my uncle and grandfather. Even if someone wants to ask, how many people have the qualifications to question the prince?!"

These words are somewhat domineering.

After Li Guang heard this, he finally smiled and felt more at ease.

"Go away." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, he didn't want to look at this guy's face anymore.

"Yes, yes. The old slave resigns."

When he was about to retreat to the door, the crown prince's voice came from the hall again, this time it was not as angry as before, but much calmer.

"Eunuch Li,"

"The old slave is here." Li Guang turned around and knelt down.

"I know that you have to keep some of the money, but you have to know how much you keep."

This voice floated back and forth in the hall for a long time without end.

Li Guang was shocked when he heard this, he wanted to save a little thought, but the crown prince actually thought about it... In other words, the crown prince basically didn't believe what he said about repenting and admitting his mistakes.

Regarding his life, the prince depends on the amount of money.

Li Guang couldn't help but looked up again, but the prince couldn't see any expression, only the picture of the noble prince slowly turning the pages of the book under the moonlight.

(End of this chapter)