The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 116
Zhu Youtang said that to let his son leave the palace, he had to report three days in advance.

But Zhu Houzhao didn't care about that at all, and he was leaving the palace the next morning.

It is a report one day in advance.

With careful arrangements made by Dongchang and Jinyiwei, Zhu Youtang let his son go, but before leaving the palace, Zhu Youtang made a plan for where Zhu Houzhao was going, and he was only allowed to stay in Dong'an. Activities within five miles around the door.

Zhu Houzhao was not allowed to leave the palace until noon, and the first thing he did when he left the palace was to go to Zhang Zhou.

"Ms. Zhang! Come out to see Ben Gong!"

Zhu Houzhao was very proud.

Calling the door this time is not as complicated as last time, mainly because Jia Laoshui, who is the doorman, also knows that this is the brat who came to make trouble last time, so he hastened to welcome him in before reporting.

When Zhang Zhou came out, he saw Zhu Houzhao sizing him up in the front yard, not to mention how proud he looked.

"Why did His Royal Highness come out?"

Zhang Zhou stepped forward without saluting first, and his tone was like a gentleman questioning a student.

Behind Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jin and Xiao Jing followed from left to right.

This clearly told Zhang Zhou that it was justifiable for Zhu Houzhao to leave the palace today.

Zhu Houzhao puffed up his chest and said, "Can't I go out of the palace to have a look? Yesterday, I won an arithmetic competition with Chen Kuan and won him. The emperor not only made me not have to study before the year, but also allowed me to go out of the palace." A few times, even the previous...money doesn't have to be confiscated. Are you not convinced?"

Zhang Zhou couldn't help looking at Xiao Jing who was at the side, but seeing Xiao Jing's face was very embarrassed.

Probably this incident made the Supervisor of Rituals very embarrassing.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Prince, you must be fair when doing things. Are you sure that Eunuch Chen didn't let you?"

"Hey, my surname Zhang, why do you look down on me so much? I won it by the method of yi. I praised you in front of my father. I am here to have fun with you today. You just beat me like this." I?"

Zhu Houzhao was a little unhappy.

If there is a good thing, I will tell you as soon as I leave the palace, but you say that I won because of others.

Kind-hearted as donkey liver and lungs.

Zhang Zhou saw that Zhu Houzhao was going to enter the courtyard while he was talking, so he couldn't help standing in front of him and said: "Prince, this is the official residence of the minister, and there are all the family members of the minister, there is nothing to go, so it is better to talk in another place."

"Where's your son? That kid, Ben Gong even said that he would come out and compete with him!"

Zhu Houzhao is a vengeful man.

The last time Zhang Jun defeated him in the mud fight, he had been brooding about it all the time, so he wanted to come out and fight Zhang Jun.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Gou Zi went to study and attends classes with Mr. If the Crown Prince wants to find him, it's better to wait until he becomes an adult."

"When he becomes an adult, it will take many years. At that time, I will also be an adult. What's the point of playing with him? I didn't say anything about him. If you call him out, you just have to compete with him again." ..."

The heart of victory and defeat is quite heavy.

Zhang Zhouxin said, I believe you a ghost.

Don't think I didn't see you last time, later you ask Jin Yiwei to catch that kid Zhang Jun and try to smear his face with mud.

That appearance is almost like revenge.

"Prince, there are good things in Chen Gongfang, do you want to go?"

"Go! Play with your son later!"

……

……

Out of the door of the Zhang mansion.

Zhang Zhou took Zhu Houzhao to the direction of the workshop.

Security is very tight along the way, and there are no familiar faces on the entire street.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Why do you say that Chen Kuan let me? Or do you know something?"

Zhang Zhou didn't expect that this kid would still be worried about this, he said: "If the minister is Mr. Chen, if he knows that he has to compare with the prince, he will definitely not try his best."

"Not necessarily? He lost, let alone face." Zhu Houzhao said, "In front of my father, I demeaned him well."

Zhang Zhoudao: "Then what? Does he have other losses?"

"Uh... Is it worth losing face?"

Zhu Houzhao was also a little puzzled.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Compare your heart to your heart. If the subject is him, as long as you show your best effort, you don't need to deliberately show off your skills, and you can ensure that the results are accurate. You have a bright face, so what does it matter if he loses some face?"

"Hey!"

After hearing Zhang Zhou's words, Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he almost jumped up on the spot, "Does he deceive the emperor with his feelings? Let's see how I deal with him when I go back."

Zhang Zhou rolled his eyes at him and said: "Prince, I won for you, let you compete for face in front of His Majesty, and let you have a chance to go out of the palace. Your Majesty is happy, and you are also happy. Only he bears the incompetence. Do you have the conscience to punish him like this?"

"Uh……"

Zhu Houzhao lost his temper again.

Zhang Zhoudao: "This is sophistication. Do you see these people behind you? They have no different ideas from Eunuch Chen. As long as His Majesty and the crown prince are satisfied, they don't mind being wronged. Besides, crown prince, you may not be the loser." It's just that the more beautiful you win, the more it shows that Eunuch Chen has let go of the water."

Zhu Houzhao wrinkled his nose and said, "Cut! Whatever comes out of your mouth, it will change the taste. You can always express a different point of view from others. Last time I was asked to admit my mistake to my father, I also insisted on telling others. It's the other way around."

Zhang Zhou snorted softly: "If I say the same thing as others, why does the prince still come to see me? The prince should think about it more when something happens, so that he can see the whole picture of the world better and avoid being fooled by others." .”

"Who wants to play me like a monkey? I think you have such a plan!"

"Ha ha."

Zhang Zhouxin said, there will be many people who will play you like a monkey in the future, and I really have no part in it.

I want to change the times and come to save you. Do you really think that everyone in this world doesn't want you and is really helping you?

dream you.

"Zhang Zhou, I heard that when I was out of the palace, you told my father that there would be an earthquake in Henan yesterday. Yesterday is over, did the earthquake happen?"

"How does the minister know? It doesn't take time for the news to reach the capital?"

Zhu Houzhao said with a wicked smile: "Then you are courageous enough. I heard that there are ministers who want to trouble you. I really want to see you deflated, but unfortunately there is no way. The last ones must be those ministers. "

"The prince trusts the minister so much?" Zhang Zhou was also surprised.

Forecasting earthquakes in advance, I am afraid that even the emperor may not fully believe it.

The kid didn't doubt it.

From Zhu Houzhao's words, Zhang Zhou also knew a piece of "information" that he did not know before, that is, the ministers of the DPRK and China seemed to be very hostile to him, or it was related to the previous prediction of the fire in the Qingning Palace. I want to take this opportunity to overthrow him and make him lose the trust of the emperor...

Zhang Zhouxin said that it seems that it will be difficult to be a serious civil servant in the future.

The emperor will not let him concentrate on being a civil servant, and the ministers in the court will not let him be satisfied.

"Tch, you're so capable, if you're not sure, why mention an earthquake? Are those ministers out of their minds?"

This dialectics looks at the problem from the horizon.

Zhang Zhou wanted to say, you boy is not simple.

……

……

Just as he was talking, the door of the workshop arrived.

Zhang Zhoudao: "His Royal Highness, the ownership of the items in it belongs to the minister. Please put it back to the original place after reading it. There are some dangerous things. The prince should stay away..."

Xiao Jing was shocked when he heard the words: "Mr. Zhang, there won't be such...things?"

"What kind of thing?" Zhu Houzhao's eyes widened.

The more others don't want him to get close, the more he wants to see and see.

cheap.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "There are private houses all around, how dare I get those things into the city? Eunuch Xiao is overwhelmed."

"Oh, that's good, that's good." Only then did Xiao Jing feel relieved.

But since Zhang Zhou had said earlier, he probably wouldn't go anywhere when he entered the yard, and he had to stay by Zhu Houzhao's side at all times.

"Okay, Ben Gong knows, open the door!"

"Prince, do you still remember what I said?"

"Remember! You can't take it casually, right? You can give me two of the things I like."

Zhu Houzhao said so, but he was already thinking in his heart, if there is a good thing, I will let it go?They must all be moving home.

Xiao Jing reminded: "Your Highness, don't you want to go somewhere else?"

Zhu Houzhao said impatiently: "This is the destination of my palace. I will return to the palace after playing enough, so you can rest assured? Open the door! I can't wait! Wow..."

Zhang Zhou sighed helplessly.

Let the tiger go back to the mountain.

……

……

It was almost sunset when Zhu Houzhao reluctantly left Zhang Zhou's workshop.

Of course, he also "returned with a full load."

After Zhu Houzhao successfully returned to the East Palace, Xiao Jing also went to Qianqing Palace to report to Zhu Youtang.

"The prince didn't go anywhere else, but stayed at Bingkuan all the time? Very good."

Zhu Youtang was very pleased to know that his son was so "sensible".

The most worrying thing is that the crown prince ran around in crowded places after leaving the palace, but the crown prince only went to Zhang Zhou’s residence. The emperor was still thinking, he didn’t let Bingkuan enter the palace, didn’t violate my promise, let him bring the crown prince...

Bingkuan was used in vain again.

made money.

Xiao Jingdao: "Your Majesty, the crown prince even gave you a gift."

"Gift?"

Zhu Youtang smiled wryly.

My son went out of the palace to go shopping, isn't this a waste of money?
Xiao Jing explained: "The prince brought back a lot of things from Mr. Zhang, many of which are...unheard of."

"Really?" Zhu Youtang became interested, "If his money was spent in this kind of place, I would not withhold his money. How much did it cost?"

Xiao Jingdao: "I didn't spend a penny, it was all given to the prince by Mr. Zhang."

"This... the crown prince is a bit incapable of being a human being. He also said that he would save money to reward others. He doesn't even know how to win people's hearts!"

Zhu Youtang scolded his son for not being a man, but he was very happy in his heart.

It seems that my son can save money.

It can make Zhang Zhou, who is stingy, bleed profusely. It seems that his son has improved.

"What about the gift? Show it to me."

Zhu Youtang heard that he got it for nothing, so he still needs to see how his son's filial piety is, and see if he just found useless junk and sent it to him.

When Xiao Jing presented a glass silver mirror to Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang looked at himself in the mirror, his hands trembling a little.

"This is……"

"Mr. Zhang said that this is a mirror, but it's made of colored glaze. It can see people clearly, but there are still some flaws. Some places are uneven, but it's already very good."

Zhang Zhou still can't make a complete flat glass, and the stretching method can't work, but he is improving it a little bit.

Anyway, just take something small to coax the children.

It's not going to be used to make money right away, it just happens to be given to the palace for the royal family to try.

Get a word of mouth.

"Very good, very good! The queen should like it."

Although Zhu Youtang couldn't put it down, he immediately realized that it was a good gift for his wife. Women love beauty. Isn't this much clearer than the bronze mirror?

Just as he was talking, Dai Yi hurried in at the door with a serious expression on his face.

Zhu Youtang said: "Say."

Dai Yi said: "Just now there is a report from Xinye County, Henan, saying that...yesterday...there was an earthquake in Xinye!"

(End of this chapter)