Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 15 Hit me!

After coming out of Chen Ce's courtyard, Zhu Houzhao took Liu Jin and walked lazily on Zhengyang Street.

"Master, are you really going to come out tomorrow?"

Liu Jin reminded carefully: "Tomorrow is Master Jiao's class."

The old pedant was the most old-fashioned. He would go to the emperor to complain at any time and always pursued a high-pressure learning policy of strict teachers producing excellent students. Unless you were terminally ill, you had to go to class even though you were sick.

Last year, when Zhu Houzhao just got married and went to school, he caught a cold and missed class. Jiao Fang stood by Zhu Houzhao's bedside for an entire hour and finally cured him of his illness.

Zhu Houzhao's neck shrank slightly, and he seemed to be very afraid of Jiao Fang, but he still snorted, "Ignore him!"

"If he dares to control me now, I will turn him into a beggar when I become the emperor!"

Liu Jin chuckled and said, "That old slave gave him a penny in alms and humiliated him severely."

Zhu Houzhao pinched his waist and laughed, imagining this scene in the future, feeling inexplicably refreshed.

After walking for a while, they arrived at a secluded place on Zhengyang Street. Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin and said, "Hit me!"

what?
Liu Jin stared at Zhu Houzhao blankly.

Zhu Houzhao said: "I let you hit me!"

Liu Jin was so frightened that his face turned pale. He said, "Master, please stop joking. I was wrong. I won't dare to speak nonsense next time."

Seeing Liu Jin's body trembling, Zhu Houzhao was speechless. Without saying anything else, he slapped himself on the left cheek.

The force was great, the sound was crisp, and five palm prints appeared instantly.

Liu Jin was so scared that he started to cry. He hugged Zhu Houzhao and said, "My Lord, my Lord! What are you doing? What are you doing?"

clap clap clap!
Liu Jin slapped himself hard on the cheek. His mistress was already like this, and his face was cleaner than his butt. How could that be justified? He had to be even more ruthless than Zhu Houzhao.

"Go back to the palace and find your father."

Zhu Houzhao did not explain and took Liu Jin to the Cining Palace at high speed.

Emperor Hongzhi was having dinner with Empress Zhang in the Cining Palace when they heard the sobbing of a husky outside.

Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin jumped in together and said aggrievedly, "Father, the Emperor! Mother, the Empress!"

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned for a moment. Seeing Zhu Houzhao's face full of palm prints and Liu Jin's pig-headed look, he was immediately furious. A murderous look appeared on his face, and he angrily asked, "Who did it?"

He could tolerate being bullied as the emperor, but he could not tolerate being beaten by his beloved son!

Empress Zhang was almost suffocated with heartache. He only had this one son. After his second son died at a young age, she gave all her love to Zhu Houzhao. Now that she saw Zhu Houzhao being beaten, could she still remain calm?

"Your Majesty, kill his entire clan! Kill his entire clan!"

Empress Zhang didn't care who did it and was determined to kill the entire family of the person who did it.

Although Emperor Hongzhi would never do such a thing, he could never let it go easily! This was the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, the future emperor, and he was being slapped in the face?

It's not very harmful, but it's very insulting!

Emperor Hongzhi asked Zhu Houzhao with a sullen face: "Who! Did! This!"

Zhu Houzhao said to Emperor Hongzhi with a look of grievance: "Father, the security in the capital is terrible."

"I went to the street to buy a chicken, and was stopped by several people who asked for money. They said they would beat me if I didn't give them money."

"Then, Liu Jin and I were beaten like this by the other side." Liu Jin widened his eyes in astonishment, thinking that it must be his own master, such a little nonsense, no, such a bunch of lies.

Even if he was stupid, he knew what Zhu Houzhao was going to do.

I have to say, my grandfather is really good to that consumptive patient!

Isn't this a disguised complaint to Emperor Hongzhi about the poor security in the capital? No, this is a direct complaint to the emperor about the poor security in the capital.

No wonder he asked before whether Ning Tongpan was in charge of the capital's public security. It turned out that he was waiting here.

Emperor Hongzhi could not eat either. He comforted Empress Zhang and told her not to be angry and that he would handle the situation. Then he asked Zhu Houzhao to go to the Eastern Palace and ordered people from the Imperial Hospital to rush to the Eastern Palace to treat Zhu Houzhao.

Emperor Hongzhi returned to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity with a gloomy face and immediately summoned the cabinet. When he informed the four cabinet elders that Zhu Houzhao had been beaten, they were also shocked.

Emperor Hongzhi said sternly: "Who is responsible for the poor security in the capital?"

"If the emperor's feet are like this, what about the rest of the country?"

"Who is in charge of the security and defense of the capital? Deal with him for me!"

According to Emperor Hongzhi's temperament, it is impossible for him to do anything to the civil officials, but it is certain that the officials in charge of the capital's public security will be demoted and their salaries will be reduced.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it was an unexpected disaster.

After the cabinet returned, it immediately summoned the Minister of Personnel Tu Yu, who immediately ordered the Shuntian Prefecture's Tongpan to be demoted to Tui Guan, from the sixth rank to the seventh rank, and warned Shuntian Prefecture to strengthen the security management of the capital, otherwise Shuntian Prefecture would be reprimanded as well.

The matter was thus hastily resolved. Even after Ning Cheng was demoted, he continued to protest his injustice.

If this isn't an unexpected disaster, then what is? Who could have thought that your prince would leave the palace for no reason?
So on that day, the capital launched a massive rectification campaign, arresting hooligans throughout the city, and all those who participated in the beating that day were given severe punishments.

Of course, in the end, Zhu Houzhao definitely didn't find the "thug" who "beat him".

……

When Chen Ce came back from buying groceries this afternoon, he noticed that the security in the capital seemed to have become tighter, but he didn't know why.

After returning to the courtyard, I listened to the gossip of several middle-aged ladies and learned that an important figure in the capital had been beaten. I heard that the Tongpan of Shuntian Prefecture had even been demoted.

Chen Ce was stunned for a moment, as if he had figured something out, but he was not sure.

After returning to the courtyard, Chen Ce began to cook medicine and dishes. However, right after he finished cutting the vegetables, he began to cough violently. Blood kept coming out of his handkerchief, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat. He felt dizzy and fell to the ground with a bang.

He tried hard to get up, but couldn't stop coughing. He was too weak to get up. He lay on the ground and saw that the kitchen wood planks had been deformed.

Chen Ce felt that death might have come, so he slowly closed his eyes, with a stubborn look on his face as he fought against fate.

In the lonely little courtyard, a big rooster crawled in front of Chen Ce at some point, and then crowed.

Chen Ce felt as if someone was supporting him. She lifted herself up with great effort, but because she was petite and not very strong, it took a lot of effort to lift Chen Ce onto the bed.

Chen Ce could feel the softness of the other person's body, but he naturally would not be distracted. Even if he touched some sensitive parts, he still did not have any bad thoughts.

Soon a doctor came over, and then Chen Ce felt a few needles in his body, which relieved the pain.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw Mrs. Wu from the next room expressing her gratitude to the doctor and paying him.

When Madam Wu came over again, she saw that Chen Ce had woken up, so she hurriedly asked, "Mr. Chen, are you feeling better?"

(End of this chapter)