Jiajing Chengming

At this time, Huang Jin raised his head with an innocent look and looked at Jiajing:

"Your Majesty, I don't have any!"

then.

Huang Jin explained seriously: "Your Majesty, you know that I also watched Her Royal Highness grow up, and I have received a lot of kindness from Her Royal Highness! Therefore, even if I don't remember the kindness of the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, I would not dare to do anything reckless just because of Your Highness' kindness!"

"Besides, the emperor has given me a lot of gold and silver. I am not so easy to be bribed, and I dare not be bribed in this matter."

"Moreover, I dare not only promise myself, but also the Grand Master Zhu of the Ministry of Rites. The things he did in the southeast have long been unacceptable to his neighbors, and he no longer has the burden of caring about the false reputation of the literati. Therefore, how could he offend the palace for some external things at this time."

Zhu Houcong said: "I believe you!"

Huang Jin was startled and raised his head.

"Go to the academy first and meet Chen Zhao, so that he won't commit suicide!"

"By the way, tell him that I believe in him, too. Tell him not to be frightened by rumors. Entering this world of fame and fortune will eventually bring him hardships."

Here.

Zhu Houcong stretched out his right hand to shave his thick black eyebrows, then stretched out his hand, placed it on the armrest of the chair, and waved it outside the hall.

"My slave understands!"

Huang Jin pursed his lips and replied, his eyes turning red.

He knew that Jiajing would trust him, the eunuch who had grown up with him.

But he was still inexplicably moved by it.

After all, the person who believes in him is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

The key point is that the emperor not only trusts him, but also trusts the young people under his charge.

He had to admit that his emperor was truly kind-hearted and strong-willed.

After all, he now saw with his own eyes that his emperor, as a young man in his twenties, faced these embarrassing things for the royal family without losing his composure or getting angry, and he even showed concern for the young man Chen Zhao who was directly related to this matter.

Seeing Huang Jin kneeling stupidly on the ground, Zhu Houcong waved his hand and said, "Go!"

"Yes!"

Huang Jin responded and then walked quickly towards Xingming Academy with his butt bouncing back and forth.

Although this kind of disturbance was not a big deal in the court struggle, and was not even enough to be recorded in official history, it was worth recording.

But when such a thing made a simple boy who was only sixteen years old and had grown up in Xingming Academy become a victim, the pressure on this boy was still very heavy.

What's more, this young man was held in high esteem not long ago and was about to become a royal relative.

At this moment, Chen Zhao really didn't know how to deal with these rumors.

To him, it was as if the sky had fallen!
He always felt that the eyes of his classmates in the academy looked at him with hostility and suspicion, as if countless steel needles were piercing him.

He just walked silently to the lake behind the academy.

Because he suddenly had the urge to prove his innocence by dying.

After all, the whole city had begun to spread the news about him, saying that he was immoral, had a bad character, deceived his superiors and subordinates, and used the redemption money of a prostitute to bribe people.

Therefore, the young and inexperienced Chen Zhao really didn't know how to deal with this sudden frame-up, and he was really afraid that the emperor above him would be so angry that he would torture him severely.

in fact.

This can still be considered the price Zhu Houcong paid for his reforms that infringed the interests of the gentry and wealthy families.

Although these costs had little impact on Zhu Houcong himself, for the direct victims, they did mean that they would most likely fall into an abyss from which there was no escape.

For example, in history, Tang Bohu became the biggest victim of the internal strife among high-level officials in the court. He ended up being unable to take the imperial examination for his entire life and had to work as an official, which made Tang Bohu disheartened from then on.

It is said that in the eyes of the orphans adopted by Jiajing, Huang Jin has always been a person they love.

Because Huang Jin is directly responsible for their lives and really takes good care of them.

Although Huang Jin always said that it was because of the emperor's benevolence that he had to pay extra attention to them, the orphans in Xingming Academy did like Huang Jin very much.

"Eunuch Huang!"

"Hello, Eunuch Huang!"

When Huang Jin hurried to Xingming Academy, the orphans in the academy greeted him warmly.

There were even smaller orphans who stretched out their arms to ask him to hold them.

Huang Jin picked up a little girl, and then asked another orphan who was walking over: "Have you seen Chen Zhao?"

"He went to the lake by himself and didn't say anything."

"We all said we wouldn't believe what people said, but he still seemed to be upset."

At this time, an orphan answered.

Huang Jin hurriedly put the little girl on the ground, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and walked to the lake. Chen Zhao saw Huang Jin coming over, and smiled shyly and greeted him, "Eunuch Huang!"

"The Emperor asked me to come and see you."

Huang Jin said this at this time.

After hearing this, Chen Zhao felt suddenly empty in his heart and his eyes were immediately filled with tears.

The endless fear for the emperor suddenly turned into endless gratitude.

"really?"

Chen Zhao couldn't help but ask with a smile.

He didn't expect that when many bureaucrats were arrogantly saying what they were going to do to him, the emperor would still let Huang Jin come to see him and show that he cared about him.

"Your Majesty is such a wise ruler, how could you not believe me and you?"

"Now that you want to become a noble, you naturally have to start facing these storms."

"And this is just the beginning. You have to get used to it. You also have to remember that as long as you are loyal to the emperor, His Majesty will be able to protect you from the wind and rain. But if you really deceive the emperor and do something that is unfair to the emperor and the court, then His Majesty can also call the wind and rain to drown you."

Huang Jin came over and pulled Chen Zhao back when he got here: "Your Majesty, please believe us. We should also believe Your Majesty. They will not succeed in making a false accusation!"

Chen Zhao nodded.

And this incident affected more than just Chen Zhao.

Princess Yongchun herself felt very aggrieved and sad about this. She had never expected that the prince consort she had chosen, the marriage she had been looking forward to, would have such an outcome.

This has made her depressed these days.

Follow the left door.

As soon as Zhu Houcong, whose dark brows were frozen with frost, sat down on the throne, Lu Fu, the imperial official, stepped out and said:

"Your Majesty, the Censorate has received a report that a prostitute named You has accused the prince consort who is expected to be appointed of deceiving her to redeem herself by bribing the Minister of Rites Zhu Xizhou and the eunuch Huang Jin. I believe that this matter should be investigated strictly to avoid damaging the majesty of the royal family and even disrupting the national ceremony!"

"Your Majesty, I second the motion. If this is true, it means that the chosen consort is not of good character. If he is really chosen as a royal relative, it will be detrimental to the royal family and the entire country. Even Her Royal Highness will be tarnished by him for the rest of her life! Therefore, I request that the three judicial officials be ordered to interrogate this woman."

At this time, the censor Su Baoling also stepped forward and made a speech.

Followed by.

Du Wenming, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, also echoed and said, "Your Majesty, as far as I know, You has physical evidence left by the chosen prince consort, so I am afraid that this matter is true. From this, it can be seen that the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Household Department are really suspected of colluding with each other to pervert the law!"

After hearing this, Zhu Houcong asked people to collect the memorials from these people, and then he began to read them.

Du Wenming and other court officials couldn't help but smile secretly and glanced at the already trembling Minister of Rites Zhu Xizhou.

But Zhu Houcong didn't even look at them for a while before he turned sullen and threw all the memorials out.

Snapped!
"Somebody come!"

At this time, the Jinyiwei who were waiting for orders outside the hall walked in.

The court officials were also greatly shocked.

Honglu Temple Minister Du Wenming, Imperial Censors Lu Fu and Su Baoling were even more puzzled.

They couldn't understand why Jiajing suddenly became angry after reading their memorial.

Zhu Houcong also pointed at them at this time: "Catch these three bastards who have wrongly accused and slandered the chosen prince consort! Throw them into the imperial prison!"

Du Wenming and others were even more disgraced.

then.

Du Wenming knelt down first and asked innocently:

"Your Majesty, I don't understand how we, the officials, could have wrongly accused and slandered the future prince consort."

He really couldn't understand how the emperor could be so sure that they were framing the prince consort in public.

Zhu Houcong also leaned forward at this time, looked at Du Wenming, and smiled meaningfully:
"You wrote in the memorial that it was Cheng Zhao who did this, not Chen Zhao, but you directly said that this was done by the chosen son-in-law."

"Aren't you just putting the wrong name on someone else's head and slandering the prince consort?"

"Let me tell you, the surname of the Prince Consort is Chen, which means "ear", not Cheng, which means success! The Zhao in his name is not Zhao, which means announcement!"

Du Wenming and others were confused after hearing this, but they gradually realized that they seemed to have been tricked by the emperor.

"Still not convinced?"

Zhu Houcong asked another question at this time.

Then, Zhu Houcong ordered: "Then bring You to the imperial court, and I and the ministers will watch the three judicial officials conduct the trial here!"

"Yes!"

The Left Imperial Censor Gui E then replied with a serious look. (End of this chapter)