"May I have your name?"
"Where are you from?"
"Are you afraid of me?"
In the carriage, Zhu Jinghong asked three questions in a row, but only the last one received a response.
Seeing the little girl in front of him nodding, Zhu Jinghong said angrily: "I saved you just now, don't you know how to be grateful?"
His questioning expression made Yinglian even more frightened, and she shrank back unconsciously.
But the carriage is only so big, no matter how much she is right, where can she retreat?
After being stunned for a moment, Zhu Jinghong sighed, and then stopped scaring the little girl.
Zhu Jinghong, who was in a different place and frequently ordered his subordinates to kill people, was even more terrifying to the young Yinglian.
"Master Thirteen, we are about to arrive at the palace!" the guard outside reminded.
In fact, the carriage was stopped before entering the palace gate.
On weekdays, the palace is guarded by specialized troops.
Now that the prince has arrived, in addition to the original garrison soldiers, there are also 3,000 Beijing troops following the prince.
The palace was built on the ruins of Yingtian Palace. Its scale is much smaller than that of the palace back then, but the building area is still extremely large.
After five consecutive inspections, Zhu Jinghong's carriage entered the palace.
When he got off the carriage, he said to the accompanying guards: "Please find a way to make arrangements for me!"
Arranging for a little girl to stay, Zhu Jinghong himself had no good place, so he just dumped it to the people below.
Only one of them reminded: "Don't worry, Thirteenth Master, go see the prince quickly!"
They were more anxious about this matter than Zhu Jinghong, after all, they couldn't bear the prince's questioning.
Zhu Jinghong smiled and said with relief: "Don't worry, you guys, the fourth brother won't cause you trouble. Don't you know his temper?"
After saying goodbye to a group of guards, Zhu Jinghong walked deeper into the palace, while Yinglian was led to the other side by the guards.
The palace gate was guarded by the army, and the dragon guards from Beijing were on duty inside.
These people all knew Zhu Jinghong, so he went straight to the palace where the prince was staying without any hindrance.
Glancing inside, Zhu Jinghong made a "hissing" gesture when he saw that there were only a few young eunuchs on duty.
Most of the young eunuchs in the palace had been punched and kicked by Zhu Jinghong's predecessor. At this moment, all of them lowered their heads, pretending they didn't know anything.
Zhu Jinghong stepped into the main hall and tiptoed to the west side hall.
This time he came to Jinling with the prince. It was Zhu Jinghong's predecessor who tried hard and begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother before the emperor's father agreed and ordered the prince to take good care of his brother.
Unexpectedly, although this guy was strong and strong, he contracted a cold and fell ill on the road, which ultimately gave Zhu Jinghong an advantage.
Seeing that his younger brother fell ill, Prince Zhu Jingyuan was extremely worried and showed great concern for him.
Even if Zhu Jinghong recovered, he was still worried that something might happen to his brother again, so he asked Zhu Jinghong to live with him so that he could be under constant control and protection.
In this dormitory, the prince lived in the east side hall, while Zhu Jinghong lived in the west side hall.
"Master Thirteen..."
They were already about to enter the room, and they could immediately pretend that nothing happened, and then have a laugh with the prince brother, when the sound behind him made Zhu Jinghong's heart tighten.
Turning around, Zhu Jinghong said with a smile on his face: "Scholar Gao, do you have anything to do with me?"
The man who spoke was wearing a blue official robe, with white temples and a serious expression. He was Gao Shuyan, a scholar from Zuo Chunfang University.
"Prince, please come over!" Gao Shuyan said solemnly.
"I was just planning to go out for a walk. I wonder what the fourth brother wants from me?" Zhu Jinghong's face was not red and his heart was not beating.
Gao Shuyan did not intend to expose him and solemnly said: "The Crown Prince is worried about national affairs. If the Thirteenth Master still cares about brotherhood, he should stop causing trouble to the Crown Prince!"
After saying this, Gao Shuyan bowed his hands, then turned and left.
Zhu Jinghong couldn't defend himself against Gao Shuyan's words, but his predecessor had caused some trouble with him.
The status of the prince is not stable. As the second son, Prince Rui Zhu Jingyuan is now launching a fierce offensive against the East Palace.
As long as the prince makes the slightest mistake, he will be magnified and made a fuss about, such as not taking good care of his biological brothers...
When he came to the outside of the East Side Hall, Zhu Jinghong took a look inside first, but did not see the prince in the main hall.
"Old Thirteen is here?"
A hoarse voice came from the jingshe in the south of the side hall, causing Zhu Jinghong to quickly respond: "Fourth brother, do you have anything to do with me?"
As he spoke, Zhu Jinghong walked into the side hall and walked directly into the monastery.
Behind the desk in the Jingshe, a thin middle-aged man was looking through the books piled in front of him.
This person is Prince Zhu Jingyuan, the eldest son of the current emperor.
Seeing Zhu Jinghong come in, Prince Zhu Jingyuan put down the book and asked with a straight face: "I heard that you ran away without permission?"
"Hehe" laughed twice, and Zhu Jinghong responded: "Fourth brother, I was just walking around the palace to relax!"
"The imperial doctor also told me not to lie down all the time and to move around more!"
Zhu Jingyuan still had a straight face and sneered: "Really? So, the Qinhuai River is also near the palace?"
What? Do you know all this? Zhu Jinghong was surprised.
"Why don't you speak?" Zhu Jingyuan yelled angrily.
Zhu Jinghong immediately replied: "Fourth brother, you must not accuse me unjustly!"
Speaking of this, Zhu Jinghong cursed loudly: "That bastard is talking nonsense. Isn't it just to taint people's innocence out of thin air? I, Zhu Jinghong, am an upright person. How can I go to such a dirty place!"
However, the next moment, Zhu Jingyuan asked coldly: "How do you know that the Qinhuai River is a dirty place?"
Zhu Jinghong has never even been out of the imperial palace a few times since he was born. The first time he came to Yingtian, he knew that the Qinhuai River was a dirty place. This was tantamount to self-inflicted trouble.
"Fourth brother, please listen to my explanation..." Zhu Jinghong was still laughing, trying to fool him.
"Old Thirteen!"
Zhu Jingyuan's tone was particularly stern, and he glared at the useless brother in front of him.
But before he could start reprimanding him, he started coughing non-stop, as if he was about to lose his breath at any time, which frightened the eunuchs serving inside and outside and rushed to serve him.
After feeding him water, taking medicine, and feeling calm again... within a minute, Zhu Jingyuan finally recovered.
"Your Majesty, the imperial doctor has repeatedly warned you not to get angry. You must take care of yourself!"
Speaking of this, eunuch Zhang Xin said to Zhu Jinghong: "Thirteenth Master, please admit your mistake to the Crown Prince quickly and don't make the Crown Prince angry!"
Zhang Xin has passed by and is a confidant who grew up with Zhu Jingyuan. Now he is the eunuch in charge of the East Palace.
"Fourth brother, I was wrong!" Zhu Jinghong bowed deeply.
In any case, his fourth brother really cares about him, otherwise he wouldn't be so angry.
"You all get out, don't discuss what happened just now!" Zhu Jingyuan waved his hand.
After these people retreated, Zhu Jingyuan looked at Zhu Jinghong again and motioned for him to come closer.
"Do you know where you went wrong?"
Hearing this question, Zhu Jinghong seemed to have returned to his student days, where the teacher would ask this question before shaking hands.
"You shouldn't sneak out..." Zhu Jinghong replied slowly.
"anything else?"
"You shouldn't make fourth brother angry!"
Hearing this, Zhu Jingyuan became serious again and was about to get angry again.
Zhu Jinghong said quickly: "You shouldn't go to the Qinhuai River!"
"As a child of the royal family, it's fine if you don't like reading. You must have some noble character!"
"Where is the Qinhuai River? Is that a place where filth and evil are hidden, which you should go to at such a young age?"
"Then when I'm Fourth Brother's age, I can go?" Zhu Jinghong joked casually.
Zhu Jingyuan was so angry that he just wanted to hit someone, so he kicked him out. Zhu Jinghong didn't avoid being kicked.
"You bastard!"
