Hearing this, Zhu Jinghong suddenly felt heartbroken, which made Zhu Jingyuan feel better.
"Meet the Crown Prince!"
The three bosses of the Supervisor of Ceremonies now prostrated themselves in front of Zhu Jingyuan.
"You three, please get up!"
"Thank you, Prince!"
After getting up, Lu Tong took a step forward and said with a smile: "Prince, please go in with me, the master is still waiting!"
"Yes Yes!"
Zhu Jingyuan responded twice, then stepped forward, Gao Shuyan followed, and the other East Palace scholars returned to the Yamen office.
"Master Thirteen, please invite me too!" Dai Quan came to Zhu Jinghong's side.
After pretending to cough twice and clearing his throat, Zhu Jinghong asked: "Eunuch Dai, how is my father feeling right now?"
"The power of the Lord is unpredictable, how dare I speak nonsense!"
Zhu Jinghong didn't want to give up, and asked again: "You and the old man have been together for so many years, I don't believe this!"
"Thirteenth Master, please stop embarrassing this old slave!" Dai Quan still did not change his words.
"Eunuch Lu?"
Lu Tong walked in front with the prince. When he heard the call, he turned around and said, "Thirteenth Master, don't worry..."
Is this the end? Zhu Jinghong also wanted to hear Lu Tong say a few more words about why he didn't have to worry.
When Zhu Jinghong and his entourage entered Fengtian Gate, at the palace gate on the east side of the Meridian Gate, Jia Zhenggang, a member of the Ministry of Industry, came out of the Liuke Corridor.
The last impeachment incident passed smoothly as expected, and Jia Zheng has now resumed his official position.
Seeing the prince return with his own eyes, he felt much more at ease.
"According to Lian'er, Mrs. Xue's wife came to Beijing with the prince. It seems that the prince really wants to support our family!" Jia Zheng murmured in a low voice.
Although the whole process was arranged by Zhu Jinghong, in Jia Zheng's opinion, it was the prince's intention. After all, how could Zhu Jinghong have such thoughts.
Thinking of this, the fire that had been extinguished in Jia Zheng's heart started to burn again at this moment.
He couldn't sit back and watch the family's decline. Even if his mother and brother were unwilling to help, he had to continue struggling alone in order to live up to his father's ardent teachings.
After straightening his official hat, holding the official document in his hand, and looking at the tall Fengtian Gate, Jia Zheng walked out of the Meridian Gate.
As for Zhu Jinghong, they walked in for about ten minutes and finally arrived outside Qianqing Gate.
"Prince, Thirteenth Master, please..."
After saying this, Lu Tong and the other three stepped aside, and they would not accompany them next.
"Thirteenth brother, let's go..."
"Fourth brother, please come first!"
"What's so humiliating about this!" Zhu Jingyuan didn't take it seriously.
"The order of elders and younger ones cannot be abolished!"
"You'd better leave first!"
"Fourth brother, that's what's wrong with you. I came here with you, so of course you invite me first!"
The scene where the two were arguing made the three supervisors want to laugh, but they held it back in the end.
After all, the two people in front of me are half masters of the palace, and it is their turn to be laughed at by slaves like them.
In the end, Zhu Jingyuan still couldn't resist, and was pushed into Qianqing Gate by Zhu Jinghong. Gao Shuyan could only wait inside the palace gate without Zhao.
The Qianqing Palace was the emperor's palace, where he held daily offices and met with important ministers. It could be said to be the center of the entire East Asian world.
The guards here are naturally selected from the best. One hundred and twenty people are selected from among the noble disciples of the Dragon Guard to serve as standing guards.
These guards stood on both sides of the royal road, looking at the embarrassment of the two princes, but their faces were unwavering.
Arriving on the platform of Qianqing Palace, Zhu Jinghong and his two men bowed and stood in silence, waiting for the emperor's father's summons.
After a while, the general manager Cheng Ying came out and said to Zhu Jingyuan: "Your Highness, the Lord has given you an audience!"
"yes!"
Zhu Jingyuan's voice was trembling, and he walked into the hall with his head lowered.
Seeing Cheng Ying standing there, Zhu Jinghong said: "Eunuch Cheng, if nothing happens, I will go to see my queen mother!"
"Thirteenth Master, the Lord has spoken!" Cheng Ying looked indifferent.
"ah?"
Surprised, Zhu Jinghong had no choice but to kneel down, ready to accept the fate arranged by the old man.
"Orally...let the Thirteenth kneel down for me!"
"Appreciate this!"
"ah?"
Zhu Jinghong raised his head with a surprised look on his face. What does this mean?
Bring yourself to your knees? Did you do anything wrong? Even if you make a mistake, you should make it clear. What's going on?
He punched hard in his heart, but he still had to kneel, so Zhu Jinghong couldn't get up.
In fact, this situation has been encountered many times before, and it is not a strange thing in itself.
Besides, in the main hall, it was no surprise that Zhu Jingyuan was also kneeling. The two brothers just knelt in different places.
"Little Japanese pirates, after fighting for so long, the prince is very capable!"
"My son has betrayed his father's trust!"
As soon as he said something, the prince began to admit his mistake and did not know how to defend himself. This made Zhu Xianming even more dissatisfied.
"Trust me more? Why do I trust you more than you? Have I ever said that?" Zhu Xianming sneered.
"Let you go to suppress the Japanese. After a month or two, you will have ten times the superior force, and finally the entire front will be defeated..."
"Prince, you really opened my eyes!"
Listening to his father's cynicism, Zhu Jingyuan was frightened but could only accept it. At this moment, he didn't even dare to say anything.
Zhu Xianming felt uncomfortable even looking at such a weak piece of trash, and at this moment he didn't even have the intention to scold him.
"Forget it, you haven't accomplished anything in so many years, you should go back and rest!"
After saying this, Zhu Xianming raised his voice and said, "Come here, send the prince back!"
"My son...resign!"
Two young eunuchs entered the Nuan Pavilion, helped the prince up on the ground, and then sent him out of the hall.
"Fourth brother, are you coming out so soon?"
Zhu Jinghong, who was kneeling, was very surprised, but when he thought that the prince was so fast, it should be nothing to him.
"Thirteenth brother, I'm going back first, please take care of yourself!"
Zhu Jingyuan looked sad and walked down the steps extremely lonely.
In the main hall, Cheng Ying whispered: "Your Majesty, do you want to summon the Thirteenth Master?"
Zhu Xianming, who was reading the memorial, didn't even raise his eyes, but said coldly: "Let him kneel down and no one is allowed to come near!"
"yes!"
So as soon as Zhu Jinghong knelt down, an hour passed, and he still felt uncomfortable no matter how good his health was.
"Who is that? Come here...tell the Queen, I'm going to die on my knees here!"
The little eunuch who was called didn't dare to report the news, so he could only whisper: "Thirteenth Master, the Lord has a strict decree, please don't embarrass me!"
In fact, the queen in Kunning Palace already knew about Zhu Jinghong being punished to kneel, but at the moment she was pruning flowers.
Following the queen, Chen Zhi looked worried: "Mom, it's been an hour, and the thirteenth brother hasn't had lunch yet, so don't let him collapse on his knees!"
"Why don't you go ask Father for a favor?"
Hearing this, Yang Qingyin didn't care at all, and said slowly: "This little bastard, he doesn't do things properly, he deserves a good punishment, so that he can remember it for a long time!"
Turning around and taking the tea cup handed by Chen Zhi, Yang Qingyin continued: "Besides, with the age of Thirteen, it's okay to kneel for another hour!"
"Having said that, but..."
"Okay, no need to say more!"
Seeing that the queen had made up her mind and had said what she should say, Chen Zhi said no more.
(End of chapter)
