Just when Zhu Cixiang was confused, a personal guard hurriedly came to report that Wu Laoliu had led two thousand troops into the city.
When Zhu Cihong heard the report, he knew that it was Wu Laoliu's arrival that disrupted the opponent's rhythm, so the soldiers outside the Meridian Gate left.
But what makes him strange is that Liu Chang and others have been with him all the time, and judging from their reactions just now, they don't seem to know about this. So who is secretly manipulating all this?
"Both Lu Jiude and Wang Dehua are powerful in the capital. Could it be that they sneaked into the capital and stirred up the situation secretly?"
Just as he was pondering, he saw Zhu Yuyao, dressed in men's clothing, speeding over with a few royal guards.
When Zhu Aao saw him, she hurriedly got off her horse, pulled him aside and shouted angrily in a low voice: "We haven't seen each other for a few days. You have become more capable, haven't you? You didn't even listen to the Queen Mother..."
Zhu Cixiang saw that there were sweat stains on Zhu Yu's forehead and her slightly bulging chest was rising and falling, so he knew that she was worried that Tian Shuying could not stop him, so she rushed over without stopping.
So even though Zhu Yuluo kept scolding him, he was not angry at all and just kept apologizing.
Seeing this, Zhu Yasuo also restrained her anger. While adjusting his clothes lovingly, she warned softly: "I'll let you go this time. If there is a next time, see how I deal with you!"
Zhu Cixiang repeatedly said that he did not dare, and after letting everyone disperse, he and Zhu Yuyao rushed to Kunning Palace.
When Zhu Cihong arrived at Kunning Palace, he was stunned when he saw that there were twice as many guards as before.
Then he thought that Liu Chang and others knew that Wu Laoliu had returned to Beijing, and even if Zhou Hou showed weakness, it would not help, and he couldn't help feeling a little guilty.
Because if he had more soldiers and horses, he could suppress Liu Chang and others.
If it's less, it won't affect the plans for the next week.
However, Wu Laoliu brought back more than 2,000 people, which was roughly the same strength as Liu Chang's side, and was unable to effectively solve the crisis in the capital.
Zhu Yuluo on the side noticed something strange about him and joked in a low voice: "Weren't you very majestic before, now you know you are afraid?"
"You don't have to worry too much. The queen mother only prepared a cane, and the cane won't hurt..."
Hearing this, Zhu Cixiang felt a warm current surge in his heart, and said with a smile: "Teng Tiao, isn't that just for my sister? I remember..."
"Okay, how dare you make fun of me. If I had known better, I wouldn't have said anything nice for you. I would have asked the Queen Mother to teach you a lesson, so that I could give you..."
As Zhu Yasuo spoke, she pretended to be angry and punched Zhu Cixiang, as if the two were playing around when they were young.
Seeing this, Zhu Cixiang looked dazed and hurriedly ran towards the palace, instinctively shouting: "Mother, please help..."
As soon as he spoke, he realized that they had grown up and could no longer be as carefree as before.
Not only because they are in a precarious situation now, but also because they have grown up and cannot put all the burden on their parents.
"Oh, what's wrong with you!"
Because Zhu Cixiang suddenly stopped, Zhu Yasuo, who was chasing after him, almost fell down in order to avoid him, so she let out a cry.
Zhu Cixiang looked at Zhu Yuluo apologetically, and just as he was about to apologize, he heard Zhou Hou's gentle voice saying, "Lang'er, you're back!"
Zhu Cixiang looked for fame and found that he had not seen Zhou Hou for more than twenty days. He was actually much older than before, and his brows were full of fatigue. His nose couldn't help but feel sore, and tears were about to well up.
However, he remembered that he had promised Zhu Yuanzhang not to cry again, and he hurriedly raised his head slightly to prevent the tears from flowing out.
At this time, Princess Zhaoren ran out from nowhere and shouted with shame, "Shame, shame, shame!"
"Brother Prince is already so old and yet he still cries. It's embarrassing..."
When Zhu Cixiang heard this, his heart felt warm again. He hugged Princess Zhaoren and pretended to be fierce to scare her.
When Princess Zhaoren saw this, not only was she not afraid, but she giggled.
After Zhu Cihong played with Princess Zhaoren, he walked up to Queen Zhou with a solemn expression, knelt down and said, "My child was reckless and ruined the queen's important affairs. Please punish her."
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Empress Zhou lovingly helped him up and said gently: "It's okay, as long as the queen's mother, Lang'er, is safe, that's more important than anything else!"
"And you behaved very well today. Not only did you not affect the Queen Mother's plan, you also helped the Queen Mother!"...
Seeing Zhu Cixiang's suspicious look, Empress Zhou smiled again and said, "Lang'er, my mother really didn't lie to you!"
"Come on, you will understand after my mother lets you meet someone!"
After Zhou Hou said this, she took Zhu Cixiang's hand and walked towards the palace.
When Zhu Cihong entered the main hall and saw Huang Nilu there, he couldn't help but show surprise.
Seeing this, Queen Zhou smiled and said, "Huang Qing, show your latest invention to the prince!"
Upon hearing this, Huang Nilu hurriedly picked up a pipa-shaped musket from the table behind him and said, "Your Highness, this is a continuous fire blunderbuss modified by Wei Chen based on the flintlock gun. Although the power of a single gun is weaker than the flintlock gun , but it can fire five rounds in a row."
"If Weichen is given some more time to make some changes to the barrel of the firearm, Weichen is sure to fire ten bullets in a row..."
At first, Zhu Cihong was still wondering why Huang Nilu was in Kunning Palace. Later, when he heard that the musket could fire five bullets in a row, he was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly asked for details.
It turned out that Huang Nilu had been thinking about what kind of weapons to use against the Jurchen cavalry since he accepted Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions.
He successively improved the Fo Lang machine, the Tiger Crouching Cannon and other items, but none of them were ideal, which made him very distressed.
Especially when the Jurchens invaded and the Ming soldiers retreated steadily, he was even more worried and thought hard day and night.
Perhaps his sincerity moved God, and he actually thought of a way to improve the flintlock gun in a dream.
At first, he just had the idea of giving it a try, but he didn't expect that after days and nights of research, he actually found some ways.
Just when he was preparing to expand the experiment, he was blocked by Liu Chang and others.
Not only did they use excuses to prevent him from experimenting, but they also stole some important equipment.
Just when he was distressed, Zhou Hou sent someone to deliver a batch of equipment to him and ordered someone to guard it.
Huang Nilu was grateful and studied day and night.
Unexpectedly, just when he was about to succeed, a fire suddenly broke out and burned away all his hard work.
When Huang Nilu was sad, he also learned that the Ministry of Punishment connived with the rumor makers to slander Chongzhen. He immediately went to Zhang Xin to argue with him in anger, and therefore had a conflict with Liu Chang.
After Zhou Hou learned of this, he was worried that Huang Nilu would be poisoned, so he pretended to send someone to assassinate him.
After hiding it from Liu Chang and others, he secretly took the other party to the palace and asked him to concentrate on developing firearms.
After several days of experiments, Huang Nilu finally succeeded today.
After Zhu Cihong listened to Huang Nilu's story, he was silent for a while and said, "How many of these volleys of fire guns are there now?"
Huang Nilu said: "The trial of the continuous fire gun has just been successful, and there are only twenty of them at the moment!"
Zhu Cixiang pondered: "If we go all out to produce, how long will it take to equip a team of a thousand people?"
Huang Nilu said with some embarrassment: "Nowadays, only Weichen knows the process. If we want to mass-produce, we still need to train craftsmen and purchase ironware and other items. It may be difficult to achieve in a short time."
Zhu Cixiang had thought of this before and was just testing it out of luck. Now after hearing Huang Nilu's answer, he couldn't help but look disappointed.
At this time, Queen Zhou suddenly said: "Prince, you don't have to be disappointed, the Queen Mother thinks Huang Qing's firearms are enough!"
Zhu Cixiang was stunned when he heard this, and a hint of joy immediately appeared on his face.
