"Your Highness, wait for me!"
Zhu Houzhao was walking in front of him sullenly, while Chen Ziyu trotted behind him to catch up.
"Huh..." Chen Ziyu put his hands on his hips, stopped in front of Zhu Houzhao, and said out of breath: "Your Highness, I can hardly catch up with you!"
Zhu Houzhao glanced sideways at Chen Ziyu and said, "I am in a bad mood. Stay wherever you fall in love!"
After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave. Chen Zi quickly grabbed Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Highness, you are so impulsive, how can Your Majesty trust you to leave important things to you?"
Sure enough, when he heard this, Zhu Houzhao immediately fell down and said unconvinced: "Father, he is stubborn and refuses to let me go!"
A smile appeared on Chen Ziyu's face.
Sure enough, he has the mentality of a child!
For Emperor Hongzhi, a small rebellion was nothing compared to the prince's safety!
Now it's just a commotion among the chieftains in Guizhou. If the prince goes, it might shake the foundation of the country!
If the prince is killed on the battlefield, where do you ask Emperor Hongzhi to find a successor? It's too late to be born now!
"Your Highness, you have misunderstood His Majesty!"
Chen Ziyu opened his mouth to console him.
Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows and said unconvinced: "Why did I misunderstand you? I am the prince, so it is natural for me to share the worries of the Ming Dynasty and my father!"
"I understand your Highness's thoughts, but if Your Highness puts himself in danger, he is ignoring the people and the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. His Highness should know better than I do about the Tumu Fort!"
Chen Ziyu gave Zhu Houzhao's detailed analysis, especially when he talked about the Tumu Fort Incident, Zhu Houzhao suddenly stopped talking.
Although it was obvious that he wanted to say that he was much more capable than his great-grandfather, he could only think about it in his heart and did not dare to show it on his face!
After struggling for a moment, Zhu Houzhao became dejected and seemed to accept Chen Ziyu's statement.
The two of them were chatting and walking aimlessly, and they couldn't help but come to Kunning Palace!
The snow outside the palace had just been swept away and was piled up in the corner. There were scattered palace maids and eunuchs all around cleaning the leaves that had fallen to the ground!
"This slave has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Captain Chen!"
Chen Ziyu subconsciously glanced at the eunuch who greeted him and found that it was Zhang San, an old acquaintance!
"Eunuch Zhang, why are you here?"
"Go back to Captain Chen, this servant is ordered by the Queen to clear the snow!"
Zhang San said with his hands raised.
Chen Ziyu nodded, tugged on Zhu Houzhao's sleeve and said, "Your Highness, since you are here, let's go and pay a greeting to the Queen!"
Zhu Houzhao didn't speak, but walked to Kunning Palace on his own.
Empress Zhang was embroidering something with her head down. When she heard the footsteps, she thought it was Zhang San walking in and subconsciously asked, "Has the snow outside been cleared yet?"
"I see you, the Queen!"
Chen Ziyu immediately fell to the ground!
Empress Zhang was stunned for a moment, then she looked up and saw Chen Ziyu and was overjoyed, "Prince, Ziyu, why are you here?"
"Mother, I have just come from my father's place. I thought that I haven't come to pay my respects to my mother for many days!"
Zhu Houzhao squeezed out a smile and spoke.
"If the prince has such a heart, I will be very satisfied!"
Empress Zhang looked at Zhu Houzhao's slightly pale face, and naturally understood that he had suffered from Emperor Hongzhi, but since Zhu Houzhao didn't say it himself, she decided to pretend that she didn't know.
He turned his face and looked at Chen Ziyu, and then said:
"Ziyu, how are Xiurong these days?"
"To the queen, the princess is well fed and clothed warmly, which is pretty good!"
"That's good. Next time you come to the palace, bring Xiurong with you. I haven't seen her for many days and I miss her a lot!"
"Yes, Queen!"
After a few simple chats, Zhang San suddenly walked in and reported to Shouning Hou and Jianchang Bo for an audience.
Chen Ziyu's heart moved. He didn't know why the two brothers from the Zhang family came here. Turning around, he saw Zhu Houzhao's usual look. It seemed that the Zhang brothers often came to visit Queen Zhang.
"Let them come in!"
"Yes, concubine!"
After a while, Zhang San led the Zhang brothers into the hall, and heard the voice of Shouning Marquis from a distance.
"My lord, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling pay their respects to the Queen!"
"Don't do this, what's the purpose of you two coming here?"
Queen Zhang snorted coldly, her tone a little cold.
Just when the brother was about to speak, he seemed to notice that Chen Ziyu and Zhu Houzhao were also here. With a slight shock on his face, he immediately bowed to the prince, and then glared at Chen Ziyu without even bothering to say hello.
"How are you, uncles?"
Chen Ziyu greeted the two of them with a smile!
"Huh, I'm not good at this!" Zhang Heling turned away, not wanting to look at Chen Ziyu anymore.
Then he looked at Queen Zhang flatteringly and said, "Sister, I heard that Your Majesty has built some workshops in the western suburbs. I wonder if Sister knows about it!"
"I don't know!" Queen Zhang frowned slightly and said subconsciously.
She really knew nothing about the matter.
However, Chen Ziyu and Zhu Houzhao looked at each other, wondering why the Zhang brothers knew about it after only a few days!
"Ahem, uncles, I know about this! I wonder why uncles ask this?"
"Oh? Your Highness, you know!"
Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling suddenly became interested.
"To be honest, Your Majesty, my uncle has a caravan at home. I thought if His Majesty needs it, our caravan will see if it can be of any help!"
I see!
Only then did Chen Ziyu understand!
The two uncles of the state want to share a piece of the pie!
But being able to know the news for the first time is enough to prove that these two uncles are not complete idiots!
Chen Ziyu had long heard that the transportation arrangements for the goods were handed over to the British government, so naturally his two uncles were not involved.
In addition, the reputation of the British public is known to everyone in the DPRK and is absolutely trustworthy!
As for the Zhang brothers, most people keep them at arm's length and don't dare to deal with them in depth. As for doing business, they avoid it if possible!
But even so, the Zhang brothers still have many businessmen willing to cooperate with them. After all, they have the reputation of being royal relatives and can ensure the stability of the goods. As for being cheated, just admit it!
"You have to ask Lao Chen about this matter. My father has already given full authority to him to take charge of this matter!"
Zhu Houzhao nuzzled towards the Zhang brothers and pointed at Chen Ziyu.
"If the Ming Dynasty doesn't tell secret stories, do you two uncles come to share a piece of the pie from the workshop?"
Chen Ziyu blinked, tried hard to look honest, and opened the skylight to speak frankly!
"snort!"
Zhang Heling snorted coldly, stopped his brother Zhang Yanling from speaking, and then said with great disdain: "Even if my Zhang family dies of starvation, poverty, and jumps from the Forbidden City, we will not cooperate with your Pingjiang uncle's mansion!"
"..."
Everyone opened their mouths wide, as if they had never seen Zhang Heling with such backbone!
