Seeing that he was losing face, Zhang Yong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. If he hadn't been saved, I still don't know how the prince would treat him afterwards.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yong couldn't control that much, so he first told one person, "Go to Kunning Palace and report to His Highness."
Then he started to use force, and he grabbed the old eunuch's collar and said, "Old guy, you have to think clearly! I advise you to wait for a while to see if what I said is true or false. If you insist on execution now, Your Highness will come soon, won't you also have to lose your life? Think about it yourself which one is better for you!"
After all, Zhang Yong is tall and powerful, and he is also brave. This momentum is not ordinary.
"Are you...scaring me?!"
"Who's scaring you? We all know the rules in the palace. False preaching is a capital offense. Do you think I will make fun of my own life? Or do you want to make fun of your own life?"
His roar seemed to have some effect.
After all, the two choices faced by the old eunuch have completely different results.
"Okay, let's just trust you today and stop! Wait and see."
Zhang Yong felt relieved.
Damn it, sometimes it’s hard to speak softly, they’re all guys who take the tough and don’t take the soft.
"How are you two doing?"
Only now did she have time to care about the two palace ladies, Qiu Yun and Dong Yu.
Qiuyun's lips were a little chapped, and her forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat. She lay there, and it seemed difficult to raise her head.
Zhang Yong looked behind him and saw that the pants on his butt were already a little bloody.
"Your Highness... Your Highness is really here to save us?"
"Yeah. It's absolutely true!"
With Zhang Yong’s approval,
Only then did Qiu Yun cry with joy,
After all, she is just a little girl, and fear must be inevitable in her heart.
"If you bear with me a little longer, His Highness will be here soon."
In just a quarter of an hour,
Someone actually shouted, "The prince is here!"
Qiuyun and Dongyu looked at each other and felt at ease. They had never thought that one day they would really be rescued.
"Your Highness!" The previously mighty prison eunuch was now panicking, "I'd like to see you, Your Highness!"
Zhu Houzhao was too lazy to look at him. He glanced at the two little girls lying on the wooden stools and said, "Zhang Yong, take the people away. It's important to treat their injuries."
"yes!"
Zhang Yong exhaled, and the backbone was finally here.
With the prince's words, no one dared to hinder him in the slightest.
Because of the prince's influence, he was able to grab the medicine faster.
When they arrived at the room, the imperial doctor took a brief look and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Highness, the two palace ladies are just skin and flesh, apply medicine on them, and they will be fine in a few days."
He really had to hurry up, otherwise he would have been beaten to death.
"Okay, let's apply it quickly."
"Yes. I will avoid it first."
The spanking was on the girls' buttocks, so it certainly couldn't be the imperial doctor applying it to them. Naturally, it was other palace maids who came over with the medicine.
"Well, since it's nothing, you can go back."
"Yes." The imperial doctor carried the small bag and left.
In the rest of the room, the old mother who was about to apply the ointment looked at the prince with some embarrassment, "Your Highness, the old woman has just started to apply the ointment."
"Okay." Zhu Houzhao sat with no intention of moving.
Qiu Yun blinked and seemed to understand why the old palace maid was hesitant. Although His Highness is young, he is still a man.
But Zhu Houzhao didn't think so. Although he was a man, he was still a child after all.
"Why don't you apply it yet?" The prince opened his eyes wide, as innocent as a child.
When they thought about it, the prince probably didn't know about the defense between men and women.
So the old palace maid took off the cloth covering her buttocks, exposing her two buttocks.
At first glance, you can see that the smooth white top is slightly red, which is bloodshot. If you look closely, it looks like a peeled nectarine, round and plump.
Of course, it is much larger than a nectarine.
Zhu Houzhao clicked his tongue and said, "I was bleeding from the beating, but luckily I got there in time."
Qiuyun's face turned red as if it was about to drip. You just saw it, how can you still say it?
Could it be that he is really a child and doesn’t understand at all?
…
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outside the palace,
Xie Gelao's small sedan chair landed in front of the palace gate. When the curtain was lifted, Wang Hao could be seen returning from his trip.
Now the servants of the palace know that the master is like the reincarnation of Wen Quxing, and he has great talent. Otherwise, how can he win the respect of His Majesty?
Later, he became the prince's teacher, and then he left the cabinet and became the prime minister.
Who would call him through the small curtain of the sedan chair?
This was really a strange thing, but when Wang Hao saw it was Xie Yuqiao, he could only shake his head and smile bitterly.
The two of them studied in the same year and worked together as officials in Beijing for decades. They knew each other when they were young boys, so this friendship is naturally indispensable.
"Since you entered the mansion when you arrived, why didn't Yu Qiao even get off the sedan chair?"
Xie Qian didn't care so much. He was wondering in his heart, "Jizhi, I went to see His Highness the Crown Prince yesterday. Did you gain anything?"
Wang Hao sighed,
The Crown Prince left for an excuse while he was studying.
It is usually difficult for an old scholar like him to accept this.
He hasn't officially given a lecture yet, and this is the first time for Dong Gong, so he pinches his nose and admits it.
But speaking of it, I was actually disappointed.
"Let's go into the house and talk."
In fact, there is nothing surprising.
A eunuch entered the Jiaofang Palace, whispered a few words, and the prince said he had something to do and left. In the early years, some naughty princes would use this method to avoid class.
After hearing this, Xie Qian also felt that the taste was wrong.
He originally thought about many possibilities, but never thought of this one.
"The ministers and His Highness had been arguing for a long time about giving lectures in the East Palace. This time, it was also because of His Highness's filial piety that they wanted to relieve His Majesty's worries. Everyone realized that His Highness already wanted to study, so they gave up. In In my opinion, this is the key to being willing to wait these few months.”
Xie Qian was a little worried, "If... what he did before was just a trick used by His Highness to delay time, I'm afraid it will be..."
Wang Hao was previously obsessed with the etiquette of studying, and Xie Qian was more sensitive to government affairs.
Now after hearing this, he realized that there might be big trouble later.
"well……"
"The matter has not yet been decided, so there is no need to sigh like this." Xie Qian advised.
"Yu Qiao, during this duel in the East Palace, I can feel that His Highness the Crown Prince is not like an ordinary child. He is expected to be steady and polite. He is taught to be smart and eager to learn. In terms of intelligence, he may be no less intelligent than Emperor Xuanzong of that year. With such talent, if he can If you teach well, even the current saints will be inferior in the future. But if..."
Xie Qian understood, "But it would be a pity if it was just a pretense of being studious, wouldn't it?"
Wang Hao couldn't deny it, "It's okay for me alone, but the losses to the Ming Dynasty and the imperial court will be huge."
"Therefore, we should not sigh for help. Since the prince is a talent that can be made, shouldn't you and I encourage him and teach him to become a hero for a while?"
Wang Hao was encouraged by this and felt a little less disappointed.
"There is no limit to learning and hard work. I hope His Highness can understand this truth."
While they were talking, the steward of the mansion suddenly came to report.
"Sir, Mr. Xie Ge. An interesting incident like a drama just came from the palace."
"Oh? Tell me quickly." Wang Hao urged.
The steward said: "This matter has been spread from ten to ten. It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who rescued two maids in front of the Queen. The reason is said to be because the two maids acted carelessly and almost collided with His Highness... "
Hearing this, Wang Hao became nervous. He was fine when he left. Nothing would happen to him. "The collision yesterday? Is His Highness in serious trouble?"
"Don't worry, sir. Your Highness will be fine. After returning to the East Palace, the chamberlain asked: Why did Your Highness forgive the two palace ladies today?"
"His Highness said: They did it unintentionally, and it's not a big problem for me. There is no need to be too harsh."
Wang Hao and Xie Qian are both very smart people. Having said this, they can probably guess why the prince saved him in front of the queen.
The prince is forgiving, but he is not really forgiving.
People who care about the prince, can't they peel off the skin of those two palace ladies?
Xie Qian guessed: "His Royal Highness should have gone down in time, and His Majesty and the Empress had not had time to punish him before they could save people."
The story ends here, that’s all, it’s nothing.
But the steward added: "So that the elders of the palace will know about it. This matter spread because His Highness knew about it in advance. After returning to the East Palace, he ordered the chamberlain Zhang Yong to pay careful attention to the two palace ladies. Otherwise, the Queen Mother's decree , how come it’s too late?”
Wang Hao and Xie Qian glanced at each other subconsciously, "Has Your Highness actually considered this?"
This is not simple, it is not only smart, but also kind. A prince is willing to spend his time for a palace maid. Isn't this kind enough?
"Yes."
The steward's confirmation made Wang Hao couldn't help but give high-fives, "Back then, Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty endured thirst and returned, which was a good story for a while. Now, in our Ming Dynasty, there will be two generations of Renzong, and they will definitely be better than those from the Zhao and Song Dynasties!"
You can’t understand this without reading, but who is Xie Qian? After hearing this, he burst out laughing, "Congratulations! Congratulations!"
Song Renzong was a highly regarded emperor. He reigned for forty-two years and was deeply loved.
The saying that he endured thirst and returned refers to the time when Song Renzong was walking in the back garden. He kept looking back because he was thirsty, but said nothing.
After returning to the palace, I immediately looked for water and poured down several large bowls.
This made people around him wonder. It was not easy for the emperor to drink water. How could he be so thirsty?
Renzong explained: I looked back just now and found that no one had prepared tea. If I had asked, someone would have been punished for it.
From this, everyone knew the emperor's kindness.
Literary men probably like this kind of deeds that can be told like stories.
So what happened in the palace spread quickly.
Wang Hao was excited, drank happily, and made great ambitions: "Yu Qiao is right, the prince has such virtues, I will try my best to teach him so that he can become a virtuous king comparable to Yao and Shun in the future!"
Good fellow, just now I was inferior to the current saints, but now I am comparable to Yao and Shun.
This shows how important the value of benevolence is in the hearts of Confucian scholars.
"Jizhi, if you think about it again, His Highness took the opportunity to leave. Maybe it was not an excuse. How could you know that it was just to save people?!"
When I say this,
Wang Hao suddenly realized.
"His Highness was talking about going to Kunning Palace at that time!" He slapped his head and laughed at himself, "It's ridiculous! I am so short of temper that I actually sighed and lamented for this. It turns out that His Highness went to save people. .”
"Hahaha. This is a matter of joy, not sorrow. The sorrow in Ji Zhi's heart can be relieved."
The old housekeeper was also happy beside him, "Master, Mr. Ge, within a few days, this matter will be spread in restaurants and teahouses in the capital. By then everyone will know that we have a holy prince in the Ming Dynasty, and the people of the world will also be blessed. ”
Wang Hao was deeply poisoned by Confucianism. Once the prince really showed such morality, he would really smile to the sky.
However, Xie Qian fell into a new round of suspicion, "This time to rescue the palace maid, with the Queen's favor for His Highness, it is not difficult to ask for an order to take back the life. What is valuable is that His Highness can predict it in advance and help. Is it possible that there is really a high-ranking official behind His Highness?" people?"
A seven-year-old child can think of such things in front of his head. He is as smart as a demon!
"Maybe it's that Yang Tinghe!" Wang Hao slapped the table, because after thinking about it, he was the only one, and no one else had come into contact with His Highness.
