After entering the Xiefang Hall and turning left, the Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao was sitting on a couch, with a thick yellow blanket covering his legs. He was holding a book in his hand under the candlelight.
Li Guang didn't understand why he kept the window open.
He came in secret, and what he said was secret.
So the window was open so that he felt somewhat guilty.
Zhu Hou knelt down to take care of the person. His eyes turned away from the book and fell on the white-haired old man. In fact, he was wearing a bright red robe, and his status in the palace was not low.
But, yesterday and today, in heaven and on earth.
"Slave Li Guang, please pay homage to His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Wow, there was nothing else except the sound of turning the pages of a book.
Li Guang muttered in his heart, wondering why the prince ignored him.
"Slave Li Guang, come to see His Highness the Crown Prince!" He shouted again.
"I heard you. Don't make any noise."
Li Guang: "..."
His heart was pounding, and he was really stressed.
Zhu Houzhao turned over two more pages of the book before speaking, "Eunuch Li..."
Li Guang lowered his body by another two points and said, "Your Highness."
"How many generations do you think the Great Self can last in the future?"
"I, the Ming Dynasty, will naturally last for eternity!"
"Why do you see this? Qin, Han, Tang, Song and Yuan, which dynasty is really eternal? Is there anything different about our Ming Dynasty?"
Li Guang had no idea what the prince's purpose was in talking about this at this juncture.
Logically speaking, this is not a difficult question to answer.
But he knew the prince and knew that the prince would not talk nonsense.
"Slave, I don't understand His Highness's intentions. I beg Your Highness to explain!"
"My meaning is very simple. Even my Ming Dynasty cannot be passed down to generations. I am the crown prince and the future emperor. When I come here, there are already several emperors in the Ming Dynasty. The world may change one day."
"Your Highness. Now that the Holy Emperor is in court, the Ming Dynasty will be at peace, and the country and the people will be safe!"
"The world is at peace, the country is peaceful and the people are safe..." Zhu Houzhao recited these two words silently, then shook his head, "You said the emperors of the Han and Tang Dynasties, they should have heard the eunuchs in the palace tell them this, right? But the world has changed. Color. At the end of the Han Dynasty and the end of the Tang Dynasty, eunuchs caused great disasters. Speaking of which, I would like to thank the eunuchs at that time."
Li Guang was already dizzy.
Until the following sentence of the Crown Prince,
"...These eunuchs sing praises and whitewash peace every day. They say they are loyal to the country in front of others, but they use their hands behind others to engage in corruption. They ignore the laws of the court and destroy the future of the country. Without these people, where would this world be? My surname is Zhu, and maybe my surname is Li. Without them, maybe your Eunuch Li would still be the master of me, the boy from the Zhu family."
! ! !
Those who heard this were shocked!
"Your Highness's words...are going to make this servant's life impossible!" On a cold winter night, cold sweat broke out on Li Guang's forehead!
The prince snorted, "Li Guang, you probably think that it is me who is causing trouble for you. But I feel that you are the one who caused trouble for me first. What you did for your own selfish desires, then They want to eliminate the heirs of our Zhu family! The grave that buries my Zhu family in the future will also be due to you, Li Guang!"
The Crown Prince doesn't speak very fast, but his words are heart-piercing, like a knife stuck in his heart!
"Your Highness! I have absolutely no such thoughts!" Li Guang really didn't dare to listen anymore. "My servant is usually a little greedy for money, but I will never be so ignorant of loyalty and righteousness! What Your Highness said is rebellion. A big sin! This slave is deeply favored by the emperor and will never have such thoughts! Please be clear to your highness!"
"You definitely don't have such thoughts?" Zhu Houzhao threw the book in his hand directly at him and said in a louder voice: "Then tell me for yourself! Your greedy money is worth the annual expenses of many small people's families! There is only so much wealth in the world. If you take more, the people will have less. If the people have nothing to eat or drink, they will rise up and make my old Zhu family die without a burial place! What is the difference between this and rebellion?! Is this how you repay the emperor’s favor?”
Li Guang kowtowed, "Your Highness, this slave is blinded by lard and is greedy for money. It's really... I was really afraid of poverty when I was young! However, I am willing to hand over all the money and dedicate it to Your Highness. I beg Your Highness to save this slave’s life! My slave, I don’t want to die…”
At the end of the story, he actually started crying.
The tears of hula la were streaking across that old face, it was very ugly.
But when I think about what he did, I feel even more angry!
"Everything in the world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers. I am the crown prince and the only heir of my father. When have I ever lacked your few taels of silver?! But I want your money, not me. The palace is greedy for money and loves money for the sake of the people of the world!"
"Logically speaking, I can just kill you and confiscate your home, and the money will be mined naturally. But my father has deep faith in you. No matter what kind of memorials the ministers give, he does not believe that you are guilty of such a crime. Father You are the virtuous master of ZTE. If a mountain of money is found from you now, what will the people of the world think of the father? At that time, where is the face of my Ming Dynasty? Where is the dignity of the Ming Dynasty?! It is spread that the father is the emperor. You idiot! Listen to me! Give me a large portion of those greedy money! Even so, you will definitely be blamed for your death!"
From the calmness before to the intensity at this moment, Zhu Houzhao could no longer bear it. He was pointing at this old guy's nose and yelling!
The commotion was so loud that Zhang Yongdu brought a few Dongchang fans outside and approached the main hall. Good guy, it's best if nothing happens.
"Your Highness..." At this time, people are facing the threat of death, and even the calmest person on weekdays can't hold back.
Moreover, the Crown Prince's words were not just about crime, but also about love, the relationship between Li Guang and the emperor.
He knew how the emperor treated him, and he also knew what he had done.
"Your Highness, I know that I am wrong... I know that I am wrong. All the blame lies with me. I just ask Your Highness not to tell the Emperor about this. The Emperor is a kind and kind monarch that has been rare in thousands of years. I don’t want him to be sad and grieved..." Li Guang really cried when he said these words.
Zhu Houzhao didn't care whether he was really crying because he felt guilty or whether he was crying for show.
He didn't care, he wanted to see money, and he wanted to see a lot of money.
At this point, he was silent for a long time, showing a very tormented and tangled look, "...Forget it, it's the same sentence. I won't ask civil servants to kill you. If I kill you, my father will be sad for a while... "
After hearing this, Li Guang suddenly felt hopeful about living. Your Highness wants to spare him for the sake of the overall situation? !
"I thank you, Your Highness! Thank you, Your Highness!"
These words were not the main point. He immediately followed up and explained, "Your Highness does not have to worry about the money. The old slave will definitely give all his earnings to Your Highness. It's just... this amount is not small..."
"how?"
"Your Highness... Your Highness said that day that the source of the money would find a reason..."
Zhu Houzhao said with disgust: "If I wanted to kill you, I would have united with the foreign ministers long ago! Why do you need to go through such a big circle?! Just relax, I will only slowly take out the money to show others, and I won't do it." It can be said that it was given by my uncle and grandpa. Even if someone wants to ask, how many people have the qualifications to question this prince?!"
These words are somewhat domineering.
After hearing this, Li Guang finally smiled and felt more at ease.
"Go away." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, he didn't want to see this guy's face anymore.
"Yes, yes. The old slave resigns."
When he was about to retreat to the door, the prince's voice came from the palace again. This time it was not as angry as before, but much calmer.
"Eunuch Li,"
"Old slave is here." Li Guang turned around and knelt down.
"I know that you have to keep some of that money, but you have to have an idea of how much to keep."
This sound floated back and forth in the hall for a long time.
Li Guang was shocked after hearing this. He wanted to spare some thought, but the prince actually took it into account... In other words, the prince basically didn't believe his words of repentance and admission of mistakes.
Regarding his fate, the prince depends on the amount of money.
Li Guang couldn't help but look up again, but the prince could no longer see any expression, only the image of the noble prince slowly turning the pages of a book under the moonlight.
