"Now that we have the money, let's go."
Early in the morning, Li Qing was sleeping soundly when he was woken up by Zhu Jianshen.
"It's not a hurry, I'll sleep a little longer." Li Qing muttered, turned over and was about to fall asleep again, but Zhu Jianshen refused to let him do so.
"What are you sleeping on? Get up. How can we waste the good time?"
"No, there's no need to be in such a hurry..." Li Qing sat up helplessly and said, "Have you said hello to Prince Ning?"
"Are you sleepy?" Zhu Jianshen said angrily, "I said hello to him, can we still travel around the mountains and rivers? Even if King Ning agrees, those envoys, prefects, commanders... still can't be allocated. There are more than a thousand guards."
"I mean... you have to let people know that we are leaving, right?" Li Qing said, "It's too rude to leave without saying goodbye. You, the Supreme Emperor, are a man of ten thousand gold. You left without saying a word, and you still Don’t fry the pot!?”
"I've written a letter," Zhu Jianshen took out a letter from his arms, put it on the table, and urged, "Stop dawdling, let's leave quickly, I can't stay any longer."
"...Okay." Li Qing nodded helplessly, "Where's the money?"
"Well, isn't that right?" Zhu Jianshen pointed to a large box, "All the banknotes are in here."
"Have you been tested?"
"Do you think Prince Ning has the guts to lie to me?" Zhu Jianshen asked.
"That's true." Li Qing nodded, "However, it's too troublesome to carry this box. Get a big suitcase and change your clothes."
After saying that, he stood up, put on his shoes, and said: "I went outside to look at the wind. It was really... jumping over the courtyard wall in broad daylight. It's really you."
He originally thought that he would take Zhu Jianshen away in the dead of night, but unexpectedly, Zhu Jianshen couldn't wait for a moment.
However, there is really nothing interesting here, so just leave.
…
At noon, Zhu Jinjun came to invite the Supreme Emperor to have a meal, but there was no response even after calling many times. He knew that the Supreme Emperor was ill, so he was afraid that something might happen to him, so he bravely opened the door and found that it was empty.
On the tea table, a letter stood out. ΟиЪ.ōΓＧ
He hurriedly stepped forward and saw that the cover of the book read "Prince Ning's Personal Letter".
Even though it was just a letter, Zhu Jinjun did not dare to disobey and quickly took the letter to his old father.
"Father, the Emperor is missing."
"Ah?" Old Prince Ning trembled and almost fell down. Fortunately, his eldest grandson supported him, "What, when did it happen?"
"My son just found out that the Emperor left a letter." Zhu Jinjun handed over the letter.
Zhu Mianpei took the letter tremblingly, tore off the seal and unfolded it. After a while, he squatted down on the chair and murmured:
"It's broken, it's broken, the Emperor quietly left, left..."
Zhu Chenhao was puzzled, "Grandpa, isn't it good that the Emperor is gone?"
"What do you know?" Zhu Dianpei scolded, "The Supreme Emperor has a body of thousands of gold, and if there is any good or bad thing, it will be a big deal. Everyone knows about his affairs in Prince Ning's Mansion, but now he is nowhere to be seen... This, this, this, What's more, the Supreme Emperor's dragon body is in violation of the law. If something goes wrong, Prince Ning's lineage will be considered useless."
"No, it's not that serious, right?"
"Snapped--!"
Zhu Jinjun waved his hands and cursed: "Little beast, it's all your fault, you loser."
Previously he had 3.5 million taels of silver and five years' salary from Ning Prince's Palace. Now he encountered this matter. He lost money and may face being cut off from his vassal. Zhu Jinjun almost collapsed.
The old father is almost seventy years old, and his body and bones are still strong. Now that something like this happens again, he will probably have no hope of becoming Prince Ning in this life.
Can you not be angry?
They are all little beasts. If I had known this, I would have been worse off...
Spray on the wall.
"What's the use of hitting him?" Zhu Dianpei glared at him and hummed: "Go, follow me to the Buddhist hall to pray for the Supreme Emperor's safety."
"Yes...Father, won't you inform the chief envoy?" Zhu Jinjun frowned, "One more person will know, which will lighten the burden."
"The Emperor won't let us talk." Zhu Dianpei sighed bitterly. "If we say it, we are resisting the decree. If we really want to spread the word, if the Emperor encounters bad people on the road, then the responsibility will be all ours..."
As he said this, he became angry and slapped him with his hand.
"Snapped--!"
The left and right sides of Zhu Chenhao's face suddenly became symmetrical.
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"You still said I was in a hurry, but you are more anxious than me."
On the carriage, Zhu Jianshen complained, "It's so hot, please get me ice cubes."
"Where can I get it for you?"
"I don't care, I just want to..."
"I'm giving you face, right?" Li Qing drove the carriage and turned around to glare at him fiercely, "If I keep pushing, believe it or not, I'll turn around and go back to Prince Ning's Mansion, and I won't care about you anymore?"
Zhu Jian was stunned for a moment and muttered angrily: "If you don't want to do it, then you won't do it. Why are you so anxious?"
"You say it again?"
"...Stop talking, let's go on our way." Zhu Jianshen didn't dare to find any more trouble, so he simply opened the curtain, exposed his chest and let the natural wind cool him down.
After several days, the two left Nanchang and changed the land route to water route. At the same time, Zhu Jianshen finally calmed down.
…
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Capital, Fengtian Palace.
Zhu Youtang sat on the dragon chair, looking at the crowd of officials, his face full of headache and helplessness.
There is no airtight wall in the world, and paper cannot contain fire after all. The Supreme Emperor, a living person, has disappeared. It is commendable that he can hide it for so long. He tried his best.
But, it was still exposed.
"quiet!"
The eunuch on duty couldn't see it, so he raised his fly whisk and screamed.
It worked, but not very well. It was only quiet for a while, and then the noise returned.
Obviously, the new emperor's power to intimidate the ministers cannot be said to be non-existent, but it is not great.
Zhu Youtang felt bitter. It was not that he had no explanation, but all the officials did not believe it. He wanted to see the Supreme Emperor. Although he did not say it clearly, but based on the meaning of his words, they all suspected that he was not good for the Supreme Emperor.
"Your Majesty," the general who stood in the palace strode in and bowed down, "Prince Ning, Prince Ning, asked to see you, saying that he has something very important to report to your Majesty."
Zhu Youtang hurriedly said: "Hurry up."
He didn't know what Prince Ning was doing, but as long as he could stop making these people noisy, he just wanted to be quiet for a while.
A full quarter of an hour later, Prince Ning's eldest son Zhu Jinjun hurried from the palace gate to Fengtian Hall.
"Your Majesty Zhu Jinjun, long live my emperor, long live long live long live long live...!"
When he met the new emperor for the first time, Zhu Jinjun was meticulous in his courtesy in order to leave a good impression.
"Flat body!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Zhu Jinjun stood up slowly. At the age of forty, it was the first time in his life that he came to the capital and set foot on Fengtian Hall.
It's not that he hasn't seen the world, but that the vassal king is not allowed to issue an edict or enter the capital. He has exceeded the rules this time. However, the Supreme Emperor has a huge stake in the world, so he has to do this.
Fortunately, the new emperor was quite easy to talk to and did not blame him when he came up. However, these ministers made him a little frightened. They all blushed and had thick necks, as if they were about to fight.
Zhu Jinjun took a deep breath and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have something important to report. The Supreme Emperor went to Nanchang some time ago."
"What?"
The whole court was in an uproar!
Zhu Youtang was surprised at first, then happy, and asked hurriedly with concern: "Is the Supreme Emperor's dragon body okay?"
"The Emperor's dragon body is still in good condition," Zhu Jinjun said bravely, "It's just that...the Emperor attended Wang Shouren's wedding and left without saying goodbye."
"Farewell without saying goodbye?" Zhu Youtang was stunned and then asked, "Who is Wang Shouren?"
"Yes, yes..." Zhu Jinjun thought about it carefully and said, "It seems to be the son of Hanlin editor Wang Hua."
At this time, Wan An came out to explain: "Your Majesty, Wang Hua is the number one scholar in Chenghua's seventeenth year, the number one scholar appointed by the Supreme Emperor."
"That's it..." Zhu Youtang nodded slowly.
There are too many officials in the capital. It is said that there are hundreds of officials, but in fact there are more than a thousand attending court every day. However, most of them are outside the palace, and some officials only come to court occasionally or even not at all.
How could the emperor remember so many people? He was usually only familiar with the big guys like Fengtian Palace.
The emperor is also a human being with limited energy.
Zhu Youtang pondered: "In other words, Prince Ning doesn't know where the Supreme Emperor has gone?"
"Uh... Your Majesty is wise." Zhu Jinjun said yes, feeling uneasy.
After hesitating for a moment, he hurriedly took out the letter, held it with both hands, and said respectfully: "This is the letter left by the Supreme Emperor. He is not allowed to be publicized or found. Prince Ning does not dare to resist the order, but the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor are father and son. The closest person in the world...
Barabara...
Zhu Youtang raised his hand to interrupt his eloquence, took the letter forwarded by the eunuch on duty, read it carefully, after a while, shook his head with a wry smile, and said:
"My dear friends, it's not that I don't allow you to see the Supreme Emperor, it's not that I'm hiding the Supreme Emperor. The Supreme Emperor is really not in the palace or in the capital!"
Zhu Youtang sighed softly and said: "Most of you dear friends are the emperor's father. I think you have seen the handwriting of the Supreme Emperor. Let's take a look."
The eunuch on duty took the letter with both hands, walked down the jade steps and unfolded it for everyone to look at one by one.
"It's the name of the Supreme Emperor. This is the name of the Supreme Emperor..." Wan An shouted.
"Okay, okay." Zhu Youtang raised his hand and made a downward movement, and Wan An shut up.
Zhu Jianshen has been the emperor for more than 20 years, has six ministries and nine ministers, and is a cabinet minister. Who has never seen his name?
In fact, they believed the emperor's explanation from the time Zhu Jinjun said that the emperor was in Nanchang.
This kind of thing cannot be done falsely. As long as you do a little research, you will know it. Besides, Prince Ning is fine and there is no need to wade into this muddy water.
"Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor's dragon body... is not in good condition and it is really not suitable to travel abroad. I sincerely request Your Majesty to take the Supreme Emperor back to the palace immediately."
"I second my opinion, the Supreme Emperor has a body of thousands of gold and there is no room for any mistakes."
"I second my opinion."
"I also second the proposal."
Zhu Jinjun followed the trend and also asked: "I also sincerely request the emperor to take the emperor back to the capital as soon as possible."
This hot potato has been thrown away. When the Supreme Emperor successfully enters the capital, no matter what happens next, he will not do anything related to Prince Ning.
Promise quickly, agree quickly... Zhu Jinjun looked at the new emperor with hope.
Zhu Youtang frowned slightly, pondered for a long time, and shook his head slightly:
"The Supreme Emperor has been in the imperial court for more than 20 years and rarely has time to relax. How can I ruin the Supreme Emperor's elegance?"
He knew that when he said this, the officials would be furious, but this time, he was not going to compromise.
Father, you have worked hard for so long, why can't you enjoy it anymore?
