The concept of hierarchy is everywhere in this huge palace, and because of the blessing of the imperial power, this concept is deeply imprinted in the hearts of the eunuchs and maids in the palace.
Even if the emperor wanted to ask about the prince's affairs, these eunuchs did not dare to tell the truth. Most of them reported good news but not bad news.
Especially the second prince.
The identity is too special.
The emperor's legitimate son and the queen's eldest son.
The orthodox successor of the Ming Dynasty.
Even if he did something, the eunuchs would not dare to report it truthfully.
Although the eldest prince is the emperor's eldest son, he is a concubine. Although his mother Yang Yu'er became the emperor's first concubine by virtue of the birth of the eldest prince, she is four years older than the emperor. She is a palace maid and is not a draftee. The palace maids who came in were investigating a little higher, and they could even find some disgraceful things about their ancestors.
This also led to the fact that the eldest prince Zhu Youli had a humble background compared to other princes.
Watching others serve food is a survival skill of the eunuchs in the palace.
Although Zhu Youhuang was really diligent and studious and caring for his brothers during this year, there were very few statements about the eldest prince in the letters sent to Nanjing from the palace. He was a transparent person. Whenever he mentioned the eldest prince, It’s all in one sentence, sincerity and duty.
The second prince Zhu Youhua has the most descriptive chapters.
Diligent, under the supervision of the queen, he got up early every morning and went to the front palace to listen to lessons with the princes.
Renai, when he was in school, took great care of the third prince. After class, he often took his younger brother back to the harem, and the third prince often lived in Kunning Palace.
Brave, when he was studying in the front palace, his uncles looked at the third child and just laughed, then they were severely reprimanded by Zhu Youhua. Finally, they went to the queen, and Zhu Jianpei and Zhu Jianzhi were also reprimanded by the queen.
As a father who traveled far away, after seeing the letter from the palace, he just felt that his second son had grown up a little within a year. He was also very relieved and didn't think much about it at all.
But after returning to the palace, seeing the relationship between the princes, suspicion suddenly rose in his heart. After listening to the words of the eunuch in charge, Zhu Jianshen said coldly: "Death with a stick, death with a stick, the eunuch in charge next to Zhu Youhua, Killed with a stick..."
Gao Yi quickly received the order and then went down to make arrangements.
The reason why Zhu Jianshen was so angry was because it was all lies.
The description of the second eldest child Zhu Youhua in a letter from the palace every month turned out to be 80% false.
Diligence is true, but it is also hard work and fun. He usually likes to skip classes and does not like reading and literacy. It is the nature of a child, but he loves to tease people the most, and it is no longer just a prank for children.
People died.
Within a year, three died.
Two young eunuchs and a palace maid were all around him.
Usually the second child likes to watch people fall into the water and ask for help, so he often arranges for the little eunuch to perform for him in the water. Once, the little eunuch performed crazily for help under the water. Zhu Youhua was very excited when he saw it, and the little eunuch under the water gradually became stronger. However, when he wanted to go ashore, Zhu Youhua ordered the eunuch in charge beside him to hold a wooden stick to prevent the little eunuch underwater from landing. Whenever he approached the shore, he was served with a wooden stick, accompanied by Zhu Youhua's "innocence" Laughing, the first little eunuch drowned like this.
Before that, the young eunuchs who went to perform were all very good at water and had never been killed.
Later, under the arrangement of the eunuch in charge, the cause of death of the young eunuch was changed to death by falling into the water, erasing all Zhu Youhua's actions.
When Zhu Jianshen heard this, he was stunned.
Queen Chunliang herself is not a cruel person, but why is the child she gave birth to like this?
Is human nature inherently evil in the beginning?
Just because of this incident, Zhu Youhua had lost the qualification to inherit the throne in Zhu Jianshen's heart.
The first time it happened, Zhu Youhua was really scared.
He was absent-minded every day, but it wasn't because his conscience couldn't bear it, but because he was afraid of being discovered by his mother. But half a year later, Zhang Yan still didn't know about it.
Zhu Youhua, who was less than seven years old, understood something.
He is the emperor's son.
Moreover, he will inherit the throne in the future, and the entire Ming Dynasty belongs to him. All the people in this palace, including his eldest brother, are his ministers. These slaves do not dare to say anything wrong about themselves. They have committed a crime. Wrong, there will be many people who will protect themselves.
After understanding this matter, he became rampant from then on. One month before Zhu Jianshen returned to the palace, two people died in a row, and the punishment was that they fell into the water.
Because so many people died, Empress Zhang Yan noticed it. She could vaguely detect something, but she didn't dare to verify it. She just issued an order at the moment, prohibiting the princes and princesses from approaching places where they often fell into the water.
As for loving brothers, that's even more nonsense.
The reason why Zhu Youhua took the third child to live with him was because he liked to see his own brother make a fool of himself, because the third child always had difficulty speaking, and when he was emotional or cried, Zhu Youhua felt very happy, and the two later The matter that the little emperor uncle was arguing about was another replica.
The eldest brother Zhu Youhuang did not go to school that day. After class, Zhu Youhua held the third child and kept him from leaving, teasing him constantly. The two little eunuchs beside the third child could only watch their little master being teased and burst into tears. Feeling anxious in his heart, a young eunuch hurriedly went to find two young imperial uncles who were listening to the class.
After Zhu Jianpei and Zhu Jianzhi arrived, they stopped Zhu Youhua, took him to the queen, and told the queen what Zhu Youhua had done. That time, the queen severely reprimanded Zhu Youhua and severely punished him.
But in the memorial to Zhu Jianshen, it was the queen who reprimanded Zhu Jianpei and Zhu Jianzhi.
Moreover, the boss Zhu Youhuang and Zhu Youhua fought nine times this year, and the boss lost all of them, with a bruised face every time. Of course, the reason why the boss lost every time was not because Zhu Youhua was more powerful than him in combat. It was because the eunuchs around Zhu Youhua were trying to sidestep the situation, and when they were trying to sidestep the situation, they even beat up the eunuchs who were following Zhu Youhua. However, the boss was not afraid of Zhu Youhua, and he would attack directly every time... …
The new tax law in Nanjing, as well as the joy of Ryukyu's victory over Kyushu Island and Tsushima Island, all disappeared after Zhu Jianshen listened to the eunuchs' words...
However, Zhu Jianshen was still cautious. Even though he knew that what he heard was probably correct, he still asked Zhao Huanong to go down and investigate.
Zhao Huanong only spent half an hour to conduct an investigation. The facts were not very different from what His Majesty heard...
When Zhu Jianshen received the confirmed news from Zhao Huanong, he sighed: "Don't he like to play in water? Let me find him a place with plenty of water..."
After listening to His Majesty the Emperor's words, Zhao Huanong raised his eyebrows, then paused for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the second prince is still young. If Your Majesty takes him with you and teaches him well, he will change..."
"It's easy to change a country's nature, but it's hard to change it..." Zhu Jianshen murmured, a little absent-minded...
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