eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 17 Incident [Is there a recommendation ticket? 】

Zhu Houzhao likes the slightly cooler weather, and now is the time.

But people like Liu Jin didn't feel comfortable, especially when the prince mentioned Zhang Tianrui, they just felt a chill rushing from their backs to their heads, and they felt that the prince was getting more and more difficult to coax.

Fortunately, Liu Jin reacted quickly. After all, he had rich experience, so he immediately said with a smile, "Your Highness, Zhang Zhongyun is ill."

"Ill?" Zhu Houzhao was a little skeptical. It's not like he couldn't feel the change in the atmosphere. The expressions of these people changed to varying degrees after he spoke.

It is so normal for an official to not come to duty when he is sick, so why do these people have abnormal reactions?

An old fox like Liu Jin is impeccable.

Zhu Houzhao paced slowly again, his eyes swept over the faces of every eunuch,
Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong...these people all lowered their heads,

Perhaps it was an intuition, he felt that these people had something to hide from him.

So there was a chill in my heart.

In fact, the eunuch has some problems, he is understandable, he does not expect to be surrounded by great saints who are dedicated to the public and have no selfishness.
He himself was not a disinterested person.

However, eunuchs were born attached to the imperial power, and must obtain the value of existence in this way of extending the will of the imperial power.

Instead of guiding the emperor and prince to do something to achieve their own goals.

Liu Jin has this problem.

For example, what is the purpose of guiding the crown prince to have fun?To gain the trust of the prince, what is the purpose of gaining the trust?It's not for the country and the people, is it?He wanted to gain power for himself and become a power supervisor to satisfy his desire for power.

In essence, this is a kind of acting imperial power.

This is what Zhu Houzhao cannot agree to.

He was already thinking about how to treat Liu Jin, and the incident of Li Guang happened just right, it was time to see his choice and performance...

Now you are still hitting the gun, if you don’t go if there is a way that belongs to heaven, you can break in if there is no way to hell.

Speaking of which, if you touch Liu Jin, you can also see how Li Guang reacts...

Da da da……

Following the crown prince's footsteps, Liu Jin could hear her own heartbeat nervously.

Suddenly the crown prince stopped and stood in front of an eunuch who usually had no chance to speak.

"Look into my eyes." Zhu Houzhao said.

"Your Highness... Your Highness..."

"Cheating, concealing... Once discovered, it is a capital offense."

The more flatly he said these words, the more terrifying they were.

The young eunuch was terrified, his mouth was trembling, his eyes were flying wildly, his face was pale and he immediately knelt down,

Then lay on the ground and crawled towards Liu Jin!

"Eunuch Liu, Eunuch Liu, help!"

Liu Jin turned pale in shock, and kicked him away, "The ugly thing! Your Highness is in charge here! Why should I save your life?!"

"Your Highness!" Liu Jin also knelt down, "This kid was so frightened that he lost his mind and started talking nonsense! Your Highness, please learn from me!"

When he knelt down like this, Zhang Yong and others could only kneel down, so all the eunuchs knelt down on the ground.

There is no need to ask any more about this situation, there must be something behind it.

But Zhang Tianrui, a little sixth-rank official, offended the crown prince, what value is there?
Zhu Houzhao couldn't figure it out after much deliberation.

He rubbed his fingers, and his eyes fell on the little eunuch who was so frightened that he lost his soul, "Aren't you going to tell me? Continue to hide it?"

"Your Highness...Your Highness, this, this is none of my business, Your Highness, please spare me!"

Zhu Houzhao observed that he secretly glanced at Liu Jin, but in fact he still asked for help.

I can't let this person go, otherwise Liu Jin will kill him.

"Liu Jin, he asked you for help, what do you say?"

Liu Jin is not an ordinary person, and given time, he also thought clearly about his words,
"Your Highness, Zhang Zhongyun was unable to be on duty due to illness. This servant knows about it. As for this person, he may have done something wrong. He was frightened under His Highness, so he asked the servant for help. But what exactly did he do? , the servant did not know, let alone ordered by the servant."

"Oh." Zhu Houzhao had already sat down, put his hand on the table, and tapped his index finger regularly.

Liu Jin said so,

Actually it is not right,

He minds very much.

very mindful.

Because things have come to this point, Liu Jin still said that he didn't know about it in a hurry, so it shows that he has enough confidence, even if he is tortured, this little eunuch will never dare to let him out.

To put it bluntly, it may be because the prince himself is too young and still a child, Liu Jin's weight in the East Palace has reached the point where it cannot be added.

It's impossible not to attack this person.

Civil servants and eunuchs need balance, and there is actually a balance between eunuchs and eunuchs.

What happened to Zhang Tianrui might also be related to this,

If this is the case, after Zhang Tianrui was raped by Liu Jin, Liu Jin was safe and sound, and Zhang Tianrui lost power from then on.

Then this time I gently uncovered it,
After that, it was Eunuch Liu who spoke loudly in the East Palace, and he said what he said.

So Zhu Houzhao minded very much, what Liu Jin said was cheating himself,
In the past, this was okay. At that time, the prince did not have such political sensitivity.
But it's different now, and let him know it's different.

"What's your name?" After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao asked slowly, not in a hurry.

The little eunuch cried and replied: "Qi... Tai... Crown Prince, my maidservant is called Ping An."

"Peace, you don't have to be afraid."

"Thank you... Your Highness."

"Zhang Yong."

"The servant is here."

"Take Ping An down and lock him up, and provide him with good food and drink. Without my order, no one is allowed to visit the prison or deliver letters. Every day, you deliver the food yourself. If he is silenced, you don't have to come and plead guilty to me, and kill yourself." Just apologize."

Hearing this, Zhang Yong's body tensed up, "Your maid obeys the order!"

At this time, Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin again, and found that he was trying to keep calm, as if nothing happened.

But Liu Jin was already in a mess in her heart,

The prince's reaction and decision today are by no means what he expected in the past!
The prince has completely changed!
"Since the order is complied with, let's go quickly and don't waste any more time. Remember, he lives you live, he dies you die. Don't tell me that he was scared to death, or accidentally fell to his death while walking Yes, I only look at the results, even if he is terminally ill tonight, you have to find a doctor to cure him, understand?"

Such words are already very heavy,
Zhang Yong didn't dare to be negligent, "Your servant understands, Ping'an is my real grandfather from now on."

"Well, not bad." Zhu Houzhao deliberately praised, "I have always been assured of your work. This time, if you do this well, you will be rewarded."

"Thank you, Your Highness! The servants will leave!"

Zhang Yong is also a smart person, he knew that the prince wanted to get to the bottom of this matter, and he wanted to get to the bottom of it, so he absolutely couldn't let Ping An have an accident.

After the people left, the Crown Prince picked up his bow and arrow and practiced again, neither talking to Liu Jin nor letting him get up.

The silence was excruciating.

I didn't stop until I was tired and thirsty.

"Liu Jin,"

The old eunuch knelt for a long time, when he suddenly heard the crown prince calling him, his scalp was already numb, it was as if he was facing an enemy!
"The servant is here."

"You have served me for many years, and my heart is not made of stone. I will give you another chance, as long as you tell the truth, I will not blame you. If not... you should think about it yourself. Qiuyun,"

The girl serving tea did not expect the prince to call her suddenly,
She was also very honest today, she turned sideways and saluted, "Your Highness."

"If you go to ask about safety now, just say...just say, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince got angry, and Liu Jin has already explained it. However, he deliberately concealed it from the Crown Prince. If he wants to avoid this sin, he must confess what he knows. If it is the same as what Liu Jin said, this crime can be avoided, if it is not the same, then... sink the river."

"The slaves obey the order."

This was said in front of Liu Jin. The incident happened so suddenly that the two people had no time to discuss it and make up the same rhetoric.

This method is very bad, the news cannot be communicated, what if Ping An really believes that he has confessed?
The old eunuch has been taking care of a real child for so many years, how can he feel such pressure of life and death!
In an instant, the line of defense in my heart was close to collapse.

"Your Highness..."

"You don't need to explain too much. I'm not in a hurry to listen to your explanation." Zhu Houzhao interrupted him, not giving him a chance to speak, "Kneel down in front of the palace of Xiefang, and think about what I have done from yesterday to now. What you said. Think it over and tell me, this is my last chance for you. "

Liu Jin suddenly understood that what His Highness did yesterday was intentional!

(End of this chapter)