eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 18
"Godfather, there seems to be a big change in the East Palace, and Liu Jin was punished by His Highness to kneel in front of the palace."

The white-haired eunuch, who was sitting in front of the Buddha statue, closed his eyes and chanted sutras, opened his eyes. He was the eunuch, Li Guang.

Kneeling beside him was a young eunuch with a wide face and narrow eyes. He continued: "It is said that His Highness suddenly made an attack. Originally, archery was very happy. I don't know if Liu Jin said something wrong or something. Annoyed."

This thing sounds very strange.

Liu Jin has served His Highness for so many years, a child would not easily hurt someone close to him.

Moreover, Liu Jin is not stupid. This person can be said to be an expert in observing words and demeanor, exquisitely carved, so it is not clear what to say and what not to say?
Wen Chen entered the conversation yesterday, he still has the status to win back His Highness's mind,

It ended like this all of a sudden today?

The little eunuch continued: "Recently, the East Palace has behaved strangely, and in the name of benevolence and filial piety, it has been greatly appreciated by the civil servants in the outer court. This is unprecedented. According to the news from there... the words and deeds of the East Palace have become more and more unsatisfactory. a child."

To Li Guang, these were nothing.

He has the trust of the emperor,
Whether the prince is naughty or smart has little to do with him.
But the problem is that the relationship between the prince and civil servants suddenly became close.
At this juncture, Wenchen again pulled the prince into the matter of bringing him down.

If Donggong is really that mature, then it cannot be regarded as a negligible party.

In fact, arguably the most pivotal party.

If the civil servant wins, the civil servant wins.

If he gets it, he will sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.

Because in terms of the favor and trust of the emperor, who can compare to the crown prince?

"Godfather, over there in the East Palace... we can no longer ignore it. Besides, Liu Jin's status is being blamed by the crown prince like this, which means..."

The latter words are actually ready to come out.

Li Guang knew it himself, "It shows that the prince's heart is for civil servants."

Yes,

This is another purpose of Zhu Houzhao against Liu Jin.

Li Guang's matter, except for what Wang Jia said to him, there has been no disturbance so far.
If there are no waves, the water will be extremely clear. How can you fish in troubled water if the water is so clear?There is no way to fish in troubled waters, so how can you eat fish?

So he wanted to stir it up.

See who moves and how.

"Changqing, how credible do you think Liu Jin's words yesterday were?"

Li Guang meant that Liu Jin sent someone to pass on the message,

One is to sue, Wang Jia is trying to use the power of Donggong to bring him down.

The second is to ask for credit, the prince has been appeased by Liu Jin.

The broad-faced and narrow-eyed eunuch named Changqing said: "My son thinks that Liu Jin's words can be trusted. If it is not true, he can communicate secretly, and his godfather will think him a favor. If it's done well, it's pure door-to-door deception, and he can't do such a stupid thing."

Li Guang hummed, and felt that this was the most likely possibility.

Whether it's good or bad, as long as he tells the truth, he can sell his feelings, but the consequences of lying are serious, so he won't be able to.

"However, godfather, my son feels that it is because the East Palace has a good impression of us that we need to fight even more. After all, His Highness is still young. Now that Liu Jin is gone, if civil servants talk nonsense like this every day...it will be very bad for us. "

Yes,

This Liu Jin was suddenly reprimanded by the prince, which brought too many variables.

There will be no one to speak for him in the East Palace in the future.

After listening for a long time, Li Guang also had an idea.

"Changqing, go and find out what happened to Liu Jin and why the crown prince is angry with him. Come back and tell me when you find out."

"Yes, godfather."

"As for the East Palace, it's time for the godfather to show his face..."

……

……

"Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence...it's all there."

Zhu Houzhao threw the words he had practiced into the charcoal basin and burned them.

Kneeling outside was Liu Jin, and he drove everyone out except Qiu Yun.

This person Li Guang, he searched his own memory, and he has a little impression, but this impression is actually not very useful...

It's because he was greedy for a lot of money,

Which morally corrupt eunuch is not greedy for some money?

This is not known based on historical memory.

Well. .It can't be considered useless, if the money can be recovered, then the harvest is not bad.

After all, he has a lot of ideas and needs money to get started.

Now I have almost figured out and arranged it on my side, but there is still an important participant in this game.

"Your Highness," came Zhang Yong's voice,
"Come in."

"Your Majesty has already set the noon court."

Zhu Houzhao gathered up his sleeves, and threw everything he wrote during the analysis into the brazier and burned it.

"Understood, follow me to pay respects to Emperor Father later. By the way, what about Ping An? Have you explained it?"

Zhang Yong reported, "Return to Your Highness. Ping An still says he doesn't know anything."

"I'm probably struggling. I'm not sure if Liu Jin has really confessed. It's also hard for him. Don't say I want his life, but Liu Jin wants his life."

The prince's words were extremely calm, but Zhang Yong's heart was full of turmoil. How could a seven-year-old child understand the key points of this kind of thing?

"I didn't want to be like this..." Zhu Houzhao sighed, "Go and tell these two people separately, whoever tells me to spare who first, and whoever tells me to kill who later."

In a sense, this is the prisoner's dilemma.

The torment for the parties was severe.

After all, in the palace, if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell is still rare,
If you say you can live early, and you say you will die later, why don't you say you will wait to go to the grave earlier?
"I'm going to see the emperor first. You will tell me the result when I come back."

"Your Highness!"

Zhang Yong clenched his fists, and after several thoughts in his heart, he suddenly knelt down.

"Your Highness, this servant is willing to intercede for Eunuch Liu."

Zhu Houzhao was walking out,
I was surprised to hear this,

This is not in line with his judgment on Zhang Yong.

"Tell me why."

Zhang Yong is a bit more neither humble nor overbearing than Liu Jin,

He took off his shirt and knelt down straight,
"I plead for Liu Jin, not for Liu Jin, but for Your Highness."

Zhu Houzhao thought the words were interesting, so he turned around and listened carefully.

"Liu Jin has served His Highness for many years, and he has worked hard without credit. Although he has occasional omissions and even has selfish intentions, his filial piety to His Highness has not been half-deceived. His Highness has been smart and cute since he was a child, and his slaves have watched His Highness grow up. , how can you not feel close to His Highness in your heart? If His Highness killed him, wouldn’t there be one less person who is dedicated to His Highness? This is one of them.”

"Secondly, His Highness had a reputation of benevolence before, and it was spread both inside and outside, and everyone knew it. His words and deeds have attracted much attention, even more so in the past. In the eyes of outsiders, Liu Jin is an old person next to His Highness. It is also right to teach him a lesson. But if Zhang Tianrui is punished just because of Zhang Tianrui, there will be... inevitably..."

"Do you want to say that it is unavoidable to be called mean and ungrateful?" Zhu Houzhao said in his place.

"Slaves dare not!" Zhang Yong touched his head to the ground.

"I've said it all, why don't you dare?"

But what Zhang Yong said was right, Zhang Tianrui is light after all, so killing Liu Jin like this is really not the best policy.

"Your Highness, please make a clear decision!"

(End of this chapter)