Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 452 The Good Emperor of "Benevolence and Filial Piety"

"Your Highness, you have also seen the fate of the vassal kings now. Either they stay in the capital and are detained like prisoners, or they are conferred the title of king in a barren land. You were originally the crown prince of Ming Dynasty, but you were arrested because you disobeyed His Majesty for a while. Forfeit, now whether His Majesty is really sick or fake, you should stand up and let His Majesty know of your existence."

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Gao Hongtu was inconvenient to contact the princes, but in his heart, like most civil servants, he hoped that King Hui Zhu Cihong would be restored to the crown prince, so now he instructed Hua Yuncheng and others to have close contact with King Hui Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong also obeyed the words of Hua Yuncheng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Now that Hua Yuncheng said this, he also nodded:

"Sir, Gu understands what I said. I will go to the palace to see my mother, and I will help you to settle the peace negotiation. This will also stop the third brother from wanting to rely on the Northern Expedition to accumulate fame!"

Seeing that Zhu Cihong went in the direction of Miyagi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Hua Yuncheng couldn't help but smiled gratifiedly: "Your Highness is considered to be benefiting, and I know that I have prepared for a rainy day."

Here, Ding Wang Zhu Cihuan also bid farewell to Liu Wanchun, Minister of the Household Department: "Don't worry, sir, Zhu Cihuan will go to the palace to see the queen!"

"Then Your Highness will forgive me for not being able to send you off. Now Your Majesty is willing to see your brothers fight. If you can fight for the position, fight for it. It doesn't matter if you can't fight. The big deal is to go thousands of miles away to be a king."

Liu Wanchun also said something with a smile.

Empress Zhou sometimes felt that she was quite lonely, and wanted to wait for the emperor to come down to speak for herself, and was also afraid that if she continued to be so indifferent, it would lead to the lack of affection between husband and wife, and even affect the harmony of the royal family.

Now she is also thinking about it, since she is a queen, she still has to do some of the duties of a queen, and she also met these new nobles one by one, according to the difference between being blessed by His Majesty or not being blessed These nobles were rewarded with some gifts.

Queen Zhou is now waiting for Zhu Youjian to appear.

She decided not to bother with the crown prince anymore.

Because even if she is a queen, she really can't control the emperor's mind.

"Go and call Concubine Yuan here!"

Empress Zhou found out that her emperor hadn't come for a long time, and became suspicious.

Concubine Yuan is Chen Yuanyuan.

Chen Yuanyuan plays the role of Zhu Youjian's personal maid.

thus.

Empress Zhou had no intention to go to see Zhu Youjian, so she could only call Chen Yuanyuan.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Yuan said that His Majesty is ill and she cannot come."

The maid's words made Zhou Hou's heart skip a beat.

She didn't even know that her majesty was sick!

After a week, I couldn't help feeling guilty and anxious.

"Your Majesty is ill! When did it happen?"

Zhou Hou stood up suddenly, and was about to hurry to the Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, King Hui Zhu Cihong came over.

"My son has seen his mother!"

"I heard that my father is ill, and I can't sleep at night these days, and I feel uneasy!"

"Er Chen is here to implore mother and queen to allow Er Chen to go and visit Father Emperor."

King Hui Zhu Cihong had just finished speaking.

On the opposite side, Ding Wang Zhu Cihuan also came.

"Empress, I heard that the father has been ill for a long time?"

"My son came to the palace in a hurry, and wanted to ask my father what kind of illness he had and why he hadn't gone to court for several days."

he is sick?
And been sick for a long time?

Haven't even gone to court for several days?

How irresponsible is she as a queen.

He was so ill, I didn't even know it!

Queen Zhou's heart was twisted like a knife.

The guilt in my heart deepened again.

But when Queen Zhou saw that King Ding and King Hui cared so much about her father, she was also a little relieved.

"Good emperor, it's hard for you to be so benevolent and filial."

After Zhou said that, he took Hui Wang and Ding Wang to Qianqing Palace.

As soon as he arrived at Qianqing Palace, Zhou Hou asked someone to see him.

And this time.

Chen Yuanyuan's voice came from inside: "The Empress and Your Highnesses, please forgive me. Your Majesty's illness, the imperial doctor said that you need to lie down and recuperate. It is inconvenient to see people. Please go back."

"What kind of disease does His Majesty suffer from? How can you hide yourself from others?"

Zhou Hou asked anxiously.

"It's not a serious illness, it just needs to rest and recuperate, and it will be better in a few days."

Chen Yuanyuan replied with some panic, she really didn't know how to lie to these people.

"It will be better in a few days, how long will it take, Wei Chen has been waiting here for almost a month!"

At this time, Gao Hongtu, the first assistant, appeared outside Qianqing Palace at some time, and bowed to the Queen and King Hui.

Zhou Hou was also puzzled, but she also knew that the Qianqing Palace was a forbidden area, and no one was allowed to enter without the emperor's permission.

So the whole situation is deadlocked here.

However, at this time, King Hui couldn't help but say: "Mother, there is no such thing as a strange disease in this world that should not be seen by others. It must be something unexpected happened to the father."

"That's right, empress mother, who knows if this concubine Yuan is a spy of the Qing Dynasty, and whether she will murder the emperor father. If we keep waiting outside like this, who knows when we will wait."

Ding Wang Zhu Cihuan also agreed at this time.

However, the two princes were entrusted by Gao Hongtu and did not step forward, they only added fuel to the sidelines.

But Zhou Hou, who really cared about Zhu Youjian, became more and more worried the more he listened, and began to feel that there was something tricky about it.

Clang!
Zhou Hou directly pushed open the door of Qianqing Palace.

"Empress, you can't come in. Your Majesty has said that no one is allowed to come in without his will."

Chen Yuanyuan still insisted on stopping in front of Queen Zhou.

"Get out of the way! I want to see the emperor, if something goes wrong, I will be responsible for it alone!"

After Zhou Youfu said eagerly, he was about to go inside.

At this time, Zhu Youjian walked out from inside.

"What are you doing making noise here in the early morning? Are the rules in the palace a joke?"

Zhu Youjian asked this question.

King Hui, King Ding, and Chief Assistant Gao Hongtu froze in place in fright.

"Your Majesty, they said you were sick, what kind of disease did you have?"

Only Zhou Hou didn't have any fear at all, and still asked Zhu Youjian with concern.

Zhu Youjian held a pair of catkins after Zhou Hou, and said with a smile: "You still care about me. I am not sick, but I have a cold, and I am a little tired recently, so I rested for a while. You go back to Kunning first. Gong, I will come to you again tonight, I have to deal with the backlog of government affairs now."

"Ok!"

Zhou Hou felt relieved, so he had no choice but to retreat.

But at this time, as soon as Zhou Hou left, Zhu Youjian slammed the table: "Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cihuan, Gao Hongtu, you are so courageous! I have issued a decree. If you are not called by me, you must not come to interfere with the Qing palace." I am quiet! Do you think my words are deaf to your ears?"

Hui Wang Zhu Cihong first crawled down: "Father, please calm down. My son was only worried when he heard that Father was sick, so he went to his mother's place to inquire about Father's condition, but he didn't expect that Mother was worried about Father's eagerness, so he pushed away. Qing palace gate, please forgive me, Father!"

"That's right, the queen mother was also an unintentional mistake, and my son and minister also persuaded her. Now that she has disobeyed the imperial father's imperial edict, I ask my father to forgive my mother and my son for the crime of driving wildly!"

Ding Wang Zhu Cihuan also shouted.

(End of this chapter)