Idle courtiers

Chapter 518 First Day
"It's finally here, great!" Everyone cheered.

King Jing in the cabin heard the call and walked out curiously.

But I saw that the sky in front of me had already brightened, and the east was already red.

There is a dark building in front, and the boatmen are shouting: "Tongzhou, Tongzhou!"

The Tongzhou Wharf has arrived, and when the capital is still in the darkest period before dawn, Tongzhou welcomes the rising sun.

This section of the journey was really hard, day and night, and the people on board were exhausted.The boatmen were unkempt, with frost on their dirty beards and hair, and cracked hands.

I finally arrived at the end of the land, and I finally looked forward to a clean bed, hot water, fine wine, and a well-washed woman.

King Jing was overjoyed and shouted: "Quick, lean over, lean over!"

In fact, without him shouting, the boatmen had exhausted all their strength.

The ship hit the pier hard, shattering the ice that froze along the water's edge.

Layers of icy canal water surged up to shore, splashing waves.

King Jing jumped off the boat and stomped his feet on the bluestone of the pier: "Zhi Niang thief, we have arrived. The carriages and horses are ready, let's go in..."

His voice stopped, and there seemed to be something wrong with the situation in front of him.

The busy pier in the past was so quiet that few people could be seen.

What is going on here?
At this moment, suddenly, the eunuch beside him shouted: "Your Highness, look ahead."

King Jing looked over, but saw a group of heavily armed men and horses coming from a distance.At the head is a civil servant holding a handle, and behind the civil servant is a Jinyi guard in a flying fish suit.

King Jing's feet trembled involuntarily.

After a while, the civil official walked up to King Jing, and with a wave of his hand, the soldiers surrounded King Jing and others.

King Jing exclaimed: "Who are you and what do you want to do? Do you know who Gu is?"

"I know, you are King Jing." The civil official cupped his hands: "The next official, the Ministry of Rites and Rituals, the Secretary of the Qing Dynasty, Lu Nai, the Holy Spirit has something to ask you, what are you doing in Beijing, and what do you want to do?"

King Jing: "Your majesty's decree is to go to Beijing to offer sacrifices to the Taimiao."

Lu Nai smiled coldly: "Sacrificing to the Taimiao, really? Let me ask you again, Emperor Daxing ordered you to leave on the day of the winter solstice. Tell me, how many days in advance did you set off?"

"Emperor Daxing, Father!" King Jing cried out sadly, he understood everything.Lu Nai said just now, "The Holy Spirit has something to ask you," and now he said "Emperor Daxing." Obviously these two emperors are not the same person.I... After all, I was one step too late, and everything was over: "I want to see my father, I want to see my father!"

Lu Nai shouted: "King Jing, the Son of Heaven has something to ask you, answer it!"

King Jing was sad and angry at the same time: "What kind of emperor, and what kind of emperor is he, is also worthy of questioning the widow? Why, do you still want to send Gu to the big prison for questioning? Come, come!"

Lu Nai: "Don't make mistakes, King Jing, answer!"

King Jing had completely collapsed, he opened his hands and rushed towards Lu Nai; "Kill me, kill me!"

Lu Nai didn't expect King Jing to be so vicious. This master has a reputation for martial arts, and he would be like a weak chicken in his hands.He quickly jumped to the side and shouted: "King Jing has gone crazy. He disrespected the emperor and wanted to rebel. Take it down!"

At this time, the Jin Yiwei next to Lu Nai stepped forward and grabbed King Jing's wrist and squeezed it hard.

As if being clamped by iron tongs, the pain hit, King Jing couldn't help but screamed and stopped moving.

The Jinyi Qianhu grinned and said: "What disrespect, what rebellion, nothing serious. Your Majesty said that King Jing is still loyal to him and the Ming Dynasty. Let's go back to the fief right now! His Royal Highness King Jing, can you go?"

King Jing knew that he had lost completely, and he had calmed down at this time, nodded: "Okay!"

That Jinyi Qianhu said: "His Royal Highness King Jing is like this. After all, you and His Majesty are uncles and nephews, and you are both from your own family. Why do you have to make such a joke to make the world laugh? Do you think I am right?"

King Jing: "Well said, uncle and nephew, uncle and nephew, giggling..." He laughed miserably in a low voice.

Jinyi Qianhu said to Lu Nai: "Lu Bulang, King Jing has already received the order, and I will accompany your highness to Huguang, and you can return to Beijing."

"Thank you." Lu Nai shouted, "Everyone from Prince Jing's residence should get on the boat. If anyone gets off the boat along the way, it will be regarded as treason."

The fleet turned around slowly and headed south again, and the ships were full of soldiers.

King Jing had already changed into filial piety, and he looked at the Tongzhou Wharf, which was constantly moving away, with tears in his eyes.Just one step away, just one step away!

The brocade-clothed Qianhu walked over with his hands behind his back: "Your Highness, it's cold outside, let's go into the cabin, the road is still long!"

King Jing: "I'm sorry, by the way, do you dare to ask your lord's name?"

"My surname is Xia Mingyi."

"Xia Qianhu, I know you are a kind person. When you were at the pier just now, you wanted to help the orphan." Yes, just now I really lost my composure, offended that Lu Nai, and was almost detained for disrespect and treason charges.Fortunately, Xia Yi came up to speak, otherwise, I'm afraid that even the feudal king would not be able to do it.

Xia Yi: "The affairs of your Tian family have nothing to do with me, I'm just doing my own job well."

King Jing sighed: "Please take care of me along the way."

Xia Yi: "Don't dare, everyone sticks to their duties and just don't make things difficult for each other."

King Jing looked dejected. He had formed a deep enmity with King Yu, who had successively fought for the crown prince. I don't know how sad it will be in the future?Little Wanli will not let him go, and neither will Gao Gong.

Thinking of how powerful Gao Gong was, King Jing couldn't help shivering.

Xia Yi had a good impression of King Jing, seeing him like this, couldn't help but said: "Your Highness King Jing doesn't have to be like this, as long as you keep the courtesy of a monarch and minister, the court will definitely not make things difficult."

"No, what do you know, Mr. Gao Ge, Mr. Gao Ge will never let me go." King Jing shook his head bitterly.

Xia Yi: "Your Majesty was worried about Mr. Gao Ge, haha, after today, Gao Xinzheng will retire and go home."

King Jing's eyeballs were about to fall out: "How is that possible?" What a joke, Gao Gong was the teacher of the previous generation of King Yu.If nothing unexpected, he must be promoted to the first assistant of the cabinet.

Xia Yi: "I forgot to tell your majesty that the Emperor Daxing passed the imperial edict, so he conceived the prince's second son, Zhu Yixi. Now, the cabinet is presided over by Mr. Xu Ge." Baby, he's not trying to fix your mind.

King Jing stayed for a long time, and suddenly laughed: "Interesting and interesting. I fought with my third brother and Zhu Yijun for a long time. In the end, it was a milk baby who gained. Haha, haha, interesting and interesting. That's okay, I have to If you don’t get it, my enemies don’t even want to get it, so let’s break it up!”

Xia Yi coughed: "His Royal Highness King Jing speaks carefully."

King Jing's smile completely vented the boredom in his chest, and he didn't worry anymore: "Xia Qianhu, let's go and have a drink in the cabin, we will never stop getting drunk."

"I have a lung disease so I can't drink alcohol... Anyway, since the king has invited you, it's disrespectful."

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Its daybreak.

In the square in front of the Golden Luan Hall, the officials of the Seventh Grade One in Beijing gathered together, waiting for the new king to ascend the throne.

Officials from the Ministry of Rituals whipped their whips and whipped them to the ground.

The wind picked up, blowing the yellow curtain around the entrance of the Golden Luan Hall.

I saw Concubine Li walking out from behind the door curtain with the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty in her arms.

Behind them are Xu Jie, Yuan Wei, Yan Na and Zhang Juzheng.

All the officials bowed down: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The sun is coming out.

The first day rises high, and the color is bright.

A ray of bright sunlight was projected from the sky and landed on the faces of Concubine Li and Xinjun.

Countless pigeons soared into the sky, and the sound of pigeon whistles rang together, resounding through the blue sky and white clouds.

(End of this chapter)