Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

When Zhu Cihong saw Qiu Zhizhong coming in, he stood up and walked into Jingren Palace, Qiu Zhizhong also walked in, and then gently closed the door of the palace.

Seeing this, Li Ruolian immediately picked up the bowl in his hand and the empty bowl of His Royal Highness at the opposite table, and handed it to Jiang Xuezhu on the side.

"Come, girl.

He could see that this little girl was not used by His Royal Highness as a palace maid, so he naturally wanted to give a smile.

"My lord, did the imperial court really send disaster relief food to Shaanxi? and then

it was embezzled by corrupt officials?" Jiang Xuezhu heard the conversation between the two just now, and she thought that the imperial court had never managed Shaanxi at all, but now that she listened, it seemed that she was embezzled by corrupt officials.

"How can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not care about the people of the Ming Dynasty, but whether it is silver or food, if it is sent, most of it will always be lost.

Li Ruolian also sighed, the officials of these six departments are a pool of muddy water, even if the clear water flows in, after a long time, it will be polluted by the same stream.

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"Your Royal Highness, the secret guard reported that this time there are hundreds of dogs who are deliberately spreading rumors, and everyone in the entire inner court except for the East Palace and the emperor has them, this is the last time the slaves and maids have already cleaned up the cheap maids who have two hearts in the East Palace, otherwise we may not have this kind of dog in the East Palace."

Qiu Zhizhong's words carried a hint of invitation to merit, and then presented the booklet in his hand.

Zhu Cihong picked up the booklet and opened it to see that it was densely filled with names and positions, as well as the yamen where he was located.

"Yes, in just a short period of time, you have developed the secret guard, who is the mastermind of spreading rumors?"

"It is Li Yong, the eunuch of Dongchang and the henchman of the heart of the admiral of Dongchang.

Qiu Zhizhong smiled proudly, this was not an opportunity to give eye drops to Dongchang, and he didn't dare to lie to the prince, he just answered truthfully.

"Are you the people who came into contact with outsiders?" Zhu

Cihong put down the booklet, and then asked: "The eunuch is from Dongchang, what about the palace maid?"

"Yes...... The palace maid of Kunning Palace.

Qiu Zhizhong said cautiously.

"Order 10,000 taels of silver to reward the secret guard, is it enough?"

Zhu Cihong looked at Qiu Zhizhong.

"Enough, enough, the number of secret guards is not large now, everyone can get it.

Qiu Zhizhong smiled again: "Thank Your Highness for the reward." In

fact, after Chongzhen ascended the throne, he did not abolish the East Factory, but also reused the eunuchs of the East Factory, went to the military supervision army, and later Wang Zhixin supervised the East Factory, together with the foreign ministers, the emperor's relatives and relatives deceived the emperor, and the East Factory spies were basically useless.

has a virtue with the brocade guard mastered by Luo Yangxing, and stands with hundreds of officials to deceive the emperor.

But Zhu Cihong didn't expect that Wang Zhixin, a dog thing, would dare to accept this kind of money and dare to be the prince

of the court!" "Just take out all the money embezzled by those eunuchs in Dongchang, Wang Zhixin, you TM will really send warmth!"

Zhu Cihong sneered.

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"Your Majesty, the old slave has already found out, and the people who chew the root of the tongue of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince behind their backs are probably as many as hundreds, and there are people in each palace who say that they dream of the same dream.

Wang Chengen said truthfully.

"There are hundreds of people, all dreaming

of the same dream?" Chongzhen heard this, he was really frightened, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart, could it be that this dream was really descended by Guanyin Bodhisattva?

It is not difficult to end it, hundreds of people in the palace have the same dream.

"Your Majesty, according to the old slave, the ghost and god theory in the middle is probably a non-existent thing, and someone should have done it deliberately.

Wang Chengen looked at the emperor a little panicked, so he cautiously said his opinion.

"Then have you found anyone who is in the middle of this?" When the

emperor heard this, he thought about it carefully, and felt that it made some sense.

"This ...... I haven't found it yet, and there are so many of them that it's hard to know who was the first to talk about it.

Wang Chengen's face was also a little ugly, there are so many people, I'm afraid it's a little troublesome to deal with.

"That can't be, a few hundred people will deal with it together. "

Why doesn't Chongzhen understand the truth that the law does not blame the public, among these hundreds of people, there are inevitably some people who follow the trend, if they are all dealt with together, then he will not completely become a tyrant who loves to kill

? What should future generations think

of him? How should the subjects of the world view him?"

Wang Chengen said.

"Yes, I don't believe that these people are talking nonsense about ghosts and gods, it's ridiculous!" Chongzhen

was extremely irritated by this, and sighed deeply, waiting for this rumor to be self-defeating, and then deal with some people, this is the best.

......

Late at night.

Jiading Bofu.

It's still the same group of people, swaying in the light of fireflies and candles.

"What's the matter, there's news from the palace?" Li

Guorui paced back and forth in the room, looking extremely anxious.

"Don't go, I'm dizzy.

Xu Wenjue looked at Li Guorui in front of him, and he was also very bored in his heart, he was not annoyed, but he was annoyed by walking around.

"Mr. Qian and Mr. Zhang are here. Suddenly

, there was a sound outside, and then the door was pushed open, and Qian Shisheng and Zhang Zhifa walked in together.

"How's it going, what's going on in the palace?" As

soon as the two walked in, everyone stood up and squeezed over to ask.

Even Zhou Kui, the national abbot who was closing his eyes and recuperating on the side, opened his eyes and looked at Qian Shisheng and the others.

"The people in the palace came with the news, the prince ate the meal, and the palace was already full of rumors, and the emperor did not take any action now, just thinking about five days later, waiting for the rumors to be self-defeating.

Qian Shisheng showed a reassuring smile.

"Hmph, it is delusional to wait for the rumors to be self-defeating, since the prince has eaten the drugged meal, when the time comes, he will definitely be poisoned, and when the time comes, someone will send the elixir, and everything will come true.

Zhang Zhifa sneered, the last time the prince donated money to the cabinet, he had to come up with 100,000 taels, and he has been suffering from pain until now, and he has always held a grudge until now.

"When the crown prince abdicates and becomes a waste person completely, everything will return to the court when it is as before, and we will all be fine.

"Alright, let's all disperse, and since everything is going well, let's wait and see."

Zhou Kui spoke: "I'm tired." With

that, he left the room first.

......

A few days later, rumors were still spreading in the palace, and everyone in the entire palace knew about it, and even the civil and military officials outside had heard about it.

At the same time, the eyes of everyone in the palace were looking at the prince's east palace, and all were waiting to see if the prince would be poisoned as expected and whether the same dream spread in the rumors would be true.

For a time, the palaces also began to worship the Buddha and pray, hoping that this time the Bodhisattva would come to the world, and they would not be implicated.

During this period, the queen also came to pass on the prince several times, but Zhu Cihong gave him a perfunctory past, and the eunuch who delivered the meal ate the food sent by the eighth child every day, and his face was not as good as day by day, his face was pale, and he looked like he was going to die, and he didn't even have the strength to stand up.

Day 5.

Qiu Zhizhong.

Zhu Cihong opened the door of the hall and shouted.

"The slave is here. "

Come, the fifth day is here, tell me to go down, everyone in the East Palace will pretend to be a little bit like this palace, if anyone shows his stuff, only you ask."

Zhu Cihong said, then returned to the hall and picked up the rouge, looked at Jiang Xuezhu on the side and said, "Put on makeup, turn into a death-like appearance." "

Your Highness, I'm very good at makeup, and I'll help you look good."

Jiang Xuezhu smiled, she also heard some rumors, but after getting along with His Highness in the past few days, she found that His Highness was not what the rumors said at all, so she asked incomprehensibly: "Your Highness, why do they want to harm you so much?"

Zhu Cihong lay on the bed, smiled faintly, and said, "You are still young, don't think about what you have or not." "

You're not as old as me.

Jiang Xuezhu pouted, and his hand began to move on Zhu Cihong's face.

"Come on, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is seriously ill, the expressions on your faces give me some sadness, if anyone dares to laugh today, who dares not to be sad, immediately pull down and hit the board!" Qiu

Zhizhong reprimanded.

"Yes.

When everyone heard this, they immediately responded.

After Qiu Zhizhong finished speaking, he looked outside the East Palace out of the corner of his eye, and found a person looking here sneakily.

"Ouch, Your Highness, don't scare the slaves, why do you say

lie down, lie down, pass on the imperial doctor, pass on the imperial doctor!" Qiu Zhizhong immediately ran outside, crying while shouting: "His Royal Highness the prince is critically ill, pass on the imperial doctor!"