Chapter 22 Jingyang Palace
However, somewhat unexpectedly, Wang Cairen did not receive any punishment for this. He only heard that Concubine Zheng wanted to punish her, but was blocked by Wanli, until Wang Cairen reached out to Ciqing.
Outside the palace, after beating to death several more tongue-tied palace servants, he was punished by being grounded.
However, after this, although the rumors about Zhu Youxiao in the palace did not subside, they were greatly suppressed. No one dared to speak out boldly in public anymore!
After this incident, Zhu You became much closer to Wang Cairen and moved around more frequently. This made Wang Cairen, who was grounded, very happy and felt that all his hard work was not in vain.
The Forbidden City, the Harem, and the residence of Concubine Zheng.
"Wang, you are a little talented person, let me see how long you can protect that little bastard!" Looking at the sky in the distance, Concubine Zheng uttered these words in a conspiratorial manner. Looking at her gnashing her teeth, she seemed to be extremely
I hate this Wang family.
"Liu Cheng!"
"The villain is here!" An old eunuch came out at the greeting of Concubine Zheng. If Zhu Youxiao were here, he would definitely recognize that this old eunuch was the one who wanted to suffocate him to death on the second day after he was born.
"Come here with your ears!"
Liu Cheng complied with the instructions, lowered his body, and put his ear over. Concubine Zheng lowered her head, and her red lips were right next to Liu Cheng's ear. Her red lips opened slightly, and a whisper entered Jiucheng's ears, which made his face pale.
Sometimes nervous, sometimes scared.
"Yes, empress, I...I'll do it now." After hearing the end, Liu Cheng's face turned pale and he responded tremblingly.
After Liu Cheng withdrew, a trace of resentment appeared on Concubine Zheng's face again. She was so angry that she picked up the tea cup next to her and smashed it out. The crackling sound was a bit disturbing in the empty palace.
After Xi Li gave birth, the time soon came to Zhengdan. Because she gave birth to a son, Xi Li lived very proudly this year. Prince Zhu Changluo often accompanied me by her side.
After confinement, Xili cheered up again and started fighting with Wang Cairen.
However, it seemed that Wang Cairen had received guidance from an expert and had a deep understanding of Zhu Youxiao's status as the emperor's grandson. With some words he learned from unknown sources, Xili's selection of servants was no match for her.
After several fights, Xili had no choice but to give in. This phenomenon made Wang Cairen even more arrogant, and even the Guo family did not pay attention to her.
However, Zhu Youxiao left early and came back late every day. He was only vaguely aware of it. He didn't know much about the specific situation, and he didn't know what Wang Cairen was like in Ciqing Palace. In front of her, Wang Cairen was very
It's kind.
The Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, the 38th year of Wanli, New Year's Eve. The time at this time was almost nine o'clock in the evening in the previous life. In more than two hours, it will be the 39th year of Wanli.
There is no difference between New Year's Eve in the palace and ordinary families. The same fireworks, the same New Year's Eve dinner, the same New Year greetings and red envelopes.
After celebrating the New Year with Wanli and eating the New Year's Eve dinner, Zhu Youxiao changed into clothes that were convenient for him, took three of his trusted eunuchs, and sneaked out of the Qianqing Palace, where he was originally going to spend the night.
Zhu Youxiao was a bit of a road addict in his previous life and could never remember the way. In this life, I don’t know whether it’s because he changed his body and became a child, but his memory has improved, or because he walked too much. He basically destroyed the entire topography of the Forbidden City.
remember.
After half a year of training, he has grown very fast and is now over one meter tall, and his physical fitness is much higher than before. Tongzizhuang is specially designed to lay the foundation for martial arts training for children in the developmental period. Its principle is to explore the developmental period.
The growth potential greatly improves the practitioner's physical fitness. Therefore, it will not harm the body, but will promote the development of children.
At this time, Zhu Youxiao's physical fitness had exceeded that of the three eunuchs, so he had to stop and wait for the three eunuchs from time to time.
The three eunuchs held back and did not dare to say anything. They just gritted their teeth and persisted. In this way, the four of them went around in circles and passed through countless doors before stopping at the outside of a deserted palace.
Zhu Youxiao raised his little head and looked at the plaque on the closed door with a complicated expression. There was a large rusty lock on the palace door. Although the lock was severely rusted, it still looked very strong.
While Zhu Youxiao was observing, the three eunuchs were holding their knees and breathing heavily. In order to hurry up, Zhu Youxiao almost jogged all the way.
After taking a breath, the three eunuchs looked up and their expressions changed drastically. There were three large characters written on the plaque with some mottled paint in between.
"Jingyang Palace"
Among these three eunuchs, except Cao Huachun, who had entered the inner study, the other two were from lower-class backgrounds. If they had not come to Zhu Youxiao's side, they would have never had the opportunity to come into contact with these secrets in the palace.
But after becoming Taisun Qiandi, they did not have much power, but their status was significantly improved, and they gradually became able to gain access to some secrets, especially everything about His Highness Taisun, which they collected and paid close attention to.
For example, Concubine Wang Gong.
This Jingyang Palace is where Concubine Wang Gong was imprisoned.
Although Wanli was very kind to his grandson and treated the prince very well now, he was not so kind to Concubine Wang Gong and kept her imprisoned in this palace.
At the same time, the imperial concubine, Mrs. Zheng, was able to enjoy unlimited glory, rich clothes and fine food. However, Concubine Wang Gong could only live in seclusion in this small palace, with poor food and clothing, no freedom, and her son could not see each other. Even here
Everyone in the palace bullied and persecuted her. She lived like this for more than ten or twenty years, crying every day, and her eyes became blind in this torture.
It is precisely because they know so clearly that the three eunuchs are so afraid, because this is Wanli's forbidden area, and it is also Zheng Guifei's forbidden area. If something happens, Tai Sui may be fine, but they can't guarantee it.
"Master..." Cao Huachun, holding a pen and paper, couldn't help but step forward and shouted hesitantly.
Hearing his shout, Zhu Youxiao suddenly turned around and stared at him with a half-smile but not a smile. The plain look in his eyes made Cao Huachun feel so frightened that he could no longer say the following words.
He glanced around and saw the expressions of several people one by one.
Cao Huachun was full of fear, and he stepped on his feet a little uneasily. The pen and paper in his hand were tightly grasped by him, and the white paper was crumpled by him.
Although Wang Chengen also had a fearful look on his face, his chest was high and his waist was straight. He seemed to be trying hard to calm down his emotions and make himself look less scared.
As for Wei Zhongxian, he was startled at first, but then he realized what he was doing. He boldly took a step forward with a calm face, knelt down and said, "I would like to help His Highness enter this palace."
Although his face was calm, he was also uneasy in his heart. Ever since he took a step or two back when Xili was giving birth, he had become distant from him. This made Wei Zhongxian panic.
Although the young master did not drive him away, he obviously didn't use him as much as before. He would not leave it to him if anything happened, but would instead look to Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen. This change made him feel inexplicably uneasy.
Tonight was a great opportunity. Although Wang Chengen was loyal, he was afraid and could not speak out, while Cao Huachun was afraid and hesitated to move forward. This was the moment for Wei Zhongxian to show his talents.
Therefore, although he was also frightened in his heart, he still stepped forward bravely.
"I hope I can bet correctly this time." He secretly prayed in his heart.
Perhaps it was the effect of his prayers, but the young master actually smiled at him.
"Go and kneel at the base of the wall. Wait until I stand on your back, and then slowly get up." Zhu Youxiao pointed at the high red wall and motioned for him to kneel there.
Looking at the white snow in the corner, Wei Zhongxian gritted his teeth. Regardless of the biting cold, he directly inserted his hands into the snow and knelt down.
"Hiss!" Although he was mentally prepared, the sudden change in temperature still made him make a hissing sound. Hearing this sound, Zhu Youxiao glanced at him and stopped.
Pay attention.
After Wei Zhongxian knelt down, he stood up with Wang Chengen's support, ignoring Cao Huachun who was standing next to him. Then, Wei Zhongxian stood up slowly, and Zhu Youxiao also grabbed the cracks in the mottled red wall.
, slowly adjusted his posture and stood on Wei Zhongxian's shoulders.
Zhu Youxiao was only six years old and he was not heavy, so Wei Zhongxian was able to carry him up even though he was not very strong. After standing up unsteadily, Wei Zhongxian held on to the wall and gritted his teeth to hold on.
When Cao Huachun saw this situation, he couldn't help but turn pale. He bit his lip, turned around, and looked around, as if watching the wind.
However, looking at his scattered eyes and absent-minded look, it obviously didn't look like he was watching the wind.
After Wei Zhongxian stood up straight, Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand to gesture, and then landed on Wei Zhongxian's shoulder. He jumped up with this force, and then he grabbed the bulge at the top of the palace wall with both hands.
After he was secure, he put his feet on the wall and flipped up.
In this life, Zhu Youxiao, after receiving systematic training from the two masters, is much more agile than in the previous life. This little move is just a trivial matter to him. If he were not tall enough at this moment, he would not need anyone's help, he could do it alone.
People can get over it.
He stood on the wall and took a look inside. After seeing the terrain clearly, Zhu Youxiao jumped down.
"Master!!!" A low voice shouted.
When the two people under the wall saw Zhu Youxiao's action, they were so shocked that they almost screamed. Fortunately, they remembered that this was a forbidden area and stopped in time without making too much noise.
Crunch!
After Zhu Youxiao jumped down, he made a harsh and distorted sound, which was the sound of stepping hard on the snow. Listening to this sound, it seemed that he had fallen on the snowdrift. This sound made the two eunuchs feel sad again.
It was hung so high that I couldn't put it down, for fear that the snow would be too thick and my feet would twist.
Then, there was a crunching sound of snow, as if someone was walking in the snow. It wasn't until they heard this that the two of them relaxed their worries, knowing that their lives were saved.
After raising his hand to touch the cold sweat on his forehead, Wei Zhongxian was a little surprised to find that Wang Chengen opposite him also made the same move and raised his head in the same way.
"Ha ha!"
The two people who looked at each other were stunned, and then they looked at each other and smiled. In an instant, there was a tacit sense of sympathy in their hearts, and a strange atmosphere rose between them.
Chapter completed!