Chapter 135 Qitai’s last lesson

As soon as the sky dawned, Zhu Yunxi caught up with the clockwork, and his eyes opened with a "swish".

He first got up from the bed, then pushed Lao Zhu who was lying next to him, and then shouted in Lao Zhu's ear.

"Grandpa Huang, get up, the sun is shining on your butt!"

"Hmm... don't make trouble..."

"What are you talking about? A year's plan starts with spring, a day's plan starts with morning. You are the most diligent emperor in history, how can you sleep in?"

"Get up quickly, my grandson will take you to exercise!"

Lao Zhu really couldn't bear it anymore, so he got up groaning with two dark circles under his eyes, but his eyes were still staring blankly, looking depressed.

"You can go exercise on your own... Grandpa is a long time old, so he won't bother..."

"Grandpa Huang, was it because I was too noisy last night that you didn't get a good rest?"

"No, no, no..."

"It has nothing to do with you. It's because Grandpa Huang thought about things too late..."

"oh……"

Seeing Lao Zhu say this, Zhu Yunxi jumped out of bed and put on his clothes one by one.

Qin Deshun, who was waiting on the side, saw this and quickly kicked Wang De.

"You are a bitch slave. You usually serve His Highness like this, and even let His Highness wear his own clothes?"

Before Wang De could react, Zhu Yunxi was not happy.

"Why are you talking to Wang De!"

"Wang De is my great companion, no one can beat or scold him except me!"

"Besides, I have my own hands and feet, so why should I let him help me get dressed?"

As Zhu Yunxi spoke, he dressed up, jumped on the ground a few times, and then led Wang De out of the palace to exercise.

Lao Zhu joked with half-squinted eyes after Xiao Xiao Zhu ran out.

"You bitch, you're trying to flatter me, right?"

"Slave..."

"I really don't have any other intentions. Besides, I specially accepted Wang De's child as my adopted son yesterday. I am my godfather. Is there anything wrong with scolding him?"

When Lao Zhu saw Qin Deshun deflated, a burst of laughter broke out on his face, and then he leaned on the bed and stared.

"Breakfast will be served later...send someone to tell the former court that we...we will go later..."

Qin Deshun smiled evilly in his heart when he saw that the emperor was so tired. The emperor was tortured so badly by the three emperors and grandsons. It was worse than a crazy night in the harem. Hehehe...

While running with Zhu Yunxi, Wang De explained that he had a new godfather.

"Your Highness, I have something to report to you. Last night, Qin Deshun adopted me as his adopted son."

"oh?"

"Is this a good thing or a bad thing?"

"It's hard to say, slave. I just heard people say that Eunuch Qin never accepts adopted sons. I should be the first one..."

Zhu Yunxi didn't care when he heard this.

"Then just bear with it for now. If he treats you badly, we will ask Grandpa Huang to drive him out of the palace!"

When Wang De heard this, he felt sweaty in his heart. His Highness must be too realistic.

"Your Highness, this is not good, someone will poke you in the back..."

However, Zhu Yunxi had already run far away and did not hear his little complaint at all.

In fact, Wang De is quite happy to recognize Qin Deshun as his godfather.

No matter how you say it, they are all popular people around the emperor. If they can accept you as their adopted son, you think highly of yourself!

Moreover, he vaguely felt that there was another meaning here, maybe it was coming for his Highness.

Otherwise, based on his reputation as a king, no one would even look at him even if he knelt down to beg.

When Wang De thought of this, he felt a vague sense of pride in his heart.

Who says eunuchs can't make contributions?

Who says eunuchs can't honor their ancestors?

I, Wang De, will follow His Highness to do something great and prove it to the world!

When Wang De saw His Highness running further and further away, he hurriedly tried his best to catch up.

From now on, he, Wang De, must keep up with His Highness and must not be left behind by His Highness!

Zhu Yunxi ran around the Forbidden City twice and broke out in sweat before returning to the Qianqing Palace.

Under Wang De's service, he wiped himself and put on a set of dry clothes. Then he ran to Lao Zhu's bedroom and took him to have a meal.

Lao Zhu was so depressed that he just stared at it for a while when his grandson woke him up.

Lao Zhu had breakfast with his eldest grandson, then sent someone to take him to the main hall, and wiped his face with an ice handkerchief, which finally calmed him down a bit.

"Send someone to clean up the east side hall later. Let our eldest grandson sleep there at night..."

"promise……"

Qin Deshun agreed and smiled. It seemed that the emperor was really tortured.

Lao Zhu was a little embarrassed when Qin Deshun laughed.

"It's not that we dislike our eldest grandson, it's just that he is too dishonest when sleeping. This night we..."

…

Qitai entered the palace very late every day, much later than other officials.

Therefore, whenever he passed by Hongwu Gate leisurely, there would be officials waiting here early in the morning to cast envious glances at him.

Although Qi Tai's job was leisurely and he didn't have much money in his hands, his status was noble and his work was easy. As long as he gave lectures to the princes and grandsons every day, he would get the salary and money of the fifth-rank official.

Relatively speaking, they, the actual officials, got up earlier than dogs, worked more than cows, and got no more points than Qi Tai.

And I heard that he is now cuddling up to His Highness the Third Emperor's Grandson, and in the name of His Highness the Third Emperor's Grandson, he has published a book called "The Golden Plum Vase" and can earn thousands of taels of silver every month. Tens of thousands are possible.

Therefore, when the officials looked at him again, there was not only envy in their eyes, but also a large degree of jealousy and hatred.

Because everyone had this kind of mentality, when they saw Qi Tai passing by them leisurely, they couldn't help but make some sarcastic remarks.

"Ah, isn't this Qi Hanlin, who came to the palace so early to teach the emperor's grandson?"

"My favorite is "The Golden Plum Vase" written by you. If you ask me when the next volume will be released, I will definitely support it immediately!"

Hearing this, Qi Tai's face immediately flashed with embarrassment.

Although officials in the Ming Dynasty were not ashamed to read storybooks, they were not willing to bear the reputation of writing storybooks, especially erotic storybooks.

After all, this stuff doesn’t sound good when it is spread out, and it shows that there is something wrong with one’s character.

Although many people ridiculed him, and even friends such as Huang Zicheng made fun of him, he never argued for himself.

He neither admitted nor denied the identity of the author of "The Golden Plum Vase".

Because once he denies the matter, the reputation of writing erotic stories will fall on Zhu Yunxi.

As a gentleman, he had never taught His Highness any advanced skills, so he could only take the blame for him in this way.

"If you, my lords, like it, I will give you a few copies someday..."

Qi Tai greeted everyone perfunctorily, then turned around with a dark face.

In fact, the jokes of these officials were quite acceptable. After all, they were just envious and jealous, but they would not come to him to borrow money.

After hearing about this incident, some of his former close friends and old relatives came to him to borrow money.

Some people want to buy a house in the capital, but they still need three thousand taels of silver. Some people want to take a concubine, but they still need five hundred taels...

Whenever someone came to him to borrow money, Qi Tai wanted to beat Zhu Yunxi up. All the benefits were taken by the grandson, but he, as a gentleman, had the reputation of being a thief!

The more Qi Tai thought about it, the angrier he became, and decided that during class today, he would find a way to beat up his grandson, so as to vent his anger on the unfair treatment he received these days.

However, as soon as he walked to the main hall, before he could enter the room, he saw Zhan Wei, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, waiting there with his hands behind his back. Beside him were two ministers, one was the Minister of Rites and the other was the Minister of Officials.

The Minister of the Ministry of Finance, among them the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was dragging a yellow imperial edict in his hand!

When Qi Tai saw the imperial edict, his heart skipped a beat.

I have been really unlucky for eight lifetimes. I obviously have nothing to do with "Golden Plum Vase", but I just took this thief name by heart.

Now that my name as a thief has spread to His Majesty's ears, it can be foreseen that this is the imperial edict to demote me!

When Zhan Wei saw Qi Tai coming over, he immediately took the imperial edict from the Minister of Civil Service.

"Qitai accepts the order!"
To be continued...