Chapter 02 Expedition Army
Zhu Yunjing smiled happily when he came out of the prison. Wang Jiu only glanced at him and realized that his Highness had accomplished his wishes and became happy. After all, his Highness was unhappy. It was the servants who fell in love with melons. Only when his Highness was happy can they have a good life.
The officials of Dali Temple Prison were diligently sent the crown prince away. Before getting on the car, Zhu Yunjing glanced at the prison minister who was kneeling in front of him and reminded in a deep voice: "I am not allowed to go out to talk nonsense about the matter of me coming here."
The other party's head lowered: "Don't worry, your highness, I will definitely not dare."
The carriage left, and the officials who had kneeled all over the ground only got up until there was no shadow. However, in the winter, they were all sweating. What's the matter!
Zhu Yunjing in the car closed his eyes and rested, and instructed Wang Jiu: "I'll find someone to send a message to the Duke's Mansion later, and ask that boy Xie Xuanming must help the orphan get the matter done."
"No." Wang Jiu quickly responded.
It was already Si Shi when he returned to the palace. Emperor Zhaoyang was reviewing the memorial in the warm pavilion of the imperial study room. Zhu Yunjing went in and asked him in a regular manner. Emperor Zhaoyang called him to his side and asked him, "Why didn't you see you here to court today?"
"It suddenly snowed heavily last night and I was cold and felt a little uncomfortable." Zhu Yunjing casually asked for a reason.
"Have the imperial physician seen it?"
"It doesn't matter. Just take two doses of medicine to cure it. Don't worry, my father."
Emperor Zhaoyang felt relieved and told him another thing: "The army of Zhengyuan will return to the court at the beginning of next month. Then you will go outside Desheng Gate to greet me. After so many years, the north has finally settled down. It depends on the protection of our ancestors. In the future, we will have the face to meet our ancestors after we have been waiting for me for a hundred years."
Emperor Zhaoyang sighed, with joy and excitement in his eyes that could not be concealed.
Zhu Yunjing complimented: "It is the father who is the best martial arts masters, and everyone in the world will surrender."
Emperor Zhaoyang obviously likes to listen to this. He stroked his beautiful beard and smiled a little complacent.
The northern Yi people have a great power. In recent decades, they have repeatedly invaded the Dayan border, burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. It has become a major concern for Dayan. Five years ago, Emperor Zhaoyang sent 500,000 troops to conquer Beiyi, and finally cut off the head of the Yiren Khan, retreated thousands of miles away, and defeated the Yi people, and had to submit to the tribute. This was something that the late emperor had never done in his life, but it was completed in the hands of Emperor Zhaoyang. It would definitely be a brilliant stroke in later history books. It is no wonder that Emperor Zhaoyang is so complacent.
Zhu Yunjing was thinking about something else. This time, the He family and his second brother Zhu Yunxun will be even more proud.
After the explanation of the matter, Emperor Zhaoyang said something else while he was in a good mood: "Yesterday I went to Yongshou Palace to pay tribute to the Empress Dowager. She mentioned that you are now seventeen years old and it is the age to get married. Your mother left early. This was my negligence. You are my prince. You will be a family and career as soon as possible will be a contribution to the country."
Zhu Yunjing bowed: "But rely on the emperor to make the decision."
Emperor Zhaoyang was very satisfied with his obedience and mentioned it casually: "A few days ago, I heard some ridiculous rumors in the capital. Although it is not credible, it is hindered from your reputation. In the future, you must be more cautious and solemn, and don't be polite."
Zhu Yunjing was not surprised that his and Xu Shixian's matters would be heard in the ears of Emperor Zhaoyang. Some people always dug up their minds but didn't want him to live a good life. No matter what they thought, they still had to be humble in their faces: "I can't do it."
Emperor Zhaoyang nodded: "The wedding is not urgent, and the empress dowager will also help you see you. If you have any ideas, you can go and talk to the empress dowager."
Zhu Yunjing smiled: "The son minister has no idea. The father and grandmother have chosen the best ones for the son minister."
After that, Zhu Yunjing helped Emperor Zhaoyang review some of the memorials, and accompanied him to have lunch. After noon, he went back to the bedroom for a while and went to Chonghua Palace to study in the afternoon.
Chonghua Palace is the place where princes study. Zhu Yunjing entered the court at the age of twelve and followed Emperor Zhaoyang to study and handle political affairs. There are also contemporary great scholars who served as the prince's tutor to teach him books and lectures. He only came to Chonghua Palace every three days and listened to other princes. This is what Emperor Zhaoyang means, because he was afraid that he would become unfamiliar with his brothers.
As soon as Zhu Yunjing entered the door, the brothers who came first stood up to pay their respects. Emperor Zhaoyang had a lot of descendants, and there were eight sons alone. Zhu Yunjing was not familiar with most of his younger brothers. He nodded perfunctorily and walked to his seat.
The afternoon passed quickly, and when the weather was declining, he finally got out of school. Zhu Yunjing got up and called his fifth brother Zhu Yunxuan to go to the East Palace for dinner.
Zhu Yunxuan is the brother of Zhu Yunjing's mother and his compatriots. He was fourteen years old. Zhu Yunjing's mother died of dysfunction when she gave birth to this little brother. On weekdays, Zhu Yunjing took care of Zhu Yunxuan a lot, and among so many brothers, he was close to Zhu Yunxuan.
Zhu Yunxuan has a cheerful personality and is carefree. After leaving outsiders, he approached Zhu Yunjing and asked him with a smile: "Brother of the prince, did your father say you want to marry?"
Zhu Yunjing glanced at him: "How do you know?"
"Yesterday I went to pay my respects to the emperor's grandmother. I heard what she said to her father and what the emperor's grandmother meant, and she seemed to intend to promise her niece to you. The emperor did not say that he would agree or not."
Zhu Yunjing sneered: "The Zhao family is not allowed to go to the table."
Although the Zhao family is the mother of the empress dowager and was able to be promoted, the empress dowager was humble from a palace maid in the past. She was able to have today's status entirely because her mother is noble because of her son. Her daughter is indeed not enough to be the crown princess or even the future queen.
Zhu Yunjing knew that his father would not be so confused, so he didn't agree to the empress dowager as soon as possible. He just had room for maneuver. At worst, he would marry him as a concubine. Zhu Yunjing was not worried about this.
Zhu Yunxuan agreed deeply: "That's right? This is far worse than the daughter of the aristocratic family that the second brother wants to marry. Since the victory of the Conquest Army and the news of Beiyi's reverence has been passed back to Beijing. The second brother has been very proud of his life. Today, his father has assigned him an errand. It is estimated that he will not come to Chonghua Palace in a long time."
When Zhu Yunjing came just now, he had heard that Zhu Yunxun was indeed in the limelight during this period. Some people in the court were already motivating Emperor Zhaoyang to enfeoff their sons. Once Zhu Yunxun has a title of prince, he is really only one step away from his position as crown prince.
Zhu Yunjing and Zhu Yunxun were always inconsistent. Zhu Yunxun was born only two days later than his eldest son. He was the legitimate son of the empress. Zhu Yunxun was the son of the imperial concubine, the empress was the daughter of the Duke. The imperial concubine family was also a family of loyal and martyrs. In terms of family background, the imperial concubine was not much different. However, it was because the empress first took a fancy to his mother and gave birth to her and then made her the queen the main concubine. The imperial concubine kept breathing, and later she failed to give birth to the eldest son first and lost another move. Although Zhu Yunjing's mother died early, Emperor Zhaoyang probably was afraid that the imperial concubine and his son would have the desire to fight for the throne until the imperial concubine passed away two years ago. Originally, Zhu Yunjing had a great victory, but in the past two years, his good luck seemed to have ended.
First, before the imperial concubine passed away, she begged Emperor Zhaoyang to point Zhu Yunxun a legitimate eldest daughter from a century-old family as a concubine. The imperial edict was issued only to wait for him, Zhu Yunjing, the eldest brother Zhu Yunjing, married the Crown Princess first and then got married. In addition, his mother's house, Xie Guogong's mansion, was beaten several times because of trivial matters, and there were no playboys in the mansion who could take the big responsibility. On the other hand, the imperial concubine's mother's family, He Yuanzhi, was ordered by the saint to lead 500,000 yuan.
Yuan's army went to the battle to fight Beiyi and died on the battlefield to sacrifice his life for the country. Later, He Yuanzhi's son He Huailing was ordered to take on the important task of expeditioning Yuan's commander at the age of 17. He made many extraordinary achievements on the battlefield. He killed King Beiyi with his own hands and made unparalleled achievements. Everyone in the court looked at him. Emperor Zhaoyang even issued three imperial edicts in a row, expressing great praise. Today, Zhu Yunxun, isolated from the court, finally had an errand, and Zhu Yunjing's only advantage would no longer exist.
Zhu Yunjing's thoughts changed again and again, and finally curled his lips: "It's nothing. The battle has been over, and the army of the Continental Army has returned to the court. He has made great contributions to the master. He has taken off the grind and killed the donkey. This has been nothing more than that in ancient times."
"That's right," Zhu Yunxuan couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for General He who was about to return to the court, and soon left it behind. The topic returned to Zhu Yunjing's marriage, and smiled and squeezed him out, "Brother Prince, didn't you like that Tanhualang before? I thought you really liked him. He has made a mistake now, don't you plan to interfere?"
"Would a man from a poor family really marry him as the crown princess?" Zhu Yunjing snorted, "I like him to give him a face, who told him not to be polite?"
"Then he is going to die. What a pity. He is so beautiful and knowledgeable. He has to lose his head at a young age."
"Don't you see what he did? The prefect of Jingzhou violated his father's biggest taboo. He would be better off even if he died ten thousand times."
Zhu Yunxuan thought to himself: "But I think that the prefect of Jingzhou doesn't look like that. He is so old that he has children and daughters that he wants to rebel when he is tired of living. I think there are eighteen thousand people who he offended and was framed."
Zhu Yunjing disagreed: "So what? That poem was always written in his correspondence with Xu Shixian. Even if it was far-fetched, the father said it was an anti-poem and that was an anti-poem."
An ordinary poem is labeled as a counter-poem, but it seems absurd, but it is actually the censor or the person behind him who exposed the matter. Although Emperor Zhaoyang was adopted by the first queen, he was not a legitimate son in the end. Later, he was criticized for his inappropriate position. In this regard, he was indeed a little warrior. The poem was impeached by someone and was suspected of criticizing the emperor. Emperor Zhaoyang sent someone to investigate and found out that the prefect of Jingzhou privately discussed state affairs, and seemed to be plotting against the traitor in his words, which confirmed his crime. But did he really have the intention of rebellion, and did he really scold the court and scold Emperor Zhaoyang in private? The evidence of the false and real is really not very convincing, but Emperor Zhaoyang said that he was, and he was a traitor.
It’s a pity that Xu Shixian is young and has a bright future that is ruined.
As for overturning the case? Zhu Yunjing didn't know whether Xu Shixian was so naive and unable to see the situation clearly, or was forced into a dead end, but he Zhu Yunjing would not try to do such a stupid thing.
Chapter completed!