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Chapter 85: Inside the Forbidden Palace

Several princes grabbed him and were in chaos. They howled, "What? Ancestral system? We control your Ancestral system... Do you know who we are? Then, do you care about the rules of the people, don't use them on our heads, otherwise you will be unable to eat. Quickly prepare your diet according to our recipes, otherwise we will not spare you."

Old Eunuch An was embarrassed, and he forced a smile: "My princes, I am really powerless. Just say that the golden monkey that was two years and three months old had no place to catch it... Besides, during the funeral, the imperial kitchen did not prepare any meat at all, so that's just..."

Zhu Ren's face changed completely. He gritted his teeth and stared at the old eunuch An, and said in a grim voice: "Old dog, look at me, remember me, I am Zhu Ren, the prince of the Zhou Dynasty. You are dead, do you know? You are dead... I must kill you. I have grown up so old, but no one has ever dared to say that to me. Can't I get anything I want? Isn't it just a golden monkey? I have more than 200 people in my palace, but you can't find it in the grand palace? You are dead, I will tell you."

The princes also showed murderous aura, looked at the old eunuch An with a hideous face, thinking about how to divide his body and skin him. The old eunuch An couldn't help but feel panic and gently clenched his fist with his left hand. His courage suddenly bumped into his heart and kept reminding himself: "Even if you are descendants of the Zhu family and the princes of all the princes, but this is the capital, I am the chief supervisor of the palace. Then Zhu Yunwen can nominally become the heir to the throne, and father-in-law, I have made great efforts... Then Huang Zicheng is looking for an opportunity to find trouble for you princes. If you want to make trouble, that's the best."

Li Feng stood there watching the fun, holding his hands tightly, and was about to rush up to beat people. What a joke, those princes could only kill a few eunuchs. If this kitten took action, if he went crazy again, wouldn’t the whole palace be flat? The kitten was obedient and saw that Li Feng was not allowed to go out. He simply hugged his iron stick, sat cross-legged on the ground, muttering: "Food, meat, meat..." He touched his thunderous stomach and became stunned.

Zhu Xi also stopped Zhu Ren who was stabbing the little eunuchs indiscriminately, walked forward with a smile, looked at the group of princes gathered together, and said softly: "Brothers, we don't have to make such a difficult time for this father-in-law, right?" Zhu Xi had already noticed the old eunuch An during the day and knew that he was the chief supervisor of the palace. Especially the "edict" was also read by him. It can be imagined that he should be a person who can speak next to Zhu Yunwen. Now the princes have put the old eunuchs in trouble, and it happened that he was coming forward to sell his favors.

The princes' eyes were also poisonous, and they recognized Zhu Xi as one of the three most outstanding performers this afternoon. They also found out clearly that Zhu Xi was the prince of the Yan Prince's Mansion. So the descendants of the Zhu family immediately let go of the hand holding the old eunuch An and saluted Zhu Xi.

Even if he is a family member, he still has to speak about his strength. The strength of the Yan Prince's Mansion is the strongest among all the princes, so Zhu Xi will naturally be the most respected by everyone. Who doesn't know that Zhu Di is the most favored by Zhu Yuanzhang and leads the invincible iron armored army to the northeast? Even Zhu Di is one of the powerful heirs of the throne, but I don't know why Zhu Yunwen, who was inexplicably the most, came to power this time. But even so, Zhu Xi's weight in their minds is different.

A group of descendants of the Zhu family greeted each other and reported their names one after another. Zhu Xi smiled and said, "If an old man dies in this family, the folk rules should be simpler. This is also a condolence for the old man." Zhu Xi looked calm, as if he had not spoken out to scold the little eunuchs and asked someone to beat them to death.

Seeing that the princes were unhappy, Zhu Xi immediately laughed: "However, we were born in the royal family, which is naturally different from the ordinary people. What do you think of brothers? Especially this afternoon, we saw God openly and took the emperor's heroic soul to the sky. This is a great joy. How can we do it according to the rules of ordinary people's funerals?"

Zhu Xi coughed, turned to the old eunuch An and smiled, "My father-in-law, I think all brothers were angry for a moment, so they made some unwise actions, but they had no other intentions. But speaking of this, they are all emperors and nobles. If we do things according to the rules of the people, it is not in line with our royal family's identity, and the second is that we seem to be without joy. Today's eyes open, my father-in-law has seen them, right?"

Old Eunuch An nodded slowly. As long as he was from Yingtian Mansion, he could see a hole in the clouds in the sky, and a brilliant sunshine covered the mourning hall. Old Eunuch An was kneeling on the ground and prayed for a long time, praying that Zhu Yuanzhang would not blame himself for colluding with Huang Zicheng and others for pretending to write an edict.

Zhu Xi smiled with satisfaction: "This is not, the emperor ascends, this is a happy event. If we do it, everyone looks sad, wouldn't we not be happy for the emperor? So the etiquette cannot be too simple... But after all, the emperor left us and could not be too luxurious. Therefore, according to the ordinary festive standards, we will give everyone a banquet and finish it quickly. Only then can we have the strength to kneel down, walk around the coffin, read the scriptures to the emperor, and pray that God will let the emperor continue to enjoy endless happiness in heaven forever."

After saying something in a slight way, he found a way out for both sides. Old Eunuch An was stunned for a while, shook his head and sighed, and responded: "Your Highness is right, I will re-arrange you now. Come on, pull out all the little bastards who can't do things. Apply golden sore medicine to them who are not dead yet, and let them serve you princes later." After that, Old Eunuch An showed a grateful smile at Zhu Xi. He was too lazy to stay here anymore, so he turned around and left with a large number of guards.

Zhu Ren sneered: "Hmph, aren't you leaving yet? Be careful, I'll beat you to death, Prince." A group of princes also cursed behind him in a low voice, constantly cursing at the old eunuch An, saying: "This old dog is still awake. If he is verbally quarrel, he will kill him on the spot." Only Zhu Xi bowed to the old eunuch An in a very polite manner and said: "Dadfather-in-law, I hope dinner will come up soon, and we are too hungry."

Only then did the princes realize that they were so hungry that the water inside was boiling hot. They couldn't help but curse, and then saluted Zhu Xi one by one: "It's still my cousin who has the ability and can do it. Isn't this old dog honestly enough to make delicious food?"

Zhu Xi smiled gently and said, "Oh, to be honest, the tofu and old rice are really rare, so brothers can only come up with this method. Everyone is our own people, so it's okay to take care of each other. Eunuch An is the responsibility of his, so sometimes he can't tell the situation. In fact, we are all princes of the royal family and do not need to obey the rules of the people. As long as we have a filial piety, the emperor will naturally be happy."

After all the words made the princes comfortable. The Long Zi Longsun of the Ming Dynasty immediately followed Zhu Xi into their rest room, as if he had already regarded Zhu Xi as the leader among them. Originally, Zhu Xi was the oldest, especially although he liked to indulge in poetry, wine and sex, he was not the kind of person who was chaotic. Compared with these princes who were arbitrary, Zhu Xi was a bit smarter. It was too easy to win over their people's hearts.

Zhu Yu also went up to see the courtesy with these cousins. Several princes of the royal family who had some skills immediately entangled Zhu Yu and kept asking Zhu Yu that they were like horses. They kept asking if there was any way to quickly achieve martial arts, and it would be best to reach the level of Zhu Yu. Zhu Yu was also enlightened and said a few words of the formula for using the exercise of skills half-true and half-false, which immediately made these princes happy.

Zhu Ren even found a group of good friends. The princes and Zhu Ren who like to bully men and domineering women hit it off at first sight. They immediately found a room and began to exchange various skills and techniques. The absurdity of his words and contents can really make the Taoist masters in the court faint. Just like Zhu Ren was boasting: "Select the virginity of the first meridian, add the lustful sheep, saffron and other good medicinal materials, find a alchemist who can refine alchemy to exercise with true fire for three days, which is the most powerful 'Vajra Pill'. One pill can make you last one day and one night without falling..."

The 'Wow' praise suddenly sounded.

As for Zhu Xi, there were several princes around him. These people were more conscientious and were a little more mature than their brothers. They surrounded Zhu Xi and carefully asked Zhu Xi about his current court trends. Zhu Xi answered their questions one by one carefully, and did not dare to be careless at all. Many times, as long as Zhu Xi could pass by perfunctorily, he would just do it perfunctorily.

Li Feng and Li Zi stood in the corridor. Li Zi shrank his head and looked at the lively room through the gap in the window, and whispered: "Oh, this is very lively. Master, he has been in the limelight among their brothers this time, but I just don't know what the one thinks of our master." As he said that, a look of worry appeared on Li Zi's thin face. The whisk in his hand waved left and right impatiently, driving away a few buzzing mosquitoes.

Li Feng gently rubbed his finger joints and stepped on the kitten's collar sitting on the ground to save him from causing any trouble. Li Feng sighed: "I don't understand. If you want to kill, set fire, robbery, then I am an expert, but for this official matter, I have to ask Eunuch Yin and the others... Li Zi, how did the crown prince be recognized as the heir to the throne? Does that eunuch really have such a great effect?"

Little Li Zi sighed and leaned against the wall and muttered, "You don't understand. If the emperor wants his minister to die, he dare not die. Which minister dares to disobey what the emperor said? So with an edict from the late emperor, the crown prince has just settled the throne... Little Li Zi, I just don't understand. Just a few months ago, the Tenglong secret spy told us that the ministers on both sides were still a little quarrel in front of the late emperor. The power of the ministers who elected our prince was not weak. Especially when the old man of the Fang family died, Huang Zicheng and the others were greatly weakened. Why did such an edict come out in the end?"

Little Lizi's eyes flashed with agility. He raised his fingers and thought: "The Emperor of the First Emperor would not write edicts when the ministers were arguing with each other. If he had written edicts at that time, there would be no need to bother those ministers in his ears. His health was not good... By March and April, it would be impossible for him to have the strength to write edicts."

"The secret report given to us by those present that day was that the late emperor just pointed at the crown prince and said that he could, but what could he do, which is worthy of fun. Maybe he could be a king, instead of inheriting the throne? ... If there was no such edict, the crown prince might not be able to establish his position. After all, four of the six ministers are directed to our prince."

Li Feng gritted his teeth, rubbed gently, and whispered to Li Zi's ear: "Little Li Zi, do you think, is this edict possible that it is fake?"

Li Zi was shocked, quickly covered Li Feng's mouth, and whispered: "Stop the sound, I'm so suspicious, but don't say it out. Now the overall situation is settled and the dust is settled, what else can I do? Who else dares to ask this question in the civil and military affairs of the court? Even if it is not true, what can we do? Fang Xiaoru and the others are in charge of the study and drafting documents by the senior emperor, and the grand scholars they have had with them. The seals and jade seals are kept by them. Especially Eunuch Na'an..."

Little Lizi looked around carefully and found that the people who were closest were three meters away. Then she said carefully: "If my Little Lizi was Eunuch An, I would also choose the crown prince. If the prince sat in that position, his Eunuch An would be worthless. The position of this big inner supervisor and the Jinyiwei general manager belongs to our Eunuch Lu... Hey, is this the reason?"

Li Feng thought for a long time and sighed: "What's the use of saying so much? Little Li Zi, the most important thing for us now is to bring the three Your Highness back to Yanjing. The rest, naturally, the prince and the others will deal with it. Even if we suspect anything, we can't find any evidence... I said, you will follow Your Highness tightly these days, even if he goes to the toilet to change his clothes, you have to follow him. You can use a silver needle to explore the teacup and food first, but don't let others give him..."

Little Lizi was covered in cold sweat and cursed in a low voice: "These bastards won't act so ruthlessly? Aren't they afraid of the prince?"

Li Feng sneered: "Of course, the crown prince will not directly poison Your Highness, but if other princes want to take advantage of the situation, if your highness is poisoned to death in the capital, what would the prince think?"

Little Li Zi gently gestured a knife-slashing action: "Then it is naturally to recruit soldiers and horses, and the army goes south?"

Li Feng smiled sinisterly: "After the prince and the prince fought to the death, the poisoned prince suddenly raised an army. What do you think is the consequence?"

Little Li Zi convincedly and gestured to Li Feng with a thumb, and whispered: "Super Li, you are still powerful. What should I say? My Little Li Zi is convinced of you. Don't worry, as long as I follow Your Highness, I guarantee that Your Highness is right... Hey, do you want to talk to the other two of His Highnesses about this?"

Li Feng shook his head: "Murong Tian is a powerful figure. The Second Highness has a very high internal strength and is not afraid of being poisoned. If he is really poisoned, we can still use this as an excuse to leave the capital." A strange light flashed in Li Feng's eyes, and he thought to himself: "That's how it's very feasible. Do you want me to give the Second Highness a poison?" He continued: "As for the Third Highness, what do you think is the use of poisoning him? Poisoning the Third Highness will not harm our Yan Prince's Mansion at all. Will the poisoned person be so stupid?"

Little Lizi coughed, "That's true. The Third Prince is good at playing with women, and he has no other skills. I won't choose him as a target. Then I just need to keep an eye on the good master?" Little Lizi's whisk thrust in anger, shattering the two mosquitoes in the air. He smiled proudly, as if his internal strength had improved again.

Li Feng nodded in approval: "Isn't that true? As long as our Highness is safe, it will be basically safe. Other troublesome things must be solved one by one. Well, Little Li, among our entourage, you will find three brothers who are similar to those of His Highness, and it will not be useful in the future."

Little Li Zi looked at the human skin mask on Li Feng's face strangely and asked in a low voice: "Li Daitao Zombie?"

Li Feng smiled: "That's all. The Nether Palace can use human skin to create a mask in three hours. Then, it is not difficult to create three faces that are the same as the three His Highnesses in the entire decades of the memorial service, right?"

Little Lizi was already impressed by her. He nodded repeatedly: "It's not difficult, of course it's not difficult. If it's rare, I will deduct their salary for next year."

In a corner of the palace, in a heavily guarded hall, Zhu Yunwen had already changed into the emperor's robe. He turned his body and sat in the seat with a graceful look. He asked in a low voice: "Teacher, look, does Yunwen's outfit still look like an emperor?"

Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng had already knelt on the ground and cheered in a low voice: "Long live my emperor." The Minister of War Qi Tai, who was behind them, also knelt on the ground respectfully and cheered with them. Then the ones who knelt down were the group of Fang Xiaoru's confidant Grand Secretary. These Grand Secretary with the power all knelt on the ground with a smile on their faces.

Zhu Yunwen smiled with satisfaction. He looked up at the ceiling and thought in his heart: "I am going to become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty... In this world, billions of people are my people. Hahahahaha..." After thinking about it with great pleasure for a while, Zhu Yunwen slowly stood up and asked: "What are my cousins ​​doing now?"

Old Eunuch An stood up and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, those princes have just fought because of poor food and killed several small eunuchs. However, the old slave has already promised them that they will make an exception and let them eat and drink well. Otherwise, if this mess spreads, wouldn't it be a joke for the people of the world?"

Zhu Yunmin frowned and whispered, "They make no sense. Do they think this is their palace?" However, he still felt very sweet, because the old eunuch An called him, "Your Majesty." This made him enjoy it very much.

After pausing, Zhu Yunwen asked hesitantly: "What are the performances of Zhu Xi, Zhu Yu and others? In the afternoon, they performed very well. Humph, there were actually several ministers talking about it and saying nonsense that they were not king or minister." His face was full of displeasure.

The old eunuch An hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth and replied respectfully: "Report to Your Majesty, the three princes of Zhu Xi, Zhu Zi and Zhu Ren, the fight was even more powerful. Zhu Ren killed three eunuchs and shouted that he wanted to eat some very strange luxury items. The old slave couldn't find it for a while, so he could only pass it perfunctorily. As for Zhu Li, he was simply a rude man who could kill people with his fists. Zhu Xi called the loudest, so his two brothers were the most ruthless."

Zhu Yunwen's entire facial muscles relaxed, and he laughed: "Is that so? That's great, Eunuch An, no matter what Zhu Ren and the others want to eat or drink, you try to satisfy them as much as possible, don't let my cousins ​​scold me for being stingy behind my back. Anyway, to be honest, can the court's etiquette and law really govern them?...Hey, even if they want to find a woman, you ordered Qinhuai River to do business as usual, just not let the people know, do you understand?"

Old Eunuch An knelt down with a smile on his face: "This is Your Majesty's grace. I think as long as Your Majesty is gentle, they will be grateful." Old Eunuch An said in his heart: "Zhu Xi, Zhu Xi, I have paid back your personal favor."

Fang Xiaoru was full of disdain, and he said coldly: "These princes do not have the royal style? They only know how to eat, drink and have fun, but this is good. The few people in the Yan Prince's Mansion don't look as difficult as we imagine... The extravagant people are not worth worrying about."

Several great scholars agreed with Fang Xiaoru's opinions, quoted classics and quoted widely criticized Zhu Xi and others' cruel, extravagant and flashy behavior. For a moment, the saints in the hall were taught by Zhu Yunwen secretly frowned.

In a room for rest for the court ministers, a purple-robed minister looked indifferently at his confidant subordinates in front of him and whispered: "No matter what, arrange an opportunity to meet the three princes of the Yan Prince's Mansion. Let's go!" The confidant nodded with a embarrassed face, turned around and rushed out like the wind.

The purple-robed official stood up slowly, walked to the door and looked at the dark sky, and whispered: "Fang Xiaoru, do you think you will win? Whoever controls this world is not necessarily the case."
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