Zhu Cilang lay on the bed and turned over again.

It was only in the evening that he received a clear decree, allowing him to leave the palace to pacify the army. Although it was a pacifier, it was not actually a sensitive thing like military power. It was just because the prince said that "the inner guard is the governor and the outside is the military."

However, it is not easy for the prince to leave the palace. It is not as simple as going from the inner palace to the outer palace, but actually leaving the Forbidden City and living in the secret residence. Looking back on the time when he was teaching from Zhong Cui Palace to Wenhua Palace, the struggle made him lose his skin, not to mention that he was almost living independently this time.

Although he received the emperor's approval, the queen finally let him go out with tears, but the guards, ceremonial guards and palace servants who should have prepared were still being prepared. The palace was empty for sixteen or seventeen years and had to be repaired. This naturally costs a lot of money, but compared to the military pay of hundreds of thousands or millions, it was like drizzle.

——I can’t wait! There are too many ears and ears in the palace, and the emperor and aunt must have known it. I’m afraid they will ask my mother for an explanation tomorrow. If the parents change again, they may not be able to get out.

Zhu Cilang turned over and changed his tone.

The eunuch who was on the night outside immediately woke up, tiptoed to the curtain, listening to the movement inside. If the prince turned over and continued to sleep, he could stare for a while. If the prince was in a slight situation, he would probably have to tossed for a while.

Zhu Cilang got out of bed, stepped on the bamboo green slippers made by the man who was the only one, and coughed lightly.

"Your Highness, do you want to drink water?" The eunuch of Shiye gently lifted the curtain and asked Zhu Cixuan in the gentlest voice, for fear that the sound would be too shocked to the prince.

Zhu Cilang nodded. When he was in bed just now, he felt so awake that he could not fall asleep. He really sat up but felt a little dizzy.

The little eunuch quickly brought the white water and handed it to the prince.

Zhu Cilang drank it all and said, "Hand the lamp, go to the study." He pulled a set of gauze Taoist robe and put it on his body.

In early June, the temperature difference between day and night in the capital was quite large, and it was even a little chill when I walked out of the house. Calculate the time, it should be the July of the Gregorian calendar. If it was four hundred years later, it would be the season for the whole city of Beijing to grill, and the current abnormal low temperature is undoubtedly because the Little Ice Age is at its peak and can rank second in the past 10,000 years.

This crazy climate will ease in the next few years, and the Ming Dynasty had long collapsed at that time. Therefore, some people in later generations lamented that "the will of heaven destruction of the Ming Dynasty" is not a false point.

The little eunuch quickly stepped forward to help the prince put on his shoes and socks, tied up his laces in Taoist robe, and went out to greet other eunuchs on duty. The lights in Duan Ben's palace were soon on, and a figure walked silently along the corridor in the early morning.

Zhu Cixuan cleaned his hands and face, and after using refreshments, he quickly sat behind the desk in the side hall. He checked the list he had listed yesterday to make sure there were no omissions, so he leaned heavily on the back of the chair. For sixteen years, he has been a death row prisoner who has walked towards the execution ground step by step, and now he has finally seen the dawn of escape.

"When is it?" Zhu Cixuan asked suddenly.

The little eunuch didn't dare to raise his head and quickly replied, "Go back to Your Highness, it's about to be ugly."

Zhu Ciyang nodded. It was still early before dawn, but he was no longer sleepy at all. He got up and walked around the desk, asking, "Is Tian Cunshan in the palace?"

According to the rules of Taizu, eunuchs could not have external houses. However, now eunuchs not only had external houses, but even had people who married and took concubines, and their families were rich. The so-called central officials were becoming more and more like "officials". Zhu Cilang remembered that Chongzhen shared his experience of being an emperor with emotion with him, saying: "Civil officials are not reliable, military generals are not trustworthy, and only central officials are slaves, but they are not available."

It seems that eunuchs are indeed slaves of the royal family and rely on the royal family to survive, but in fact they have long become an independent country, which is no different from civil officials and military generals. When Emperor Chongzhen wiped out Wei Zhongxian's party, was he really angry with the Donglin party? That was because Wei Zhongxian trained 20,000 military eunuchs, and even kept pregnant women in the palace with Keshi, intending to do the "replace the prince with the raccoon cat"!

Zhu Ciyang still admires Emperor Chongzhen quite a lot. As an emperor with insufficient experience, low age and poor education, he relies on his talent to deal with a group of people and it is no longer easy for him to get to this day. As for his personality flaws... who doesn't have this?

"Return to the prince," the little eunuch lowered his head, "Tian Cunshan had a stomachache yesterday, and he shouldn't have been on duty, so he went to bed early."

What Zhu Cilang heard was: Eunuch Tian did not return to the palace last night.

"Go and call him here." Zhu Cixuan said.

"I'll go now." The little eunuch hurriedly ran out.

The eunuchs in the palace had factions that were clearly displayed, and there were also camps that were obscure. The factions on the surface were small eunuchs recorded under the name of the eunuch in charge, with clear veins, like father and son. However, the camps in the secret were eunuchs who had been recognized by the eunuchs in private, some were called father and son, some were called grandparents and grandchildren, and some were sworn brothers.

From the fact that this little eunuch concealed for Tian Cunshan, we can tell that he was Tian Cunshan's secret party. Otherwise, just say: "I didn't find Tian Cunshan." The Silijian will have to consider changing the crown prince with a new seal tomorrow.

Even if he has such an insight, what can he do? Zhu Ciyang, who was called the "Master of Turning Losses" by the industry in his previous life, was still full of powerlessness in the face of Huang Ming, a "company" full of holes and heavily in debt.

Compared with the glorious myth of his previous life, this life is more difficult. Because at that time he was given absolute trust by his boss, but now, he is just a "child" in the eyes of his parents.

Yes, it's still a child.

Zhu Cilang touched his long, shiny hair. He only started to grow his hair the year before yesterday. Now his long black hair is tied behind his head and sometimes braided it. Although it does not conform to his aesthetic view, it is definitely a huge improvement compared to the "total corner" hairstyle that he combed with scalp before.

Tian Cunshan's outer house was in Houhai, not far from the palace. Even in this era, Houhai's housing prices were not something he could afford. The reason why he could have such a house was the filial piety of many speculators who burned cold stoves. Once the prince reached the end, Tian Cunshan would be a man of the dragon, and the money of this house would definitely be earned hundreds of times.

"Eunuch Tian, ​​the prince is urgently summoned!"

Hearing the word "urgent call", Tian Cunshan jumped off the bed, stepped on the ground barefoot, and then opened his eyes. Tian Cunshan did not dare to be negligent about the prince, and urged the concubine who was still rubbing her eyes on the bed to put on his official uniform, and asked, "Where is the person who is passing the message? Let him talk back and forth."

After a while, the little eunuch stood outside the door and said, "Dad, the prince suddenly woke up just now, and is waiting for you in the study."

"Do you know what's going on?" Tian Cunshan sat on the chair so that his concubine could comb his hair.

"After the prince woke up, he looked at the list on the table." The little eunuch was afraid that he could not explain clearly, so he added: "It was the form that was listed yesterday and wanted to bring out the palace."

Tian Cunshan frowned: Could it be that he suddenly remembered something that fell? No! He immediately denied his thoughts. Careful inspection is the prince's habit, but he has never seen this Qiansui really fall into anything. Perhaps he needs to verify the preparations? Tian Cunshan thought about another possibility and couldn't help but feel cold in his spine.

——The order I made before dinner last night, and I arranged it without stopping, but where to check it one by one at this moment? It will be dawn!

Tian Cunshan dared not blame the prince for being there, so he could only use his brain to prepare everything possible. If he had gained anything with the prince in the past five years, he would have been hardened by the prince to serve as a servant in the ritual supervision.

"Tian An!" Tian Cunshan shouted.

"I'm here." An old voice replied outside the door.

"How is the cleaning up in the royal palace?" Tian Cunshan asked.

"This... I'll ask." Tian An responded quickly with a cold sweat.

"I will enter the palace first, and you will send someone to chase him and repay him." Tian Cunshan said angrily.

Because of this unsatisfactory, Tian Cunshan's heart became a fire. Suddenly, his scalp was pulled, and it turned out that the concubine had not woken up and was exerting heavy force. Tian Cunshan jumped up, waved his hand and slapped him in the face, cursing: "You can't even comb your hair, what's the use of raising you! Get out! Let's settle the score with you when we come back!"

When I heard the master get angry outside, I knew that the master was in a bad mood, so I quickly checked my work and secretly prayed that I should not hit the knife at this time.

Tian Cunshan packed up and hurried out, urging the sedan chair owner to hurry into the palace. Because of the opening of the door at night, he had to pay a lot of silver, otherwise who would risk be beheading the Tian family's access control?

Even so, when Tian Cunshan arrived in front of the prince's door, he was exhausted and panting, looking exhausted.

Among them, three parts are true and seven parts are all skills that eunuchs must learn from childhood. If they are stupid and can't learn, they can only go to Huntangsi to burn hot water for a lifetime.

"Have you cleaned up the palace?" When Zhu Cixuan saw Tian Cunshan, his first sentence was indeed to ask Xin about the palace.

Tian Cunshan felt relieved, glad that his family finally caught up, and quickly replied: "Your Highness, the Duanli Gate has been packed up in the palace..."

"Where is the bedroom?" Zhu Cilang frowned and asked directly.

Tian Cunshan didn't know where the key points of this problem were, but the bedroom had not been repaired yet! How could it be put before it? Of course, we should report the results first and then report the difficulties. Seeing that the prince's face had sunk, he hurriedly fell to the ground: "Your Highness, forgive me! I received the order yesterday and watched the person go to repair it with my own eyes, but it was dark and it was all raw and I dared not light the fire..."

"I ordered you to clean the bedroom yesterday. What word did you understand?" Zhu Cixuan's eyelids drooped.

Tian Cunshan complained in his heart: It is easy to clean the bedroom, but does it need to be repaired? Weeds grow in many places in the bedroom, and we must be pulled out after dawn. As for the tiles on the roof, we have to be replaced, and beams and pillars are painted... Your master moved his mouth, so we have to run and break our legs!

"Your Highness, Duanli Gate is the facade of the royal palace, if it is unkempt and dirty..."

Bang!

Zhu Cilang grabbed his arm and put it on the table.

The arm rest made of rosewood and the Huanghuali book sent from Qiongzhou was lit up, with a faint sound of gold and iron.

Tian Cunshan immediately remained silent and waited for his crime.
Chapter completed!