Chapter 412 411 Fengyang High Wall

Chen Ju whispered, "When Eunuch Huang told me about this today, he also mentioned that you should not drink too much in the New Year, as it could easily lead to bad things."

"Huh?"

Wei Guangde looked at Chen Ju in surprise. His words were quite rich.

After Wei Guangde was surprised, he lowered his head to think.

Chen Ju said it very clearly. It was just Huang Jin's hint. Wei Guangde would not think that Huang Jin said it casually. There should be some hint.

After thinking for a moment, Wei Guangde looked up at Chen Ju and said, "Brother Chen, did the palace get any news?"

"I don't know. I haven't heard of it."

Chen Ju shook his head directly, "Even if there is any hint, it may only be known by the core members of the East Factory."

When Wei Guangde nodded slightly, Chen Ju added, "My godfather doesn't know either, otherwise he wouldn't have told me."

Wei Guangde did not doubt this. Gao Zhong and Chen Ju, no matter what, they are now showing goodwill to Prince Yu. If someone really threatens Prince Yu's safety, they will never stand idly by.

Even if nothing can be done, it is still possible to secretly tip off.

"Did you remind them in Prince Yu's Mansion?"

Chen Ju didn't pay much attention to Huang Jin's last words before, but at this time he also realized it.

"I often remind Eunuch Li, and he is a little impatient."

Wei Guangde smiled bitterly.

After all, Chen Ju reminded him at the beginning, so he has always paid attention to this aspect of prevention.

However, as the saying goes, there is only a thousand days of thieves, how can there be a thousand days of guarding against thieves, it is definitely not possible to be so careful all the time. Even if you are very careful at the beginning, you will relax after a long time, and it is inevitable that someone will take advantage of you.

"The emperor may also know, so he wants Prince Jing to leave Beijing as soon as possible, and let Concubine Lu Jing take the letter to let him leave in peace."

At this time, Chen Ju has figured out what is going on. The words that Emperor Jiajing said when the concubines left and the hint in Huang Jin's words perfectly match a certain possibility.

Perhaps, the reason why Huang Jin said that to him was also because of Emperor Jiajing's last words.

Then, Chen Ju told Wei Guangde what the emperor said to Concubine Lu in Yongshou Palace today. Wei Guangde felt a little dazed, his hands and feet were a little weak, and sweat broke out on his forehead.

Has it really come to this time?

The trouble started from within.

This word was circling in Wei Guangde's mind at this time. In the past, when he watched movies and TV and read novels, the princes were scheming and even fighting for the position of the crown prince. At that time, he didn't have any thoughts.

But when he was really deeply involved, a strong sense of crisis completely penetrated Wei Guangde.

Although the relationship between Prince Yu and Prince Jing has not developed to this point, after all, the current Emperor Jiajing is too strong.

The reason why Li Er dared to launch the Xuanwu Gate Incident was because their father Li Yuan was not strong enough, and his imperial power was supported by three very strong sons.

Almost all of the world was not conquered by Li Yuan, but by the second and third sons. He just had a good birth and raised a few good sons, and he got a kingdom for nothing.

Li Er was indeed ruthless. He had even started to prepare for that day more than a decade ago, and in the end he was ruthless enough to kill all his nephews.

Cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, that's all.

As for the whitewashing of him by later history, saying that he was a sage monarch and that he was forced to launch a mutiny for self-protection, it's OK to fool children.

If Li Yuan was really prestigious at that time, he wouldn't dare to do it even if he had twenty guts.

Now, Emperor Jiajing is strong enough, and Prince Jing certainly doesn't dare to mobilize the sword and openly mutiny, so he chose assassination, but this is also the most difficult to prevent.

"Did Prince Yu go to Xiyuan?"

Wei Guangde thought that today was the New Year, and according to the rules, Prince Yu and Prince Jing had to go to the palace to pay their respects.

"He went early this morning and has returned to the palace now."

Chen Ju replied.

Wei Guangde heard this and thought about it. Today, the emperor's words were passed to Prince Jing's palace, so he thought he would have to be extra careful in the next few days.

Wei Guangde thought that Prince Jing might use the same method he used against Lu Bing to deal with Prince Yu, but he didn't expect this to happen.

"I'll go to Prince Yu's mansion in a while and remind Prince Yu to be extra careful in the near future."

Wei Guangde whispered to Chen Ju, and at the same time bowed to thank Chen Ju.

"You people in Prince Yu's mansion should also be extra careful, for fear that Prince Yu will be unable to move and vent his anger on you."

Chen Ju shook his head and whispered again.

"I understand, Brother Chen, thank you for making this trip this time."

Wei Guangde nodded to show that he understood, and thanked Chen Ju again.

"As long as Prince Yu is well, we, the rootless people, will have something to rely on. Now we rely on the emperor, and in the future we will rely on His Highness Prince Yu."

For eunuchs, from the moment they were castrated, they were no longer tolerated by their ancestors, and the emperor became their only support.

For people like Huang Jin, it is a good fortune to have been able to accompany Emperor Jiajing until now, not to mention that Huang Jin is now in his seventies and eighties, and can still serve for a few more years.

As for Chen Ju and even Gao Zhong, there is still plenty of time.

In fact, they do not feel guilty at all for showing loyalty to Prince Yu. After all, Prince Yu is the successor designated by Emperor Jiajing, and the emperor still has to pass on the throne according to the ancestral system.

While the two were talking, an ordinary-looking carriage drove in from the side door of Prince Jing's Mansion. The carriage did not stop until it entered the second door. At this time, Prince Jing was already standing in front of the carriage, and a chamberlain had already moved a horse stool. Place it next to the frame.

At this time, the curtain of the carriage was opened, and a beauty in palace clothes came out of the carriage and stepped on the horse stool to get out of the carriage.

"Happy New Year, Aunt Zheng."

When King Jing saw the people getting off the car, he quickly took two steps forward to say hello.

Aunt Zheng is a favored person next to her mother, Concubine Lu Jing, and is also a female official. Naturally, Prince Jing is very familiar with her.

Not only that, King Jing had served as his caregiver for many years when he was a child. If the prince of the Ming Dynasty was more close to the wet nurse, then he would be more afraid of these maids.

The person who can be sent to the little prince's side is naturally someone whom the prince, mother and concubine trust. In a place like the palace, it is necessary to be more careful in everything you do.

Most of these people are not afraid of the little prince, and often teach them about their mistakes. If they can't teach them, they will tell the prince's mother, and they will teach the prince a lesson.

The woman in front of King Jing now, Zheng Huiren, is such a person. She was responsible for taking care of King Jing's life when he was a child. During this period, King Jing was naturally taught by her many times, so it was not surprising to see her fearful.

The harsher Zheng Huiren is to the prince, the more likely he is to get bonus points from Concubine Lu Jing, because he will be considered to be kind to the prince.

She was a trusted person, so when King Jing left as an adult, she returned to serve Concubine Lu Jing. Now that she is here, in King Jing's opinion, it is no use coming here in person with his mother, Concubine Lu Jing. What a big difference.

"Happy New Year, Your Highness, I have something to say to you."

Zheng Huiren paid a Wanfu salute to King Jing and said.

"Auntie, please come inside."

King Jing hurriedly invited Zheng Huiren into the palace, found a secluded wing, and ordered other servants not to be summoned or allowed to enter the house, and then followed Zheng Huiren into the wing.

"Auntie, do you have any errands from your concubine?"

In King Jing's view, during the Chinese New Year, his mother and concubine should not be lacking anything. If they sent someone to his place, they might have something to do on their own.

"Your Highness, the people over there should tell them to stop."

When King Jing finished speaking, the first words Zheng Huiren said made King Jing a little confused.

"Auntie, who are you talking about?"

King Jing was very surprised and asked immediately.

"It's not like the empress doesn't know about Lu Wenfu, although you haven't told her yet."

At this time, Zheng Huiren showed her strong style when facing King Jing and said bluntly.

Hearing Zheng Huiren mention Lu Bing, King Jing felt a little fear in his heart, but he still pretended to be calm and said, "What did my aunt say? I don't understand."

"It doesn't matter whether His Highness understands it or not. It's for His Highness's good that I'm going to stand up today."

"What?"

While Zheng Huiren was talking, King Jing interjected in surprise.

After being interrupted by King Jing, Zheng Huiren naturally showed no dissatisfaction, but continued patiently: "Your Highness, everything you have is given by His Majesty, and everything around you is arranged by the Empress.

You know exactly what you did, and your Majesty also knows, before."

Zheng Huiren continued to talk, but King Jing across from him felt a little dizzy at this time, and his most worried thing came out.

Just now, Zheng Huiren said that everything around him was arranged by Concubine Lu Jing. The meaning of this was too obvious. His mother and concubine knew all the things he did secretly, but she did not stop him at first.

Thinking about it, at that time, Emperor Jiajing did not reveal his intentions, and those who were hopeful would naturally strive for the throne with all their strength.

Although Lu Bing did not oppose King Jing's ascension to the throne, at least he did not show any inclination on the issue of establishing the crown prince, but he and Yan Song, who supported King Jing, could naturally be regarded as enemies if they did not deal with him.

So even if King Jing attacked Lu Bing, Concubine Lu Jing just chose to deal with it by pretending to be deaf and dumb.

"Those people were secretly executed by Dongchang. Although I don't know how much they confessed, His Majesty was aware of what you did. Although he didn't do anything to you, do you think you can still hide it?

Your Highness and Yan Shifan discussed many things, and the empress also knows that the previous ones are forgotten, but from now on, you are not allowed to have any contact with Yan Shifan.

Before, the empress wanted to ask for a favor and leave you a glimmer of hope to change your fiefdom to the north, closer to the capital, but your majesty flatly refused. Do you know what this means? "

At this time, Zheng Huiren suddenly asked King Jing.

"What?"

At this time, King Jing's head was a little dizzy and he said casually.

"Remember what the empress said. Your Majesty is already disgusted with you. He just wants to throw you far away and never wants to see you again."

Zheng Huiren looked at King Jing and said word by word.

"How is this possible? Why is this happening?"

King Jing was a little unsteady and asked, holding on to the table next to him.

"The ancestral system, although Your Majesty seems a bit rebellious, for the continuation of the Ming Dynasty, you have to follow the ancestral system in important matters such as passing on the throne.

Regardless of whether His Majesty had any plans to appoint you before, but as of now, you can no longer have extravagant hopes, that position does not belong to you. "

Zheng Huiren looked at the King of Jing at this time and felt her eyes swelled a little, but she thought of Concubine Lu's instructions when she came here, and she still maintained a cold expression and continued to say: "The Queen has only you as a child, and she hopes that you can live well, instead of being punished to suffer under the high walls of Fengyang for doing something wrong.

No matter what, if you go to De'an, you are still a prince, and you can enjoy wealth and honor for generations."

Looking at the King of Jing's shaky appearance, Zheng Huiren paused for a moment, and then continued to say to him fiercely: "The Queen knows all the things you did, do you think the East Factory and your father don't know?"

With a plop, King Jing stood unsteadily and fell to the table.

East Factory, father.

These two words broke King Jing's psychological bottom line.

In fact, at the beginning, when Concubine Zheng said that, King Jing had already had a premonition that there were people arranged by Concubine Lu around him, and they had been secretly watching his every move, perhaps just to take good care of him at the beginning.

Now, these people have become the ones who monitor him on behalf of his mother, afraid that he will make mistakes and continue to make mistakes.

His mother knew about the things he did, and King Jing was not afraid, but his mother could place people around him to monitor him, so what about the East Factory?

In the past, King Jing had also heard that among the eunuchs sent to the various princes' palaces, there were people arranged by the East Factory, who were responsible for monitoring the movements of the various princes' palaces.

But he didn't expect that he was a prince who had not yet been enfeoffed, and there might be people from the East Factory lurking around him.

He did not doubt his mother's judgment at all. Today, his mother just tentatively asked Emperor Jiajing whether he could change his fiefdom, but waited for the emperor's rage and reprimand. It can be seen that his father has developed a deep disgust for him.

Otherwise, on a day like today, even if Emperor Jiajing was unwilling to agree, he should have refused tactfully instead of getting angry.

Now King Jing is really scared.

As mentioned before, even if he did nothing, he could still be a happy prince in De'an and enjoy a lifetime of wealth and glory.

Once the Emperor Jiajing knew about what he had done, he might be caught and suffer behind the high walls of Fengyang.

The provisions of the "Da Ming Hui Dian" on the crimes of the royal family, "All crimes have different severity. Minor ones will be punished by their accomplices. Serious ones will be sent to high walls or to idle houses. Their descendants will be demoted to commoners or banned from living together."

Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, really planned very carefully for his descendants. In the "Huang Ming Zu Xun", the maximum penalty for crimes of royal family was set as "life imprisonment".

It not only avoided the mutual slaughter between descendants, but also reflected the "kinship" between the royal family of the Ming Dynasty.

The so-called Fengyang high walls were actually a prison specifically for royal family members. The local censors could not try and imprison royal family members, so there was such a place.

In fact, imprisoning criminals is both a punishment and a protection for the royal family. At least they will not be beheaded. But what the royal family fears most is that their entire family will be demoted to commoners and imprisoned here for generations, at least until the emperor decides to release them.