Chapter 412 411 Fengyang High Wall

Chapter 412 411 Fengyang High Wall

Chen Ju said in a low voice: "When Eunuch Huang told me about this today, he mentioned it separately and told you not to be greedy in the New Year, as it is easy to do bad things."

"Um?"

Wei Guangde looked at Chen Ju in surprise. The connotation in his words was a bit rich.

After Wei Guangde was surprised, he lowered his head and started thinking.

Chen Ju made it very clear that it was just a reminder from Huang Jin. Wei Guangde would not think that Huang Jin said this casually, and 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, probably only the core members of Dongchang would know about it."

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

Wei Guangde has no doubt about this. Gao Zhong and Chen Ju, no matter what, they are now showing their kindness to King Yu. If someone really threatens King Yu's safety, they will never stand idly by.

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

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

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

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

Wei Guangde smiled bitterly.

After all, Chen Ju had reminded him at the beginning, so he had always paid attention to precautions in this regard.

However, as the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to be a thief, but how can a thousand days prevent a thief? It is definitely not possible to be so careful all the time. Even if you are very careful at the beginning, you will become lax as time goes by, which will inevitably give people opportunities to take advantage of.

"Your Majesty may have known about it, so he asked Prince Jing to leave the capital as soon as possible, and asked Concubine Lu Jing to bring a letter for him to leave in peace."

At this time, Chen Ju had already figured out what was going on. What Emperor Jiajing said when the concubines left and the hints in Huang Jin's words perfectly matched a certain possibility.

Perhaps the reason Huang Jin would say that to himself was also because of Emperor Jiajing's last words.

Then, Chen Ju told Wei Guangde the last words the emperor said to Concubine Lu Jing in the Yongshou Palace today, but Wei Guangde only felt a little dazed, his hands and feet were a little weak, and there was sweating on his forehead.

Is this really the time?

Misfortune arises from Xiao Qiang.

This word was swirling in Wei Guangde's mind at this time. In the past, when he watched movies, TV shows, and read novels, the princes were fighting each other for the position of prince, and they even had swords against each other. At that time, he didn't have much idea.

But when he really fell into it, a strong sense of crisis completely penetrated Wei Guangde.

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

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

The world was almost not conquered by him, Li Yuan, but by the second and third sons. He just gave birth to a good child and raised a few good sons, and he gained a kingdom in vain.

And Li Er was indeed ruthless. For that day, he had even begun silent preparations more than ten years ago, and in the end he was ruthless enough to kill all his nephews.

Cutting the grass and eradicating the roots is nothing more than that.

As for the history of later generations clearing him up, saying that he was a saint king, that he was forced to launch a mutiny to protect himself, it was okay to deceive children.

If Li Yuan was really very prestigious at that time, he would not dare to do this even if he had twenty courages.

Now that Emperor Jiajing was strong enough, King Jing would definitely not dare to use weapons to openly rebel, so he chose assassination, but this was also the most difficult to prevent.

"Has Prince Yu gone to Xiyuan?"

Wei Guangde thought that today was the first day of the new year, and as a rule, King Yu and King Jing would come to the palace to pay their respects.

"I left early today and have returned to the palace now."

Chen Ju replied.

Wei Guangde heard the words and thought for a while. The emperor's words reached Prince Jing's Mansion today. He probably had to be more careful in the past few days.

Before, Wei Guangde thought that King Jing might use the same method he used against Lu Bing to deal with King Yu, but he didn't expect that such a thing would happen.

"I will go to Prince Yu's Mansion in a moment and remind Prince Yu to be more careful in the near future."

Wei Guangde whispered to Chen Ju, and at the same time he cupped his hands to thank Chen Ju.

"You people from Prince Yu's Mansion should also be more careful, because you are afraid that Prince Yu will not be able to move and vent his anger on you."

Chen Ju shook his head and reminded in a low voice.

"Understood, Brother Chen, I'll help you make the trip this time."

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

"As long as Prince Yu is well, we rootless people will have something to rely on. Now we rely on the Emperor, but in the future we will not rely on His Highness Prince Yu."

For eunuchs, from the moment they were purified, they were no longer worthy of their ancestors, and the emperor became their only support.

For someone like Huang Jin, it is a fortune to be able to accompany Emperor Jiajing until now. What's more, Huang Jin is already in his 80s and can still serve him for a few more years.

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

Showing their loyalty to King Yu actually felt a little guilt-free for them. After all, King Yu was the designated successor of Emperor Jiajing, and the emperor still had 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 came of age and left, she returned to serve Concubine Lu Jing. Now that she is here, in King Jing's opinion, there is no need to come 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 your Majesty, and everything around you is arranged by the empress.

You know what you did, and my queen also knows, before."

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

Just now, Zheng Huiren said that everything around her was arranged by Concubine Lu Jing. The meaning of her words was too obvious. Her mother and concubine knew all the things she did secretly, but she did not stop her 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 a lot of 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.

"Just 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 King Jing's appearance at this time and felt that the corners of her eyes were a little swollen, but when she thought of Concubine Lu Jing's instructions when she came, she still maintained a cold expression and continued: "My queen only has one child, and he hopes that you can live." He was doing well, rather than actually doing something wrong and being punished to suffer hardship under the high walls of Fengyang.

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

Seeing King Jing's crumbling look, Zheng Huiren paused for a moment, then continued to say harshly to him: "My queen knows all the things you have done. Do you think your father in Dongchang doesn't know about it?"

With a thud, King Jing lost his balance and fell to the table.

Dongchang, father.

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

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

But now, these people have become people who monitor him on behalf of his mother and concubine, fearing that he will make mistakes and continue to make mistakes.

King Jing was actually not afraid of what he had done, but his mother and concubine knew about it. However, his mother and concubine were able to place people around him to monitor him, so what about Dongchang?

In the past, King Jing also heard that among the eunuchs sent by various princes' palaces, there were people arranged by Dongchang. They were responsible for monitoring the movements of each prince's palace.

But he didn't expect that since he was a prince and had not yet become a prince, there might already be people from Dongchang lurking around him.

He did not doubt the judgment of his mother and concubine at all. Today, his mother and concubine just tentatively asked Emperor Jiajing if he could change his fiefdom. However, the emperor was furious and reprimanded him. It could indeed be seen that his father and emperor had a deep affection for him. of disgust.

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

King Jing is really scared now.

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

And once Emperor Jiajing knew what he had done, he would really be caught and endure hardship under the high walls of Fengyang.

"Da Ming Hui Dian" stipulates on clan crimes, "All transgressions are classified into serious and minor. Those who are minor will be punished by their party. Those who are serious will be sent to a high wall or live in an idle house. Their descendants will be reduced to common people, or they will all be imprisoned."

Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, really planned too carefully for future generations. In the "Ancestor Instructions of the Emperor Ming Dynasty", the maximum penalty for clan crimes was "life imprisonment."

It not only prevents the descendants from killing each other, but also reflects the "kinship" between generations of clans in the Zhu Ming Dynasty.

The so-called Fengyang High Wall is actually a prison specially used to hold clan members. Of course, the local prosecutors cannot try or imprison clan members, so this is why there is such a place.

In fact, for criminals to be imprisoned, this is both punishment and protection for the clan. At least they will not be executed. However, what scares the clan the most is that the whole family will be demoted to commoners and be punished for generations. He was imprisoned here, at least until the emperor thought of releasing him.