Zhu Youxiao, who has an adult soul, is naturally different from ordinary babies. Although he tries his best to hide himself, just like the fireflies in the night sky, people will still discover his extraordinary qualities.

Especially the scene where he walked to Qianqing Palace on foot. Maybe outsiders didn't know it well, but all the eunuchs and maids in the East Palace felt the Taisun's stubbornness and determination. That firm and persistent perseverance left a deep impression on everyone in the East Palace. And a shocking impression.

During this process, there were not many eunuchs and maids who wanted to carry Zhu Youxiao to the Qianqing Palace, but they were all rejected by him. He slapped his hands with his hands, refused all help, and finished the walk on his own short legs. This distance seems very long to an adult.

This is a very persevering and decisive person.

This is the impression that every member of the East Palace has formed in their hearts after this incident. Although this is absurd, the other party is only a seven or eight-month-old infant. What opinions can he have and what perseverance can he have?

It would be incredible to say this, but it is a fact, an irrefutable fact. Every member of the East Palace, including His Royal Highness, thinks so.

People tend to yearn for the noble qualities that others have but cannot possess themselves. The perseverance and perseverance shown by His Royal Highness this time are all things that the people in the East Palace do not have. In addition, His noble status made everyone in Ciqing Palace heartbroken.

He is truly a born saint!

Even Zhu Youxiao's cheap father, while being proud, felt ashamed that his character could not compare with that of a child. After that, he allowed Zhu Youxiao's actions more and more, except for coming every day. Apart from looking at him, I basically don't care about anything about him.

As Zhu Youxiao became more and more favored, the status of those close to him also increased day by day. Not only was he highly respected in Ciqing Palace, even when he went outside, he was vaguely regarded as a prominent figure and was flattered by others.

Fortunately, Zhu Youxiao was still young. In addition to the ten eunuchs and maids who came from Wanli, he only had three women and four eunuchs, a total of seven people serving him. Among them were Li Jinzhong and Ke Yinyue.

From then on, Zhu Youxiao lived a life of being surrounded by crowds of people. Whenever he wandered around the palace, he was followed by a group of people. However, he never asked anyone to carry him on his back or take anything on his back. He always walked by himself.

The imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty was very big, very big. The Forbidden City, which is often talked about by later generations, is just a part of the entire palace. Of course, it is the core part.

What later generations called Zhonghai, Nanhai, Beihai, and the vast area around Longevity Mountain all belonged to the scope of the imperial palace. Among them, Zhonghai and Nanhai were collectively called Zhongnanhai, the political center of the Celestial Dynasty in later generations.

The entire palace can be roughly divided by the Qianqing Gate. To the south of the Qianqing Gate can belong to the outer court, and to the north can belong to the inner court.

Outside the Qianqing Gate, you may see Han generals, palace guards or prime ministers. Once you enter the Qianqing Gate, you will not see a real man except the emperor. Except for eunuchs and palace maids. .

Of course, occasionally the emperor or the queen mother would summon ministers in the harem, but this was a special honor that ordinary people did not have.

Let’s not talk about the outer court for now, since Zhu Youxiao can’t reach it after all, let’s talk about the inner court first.

The organizational structure of the eunuchs in the inner court was the most complete in the Ming Dynasty. With this complete structure, the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were able to hold great power many times, and the life and death of all eunuchs depended on the emperor's whims.

Therefore, the Ming and Qing Dynasties were the peak moments of centralization of the feudal system. However, the Qing Dynasty inherited the system of the Ming Dynasty, and everything started from the Ming Dynasty.

The most important organization of the eunuchs in the inner court of the Ming Dynasty was the twenty-four eunuchs and some affiliated small offices. The functions of each department of the twenty-four eunuchs corresponded one-to-one with those of the outer court. Whatever you had in the outer court, the inner court had it.

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Among the twenty-four prisons, the Si Li Jian and the Yu Ma Jian are the most important. Compared with each other, the Si Li Jian is slightly more important. After all, both Biao Hongquan and Dongchang are in the hands of the Si Li Jian.

In comparison, the military power in the hands of the Royal Horse Supervisor is lighter, the number is not comparable, and the military power is relatively small, and there are fewer places to intervene.

Zhu Youxiao lived a very leisurely life. Ever since he started to run, jump and talk, he began to wean off breast milk. On the one hand, he exercised too much and his milk could not keep up. On the other hand, he had self-esteem issues. After all, Zhu Youxiao was not a real person.

A young child still pays great attention to his own image. Although no one knows it, he himself cares about it.

Oddly enough, perhaps because of the purple lightning, or perhaps because he was a time traveler, his body became stronger and stronger as he grew older.

By the time he was five years old, his strength was no less than those of fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys. He estimated that in a few years, he would be as strong as an adult male. But even so, his size was not

Not tall, about the same size as an average five or six year old, but very strong.

At this time, it has been 1*** years. The past five years have been full of ups and downs and extraordinary changes. However, the wind and rain of the imperial court cannot blow on the little emperor's grandson.

Wanli liked this grandson very much and did not want him to become the focus of the courtiers. Therefore, whenever there were memorial issues about his grandson, he would avoid the important ones and shift them away. The ministers and Donglin Party members who took the overall situation into account in the government and the public also did not want him to be the focus of the courtiers.

If something happens to the grandson, after all, the grandson's presence will ensure that the crown prince's status is stable. No one wants the power of Conglong to fly away like this.

Therefore, countless big and small things have happened over the years, but they have nothing to do with Zhu Youxiao. Even the prince, who should have been disgraced and fearful, felt a lot relieved.

However, there are no more external enemies, but our prince is facing internal troubles. The conflict between Xi Li's servant and Wang Cairen is getting deeper and deeper, and it has become a fire and water situation. When they meet, the two of them will jeer and criticize Huai, and they will almost get into a fight.

Faced with this situation, our prince has a huge headache. Which is more important, the woman he loves, or the child? It’s really hard to choose.

Of course, for the prince, this is really not a multiple-choice question. Obviously, the beloved woman is important, and the grandson the old man likes is not the grandson’s mother, so why bother thinking about it?

Under this guiding ideology, it is natural to know what our crown prince should do. Unfortunately, there is a noble emperor grandson under him, and Wang Cairen's waist is also very strong, so the prince shrinks back when he comes forward.

, as soon as the prince was gone, he took the spotlight back from the Xili Xuanshi. After all, Wang Cairen's legal status was far above that of the Xili Xuanshi.

In response to this, the prince could only express his helplessness when facing the crying attendant of Xili.

And all this was seen by Zhu Youxiao.

"You can't even control your own harem, no wonder Wanli doesn't like you." Zhu Youxiao shook his head, and then walked away minding his own business. Others are soft-spoken and not suitable to participate in such things.

What's more, Zhu Youxiao doesn't like this woman Wang very much. She speaks harshly and has no modesty or housekeeping qualities. A typical villain becomes rampant when he succeeds. He doesn't care much about his own children, except to enjoy the honor and favor brought by his son.

Besides, he didn't care about his son's life at all, and left everything to the nanny Ke Yinyue.

Zhu Youxiao grew up entirely dependent on Ke Yinyue's care. No wonder he was so respectful and doting to Ke Yinyue in history.

Of course, although Wang's character was not good, it made Zhu Youxiao relieved. After all, he felt a little awkward every time he met a mother who was younger than him in his previous life.

It's pretty good like this now. I only have to say hello in the morning and evening, and I'll be busy with my own business the rest of the time.

In the past five years, Zhu Youxiao has been living like a sheep. Whatever he wants to do depends entirely on his own preferences. In the foreseeable future, his life will probably continue for a long time.

AD 1***, the thirty-eighth year of Wanli, the fifteenth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar. It was probably around July in the Western calendar. Zhu Youxiao was not sure what day it was.

After getting up early and finishing morning exercises, he hurriedly had breakfast, then put on his homemade white training clothes and went to the Royal Horse Supervisor. The training clothes were very wide and would not hinder the movement of the body, and they were all made of silk.

It is very slippery and comfortable on the body, and its style is a bit like the standard clothing in later Taekwondo gyms.

The little white clothes on his body, coupled with the serious expression on the little man's face, looked very cute. However, none of the palace maids and eunuchs waiting beside him dared to smile, and they all prepared various things for him in an orderly manner.

Salt water, towels, various snacks and foods to replenish energy, and medicines to relieve the heat are all sorted and put away.

Today, he is going to the Royal Horse Prison.

In the past five years, relying on his small status and high status, Zhu Youxiao visited all the places he could visit, such as the deep palace compound, the supervising room of the ceremonial officer, and the cold palace.

Read it again.

Five years is enough time for him to think clearly. Although he has no long-term plan, he at least knows that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. Now he is small and cannot capture the army, but he can strengthen his own force. Such a good talent

, it would be a pity not to practice martial arts.

He knew that the process of his ascension to the throne was not smooth. Who knows if the butterfly effect would affect anything. If there was an accident in the palace transfer case and he died in the chaotic palace, he would not even cry.

A place to cry.

As a grandson, he could not leave the palace, so if he wanted to practice martial arts, there was only one place to go, and that was the Royal Horse Prison.

As the only military yamen among the Twenty-Four Prisons, it was also the last barrier for the Ming Emperor, with countless masters inside.

It can be said that the entire imperial city's security work is completed by the Royal Horse Guards and the Jingwei. From the perspective of the hierarchy of the guards, it is obvious that the Royal Horse Guards' Tengxiang Four Guards, Four Guards Camp, and Warrior Camp are closer.

Coming out of Ciqing Palace, exiting the Forbidden City from Donghua Gate, passing through the East and North Gates, you arrive at the site of the Twenty-Fourth Prison. In this vast area, there are countless institutions that serve the emperor and nobles. The Royal Horse Prison is

in it.

Standing outside the gate of Ciqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao moved his hands and feet, and then started jogging. The eunuchs carrying things behind him also started running. Among them was Li Jinzhong.
Chapter completed!