Before the New Year, on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the pregnant Liu Shuren gave birth to a prince, the fifth prince, named Zhu Youjian.

It was during the day when Liu Shuren gave birth, so Zhu Youxiao didn't know about it, but when he found out later, it was already New Year's Eve. He was too busy, and it wasn't until after the New Year that he went to see it in person and made up for it with a gift.

Originally this was just a trivial matter. As the crown prince, Zhu Changluo has already added this to the equation. He already has five sons. Although he occasionally dies in infancy, as the newborn son of the fifth prince, there is really nothing special about him. No matter how he looks at him, he

If you have no chance of being crowned king, the best thing you can do is become a vassal and surrender to your country.

But what is strange is that it is the attitude of the emperor's grandson. Although he is just asking and caring in a normal way, compared with the attitudes of other princes and princesses, it suddenly seems different.

Faced with the friendly kindness of the emperor's grandson, Liu Shuren was surprised and took her son to visit Zhu Youxiao's small courtyard every day.

Liu Shuren saw very clearly that even if the prince ascended the throne in the future, the throne would only be born among the sons of the grandson and Xi Li's chosen servant, and would definitely not be related to his son.

Judging from the prince's own affairs, the chance of the grandson ascending to the throne is much greater than that of Xili's son. If you don't get close to the grandson at this time, how can you get close to him.

Therefore, she ignored the rumors and approached the emperor's grandson. She just secretly prayed to the gods in the sky every day, asking her grandson to take away her life and wealth.

Faced with this situation, Zhu Youxiao could only smile helplessly. He only took a look out of concern for his future only brother. Then he thought about the impact of his different actions in the past.

At this moment, he could only hold his nose and accept Liu Shuren's closeness and hint of surrender. Fortunately, Zhu Youjian could grow up safely in the future and could serve as his arm and benchmark.

Time gradually passed, and Zhu Youxiao lived a peaceful life in the palace, getting up early every day, practicing martial arts, studying, and understanding the operation of the twenty-four prison guards in the palace.

However, as time went by, Zhu Youxiao gradually shifted his focus to martial arts training. On the one hand, the training of martial arts skills became increasingly arduous, requiring a lot of time to accumulate proficiency;

Books in ancient classical Chinese are not interesting at all.

Although in his previous life, he had fantasized about reading through countless ancient books and classics, and then quoting scriptures in front of others, telling allusions and sayings that others could not understand to show off. However, after arriving in this era, he was faced with countless obscure classical Chinese every day.

He really has no interest in reading.

When he was not practicing martial arts, what he read most were the books he had brought in his mind. After sorting it out, he found that he had downloaded an application that contained many local files of electronic versions of classic books, which surprised Zhu Youxiao.

However, in the eyes of outsiders, the emperor's grandson has turned into a martial artist who only likes to practice martial arts and does not like to study. This performance makes the people in the Donglin Party both happy and anxious. Fortunately, if you don't study, you will not understand.

Reasonable, easy to control, and anxious because he is afraid that an emperor like Wuzong will appear in the future, which will improve the status of the military attache.

Therefore, when Zhu Youxiao gradually showed that he liked martial arts and disliked writing, they began to work intensively.

Zhang Juzheng during the Wanli period made civil servants realize the importance of education, or the importance of the prince's educational power. The identity of the emperor's teacher turned out to be so useful at a certain critical moment.

If the Donglin Party had appeared, and if Zhang Juzheng was a member of the Donglin Party, they probably would not have criticized them, but would have said that Jiang Shang and Yiyin were responsible for Jun Yao and Shun. Zhang Juzheng set an example that gave future generations of literati the hope of sole control of government.

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Zhu Youxiao was living a peaceful life, but the court was quite uneasy, because this year was the year of the Beijing Chaos, the Xinhai Chaos. The person in charge was Sun Piyang, the Minister of Civil Affairs, a member of the Donglin Party.

So a great purge began. According to "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", the Donglin Party basically took control of the power, but due to the intervention of a fierce man, the three parties of Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang began to gradually unite.

This fierce man was Li Sancai, and the reason was that he wanted to join the cabinet. The three parties were extremely jealous of him and were very afraid of him joining the cabinet, so they united to attack him and prevent him from joining the cabinet. Li Sancai did not resist the criticism and went back to his hometown to farm.

Because of this opportunity, the three parties deepened their cooperation with each other, jointly resisted the strength of the Donglin Party, and began to fight back.

It can be said that their efforts were fruitful. Three years later, the chief assistant Ye Xianggao retired and returned home. Three years later, there was a new round of Beijing inspections. The presiding officers were Zheng Jizhi, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Li Zhi, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Zheng Jizhi

He is from the Chu Party, and Li Zhi is from the Zhejiang Party.

As a result, all the Donglin Party members went home, and Fang Congzhe of the Zhejiang Party became the first assistant until Wanli's death.

This was the main line of struggle in the imperial court in the next few years. With the name of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", Zhu Youxiao could see these political struggles among civil servants with great clarity.

Wei Zhongxian had inquired about this information for him. Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied with the eunuch's ability. Basically, he could complete the tasks he told him, making him very easy to use.

The only thing that makes Zhu Youxiao worried is the rumors that Wei Zhongxian was not completely castrated and that he was proficient in Fang Zhongshu. Whether it was the unofficial biographies he had heard or read in his previous life, or the only reliable historical material he currently had on hand, "Ming Dynasty"

"Those Things in the North" are all described in this way.

This made Zhu Youxiao very uncomfortable. Among a group of eunuchs, there was a eunuch with the ability of a man. No matter how much he thought about it, he felt uncomfortable.

Is Wei Zhongxian the protagonist? Looking at the previous descriptions of the events in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but think so.

This is absolutely intolerable!

In fact, this problem is easy to solve. Just take him out and go to the minister's room for a walk. At this time, Wei Zhongxian is not the nine thousand years old he will be in the future, so no matter what he does, there will be no problem.

After coming out of the minister's room, Wei Zhongxian's face turned pale, not because he had been stabbed again, but because he was frightened. He didn't know why his grandson knew the secret that he had not been castrated. He had never told anyone.

Being stabbed for no reason made Wei Zhongxian feel a deep chill in his heart. The image of Zhu Youxiao in his heart suddenly became unpredictable, becoming so mysterious and elusive. Since then, Wei Zhongxian has become

He became more honest, stopped his little tricks behind the scenes, and served his grandson wholeheartedly.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao was quite satisfied. He had basically achieved his original intention. A capable villain like Wei Zhongxian had to be beaten frequently and kept in fear before he could use it safely and boldly.

As for another major disaster in history, when the Hakka family visited Yinyue, Zhu Youxiao turned a blind eye. Although she formed a rivalry with the Wei Dynasty, she still went out of the palace to have trysts with people.

There is nothing new under the sun. If you do it enough times, people will naturally discover your behavior.

But Zhu Youxiao didn't care much about it. Firstly, she was very good at serving others and took good care of Zhu Youxiao. Over the years, she had no merit but hard work. Secondly, guest Yinyue was also very self-aware and did not bring this kind of atmosphere with her.

When she arrived at Ciqing Palace, she was still very responsible in the palace.

However, she was a little tired of this woman's indecent behavior. Even if she was a eunuch, she didn't want her hair to be green, but she couldn't bear the beauty of the Hakka family, so she had to temporarily

Pretending not to know and maintaining.

However, although there were many trivial matters, Zhu Youxiao did not take them to heart. He still lived peacefully, practicing martial arts every day, and asking Qi Jin and Yu Zigao, two veterans, for advice on battle formations. In the future, he

There are a lot of things to do, and now you need to lay a solid foundation for yourself.

This kind of life lasted for the entire thirty-nine years of Wanli's reign until September came.

This month, Concubine Wang Gong passed away.

When Zhu Youxiao got the news and rushed to Jingyang Palace, he found that the place was unexpectedly deserted. Except for a few sneaky little eunuchs in green robes, there was no one there.

The long-closed door of Jingyang Palace has been opened, and the big rusty lock has been removed and thrown aside. Before Zhu Youxiao could get closer, a smell of staleness hit his face, making him unable to bear it.

I choked a bit.

Covering his mouth and nose, Zhu Youxiao hurriedly passed through the main gate and headed to Concubine Wang Gong's bedroom.

As soon as he walked to the door, he heard an affectionate word coming from inside: "My son has grown up like this, why should I regret my mother's death!"

Then, there was a long silence inside.

When he reached the door, Zhu Youxiao stopped. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a detailed description of this scene. When Concubine Wang Gong died, Concubine Zheng was watching her. She did not dare to say anything, for fear of giving her son

cause trouble.

It's just that when he came in just now, he didn't see anyone. But when he thought about it, the situation at this time was different from the situation in history. Because of his own reasons, the prince's life had been much better in recent years. Perhaps this was also brought about by himself.

Change it!

But even so, Concubine Wang Gong still didn't say anything. Zhu Youxiao looked through the crack in the door and saw only two people holding hands and facing each other, crying silently.

Zhu Youxiao did not go in. He knew that at this moment, it only belonged to the mother and son.

"Mother..." A cry of pain came from inside. Zhu Youxiao hurriedly pushed the door open, but only saw Concubine Wang Gong's hands hanging down softly, swaying in the wind. Zhu Changluo was lying on the boat, crying loudly.

After watching for a while, Zhu Youxiao sniffed and turned to leave. He couldn't stand such a sensational scene. And it was useless for him to stay here. He was young and it was not his turn to intervene in the affairs here.

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After leaving Jingyang Palace, Zhu Youxiao came to the place where he practiced martial arts and practiced fiercely, venting the inexplicable emotions in his heart.

The death of Concubine Wang Gong was just like a pebble dropped into a lake. After causing a ripple, it disappeared quietly without any sound.

Except for Zhu Changluo who will miss her, no one will miss her. The most she talks about, the most she sighs is that she is a miserable woman.

And Zhu Youxiao's grandson's life, after such an episode, once again returned to calm. The entire East Palace, because of Wanli's attitude, was still just a corner that was easily ignored in the Ming Dynasty, even when people talked about it.

, vaguely compare the prince and the grandson, and even in their mouths, the status of the grandson is higher.

Even the eunuchs in the palace kept a respectful distance from the people in Ciqing Palace. Although they did not offend him, they tried to avoid it. However, if it were the people around the grandson, their attitude would immediately change and they would be extremely attentive.

Listening to the feedback from the people below, Zhu Youxiao deeply realized that the emperor was the supreme god in the palace, and his attitude determined everything.
Chapter completed!