Chapter 121

In September, Empress Dowager Sun died, and the whole country was mourning for the Empress Dowager. Menda began to become arrogant, and it was said that one day the emperor and another day the minister.

The capital is snow-white, and everyone wants to dress white for the empress dowager, and folk entertainment will take several months.

"The play can't be watched..." Wan Xi said, throwing the sieve in his hand over and over. This life of idle family was very uncomfortable.

Wan Gui cursed: "Watching you wander all day long, how can you compare with Zhen'er... If you can't go out, just practice martial arts..."

"What are you doing this..." Wan Xi suddenly thought of his brother, "I'll go find Atong Ada, what I want to do when I close the door." Wan Tong said that he found a good place...

These three brothers were about to go out, but they met Zhen'er...

"What are you doing?" Zhen'er's body was also white... even the hat was white, with rough workmanship. She hasn't been back for three days.

"I can't stay at home, so I'll go out for a walk." Wan Xi said. These brothers are actually afraid of Zhen'er.

"Don't go out, people outside are looking for us!" Zhen'er said. She had already seen a few spies when she entered the mansion just now.

"Who dares to monitor us?" said Wanda. "They don't want to survive?"

"It's Menda, the commander of the Jinyiwei..." Zhen'er said.

"He...what did he ask us for?" Wan Gui was a little nervous, "Have you offended Lord Jun... Tell you to be careful, he is your boss... how can you do it?"

"Dad, don't be nervous, I still have..."

"It's gone...Brother, the Queen Mother is dead... Can the emperor still value you?" Wanda said. He was the most arrogant among the brothers outside.

"Ada, you are right. You might as well go back to the countryside to avoid it first. If the situation is wrong, it will be fine." Zhen'er said, "Stop being implicated by me."

"Actually, I said it a long time ago, brother, don't go against Lord Men... But you didn't listen. You kept dragging the case he asked you to investigate. If I were Menda, I could feel that you want to protect someone, but it is not worth it to exchange for your life and official position."

Menda asked himself to investigate Yuan Bin, and it would be fine if Yuan Bin had received Cao Jixiang's money, but after all, there were still some cases, and if he found out clearly, it would be detrimental to Yuan Bin.

"What did you say? Am I a villain?" Zhen'er said, "If you ask you to leave, you will leave. It's not easy to be a Beijing official. It's really troublesome. If you leave late, it won't be worth it if you accompany me to jail."

"Zheng'er, don't cause trouble. It's really not possible. Just save your life." Wan Gui said, "Now my father doesn't ask for anything else, I just want peace for the family."

"My father has been handed over to the brothers. Zhen'er said goodbye again..." Wan Zhen'er said, "I'll sneak back and say I'll go back to work as a servant. Some people from Fuzhen Department have been transferred to the Forbidden City to help... The Empress Dowager's coffin is also going back..."

In the past few days, the emperor wanted to guard the empress dowager. Seven days later, the yamen reopened. After the empress dowager's coffin was sent back to the capital, it was placed in the palace where he used to live.

The prince kept crying when he saw Shen, and he was the most sad.

"Your Highness, go back and rest!" No matter how much Madam Meng persuaded her, it was useless.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is kind and filial." Li Xian kept praising him.

"These people are really annoying!" Zhu Qizhen no longer was afraid of anyone. He was not rude in theory, but these people just didn't praise him.

Men Da, the commander of the Jinyiwei, said slowly: "Kill the chicken to warn the monkey... Your Majesty wants to give up something... Then Yuan Bin is not a good person..."

"I know you and Yuan Bin and Li Xian are not in harmony." Zhu Qizhen said, "and everything needs evidence..."

Menda understood it. The emperor didn't like these two people, but he was talking to everyone, so why did he block it?

"One of Yuan Bin's father-in-law cheated in the capital, and Wan Zhen actually helped him deceive this matter." Menda said.

"What does this matter have to do with Yuan Bin? Besides, the relationship between Wan Zhen and Yuan Bin is not bad. How could he take the initiative to investigate this matter?" Zhu Qizhen said, "If you want to cure Yuan Bin, you should use your own snacks."

What did this mean? Men Da was full of joy. Yuan Bin had been popular for so long because he saved the emperor. Now Shi Cao and the others have fallen. Xu Youzhen was demoted early, and Yuan Bin was still in front of him. This time the emperor agreed, but he was not satisfied: "Emperor, Wan Zhen is also the empress dowager, are they together..."

"It's almost done, don't make the storm all over the face..." Emperor Zhu Qizhen said, and Menda retreated.

Thinking of Zhen'er, Zhu Qizhen suddenly felt that he should go and see her.

"Niu Yu, Wan Zhen, where is that Yuan Bin?"

"They have been guarding the Queen Mother's coffin these days. The yamen will not be able to work again in another day. Your Majesty..."

"No one cares about me now. I just want to know what they are doing?" Zhu Qizhen said, "My mother is going to burn incense... to set off..."

The prince kept guarding the queen mother's coffin instead of the emperor. The ministers who came to worship could see clearly that no matter how bad the prince was, he still occupied a place in everyone's heart. Zhu Qizhen's heart was always sour, although the prince was his own son.

"Niu Yu, why do you think there are so many things in ancient royal father and son against each other?" Zhu Qizhen said.

"No... That was the chaotic times in the past, and human nature was lost... Now the etiquette and education in the Ming Dynasty are not allowed... "Niu Yu said, "Look at it, how is the Crown Prince a human being?"

"What's impossible? I was a good brother between King Hui and I, but he had locked me up for so many years..." Zhu Qizhen said.

"But King Hui has never treated His Majesty..." Niu Yu said.

"I'm just afraid that the Empress Dowager and the loyal ministers did not dare to harm me..." Zhu Qizhen said, Niu Yu shook his head and would not be able to persuade him any more.

The emperor had something wrong in his heart, but he was afraid it would be unfavorable to the prince. Niu Yu followed the emperor to the empress dowager's former bedroom, and the empress dowager's coffin stopped in the main hall. After burning incense, Zhu Qizhen just glanced at the prince and retreated.

"Where is Wan Zhen?" Zhu Qizhen looked at him and didn't see Wan Zhen.

"The commander is in Xier Room. If he has something to do, it is probably the Fuzhen Department's business." Someone replied.

Zhu Qizhen said, "You are waiting outside, I'll go and have a look." He pushed the door and entered the ear room. There were some documents and spread out paper and pen on the middle table of this ear room, but the people who were doing business dozed off next to him.

"Zhen'er..." Zhu Qizhen said, "Why don't you go back to rest?"

Zhen'er was startled when she heard this voice. She stared at Zhu Qizhen blankly and came back to her senses: "I'm with the prince, I'm worried about the prince's safety..."

"Now you can't even care about it..." Zhu Qizhen smiled, "How do you care about the prince?"

"Is the emperor kidding or is it true?" Zhen'er stood up.

"What's the difference?" Zhu Qizhen said, "Now the Queen Mother has passed away... don't you just listen to me? You should do whatever I ask you to do."

"Your Majesty... You are talking about theory. But the slave is not a puppet..." Zhen'er said.

When talking about puppets, Zhu Qizhen felt very uncomfortable. He thought he had been a puppet for half his life.

"Don't you want to listen to me?" Zhu Qizhen asked afterwards.

"I am born as the Empress Dowager, and die as the Empress Dowager. If the emperor dislikes me and wants to execute me, I can only accept it, but as long as I have a sigh, I must protect the prince." Zhen'er said.

"I am not jealous of the prince. The prince is my son. I appreciate your loyalty... I don't want to kill Zhen'er you unjustly." Zhu Qizhen said, "I'm here... I'm here just to see if the officials in the capital are at peace."

"Your Majesty... The Queen Mother's death is a great mourning, and the people from Fuzhen Department have been doing things. Please rest assured that the ministers have not moved..." Zhen'er said, "These are reported from all over the place..."

"I'm relieved..." Zhu Qizhen said, "But don't be serious, okay, just treat me as a look at you..."

(End of this chapter)
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