At noon, Zhu Zhixiu fulfilled his promise and ordered the two princes from the Qing Palace to be reunited with Zhu Qingyi. The two princes from the Qing Palace were the eleven-year-old Zhu Taihao and the six-year-old Zhu Taihao.
When King Zhu Zhilin of Qinggong passed away five years ago, Zhu Taihun was still a six-year-old child. But he was the eldest son of a concubine born by a side wife, and inherited the throne of King Qing in the 16th year of Hongzhi. Another prince, Zhu Taihao was born to another concubine of Zhu Zhilin, and she was still in her infancy at the time.
Zhu Qingyi is the eldest sister and was born to the princess. Therefore, although she is a daughter, she has a high status in Prince Qing's palace. Before Zhu Zhilin died, he measured the location of the secret room where the property accumulated in Prince Qing's palace was stored and how to open it. He told Zhu Qingyi. At the same time, he told Zhu Qingyi to take good care of the two brothers, teach them to be adults, and manage all the affairs in Prince Qing's palace. He would hand over the affairs after the young prince reaches adulthood.
Because of this, in the next five years, Zhu Qingyi carefully taught and cared for the growth of his two young brothers, and took care of relevant matters in Prince Qing's palace. In fact, he was equivalent to the head of Prince Qing's palace.
Under the auspices of Zhu Qingyi, Prince Qing's Mansion was in good order, and there were no major mistakes. Zhu Qingyi acted well and was fair. In addition, he was kind-hearted, beautiful, and behaved in a royal manner, so he was deeply loved. He is loved and admired by everyone from high to low.
However, for all this, Zhu Qingyi naturally paid a price, which was the sacrifice of five years of her youth. She was supposed to be married, but now she is twenty years old, but she is still alone.
It’s not that no one proposes marriage to Zhu Qingyi. On the contrary, Zhu Qingyi’s suitors are as numerous as crucian carp crossing the river. With her status, appearance and character, the number of suitors can be queued from Ningxia City to the Yellow River. Among these people, there are many people with good character and family background. An outstanding talent. However, Zhu Qingyi chose to refuse in order to take care of his young brother and for the sake of Prince Qing's palace.
Zhu Qingyi's efforts were not in vain. The reputation of Prince Qing's Palace in Ningxia City is many times better than that of Prince Anhua's Palace. Everyone knows that Prince Qing's Palace is good at charity and never bullies others or humiliates the people. And Prince Anhua's Palace is in Ningxia Town. The behavior of plundering and plundering forms a sharp contrast.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Prince Qing's Palace had initiated this rebellion, many people would have followed without hesitation. Among other things, it was because of the reputation that Prince Qing's Palace had accumulated over the years.
This is also one of the reasons why Zhu Chifan wants to force Prince Qing's Palace to express its stance. Using the reputation of Prince Qing's Palace will make more people who don't know the truth willing to follow the rebellion, which will greatly benefit the situation.
Zhu Qingyi's teachings to the two princes were also very effective. Needless to say, Zhu Taihao. Although Zhu Taihao is only eleven years old, he is now a sensible and steady young man who can distinguish right from wrong. He is familiar with poetry and books, practices martial arts, archery and horseback riding. It doesn't make sense. Under the careful care of his sister, Zhu Taihun already has the magnanimity to support the Qing Palace in the future.
After Zhu Chifan raised his army, he forced Prince Qing's Mansion to use it for him. Although the person in charge of Prince Qing's Mansion was Zhu Qingyi, the Prince of Qing was Zhu Taihang. Zhu Chifan knew that no matter how young he was, only his talents represented the influence of Prince Qing's Mansion on him. Surrender and follow. So at the swearing-in meeting after the army was launched, Zhu Chifan tried to get Zhu Taihang to express his position in public and kowtow to surrender to him. But what he didn't expect was that the eleven-year-old prince actually flatly refused and refused to comply.
Zhu Chifan was very angry. After several attempts of persecution to no avail, Zhu Chifan was so angry that he ordered his men to beat Zhu Taihun, severely injuring him. Several of his ribs were broken. Although Zhu Chifan found someone to treat him, he was still injured. The one-year-old boy did not give in and still refused to submit.
That day, Zhang Yanling met Zhu Qingyi's master and servant outside Hongguang Temple and secretly hid in their carriage because Zhu Qingyi went to Hongguang Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha that day to bless Zhu Taixun's safety. Zhu Chifan controlled Zhu Taixun. , told Zhu Qingyi that he was injured, but did not allow her to visit. It was to torture Zhu Qingyi mentally to make her relent.
The pale-faced Zhu Taihao pulled the crying Zhu Taihao into Zhu Qingyi's yard. After receiving the report, Zhu Qingyi ran downstairs, supported Zhu Taihao and pulled Zhu Taihao into the room.
As soon as he entered the room, Zhu Qingyi hurriedly asked: "Taihun, how are you injured? Are you feeling better?"
Zhu Taihang slowly took off his outer robe, and Zhu Qingyi burst into tears. Zhu Taihang's body was covered in bruises and purples, which was unbearable to see. There were not only whip marks on his body, but also blunt force blows. The injuries from the beatings even showed signs of burns caused by needle pricks.
Zhu Qingyi stretched out her hand and touched it twice, and Zhu Taihun took in a breath of cold air and broke into a cold sweat from the pain.
"How could he do this to you? Uncle... no... how dare this old thief do this to you? Damn this old thief, this god damn thief." Zhu Qingyi said through tears and gritted teeth.
"Sister, please don't cry. Tai Xun didn't give in. When he beat me, I thought about what my sister said. Only by being strong and unyielding can we be a man. How could Tai Xun give in just because he beat me badly? He wanted Tai Xun to give in. I cried and begged for mercy, but Tai Xun smiled at him instead. It just wasn't what he wanted. Unless he beat me to death. Sister, don't cry. Tai Xun didn't embarrass you, did he?" Zhu Tai Xun said softly.
Zhu Qingyi burst into tears and nodded repeatedly: "Good brother, you have not embarrassed your sister, nor your father, nor our Prince Qing's Palace."
Zhu Taihao, who was standing aside, shouted: "Sister, Taihao is not ashamed either. My uncle beat my brother, and Taihao scolded him. My uncle brought snacks to Taihao, but Taihao didn't eat them. He didn't eat his smelly food."
Zhu Qingyi stroked Zhu Taihao's face and said with tears: "My little brother is also good. I'm not ashamed either."
Zhu Taihao said in a deep voice: "Tai Hao, don't call that person uncle, he is an old thief. Do you understand?"
Zhu Taihao nodded heavily and said: "Yes, call him an old thief, a very bad old thief."
Zhu Qingyi carried Zhu Taihao to the chair next to the table and sat down. She pointed at the snacks on the plate on the table and said, "I will eat the snacks by myself. Is it okay for my sister to check on Taihao's injuries?"
Zhu Taihao nodded, stuffed the snacks into his mouth, and devoured them. He was obviously very hungry.
Zhu Qingyi turned her head and looked at Zhu Taiyi's injuries, frowning and said: "What should I do? How can I treat this injury?"
Zhang Yanling walked out slowly from the curtain by the window. He said, "Let me take a look. Princess, please don't do anything."
Zhu Taihao and Zhu Taihao were both startled. Only then did they realize that there was someone else in the room. Zhu Taihao said alertly: "Who are you? Why are you in my sister's house?"
Zhu Qingyi was about to explain, but Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "I have met the young prince. I was invited by the princess to heal your injuries."
Zhu Taihang looked at Zhu Qingyi, who nodded slightly and said, "Taihun, look at the injury first, and I will explain to you later."
Zhu Taihun sat on the chair as he was told. Zhang Yanling walked to him and lifted up his robe to check his injuries. His face was solemn.
"What a ruthless attack. He was just a teenager, how could he do it? He is really so powerful that he is blind and extremely vicious." Zhang Yanling sighed.
"I am no longer a child. I am Prince Qing." Zhu Taihang said dissatisfied.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "That's true. You are indeed powerful enough. You are so seriously injured, but you don't care. A man bleeds but does not shed tears. The young prince has the spirit of a man."
Zhu Taihang smiled when he heard this.
Zhang Yanling carefully observed the injuries on Zhu Taiyi's body. The signs of whipping and burns were nothing, they were just skin injuries. Zhang Yanling paid attention to the bruises and swelling on Zhu Taiyi's body, which were obviously caused by blunt force blows.
That's where the injury is serious.
"Little prince, take a deep breath." Zhang Yanling said.
Zhu Taihang took a deep breath, but cold sweat flowed down his face.
"My chest hurts, doesn't it? Does it hurt here? Does it hurt here?" Zhang Yanling pressed seven or eight places continuously, and Zhu Taihao gasped in pain.
Zhu Qingyi felt very distressed and looked at Zhang Yanling with pleading eyes. She begged Zhang Yanling not to press or touch Zhu Taihun's injury again.
Zhang Yanling reached out and took the Eight Treasures Heart-protecting Pills from the table, handed them to Zhu Taihang and said, "Take it."
Zhu Taihang heard the irresistible majesty in Zhang Yanling's words, so he opened his mouth and swallowed the Babao Heart-protecting Pill.
Zhang Yanling immediately ordered Zhu Qingyi to mix wine with some water, and use gauze to clean and disinfect Zhu Taihang's wounds. Zhu Taihang's wounds were already festering and had to be cleaned and bandaged immediately.
Although the wine mixed with water was very weak, it still hurt when it touched the wound. Zhu Taihang was sweating profusely, and his body twisted in pain. But he gritted his teeth to keep from moaning. Zhu Qingyi bit down.
He wiped his brother's sweat with a cloth and looked at Zhang Yanling's movements with concern from time to time. He wanted to remind Zhang Yanling several times to be gentle, but he held back.
Because she saw Zhang Yanling's serious expression, she realized that her brother's injury must be extremely serious.
Zhang Yanling scrubbed the wound and did some debridement work, then took out first aid and sprinkled it on the wound. Finally, wrapped Zhu Taixun's body with clean gauze and bandaged the wound tightly. After bandaging, Zhang Yanling recovered
Take a breath.
"Master Hou, how's Tai Hao's injury? It doesn't matter." Zhu Qingyi asked.
"Master Hou? Is he Master Hou?" Zhu Taihao said in surprise.
Zhu Qingyi was shocked to realize that he had made a mistake, but could not take it back.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "My young prince, I am Zhang Yanling, Marquis of Jianchang in the Ming Dynasty. The imperial court sent me to quell Zhu Chifan's rebellion."
Zhu Taiyi was surprised and said: "Ah? Are you the Marquis of Jianchang sent by the imperial court to quell the rebellion?"
Zhu Qingyi said hurriedly: "Keep your voice down. The Marquis has sneaked into the city to do something, and now the old thieves are searching for him. Don't announce it loudly, and don't let it slip. Do you understand? Otherwise, you will be in trouble."
Zhu Taiyi hurriedly whispered: "Okay. This is great. Did the imperial court send Mr. Zhang? Are you here specifically to find my sister? Does the emperor know about our affairs in Prince Qing's Mansion?"
Zhu Qingyi smiled bitterly and was speechless, thinking: Silly brother, how does the emperor know these things? This Mr. Zhang got into your sister's place by accident.
"Taihun, don't worry about this. You go to bed and lie down to rest. It's important to recuperate. Just lie on sister's bed and rest." Zhu Qingyi said.
Zhu Taiyi obviously listened to his sister's words, and stood up after hearing the words. He walked a few steps to the bed, suddenly turned to look at Zhang Yanling and said: "Master Zhang, can you defeat the old thief?"
Zhang Yanling smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, little prince, I will definitely defeat the traitor Zhu Chifan and bring him to justice."
Zhu Taiyi nodded and said: "Okay, if you catch him, can you promise me something?"
Zhang Yanling said: "What's the matter?"
Zhu Taihang said: "Can you let me kill him with my own hands?"
Zhang Yanling was stunned and said in a deep voice: "Little Prince, such a traitor must be dealt with by the court. Little Prince cannot kill him. However, I can let you whip him with a whip, beat him with a stick, and burn him with a poker. Kick him with your toes. As long as you don't kill him."
Zhu Taiyi's eyes flashed and he nodded: "Okay, it's a deal."