Zhu Yan watched the man's neat figure go away, frowned and said, "Send someone to check to see what the queen has been busy with recently, and then check this person's background."
Xing Ying left in response, and Zhu Yan returned to the East Palace alone. As soon as he entered the palace gate, he heard the quarrel between Yuan Hao and others.
He hurriedly arrived in search of the sound, only to see Yuan Hao and the Ninth Prince standing across from each other, their faces flushed as they argued.
"What are you arguing about?" He stepped forward with a stern face. Although he was speaking to two people, his eyes were only fixed on the ninth prince Zhu Yu. This is the East Palace, his crown prince's palace. Although Zhu Yu is young, It's small, but you can't go in and out of the East Palace at will, or even come to the East Palace to make a fuss.
Zhu Yunian was twelve years old, slightly younger than Yuan Hao, but his voice was very loud. He had his hands on his waist and frowned, as if he wanted to eat the young man in front of him.
When Yuan Hao saw Zhu Yan coming back, tears immediately fell from his already red eyes. He flattened his lips and asked, "Brother-in-law, Jiu Wang said that my sister is dead. Is this true?"
Zhu Yan's face darkened, he glared at Zhu Yu angrily, and said in a deep voice: "Who taught you to say this?"
Zhu Yu is the youngest prince in the palace, and the only one who still lives in the palace. He is quite favored by the emperor on weekdays, and is doted on by his mother, Concubine Liu, to the point of being lawless. In addition, because of his young age, he does not know what the power of heaven is. Seeing Zhu Yan glaring at him, he immediately stared back and snorted: "Everyone in the palace said that, and I didn't say it alone."
Zhu Yan clenched his iron fist tightly in his sleeves. If he hadn't seen him childish, he would have punched him: "If you dare to let me hear such words again in the future, don't blame me for being rude!"
Seeing that Zhu Yan was angry, Zhu Yu immediately snorted and did not respond.
Zhu Yan asked again: "Who allowed you to enter the East Palace privately?"
Zhu Yu's brows immediately raised, looking surprised: "Are there any places inside and outside the palace that I cannot go to? I can go to my father's political hall, so what's so strange about your East Palace?" The mother-in-law said that beyond the east palace is my residence, I just came here to have a look in advance, but I didn’t expect it to look like this, even if I don’t live there, hum!”
After Zhu Yan heard what he said, he smiled instead of being angry. This boy was really crazy. He really wanted to see what kind of person Liu Concubine was who taught him to be like this.
Zhu Yu turned around and left, but the words he said were like spilled water, which was difficult to collect. Moreover, the words were like a bird with wings, flying into various palaces and courtyards.
Although Concubine Liu was usually very courageous and thought a lot, she wanted to go back and talk about it in her own palace, but she didn't expect that her son would be so desperate to bring his words into the East Palace and make everyone in trouble. Know.
She immediately took off her hairpin, wore plain clothes and barefoot, knelt outside the political hall, and personally apologized to the emperor.
The emperor didn't know about this at first, but when he found out the reason, he knew that the Liu family was unscrupulous and had bad intentions. He immediately issued an order to banish the Liu family to the cold palace, and his son Zhu Yu was enfeoffed in Zhongliang County, without any edict. Return to Beijing.
Where is Zhongliang County? It was a barren, desolate and bitter place. It was said to be enfeoffment, but it was not much different from being tortured and exiled.
The emperor's decree showed his love for Zhu Yan, and also showed Zhu Yan's status in his heart. Anyone in the palace who dared to dream of the throne would end up like Zhu Sheng or Zhu Yu.
That evening, Yuan Hao had no intention of practicing boxing. He sat alone on the top of the rockery in the East Palace Garden, looking at the bright moon in the sky, in a daze.