"No, no!" Zhong Zhiheng frowned, and said impatiently, "Let her rest early. What is it like not letting Mingzheng leave the palace at such a late hour?"
The third prince, Zhong Mingzheng, was twenty-two years old this year and had already married a wife and had children. Naturally, it's not good to go in and out of the harem like this all the time, not to mention it's dark now.
"Yes. The servant obeys." Zhao Ruhai bowed and said, while retreating, just retreated. He turned back again, walked to Zhong Zhiheng, and said softly. "Long Live Lord. Dai Jingfeng is here."
Zhong Zhiheng's squinted eyes gradually opened, and he said slowly, "Let him in."
"Yes." Zhao Ruhai was too busy to respond and went out.
After a while. A muscular man in black came in with a beaded curtain. The man was about fifty years old. He has a medium appearance, but his eyes are very bright. He walked up to Zhong Zhiheng, knelt down on both knees and kowtowed in salute: "This subordinate has met the Lord Long Live. Respectfully please my emperor's peace!"
"Get up," Zhong Zhiheng said slowly, taking a sip of his tea. Suddenly frowned and looked at the tea in his hand, then threw the teacup on the small table, while looking at Dai Jingfeng, "I've been making you travel around for the past few months, thank you for your hard work."
Dai Jingfeng is the commander of Jinyiwei. In the past, he was Zhong Zhiheng's personal bodyguard. He was Zhong Zhiheng's confidant. It is naturally a big deal to get him to go out of Beijing in person to his confidants.
"Long Live Lord is too famous, and his subordinates absolutely dare not be it." Dai Jingfeng bowed in a hurry.
"Okay, stop sticking around, sit down and talk," Zhong Zhiheng raised his chin, pointed to the chair opposite, and asked Dai Jingfeng, "How about the things I told you to do?"
"I want to tell you, Lord Long Live, this time I have spent several months in southern Xinjiang before returning to Beijing. Naturally, I have gained a lot," Dai Jingfeng said hurriedly, with a slight smile on his face, "Lord Long Live I'm worried that the Empress Dowager has too much involvement with the Xu family, but according to my subordinates, Lord Long Live may be thinking too much."
"Oh? Why do you think so?" Zhong Zhiheng raised his eyebrows, and leaned on the soft pillow.
"Long live Lord Mingjian, since the news of the abolition of the crown prince spread to the southern border, Xu Chengjin, the great general of Zhennan, was furious. Within two months of the incident, Xu Chengjin sent eleven letters to the queen mother, and his subordinates intercepted three of them. It was Xu Chengjin who was dissatisfied and complained to the queen mother. He wrote clearly in the letter that he complained that the queen mother did not plead for the abolished prince, did not protect the abolished prince, and that the abolished prince fell into such a situation. The sharp words clearly did not treat the queen mother as an aunt Put it in your eyes," Dai Jingfeng said, paused and then said, "And this subordinate also thought of a detail. This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, Xu Chengjin is the same as in previous years. He sent people to the capital to give gifts, including gifts to the Palace of Compassion , It’s still a car, and it looks like it’s not much different from previous years, but the gifts in the box definitely can’t be compared with previous years, it’s just one out of ten of previous years.”
"It seems that he really got angry. The queen mother has always loved this nephew the most, and I must be afraid that her heart will be chilled at this time." Zhong Zhiheng pursed his lips mockingly, "But we can't blame Xu Chengjin for his temper. The famous family, in his generation, has already shown signs of fatigue, and now that the crown prince is abolished, the most unlucky ones will naturally be their Xu family."
What Zhong Zhiheng said is true, why is the Xu family so prominent? It is nothing more than the fact that all the empresses of the Great Zhou Dynasty were surnamed Xu, and the emperors of all dynasties were all from the Xu family. Now the prince of the East Palace, who has the flesh and blood of the Xu family, has fallen like this. The impact on the Xu family is undoubtedly fatal. , it's no wonder Xu Chengjin has such a temper.
"What Long Live Lord said is true. The subordinates feel that in the future, the relationship between the Empress Dowager and Xu Chengjin's aunt and nephew may be difficult to restore." Dai Jingfeng said.