I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 109 Confused Queen Mother Zhang
Renshou Palace.

Empress Dowager Zhang walked back and forth anxiously with a gloomy face.

Two imperial doctors slowly walked out from the inner room.

Empress Dowager Zhang asked quickly, "How are my two younger brothers?"

The two doctors said respectfully and carefully, "Marquis Shouning has two broken ribs, but fortunately his internal organs are not injured. He has been bruised in many places."

"Marquis Jianchang's nose was broken, two teeth were knocked out, his right arm was broken, and his body was bruised in many places."

"Rebellion! Rebellion! It's totally lawless! They beat the two uncles-in-law like this in broad daylight!" Empress Dowager Zhang was so angry that she was shaking all over and smashed several teacups on the table. The miserable plight of her two brothers made her extremely heartbroken.

"You must use the best medicine to cure my two brothers, otherwise I will hold you accountable! Do you understand?" Empress Dowager Zhang stared at the two doctors with murderous eyes.

The imperial physician nodded quickly: "The injuries of the two marquises have been treated, they just need to rest for a hundred days to recover."

"A hundred days?" Empress Dowager Zhang said dissatisfiedly.

"A hundred days is the minimum. If it's shorter, it will easily leave sequelae, and you can't do strenuous exercise during this period." The imperial physician explained hastily.

Empress Dowager Zhang had no choice but to accept this explanation. She then asked the palace maids in a somewhat irritable manner, "Hasn't the King of Jing been caught yet? Why is it so slow?"

The palace maids were so frightened that they dared not speak a word.

At this time, a eunuch came back with a sad face, knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "Empress Dowager, Liu Jin, the eunuch, asked me to find Zhang Xiong. When I got to the East Factory, Zhang Xiong said that without the order of Your Majesty, the East Factory would never dare to arrest anyone without authorization."

"Good, very good! You are worthy of being my good son!" Empress Dowager Zhang was so angry that she was shaking all over. The late emperor hadn't been dead for a few years, and now she couldn't even call on the East Factory.
Before, as long as she passed on a word, people from the East Factory, West Factory and Jinyiwei would quickly get what she said done. But now they dare to shirk their responsibilities like this.

The eunuch prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to answer.

Empress Dowager Zhang was so angry that she no longer cared about the political impact. She immediately waved her sleeves and ordered: "Order Jinyiwei Zhang Yue, Zhang Qi, Zhang Lun, Zhang Chun, and Zhang Ke to arrest them immediately!"

The eunuch trembled and quietly took the order and left.

These were all Empress Dowager Zhang's maternal family members. Zhang Yue was her uncle, Zhang Lun was her cousin, Zhang Chun was her sworn brother, and Zhang Ke was her sworn brother. She also had an uncle who was a captain of the Imperial Guard, but he had passed away. She also had an uncle who was a juren, and served as the right vice minister of the Ministry of Rites, but he had also passed away.

The Zhang family's Jinyiwei thousand and hundred households were completely confused when they received the Queen Mother's decree. They were indeed military officers of the Jinyiwei, but they were all paid for nothing and did not even have a single soldier under their command!
But he had to obey the Queen Mother's order, otherwise he would lose the job.

These members of the Zhang family gathered together their able-bodied men and slaves, and also temporarily called up some ruffians, a total of more than a hundred people, and they marched towards the palaces of the kings in a mighty procession, armed with knives, guns, sticks and clubs.

Some soldiers patrolling the city wanted to stop the group of people, but they were driven away by Empress Dowager Zhang's family members who brought her imperial edict.

The soldiers patrolling the city did not dare to stop them and could only desperately report it.

And countless people followed to watch the fun.

The Zhang family's team soon arrived at the Kings' Pavilion. As things had already gotten out of hand, they could no longer care about anything else.

The matter had already become so serious that if there were no more results, there would be no way to explain to Empress Dowager Zhang. The guards of the Princes' Halls were not afraid to let this team in, but the Empress Dowager Zhang's imperial edict held by the Zhang family gave the leader of the guards a headache.

This imperial edict is very real. It was indeed very useful a few years ago, but now he is not sure whether this imperial edict is still useful.

So he looked at the imperial edict over and over again, stalling for time.
The Zhang family knew they couldn't delay too long and had to break in. The two sides started pushing and shoving each other, and someone hit the guard leader on the head with a stick. The guard leader was overjoyed and fell to the ground pretending to be unconscious.
As soon as the leader of the guards fell, the guards suddenly lost their backbone and were unexpectedly rushed into the Kings' Pavilion by the Zhang family.

Such a big commotion outside naturally could not be hidden from Zhu Houxun, and he had already made preparations.

By the time all the Zhang family members entered the Princes' Palace, the guards of the Jing Prince's Palace who were hiding outside had quietly closed the door and directly locked all the Zhang family members in the Princes' Palace.

Zhu Houxuan brought a ceremonial guard of more than 300 people to the capital, of whom more than 200 were men.

They had been summoned by Zhu Houxuan and had been on full alert for a long time. They attacked the Zhang family members who rushed into the princes' pavilions from the front and back with sticks in their hands.

The Zhang family’s team was no match for the opponent. They were a group of rabble and had no will to fight at all. They were scattered by the rush, but their retreat was cut off and they had nowhere to escape. They were beaten and cried for their parents, and were knocked to the ground one by one.

The people in Prince Jing's Mansion basically did not suffer any injuries.

Although the people outside could not see the scene inside, they cheered with great joy when they heard the screams of the Zhang family members.

Members of the Zhang family were tied up one by one, and their murder weapons were collected and piled up in a pile.

The Zhang family, led by the brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling, were arrogant and domineering during the Hongzhi reign, but became paper tigers during the Zhengde reign. Their reputation was so bad that no one dared to touch their beards, and they have been making trouble until now without encountering any tough opponents.

Even if Zhu Houxuan had not had conflicts with these two brothers, in history, the Zhang brothers would have been dealt with by Zhu Houzhao three years later.

From then on, the paper tiger nature of the King's Uncle was completely exposed. He was actually blackmailed for thousands of gold by a gangster in the capital. After he had spent all the money, he blackmailed again, saying that if he was not spent, he would report them for treason. In the end, it was the Jinyiwei who stepped in to kill the gangster.

Zhu Houxuan didn't expect that the Zhang family would actually dare to attack the Kings' Palace. When he asked Qin Ming to make preparations, he only thought that there was such a possibility, but the possibility was very small.

Zhu Houxuan looked at the imperial edict that he had snatched from the Zhang family with great seriousness. He was very angry in his heart. He was angry that Empress Dowager Zhang was so disregarding the overall situation. There were many ways to fight back and vent her anger, but she chose the stupidest one.

When the prince and the empress dowager had this conflict, the one who suffered the most was Zhu Houzhao, especially at this special time.

"Qin Ming!" Zhu Houxuan shouted.

"Your Majesty!"

"Take this imperial edict and give it to His Majesty, and tell him that someone attacked the palaces of the princes with a fake imperial edict from the empress dowager, and now all those people have been arrested!"

"Here!"

"Also send people to the Five Military Commandery, Shuntian Prefecture, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard to tell them to speak with one voice and insist on saying this! Do you understand?" Zhu Houxuan stared at Qin Ming closely.

"Yes! I will send the most capable person to do this!" Qin Ming said firmly.

Zhu Houxuan finally breathed a sigh of relief after doing all this. Empress Dowager Zhang was a source of worry to him, so he had to help his brother make amends!
(End of this chapter)