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

Chapter 21 Children in the Palace
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Zhu Houxuan's body stiffened for a moment, and he looked at his second uncle suddenly, with countless thoughts flashing through his mind.
"Nephew! Nephew! Why are you suddenly in a daze?" The second uncle also noticed Zhu Houxuan's strange behavior.

"Oh, it's okay!" Zhu Houxuan came back to his senses and decided to test it out first, so he smiled and said, "Uncles, let's not stand here and talk, why don't we find a place to eat hot pot and sing songs, and then talk about this matter."

"Ah? Eating hotpot? Why eat hotpot so early in the morning?" The second uncle looked at Zhu Houxun in confusion, "And singing? Actually, I prefer singing opera."

Zhu Houxuan stared at his second uncle's expression, but found nothing unusual. Then he suddenly said, "Let the bullets fly for a while."

Zhu Houxun's words made his eldest uncle and second uncle look at each other in bewilderment.

"Nephew! What are you talking about? Are you having some kind of hysteria?" said my second uncle in a panic.

My uncle also looked at Zhu Houxun in surprise.

Zhu Houxuan felt a little relieved when he saw that the two men's expressions did not seem fake. He almost thought that his second uncle was also a time traveler, but now it seemed that he was just simply greedy.

But he couldn't figure out whether he was happy or disappointed at the moment.

"The flying shuttle loom has already been decided in front of my mother. It's useless for my two uncles to come to me to talk about this matter. I still need my mother's approval."

When Concubine Liu was mentioned, the eldest and second uncles wilted. It was obvious that they were quite afraid of their sister.

"It's such a pity to lose such a good deal!" lamented my uncle.

My second uncle also had a sad expression on his face.

Looking at the performance of his two uncles, a new idea suddenly popped up in Zhu Houxuan's mind.

"Uncles, I actually have a good deal here. I wonder if you are interested?"

"What business? Tell me quickly!" The eldest and second uncles suddenly became excited.

"The product hasn't been made yet. My two uncles will know when it is made in two days." Zhu Houxuan said with a smile.

After being comforted by Zhu Houxuan, the eldest and second uncles left half-believingly and half-doubtingly, and agreed to come back to discuss the matter two days later.

Looking at the departing figures of his two uncles, Zhu Houxuan let out a long sigh.

Today he gave the two uncles a chance just to test their quality, even though they seemed unreliable at all.

Moreover, the two uncles are the white gloves of the Prince of Jing's Mansion, managing the industries outside the mansion. In Zhu Houxuan's plan, controlling the industries outside the mansion is a very important part. If these two uncles are not useful, they will always be pulled down from this position, but pulling them down also requires a reason, so they must be given the opportunity to make mistakes.

His biggest problem right now is not money, but having no one to use.

After all, he had just inherited the title of prince for two months and was not very old. The major affairs of the palace were still decided by the concubine. Although many people in the palace were secretly trying to please him, none of them were completely on his side.

Moreover, the prince cannot make decisions on everything in the palace like the emperor. The system of officials in the palace means that the prince does not have the power to decide on many things. This allows many people who do not support the prince to live well.

The feudal restrictions also caused the quality of the personnel in the palace to deteriorate continuously. After all, people with ability and ambition would not choose to be "jailers" in the palace.

Zhu Houxuan recently talked to a few people who had turned to him and found that there were not many people who could be used. If his plan was to be implemented, he would need a large number of talents to serve him.

Therefore, the most urgent task is to build his own team, but he has no idea about this at the moment.

"Your Highness, what are we going to do next?" Hou Sen came up at some point and said softly.

Zhu Houxun was awakened from his thoughts. Seeing that it was still early, he decided to go for a run to exercise his body. After all, the body was the capital of revolution, so he randomly found a direction and started jogging.

Hou Sen followed with his followers.
He didn't know how many corners he had turned, but Zhu Houxun suddenly saw a group of ragged children walking towards him from a distance. They were led in one direction by several eunuchs, followed by several palace guards.

These ragged children formed a sharp contrast with the magnificent Prince Jing's Mansion.

Zhu Houxuan couldn't help but stop and looked at the group of people in confusion.

Hou Sen also caught up with his followers.

"Hou Sen, who are those people? Do you know them?" Zhu Houxuan asked, pointing at the eunuchs.

Hou Sen came closer to observe carefully, and said hesitantly: "The leader seems to be Yu Liu from the Flattery Department."

"Chengfengsi? Yu Liu?" Zhu Houxuan raised his eyebrows and strode towards them.
Yu Liu also saw Zhu Houxuan and his group early on, and stood there as if he had been electrocuted.

The eunuchs following behind him also saw Zhu Houxuan and whispered, "Sixth brother, it seems that the young prince is in front! Oh, isn't that Hou Sen following behind? It really is the young prince! Why would the nobles come to such a remote place!"

Yu Liu ignored the followers behind him. After recovering from his shock, he knelt on the ground with a plop and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me! Your Majesty, please forgive me! I deserve to die! I deserve to die!"

The followers behind him also knelt down, and the group of children huddled together like a group of quails, their dirty little faces filled with fear. They looked timidly at Zhu Houxuan and his group who were dressed in neat clothes. Some of them knelt down, while others stood there stupidly, at a loss as to what to do.

Zhu Houxuan ignored Yu Liu and stared at the group of children. These children were all around 10 years old. Although they were dressed in rags, they did not seem to have any major health problems. Then he began to count the number of these children in his mind.

Eighteen!
He finished counting quickly.

Yu Liu, who had been kowtowing continuously, became even more frightened when he saw that Zhu Houxuan did not speak. He stood up, knelt down and took a few steps forward, "Please spare my life, my lord. I will never dare to do it again!"

However, Zhu Houxuan still did not react, because his heart was filled with joy and he was just dozing off when someone came to bring him a pillow.

Zhu Houxuan's behavior frightened Yu Liu even more. He wanted to make amends, so he cried to the followers behind him: "Hurry up and drive them out of the house. Don't let them stay here and offend the prince."

Yu Liu's followers quickly stood up and tried to drive the group of children away. The children were already at a loss in such an unfamiliar environment, and with them driving them away, the scene suddenly became chaotic and the children ran around in panic.

The more chaotic the situation became, the more anxious Yu Liu and his followers became, and the more anxious they became, the more chaotic the situation became.
"Silence!" Zhu Houxun was annoyed by the chaotic scene and shouted loudly.

Then his entourage and the surrounding palace guards rushed forward to control the situation.

After the situation was under control, Zhu Houxuan asked Hou Sen in confusion: "He kept asking me to forgive him. What mistake did he make?"

(End of this chapter)