Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 22 Only Children Tell the Truth
Children’s words are the most trustworthy!

The Zhang brothers swallowed their saliva, pulled Zhu Houzhao aside, and whispered in his ear: "Nephew, tell me more."

"You said the emperor wanted to kill us, why?"

Zhu Houzhao said innocently, "I don't know. Anyway, my father said during dinner that if it doesn't work, we can just kill them."

"Maybe he wants to kill Lord Changning, uncles, don't be nervous."

Is this a stressful or not issue?

You're not nervous even though you're about to kill someone? Who can stand this?
Zhang Heling swallowed and said, "Your Majesty, why do you want to kill us?"

Zhu Houzhao tilted his head, looked at his uncle, and said, "Didn't you beat up Lord Changning?"

"He brought such disgrace to the royal family, why don't you just kill him and keep him for the New Year?"

Zhang Heling: “…”

I rely on!

Is the emperor so heartless? He wants to kill people for a fight? Not really, right?

He gave an ugly smile and said, "Nonsense, the emperor must be joking."

Zhang Yanling had a wise expression on his face and said, "Brother, I don't think so. It's not impossible for the emperor to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys."

Zhang Heling: “…”

"What should I do?"

Zhu Houzhao said: "Father said you should go and apologize to the Earl of Changning."

This is true, Emperor Hongzhi said this.

"and then?"

Zhu Houzhao continued, "No one should take this land. Return it to the people. This way you won't suffer any loss, and you can beat up the Zhou family for nothing, which will make you look more powerful."

That’s the truth, that’s the truth!
The Zhang brothers nodded like chicks pecking at rice, and said with emotion: "The emperor is wise!"

Zhu Houzhao smiled secretly in his heart. He heard this from Chen Ce. If Chen Ce came to solve this matter personally, it would probably be better than what he did himself!
Well, I have to say, that sick guy does have something.

Empress Zhang couldn't help it any longer, and angrily said, "You two are already grown-ups, and you still listen to a kid's nonsense?!"

The Zhang brothers shouted, "Sister, you don't understand, you don't understand!"

"The prince is our closest uncle, and we are his uncles. How can he harm us?"

"Yes, sister, please don't make things more complicated."

Queen Zhang: “…”

This little bastard even scared his own uncle, and the key point is that these two idiots were really scared.

What kind of talents have come out of the Zhang family?

If the emperor is gone one day, can they live peacefully with their brains?
Empress Zhang covered her forehead with her hands, looking very worried.

Zhu Houzhao laughed and said, "Well, I've already told you about the seriousness of the matter. You uncles can handle it on your own."

"We are solving this problem internally now. If the emperor decides that we can't solve it one day, it will be hard to explain to both of you, and we will send you to the Dali Temple."

The Zhang brothers were shocked and said in horror: "Absolutely not!"

If it is sent to the Dali Temple, it will fall into the hands of those civil servants. Isn't it as easy to deal with them as to deal with a chicken?
That group of civil servants are really good-for-nothings. They don't care about their relatives. They haven't even targeted the royal family yet. If they were to do that, they would definitely kill them. And yet they still stand on the moral high ground!
We must not let them interfere in this matter!
The Zhang brothers hurriedly said, "Sister, let's stop talking. Let's go and solve the problem."

Empress Zhang hesitated to speak, and finally said nothing. She just glanced at Zhu Houzhao and asked, "Did your father ask you to say this?"

Even a fool can see that Zhu Houzhao didn’t have so many thoughts, so it must be Emperor Hongzhi.

Zhu Houzhao laughed and said, "Mother, I am wrong, absolutely wrong!" "I came up with this on my own. What do you think? Do you think my wisdom is far greater than yours?"

Empress Zhang sneered: "Haha."

……

In the evening, with the stars twinkling, Emperor Hongzhi began his night work in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

He also didn't know how to deal with the fight between the Zhang brothers and Zhou over a piece of land. It is difficult for an honest official to judge family affairs, and the same is true for the emperor.

It is almost impossible to treat everyone equally. No matter which family he deals with, the other family will feel resentful, so they might as well behave like an ostrich and ignore it.

But it's not so easy to smooth things over this time. Someone has to take the initiative to admit the mistake, but he can't say this.

Emperor Hongzhi suddenly thought of his son. His eyes lit up slightly. He thought it would be a good idea to let Zhu Houzhao speak up and persuade both parties.

I just don't know if that unruly boy can handle it well. He needs some good advice.

When Emperor Hongzhi thought of this, he said to the outside world: "Come here, go and call the prince."

As soon as he finished speaking, eunuchs from the Wanshou Palace came to the Yangxin Palace.

Wanshou Palace was the palace where Empress Dowager Zhou lived. Sending eunuchs here at this time was probably to support Changning Earl Zhou Yu.

The old lady had been taking care of Zhu Youtang when Concubine Wan was in power. Without Empress Dowager Zhou, Emperor Hongzhi might not have been able to ascend the throne smoothly. He has always been grateful and in awe of Empress Dowager Zhou.

Now that someone was coming from there, he, as the emperor, could no longer pretend to be dead, so he had to bite the bullet and let the eunuchs from the Wanshou Palace come to see him.

"This old servant pays respect to His Majesty."

Emperor Hongzhi hummed and said, "Does the Empress Dowager have anything to ask me?"

The old eunuch said respectfully, "The Empress Dowager said that she has received the emperor's kindness. The Zhang brothers went to apologize to them sincerely. They said that this land will be returned to the people and no one wants it. They asked the emperor not to worry about this matter."

Ok?
Emperor Hongzhi was stunned for a moment, then he said calmly, "Oh, I know. Tell the Empress Dowager that this matter has troubled her. I apologize on behalf of the Zhang family."

"According to the order."

After the old eunuch left, Emperor Hongzhi looked at Huai En with a puzzled expression, with questions in his eyes, and the meaning was very clear.

Why would the domineering brothers of the Zhang family take the initiative to apologize to Lord Changning?

This is not their style. Who did it?
Huai En didn't understand either, but he was deeply shocked. No matter who did it, it was enough to show that this person was not simple!
"Could it be the prince?"

Thick photo?

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head and said, "He is so young, how can he know how to resolve these disputes?"

"Go to Kunning Palace."

Emperor Hongzhi was so confused that the first person he thought of was his first wife, Empress Zhang.

But when they arrived at Kunning Palace, the couple stared at each other and said in unison: "It's not you?"

Empress Zhang said, "During dinner today, I heard Houzhao threatening my two brothers. I thought it was you, Your Majesty, who told him to do that, wasn't it?"

Emperor Hongzhi was surprised and said, "No! I am still thinking about this matter and was planning to ask Houzhao to help me solve it."

hiss!
Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath, as if he had figured something out, then he burst into laughter and said with great satisfaction: "Our son has grown up, he has really grown up!"

"Start to share my worries!"

"Since no one taught him, he must have solved it himself. Good, good, this method is very good and coincides with my idea!"

"You are worthy of being my son! A good father will have a good son!"

(End of this chapter)