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

Chapter 283: Empress Zhang is furious

Kunning Palace.

"presumptuous!"

"court death!"

"Li Mengyang, this beast is bullying my Zhang family because they have no one here?!"

Hearing Li Mengyang's aggressiveness, Empress Zhang couldn't help but scold him, looking at the two crying brothers in front of her, "Useless things!"

"Why are you crying? I'm not dead yet, how can I let you get into trouble first?!"

The Zhang brothers sobbed, "Sister, you don't know, that bastard Li Mengyang, along with a group of so-called honest officials, is now kneeling outside the imperial city, begging the emperor to kill us."

"It's no use for the cabinet to persuade us!"

"It looks like they will come again tomorrow. If we keep kneeling, the Emperor might soften his heart..."

As he was talking, Emperor Hongzhi walked in with a bad look on his face. He snorted coldly and said, "If you don't do evil things, would Li Mengyang unite so many people to impeach you?!"

Emperor Hongzhi was upset, so after court was adjourned today he asked three cabinet ministers to calm the situation.

Li Dongyang is the leader of the Chaling School of Poetry and an advocate of the literary world. Even if he tried to persuade Li Mengyang with such a status, Li Mengyang would not give him face.

This Li Mengyang is really stubborn!
The key is that he is not afraid of death. If you, Emperor Hongzhi, really want to deal with him, you will really fulfill his good reputation.

Even if he is not dead yet, Li Mengyang's good name has spread throughout the Ming Dynasty after this incident.

What else is he not satisfied with? Why must he embarrass me? What good would it do him if the Zhang brothers died?
The two uncles of the Zhang family hurriedly said, "Your Majesty! We have made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty and won the great victory in the conquest of the southwest!"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the two guys coldly and sneered, "Haha, just you? The great heroes of the expedition to the southwest?"

Zhang brothers: "..."

Emperor Hongzhi covered his forehead with his hands. Since returning from the expedition to the southwest, these two guys have been lawless and finally angered the group of civil servants. Although there have been civil servants who impeached them before, none of them were as serious as this time.

Zhu Houzhao walked in with his hands behind his back. He had listened to what his father, mother, and uncle had just said.

"Haha, this is not difficult at all."

"Uncle, if you give me one thousand taels, I will help you settle the matter and make sure Li Mengyang doesn't dare to hold you captive anymore."

Zhang Yanling said excitedly: "Really?!"

It's only one thousand taels. If it can stop that bastard Li Mengyang from bothering me, it's worth it.

Zhang Heling was almost dumbfounded. This silly brother was really useless!
The emperor and the cabinet couldn't stop Li Mengyang, that stubborn guy. What means could the prince use to stop him? He just cheated you out of one thousand taels of silver!
Empress Zhang said angrily, "You little bastard! They are your uncle's relatives!"

"Is there any way to just say it and ask them for money?"

Emperor Hongzhi said unhappily, "What can he do? The three cabinet elders have gone over to try to mediate, but they still couldn't persuade Li Mengyang. People like this should be killed once and for all!"

Zhang Heling's eyes lit up, and he said hurriedly: "Your Majesty is wise! Kill him! Kill this bastard quickly!"

Emperor Hongzhi glared at him fiercely, and Zhang Heling calmed down instantly. "You don't dare to do this, so why are you bragging? You made me so excited just now, I thought you really wanted to kill Li Mengyang."

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "I can't do anything, but someone has a solution, it's just Li Mengyang."

"I said that it only takes one thousand taels, and my friend only needs to make a small move to calm the situation."

The Zhang brothers thought to themselves, who is your friend? Is he more powerful than the emperor or empress?
Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Zhu Houzhao suspiciously, as if he was thinking about something, and finally said to the Zhang brothers: "Your eldest nephew may not be incapable of this."

Karma?
The Emperor actually supports the Crown Prince? But didn't you just say that the Crown Prince had no way to conquer Li Mengyang?

Empress Zhang was also somewhat curious. Why was the emperor's attitude so inconsistent? And who was the friend that Houzhao mentioned? He must have made some shady friends outside again.

Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and said to the Zhang brothers, "Okay, go out and discuss a solution with the Crown Prince."

After Emperor Hongzhi drove away Zhu Houzhao and the Zhang brothers, Empress Zhang could no longer resist and asked Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, Houzhao is just a child. How can he be capable of..."

Emperor Hongzhi interrupted Empress Zhang and said, "That person doesn't have the ability, but his friend does."

Empress Zhang was astonished and asked, "Who is this friend he is talking about? How could he make Your Majesty look at him with new eyes?"

Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a while before saying, "A monster."

Ah? A demon? Who on earth deserves such an evaluation from the emperor?
……

The Zhang brothers followed Zhu Houzhao to the East Palace, and kept asking along the way: "Nephew, we are a family. You know that your two uncles live in poverty and have a hard life. This one thousand taels is not a small amount. You can't be so disloyal and even cheat your own uncles!"

Zhu Houzhao sneered and said, "My two uncles don't believe me, but you don't believe my father either?"

"My father has asked you to come to me to solve the problem. Giving me one thousand taels to buy peace, isn't that a good deal?"

One thousand taels is not a problem. The problem is, can you really stop Li Mengyang's dog-skin plaster from sticking to us?
Zhang Heling gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"

Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand and said, "Money? How can we do things without money?"

Zhang Heling said quickly: "Let's go back and get the money."

Zhu Houzhao said, "Wait for your news."

on the way back.

Zhang Yanling was a little skeptical and asked Zhang Heling, "Brother...is the prince reliable?"

Zhang Heling sighed, "I'm not sure either, but the emperor has said so. If we don't trust the prince, how can we not trust the emperor?"

Zhang Yanling shook his head and said, "I just don't believe it. The emperor himself can't solve the problem. Could it be that the friend the prince mentioned... the emperor has resurrected?"

Zhang Heling: “…”

He cried, because his second brother was so stupid that he cried.

"Yanling..."

Zhang Yanling hurriedly said, "Brother, I was wrong. Don't hit me anymore. Just take what you say. I will listen to you."

Zhang Heling nodded with relief and said, "Although you admitted your mistake, your stupid words just now still made me want to do it, so... Yanling, can I give you a beating to vent my anger?"

Zhang Yanling: “…”

After the Zhang brothers handed the money to Zhu Houzhao, Zhang Heling took Zhang Yanling and followed Zhu Houzhao all the way.

"Keep an eye on it. We want to see who the friend the prince is talking about is. Is he that powerful?"

The two followed Zhu Houzhao all the way until Zhu Houzhao arrived at Chen Ce's courtyard in Huaihua Hutong.

Zhang Heling scratched his head: "This place... seems familiar!"

Zhang Yanling's eyes widened and he said, "Brother! Isn't this the yard of Chen Ce?"

Zhang Heling suddenly realized, "Yes! That's where that kid lives!"

(End of this chapter)