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

Chapter 53 Bite back

In the Qianqing Palace, it was getting dark. The Minister of Works Xu Guan and the craftsmen from the Ministry of Works were still accompanying Emperor Hongzhi, waiting for the arrival of the Zhang brothers.

Groups of eunuchs kept going to Zhang's house, but they couldn't find anyone. Emperor Hongzhi was getting impatient.

Finally, the sound of footsteps was heard outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Soon, two men who were beaten beyond recognition entered the hall. One of them had a lisp and two front teeth were missing.

It took Emperor Hongzhi a long time to identify that they were the two brothers of the Zhang family.

Emperor Hongzhi was furious. How could two good people be beaten into this state? Is there still law?
Who is so bold? If he can attack the royal family today, will he be able to attack the emperor himself tomorrow?

The most important thing is that these are the two younger brothers of his only inner palace queen! It's ok to beat up their queen sister, but how dare an outsider?

To be honest, even the Minister of Works Xu Guan couldn't stand it anymore. Although Xunri didn't get along with these two lazy guys, they shouldn't bully others like this, right?
Emperor Hongzhi asked coldly, "What's going on?"

Zhang Heling smiled slightly, but his smile was very ugly, but he still said: "Huang, Huang, sister, sister matter."

You can't even speak clearly, is that okay?

Zhang Yanling was better, and said, "Your Majesty, my elder brother meant that compared to Dai Gengjia, our beating is not a big deal."

"Let's finish the business first."

Hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi stood in awe, and even the Minister of Works beside him looked up to the two uncles-in-law.

What a righteousness this is!
Zhang Yanling continued to dictate in the hall, "...the triangular cross helps to maintain the stability of the frame. The three people cooperate and take turns to cooperate, thus improving production efficiency..."

The craftsmen from the Ministry of Works finally drew a complete tillage frame. When they saw the improved tillage frame, the Minister of Works Xu Guan and the craftsmen both gasped.

"What a masterpiece!"

“Such an improvement saves time and effort!”

"If applied to farming, it can replace oxen!"

Emperor Hongzhi excitedly stood up from the dragon throne and asked tremblingly: "Is it really so?"

Xu Guan nodded heavily: "Your Majesty, this is a powerful weapon for the country! The two uncles-in-law have made great contributions and have benefited the world!"

It’s worth it!
Zhang Heling almost cried. He had put in so much effort and suffered such a severe beating just for this sentence.

It's worth it.

I wonder if the emperor can reward me with tens of thousands of taels of silver this time... Zhang Heling fell into fantasy.

But soon he thought of something, then his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

They have to bite back first, otherwise when the emperor finds out that they have killed someone, he will take back the credit, and then wouldn’t all this beating be in vain?

Zhang Heling may not be good at other things, but he is very cunning.

When Zhang Yanling saw that his elder brother had fainted, he followed him, and the two brothers "fainted" together in the Yangxin Palace.

Just imagine, the two brothers were beaten like this, but they still did not forget to serve the country and put national affairs first. Who would not be moved?

If my sister hears this, what can’t be resolved?
It's just killing one person, it's not a big deal.

"Someone come quickly! Go call the imperial physician! Let the two uncles stay in the palace tonight! Let the imperial physician diagnose them carefully and carry them out quickly!"

Zhang Yanling's body moved slightly. How much does the emperor value these two brothers? He actually let them stay overnight in the palace!

Zhang Heling pinched Zhang Yanling hard, signaling him not to be too happy and reveal the truth.

However, the Hongzhi Emperor on the throne was very worried when he saw it: "Hurry up and carry him out! He is convulsing!"

If it was any later, someone would have died. How would he explain this to Empress Zhang?

In the harem, imperial doctors came one after another and continued to diagnose the Zhang brothers.

The crown prince Zhu Houzhao also came. Seeing his two uncles beaten beyond recognition, he felt a little sympathy. After all, they were his uncles.

It was almost midnight when the Zhang brothers pretended to wake up.

Emperor Hongzhi did not sleep all night and told Empress Zhang that her two younger brothers were beaten on the way to the palace when they wanted to go back to help with farming.

This made Empress Zhang even more distressed, and she cried and asked the emperor to dismember the villain and kill all his nine clans.

Emperor Hongzhi was really angry this time. Two great contributors to the country were beaten like this. No matter how right the other party was, he would not let them off easily.

When the Zhang brothers woke up and saw Empress Zhang for the first time, Zhang Heling burst into tears.

"Sister, am I dreaming? Am I still alive?"

"Oh my God, sister, my teeth were knocked out."

Empress Zhang calmed down her two younger brothers with a cold face, and snorted, "The Emperor is here. No matter who hits you today, no matter what the reason, he will die!"

"Sister will make the decision for you! Sister said so!"

Queen Zhang said domineeringly.

Zhang Heling said intermittently that they started thinking about the structure of the farming frame as soon as they returned home. There were some things they hadn't figured out yet, so they went out for a walk to see if they could figure them all out.

When they walked to Huaihua Hutong, they saw that a murder had occurred there. As two uncles-in-law of the emperor with a strong sense of justice, how could they not intervene?
Upon asking, I learned that the son of the Shuntian prefecture chancellor brought a few thugs to torture a sick man into confession.

The neighbors had already testified that the sick guy wasn't the one who committed the murder, but the other party insisted on convicting him just to close the case?

"Your Majesty, how can this be tolerated? This is contempt for the law! It's contempt for you!"

"We are royal relatives, so we must uphold the law of the land. So we went to prepare the argument."

"The other side was unreasonable. Those hooligans came up and punched me. I was careless at the time and I didn't dodge."

"They really have no moral principles. A group of people bullied the two of us."

"Fortunately, we brothers are not weak either. We brought weapons with us for self-defense, and then stabbed the other person to death..."

This is probably the case.

After hearing Zhang Heling's explanation, Empress Zhang gnashed her teeth and said, "How can this be possible!"

"Is this Shuntian prefect the chief of law? He can't find the murderer, so he handles the case like this for the sake of political achievements and to close the case early?"

"Your Majesty! Kill their entire clan!" Empress Zhang said angrily.

She didn't care at all when her brother said to kill the other person. That was the right thing to do. Just killing one person was already a bargain for the other person. Empress Zhang would only help her relatives and not the other party.

However, Emperor Hongzhi seemed to be in deep thought. He had some ideas that needed to be slowly pondered. However, the most urgent matter was that the two uncles of the Zhang family had killed someone, and he, as the emperor, needed to clean up the mess.

After all, they have made great contributions and are national heroes. Even if this matter is not like this, it should be like this!

He said to the two uncles of the Zhang family: "Have a good rest tonight, and I will handle it tomorrow."

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi was about to leave, Zhang Heling hurriedly said, "Your Majesty... our contribution..."

Emperor Hongzhi: “…”

"You won't be missing!"

He laughed angrily and didn't know what to say for a moment.

But no one noticed that the Crown Prince, who had been standing here earlier, quietly left the hall after hearing the words "Huaihua Hutong" and "Little Sick Ghost".

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