Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 11 Prince Yu collapses and Feng Bao leaves the palace!
The front hall of Prince Yu's Mansion was now silent.

Prince Yu Zhu Zaihou, Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun stood nervously in front of the bedroom door and stared at the door of the front hall.

Finally, Jinyiwei Commander-in-Chief Lu Bing came in from the front hall gate.

"Your Highness." Lu Bingxian bowed to Prince Yu.

Prince Yu immediately smiled: "Uncle Lu is here in person."

Different from the formal address that Lu Bing used when meeting the king, Prince Yu used the same address as ordinary people would use when meeting their uncles at home, revealing a sense of closeness.

Compared to his elusive father, Lu Bing, the emperor's half-brother, is a more competent uncle.

The Embroidered Uniform Guards have helped Prince Yu's Mansion a lot, and Prince Yu has been grateful over the years.

Lu Bing did not dare to respond to Prince Yu's words, and turned to look at Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng and bowed again: "Lord Xu, Lord Zhang."

Master Xu and Zhang looked at Lu Bing with doubt and nodded.

Judging from the posture of the Jinyiwei, it doesn't seem like they are coming for Prince Yu's Mansion, but more like they are coming for them, the master and the disciple.

Lu Bing's next words also confirmed the two's guesses. He smiled and said, "These days, there are evil people from the White Lotus Sect in the capital who have been slandering the court and plotting rebellion under the pretext of astronomical phenomena and Zhou Yunyi's affairs. The emperor is worried about the safety of Elder Xu and Elder Zhang, so he sent the Jinyiwei to protect them."

After all, Lu Bing is the commander-in-chief, and what he says is many levels higher than that of Zhu Qi, one of the Thirteen Guardians.

The White Lotus Sect, conspiracy to rebel, and protecting the elders.

It's all from the perspective of the court and the cabinet ministers, and no one can find any fault with it.

"Commander Lu, there's no need to do this. I have guards." Xu Jie said indifferently.

As the Deputy Minister of the Cabinet and the Patriarch of the Xu family in Songjiang Prefecture, he has never lacked ceremonial guards and bodyguards.

They are all carefully selected strong warriors, and are no worse than the Jinyiwei Tiqi.

"Of course." Lu Bing said firmly.

The smile on his face remained, but the implication that he could not afford to disobey made Xu Jie's face change. This was not guarding, this was clearly surveillance.

A means to force the Xu family of Songjiang Prefecture and the Zhang family of Jiangling to quickly pay the money.

How could a minister of the state endure such a great humiliation?

At this time, Xu Jie actually looked at Prince Yu, hoping that the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty who had just given birth to a prince could say a few words.

"Uncle Lu, can you allow Master Xu and Master Zhang to finish their Yuanxiao before leaving?"

Prince Yu took over the conversation and said with embarrassment: "This is the will of the emperor father."

Xu Jie's heart suddenly sank.

This is like the last meal before beheading. What difference does it make whether you eat it or not?

Prince Yu could only pretend not to notice his master's disappointed look.

The emperor is such a arbitrary person. The cabinet knows him better than his son. How could they openly go against his will?
He is not the prince yet!
There is still a King Jing in the vassal state in the Ming Dynasty.

Even though a crown prince was born, weren't there many royal descendants who died before reaching adulthood?

Who can guarantee that the prince will grow up healthy?

What is more dangerous than the Imperial Palace is the East Palace, what is more difficult to be than the Emperor is the Crown Prince, and what is more difficult than being the Crown Prince is being the Emperor's son.

When he looked up, he could see the clouds. The throne was within reach, and the sword of death was hanging over his neck. Before he sat on the throne, every step was on thin ice.

"Yes, sir!" Lu Bing replied.

"On the Lantern Festival...On the Lantern Festival..."

Prince Yu's voice was a little hoarse, and his sobs could not be concealed in the hoarseness. "Bring another jar of wine."

Now, I just want to get drunk.

The court was changing rapidly, and Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng had difficulty adapting to it, so they could only accompany the prince to get drunk. However, the master and his apprentice, as well as Gao Gong, who left earlier, completely forgot that they were here to congratulate the prince on his birthday.

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Lu Fang sent the four eunuchs in charge of writing to their respective private residences to move the silver for buying their lives.

Room for the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

The fire in Dayun's copper basin was burning vigorously.

Feng Bao, who had been frozen and unconscious, woke up. The first thing he saw was Lu Fang, who was guarding the kang. Despite his weakness, he climbed up the kang tremblingly and cried out in a sobbing voice, "Godfather..."

"You feel wronged now?" Lu Fang said sternly, "Look at your cleverness. In order to climb up the ladder in a hurry, you killed Zhou Yunyi on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, and today you are rushing to report the auspicious sign. I don't care about you, but which of the 100,000 eunuchs in the inner court doesn't hate you?

There is also Prince Yu, and Lord Xu, Lord Gao, and Lord Zhang. Which one of them can spare you?
It would be fine if you had a good ending in Yuxi Palace, but these people only dare to hate you in their hearts, and will counterattack you when you lose power.

But not only did you not end up well, you were also criticized by the Emperor. Once your little thoughts started, you spread nine lies and one lie in the Imperial Household Department, which almost put me and the Imperial Household Department to death.

This is because Chen Hong and his men are so worried about the money that they don't have time to think about anything else. Otherwise, even if Chen Hong beats you to death, I would have nothing to say."

According to the rules of the inner court, the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang were both under the supervision of the chief eunuch of the Silijian. Feng Bao, the eunuch in charge of the Dongchang, should call Chen Hong his godfather and Lu Fang his godgrandfather.

At the beginning, he saw that Feng Bao was smart, so he asked Feng Bao to be his godfather. Feng Bao then called Chen Hong "senior brother".

Ever since Feng Bao became the commander-in-chief of the East Factory and relying on his godfather, he no longer cared about Chen Hong, his nominal superior. The East Factory was completely out of the power of the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department.

Chen Hong had hated Feng Bao to the core, and was just waiting for an opportunity to give Feng Bao a good beating.

However, Feng Bao deliberately misinterpreted the emperor's intention and misled the eunuchs in the Imperial Household Department in front of the duty room, which was disloyal to the emperor.

Eunuchs have no roots and can be unfaithful to anyone, but they cannot be unfaithful to the emperor. This is the most basic rule of the inner court.

In order to make the emperor forget Feng Bao, and to make the four eunuchs in charge of writing forget Feng Bao, Lu Fang did not hesitate to stir up the entire Ming Dynasty.

Feng Baoyi repeatedly replied: "I know I was wrong, and I will correct it in the future."

Lu Fang sighed and said, "Don't wait any longer. First, take out the money you embezzled in the past, and then go to Chaotian Temple."

Feng Bao was stunned.

He may not care about the money, but he just can't leave the palace to go to Chaotian Temple.

Among eunuchs, the highest-ranking one was the emperor's great companion, followed by the great companion of a prince who had the potential to succeed the royal family, and then the great companion of an ordinary prince.

In short, you have to stay around the throne.

Going to Chaotian Temple, does it mean you are going to become a Taoist priest?

Being away from the throne was more painful for Feng Bao, who was pursuing power, than killing him.

Feng Bao came to his senses, rolled off the kang, knelt on the ground, hugged Lu Fang's legs, and cried, "Godfather! Godfather! No! I can't go! If I go there, I won't be able to come back. I would rather die than go to Chaotian Temple!"

"Get up!" Lu Fang was furious. "You can't stay in the palace any longer. If you don't want to go to Chaotian Temple, where else can you go?"

"Prince Yu's Mansion!"

Feng Bao suddenly thought of something, like grabbing a straw when drowning, "Yes, godfather! Prince Yu, the emperor's grandson is born. He will be the emperor of our Ming Dynasty. Godfather, I want to go to Prince Yu's mansion and be the emperor's grandson's companion..."

It is better to fall into the hands of Prince Yu and Qingliu than to be accompanied by green lamps and ancient scrolls day and night in the future.

"The emperor has succeeded in his cultivation, but Prince Yu's health is getting worse day by day. Looking at the fate of our Ming Dynasty, it's still unknown who will inherit the throne. Do you want to die so much?" Lu Fang said helplessly.

"Godfather, you taught me that I must risk my life in order to survive. I would rather die in Prince Yu's Mansion than live in Chaotian Temple." Feng Bao's voice was trembling, but he was particularly firm.

"Forget it! Forget it! If you want to go, just go." Lu Fang left.

Feng Bao looked at his godfather's back, knelt on the ground and burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)