Chapter 1 The death of Hongzhi
Zhu Houzhao opened her eyes again and looked at the roof. It was still a wooden carved and gilded caisson, as if she was in a palace. She couldn't help but think: "Did I really travel through time?"
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Houzhao felt a severe headache, and then countless messages emerged from her mind like flowing water.
Is he the current crown prince Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty?
The current emperor is Zhu Youzing, the Emperor Hongzhi of the Ming Dynasty? He suddenly fainted because he heard the news of his father's death?
"Crown Prince, are you awake?"
At this time, Neihuan, who was white-faced and had no need to wear a tiled hat, asked in surprise, but the tears in his eyes could not stop flowing: "I'm worried that I'll die. If you have anything to do with me, the sky of my Ming Dynasty will collapse."
"Are you Liu Jin?"
Zhu Houzhao asked according to his memory.
Liu Jin nodded and replied, "I am Liu Jin, the prince, what's wrong with you? Even I can't recognize you. Could it be that I have lost my soul?"
"No, I'm just overly sad. My father passed away. I, I must go there. I have to see my father for the last time. I will take me to the Ganqing Palace."
Zhu Houzhao didn't expect that he could travel back to the Ming Dynasty to be reborn before his death. This was a very lucky thing for him, so he chose to accept his current identity, not to mention that he was still a prince and not a commoner. It was simply a good time travel identity.
Therefore, Zhu Houzhao quickly imposed himself into the identity of Prince Zhu Houzhao, and hurriedly ordered Liu Jin to take him to the Qing Palace.
Zhu Houzhao changed into plain mourning clothes under the service of the palace maids, and Liu Jin and eight close-fitting officials ran to the Ganqing Palace.
At this time, the Ganqing Palace was covered with dark clouds and cried. Even Liu Jin next to Zhu Houzhao wiped his tears: "Your Majesty is kind to others, has always been kind, and he is very sympathetic to us servants. Now he is leaving like this, which is really unexpected."
Zhu Hou took a look at Liu Jin, and he knew that Liu Jin was a powerful eunuch who later became powerful in the court and the country.
Through Liu Jin's performance now, compared with several other internal officials who did not react, Zhu Houzhao had to admit that Liu Jin was indeed much cunning and smart, and knew that the prince and his father had a deep relationship, so he acted sadder than himself first to gain his favor.
After all, as the prince's personal official, if you want to take charge of the inner court and become a eunuch, you can only wait for the emperor to die and ascend the throne. Therefore, Liu Jin should be happy.
Liu Jin will play, Zhu Houzhao will play. In order not to be seen as a time traveler, he has to be sad. After all, the emperor who has passed away is his father.
So, Zhu Houzhao also squeezed a few tears and choked and said, "What a good servant, stop crying, let's go and see your father quickly."
When the other seven internal officials saw that Zhu Houzhao praised Liu Jin, they began to shed tears.
Zhu Houzhao smiled secretly, thinking that the other seven internal officials were not simple, and they knew how to observe their expressions and expressions.
Zhu Houzhao knew that these seven internal officials and Liu Jin were called "Eight Tigers" in later generations and were denounced as the eunuchs who were later generations as the rioters of the court. Liu Jin was the one who was the worst criticized among them. But no matter what, they are still the confidants of the prince now, so Zhu Houzhao never thought about what to do to them.
When he entered the main hall of Ganqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao saw that the white curtain had been pierced with half old and new hall.
Emperor Hongzhi, the revival of the Ming Dynasty, disappeared like this!
Emperor Zhengde, that is, his career as an emperor, has officially begun.
certainly.
Zhu Houzhao knew that he could not show an excited look at the moment. After all, the prince's father had just passed away, so he had to be sad.
Emperor Hongzhi was frugal throughout his life. Even if the imperial palace was the imperial palace, it seemed a little dilapidated and unrenovated. There were not many palace maids in the hall, but most of them looked sad. Among them, the queen Zhang, who was kneeling on the right side of the coffin, had tears falling down like pearls, as if it could not stop.
"Mother Queen!"
As soon as Zhu Houzhao appeared, the queen hurriedly took Zhu Houzhao into her arms, hugging Zhu Houzhao tightly like a child protecting her. Her cold cheeks pressed against Zhu Houzhao's face and twitched violently.
Zhu Houzhao could only let the Queen Zhang hold her like this, thinking that perhaps it was because of Queen Zhang who saw her husband die, and now that her son has become the only support, he is so excited.
But because of this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but think of the tragic fate of Empress Zhang in history.
Queen Zhang was very happy in the first half of her life. She married the Ming Emperor, and the Ming Emperor loved her only for the rest of her life and never married a concubine. Her son was the crown prince since he was two years old. In ancient times, she was not unhappy with countless concubines in the palace who fought to the death.
But from now on, such a happy woman has to experience the tragic fate of losing her husband in middle age and losing her son in old age.
When Zhu Houzhao thought of Empress Zhang, he couldn't help but think of himself now, and that he died young when he was over. However, since he was a child, he remembered that many of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were short-lived ghosts who died abnormally, and the same seemed to be true for Emperor Zhengde, who died of lung disease after falling into the water.
It's the same way as the death of Emperor Apocalypse behind.
Although Emperor Taichang's way of death was to indulge in lust, it was a bit far-fetched to think about it.
Zhu Houzhao didn't know how stupid Emperor Taichang was to accept the woman sent by Concubine Zheng, and she would have sex with her life.
And from a physiological perspective, did Emperor Taichang not have a wise moment after having sex with a woman for the first time? Where is the hormone feedback regulation? When he was the prince, he never touched a woman. After he had to become the emperor, he was so hungry that he began to indulge in lust before the emperor was buried. Aren’t you afraid of being told by the ministers?
When Zhu Houzhao thought of this, he couldn't help but think of the current Emperor Hongzhi who also died young.
According to Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Hongzhi suddenly felt a wind-heat disease eight days ago, that is, heatstroke, but the imperial physician prescribed a hot medicine without examination. Moreover, Emperor Hongzhi, who knew medical principles, took the medicine without objection, and died suddenly eight days later.
Heat stroke is a possibility of death, but it is not a serious illness, and the possibility of death is very small. Moreover, Emperor Hongzhi was extremely healthy throughout his life, and did not indulge in lust or seek pleasure. Will he not even be able to withstand a cold after a heatstroke?
Zhu Houzhao didn't know how incompetent the imperial physicians in this era would cause a heatstroke emperor to die suddenly.
Therefore, Zhu Houzhao has reason to believe that Emperor Hongzhi may have been framed and died!
But although Zhu Houzhao is the crown prince, he lives in Duanmu Palace and does not participate in government affairs in the inner court. He has gone out of the cabinet six years ago and is quite lazy. He doesn't stay at home every day. I don't know the secrets here are understandable, and he is still young and cannot detect these things. However, eunuchs and ministers in the cabinet cannot not be unaware of them, right?
Chapter completed!