Chapter 137 The Prince is Missing
Zhu Cilang accepted Tang Ruowang's kneeling bow with peace of mind. He nodded faintly: "Get up, Lord Tang, I will transfer you to the Military Equipment Bureau soon. I will specialize in gunpowder equipment, so I will allow you to walk on Zhong Cuigong. If you have any questions you don't understand, please ask me at any time."
He was transferred to the Military Weapon Bureau. To be honest, Zhu Cixuan did not have this right. This matter needs to be asked for advice from Chongzhen. However, he believed that his father had no reason to refuse this proposal. After all, the Red Barbarian Cannon was built with the assistance of this person.
Back then, the Red Cannon was a magic weapon to defeat Jiannu. If Johnson Chan was transferred to the Military Weapon Bureau and concentrate on studying weapons, so that the Ming soldiers could have magic weapons, then what was the point of Jiannu? What was the point of rebel?
Walking in Zhongcui Palace, this is a great favor. In other words, Joshua Chan can go directly to Zhongcui Palace to meet Zhu Cixuan without asking for instructions. For a minister, he will not receive this honor unless he has great trust.
Johnson Chan was grateful in his heart: "Sir, thank you for your appreciation from the Crown Prince."
Zhu Ciying thought this matter would be very simple, but unexpectedly, a huge storm caused for the court's reuse of Chau Wang.
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"What! The prince did not return to the palace all night last night, did he send someone to find him?" In Qianning Palace, Queen Zhou asked in shock.
"This, when it comes to the Queen, it seems that she has not returned yet." A little eunuch from the East Palace replied carefully.
Early in the morning, Queen Zhou was thinking about her son and ordered someone to send some snacks to Zhongcui Palace. Who knew that when the palace maid went to see it, the Zhongcui Palace maid was in a panic. After asking, she realized that the prince had not returned overnight. The palace maid was shocked and hurried to report.
Queen Zhou was furious: "Why don't you report it early!"
The little eunuch was so scared that his legs became weak. He knelt on the ground, and kowtowed: "Greetings, Queen Motherings, Queen Motherings."
It is not a good job in the palace these days. There are many strange emperors in the Ming Dynasty. When Emperor Jiajing changed his Renyin Palace, a group of palace maids almost killed Emperor Jiajing, because Jiajing destroyed the palace maids and beat and scolded the palace maids.
In order to seek longevity, they worked hard to refine the immortal pill, and recruited a large number of teenage palace maids to replenish their virgin menstrual blood and refine pills. In order to keep the palace maids clean, they were not allowed to eat during menstruation, so they could only eat mulberry leaves and drink some dew. Emperor Jiajing was suspicious of being violent and moody, and whipping the palace maids was commonplace. The palace maids finally couldn't bear it anymore, and in the 21st year of Jiajing, they launched the "Renyin Palace Transformation".
That palace change almost cost Emperor Jiajing his life.
Not to mention the Hongwan case, the case of moving the palace, and the case of attack. There are countless palace people who were implicated for this. The crown prince did not return such a big deal overnight. If the palace was exposed, no one of the palace people in the East Palace would have a good ending.
For example, this little eunuch Sanxi served in the Eastern Palace. The crown prince just took Sun Wangcai out of the palace and did not explain where to go when he would return. He was the crown prince, so he would not have to report his whereabouts to you, the eunuch.
Besides, which palace maid had a bold question after eating Xiong Xin and Leopard, she asked: Where is Your Highness going?
I was afraid that Zhu Cilang would go out for a stick when he was beaten with a fork.
But when the prince left the palace privately and was reluctant to return, the people in the Eastern Palace were frightened and flew out of the sky. Although they knew that the prince had not returned all night, no one dared to report it.
Why, I am afraid that you will be charged with dereliction of duty if you report it. You are from the Eastern Palace, why don’t you be optimistic about the prince? Come on, drag it out and beat it to death with sticks.
There is no reason to talk to the royal family. Therefore, Zhu Cilang did not return all night and no one dared to come to Ganning Palace to report to the Queen Zhou. The only thing they hoped was that the crown prince could return to the palace before being discovered by everyone, so that such a big event would be eliminated and invisible.
But everyone was frightened and waited until dawn, and the little prince had not returned to the palace. The palace people in the East Palace were panicked, and happened to be the palace maids of Ganning Palace to deliver pastries. After a moment of inquiring about the palace people in the East Palace, they were completely panicked and had to tell the truth.
This is an extremely serious matter, and the prince is missing. To put it seriously, it is not an exaggeration to say that all the palace ladies in the Eastern Palace were executed.
Of course, except for one person, who farmed in Cining Palace, he was in disguise and broke off the relationship. As for other people, he was not so lucky.
Therefore, Sanxi was so scared that she trembled all over. Several palace people from the Eastern Palace kneeling behind her were also sifted. This was the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty had strict palace rules and extremely severe punishments.
Princess Kunxing Zhu Mai was leaning against Queen Zhou. Only she gently pulled Queen Zhou's sleeve with a look of unbearable expression and screamed: "My mother."
After all, Empress Zhou was also a kind-hearted person. She sighed. Even if she wanted to forgive these palace ladies, the disappearance of the prince was spread to the previous dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen would definitely not forgive them, and these palace ladies were still unavoidable to be executed.
Such a big thing must not be hidden, and Empress Zhou is extremely worried about Zhu Cilang's safety. This child has always been honest and obedient, but he has become a little manic in the past few months.
But according to Zhu Cilang's temperament, it is absolutely true that he will never return overnight. Even if there is something important, he will not be able to not return to the palace all night. Unless... Queen Zhou's heart trembled and she dared not think about it any more.
There were too many strange cases in the palace of the Ming Dynasty. From the fact that Emperor Jiajing was almost strangled to death by the palace maids, to the fourth day of the fifth month of the 43rd year of Wanli, Zhang Cha, a crazy man, broke into the prince's uterus and beat the prince Zhu Changluo with a stick, alarming the court. The prince's dispute caused trouble, whether it was revenge or frame-up, it was confusing. In the end, Zhang Cha's death, and the mystery of the attack was settled in a confused manner.
In July of the 48th year of Wanli, Zhu Changluo ascended the throne. In order to protect himself and please the new emperor, Concubine Zheng selected 8 beautiful girls from the maids who could play and sing and presented them to Emperor Taichang. After Emperor Taichang, who was greedy and wine, took 8 weak bodies and decided to take red pills. He took one pill for the first time, and his limbs were warm, so he thought about eating and drinking, and then he died in the early morning of the next day. This medicine is red and called "red pills".
An emperor died after taking a red pill. He was terrified to think about it carefully.
There is also the favorite concubine Li Xuanshi who took care of the emperor's eldest son Zhu Youxiao and moved to the Ganqing Palace. Less than a month later, Zhu Changluo died in the Hongwan case. Li and the eunuch Wei Zhongxian conspired to live in the Ganqing Palace, trying to take the emperor's eldest son to respect himself. Yang Lian, the censor Zuo Guangdou and others, in order to prevent him from interfering in the court, forced Li Xuanshi to move to the Renshou Palace's Li Luan Palace. Li Xuanshi was helpless and hurriedly left the Ganqing Palace and moved to the Renshou Palace in the Renshou Palace.
Li Xuanshi, who was moved to the palace, had the ambition to rule the country from behind the curtain. Later generations also speculated that the reason why she stayed in the Qing Dynasty was to "inviting the title of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager to deal with political affairs together" with Concubine Zheng. If her purpose was achieved, perhaps the Ming Dynasty would have to first produce a "Empress Dowager Cixi".
These three famous mystery cases in the history of the Ming Dynasty almost ruined the Ming Dynasty. Now that the prince is inexplicably missing, how can Queen Zhou not be anxious?
Chapter completed!