Seeing that the cold wind began to blow outside again, Xiao Rushi hurriedly tiptoed to lower the bamboo curtain a little. At this time, Zhu Youxiao, who was reviewing the memorial, suddenly said:

"Xiao Rushi, put away the curtains and block my light."

"Why!"

Liu Rushi responded and had to climb onto the turtle and put away the bamboo curtains again, then ran to Zhu Youxiao, and pushed the stove to Zhu Youxiao's feet.

"Don't sway in front of me, stay by the side and read books honestly. I have to test the test tonight how did you learn these days?"

Zhu Youxiao dipped some ink, said Liu Rushi, and continued to review the important notes sent by the Xihunting Pavilion.

Liu Rushi had no choice but to hold his cheek and squat halfway beside the incense burner, waiting for His Majesty to tell him about strange and strange things from all over the world after his work was done.

Zhu Youxiao didn't have the time to care about what the little girl was thinking. Now the snow was falling sharply. All parts of the north had just experienced drought and encountered snow disasters. Countless livestock were frozen to death, countless crops were frozen, and the number of refugees began to increase again.

Although Sun Chengzong was in charge, he killed corrupt officials, begged for wasteland, and pacified refugees, causing chaos in the north, no one could guarantee that if the snow continued, the refugees from all over the country would rise up when the famine and cold were famined next year.

Although Zhu Youxiao said that if the people in the north rebelled within five years, Sun Chengzong would die, he did not really want such a result. It doesn’t matter whether Sun Chengzong died or not, but the rebellion of the people made him very worried.

For this reason, Zhu Youxiao had to distribute another 100,000 stone of grain and 500,000 taels of silver to Sun Chengzong.

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Just when Zhu Youxiao was worried, Queen Zhang Yan walked in and saw that Xiao Rushi was about to get up and salute, so she hurriedly made a booing gesture. Then, Queen Zhang walked up quietly, and a pair of tender horns pressed on Zhu Youxiao's temple and gently rubbed it.

Zhu Youxiao knew that it was his queen, so he smiled knowingly, so he simply squinted his eyes and let her massage.

"Your Majesty should relax and work hard in the state. Now that the year is approaching, the people's homes can still be idle for a few days. Why can't you rest for a while? There are all officials who will assist in the affairs of the government."

Queen Zhang was massaging Zhu Youxiao while saying some gossip.

"Come on, I want to sleep well for a few days until the sun is noon, but these officials are more energetic than monkeys. As soon as I said I would shorten my ten-day leave, they were like my mother who died. They were not sick and had to go home to recuperate, but my father was sick and had to serve medicine. Even that boy Li Mingrui asked me for leave a month ago. As a result, there was a heavy snowfall last night and a natural disaster occurred. The memorials of these local officials flew into my Forbidden City like snowflakes, but they could not be neglected.

Zhu Youxiao said that, and asked Empress Zhang to arrange lunch here directly. Judging from this, Zhu Youxiao planned to sacrifice his time to eat and create a human in the afternoon.

Zhang Yan naturally understood the difficulties of her husband as a king of a country. She was cautious in adhering to the ancestral teaching of not interfering in politics in the harem, and did not say much, but instead polished the ink for Zhu Youxiao.

While stunned, Liu Rushi saw that the queen had snatched her job, so he simply ran out of the hall gate and slid into the snow outside the hall. Although his little face was red from the cold, he was very happy.

However, she accidentally bumped into Wang Chengen who was coming. Wang Chengen knew that his Majesty liked this little maid very much and did not dare to put a shelf in front of Liu Rushi. He hurriedly grabbed Liu Rushi's arm and said, "Oh, my little ancestor, be careful. This snowy day is not a place to play, so it's better to go into the house."

Wang Chengen said that and walked into the hall. When Zhu Youxiao saw him come in, he also put down his pen and asked him what he had to come to report.

"According to the spies from the East Factory, His Highness Xin has been very manic recently. His concubines were beaten by him from time to time, and even Princess Zhou was beaten all over by him." Wang Chengen only reported Zhu Youjian's whereabouts on a routine basis, and it was nothing big.

However, after hearing this, the queen Zhang Yan was a little interested and asked: "Oh, what happened that the emperor's brother beat the emperor's sister and other concubines at any time?"

When Wang Chengen saw the queen asking, he glanced at Zhu Youxiao. Because the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, he didn't know whether he should answer.

Queen Zhang Yan also regretted her words and looked at Zhu Youxiao, afraid that Zhu Youxiao would have a rift against her because of this.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Youxiao just smiled and raised his hand: "It's not a problem. King Xin is my younger brother. His affairs are naturally family affairs, and the queen is the eldest sister-in-law, so you can naturally ask."

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao was so considerate of herself, Zhang Yan felt warm in her heart and couldn't help but smile like a flower on her face.

Wang Chengen, who was on the side, replied without any worries: "According to the spy, His Highness, Wang Wang, must drink alcohol every day, and after drinking, he will suffer from epilepsy. He said that the Ming Dynasty was about to perish and the country was in danger. As a royal bloodline, he naturally had to die for the country, but his concubines could not guarantee whether they would be plundered by the bandits after their death, so he simply beat them to death first to avoid them being in the hands of the thieves."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smile and thought to himself that his elder brother Zhu Youjian was really an irritable person. In the 17th year of Chongzhen in history, when Li Zicheng was about to break through the capital, he also attacked his concubine and princess because of this. Even though he did not regard him as the emperor, he still did this.

However, after all, Zhu Youjian is still just a 16 or 17-year-old boy. After being educated by the Donglin Party, he was bewitched and impulsive. Seeing that his elder brother suppressed the Donglin Party he was optimistic about naturally he felt that the Ming Dynasty was in danger and that it was a reason to do some crazy actions.

"Your Majesty, why don't we take King Xin and the others into the palace. After all, he is your younger brother, and the New Year is coming, so the whole family should get together."

Queen Zhang Yan advised her.

Zhu Youxiao nodded. He naturally understood that his queen was homesick and everything was going on. However, the vassal kings had never been able to enter the capital for no reason, nor could he let King Xin enter the palace for no reason. Then he said, "You have passed my order to the clan mansion, and you say that King Xin was naughty and could not be punished. The prince's title was removed and escorted to the capital immediately!"

Wang Chengen understood that Zhu Youxiao directly removed Zhu Youjian's title from Wang Jue, not really trying to deal with Zhu Youjian, but just followed the queen's opinion and took Zhu Youjian into the palace, which was also more convenient to control.

The Donglin Party that supported Zhu Youjian has been destroyed. Even if Zhu Youjian stays in the capital, it will be difficult to have any climate.

So, Wang Chengen didn't say anything else, responded and retreated.

Shortly after Wang Chengen retreated, the imperial horse supervisor Liu Ruyu came to report that the officials of the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Army were already waiting outside and were waiting for His Majesty to summon him.
Chapter completed!