Chapter 22: Keeping it a secret
Zhu Xu soon arrived at Kunning Palace.
"I have seen Your Highness Hui." The maids who were in and out bowed and bowed when they saw Zhu Xu.
As usual, Zhu Xu waved his hand with a bold look on his face and said, "If you have rewards, you will give it to me next time."
The maids laughed and walked away quickly.
Zhu Xu walked into the house and saw Empress Zhang holding an embroidery, embroidering something. Huan'er, who was on the side, was staring at Zhu Xu with her big eyes open and trying hard.
Zhu Xu was stunned and muttered in a low voice, "Sister Huan'er is not a stingy person, have I gone wrong?"
Queen Zhang was unstable and almost got the needle. She put it down helplessly and looked at Zhu Xu and said, "God smart, tell me honestly, have you guessed that I am pregnant rather than sick?"
Zhu Xu had a innocent and pure face and widened his eyes and said, "Sister-in-law, are you pregnant? Are you a man and a woman? Do you know? I'll inform him now!" As he said that, he turned around and wanted to run away.
Queen Zhang glared at him angrily and said with a angrily smile: "Okay, sit here honestly. The emperor just rested and told him tonight."
Zhu Xu agreed twice, and felt relieved secretly. He was still thinking about how to pick her up along the way.
Huan'er still stared at him angrily. They were worried these days, but they didn't expect that Zhu Xu kept hiding it from her, which made her not sleep well these days.
Zhu Xu sat next to Queen Zhang with a smile, thought for a while, and said, "Sister-in-law, I think today is a bit strange."
"Strange, what's strange?" Queen Zhang picked up the embroidery again and chatted with Zhu Xu while embroidering.
Zhu Xu frowned and bulged his face and said, "I can't say it, anyway, I feel that it's weird in the palace as soon as I come back."
Queen Zhang paused when she heard this, her face was a little cold, then looked up at him and said in a gentle voice: "Don't worry, if I'm here, I won't be bullying you."
Zhu Xu was stunned, stared at Queen Zhang with wide eyes, and said incrediblely: "Sister-in-law, who else can bully me except the emperor and you?" Although he said that, his mind was tense instantly. This person was even afraid of Queen Zhang!
Who is it?
"Okay," Queen Zhang was reluctant to say more, looking at Zhu Xu with some warning signs: "In the future, don't leave the palace less, stay in my palace or come to me, so the emperor should try to go as little as possible."
Zhu Xu felt even more suspicious, but he smiled on his face: "Okay, I'll listen to the emperor's sister-in-law."
What kind of person can make Queen Zhang, who is pregnant in her arms, so afraid. He knew that Zhu Youxiao and Queen Zhang had an extraordinary relationship. Logically speaking, at this time, no one should have let her avoid this.
Zhu Xu patiently chatted with Queen Zhang for a long time before saying goodbye and leaving. Zhu Xu stood up and gave Wu Rou a secret wink at not far away.
Wu Rou sent Zhu Xu out quietly, and Zhu Xu had the opportunity to whisper, "Is there anything unusual about the emperor's sister-in-law recently?"
Wu Rou shook her head slightly and whispered in a low voice: "There is nothing unusual. The Empress saw the Imperial Doctor in the morning and then she was sure that she was pregnant with Long Zi."
Zhu Xu nodded, obviously Queen Zhang was very taboo and did not reveal it. She walked and said, "What's the movement of the maid who asked you to keep an eye on?"
Wu Rou locked her eyebrows slightly and then said, "There is nothing unusual, but she went to Xian'an Palace yesterday."
Xian'an Palace?
Zhu Xu raised his eyebrows. This is where Keshi lives. Now Keshi is still in He/south. It should be that Keshi's followers are preparing for a way out, right?
"Well, you're watching," Zhu Xu said, pausing a little and then saying, "Find a chance to let Huaner transfer people away so as not to be always worried."
The two sisters Wu Rou had already understood some of the dirty tricks in the palace, and immediately agreed upon hearing this.
Zhu Xu waved her hand and signaled that she didn't need to give it to her.
Zhu Xu returned to Jinghuan Palace, sat on the recliner, squinted his eyes, looked outside, and kept spinning in his mind, and he flipped through all his memories, but never found such a person.
“Who is it?”
Zhu Xu murmured with flickering eyes. Logically speaking, such a person would not be unknown in history.
"Did I miss someone?"
Zhu Xu couldn't imagine that he had almost met the inside and outside of the palace in the past few years. He wanted to change everyone but none of them met.
"Your Highness," Cao Huachun came to Zhu Xu carefully and whispered: "Your Highness, I have checked it. There is nothing unusual in the palace recently. I have found any strangers when I enter and leave the palace."
Zhu Xu felt a little uneasy, but he was not afraid. He pondered for a while and said, "I have asked your apprentice godsons to do things honestly these days, and don't worry about the others. Let's not move, wait and see."
Since Zhu Youxiao was determined to go to Jiangnan, something must have happened later. He wanted to see how long this person could hide.
"It's Your Highness." Cao Huachun said.
In the next few days, except for Cao Wenzhao's men who had reasonable reasons to leave the palace frequently, the entire Jinghuan Palace, like other palaces, was honest and did not exceed the rules at all.
However, beyond Zhu Xu's expectations, I thought Zhu Youxiao would have many actions, but Jingyang Palace was quiet and strange. Zhu Youxiao was extremely diligent and even put down a lot of carpenters.
This made Zhu Xu even more suspicious, but he couldn't find any clues.
Zhu Xu stood in front of Jinghuan Palace, looking at the sky outside, and silently thinking.
"Your Highness," Cao Wenzhao walked behind Zhu Xu and whispered: "Zhou Jianyu wants to see you."
"Zhou Jianyu?" Zhu Xu was stunned. He almost forgot about this person, and then said, "What's wrong with him?"
Cao Wenzhao said, "It was Ni Wenhuan. He found Zhou Jianyu through Luo Sigong, and Zhou Jianyu sent someone to find me."
Ni Wenhuan?
Zhu Xu raised his eyebrows. This was one of the "Five Tigers" under Wei Zhongxian in the future. In his writing, six ministers, censors, chief officials of the border, and even auxiliary officials of the cabinet were impeached and then imprisoned and died!
He is Wei Zhongxian’s sharpest knife!
"Did he say anything?" Zhu Xu pondered Ni Wenhuan's intentions.
The last time Qingliu won a great victory, Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs were driven out of the palace. Gu Bingqian and others were rarely implicated because they were foreign ministers. Zhu Youxiao's rebellious mentality was promoted. However, as the censor, Ni Wenhuan not only did not stand well at the team, but instead opposed Qingliu. Therefore, his life in the Censorate might not be easy.
"His wife's brother is the headwailang of the Ministry of Works' Department of Construction and Training. He secretly cast an illegal ship and was taken down by the Jinyiwei. He is now imprisoned in the North Town Fushi Prison."
Cao Wenzhao said: "I guess he was in a hurry to seek medical treatment and found us."
Zhu Xu thoughtfully and said, "What is his letter of fame?"
"He didn't say it," Cao Wenzhao said: "He said he would only say it when he saw the people behind him. It was said that it was a big secret. Your Highness, will we go to see him?"
Zhu Xu smiled slightly and said, "I don't know how many people are staring at the palace now. I just said that Luo Sigong's old fox is probably waiting for me to get on the trap."
Chapter completed!