Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 26 The River Becomes Muddy
During these three days, Zhu Houzhao attended classes peacefully and rarely left the palace.

Chen Ce was writing and reading quietly in the courtyard as usual, and occasionally he would look at his vegetable garden.

But there was no harvest from planting in the past two days, so he could only read books to enrich his knowledge. The sun was shining brightly early this morning, and Chen Ce sat in the hall, reading a book comfortably in the sun.

There was another quarrel next door. Chen Ce put down his book and took a look. Mrs. Wu was arguing with a man and a woman.

Chen Ce vaguely heard words like 'I won't go', 'Let me live in peace', 'You promised to go by yourselves' and so on.

When Chen Ce went out to check the situation, he saw the young man said in a harsh but weak voice: "What are you looking at? What does it have to do with you? What? Are you attracted to this little bitch? Are you worthy of her?"

Madam Wu said angrily, "Don't slander Mr. Chen! He is my neighbor!"

The young man stared at Chen Ce with a bad look on his face and sneered, "You sick little devil! You'd better not have any evil thoughts!"

Chen Ce did not say anything and returned to the house on his own accord. It was not because he was afraid, nor was he intimidated by the young man. He knew something about this man. He was not as strong as he looked. He was fragile inside and was simply using harsh words to cover up his weak heart.

Chen Ce had no idea what grudge Madam Wu had with them, and he wasn't even sure about the relationship between them and Madam Wu. These things really had nothing to do with him, so he didn't meddle in other people's business.

As for the other party's harsh words, they could not hurt Chen Ce. Chen Ce either did not take action, or if he did, he believed that he should not give the other party any way to survive, and would not do anything for a trivial matter.

There are too many such quarrels in life. Caring about everything in the world will only make people endlessly troubled. One trouble will follow another, endlessly.

He was just a little curious about what kind of dispute Madam Wu had with the other party.

The other party did not seem to want to attack Wu Niangzi. He just said a few harsh words and left. Then Wu Niang hurried over and apologized to Chen Ce repeatedly: "Mr. Chen, you are not scared, are you?"

Chen Ce shook his head calmly and asked Madam Wu, "Do you need my help?"

This was the second time Chen Ce spoke.

Madam Wu was a little surprised. She didn't see any fear on Chen Ce's face. She also knew how to read people's expressions. This was definitely not an act. It showed that Chen Ce was still calm inside.

He never took the threats seriously. What does this mean?
Either he was pretending, or he never liked the other person from the beginning to the end, and he had the confidence and means to resolve the matter.

That’s all I can say!

But Madam Wu couldn't understand. He was just a sick and young boy. Where did his confidence come from?

A sick body is already weaker than an ordinary person. If he fights, he will definitely be at a disadvantage. Why can he still be so confident?

Madam Wu really couldn't understand Chen Ce, but she was still grateful to him and said, "No need for help, I can handle it myself. Sorry to trouble you."

Chen Ce hummed and said, "Okay!"

After thinking for a while, he added, "It's not a problem."

After saying that, he went to the kitchen to cook.

Zhu Houzhao always came at mealtime, so he must have figured out the time Chen Ce cooked.

Today he finally had no classes in the East Palace. He hadn't been out of the palace for several days and was almost suffocated.

"Brother Chen, what a coincidence? We can have dinner together again!"

Chen Ce smiled and said, "What a coincidence, did you bring money?"

Zhu Houzhao was choked and glanced at Liu Jin, who took out ten coins and handed them to Chen Ce, asking, "Is that enough?"

"That's a lot for a meal outside, don't lie to me."

Chen Ce: “…”

After lunch, Liu Jin went to wash the dishes as usual, muttering that he had never seen anyone wash dishes when eating in a restaurant.

I was paid money and still had to do hard labor. What kind of thing is this?
One word, absolutely!

I don’t know what the prince is thinking. If our family went out to eat and the owner of the wine shop dared to make such excessive demands, I would have smashed his head off long ago.

Huh? Why is the water in this well a little dark?
How unhygienic! Liu Jin was shocked when he thought of Zhu Houzhao eating just now!

Well, this consumptive bastard, he poisoned, he must have poisoned!

"grandfather!"

"Vomit now, vomit now!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin in bewilderment, tilted his head and asked, "Are you seriously ill?"

Liu Jin hurriedly said, "Master! The water from his well is black, like ink, and there is dirt coming up. I saw it when I was washing dishes just now!"

"This guy must have poisoned you. He wants to kill you!"

amount.

Zhu Houzhao stood up suddenly, took two steps back, and looked at Chen Ce in horror: "You, you, you don't plan to live anymore, so you want to take me with you?"

Chen Ce: “…”

Brother, you just said that Liu Jin was ill, you are not ill either!
He asked Zhu Houzhao, "Why didn't I poison you the first few times I wanted to kill you?"

"There's no need for me to put the poison in the well water. I can just put it in the food. How could he find out?"

"Am I stupid?"

Snapped!
Zhu Houzhao slapped Liu Jin with his backhand and said angrily: "This is what I want to say!"

"I've tolerated you for so long!"

"You're so shocked. Do you want to die?!"

Damn it, you almost scared me to death just now.

Chen Ce frowned slightly, stood up with his hands behind his back and walked into the yard. The poultry began to become restless, and several chickens in the yard kept clucking noisily.

He walked to the well again and found that the water had indeed changed color and bubbles were constantly rising.

Chen Ce tried to touch it with his hand, and it was not warm water. He was still wondering why there could be a volcano in this place.

Chen Ce went to the backyard again and opened the back door. The wind from the Yongji Canal blew the water lilies into a tangle, and water chestnuts and algae intertwined.

Chen Ce's face looked a little bad, then he slowly closed his eyes and recalled the contents of the Ming Shilu. In October of the winter of the eleventh year of Hongzhi, earthquakes occurred in the capital, Zhending, Ningxia, Yulin, Zhenfan, Lingzhou, Taiyuan, Haifeng and other places, with Shuntian Prefecture being the worst hit.

Chen Ce suddenly opened his eyes and found a face very close to him. Zhu Houzhao came close to his face and observed him curiously.

"what are you doing?"

Chen Ce took two steps back and said in horror: "I don't like men!"

Zhu Houzhao: "..."

He blushed and said, "I already have a woman I like, so don't talk nonsense."

"What happened to you just now?"

Chen Ce took a deep breath and did not have time to joke with Zhu Houzhao. He asked him, "Can you become an official of the imperial court?"

Zhu Houzhao thought to himself, "Are you asking nonsense? Although I didn't tell you that I was the prince, I told you that I was a high-ranking official of the Imperial Guard!"
"What?"

Chen Ce said: "There may be an earthquake, um, it's like the earth dragon is turning over. Notify the court as soon as possible to prepare for disaster relief and defense."

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Don't be surprised, why didn't I see a dragon turning over?"

By the time you realize it, everyone is dead.

(End of this chapter)