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

Chapter 80: Old Man Wang Yue
Chen Ce, along with several tenant farmers, Zhu Houzhao and Wang Yue, headed towards Kuihua Township.

The tenant farmers on the road were worried and kept persuading Chen Cemin not to fight with the officials. They just wanted to confiscate the land, and they would not refuse to pay.

Yes, it’s not that we don’t give money. At most, we just give six or seven taels of silver like the two uncles of the Zhang family and send them off, right?

Then I went from being a leisurely small landowner to becoming a tenant farmer of your royal family.

What is this thing called?
Zhu Houzhao was in a bad mood all the way and even wanted to kill someone. "Those damn eunuchs in the inner palace, wait for me, wait for me to come back."

Liu Jin was secretly happy in his heart. Li Guang, the eunuch who held the seal of the inner palace, was so tired of living that he actually reached out to this consumptive patient.

Is this something you can touch?
It would be best if the prince could beat him to death so that I can take over.

The Inner Palace Supervisor is the eunuch who controls the financial power of the imperial treasury. It would be so glorious if I could sit in this position in the future.

But the prince will ascend the throne sooner or later. As long as I stay calm, I can become the chief eunuch of the inner palace sooner or later... No! The eunuch of the imperial ceremonies!

Now the eunuchs in the Imperial Household Department are too incompetent. They have no sense of existence at all and are led by the cabinet by the nose. Humph, it will be different when I come to power.

Liu Jin secretly swore in his heart that he must help the prince build a career in the future, and he must reach the top step by step!
These days he followed Zhu Houzhao around, and although he did all the dirty and tiring work, he also learned a lot of things that Chen Ce taught Zhu Houzhao with all his heart.

Liu Jin knew that it would be useless for an incompetent eunuch to ascend to the throne, because this person still needed to have his own abilities.

If you don't take advantage of this good opportunity to learn from that consumptive man, you won't have anyone to learn from after he dies.

In Liu Jin's heart, Chen Ce is really powerful, there is no doubt about it.

We were silent all the way, and by the time we arrived at Kuihua Township, the sun was already high in the sky.

From a distance, one could see a eunuch and several Dongchang men surrounding the fields, apparently waiting for Chen Ce to arrive for negotiations.

They were quite polite and knew to sign a contract.

However, with such a big scene, any commoner would be scared and compromise at this time, not to mention that the East Depot has been dispatched.

Chen Ce pushed through the crowd and came to an inner palace eunuch and said, "I am the owner of this ten acres of land, what's wrong?"

The eunuch who spoke said in a shrill voice: "Oh, it's you."

"Okay, now that you're here, sign the contract quickly. If you don't know how, you can just press your fingerprints. It's very simple."

Chen Ce said: "I haven't planned to sell the land yet."

The eunuch in the inner palace looked at Chen Ce in surprise and said, "We know you don't plan to sell it."

"Are we going to expand the garden in this area? The royal family's private gardens are going to be expropriated. Please sign your fingerprints quickly and don't waste our time."

Chen Ce shook his head and said, "Even if they don't sell it, the Royal Family can't be unreasonable, right?"

"Oh."

The eunuch glanced at Chen Ce and said, "We know."

After he said that, he was about to leave. This is called using courtesy before force. You will have to bear the consequences later.

Zhu Houzhao really wanted to beat the young eunuch in the inner palace to death with one punch. If it weren't for the fact that the young eunuch didn't know his identity, he would have done it.

His face was red with anger at this time. He called the young eunuch and said, "Give me, Zhu Shou, a favor. Let's stop this matter."

The eunuch took a look at Zhu Houzhao, chuckled, and said, "Oh, it's the national surname, so impressive. But, how can you have such a face? Do you have as much face as our ancestors?"

"Do you want me to take you to meet our ancestors? Then you will know what cruelty is."

Zhu Houzhao's face turned even redder, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, okay! I will meet your ancestor! Not only do I want to meet him, I also want him to meet his ancestors!"

The young eunuch jumped back and shouted, "You bold lunatic! Someone, take this bastard to the East Depot! He is rebelling against heaven!"

Zhu Houzhao pointed at the young eunuch and said, "If I don't arrest you, you will be my grandson. No, you are taking advantage of me. If I don't arrest me, you will have no son!" The young eunuch was furious. He hated it most when others talked about their descendants and was about to get angry on the spot.

Wang Yue stepped forward and said to the young eunuch, "Go tell Li Guang to give me some face and let this go."

The young eunuch looked angry. What happened today? Why are so many people trying to save face when collecting a piece of land?

"Who are you? What's your reputation?"

Wang Yue said calmly: "I am Wang Yue, you go tell Li Guang that he recognizes me."

Wang Yue?

The young eunuch knew what was going on. He looked him up and down and asked seriously, "Are you really General Wang?"

Wang Yue said: "It is genuine."

The young eunuch hurriedly clasped his fists, and his arrogant and respectful attitude made Zhu Houzhao even more angry!
OK, OK, you are afraid of Wang Yue but not me, the crown prince, right? Okay!

Wait, who does this old man say he is?
He is Wang Yue?

He doesn't look like that. This old man looks like a farmer. How can he be a provincial governor? Look at those high-ranking officials in the court. Which one of them doesn't have a rosy face from eating so much?

The young eunuch clasped his fists to Chen Ce awkwardly and said, "Young Master, I am sorry for offending you just now. Since you are General Wang's friend, let it go."

"I apologize for my rudeness to the other party just now. Young Master, please don't bear a grudge. I am just following orders. Please bear with me."

Chen Ce glanced at Wang Yue. Although he had already guessed his identity, he was still surprised when he heard the confirmation in person.

There is a big gap between the Wang Yue in history and the Wang Yue in reality.

Less trouble is worse than more trouble, and Chen Ce didn't like to cause trouble, so he smiled and said, "That's good. Thank you very much, eunuch."

The young eunuch breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the other party did not take advantage of his power to bully others. He was really afraid that the other party would use General Wang's name to bully others and cause trouble.

After the eunuchs from the inner palace and the Dongchang guards left, Zhu Houzhao angrily said to Chen Ce: "Don't worry, little brother, this matter is not over. You are magnanimous, but I am not. I will go and teach them a lesson!"

"I'm leaving."

After he finished speaking, he left in a hurry with Liu Jin.

Wang Yue looked at Zhu Houzhao's departing back in surprise, then glanced at Chen Ce and asked suspiciously, "Who is he?"

Chen Ce said lightly: "The Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty."

what?
Now it was Wang Yue's turn to be shocked. "Your Highness? How can you be so calm and call him a brother? Which prince are you descended from?"

Chen Ce said speechlessly: "If you are really a descendant of a prince, would you be bullied by a eunuch?"

"You're not? Then how come…"

Wang Yue was a little overwhelmed for a moment. He had lived for more than seventy years, but this was the first time he had seen such a bizarre thing.

Chen Ce said: "He's just the prince, do I have to kneel down and talk to him?"

"Isn't the prince also a human being?"

"Just like when I heard you were General Wang, aren't you all human? You don't have any more brains than I do."

It seems to make sense, but I feel like something is wrong.

Wang Yue was still a little confused.

(End of this chapter)