[Ming Dynasty] I seem to know too much

In July of the first year of Zhengde, both the inner and outer courts were very peaceful, so peaceful that Zhu Houzhao was a little uncomfortable.

He once sighed to the people around him, but he didn't expect the recent days to be so carefree.But in such a happy life, he still has troubles.

This trouble fell on Queen Mother Zhang.

Jiao Shizhi had already discussed the pros and cons with Zhu Houzhao before taking back Yanyin. Among them, the biggest harm to Zhu Houzhao was not only the uproar in the court, but also Empress Dowager Zhang's dissatisfaction with involving the Zhang family.

Empress Dowager Zhang really cares about the members of the Zhang family, especially the two brothers.In her opinion, the two brothers are no different from the simple and honest appearance before, they are always careful and precious for fear of being bullied, and the rumors outside are not important to her.In this regard, Emperor Hongzhi, Empress Dowager Zhang and Zhu Houzhao are all exactly the same.

Perhaps there is really a so-called blood relationship, and this is also vividly reflected in Zhu Houzhao.When he first succeeded to the throne, he frequently mobilized the servants around him to supervise the Beijing camp. Later, he was able to mobilize more than two times in a month. Make room.

If not, why would the impeachment of Liu Jin and others come like snowflakes, and there would be more after they led the emperor to have fun.Even in July, when Zhu Houzhao thought it was pure, there were still many impeachment memorials secretly, but they were ignored by him for the time being.

Not to mention other things, Zhu Houzhao almost couldn't even enter the gate of the Palace of Compassion and Ning during this time.

Ever since Zhu Houzhao needed to go to court in the morning, he often got up at the same time as Jiao Shizhi.In the past, when Zhu Houzhao was not enthroned, because Jiao Shizhi needed to go to the middle school, they hadn't had breakfast together for a long time.Later, because Jiao Shizhi was running around outside, it was not until the last month or so that he resumed his previous habits.

Before leaving the palace, Jiao Shizhi listened to the emperor's talk, but he was helpless.After all, although the matter between Queen Mother Zhang and Zhu Houzhao was a big mess, it was a family matter no matter what.It is true that there are no trivial matters in the royal family, but at this time, Empress Dowager Zhang is not too angry. Seeing that it was time to go to court, Jiao Shizhi hurriedly pushed the emperor to go to court, and then he also left the palace.

The commander of Jinyiwei needs to go to court, so when Jiao Shizhi arrived at Jinyiwei's mansion, only Xiao Minghua was there.

Although Xiao Minghua looks fierce, he is actually a kind person.Seeing Jiao Shizhi coming over, she kindly reminded him, "Your Excellency seemed unhappy when you left yesterday, you have to be careful today."

Jiao Shizhi clasped his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xiao, for your guidance." During this period of time, he and Mou Bin have had quite a few disputes, and Jiao Shizhi has already gotten used to Mu Bin's occasional stinky face, so he can't see it anymore.

Xiao Minghua smiled and waved his hands, "You don't need to be so polite, just call me Biaozi. Ren Zhi is always too polite. Although it is not a bad thing, sometimes it is easy to make people feel alienated." From Hongzhi 18 years to Zhengde In the first year, Xiao Minghua and Jiao Shizhi worked together for almost a year. Although Jiao Shizhi had little contact with outsiders before, they recognized each other's character, so Xiao Minghua couldn't help but talk more.

Jiao Shizhi paused for a moment, and had to admit that Xiao Minghua made sense, he said softly: "Perhaps it is the past experience that made me think that it is better to be courteous than to be rude unintentionally."

Xiao Minghua shook his head and persuaded: "Your words are correct, but if your friend has been with you for several years, and still calls you by your honorary name carefully when we meet today, even with reservations in words, for fear of saying something wrong , This is too difficult." Xiao Minghua's words are too real.

Jiao Shizhi pursed his lips and smiled, showing a bit of shyness, "I see, Ziwei." Ziwei is Xiao Minghua's nickname.

Seeing Jiao Shizhi's natural smile for the first time, Xiao Minghua was stunned, he didn't expect Jiao Shizhi's smile to be so beautiful.Thinking about it seriously, in this year, he has almost never seen Jiao Shizhi laughing heartily, his temper is really reserved.

The two entered the house separately, and while Mu Bin was not there, they needed to read some urgent matters first, and then mark them for Mou Bin. Things that cost so much.

However, Jiao Shizhi, who always gets into the mood quickly on weekdays, has been distracted for some reason today, frequently thinking of those few words that Xiao Minghua had just said unintentionally.

Although he didn't admit it, it was indeed a faint worry that quietly poked Jiao Shizhi's heart.

He seems to be maintaining an intimate attitude with the emperor now, but in fact, maybe he is also maintaining an estranged attitude. Jiao Shizhi thought carefully about the past few years, and his doubts were quietly released from the bottom of his heart.

But if this is the case, why even he himself can hardly notice it.This is really miraculous, Jiao Shizhi never leaves such a big hidden danger for himself.

After all, if you can't even understand your own thoughts, it will be a disaster for others to tell you the truth.

It's just that Jiao Shizhi's random thinking didn't help the matter in his hands at all. After he realized this, Jiao Shizhi immediately calmed down and re-read the information that he had been pinching for a long time.Suddenly remembering what he sent someone to investigate a few days ago, he got up and walked to the hidden compartment on the bookshelf behind him, where Jiao Shizhi found the newly put materials.

Going to the table and sitting down again, Jiao Shizhi carefully inspected it.

I saw that besides the Zhang family, there were other materials from all over the country at the bottom. After reading it, Jiao Shizhi was a little shocked, and immediately searched out the materials from the previous period, and put them all on the table. Go up, take a look at it a little bit.

After reading everything, Jiao Shizhi sighed lightly.The Zhang family's affairs had reached a critical moment, even if the emperor turned a blind eye to it, he would probably receive impeachment memorials one after another in the future.

And those servants beside the emperor...

Liu Jin, Gao Feng, Zhang Yong, Luo Xiang, Wei Bin, etc. are all old people who have followed the emperor since he was still in the East Palace. Among them, Gao Feng is the oldest, and now he is also in the Prison of Rites.However, among these few people, Liu Jin was actually the one that caught Jiao Shizhi's attention the most. He was the only servant who had appeared in Jiao Shizhi's vision with a not-so-good image.

Because Emperor Hongzhi had no restrictions, quite a few servants around the prince knew how to read.Jiao Shizhi had been in contact with the eunuchs of the East Palace for a long time in the palace in the past few years, and he actually had some understanding of their thoughts.

Because the servant has no heirs, and all his power depends on the favor of the superior, so every move is followed by the above.It's just because the servants are attached to the master and rely on them without heirs, the more they are in the upper position, the more they try their best to win the favor of the emperor, and they try their best to amass money in private. It seems that only money can satisfy their bottomless desires.There are not many people who can remain calm in such a situation, only a few old people left over from the period of Emperor Hongzhi in the Supervisor of Rituals are able to get by.

This is why Liu Jin and the others took good care of Zhu Houzhao, and tried every means to lure Zhu Houzhao to play with them. Whenever Zhu Houzhao wanted something, someone would give it to him before he asked.After a long time like this, you will naturally realize the benefits and admire its delicacy.

Although Zhu Houzhao didn't show it on the surface, he still paid attention to those around him.Otherwise, why there are so many people serving around him, and he chose these few to start taking over some key places.

These few are just getting started, and I haven't seen any changes yet, but the report that Jiao Shizhi read just now lists the atrocities of the eunuchs who supervised the army everywhere, and the bad deeds on it are really abominable.

Jiao Shizhi breathed a sigh of relief, take your time, everything has to be done step by step, there is absolutely no reason to become a fat man with one bite.

While Jiao Shizhi was busy outside the palace, the young emperor inside the palace had just returned from Fengtianmen, and the voices of those ministers arguing just now seemed to be still buzzing in his ears.Fortunately, in the end Liu Jian came out and made the final decision, which directly eliminated the possibility of Zhu Houzhao's continued suffering.

Sometimes Old Man Liu is a bit cute.

Zhu Houzhao quietly made a definition, asking people to send all the papers to the Qianqing Palace, and they are going to take a stroll to the Compassionate Ning Palace to try their luck. Maybe the queen mother will not be angry in a few days?

In fact, Zhu Houzhao was thinking too much, and the door of the Compassionate Ning Palace was still firmly closed, as if expressing Empress Dowager Zhang's protest against the behavior of the emperor.In the end, it was Aunt Mo who quietly opened the mouth to Zhu Houzhao, so that the king of a country would not be embarrassed to stand outside the door in a daze, but even so, after entering the palace, Queen Mother Zhang still did not want to see Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao looked helplessly at Aunt Mo who looked embarrassed, "The queen mother really doesn't want to see me?" Could it be that the queen mother really wanted to quarrel for so long for the Zhang family?

Aunt Mo persuaded softly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty just can't get over the hurdle for the time being, so don't be angry. This servant will try to persuade Your Majesty again."

"Persuasion?" Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows and snorted, "Did the Zhang family come here a lot during this time?"

Empress Dowager Zhang is his mother, and Zhu Houzhao will definitely not stop her if she wants to see anyone, nor will she specially send someone to guard her.It's just that there is no need to guess, it's strange that his uncles didn't persist in crying!What a huge profit Yanyin represented. After tasting such huge profits, he was naturally reluctant to let go.

"Why, the emperor even restricts who I want to see?" Queen Mother Zhang snorted softly from behind, Zhu Houzhao changed his face instantly, turned around and said with a smile: "What did the queen say, how could I restrict the queen? "

Empress Dowager Zhang walked in with the help of Zhang Qiaoniang. When she passed Zhu Houzhao, she gave him a light glance. There was still anger in her beautiful eyes, but it was much better than the previous few days.

Empress Dowager Zhang sat down at the head, and no one stood by when the mother and son were talking, even Aunt Mo and Zhang Qiaoniang retreated.Zhang Qiaoniang quietly followed Aunt Mo back out, her face was calm, but her heart was secretly ruthless.

A few days ago, if it wasn't for Heart's wit, she quietly went back to get the clothes for her to change, and she and Cui Liu were guarding back and forth, otherwise, how would she deal with herself!Walking in the palace these few days, she always felt that the servants were mocking her, which made her even more depressed!

She never thought that the emperor would be such a person who doesn't play cards according to common sense!She mixed poppy shells in the food box to attract the emperor's attention. Even if she really didn't want to cooperate with her, shouldn't she listen to what she said normally?No matter how bad it is, I don't want to know what happened a few years ago?

You know, the one who was executed by the first emperor was only a superficial figure!

It's just that no matter how ruthless Zhang Qiaoniang was at this time, he couldn't change Zhu Houzhao's disgust towards her. He didn't even look at Zhang Qiaoniang just now, and talked directly to Queen Mother Zhang.

It's just that the atmosphere inside the door doesn't look very good.

After the two of them spoke a few words, the atmosphere that was originally slightly relaxed began to become tense again.

I don't know what Zhu Houzhao said, but Empress Dowager Zhang was obviously angry at Zhu Houzhao's words, Liu Mei frowned slightly, with a slight anger, "Your Majesty, they are all your uncles, how can you treat them like this. Although the Zhang family is nothing The rich and powerful families have always worked together. Now your two uncles only made a small request, but you directly obeyed the words of those so-called courtiers and turned against your own uncle. Where did this come from? reason!"

Zhu Houzhao suppressed his anger and said: "Mother, the matter of Yanyin was indeed too rampant before, so I planned to take back some of it. This was originally for the court and society. How did it become that I was targeting the Zhang family when it came to the mother's mouth? "

"If not, why did you come to do this at this time? It hasn't been two months since you gave the reward, but when you turned around, you were ordered to take it back. How did you make your two uncles behave? This face is gone. " Queen Mother Zhang said angrily.

Zhu Houzhao curled his lips, "The two of them have lost face a long time ago, okay?"

"What did you say?" Queen Mother Zhang was furious and asked sharply.

Zhu Houzhao shook his head again and again, and said sternly: "Mother, let's not talk about anything else. The flood of salt quotations needs to be dealt with urgently, even the Zhang family is no exception. This is just a bug correction, and the Zhang family does not have the ability to handle it. Didn’t you see the qualifications of Yanyin, have many of them lost their qualifications like the Zhang family? Right after the decree was issued, the courtiers were all looking at me, so I can’t go back on my word. You can’t force me to bear the name of the Zhang family. "

Perhaps Emperor Hongzhi was willing, but Zhu Houzhao was absolutely unwilling.

Empress Dowager Zhang sighed, and after a moment of silence, she said: "In this case, you have to compensate your two uncles, and you can't just treat them badly." She was angry, but she was already tired.

Zhu Houzhao only felt a toothache. What did these two skinless and shameless uncles say to his mother? It really made him want to find someone to beat Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling again.

Half an hour later, Zhu Houzhao came out of the Compassionate Ning Palace angrily, and his steps were so big that the servants behind him could hardly catch up.Now Zhu Houzhao's personal servants are not only the former eunuchs, because Zhu Houzhao has placed them everywhere, they often go out of the palace, and now the most trusted personal servant is Lehua.

Lehua chased after the emperor closely, out of breath, and finally understood why the previous grandfathers had such good physical strength, running down like a day for several years, can it be bad? !

Zhu Houzhao was very angry.

I was so angry that when I was approving the memorial at night, I was still very angry, and every stroke seemed to vent my anger.As soon as Jiao Shizhi came in, someone whispered to the emperor that he hadn't eaten yet. He took a deep breath and ordered people to prepare the meal before walking to Zhu Houzhao's side.

In order to avoid suspicion, he did not stand behind Zhu Houzhao in case he accidentally saw the memorial, but walked to the table and stopped.Zhu Houzhao didn't like discussing state affairs in Wenhua Palace and other places, and most of the memorials were corrected in Qianqing Palace.Although he was not very enthusiastic about the affairs of the court, he was always serious about correcting memorials.

"Your Majesty?" Jiao Shizhi called softly.

Zhu Houzhao frowned slightly, threw the brush aside, leaned back on the back of the chair, "Why did you come back so soon?"

Jiao Shizhi chuckled and said: "Has the emperor forgotten? I have been discussing the work with the Commander in detail these few days, so there is no specific matter yet."

Zhu Houzhao felt a little relieved, and laughed in a low voice, "I didn't expect you to make Mu Bin so difficult. It's really a joy."

In the past two days, when Jiao Shizhi went to the Jinyiwei government office, he had a serious debate with Mou Bin. The debate has not ended to this day, and Xiao Minghua almost vomited while listening.During the time when Jiao Shizhi was running around outside, he abruptly noticed some undercurrents and some irrational things inside Jinyiwei, and then he began to play his role of commanding colleagues to discuss with Mou Bin in the past few days.

Otherwise, why did Mu Bin treat him badly? Isn't it because there were deviations in the discussion?

Although Mou Bin was a bit of a headache when he was chased and beaten by Jiao Shizhi, when he argued with Jiao Shizhi, he often inspired some novel viewpoints, which surprised him very much. In the next few days, he actually enjoyed it .

Zhu Houzhao shook his head, pursed his lips and said, "Even if this matter is finalized, you don't need to implement it, let Mou Bin do it."

Jiao Shizhi nodded, not dissatisfied.

Jin Yiwei is deeply rooted, and there are many conflicts and interests inside. Even if he really discussed a suitable solution with Mou Bin in the end, Jiao Shizhi didn't plan to come forward.Once it succeeds, it is indeed something that can be remembered for thousands of years, but Jiao Shizhi's foundation is not as deep as that of Mou Bin. Even if the emperor is standing behind him, Zhu Houzhao dare not let him take risks.

This is completely different from his attitude of letting Liu Jin and others break in at will.

"Your Majesty, let's not talk about this, let's eat first. You must have not eaten at noon today, right?" Didn't eat lunch.

Zhu Houzhao acquiesced, got up and stretched, "Oh, why do I feel so hungry all of a sudden. They must have brought the food over, so hurry up."

Jiao Shizhi looked at the emperor who was obviously running away and smiled angrily, but shook his head helplessly and followed him for a while.

When Zhu Houzhao noticed that his stomach was whining, he took Jiao Shizhi to sit with him indifferently, and then said: "Shizhi, help me keep an eye on the Zhang family during this time. I want to know who the Zhang family has close contacts with. And that Zhang Qiaoniang" He narrowed his eyes slightly and swallowed the second half of it. After all, Zhang Qiaoniang was in the palace, and it was inconvenient for Shizhi to investigate. He had already entrusted Liu Jin to investigate this matter, so let Shizhi forget it. .

Zhu Houzhao once told Jiao Shizhi about Zhang Qiaoniang's strange behavior, so he naturally knew that she must be related to the poppy shell incident a few years ago, but the emperor has been acting as if he didn't know about it, even though Jiao Shizhi was investigating secretly. But he didn't see any problem, so when Zhu Houzhao mentioned it, Jiao Shizhi went on to say, "But what's wrong?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded, stretched out his hand to scoop up Jiao Shizhi's soup, and said, "Indeed, I asked Liu Jin to investigate. After all, she is a female family member, and she has a lot of thoughts. If you are found out, she will tell the queen mother in a few words. It will be bad for you. Liu Jin is different, so don't interfere."

Jiao Shizhi knew what Zhu Houzhao meant, so he stopped pushing.I just keep this matter in my heart, and don't think about it.

In the middle of the night, the Qianqing Palace was also immersed in the dark night.

When Zhu Houzhao got up, it was not yet dawn outside the house.

He walked to the window with bare feet, and the night outside the window was still dotted with stars.The moonlight is dim, the sky has not yet risen, and there is a quiet atmosphere in the air.

He didn't know how he got up at this time, but he stretched his waist in a rare calm and comfortable way, Zhu Houzhao put on his coat and walked out of the bedroom.

Gao Fengzheng, who was on guard at night, lowered his head halfway. Zhu Houzhao sneered and walked out without disturbing him.When he reached the door, he hesitated for a moment, then turned directly to the side, and went directly to Jiao Shizhi's place.

Originally, he thought that he would see the same dark room, but he saw the door of Jiao Shizhi's room wide open and the candle light was dimly lit. He took a step forward in surprise, and instantly alarmed Jiao Shizhi who was sitting by the window. He raised his head Seeing the person coming, he immediately stood up and said in surprise, "Your Majesty, why did you come here?"

It's not Mao time yet, the emperor should be sleeping at this time in the past.

Zhu Houzhao frowned, walked into the house a few steps, looked at the messy appearance on the table, and saw the slight bruises under Jiao Shizhi's eyes, and said angrily: "What's going on? Don't tell me you Did you get up now?" It was rare for him to get up at night, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.It can be seen that Jiao Shizhi's appearance doesn't look like he wakes up from a full sleep at all.

Jiao Shizhi smiled wryly, and said softly: "These days are indeed a bit busy, alarming the emperor really deserves death."

"Let it go." Zhu Houzhao raised his hand to interrupt Jiao Shizhi's words, and suddenly called his name.

Although Zhu Houzhao bestowed Jiao Shizhi with his nickname, after so many years, he still used to call Jiao Shizhi by his first name, and rarely called him by his nickname.Zhu Houzhao was the only one who still called Jiao Shizhi by that name after Jiao Shizhi got his name.

This is the first time that Zhu Houzhao called him that after bestowing the word.

"Your Majesty?" Jiao Shizhi looked up at him suspiciously.

Zhu Houzhao walked around the house with his hands behind his back, and his eyes swept over the things in the house. After a long time, he said the second sentence, "It seems that it is not my illusion. Why do I feel that you are gradually alienating me?"

The words that came out of nowhere were firm and firm, with a sense of determination.

Jiao Shizhi was stunned for a moment, then quickly said: "What does your majesty mean, I really don't think so in a humble position."

"You may not have such thoughts, but your actions are telling me that you want to leave?" The slightly light ending sound carried a hint of a smile that was not a smile, and the young man in front of him was still smiling, but it made people shudder.

Jiao Shizhi's eyes glanced at the desk case. What he placed on it were all the knowledge from various places, and some secret and important matters in the officialdom. He really didn't know where the emperor's words came from.

"Have you ever tried to ask Mou Bin to resign?" Zhu Houzhao ignored Jiao Shizhi's silence and continued to ask questions.

Jiao Shizhi nodded hesitantly, could it be his fault?

"Shizhi, Shizhi, if you resign, with your remaining rank, wouldn't you have to stay in the palace? But this is not your style, I know what you think, even if you have no ambitions, It’s impossible to stay in one place, so where do you want to go?”

Zhu Houzhao's guesses became more and more outrageous, and at the end he was both angry and sad, and stared at Jiao Shizhi aggrievedly.Jiao Shizhi looked at the emperor's self-importance in a bewildered manner, and said everything at once, and it was quite reasonable?

Jiao Shizhi looked at the emperor dumbfounded, and sighed softly, "Your majesty, what you said is piercing the heart of the humble. I went to find the Commander, because most of the things that the adults gave the humble were outside the city. A humble job is not unwilling to do things, but a humble job was originally the emperor's personal bodyguard, and he left the emperor because of the emperor's pity. Although commanding colleagues is more promising in comparison, the humble job has no ambitions at first, and only wants to guard the emperor , so if there is a gap between the matter of commanding the acquaintances, I will resign as a humble official."

Although Jiao Shizhi said it calmly, it is not completely unaware that his words are contrary to what the world knows.

The reason why people in the world are busy fighting for power and profit is not because of the so-called ambition and jealousy in their hearts. There are many people who step on other people's dead bones to rise to the top.Not to mention how many guards walked out from the East Palace, even the big Han generals and Jin Yiwei guarding the emperor, many of them came out.

It's not that you can only stay in one position for a lifetime.

But Jiao Shizhi's words just now implied this meaning. In order to achieve this goal, he even did not hesitate to give up his position as the commander.

Zhu Houzhao looked closely into Jiao Shizhi's eyes, as if trying to check the authenticity.Jiao Shizhi calmly let the emperor continue to watch, and then said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I really don't have any ambitions. If the emperor is really worried, I can give an order first, so that I can't leave the palace." He said with a smile He said with a smile, very frankly.

But this statement is also a joke, just to ease the atmosphere, how can the emperor specifically order people not to leave the palace?Besides, he was a guard, so it was easy to cause misunderstandings.

Unexpectedly, I don't know whether Zhu Houzhao didn't wake up, or really didn't think about it. After thinking for a while, he clapped his hands and said with great interest: "Shi Zhi's words are reasonable, so let's do it."

Jiao Shizhi:

Jiao Shizhi observed without leaving a trace, the emperor looked clear-eyed, he didn't seem to be in a state of hysteria, why did he even take a joke seriously?Jiao Shizhi heard from the old man that if they are hysterical, don't wake them up, let them do their thing, and wait until they wake up naturally.

Jiao Shizhi had guesses in his heart, so naturally he didn't dare to act rashly.After thinking about it carefully, he went to the side and took a blank piece of paper, put all the things on the desk and case, and asked Zhu Houzhao to stand in front of the desk.

Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows in dissatisfaction, looked at the white paper in front of his eyes, and complained, "Shizhi, do you really want me to write an imperial decree on the white paper?"

Jiao Shizhi glanced at the normal-looking emperor, it seemed that he was wrong, and then he replied calmly: "If the emperor can take such words seriously, then naturally he can also write the imperial decree on the white paper." This is not a lie. If Zhu Houzhao was really hysterical, Jiao Shizhi would not believe that he would have such a reaction. Since he was not hysterical, he opened up his mouth.

Zhu Houzhao slumped down on the chair in frustration, and said lazily, "Shizhi is really boring."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise."

"But you are changing concepts secretly." Zhu Houzhao put his arm on the handle and knocked it casually a few times, seemingly carelessly, without the inexplicable threat just now, but with an unpredictable expression.

"emperor"

"Indeed, you don't intend to leave the capital, and your arrangements don't intend to leave. But Shizhi, do you really think I can't see it?"

"The distance between you and me is getting farther and farther away. Is it true that in two years, when I see you, I have to call myself to speak? When I call you, it is no longer appropriate, but seemingly Jiao Aiqing who is close but distant? After a few years, when you get married and have children, you can naturally move out of the palace and find your own residence in the capital?" Zhu Houzhao's tone gradually turned cold, and finally turned into indifference.

He stared at Jiao Shizhi, and said fiercely: "Jiao Shizhi, let me tell you, it's impossible!"

"As long as I live, it will be impossible!"

Jiao Shizhi's head was as blank as if he had been hit hard with a stick, and he couldn't hear what Zhu Houzhao was saying for a while.But in a daze, he felt a little guilty for no reason.

Mingming wanted to argue loudly that he didn't have such an idea, but he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.After opening and closing a few times, Jiao Shizhi suddenly closed his mouth and waited silently.

Zhu Houzhao kept pacing in front of Jiao Shizhi, also without saying a word.

Jiao Shizhi's change is really not big. He used to call His Highness Zhu Houzhao, but now he calls Zhu Houzhao the emperor; he used to call himself a lowly post, and he still does so now; even now he tried to resign in order to return to the imperial city on a daily basis. , does it look like there is no problem at all?

That happens to be the biggest problem.

Zhu Houzhao has been looking at Jiao Shizhi for several years, and his friendship with him is getting deeper and deeper. He even thought about how to arrange Jiao Shizhi's tomb in a hundred years so that the two of them can stay closer in the future.If there are really ghosts, it will be much easier to even visit.

But now this kind of intention is actually ignored by people, and even avoided!How should Zhu Houzhao, who was aware of this matter, deal with himself like this?

What a proud person he was usually, how sad and tormented he was at this moment!

Jiao Shizhi stepped forward and was about to say something, but Zhu Houzhao suddenly took a step back and shouted in a low voice, "Don't touch me!"

I……

Leaving aside what he just said for proof, this is the first time Zhu Houzhao uttered this word to Jiao Shizhi.

His outstretched hand froze in the distance, and he retracted it embarrassingly after a while, staying tightly on his waist and abdomen.

It might be a lie to say that he really didn't have such thoughts.

This thought suddenly flashed in Jiao Shizhi's mind.

The emperor was too kind to him, really a bit too kind.So good that Jiao Shizhi felt that there was nothing he could do to repay him.He used to think that he might be buried with crimes in his life. Unexpectedly, on an ordinary afternoon, the prince proudly told him that everything had been dealt with.He once thought that he would accompany the prince to guard the palace quietly all his life, and that his life would be ordinary, but after a few days, the prince held his head up and asked him to take a job in the upper middle school, scoffing at the idea that he didn't want to go, and vowed that he would be able to do so. Take care of yourself.Then the prince really studied hard for several years without missing a single day.

His indulgence of Jiao Shizhi has never been so dazzling and conspicuous on the bright side, but permeated into every place naturally like plain water.When Jiao Shizhi suddenly realized it, he almost sank and almost couldn't turn his head back.

Jiao Shizhi had a faint guess in his heart, but he never dared to think deeply about it.

The person in front of him used to be the prince, but now he is the emperor. He is the son of heaven, and he is even more admired by all people. He cannot and will never dare to drag the person in front of him.

He was charged with foresight, and he only hoped that he could work diligently to change the history so that the emperor who bears the so-called infamy could be safe and sound. This was his greatest hope.

He looked a bit pitiful as he stood there with his head down.

Zhu Houzhao was full of anger, looked at Jiao Shizhi but had no way to vent, turned around and kicked the desk to the ground, scraps of paper flew, ink was poured, and the candles on the table suddenly went out.

The house returned to darkness.

The loud noise immediately woke up the people on the left and right. Gao Feng suddenly found that there was no one in the bedroom, his heart jumped, and he rushed out the door, just in time to run into Xiao Dezi who was running over. The two collided at the door, Le Hua But he ran ahead, and before he stepped into Jiao Shi's house, he heard the emperor coldly reprimanded him: "Everyone get out."

Before he could react, the emperor yelled again: "Jiao Shizhi, stop!"