Chapter 757: There is no way to ask for help

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Three consecutive cannon shots were fired, and the target stone pavilion a few miles away was painted into powder in the huge firelight.

On the observation deck, Zhu Youtang held binoculars in his hands and was witnessing the test of the new cannon with Zhang Zhou and the generals and retinues present. After obtaining satisfactory results, Zhu You Zangcai put down the telescope reluctantly.

"Where is Bingkuan?"

Zhu Youtang turned his head and realized that Zhang Zhou was not there. He seemed to have lost someone to talk to.

Yang Peng, who was following next to him, smiled and pointed at Zhang Zhou, who was under the observation deck and directing the addition of shells, meaning that he was there.

Zhu Youtang said: "I don't know how long it will take to train these gunners. If everything is done properly, we can achieve no disadvantage on this battlefield."

Yang Peng said: "I heard that these artillery pieces are very heavy, but they are indestructible. If they were used on the battlefield, the Tatars would definitely be frightened and even surrender without a fight."

"Haha."

Zhu Youtang smiled.

"Go over and tell Bingkuan to come up first. I want to have tea with him." Zhu Youtang said, "He has been too busy these past two days and it's time for him to take a rest. The war in the northwest is still going on, and many things require him. He needs to be energetic."

"Yes"

Yang Peng hurriedly went down to deliver the message.

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For a simple lunch outside the city, Zhu Youtang simply entertained the officers, generals and soldiers who participated in the artillery drill that day.

Then Zhu Youtang returned to the city first. He did not go back to the palace first, but went to Princess Yongkang's Mansion first. It was considered that he was invited by Princess Yongkang to visit his sister's house while leaving the city.

Yongkang knew the emperor was coming early in the morning and dressed up to greet him at the door.

After receiving Zhu Youtang into the mansion, Princess Yongkang hurriedly ordered to prepare a banquet.

"I won't have dinner with you." Zhu Youtang said, "I went out of the city earlier and stayed with Bingkuan and other soldiers. I just came here to have a look and then left."

Zhu Youtang rolled his eyes at his sister and said: "You are the only one with such a bad temper. Think about Deqing, who is as ignorant as you? I can only come to your house because of Mao Ren's face. He is here Liaodong is fighting for the country, and you stay behind, so you should be considerate of him and don't go out to show off."

Yongkang pursed his lips and said, "When did the emperor's sister go out to attract bees and butterflies? Or is there someone else? "Nonsense?"

"It's not straight." Zhu Youtang sat in the pavilion and looked at the furnishings in the yard. "Speaking of it, it's been a while. It’s the same as before.”

“Yes, it hasn’t been repaired for several years.” Yongkang said.

Zhu Youtang said: "Wait until Mao Ren has done meritorious service and received a reward. Then he can practice it after he comes back. Don't disturb the Queen's grandmother casually these days. The Queen's grandmother is pure in worshiping the Buddha, but there are always people who don't know what to do and insist on doing disturbing things. ."

"Yes, my sister obeys the order."

Yongkang replied, thinking in his heart, if I hadn't gone to the imperial grandmother, you might not have come.

Who told me to be your sister and a member of the royal family like you? I can see whoever I want.

Yongkang said: "Brother Emperor is here, let me entertain you well. Even if you don't have a banquet, you should still go around. My sister also prepared some singers for Brother Emperor to appreciate." "No need." Zhu Youtang said, "I just stopped by to have a look on my way back to the palace, and then I left. This way, no matter who comes again, no one will gossip." ”

Yongkang was startled.

Only then did she understand why the royal brother wanted to come to her house today.

This was because he was afraid that Zhang Zhou would be gossiped about when he came over.

After all, Yongkang's husband Cui Yuan was leading troops in Liaodong. If Zhang Zhou visited often, people would gossip about him, but if the emperor also came, the situation would be different.

Yongkang felt a little angry when he thought of this.

Her brother treats her worse than the ministers outside, which is what she can't bear the most.

"Brother, since you are here, I have something that I don't know whether to talk about or not." Yongkang said.

Zhu Youtang said: "You have already mentioned it, but there is nothing else you want to say? Is this your temperament?"

Yongkang said: "Brother Huang will not think that my sister wants to Who are you talking about?"

"Humph." Zhu Youtang seemed to be laughing, but also warning.

You dare. If you dare to mention Bingkuan in front of me, I will see how I deal with you in the future.

Yongkang said: "Actually, it is a private matter of my sister. I recently heard that a major case is happening in the capital, involving many officials. They are corrupt and bend the law. It is really annoying. But not all People are all ambitious people."

Zhu Youtang looked unhappy and said: "You, the eldest princess, actually care about this? This matter has nothing to do with you, especially in front of me. It's related to the case."

Yongkang said hurriedly: "I'm not interceding for anyone, it's just because one of the girls is the daughter of the Cui family's in-laws, and I'm not here to marry her. Are you thinking about the Cui family? After all, they are related to each other. Now that the husband's family has been convicted, the family wants to take their daughter back. Through the Cui family, they found Chen Mei and wanted to help intercede."

" No." Zhu Youtang replied simply.

Yongkang said: "Brother, you are just a woman. If your husband's family commits a crime, what does it have to do with her? Now after a person is convicted, he hears that he will be sent away, and his family members are worried. Now he is active. All relationships are useless."

Zhu Youtang raised his hand and interrupted Yongkang: "Yongkang, you are not young, you should understand something.Do you think I would bother with these trivial things? I don't care who you want to help, but I won't make any accommodations for you regarding the court's laws. ”

Yongkang lowered his head and looked very unhappy.

Zhu Youtang probably felt that although his sister had a naughty temper, she was at least kind to him.

"For this kind of thing, you can ask Bingkuan later. If he is willing to help you, then he will. " Zhu Youtang said, "The family members of the officials who were convicted are all on his side, and I don't care about them. "

"Brother Emperor, aren't you asking me to beg Duke Cai? "Yongkang seemed very unhappy.

His brother is obviously the emperor, and he is the only one who has the final say in the world, but he just doesn't help and lets his sister go to a minister?

The key The minister... had a bad look on his face, and seemed to be very difficult to communicate with. He insisted on making her, the eldest princess, lose face every time. It seemed that he didn't even have the honor of being a royal princess.

She was able to accept Yongkang's request to the emperor.

But every time he asked for help from Zhang Zhou, she felt awkward.

Zhu Youtang stood up and seemed to have lost his temper. Interested in continuing to chat with his sister, he said coldly: "Everything in the world is nothing more than laws and favors. From a legal perspective, there is nothing I can do for you. But in terms of favors, Bingkuan can sell it to you, but I don’t have to sell it to you. "

"Huh? ”

Yongkang thought about it for a moment, why does this sound so awkward?

You, the elder brother, refuse to sell me favors, but you let your friends sell me favors. ?

How do you say this?

But Yongkang is also a smart person, and she vaguely found some clues from Zhu Youtang's words.

Yes, it is useless for the elder brother to sell you a favor. On the contrary, Bingkuan sells you a favor, which is equivalent to selling a favor to Cui Maoren. You will have to pay him back in the future...

Yongkang is here Think about it, how considerate are you of your minister and friend that you would not even hesitate to let your sister and brother-in-law return favors to others, but would not sell them to us yourself?

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Zhu Youtang went back to the palace.

He was very determined when he left. He was not moved at all by Yongkang's attempts to stay.

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Shortly after Zhu Youtang left, Zhang Zhou's carriage stopped in front of Princess Yongkang's mansion.

Although Yongkang was not very happy, he still took the initiative to greet her. Walking side by side to the courtyard with Zhang Zhou, "Your Majesty has returned to the palace first. " Yongkang couldn't help but said in the face of Zhang Zhou's inquiry.

Hearing this, Zhang Zhou immediately stopped and turned around to leave.

Yongkang said: "What do you do? very?

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "I originally made an appointment to come to your house to sit on my way back to the palace, but I didn't know that Luan Jia left too fast. I still have some things to finish here, so I came a little late." . It seems that there was no time. ”

“You...”

Yongkang seemed to have completely understood it at this point.

Her royal brother actually didn't want to come to her home. He just wanted to show outsiders that Zhang Zhou wouldn't get anything out of her, so he made an appointment with Zhang Zhou.

As a result, because Zhang Zhou came a little late, his imperial brother didn't even stay for a while and just left.

In other words... the emperor came to visit and borrowed Zhang Zhou's face.

"Wait a minute." Yongkang said, "I say Mr. Zhang, you are here already, aren't you going to let me entertain you? You just left like this, but it was in vain for Your Majesty." That hard work."

"Haha? What kind of painstaking efforts, Your Majesty?" Zhang Zhou asked with a smile.

Yongkang rolled his eyes at Zhang Zhou, but directly stretched out his hand to pull Zhang Zhou's arm, and said as if he was playing with his temper: "If you dare to leave like this, believe it or not, this princess will immediately Yelling?"

"You..."

Zhang Zhou didn't expect Yongkang to take action directly.

However, thinking that Yongkang’s temperament was really unusual and that she was an alternative among the princesses of the Ming Dynasty, she smiled bitterly and said: "Then come in and sit down?"

"Please ”

Yongkang seemed to have succeeded, and then he released his hand and pointed to the yard: “You can’t sit where Brother Huang just sat, but you can look up to the Qi of Tianjia. It’s an advantage for you.”

Zhang Zhou smiled.

I usually see the emperor almost every day, and I have never heard of any dragon energy to admire. Is your yard better at accumulating dragon energy than others?

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Inside the pavilion.

After Zhang Zhou sat down, Yongkang personally poured tea for Zhang Zhou, brought fruits, etc., and even took a knife and insisted on peeling Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou picked up a washed peach and said, "Fresh fruit in season is also very good."

He ate it directly.

Yongkang put down the knife, and when the maid next to him was about to use the knife to peel her skin, she stretched out her hand to stop him.

"You are quite easy-going. You look like an ordinary person in the market, without the airs of an official." Yongkang said.

Zhang Zhou said: "In court, it would be too tiring if you have to tense up all the time."

Yongkang smiled and said: "In that case, I quite admire you, you His personality is somewhat similar to that of the Prince Consort. He doesn’t care about trivial matters at home, and I always talk about him.”

“Really?” Zhang Zhou said, “No matter who you are, you are the same. You shouldn’t be nervous in front of your family, right? If that’s the case, it’s no longer family, but a friendship for fame and fortune.” Yongkang smiled and said, “How can you still be your family?” What about the gold on your face?"

Zhang Zhou shrugged and said, "I'm sorry for the misunderstanding, Princess."

"It's okay. I'll get used to it if I come here often. Is it connected?" Yongkang said, pouring tea for Zhang Zhou again, "Try it.New tea this year. "

"Are you down? Zhang Zhou said, "I don't taste good tea. I just need it to quench my thirst." "

"Humph, you are really not as good as Mao Ren in this regard. "Yongkang seemed to be deliberately comparing Zhang Zhou with Cui Yuan.

Zhang Zhou said: "If you have anything to do with the princess, just tell me directly. She is pouring tea and handing out fruits, even at the door... You definitely won't just invite me in to sit here, right? "

Yongkang smiled and said: "I can't hide anything from you, Zhang Banxian. It's like this. There is a lady from the Cui family's in-laws who married into the Li family. Now that the Li family has been convicted, she has been sent to live with you. The emperor brother told me earlier that if you want someone to tell you directly, the emperor agreed, so you can just let him go. "

Hearing this, Zhang Zhou directly placed the finished peach core on the stone table.

He said: "Your Majesty agreed? ”

“It must be.” Yongkang said, "Will I still lie to you?" ”

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, you really know how to evade the important and take the easy.

If your imperial brother agrees, just say a word to anyone, take the person away, and then come to me? Or even resorting to some rogue tactics?

What about "asking people to tell you directly"? This is obviously a trap you want me to fall into.

You're too stupid? You overestimated yourself.

Zhang Zhou wiped his hands and said: "Then you should mention it to Your Majesty. I am not responsible for detaining prisoners. Besides, His Majesty didn't send anyone to notify me, so I didn't. I can't help you ask. "

"Hey, you don't listen to His Majesty's orders? "Yongkang said.

Zhang Zhou said: "Why don't I turn around and see Eunuch Yang, and ask Eunuch Yang to ask for your Majesty's instructions again? "

When Yongkang heard this, he immediately fainted.

Originally, he wanted to use his brother's power to scare Zhang Zhou and ask him to come out directly. Now it seems that If it doesn't work, I can only rely on intercession.

This will only make me embarrassed.

Yongkang said: "You are really not a happy person. "

Zhang Zhou smiled, meaning, who am I to be a happy person? You are not happy to be a princess.

Yongkang sighed: "Actually, that's the case, then I have some friendship with someone, and they come to me for help. What can I say? People also know that I have a friendship with you. As long as you give the person over and ask me to sell him a favor, it will be regarded as a favor that I owe you, and I will definitely repay it in the future. "

Zhang Zhou said: "There is no way. After getting married, especially those who have children, they will no longer follow their parents' family. We have common interests. If your husband's family is convicted, you will have to accept a life of displacement. In fact, eldest princess, you should know this better than me. "

"So I want to ask you for help. "Yongkang said.

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "So it's not that His Majesty asked me, but that you begged His Majesty. His Majesty refused to help you, so you came to beg me? well! It seems that you, princess, are not being honest either. "Recent transcoding has been serious, which makes us more motivated and updates faster. Please use your little hands to exit the reading mode. Thank you<