Chapter 40: Disobeying the Prince's Orders Is Daring
Zhu Feng looked down at him.
If it were anyone else, he would have ignored them completely. However, this old eunuch had watched him grow up since he was a child. In fact, he was also a confidant of the Emperor Gao who had followed him for many years. He could not tolerate anyone else, but this old man...
He was silent for a moment, then said, "I have my own plans."
"Your Highness, Your Highness, this is not okay!"
The other eunuchs around also knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhu Feng for mercy along with Eunuch Yu.
"Your Highness, this is the rule of our ancestors."
"The established laws of our ancestors cannot be changed."
"Yes, Your Highness, these memorials cannot be destroyed!"
Just as everyone knelt down and almost burst into tears, Ye Zheng ran in breathlessly. When he saw everyone like this, he was also shocked and said hurriedly: "Your Highness, this is-"
Zhu Feng gave him a cold look, then said, "You've come just in time. Pour all that oil onto the memorial."
Ye Zheng opened his eyes wide in fear: "Your Highness?"
The eunuchs around were crying and making a fuss, their cries of pleas echoed throughout the courtyard. Everyone kept trying to dissuade him, and some of them even kowtowed on the stone steps, causing their foreheads to bleed.
Zhu Feng said coldly, "You should know that no one can stop me from doing anything I want to do."
“…”
"If you don't take action, do you really want me to do it myself?"
Just then, there was a loud crash from the front.
Everyone was startled and looked up, only to see Si Nanyan picking up a bucket of tung oil and pouring it on the pile of memorials in the middle of the yard.
Everyone around was stunned. Someone immediately stood up and pointed at her, yelling, "What are you doing?"
"How dare you destroy the imperial memorial?"
Nan Yan had just hurried over following Ye Zheng and was sweating profusely. She panted slightly as she said, "It was the prince's order."
"You're so brave!"
"I, I'm just working for the prince," Nan Yan said, glancing at Zhu Feng, then lowered her head and whispered, "To disobey the prince's orders is to be bold."
When she said this, everyone around her was stunned.
Even Eunuch Yu, who was kneeling at Zhu Feng's feet, looked at her, and his gray eyebrows twitched slightly.
He was an old man in the palace and had experienced many things, big and small. However, this time, the Prince of Yan's earth-shaking behavior made them a little overwhelmed. As the eunuch supervisor, he must of course protect these memorials according to the rules, but -
A new emperor has new ministers. These memorials only belong to the emperor who has passed away.
When His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan entered Nanjing, he had already taken control of the entire imperial city. Everyone knew that he was about to become emperor, so these memorials were no longer something he had to worry about.
Besides, he just said - he has his own plans.
Thinking of this, he finally sighed, stood up from the ground, and said to Zhu Feng: "Your servant, obey your command."
After saying this, he turned around and directed the eunuchs around him: "You, go and bring the tung oil over."
The young eunuchs were also dumbfounded: "Eunuch?"
"King Yan's order, go quickly."
“…”
Everyone was still a little hesitant, but seeing that Eunuch Yu had also surrendered, they had no choice but to follow orders. They quickly moved the tung oil over and poured it all over the memorial.
Soon, the tung oil soaked through the memorials and even slowly flowed to the ground, forming a line and slowly flowing into the corner.
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