Chapter 39: If the memorial is damaged, the court will be in chaos
As soon as she saw his expression, Nan Yan immediately guessed that it was something related to Zhu Feng, so she stepped forward and asked, "Ye Zheng, what's wrong?"
Ye Zheng frowned and said, "We have to go to the prince quickly."
"Oh, okay."
Nan Yan did not hesitate. She immediately turned around and explained the situation to Xia Yunting, then followed Ye Zheng out of the courtyard.
Xia Yunting stood at the door, watching the two of them hurriedly leave. After a long while, he turned around and returned to the room.
Nan Yan followed Ye Zheng outside, and after walking for a while, she felt something was wrong.
"Ye Zheng, aren't we going to the prince's place?"
"yes."
"But this road doesn't lead to Wuying Palace."
"The prince is not in Wuying Palace."
"Oh, where is he then?"
"The Cabinet Treasury."
Nan Yan took two more steps forward, then paused and turned to look at Ye Zheng: "Cabinet Treasury?"
Ye Zheng continued walking forward without looking back, his breathing still a little turbulent as he spoke, "And just now they said that the prince not only went there himself, but also had someone prepare a few barrels of tung oil. Oh my God, what is our master going to do now?"
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"The Jiaotai Hall was completely burned down, not even a single tile was left, and it hasn't been repaired yet."
Nan Yan paused for a moment, her mind racing. Ye Zheng took a few steps and looked back at her: "Hurry up, if you don't go there quickly, you don't know what kind of trouble will happen in the cabinet treasury."
Nan Yan hesitated, but said nothing. She just quickened her pace and followed.
The Cabinet Treasury is a rarely visited place in the imperial palace. Even fewer people come and go here than in the cold palace in the inner palace.
Only on the first day of every month would the eunuchs organize the memorials from the previous month and move them in for storage.
The Cabinet Treasury was actually where memorials were stored.
Originally, this place should have been visited by many people, because the emperor would often read the memorials submitted by ministers in the past. At the end of each year, he would also summarize the gains and losses of the year from the memorials.
However, ever since the Prince of Yan raised his army and pressed forward towards Nanjing, the emperor had become somewhat out of control.
He no longer attended court, was unwilling to read the memorials from his ministers, and even refused to see his ministers. He hid in the inner palace every day to have fun, and the place became somewhat deserted.
And now, the door of the cabinet treasury has finally opened again.
Dust rose with the incoming wind, choking everyone around and making them cough. Zhu Feng stood at the door with his hands behind his back and said coldly, "Keep moving."
"yes."
The eunuchs did not dare to delay and brought out all the memorials submitted by Prince Yan in the past three years, piling them up into a small hill in the open space at the entrance of the cabinet warehouse.
On both sides of the open space, there were several barrels of tung oil that had just been brought in.
Then, everyone stood on both sides with their hands hanging down, looking at Zhu Feng with an expression as cold as ice, feeling a little uneasy.
What was the purpose of opening the cabinet treasury and piling up the memorials like this?
The next moment, Zhu Feng said, "Pour all this oil on top."
Upon hearing this, everyone around was stunned.
Standing behind him, watching all this with a pale face, the old eunuch Yu Gonggong knelt down in panic: "Your Highness, the memorials cannot be burned. This is the rule set by our ancestors. If the memorials are damaged, there will be chaos in the court!"
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