While Chen He and Zhou Yi were plotting, Zhu Youxiao was listening to Chen Hong's report.
"Your Majesty, we have already obtained the news from Prince Lu's Mansion. Among the people who came with Prince Lu this time are our Jinyiwei. They have already given us the exact information." Chen Hong said without changing his expression.
"Then tell me." Zhu Youxiao picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said casually.
"According to their report, Prince Lu enjoys romance and poetry, and generally doesn't care about the affairs of the palace."
"As for the princess, she doesn't care about these things. She just eats vegetarian food and chants Buddhist scriptures all day long. Prince Lu likes beautiful women. Since he inherited the throne of Prince Lu, he has been taking several concubines every day. The princess can't control it, so she just doesn't care."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Youxiao thought of the days when he was newly married and was so "happy" that he couldn't move his legs. He felt a tingling sensation on his scalp and felt helpless. He really didn't know what to say.
There are princes who have hundreds of children, and there are also those like Prince Lu who are almost leaving their own descendants without any offspring. The royal family of the Ming Dynasty is really full of weirdos.
Zhu Youxiao really had nothing to say.
"Go on, why don't you say anything?" Zhu Youxiao looked up at Chen Hong, and asked with some confusion when he saw that he had stopped.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Hong agreed and continued, "According to reports from below, most matters within the palace are handled by Chen He, the palace's chief steward. As for matters outside, they are handled by Zhou Yi, the palace's chief historian."
The Chief Secretary of the Prince's Palace was in charge of the palace's government orders, advising the prime minister, and managing the palace's affairs. All requests for titles, titles, marriages, favors, and letters of thanks, tributes, and memorials were submitted by the Chief Secretary. If a prince made a mistake, the Chief Secretary would be consulted.
This is a very special group of bureaucrats. If there is no successor, they may die in the same position for the rest of their lives. If they cannot be promoted, their future is naturally bleak.
If they couldn't get promoted, they would just make money. Because they were sent by the imperial court to supervise the princes, they had great power and used their power to do things that enriched themselves in the name of the prince's mansion.
The rest of the matter is easy to guess. He was also involved in the annexation of the land, and most of it went into his pocket, with a small portion given to the King of Lu. After all, he had to use the King of Lu's name.
Judging from the Prince of Lu's behavior, he probably didn't even know about this disaster relief food and salary case.
Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao looked up at Chen Hong and asked with great interest, "Have Chen He and Zhou Yi, the chief secretary of Prince Lu, all come along?"
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