Chapter 62 Guessing
"You mean... that day I saw Miaosu and a certain eunuch plotting something?"
Zhu Yuhuan stayed in Kunning Palace for a few days. Because he was under the watchful eyes of Empress Zhang, Zhu Yuhuan didn't want to talk too much about his own affairs.
While the flow of information is necessary, no one wants to be transparent to others, and Zhu Yuhuan, as an ordinary person, is no exception. Although Empress Zhang no longer has power over the palace, she still has great influence. Who knows if anyone, whether it is Huai En or others, is secretly communicating with Empress Zhang? Zhu Yuhuan still hopes to keep some things secret.
Therefore, it was not until he returned to his own courtyard that Zhu Yuhuan asked Huai En to repeat what happened that day.
"This is just my inference..." Huai En hesitated for a moment and said, "I couldn't see clearly who was present at the time, but the color of the clothes was indeed correct. At that time, Lady Wu looked a little panicked, and her words seemed to be trying to find out the news about the princess from me."
Zhu Yuhuan held his chin with one hand, lowered his eyes and thought for a long time, then asked, "If Miaosu is an informant sent into the palace by someone else, then who sent her?"
If Wu Miaosu was Concubine Guo's informant, she should not have come on Huai'en's behalf. There are only two possibilities left. One is Prince of Han Zhu Gaoxu, and the other is Prince of Zhao Zhu Gaosui.
Although these two brothers both have rebellious tendencies, they are obviously not of the same kind. Fortunately, their intelligence levels are similar, so there is no sense of oppression.
Sometimes Zhu Yuhuan didn't know whether he should trust the education level of the royal family of the Ming Dynasty. If the level was high, there were all kinds of people, but if the level was low, from Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to Zhu Zhanji, the levels of several generations were not particularly bad, and there were also talented people who wrote books.
Both were born to Empress Xu. One of the Prince of Han and the Prince of Zhao rebelled in vain, while the other even poisoned Zhu Di. There was no reason for Zhu Yuhuan to be afraid even if he wanted to.
Huai En thought seriously for a long time and said, "If my guess is correct, then the female official Wu must be the King of Han's man."
Zhu Yuhuan was somewhat surprised that he gave such a positive answer and asked curiously, "Why, is there any basis for this?"
Although she was more inclined to believe that Zhu Gaoxu was the possible mastermind, this was because Zhu Yuhuan knew the result in advance. The King of Han rebelled and the King of Zhao was scared to death. In the end, Zhu Zhanji did not impose any substantial punishment on the King of Zhao's family. It was probably because the King of Zhao had the intention but not the courage to do so. Otherwise, even if he did not become a "beggar pig", he would have to spend many years in the imperial prison.
"I also heard it from other elders. Previously, Prince Zhao and a group of palace maids conspired to poison Lord Taizong. The plan was exposed, and many were executed. Only one person was pardoned by Lord Taizong because of his lighter crime and the intercession of His Majesty. He remained in the palace, but was sent to the direct palace supervisor to clean the place and was no longer used as important as before." Huai En explained this, and then said: "With such a target, and Prince Zhao having been a vassal for many years, he probably dared not contact the palace maids privately, let alone send a palace maid into the palace."
Zhu Yuhuan blinked. She did have some impression of this matter, but Zhu Di was very taboo about it and ordered that it should not be made public. Naturally, Zhu Yuhuan didn't know much about it.
But it was different for the palace people, especially the eunuchs. Most of them could not leave the Forbidden City for the rest of their lives, and when they had nothing to do, they could only talk about the things happening in the palace. Therefore, even if a death order was issued, it would probably be impossible to stop such news.
However, compared to the no-brainer multiple-choice question of choosing one from two options, Zhu Yuhuan was more curious about who the lucky person was who had escaped the disaster.
After all, Zhu Yuhuan knew his great-grandfather's character very well. To the extent that he could escape such a disaster, his ancestors must be furious!
Huai En introduced him familiarly, "He is Huang Yan, the eunuch who is now the Chief Palace Supervisor. If Emperor Taizong had not sent him to Korea many times in the past, he would have made some contributions. He might have been executed along with Jiang Bao and the others."
Zhu Yuhuan really didn't have much impression of this person. She just nodded slightly and said, "I see..." After she finished speaking, she felt something was wrong and said, "I remember you said that the palace road where you delivered the message was rarely visited by palace people. Unless it was some special work, no one would go there?"
Wu Miaosu chose this place because she knew Huai En was dead. Few people came and went here, and no one would choose to pass on messages on this palace road. It could be considered an absolutely confidential place in the palace. As a female messenger, Wu Miaosu was very cheap to move around the palace, but the person who passed the message with her had to have the same conditions, and the Direct Palace Supervisor happened to meet this requirement.
"Yes. Besides, it's remote. If it's the maids of the various palaces, not only would it be inconvenient for them to go in and out, but they would also be busy serving the ladies on weekdays and probably wouldn't have the time to go there." Huai En responded, then realized something was wrong. He asked tentatively, "Does the princess mean... that the King of Han and the King of Zhao are colluding...?"
Zhu Yuhuan couldn't help but raise his hand to rub his brow, muttering: "I don't need to ask this question..."
Even if she didn't know about this, it wouldn't affect the overall situation. But if she knew about it and did nothing, it would be a bit unreasonable... If all else fails, should she complain to Empress Zhang? However, Empress Zhang didn't have the power to manage the six palaces, so she couldn't help with this matter. She couldn't always ask Concubine Guo.
Zhu Yuhuan touched his chin and said, "Even though you discovered it but didn't do anything, Miaosu probably didn't think about the trouble it might cause afterwards. In the end, she chose to remain silent. She probably had her own considerations..."
In other words, Wu Miaosu probably understood in her heart that the King of Han was unreliable at the moment, and she had to at least stabilize Zhu Yuhuan temporarily.
Seeing that she seemed a little distressed, Huai En tried to make a suggestion: "Why don't you meet with Lady Wu to discuss it. If that doesn't work out, then you can detain Lady Wu first..."
Zhu Yuhuan shook his head slightly and said, "I don't think she's a well-trained spy, otherwise she wouldn't be so flustered after meeting you. She was most likely coerced into entering the palace. If I detained her and she suddenly lost contact with everyone else, it would probably arouse suspicion. If there were other people sent by the King of Han in the palace, they would definitely hide deeper, which would be detrimental to the family. Moreover, if she has any relatives outside the palace, they would definitely be implicated by her sudden loss of contact, and even lose their lives... I didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me. This feeling is not pleasant for those who were harmed. I've tried it once, and I can't try it a second time."
Huai En was slightly stunned, and then he understood from her words why he was born.
He originally thought that the princess kept him by her side because he was helping Liu Yongcheng, Liu Pianjiang, or maybe she was like Empress Zhang, hoping that he could become a capable assistant, but he never expected it to be because of this...
There were countless eunuchs like him who entered the palace as slaves, and their life and death were all due to the charity of those in high positions. However, Zhu Yuhuan was completely different.
She regarded them as lives like her, not slaves.
Zhu Yuhuan noticed Huai En's gaze and asked with some confusion, "What's wrong?"
She looked as if she had no idea what kind of waves her few short words had caused Huai En.
Huai En hurriedly shook his head and said, "I was distracted for a moment."
Zhu Yuhuan smiled upon hearing this and changed the subject, saying, "Huai En, please go there for me later and ask Miao Su to go to Hu Shang Gong's yard as usual. Just think of it as helping me out. After all, it has been abandoned for a long time, and the land in the greenhouse and yard has never been cultivated."
"yes."
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