In order to carry more food, many cabins on the ship were filled with food. There were not many people on the whole ship, except for dozens of oarsmen and helmsmen. There was no one on the deck. Looking around,

It's all piles of food.

Seeing the bags of food piled up like mountains, Zhu Houzhao was happy. It was a good place and he would not worry about going hungry.

The corners of Liu Jin and Gu Dayong's eyes were wet from being kicked. Our lives are really miserable. We were cruel to ourselves. Why did we enter the palace? Isn't it just to enjoy the glory and wealth?

Now I have finally entered the East Palace to serve the prince. Seeing wealth and glory, fame and fortune are far away, but who knows that the prince is actually like this?

While they were crying, the two of them saw the prince jumping onto the boat, and they couldn't care less about complaining. They quickly got up from the ground, endured the pain and ran to the dock.

Then he sprinted and managed to catch the side of the ship with great difficulty, but without Zhu Houzhao's strong physical strength, he could not get on even if he was alive.

He had to shout like a mourner: "Here comes someone, someone comes here, please help us!"

Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao had just boarded the boat and had not gone far. Hearing the familiar shout, he turned back and pulled the two eunuchs up one by one with a look of relief on his face.

"You are indeed my personal companion, and you are so brave. When the rebellion is suppressed, I will let you be the vanguard generals!"

Hearing this, the two eunuchs trembled and cried again.

By the night of that day, Emperor Hongzhi had already learned the news of Zhu Houzhao's disappearance.

After leaving the palace in the afternoon, when the palace ban was about to be implemented after dark, and seeing that the prince had not returned yet, everyone in the East Palace was completely panicked, and looked around like headless flies, but found nothing.

In the end, no one dared to take this responsibility and had to report the matter to Emperor Hongzhi.

Zhu Youtang's face was as sinking as water, and he stood in the courtyard of the East Palace with his hands behind his hands, like a statue, standing there motionless.

It wasn't until Xiao Jing came over that he finally had some reaction, but before he could inquire, Xiao Jing fell to his knees, and Zhu Youtang's heart also jumped.

"Your Majesty, the factory guards have searched all over the capital to no avail."

Xiao Jing's voice was very steady, as if he had done enough to soothe his emotions. He took a breath and continued: "But the factory guard has already found out: this afternoon, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Xia Xima came out of the palace together, and tied up ten

Several imperial physicians who came for diagnosis and treatment loaded up their carriages and headed for the Sugar House Wharf in the eastern suburbs."

"On the way, I also went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry and called away Wang Shouren, the head of the Ministry of Industry. The two kings of Xia got on the boat first. When the merchant ship started, His Royal Highness and the two eunuchs of the East Palace jumped on the boat."

When he heard the word jump, Zhu Youtang's heart seemed to beat hard, "Get on the boat. Where are you going?"

"This has not been found out, but this morning there were thousands of people in the sugar shop buying grain in Shuntian Prefecture, probably worth no less than 200,000 dan. The entire Shuntian Prefecture market was completely empty of grain, and they were also buying a lot of food in Beijing.

Herbal medicines for wounds, as well as bundles of burlap and all the purchases, should be loaded on board."

Having said this, Xiao Jing raised his head cautiously, glanced at Emperor Hongzhi's face, lowered his head again, and continued: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that this much food can only be used for disaster relief."

"You mean they went to provide disaster relief?"

"My slave thinks so."

"Disaster relief! Disaster relief! Disaster relief!" As soon as Xiao Jing's words came out, Emperor Hongzhi roared three times in a row, and then he became furious, "What kind of disaster is this? Let them go to rescue wherever there is a disaster!"

"So far, the imperial court has not received a report saying where the disaster occurred and what kind of disaster they went to rectify!"

"Even if there is any disaster, there will be a court! There will be me as the emperor! There will be ministers in the court! Why use them!"

Seeing that the emperor was furious, and everyone around him knelt on the ground, Xiao walked over on his knees, grabbed Emperor Hongzhi's wrists that were shaking with rage, and shouted, "Your Majesty!"

Emperor Hongzhi's hand was grabbed by him, and he looked at Xiao Jing coldly, his eyes still filled with anger, and there was still a hint of fear deep in his eyes.

Xiao Jing still held his hand and raised his head, "Your Majesty, please listen to what I say to you, there is no disaster. Our Ming Dynasty has a clear sea, a clear river, and peace. Your Highness and others will be able to return without success in a few days."

Hearing this, Zhu Youtang looked straight at the slave, "You mean you returned without success?"

"That's right!" At this time, Xiao Jing had a sense of determination in his body, or in other words, he had to be determined. His eyes looked at Emperor Hongzhi, full of determination, and he said sonorously and forcefully: "Return without success, His Highness the Prince and the others

They will all come back safely. They ran to provide disaster relief, but my Ming Dynasty had no disasters, so they would only return in vain."

Emperor Hongzhi did not answer.

After a long time, he threw away Xiao Jing's hands and turned around to leave, "I know there is no disaster. I will wait for them to return without success. Then I will punish them severely!"
Chapter completed!