My father is Jiajing

Chapter 429: A wise man pretends to be confused
Xiyuan Yuxi Palace.

Emperor Jiajing read by lamplight all night and finally finished reading the manuscript of "Tianlong" sent by Chen Yiqin.

Emperor Jiajing stretched lazily with a sense of satisfaction, and said to Huang Jin who was serving beside him: "This bastard locked himself up for a few days and ended up like this? He is so willful."

Huang Jin stayed up all night with Emperor Jiajing and was exhausted, but when Emperor Jiajing asked him questions, he still cheered up and said, "It's normal for Your Majesty to be a little willful when he is young. I wonder if the novel Your Majesty writes this time can be as exciting as The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes?"

Emperor Jiajing stood up and walked to the sink beside him to wash his hands, then wiped his face with a wet towel and said calmly, "Is he okay? If you have nothing to do, go to Prince Yu's Mansion and see what he is doing. Tell him to focus on Si'er's affairs and don't just sit there and do nothing."

Huang Jin came over and caught the towel that Emperor Jiajing had casually dropped, then folded it and placed it on a plate beside him.

Huang Jin said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will remind the prince."

Emperor Jiajing hummed, "Well, I'll sleep for a while. I really envy that Prince Zhennan of Dali, who has so many romantic debts."

Emperor Jiajing still remembered the character of Duan Zhengchun very clearly, especially the stories of Duan Zhengchun and other women such as Gan Baobao, Qin Hongmian, and Ruan Xingzhu, which made Emperor Jiajing smile knowingly in his heart and felt that this was the true nature of a man.

Especially Duan Zhengchun's martial arts, the Five Luo Light Smoke Palm, which is simply wonderful and enviable.

After Emperor Jiajing rested, Huang Jin could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

After he carefully packed up the manuscript of "Tian Long" that Emperor Jiajing had read last night, he went to a side room next to Yuxi Palace to take a nap.

Huang Jin slept until noon and finally regained his energy.

Then he went to Yuxi Palace and took a look, and found that Emperor Jiajing was still sleeping soundly, so he ordered the eunuchs serving in the palace not to make any noise. At the same time, he told Chen Hong, who was keen on showing off, to guard outside the palace and be ready to receive Emperor Jiajing's orders at any time.

Chen Hong listened to Huang Jin's instructions and was very obedient.

Huang Jin looked at Chen Hong again and said nothing more.

In the afternoon, Huang Jin went to Prince Yu's Mansion as instructed by Emperor Jiajing.

Zhu Zaigui was also playing with little Kunkun at this time and was not busy with government affairs. When he heard that Huang Jin had arrived, he asked the princess to come and take little Kunkun away, and then went to meet Huang Jin.

Huang Jin greeted Zhu Zaigui and said, "Your servant greets His Majesty."

Zhu Zaigui laughed politely and said, "No need to be so polite, sir. Please take a seat."

Then Zhu Zaigui asked Meng Chong to serve tea.

Huang Jin was happy when he saw the energetic Zhu Zaigui.

Huang Jin said: "I feel relieved that the prince is in good health. I was really worried that the prince might have been sick in the past few days."

Zhu Zaigui said: "This king and your majesty are the same, we both pay great attention to the way of health preservation. It's just that your majesty's way is the way of immortality, and my way is the way of the ordinary people. But this is enough."

Huang Jin smiled and said, "Your Highness is right. The Emperor is cultivating the way of immortality. Your Highness has cultivated the way of health preservation with the Emperor's immortal energy. He is much better than ordinary people like me."

After Meng Chong brought the tea, Zhu Zaigui said, "Your Excellency is a busy man who never comes to visit me for no reason. Do you have any purpose for coming to me this time?"

Huang Jin said, "It's not really an imperial decree. The Emperor just wants me to urge you to visit Prince Jing more often and help him complete all the procedures for his wedding." Zhu Zai'ao assured, "I will keep a close eye on Prince Jing and will never let anything go wrong with his wedding."

Huang Jin said, "I believe in you, Your Highness. There is one more thing. I like your recent masterpiece, The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, very much, so I borrowed the manuscript from Chen Yiqin. Now I have finished reading it. I wonder if your Highness has any follow-up?"

Zhu Zaigui knew that Huang Jin came here not just for the King Jing's wedding, he must have other things to do.

As expected, it was really for "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".

Zhu Zaigui said: "Tian Long is different from the previous "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Return of the Condor Heroes". Tian Long is longer and the characters are more complicated. This king is also thinking about it carefully. When I have subsequent inspiration, this king will definitely send the manuscript to you, and let you help me correct it."

Huang Jin replied: "How dare I? I just want to take a peek first."

Zhu Zaigui and Huang Jin both pretended to be ignorant even though they knew the truth. Zhu Zaigui knew that the person who wanted to urge for updates on Tian Long was Emperor Jiajing, but he just didn't say it out loud.

Huang Jin also knew that Zhu Zaigui knew about it, but he still took the responsibility of seeking and reading books on his own and did not push it onto Emperor Jiajing at all.

It can be seen that Zhu Zaigui and Huang Jin have the same idea on this point.

After talking about these things, Huang Jin talked about more important matters.

Huang Jin lowered his voice and asked, "Your Highness, the matter of the Ming Federal Reserve seems to be getting bigger and bigger. The court is already jealous. The cabinet, the six ministries, and the Censorate are conspiring to take over the Ming Federal Reserve. I wonder how Your Highness plans to deal with it?"

Zhu Zaigui was also well aware of what Huang Jin said.

Now anyone with a little bit of eyes can see that the Ming Federal Reserve is the goose that lays golden eggs. Who wouldn’t be jealous?

But how could one possibly snatch away the Ming Federal Reserve simply out of jealousy?
You must know that there is no unity within the imperial court. Behind many important officials are the directors of the Ming Federal Reserve. They can also enjoy the tributes from these directors and live a superior and worry-free life.

If the Ming Federal Reserve is really taken over by the imperial court, their interests will inevitably be damaged.

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui was not worried about this mob at all, but was worried about the attitude of Emperor Jiajing.

Everyone in the world knows that besides his love of cultivating immortality and playing political games, Emperor Jiajing's favorite thing is money.

If Zhu Zaigui could not figure out the thoughts and attitude of Emperor Jiajing, even if he had a thousand tricks, it would be useless.

Zhu Zaigui asked in return: "What does your majesty think?"

Huang Jin was silent for a moment, "Your Majesty did not make any statement."

Hearing this, Zhu Zaigui couldn't help but feel a toothache. If he didn't express his opinion, wouldn't he just sit back and reap the benefits? Is there such a guy?
Zhu Zaigui was extremely speechless, but there was nothing he could do. After all, all power was now firmly in the hands of Emperor Jiajing, and he could do whatever he wanted.

So it seems that this matter cannot be easily resolved.

However, Zhu Zaigui was not afraid. These things were bound to cause some conflicts of interests. It was only a matter of time.

Now that someone is ready to make a move, just accept it.

(End of this chapter)