Chapter 30 Sincerity
King Zhou was extremely happy that night. The light that mysteriously penetrated into his soul allowed him to enter the dream of anyone he wanted.

If he could leave Prince Zhou's Palace, he really wanted to fly to the capital and meet the little emperor in his dreams.

However, he was very busy that night. After leaving Doctor Zhang's dream and confirming that he had promised to come to the capital to plead for him early the next morning, he went to find the princess.

The King of Zhou treated everyone equally. Not only did he visit the princess's dream, he also visited his six wives, not to mention Zhu Zijin's three brothers.

The three of them were keeping vigil, and even though he was extremely sleepy, he was still half asleep and half awake. He thought he could not fall asleep again when he woke up with a nod of his head. But as soon as he had the thought, he entered the dreams of the three people, and at the same time.

The King of Zhou was very surprised.

Those who dreamed of King Zhou and his other two brothers were also surprised.

After being surprised, the four of them hugged each other and cried in their dreams.

No one knew what King Zhou talked to them about, but it was a long conversation. When Zhu Zijin woke up, the three brothers looked at each other and confirmed that they had all had the same dream. The relationship between the brothers became even better.

Because the gap between them due to more than ten years of separation was eliminated a lot at this moment.

The King of Zhou, who was fair and just, even visited his brother in his dream. Pan Yun had no idea what they talked about. Anyway, after returning from Zhu Youjue, the King of Zhou became much quieter, and the joy of freedom in his body faded a lot.

Seeing that he had finally calmed down, Pan Jun pointed to his head and said, "Come, have a dream."

King Zhou came back to his senses and looked at her, "Are you stupid?"

Pan Yun sat upright, "I want to see what the difference is between her magic and mine."

King Zhou: "Why don't you just ask her directly? Isn't she your senior sister?"

Pan Jun lied with his eyes open, "My fellow disciples also have their own secrets."

King Zhou: "It is not a good habit to pry into other people's secrets."

Pan Yun just looked at him quietly.

"Okay, okay, I'll go in," King Zhou said, "You go to sleep."

Pan Yun lay down, closed his eyes and fell asleep. For a long time, neither the man nor the ghost made any movement.

The black cat, which had been squatting quietly on the beam, couldn't help but laugh and meowed.

Pan Yun opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.

The King of Zhou was almost asleep. He said, "This has nothing to do with me. I dream as soon as I think about it. I have been thinking about it for a long time but I haven't appeared in your dream. You can't blame me for not being able to sleep, right?"

"No wonder," Pan Yun said, "Wait a minute, I'll sit down and meditate."

Pan Yun meditated and regulated her breathing. She was not practicing, but emptying her mind. Then she created dreams for herself in her mind. Gradually, she was in a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness.

King Zhou still couldn't get in and could only wander around the house.

Strolling along, the day dawned.

King Zhou seemed to realize something, and the trick he used to fall asleep seemed to have disappeared. He looked at Pan Yun.

Pan Yun also opened her eyes, and the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone on her.

The man and the ghost looked at each other, and King Zhou's figure gradually faded away, and he returned to the mourning hall.

Pan Yun sighed and asked the black cat on the beam: "Why can't he enter my dream?"

Pan Xiaohei: "Meow, you are determined, your Niwan Palace is as solid as a rock, and it is difficult for ghosts and monsters to invade. Isn't this a good thing?"

Pan Yun no longer dwelled on this matter. She decided to exchange this spell with Xuan Miao when she had the chance in the future.

This way of entering a dream is very flexible, more natural than her dreamweaving, and more likely to make people believe that it is a ghost sending a dream.

Doctor Zhang and Eunuch Qian, who were both possessed by a ghost and had a deep face-to-face conversation with King Zhou, believed it very much. As soon as daybreak, they came to say goodbye to Zhu Zijin.

They are willing to speak up and intercede on behalf of the Zhou Palace...

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zijin immediately handed the memorial he had copied yesterday to the two of them, as well as the gift that King Zhou had taught him to give last night.

Eunuch Qian received a box of gold ornaments, including various gold ingots and gold melon seeds, which were bright yellow and particularly beautiful.

Doctor Zhang got a cookbook, which was said to be the cookbook of the previous dynasty.

Anyway, they are things from the previous dynasty, so giving them away is not against the rules.

Both of them were very satisfied with their respective gifts, and they immediately set off after receiving their memorials.

Zhu Zijin escorted the people out of the palace gate. Zhu Youjue hurried over and only saw their backs as they were about to disappear.

The uncle and nephew looked at each other and thought of their dreams last night.

Zhu Zijin: My father was never lying to me. He must have arranged everything in his dream last night.

Zhu Youjue was half-believing and half-doubting, as it was almost the same as what his elder brother said in his dream last night. Could it be that there really were prophets and ghosts that appeared in dreams in this world?
Starting today, people have been arriving at Prince Zhou's Palace to pay their respects.

The princess brought six wives to keep vigil and mourn. The six wives went in and out together every day and slept three people in a room at night. Nothing unexpected happened.

The clan members who came to pay their respects did not see the list of names of those to be buried alive with the dead. After asking, they found out that the people had not yet been buried alive with the dead. They could not help but feel a little dissatisfied with Zhu Zijin.

“Although he is not your biological father, he raised you and knew that you had a hard life. He even brought you back to inherit the title. Just for this reason, you should not be unfilial.

Your father has passed away three days ago, and you haven't prepared anyone to bury him alive with him. Are you going to let your father lead a group of slaves to explore the way?"

Zhu Zijin nodded in agreement and said humbly, "My father couldn't bear to see a living person die for his father, so he has submitted a petition to His Majesty. Now we are just waiting for His Majesty's decree."

The emperor had already received Zhu Zijin's memorial. Knowing that Doctor Zhang and his men had arrived by chance, they had just seen King Zhou for the last time, so he and Wang Zhen sighed and said, "Fortunately, the discussion of the crown prince was not delayed, otherwise King Zhou would have died with regrets."

Wang Zhen naturally laughed and said that Your Majesty was wise.

"Let's issue the imperial edict to reward the crown prince of Zhou. Since Doctor Zhang is familiar with it, let him read it out."

Doctor Zhang: ...I really don’t want to go there again.

But Doctor Zhang had no choice but to agree.

Wang Zhen stopped him, saying, "Your Majesty, why are you so anxious? The Crown Prince of Zhou is in mourning now. Why not wait until he has finished a year of mourning before issuing an edict? Otherwise, he will succeed the King of Zhou right after the King of Zhou has passed away. It would be neither good to be sad nor happy, and it would only undermine the filial piety to the King of Zhou."

Doctor Zhang who was waiting on the side said:...What a mess! As soon as the previous emperor died, the new emperor ascended the throne immediately. Is the new emperor unfilial?
But the emperor felt that Wang Zhen was right, and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Okay, let's do it this way. Wait until he has observed a full year of mourning before issuing an order."

One year later, will the little emperor still remember Zhu Zijin?
Doctor Zhang took a quick look at Wang Zhen, fearing that when the prince of Zhou wanted to succeed, he would have to pay a large sum of money to invite Wang Zhen to come forward.

Doctor Zhang thought of the gift he had received this time, and quickly mentioned the King of Zhou's last wish, hinting: "The King of Zhou's Palace knows that Your Majesty wants to fulfill the King of Zhou's last wish, so the matter of burial with the King has been put on hold and we are just waiting for Your Majesty's instructions."

Eunuch Qian responded repeatedly, talking about how the King of Zhou begged and how uneasy he was before his death. "The King of Zhou was kind-hearted and could not bear to see killing, so he kept thinking about this matter before his death. When Zhao Yuansong returned, he asked about this matter. He knew that Your Majesty was going to issue an edict to grant his approval, so he was so happy that he ate two bowls of rice and was smiling when he left."

When the emperor heard this, he immediately said, "Then issue an order quickly, so as not to miss the seventh day of King Zhou's death."

Wang Zhen narrowed his eyes, looked at Eunuch Qian, then at Doctor Zhang, and sneered in his heart.

But seeing that the emperor was eager to write the imperial edict himself, it was difficult to stop him.

In the eyes of the little emperor, this was a break from ancestral rules, very novel, and a good thing, so he was very happy to write the imperial edict himself.

Of course, it still has to be sent to the cabinet for review before it can be printed and distributed.

This time, the young emperor still sent people from the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Household Department to announce the decree.

Wang Zhen, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, suggested to Eunuch Qian, "The first time is new, the second time is familiar. He has been there once, so it will be easier for him to go there again."

Upon hearing this, the Ministry of Rites also recommended Doctor Zhang.

Doctor Zhang and Eunuch Qian: ...

Although it was possible to make some money by going to announce the imperial edict, it was still too tiring to go on such a long mission, especially since one might run into the King of Zhou.

What if the King of Zhou asked them why they didn't have the book of succession for the Crown Prince of Zhou?
But Doctor Zhang and Eunuch Qian still forced a smile, pretended to be happy to agree, took the imperial edict handed back from the cabinet and left the palace.

That’s right, business trips are so painful. Even though they just came back, they haven’t even entered the house.

The luggage is ready. Although it is a little dirty and smelly, you can just pick it up and go.

It’s better than being sent away as an official from Beijing.

Today, some officials from Beijing received the news that they were being transferred to other places. As soon as they got the official documents, they immediately got on their donkey carts and left the city without even a change of clothes.

The two sides met at the city gate. Doctor Zhang and the other party looked familiar to each other. They looked at each other with tears in their eyes and then left the city one after another.

Doctor Zhang, who was waiting on the road, whispered, "Brother, please go back to the city in a while. Please send a message to my family saying that I will be home in ten days at most."

"Okay, okay. I decided to go in later, when the city gates are about to close. Alas, the imperial decree came down suddenly, and I have no money at home. I wonder if Brother Zhang can lend me some money to make ends meet?"

Doctor Zhang asked, "Where are you going to take up your post?"

"Guangxin Prefecture, Jiangxi Province."

"Okay, okay. I'll write you a letter and ask my wife to find a way to get you 20 taels of silver."

Twenty taels is not a small amount, enough to settle down.

The other party agreed, and the two of them separated after whispering to each other for a while.

Eunuch Qian was not surprised.

Taizu left behind rules to prevent officials from Beijing who were sent to other places from accepting bribes or borrowing money to be sent to other places. He also issued a special order that officials from Beijing should leave the city immediately upon receiving official documents and official seals.

Anyone who dared to go home was immediately arrested and punished.

But officials couldn't just take the small amount of travel expenses given by the court and set off on the journey. After all, they not only needed food and drink on the way, but also needed to settle down when they arrived.

So there are policies from above and countermeasures from below.

After leaving Beijing, officials would always sneak back to Beijing, take the money if they should, and borrow the money if they should.

As long as it is something that is tacitly understood and not made public, everyone will turn a blind eye.

Even the eunuchs in the Imperial Household Department knew about it, and everyone in the court knew it too. They just kept it a secret from the one sitting on the dragon throne.

Doctor Zhang lent out twenty taels of silver, and he didn't know when he could get it back, so he was not in a good mood.

The continuous journey made me feel even worse.

So when he returned to Prince Zhou's Palace, his face was as ugly as it could be, making the people in the palace nervous, not knowing whether it was good news or bad news.

The princess and Zhu Zijin led the people from the palace to receive the imperial edict in front of the mourning hall. After hearing accurately that the emperor respected King Zhou's last wish and exempted the people from Zhou's palace from being buried alive with him, everyone's backs softened.

The six ladies paused for a moment and then burst into tears, slapping the ground and howling, "My Lord, why did you abandon us?"

The servants in the palace behind them also burst into tears, especially those who served Prince Zhou personally. They cried as if their parents had died. There was no other moment when they cried for Prince Zhou so sincerely.

　Repeat reminder, the ten lucky numbers tonight are numbers ending in 5, screenshot as proof
　　
　
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