Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 13 Give you a chance, don't you cherish it?
Forbidden City, Qingning Palace.

"Report to the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty has already gone to Fengtian Hall!" The eunuch who was in charge of following Zhu Youtang's dragon chariot came back to report, looking very excited.

Sitting in the front seat is the Empress Dowager Zhou, but she has now been promoted to Empress Dowager.

Although his son Zhu Jianshen has passed away, his grandson Zhu Youtang took over, and his status has risen instead of falling, especially this grandson was raised by himself.

"Imperial Grandmother, I was just acting petty, but I didn't expect His Majesty to be really angry!" Zhang Yujiao said with tears in her eyes, looking aggrieved.

The Empress Dowager Zhou turned her head to look at the granddaughter-in-law whom she personally selected, and said gently: "It's normal for young couples to argue, but this man needs to be coaxed more!"

"I've always yielded to Your Majesty. This time, Your Majesty was unreasonable. He avoided me yesterday!" Zhang Yujiao, who had always been pretending to be a lady, said pitifully and authentically.

When the Empress Dowager Zhou chose Zhang Yujiao's concubine, she already knew Zhang Yujiao's temperament clearly, but she chose to expose the lie and said: "The Ai family heard that you let the prince sleep in the study for several days! "

"I... my monthly letter is here!" Zhang Yujiao didn't expect that the Empress Dowager Zhou had an eyeliner in the Prince's Mansion, so she lied casually.

The Empress Dowager Zhou has always been the protagonist of the harem battle, and she has seen through Zhang Yujiao at a glance, but it is undoubtedly in her own interest that Zhang Yujiao can suppress Zhu Youtang, so she nodded slightly and said: "Your Majesty will come here later, I will help you and your Majesty." Said it, there is no overnight feud between husband and wife!"

"Thank you, Grandmother!" Zhang Yujiao said inwardly, when her grief turned into joy.

Since the last Mid-Autumn Festival, but I don't know which link has gone wrong. Zhu Youtang, who was controlled by him to death, seems to be a different person.

Earlier, she was able to send soup to condolences, but she began to withdraw her staff two days ago, and directly drove those eunuchs and court ladies who were facing her out of the Qianqing Palace.

But she knew that Zhu Youtang was brought up by the Queen Mother Zhou, Zhu Youtang listened to the Queen Mother Zhou the most, and now she used the Queen Mother Zhou to put pressure on him, and believed that everything would return to normal.

When the auspicious time comes, the sound of bells and drums from the Noon Tower of the Forbidden City echoes in the palace complex with red walls and glazed tiles.

Two thick tuck doors were opened at the same time, and two imperial guards armed with painted halberds ran out of the palace gate neatly, standing beside the palace road with a murderous air on their bodies.

"Hundreds of officials enter!"

Just as the bells and drums in Wu Tower stopped, an eunuch immediately sang loudly.

Wan An, the chief assistant of the cabinet, led the civil officials to enter from the left yeh gate, and the British public Zhang Mao led the dignitaries and military generals to enter from the right yeh gate, and Jin Yiwei set up a big driver.

Now it is the familiar process of going to court on weekdays!When they arrived at the Jinshui Bridge, all the officials stopped to adjust their appearance, then walked across the Jinshui Bridge, and finally all stopped in front of Fengtian Gate.

The deacon of Honglu Temple saw the movement in front of the Fengtian Hall, and immediately said loudly: "Kneel!"

"Your Majesty, I will greet you, long live my emperor!" All the civil and military officials present saluted one after another, shouting like a tsunami.

Zhu Youtang, who was wearing Yanmian uniform, came to the incense table where the wine and meat were placed. He had already noticed that the more than [-] civil and military officials kneeling below were following the procedure to proclaim the ceremony of heaven and earth in front of the largest palace. Five bows and three knocks.

Zhu Youtang ignored the civil and military officials who watched the ceremony, and after paying homage to heaven and earth here, he went to Fengtian Hall to pay homage to his ancestors, skipping several banquet halls, and then went to visit the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager.

Today, eunuchs continued to report Zhu Youtang's itinerary. When Zhu Youtang just entered the gate of the courtyard, the hall inside was already ready.

"Grandson pays homage to the emperor's grandmother!" Zhu Youtang knew that the old woman who was nearly sixty years old in front of him was quite capable, so he maintained his usual gentle image and saluted.

The Empress Dowager Zhou looked at her grandson successfully succeeding to the throne, and smiled like a spring breeze: "Get up quickly, let the emperor's grandmother take a good look at you, and you will be as majestic as your father!"

Zhu Youtang stood up from the ground and noticed Zhang Yujiao standing next to him.

Zhang Yujiao also dressed up carefully today, and she always pretended to be a virtuous image in front of the Empress Dowager Zhou, so she bowed gracefully: "The concubine has seen Your Majesty!"

The Empress Dowager Zhou swept her eyes away, and immediately said peace for Zhang Yujiao: "Your Majesty, the two of you, Grandmother, have had a quarrel. For the sake of Grandmother, how about you reconcile?"

When Zhang Yujiao heard this, Dang even put on a rather aggrieved look, as if she was indeed a victim.

"Okay, then admit your mistake to me!" Zhu Youtang knew that it was not appropriate to be too unfeeling, so he said flatly.

Zhang Yujiao's eyes widened, and she pointed at her pretty nose in disbelief, never expecting that this man who obeyed her would ask her to admit her mistakes in public.

The Empress Dowager Zhou glanced at Zhu Youtang in surprise, but she still stood by her grandson and said, "Jiaoer, pour tea for Your Majesty and admit your mistake!"

"Bentai... I'm not wrong!" Zhang Yujiao is a proud person, and even thinks that she will eat this man to death, so she refused with a temper.

"Grandmother, the enthronement ceremony is not over yet, my grandson will leave first, and come to greet Grandmother at night!" Zhu Youtang knew that this woman still wanted to control herself, so she immediately saluted the Empress Dowager Zhou.

The Empress Dowager Zhou knew that the top priority was to successfully hold the enthronement ceremony, so she nodded lightly in agreement and said, "Okay, Your Majesty, you go to work first!"

"Farewell, grandson!" Zhu Youtang had already given Zhang Yujiao a chance, but turned and left without looking at Zhang Yujiao.

Zhang Yujiao's grievance just now was a disguise, but seeing that the man who once licked her toes asked her to admit her mistake, her eyes were more angry at this time.

Even if this man is His Majesty today, in his heart he still wants to step on this man into the mud and make him continue to surrender under his pomegranate skirt.

The Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Zhu Youtang who was leaving, but felt more clearly that Zhu Youtang seemed to be a different person, and her brows could not help but frown tightly.

Is this still the silly white sweet that I cultivated?Is it still the obedient grandson?Or is it true that she has been pretending like in the dream, and after becoming the emperor, she has to settle accounts with herself?

An eagle with a white head and a yellow beak appeared above the Forbidden City, looking down at the magnificent Forbidden City.It's just that as he spread his wings and flew high, the entire Beijing city became smaller, and he was no longer bound by this world.

Zhu Youtang is like a sharp knife out of its sheath now, but the harem is not the most urgent problem to be solved, and the most difficult problem now is the gang of educated hooligans.

Leaving Qingning Palace, he immediately went to Renshou Palace non-stop.

The queens and queens of Emperor Chenghua were not favored. Even though Emperor Chenghua left so many heirs, none of them were born to the queens.

Although the Queen Mother has already won the title of Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager Zhou is currently in charge of the harem, and soon there will be a queen in charge of the harem. Her empress dowager has been reduced to a marginal figure.

The queen mother is nearly forty years old. Because she has not given birth and is well maintained, she is still a beautiful woman.Just marrying into the emperor's family, she will be a widow for the rest of her life.

"Empress Dowager, please live here with peace of mind. Your subjects will definitely be filial in the future!" Zhu Youtang expressed his hope that the harem could live in harmony.

The Queen Mother dismissed some irrelevant personnel, and expressed goodwill: "Your Majesty, Ai's family has a nephew who works in the Beizhen Fusi. He said that the Beizhen Fusi suddenly monitored the ministers in the capital recently. I wonder if this is His Majesty's secret order? ?”

"I remember that the Empress Dowager's nephews who work in Beizhen Fusi are called Wang Lan and Wang Xiang, but I don't know who they are?" Zhu Youtang's heart moved slightly, but he didn't answer directly.

Although Jin Yiwei was the emperor's bodyguard, there were too many children of foreign relatives and civil servants in it. For example, there were more than ten children of the Empress Dowager Zhou's natal family who held important positions in Jin Yiwei.

Jinyiwei was constantly infiltrated by the sons of civil servants, and now it has already changed its quality, otherwise Emperor Chenghua would not have reused the East Factory and established the West Factory.

The Queen Mother realized that Her Majesty in front of her was not dull, so she nodded with a smile and said, "Your Majesty has a good memory, this matter was told by Wang Lan, and he is in charge of Jinyi Baihu in Beizhen Fusi."

"Empress Dowager, if Wang Lan enters the palace, please let him go to the Qianqing Palace. I will ask you something!" Zhu Youtang naturally wanted to regain control of Jinyiwei, and it seemed that his words were genuine.

The Queen Mother has nothing else to ask for, and she can no longer fight for it. Now she just wants her family to live better, so she naturally agrees.

As soon as Zhu Youtang left, she promptly arranged for Wang Lan to enter the palace in the name of visiting her.

(End of this chapter)