Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 21

The reason why the Queen Mother was selected as the queen was naturally not a stupid woman. She picked up the teacup and glanced at her nephew and said, "Can't you understand what Your Majesty means?"

"Auntie, please advise!" Wang Lan looked thoughtfully at the direction Zhu Youtang was leaving, but asked his aunt for advice.

The Empress Dowager realized that the emperor had awakened, so she poured hot tea on the lid of the tea and said, "Your Majesty's intention is obvious. If you want to make progress, then you have to bring Zhu Ji's criminal evidence!"

"Auntie, Zhu Ji is the commander of Jinyiwei!" Wang Lan's face immediately showed embarrassment, and he emphasized with fear.

The Queen Mother stopped the teacup brought to her mouth, but she said with a bit of sarcasm: "Hehe...it depends on whether you want to be loyal to His Majesty or to Zhu Ji! If even Zhu Ji dare not offend , why should His Majesty trust you, and why should he reuse you?"

After witnessing so many years of harem battles, she is no longer a political novice, but has already seen the current court situation clearly.

Just now Zhu Youtang left without even taking a sip of tea, but she didn't mind at all in her heart, on the contrary, she showed some appreciation for the emperor whose personality had changed a lot.

"Naturally, my nephew wants to be loyal to His Majesty, but...but His Majesty didn't tell me to investigate Zhu Ji just now!" Wang Lan said distressedly when he found that the matter was more complicated than he imagined.

Zhu Ji is not an ordinary commander, and he has the support of a civil society group behind him.Not to mention whether he could succeed, even if he really brought Zhu Ji down, he would have to face the counterattack of the entire civil servant group.

Their royal family is different from the Zhou family of the Empress Dowager Zhou. The Empress Dowager Zhou is His Majesty's biological grandmother, while my aunt is only a aunt, so the protection she receives must be much smaller.

The Queen Mother picked up the teacup and said solemnly: "If Your Majesty expresses his attitude, it is as His Majesty who ordered you to do business! If there is no order from him, you will be able to bring the evidence of the crime of bringing down the commander of Jinyiwei." , This is the certificate of honor for him! Your Majesty has already shown his attitude by not answering your words just now!"

"Aunt, does Your Majesty really have so many thoughts?" Wang Lan found out that the image of Long Live Lord he knew was completely inconsistent with him, and he couldn't help but doubt it.

The Queen Mother had no intention of drinking tea, so she simply put down the teacup in her hand and said, "Although our Wang family will not be noble, as long as the Ai family is here, you will have nothing to worry about for the rest of your life! As for whether you want to collect Zhu Ji's criminal evidence, you Go back and think about it!"

When things got to this point, she was unwilling to explain too much, let alone make this choice for the Wang family.Now that I have matched the bridge, it is up to my natal family as to where to go.

The morning sun gradually rose, and the golden sunlight fell on the Chengxi Palace.

Zhang Yujiao first yawned, stretched out her hands lazily, and sat up from the bed.

"Your Majesty is awake, come in and take care of your Majesty's daily life!" Xiao Zi, the maid beside Hou's bed, hurriedly knelt in front of the bed, and at the same time greeted the maid Hou who was outside.

Since Zhang Yujiao didn't set up a wake-up service, the maids here could only wait. Now that Zhang Yujiao had woken up, they felt a little flustered.

Zhang Yujiao sat in front of the bed, enjoying Zhu Youtang's usual wake-up service, taking it for granted.Thinking of the sweet dream of her own mother just now, her face could not help but be filled with a touch of pride.

There are tens of millions of women in the world, and only she has been asserted by a fortune teller to be a golden phoenix since she was a child, and now she is only one step away from the position of the queen.

Ordinarily, if the crown prince succeeds to the throne, then she, the crown princess, will naturally be promoted to queen.It's just that according to the etiquette and law of Ming Dynasty, the first emperor, empress and empress dowager were canonized immediately, but the empress can only be canonized after changing the yuan next year.

After Zhang Yujiao washed her clothes, she cooperated with the court lady to dress herself, but asked, "Is there any movement in Qianqing Palace?"

"Reporting to my master, apart from going to several banquet halls to pay homage to the late emperor and visit the queen mother, the Lord Long Live stayed in Qianqing Palace all the time!" A female official of the Shangyi Bureau stood by and reported honestly.

Zhang Yujiao was not surprised that Zhu Youtang went to the Palace of Feasts, but she frowned slightly and asked, "Why did Your Majesty go to Renshou Palace?"

"I heard that the Queen Mother was suffering from a cold, that's why Long Live came to visit!" The female officer of the Shangyi Bureau seemed uncertain and authentic.

Zhang Yujiao was actually just asking casually, and sat in front of the bronze mirror and asked again: "Is your Majesty eyeing any maids in Qianqing Palace?"

Zhu Youtang probably didn't even think of it to himself, just because he took one more look at the beautiful maid who was watching the night that day, he was quietly replaced by this side.

How can there be no beauties in the palace of the Qing Dynasty? It's just that someone is carrying the burden for him.

Although Zhang Yujiao is still the Crown Princess, the Empress Dowager Zhou lives on the Outer East Road, and now the Empress Dowager Zhang in the inner court does not take care of the affairs, so the power of the Inner Palace in charge of the six bureaus has fallen into her hands.

"I didn't pay much attention to which maid in Qianqing Palace, but the weather turned cold last night. The eunuch in charge of Qianqing Palace, Eunuch Feng, transferred a beautiful maid from the Shangyi Bureau to warm the bed!" The female officer of the Shangyi Bureau has already figured out Zhang Yujiao's Temperament is to report carefully.

Zhang Yujiao was about to put light makeup on herself, when she heard the words, she immediately raised an angry face and said, "What's your majesty's reaction?"

"Long live Lord indeed took a second look at the maid, but sent the maid away directly, and did not stay to serve her bed!" The female officer of the Shangyi Bureau reported seriously as if she had seen it with her own eyes.

Zhang Yujiao felt vigilant, so she traced her eyebrows earnestly and asked: "What is the origin of that bed warming lady?"

"The court lady from Shangyi Bureau is named Er Ya, she is the daughter of a criminal officer. I heard that she has an aloof personality, but she is really pretty... pretty cute!" The female official from Shangyi Bureau immediately reported what she learned.

Zhang Yujiao continued to draw Liu Mei, and said casually: "You go and warn her yourself, if you are not sensible, then find an excuse to bring her to the Department of Precautions!"

"Obey!" Shang Yisi's female officer immediately said respectfully.

When the old and the new are changing, in fact, it is not only the court that is in turmoil, but also the harem with dark tides.

At noon, the sun is warm in the middle of the Qianqing Palace.

After Zhu Youtang returned from Renshou Palace, he still ignored Xu Pu who came to ask for an interview. He just replied to the request from the Ministry of Rites: "I am deeply saddened. Kuang. Look at the court for fourteen days, and you can hear it with instruments."

Although he knew that the entire civil servant group had bad intentions, but since he was about to take on this burden, he naturally had to hold an early court to compete.

Lunch is still an ordinary dish, but it has obviously become lighter.

Tan Conggui was undoubtedly a young eunuch with self-motivation, when he saw Zhu Youtang moving his chopsticks, he silently began to observe Zhu Youtang's preferences.

Zhu Youtang is actually not very picky about what he eats, but after all, there is no fresh meat, and he didn't sleep well last night, so he stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of bacon and put it in his mouth.

Zhu Youtang chewed it carefully, and found that the taste was really good, but he looked at the maid next to Hou, and finally realized something was wrong: "Where is Niu Mengmeng?"

Hearing this question, Tan Conggui also looked at the court ladies who were side by side, and found that the carefree court lady Niu Mengmeng was indeed not here.

"Long live Lord, Niu Mengmeng was beaten fifty times by the Department of Precepts and has to be locked up in a small black house for three days on a hunger strike. Please forgive me!" The little palace lady who really made a mistake couldn't bear it any longer and immediately knelt down and cried.

Zhu Youtang's expression straightened immediately, and he glanced at Liu Jin next to him.

Liu Jin was so frightened that her legs limp and knelt on the ground, and she explained in a panic: "Master, this servant has already passed the word to the Department of Precepts, and this servant did not know that they will be punished so severely!"

"Did you really bring my words to the Department of Precautions?" Zhu Youtang put down the chopsticks in his hand and asked seriously.

Liu Jin cherishes the present honor and disgrace very much, kowtowed quickly and explained: "Master, you are the god of slaves, how dare I disobey you! This matter has indeed been brought up. At that time, the steward of the Department of Prudence and Precepts said that he knew how to do it, slaves That's when I came back with peace of mind. If I knew that he was so bold and dared to impose heavy punishment on Niu Mengmeng, my slaves would never let them do this, even if they wanted to die, they would protect Niu Mengmeng!"

"Show the Prudential Precepts Division!" Zhu Youtang saw that Liu Jin, who was kowtowing fiercely, did not seem to be lying, so he ordered in a deep voice.

Things have developed to this point, but it is not just a matter of Niu Mengmeng, a court lady, but is related to his prestige as an emperor.

(End of this chapter)