Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 5 The Prince's Mansion Outside the Whirlpool

There was an undercurrent in the capital, but the Prince's Mansion didn't seem to be affected.

The beautiful woman in fine clothes didn't get up until the sun was high, she was lying lazily on the bed like a demon, with black silk wrapped around her snow-white fingers, her big watery eyes picking out the gold and silver hairpins in front of her eyes.

Like women all over the world, she has a special liking for beautiful jewelry, and now she has become a big customer of Baixinzhai, the largest gold shop in the capital.

Zhang Yujiao picked up a beautiful golden phoenix hairpin from the plate, and asked as if suddenly remembering something: "How many days has the prince slept in the study?"

"It's been five or six days since I reported to the Crown Princess!" Xiaozi, the maid with a bun face, knew that the Crown Princess wanted to show favor to the Crown Prince, so she immediately replied joyfully.

Zhang Yujiao played with the hairpin with the golden phoenix carved in her hand, and asked indifferently: "Has the prince been dishonest to anyone these days?"

"No! His Royal Highness wakes up very early for morning exercises these days, and then goes to the lecture hall as usual, and he has not been dishonest to anyone!" Xiao Zi immediately shook her head like a rattle, and responded very seriously.

"Don't want this one, keep the rest!" Zhang Yujiao handed the jeweled gold hairpin to the maid next to her, and then told the maid Xiaozi: "Don't let the prince continue to sleep in the study tonight, arrange him to come back to sleep! "

"Obey!" Xiao Zi's eyes lit up immediately, and she said in a statement.

The dark clouds over the prince's mansion for many days seemed to be dissipating. The prince Zhu Youtang, who was neglected by the princess, finally received grace. He didn't need to sleep in the study room tonight.

Zhu Youtang has slowly adapted to this new identity. He stays in the prince's mansion every day. Except for class, he spends the rest of his time flipping through books in the study room, and at the same time sorting out some useful knowledge points based on the memories of his previous life.

During this period, not only Xu Pu often came to instill the idea of ​​governing the country to himself, but even Liu Jian, a scholar in the Imperial Academy, also came to join in the fun, and even pretended to inadvertently mention Huai En, the former eunuch who was demoted. .

It is said that civil servants and eunuchs are naturally hostile groups, but in fact they are not absolute.

Wynn was born in the Dai family of Suzhou. His elder brother Dai Lun was ordered to be beaten to death with a stick. Name Wynn.

That's why, although it's true that Wynn is a eunuch, he is still a member of the civil servant group.

Zhu Youtang realized that he had an extremely huge network of relationships, and what he was facing was a very powerful force, and it was no easy task to completely control this court.

"Prince, the meal is ready, please have lunch!" Although Tan Conggui was no longer Zhu Youtang's personal eunuch, he had resolutely become the catering eunuch of the Prince's Mansion, and greeted Zhu Youtang respectfully.

Zhu Youtang looked at the very light dishes on the dining table, and immediately asked in confusion: "For a day or two, why are the meals so light every day?"

As soon as these words came out, the eunuchs and maids present couldn't help but silently exchanged glances.

Zhu Youtang frowned slightly, and immediately set his eyes on Tan Conggui who was in charge of the meals, but Tan Conggui dared not say a word as if he was constipated.

The other eunuchs and maids all lowered their heads, resolutely not daring to answer this question.

Zhu Youtang's face suddenly became more solemn, not all because of the food that didn't have much oil and gas, but because everyone didn't take his prince seriously.

"His Royal Highness, I heard that there is not much silver left in the Crown Prince's treasury, so all of us have to plan our meals carefully. You are already very good!" Seeing that everyone dared not speak, Niu Mengmeng couldn't help but Stand up and tell the truth.

But as soon as these words came out, the eunuchs and maids including Huang Pan looked at Niu Mengmeng with pity.

Zhu Youtang looked at this court lady with very clear eyes, but he said very puzzled: "I remember that at the beginning of the opening of the mansion this year, the emperor allocated a full 1 taels to the Prince's Mansion!"

Tan Conggui swallowed forcefully, only to realize that Niu Mengmeng dared to continue talking, so Dang even winked and shook his head.

"Prince, that's right! But the princess's expenses are too much. She not only bought a lot of gold and silver jewelry, but also gave her natal family a lot..."

Niu Mengmeng's face straightened, and Dang even counted with her fingers like a housekeeper, but Tan Conggui's heavy coughing next to her finally made her realize that these words seemed not to be spoken nonsense, so she obediently closed her mouth.

Zhu Youtang looked at Tan Conggui, who seemed to be suffering from tuberculosis, and said dissatisfiedly, "Tan Conggui, what kind of disease do you really have, don't appear in front of Gu again from now on?"

"Too...Prince, it's... nothing!" Tan Conggui hurriedly stopped coughing, and waved his hands again and again.

Zhu Youtang looked at the eight vegetables and one soup in front of him, and finally understood the problem.

The financial strain of my prince's mansion is not because Sui Ci has a problem, but because he married a spendthrift princess.Unfortunately, this crown princess also needs to help her family.

In view of the dangers of foreign relatives interfering in politics in the Han Dynasty, Taizu, after conquering the country, limited the prince's marriage to small families to prevent foreign relatives from becoming bigger.

Zhang Yujiao's father, Zhang Luan, entered the Guozijian with a tribute from his hometown. His cousin Zhang Qi was the former governor of Liaodong, but after all he did not belong to the aristocratic family, so he could only be regarded as a middle-class family.

Zhang Yujiao is the daughter of Zhang's parents, and she and Zhu Youtang have just been married for half a year, so it is naturally impossible to say how deep the relationship between the two is.After taking control of the financial power of the Prince's Mansion, although 1 taels seems to be a lot, it is naturally not enough for her to spend so much money, and now it is naturally going to be stretched.

Zhu Youtang couldn't help but shook his head bitterly, the former master of his body indulged him too much.

Not to mention that ordinary families can't do this, let alone the emperor's house.In the original history, it was precisely because he spoiled Empress Zhang too much that he left a nonsense Zhengde, which even ruined his own family.

Zhu Youtang looked at the clear soup in front of him with little water, only the plate of mutton crystal dumplings had a meaty taste on the table, so he stretched out his chopsticks to pick up one.

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Niu Mengmeng, who was standing beside him, looked at the mutton crystal dumplings on Zhu Youtang's chopsticks, and suddenly his stomach growled, and then he lowered his head in embarrassment.

Zhu Youtang was taken aback for a moment when he heard the movement, and then noticed that only Niu Mengmeng was staring at his toes shyly in a row of court ladies, and realized what was going on.

Tan Conggui also heard the movement, but gave Niu Mengmeng a stern look.

Zhu Youtang knew that the life of the court ladies here might not be easy, so he pointed to the plate of mutton crystal dumplings and said, "Niu Mengmeng, you are very loyal to Gu, so I will reward you with this plate of mutton crystal dumplings!"

"Ah?" Niu Mengmeng suddenly raised his head, his beautiful big eyes looked unbelievable.

Tan Conggui didn't like this carefree court lady very much, so he reminded him, "Are you still thanking the crown prince for your kindness?"

"Thank you, the crown prince, for the reward!" Niu Mengmeng once suspected that he had heard it wrong, so he hastily thanked him.

A pot of mutton crystal dumplings is almost a daily dish for the crown prince, but for her it is a lot of greasy food that she has never eaten, and it is one of the foods she dreams of.

Niu Mengmeng was taking over the bowl of mutton dumplings, and when he stuffed a mutton dumpling into his mouth, his fleshy face became even fatter.But he suddenly found Tan Conggui glaring at him viciously, so he hurried out of the door with the plate of mutton dumplings.

The court ladies present couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay, who did they learn this court etiquette from?

Zhu Youtang saw Niu Mengmeng eating so happily, and it was only at this time that he felt that he was the prince of the Ming Dynasty, the master of the prince's mansion who spoke volumes, and the prince who could create happiness for others.

Bang!
What happened in the dining room naturally could not escape the eyeliner of the princess. After learning that Zhu Youtang was dissatisfied with the food, Zhang Yujiao smashed the porcelain vase he was playing with in his hand.

"Princess Concubine, that Niu Mengmeng is really hateful, I think she just wants to seduce the Crown Prince!" An older maid said in a small report, emphasizing it.

But as soon as the words fell, Xiaozi, the maid next to her, immediately reprimanded: "Don't talk nonsense! With the Crown Princess here, how could she be so presumptuous to seduce the Crown Prince!"

"Yes, the servant girl made a slip of the tongue!" The older court lady who made the small report immediately admitted her mistake.

Zhang Yujiao waved her hand to the maid who made a small report, and when the maid left, she said angrily to Xiaozi, the maid next to her, "You let His Royal Highness stay in the study room tonight, and my mother won't serve him anymore, let me tell you From now on, where is he going to stay cool?"

"Yes!" Xiao Zi was well aware of Zhang Yujiao's strength, so Dang even bit the bullet and agreed.

But who can blame this matter?If the crown prince hadn't asked about Ku Yin today, and stayed away from that court lady named Niu Mengmeng, then he and the crown princess would be able to reconcile tonight.

Zhu Youtang stood in the courtyard at night and looked towards the direction of the Forbidden City. It is said that he, the prince, should be called into the palace to accompany him at this time, but the world seems to have forgotten him, the prince.

Perhaps, in the eyes of many people, he, the prince, is really dispensable, or the most ideal puppet.

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