Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 553 Cut down this crooked neck tree
Qi Dechu really doesn't know how to serve people.

Anyway, before entering the palace, she was also a daughter of a thousand gold. Although her father was demoted to a remote place, she still lived a life of clothes and food.

Today, what is selected into Zhu Youjian's harem is only the rules of being a master, not the rules of being a servant.

The only skill that counts as serving people is making tea.

Since the Northern Expedition, all the way from Nanjing to Beijing, in addition to making tea, I was responsible for making tea.

But during the Northern Expedition, it was still the old eunuch Lu Jiude who served Zhu Youjian to wash his hands.

Now, after hearing what Qi Guiren said, Xu Zhaohua dare not imagine how his own emperor would behave when His Majesty was alone with Qi Guiren.

But Xu Zhaohua herself doesn't know how to serve others, and it was only at this time that she realized that she would encounter these things when she first entered Beijing. There are no palace maids and there are not enough internal officials.

The original eunuchs and eunuchs of the Qing Dynasty had all fled into Mobei with Shunzhi and others, or escaped from the palace by taking advantage of the chaos.

At this moment, there are only a few people in Nuoda's Forbidden City, including her, Zhu Youjian, and Qi Guiren.

Zhu Youjian also sat in front of the window and realized that he didn't seem to have anyone who could help him wash his hands. He actually left the old eunuch Lu Jiude in Tongzhou, leaving him with only two young ladies by his side. And there is no one who can help him wash himself.

However, Zhu Youjian also realized that he did not know when he had become a person who does not work hard, a person who does not know how to take care of himself.

Zhu Youjian raised his head and looked out the window. The Forbidden City has been bathed in the golden sunshine of the early morning, and white clouds have slowly floated up from the Meishan Mountain.

"Go, go to Meishan".

Zhu Youjian suddenly realized something, and without caring about his disheveled hair, he hurried out of Jingren Palace and walked towards Meishan.

"His Majesty!"

Xu Zhaohua hurriedly followed, she didn't understand why her majesty suddenly said to go to Meishan, seeing her unkempt appearance, she suddenly felt that she was very irresponsible as the chief eunuch, but at this time, she also I could only follow in a hurry.

Qi Guiren also followed, his little feet were running non-stop, his yellow face was full of curiosity.

Zhu Youjian didn't care about the dirt on the ground, and didn't care that the branches of Meishan tore his dragon robe, and walked under the crooked neck tree.

"It was called Qingshan in the former Yuan Dynasty, and later it was called Longevity Mountain, but it was also called Meishan because it was the place where the harem coal was piled up. After Jianlu occupied my Beijing city, he picked up names everywhere. , Changed Meishan to Jingshan, if I hadn’t left Beijing in March 17, perhaps this would be my home.”

When Zhu Youjian said this, Qi Guiren expressed that he didn't understand, and his tear-stained face was only curious, but Xu Zhaohua seemed to understand something, he couldn't help smiling, and looked up at the crooked-neck tree.

Zhu Youjian suddenly grabbed Qi Guiren's hand, and pulled her to the tree with a crooked neck: "My concubine, do you know that if I hadn't re-possessed you back then and you had already entered the palace, you would have been like that?" Like me, in March of the 17th year of Chongzhen, in the spring when the tree spewed out new greenery, it died, but this is no longer a reality."

Qi Guiren looked at Zhu Youjian. She didn't know why His Majesty said this to her suddenly. It seemed very different from His Majesty who tried his best to kiss her on the snowy day. At this moment, it seemed that His Majesty's eyes There are many stories hidden.

Qi Guiren couldn't help looking at Xu Zhaohua, she knew Xu Zhaohua well, but she felt that Xu Zhaohua knew His Majesty better than herself, but she saw Xu Zhaohua crying faintly.

"On the eve of my departure from Beijing, when Li Zicheng was about to enter Beijing, I had a dream. I dreamed that I was hanged here."

Zhu Youjian told the history he knew in later generations in another way.

Qi Guiren and the eunuch Xu Zhaohua, the supervisor of ceremonies, listened carefully.

The breeze blows with the morning spring dew, and the yellow leaves on the old tree trunks slowly fall, while the new green leaves shine brightly in the sun.

At this time, Daming is no longer that yellow leaf, but that green leaf.

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, Qi Dexuan took the initiative to kiss Zhu Youjian's lips.

It was the first time that Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty was offended like this by someone, even by a woman. He froze for a moment, and then asked angrily, "What are you doing?"

Qi Guiren lowered his head and fiddled with the leaf in his hand: "Your Majesty said that the concubine is His Majesty's woman, and the concubine wants to give birth to a child for His Majesty. When the child grows up, he can protect Daming, just like His Majesty. Protect Your Majesty so that His Majesty's nightmare will never come true."

Zhu Youjian smiled, Qi Guiren's words made him feel a lot better all of a sudden, and I don't know when, this new concubine of himself is willing to think about his future with him.

Xu Zhaohua looked at Zhu Youjian and Qi Guiren who were snuggling together and couldn't help laughing, but she couldn't help but think of the empress, how depressed the empress was after the prince was abolished, and then think of her childhood playmate The woman who is about to become his majesty is about to give birth to a prince for his majesty, and what can he do for Daming at that time.

"The director of ceremonies is accompanying Xu Zhaohua!"

Zhu Youjian's serious order pulled Xu Zhaohua back from his trance.

Xu Zhaohua's pretty face flushed, and he quickly bowed and said, "My minister is here."

"You should go and get an ax now. I want to cut down this crooked neck tree myself. Zhu Youjian and even the future emperor can only survive and not die!"

Xu Zhaohua didn't expect that her first task after entering Beijing would be to find an axe, but now she can only rush to find an axe.

Qi Guiren smiled slightly. She lived in the south of the Yangtze River since she was a child, and lived in Ming Dynasty without war. She is like a butterfly living in a garden. She doesn't know what cruelty is, what is the end of the world, and why her Majesty wants to cut down trees suddenly. She just thinks it's funny , It was so funny that she let out a silver bell-like laugh, at the moment when Xu Zhaohua sent the ax, Zhu Youjian chopped the iron ax on the tree and splashed sawdust.

Xu Zhaohua has been a ceremonial supervisor for a long time. She understands what her Majesty is doing. She seems to be cutting down trees to make beauties laugh like King Zhou You, but she is saying goodbye to an old era.

When Zhu Youjian was chopping trees in the silent palace, the excitement outside the palace city had just begun.

Chen Mingxia and other civil servants from the Qing Dynasty had been kneeling at the city gate outside Beijing for a whole day. They began to feel confused and a little afraid, but they still hoped that His Majesty would be lenient. After all, this empire still needs literati to govern.

They also thought about escaping from the capital, but now it was too late, the guards had blocked the city of Beijing.

(End of this chapter)