prosperous age

"You all go back."

Emperor Jiajing looked coldly at the woman kneeling in the hall, and then, Emperor Jiajing suddenly lost interest.

I was happy just now and thought about keeping them for lunch in Yongshou Palace, but now I have no such interest at all.

At this time, Concubine Shen got up, took the other concubines to the center of the hall, and saluted Emperor Jiajing together.

"The concubine bid farewell."

Afterwards, the concubines got up and slowly exited the hall.

Just as Concubine Lu Jing and the others were about to leave the house, Emperor Jiajing's voice sounded again.

"Tell King Jing that An'an will go to De'an with peace of mind."

Concubine Lu Jing knew that Emperor Jiajing said this to her, to tell her to suppress King Jing's agitated heart.

Concubine Lu Jing knew more or less what King Jing had done and was doing, even if she didn't know the details, she could guess a lot.

At least, Lu Bing's matter was full of conspiracy, and the few people she had arranged for were all implicated at this time, and no one was alive or dead.

Not daring to say a word, Concubine Lu Jing quickly left Yongshou Palace with Concubine Shen and others, Concubine Shen could not stop complaining along the way.

"Concubine Jing, why are you so confused? Although King Jing is your son, the fiefdom is a national law, can we interfere?"

Concubine Lu Jing could only bow her head silently after hearing this, not daring to argue with Concubine Shen Gui.

Although what she thought in her heart was that Concubine Shen Gui would say that only because she had no children, otherwise how could it be so.

"Emperor Ming Zu Xun" internal order: All the queens are forbidden to govern all kinds of women in the palace, and they are not allowed to interfere with the affairs outside the palace gate.

With this group training, and the empresses that Zhu Yuanzhang arranged for his descendants to marry were all from the people, effectively preventing the possibility of foreign relatives interfering in politics, it is indeed rare for the harem to intervene in politics in the Ming Dynasty, far less frequent than in the previous dynasties.

"The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics", it is said that this sentence was first told by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to Empress Ma, and later became the iron law of the harem of the Ming Dynasty.

However, there are also folk legends that when Zhu Yuanzhang said "the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics", he instead asked Empress Ma to kick over the bench directly to ask him for an argument.

It is rumored that when the Hu Weiyong case broke out in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang implicated tens of thousands of Hu party members, killing blood like rivers. Many of these people followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world.

Empress Ma couldn't stand it anymore, and asked Zhu Yuanzhang one day: "Is the world peaceful now?"

Zhu Yuanzhang himself was angry, and angrily reprimanded Empress Ma, saying: "This is a matter for the court, and the harem must not interfere in politics!"

Empress Ma was in a hurry at that time, kicked over a stool, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "You are the father of the world, and I am the mother of the world. Why can't the mother ask if the child is safe?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless.

Although at the time, Zhu Yuanzhang knew he was wrong and couldn't find words to refute it, he still added this paragraph when compiling "Emperor Ming Zu Xun".

Everything that happened in Yongshou Palace will naturally spread in the palace soon, and then spread outside the palace, even if there are people in the harem that "everyone who writes a private post outside, whoever writes a post will be executed".

It seems that in the entire Ming Dynasty, the harem was like a sieve, unable to hide news at all.

It's just that after the concubines left Yongshou Palace, Emperor Jiajing, who was angry, kicked out all the eunuchs and maids serving in the hall, and these people were naturally eager to do so.

The emperor was obviously pissed off. At this time, a little unsatisfactory ending might end badly. It would be a good thing to hide far away.

"Years ago, Xu Jie's memorial said, when will King Jing's Mansion be completed?"

There were only Emperor Jiajing and Huang Jin in the hall. At this time, the emperor asked.

"Go back to the emperor, and the work can be completed around March."

Huang Jin hurriedly bowed and replied.

"March?"

Emperor Jiajing nodded slightly, then turned his head and said to Huang Jin: "Arrangement, let him leave in February and arrive in De'an in about five or six months."

Hearing Emperor Jiajing's order, Huang Jin opened his mouth wide in surprise, but he soon realized that His Majesty was really annoyed with King Jing.

"Give me a good eye on him this month, and don't make trouble again."

While speaking, Emperor Jiajing waved his hand, and said in his mouth: "You can make arrangements, I want to be quiet."

"According to the order."

Huang Jin bowed his head in agreement, and then slowly exited the hall.

With Emperor Jiajing's order, Huang Jin naturally wanted to get things done, but it took a lot of thinking about how to do it.

When he said this, he called everyone else out, obviously not intending to invent the matter directly.

Walking out of the main hall, Huang Jin was still considering whether to ask someone to notify Wu Shan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, or to ask Xu Jie to do it. It would be more appropriate to hand over the memorial to the palace first.

"Eunuch Huang, inside."

At this time, Chen Ju, who was on duty at the gate, bowed to Huang Jin in a low voice, which naturally meant asking if he needed someone to go in and serve him.

Previously, Emperor Jiajing drove everyone out, and now Huang Jin has also come out. It seems that he has the emperor's order to do it, but the emperor can't have no one around him.

Seeing Chen Ju, Huang Jin hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head. It's not suitable for someone from Prince Yu's Mansion to intervene in this matter.

Yes, seeing Chen Ju, Huang Jin thought about whether to ask Chen Ju to bring the news.

In fact, officials from the Ministry of Rites are the most appropriate person to ask the vassal king to deal with the affairs of the vassal state, and now Gao Gong from Prince Yu's mansion is the minister of the Ministry of Rites, so it is naturally appropriate.

However, if people from Prince Yu's mansion participated in the invitation to ask King Jing to be a vassal, it seemed easy to give the truth, that is, King Yu did not tolerate King Jing. It is necessary to carry this pot again.

At this moment, Huang Jin has already made a decision to let Wu Shan do this, and only Wu Shan can handle this.

However, at Prince Yu's Mansion, it's better to know about this in advance, lest the people there get involved in it and make the emperor in the palace unhappy.

Huang Jin hooked his hands towards Chen Ju, and Chen Ju understood, and hurriedly followed Huang Jin to a secluded place.

"You go out of the palace and tell Wei Xiaozi that the emperor wants Wu Shangshu to invite His Royal Highness King Jing to come out of Beijing in February."

Huang Jin saw that there was no one around, then turned and said to Chen Ju.

Hearing this, Chen Ju immediately understood what was going on. Even though he was outside the gate of the palace, he could hear everything that happened in the palace clearly.

"Yes, let's talk about it, little one."

Chen Ju agreed.

In Yongshou Palace, there are many eunuchs like him, and everyone is on duty.

Now that Huang Jin has said so, Chen Ju intends to send the news as soon as possible to make King Yu happy in the New Year.

Well, whether it's Huang Jin or Chen Ju, the purpose of doing this is to please King Yu, the future master.

Perhaps, the matter of pleasing King Yu no longer meant much to Huang Jin. He was not young, and it was impossible for him to stay in the palace for too long, but it was of great significance to Chen Ju.

"Go ahead, and remind them by the way, don't drink too much in the New Year, it's easy to do bad things."

Huang Jin glanced at Chen Ju, waved his hand to signal that he could leave, and then walked slowly towards the gate of Yongshou Palace.

Chen Ju had already left the Yongshou Palace at this time, but instead of going out directly to find the Wei family, he first went to the Supervisor of Rites to find his godfather Gao Zhong.

Although Huang Jin didn't seem to have any malice towards him, Chen Ju knew that in this palace, there were dangers everywhere, and if he didn't know what to do, he would make the emperor unhappy, and he didn't know how to die.

Godfather has been in the palace for a long time, so he is naturally able to distinguish the pros and cons of it, not to mention that King Jing will become a domain in February, which is not a small matter, so godfather must know first.

When Chen Ju rushed to the Supervisor of Rituals, he happened to see Feng Bao, the eunuch of Bingbi, coming out of the house, and hurriedly avoided it, and saluted respectfully when Feng Bao passed by, "Happy New Year, Eunuch Feng."

"Looking for Eunuch Gao?"

Feng Bao stood still in front of Chen Ju, and he was not stingy with Chen Ju's New Year greetings. He reached out and took out a small ingot from his sleeve and threw it over to him.

After Chen Ju was in a hurry, there was another burst of thanks in a hurry.

"Okay, I'll take it for you, and thank you."

Feng Bao smiled and said to Chen Ju: "Your godfather is in the back room, you go in."

After speaking, Feng Bao left without looking back.

After Feng Bao left, Chen Ju straightened up quickly, put the silver ingot in his arms into his arms, and then stepped into the Supervisor of Rites.

"Godfather, what do you mean when Eunuch Huang asked me to deliver a letter to Prince Yu's Mansion?"

After finishing Huang Jin's order, Chen Ju asked in a low voice in front of Gao Zhong.

"Eunuch Huang sees you pleasing to the eye and supports you, hehe"

Gao Zhong just smiled, "Just do what Eunuch Huang wants. You can tell Wei Guangde now. King Yu will reward you with some money if he knows the news."

"My son is supported by his godfather, but Eunuch Huang doesn't need to worry about it."

Chen Ju pretended to be shy and said, but he was also happy in his heart.

In the palace and in front of the emperor, the godfather doesn't have as much face as Huang Jin. If Huang Jin really likes him, can he go directly to the Supervisor of Rites like Feng Bao?

"Fake it, get out, I gave you the good things yesterday, but I don't have them today."

Gao Zhong scolded with a smile, and threw an ingot at Chen Ju casually, Chen Ju hurriedly reached out to catch it, and then walked towards the door in a panic after another Dao Xi.

"At this moment, where should Wei Xiaozi drink wine on Chang'an Avenue, don't miss him."

Just before going out, Gao Zhong's voice came from behind.

"Hey, I got it, godfather."

Chen Ju agreed, and hastily opened the curtain and left the house.

Chen Ju, who came out, thought of what his godfather said before he left, and felt that it made sense. This group of officials would go out for breakfast after the big court meeting.

After all, many officials left at Yinshi, and it was still early in the day, so even if they ate something, they would be hungry by this time.

I heard that in the early years, at this time, the restaurants on the street were not open, that is, because there was no great court meeting, and the emperor did not reward banquets, so this tradition was formed. Open to entertain these big lords.

Are there many restaurants on East and West Chang'an Streets?
There are many, there are many high-grade ones but not high-grade ones, but at this time, all the restaurants are open, and small shops are still not open for business.

There are many restaurants, but Chen Ju couldn't help it. After leaving the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Chen Ju went to the Supervisor of Rites to find the eunuchs who were in charge of the guard of honor. Restaurant to find.

According to the habit of previous years, Emperor Jiajing would not leave Yongshou Palace today. In fact, even in normal times, the number of times he left Yongshou Palace was very few, so people here used to have nothing to do.

After sending people out, Chen Ju walked slowly towards the palace gate.

Chen Ju walked out of the palace, "creaking", and walked on Chang'an Avenue on the exposed snow. It was already bright at this moment, but there were no people on the road, and the capital would become lively later.

Speaking of which, it's better to be a commoner during the Chinese New Year, at least you don't have to get up early.

Not long after, there was a little servant running towards him in front of him, and he was very close.

"Eunuch Chen, he has been found."

The little waiter came to Chen Ju and hurriedly saluted, and told the restaurant where Wei Guangde was.

Throwing a small silver ingot, Chen Ju walked towards West Chang'an Avenue where Wei Guangde was.

And just when he turned around, a very ordinary-looking carriage drove out of the palace gate, but the carriage was going in the direction of Ten Princes' Mansion to the east.

Naturally, Chen Ju would not go directly to the restaurant to find Wei Guangde, but went into the restaurant and asked for a small private room with no one there, and asked the waiter in the restaurant to invite someone.

At this time, in the restaurant, although there were many officials, they were still punching and ordering in the private room, and there were no people outside except the waiters.

In Wei Guangde's room, Wei Guangde was drinking heavily at this time, holding a wine glass in his left hand and punching someone with his right hand, the waiter came to invite someone, he was still a little puzzled, who is still looking for me at this time?
But since they found it, they still don't want to come here directly, there must be a reason.

Putting down the wine glass, making a bow, followed Xiaoer out of the private room, and was taken to a secluded private room.

Chen Ju didn't change his attire, but those in the capital, who were still running restaurants on Chang'an Avenue, naturally knew what was going on, so when they went to invite Wei Guangde, they didn't tell him that it was someone from the palace who was looking for him.

When Wei Guangde entered the room and saw Chen Ju inside, he was surprised, but he immediately handed over his hands and wished Chen Ju New Year greetings.

However, he was actually very strange in his heart, shouldn't Chen Ju be waiting for orders in front of the emperor at this time?

"Brother Chen, I'm going to order the food and drinks."

Seeing that there was no food or drink on the table, Wei Guangde said hastily.

"No, I came out this time just to bring a message, and I have to go back to Xiyuan after I'm done."

Chen Ju shook his head, then walked to Wei Guangde's side, and whispered Huang Jin's words in his ear.

"Why did His Majesty mention the matter of King Jing becoming a feudal vassal today?"

Wei Guangde was of course very happy when he heard Chen Ju's words, but then he became suspicious.

Even if he wanted to drive his son out of the capital, it wouldn't be worth the order of the first year of junior high school.

"It should be Concubine Lu Jing who made the emperor angry."

Chen Ju replied in a low voice, and then said to Wei Guangde with some uncertain words: "Did you remind King Yu to pay attention to diet or something before?"

"There is such a thing, what's the matter?"

Wei Guangde was curious, it wasn't you who told me that there was something hidden about Lu Bing's death, let us be careful.

"Today, when Eunuch Huang told me about this matter, he mentioned it separately, telling you not to drink too much during the New Year, as it is easy to cause bad things."

Chen Ju said in a low voice.