The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 296
After drinking and eating, the sky also darkened. Princess Kunxing probably also knew that Zhu Cihong was tired all the way and wanted to rest, so she retired early to her bedroom.

Zhang Yan was not in a hurry to go back.

Originally, considering that Zhu Cihong was exhausted all the way, Zhang Yan planned to let him have a good night's rest, but she couldn't help but ask, so she ordered someone to bring the ten talents here first, and then sent a female officer to inquire.

Zhu Cihong was about to put his arms around the two court ladies on the bed, but after being reminded by the maid, he remembered that he still had ten beautiful and talented people in Nanjing, and immediately felt that the court ladies in his arms were not good.

"You two go back first."

"Bring those talented people in, and I will take a good look at them."

"Yes!"

The two maids looked disappointed, but they had no choice but to retreat.

After a while, ten talented women were brought into the bedroom, and all ten of them were excited when they came to the bedroom.

They couldn't help being excited. At the beginning, ten people passed five trials and killed six generals. After several rounds of selection, they finally entered the palace. In the end, they only met the emperor once, and they never saw the emperor again. .

For more than two years, ten people have been imprisoned in the deep palace to study, and they have almost become resentful wives. Not only did the ten people lose their original desire to compete for favor, but instead became close sisters.

Because the emperor is not in the Nanjing Palace, how can they fight?
It would have been better if I hadn't met the emperor, but they met once again, which made the ten daughters look forward to the stars and the moon in the past two years, hoping that the emperor would return to Nanjing again.

And the ten daughters obviously heard that the emperor is coming, and they began to dress up very early. Compared with the youthfulness two years ago, the youngest is now 16 years old. Suddenly it was bright, and he got up involuntarily and came to the front of the ten girls.

Compared to two years ago, today's little Zhu emperor is even more heroic and extraordinary. After two years of thinking day and night, the ten daughters also let go of their restraint, raised their heads boldly, and secretly looked at Zhu Cihong.

Seeing the emperor looking back and forth around them again like two years ago, while the ten girls were looking forward to it, their hearts rose in their throats again, worried that the emperor would let them go back after he looked at them.

"Well, it's been really hard for you these two years, I'm not competent as an emperor!"

After turning around twice, Zhu Cihong nodded in satisfaction. Seeing that the ten girls were teary-eyed and nervous, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Come on, sit down, tell me carefully, are you still used to living in the palace for the past two years?" Zhu Cihong led a talented woman to the dragon couch and sat down, then waved to the others.

The girls didn't expect the emperor to be so approachable, their tense hearts were relaxed, and they came to the bedside and stood up carefully, but except for the person who was held by Zhu Cihong, the rest dared not sit down, let alone sit down. No more.

"Don't be restrained, sit down."

"You three go get some stools."

Zhu Cihong smiled and greeted them again, seeing that the last three people really couldn't sit down, so he said to them.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The three girls hurriedly saluted obediently, then each moved a low stool to the dragon couch, and carefully sat on it.

Immediately, Zhu Cihong began to ask about their affairs in the palace in the past two years, and even some things at home before.

At first the ten girls were very nervous, but gradually they let go, and you talked to Zhu Cihong endlessly, feeling indescribably moved and happy in my heart.

Apparently, he didn't expect that the emperor would chat with them so intimately like an ordinary couple. The resentment that had arisen in his heart for the past two years immediately dissipated without a trace.

If they had known that the emperor was so easy to get along with and cared for others so much, they would have no complaints or regrets even if they waited for ten or twenty years, let alone two years.

While chatting, Zhu Cihong laid down on the couch regardless of her appearance, and asked them to take off their shoes and socks and come on the couch, rubbing their shoulders, rubbing their backs, warming their feet, not to mention enjoying it .

Fortunately, the dragon bed is wide, although it is a bit cramped, it can accommodate it.

All the girls were waiting for the emperor to favor them one by one, who would have thought that Zhu Cihong would fall asleep while chatting.

All the girls suddenly looked at me and I looked at you, not knowing what to do, so they had to kneel and sit around Zhu Cihong and make eye contact, neither daring to move nor speak, for fear of waking Zhu Cihong up.

Zhu Cihong felt a sense of gentleness inside, and fell asleep, but Zhang Yan outside was angry and anxious.

She originally thought that Lang'er called all ten people in, and wanted to choose one person to stay in bed, but she didn't expect that Lang'er would be so absurd that he would keep all ten people.

Once this kind of thing gets out, Lang'er's famous name will probably be ruined in a mess, and her reputation of barrenness and immorality will definitely not be able to get away.

What's more, I'm worried that Hong'er will become obsessed with womanizing in the future and neglect state affairs, so the more I think about it, the more anxious I become, so I regret that I chose so many beautiful women for him to enter the palace.

"Xu Lan, there's nothing going on inside, go in and have a look."

"It's the empress."

Xu Lan had no choice but to bite the bullet and pushed the door and walked in. After a while, she went back and came back to Zhang Yan, and whispered in her ear: "Go back to the Queen Mother, Your Majesty has fallen asleep..."

"call!"

After Zhang Yan finished listening, she also breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved a lot. She just said, Lang'er is not a person who doesn't know the seriousness, so she shouldn't be able to do such absurd things.

"Xu Lan, go in and watch, don't let them wake up His Majesty."

"There is also an order to go down tonight. If anyone dares to spread a word, the Ai family will punish him severely!"

After Zhang Yan gave her orders, she drove back to the palace.

Xu Lan naturally understood what the Empress Dowager meant. Although the ten beautiful women were strictly searched when they entered, they were not allowed to stay overnight in the emperor's palace.

After all, when Lord Jiajing was asleep, he was almost strangled to death by the maid on the dragon couch. It is a lesson learned from the past, and we must guard against it. In order not to wake up His Majesty, it is not easy to drive them away now, so I have to go in and guard them personally.

Otherwise, don't say that the queen mother is worried, even she is not worried.

After Xu Lan gave some instructions, she walked lightly to the dragon couch, staring at the ten talented people on the couch like a wooden carving.

But the tenth girl had been drowsy for a long time, her hands and feet were stiff, but she could only pull herself together, not to let herself fall down, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.

"If anyone dares to suppress His Majesty and wake him up, this Commander will not care whether she is a talented person or a concubine."

Xu Lan didn't care if they were uncomfortable or not, she warned in a low voice with no expression on her face.

Although the ten daughters are talents, they also know their status in the palace. They can't compare with this Commander Xu, let alone the emperor's woman, just because of her relationship with the imperial concubine. They can compare.

What's more, the queen mother also trusts her very much, otherwise she would not be allowed to guard the emperor's bed with a knife.

(End of this chapter)