Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 361 A Feast in Fengtian Temple Square
Hearing Empress Qian's explanation, Zhu Qizhen glanced at Empress Zhou, at the prince, and then at Empress Sun.

Empress Dowager Sun shook her head, agreeing with Empress Qian's statement.

Seeing that even Empress Dowager Sun had no objection, Zhu Qizhen couldn't say anything more.

But Zhu Qizhen still has countless doubts in his heart: At that time, the harem was in the hands of his queen mother, so his younger brother and mother didn't do anything wrong, so how could his queen be blind?How is the leg lame?

In addition to the mother and younger brother, there are some powerful people in the harem, but they are the Zhou family and the Wan family.

The Zhou family has one son, and the Wan family has two sons. The mother is expensive based on the son, and she still has some status.

In the harem, only these two people had some motives, and the other concubines were simply not enough in front of Empress Qian.

Zhu Qiyu and his two favorite concubines secretly looked at each other and smiled, the three of them knew very well that as a 'mature politician', Zhu Qizhen would definitely choose to accept the reality.

In other words, ruthless.

It is pure nonsense that the so-called Ming Yingzong and Empress Qian are deeply in love with each other and love each other.

In history, Zhu Qizhen directly chose to accept the fact that Empress Qian was blind and crippled, not even interested in investigating.

Even the elder brother in Zhu Qiyu's eyes now, his attitude is too plain.

Sure enough, Zhu Qizhen adjusted his mood very quickly, and began to come over to greet Zhu Qiyu's family members.

Although Zhu Qizhen looked down on his younger brother's concubine and princess with all his heart, he still had to put on a pretense about face matters.

Even Zhu Qizhen had to admit that his younger brother's family had been very restrained, neither wanted the position of queen mother nor the position of queen, and abandoned the Forbidden City, no one came to fight for the territory.

With this knowledge, Zhu Qizhen was quite polite to Concubine Wu at least on the surface, and took the initiative to bow and salute.

Then looking at his younger brother's two concubines, Zhu Qizhen was a little dazed.

Zhu Qiyu was on the left and the right, and the two concubines beside her were overwhelmed and astonished as heavenly beings, that's all, the key is that they look exactly the same.

It's no wonder that Zhu Qizhen was stupefied. From Renzong, Xuanzong, to Zhu Qizhen, the three generations were all women.However, the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren have passed it down for so many years, and no one thought that there is such an operation of twin sisters.

Zhu Qizhen also has to admire his younger brother, although he always does some absurd things, but his thinking is often unique and refined, different from ordinary people.

After saluting and chatting, the two parties went out together to the square in front of Fengtian Hall to entertain all the ministers.

Ordinarily, women's family members would not participate in this kind of banquet, but today's situation is really special.

Having two emperors at the same time was the first time this happened in Ming Dynasty.

How the two emperors should get along with each other in the future, and how the ministers should treat the two emperors, still needs to be formally confirmed.

Although the imperial court had agreed on a regulation before, the unilateral decision of the courtiers was meaningless at all.

It is still necessary to be the emperor, the emperor, the empress dowager, the imperial concubine, and the empress dowager to attend the banquet together.

Then, in front of all civil and military officials, a consensus was reached that was recognized by all parties.

Only in this way can it be official, so that the ministers will have rules to follow and rules to follow in the future.

So this banquet is quite grand, and all parties are present.

Empress Dowager Sun, Concubine Wu, Empress Qian, Empress Zhou, and the two concubines represent the power of the harem of the Ming Dynasty; King Min Zhu Wei and Prince Concubine Zhao Hui represent the royal family.

Xu Chengzong, the Duke of Wei, Zhang Zhong, the Duke of England, and Xu Heng, the Duke of Ango, represented the three noble groups; Chen Xun and Wang Wen represented the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty.

There are representatives from all parties, and today is the grandest banquet in the Ming Dynasty Hall after the Civil Fort.

Every word spoken by everyone present must be carefully considered.

If one sentence is wrong, it may ruin the future of a lifetime.

After all, not everyone can be as lucky as Xu Youzhen, who can be forcibly pulled back by the emperor after making discreditable remarks.

Two brothers, Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu, sit side by side facing the south, with Zhu Qizhen on the left and Zhu Qiyu on the right.

Empress Dowager Sun, Empress Qian, and Empress Zhou sat at the same table facing west.

Concubine Wu, Princess Yongjia, Zhu Wei, King of Min, Zhu Wengui, King of Soochow County, and Zhao Hui, Prince Consort, sat at the same table facing east.

The two concubines Qianxue and Suxi stood beside Zhu Qiyu, pouring wine for Zhu Qiyu and Wu Taifei.

At this table sat the family members of the two emperors, as well as the most distinguished clan members.

Other dignitaries, dignitaries and civil and military ministers sat at a table with ten people, and they sat down one by one.

Yu Shiyue, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, presided over the banquet. He first led the civil and military officials to congratulate the emperor for his return to Beijing, and then the banquet officially began.

Zhu Qiyu congratulated and toasted his elder brother first, and then Zhu Qizhen toasted to thank the emperor and his ministers for their hard work in protecting the country, and welcomed him back to Beijing after going through many obstacles.

After drinking for three rounds, let's get down to business.Zhu Qizhen was the first to give way respectfully, and persuaded Zhu Qiyu: "Now that the position has been determined, the younger brother, the concubine, and younger siblings shall live in the Forbidden City.

At the same time, the concubine should be respected as the empress dowager, and the younger siblings should be canonized as empresses, and the younger brothers should not refuse any more. "

When all the officials heard the words, they also knelt down together and respectfully asked in unison.

Zhu Qiyu's cronies all knew that the emperor would not accept it, but they could only make gestures along with them.

But other civil and military officials sincerely wanted the emperor to honor the queen mother, enshrine the queen, and enter the Forbidden City to live.

How decent is it for a son of heaven whose birth mother is not the empress dowager and whose main wife is not the empress, and none of them live in the Forbidden City?
What do you think after letting the foreign vassals come?What do local officials who come to Beijing think?What do the subjects of the world think?
Those who knew said that today’s emperor retired modestly, but those who didn’t know thought that the emperor was honored to let the emperor and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty unite to treat Emperor Jingtai harshly.

Therefore, on the contrary, the ministers of the emperor's faction were particularly resolute, and Zhu Qiyu had to nod.

Zhu Qiyu himself also had some troubles. It stands to reason that he has officially been abdicated by Zhu Qizhen, and he is indeed a legitimate emperor.

The word "on behalf of the emperor" has been removed, and it is really unreasonable to insist on not establishing a queen.

On the contrary, it is the empress dowager, who really does not have to stand, because the empress dowager has already adopted herself to Empress Hu.

Facing his resolute elder brother and ministers, Zhu Qiyu decided to slowly break them one by one.

First of all, in response to the proposal of respecting Concubine Wu as empress dowager, Zhu Qiyu loudly explained to Zhu Qizhen and the officials: "Brother Mingjian, mother concubine has already adopted her younger brother to Empress Zhen.

According to the law of etiquette, now that the younger brother is the direct son of Empress Zhen, it is really inappropriate to honor his mother and concubine as the Empress Dowager.

Besides, the mother and concubine are indifferent to fame and wealth, and are devoted to Taoism, and have no yearning for fame and fortune.

In the future, I will respect the Queen Mother's words, so please don't mention it any more. "

Zhu Qizhen's expression changed instantly when he heard the words.

No matter how ambitious and talented Zhu Qizhen is, he still knows what it means to be the son of Empress Zhen.

I didn't expect that my younger brother was not only just pretending, but on such a grand occasion today, in front of his clan's nobles, civil and military ministers, he insisted on confirming his status as his son.

(End of this chapter)