Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 400 The showdown begins

Lin Cunde and the others had breakfast in the Huangji Palace. This was the first time that other princes and princes other than King Lu saw Zhu Qiyu. Of course, their princess had met the queen before, but they were not having breakfast here now!

This morning, not only the ministers are coming to pay New Year's greetings, but also the wives, princesses, and wives of the royal family in Beijing are coming to the palace to pay New Year's greetings. They are hosted by the Queen!

Those vassal kings saw Zhu Qiyu sitting on it, showing his majesty with his hands and feet!

Now none of the vassal kings dare to look down upon this emperor who has no imperial appearance!

But having said that, Zhu Qiyu has been emperor for two years, and his appearance has changed a lot. He used to have a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. Now, his cheeks have gained flesh, and his chin is not so sharp anymore. He is now full of majesty!

After breakfast, Lin Cunde and the others were about to get up and say goodbye!

"Well, Marquis of Luling, you stay here. By the way, dear friends, Marquis of Luling may not be able to go to your mansion today to pay New Year's greetings. There is something going on in the palace. I am here to tell everyone first!" Zhu Qiyu stood up. , said to the ministers.

"Yes!" Lin Cunde and the ministers all said yes!

Lin Cunde was also surprised that he didn't even have a holiday on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so he still had to discuss things?

How can this be?

But when he looked at the vassal kings, he knew in his heart that they probably wanted to chat with Zhu Qiyu. Zhu Qiyu was worried that he could not withstand them alone, so he let himself stay!

Soon, Lin Cunde followed Zhu Qiyu outside, followed by the vassal kings and county kings!

"Shou Ming, let's go to pay New Year's greetings to our mother. You will go too, and so will the vassal kings and county princes. I guess those princesses have already gone!" Zhu Qiyu said softly to Lin Cunde behind him.

"Oh, is it appropriate for me to go? I'm still thinking of coming over tomorrow!" Lin Cunde said from behind.

"You are an adopted son. How can an adopted son pay New Year's greetings to his mother on the second day of the Lunar New Year?" Zhu Qiyu glanced at Lin Cunde and said helplessly.

"That's right, I was rude!" Lin Cunde heard this and nodded with a smile!

In fact, how could Lin Cunde not know that the main reason was that he did not want to be with those vassal kings!

Soon they arrived at the palace where the Empress Dowager lived. The concubines had just finished their New Year's greetings, and all of Zhu Qiyu's concubines were there, including Concubine Hang and the concubines who had just entered the palace last year.

Lin Cunde followed Zhu Qiyu in first. Lin Cunde went over to kowtow to the Empress Dowager, and the vassal kings behind him also knelt down.

"Get up, get up, all get up, my son, come quickly, come to your mother's side!" The Queen Mother waved to those people very happily, and then called Lin Cunde.

Lin Cunde stood up with a smile and walked towards the Empress Dowager. A eunuch beside the Empress Dowager immediately brought a chair and placed it next to the Empress Dowager. There was a chair to the left of the Empress Dowager, which belonged to Zhu Qiyu. Lin Cunde's Zhang, on the right hand side of the Empress Dowager!

"Come, come, sit down, sit down, look at my son, why is he still so dark? He hasn't grown up in the past few days!" The Queen Mother said to Lin Cunde with a smile.

"Mom, how could it be so fast? I even went fishing these days!" Lin Cunde smiled and took the Queen Mother's hand and sat down.

The vassal kings and county princes also knew that the Empress Dowager had adopted Lin Cunde as her adopted son, but they did not know that the Empress Dowager valued Lin Cunde so much.

"By the way, let me introduce you to you. This is my adopted son, Marquis of Luling, Lin Cunde. I want to tell you that if my son offends you in any way in the future, please do it for my sake. Please bear with me! My son is still young, only nineteen years old this year! This journey has not been easy! I see it in my eyes and it hurts in my heart!" said the Queen Mother to those present here.

"I don't dare!" The vassal kings, county kings, and princesses all stood up and said they didn't dare.

"Sit down, just chat, don't stand up all the time. My son is capable, but he is still young and cannot take care of some things. Please be understanding, and my son will understand gradually!" The Queen Mother smiled at this They pressed their hands and said.

"Don't dare!" Those people continued to reply with their hands raised.

"Sit down, come on, my son, try this, it's delicious!" The Queen Mother said and asked those people to sit down, then took the snacks and stuffed them into Lin Cunde's hands, and also stuffed some into Zhu Qiyu!

However, Concubine Hang was also staring at Lin Cunde. She now fully knew that it was this person who helped His Majesty completely bring down Concubine Sun, and also helped the Queen stabilize her position as the master of the harem!

It can be said that this person is now Zhu Qiyu's important and trusted person!

And those concubines who had just entered the palace also remembered Lin Cunde at this moment. The children in their bellies would still need to rely on Lin Cunde in the future!

Wang Meilin, on the other hand, was smiling and drinking tea from a teacup. Zhu Jianhan was now being taken with him. He had just given New Year greetings to the Empress Dowager. Now there was probably something to discuss here, so Wang Meilin asked the maids to take him to play.

However, what surprised Lin Cunde was that he actually met the former crown prince, the current Prince of Qi County, Zhu Jianjun, and Princess Qi, the former Queen Mother Qian, Zhu Qizhen's first wife! Then the princes or princesses chatted with the Queen Mother. They finally came here and they must make the Queen Mother happy, so they talked about happy topics in different ways, not daring to make the Queen Mother dissatisfied. Dare you talk about government affairs here!

If there is anything else, we need to leave here to talk about it!

Either the Empress Dowager took the initiative to mention it, otherwise, they would not dare to say it even to death!

And how could the Queen Mother not understand what they meant? Don't you understand what Zhu Qiyu means when he brings Lin Cunde here?

So many vassal kings and princes have come to the palace. It is impossible not to talk about those things today, but we can't talk about them in detail!

You can only give them a framework and let them think about it themselves!

"Where is the King of Qin?" the Queen Mother suddenly asked with a smile.

"Back to the Queen Mother, I'm here!" King Qin stood up, immediately came to the middle, and saluted the Queen Mother.

"Hey, you guys are shameless. How can you do this? If you do this, when will Zhu Zhen come back? After all, Zhu Zhen is also His Majesty's elder brother. Even if he is a commoner, he is still an elder brother!

Zhu Zhen was at fault, but he was also punished. You collaborated with the enemy and sold supplies to Wala, allowing Wala to continue to grow. When the time comes, wouldn't Zhu Zhen suffer?

When you do things, you can’t just focus on money. I heard that among you vassal kings, each of you has thousands of hectares of fertile land, or even one hundred thousand hectares, but you still rob the common people. Why do you need so much land? The court will give it to you. It’s not like you don’t have enough money!

If you do this, you will only make things difficult for His Majesty!

You are doing business with Wala, forcing His Majesty to be an unjust brother. Your Majesty will send people to Wala every month to talk to Wala, hoping that Wala will release Zhu Zhen and come back. Your Majesty felt strange before, why is Wala so tough? ! The reason has never been found. Now it seems that they have supplies for winter and protection from the cold. They still want to fight our Ming Dynasty, and they also want to hold Zhu Zhen in their hands and get benefits from our Ming Dynasty!

Now, Princess Qi is here with her two children. Although she has no worries about food and clothing, Zhu Zhen has not come back after all. The children cannot see their father, and the wife cannot see her husband. You vassal kings, Sometimes when doing things, you can’t just do everything!

Money doesn’t mean you can earn anything. If you make money like this, what do you want Your Majesty to do?

They are all family members, so there is no need to punish them. They are all close relatives, so it is difficult not to punish them. Military officers and civil servants have all been impeached!

Why! "After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she sighed deeply!

"Yes, the Queen Mother, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me for being ignorant, please punish me!" King Qin immediately knelt down, and the other princes and princesses also knelt down!

"Get up, Queen Mother, it's Chinese New Year, why are you talking about this?" Zhu Qiyu said, looking at the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother sighed and said: "We are all members of our own family, how can we not talk about it!"

"Thank you, Queen Mother!" The princes and princesses all knelt there and said.

"Get up! You guys, go to His Majesty later to confess your sins and apologize! I don't care about the outside world, I don't understand! Stop kneeling here. It's my fault that I'm celebrating the New Year, why did you bring this up! "The Queen Mother also waved her hand and said.

"The Queen Mother, it's me who are ignorant!" The princes and princesses responded immediately.

Zhu Qiyu also stood up at this moment and said: "All the vassal kings should go to Qianqing Palace. It's not easy to talk here. Shouming, you also go with me!"

"Yes!" Lin Cunde and the vassal kings all stood up and said with their hands in hand!

Then they said goodbye to the Empress Dowager and the Empress, and headed to Qianqing Palace!

After arriving at Qianqing Palace, Cheng Jing and the others had already arranged their positions and were talking in the imperial study room!

In front of each vassal king, there is a small table with snacks and fruits placed on it!

Lin Cunde and Zhu Qiyu were sitting at the tea table. In front of Lin Cunde, there were also snacks and fruits!

Just as he sat down, King Qin and the Eight Kings knelt down to apologize to Zhu Qiyu!

"On New Year's Day, I really don't want to deal with these things, but you are all members of the clan, and I have no choice but to deal with them, otherwise, everyone will be unhappy!" Zhu Qiyu leaned on the sofa and looked at those things. Lord of the vassal!

All the other vassal kings stood up and raised their hands to Zhu Qiyu.

"King Qin, and the other seven vassal kings of yours, do you say that I have wronged you? Are there any things in those documents that indicate that I have wronged you? There are so many vassal kings here. If there is any injustice, you just say that I have always been wronged. Say, it's my family! I don't want to do anything to you unless it's absolutely necessary!

If you do this, the military commander will have a very big opinion! Cheng Jing! Go grab all the memorials for the impeachment of military generals and throw them here! "The skirt chief said, pointing to the open space in front of the feudal kings!

"Yes!" After Cheng Jing listened, he immediately went to the place where the memorials were placed. He and more than a dozen eunuchs held the memorials and placed them on the ground. There were hundreds of them!

"Read it for yourselves to see if those are memorials to impeach you!" Zhu Qiyu pointed to the memorials on the ground and said to the Eight Kings standing in front.

(End of this chapter)