The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 366
After Serio left the palace, Zhu Linmi had just returned to the back house, facing Hui Qiu was stopping him, frowned and said anxiously: "Master, it's time for Shen Shi, the princess has urged you several times..."

The autumn club was about to start, so Zhu Linmi gave up the idea of ​​asking the princess for leave, and said with a helpless smile: "Then let's go quickly."

Huiqiu recruited two servant girls, changed him into a two-color golden scale brocade shirt and dressed him carefully, then led him to the palace garden.

Still far away, Zhu Linmi could already smell the fragrance of flowers, and when she entered the garden, she saw that all kinds of flowers had been carefully pruned into multicolored intertwined layers, and they were in full bloom.

Around the wooden pavilion in the middle of the flowers, many noble ladies and young ladies are all dressed up in fancy dresses, sitting in groups, chatting or playing with butterflies, making him feel like he is in a picture of the ladies of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing the arrival of the assistant king, everyone rushed to the wooden pavilion to kneel down and salute, especially the young girls, all looked at him shyly and timidly.

Zhu Linmei waved her hand to greet everyone to get up, and saw that several tables of banquets had already been set up in the garden, the delicious wine and fat crabs were mouth-watering, and the vegetarian dishes and pastries decorated among them were also extremely delicate.There is also a musician playing the piano and flute, which is very elegant.

He thought to himself, it's not in vain, it's a real treat.

Empress Dowager walked out of the wooden pavilion surrounded by her servants, and raised her hand to greet him, "Mi'er works day and night on state affairs, so it's rare to come to the garden to have a look, let's take advantage of the Autumn Club to have a good time today."

Zhu Linmei stepped forward to salute, and said with a smile, "Mother is very interested." Then she glanced at the people around her, and said in a low voice, "It's just... why are there so many people here today..."

Concubine Chen pretended to sigh and said: "The day before yesterday Ding'an Bo's field harvested a lot of crabs and brought them to me. How could an old woman like me eat so many crabs, so I wanted to take advantage of the Autumn Society to invite relatives and friends to eat together, and everyone would be lively together." !"

Concubine Chen pulled him to sit down first at the banquet.The female relatives next to them sat next to each other according to their respective status.There is a maid who puts the cups and chopsticks, and then pours the hot sweet-scented osmanthus wine to everyone.

Everyone booed again and recited a circle of poems with the title "Qiu Ju", and the banquet officially began.

Zhu Linmi has been fighting abroad for the past few months, and has been living on the military stove. She finally caught a meal of fat crabs.

But he didn't notice that the girls around him looked at him from time to time, full of expectation and enthusiasm.

The Crown Princess just ordered Huiqiu to peel the crab meat for the auxiliary king, looking at the girls at the banquet and nodding slightly.

For a moment, she seemed to inadvertently made a gesture to a girl with an oval face in the east, and whispered to Zhu Lin: "Look at the girl in the green jacket in the east? She is the granddaughter of Zhang Shilang, the official secretary. She's pretty, and she's pretty good too." She reached out and took the handkerchief handed over by the maid, "This is the phoenix-wearing peony she embroidered, it's so lifelike."

Zhu Linmei glanced in the direction she indicated, "Oh, it's good." She still buried her head in eating the crab.

Seeing him, the concubine didn't seem to care much about him, she pointed quietly to the heroic-looking woman with phoenix eyes and beautiful nose on the left side of the table, "This is the grand-niece of Conductor Liao, who is one year older than you, and she has been guarding the palace since her mother passed away. After three years of filial piety, I have never been betrothed to anyone. Her family is a general, and she is quite good at martial arts..."

Zhu Lin broke off the crab legs and said: "I heard that she once competed with a martial arts champion in Chongzhen year, regardless of superiority. If she is a man, I will definitely recruit her to the Dragon Guards."

Concubine Chen smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Well, I also think she is pretty good.

"Oh, look at the girl wearing the red gold plate and chi and Yingluo ring. She is the granddaughter of the Lu Ge family. Although she is only 13 years old, she has a long history of family education. It is said that she has read the "Four Books"."

Zhu Linmei poured a cup for the Crown Princess, and said: "Lu Ge is well educated and rich, and the children in the family are not ordinary..."

Concubine Chen looked at him and said with a smile, "Which of these two girls do you think is better?"

Zhu Linmi focused all her attention on the crabs, and said casually, "Almost, they're all pretty good."

"Hey, there has to be one who is the main concubine and the other is the side concubine. Otherwise, mother will ask someone to do a math on the two of them to see which one is more suitable for you?"

"What?!" Zhu Linmi almost spit out the food in her mouth, and suddenly realized that the Taiwangfei's autumn society is not a ulterior motive, but cares about Yingyan.

"You child, be careful of choking!" Concubine Chen patted her son's back and said hesitantly, "It's these two girls you don't like?"

Zhu Linming knew very well that marriage in this era is based on the orders of her parents, if the princess nods, she will be married.

He calmed down and thought about it, and said seriously: "Mother, they are all excellent girls, but I don't like them.

"Actually, my son already has someone in mind."

Concubine Chen said in surprise: "The person you like? Who is it?"

"I've been busy since returning to Fujing this time, and I haven't had time to report to you in the future. Let's just talk about it today. I want to marry the daughter of the Mu family in Yunnan—Mu Zhiqing as my wife."

"It turned out to be her." Concubine Chen nodded thoughtfully, "This girl is not bad, and I liked her very much when I saw her. She is beautiful, and she can do things again, so she is considered a good person. No wonder you like her, it's just... ..."

She frowned slightly, "The Mu family came from a humble background, and they are not Han Chinese. You are the assistant king, if you marry her as your main wife, I'm afraid I'll wrong you."

Zhu Linmi shook her head and said: "Zhiqing is a good girl, I really admire her. If I just follow the matchmaker's words and ask me to pick a girl of noble birth, I will never be happy for the rest of my life."

Concubine Chen said: "If you really like her, it would be an honor to offer her the position of side concubine. As for this concubine, I think it's still..."

Zhu Linmi still thinks of modern people in her bones, she doesn't care about her family status, she doesn't want the person she likes to suffer any grievances, so she never considered making Mu Zhiqing a side concubine at all.He thought about it and tried to persuade the concubine Tai, saying: "Mother, if you want to talk about your background, the emperor Taizu once became a monk and conquered the Ming Dynasty and became a holy king.

"The status of a person is second to his birth, and his character is the most important..."

"only……"

Zhu Linmi also talked about her assassination in Lin'an City, "She is willing to save me with her life, can there be another one in this world?"

The Crown Princess was shocked at first, and then asked him carefully that he was fine. Then she breathed a sigh of relief, but still hesitated and said: "Your mother is relieved to have such a girl by your side. But I think, the side concubine is still suitable."

Zhu Lin was helpless, so she had to search her guts, and brought up all the reasons for being able to bear the above.What can show goodwill to the local officials in Yunnan and make them more loyal to the imperial court? What is Mu Zhiqing who is smart, studious and resourceful, and can help her manage the army and government.

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