peasant young lady

Chapter 307 How lucky he is to know the history in advance

Without the slightest exaggeration, Zhu Youjuan lost his standing and fell to the ground. He sat on the ground in horror and looked at Cheng Xia, "You, what are you talking about, my son?"

"Well, your son," Cheng Xia replied affirmatively, "He ascended the throne in 1521 and died in 1567. He reigned for 45 years. He was the No. 11 emperor of the Ming Dynasty. His reign name was Jiajing, and later generations called him Emperor Jiajing."

"Then, then," Zhu Youzhao was so terrified that he couldn't even speak, "Did he usurp the throne? Or did I usurp the throne?"

For some reason, Cheng Xia suddenly felt that such Zhu Youtang was cute, and she couldn't help but smile, "Neither, because your imperial brother Zhu Youtang's harem only has Empress Zhang alone, and the two of them only have two sons and one daughter, and the eldest son is The successor emperor Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao, the second son was named Zhu Houwei, but he died early and was posthumously named King Wei Mourning, so after your brother died, the throne can only be passed on to Zhu Houzhao. And Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne at the age of 15, And he was induced by Liu Jin to become greedy for pleasure and licentiousness. He even broke into people's homes at night, forced ordinary women to accompany him, and went to Yanhualiu Lane to search for flowers and ask willows. Later, Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao of Nanchang intended to usurp the throne, and Wu Zong went out in person At last, on the way back to Beijing, I passed by Qingjiangpu. Seeing the beautiful scenery, I wanted to experience the fun of being a fisherman. As a result, I fell into the river, and the water choked my lungs. I was terrified and panicked, and my health began to deteriorate. Yue died in the leopard room."

Cheng Xia took a breath, "Wu Zong has no children, so the current Empress Zhang and the chief minister of the cabinet, Yang Yanhe, have decided to let your son inherit the orthodoxy."

"Fun Lord!" Zhu You thumped the ground angrily, "Why is the emperor's son so virtuous?"

Cheng Xia shook his head, "Actually, that's not always the case. More and more scholars of later generations think that Emperor Wu Zong is a controversial emperor. Although small matters are absurd, he is not at all confused about major matters. He is very smart, but he may not be on the throne. I have to be this emperor, so it is more contradictory." Cheng Xia said with a smile, "If he hadn't been like this, your son would not have become the most unique emperor in Chinese history in the future."

Zhu Youzhu paused for a long time before he digested what Cheng Xia said, and slowly stood up while supporting the railing next to him, "My son?"

"Yes," Cheng Xia smiled, "Your son is the most headstrong and stubborn among all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. History books appraised him as the 'Lord of Zhongxing'. He said without any concealment that I admire him very much. Very powerful."

"When was he born?" Zhu Youzhao asked cautiously.

"Ten years later, on September [-]th, in Huguang Anlu, your fief Xingwang's Mansion."

Zhu Youtang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, Cheng Xia didn't know what he was thinking, his expression was dazed, his eyes were fixed on the Hall of Supreme Harmony not far away, his expressionless face made it impossible to guess his thoughts.

After a long time, Zhu Youzhu looked back at Cheng Xia, "Since you came from 500 years later, how did you get here?"

Cheng Xia spread her hands, "Who knows?" Cheng Xia pointed upwards at the suddenly gray sky, "Maybe God made a joke on me, thinking that my life is too moist, let me I will come to your Ming Dynasty to practice."

Zhu Youtang suddenly lowered his head and looked at the photo fixedly, glanced up at Cheng Xia, looked again, and frowned again, thinking, "When you were here, who was the emperor, this unworthy descendant, allowed you to wear clothes like this."

Cheng Xia was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing instantly, Zhu Youzhao, who laughed straight away, was puzzled, "What's wrong?"

"In the era I was in in the photo, there was no emperor anymore."

"What?" Zhu Youzhao exclaimed, "The Ming Dynasty is gone?"

Uh, Cheng Xia looked at Zhu Youzhao's distraught look, and suddenly couldn't bear it, "Actually, you should think about it this way, which dynasty can really rule forever in the Qin, Han, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties in history? Although I don't want to hit you, but I have to be honest, the Ming Dynasty disappeared in 157 after 1644 years, and the total share of the country was 267 years, which is actually not too short." Although it is not long.

Zhu Youzhao swung his hand towards the white marble railing beside him, "These unworthy descendants have finally lost the country."

"The trajectory of history has always been like this. You overthrew the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty overthrew the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Western Han Dynasty overthrew the Qin Dynasty. Isn't it all like this?" Cheng Xia tried to be more tactful. I can't control it, don't be too sad."

Zhu Youzhu came back to his senses, took Cheng Xia down the steps, and headed towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

"Have you been here before?" Zhu Youzhao looked around the strict surroundings, and looked sideways at Cheng Xia.

"I've been here many times. I go to school in Beijing. Every time I go home, I will pass by the Forbidden City, and then I will look at it a few more times." Cheng Xia smiled, "Maybe I have too much affection for the Forbidden City, so let me fall. It will be tomorrow."

Zhu Youzhao's expression suddenly flashed a little lonely, "But you didn't fall into the Forbidden City, you fell into Shao Chen's house."

Cheng Xia shrugged, "It's not something I can decide. Fortunately, I fell there. If I really fell into the Forbidden City, I would probably be regarded as an assassin or something else and then burned down." If I didn't fall into Qingxian Village , where would she find Shao Chen, and where would she experience all this.

Although Shao Chen treats her like this now, she still chooses to marry Shao Chen as his wife even if she is allowed to travel through time.

"It would be great if you could fall into my house."

"What?" Cheng Xia didn't hear Zhu Youzhao's muttering to himself.

"It's nothing." Zhu Youzhao shook his head, "I think all of this is too unimaginable. In fact, to be honest, I don't believe in strange powers, but ever since I got this notebook and photos, I have started to doubt it. Or, there are always many things in this world that I don't know about."

"Travel through time and space, I don't understand either," Cheng Xia smiled, "However, how do you know that the person in the photo is me, not Jiang Wei?"

"It's very simple, isn't it?" Zhu Youzhu asked back, "I was skeptical at first. In fact, when I saw the photos, I didn't think of you at all. After all, I was very impressed with you during the two meetings in Chong'an County, but The change of hairstyle and clothing made me hesitate for a long time until Jiang Wei appeared."

"How to say?"

The two of them had passed through the middle left gate on the east side of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and started to walk along the path towards the Hall of Preserving Harmony.

"At that time, I just thought the smile of the person in the photo was too beautiful, so I couldn't help copying several portraits, but I didn't want my concubine to know, and then she found Jiang Wei, who was very similar to the person in the portrait, and pushed her to the In front of me. The moment I saw Jiang Wei, I immediately thought of you, because the two of you are so similar. After simply asking her a few questions, I was sure that the person in this photo is not her, Then I thought of the first time you saw me in Chong'an County, you looked at me with endless sighs and pity. I remember I asked you why you looked at me as if you were looking at the future. You are like a dead person, and I felt something was wrong at that time. When I thought about the dishes you cooked at that time and the ingredients you used, I had never seen them before, and I felt that you were weird."

"Are you weird?" Cheng Xia glared at Zhu Youzhao angrily, "Besides, why do you look at you like a dying person? Aren't you living well and dying, so don't curse yourself."

Zhu Youzhu stopped suddenly, looked at Cheng Xia carefully, and asked sincerely and seriously, "Since you know everything about someone, then tell me when I will die."

Cheng Xia looked away lightly, took a few deep breaths and changed the subject, "Although I have been to the Forbidden City many times, most of the Forbidden City I have been to have been sealed off and I can't see them at all, such as the Nansan Institute on our right. , the Yuqing Palace to the north, the Yuhua Pavilion, Chunxi Palace, and Shouan Palace to the north of the Cining Palace, and the Yanchun Pavilion and Yinghua Palace to the north are all closed."

Cheng Xia changed the topic so forcefully, Zhu Youzhao didn't pursue it, but just nodded, "You haven't read it, I'll take you through it now."

Cheng Xia immediately curled her lips, she was just joking, she just changed the subject at will, she can handle it by going around a few palaces, but if she goes around all the palaces that are not open, she should be exhausted.

"What dynasty is after the Ming Dynasty?" After a long time, Zhu Youzhao asked again. He had too many questions to ask, and he wanted to know everything in the next 530 years. He wished he could put everything Cheng Xia knew in his mind. In his mind, the history was too mysterious, and how lucky he was to know all this in advance.

"The Qing Dynasty," Cheng Xia replied indifferently, "they were located north of the current Shanhaiguan Pass. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, their power became stronger and stronger. They finally defeated all the forces in the Central Plains and occupied Beijing City."

"That..." Zhu Youzhu suddenly choked up, and couldn't even speak.

Cheng Xia knew that it was cruel to say this, but it was a fact and a historical fact, and she couldn't escape it. What's more, she believed that Zhu Youzhao now wanted to hear the truth.

"The Forbidden City that you can see now will not exist in later generations. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng, the leader of the peasant uprising army, led his troops to attack the Forbidden City, and a fire burned most of the palace, so you should be able to see It turns out that the Hall of Supreme Harmony in my photos is very different from the current one, whether it is the area or layout, brackets or roof ridges, all have changed, because the rulers of the Qing Dynasty have rebuilt them later.”

Zhu Youzhao's eyes froze suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he pulled up Cheng Xia's sleeves and walked quickly to the Xuanwu Gate in the north.

"What are you doing?" Cheng Xia shook off Zhu Youzhao's hand.

"You people in 500 years will wear so little clothes, so don't you have such conservative etiquette? Isn't the defense between men and women not so strong?" Zhu Youzhao asked nonchalantly.

But Cheng Xia understood, "The so-called do as the Romans do, it means that the modern atmosphere is open again. Right now, in the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, there are so many people coming and going staring at it, so your Highness doesn't need to pay attention."

Zhu Youzhu approached Cheng Xia for a few minutes, and said sincerely, "I have no other intentions, I am just in a hurry to take you to a place, so I am a bit abrupt, please forgive me."

"Where are you going?" Cheng Xia asked puzzled, it was getting dark now, and she still had to go back to Shao's residence.

"You'll know when you follow me."

(End of this chapter)