Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 228

Li Jing was not surprised that the family in the palace did not know Zhu Huiyu. What is the identity of the princess?How can a gatekeeper have a chance to know the princess?
If it wasn't for the fact that the princess hadn't been home for many years, and in order to show respect to his family, he would get off the car at the door of the house, and the two gatekeepers would never see the princess in this life.

Not to mention those who watch the gate, even the stewards with status and status in the outer house are not qualified to see the princess.

After meeting for a long time and no one came out to greet her, Li Dingguo said anxiously: "What's the matter, why hasn't anyone come out to greet Auntie for so long."

Zhu Huiling smiled and said, "The palace is very big, and if the gatekeeper wants to go in and report the news, he has to go through layers of notifications."

As soon as Zhu Huiling finished speaking, the door opened again, and then a man in gorgeous clothes came out.

"Brother?" Zhu Huiling called out.

"Sister, is it really you? Are you really back?" The man was pleasantly surprised when he saw Zhu Huiling.

Hearing that Zhu Huiling called this person Big Brother, Li Jing knew that this was the prince of Zhou, Zhu Gong's name (beside Jiamu, this character can't be typed, so I will use the name in the future).

Seeing that Zhu Huiyu was about to kneel down, the man hastily pulled Zhu Huiyu back.He turned his head and shouted to the people behind him: "Quickly, tell Father Wang! It's really my sister who has returned."

Then he called again: "Come here, sedan chair, sedan chair."

"Thank you, brother." Zhu Huiyu said hurriedly.

"My dear sister, my father knows you're back, so I don't know how to be happy." Zhu Huiling's elder brother said.

After hearing this, Zhu Huiling was silent. After a while, she realized that she hadn't introduced Li Jing to her eldest brother, so she hurriedly said, "Brother, this is my husband, Li Jing. My husband, this is my elder brother."

Li Jingjing nodded, clasped his fists at Zhu Gonghao, and said, "Li Jing has met elder brother."

Zhu Gonghao took a careful look at Li Jing, nodded slightly and said: "There is no need to be too polite, this is not a place for conversation, let's talk about it after I meet my father."

Li Jing nodded.

After a while, the servants brought the sedan chair, and Zhu Gong asked Zhu Huiyu to get on the sedan chair, then waved to Li Jing, turned around and got on the sedan chair.

Seeing that Prince Zhou's son was still sitting in a sedan chair at home, everyone was shocked.

But only after entering the gate did he know why the Prince of Zhou made a sedan chair.

The area of ​​King Zhou's Mansion is huge, and there are two city walls inside and outside.The perimeter of the outer wall is nine miles and thirty steps, and the area is larger than that of Henan Fucheng.

The circumference of the city wall of Luoyang, the prefectural city of Henan, is only eight li, 340, and five steps. As for the area of ​​Fuwangfu in the city, it is not worth mentioning compared with Zhouwangfu.

The Zhou Palace was actually built on the ruins of the Song Dynasty's palace. Although the outer wall, the Xiao Wall, can also garrison soldiers, it is not strictly speaking the city wall of the ancient city's strategic defense system.This is because after Yan Wang Zhu Di became emperor, he made changes to prevent the vassal kings from rebelling.

The defense of the city wall of the palace is lowered, so it is naturally easy to break through. Zhu Di did this to tell the vassal kings below, please be honest with me, and your home will be broken if it is broken.

There are four gates in the outer city, the south gate is called Nanhua Gate, also called Huangcheng Gate, or Meridian Gate, the east gate is called Donghua Gate, the west gate is called Xihua Gate, and the north gate is called Houzai Gate.

The outer city wall is about two feet high, and it is suppressed by centipede wood. It is covered with glazed tiles, which is really magnificent.

But compared with the inner city wall, it is far worse.

The inner city is the Forbidden City, with a circumference of about five li and a wall height of five feet. There are crenels, surrounded by moats, and gates on all sides. The south gate is called Duanli Gate, the north gate is called Chengzhi Gate, and the east gate is called Liren Gate. , Ximen is called Zunyi Gate.

When they saw the Forbidden City, Li Jing and others understood why Zhou Wangshizi came in a sedan chair, and why he found a sedan chair for Zhu Huiyu.

At the same time, I understand why Zhu Huiyu just said that the palace is very big, and the distance they walked just now can only be regarded as the courtyard of Zhou Wang's family.

The Forbidden City in the Prince's Mansion is basically not much different from the imperial palace, except that the palace is a little less, and it has everything it should have.

Generally speaking, the prince will sit in the main hall to receive guests when there is a serious or important event in the palace.For example, the imperial court came to announce the decree, local officials had an audience, and so on.

Princess Minde's return home is considered a major event in the Zhou Palace, but it is not a serious matter, but a family matter. Naturally, the King of Zhou will not engage in those useless ostentations.

King Zhou is 70 years old this year, and Zhu Huiyu is his youngest child.

As the saying goes, the emperor loves the eldest son, and the common people love the youngest son.In his later years, the king of Zhou had a daughter who was very precious, so he made an exception and asked the then Emperor Wanli to confer the title of Princess Minde.

But the princess was so stubborn that he left home.

In a rage, King Zhou announced that he would not want this daughter, but the nature of father and daughter, the daughter left home, how can a father not think about it, and how can he not want to?
Every birthday, King Zhou would be silent for a while when he saw the birthday gift from his youngest daughter.

In King Zhou's view, he might never see this little daughter again in this life, and he didn't want his daughter to send someone to send 64 gifts suddenly a few months ago.

Seeing these gifts, King Zhou naturally knew what they meant. He had not married his daughter once or twice in his life.

King Zhou knew that these gifts were dowry gifts, but the specifications were obviously exceeded.

因为64抬礼品不是指64个人抬的礼品，而是120八人抬得64件礼品，只有皇帝大婚时才能下64抬聘礼。

But King Zhou didn't care, because the visitor just said it was a gift from his daughter, and didn't mention the dowry gift.

Seeing the dowry, King Zhou knew that his daughter was going to get married.

The daughter got married, but the father didn't know who the marriage partner was, nor did he marry from his own family. One can imagine how King Zhou felt.

Unexpectedly, the daughter came back, and she came back with her husband.

Hearing this news, all the dissatisfaction King Zhou had with his daughter disappeared.

Seeing his father's old face, Zhu Huiyu couldn't bear it anymore, wept and walked in front of King Zhou and said, "Father, my daughter is unfilial, please take responsibility for my father!"

King Zhou stroked his daughter's hair with trembling hands: "It's good to be back, it's good to be back, my son has suffered a lot these years."

"Father!" Zhu Huilai threw himself into his father's arms, and finally burst into tears.

Holding his daughter in his arms, Zhou Wang gently comforted him: "Don't cry, don't cry! If you are wronged, just tell the father, and the father will vent your anger on you."

While speaking, King Zhou couldn't help but burst into tears.

After crying for a while, Zhu Huiyu finally remembered that he hadn't introduced Li Jing to his father, and hurriedly got up from his father's arms, wiped away his tears and said, "Father, my daughter is married, and this is my daughter's husband."

As he spoke, he pointed to Li Jing.

King Zhou put all his heart on his daughter just now, and didn't pay attention to what his daughter's husband looked like, but when he heard his daughter mention it, he took a closer look at Li Jing.

After carefully looking at it, King Zhou couldn't help being secretly surprised.

King Zhou didn't care about Li Jing's appearance. There is a saying that a man has no ugly looks, as long as a man has good facial features, he is fine. Besides, although Li Jing is not very handsome, he is generally good.

But Li Jing's eyes are as straight as Qiuhong, and his eyes are as deep as a pool, as if they are bottomless. Occasionally, when he turns, the light flashes, as if he can see through everything.

Moreover, Li Jing just stopped there casually, like Yuan Ting and Yue Zhi, with a truly extraordinary aura.

King Zhou has seen countless people in his life, but he only saw one person with such aura, and that was when he went to Beijing to meet Emperor Wanli when he was young, and he saw Zhang Juzheng, even the emperor did not have such aura.

Seeing Zhou Wang looking at him, Li Jing smiled, stepped forward and knelt down on the ground, kowtowed three times, and then said: "Li Jing sees my father-in-law."

Li Jing didn't think there was anything wrong with kneeling and worshiping the elders, but it was impossible for Li Jing to call his father king.

Hearing Li Jing's name, everyone was shocked. How dare this person be so rude?
I don't want King Zhou to laugh out loud after hearing this. King Zhou has been called father-in-law or prince all day long, and no one has ever called him father-in-law or father. He just felt very kind.

"Good! Good! Get up!" King Zhou laughed.

As he spoke, he casually forged a piece of jade from in front of him and handed it to Li Jingdao: "Come on, you keep this piece of jade, this father-in-law can't let you scream for nothing."

Li Jing smiled, got up and took Yulai, and handed it to Zhu Huiyu.

Seeing that Li Jing didn't even look at it, and handed it directly to his daughter, King Zhou couldn't help being a little surprised. Doesn't Li Jing know the value of the jade he carries with him?
You must know that King Zhou's piece of jade is not trivial. It was given by the emperor when he was young, and the emperor at that time was Wanli's father, Ming Muzong Longqing Emperor Zhu Zaihou.

King Zhou's piece of jade can be said to be priceless, but Li Jing didn't even want to look at it.

If it is said that Li Jing is ignorant, the King of Zhou will definitely not believe it. Although Li Jing is dressed plainly, his daughter wears a lot of clothes. Some jewelry may not be available to the Zhou Palace. If Li Jing has no money, he will kill Zhou The king didn't believe it.

The king of Zhou's gift of jade to Li Jing was a recognition of Li Jing. At this time, Zhu Gonghao, the prince of Zhou, had just formally greeted Li Jing.

Then he introduced Li Jing one by one to Zhou Wang's family, who were either county kings or generals. Hearing that, Li Jing's head grew dizzy.

Li Jing was having a headache, when suddenly someone came in to report that the governor of Henan came to see him.

"What is he doing here? No see!" The daughter came back with her son-in-law today, King Zhou was in a good mood, and he didn't want to be disturbed.

However, Li Jing knew that the governor came here to find out the truth and see what he was doing.

After thinking for a while, Li Jing smiled and said: "The governor is here for me, please meet my father-in-law."

"Come here for you? Why are you here?" Zhou Wang wondered.

After hearing this, Zhu Huilai leaned into King Zhou's ear, and explained Li Jing's purpose in coming to Kaifeng in detail, and briefly talked about what happened after entering the city.

The king of Zhou was shocked when he heard this, looked at Li Jing in amazement and said, "You came to Kaifeng this time for disaster relief? Where did you get so much food for disaster relief? There may be millions of people affected by this disaster, not many One hundred thousand shi of grain may not be enough."

Li Jing smiled: "Father-in-law, I'm afraid you have to come forward for this disaster relief. In my opinion, these officials in Kaifeng are not trustworthy."

Seeing that Li Jing didn't answer, King Zhou was obviously not worried about the food issue, so he couldn't help being even more surprised.

As far as he knew, even the imperial court couldn't produce so much food.

What the hell is this Li Jing doing?

(End of this chapter)