In Prince Yu's Mansion, Zhu Zaijing (ji) couldn't help but look gloomy as he looked at the mountains of gifts and empty seats.
"His Royal Highness King Yu, just now the Supervisory Censor Zhao Zhenji, Mr. Zhao, sent someone to deliver the news, saying that he has many official duties today and cannot come in person to congratulate the crown prince for the time being."
"His Royal Highness Prince Yu, Lord Luo Longwenluo, the Minister of Industry, also sent someone to deliver the news. There are many official matters today, so he cannot come for the time being..."
"His Royal Highness Prince Yu, just now..."
Seeing that the servant was about to continue speaking, Zhu Zaijing waved his sleeves and said coldly: "That's enough, there's no need to say any more! Since they are all waiting, let's wait too."
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Forbidden City, Hall of Nourishing Heart.
Lu Fang walked slowly and quickly to Jiajing without making a sound.
"How did you go about the things I asked you to do earlier?"
"Your Majesty, I have followed your instructions and prepared the gift for Prince Yu."
"Well, let's go, and let them know by the way, there is no need to wait for news from me." Jiajing nodded with satisfaction to Lu Fang and ordered softly.
"Yes." Lu Fang bowed, then followed Emperor Jiajing's footsteps and walked out of the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart.
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"Everyone, it seems that we have to sleep in this cabinet tonight." After Yan Song finished speaking, he sent the guards outside to bring in a thick quilt.
"If you have any habits when sleeping at night, please tell me. My eighty-one-year-old bones cannot bear the torment!" Yan Song wrapped the quilt around himself, looked at the others, and added.
"Old Yan Ge, I'm not very peaceful when I'm sleeping. My snoring is as loud as an ox when I fall asleep. Please bear with me." As soon as Yan Song finished speaking, Gao Gong spoke.
"Then you will be the last one to sleep!" Yan Shifan frowned and said unhappily.
While everyone was discussing the order of sleeping tonight, Feng Bao, the supervising eunuch of Dongchang, walked in with two young eunuchs.
As soon as he entered the door, Feng Bao saluted first and said respectfully: "I have met you all, sir."
"It's Eunuch Feng, but His Majesty sent you here?" Yan Song, wrapped in a quilt, picked up the teacup on the side and asked.
"Mr. Yan Ge, Your Majesty asked me to come over and inform all the ministers. There is no need to wait for news from him."
After Feng Bao finished speaking, he lowered his voice: "His Majesty has just moved to Prince Yu's Mansion."
"What? Prepare the sedan quickly!" After Feng Bao said this, Xu Jie on the side said quickly.
After a while, not only the cabinet, but also the lights of the six ministries were extinguished. Many sedan chairs of different colors set off together, with only one destination, Prince Yu's Mansion.
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The butler of Prince Yu's Mansion stood at the door like a sculpture, and his heart was full of bitterness. Tonight, Prince Yu's Mansion hosted a banquet with many guests, but no one showed up! I am afraid that I will become the laughing stock of the capital next.
"Your Majesty has arrived!" A deep and powerful voice came from a distance, and the housekeeper's heart, which had been filled with despair, was rekindled. He looked ecstatic and rushed into the house excitedly, reporting to King Yu: "Report to King Yu. , Prince Yu! Your Majesty is here, Your Majesty is here!"
"What? Father is here." The butler's words woke up King Yu who was deep in thought.
"Hurry...go quickly, call them all, and greet him at the gate of the house! Go quickly!"
"Yes." The butler accepted the order and then disappeared.
Before the Holy Emperor arrived, Prince Yu Zhu Zaijing, his family and concubines knelt at the gate of Prince Yu's Mansion early.
Jiajing got off the dragon chariot, looked at his son who was kneeling in front of him, and said calmly: "Everyone, please get up. There is no need to salute me."
"My son Zhu Zaijing has met my father!" After getting up from the ground, King Yu saluted Jiajing very respectfully.
"You are my son. Do we still need these red tapes between father and son? Let's go, take me to see my grandson first." With a warm smile on his face, Jiajing took the lead in entering Yu. At the palace, Lu Fang followed closely.
Zhu Zaijing was stunned for a long time before he realized what he was doing and hurriedly followed his father's footsteps.
Ever since there was a saying that "two dragons must not meet each other", I and my father have not seen each other for more than two years. When I went to the palace to pay my respects during the holidays, my father's attitude was also very cold. But today my father actually The smile on his face must be because of his grandson.
Zhu Zaijing walked in front of Jiajing and introduced the layout of the entire Prince Yu's Mansion to Jiajing while leading the way. Since the completion of Prince Yu's Mansion, Jiajing had not been there once.
"Father, the child is in this room."
"Well, take me in and see if my grandson looks exactly like you when you were a child."
Hearing Jiajing's words, a trace of warmth flowed through Zhu Zaijing's heart. His Yu Wang Zhu Zaijing and his younger brother Jing Wang Zhu Zaizhen were originally the foils of the crown prince Zhu Zaihe. In March of the 28th year of Jiajing, Jiajing held a coronation ceremony for the crown prince. From then on, the prince could study outside the cabinet. Unexpectedly, just two days later, the 14-year-old crown prince Zhu Zaihe suddenly died of illness. Later, his father Listen to the alchemist's words and avoid meeting yourself from now on.
Now that the father mentioned that he was a child, it proved that he still had his son in his heart. Everything the father had done before was probably just to protect himself.
With such a mood, Zhu Zaijing opened the door and introduced Jiajing into the room.
"Ms. Li, I have met Your Majesty!"
Seeing Jiajing come in, Li, who was lying on the bed, wanted to struggle and salute, but was stopped by Jiajing.
"You have just given birth to a child, so you don't need to salute me! You have made great contributions to our Zhu family, and I will reward you well."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After Concubine Li thanked her, the wet nurse on the side also held the baby in front of Jiajing very wisely. Jiajing looked at the small, still sleeping baby in the wet nurse's arms and couldn't help but feel smiled.
"Can I give him a hug?"
The wet nurse handed the baby to Jiajing, and Jiajing took the baby from the wet nurse's arms a little awkwardly. Unexpectedly, the baby started crying as soon as it reached Jiajing's arms, and then there was a burst of warmth and he peed all over Jiajing.
"Hahaha, this child looks just like you when you were a child!" Jiajing handed the child back to the wet nurse, looked at King Yu who looked embarrassed, and joked.
"I remember when you were a child, you were like this when I first hugged you. You peed all over me! It made me go back and change some clothes." Jiajing recalled it for a long time, and couldn't help but smile.
"Ahem!" Seeing that the embarrassing incident of his childhood was brought out again, Zhu Zaijing's face was covered with black lines, and he couldn't help but cough twice and reminded him.
"Oh." Jiajing nodded as if he was aware of it.
Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was stagnant, Jiajing spoke first and said, "Then I won't disturb you two from resting."
"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"
After Jiajing and Prince Yu came out of the room, Lu Fang, who had been waiting outside the room, stepped forward and whispered in front of Jiajing: "Your Majesty, they are here."
Jiajing nodded after hearing this, looked at his son, and said softly: "Let's go and greet them!"
At this moment, the entire outside of Prince Yu's Mansion was surrounded by sedan chairs of different colors, and the number of guests originally invited by Prince Yu's Mansion was only ten or twenty people! However, many officials who were well-informed but had not received the invitation also hurried over after receiving the news of the emperor's arrival, hoping to become familiar with him.
Prince Yu's palace, which had just been open to the public, suddenly became filled with cars, horses, and guests.
