Kunning Palace is behind the Qianqing Palace, and there is no Jiaotai Palace in the middle, so they are surrounded by palace walls.
Pulled "reluctantly" by his daughter, Zhu Xianming arrived outside Kunning Gate, followed by more than a dozen eunuchs and maids.
"Forget it, dad won't go in...Dad has something else to do!" Zhu Xianming kept evading.
A man in his fifties is still a majestic emperor, but now he is performing these tricks. Outsiders will be stunned if they know it, but Zhu Xianming is still enjoying it.
Zhu Xianming is actually lucky to have such interest at this age.
"Sheng'er, your father will be angry if you keep doing this!"
"Oh...you kid..."
In the blink of an eye, Zhu Xianming was pulled up the steps of Kunning Gate. All the eunuchs and maids on duty around him knelt down to pay their highest respect to His Majesty the Emperor.
In the side hall of Kunning Palace, meals have been prepared. Queen Yang Qingyin, accompanied by a female officer, has already taken her seat.
"Why hasn't Sheng'er come back yet?"
Female officer Li Shoufen replied: "Replying to your Majesty, we have sent someone to look for you..."
"None of these children make anyone worry-free!" Speaking of this, Yang Qingyin held her forehead.
"Empress..."
Li Shoufen planned to persuade her, but there was a noise outside. If you listened carefully, it turned out that it was the princess who was back.
But if you listen carefully, you can see that there is also something from His Majesty the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, it looks like your Majesty is here!" Li Shoufen reminded carefully.
"Knowing that it was him who came, you just said I was unwell and asked him to go to other concubines!" Yang Qingyin didn't care.
"This... slave takes orders!"
There was no way, how could Li Shoufen not listen to Yang Qingyin's words? She just hoped that His Majesty the Emperor would not embarrass her.
However, before Li Shoufen could go out, Zhu Yunsheng had already pulled the emperor into the side hall, with a smile on his face and said: "Mom... dad called me... I want dad to eat with me!"
Fortunately, Zhu Yunqingsheng changed his tune in time, otherwise Zhu Xianming would have nowhere to show his face.
After these days, Zhu Xianming entered the room for the first time, which made him a little at a loss.
"Qingyin, this kid insists on dragging me over. What do you mean..."
Not wanting to expose the emperor's trick, Yang Qingyin said coldly: "Since I was forced to come, your Majesty, please come back. All the concubines in the palace are looking forward to you!"
With an awkward smile, Zhu Xianming picked up his daughter and said immediately: "It's all here..."
"I haven't prepared anything for you today!" Yang Qingyin remained cold.
"Hey...there are just more sets of bowls and chopsticks for each person. Go get another set and ask the kitchen to add two more dishes!"
The emperor's words were imperial edicts. No one dared to disobey them. Li Shoufen immediately ordered the maid to go down and deliver the message.
After a few breaths, the dishes and chopsticks were placed in front of Zhu Xianming, but the atmosphere on the table was still a bit awkward.
"Mom...I'm hungry!"
Zhu Yunsheng spoke in time, which slightly livened up the atmosphere and made Zhu Xianming cough twice. It seemed that he was ready to speak.
But he was afraid that the queen would not give her face and let the servants see the joke, so he ordered: "I am talking to the queen, and you all should go down!"
"yes!"
After hearing this, all the eunuchs and maids in the side hall left the room, leaving only Li Shoufen standing outside the door to wait.
"Qingyin, I'm really busy these days and don't have time to come over and see you. Are you okay?"
"Thanks to His Majesty's great blessing, I may live for a few more years!"
"What you are saying is meaningless. I am wholeheartedly trying to make peace with you, so why should you be so aggressive!"
Seemingly feeling that his words were too harsh, Zhu Xianming continued: "At least, you have to save some face for me in front of the children!"
"Your Majesty still knows about the child, which really surprises me..."
Seeing that the quarrel was about to start again, Zhu Xianming immediately interrupted: "Okay, okay, let's eat first and see if Qing'er is hungry!"
As the family of three began to eat, the atmosphere gradually relaxed, and Zhu Xianming slowly changed the topic and began to guide the Confucian court situation.
Yang Qingyin is not ignorant of the general situation. The emperor walked down the steps several times. At this moment, she also borrowed the donkey from the slope to discuss the court situation with Zhu Xianming.
"From what you say, there will be a war in the northwest sooner or later?"
"Back then, grandpa wiped out the northwest, and all the ministries surrendered. Now forty years have passed... Grandpa's legacy has been exhausted, and the hearts of all the tribes in the northwest have changed. I am afraid this battle is inevitable!"
The "grandfather" in Zhu Xianming's mouth was Zhu Shenzhuo, the founder of the world who was the common leader of the world and respected by all the ministries and alliances.
When Zhu Xianming mentioned the grandfather he admired the most, Zhu Xianming's eyes even lit up. Even at this moment, he was a grandfather.
"As early as three years, as late as five years... there will definitely be a war!"
Zhu Xianming went to war with Shizu when he was fifteen years old. He fought in countless battles over the years, so he could be called an emperor on horseback.
Yang Qingyin firmly believed in his judgment.
"Is the court ready?"
"Short of money!" Zhu Xianming sighed.
After thinking for a while, Yang Qingyin asked, "Why not let Zhao Yushan take charge? When he was in charge of the household department, he never saw you worried!"
The Zhao Yushan mentioned by the queen is now the third assistant to the cabinet, one of the three people who stood at the pinnacle of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty.
"What Zhao Yushan said is that the implications are too great. The worries inside and outside the court need to be resolved before it can be used for restructuring..."
After taking a sip of egg custard, Zhu Xianming sighed: "Now... is not the time to use him!"
"That's right!"
Zhu Xianming was about to speak when he heard Li Shoufen's voice coming from outside: "Your Majesty, Cheng Ying wants to see you!"
Zhu Xianming was about to refuse, but he heard Yang Qingyin say: "There must be something important to ask for a meeting at this time!"
"Let him in!" Zhu Xianming could only change his words.
Soon Cheng Ying entered the hall, holding a sealed letter in her hand with the word "urgent" on it.
"Your Majesty, this is an urgent report from thousands of households in Jinling!"
Reports on Jinling's situation are only sent every three days, which is slower than Zhu Jingyuan's news, who receives information almost every day.
Both sons were in Jinling. Yang Qingyin was undoubtedly concerned, so she said, "Why don't you hurry up and take a look!"
Zhu Xianming could only open it, take out the letter and read it carefully.
The letter took three days to get from Yingtian to the capital, so it was talking about things three days ago.
First, Jinling tried the case according to the prosecutor's office, and Zhu Jinghong forced the trial to be executed. Then when Zhu Jinghong entered Xiaoling, Taizu became angry...
Seeing this, Zhu Xianming didn't know that the so-called manifestation of the saint was Zhu Jinghong's trick, and its purpose was already obvious.
Sure enough, it was written below that Zhu Jinghong ordered Xiaoling Guards and Jinyi Guards to arrest a group of students on the grounds that they had disturbed Taizu's mausoleum.
This little bastard's courage is getting bigger and bigger now, even Grandpa Taizu dares to play tricks on him...
Zhu Xianming was furious, but he glanced at the queen opposite and tried to suppress his anger.
He just reconciled with the queen, and he didn't want to waste all his efforts. As an emperor, he can tolerate what ordinary people can't tolerate, and he still has this tolerance.
Trying to warn himself not to get angry, Zhu Xianming continued reading.
In fact, Yang Qingyin had noticed something strange about her husband, and was worried that something had happened to her son in Jinling.
"What's going on in Jinling? But the thirteenth is sick? Is the fourth okay?"
Before leaving, Yang Qingyin's face was full of worry, fearing that she would be late in returning.
Although he was furious in his heart, Zhu Xianming still forced a smile and said: "It's okay...it's okay!"
Yang Qingyin was dubious, while Zhu Xianming continued to read.
Just as Yang Qingyin was feeding her little daughter with a spoon, she heard a loud "pop" and Zhu Xianming slapped the report on the table.
The next moment, Zhu Xianming was heard angrily yelling: "Old Thirteen, this little bastard..."
