"Come here, give me a seat!"
"Yes, concubine."
The eunuch on the side immediately brought a brocade pier and placed it in front of Chen Ziyu.
"Thank you, the Empress Dowager!"
Chen Ziyu looked honest and obedient, leaning forward slightly and sitting half-assed on the pier to show respect.
Empress Dowager Zhou nodded secretly, quite satisfied with Chen Ziyu, who was polite, honest and honest.
Quite different from the rumors.
"Chen Qing's family, the Ai family asked you to come here, there is no other meaning. The Ai family is getting older, and what they want now is for their children to be safe and happy. Now Xiurong married you by accident, it can be regarded as a 'match made in heaven'! "
Chen Ziyu leaned forward slightly, bared his teeth and put on a simple and honest smile, and said, "Back to the Empress Dowager, I didn't expect it to be like this. Maybe this is fate."
Empress Dowager Zhou nodded with a smile, and then continued: "The Ai family has also heard about some of your past affairs, but it is normal for young people to act recklessly, but the Ai family wants to hear what you think about the relationship between husband and wife!"
Chen Ziyu's heart thumped, here it comes!
Presumably this was the reason why Queen Mother Zhou called her here, she wanted to have an interview.
After all, before women get married in this era, both parties know each other very well.
For example, Zhang Kangnian and Princess Taikang are real cousins.
Seeing Chen Ziyu lowering his head and thinking, Queen Mother Zhou was not in a hurry. Instead, she felt that Chen Ziyu was very steady.
After all, the knowledge of getting along between husband and wife is really complicated. If you blurt it out without thinking, Queen Mother Zhou will think it is nonsense.
After a moment, Chen Ziyu raised his head, his eyes as clear as water.
He cupped his hands towards Emperor Hongzhi, Empress Dowager Zhou, and Empress Zhang, and lowered his voice to make his voice a little more magnetic.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager and the Empress, I lost my mother when I was a child. To be honest, I don't know how husband and wife get along."
"I only know that my father, Uncle Ping Jiang, worked hard to be both a father and a mother, and he raised me up. In the early years, because of neglect of discipline, I acted a little too wildly, which attracted criticism from others, and my father was very troubled by this."
"I sometimes find my father holding my mother's memorial tablet alone and talking about something. At that time, I didn't understand, but now I understand."
"There is love and responsibility between husband and wife. The most romantic thing I can think of is to grow old with her! Watch the children grow up and become upright men!"
"It sounds a little disrespectful, but even if your Majesty and the Queen punish me, I will tell you. Since your Majesty took the throne, you have been diligent, caring for the people, generous and kind, but what I admire most is that Your Majesty only loves the Queen!"
"I am willing to follow Your Majesty's example and only marry the princess in this life!"
"Because love is selfish!"
Speaking of this, Chen Ziyu paused and looked at Queen Zhang out of the corner of his eye.
Sure enough, Queen Zhang, who had just disliked Chen Ziyu's shamelessness, was now flushed, suppressing her excitement, and her eyes changed when she looked at Chen Ziyu!
Emperor Hongzhi's eyes lit up and he took a deep look at Chen Ziyu.
Confidant, this is it! ! !
Emperor Hongzhi has always known that there are many rumors that he is afraid of his wife, so he does not dare to draft girls into the palace or take concubines!
Now Chen Ziyu's words have reached the heart of Emperor Hongzhi.
What do those lechers know?
Love is selfish, all my love is given to the queen!
I won’t give any more to other women!
Queen Mother Zhou's eyes were red and she gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"The Chen Qing family has such profound knowledge at such a young age. This shows how much Uncle Ping Jiang taught you! You should be rewarded!"
The last sentence "should be rewarded" was directed at Emperor Hongzhi.
Emperor Hongzhi nodded quickly, "Yes, grandma!"
Queen Mother Zhou nodded and continued:
"As long as you have this kind of affection for Xiurong. Logically speaking, I, the Prince Consort of the Ming Dynasty, are not allowed to take concubines, but you and Xiurong are in a special situation. Furthermore, Uncle Pingjiang only has you as a single seedling, and he still points to you to spread the branches of the Chen family. It’s time to take concubines, and the children born then will be fostered under Xiu Rong’s name, Xiu Rong won’t mind, and you don’t need to imitate the emperor!”
Hearing this, Chen Ziyu couldn't wait to hug Queen Mother Zhou and kiss her!
My dear, this is it!
In order to win the appreciation of the emperor and queen, I had to say these words.
Now the Empress Dowager Zhou has directly sealed the deal. In the future, she will have three wives and four concubines, and neither the emperor nor the empress will be able to say anything.
However, for Chen Ziyu, he didn't care much about concubinage. After all, he was used to the idea of monogamy in later generations.
What's more, Chen Ziyu feels that it is only right to not touch a leaf among thousands of flowers. Those women outside are just playing around. Why should they marry home when they have nothing to do?
Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi seemed a little puzzled, Empress Dowager Zhou winked at him and pursed her lips at Zhu Houzhao.
Emperor Hongzhi understood immediately!
Grandma is still thoughtful!
His son knows that Zhu Houzhao is quite competitive. If he insists on competing with Chen Ziyu in this regard, that's it!
Although he only married Queen Zhang and hoped that Chen Ziyu would only marry his daughter, he definitely did not want Prince Zhu Houzhao to marry only one person in the future!
He even pointed at Zhu Houzhao to spread the branches and leaves for him!
At this time, Queen Mother Zhou looked at Queen Zhang again and said softly: "Ms. Zhang, as Xiurong's mother, what do you have to say?"
Empress Zhang now looks at Chen Ziyu just like mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, and the more she looks at her, the more she likes him.
After taking a deep breath to calm down her mood, Queen Zhang opened her red lips lightly.
"Ziyu, Xiurong grew up next to me. Naturally, I hope she can marry into a good family. I want to hear from you whether you can take care of Xiurong for the rest of her life!"
Suddenly, Chen Ziyu stood up.
With everyone's confused eyes, he walked up to Zhu Xiurong, held Zhu Xiurong's hand and gently helped him up from the soft couch.
Then Chen Ziyu knelt down on one knee facing Zhu Xiurong!
"I, Chen Ziyu, swear in the presence of Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress that I am willing to marry the princess!"
"From now on, regardless of sickness or health, poverty or wealth, or for any other reason, I will love her, take care of her, respect her, accept her, and always be loyal to her until the end of my life!"
"If you violate this oath, I am willing to be cut into pieces with a thousand swords!"
I'm a good boy!
As soon as this statement came out, it was like dropping an atomic bomb into the small Kunning Palace!
It will make everyone present feel dizzy!
Zhu Xiurong had already burst into tears and threw herself into Chen Ziyu's arms without caring about etiquette.
Empress Zhang also shed tears silently and buried her head on Emperor Hongzhi's shoulder.
She swore she had never heard such a thing in her life.
I recall that on my wedding day, my emperor husband actually talked to me about the principles of governing the country for a whole night!
It's a pity that I was still young at that time and thought that all men were like this!
Until today, I saw my son-in-law.
Only then did she understand what romance is!
Empress Dowager Zhou no longer knows how to express her feelings in words. As the Empress Dowager, she is here at such an old age.
Not to mention being well-informed, at least I have seen a lot more of the world than the average person!
I have long since reached the state of not being happy with things and not feeling sad with myself!
Now seeing Chen Ziyu's confession, Queen Mother Zhou couldn't help but worry about her great-granddaughter. No woman could resist such a man!
Emperor Hongzhi looked at his queen and then at his daughter.
He sighed inwardly.
Chen Ziyu, Chen Ziyu, if your words spread, wouldn't you make the entire capital's men enemies?
But not everyone is as good as you are!
At this point, Emperor Hongzhi has completely believed what Chen Ziyu said before!
This guy really has a great talent!
Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi glared hard at Zhu Houzhao, who had already been staring blankly at the side!
He is uneducated and has no skills all day long, and he goes around slandering his brother-in-law!
This is really unreasonable!
Zhu Houzhao may have felt the unkind look from his father, and he was suddenly frightened!
At this moment, he decided that he would never say anything wrong about Chen Ziyu in front of his father, mother, and great-grandmother!
Because no one will believe him!
Even he himself fell into deep self-doubt!
"Is this still the Chen Ziyu I know?"
