It's New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye, and many shops in the capital have closed down, but the streets are still bustling, especially the various restaurants and brothels, where business is booming.
The people have been busy all year long, and only in these few days can they celebrate the festival and visit relatives and friends.
Not only among the people, but also in the imperial court, there was a festive atmosphere.
Finally, at the end of the New Year, the elders put the big seal of the Yamen and the Guan Fang into the box and sealed it with a seal.
From today until the third day of the Lunar New Year, all government offices in the imperial court will be sealed, and all government affairs will be suspended except for urgent military situations.
The palace is getting busier and busier. At this time, the nobles in the palace and the wives of various mansions will have more frequent visits.
There are all kinds of banquets, thanksgiving, and the etiquette is very complicated.
Of course, these are all matters for the servants who serve.
New Year's Eve is the day before the first day of the new year. The imperial court seals and seals the government affairs. The morning court and the economic feast naturally stop. Zhu Qiyu finally stole a day of leisure and spent the whole day with Sister Hui and Brother Ji.
Although the wind and cold last time were dangerous, fortunately it was not serious. Brother Ji's body recovered before Zhengdan, but his face was still a little sallow.
However, he is still a bit weak. He is obviously a boy and is several months older than Sister Hui, but when they play together, they are always bullied by Sister Hui.
With the lessons learned from the Hang family, Zhu Qiyu made a decree that all children in the palace should not be educated before the age of three.
Mrs. Hang seemed to be frightened by Ji Ge's illness. According to Xing'an, from the time when Ji Ge fell ill, she stayed at the bedside almost day and night and never left her body.
When Zhu Qiyu went over to take a look, it was obvious that her eyes had always been swollen, and she had lost weight in just a few days.
Seeing her look like this, Zhu Qiyu couldn't bear it. After all, it was a friendship that had lasted for many years.
It is true that Mrs. Hang does not have the ability of her mother to govern the world, and sometimes her actions are not thorough enough and a bit willful, but she cannot be blamed for this.
Her father, who was only from a mere thousand households, did not expect her to enter the harem when he was sent to the palace to be drafted. He only wanted her to be a concubine in the palace.
Therefore, in terms of knowledge, he is definitely not as good as the Wang family who comes from a famous family.
Yes, Wang's family background is already considered a famous one.
The Wang family is the hereditary commander of the third-grade Jinwu left guard. This is basically the stipulation in the ancestral teachings of the Emperor Ming Dynasty that it is the top family for selecting concubines.
You know, even the empress of Zhu Qizhen and his imperial sister-in-law Qian's natal family are the same. They are just the hereditary commander of Jinwu's right guard.
The third-grade commander, and further up is the Lord's House, but that is beyond the scope of selecting a concubine.
Seeing Hang's haggard look, Zhu Qiyu felt a little soft-hearted after all.
Thinking that today was New Year's Eve, she discussed with Mrs. Wu and lifted her confinement one day in advance and asked her to bring Brother Ji to Jingyang Palace.
After lunch, the two children were tired from all the hard work, so they lay in Zhu Qiyu's arms and dozed off.
Seeing this, Mrs. Hang and Mrs. Wang took the two babies down to rest respectively, and then the little waiter on the side dared to step forward and said.
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Shu is waiting outside, saying he has something to report."
Zhu Qiyu was in a good mood. Hearing this, the smile on his face subsided slightly and he said.
"Tell him to come in."
King Guangtong and King Yangzong are going to cause trouble at the Zhengdan Banquet!
This matter is not a secret, mainly because these two people are not low-key when doing things.
Zhu Qiyu knew very clearly about the grudge between the two of them and the King of Zhennan, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were on the same page.
After entering the capital, they had been thinking of ways to trip up King Zhennan.
But this fat county prince was not an easy person to deal with. He went to Shu Liang's mansion and the father and son sang together and revealed the news to Dongchang.
Shu Liang knew the news, which naturally meant that the emperor Zhu Qiyu also knew that King Zhennan was planning to kill someone with a borrowed knife.
However, I have to say that although his trick is old, it is effective.
Even though he knew that he wanted to use Dongchang's power to deal with the two younger brothers who didn't let him worry about it, Zhu Qiyu still couldn't ignore it.
Therefore, after receiving Shu Liang's report, Zhu Qiyu asked him to investigate in detail what the two people, King Guangtong and King Yangzong, were plotting.
Come to think of it, there is finally a result.
Shu Liang had obviously been waiting outside for a while, and there were still scattered snowflakes on his body. He entered the door and saluted quickly.
"My slave, please pay your respects to your Majesty."
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and motioned to the waiter on the side to bring him tea and said.
"You don't have to be so reserved when it's a big holiday. You're here at this time. It's the task I assigned you. Has there been any result?"
Shu Liang took the tea and took a sip. Hearing this, he took two steps forward and said.
"His Majesty, as you expected, Prince Guangtong and Prince Yang Zong are indeed planning to cause trouble at tomorrow's banquet."
"However, what is somewhat different from what King Zhennan said is that the reason they really plan to sue King Zhennan is not to force their concubine to death, but to murder their eldest brother Zhu Huiyan."
Zhu Qiyu's eyes sharpened, and the body that was leaning on the couch straightened up, and he said in a deep voice: "Tell me everything you found out in detail."
Shu Liang also knew the seriousness of this matter, and of course he did not dare to neglect it. He immediately told all the details he had found.
King Guangtong and King Yangzong seemed arrogant, but in fact, they obviously had plans for this matter.
After they entered Beijing, they visited two mansions in the first two days, one was the Yangwu Marquis' Mansion and the other was the Huichang Bo's Mansion. Then three days later, they visited the Cheng'an Marquis' Mansion.
Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu frowned and asked.
"It seems that they were well prepared, but how did these two people get involved with this group of people?"
The Marquis of Yangwu Mansion is related by marriage to the Empress Dowager Sun. Xue Heng, the second wife, is the consort of the eldest princess of Changde. As for the Huichang Bo Mansion, it is basically the natal family of the Empress Dowager Sun.
As soon as they entered the capital, they went straight to these two families, which was obviously a premeditated plan.
This is not difficult to understand.
After all, King Zhennan belongs to the royal family of the county. If King Guangtong and King Yangzong want to overthrow him, they can only rely on the power of the court, or in other words, it depends on the emperor's wishes.
The two of them have been in the fiefdom for a long time and have inconvenient transportation. If they want to win over the noble ministers in the court and help them speak in the court, they must not do it on the spur of the moment. It will take half a year to complete the plan.
At that time, Zhu Qizhen was still sitting on the throne, so it was most suitable to find the residence of Xun Qi, such as Huichang Bo and Yang Wuhou, who could directly exert influence on the palace.
Although there is a new person on the throne now, it is impossible for the two of them to change their minds temporarily and win over others. They can only bite the bullet and continue.
As for the final Cheng'an Hou Mansion, I'm afraid someone was meddling behind the scenes.
Cheng'an Hou Guo Sheng is such a confused person!
Putting aside his thoughts for the time being, what puzzled Zhu Qiyu was that King Guangtong and King Yangzong had never entered the capital, while Yangwu Houfu and Huichang Bofu had never left the capital.
They had been friends in private for some time, which meant that they had been conspiring with King Guangtong before the civil engineering incident occurred.
However, without ever meeting each other, why would these two families be willing to get involved in such a matter involving clan affairs?
In other words, how did King Guangtong and King Yangzong get connected with these two families?
Shu Liang was obviously prepared and said.
"About this, I also found out some clues."
