The local report must have been verified, but there are still loopholes that can be exploited, so reexamination is still necessary. It is better than being fooled by others.
The subsequent reports were nothing, they were all commonplace issues, with few important matters and many trivial matters. Zhu Biao could just reply according to the usual practice.
An hour later, Zhu Biao met Xiu Lu and drove out of Fengtianmen. He inspected the Liubu Yamen and then went to the Governor's Mansion to have a romantic relationship with the civil servants and generals.
After that day, Zhu Biao stayed in the East Palace to recuperate behind closed doors. In fact, he was lazy and didn't come out until his thirtieth day. At this time, the atmosphere of the New Year was getting heavier and heavier, and the palace began to become even busier. Plant peach charms on general charcoal and stick them on door gods. Hang paintings such as God of Fortune, Ghost Judge and Zhong Kui in the room. Hang gold and silver eight treasures and Western prayer wheels on the bed, or weave yellow coins like dragons. Sesame straws are planted in the eaves. Burning cypress branches in the courtyard firewood……
Only then did Zhu Biao find out that the second, third, fourth and third brothers had been driven to Fengyang by Lao Zhu to offer sacrifices to the emperor's mausoleum. It stands to reason that for this kind of thing, relatives would send relatives, and if there were no relatives, officials from the Ministry of Etiquette would be sent. I guess Lao Zhu still felt that the emperor It was inappropriate for an official to attend such a great event as the birth of three generations, so we simply let three new uncles attend.
Zhu Biao happened to be resettling the relocated people in Fengyang during the Chinese New Year last year, so he knew how tiring it was to worship the emperor's tomb during this big festival. This year it was finally the three of them's turn to suffer.
But he couldn't get better. He couldn't offer sacrifices to the imperial mausoleum, but he couldn't avoid offering sacrifices to the Imperial Ancestral Temple and Fengxian Hall. The difference between the two was not small. The regulations in the Imperial Ancestral Temple were higher, and they offered sacrifices to Jiangshan Sheji and the sages of all dynasties of China. Sages, including Three Yellows and Five Emperors.
The Imperial Ancestral Temple's status is respected and restricted by etiquette. Sacrificial activities are important national ceremonies, and each sacrifice is large-scale and involves heavy etiquette.
As for the Fengxian Hall, it is simple. Only the ancestors of the Zhu family did not have this originally. It was invented by Zhu Yuanzhang. Old Zhu Chunxiao always felt ashamed of his parents after he ascended the throne and became emperor, so he often wanted to worship, but the Imperial Ancestral Temple Sacrifices and sacrifices mobilized people, worked the people and cost money, so the Fengxian Hall was set up. When free, I would kowtow and burn incense on my head.
At noon, there was a commotion in the East Palace, and a solid sedan was carried into the main hall of Chengqian Palace. This was the first time in history. On the day of the Crown Princess's wedding, the sedan chair was parked outside, and the Crown Princess walked into Cheng Qian Palace.
Liu Jin walked over and put his hand inside to feel it and said: "It's still a little cold. Put two more heaters in, so your two highnesses won't get cold."
"Liu An, please go and see if the road from our place to Kunning Palace has been cleared. You guys carrying the sedan must be careful for a while. You are not allowed to make a single move. Do you understand?"
"promise!"
Liu Jinzai gave the instructions carefully, and then waited for the temperature inside the sedan to be almost the same as that of the inner palace before going to ask Zhu Biao to leave. After a while, Zhu Biao, who was dressed in court clothes, came out hand in hand with his princess, with dragon patterns and phoenix shadows flying on their bodies. , solemn and solemn.
Behind her was a wet nurse who was carefully holding the two grandsons of the emperor. After the two of them got into the sedan, they reached out to take the children. Each of them had a swaddle. They were all swaddles made of bright red cloth embroidered with gold dragon patterns. They were wrapped tightly. From above, only the small and cute ones could be seen. Small nose and small mouth.
Zhu Biao felt the temperature inside the sedan and said with a smile, "It should be fine. It's a rare Chinese New Year. Let the father, the emperor, and the empress be happy."
Chang Luohua held his youngest son tightly in his arms and nodded: "I know, but you still have to be careful. Fortunately, the weather is not bad today."
Zhu Biao nodded towards Liu Jin, and then the curtain of the sedan chair was tightly covered to ensure that the cold wind would not penetrate. After waiting for a while, he officially got up from the sedan chair and left the hall. Eight tall and sturdy eunuchs walked steadily towards Kunning. Go to the palace.
Chang Luohua was a little nervous at first, but as the inside of the sedan was still warm, he felt more relieved. Seeing that the two children were still sleeping soundly, he felt even more at ease. However, he still stretched out a finger to explore the children's noses from time to time. Suck it, even Zhu Biao can't stop it...
In Kunning Palace, Queen Ma was coaxing Zhu Lu to play, while Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting and reading a book and looking towards the door from time to time. Queen Ma couldn't help but joked: "Biao'er and Luo Hua will be here soon, why are you so eagerly looking forward to it?" , isn’t it just that I haven’t seen my son for a few days?”
"Hmph, sister, please don't talk nonsense. Who is waiting eagerly for it? We don't have it!"
In the past few days, Lao Zhu didn't have to go to court, and he didn't have many memorials to review, so he has been living in Kunning Palace. The old couple were very tired at first, but since yesterday they started not to deal with it anymore. It's so sweet. They are close to each other and dislike each other.
The sedan went straight to Qianqing Gate and was stopped by the guards. When the leader saw Liu Jin, he knew that the crown prince or princess had arrived, but due to his responsibilities, he couldn't just let him in.
Liu Jin spoke first: "His Royal Highness and the Crown Princess are inside. They came directly from the East Palace. There is no need to check in the cold winter weather."
The military guard general looked at the tightly guarded sedan with a sad look on his face and saluted, "It's not that the general is rude, it's really..."
The two people in the sedan carefully covered the child's ears, and Zhu Biaocai said loudly: "It's Zhao Wenyi, please get out of the way."
The general breathed a sigh of relief and stepped aside. If the Crown Prince didn't speak, he would have to follow the routine. If he spoke, he would have to obey orders. This was neither conflict nor contradiction. He also believed that His Highness the Crown Prince would not do anything bad to him because of this. impression.
Liu Jin glared dissatisfiedly, and Zhao Wenyi didn't dare to speak. He just held his hands and smiled, and made a look to invite him to drink later. The two of them knew each other well.
This Zhao Wenyi once escorted Zhu Biao on a trip to Shaanxi and Gansu, and was Tang Shizhong's deputy general. After Tang Shizhong stayed in Pingliang Guard, Zhao Wenyi took over his duties in the Fujun Guard, and he was also a standard Donggong sect.
A general like him, after two years of training in the capital, will be directly transferred to the command of the local garrison. As long as he has some achievements, his official career will be unimpeded. As the prince's basic wing in the military, he can't be compared to Liu Jin no matter what. Such a close servant who can embody the prince's will to a certain extent.
After crossing the dividing line between the former dynasty and the harem, the sedan arrived at Kunning Palace without any obstruction, and he went in directly after being informed. Lao Zhu was very happy at first, but his face turned ugly when he saw the sedan.
As a son of a man who comes to visit his parents, there is no reason to enter the palace in a sedan chair. This is not only a violation of the rules, but also disrespectful and even unfilial. The Ming Dynasty governed the country with loyalty and filial piety. If this spread, it would undoubtedly be detrimental to Zhu Biao's own reputation. Huge blow.
However, knowing a son is better than a father, Zhu Yuanzhang really did not believe that the prince he had raised carefully would be so unwise, so he did not scold him immediately. If it had been another prince, he would have ordered him to be stripped naked and hung to the city gate.
Queen Ma also frowned: "Is it so cold outside? Biao'er Luohua, why don't you two come out quickly!"
Liu Jin quickly opened the layers of curtains, fearing that it would be too late for the Holy Emperor and the Queen to drive out of the palace. Zhu Biao naturally heard his mother's dissatisfied voice inside, and could also imagine his father's face. The face was full of eyebrows and brows.
In order to prevent being beaten, Zhu Biao reached out across the swaddling clothes and squeezed the buttocks of the two little guys. As expected, the loud and aggrieved baby cries came from the sedan.
The two couples who were sitting angrily on the chairs immediately jumped up. Lao Zhu strode to the sedan and pushed Liu Jin away, and opened the curtain with bright tiger eyes.
"Hahaha, it's our eldest grandson here, please bring two more heaters!"
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even look at his son and daughter-in-law. He reached out and snatched the swaddling clothes from Zhu Biao's hand. Then he looked at the other one unsatisfied, but it was difficult to snatch it from his daughter-in-law's arms. Zhu Biao reluctantly took it from Chang Luohua's hand. It was so small that it disappeared before I could adjust the angle...
Zhu Yuanzhang strode around the hall with his grandson in his hands. Empress Ma was afraid that he would drop the child with his rough hands, so she stretched out her hands to protect him step by step.
"Oh, Chongba, Zhu Chongba, please slow down..."
"Hahaha, it's okay. How can our grandson be so delicate? Look at this and stop crying!"
Zhu Lu was also crazy, jumping at the feet of her father and mother to hug her nephew, so that the prince and princess who had not yet come out of the sedan were forgotten.
"Father, father, I want to hug you too. I am an aunt and I want to hug you too!"
Zhu Biao couldn't help but smile to Chang Luohua on the side: "Why don't we go back, we are both out of favor anyway.
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