Zhu Jingyuan returned to the back hall and found that his father was still there. He had changed into casual clothes and was flipping through a book.
Zhu Jingyuan quickly walked over to say hello: "Father..."
Zhu Jianyan put down the book in his hand:
"How does it feel?"
Zhu Jingyuan said noncommittally:
"Fortunately, I am considering the adjustment of understanding in the court..."
Zhu Jianyan smiled and shook his head and said:
“I thought you would be stressed.
"Since you think it's okay, I won't tell you anything anymore.
"Let us lead the clan to visit your grandfather.
"Then make arrangements for the harem."
Zhu Jingyuan agreed again and waited for a while with his father in Fengtian Hall.
Soon after, a servant ran in and reported that the prince of the clan was already waiting outside the hall.
Today's ceremony is to announce the official completion of the capital move. Members of the Zongren Yuan, that is, all the princes of the Ming Dynasty, after attending the emperor's ceremony, will also go to see Zhu Zhongliang, the dean of the Zongren Yuan.
When Zhu Jingyuan realized this, he immediately felt that his father had officially decided to pass on the throne today, and he should have been prepared for it.
It means doing two things at once.
Zhu Jianyan took his son out together, gathered all the Ming princes, and took a car to the harem area.
Go directly through the core area of the harem and go to the palace where Zhu Zhongliang lives.
The eighty-two-year-old Zhu Zhongliang, the former Supreme Emperor and now the Supreme Supreme Emperor, was sitting in the main hall of his palace.
Zhu Jianyan and his son led all the princes to bow to Zhu Zhongliang.
After the ceremonial greetings, Zhu Jianyan reported to his father that he had decided to officially pass on the matter to Zhu Jingyuan.
Zhu Zhongliang had actually received the news and had long known that it would happen sooner or later.
I was originally worried that my son wouldn't want to let go, but now it seems that he is happier than me.
Now I have nothing to worry about.
Then Zhu Zhongliang also followed this topic and officially announced that he would now officially pass on the relevant identities of the patriarch of the Ming Dynasty royal family, the dean of the clan courtyard, etc. to Zhu Jianyan.
Zhu Zhongliang completely retired and no longer participated in any affairs of the royal family, court, consortium, or imperial estate.
This is the second such handover since the Renwu Dynasty.
Zhu Zhongliang was the second supreme emperor of the Ming Dynasty after Emperor Guangwu.
Starting from the grandsons of Emperor Shizu, that is, Zhu Zhongliang and his grandfather and father, all succeeded to the throne when they were around thirty years old.
They all have to live to be over ninety years old before they can see their grandchildren ascend the throne as emperors.
But so far no emperor has lived to be ninety years old.
If he died while his son was still on the throne, the corresponding duties that the Supreme Emperor was responsible for were automatically passed on to his son.
The impact of this inheritance is not great, it is more of a symbolic meaning.
After everyone listened to Zhu Zhongliang's reading, they bowed together again.
Then the two emperors Zhu Jianyan and Zhu Jingyuan sat down on both sides of Zhu Zhongliang.
The other princes once again saluted the three emperors on the stage.
Zhu Zhongliang raised his hand and motioned for them to sit around.
At this point, this special inheritance ceremony has finally come to an end.
Zhu Zhongliang held the hands of his son and grandson and gave some instructions intermittently.
Then he suddenly realized something and ordered Zhu Jingyuan with a smile:
"Okay, now that the things here are done, just let your father accompany me. You can go and do your business.
"Hurry up and move your wife and children into the palace."
Father Zhu Jianyan on the other side also smiled and said:
"I was already retiring, so I didn't move to the Qianqing Palace.
"Everything in the palace is ready, you can go in and live directly."
When Zhu Jingyuan heard this, he was absolutely sure that his father had already prepared to pass the throne today.
It's just that he didn't inform himself or others in advance.
This is also the rule left by Emperor Shizu. The emperor's succession cannot be discussed with others. The emperor must make his own decision.
Just find a formal official occasion and announce it in front of all civil and military officials.
Then let his son sit on the throne directly under his own witness.
This process was inherently sudden, and of course there was no grand ceremony.
The next time will be for the new emperor to gradually take over the emperor's power and arrange for his own people to take over important positions in the court.
Then wait until the New Year of the next year to hold a grand enthronement ceremony and announce the change of Yuan Dynasty.
Zhu Jianyan put the time to announce his succession to the time when he would accept the worship of hundreds of officials in the new hall after the official move of the capital.
In the presence of all the main officials, the passing of the position was directly announced.
At the same time, he himself did not live in the Qianqing Palace on the peninsula, but directly lived in the palace with the Supreme Emperor.
Wenhua Hall and Wuying Hall did not even go in to see them.
Zhu Jianyan may have considered that moving the capital was originally requested by Zhu Jingyuan, and this Yingtian New City was also planned by Zhu Jingyuan.
So he simply stopped occupying the new palace and directly let his son Zhu Jingyuan be the first emperor to live in it.
Zhu Jingyuan stood up with emotion and saluted his grandfather and father again:
"Thank you, Grandpa Huang, thank you, Father Emperor..."
Under the watchful eyes of his grandfather and father, Zhu Jingyuan left the palace of the Supreme Emperor and returned to the Qianqing Palace in the core area of the palace.
The second time he came to the emperor's palace, Zhu Jingyuan's mood was completely different from the last time.
The last time I came here, I had the mentality of showing my father a house, and now this place has become my own house.
Even though he might go to the palace in the future, in the first few years after inheriting the throne, he would definitely have to live in Qianqing Palace for a long time.
It is necessary to cultivate the emperor's mentality and habits in this official emperor's palace.
Treat the most noble place in the world as your home.
At the same time, after having complete control over the court and the order inside and outside the palace, you can then consider living elsewhere.
Zhu Jingyuan paused in the lobby for a few seconds, sat at his desk and picked up the phone.
The phone number of Qianqing Palace is the highest priority in the world.
After dialing the number, an operator immediately answered the call, and he was immediately taken to Zhu Jingyuan's home according to Zhu Jingyuan's request.
Zhu Jingyuan's current residence is in the southeastern part of Yingtianfu New City, in a manor area specially built for recent clan clans.
Zhu Jingyuan found Wang Ya, the de facto steward of the harem, and told him that his father's throne had been passed down to him.
Let her bring her women and children into the palace.
The facilities in the palace are complete, and people can just come in and live there.
If you want to continue using the things you use daily at home, you can ask the servants to bring them in.
Just leave the normal stuff over there.
Anyway, it had only been a few days since we moved there, and the family hadn't gotten used to living there yet, and there was nothing to miss.
Of course Wang Ya had been mentally prepared for Zhu Jingyuan's succession.
But now that the news was confirmed, I still couldn't help but feel excited, and I was obviously stunned for several seconds.
His Royal Highness the Prince finally became His Majesty the Emperor.
Judging from the mentality of His Highness, he was not prepared to establish a food queen before, and he may not be prepared to establish a queen in the future.
The imperial concubines and concubines should be canonized, right?
According to the character of His Royal Highness, it is very likely that I, the concubine of the Great Food King, will directly become the imperial concubine.
As a homeless orphan, because of his relationship with His Royal Highness, I slowly transformed from a child laborer on a farm to the imperial concubine of the Ming Emperor...
If His Highness never establishes a queen, he will be the most noble woman in the world.
Wang Ya recalled her experiences over the years and her life's past, and her eyes became wet involuntarily.
After Zhu Jingyuan finished speaking there, he subconsciously asked after not hearing the response:
"Ya'er, are you listening?"
Wang Ya, who has a mature personality, immediately controlled her mood:
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I am listening. Your Highness... Don't worry, I will arrange things at home."
Zhu Jingyuan let out a breath:
"Okay, I'll hang up now, and we'll talk about it when we get to the palace."
After hanging up the phone, Wang Ya immediately went to notify everyone in the family and let all Zhu Jingyuan's concubines and concubines enter the palace first.
Just leave other things to your respective servants to clean up.
Wang Ya knew that the first thing to do today was to determine the identities of the women in Zhu Jingyuan's harem.
In the past, Zhu Jingyuan, as the Prince of the Ming Dynasty, was unwilling to ennoble the prince's concubines, so all the prince's concubines were considered concubines.
All the prince's concubines are the same, followed by Chunxiang and other Korean maids, and finally Xiaona and other Hu Ji maids.
After Zhu Jingyuan became the emperor, the women in the harem were ranked as imperial concubines, concubines, concubines, concubines, concubines, concubines, talents, etc.
Although everyone has their own identity in the Big Food Country, Zhu Jingyuan's identity arrangements for them will definitely refer to the previous arrangements in the Big Food Country, but it is obviously impossible to copy them.
Even if they really follow the original arrangement, they still have to be canonized in the palace to confirm everyone's identities.
Then formal residence in the palace can be assigned.
Wang Ya has always been the big housekeeper, and now he really has something serious to do.
After receiving the news, all Zhu Jingyuan's women immediately put aside everything else.
Immediately change into formal clothes and ride into the palace together.
At eleven o'clock in the morning, the group arrived at Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Jingyuan was in the lobby of the main hall of Qianqing Palace, sitting in front of the imperial desk and writing.
According to the usual order, a group of women stood in several rows and saluted and said hello together.
Just replaced the usual His Highness with His Majesty.
Zhu Jingyuan himself doesn't like too many rules at home.
But with more and more people in his harem, he had to clarify various rules and order.
Because when there are too many people, it becomes really chaotic and it is easy for problems to arise.
Zhu Jingyuan raised his head after hearing the sound, but did not ask them to find a place to sit as usual:
"Everyone, wait a moment, Ya'er, please send everyone's canonization edict.
“The purpose of this edict is to give everyone a temporary official status, otherwise the name will not be justified.
“The formal canonization ceremony will have to wait until next year’s enthronement ceremony.
"Ya'er, you are responsible for preparing other procedures, such as seals, edicts, and crown uniforms, and sending them to everyone in advance."
What Zhu Jingyuan wrote on his desk was the canonization edict for the women in his harem.
Zhu Jingyuan felt that it would be better to do this matter himself.
Although Zhu Jingyuan is not an infatuated person, he does not refuse women who are good enough.
But he has always cherished his women, and at least treated them seriously as human beings.
This is probably a natural result caused by the memory of life in another world.
Wang Ya secretly lamented that his Highness had become His Majesty, and his character was still the same.
Wang Ya smiled and thanked him, then walked slowly to Zhu Jingyuan's side, first picked up the one at the edge and opened it.
It was discovered that it was Liu Muyun’s edict.
Liu Muyun is actually the oldest prince's concubine in Zhu Jingyuan's harem, and also the first prince's concubine.
It's just that she doesn't like taking care of things, so the housekeeper of the harem was given to Wang Ya.
Now being ranked first in the canonization list is completely normal.
However, the canonized status was just that of a noble concubine, which obviously surprised Wang Ya.
Wang Ya originally thought that Liu Muyun should be the imperial concubine.
Wang Ya knew that Zhu Jingyuan liked Liu Muyun very much, and they had already given birth to four children.
Wang Ya didn't think her status was higher than Liu Muyun's.
If Liu Muyun was just a noble concubine, then she might just be an ordinary concubine, at most on the same level as Liu Muyun.
Then Wang Ya hesitated for a moment and did not immediately send the edict to Liu Muyun.
Instead, he continued to read the following edicts, followed closely by Wang Ya's own.
Looking at the simple lines above, Wang Ya's pupils shrank significantly.
She turned out to be the imperial concubine...
Wang Ya felt a little confused and couldn't believe this arrangement.
Wang Ya continued to read the edict at the back carefully.
Yu Muxue is a noble concubine, and Li Shuangni is also a noble concubine.
From now on, the other princes and concubines will be canonized as concubines and concubines.
In other words, only she is the imperial concubine.
Wang Ya felt a little flattered, but also very uneasy.
After a brief hesitation, Wang Ya carefully approached Zhu Jingyuan and whispered to Zhu Jingyuan:
"Your Majesty, Sister Mu Yun is just a noble concubine. I am ashamed to be granted the title of imperial concubine. I dare to ask your majesty to take back my life."
Wang Ya said it euphemistically, but what she actually meant was that she felt Zhu Jingyuan's arrangement was unreasonable and suggested that Zhu Jingyuan change it.
Either lower yourself down or raise Liu Muyun up.
If Zhu Jingyuan had a princess or even a queen, this kind of thing should be the queen's job.
How to arrange the status of the people in the harem? As the mistress of the mother-in-law world, the queen is inherently qualified to participate in the discussion and can even ask the emperor to cooperate.
Wang Ya actually takes on this responsibility now and can be regarded as a queen in name only.
Zhu Jingyuan laughed directly after hearing this. He did not hide or lower his voice. Instead, he deliberately amplified his voice slightly:
"You don't need to plead for Mu Yun, she is obviously the eldest sister in the family, but she doesn't worry about family affairs at all.
"As long as she can take on one-third of the family's affairs for you, I will make her the imperial concubine immediately.
"I guess she won't care about this kind of thing. Just go and give her the edict."
The group of women at the scene suddenly looked at Liu Muyun at the front with strange expressions.
Liu Muyun's expression was a little embarrassed, but he had no intention of responding to these words and still stood motionless.
Liu Muyun really didn't care much about this kind of identity. Anyway, the succession to the throne of Ming Dynasty did not depend on the mother's identity.
Liu Muyun even felt that Zhu Jingyuan was using a provocation method and was very decisive not to be fooled.
Wang Ya was very helpless and could only start issuing edicts to everyone.
Wang Ya put aside her worries about the difference in status between herself and Liu Muyun, and once again paid a little attention to the rules of these canonizations.
Except for myself, the status of others is ranked according to the time they entered Zhu Jingyuan's harem.
The emperor has one queen, two imperial concubines, four imperial concubines, eight imperial concubines, and twelve imperial concubines.
Zhu Jingyuan was ranked down in order, and at the same time, there was an empty spot at each level.
Now there is no queen, but one imperial concubine, three imperial concubines, seven imperial concubines, and seven imperial concubines.
Zhu Jingyuan currently has a total of sixteen concubines from the Ming Dynasty, and he cannot use up all the quota of high-ranking concubines.
Among the seven imperial concubines, the first five were from the Ming Dynasty, plus Chunxiang, a Korean maid, and Luo Feiya, a Hu Ji.
Chunxiang was the person who had served Zhu Jingyuan since childhood. She was also the representative and leader of several Korean maids in the harem, and the steward of all the maids around Zhu Jingyuan.
Although Luo Feiya is Hu Ji in status, she has three-quarters of the blood of the Ming Dynasty. The key is that she is the daughter of the Duke of Xianbei.
Lucia's identity as the granddaughter of the former emperor was useless, but her identity as the daughter of the Duke of Ming Dynasty was.
In addition, Qiuyue and the other three Korean maids were all granted the title of Jieyu, and Xiaofu and the other three Hu Ji were all granted the title of Cairen.
Ningshuang also has a title of beauty, only Charlotte has nothing.
After Wang Ya handed out the edicts to everyone, Charlotte followed Wang Ya and looked at Zhu Jingyuan.
The pen in Zhu Jingyuan's hand also stopped, with no intention of continuing to write.
Charlotte was originally a British princess, with a very outgoing personality, and was bolder than the Ming girl and Hu Ji.
Seeing that I was the only one who didn't have that edict, I couldn't help but ask directly:
"My dear Majesty... where is my edict... everyone has it, why don't I?
"It shouldn't be possible for you to make me the queen, so you haven't figured out how to make me the queen yet?"
Zhu Jingyuan smiled helplessly and said:
"If you can stay and stay with me forever, I will give you the title of Imperial Concubine of the Ming Dynasty.
"Unfortunately this is obviously impossible...
"It is impossible for both the Ming Dynasty and the imperial court to accept the fact that a royal concubine has been living in the West for many years.
"perhaps……"
Having said this, Zhu Jingyuan paused for a moment and showed a thoughtful expression:
“Perhaps you can ask the UK to refer to Ming Dynasty’s habits and pass them on to their children in advance.
"Then after you retire, come back to Ming Dynasty to find me, and I will officially ban you then."
Charlotte has lived in Ming Dynasty for more than four years and has a very good understanding of Ming Dynasty’s customs, habits and culture.
It was immediately clear that what Zhu Jingyuan said was the truth.
If I became a royal concubine, it would be okay to go back to my parents' home occasionally.
If he returns to the United States or the United Kingdom to become king, the key point is that if he does not come back for many years, it will have an impact on the reputation of the emperor Zhu Jingyuan.
Anyway, it is absolutely unacceptable to the Ming royal family and court.
Charlotte suddenly felt a little desperate, but Zhu Jingyuan's final arrangement gave her hope again.
Charlotte has been deeply influenced by Ming Dynasty in the past few years, and now feels that the retirement system is a very good system.
His grandfather should have retired a long time ago, and now he is completely unconscious, but he still continues to occupy the position of the king.
His father is now the de facto king of England, but he can only give orders in the name of regent.
If my grandfather retired early and gave the king directly to his father, there wouldn't be so much trouble.
When you become king, you must establish and determine the king's retirement system.
He could even retire early and let George succeed him directly when he comes of age.
Then he can return to Daming in advance to reunite with his loved ones.
Charlotte accepted Zhu Jingyuan's suggestion very decisively without much hesitation:
"It's a deal! When I become the King of England, I will formulate a retirement bill."
Zhu Jingyuan smiled and nodded with great satisfaction, and then began to arrange accommodation for the women in the harem.
The new palace no longer has six east and west palaces, but twelve east and west palaces.
There are twelve courtyards on both sides of Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace, for a total of twenty-four courtyards.
There are sixteen courtyards, and the houses and palaces inside are designed with clear priorities.
The center is a palace dedicated to the owner's residence, surrounded by other supporting facilities and servant rooms.
These courtyards were for the exclusive residence of imperial concubines, imperial concubines, imperial concubines, or other concubines who were especially favored by the emperor.
Everyone who lives here is the master of the first palace, and they have a villa-style palace to themselves.
The overall layout of the remaining eight courtyards is similar to that of a courtyard, with one building in each direction.
But the space is much larger than that of a private courtyard house, and the decoration and facilities are exclusively for the royal family, which is top-notch among private houses.
Inside the four buildings, there are many independent suites, similar to private multi-story apartments.
The highest-end one occupies a three-story building as a whole residence, while the lowest-end one occupies a one-story flat.
Eight courtyards can actually be regarded as eight communities.
This is a place for more low-level concubines to live together.
(There are some problems with the layout of the harem in the previous two chapters, so I have revised them here.)
Zhu Jingyuan had sixteen concubines from the Ming Dynasty, so he directly arranged an independent courtyard for each of them.
The other Korean maids and orchids were arranged in the courtyard, each occupying a small building.
Compared with the original palace courtyard, this space is much wider.
Even after everyone has dispersed, if there are not enough servants, it will still feel a little deserted.
The same is true for Zhu Jingyuan.
The space inside the Qianqing Palace is also very large, and there are many rooms. Even if it accommodates hundreds of people, it is very spacious.
Now there is only the emperor and a dozen servants to serve him.
Perhaps it would be most lively to gather everyone in one building, with women and children living together.
However, this idea only flashed for a moment, and was immediately rejected by Zhu Jingyuan in his mind.
It may be lively like that, but it can't be lively at any time.
After all, he is the emperor, and he actually doesn't have much time to live an ordinary family life with the women in the harem.
In order to facilitate the job of emperor, it is most convenient to live alone in Qianqing Palace.
I need a clean and spacious environment where I can calm down and think alone.
Just find a place to get together every once in a while.
(End of chapter)
