In the twenty-third year of Chenghua, the prince's residence.
"I wonder if Zhou's dream is Hu Dieyu? Hu Die's dream is Zhou Yu?"
Zhu Youtang stood by the lake with his hands folded, looking at the poetic moonlight of the lotus pond in front of him, but he had an unreal feeling and couldn't help but murmur to himself.
A wet little eunuch came up from the lotus pond, holding a bright lotus that had just been picked in his hand and offered it to him: "Your Highness, I think this flower is the most beautiful. Is it okay?"
"You will stay with me from now on, and go back and change your clothes first!" Zhu Youtang had just witnessed the whole process of the fat eunuch going down to the pond to pick lotus flowers, and he realized that he was not just dreaming.
Huang Pan was secretly happy, and immediately raised his hands respectfully and said, "I obey, my slave!"
The little personal eunuch Qin Conggui next to him looked at Huang Pan who left happily, and then turned to look at Zhu Youtang who seemed to have more opinions after being picked up. He couldn't help but look at the prince who was always hesitant in trouble with surprise.
Zhu Youtang looked down at the bright lotus he had just picked in his hand, and then looked up at the lotus pond with a thin green mist floating in front of him. He also saw that the summer insects that Huang Pan had just shut up had started chirping again, all confirming that he was in the same place. In a new real world.
The air tonight is obviously fresh, and the tender lotus flowers here are picturesque.
He has indeed traveled through time, and his new identity is Zhu Youtang, the current crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, the sage emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty who was praised by the civil servants group in later generations.
During the eighteen years of Emperor Xiaozong's reign in the Ming Dynasty, he was generous and kind, practiced frugality, was not a womanizer, was diligent in political affairs, valued the judiciary, was open to speaking out, and appointed upright ministers. However, this was to cater to the civil servant group's image of a wise king, so he became With the complacent "Hongzhi ZTE" of the civil servant clique.
As a lover of online literature, how come I still don’t know that the Ming Dynasty, which was founded more than a hundred years ago, is like an old man riddled with all kinds of diseases. Hongzhi’s delegation of power to the civil service group intensified the land annexation by the landlord class.
It was at the beginning of this period that the official and gentry classes in various places sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. The famous Xu Jie owned hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land in the Susong area.
It would be fine if we could not see these deep-seated dynastic cancers, but as a modern person, I have naturally seen through the ugly face of the landlord class. How could I still be an emperor who was deceived by the civil servants?
Zhu Youtang looked up at the full moon in front of him and felt a sense of mission when he thought of the countless compatriots who were still busy making a living hundreds of years later.
"Your Highness, the Crown Princess is still waiting over there. I'm afraid the Crown Princess will be angry if you don't send her over!" The personal eunuch Qin Conggui reminded him anxiously when he saw that Zhu Youtang was still standing there admiring the moon.
Zhu Youtang looked down at the lotus picked in his hand, then looked up at the four brothers and sisters staying in the pavilion in the lake to admire the moon, and couldn't help but laugh.
Tonight is the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The beloved Crown Princess Zhang Yujiao did not even bother her, but invited her two younger brothers and sister to come to the Crown Prince's Mansion to enjoy the Mid-Autumn Festival moon together.
Like many vain women in later generations, they not only prepared a large amount of delicious food to entertain their younger brothers and sisters, but also consciously or unconsciously demonstrated their family status.
Zhang Yujiao loves her two younger brothers very much. Just now her younger brother Zhang Yanling casually said that he wanted to pick a lotus, so she directly ordered Zhu Youtang to pick the lotus.
Zhu Youtang didn't have the airs of a prince at all, and he was extremely happy with Zhang Yujiao's order. It could be said that he was Zhang Yujiao's licking dog.
He deliberately walked around the lotus pond, looking for the most colorful lotus flowers.
Although Zhu Youtang only limited his target to the lotus beside the pool, he accidentally fell into the water just after picking the lotus, which gave Zhu Youtang a chance to cross over.
August in Beijing is still filled with a light heat wave.
Four lazy figures were lying on the yellow pear wood deck chairs chatting. The maids on both sides were waving palace fans vigorously to keep the four people cool, and the sandalwood next to them was used to repel mosquitoes and insects.
"This palace maid is so cute, what is her name?" Zhang Heling, an acne-prone boy of fifteen or sixteen years old, said drunkenly as he looked at the beautiful palace maid who came to deliver a fruit plate.
This palace maid is only fifteen or sixteen years old, with a medium build, chubby appearance, a cute oval face, skin as good as snow, especially her big and lively eyes, wearing a white stand-up collared gauze shirt and a blue pleated skirt. .
As the most humble maid in the Prince's Palace, she was very reserved tonight because she was only allowed to deliver fruit plates to the inner chamber due to lack of manpower.
However, when she was suddenly asked for the name of the Crown Princess's biological brother, the other person's tone was somewhat provocative, which made her both nervous and angry.
"Are you mute? What is my eldest brother asking you?" Zhang Yujiao, who was dressed elegantly and elegantly, frowned and scolded the palace maid who did not know how to show appreciation.
Facing the scolding from the Crown Princess and the wink from the older palace maid next to her, Niu Mengmeng had no choice but to reply: "My name is Niu Mengmeng!"
"Niu Mengmeng? What a name!" Zhu Youtang, who returned to the pavilion, couldn't help but praise the palace maid after hearing her pleasant voice and name.
Although Crown Princess Zhang Yujiao's appearance and clothes are somewhat noble, compared with the lovely palace maid in front of her, the latter is more pleasing to the eye.
In particular, this palace maid has a faint mole at the corner of her mouth. She is playful and also has a sense of beauty, and her eyes are clear and full of innocence.
Niu Mengmeng turned sideways to face the prince who suddenly appeared. He looked very happy when he heard the other person's recognition of his name, but he could only lower his head and stare at the pair of feet that appeared.
"How do you manage to be a brother-in-law when I ask you to pick a lotus and you still go so long?" Zhang Yujiao was already dissatisfied with Zhu Youtang's efficiency, and now she even accused him angrily.
Huh?
Zhu Youtang's brows furrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but look at the woman who once reduced the original owner of this figure to a bitch.
This woman is about seventeen or eighteen years old, her figure has indeed grown, her facial features are very delicate, and her particularly long eyebrows give off a bit of a queen's temperament.
Although this woman's appearance is indeed the best choice, her temper is not her cup of tea at all, and is it really okay to accuse the prince like this?
"Princess, His Highness the Crown Prince just carefully selected the lotus flowers, but when he picked the lotus flowers, he accidentally fell into the water!" Upon seeing this, Qin Conggui immediately stood up and explained.
Zhang Yujiao didn't appreciate it. Instead, she pinched her nose and waved her hands in disgust: "I just asked you to do a small thing, but it turned out to be so fussy! What are you doing in a daze? Take His Royal Highness back to take a bath. It all stinks!"
"Yes!" Tan Conggui and others seemed to have become accustomed to this, and they accepted the order respectfully.
Zhu Youtang discovered that it was the Crown Princess who had the final word here, and his love as a Crown Prince had been reduced to a decoration. Is this still the feudal society of three obediences and four virtues in his impression?
It's just that I have just traveled through time after all, so it's not appropriate to make too many changes now.
After all, it doesn't matter now. You can just let the dog at home bark more fiercely.
Zhu Youtang did not say anything. He noticed that Niu Mengmeng glanced at him quickly and then lowered his head quickly. He suddenly felt that this palace maid was indeed very cute, so he went to take a bath with his personal eunuch Qin Conggui.
"Sister, the prince's brother-in-law looked unhappy just now!" Zhang Yuling reminded her worriedly as she looked at Zhu Youtang's leaving figure.
"Go down!" Zhang Yujiao scolded Niu Mengmeng, and then said disapprovingly to her sister: "Mommy is right, this man can't be too nice to him, just see how my sister handles him!"
After getting along with him for six months, she had already understood the temper of this indecisive prince, and she even knew how to make him submissive.
Zhu Youtang came out of the bathroom after taking a bath. Tan Conggui, who was standing outside, looked embarrassed and said: "The Crown Princess said you are not allowed to sleep in her room tonight!"
"Then where should I sleep?" Zhu Youtang vaguely remembered that it was his room, but he still blurted out the question.
Tan Conggui glanced at Zhu Youtang with complicated eyes, and said cautiously: "The Crown Princess wants you to sleep in the study!"
Zhu Youtang did not say a word, and immediately walked towards the study room. I dared to say that Queen Xiaochengjing in history was such a strong and unreasonable woman, but why did Emperor Hongzhi in history still stand for such an arrogant woman? How about keeping one's body like jade?
That night, the lights in the study were brightly lit.
Zhu Youtang, who was wearing royal clothes, did not rush to the inner room to rest. Instead, he sat at his desk and read at night, carefully turning over the "Zi Zhi Tong Jian".
I remember a certain great man said: Struggle with heaven, the joy is endless; struggle with the earth, the joy is endless; struggle with people, the joy is endless.
