When Zhu Qiyu arrived at Cining Palace, Queen Mother Sun, Queen Qian and Concubine Zhou were already waiting there.
Zhu Qiyu hurriedly pulled Lin Xiangyu forward and performed the grand ceremony of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times to Empress Dowager Sun, and then performed the same ceremony to Empress Qian.
Empress Qian hurriedly gave in and said: "Uncle, don't be so polite, just give me a big gift to my mother. And my brothers and sisters, we will be sisters-in-law from now on. There is no need to give such a big gift, it will offend me."
Zhu Qiyu did not take Queen Qian's politeness seriously, and still insisted on finishing the ceremony. When he raised his head and glanced at Empress Qian, she was also puzzled: It was said that the empress was overly sad when the emperor was captured, and she lost one eye and one leg from crying.
But now it seems that at least Queen Qian is doing well now.
According to Zhu Qiyu's personal guess, this matter is also very problematic. First of all, it is difficult to convince Zhu Qiyu that his eyes are blinded by crying. Anyway, Zhu Qiyu does not believe that except Empress Gao, any empress of the Ming Dynasty would be so affectionate that she would be blinded by crying for the emperor.
Besides, a leg is lame from crying, which is even more fantasy. The leg can still be lame from crying. These noble people in the palace really don't even want to seriously make up lies.
Fortunately, these are none of Zhu Qiyu's business. Everyone has their own destiny. Zhu Qiyu didn't bother to care about these things. He just pulled Lin Xiangyu to Concubine Zhou and continued to salute.
Since Concubine Zhou was technically a concubine and had no title at this time, her status was obviously lower than that of the prince and concubine. Zhu Qiyu pulled Lin Xiangyu and bowed three times, which was considered a great honor.
Although Concubine Zhou was usually a little arrogant, she did not dare to be too conceited in front of Zhu Qiyu, so she quickly stood up and returned the greeting, and then pulled Lin Xiangyu to sit beside her.
After everyone had finished saluting, Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Qian observed the two of them carefully. I saw that neither of them was wearing the clothes of a prince or a princess. Zhu Qiyu wore a jade crown and white clothes, which gave him a rather elegant, light and free and elegant temperament.
Lin Xiangyu, on the other hand, was wearing a light pink dress, with a osmanthus bun and two plum blossom jade ornaments inserted diagonally at the end of her hair. It looks elegant, elegant, lively and smart, which matches Zhu Qiyu very well.
Seeing this, Queen Mother Sun asked curiously: "No wonder King Qi runs home in a hurry every day. It turns out that there is such a fairy-like Princess Qi waiting for you at home.
But why is Princess Qi still dressed like a girl? Could it be that you two haven't consummated your marriage yet? "
Zhu Qiyu smiled sheepishly and said: "It makes the Queen Mother laugh. My little princess is only fourteen years old and her body has not yet grown. I am afraid that giving birth too early will hurt her body, so I decided to wait until the princess is fifteen. The marriage is officially consummated.”
Hearing this, Concubine Zhou pulled Lin Xiangyu and said with a smile: "Uncle is really a compassionate person. My sister is so lucky."
Lin Xiangyu blushed with embarrassment, glanced at Zhu Qiyu secretly, and said nothing.
Zhu Qiyu did not dwell on this topic, so he asked: "Why is Brother Shen missing?"
Concubine Zhou smiled and said, "I was afraid that he would make a noise, so I let him play in the side hall."
After saying that, Concubine Zhou ordered her servants to bring Zhu Jianshen.
Not long after, the wet nurses and maids came in with Zhu Jianshen in their arms and saluted Zhu Qiyu and others.
Zhu Qiyu took a closer look and saw that Emperor Chenghua, who was known for his martial arts and martial arts and was extremely tyrannical, was still a cute little baby with a milky voice.
Zhu Qiyu had to sigh in his heart: Life is really mysterious, but Emperor Chenghua is much more powerful than me. I have to go around and around to change to a princess, leaving dignity for the old man. The young man in front of me is lucky. He has only been married for a month and yet he dares to forcefully abolish his wife. He is really decisive in killing and wise.
Moreover, Chenghua only favored Wan Zhen'er throughout his life, and he was so infatuated that it was admirable.
When Zhu Qiyu was distracted, Concubine Zhou had already smiled at Zhu Jianshen and said, "Shen'er, come here quickly, Concubine Mother."
However, the two-year-old Zhu Jianshen could already tell who was the prettiest in the room. When he walked up to Concubine Zhou, he opened his arms towards Lin Xiangyu, who was sitting next to Concubine Zhou, and said in a sweet voice: "Shen'er wants to Auntie hugs me."
After hearing this, Concubine Zhou patted Zhu Jianshen's little face and pretended to scold: "You are such a grinder, you are really heartless. When you see your beautiful aunt, you don't even want your own mother."
Lin Xiangyu picked up Zhu Jianshen with a smile and teased the little prince with Concubine Zhou.
Women love to form cliques. As long as there are three women, a big show can be put together.
Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Qian must have preferred Princess Wang, while Concubine Zhou preferred the new Princess Qi.
It was only because Concubine Zhou, like Lin Xiangyu, was from a commoner background and met the emperor by chance and gained favor that she entered the palace. So these two people are born with a common language.
More importantly, Lin Xiangyu entered the palace without wearing the clothes of a princess today, which obviously gave Concubine Zhou a lot of face, which was very useful to Concubine Zhou.
It turns out that Zhu Qizhen, the Ming emperor, had another very strange thing: during the entire Zhengtong Dynasty, for fourteen years, except for Queen Qian, none of his concubines had official status.
Later, those concubines and concubines were canonized only after the restoration of Zhu Qizhen and the first year of Tianshun.
So if Lin Xiangyu was wearing the clothes of a princess today, theoretically Concubine Zhou, the biological mother of the prince, should turn around and salute Lin Xiangyu.
Now that Lin Xiangyu had given her face and made a special show of goodwill, Concubine Zhou became very knowledgeable and knowledgeable. After a while, the two of them got along well.
Empress Dowager Sun ignored this and turned to Zhu Qiyu and said: "King Qi, yesterday the ministers came to Cining Palace to petition again. They unanimously hope to honor your brother as the Supreme Emperor and make you the new king. What do you think, ministers? What’s your opinion?”
When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he stood up excitedly and replied: "These are all rebellious ministers and traitors, and they should be killed. Even if you can't welcome your brother back, you should be the emperor immediately. How can you let the ministers do what they want?"
Empress Dowager Sun smiled bitterly and said: "Who should I kill? Basically all the ministers have been mentioned in the title book, so we can't kill them all. Besides, the master, the young master, is doubtful. Now Brother Shen can't even speak clearly. He obviously can't afford it." Da Ren, you want to force him to be the emperor. Before Wala comes, the court will disperse first.
King Qi, you'd better not refuse. If you ascend the throne as soon as possible, only then can people's hearts be stabilized and the capital be successfully defended. "
Zhu Qiyu was not willing to agree, but continued to reply: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, as I am the supervisor of the country, I can still defeat Oala. Now King Qin's army has arrived in the capital one after another. In the past few days, I have appeased the ministers and nobles, and then started to defend the capital. , it doesn’t take a month to build the capital into a golden city like an iron barrel.”
When the Queen Mother heard this, she stopped talking. Queen Mother Sun didn't even believe one or two of Zhu Qiyu's heroic words. Anyway, after three requests and three resignations, this is the second time. That's almost it. Just issue an order to let Zhu Qiyu succeed to the throne.
Besides, the Queen Mother's thoughts have long been active. Now Zhu Qiyu is easier to talk to than her own son Zhu Qizhen. Letting Zhu Qiyu succeed the throne and letting Zhu Jianshen become the prince is not an unacceptable result.
