Huang Pu explained to the Supreme Emperor very patiently: "Your Majesty, the new monarch has not entered the Forbidden City to live, and the new monarch promised that he will never live in the Forbidden City, let alone the Qianqing Palace. The Qianqing Palace will always be reserved for the Supreme Emperor. of.
Moreover, Xinjun is afraid that others will touch the Emperor's things, so the Qianqing Palace is now guarded by the Supreme Queen Yisheng for you. "
Zhu Qizhen was quite surprised and couldn't help but ask: "Then the new king lives in Xiyuan?"
Huang Pu shook his head.
"You don't live in Xiyuan either. That's Nangong?"
Huang Pu replied: "No, the new king lives in Prince Qi's Mansion."
When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he felt incredible.
The emperors of the Ming Dynasty generally loved the imperial city to death, and their love for the imperial city was engraved in their bones. Even if there are some who do not live in the Forbidden City, they all live in Xiyuan, still within the scope of the Imperial City.
Zhu Qiyu's behavior of not living in the imperial city but living in the palace has gone beyond Zhu Qizhen's understanding.
After reacting for a long time, Zhu Qizhen continued to ask: "What about my brother's queen? She doesn't live in the imperial city either?"
"Your Majesty, the new monarch has not appointed a queen, and he said that he was forced to take over the throne temporarily due to the situation. When the emperor returns to Beijing, the new monarch will abdicate and return to power, so he insists on not appointing a queen.
As for Princess Yi, the eldest son of the new king's concubine has been enthroned as King Yi, and Princess Yi has been changed to Princess Yi. When the palace is completed the following year, she will go to Changsha with King Yi to join the vassal state. "
Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen became even more confused: "Who is in charge of my brother's inner court now?"
Huang Pu replied: "Your Majesty, Concubine Xuanyi, also known as Concubine Wu Xian, has moved out of the palace and is living with the new monarch in Prince Qi's Mansion.
Now the new monarch is the inner court, with Princess Xuanyi at the helm and Princess Qi taking care of the housework.
Princess Qi is not ignorant of etiquette. Among the gifts presented to His Majesty by the new monarch, the ten horses were personally selected by the new monarch, and the chariot was built for His Majesty by the skilled craftsmen from the capital gathered by Princess Qi under personal supervision. "
Zhu Qizhen nodded: "My brother is so friendly towards me, I feel very relieved. What about the people from the Prince's Palace?"
"There were four or five eunuchs in the Prince's Palace who followed the new king and were assigned to serve as the Chief of Ceremonies. Two subordinate officials, one became Zuocheng of Honglu Temple and the other became Shaoqing of Taipu Temple. There are also twenty princes' palaces. The guards were assigned to the Jinyi Guards.
The rest of the people, including the concubines and concubines, stayed in Prince Yi's Mansion. When the Prince's Mansion in Changsha was repaired later, they all went to join the feudal clan. "
Zhu Qizhen asked in surprise: "So, in Prince Qi's Mansion, there is no one who used to be from Prince Nie's Mansion?"
Huang Pu nodded: "Yes."
After Zhu Qizhen heard this, he finally looked at his younger brother with admiration: the palace was full of his own people, but his younger brother didn't get involved at all and stayed far away.
In Prince Xin's palace, from the princess to the servants, they were all his and his mother's people. His younger brother was still not involved at all. A golden cicada came out of his shell and got rid of all these people.
Now it's good. If you want to use tricks against your younger brother in the future, it won't be so convenient. You will have to reorganize your plan and spend a lot of money to buy people from Prince Qi's house.
So Zhu Qizhen asked again: "Now that my brother is in Prince Qi's palace, who will serve him?"
Huang Pu, who was like a human spirit, smiled slightly and replied calmly: "Now the new king is served by his fifteen favorite concubines, and there are no maids or eunuchs around him for the time being."
After that, Huang Pu added: "The new king's fifteen favorite concubines, including Princess Qi, are all orphans, and there is no one in their natal family.
Moreover, these fifteen beloved concubines grew up together and were as close as sisters. Even now that they are the new queen, they are still very harmonious without fighting or competing for each other. "
Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen raised his head and glanced at Huang Pu in surprise: This Huang Pu, despite his young age and low rank, seemed to be able to see through his own mind, and deliberately pointed out to himself the idea of bribing Qi. Difficulties for people in the mansion.
Zhu Qizhen was also convinced. His younger brother was really extreme and ridiculous, making Prince Qi's mansion look like a hedgehog, making it hard for people to say anything. To bribe a princess is hundreds of times more difficult than to bribe eunuchs and maids.
This time, Zhu Qizhen finally made the right calculation. If he wanted to bribe the palace maid, he could just throw one thousand taels at her. If it didn't work, he would use 10,000 taels.
But it's different to buy the princess with money. It's only a hundred thousand taels, let alone silver. Even if it's gold, Princess Qi won't take it seriously.
What a buyer fears most is not being able to make a bid.
When Zhu Qizhen was speechless, Ma Liang reminded him: "Your Majesty, the hot water is ready. Let me send someone to help you bathe and change clothes first."
Zhu Qizhen nodded and told Huang Pu: "Go, my dear, and send a message to the new king for me. Guard the capital well and don't think about me."
When Huang Pu heard this, he kowtowed and then left. As soon as they got out of the felt tent, Boyan Timur came to invite Huang Pu in person, and the two of them went to have a banquet without mentioning it.
As soon as Huang Pu left, Zhu Qizhen ordered Ma Liang to announce all the women in. Not long after, ten women filed in.
The first to come in were the four nobles Gong, Jin, Xian, and Shu conferred by the Queen, and then the two talents Zhen and Jing. Finally, there are Ma Liang's four concubines, namely Dongmei, Xialan, Chunzhu, and Qiuju, who were all named wives by the queen.
Zhu Qizhen looked at them one by one. Although these four nobles were smart and beautiful, they were only unsatisfactory. They were more beautiful than the two talented people, but not as good as the four ladies.
Ma Liang observed his face and suggested respectfully: "Your Majesty, why not let the four ladies sleep with you tonight?"
Four ladies sleeping together? When Zhu Qizhen was emperor, his life was not luxurious. Although there were many concubines, they all behaved in a well-behaved manner during sexual intercourse. Zhu Qizhen has never tried sleeping with multiple women.
So Zhu Qizhen asked again: "These four ladies were given to you as concubines by the queen. Have you used them?"
"I've used it. They were originally singers from the Jiaofang Division. Not only are they all stunning, their skills are extraordinary and make people forget to leave."
Zhu Qizhen still had concerns: "Are their bodies clean?"
Ma Liang smiled and said: "Clean, clean, they are just used to occasionally receive dignitaries. After the queen selected them, she specially asked the female officials in the palace to check their bodies carefully.
Your Majesty will know after you try it once. These four women will definitely enjoy it with a unique flavor, and the experience will definitely be different from that of the palace ladies. "
Zhu Qizhen was very hesitant when he heard this. Although these four women are obviously good to the naked eye, the queen obviously has a deep meaning in sending such women. Anyway, it is definitely not just to show sympathy for herself.
However, after repeated weighing, Zhu Qizhen still nodded reluctantly. Firstly, he wanted to wait and see what happened, and then take action after seeing the situation clearly. Secondly, he had been captured for a month and a half, and he only had one unsatisfactory person around him. The talented person is really unworthy of being an imperial envoy. The stunning beauty is right in front of me, so I just want to indulge once. Anyway, I am just the emperor.
When Ma Liang saw the Emperor nodding, he invited the four nobles and two talented people out, leaving only four stunning beauties to serve.
Under the meticulous and gentle service of the four beauties, Zhu Qizhen changed clothes and entered the bathtub together.
Several pots of red charcoal fires were placed in the felt tent, making the airtight felt tent as warm as spring.
Early the next morning, Huang Pu came to say goodbye, but Zhu Qizhen hadn't gotten up yet, so he had to kowtow outside the tent again, asking Yuan Bin to tell him on his behalf that Wu Wu would leave with the envoy.
Not long after Huang Pu left, he also sent someone to inform the Emperor that the army would set off immediately, enter the Great Wall via Yanghekou, and march towards Datong City at full speed.
