After the eldest princess of Yongjia had finished her anger, she put on a friendly expression and smiled at Lin Xiangyu: "Girl, you don't have to worry about anything anymore. You are responsible for sleeping, eating, drinking and having fun. You can be happy as you please.
We will handle other things properly and clearly, so you don't need to worry about it at all. "
At this time, Zhu Qiyu's cleverness in recognizing Lin Xiangyu in Wudinghou Mansion was completely revealed.
The concubine and Mrs. Wu Dinghou personally came to take care of Lin Xiangyu's food and daily life, and Wu Dinghou was responsible for guarding the palace. The respective wet nurses of Wu Dinghou and his wife were responsible for delivering babies.
Wenxin Hou Guo Cong was responsible for guarding the capital and supervising the Jinyi Guards and the Five Cities Military and Horse Division.
But in the capital, civil and military officials exchanged holiday congratulations in their respective yamen, and then waited boredly to go home and gather with their relatives to celebrate the festival.
A full eight months have passed since the emperor's "escape" after the New Year.
During this period, except for the cabinet bachelors, the six ministers, and some of the emperor's close ministers, the rest of the people had never seen the emperor.
At first, everyone thought it was good, as they would not have to suffer in the morning.
Moreover, the emperor issued two edicts, promising not to live in the Forbidden City, not to build imperial mausoleums, not to establish a queen, and not to call himself me.
In the eyes of the ministers, the emperor was a complete coward, especially since he could not live in the Forbidden City. The emperors of the Ming Dynasty felt uncomfortable if they did not live in the Forbidden City for a day.
Jingtai lived in a ravine in the western suburbs for eight months. Can he still be considered an emperor? What does it mean to be an emperor?
But gradually, everyone felt that this was no longer the case.
First, the emperor was extremely mysterious. The former Ming Emperor lived in the Forbidden City, but he didn't know that it was penetrated inside and out like a sieve.
But it's different now. No one knows what happened in the emperor's Xinqi Palace.
Especially how many women the emperor visited in a day, which concubine was favored, and whether any of the concubines were pregnant, these foreign dynasties had no idea at all.
Even the most basic knowledge cannot be achieved, and as for poisoning and drugging, it is even more out of the question.
However, the civil and military officials now simply do not dare to force the emperor.
Because everyone also knew nothing about the current situation of the Supreme Emperor.
This means that the emperor's life and death depend entirely on the emperor's conscience.
If the emperor continued to press hard, the emperor would immediately break the pot. Two months later, the bad news came that the emperor fell off his horse and realized his real death. Then there was no hope at all.
However, asking the emperor to convene a large court meeting and meet with all civil and military officials is not too much, right?
In the past few days, hundreds of officials have written memorials asking the emperor to convene a court meeting.
Just when Chen Xun, Wang Wen and others were sorting out these memorials and wondering whether to report them to the emperor, Zhu Qiyu's edict was also sent to the cabinet.
Zhu Qiyu and the ministers had a good understanding and took the initiative to hold a court meeting on August 16th and informed the cabinet that the princess was three months pregnant.
The news soon spread like wildfire and spread throughout the court.
It can be said that some people are happy and some are worried. The cabinet bachelors and six ministers all breathed a sigh of relief. After eight months of suffering, everyone finally waited for the emperor's heir.
Now Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji has led his army to Ganzhou. If the emperor can really be welcomed back, and the emperor has no heirs, the pressure on these important ministers will be too great.
The attitude of other ministers was completely opposite. They did not want the emperor to give birth to a son.
Otherwise, the current crown prince Zhu Jianshen will definitely be deposed, and the throne will be completely out of line with Zhengtong.
No matter how worried you are, there is nothing you can do. Fortunately, the emperor will hold a court meeting tomorrow, and everyone can learn about some of the latest trends from the emperor.
Early the next morning, all civil and military officials gathered outside Chengtian Gate, preparing to set off to the western suburbs together.
While waiting, another news spread: Zhang Yuanfang, who diagnosed Princess Qi's happy pulse yesterday, received a generous reward. Instead of going home first in the evening, he went to Xicheng Mingyufang to have a few drinks with the girl he was in love with.
When he came out, he was drunk and unfortunately lost his footing and fell into the Cao River, whereupon he was lost.
The Xicheng Military and Horse Division judged him to be unworthy of official status and reported the case information to the cabinet. Basically, Zhang Yuan decided that his family would not be able to receive pensions from the court.
This is a small episode. Although it is not a big deal, it seems somewhat ominous.
Before everyone could discuss it too much, Chen Xun led everyone and set off for the western suburbs under the protection of the Yingzhou Guards.
Careful ministers have discovered that the royal guards who were supposed to be responsible for the escort have disappeared, and have been replaced by the emperor's direct relatives.
Nowadays, the military structure in the capital has completely changed, and the original Shanzhi personal guards have completely disappeared.
There are only four guards in the entire capital:
The top three guards are the emperor's direct relatives: Yingzhou Guard, Tiance Guard, and Duoyan Guard.
Plus a royal guard.
However, the Jinyi Guards are obviously no longer the number one guard in the capital, and their function of protecting the emperor has been completely abolished.
Detective investigation and torture are the main responsibilities of Jin Yiwei today.
Moreover, the emperor rarely issues orders to arrest people, so although the Jinyiwei's torture duties are still there, there may not be an interrogation mission every month or two.
All the instruments of torture in Jinyiwei's prison were rusting away.
When a group of people arrived at the western suburbs and got off the carriage, they were stunned by the scene before their eyes.
What appeared before everyone's eyes was a city wall seven or eight miles long.
The entire city wall is made of huge green bricks. On the city gate in the middle, there is a huge plaque with the three characters "Prince Qi's Mansion" written on it.
Everyone was speechless when they saw this, and they worked together with the emperor to build a huge city, but there were no people in the city, it was just the emperor's palace.
How ridiculous!
But in fact, although the Xinqi Prince's Mansion is seven miles in radius, it only looks big from the outside.
In fact, it can be divided into east and west parts. Wanshou Mountain and Kunming Lake alone occupy almost the entire East City.
And Yuquan Mountain occupies almost half of Xicheng.
The remaining parts were built into several gardens and squares by Zhu Qiyu.
When the officials entered from the south gate of the palace, they were greeted by a huge square paved with white marble. It is one hundred feet long from east to west and two hundred feet long from north to south.
Since Fengtian Palace has been burned down, next year's palace examination will be held here.
Occasional court meetings are also held here.
Zhu Qiyu would usually review his troops here.
To the north of the square is a high platform made of white marble, which was named Qingyuntai by Zhu Qiyu. It means that next year's Jinshi will rise from this place and achieve great success.
After all the civil and military officials were arranged in order, Zhu Qiyu appeared on Qingyuntai in a blue plain robe.
After everyone saluted, Zhu Qiyu ordered something to be done.
Cabinet bachelors and six ministers often see the emperor, and the emperor's purpose today is to communicate with ministers who have not seen the emperor for a long time, so they all leave the opportunity to others to make an announcement.
All the civil and military officials were not polite. Zhang Lun, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, went straight to the point: "May I ask Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor is about to return to Beijing. What etiquette should the court use to welcome him?
What is the specific process? Where does Your Majesty go to pay homage to the Supreme Emperor? Where did all the officials go to pay homage to the Supreme Emperor?
Where did the Supreme Emperor live after he returned to Beijing? Please tell me one by one, Your Majesty. "
(End of chapter)
