"Long live my emperor, long live long live...!"
"Everyone is safe."
Zhu Youtang sat high on the dragon throne, looking down at the ministers. Even though he had been on the throne for almost a month, he was still a little uncomfortable with it.
The prince was doing well and his father was still alive, but he suddenly ascended the throne and became the emperor without any psychological preparation.
He is not afraid of hardship, nor is he afraid of being tired, but... he is a little stressed, and he is afraid that he is not good enough.
Zhu Youtang wanted to ask his father for advice. However, his father moved to his mother and concubine's palace, but he was nowhere to be seen. Not even his mother and concubine were there.
He felt like an abandoned orphan...
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." the eunuch on duty reminded in a low voice.
Zhu Youtang composed himself and said, "Do you have the original memorial?"
"I have my own memorial." Wan'an came out.
Zhu Youtang frowned slightly, nodded and said: "It's accurate!"
Wan An cupped his hands and said, "It has been nearly a month, Your Majesty, but there are some things that have not been implemented yet..."
"I...I have granted amnesty to the world, but there is nothing yet to be implemented." Zhu Youtang didn't like this minister very much and interrupted him on the spot.
Wan An's face was stern, and he continued his official way, "It is well known that the emperor is benevolent and caring for the people. What I want to report is not this, but... the empress, the empress dowager, the empress dowager, and the empress dowager." Canonize and seal.”
Damn, this guy is always so good at flattering... The ministers slandered in their hearts, but they all agreed on their faces. This is as it should be.
After the prince became emperor, the important figures in the harem naturally had to be upgraded accordingly.
Actually, this matter can be done or not. The emperor's decree is that there is no need to make a big deal about it.
However, the new emperor has just ascended the throne, so there is no need to go against the grain on this matter, it is just a formality, and it won't cost much money anyway.
Zhu Youtang nodded slightly: "What Ai Qing said is absolutely true. After coming to court, the Ministry of Rites and the Cabinet can first discuss the canonization process..."
…
Kunning Palace, side hall.
Zhu Youtang knocked on the door twice and shouted: "Mother, concubine, father, I have something important to tell you."
"What's going on?"
"Mother, concubine, it's about naming you the Queen Mother." Zhu Youtang said with a bitter smile, "Although the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, it is not so evasive. It has never happened in the past dynasties. If a son becomes emperor, he cannot see his mother. It makes sense."
'Dang-dang-dang...' Zhu Youtang knocked several more times, "Mother, please open the door."
'Squeak~' The palace door opened and Concubine Ji Shu asked, "Besides sealing, what else is there?"
"Where is your father?" Zhu Youtang looked inside.
"Your father needs to rest." Concubine Ji Shu's eyes dodge, blocking Zhu Youtang's sight.
Zhu Youtang had no idea at first, but when he saw his mother and concubine acting like this, he became suspicious: "I want to see my father!"
"You can't see him." Concubine Ji Shu was a little excited.
Zhu Youtang was more suspicious, but more worried, and said in a deep voice: "Mother and concubine, my father's dragon body is the foundation of the country, what happened to my father...?"
"He, he's very good." Concubine Ji Shu had never lied to anyone, let alone her own son, so how could she not be nervous.
"I want to see my father."
"No, that's not possible." Concubine Ji Shu refused to let him go, "The miracle doctor said that your father cannot be disturbed."
"No need to interrupt, just meet..." Zhu Youtang suddenly paused, "By the way, I haven't seen that miracle doctor for a while. Where are the others?"
"He, he..." Ji Shufei became more and more flustered, and she didn't know how to explain.
Zhu Youtang's face changed slightly and he bowed his head: "I'm sorry for being rude."
He took two steps forward, squeezed past his mother and concubine, and rushed in.
Concubine Ji Shu wanted to block it, but her son's tonnage was beyond her ability to contend with. After stumbling, she turned around again, but her son had already rushed in.
"Youtang, Youtang..."
Zhu Youtang ignored him and walked straight inside.
Walking and looking all the way, there was not a single slave in the palace. Zhu Youtang became more and more anxious and ran to the inner palace with a bang...
Still empty.
"Father, where is my father?"
Zhu Youtang's big head is full of question marks.
At this time, Concubine Ji Shu also followed in. At this point, she knew she couldn't hide it anymore, so she simply showed her cards.
"Youtang, Mom wants to tell you something. You must be mentally prepared."
Zhu Youtang was stunned, and then his expression changed drastically. He squatted on the ground and said sadly: "Father..."
"No, it's not what you think..." Concubine Ji Shu said quickly, "Your father is fine, he is fine."
"Ah?" Zhu Youtang burst into tears. Hearing this, he couldn't help but suppress his emotions, and then became even more confused.
"Mother, what are you doing?" This was the first time he spoke to his mother and concubine. He was really angry. "I have important state affairs to report to my father. Please stop obstructing me."
Concubine Ji Shu turned away with a guilty conscience, "Your father is not here."
"Where?"
"I...I don't know either."
Zhu Youtang: "???"
Concubine Ji Shu took a deep breath and said, "I'll tell you the truth, concubine. Your father is not in the palace, nor in the capital. He...he is traveling around the world."
"What?"
Zhu Youtang was stunned. For a while, he closed his eyes in pain and shouted:
"Mother, you, you... you are confused!"
Concubine Ji Shu also had some regrets. At that time, she couldn't find the north, so she agreed in the clouds. Afterwards, she felt uneasy, but she didn't dare to tell her son, so she could only delay it as much as possible.
She didn't avoid seeing her son to avoid suspicion, she was... afraid of seeing him.
Concubine Ji Shu said nervously: "Son, it's not that my mother wanted to hide it from you, it's that your father asked her to do this."
"Where did he go, where did he go...?"
"Didn't I tell you everything?" Concubine Ji Shu said weakly, not daring to look at her son, "I don't know!"
"You...Oh!" Zhu Youtang stamped his feet anxiously, "What did the emperor tell you before he left, but he didn't explain anything at all?" ΟиЪ.ōΓＧ
"Oh, yes, I have an explanation." Concubine Ji Shu woke up suddenly, "Wait a moment, my mother-in-law will go get it right now."
Concubine Ji Shu rushed to the bedside, took out a letter from under the pillow, turned around and gave it to Zhu Youtang, "This is what your father left for you."
Zhu Youtang hurriedly took it, tore off the envelope and started reading.
[Zhu Youtang, when you read this letter, your father is no longer in the capital;
Don't try to find your father, you can't find your father. As the saying goes: mountains fall, water flows; to be an emperor, you must have the consciousness of being a loner;
You are the emperor of tomorrow!
The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, the country, and the hundreds of millions of people depend on you, and the decline of the Ming Dynasty also depends on you!
My father has been in the imperial court for more than 20 years, working diligently, with sincerity and fear, walking on thin ice at all times, relying on the spirits of his ancestors in heaven, so that the Ming Dynasty can continue to prosper;
After more than twenty years as emperor, my father is tired and tired;
This inheritance is entrusted to you, and I entrust you with the ancestral country, the country, and the people. I hope you will not slack off;
Father is fine, don't worry! 】
This letter of less than 200 words struck Zhu Youtang like a thunderbolt, which was even more uncomfortable than receiving 200 slaps in the face.
Zhu Youtang had a dull look on his face. The letter slipped from his fingertips and landed on the ground. He seemed not to have heard it.
"Youtang, Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Concubine Ji Shu panicked and didn't care about her etiquette. She raised her hand and patted her son's fat face, and said anxiously: "Son, don't scare your mother."
Zhu Youtang said blankly, "Mother, concubine, besides this letter, does the emperor have anything else to say?"
"No more." Concubine Ji Shu said, "Your father said that if you knew about it, he would give you this letter. He didn't say anything else."
"Really gone?"
"Gone."
Zhu Youtang's face was full of pain. It took a while before he slowly calmed down: "Mother and concubine, when did the father leave?"
"On the third day after you ascended the throne, he left."
"..." Zhu Youtang asked again: "How many guards does your father bring?"
"Well, it seems not." Concubine Ji Shu said, "He left with the miracle doctor. Your father said he went on a private tour incognito."
"Without a bodyguard?" Zhu Youtang's eyes trembled, but then he calmed down a little. Since it was a private visit incognito, it meant that no one knew the identity of his father...
But, it is not safe after all.
Zhu Youtang paced back and forth, but there was nothing he could do.
In the end, I could only sigh helplessly: "I really...Oh, my concubine, you really hurt me!"
Concubine Ji Shu comforted her: "Don't be too sad, Youtang. Your father is doing this to temper you. Besides, it's not like he won't come back?"
"When does he come back?"
"This... I don't know." Concubine Ji Shu said with a stern look on her face, "Your father didn't say anything."
Zhu Youtang: "..."
for a long time,
He looked serious and said, "Mother and concubine, this matter must not be mentioned to outsiders."
"I know," Ji Shufei nodded, but after her son said this, she also became worried, "But there is no way to keep this matter hidden forever."
"Leave it to the child." Zhu Youtang sighed, "In short, you don't know anything. Only I know about the Emperor's private visit incognito. I asked the Emperor to go there and it has nothing to do with you."
"This..." Concubine Ji Shu was moved but also blamed herself, "Youtang, it was my mother who caused you trouble."
"Concubine, please don't say that." Zhu Youtang had already accepted the reality.
There are no bad parents in the world. How can a son blame his mother?
He pretended to be relaxed and said: "I really can't hide it anymore, I have a way to deal with it."
"real?"
"Of course." Zhu Youtang nodded and said confidently: "I am the emperor!"
"That's good." Concubine Ji Shu relaxed.
Little did she know that beneath her son's confident appearance, he hid a guilty heart.
At this moment, Zhu Youtang is truly helpless and alone...
~
The carriage creaked and creaked forward...
In the car, Zhu Jianshen closed his eyes and rested his mind, but Wang Shouren was uneasy.
He actually went with the emperor... ah no, he is the emperor now.
Wang Shouren never expected that the person Li Qing was waiting for was Emperor Chenghua of the Ming Dynasty.
This is really... exciting.
Wang Shouren met Zhu Jianshen. Although they only met once, he was deeply impressed.
There's nothing I can do about it, the beard and dark face are so recognizable.
"You young man, why are you always staring at me?" Zhu Jianshen, who was concentrating with his eyes closed, suddenly said this, which frightened Wang Shouren and quickly looked away.
"Well..." No matter how rebellious Wang Shouren was, he was still not to the outrageous level of making jokes with the Ming Emperor. He cleared his throat and shouted outside: "Sir, it's time for me to drive the carriage."
