Her name is "Zhang Yan", she is from Henan, she is fourteen or fifteen years old...
This information cannot help but remind Zheng Haizhu of Zhang Yan, the queen of Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao in history.
No matter how familiar you are with history, you may not know all the queens of the Ming Dynasty. However, Zhang Yan's reputation and reputation are very high, and it is impossible for students majoring in Ming and Qing history not to know about it.
Zhang Yan is recognized by historians as a virtuous empress. After entering the palace, she was able to compete with Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family. She was always recognized by Zhu Youxiao as a couple. When Zhu Youxiao passed away, she maintained a calm attitude and Promoted Zhu Youjian's ascension to the throne.
Since Empress Zhang was not an ordinary person, the eunuch party even spread rumors at one time, saying that Zhang Yan was not the daughter of Zhang Guoji, a scribe from Kaifeng, but that her biological father was actually a death row prisoner. It was only because of Zhang Yan's good looks that she was favored by the Donglin Party and operated as a The female relatives of the Zhang family were selected to join the palace.
Fortunately, Emperor Tianqi did not trust the eunuch party he relied on in this matter, and Zhang Yan's position remained unchanged.
However, at this time, Zheng Haizhu thought again that when selecting queens in the Ming Dynasty, they tended to favor girls from small families. Qing history has never recorded any distant connection between Queen Tianqi and the British public family. Perhaps it was just the same name.
She then turned her energy around and was thinking about how to ask Princess Ningde about the recent situation in the inner court. Ningde's eyes, which were looking towards the courtyard from time to time, suddenly lit up.
"Hey, big brother!"
Hearing this, Zheng Haizhu looked back and saw that the young man in scarlet robe lingering by the waterside pavilion on the other side of the Moon Cave Gate was indeed Zhu Youxiao.
Princess Ningde was slightly surprised, but because the Zhang sisters were nearby, she could not speak directly. Suddenly, an idea suddenly occurred to her, and she said eloquently: "Master Zheng, the eldest brother must have come to see the Crystal Palace in the pool. Last time he said , there is an agency that I can’t figure out, so I still need to ask Master Zheng for help.”
After saying this, he looked at Zhang Wei and Zhang Yin with a look of difficulty.
Zheng Haizhu understood and said seriously: "The lady from the Duke's family is here, it is not appropriate for the eldest son of the emperor to come in. I will go out and you continue to listen."
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The small waterfall pours down from the wooden pavilion in the Taihu stone. Due to the ingenuity of the workmanship, it does not have the surging momentum of flying flowers and jade.
A curtain of water is like a bright mirror.
Zhu Youxiao turned his sleeves outward and saw Master Zheng stopping behind him in the standing mirror made of water.
Zhu Youxiao hung up, hesitated for a moment, and finally walked away.
Zheng Haizhu said calmly: "Sun Hanlin said that the emperor's eldest son's birthday is coming soon. I think that after all, we are a master and apprentice. The apprentice has a long life and a solid character. The master will naturally be happy and should send a congratulatory gift."
Zhu Youxiao turned around and saw Master Zheng placing the small wooden box in his hand on the ground. He didn't pay attention to the taboo etiquette of women. He squatted down directly, opened the lid of the box, and carefully, as if holding tofu, took out a wooden and metal box. A device that blends light and shine.
"Self-ringing bell?" Zhu Youxiao recognized it at a glance.
When his grandfather Wanli was still alive, Matteo Ricci, a Thai man who was led by Xu Guangqi of the Hanlin Academy, donated two self-ringing bells.
One of them is tall and gorgeous, as towering as a mountain. The bottom is supported by four carved copper pillars. The timing scale is also the Chinese heavenly stems and earthly branches. Emperor Wanli liked it very much and built a wooden attic in the imperial garden to install a large bell.
Wanli was even more fond of the other small chiming clock, which was as exquisite as a table screen. He often played with it and appreciated it in the Qianqing Palace.
After the attack, Wanli, probably in order to further appease the East Palace, asked Wang An for the first time to bring Zhu Youxiao, the eldest grandson, to the Palace of Qianqing to show him some novel gadgets that were paid tribute from various places.
At that time, Zhu Youxiao faced his unfamiliar grandfather with trepidation, and Wanli could not hide his disinterest in this grandson who was not related to Concubine Zheng. It wasn't until Wang An brought the little self-ringing bell, and Zhu Youxiao found the place to wind it without any teacher's knowledge, that Wanli's suddenly warm expression made the atmosphere at the scene relax slightly.
This year, Wanli passed away, and the little self-ringing bell became a burial object.
When Zhu Youxiao first taught class at the Wenhua Hall, he mentioned the self-ringing bell to Master Zheng, who taught Western learning. The master responded readily: "Songjiang switch, it is not difficult to find a good one. I will give one to the prince."
Zhu Youxiao was still a little worried, saying that "send the bell" and "send the end" have the same pronunciation, and he was afraid that Empress Xi Li would not allow it, so his younger brother Zhu Youjian counter-questioned without hesitation, "Why did the late emperor never have such a taboo when he received the bell from ringing?" Only then did Zhu Youxiao's concerns be dispelled.
At this moment, Zhu Youxiao's indifference was replaced by surprise, and he blurted out: "Is this from Songjiang? So fast?"
At this moment, Zhu Youxiao's indifference was replaced by surprise, and he blurted out: "Is this from Songjiang? So fast?"
Zheng Haizhu handed the chime bell to Zhu Youxiao's personal eunuch, pointed to the outline of the fish pond on the side and added: "Thanks to the convenience of the Songjiang switch, the female students who follow me to teach the princess do not have to walk through the canal, but sit on the The sea-going ship, now with the last southeasterly wind, will arrive from Songjiang to Tianjinwei in three or four days."
Zhu Youxiao said "Oh" and agreed: "The sea route is really fast. The master once said that it sometimes only takes one day to go from Dengzhou to Lushun by taking the Dengliao Sea Road."
While he was talking, his hands were already fiddling with the wooden door on the side of the chiming clock. After opening it, he looked inside, trying to figure out whether the mechanism inside was related to the wood-carved birds in the glass cover.
Master Zheng's calm voice came to my ears: "As long as the eldest son of the emperor likes it, enjoy it slowly while I continue to teach His Highness Ningde and the others."
"master!"
As if being turned by clockwork, Zhu Youxiao suddenly raised his head and called Zheng Haizhu.
The little eunuch Hou Jing'er glanced at the master's face with both eyes, and immediately said cautiously: "Brother, do you think this slave should carry such a precious thing to the stone table in the pavilion and place it firmly?"
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, and the little eunuch hugged the clock and backed away quickly.
"Why did you lie to me?" Zhu Youxiao's emotions surged up, he stared at Zheng Haizhu and said straight to the point.
The fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy was even a little taller than her, an adult woman.
But Zheng Haizhu did not feel the pressure of being looked down upon.
Yes, Zhu Youjian was still a ten-year-old child. When she looked up at Zheng Haizhu, she felt that she was looking at him equally.
And when Zhu Youxiao looked at her, his eyes were just fierce and aura-laden, but for a moment, he also showed the trembling feeling of a rabbit seeing an eagle.
Zheng Haizhu didn't feel proud of winning at all, but instead sighed.
A very good boy was ruined mentally and physically by Xili Xuan's waiter and Auntie Ke, and he became such a coward!
Zheng Haizhu sighed softly: "It is helpless to keep you in the dark. His Highness is soft-hearted and has never experienced some of the past events. It is hard to believe. Master, I don't think I did something wrong this time because I didn't mean to lie. You, instead, deceived the guest. You deceived a harmful person and made her humiliate herself. The eldest son of the emperor thinks, is it wrong? Is it guilty? Is it enough to sever the friendship between us as teachers and students? "
Zhu Youxiao felt it was a bit confusing.
That day, the guest Yinyue stole the chicken but failed to lose the rice, and was ordered to leave the palace by the emperor. Zhu Youxiao returned to the inner court and lost his temper with his younger brothers and sisters for the first time. Even though Zhu Youjian was quite responsible. After driving away the slaves, he frankly admitted that he asked Master Zheng to handle the matter. Zhu Youxiao was still angry and shed tears.
At this moment, Master Zheng did not comfort him, but asked rhetorically. Zhu Youxiao's weak temper was suddenly aroused to some courage.
He no longer argued with the master about the rationality of "deception". The master's eloquence would confuse him.
He simply took two steps forward, glared at Zheng Haizhu and said, "You were protected by a man outside the palace, but grandma was not! Do you know that on the third day after grandma was kicked out of the palace, she was bullied!"
Zheng Haizhu met the gaze of the imperial prince and praised him for finally becoming a man. She responded in a stern tone: "I know that in Nanhaizi, when she went out to buy groceries, the fifth prince's former wet nurse threw water at her. Shit."
Zhu Youxiao was stunned: "The fifth prince's wet nurse? Isn't it the father-in-law in the palace who wants to take advantage of grandma?"
Zheng Haizhu sneered: "She asked someone to bring you a message? She is still lying to you, hoping that you will pity her and feel sorry for her, and beg Long Live Lord to get her back as a nanny as soon as possible. Your Highness, why are you the first to jump out? The person who is seeking bad luck for her is another wet nurse who has been out of the palace for many years? They are not serving the same prince, so there won’t be any old grudges for favor, right?"
The ferocity in Zhu Youxiao's eyes dimmed: "Why, why?"
Zheng Haizhu said calmly: "That's why I believe the words of the fifth prince even more. His biological mother, Empress Liu, may have been plotted by the Hakka family. The fifth prince's wet nurse misses the old master and vents the evil for the old master under the loess."
"You're just guessing." Zhu Youxiao muttered.
"I'm just guessing?" Zheng Haizhu smiled, not teasing, but feeling sad, "Okay, even if I guessed the old account, what about her plan for the Sixth Princess? Is it just me guessing, or is it from Long Live Lord to Your Highness? You have seen it all with your own eyes? She dares to do this to the princess, who does she think she is? Your Highness, this is the inner court of your Zhu family, and she, a wet nurse, is not qualified to cause trouble!"
