Fast Transmigration: Embarrassed

Chapter 70 The Stunning Prince’s Ugly Consort (16)

After Chu Ci went back, she took a closer look at the plane she was in, especially the situation of the Royal Palace, Zheng Mansion and Huainan Palace.

Knowing that the Great Zhou Dynasty where she is now is an overhead dynasty, there are hundreds of cities, large and small, of which the five major cities are the most famous, namely: Beijing, Dongyu, Xifeng, Jiangnan and Beijiang.

Dongyu has the smallest area among the five cities, and the owner of the city encourages the people to do business, and now it has faintly become the second commercial center besides the capital;
The people of Xifeng are fond of writing, and they are old-fashioned, and the land is rich in wood and silk;
Jiangnan is located in an area with many rivers and lakes. Local people travel mostly by boat, and it is rich in rice and fresh fruits;

Northern Jiang is located in an extremely cold and desolate place. Most of its people are warlike and martial, and they are rich in horses and medicinal materials.

Among the five cities, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty was the largest and most prosperous, and also had the most dignitaries. It is said that a tea egg seller on the street may have some devious relatives from the eunuch family.That is really "the staff is as cheap as a dog, and the powerful go everywhere."

The Great Zhou Dynasty has been established for more than sixty years, and the current Holy Zhou Ming King is the fifth emperor of this dynasty, and this year is over half a century old.The old emperor is currently in power for the longest time since the establishment of the dynasty, and has been in power for 20 years.

At present, the old emperor has twelve princes and princesses.His original wife, Empress Xiaoci, only gave birth to a second prince for him.On the contrary, Concubine Lu Shu, the emperor's childhood sweetheart, who is also the current Empress Lu, gave birth to two sons and a daughter, namely the First Prince, Fourth Prince and Seventh Princess.

The eldest prince has long been named the crown prince, and he is quite trusted by the old emperor, and he often helps with some government affairs on weekdays.

It's just that in recent years, as the old emperor's physical condition has become increasingly poor, he has suddenly become suspicious of his sons who have been vigorous and powerful in recent years, especially the prince.

In recent days, the emperor has taken back many of the powers delegated to the prince, and has also given them to several other sons who have grown up to be kings. This has made the prince and the courtiers who support him a little uneasy.

Almost everyone in the court felt the tense atmosphere between the emperor and the prince, and between the prince and the second prince, Prince Liang.

But on the surface, it seems that this has nothing to do with Prince An, an idle prince whose biological mother came from a humble background and who "resists relatives".

Since Prince An returned to the capital, except for several scandals with Zuimeng Loutoupai, he has basically kept himself clean.

On weekdays, he only drank wine with his brothers King Liang, King Chuan, and King Qing, and drank tea with his good friend Zheng Shujue. He rarely went out to socialize, and deliberately kept a distance from those officials with real power.

King An's ability to keep his duty in this way made the current emperor very satisfied. Although he still didn't want to see him, he often gave him a lot of generous rewards.

The courtiers were also very satisfied with such a prince, thinking that no matter which prince became a great treasure in the future, this Prince An would still be an idle prince.

Besides, the Zheng Huangjue that Chu Ci met today is actually quite extraordinary, he can be regarded as the official N generation.

His father is Zheng Jincheng, who is now the head of the Zheng family, and is currently the minister of the Ministry of Rites.His grandfather, that is, the old Mrs. Zheng, who has passed away, was once an official worshiped as the third-rank Dali Temple Minister, and his father Zheng Shilang's mentor is now the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

I think back then, Mr. Zheng was a famous young talent. Unfortunately, he died of a sudden illness when he was only in his thirties, leaving only his wife Li, their son Zheng Jincheng, and their daughter Zheng Lingyu.

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty years have passed. Mrs. Li has reached the age of sixty. She has long since stopped interfering in the affairs of the house and left them all to Mr. Zheng's first wife, Sun.

Zheng Jincheng's younger sister married Jiang Han, the prefect of Xifeng. It is said that the couple have a very good relationship.These years, she has been serving with her husband, and because of the long distance, she has only come back five or six times. Every time, Taishou Jiang will bring a pair of children to visit.

The Zheng family has a deep foundation and a wide network of contacts. Over the years, both the crown prince and Liang Wang had the intention of wooing Zheng Jincheng, but the shrewd Mr. Zheng has remained neutral so far, and has never shown any inclination towards any prince.

Besides, Zheng Jincheng and his wife have treated each other like guests for many years, and there are no concubines or concubine children in the house.Mrs. Sun gave birth to two sons and one daughter for Zheng Da, namely Zheng Xuanjue, Zheng Mingyan and Zheng Mingze.

The eldest son Zheng Mingjue has been known as a child prodigy since he was a child. When he was ten years old, he worshiped the great Confucian Lu Cheng as his teacher. His talent became more and more outstanding.And because of his appearance as gentle as jade, he is known as Mr. Mingyu by everyone.

After returning from a study tour with his teacher last year, Zheng Huangjue took part in the examination.As soon as the results of the palace examination were released, heh, the young "Master Ming Yu" unexpectedly ranked second in high school.It didn't take long for him to enter the Hanlin Academy, and married the youngest daughter of his teacher Lu Cheng, which can be described as a proud spring breeze.

Zheng Mingyan's younger sister, Zheng Mingyan, is fifteen years old. Although she is not as good as her elder brother in appearance, she is also pretty and charming.Because she was the only girl in the house, the elders were a bit pampered to her, and she was unavoidably self-willed and domineering on weekdays, but fortunately, she was innocent and innocent.Mrs. Li doted on her very much, and allowed her to ask a teacher to learn some fancy boxing and embroidering legs.

The young master Zheng Mingze is only ten years old this year, but he is already a tyrant in the house. All the maids, servants and even the housekeeper have been teased by him, but he dares to get angry and dare not speak out. He only waits carefully and goes around as much as possible on weekdays. he goes.

Zheng Jincheng is open-minded and very shrewd. Although the eldest son is outstanding, he does not require the other two children to be particularly outstanding.Regarding the way of educating the three children, he only asked them to be sensible, to distinguish right from wrong, and not to cause catastrophe of genocide.

Moreover, although Zheng Shilang himself maintained neutrality in the court, he never interfered much with who his children interacted with, especially the eldest son Zheng Xuanjue.

For Zheng Huangjue, there are two brothers who have the best relationship, one is the sixth prince Ji An, and the other is his youngest son, Cai Shu, the son of Prince Huainan.

Zheng Huangjue was two years older than Ji An, and had met the sixth prince several times when he was young.In his impression, the sixth prince was very cheerful and lively at the beginning, loved to talk and laugh, and did not have such serious mysophobia.

Later, Empress Xiaoci passed away, and the smiles on the Sixth Prince's face became less and less, and his personality gradually became gloomy. Until he went to the North with a master, and the two lost contact.

Until a few years ago, when Zheng Huangjue was traveling with his master in the north, he met Ji An, who was obviously calmer. The two met old friends in a foreign country, and gradually became close friends.

This time King An returned to the capital, apart from Prince Liang and his lords, the only real friend who could be called a friend was Zheng Huangjue.

On this day, Ji An originally planned to have a good time catching up with Zheng Huangjue, but unexpectedly, he was disturbed by Chu Ci who showed up halfway and inexplicably agreed to go to that annoying cultural gathering.

Moreover, probably from this day on, Cai Shu was added to Ji An's list of people he hated the most.

(End of this chapter)