My Daming New Empire

The crown prince has not yet been confirmed, and the three brothers have not broken their faces so far, they can be said to be brothers and sisters.

It's just that Zhu Gaochi is sincere, and the two younger brothers may not be so.

Zhu Gaochi saw the figure of his accompanying eunuch Gong Qingfan flashing at the door several times in a row, so he knew that he had something to report. "Gong Sizheng, come in and report."

Gong Qingfan's old face was smiling like a chrysanthemum. After entering the door, he first greeted the two princes, and then smiled and congratulated: "Congratulations, congratulations, you are really happy!"

Zhu Gaoxu's character was impatient. Before Zhu Gaochi could speak, he reprimanded him: "There is something to report! It's a waste of my king's time. The court meeting will start immediately, so I don't have time to listen to you."

Gong Qingfan was not annoyed, and smiled and reported the conversation between Zhu Zhanji and the princess.

Zhu Gaochi originally advocated Confucianism, and he was delighted to hear that his son was filial and sensible.But in front of his two younger brothers, he still had to be reserved. "Understood. Wrap up the set of three hundred thousand I prepared, and give the son the picture of Ma Yuan and Ma Yao's mother in reed clothes."

"Yes……"

Gong Qingfan withdrew from the side room, and Zhu Gaoxu said in amazement: "This kid is only six years old, and he already knows how to be filial. It's rare, rare. I just don't know if my attitude will be so sensible in the future."

Zhu Gaoxu is only 23 years old. Because the Jingnan War delayed the succession of the family, he only had a child last year, who is not yet one year old.

As for Zhu Gaosui, he was married only last year, and there is no good news yet.

In other words, Zhu Zhanji is not only the third generation of the Zhu family, but also the only third generation who has survived the dangerous period of childhood.

Chapter 3 The Palace

In the Wenhua Palace of the Eastern Palace, Zhu Zhanji was eating longevity noodles, and there were eight small dishes of meat and vegetables in front of him.

A whole room of people stared at him eating alone.Which dish you like to eat, take a bite more, and which dish you don't like, you can't move after taking a bite, and someone specially wrote it down.

Although his cheap mother was eating, her eyes kept on him. Even if he frowned, she hurriedly asked if the food was not to my taste.

This seemed to be the first time he ate noodles with chopsticks by himself, so he was not used to it, but he resolutely refused to be fed, and ate it from a small bowl.

This so-called antique bowl is not comparable to the high-quality porcelain fired by later generations.

But the chopsticks are inlaid with mahogany and silver, on the one hand to prevent poisoning, on the other hand for aesthetics, they can be regarded as the most exquisite chopsticks he has ever used.

Looking at the group of women and eunuchs around him, he couldn't help but sigh.

Children who grow up in such an environment are raised by women just like Jia Baoyu, in the hands of eunuchs, and they dare not disobey at all. How capable can they raise?

He also can't wait to spit on the protagonists of those time-traveling novels, saying that there is no good food in ancient times.

The common people may really have no conditions, and they can't make good taste even if they have good things, but in this palace, even a plate of green vegetables can be fried delicious.

Missing seasoning?Even in modern society, how many real chefs add various seasonings to dishes!

Those time travelers really underestimated the craftsmanship of the ancients.

After eating two small bowls of noodles, Zhu Zhanji pushed away the rice bowl in front of him. "Mom, I'm full."

Although Zhu Di had named Zhang as Princess Yan, Zhu Zhanji also began to call Zhu Gaochi his father.But on Wangfei's side, he has always been used to calling mother, and no one forced him to change his name, so he still calls like this.

Mrs. Zhang took a handkerchief to help him wipe his mouth and said with a smile: "The empress gave orders early in the morning. After you finish eating, you can go to Kunning Palace to play. She made a wooden horse, you must like it."

"What's so interesting about wooden horses? He's not the five-year-old Zhu Zhanji." Although he was slandered, he also knew that at his age, he could only play with wooden horses, and it was impossible to ride a real horse. of.

In Zhu Zhanji's impression, he gets along well with his cheap grandma.When he was in Peiping, he was left by the Queen's side most of the time to entertain her, and even his mother had to queue up to get close to him.

It was only after he came to Jinling that he followed the rules everywhere, so he was placed to live in the Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Zhanji knew very well that if he wanted to live a stable life in the palace, Zhu Di was the one he needed to please the most, followed by the queen.

It is said in history that after the death of Empress Xu, Zhu Di did not make another empress, so he can also know the importance of his grandmother.

As for his fat old man, just save face and don't need to curry favor with him.Anyway, less than a year after Zhu Di died, he followed him, and he only became emperor for ten months in total.

Hearing what Zhang said, Zhu Zhanji hummed and said, "I want a real horse..."

"That can't be done. Even if your grandpa wants you to become a general, you have to wait until your bones are hardened before you can polish your body. Remember not to tell the empress, she will worry about you."

Zhu Zhanji hummed sullenly, and Mrs. Zhang ignored him and ordered someone to set up a sedan chair.

After Zhu Yuanzhang came to the throne, he strictly restricted officials from taking sedan chairs, and stipulated that only women and the elderly and sick were allowed to ride in sedan chairs.Civil officials of the third rank or above are allowed to ride in sedan chairs carried by four people, and the rest ride horses.

Honorary relatives and military officials, regardless of age, were not allowed to ride in sedan chairs; anyone who illegally rides in a sedan chair or uses eight people to carry a sedan chair will be severely punished.

However, the imperial palace has a large area. It is almost one kilometer from the Wenhua Palace at the base of the southern city wall to the Kunning Palace at the northernmost point, so a few people are still allowed to take sedan chairs.

Coming out of the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Zhanji sat on a sedan chair carried by four older maids, looked at the tree-lined scenery around him, and compared these scenery with the vague memories in his mind one by one.

Coming out of the Wenhua Hall to the north, the first thing you pass by is the Chunhe Hall, which has been turned into a garden. It was burned down by Emperor Jianwen, and it was not rebuilt, and another flower was planted.

It's just that it's still winter, and it looks a bit bleak.

The Fengtian Hall on the left was also burned and is currently being renovated. In order to avoid the craftsmen, they walked north from the row of palaces on the right.

After passing through Yongfu Palace, Xingqing Palace, we arrived at Fengxian Palace, and then this place began to belong to the scope of the harem.

Turn west for a certain distance, and enter the Qianqing Palace through a side door.This should be the place where the emperor slept and worked, but in Zhu Zhanji's memory, Zhu Di handled political affairs in the Wuying Hall, so there was no one here most of the time.

Along the way, all the court ladies and eunuchs I encountered bowed their heads and bowed their heads to show respect.It's not like it was filmed on TV at all, you have to kneel down and kowtow.

Moreover, there are not many eunuchs in the harem, and most of the eunuchs are young eunuchs.

Most of them are maids here. Eunuchs serve the emperor, and court ladies serve concubines. This seems to have a clear boundary.

It is said that the palace was built by filling the lake, and then the ground collapsed, causing water to accumulate on the ground in the backyard.

So after coming in, Zhu Zhanji has been observing and found that the rumors are true.The walls of some courtyards were cracked due to the subsidence of the ground, and there were signs of repair.

When the sedan chair arrived at Kunning Palace, a 30-year-old chief maid came out to welcome her. She first gave a half-squatting Wanfu salute to Mrs. Zhang, then stretched out her arms to Zhu Zhanji and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness is very happy on his birthday, and I wish you all the best wishes from my servant!" You are blessed like the East Sea."

Zhu Zhanji is still a little strange, didn't Furu Donghai tell the elderly?

However, he saw that Mrs. Zhang did not behave strangely, so he knew that this idiom might just be subtly influenced by later generations, and it had a specific object.

Facing her arm, Zhu Zhanji also stretched out his arm and let her hug him off the sedan chair. "Jiang Shanggong is exempt from courtesy, I have grown up, so I don't need to be hugged anymore."

She smiled and put Zhu Zhanji on the ground. "Yes, yes, the son is seven years old today, and one year older every day."

Zhou You is still a little unaccustomed to this imaginary age calculation, five years old counts as six years old, and just after his fifth birthday, he becomes seven years old.

This Jiang Shanggong can be regarded as the head of the court ladies. To be able to become a Shanggong at the age of 30 not only needs to be exquisite in all aspects, but also needs to have strong abilities.

So even Mrs. Zhang didn't dare to ignore her, staring at Zhu Zhanji's figure while talking to her. "Yesterday Mrs. Lian Jiangbo came to see the empress, she didn't look very good, did she come to complain?"

"Wangfei is wise, I will tell you in detail later..."