The daily life of the great grandson of Ming Dynasty

On New Year's Eve yesterday, it was still snowing in Nanjing, but not only did it not snow again today, but all the snow that fell yesterday melted away without leaving any traces, as if it had never snowed yesterday.

If it still snows today, it is not a good sign.There is a proverb that goes, "Snowflakes fall on the first day of the first lunar month, and there will be rain for three minutes and drought for seven minutes."

On the first day of the Lunar New Year last year, it snowed heavily when Zhu Yunwen offered sacrifices to the Tiandi Ancestral Temple.Before he sacrificed, there had been no snow in Nanjing.

After he finished offering sacrifices to the Heaven and Earth Ancestral Temple, it snowed heavily in Nanjing for more than ten consecutive days.At that time, the common people said it was not a good sign.As expected, many places were dry last year.

Zhu Di was worried that it would continue to snow today. If so, then this year will not be smooth sailing.Fortunately, early this morning, the snow stopped.

When Zhu Di led all the civil and military officials to offer sacrifices to the Tiandi Ancestral Temple, the gloomy sky suddenly cleared up, and the golden sun shone down immediately.

Seeing this scene, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, especially the common people.

What happened on the first day of the first lunar month last year made it difficult for the common people to panic. They worried that it would snow today.Fortunately, there was no snow, which made them completely relieved.

Because of this incident, the common people are more convinced that Zhu Di is the real dragon emperor, who will make the world peaceful and make the world plentiful.

Although it is a pity that I did not see the real dragon today, the ministers and the people were not disappointed.

Zhu Di was also a little disappointed, but overall, he was satisfied.Because offering sacrifices to the Heaven and Earth Ancestral Temple was very successful.

As for why the real dragon didn't appear today?

Zhu Zhanji didn't know.

I got up too early today, and when Zhu Di offered sacrifices to the Tiandi Ancestral Temple, Zhu Zhanji was still in a daze.After the sacrifice was over, he became slightly sober.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether a real dragon appears today or not.It would be a good thing if the real dragon appeared.If the real dragon does not appear, it is not a bad thing, after all, the real dragon appeared at Zhu Di's enthronement ceremony.Furthermore, the real dragon appeared in the sky over Nanjing more than once, and the ministers and common people have long believed that Zhu Di is the emperor of the real dragon.

After offering sacrifices to the Heaven and Earth Ancestral Temple, the next step is to pay New Year's greetings.

Zhu Zhanji received a lot of lucky money this year.He received 1000 taels of gold from his imperial grandfather, and he also received gold from his imperial grandmother, but instead of 1000 taels, there were only [-] taels.He also received a lot of gold ingots from his father and mother.Zhu Gaosui and his wife also gave him a lot of golden beans.

Yang Shiqi, as Zhu Zhanji's husband, naturally gave him lucky money.Although he didn't give much, it was also his heart.

This year's New Year's greetings, Zhu Zhanji made a small fortune by collecting lucky money, which made him very happy.

Over the past few years, he has accumulated a lot of wealth in his treasury by celebrating his birthday and Chinese New Year.

In the past few days, Zhu Zhanji has slept with a gold ingot in his arms every night.

Seeing the baby grandson's appearance as a money fanatic, Zhu Di and Empress Xu couldn't help being funny and indulgent.

"Why do you think this child likes gold so much?" Empress Xu didn't quite understand why her precious grandson was so obsessed with money?After all, Zhu Zhanji has been well-clothed and well-fed since he was born. Even in the years when Zhu Di was fighting outside, Zhu Zhanji's food and clothing were not short.

Zhu Zhanji has never been short of money since he was a child, and Empress Xu doesn't understand why this child loves money so much.

"Queen, who in this world doesn't like gold." Zhu Di didn't think there was anything wrong with his grandson liking gold. "Isn't it normal for a child to like shiny things? When he grows up, he won't like gold so much."

Empress Xu smiled slightly and said, "That's right." She wasn't worried that her grandson would like gold and go astray.

Zhu Zhanji, who was sleeping soundly in Zhu Di's arms, clicked his lips unconsciously, and muttered softly: "Gold..."

Zhu Di and Empress Xu couldn't help laughing when they heard that the sleep talk of their grandson was still gold.

"Your Majesty, Shangyuan Festival..." Empress Xu couldn't help feeling worried when she thought of Zhu Di's arrangements for Shangyuan Festival, "Your Majesty, have you really made the arrangements?"

Zhu Di smiled reassuringly at Empress Xu: "Don't worry, Empress, I have arranged everything, and I am sure nothing will happen."

"Is it really going to be all right?" Empress Xu was still worried, "The people of the White Lotus Sect are all lunatics."

Zhu Di's eyes were cold, and he said in a cold tone: "A group of lunatics, just kill them."

"Your Majesty, I am worried about your safety." Empress Xu thought about it, but still said disapprovingly, "Your Majesty, you should not use your body as a bait to lure people from the White Lotus Sect, it is too dangerous."

"Queen, if I don't show up, how can the people of the White Lotus Sect be fooled." Zhu Di held Empress Xu's hand and patted the back of her hand lightly, "Only when I show up, the people of the White Lotus Sect will come to assassinate. To catch them all.”

"It's too dangerous, it's really too dangerous." Empress Xu was still uneasy.

"Empress, don't worry, I am the Son of Heaven, and nothing will happen." Zhu Di said firmly, "You have to trust me."

Seeing that Zhu Di had made up his mind, Empress Xu knew that no matter how much she persuaded, Zhu Di would not change his mind.

"Your Majesty, if you are injured in an accident, I will never forgive you lightly."

Zhu Di smiled flatteringly at Empress Xu: "If I get injured and have an accident, I will let the empress deal with it."

"Okay!" Empress Xu said, sighing softly, "Your Majesty, you must not have any accidents."

"Queen, nothing will happen to me, trust me."

All Empress Xu can do is trust Zhu Di.

"Queen, don't show up on the Lantern Festival." Zhu Di was worried that he would scare Empress Xu, after all, Empress Xu was pregnant. "And Zhanji, you stay in Kunning Palace well."

Empress Xu nodded slightly: "Okay." Empress Xu knew that she was pregnant now, and it was not suitable for her to appear in a dangerous place, otherwise Zhu Di would still be worried about her safety.In order not to distract Zhu Di, she just obediently stay in Kunning Palace.

"I hope this time we can wipe out all the members of the White Lotus Sect."

At the same time, in an unremarkable room somewhere in Nanjing, a group of people were discussing matters.

"The curfew was lifted on the Shangyuan Festival, which is very beneficial for us to escape."

"This is the first Lantern Festival since Zhu Di's thieves came to the throne. It will be very lively in the palace, and they will definitely relax. This is a good opportunity for us to strike."

"Zhu Di is not an easy thief. I think it's better for us to think about it."

"Are you afraid?"

"It's not that I'm afraid, but that it's a bit strange."

"What's wrong?"

"Our people have already mixed into the palace guards, and the news that came back is all true, and there is nothing strange about it."

"Still proceeding as planned."

"Then do it."

At this moment, a man in a black cloak walked in.

The group of people who were still discussing the assassination on the Lantern Festival just now stood up and saluted those who came.

The visitor nodded slightly, then sat down.

After he sat down, the others sat back down again.

"The Shangyuan Festival assassination operation is cancelled."

"why?"

"My lord, what happened?"

"Is there something wrong?"

"Has our people been discovered?"

For a while, everyone was talking about it.

"There is no rush to assassinate Zhu Di as a dog thief."

"Not urgent?"

"Altar Master, isn't the assassination of Zhu Di's dog thief a major event in the sect? Why is it not in a hurry?"

"Altar Master, there is no rush to assassinate the traitor Zhu Di, so what is the rush?"

"Altar Master, for this assassination, I have spent a lot of manpower and energy on the arrangements. All the arrangements have been made at present, and we will wait for the action as soon as the Shangyuan Festival arrives. Then we will definitely succeed in the assassination."

"Yes, Altar Master, our assassination will definitely succeed this time, it cannot be canceled."

"Altar Master, what is more important than assassinating Zhu Di?"

The man called the altar master was not angry because of this, he said calmly: "We can assassinate the dog thief Zhu Di at any time, not this time on the Shangyuan Festival."

When everyone heard this, they said in their hearts, this is true.

"The dog thief Zhu Di is nothing to be afraid of, but there is one person worthy of our attention."

"Is there anyone more important than the dog thief Zhu Di?"

"Altar Master, who is it?"

"Zhu Di's grandson—Zhu Zhanji."

"Zhu Di's grandson?"

"Altar Master, what happened to Zhu Di's grandson?"

"Altar Master, Zhu Di's grandson is still a child, what should we pay attention to?"

"Haven't you heard the rumor about Zhu Zhanji?"

"What rumors, are there rumors about him descending from a god, or a real dragon?"

"Isn't this a rumor?"

The altar master shook his head slightly and said: "It's not a rumor, the real dragons that appeared a few times before are all related to him."

"Didn't Zhu Di play tricks?"

"Do you really think it's a trick?"

"Is not it?"

The altar master said: "No, the real dragon is not something that anyone can use tricks to create, nor is it something that can be produced by some demons."

"No, is it true?"

"It's true, but the appearance of the real dragon has nothing to do with Zhu Di." The altar master said in a deep voice, "It has something to do with Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Di's grandson."

"Altar Master, what's going on?"

The altar master told his subordinates about Zhu Zhanji's leading out of the real dragon in Beiping Mansion before. After listening to it, the subordinates all looked very shocked.

"Altar Master, are we going to assassinate Zhu Di's grandson?"

"I won't assassinate Zhu Zhanji for the time being." The altar master's face was covered under the hood, and his appearance could not be seen clearly. "In a while, it will be Zhu Zhanji's birthday. If on his birthday, the real dragon appears , which means that he is really a real dragon."

"Altar Master, if Zhu Zhanji is really a real dragon, what should we do, kill him immediately?"

"Don't kill him." The altar master said, "rob him."

"Stolen him?" The subordinates were puzzled when they heard this, "Altar Master, why did you rob him?"

"Make him usable."

"Ah?" The subordinates looked puzzled, "Altar Master, we don't understand what you mean?"

"You don't need to understand." The altar master didn't intend to explain to his subordinates, "At that time, you will obey orders."

The subordinates didn't dare to ask any more questions, they all stood up and saluted the altar master: "Yes, altar master."

The altar master stood up and said again: "The assassination operation on the Shangyuan Festival has been cancelled, and you will lie dormant for a while."

"Yes, Altar Master."

"It's all gone."

After sending off the altar master, the subordinates dispersed obediently.

Seeing that the Shangyuan Festival was coming, Empress Xu became more and more worried.

"Grandmother? Grandmother? Grandmother?" Zhu Zhanji saw that he called his grandmother several times, but his grandmother didn't respond at all.

What's wrong with the imperial grandmother, she looks restless?

Zhu Zhanji raised his hand and waved in front of Empress Xu, and raised his voice and called, "Grandmother!"

Empress Xu was taken aback, she came back to her senses instantly, and looked at Zhu Zhanji in astonishment: "What's wrong?"

"Grandmother, I should be asking you this question." Zhu Zhanji stared at Empress Xu and asked with concern, "Grandmother, what's the matter with you, you look very preoccupied?"

"I am fine."

"Grandma, it's wrong to lie." Zhu Zhanji pointed to Empress Xu's nose and said, "Grandmother, you said before that lying will make your nose grow. Your nose will grow."

Empress Xu's expression froze for a moment, and then she said in a worried tone: "In two days, it will be the Lantern Festival."

"Yeah, what happened to the Shangyuan Festival?" Zhu Zhanji looked at Empress Xu and asked strangely, "Grandmother, don't you like the Shangyuan Festival?"

"Your grandpa..." Empress Xu had just opened her mouth, when she suddenly thought of something and didn't continue, "It's nothing."

Seeing Empress Xu's hesitant appearance, Zhu Zhanji instantly guessed: "Grandmother, are you worried that there will be an assassination on the Lantern Festival?"

"How do you know?" After Empress Xu finished speaking, she frowned, "Your grandpa told you?"

"This is what I discussed with Grandpa Huang, of course I know." Zhu Zhanji comforted Empress Xu and said, "Grandmother, don't worry, Grandpa Huang has made sufficient preparations and set up traps, just wait for the prey to take the bait .”

"Even if you are fully prepared, accidents will happen." Ever since she became pregnant, Empress Xu has become sensitive and overthinking.

"Grandmother, can't you look forward to something good?" Zhu Zhanji complained unceremoniously to his grandmother, "What you said, I wish there was an accident..."

Before Zhu Zhanji finished speaking, his little head was hit hard, and the pain caused him to cry out unconsciously: "Oh!"

Empress Xu reached out and poked Zhu Zhanji's forehead again, and scolded with a smile, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Obviously it's the emperor's grandmother, you're thinking wildly." After Zhu Zhanji found out that his emperor's grandmother was pregnant with his little aunt, he became suspicious. "Emperor's grandmother, you should think of something good."

"Aren't you worried about your grandpa?"

"There's nothing to worry about." Zhu Zhanji said, "Grandpa Huang has already made full preparations, so don't think about it, Grandmother Huang."

When Empress Xu heard what Zhu Zhanji said, she felt a little relieved.

"Grandmother, you still have little aunt in your stomach, and your worrying too much will affect little aunt." Zhu Zhanji said seriously.

"Okay, okay, grandma don't think about it." No matter how worried she was, she couldn't change anything.

Amid Queen Xu's uneasiness, the Shangyuan Festival finally came.

The palace, and even the entire city of Nanjing became very lively.

The whole city of Nanjing is covered with all kinds of lanterns.At night, all the lanterns will be lit, and it will be as bright as day at once.

Lantern riddles are guessed on the Shangyuan Festival, and the same is true in the palace.Not only that, there are other activities in the palace, such as opera performances, juggling, shadow puppetry, Cuju and so on.

Zhu Zhanji really wanted to attend the Shangyuan Festival dinner, but he had to stay in Kunning Palace to accompany Empress Xu.

Alas, it's a pity that I can't see a good show with my own eyes.

After Zhu Zhanji accompanied Empress Xu to finish the Lantern Festival, he guessed lantern riddles in the courtyard of Kunning Palace.

Zhu Di was very careful, fearing that Empress Xu and Zhu Di would be bored staying in Kunning Palace, so he sent people to send many lantern riddles.

Zhu Zhanji is a tiger, and there are many tiger lanterns among the lanterns he sent.They have majestic tiger lanterns, cute and honest little tiger lanterns, and tiger roaring lanterns...

Empress Xu accompanied Zhu Zhanji to guess lantern riddles.

Zhu Zhanji was very clever and guessed all the lantern riddles.

Empress Xu has been secretly paying attention to the situation of the palace banquet ahead, but the sound of singing and dancing has been coming from the front, and there is no other sound.

Zhu Zhanji noticed that his imperial grandmother was thinking ahead and was not in Kunning Palace, so he sighed deeply and helplessly in his heart.

"Emperor Grandmother, it will be fine, don't worry."

Empress Xu didn't speak.

Zhu Di at the banquet is waiting for the prey to take the bait.Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng have been secretly vigilant.

When the banquet was over, no assassin appeared, which made Zhu Di and the others heave a sigh of relief while being puzzled.

Empress Xu breathed a sigh of relief when she learned that the assassin did not show up.

"It didn't show up?" Zhu Zhanji was surprised, "I didn't expect the people of the White Lotus Sect to be very smart."

"It's fine if you don't show up."

"No." The more Zhu Zhanji thought about it, the more something went wrong, "It's impossible for them to miss such a good opportunity."

Empress Xu raised her hand and patted the back of Zhu Zhanji's head, "This is not something you should care about as a child, go to sleep."

"Okay, then I'm going to bed." Zhu Zhanji obediently returned to his room.

In Qianqing Palace, Zhu Di and Zhang Yu were also discussing this matter.

"Could it be that the people of the White Lotus Sect knew about our plan in advance?"

Zhu Neng retorted: "Impossible, our arrangement is so precise, it is impossible for them to know."

Zhang Yu thinks about it too: "Then why didn't they show up?"

Zhu Neng guessed: "It should be because of fear. The members of the White Lotus Sect are a bunch of Xiaoxiao, how dare they come to the palace to assassinate."

Zhang Yu looked at Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, what do you think?"

"I'm very disappointed that they didn't come." Zhu Di originally thought that people from the White Lotus Sect would come to assassinate him today, and it would be a large-scale assassination.He originally planned to catch them all in one go, but unexpectedly, he missed it. "I originally thought that these lunatics would be fearless, but I didn't expect them to have the courage to come to the palace to assassinate."

Zhu Neng sighed and said, "It really made us wait for nothing."

"Your Majesty, they didn't take the bait, what should we do next?"

"Since they dare not enter the palace to assassinate, they will definitely assassinate on our way to Beijing." Zhu Di tapped the table with his index finger, "We will make arrangements then."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Thank you two for your hard work tonight."

"Your Majesty, you are too serious, this is our duty."

Zhu Di talked to Zhang Yu and the others for a while before letting them leave.

Thinking that Empress Xu was always worried about him, Zhu Di hurried to Kunning Palace.Sure enough, he saw Queen Xu waiting for him.

"Your Majesty, it's great that the assassination didn't happen."

"They should be afraid." Zhu Di told Empress Xu his guess, "The cowards of the White Lotus Sect dare not enter the palace to assassinate, Queen, you can rest assured."

"Then I'm relieved." Now, Empress Xu can be completely relieved.

"You..."

After Zhu Di said a few words to Empress Xu, he went to see Zhu Zhanji in the side hall next door.

Zhu Zhanji was reading a book, when he saw Zhu Di coming, he stood up quickly and rushed over: "Grandpa Huang."

Zhu Di picked up Zhu Zhanji and sat down at the table.

"Grandfather, why didn't the people from the White Lotus Sect come?"

"They should be scared." Zhu Di told Zhu Zhanji about his and Zhang Yu's conjectures.

Zhu Zhanji thinks it makes sense, but he directly feels that this matter is not so simple.

Seeing his precious grandson frowning with a thoughtful expression, Zhu Di hurriedly asked, "Is there something wrong?"

"Grandfather, the people of the White Lotus Sect are a bunch of lunatics, do you think they would not dare to enter the palace to assassinate because of fear?" Before, they assassinated in the posthouse. "If they were really afraid, they wouldn't dare to assassinate."

Hearing this, Zhu Di felt that Zhu Zhanji was right.

"You mean they know about our arrangement?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded vigorously: "Very likely."

Zhu Di's face darkened instantly.

"Grandfather, there are people from the White Lotus Sect in the palace, or there are people from the White Lotus Sect in the army."

Zhu Di sneered and said, "The White Lotus Sect is really good at it."

"Grandfather, you can restore the Jinyiwei." If you want to deal with the White Lotus Sect, you must restore the Jinyiwei as soon as possible.

"Tomorrow morning, I will announce the restoration of Jinyiwei." Zhu Di originally planned to go to court tomorrow to announce the restoration of Jinyiwei.

"Grandfather, who do you want to be the commander of Jinyiwei, third uncle?"

Zhu Di took a deep look at Zhu Zhanji, and said with a half-smile, "Don't you want your third uncle to be in charge of Jinyiwei?"

Zhu Zhanji said frankly: "Yeah, so Grandpa Huang, did you let the third uncle take charge of Jinyiwei?" It is impossible for him to hide his little thoughts from Grandpa Huang.

Zhu Di stretched out his hand and rubbed Zhu Zhanji's little head, "You are right, it is most suitable for your third uncle to be in charge of Jinyiwei at present."

Seeing that Zhu Di agreed, Zhu Zhanji was full of joy, but he put on a serious look on his small face: "No one is more suitable than the third uncle." The third uncle will be very pleasantly surprised when he goes to court tomorrow.