Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 138 Return to Beijing

Since Qian Qianyi learned that Zhu Youxiao personally led tens of thousands of imperial guards to repel the main force of the Tartars, he has become even more convinced that he is the leader of Zhu Youxiao in this life.

When he saw Zhu Youxiao coming out of the dragon chariot calmly, he, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, suddenly ran over like a wild horse, pushed away the eunuch who was preparing to be a human flesh pier, and squatted on the ground in person, arched his old waist: "Your Majesty, please get off the dragon chariot."

The officials of the court who were welcoming the emperor were shocked to see this scene. Everyone did not expect that Mr. Qian ran over so anxiously just to do the work that the lowly eunuchs in the palace did!

Some officials with good emotional intelligence could not help but realize it. They thought it was no wonder that Qian Dazi was promoted from the inspector's censor to the Minister of Rites within half a year, and now he has even entered the cabinet. It seems that it has something to do with his thick-skinnedness to a certain level.

The young secretary Huang Daozhou snorted contemptuously, and Shi Kefa, who was nominated by Qian Qianyi as a new Jinshi, couldn't help but shake his head.

The officials who claim to be clear-headed naturally look down on Qian Qianyi's shameless behavior, and even regret that Qian Muzhai, who was so virtuous in the past, has become such a temptation to be possessed by the power.

The notes of some civil servants are naturally indispensable to record the story of "Shameless Ge Lao is a slap in the horse's dormitory". Even some self-proclaimed aloof literati began to exaggerate, making Mr. Qian even more famous.

However, there was no censor in the court who impeached Mr. Qian because of this. The reason was naturally that Mr. Qian was flattered by His Majesty the Emperor. According to Confucius, this is the loyalty of serving the king.

The military policemen who thought that Mr. Qian came to assassinate His Majesty all took back their swords. Tang Fusheng, who was the position of a thousand households in the Jinyiwei and had always been cold, couldn't help laughing when he saw Mr. Qian's flattering expression.

Zhu Youxiao was also a little surprised and asked him to step on a person who was nearly fifty years old to get on the car. He felt it was a bit inappropriate, so he said, "Gei Qian, I am very heavy, be careful to break your waist."

"It's not a problem, Your Majesty, the old minister is capable," Qian Qianyi said with a flattering smile.

Seeing that he was so unconventional, Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction, said "Okay", and stepped on his back and walked.

Qian Qianyi also gritted his teeth and tried hard to keep his waist from shaking, but he couldn't help but curse Wang Chengen in his heart and lied to him that His Majesty only had a hundred pounds, but now this test seems to be more than one hundred and fifty pounds.

Qian Qianyi, the Grand Secretary of the Dongge and Minister of Rites, did not even have the moral integrity and was willing to be Zhu Youxiao's dismount. The other imperial officials who were waiting here were not willing to take it anymore, so he hurriedly knelt down.

Although Zhu Youxiao was happy, he deliberately had a stern face on the surface: "You are all important officials of the court and noble people. How can you kneel down and worship the great ceremony easily? Let's get up, and you will not be as an example. Although the ceremony cannot be abandoned, it must not be without integrity."

"Your Majesty said, I will remember it." Qian Qianyi then snatched the limelight from the cabinet chief Wei Guangwei and took the words first, which made Wei Guangwei feel unhappy, but because His Majesty was triumphant, there was still a smile on his face.

By the time Zhu Youxiao returned to the Forbidden City, it was already sunset, and Queen Zhang Yan and others were still standing under the palace wall looking forward.

Looking at the women standing in the distance, Zhu Youxiao showed a gentle smile, then stepped back and walked towards the inner court alone. Liu Rushi hurriedly pulled Zhang Yan's skirt: "Empress, it's Your Majesty!"

Zhang Yan nodded. At this time, the palace maid Xu Fo also heard Liu Rushi's voice and hurried over, leaning against the white marble pillar, looking at the triumphant return majesty in the square.

Zhu Youxiao hugged Zhang Yan and touched her still white face: "You're losing weight."

"Your Majesty, you have lost weight, too."

As Zhang Yan said that, she saw a scar between Zhu Youxiao's eyebrows, and then she stretched out her hand and touched her gently: "It's said that swords have no eyes. Your Majesty should not go to war in the future. There will be soldiers who work hard to fight on the battlefield."

"Just listen to you." Zhu Youxiao put a bracelet on Zhang Yan's slender waist and couldn't help but lean down, which made Zhang Yan's eyebrows glar, and he had to calm down.

Wang Chengen had already prepared a rich dinner at Shangshenjian. When Zhu Youxiao came, he saw that the Eight Immortals table with bright yellow silk cloth was filled with dishes. Zhu Youxiao couldn't count the meat. He only saw meat including goose, chicken, fish, pig, cow, donkey, quail, fire bacon, rabbit, deer and other meats, as well as a cup of milk that is currently only available in the palace. The staple foods include noodles, gluten, tofu, rotten clothes, fungus, mushrooms, etc.

"Wang Cheng'en, haven't I said that everything is simple, five dishes and one soup is enough?" Zhu Youxiao pointed to the table full of food that he could not finish and asked Wang Cheng'en coldly.

Wang Chengen hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, don't blame me. These are all the filial piety of Wei Zhongxian from Nanjin. He respected you. Because Mr. Qian Ge wrote a report on His Majesty's daily diet in the Beijing Express and praised His Majesty's frugality and Taizu's legacy, Wei Zhongxian sent someone to ask his minister to give him a thousand taels a day to contract His Majesty's daily food, saying that he would not make you suffer."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but laugh and said, "Wei Zhongxian is really a local rich man now. I, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, have to rely on him to help me. Send someone to pass on messages to him. He has this intention. This is enough. This is a waste of money. If he can't spend more money, he will open more mines. Now the expansion of the army is imminent, and the demand for iron ore and coal mines will increase. I don't want Song Yingxing of the Royal Academy of Engineering to complain about the lack of iron ore."

Wang Chengen felt a little uncomfortable when he saw that Zhu Youchao was still taking good care of Wei Zhongxian and even gave him such a fat man like mine. Although he was the most prominent among the Inners, his position in His Majesty's heart was still worse than that.

"As long as Your Majesty's orders, then this table of food?" Wang Chengen asked in a low voice.

Zhu Youxiao smiled and sat down, picked up the chopsticks and pointed at Zhang Yan and others: "Sit down and eat, it's rare that Eunuch Wei is full of love. Wang Chengen, you can sit down and eat something too. This is a banquet, and you don't have to stick to secular etiquette."

Wang Chengen hurriedly thanked him and said with a smirk: "I'd better stand and watch Your Majesty eat, otherwise I'm really not used to it."

Zhu Youxiao nodded and did not force it. Naturally, he didn't care about these hierarchical rules, because he was the emperor. Except for the censor scolding him, no one dared to do anything to him.

But Wang Chengen dared not break this rule, nor was he willing to break this rule.

However, Liu Rushi didn't understand these things because she was young, and as soon as she came, she was held in her arms by Zhu Youxiao in middle age. Zhu Youxiao pinched her face and asked with a smile: "Do you think of me these days?"

Liu Rushi blushed and lowered her head and said, "I think about it every day."
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next