Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 103 Going to the Banquet (Please subscribe! Please ask for a monthly pass!)

Zhu Houzhao and his party soon arrived at Yang Tinghe's house.

Zhu Houzhao raised his head and looked around. Although the grandeur of the Yang Mansion was not as grand as that of the imperial palace, the surrounding buildings were not inferior to the imperial palace at all.

After all, this is the home of the Grand Master of the Cabinet.

When Zhu Houzhao got off the sedan, Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, Li Dongyang, the second assistant, Liang Chu, Li Suide, Zhong Hong, Xie Qian and others were all standing outside the door of the mansion.

"Your Majesty is welcome."

"Get up!" Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and strode into Yang Tinghe's mansion.

The entire courtyard is brightly lit.

After entering the village, Yang Tinghe and others paid great tribute to Zhu Houzhao again.

Zhu Houzhao thought to himself: "Can this scene be regarded as a family banquet? This is simply asking me to split up and give a banquet to the officials."

After the personnel were seated one by one, Yang Tinghe asked all the servants to withdraw, leaving only Zhu Houzhao, Cao Zhengchun, and the cabinet and six ministries.

It is because His Majesty has enough trust that they can gather here. Otherwise, no matter how hard your relationship is, the emperor will never appear here.

Yang Tinghe burst into tears with gratitude. This was the result of his ancestors' eight lifetimes of paying high incense. It was such a blessing to have the emperor come to visit him.

"My lord, Yang Tinghe, kneel down to greet His Majesty, His Majesty!"

"Okay, okay, get up!" Zhu Houzhao waved his hands impatiently.

"Here, there are no monarchs or ministers, no emperor, just you and us, a few close friends. If you say you have some good wine, take it out and let me taste it. Also, if you have anything to say, just tell me!"

Zhu Houzhao felt that he had come in person, and Yang Tinghe really couldn't hide anything anymore.

"Your Majesty is really invited to come to the family banquet. Please wait a little bit, Your Majesty."

He can't talk about that matter yet, and, in front of everyone, his family's ugliness must not be exposed.

"Okay, Yang Tinghe, if you don't tell me, I won't eat your banquet, Cao Aiqing, go back to the palace immediately." Zhu Houzhao gave Yang Tinghe an ultimatum with a gloomy expression.

"Your Majesty, minister, I really have something to do, but this is not a place to talk, please move to the back garden, and I will definitely tell the truth."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, ordered several ministers to eat first, and walked towards the backyard by himself.

In the pavilion in the back garden, fruits and banquets are set up.

Beside the table, there is a grand master's chair, which seems to be specially reserved for people with status.

"Your Majesty, please sit down!"

The position of the Son of Heaven, sits north to south.

Zhu Houzhao sat down, while Yang Tinghe and others stood aside with their heads bowed.

"Old Yang Ge, Mr. Cao also wants to ask for a drink."

"Director Cao, this is being polite."

Yang Tinghe poured a glass of wine and handed it to Cao Zhengchun. Cao Zhengchun picked up the glass and drank it down.

Zhu Houzhao was very happy, he rarely went out of the palace, and once in a while, he was very relieved to see how his subordinates behaved.

Of course, Cao Zhengchun drank this glass of wine for Zhu Houzhao. If the wine was poisonous, then he, the personal eunuch guard, would also be the first to be poisoned to death.

He is the confidant of the emperor, and his sincerity to the emperor can be learned from the sun and the moon.

After a long time, Cao Zhengchun opened his mouth and said, "Well, it is indeed a good wine!"

"Well, that's fine, you and Cao Aiqing go down first, I have something to tell them." Zhu Houzhao glanced at Cao Zhengchun and the eunuch guards reassuringly, and said to them.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid."

"Go down, I'm fine!"

This was Zhu Houzhao's final order to Cao Zhengchun and others, and they did not dare to refute or disobey.

After all the people brought by Zhu Houzhao retreated, Zhu Houzhao looked at Yang Tinghe and said, "Yang Qing's family, what can you say now?"

Yang Tinghe glanced at Zhu Houzhao mysteriously, and said, "Your Majesty, please wait a while, and I will fetch something."

Yang Tinghe turned around, got up and walked towards the living room.

After Yang Tinghe left, Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, do you want Princess Zhang Xuan to be the queen?"

After all, Liu Jian is a veteran figure. Some things are hard to say in person, but some things can be said in the right situation.

Because this kind of thing is related to the face of the royal family and the majesty of the emperor. After all, Zhang Xuan has not been canonized yet, so he is nothing.
People's reputation is also very important.

When Zhu Houzhao heard Liu Jian's words, he suddenly realized.

It turned out that they had worked so hard today for this matter.

But he quickly asked calmly: "Have you heard about the rumor of two queens circulating in the harem?"

"Your Majesty, this incident is not groundless. As far as I know, it is a plan to alienate."

Although Liu Jian and others knew that this rumor was to drive a wedge between His Majesty and the Empress Dowager, in their view, it was obvious that the Empress Dowager had allowed Zhang Xuan to enter the palace many times to meet Zhu Hou.

Now, although Zhang Xuan is not the queen, in the Queen Mother's mind, he is a nine-in-one candidate.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hands and said, "I know how to deal with this matter. Is there anything else?"

Liu Jian and others listened to the emperor's words and immediately reported: "The God Marquis Tiedan has returned to the capital. I thought I could let him go to Datong Mansion and completely annihilate the Oara tribe."

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "There is no need for this. Even if the emperor doesn't go to Datong Mansion, it is imperative to destroy Oara. What's more, now that Oirat has been defeated, I have issued an order to destroy all tribes of Oirat."

Liu Jian and others saw that the emperor was calm and strategizing, and they secretly admired in their hearts that the Ming Dynasty has such a wise king. It is really a blessing for the Ming Dynasty and the people are lucky!
In the back house.

"Miss, the emperor is here!"

The servant girl yelled at the bedside, but Yang Yan didn't pay attention.

Liar, why did the emperor come to my house?
"Really, I won't lie to you, the master personally invited the emperor back."

"No, you'd better go out!"

"Oh, miss, what I said is true, you just believe me this time?" Maybe it's because "wolf is coming" has been said too much, and Yang Yan is a little numb to it.

"Miss, the Son of Heaven is in the pavilion in the backyard. It's absolutely true. Would you like to go and see?"

"You help me up."

The maid quickly helped Yang Yan to dress up, and after a while, a graceful girl walked out of the boudoir.

Inside the Yang Mansion, today is really different from the past, there are many strange faces, which Yang Yan has never seen before.

The maid whispered in Yang Yan's ear: "These servants are all made up by the palace guards. In the afternoon, they have entered our house one after another."

"Oh, it seems true"

Yang Yan was about to go to the backyard, but was stopped by the Ouchi guards.

"This is a forbidden area. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Even people from the Yang family are not allowed to approach. Otherwise, they will be killed without mercy."

The Ouchi guards stopped Yang Yan and the maid, she felt very depressed, it was God's intention, otherwise she would go to see the emperor.

She went to the back garden absent-mindedly, trying to relieve her inner depression.

Her illness is called lovesickness, although Yang Tinghe has invited famous doctors all over the capital, but in the end there is no effect.

Today's family banquet is the only way Yang Tinghe and his son can save their daughter.
(End of this chapter)