Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 116 A little embarrassing
Chapter 115 A Little Embarrassing

When the Queen Mother saw Zhu Houzhao burst out laughing, her brows furrowed even more tightly. She was also thinking in her mind, could there be something shady about this?

"Queen, what do you plan to do with that beautiful girl?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

"If we don't deal with her severely, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in the hearts of the Ai family. Zhao'er, don't you still feel that she is cuckolding you?"

"You can swallow this tone, but Aijia can't. If Aijia doesn't punish her heavily, I'm afraid there will be people in the harem to follow suit in the future."

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly and said, "Since this is already the case, why not let her out of the palace and fulfill them?"

This Ming Dynasty has strict regulations. All palace maids who are over 21 years old must be sent out and repatriated to their place of origin. Only a small number of palace maids are left to continue to train newly recruited palace maids.

These girls who entered the palace at the age of sixteen or seventeen each have their own thoughts and feelings. After staying here for four or five years, they can be considered to have seen the world. This kind of person is also the object that the local big families are looking for when they go back.

"It's not like they should be repatriated to their original places. First, they will stay in the cold palace for a year or two, and then let them come out as palace maids, earn a few years' salary, and then send them back to their original places. It will not be too late then!"

"Queen, let's have dinner together!"

"No need, the Ai family doesn't have such thoughts now, let Xuan'er eat with you!"

After the queen mother finished speaking, she led the eunuch attendant to the study next door.

"Aunt." Zhang Xuan blushed, knowing that this was another opportunity created by Queen Mother Zhang for her.

However, seeing that the sky was getting dark, it was really embarrassing to let the two of them be alone together.

If it was a sunny day, the two of them could still talk freely when they were together. Now, Zhang Xuan felt more and more that her cousin was wary of her.

Although she was given two gold bracelets just now, she could feel from her heart that her cousin had started to neglect her.

"Cousin, let's eat together!"

Zhang Xuan made a gesture of invitation, but she still didn't dare to move her chopsticks. Zhu Houzhao sat there blankly, looking at all this in front of her, her mind was racing.

Zhang Xuan felt quite embarrassed, with a feeling of embarrassment.

The Queen Mother looked at Zhu Houzhao in the study next door and sighed in her heart: "This strong-willed melon is not sweet. The more kinship there is, the harder it is to break it. The more familiar people are, the harder it is to stay together." "

She also understands her son, after all, he is the king of a country, if he is a little careless, he will be criticized by the officials, and this matter seems not so right.

After the Queen Mother left, the surrounding atmosphere suddenly became much quieter. Zhang Xuan wanted to find a topic several times, but he just didn't know where to break the deadlock.

"Well, cousin, the beauty you canonized has been thrown into limbo by your aunt, do you know about this?" Zhang Xuan licked his lips, but he still found a topic, after all, he couldn't make the whole scene more embarrassing.

"I just heard about this incident, but do you know the whole ins and outs of this incident?" Zhu Houzhao asked back.

"I don't know." Zhang Xuan shook his head several times.

"I don't know, but I heard about it just before I came here, and my aunt was very angry about it."

Zhu Houzhao felt that he and his cousin Zhang Xuan had nothing to talk about, so he turned to ask Ouyang Jing beside him, "Do you know the ins and outs of this matter?"

Ouyang Jing cupped her hands and said: "Return to Your Majesty, Liu Ruyue was wronged, and this servant thinks that she must have been framed."

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao frowned tightly and said, "Is there any evidence?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, this servant is just guessing. Maybe among the many beautiful girls, you happened to turn over Liu Ruyue's sign, and some people would not see her being favored. That's why I came up with such a method."

Zhu Houzhao frowned after hearing this. She remembered that when she was pampering Bai Xue just now, someone had hurt her secretly. Could it be that
An ominous premonition appeared on Zhu Houzhao again. He raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Xuan sitting opposite him, feeling that this girl with delicate features suddenly looked a bit ferocious and terrifying.

Maybe she didn't have this idea, but her father, who was once enshrined as Marquis of Shouning in the hands of the late emperor, is so terrifying.

"You tell me the whole thing."

"According to the order!"

"The slave girl went to the cold palace and saw Liu Ruyue who had calmed down there. She repeatedly said that she was wronged. She really didn't write those so-called love poems, and when the queen mother arrived, the ink on the rice paper had already dried up. , she said that it was written and placed in her place a long time ago."

"Your Majesty, Liu Ruyue was trained by Empress Zhaoyi herself, and Her Majesty personally turned over the sign that night. This servant feels that this matter is a bit strange." After Ouyang Jing finished speaking, she stood silently by the side and stopped talking. .

"Well, Xuan Zhaoyi came to see me, and I have something to say."

"Follow the order!" Ouyang Jing finished speaking, and walked out the door.

"Cousin, let's eat." Zhang Xuan blushed. He really had nothing to talk about, so he could invite Zhu Houzhao to dinner again.

But Zhu Houzhao kept a straight face and didn't say a word to her.

Many memories of the past are in her mind. At that time, the two childhood sweethearts, childhood sweethearts, had no restraint when playing in the Royal Garden, but as they got older, the beauty of childhood was lost a little bit.

What Zhu Houzhao thought with a straight face was not about Liu Ruyue, but about Zhang Xuan's father, Zhang Heling, his uncle, who was not a good person in history.

In Chuxiu Palace.

Bai Xue seemed a little anxious and uneasy. She couldn't escape the blame for such a big thing happening under her nose.

At this time, Bai Xue didn't know how to save Liu Ruyue. Her thoughts were also in a mess. She had been fined a month's salary. What she was worried about was whether His Majesty would also hold her responsible?
It was her first time managing the Chuxiu Palace, and this happened, and she felt uneasy, and even felt that she was being held accountable.

While Baixue was panicking, a court lady came to report that Aunt Ouyang had arrived.

Bai Xue immediately went out to greet her. In the entire palace, she had the best relationship with Ouyang Jing.

"Empress Zhaoyi, Your Majesty declares that you go to face the saint immediately, there must be no mistake!"

Bai Xue paused for a few seconds, then reacted immediately and became a little calmer. What was supposed to come was coming back.

"According to the order!"

After receiving the order, Bai Xue looked at the gradually darkening sky, sighed a long time, stroked her belly that was not yet bulging, feeling helpless in her heart.

She quickly entered the room to dress herself up, and hurriedly followed Ouyang Jing to see Zhu Houzhao.

She can't take care of the fetus in her womb first, if this matter is not handled properly, she might not be able to keep her position as Empress Zhaoyi, this is more important than anything else, after all, she has not yet given birth to a dragon species for the royal family.

When Bai Xue followed Ouyang Jing in, the first thing she saw was Zhang Xuan sitting there. The water in the palace was indeed very deep.

"The concubine has seen His Majesty!"

"Forget it! Come sit down and talk." Zhu Houzhao looked a little excited. After all, he can be confident now, at least Bai Xue's belly can be sure to be his seed.

However, now is not the time to talk about it.

"How do you think Liu Ruyue will deal with it?"

Zhu Houzhao asked Bai Xue not knowing how to answer.

(End of this chapter)