Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 151 Insufficient Greed
Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Ruyue with a strange look. She felt that this woman was a little abnormal now.

Liu Ruyue also guessed what Zhu Houzhao was thinking, and hurriedly picked up the teacup, handed it to Zhu Houzhao, and said with low eyebrows, "Your Majesty, my concubine is looking forward to the stars and the moon, and finally I am looking forward to you."

"Come on, Your Majesty drinks this cup of tea first, let's have a good chat." Liu Ruyue scratched her head and put on a coquettish look.

Zhu Houzhao originally received the good news from Datong Mansion today, saying that the Ming army had defeated the Oirat army, and he was in a very comfortable mood. Now when he saw the beautiful woman in front of him take the initiative to reciprocate, he felt even happier.

"Well, let me drink!"

"Tell me quickly, what good news do you want to give me?" Zhu Houzhao asked expectantly after taking a sip of tea from the tea bowl.

"Your Majesty, my concubine's father brought me a kind of fine honey from outside the palace. He also told me that I would make jujube flower tea to drink, which can prolong my life. The first thing I thought of was your majesty, so I made an appointment first. Your Majesty, come here and taste the fine honey together."

Zhu Houzhao loved sweets since he was a child, and when Liu Ruyue said it was good honey, he immediately became happy.

"Okay, okay, this is what I like the most. I am in a good mood today. If you accompany me tonight, I will make you Concubine Hui. How about it?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Liu Ruyue happily mixed the pills and honey that had melted long ago into Zhu Houzhao's cup, and then presented it to Zhu Houzhao.

"Well, I am happy today. What are your specialties? Can you dance?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the concubine once learned some simple movements when she was at home, but she didn't dance very well."

"It's okay. I haven't seen anyone dancing for a long time. I will be very busy during this period. You can come here for a while and let me relax here with you!"

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment."

Zhu Houzhao drank tea while admiring Liu Ruyue's graceful dance.

Soon, the pot of honey tea that Liu Ruyue made was finished.

At this time, there was a watchman outside on night patrol. It should be time to go to bed at night.

When Zhu Houzhao came out of Liu Ruyue's room, he felt hot all over, and within a quarter of an hour, it was already a little uncontrollable.

"Who is flipping the card tonight? Why aren't you ready yet?" Zhu Houzhao cursed angrily at the eunuch beside him.

He had forgotten many of the words he had said, and his mind was full of chaotic thoughts.

The eunuch reacted quickly and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the one you favor tonight is Miss Liu. I thought your Majesty was going to spend the night here, so I didn't alert your Majesty."

"Well, no matter, I'm staying here tonight, you go and inform about the next thing!" After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he continued to sneak into Liu Ruyue's room.

Seeing Liu Ruyue this time, it was like Ru Liehuo met dry wood, Zhu Houzhao was full of dirty thoughts, and then pushed Liu Ruyue down on the bed all at once
Zhu Houzhao had never tried such a strong pill before, and he didn't rest all night, which made the eunuchs on duty outside wait a little impatiently.

Early the next morning.

Zhu Houzhao was lazily lying on Liu Ruyue's bed when an eunuch came in to report, "Your Majesty, all civil and military officials have been waiting in the Golden Palace for a long time this morning."

"Go away! Didn't you see that I am resting?"

Zhu Houzhao cursed and continued to sleep soundly in his dream.After a night of tossing and tossing, Zhu Houzhao's whole body fell apart.

Liu Ruyue was also lazily lying beside Zhu Houzhao, stroking Zhu Houzhao's face with her hair, she didn't have to worry about Zhu Houzhao kicking her out anymore, she had been completely eaten by Zhu Houzhao, and she didn't show any sympathy.
The eunuch near him felt that Zhu Houzhao's temperament had changed a lot recently, but he didn't care about it. As a slave, he could only be appreciated by his superiors if he did his job well. Liu Jin before was an example.

He carefully exited Shufangzhai and quickly rushed to Jinluan Hall to tell all the civil and military officials about His Majesty's lazy behavior today.

Since His Majesty is not going to the morning court today, all the ministers will return to their respective positions and start a busy day of work.

According to the original historical trajectory, the Ming Dynasty had shown signs of revival through Emperor Hongzhi's hard work, but when it was handed down to his only son Zhu Houzhao, he completely ruined the Ming Dynasty.

Although there were riots later, and famous ministers and generals completely suppressed the resistance, Zhengde in history is really not worth emulating for future generations.

In his free time, Xiao Fangzi went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and he told Queen Mother Zhang about Zhu Houzhao's negligence in government affairs recently.

Empress Dowager Zhang felt that Zhu Houzhao did the right thing. At first, her idea was to let Zhu Houzhao enjoy life more, and not to die of exhaustion on the throne like his dead father, Emperor Hongzhi.

Therefore, when Xiao Fangzi told Empress Dowager Zhang about Zhu Houzhao's performance in the past two weeks, not only did she not get rewarded, but she was kicked out very unwelcome.

After a night of hard work, Zhu Houzhao was exhausted and collapsed. He didn't get up until lunch time and managed to eat a little food.

"Jiyue, what kind of honey did you let me eat yesterday? Where did you buy it?"

"I'm going to buy all of this honey, and then I'll take it every night, so that I can become alive and well, hahaha, that's great!"

Zhu Houzhao proudly showed off in his heart that he didn't know at all that there was a special medicine in the honey. Only Liu Ruyue knew about it. How could she tell it so easily?
Liu Ruyue fiddled with her hair and said: "Your Majesty, don't ask my concubine where I bought this honey. As long as your majesty likes it, my concubine can prepare it for your majesty every day!"

"This is the concubine's blessing. I hope His Majesty will keep his promise. Every day like a moon, he will prepare high-quality honey for His Majesty, waiting for His Majesty's arrival at any time."

Liu Ruyue glanced at Zhu Houzhao shyly, her pretty face flushed with embarrassment.

"Well, I have decided to fulfill my promise, and now I am canonizing you as Concubine Hui, second only to Zhaoyi."

"In addition, it is said that the Queen Mother has confiscated your salary. From today on, you will enjoy twice the previous salary. I will immediately decree that the Ministry of Industry will do it now!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, my concubine!"

"Don't thank me first, who are the people in your family? Do you need my help?"

When Liu Ruyue heard that Zhu Houzhao asked about her family members, she felt that her father taught her this matter, but she must not betray her father, so she quickly shook her head and said, "No, no, the concubine's father is working in other places. Business, everything is fine."

Zhu Houzhao lazily called Xiao Fangzi and asked him to go down to pass the decree, but he asked Liu Ruyue to give him honey.

Zhu Houzhao used the special pill for the first time, and the effect was very good, and he was very happy. He ignored the government affairs for several months, which made the civil and military officials outside feel very embarrassed.

"Ugh!"

Li Dongyang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, sighed helplessly. What's the use of being anxious now?There was an uprising by a pole army in Shaanxi. It is said that the momentum was very strong, and they broke through [-] cities one after another, basically controlling the entire territory of Shaanxi.

If they send troops directly to the capital, I'm afraid it won't be long before the Ming Dynasty is on the verge of collapse.

Thinking of this, Li Dongyang, the chief minister of the cabinet who had been waiting outside for several days, finally decided that regardless of any obstruction, even at the risk of beheading, he would enter the harem to meet His Majesty once to see if His Majesty had been raped. Harmful.
(End of this chapter)