Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 164 Departure
The beautiful picture depicted by Li Suide only flashed in the minds of many craftsmen and then disappeared. They felt that such a fantasy thing could not happen around them.

There are also people who are aggrieved at the moment, and get up and gather together in the middle of the night just to say such an unreliable thing, which is simply shocking.

When Li Suide finished speaking his thoughts with an excited expression, many craftsmen were already sleepy. They didn't understand the unreliable news that Master Shangshu got from nowhere, so they fooled them to let them Keep up the good work.

"I said Master Shang Shu, you called us here in the middle of the night to talk about this matter? I have never seen coal in Dalian since I grew up. Can you describe to us what coal is?"

A craftsman teased with a sleepy expression.

Li Suide was immediately speechless. To be honest, he had heard people say that coal was black, but he had never seen it before.

In this era, most of the fuel used by the imperial palace was sent by "charcoal sellers". They used ox carts to burn a load of charcoal and sent it to the imperial palace. The better ones were exchanged for a few taels of silver and returned. The person on duty put a red tent on his ox head and left.

The common people are also accustomed to this, and they feel that they are born to work for others.

"Well, coal is a black thing, as black as the night, but, but."

But for a long time, Li Suide didn't either, but he came up with a reason. What he wanted to express was that coal could burn, but he had never seen it, and he didn't dare to say it easily. It's hard to describe this kind of thing that he hasn't seen.

The next morning.

Outside the Qianqing Palace, there are crowds of people.

The eunuch on duty got the news early on that His Majesty is going to the Xishan Coal Yard today. It is a deserted place, and I don't know what's wrong with His Majesty at night, so he must go to the Coal Yard.

After Xiao Fangzi took over Liu Jin's position, everyone seemed cautious. Although he was also born as a eunuch, his subordinates were much more diligent than Liu Jin, and he had no intention of seeking power and usurping the throne for the time being. Finish.

After arranging the carriages and horses, Xiao Fangzi carefully placed a charcoal basin under the dragon chariot, spread out a layer of quilt, and then went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to serve Zhu Houzhao.

Today is not the morning court, Zhu Houzhao has a lot of time to do what he likes, and all the arrangements between the court and the court are handled by the cabinet.

However, the Ming Empire had strict regulations on the emperor going out of the palace.When Emperor Hongzhi was in power, he emphasized many times that no matter whether it was the prince or any relatives of the emperor who went out of the palace, they had to go to the cabinet to say hello, and they could only go out after registering.

If the return time has passed, the palace will send people to search for it.

But when it comes to Zhu Houzhao, one of the things he did after he took the throne was to abolish this regulation.

Therefore, it is only his own idea that he wants to leave the palace now.Some court ministers proposed to restore the original system many times, but they were all rejected by Zhu Houzhao.

"Xiao Fangzi, go and tell the queen mother that I have something to do all day today, so I won't go to pay her respects to the elderly. If you want her not to worry about it, just stay in the palace and watch over her."

Xiao Fangzi hurriedly informed, and ran towards the Palace of Compassion.

All the artisans of the Ministry of Industry have prepared for most of the night, and now they are dressed in ordinary people's clothes. According to the arrangement of the Ministry of Industry, they will dress up as civilians and go to mine Xishan.

When everything was ready, Zhu Houzhao led more than 300 people from the Ministry of Industry and the Imperial Forest Army and set off towards Xishan.

Xishan is more than 100 miles away from the capital city, and it takes about four hours to arrive from the capital city. Moreover, there are mountain roads in Xishan, where few people usually walk, so the road there is also easy to walk.

The coachman drove the carriage slowly along the official road of the Forbidden City.

Inside the Cining Palace.

The queen mother originally planned to go to Chuxiu Palace with Zhu Houzhao to meet the newly recruited Jiangnan embroidery girl, but she was a little unhappy when she got the news that Zhu Houzhao was leaving the palace early in the morning.

But there is no way around it. Zhu Houzhao is now the emperor of Ming Dynasty, and he can't control many things.

"Call Zhaoyi over for Ai's family."

Bai Xue is now raising a baby in Chuxiu Palace, and the queen mother doesn't let her participate in any harem affairs at all, the purpose is to let her give birth to a dragon seed for Zhu Houzhao with peace of mind.

"Hail the Queen Mother!" Bai Xue was ready to kneel down to the Queen Mother as soon as she came in.

"It's almost free! Now take care of your health, just tell Aijia what you want to eat, and Aijia will satisfy everything for you."

"Thank you Queen Mother for your kindness!" Bai Xue was about to kowtow to thank her, but was rejected by the Queen Mother.

"The Ai family called you here today because they want you and the Ai family to go and see this batch of newly recruited beautiful women from Jiangnan. If the Ai family and you both like it, then I will directly look for Zhao'er. What do you think? "

"Everything is under the arrangement of the empress dowager!"

Zhaoyi has a big belly now, and she has also learned Liu Ruyue's lesson, she must be cautious when speaking and doing things in the palace, don't think that she is Zhaoyi now, the master in this harem, but once she gives birth to the child, basically Nothing happened to her.

It would be nice to be treated like a concubine, and to be able to live in the harem for the elderly, but if she offends the queen mother or someone a little bit, she may be beaten to the sidelines after giving birth.

There have been many such examples before. Although they are all favored by the empress dowager now, once they fall out of favor, they will be lost forever.

The Queen Mother nodded in satisfaction and said, "Since Zhaoyi has said so, Zhao'er shouldn't have any objections when I see it."

The two of them took a few eunuchs and maids and went directly to the West Garden of Chuxiu Palace. This is the place where the beautiful women who enter the palace every year live temporarily, and Bai Xue once lived here.

"The Empress Dowager is here!"

"Empress Zhaoyi is here!"

With the sound of two trumpets, several rows of young and strong girls in various clothes were neatly kneeling inside.

These girls from the south of the Yangtze River all looked decent, and their skin was much better than the girls from the north.

"All blessings, Empress Dowager, thousand blessings, Empress Zhaoyi!" All the beautiful ladies and court ladies knelt down to salute, this is the basic etiquette that everyone must learn first after entering the palace.

"Well, good, get up!"

When the Empress Dowager saw these beautiful girls for the first time, there was a look of excitement on her face.

I haven't seen the Queen Mother so happy for a long time.

"Queen, I think this batch of beautiful girls entering the palace is much better than the previous batch."

Bai Xue is very good at talking, now she wants to speak selectively, so that she can please the Queen Mother.

"Isn't it? I think if he doesn't favor Zhao'er this time, the Ai family will really be angry."

She originally wanted to say that Zhu Houzhao favored Liu Ruyue, but she felt that the occasion was inappropriate, so she immediately changed her mind.

"Zhaoyi, you said that this batch of show girls are all good, what about the girls from the previous batch?"

"The queen mother, according to the concubine, if the queen mother really thinks that they can't stay in the palace, she should send them back to their original place, so as to prepare for the future draft. At least the big family dares to send their daughters into the palace. In the palace."

"Well, yes, you are more and more able to speak now, and many things are more thoughtful than Aijia's. After you give birth, you will be responsible for the draft in the Chuxiu Palace. "

"Thank you Empress Dowager for your kindness, the concubine is just talking based on the facts."

The Empress Dowager waved her hand to signal Bai Xue not to speak anymore, she would start explaining the rules of the palace to these beautiful ladies kneeling on the ground.

(End of this chapter)