Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 194
Daming Palace.

Inside Chuxiu Palace.

The second batch of beautiful ladies entered the palace. Because they each had their own strengths, Zhu Houzhao temporarily kept them in the Chuxiu Palace and was not in a hurry to favor anyone.

Even in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, the Queen Mother urged Ouyang Jing several times, but it was of no avail.

It's not that Ouyang Jing doesn't work hard, on the contrary, she actively gives Xiaofangzi money every day, and then carefully warns her that she will pamper a beautiful girl tonight.

Xiao Fangzi also lived up to expectations. She tried her best to put the signs on the square plate every time. When night fell, she would patiently wait for Zhu Houzhao to come to Yangxin Hall to turn over the signs.

However, he waited and waited until Zhu Houzhao went to bed, but he didn't turn it over.

Although Xiao Fangzi is an eunuch, he also understands some things between men and women, but since the last pill incident, he feels that his master has become a different person.

Especially in terms of female sex, he doesn't seem to be very interested.

This was a secret that he had only discovered recently. He felt that it was necessary to tell the Queen Mother Zhang about the emperor's little secret. After all, the Queen Mother Zhang was his mother. Maybe she could do something about it.

in the cabinet.

After Li Dongyang, the chief assistant, compiled the memorials submitted to the emperor, he said with emotion: "This imperial examination must select a group of virtuous and important ministers for the Ming Dynasty, so that the late emperor's great responsibility will not be in vain!"

Xie Qian handed over Da Dao and said, "It is true what Lord Chief Assistant said."

The three of them left the cabinet one after another and returned home.

In the entire Ming Empire, apart from the imperial power, there are three other forces, namely the power of the eunuchs, the power of the cabinet, and the power of the vassal kings outside, and the biggest representative of the power of the vassal kings is the Hulong Villa.

Among these three forces, the cabinet seems to be the softest, but it is far from being as simple as imagined.

At this time, in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Zhu Houzhao is reading the memorial.

Tao Jianxiu, a beautiful girl from Nanjing, walked quietly into the hall. Her dancing posture was the most graceful, with the unique temperament of a beautiful girl from Jinling.

"His Majesty."

After Tao Jianxiu entered the Yangxin Hall, he looked extremely weak.

Zhu Houzhao put down the memorial at hand, looked at the extremely charming beauty in front of him, his heart was full of joy.

A nameless hot air suddenly rushed to his forehead, and his body reacted quickly.

This 16-year-old boy had an instinctive reaction for the first time, and he immediately felt hot all over.

It’s true that I haven’t touched a woman for a long time, and I don’t know why I felt such a strong urge this time.

However, Zhu Houzhao is a slow person, he knows that everything should be done step by step, such as playing with women
"Come, come here!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Tao Jianxiu with a different look, looking at the big girl with yellow flowers, who was very embarrassed.

Tao Jianxiu slowly came to Zhu Houzhao's side. Zhu Houzhao was a little hungry and thirsty, so he pulled Tao Jianxiu into his arms.

"Your Majesty, this."

Ouyang Jing walked in and out from outside the hall, she happened to have no meal in the afternoon, and thought that instead of letting His Majesty flip the sign, it is better to let them take the initiative to fall into the embrace of the emperor, perhaps this method is much more effective than the previous one.

Sure enough, this trick made Zhu Houzhao almost forget everything.
Ouyang Jing was leaning against the stove wearily, holding a notebook in her hand, which recorded Zhu Houzhao's actions in detail.

"What's your name?" Zhu Houzhao asked after enjoying himself.

"Your Majesty, my concubine's name is Tao Jianxiu, and she belongs to the Tao family in Jinling City."

"Well, yes, you serve me very well, but I don't know what kind of talents you have?"

"Return to Your Majesty, I know how to play the flute. As long as Your Majesty is willing, I can offer it to Your Majesty at any time!"

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, it may be too late today. If I am unhappy some other time, you can play a piece of music to relieve my fatigue."

Tao Jianxiu snuggled into Zhu Houzhao's arms and gently teased his skin with her hair. She never thought that today's man was not only handsome, but also loved women very much.
"Your Majesty, it's already the third watch. It's time for Miss Tao to go back to rest. There are strict rules in the harem, and beautiful women are not allowed to spend the night in the Hall of Mental Cultivation." Ouyang Jing reminded Zhu Houzhao when she was extremely sleepy.

This emperor is really difficult to serve. He either doesn't favor women at ordinary times, or once he does, he is really addicted.

Zhu Houzhao replied lazily: "Okay, I understand, you all go back!"

Tao Jianxiu was dragged away and quickly left the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but all this was recorded by Ouyang Jing.

The next morning.

Ministers of civil and military affairs came to the Xuanzheng Hall early to court.

However, they waited from morning until almost noon, but the emperor still did not come out to receive them.

The news from the palace is that His Majesty has been ill recently.

However, in Chuxiu Palace.

It was very lively early in the morning.

Zhu Houzhao got up early in the morning and asked Xiaofangzi to drive to Chuxiu Palace, where he was going to be a beauty contestant today.

On a whim overnight, Zhu Houzhao felt that he had to find a woman he liked, otherwise, if he changed a beautiful woman every day, he would be almost like an animal he raised.

This matter was originally a major royal matter, and at least Queen Mother Zhang needed to know about it.

Originally, she was very anxious to contest Zhu Houzhao's beauty pageant, but she shelved it when she saw that he was busy with state affairs.

There was another thing in Queen Mother Zhang's mind, that is, she wanted to make her niece the queen.

Because of this, since Zhang Xuan entered the palace last time, he has never left.

Empress Dowager Zhang asked her to also intentionally practice among these beautiful women. She arranged for someone to put on makeup every day and follow these beautiful women. For such a long time, they did not even know Zhang Xuan's identity.

When Zhu Houzhao came to Chuxiu Palace with great interest, many beautiful girls from Jiangnan did not recognize him. They all whispered there.

Of course, some people had already guessed that the handsome young man in front of them was probably his wife, but no one came to see him.

At this time, Zhang Xuan recklessly came out from the back door and almost bumped into Zhu Houzhao's arms.

"Cousin, what are you doing here so early in the morning?"

Zhu Houzhao was also very puzzled at this time, why did she want to join in the fun here if she didn't stay in the Palace of Compassion and Peace.

"I just came here to have a look, oh, by the way, cousin, what are you doing here?"

Zhang Xuan flushed and blushed completely. She had never mentioned to outsiders that the Queen Mother arranged for her to come here to study with the show girls.

"I, I, I'm here to find someone."

Zhang Xuan casually prevaricated, then turned to the beautiful women behind her and said, "When you see Your Majesty, why don't you kneel down?"

"His Majesty?"

Several beautiful ladies were surprised at each other, and then quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao.

"Get up, I don't blame you."

Hearing that His Majesty came to Chuxiu Palace, many beautiful women rushed out to join in the fun, because to be honest, since they entered the palace, almost no one has seen the real appearance of the emperor.

However, soon, Zhu Houzhao saw a familiar face among these Jiangnan beauties.

It was this familiar face that completely changed the fate of our Comrade Zhu Houzhao.

(End of this chapter)