Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 99 Rumors
"Isn't Your Majesty going to marry Princess Zhang Xuan? Canonize Zhang Xuan as Empress?"

As soon as Ouyang Jing's words fell, Zhu Houzhao's face suddenly changed. He had never thought about this matter at all. What's going on?

"Who said I'm going to get married? Who's going to marry Princess Zhang Xuan? Who's going to make her a queen?"

For a moment, Ouyang Jing also seemed to realize that she was talkative, so she quickly shut her mouth. When Zhu Houzhao asked, she didn't say a word.

"Your Majesty, there are rumors in the harem that your Majesty will get married soon and will marry Princess Zhang Xuan. This family has two queens from the same family. What a blessing!"

Zhu Houzhao turned to look at the eunuchs and maids beside him. They all lowered their heads, as if they were very afraid of Zhu Houzhao.

The two queens of the Zhang family, this matter seems a bit strange, oh, no, no, Zhang Xuan has not been canonized as a queen yet, who spread this rumor?

Zhu Houzhao suddenly realized that once this matter is confirmed, Yuhuatian's investigation will be affirmed, so wouldn't his rescue of Zhang Heling?
Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao turned his head and said to Ouyang Jing: "Jing'er, try not to say such things that have not become a fact in the future. Telling such things will plant disasters for you, so you should be more careful when you speak in the future."

"Yes, Your Majesty, this servant will follow His Majesty's instruction!"

Zhu Houzhao took Ouyang Jing away from Kunning Palace. He wanted Ouyang Jing to continue the previous work. He was high in this palace, but he didn't have many close friends, and Ouyang Jing was one of them.

After Zhu Houzhao told Cao Zhengchun about the rumors in the empress's palace, Cao Zhengchun was very surprised. One family and two queens are indeed amazing in strength, at least above him as an eunuch.

What they don't know is, who spread this negative news?This matter should be arranged for Cao Zhengchun to investigate in private as soon as possible.

Bai Xue's poisoning incident was obviously caused by jealousy. If this is true, it will be very difficult to deal with this matter in the future.

Zhu Houzhao went to Cining Palace to see his mother and ask her what she planned.

Inside the Cining Palace.

The little eunuch stood beside Empress Dowager Zhang, and continued to comfort him: "The Empress Dowager does not need to take these gossips in the palace to heart at all. Some people just want to make trouble out of nothing and deliberately want to anger the Empress Dowager."

"This is not to be angry at the family, this is clearly to punish the heart!"

"Although the maids and eunuchs in the palace are afraid of the majesty of the Ai family and dare not come and talk to the Ai family in person, aren't the words they say behind their backs talking about the Ai family?"

"That Xuanzi, isn't it?"

"I'm afraid Zhang Xuan won't be able to be a queen in the future. These rumors are very powerful. If this is confirmed, then I will be in Zhang's family, alas!"

The Queen Mother sighed, who spread this rumor?

Is it the cabinet?or eunuch
Just as the Queen Mother was still moaning and thinking wildly, there was a sound of a horn outside.

"The Emperor is here!"

The eunuchs and maids of the Compassionate Ning Palace came out to greet them one after another.Zhu Houzhao walked into the Compassion Palace.

"Boy wish the queen mother a happy life and good health!"

"Zhao'er, come here..." The Empress Dowager's face was filled with joy, and the sorrow just now was wiped away.

"You all go down!" The queen mother waved her hand, and the maids and eunuchs quickly left the room one by one.

In the Palace of Mercy Ning, there were only the Empress Dowager and Zhu Houzhao. There were such rumors in the harem, and the Empress Dowager wanted to give Zhu Houzhao a detailed explanation.

Although Zhu Houzhao is her biological son, once some things are not explained clearly, it will hurt the relationship between mother and child, and conflicts often arise in this way.

Besides, Zhu Houzhao has another identity, that is, the emperor. Since ancient times, the emperor has shown little friendship. In the face of family affection, the emperor can only reluctantly give up.

"Zhao'er, have you heard the rumors in the palace?"

"After returning to mother, Hai'er just heard about it, but it must be a rumor, please put it down, Hai'er has already sent someone to investigate the matter."

"Aijia is just worried that once this rumor spreads too much, I am afraid it will not be convincing."

After the queen mother said this, her face looked ugly, because in her mind, she wanted Zhang Xuan to become a queen. If she really became a queen, then she would be even more honored.

However, who spread the rumors about the latter matter?

Could it be those people from Yushitai?

Those literati like to brag the most, and many nerds are obsessed with it. They only think of the party with benefits, and they don't care about other people's ideas at all.

Sometimes the emperor gritted his teeth with hatred towards them, but their duty was to accept advice from His Majesty.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a Gang Jing, which has been passed down through the ages. His name was Wei Zheng, and he was the ancestor of a single-minded civil servant.

Zhu Houzhao stayed in the Compassionate Ning Palace for dinner, and did not leave until it was time to light the lanterns.

The moonlight was bright, and the eunuch in attendance dragged the tray into the hall.

"Your Majesty, please turn over the cards. These beautiful girls have been in the palace for some time, and they have all been carefully selected."

Zhu Hou took care of the tray, on which there were many signs with the names and detailed hometowns of all the beautiful women.

Zhu Houzhao flipped through a sign at random.

The eunuch who served nearby was very happy, and then he respectfully exited the Yangxin Palace and quickly ran towards the Chuxiu Palace.

Your Majesty has flipped his cards this time, which is a big deal.

At this time, in Chuxiu Palace, many beautiful women have already packed up, waiting for this day to come at any time.

Their purpose of entering the palace is very simple, they are here to serve the emperor, they look forward to this day, they really look forward to the stars and the moon.

However, none of them knew whose head this first luck would befall.

It's just that there are many beautiful women in Chuxiu Palace, and His Majesty will be lucky enough to have one of them in one night, and it will take half a year for the more than 100 to meet him, but it may not be possible to meet them for more than half a year.

Just when the maids in the Chuxiu Palace were bored, finally a eunuch entered the Chuxiu Palace to announce the decree.

When the eunuch handed the imperial decree to Bai Xue, Bai Xue sighed slightly, and then opened the imperial decree. On it was the name of a beautiful girl, which would leave an extraordinary impression on Bai Xue.

Inside the Forbidden City.

Cao Zhengchun led Dongchang to arrest Shen Wanqian, and he was in charge of all the secret agents in the capital.

However, for Xichang, Zhu Houzhao's use for them is not only to catch criminals, but also has other more important things to do.

Most of the border officials of the Ming Empire held actual military power, which to a certain extent caused the phenomenon of self-respect of the soldiers, which Zhu Houzhao did not notice.

Among them, the most typical one belongs to the Liaodong General Army. In his hands, these 20 soldiers became the ace iron army of the Ming Dynasty.

The general army of Liaodong was stationed in Shanhaiguan, only more than [-] miles away from the capital, and the troops of Liaodong could reach the capital in three days.

And this land of Liaodong has a vast territory and many ethnic minorities, and the national ethos of unity has been formed for many years, so the Jianzhou Jurchen and Yehenala tribes came into being.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhu Houzhao checked the tax situation of Liaodong Mansion, frowning tightly.

(End of this chapter)