My Daming New Empire

Eight eunuchs carried lanterns and escorted Zhu Zhanji to the Xuanyi Hall in the apse. As soon as they arrived at the gate of the small courtyard of the Xuanyi Hall, they saw two aunts in charge, one holding Zhu Xue and the other holding Zhu Qizhen trot over.

Seeing that they wanted to worship, Zhu Zhanji waved his hand, reached out and took the two children wrapped in balls from their arms, and hugged one in each hand. "Why haven't you slept this night? Are you still here together?"

The two children were very excited, chattering and talking, but they didn't explain why they came together.

A disciplining aunt said: "His Royal Highness, tomorrow is Fei'er's little princess's birthday. The grandson concubine said that it just passed the new year, and she wanted to celebrate it. I discussed this matter in Yongfu Palace. Today, the little prince and the little princesses are also there." Join in the fun, and the trouble has reached the present."

Zhu Zhanji has too many wives. In addition to the Xingqing Palace, the Yongfu Palace on the south side of the Xingqing Palace is now also occupied to house concubines.

However, Zhu Zhanji did not occupy the other Yongshou Palace, but gave it to his younger sisters, so that they also had their own small world.

Zhu Zhanji hummed, turned around and said to Liu Wan: "Tomorrow, I will give Shang Chenghui a copy of the perfume I brought back from Europe, and give Feier a box of the gold ornaments sent by Qiu's family."

Children are too young, especially girls, now they only have names and no titles, and the servants also use their first names to distinguish them.

As soon as Xue'er heard it, she put her arms around Zhu Zhanji's neck and began to act like a baby. "Daddy, I also want gold beads. Shuang'er has gold beads, but Xue'er doesn't."

When Zhu Zhanji was hugged by her, his heart almost melted. "Okay, okay, okay, all of them, daddy will give you a make-up birthday."

Xue'er's mother is Hu Shanxiang, who was also the one who became a queen in history and was deposed again.Although she has the appearance of a mother, her family background is ordinary. Of course, she can't compare with Lan Yan, who is a little rich woman.

Most of the concubines in this palace come from mediocre families, Ma Xin is probably the only one whose natal family is richer than Lan Yan's.

With the strong support of Zhu Zhanji in the past few years, the Ma family has opened several glazed workshops, and has procurement from the Ministry of Industry and the internal supervisor.

Before Zhu Zhanji entered the door, Hu Shanxiang came out with a few court ladies. Seeing Zhu Zhanji holding a child in one hand, he also smiled. "Your Highness has been tiring all day, why did you bring back the annoying spirit?"

Zhu Xue immediately said stubbornly: "I'm not a nuisance...Daddy, look at what mother said about me..."

Zhu Zhanji laughed and said: "My Xue'er is the cutest, ignore your mother, she teases you on purpose."

Hu Shanxiang reached out to hug Zhu Xue, but the little girl turned around and hugged Zhu Zhanji's neck tightly, ignoring her.

Hu Shanxiang pretended to be angry and patted her lightly, and said angrily: "It's only been a few days, and I will forget my mother after having a father. I love you for nothing. Does Your Highness still want to eat?"

"Not tired, let me get close to the child." Zhu Zhanji refused to let her come to hold the child, and ordered: "It's cold, don't make too much trouble, just bring me a bowl of sheep oil tea."

Carrying the child into the house, the room is also equipped with floor heating, and the others are not as afraid of the cold as Zhu Di.Zhu Zhanji put the two children on the soft couch and let them play by themselves. They took off their thick fur cloaks and asked the maids to play with a few stones for them.

It's okay for a little girl Zhu Xue to play this, but a boy in Zhu Qizhen also likes this, so Zhu Zhanji can't see it.

This palace is full of female relatives, and there is a long way to go to cultivate his masculinity.

Zhu Zhanji also made up his mind to send all the boys to Habayashi Wei Xue when they were six years old.

After a while, a night of fragrant mutton tea was served. This mutton tea is fried with sheep oil, sesame seeds, peanuts, flour, vermicelli, and tea leaves, and then mixed with onion, ginger, garlic and various spices. made.

After frying, it can last for a few months, just brew it with boiling water when eating.

Although various seasonings suppress the fishy smell, the smell of mutton oil is already strong, some people like it, some people don't like it.

Most children don't like this taste, and they are not hungry, so they don't even look at it.

Zhu Zhanji ate a large bowl in a few strokes, smacked his mouth, washed his hands again, and sat on the soft couch to play with the two children, teaching them how to play backgammon.

Hu Shanxiang sat on the sidelines and watched that he was not as dignified as usual, he was accommodating to the two children, and he didn't seem to favor boys over girls, so he felt very annoyed.

However, she still touched her lower abdomen, thinking about giving His Highness a few more sons to be satisfied.

At this time, a court lady was reporting. "Your Highness, Hu Liangdi, the prince in front of the concubine came to ask the little prince if he fell asleep. It's getting late, so we can't let them play for too long."

Both Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Xue are less than four years old in real time and five years old in imaginary age. When they just had a sense of logic, they like the backgammon they just learned very much.

After hearing what the maid said, Zhu Qizhen raised his head and said, "I won't sleep, I won't sleep, I still want to play backgammon."

A eunuch about 24 or [-] years old appeared at the door. He greeted Zhu Zhanji and Hu Liangdi first, then looked at Zhu Qizhen and said, "Little prince, the concubine misses you. I will accompany you back and play backgammon with you." OK?"

Zhu Zhanji grew up in the palace, and most of the eunuchs in the palace have impressions, but he has never seen this eunuch.

It is reasonable to say that it is a young eunuch who has just been transferred, but it is a bit unusual for a eunuch who is already in his 20s to be transferred to the palace.

Because the eunuchs in the palace have their own rules, whether it is promotion or transfer, they all follow the rules.It is difficult for an adult eunuch to be transferred in, let alone serving in front of nobles.

Zhu Zhanji frowned, and asked, "I haven't seen you before, when did you enter the palace?"

The other party replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, my servant Wang Zhen sold herself into the palace five years ago because she lost her mother and was unable to manage the funeral. She was originally guarding the land for the concubine in Beiping, and delivered New Year's goods to the capital two years ago. Because the servant once He won the fame of a scholar and won the favor of the grandson concubine."

Even with Zhu Zhanji's expressionless expression of happiness and anger, he was shocked to hear the name Wang Zhen.

Is this the eunuch who dragged the Ming Dynasty into the abyss?

One Wang Zhen, one Liu Jin, and one Wei Zhongxian, these were the three most famous eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty who were full of evil and powerful.

Although Zhu Zhanji knows that history cannot be trusted, but killing any of these three people ten times may not be enough to make up for Daming's loss to them.

Even if Wang Zhen wasn't the culprit who directly caused the change in the civil servants group as recorded in the history books, he just took the blame for the civil official group.But just because he bewitched Zhu Qizhen and extended the eunuch's power from the palace to the court, he should punish the nine clans.

A killing intent surged in Zhu Zhanji's heart, and his expression became calmer. "Since you are a scholar, why did you end up in such a field, selling yourself to bury your mother? What are your strengths?"

Wang Zhen didn't know Zhu Zhanji's character. Hearing Zhu Zhanji's question, he thought that he had also won Zhu Zhanji's favor, and replied happily: "When I was young, I didn't understand the world, and I made bitter fruit myself. No wonder others. The slaves are good at counting. In charge of the accounts, now the Concubine Taisun's internal and external expenses are managed by slaves."

In front of the child, Zhu Zhanji said calmly: "I will work with my heart in the future. Qi Zhen, this backgammon belongs to my sister. I won't play today. Daddy will give you another set tomorrow."

Zhu Qizhen was a little afraid of Zhu Zhanji, and said with some reluctance: "Daddy, can you give me a set that is the same as your sister tomorrow?"

"Okay, go back and sleep well, and tomorrow I will ask Liu Shaojian to send it to you."

Liu Wan looked at the unusual Zhu Zhanji, and wondered why His Highness wanted to kill a newcomer.After following Zhu Zhanji for many years, he knows Zhu Zhanji's character very well. The more serious and bad things happen, the calmer he will be.

But for Liu Wan, the loss of one competitor is only a good thing for him, and he doesn't know Wang Zhen, so naturally he won't complain for him.

The aunt in charge held Zhu Qizhen in her arms, and Wang Zhen left behind them.Zhu Zhanji came to the clean room in the side wing under the pretext of changing clothes.

"Ask Sun Lin about everything about this Wang Zhen. Also, tomorrow, I will go to Jiajiang to take inventory of my belongings, and bring this Wang Zhen with me to give the concubine the reason of last time."

Liu Wan replied yes, without even daring to ask why, and quietly withdrew.

When facing major events, Zhu Zhanji likes to be considerate, because this affects the general trend and the fate of the entire Ming Dynasty.

But in the face of some unexpected situations, what Zhu Zhanji likes most is the lack of a quick knife to cut the mess.

According to the time, according to his close relationship with Zhu Qizhen, this Wang Zhen is very consistent with the historical Wang Zhen.

Since such a person appeared in front of him, the easiest way was of course to kill him with one knife, and it would be over once and for all.

Regardless of whether he is the treacherous official or a low-level eunuch, if he is killed, he will be killed.

However, for the sake of the relationship between husband and wife, Zhu Zhanji decided to tell Sun Xian first at breakfast tomorrow.