Chapter 55: The situation in the Forbidden City changes when the imperial brother returns to the dynasty

It was a gray and overcast day, and there was a light rain in the air. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe Forbidden City in late autumn and early winter was shrouded in a cold atmosphere, and all the people in the city stood quietly in the freezing rain waiting for Zhu Qizhen's return to the court, quietly waiting for the moment when the two emperors met.

In the distance, I saw a team of warats' honor guards, which had slowly approached the Fengtian Temple. Empress Dowager Sun's hands were clenched tightly together, as if she was going to pinch her nails into the flesh, Ruoxue helped Empress Dowager Sun's slightly trembling body, and said softly: "Niangniang, don't worry too much." Empress Dowager Sun straightened up and nodded slightly. Queen Qian next to her opened a pair of distracted eyes, but she seemed to be able to see everything clearly.

The sedan chair soon arrived, and Zhu Qizhen walked down steadily under the support of Wara's guards, and walked towards the Fengtian Hall that he once controlled. All the ministers and guards knelt down and saluted, this scene was familiar to him, in the past he would accept such a big gift every day, but in the past the mountain shouted "Long live the emperor" and today "Long live the emperor." Now that the courtiers exploded clearly and loudly in his ears, the three words of the emperor felt so harsh.

"The Emperor?" He is not yet twenty-five years old, but he has become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, which is really the most ridiculous thing in history. Although he was unhappy and angry in his heart, he still held his head high, and walked majestically in front of the ministers step by step towards his imperial brother, who is now the emperor's imperial brother, standing not far away The smiling imperial brother, with a friendly smile on the corner of his mouth, but there is an unfathomable sense of distance.

"Brother Huang! You're finally back! Zhu Qiyu walked quickly in front of Zhu Qizhen and held his hand excitedly, "Brother Huang, you can suffer this year!" ”

"Hehe, thank you for your concern." Zhu Qizhen smiled slightly and politely. Now that the time is different from the past, Cao Jixiang, who was close to him in the past, is now standing by Zhu Qiyu's side and serving him like a dog. He turned his gaze to the side slightly, and saw that Cao Jixiang had already filled his eyes with tears of excitement. Yes, he was very good to Cao Jixiang in the past, and he was originally a generous and benevolent person. It seems that this Gonggong Cao is not as comfortable as before around Zhu Qiyu.

After the greetings, Zhu Qizhen wanted to visit his mother in front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the most distressed and difficult mother in the world. Empress Dowager Sun trembled and hugged her son, who was about to bow down, and said with tears: "The ground is cold, why do you and my mother and son need to be so red tape." At this time, the two really wanted to hug each other and cry bitterly, but no matter how bitter they were, at this occasion, the mother and son could only look at each other and smile, just a few words.

Zhu Qizhen replied with tears in his eyes: "The son is not filial, he didn't listen to his mother's persuasion at the beginning, and let his mother suffer!" "Zhu Qizhen has never been so remorseful about the battle of Tumubao, if he said that when he was on the battlefield before, he was sorry for the world and the imperial power, but today facing his mother, he is a confession from the blood. It can be seen that in the year he has been gone, his mother has aged a lot and is very haggard, and all this is caused by his stubbornness at the beginning.

"Shen'er sees his father!" Zhu Jianshen was led by Ruoxue and walked straight to him, and asked his father for peace in a very measured manner.

"Shen'er!" Shen'er has grown up a lot this year and is a lot more sensible, which is the only thing that makes him a little gratified. But what about his biological mother, Zhou? Zhu Qizhen looked around, but he couldn't see Zhou Guifei in the dense crowd, the woman who always wanted to dominate the crowd in the past. The one standing in the concubine was dazed, but it was his Queen Qian?? Why did she see tears hanging down her eyes, but there was no anger in her eyes? Zhu Qizhen suddenly vaguely felt that he had been hunting in the north for a year, but the palace was like a world away.

The icy rain and snow particles fell wantonly on everyone in the Forbidden City, "Brother Huang, I think I'm tired of returning to the North Hunt Dynasty today, right?" Would the imperial brother please go back to Nangong to rest temporarily? Zhu Qiyu said with a smile.

A team of palace maids and eunuchs and a team of royal guards walked in front of him, still with the usual majestic royal etiquette, but they couldn't help but "invite" him to the South Palace. All the ministers can see it clearly, now Zhu Qizhen is already a veritable emperor, all the ceremonial arrays are made by Emperor Jingtai and decent, and all the decent Jingtai emperors can be given to the emperor, but only the power is firmly grasped in the hands of Emperor Jingtai.

Nangong is a palace newly prepared by Emperor Jingtai for Zhu Qizhen. This younger brother was very considerate to renovate Nangong, and everywhere exuded a fresh and neat atmosphere. Zhu Qizhen looked around at the newly painted paint, the newly placed luxurious furniture, and those strange palace people, this Nangong may be the place where he will stay in this life. He couldn't help but sigh one after another, remembering the scene in front of the Fengtian Palace just now, and when he saw it in a hurry, he already felt that his dearest relatives had suffered a great grievance in this palace, and Zhou Guifei, his favorite woman, was nowhere to be seen. What's going on? He wants to fight back what little rights belong to him, after all, this Forbidden City once belonged to him.

"Ahem...."Zhu Qizhen looked at these strange palace faces with a smile, and said to them with a smile: "In the future, you will need to take care of your lonely life." Haha, that's fine, we're happy. ”

The kneeling palace people had already heard that the Emperor Taishang was a good talker, so there was Wang Zhenchao, and now they are really cordial when they see it, and the palace people arranged in the South Palace are all idlers who are not powerful in the palace, and they are all relieved after listening to Zhu Qizhen's words.

"Emperor Taishang, the minions will serve you wholeheartedly in the future." One of the little eunuchs replied obediently.

"Very well, you are not very old. What's your name? Zhu Qizhen suddenly had a good impression of this clever and handsome little eunuch.

"Back to the emperor, slave Xiaofuzi." Fukuko replied smartly.

"Good name! Little Fuzi, I really hope that there will be more blessings in our palace!" Zhu Qizhen looked at everything in the palace and said it meaningfully.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Qiyu sat on his golden silk nanmu bookcase, burning the fine ambergris incense in front of him, and the fragrant aroma permeated the entire hall, which also offset the slight dampness and coldness in the air. Cao Jixiang stood quietly behind Zhu Qiyu, he had been thinking about Zhu Qizhen's generosity today, for example, in this weather, if there was nothing to do, Zhu Qizhen would let him go to the side hall to rest early, instead of letting him stand like a punishment all the time.

Xu Pu stood in front of the bookcase, quietly watching Zhu Qiyu's silence. Yes, now that the young Emperor Taishang is back, how to arrange the secluded mouth that has blocked the world is the most anxious thing for the emperor now. And today's performance of Emperor Jingtai is that the right is not allowed to be relaxed at all.