In the blink of an eye, it was the enthronement ceremony, and on this day, the flowers in Beijing were full of flowers, and the singing and dancing were leveled. Zhu Di ascended the throne on this day, and Xu Yunhua was canonized as the queen on this day. These two ceremonies are the highest celebrations formulated after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and they are known as the Golden Phoenix Edict in history. The edict is divided into two volumes, namely Zhu Di's "Ascending Edict" and Xu Yunhua's "Edict of Grace".

Zhu Di came to ask me if I wanted to attend the ceremony the night before, and I refused on the pretext that I was unwell, so Zhu Di didn't ask too much, just had a meal with me.

On the second day, when I was in my palace, I could hear the sound of whipping and the worship of the courtiers, followed by the sound of colorful cannons that shook the sky.

When Xu Yunhua entered Beijing, he brought all the other people in the Yanwang Mansion in Beiping City, except for a few housekeepers who guarded the door. Bao'er and Zhu'er also entered the palace, and Zhu Di thought that they had served me in the past, so they were all transferred to my small hall. The place where I live is a very small side hall, but there is an advantage, that is, it is very close to the Heart Cultivation Palace, Zhu Di wants to come over, and he will arrive after walking half a cup of tea. It's because I never want to move out, and he himself always mentions the matter of changing the hall for me, and because of this, he is reluctant to really do it.

Zhu'er was so lively, she dressed up early in the morning and followed Sanbao, who had returned to Beijing, to see the founding ceremony, and Bao'er didn't like these scenes, so she accompanied me in the dormitory, while doing needlework, and at the same time, there was a match to tell me about the things in the Yanwang Mansion in the past few years. I listened to those things as if I were listening to someone else's story, drifting and empty. Bao'er is a girl with a lot of eyesight, and when she saw that I wasn't very interested, she stopped talking.

I looked at Bao'er, and suddenly thought that she was also twenty-five years old this year, and she was supposed to be released according to the old rules in the palace, so I asked, "Bao'er, do you have any other relatives?" ”

Bao'er was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly, "I was rescued by Brother Sanbao and brought back to Yanwang's Mansion, and I don't even know what my surname is, let alone who my parents are, where do I have any relatives?" ”

I nodded and said no more. Bao'er suddenly put down the work in her hand and looked at me with tears in her eyes, "Miss, are you going to release me from the palace?" ”

I didn't expect her to be so sensitive, and I didn't guess that she would be so sad, so I hurriedly accosted her and smiled, "It's just a casual question, you don't have to be sad." ”

Bao'er couldn't help choking, looked at me, and suddenly fell to her knees with a thud, her body fell deep to the ground, and said, "Miss, Bao'er knows that you just asked me in vain, but I also have a bottom in my heart, all these years are because of the prince's martyrdom." Speaking of this, she paused and said again, "I should fight this mouth, in the past few years, it is the emperor who is in Jingjing, and the queen mother is not in the mood to care about us slaves in Beiping, if our emperor is a prince, I am afraid that I will be casually matched with a small servant, and now we are all in the palace, the rules are even bigger, and the palace daughters are going to be sent out when they are twenty-five years old, or marry or go back to their parents' home, and now that I have also arrived here, I must abide by the rules here." But I'm a homeless, if I get married, although I'm a subordinate, but it's always a lifelong thing, Bao'er doesn't want to be casually accused of marrying a stinky man who has never even seen faces, and this life. ”

When Bao'er said the back, she was already choked up, "Bao'er doesn't want to get married, and she doesn't want to leave, so please ask Miss to bless her." As he spoke, he bowed deeply to me again.

I hurriedly pulled her up, took a handkerchief and wiped her cheeks carefully, and said softly, "Supposedly, you can't be so persistent, you see that Zhu'er married someone in the palace, and now her man is a royal guard, and she herself is the aunt of the palace here, how many people envy her?" This is the emperor's great favor, you have been with the emperor for so many years, if you open your mouth, you must also follow Zhu'er's example, but I understand your thoughts, you can rest assured, I will help you arrange your destination. ”

Bao'er looked at me with teary eyes, as if she didn't understand what I was talking about, I waved my hand and said, "My head hurts a little this time, you go down and sit down first, and when I feel better, I will call you." ”

When Bao'er heard me say this, she didn't want to make a noise with me, so she packed up her sewing basket and took it down.

Being cried like this by Bao'er, I felt a little depressed. Her meaning to Sanbao is already known to the whole government in the palace, and Sanbao actually likes her a lot, but Xu Yunhua used Sanbao as an excuse to prevent their marriage, in fact, over the years, the guidance behind it is not nothing, but Bao'er is a woman who doesn't care much about the eyes of others, or maybe she cares a lot, but she just didn't show it in her heart. But now, the rules are here, and she herself knows her situation, so with her strong temperament, she would turn to me so helplessly. She served me for a while, and I treated her as a sister like Pearl, and I had to come forward to solve this problem for her. Thinking like this, as if he had made a big decision in his heart, he nodded to himself, and after nodding, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, who did he nod to?

In the Ming Dynasty, when a woman reached the age of fourteen, her parents had to plan a marriage for her, and it was common for her to take two or three children at the age of seventeen or eighteen. Even a girl like Bao'er is beginning to worry about her fate, and she can still beg me, but what about myself?

Here, I gradually lived a little confused, and sometimes I deliberately didn't think about my age, but after all, Helian Yi's age was already twenty-six, and he had been following Zhu Di like this without a name or a point, how many people gossiped behind their backs, I could think of it with my eyes closed. Just take the fact that Zhu Di left the camp in the battle and went to Tengzhou to pick me up alone, which had already made those generals extremely dissatisfied at that time, and others would not talk about it, and the first general, Zhu Neng, was the first to look down on me.

But is my destination really to ask Zhu Di for a concubine, and then, like Xu Yunhua, wear silk and satin, gold and silver for the rest of my life in this palace? Even people like Yue Longcheng, who were blinded by power in the past, have already cut through the power after these four years, and the power is just a cloud of smoke, and he refused Zhu Di's official rank of giving him the command of the Jinyi Guard, what do I want to do with this?

Thinking about this, Zhu'er had already come back with a bounce, her face was full of light, she looked very excited, and when she entered the door, she forgot to salute, and said, "Oh my mother! Miss! Let you see, if you don't go, you will lose a lot! ”

I forced a smile and said, "What did you see, so happy?" ”

"Lord Wang...... How majestic the emperor is today, you can't even dream of it! The dragon robe is on him, as if he was born to do it for him, and the queen mother is wearing the crown of nine dragons and four phoenixes and wearing Zhai clothes today, which is also very graceful! The officials who came to worship below were also dressed up one by one, so luxurious! The best thing is not this, in addition to our officials of the Ming Dynasty, there are also many foreign envoys who came with tributes to congratulate the emperor on his enthronement and the queen's canonization, those people, their beards and hair are curly, and some people's hair is not the same color as us, there are yellow, red, and brown! What's more, they all have high noses, green eyes, and fancy clothes, and we all point at those people in the back and laugh, saying that they are like our cats, green eyes. Since Zhu'er married a woman, she has a much more cheerful personality, and at this time, while talking and gesturing, the whole room is lively because of her alone.

I couldn't help but be really happy, "Are you just patronizing those blond and blue-eyed Gentiles?" ”

"What's the matter, I just watched how our emperor demonstrated to those gentiles, telling them that as long as they are loyal to our Ming Dynasty and pay tribute on time every year, our Ming Dynasty will protect them from the invasion of foreign thieves. Miss, you don't know, the emperor's expression and momentum when he said that! It's even more majestic than when Taizu was there! ”

I hurriedly made a "shhhhh Beware of partition walls with ears. ”

Zhu'er blushed, "Got it." ”

"Is the ceremony over?"

"It's over after the fireworks are over, and it's probably going to be a banquet at this time."

I sighed, "You can go back and rest, you should be tired after a long morning." ”

"Miss, don't you want to wait? Bao'er is not here, and I am not here, if you want tea or water......"

"Not necessarily."

Only then did Zhu'er retreat. I sat alone and thought nonsense, and I didn't even take a bite of the two meals that Zhu'er brought me until it was dark. Zhu Di must be so busy today that his feet don't touch the ground, and he won't come to me if he thinks about it. I felt very uncomfortable, so I washed up early and prepared to go to bed, and the general took off his light makeup and prepared to go to bed, when I suddenly heard a knock on the door, and a figure walked in, carrying a candlelight, and couldn't see his face clearly, but the bright yellow clothes, I had only just come out of his identity.

"Your Majesty, why are you here so late?"

Zhu Di whispered "shh ”

I was about to get up with my hands propped up, but he reached out and helped me up, and I smiled and said, "It's a little unaccustomed to changing my words for a while." ”

"I'll call you whatever you like. Why follow them? ”

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