The main hall of the palace is full of joyful red silk hanging high, as well as countless red palace lights.

Walking into the dormitory, Zhu Youxiao saw Queen Zhang sitting on the carved wooden bed, quiet like a white orchid waiting to be picked.

According to the rules in the palace, the next cave room was also served by the emperor's side.

At this time, there were many waiting palace maids standing in the room.

However, Zhu Youxiao did not have the habit of letting people visit, and waved his hand to let them retreat.

Empress Zhang also stood up at this time, her little face was slightly red, and she gently walked to Zhu Youxiao's side and saluted her emperor and her husband.

Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and helped the petite Empress Zhang up.

At this time, the two of them were wearing regular clothes, and they had already changed when they drank the wine.

Looking at Queen Zhang in front of him, Zhu Youxiao really had a heart-pounding feeling, this may be the legendary beauty under the lamp, the more you look at it, the more energetic you are.

"It's not getting early, let's rest early." Zhu Youxiao's voice was a little hoarse and said.

Empress Zhang nodded lightly, a little shy, and her face was a little red, but she still let Zhu Youxiao take her hand and walked to the side of the couch.

Zhu Youxiao smiled and reached out to put down the curtains on both sides of the couch. This small world is so isolated from the big world outside.

It's a little world for the two of them.

Stretching out his hand to pull Empress Zhang to the couch, Zhu Youxiao looked at Empress Zhang intently, and praised: "The queen is so good-looking." ”

After listening to Zhu Youxiao's words, Empress Zhang's face was slightly red, and she said a little timidly: "The queen can't be praised for her sex. ”

Hearing her words, Zhu Youxiao smiled softly.

In this era, there is a universal value called marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous person, and taking a concubine. To put it bluntly, for a man, it is more important for his wife to be virtuous, and if he marries a concubine, then beauty is even more important.

But isn't it better for a husband that his wife is good-looking?

Virtue and beauty do not conflict.

Zhu Youxiao took Empress Zhang's little hand, patted it gently, and said gently: "What about this, I will have time in the future, I will discuss it slowly with the queen." Now we should do something more important. ”

Empress Zhang naturally knew what the emperor was talking about, and her face turned red as soon as she snorted, and even her slender neck turned pink.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the shy little man in front of him and gently pressed her down on the couch.

Empress Zhang blushed slightly, bit her lip lightly and tilted her head to the side.

For Zhu Youxiao, the wedding is not actually over, because he still has a lot of things to do.

On the second day, Zhu Youxiao and Empress Zhang still needed to wear dresses to meet the Queen Mother.

Although Zhu Youxiao did not have a queen mother, there was still a concubine Zhuang living in Kunning Palace, so Zhu Youxiao took Empress Zhang to go.

You must know that this Concubine Li's status in the palace is not low, she raised Zhu Youxiao and his younger brother Emperor Chongzhen.

On the third day after marriage, Zhu Youxiao wanted to wear a crown dress, and Empress Zhang still wore a dress to meet the concubine. If the other party is the queen mother, then you have to bow eight times; And Concubine Zhuang is only a concubine, so there is no need to bow eight times, but there should still be etiquette.

On the fourth day after the wedding, Zhu Youxiao needed to wear a crown to the Huagai Palace, the prince bowed eight times, the official in charge of the wedding worshiped five times, and then went to the Fengtian Palace, where the civil and military officials presented the congratulatory table and made a celebration gift.

On the fifth day after the wedding, Zhu Youxiao and Empress Zhang had to perform the "Gift Ceremony" (serving His Holiness to wash and eat). This ritual originated in the Song Dynasty and continued in the Ming Dynasty.

At this point, Zhu Youxiao's emperor's wedding is completely over.

After the wedding, Zhu Youxiao had a feeling of exhaustion and prostration, and he didn't want to do anything but sleep.

But no, because the wedding between Zhu Youxiao and Empress Zhang is over, but he still has two concubines to spoil.

If you don't go to the concubine's side, then it's not in accordance with the rules.

So Zhu Youxiao could only drag his body and go to the concubine's side.

Zhu Youxiao's two concubines, one surnamed Yuan and the other surnamed Tian. When they were crowned queens before, both of them also got their own titles, all of them were concubines, and they both had their own palaces.

In fact, there are many people in the palace who are staring, wanting to see which palace Zhu Youxiao goes to first, because this means who Zhu Youxiao prefers.

But there is always one after the other, and Zhu Youxiao doesn't like anyone more. But this kind of thing, there is no way to avoid it, how can you call two people together?

So Zhu Youxiao went to Concubine Tian, who was closer to the Qianqing Palace, and went to Concubine Yuan the next day.

On the third day, Zhu Youxiao didn't go anywhere, not even Empress Zhang.

He was going to go back to his Qianqing Palace and get a good night's sleep, not wanting anyone to disturb him.

He was a little tired.

After resting for three days, Zhu Youxiao felt that he had recovered.

He was a little helpless, his body was still a little weak, but it may also be a little indulgent, after all, it was not light to toss every night.

After drinking a mouthful of porridge and eating a mouthful of refreshing sour radish, Zhu Youxiao felt a lot better.

I was hollowed out a few days ago and didn't even have the appetite to eat, but now I have finally recovered.

Putting the bowl away, Zhu Youxiao looked at Chen Hong, who was standing on the side, and said, "Is there anything late?" ”

Although I got married and didn't have to worry about anything, I didn't care about it, it didn't mean that there was nothing to do. Now that you've recovered yourself, it's time to ask what's going on.

"Back to the emperor, everything is safe in the court. There are some things that the cabinet elders also handle very well, and there are no other major matters. Here is a list of some things that have happened recently, please take a look at the emperor. After speaking, Chen Hong presented a booklet.

Reaching out to take the booklet, Zhu Youxiao flipped through it and found that there was indeed nothing too big.

He probably understands that after all, this is his own wedding. When the emperor is married, no matter whether the person who is doing the trouble is responsible or not, he will not have a very good impression of him.

Courtiers generally do not make such mistakes.

However, there is still one thing that has attracted Zhu Youxiao's attention, that is, Zhao Nanxing's side has already finished the case.

Basically, it was almost the same as the last time, a few of the leaders were directly killed, and the rest of the families were sent to Liaodong to fill the army.

The last time I handled it like this, this time I still deal with it like this, and there is nothing too big a problem. The cabinet gave the vote and agreed; If you agree, the celebrant will give you a red and deal with it as such.

So Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Okay, just do it like this." ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled and put down the booklet in his hand, the matter can come to an end at this time, and his early foreshadowing is almost completed, and you can imagine what to do later.

In fact, what to do, Zhu Youxiao knows in his heart.

What I have to do next is nothing more than a few directions:

The number one must be the military, and he can't do anything without the army in his hands, and there is Nurhachi outside, so the training is the first place.

The second place should be to make money, and if you have to find a way to get a lot of money, you can't do anything without money, whether it is a natural disaster in the future, or there are man-made counter-rebellions or training new troops.

If you think about it, although you have made some money by copying your home, you can't always copy your home, and it will be very troublesome to always copy your home.

There can be people who oppose themselves as emperors, and there can be people who don't like themselves, but you must not let everyone oppose you, and you can't let everyone dislike you.

To paraphrase a previous sentence, it is to pull one faction and fight another, and now that the fight is over, it is time to pull.

Although Xu Guangqi brought it over by himself, he didn't have any descendants to help him do things in terms of money.

If you want to get involved in the economy, someone has to do things for you financially, otherwise there is no hope.

In addition to these two points, the third place should be the official.

Although he temporarily calmed down the disputes in the court, knocked down the Donglin Party, and got a Xu Guangqi to come up. But Xu Guangqi's strength is still very weak, and although there are people to help in the local area, there are not many.

And things in officialdom are very complicated, not that I have to help you do things because I am your person, but you have to bring me enough benefits.

The battle of ideas, the establishment of academies, and next year's imperial examination are the focus of his next work.

It's not easy to get any of the three directions, but you still have to do it, and if you don't do it, it will definitely be even worse, so take your time!

Now my situation is much better than when I just crossed, at least Liaodong is stable, and there is no need to be afraid.

Standing up and moving his muscles, Zhu Youxiao walked outside the room.

Looking at the bright sunshine outside and taking a breath of fresh air, Zhu Youxiao was in a good mood, and now he is finally in the mood to enjoy the sunshine.

"Emperor, Shen Tingyun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asks to see you." Chen Hong came to Zhu Youxiao's side, bowed down and said.

Zhu Youxiao didn't expect someone to come to see him at this time.

It was only three days after his wedding, and they came, but he didn't expect it to be Shen Tingyun, it seemed that he was really anxious.

Zhu Youxiao has no way to do this

Shen Tingyun was promoted by himself, not to mention that people do practical things, you can't anger others because of this matter.

So Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said, "Let him come in!" ”

It didn't take long for Shen Tingyun to walk in from outside.

He had two huge black circles under his eyes, and the whites of his eyes were red, and he could see that he had stayed up all night.

When Zhu Youxiao got married before, their etiquette department had been busy with the front and back, and Shen Tingyun was afraid that something would go wrong

Regarding his own situation, Shen Tingyun knows very well that countless people regard him as a thorn in the flesh and want to pull himself out quickly, so he doesn't dare to make any mistakes, and he can only work hard every day, making himself very tired.

Although Shen Tingyun should have a good rest, and he knew that he shouldn't come to disturb Zhu Youxiao at this time, he really couldn't pretend in his heart.

Shen Tingyun needs to finalize the matter as soon as possible, even if it is delayed after the finalization is completed, it must be finalized as soon as possible.

"Shen Tingyun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, see Your Majesty." After seeing Zhu Youxiao, Shen Tingyun hurriedly saluted.

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand to signal him to stand up, and asked with a smile, "Is there something wrong with Aiqing's coming?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister also knows that he shouldn't come to disturb His Majesty at this time, but the matter is urgent, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me." Shen Tingyun bowed again.