In late March, Nanjing was already showing a spring color.

The cold northwest wind turned into a warm southeast wind, the dry air was a little moist, and the lonely trees were dressed in green.

The spring breeze blows on the cheeks, giving a soft, comfortable feeling.

The four seasons of the year are in spring, and spring is a good time to start a relationship......

After the Flower Dynasty Festival, under the arrangement of the old Wu Governor of the Tightrope Moon, Zhu Cihong "inadvertently" met Yu Xiandi many times.

There are many places to go in spring, the two are either listening to books in the teahouse, or enjoying flowers in the eastern suburbs, and occasionally go to Jiming Temple to worship the Buddha and make a wish.

Zhu Cihong gave Yu Xiandi a pair of carrier pigeons, which were used to communicate letters, learn literature, and taste poetry......

Zhu Cihong went from seriously appreciating the classics at the beginning, to slowly mixing private goods, hinting at flirting.

Today's review and analysis of "Journey to the West", he wrote: "When I was a child, I listened to the Journey to the West, and I only felt that it was difficult to ninety-nine and eighty-one, and the catastrophe of the daughter country was simple and boring, and now I know that the most difficult thing to cross is the love catastrophe, the life catastrophe is easy to cross, the love catastrophe is difficult, Tang Seng was heartbreaking and missed the ...... of his life"

Outside the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, a carrier pigeon had just flown back to the cage, and immediately a little eunuch took down the letter and sent it to the main hall quickly.

Zhu Cihong slowly opened it, and saw a line of beautiful small characters imprinted into his eyes: "Ask what is the situation in the world, call out the royal brother, marry each other with red makeup in the next life, but I don't know that there is no future life when he becomes a Buddha in the West, and he still hasn't ......lived up to it in this life after all."

Savoring it carefully, Zhu Cihong immediately replied and wrote: "When there is poverty at the end of the world, there is only endless lovesickness. ”

After a long time, another carrier pigeon flew into the Forbidden City, which read: "Acquaintance with Jun Chu is like returning to an old friend." ”

Zhu Cihong smiled slightly, although the words here were subtle, but they already showed that Miss Xu had fallen in love with me unconsciously.

He immediately replied with a more angry reply: "First acquaintance, first encounter, first acquaintance, indescribable, the sun, moon and stars are not as good as you." ”

I don't know if the carrier pigeon got lost, or Xu Chenyun was shy and unwilling to reply, and no carrier pigeon flew in, which made Zhu Cihong feel a sense of loss in his heart.

Yingtianfu, Jiangning County, Huashi Street.

In the Xu Mansion, the pavilion is high, connected to each other, the cloister is four-fold, the Xuan window is covered, the garden backyard is a secluded room, and the jade column is Zhu Yu.

In a large open window, there is a pear engraved bookcase, on which all kinds of books are neatly placed, and there are several inkstones, and various colored brushes are inserted in the pen holder like a forest.

On both sides of the bookcase are Jingdezhen porcelain, which is filled with all kinds of elegant flowers.

A young woman was sitting behind a bookcase, looking at the pigeon coop hanging by the window, a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth.

This woman is the Yu Xian brother that Zhu Cihong is thinking about, Xu Chenyun.

Looking at these love poems on the case, Xu Chenyun looked back on the good times when she fell in love with Zhu Gongzi at first sight, and her heart was sweet, and she finally picked up the pen and wrote down a line of small words: "It is only because of the feeling that Jun Yi looks back, which makes me think about Jun Chao and Twilight." ”

The well-fed carrier pigeon fluttered away and began the task of conveying affection.

"Miss, it's not Qiu Yue who said you, it's unlikely that you and that Zhu Gongzi."

The maid Qiuyue said softly: "I have inquired clearly, that Zhu Gongzi is just a praise painting of the Huangming Military Academy, although he can occasionally enter and leave the palace, but he is only a seven-grade petty official, and his annual salary is only more than a hundred taels, and it is not as expensive as a piece of jewelry on your body......"

Xu Chenyun tilted her head and said with some dissatisfaction: "Qiuyue, some things can't be measured by money, Zhu Gongzi is talented and outstanding, and he is already very young and promising to be an official at this age." ”

Qiu Yue pouted: "No matter how young and promising Master Zhu is, I'm afraid that the master will not agree." ”

"What's wrong with my dad? You made it clear. Xu Chenyun said in surprise.

Qiu Yue whispered: "I just heard from the housekeeper that the imperial court has officially started the draft, and the master has already brought his wife and young master to Nanjing from Ningbo Mansion." ”

"The draft has begun.......

Xu Chenyun muttered, a little nervous in her heart.

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, all the concubines and concubines of the Son of Heaven and the Prince were selected from the low-level officials or ordinary people with innocent families through the method of selecting girls, and it was absolutely forbidden for ministers to offer beautiful women for various reasons.

The area where the concubines are selected is generally near the two capitals, especially the women near the Beijing Division, who have more opportunities, and some concubines are sent by small countries on a regular basis.

Xu Chenyun was worried in her heart, worried that she would be elected to the palace and live a dark life from then on.

However, she quickly calmed down, the emperors of previous dynasties chose concubines, the process and requirements were very strict, and she had to go through seven or eight rounds of competition before she could enter the palace, and she might not be selected......

The first step in the draft is to send a group of eunuchs to various places to select women of good age, and each province has its own quota, a total of 5,000 beauties.

Then the Ministry of Rites prepared a dowry, and ordered the parents of the selected girls to send them to the capital, and when 5,000 women gathered in Beijing, the beauty pageant officially began, and the requirements were higher than the next.

"The land of Daming is vast, and there are so many talented and beautiful women, I shouldn't be selected......"

In the midst of his thoughts, the carrier pigeon fluttered its wings and landed in front of the window.

Xu Chenyun carefully took down the letter, opened it, and went to see Zhu Gongzi and wrote: "There are three thousand floating worlds, I love three, the sun, the moon and the Qing, the sun is the morning, the moon is the twilight, and the Qing is the twilight of the dynasty." ”

Her originally upset mood was instantly like the sun after the rain, feeling bright and warm.

Xu Chenyun said to herself: "No matter what the ending is, I just want to accompany you through this journey......"

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

"I don't want to stay with you, I just want to accompany you to the end of the world."

Zhu Cihong slowly recited this reply silently, both happy and puzzled in his heart, I don't know why his sweetheart made such an emotion......

"The Queen Mother has arrived!"

A loud voice came, and Zhu Cihong hurriedly put away the letter and started busy with state affairs.

During this period, the state affairs were busy, and Zhu Cihong was eighteen years old and had not yet married, so the Empress Dowager Zhou was very anxious, and often came to visit, and sent some soup from time to time.

Every time the Empress Dowager Zhou came over, Zhu Cihong was at the desk to review the chapters, or to check the map, summon the ministers to discuss countermeasures, and every day until late at night.

Empress Dowager Zhou saw it in her eyes and hurt in her heart, and began to faintly blame Chongzhen in her heart, the stall left by her husband to her son was too bad, everything seemed to be starting from scratch, and her son worked so hard.

Zhu Cihong, who is diligent in political affairs, makes the Empress Dowager Zhou both relieved and distressed, the eldest son is not as playful as ordinary prince children since he was a child, he is very sensible, and he never worries about it.

The eldest son has been involved in state affairs since he was seven or eight years old, leading the troops to go on expeditions, and it has been more than ten years since he was a child, and he has changed from a child to an emperor, without a day of childhood fun......

Every time I think of this, the corners of Empress Dowager Zhou's eyes unconsciously moisten.

"Emperor, rest for a while, drink the chicken soup that the queen mother made for you, replenish your body, don't get tired."

Zhu Cihong put down the matter in his hand, obediently took the soup and drank it, and chatted with the Empress Dowager Zhou.

Zhu Cihong said: "Queen Mother, the Wangu Road from Nanjing to the provincial capitals in the south of the Yangtze River has been almost built, and when the war in Dongfan is over, the emperor will accompany his father and mother to go out for a walk, and the family will also enjoy the joy of family." ”

(End of chapter)