There is a mistake in the previous text: the current Marquis of Wuqing is Li Gao, not his father Li Wei (corrected)

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For example, yesterday was the first day of the Lunar New Year, when the emperor first went to the ancestral temple to pay respects, and then held a large court meeting in the Fengtian Temple to accept the New Year's worship of the ministers.

After the court, it is necessary to give red envelopes. This is the rule given during the Chenghua period of Xianzong, which is said to be the Zhengdan festival to give a hundred official banquets to save money.

However, institutions are often broken by people.

Wanli, who has inconvenient legs and feet and has never been able to fight the courtiers, has not been to the court for more than 20 years, so it is impossible for his old man to go to Fengtian Temple to accept the New Year's greetings from the courtiers, let alone send red envelopes. He would rather keep the red envelope money and send it to his children and grandchildren.

Yesterday, after going to Cining Palace with the queen and concubine to incense the queen mother, Wanli sent the first big red envelope of the year - 30,000 taels of silver.

The person who received the red envelope was not the prince of the East Palace, nor the eldest grandson of the emperor, but another prince in Beijing besides the prince - Zhu Changhao, the king of Rui.

Although Wanli doesn't like King Rui's mother, Concubine Zhou Duan, his son is older after all, and he is 24 years old after the New Year, but he has not yet chosen to marry, and he is somewhat derelict in his duties.

In the early years, when the "Three Kings were combined", the father could be the one who pushed the younger son out as a gunman, and now the youngest son is 24 years old, but he didn't even find a daughter-in-law for his son, which is really unusual.

It's no wonder that when she went to Cining Palace to offer incense today, Concubine Zhou Duan would complain to Li and Yu, saying that Lao Tzu, who was the emperor, would not ask about his son.

King Rui's twenties did not choose to marry, and he did not settle for a vassal domain, and he stayed in the capital like his brother King Fu a few years ago, and he was not only worried about his mother Zhou Duanfei, but also worried about the courtiers outside.

In the past two years, the Donglin Party has written to the emperor to choose a marriage for King Rui, but it has never stopped, for no other reason, an adult prince is still in the palace, which is not a good thing for the East Palace. They are afraid that the front door will leave the Lucky King Wolf, and the back door will enter a Ruiwang Tiger.

But this matter, whether it is Concubine Zhou Duan, or the courtiers, they all misunderstood Wanli.

Wanli really doesn't care about his son's marriage, but this son is a bit special. The female officials sent by King Rui's side secretly replied to the concubine, saying that the prince was a good Buddha and not close to women.

This is a euphemism, if you think about it deeply, it may be that the little prince can't do anything.

His own son is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, but he can't do anything, you say that you can feel good about being Lao Tzu? Can you hang on your face?

Therefore, while distributing this 30,000 taels of red envelopes, Wanli has already made up his mind that he must choose Chang Hao's marriage this year, even if the princess is an ornament, it is also a symbol.

If there is really no heir, it is tight, and in the future, his brother will always give him a successor to the clan, and it will be good to keep incense.

These 30,000 taels of red envelopes are actually a matter of favor, and it is not Wanli's own money at all, but the "blackmail" of Wei Liangchen a year ago.

It's really a response to the cub's words that he doesn't feel distressed when he sells Yetian.

Zhu Changhao, this kid is actually fine, he knows that the throne is the eldest brother of the prince, and the eldest brother of the prince is not there, and the second brother of the blessed king is there, so it will not be his turn.

Therefore, he tried his best to get some savings for himself, so that he could live a nourishing life after he was settled. After all, it costs money to worship the Buddha.

In the past few years, Zhu Changhao has also gotten more than 100,000 taels of silver from Lao Tzu, compared to his eldest brother and prince who lived by borrowing usury, not to mention how chic his life is.

Of course, compared to the second brother Fu Wang, who was already in Luoyang, Zhu Changhao was a little shabby.

However, it can't be compared, who made the second brother the son of the concubine. The status of the concubine in the eyes of her father is much heavier than that of the queen.

Rui Wang Zhu Changhao secretly raised his eyes and glanced at the queen mother who was sitting with his father, and found that the mother-in-law's face for the New Year was not festive, but cold, thinking of the legend in the palace that Kunning Palace has a number of dead people every year, and his heart couldn't help but sudden.

After glancing at the prince brother with a loyal face, but he was fat and big-eared, chubby like a pig, and his appearance and appearance obviously formed a strong contrast, Zhu Changhao couldn't help but be a little jealous. But soon the younger brother adjusted his mentality, he is a person who worships the Buddha, how can he have the fame and fortune of this world.

No matter who is the crown prince or the emperor, isn't it his brother?

The crown prince and King Rui both came to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor and queen, and then they, as the representatives of the man, also entertained the princesses and eldest princesses for the emperor. This is also the proper meaning, the second daughter of the new year came to the door, and the brother-in-law entertained her.

In the hall, the thirteen-year-old school brother honestly stayed behind his father, holding his seven-year-old brother Zhu Youzhen and eight-year-old sister Zhu Huiyan.

The three brothers and sisters had obviously been taught by their father before they came, and from the time they entered the hall to this meeting, they all knew etiquette very well, which made their grandfather look quite happy.

Wanli asked the school brother about his studies and took a few questions in the school exam, and the school brother answered very well, which made Wanli, who was a grandfather, more and more happy, and praised the eldest grandson to the queen next to him.

"The eldest grandson is wise, and the country is blessed."

Queen Wang nodded, and glanced at the grandson who was not related to her by blood.

Concubine Zheng Guifei did not come to the Qianqing Palace, because she was about to give birth in more than 20 days, and it was very inconvenient to move, so Wanli specially sent a message to tell her not to come.

Wanli said "um", his feelings for Queen Wang are quite special, he really liked it in the past, but now it is a little complicated.

Queen Wang has been very smart and dignified since she was a child, so she was selected as a lady. At that time, the draft scope was in Jingshi and Beizhili and other places, a total of more than 450 people participated in the election, and finally selected Queen Wang and another woman of the same age, Chen, and after strict comparison of appearance, birthday, words and deeds, family background, etc., finally chose Sister Wang Xi, and the unsuccessful Chen did not enter the palace as a concubine. In the first month of the sixth year of Wanli, Wang Xijie, who was only thirteen years old, and Zhu Yijun officially held a wedding ceremony and were canonized as queens.

At that time, Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant, had written to the Queen Mother about the fact that the emperor and the empress were too young to get married, but because the Empress Dowager Li was anxious to hold her grandson, it was still held as scheduled.

After marriage, the relationship between Wanli and Queen Wang was indeed deep, and Queen Wang also gave birth to the eldest daughter of the emperor Rongchang for Wanli, but after that, she had several miscarriages, resulting in lifelong infertility.

Because of this, the personality of Queen Wang has changed greatly and she has become extremely irritable, so that more than 100 palace people have died in Kunning Palace over the years, which has caused Wanli to be extremely dissatisfied with this Yuan match. In addition, when the country was fighting, Empress Wang and Empress Dowager Li opposed the son of Concubine Li, which made the emperor and queen more and more estranged. Unless they have to be together on face, Wanli will never want to be with the queen and the queen.

I think this year is the second day of the Lunar New Year, and the princesses and horses will come over to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor and queen, but the queen's face is like an ice hole, and she is not even willing to cover up for his husband, and the dissatisfaction in Wanli's heart can be imagined.

But Wanli didn't want to say that the queen was not in front of the prince and King Rui, so he had to be unpleasant, and he didn't say a word to the queen.

There are no foreign ministers today, and the prince and King Rui are also talking casually, saying some auspicious words. Everyone was waiting for Cining Palace, but after a while, a waiter from Cining Palace hurriedly came and whispered a few words in the ear of Jia Daquan, a waiter in Qianqing Palace, and Jia Daquan's festive face instantly changed color. Then he hesitated, went up to the imperial stairs, and whispered twice to the emperor.

After hearing this, Queen Wang was stunned for a moment, then raised her eyebrows, snorted coldly, and looked at her husband with a sarcastic face: "Your Majesty gave birth to a good daughter!" ”

Wanli stood up with a snort, his eyes bulging, and his appearance was terrifying, which startled His Royal Highness's crown prince and King Rui.