Chapter 39: Grace
The capital of the Ming Empire, in the Nuanchun Pavilion.
The white light flashed and Zhu Youxiao returned to Nuanchun Pavilion in modern clothes, and quickly changed the clothes on his body.
Then he quietly walked to the door of the Nuanchun Pavilion and looked at a brush that he had planted in front of the door before leaving.
Seeing that the brush did not fall off, it means that the little eunuch really did not enter the Nuanchun Pavilion according to his instructions, and he was relieved.
Opening the door of the Nuanchun Pavilion, the golden sunlight shone on Zhu Youxiao's body, and the five-clawed golden dragon on his chest sparkled in the sun.
Several little eunuchs who were in charge of waiting in front of the door hurriedly bent over their luggage after seeing Zhu Youxiao come out.
Zhu Youxiao nodded at this, did not answer, but quietly looked at the sun in the sky.
Perhaps due to the arrival of the Xiaoice River period, Beijing began to chill in November.
Although the sun is shining now, the cold wind that blows from time to time still makes Zhu Youxiao tighten his clothes.
The little eunuch who was waiting on the side saw Zhu Youxiao's movements.
"Your Majesty, it's cold outside, Your Majesty might as well be in the Warm Spring Pavilion."
Zhu Youxiao broke his hands, and then quietly looked at the sun alone.
"Three months, I didn't expect time to pass so quickly. Before I knew it, I had been in the Ming Dynasty for nearly three months."
At the same time, he was also thinking about what he had done in the past three months, but after thinking about it, Zhu Youxiao realized that he had only done one thing to let Xu Guangqi build the Ming Royal Academy of Sciences in three months, and as for the court, it was still as chaotic as usual.
Regarding the huge and magnificent ship of Daming, Zhu Youxiao knew in his heart that this was a giant ship full of holes. Moreover, this giant ship is currently galloping on the vast ocean, and if it is not stopped, a big wave may make this giant ship completely fly away and fall apart.
Every time he thought of this, Zhu Youxiao's heart couldn't help but feel a sharp pain. I can't wait to take the history of the Ming Dynasty in later generations and let these courtiers take a look, so that they can know what their future is and what the future of the daimyo is.
I can't wait to tell the ambitions in my heart to the ministers of the court.
It's just that you can only think about these things in your own heart, but you can't do it.
For the scene at this moment, Zhu Youxiao remembered a sentence from later generations, everyone is drunk and only I am awake, which can be said to be Zhu Youxiao's own heart now.
"Alas, what do you want to do so much now".
Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but laugh at himself for thinking too much.
"Go to Changchun Palace".
Zhu Youxiao shook his head, threw away all the distracting thoughts in his heart, and said to the little eunuch.
"Zitong, I've come to see you."
Before Zhu Youxiao arrived in the Changchun Palace, the voice had already reached the Changchun Palace.
When Zhu Youxiao arrived at the Changchun Palace, he found that the scene was not as he had imagined, but a large group of women with thousands of postures were standing in front of the palace gate under the leadership of Empress Zhang Yan.
"The concubine knocks to see Your Majesty".
Zhu Youxiao looked at the women standing in front of the door, either pure, enchanting or dignified. I was a little stunned for a while, but I thought I had come to my daughter's country.
Especially their naked love eyes, Zhu Youxiao's heart was even more shocked.
It's just that Zhu Youxiao came back to his senses in an instant, "You concubines are flat."
Then he took the lead in entering the Changchun Palace, and as for those women, under the leadership of Queen Zhang Yan, they lined up to enter the Changchun Palace one by one according to the size of their identities.
For these women, Zhu Youxiao also knew from the mind of the Emperor of the Apocalypse that these were his harem concubines.
Although they are said to be harem concubines, Zhu Youxiao knows that these people must be worse than life and death, which can be seen from their clothes.
There are a few concubines who are wearing some small patches, although they are not too eye-catching, but Zhu Youxiao can still see them.
As for why this is the case, Zhu Youxiao also understands it in his heart.
Before he traveled to the Ming Dynasty and became Zhu Youxiao, the nurse of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Keshi, and the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian brutalized the concubines of the harem.
Emperor Apocalypse's father, Mingguangzong, was the concubine Zhao chosen by Zhu Youxiao before his death, and his relationship with the Hakka family has always been bad. After the Hakka clan took power, in the name of Zhu Youxiao, he issued a holy decree to quickly give the Zhao family death.
After Zhu Youxiao's concubine Zhang became pregnant with the prince, she was rewarded and was ready to be promoted to concubine. The Hakka family felt that Concubine Yu Zhang would threaten his position, and feared that he would compete with him for the emperor's favor, so he falsely accused and slandered Concubine Yu. When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he ordered the eunuch to cut off Zhang's diet, lock him in a cramped house, and starve him to death.
Concubine Li, who gave birth to two princes, was also mutilated by the same method. Feng Guiren advised Zhu Youxiao to abolish the drill system of the harem, and when the Hakka learned about it, they thought that this was a challenge to their authority, and the Hakka were very angry, so they prepared to give Feng Guiren to death in the name of the emperor.
Concubine Cheng couldn't bear to see Feng Guiren being killed because of this, so she pleaded with the emperor. When the Hakka family learned about it, they removed her title, cut off Concubine Cheng's diet, and threw her into the room where the Zhang family was imprisoned. Concubine Cheng saw the starvation of Concubine Zhang, so she hid the food in the walls of the room, so after a few days, Concubine Cheng was demoted to a palace maid before she was starved to death.
The Hakka family was so bold that during the emperor's travels, he directly sent someone to kill Hu Guiren with a cane.
Even the queen, Zhang Yan has been secretly manipulated by her many times, and several pregnancies have led to miscarriages.
Therefore, the lives of these concubines can be said to live in fear every day.
"I am too busy with politics every day to have time to meet with you every day. If you feel a little bored, you can come to the queen and chat with the queen."
Zhu Youxiao looked at these concubines who were only fourteen or fifteen years old, and a trace of pity rose in his heart. After all, if these people are placed in the next generation, they are just a group of junior high school students who seem to be ignorant. It is really difficult for them to let them have to come into contact with the intrigues above the court at such a young age, and at the same time, these are also the protection of them.
"The concubine thanked Your Majesty."
For these harem concubines, although they have only been in the palace for a year or two, they also know a little about things in the palace.
Especially the cruelty of Wei Zhongxian and Ke's other concubines made them extremely frightened.
Zhang Yan looked at Zhu Youxiao with a gentle face, "Your Majesty has finished dealing with today's political affairs."
touched the music box in his arms, this music box was bought by Zhu Youxiao in his later life, and he was originally going to give it to the queen Zhang Yan, but he didn't expect that there would be other women of his own here, if he only gave it to Zhang Yan, it made Zhu Youxiao feel a little unable to take it.
Just pay attention to what you don't know, China has been paying attention to the respect and inferiority of the elders and the young since ancient times, especially in the palace.
If Zhu Youxiao really gave the music box to the major, it would only make the other concubines feel envious, and maybe there would be others who were a little jealous.
Zhu Youxiao thought about it and still felt that it would be better to give it to Zhang Yan in the future, at this time, the idea of machismo made Zhu Youxiao change his mind.
"I haven't eaten lunch yet, so I'll tell the Imperial Dining Room to prepare some food."