Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, and others were a little stunned, but they didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to suddenly mention that he wanted to give the queen mother the title of honor.

Frankly speaking, Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, and others have never had a good impression of Empress Dowager Zhang, in the final analysis, because they are very disgusted that Empress Dowager Zhang is very spoiled by her two younger brothers, and even with Emperor Hongzhi, the power of Xungui's relatives has always shown signs of resurgence, and the interests of their civil officials have been greatly affected.

Therefore, when Zhu Houzhao mentioned that he wanted to give the Queen Mother the title of honor, Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, was not very happy.

However, on the surface, Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, could not directly say no, but said: "Your Majesty is benevolent and filial, and the ministers are very pleased, but the Queen Mother is in danger of being unvirtuous in the later position, and there is even more jealousy, so that the emperor's heirs are not numerous, and the six palaces are not complete. ”

"Your Majesty, what the first assistant said is very true, dignified and virtuous, only those who have virtue added to the four seas can enjoy the honorable title, the famous instrument of the court, I hope that Your Majesty will be cautious!"

Li Dongyang, deputy assistant to the cabinet, also said.

Then Sanfu Xie Qian also chimed in.

Zhu Hou understood that these three pavilions always didn't want to give their mother a honorific title, and even directly said that his mother was not virtuous and jealous, and blamed Empress Dowager Zhang for the fact that Emperor Hongzhi only had one concubine and son, which was equivalent to completely denying the deep relationship between Empress Dowager Zhang and Emperor Hongzhi.

And he directly said in front of his son that your mother is not virtuous and jealous, forcing your father to find a little wife, which can not be described as arrogant and unscrupulous!

Zhu Houzhao had to ask Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites: "Zhang Aiqing, you are the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, you can talk about it, whether the title of the Queen Mother can be added." ”

Zhang Sheng was very cunning, he didn't dare to offend the cabinet and didn't dare to dismiss His Majesty's intentions, so he only said: "Back to Your Majesty, it is not appropriate to add it for the time being, at the moment Your Majesty is still in the filial piety period, and Emperor Xiaozong has not yet laid down the tomb, so it is too early to discuss it." ”

Zhu Houzhao saw that Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also said so, so he had to sigh helplessly: "Okay, you all retreat!" ”

So the ministers withdrew.

After these officials left, Zhu Houzhao ordered: "Liu Jin, bring two porcelain bottles!" ”

So, Liu Jin hugged two blue and white porcelains from the official kiln: "Your Majesty, the slave maid is here." ”

"Go out with me, I'm going to catch birds in the snow!" Zhu Houzhao said and took Liu Jin out of the palace gate.

But as soon as Zhu Houzhao came out of the palace, he saw the eunuch Wang Yue, the master of ceremonies.

Wang Yue, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant and the eunuch, hurriedly saluted Zhu Houzhao: "I've seen the emperor, where is the emperor going?" ”

"Catch the birds!"

Zhu Houzhao shook his hand and left, and shouted to Liu Jin behind him: "Hurry up!" ”

Liu Jin, who was holding two porcelain vases, hurriedly followed.

Seeing this, Wang Yue, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal, only smiled slightly, thinking that the emperor was really not doing his job.

For a while, Zhu Houzhao took Liu Jin to the Imperial Garden, Zhu Houzhao looked around and saw that there was no one, so he found a secret place, and squatted down to dig the snow on both sides with his bare hands, regardless of the cold.

Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth and slashed hard, and after a while, his hands were red from the cold, and even his nose began to run.

Zhu Houzhao completely ignored one by one.

Seeing this, Liu Jin was so frightened that he knelt down directly with the two porcelain bottles, knelt on the snow with a bang and cried: "Emperor! The slave knows that you are wronged, but you don't need to trample on your body if you feel uncomfortable, if you are really angry, hit the slave and scold the slave! Please, Emperor! ”

"What to cry about! Stand up for me, look around carefully, and don't let anyone see you! ”

Zhu Houzhao scolded Liu Jin.

Liu Jin sobbed and stood up, looking around vigilantly.

And Zhu Houzhao still kept digging the snow, until he dug out a large open space, then stood up and patted his hands that were already frozen stiff.

Zhu Houzhao first took a porcelain bottle from Liu Jin's arms and threw it the freshly dug blue brick ground.

Then Zhu Houzhao fell again.

"Whoever steals Tai'a, I will punish him!"

Zhu Houzhao roared loudly, and then instructed Liu Jin: "Dispose of all these fragments!" I'm waiting for you in the Plum Garden! ”

Zhu Houzhao said and went to the plum garden.

Half an hour later, Zhu Houzhao returned to Cining Palace with a bright red rose as if nothing happened.

Liu Jin, who followed Zhu Houzhao, had swollen eyes, as if he had been beaten.

Zhu Houzhao jumped and came to the Empress Dowager Zhang: "Queen Mother, the plum blossoms in the Imperial Garden bloomed a little early, maybe the weather was colder than in previous years, and it has already bloomed in October. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang laughed: "It's rare that you have such filial piety", seeing Zhu Houzhao's hands frozen red, she was both moved and distressed, and hurriedly held Zhu Houzhao's hand: "Look at yourself, you are not afraid of the cold!" Saying that, Empress Dowager Zhang was busy asking people to bring a warm hand stove.

Zhu Houzhao just smiled slightly, and did not mention that the cabinet was unwilling to give her the honorific title.

……

After noon, although the heavy snow stopped, the sky became more and more gloomy, and Zhu Houzhao was not in the mood to go out, so he only picked up charcoal around the stove.

The north wind outside the window blew very strongly, and it came in from the palace gate, and the wooden door creaked, Zhu Houzhao stood up and kicked it violently, kicking the Zhu door with a bang and closing, which blocked the cold wind.

Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong and others didn't dare to pant loudly when they saw this, and only stood honestly in front of Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao raised his eyes and glanced at Liu Jin: "Is the Queen Mother asleep?" ”

"The female official who followed the Queen Mother said that she had taken medicine and slept down", Liu Jin replied.

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "How are things prepared?" ”

Liu Jin and the other eight tigers looked at each other, and first Gu Dayong stood up: "Your Majesty, rest assured, it has been prepared, as long as the time comes, it will work." “

Zhu Houzhao nodded and asked Zhang Yong: "What is the heart of the regimental camp and the forbidden army in the capital now, how many officers are willing to join the Zhongjun Society and are willing to kill the enemy with me?" Eradicate the traitors in the DPRK and China? ”

"Since Your Majesty sent Lu Mi, most of the army has praised Your Majesty and is willing to join the Loyal Monarch Society, and now Your Majesty can send troops at any time as long as he is willing," Zhang Yong replied.

"Now that the military department is still our people, it will be convenient to transfer troops at that time, so now we only need to kill Zhang Zhao of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, but now I am busy with the funeral of Emperor Xiaozong these days, and you have no important positions to act conveniently, so you must ensure that nothing happens this month!" After October 26th, I will show my sword to these traitors outside the noon gate! ”

Zhu Hou looked at Liu Jin and the others with a fire-breathing look, his iron fist was clenched, and the teacup he had just held in his hand was even more shattered, the broken porcelain pieces directly cut through the skin, and the blood drippeds into the stove, splashing sparks.

Liu Jin and the others replied solemnly: "The slave obeys the order!" ”