Another year has passed in the busy, Zhu Cijiong ushered in the tenth year after his rebirth, this year, the headache of the northwest peasant uprising was finally pacified, the Ming Dynasty ushered in a rare peaceful and prosperous era, the four seas were happy and festive, and the people of Li were celebrating this rare peace.

Zhu Cijiong also wanted to celebrate, he didn't want to celebrate the pacification of the peasant uprising in the northwest, this is expected, as far as the combat effectiveness of the peasant rebel army, the Ming army can kill them even if they don't use muskets and artillery, which is really nothing to celebrate.

He mainly wanted to celebrate the solution to the stubborn disease of the clan moths, if the clan moths were allowed to go down like this, Da Ming would be finished sooner or later!

Now it's okay, nearly ninety percent of the clans have been solved, and the rest are either fiefdoms in remote areas where birds don't, or live in Jinling and other big cities to eat and wait for death, there is no fief at all, and the harm to Daming is minimal, it can be said that if the clan problem is solved, Daming can be regarded as the real peace in the world.

Of course, this kind of thing can't be celebrated on the surface, he can only steal the fun alone, and on the surface he still pretends to say that the peasant uprising in the northwest has finally been put down, which is worth celebrating.

So when Zheng Zhilong said that he wanted to bring several famous pear orchard teams from the south of the Yangtze River to the capital to perform, he agreed without hesitation, but he didn't expect to fall for Zheng Zhilong's 'trick'!

Watching a drama in this era is almost the same as watching a movie in later generations, a famous opera is like a wonderful blockbuster, the two queen mothers live in the palace, lonely and boring, naturally very fascinated by this opera, as soon as I heard that there is a Jiangnan opera troupe to sing, it is simply too happy to do.

Originally, according to Zhu Cijiong's meaning, it was to let all the Liyuan teams have the best repertoire, and it would be okay to sing for a day or two to be lively, and when I saw that the two queen mothers were so excited, I had to sing it vigorously, so that every team could sing it vigorously, and put out all the good repertoire, and sing it directly to the fifteenth day of the first month, so the sound of opera was wafting throughout the Forbidden City.

On the second day of the first lunar month, in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Cijiong and the two queen mothers sat on the main seat, Zheng Zhilong and his wife and the loyal Marquis Qin Liangyu were the first to accompany them, Qin Mingyue and Princess Anna, the two future queens and concubines admired the last seat, and the hall symbolically set up a one-foot-high stage, and Suzhou Liyuan was staging their best "The Legend of the West Chamber".

Empress Dowager Zhang held Odagawa Nanaemon in her hands, Empress Dowager Ren sat in her arms Zhu Cijiong's little cousin Princess Changping, and Zheng Chenggong was nestled in the arms of his mother Tagawa, and the ladies present were watching the performance on the stage with great interest, and the three beautiful young women also teased the child they were pregnant with from time to time, and the scene was very warm.

Zheng Zhilong is better, sitting there alone, silently, as if he is listening, our Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong is a little slight, scratching his ears and cheeks like lice on his body, this babbling opera is really not attractive to him, but these people are drunk and obsessed, and no one pays attention to him, which makes him feel so boring!

The song is over, it's almost noon, and it's finally time to pause, Zhu Cijiong can't wait to announce, serve the food, prepare lunch, everyone take a rest first, and watch it after eating.

At this time, the atmosphere finally became a little more lively, everyone started chatting, Qin Mingyue and Princess Anna also came over shyly under the coaxing of everyone, serving him to eat, so that he finally had the feeling of being an emperor.

Zhu Cijiong was enjoying no one's service there, but Zheng Zhilong took the initiative to come up as if he had taken the wrong medicine, and had a few whispered conversations with the Empress Dowager Zhang and the Empress Dowager Ren, it seemed that the two Empress Dowagers were elated by him, looking at his cheap expression, how could there be a taste of conspiracy succeeding!

Sure enough, the goods hurriedly ate a few bites of food and ran out for a turn, and then a message came out outside: "Show girl Chen Yuanyuan, Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan to meet." “

Zhu Cijiong almost didn't squirt out a mouthful of vegetable juice when he heard the sound, Qin Huai Bayan, what kind of plane!

Before he could figure out the situation, the two queen mothers agreed almost at the same time: "Xuan." “

Immediately afterwards, three twelve or thirteen-year-old little girls who looked like flowers and jade walked in pretty, knelt side by side in the hall and said delicately: "Slaves Chen Yuanyuan, Li Xiangjun, and Dong Xiaowan see the emperor and the two queen mothers." “

Empress Dowager Zhang will act as if the emperor does not exist, and directly raised her hand and said: "No courtesy, get up quickly and let the mourning family see." “

Zhu Cijiong looked at the three little beauties in front of him dumbfounded, his heartbeat couldn't stop and began to accelerate, beautiful, really beautiful, especially Chen Yuanyuan in the middle, this gentle and charming temperament makes people fascinated at a glance, and they all have a feeling of not knowing what night it is.

He was in a daze, but Empress Dowager Zhang asked Empress Dowager Ren with a smile: "Sister, what do you think?" “

Empress Dowager Ren said in a rare voice: "Well, this appearance, this temperament, this figure, sure enough, I feel pity." “

Empress Dowager Zhang then commented: "What's even more rare is that they still sing a good tune, the emperor will be blessed in the future, sister, do you think it is the first to recruit as a servant or a talent, or directly as a concubine?" “

Empress Dowager Ren looked at Zhu Cijiong dotingly and said, "It depends on the emperor's meaning, after all, they all serve the emperor." “

Empress Dowager Zhang nodded, and asked Zhu Cijiong directly: "Your Majesty, you are going to get married this year, and the mourning family originally wanted to let your imperial uncle Zhang Luo draft after the New Year, but I didn't expect that Prince Zheng had a heart, and he began to choose for you a few years ago, what do you think of these show girls?" “

Zhu Cijiong was a little blindsided when he heard this, the draft, he didn't really want to choose three thousand beauties to serve him in the harem! As for these three people, they naturally have nothing to say about their appearance and figure, but they were born, Qin Huai Bayan is just a euphemistic name, in fact, they are the eight famous prostitutes on the banks of the Qinhuai River, and it is a bit outrageous to make them concubines!

This really made him a little embarrassed, such a beautiful woman who was sinking into the fish and geese said that it was fake, but their reputation in later generations was really a bit of that, so he said in a hurry: "It's not bad, but their background is ......." “

Empress Zhang was a little unhappy when she heard this, and taught with a rare straight face: "What's wrong with their backgrounds? They are all happy women of the Teaching Workshop Division, although their professions are a little cheaper, they have an official identity, which is much stronger than the mourning family and your mother, but we are all ordinary people without any identity! Your Majesty, have you heard some rumors about the Sect Division? Some people are too disagreeable, and they have changed the face of a good yamen who manages music, dance and opera beyond recognition, and the emperor should take care of this matter! “

Zhu Cijiong fainted when he heard the wrong words, it seemed that this was the first time in his history that he had been taught by the Empress Dowager Zhang, but he didn't expect it to be for this kind of thing, fuck it.

Okay, then don't blame me for being ruthless, for the sake of the origin of these three beauties, in the future, the Department of Teaching Workshops will not want to open a brothel part-time, they must return to the track of art, and they must also study the results in opera, and strive to completely save their reputation, otherwise, the officials of the Department of Teaching and Workshop will have to try whether the thin side of the knife is hard or their necks are hard!

Thinking of this, he hurriedly remedied: "I was misled by these people, since the two queen mothers like it, then they will be made concubines in the future, as for the affairs of the Teaching Workshop Division, I will handle it by others." This is the New Year, not to mention political affairs, come and come to eat, Cao Huachun added three more sets of tableware. “

When Empress Dowager Zhang heard this, she smiled again, and even praised the emperor for being sensible, and the atmosphere in the hall became lively again.