The emperor's troubles may not be for ordinary people, because ordinary people are either busy with their livelihood or have nothing to do, and they will not be troubled by being lazy about beauty at all, even if the rich and noble families of the ministers have this trouble, they can simply indulge and die, and the left and right are just short-lived.

But Zhu Houzhao is the emperor, and the length of his life determines the direction of imperial history, especially in an empire like the Ming Dynasty, which is an absolute monarchy and centralized power.

Zhu Houzhao is diligent in martial arts and has a strong physique, but he can't stand the matter of going to Dunlun with people several times a day, he is very suspicious that he is guilty of hunger, especially after meals, Zhu Houzhao decided not to eat the lunch in the imperial dining room this time, and went to Xuanwumenli Street in micro-clothes, ready to find a restaurant to satisfy his stomach.

Xuanwumenli Street is now the CBD (Central Business District) of Daming, where important institutions such as the Royal Industrial Company, the Royal Bank, the Daming Sea Trade Company, the Daming Agricultural Reclamation Bureau, and the Daming Mining Bureau are located.

At the same time, after Zhu Houzhao banned the craftsman registration system, some craftsmen with good skills also began to go to the sea, rented a façade in the area of Dashi Yongfang and Xiao Yongfang on Xuanwumen Li Street, and began to rely on their ancestral skills to manufacture some handicraft products for sale.

For example, the recent rise of tandoors, four-wheeled carriages and various hardware tools.

Many businessmen from all over the country will come here to order products in bulk to sell them all over the country, which has also led to an increase in the flow of people here, especially in Zhu Houzhao's relaxation of access restrictions in Xuanwumen, which has led to the emergence of a large number of Qinglou restaurants here, and the entertainment industry has also developed here.

However, no one knows that the real behind-the-scenes financier in this area is Zhu Houzhao himself, because the real estate in the area of Xuanwumen Li Street was confiscated by Zhu Houzhao into his royal name a few years ago, and now the emperor himself earns a lot of money every year just by renting and paving money.

Zhu Houzhao casually found a tavern to sit down and eat some food and drinks, rejected the hotel owner's proposal to relax in the private room, and followed the crowd back to the palace.

But Zhu Houzhao found that he didn't think about men and women this time, so that he was able to have time to deal with government affairs for an afternoon.

Because Zhu Houzhao is different from Emperor Hongzhi, he now has several concubines, and the queen is naturally not suitable to monopolize the imperial palace all the time, so it stands to reason that she needs to live in Kunning Palace, but many times Zhu Houzhao himself is also used to letting the queen sleep with him, so he also ordered the queen to continue to live in the Qianqing Palace.

And Zhu Houzhao basically needs to be fortunate with the rest of the concubines, basically summoned to the Qianqing Palace, and the queen is basically used to serving the emperor Zhu Houzhao with other concubines.

Zhu Houzhao did not summon other concubines today, so when he returned to the Qianqing Palace, only Empress Xia sat in a goose yellow tent in a thin veil, with black hair hanging down behind her shoulders, and looked at Emperor Zhu Houzhao with peach blossoms in her eyes: "Your Majesty!" The concubine wanted to hug. ”

Zhu Houzhao knew that this was the queen's performance when she had needs, after all, they had been husband and wife for almost ten years, and they had even communicated with men and women for many years, and they naturally didn't know what the other party wanted at the moment.

But Zhu Houzhao had fought with a princess palace maid during the day, and he had recently lost his recuperation, so his calves were weak now, and he had no interest in this, so he only came over to take the queen into his arms: "Tonight, I will help you with my hands." ”

The queen pursed her lips, and her eyes were full of affection with a little resentment: "Why! The concubine still wants to be as crazy as before! ”

Zhu Houzhao almost couldn't help but scold the queen for being a slut, but thinking that he and the queen were husband and wife, it was nothing to say to each other, so he only comforted: "I am indeed a little tired today!" ”

When Zhu Houzhao said this, the queen had to take away her true side and purse her mouth.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao only felt hungry in his stomach, so he ordered someone to pass the meal.

Zhu Houzhao only ate a few bowls of porridge, but as soon as he finished eating, he felt as if he had been stimulant, and his tired expression was gone.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao saw the queen in front of him again, he pounced.

"Your Majesty! Aren't you tired? ”

"Your Majesty! Slow down, the concubine will take it off by herself! ”

"Your Majesty! How did you become more anxious than a concubine! ”

……

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Houzhao woke up, only to feel dizzy and worried.

Empress Xia also noticed that Zhu Houzhao's face was darkened at this time, so she also asked with some concern: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Don't get in the way, I'm just a little overdrawn now, now, you do what I tell me, remember not to summon anyone, you come yourself!"

Zhu Houzhao commanded.

Empress Xia nodded: "The concubine knows!" ”

So, under Zhu Houzhao's instructions, Queen Xia took out a bag of rice that Zhu Houzhao bought in the market yesterday, and put it into a pot and a porcelain bottle of water that Zhu Houzhao had prepared earlier to boil a bowl of porridge.

Zhu Houzhao now has to believe that there is something wrong with the diet in his imperial dining room, he can't believe what the consequences will be if he doesn't pay attention to it, just thinking that lust is human nature and relying on his youth and strength to ignore it.

But Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait until he couldn't get out of bed to solve the matter.

And at this time, Wei Bin, the eunuch on duty, walked in: "Your Majesty, the imperial dining room came to ask, do you still go to Cining Palace to eat?" ”

"No, bring breakfast to the cabinet and the celebrant room!"

Zhu Houzhao came to the cabinet and the celebrant duty room, and directly instructed Liu Jin: "Bring all the people in the imperial dining room here!" ”

Immediately, Zhu Houzhao instructed Gu Dayong of Xichang: "And all the officials of Taichang Temple are also here!" ”

……

"I heard Shou Yu say, Your Majesty's health is not as good as before recently, and he is not as diligent as before, I am afraid it is not the blessing of the society!"

Taichang Temple Shaocheng Ye Zhen was pruning the potted plant, and an imperial history official beside him said on the side, with a worried look on his face.

After hearing this, Ye Zhen, the young man of Taichang Temple, only smiled secretly, thinking that the medicine really had an effect, and he was very proud in his heart, and only said: "The emperor's lust is the common sense of people, you and I are his courtiers, although we can persuade it, we can't stop it, alas! ”

The imperial history official also sighed, and suddenly, someone from the West Factory broke into the door and pointed at Ye Zhen: "Take him away!" ”

Seeing this, Ye Zhen, the young man of Taichang Temple, couldn't help but be shocked and asked, "What are you doing here, what crime has this official committed!" ”

"Lord Ye go and ask the emperor yourself!" The people from the West Factory took Ye Zhen away after saying that.

……

Zhu Hou looked at the imperial dining room and the officials of the Taichang Temple system who stood all over the Qianqing Palace Square, and couldn't help but smile coldly and asked, "You should have guessed why I brought you all here." ”

The officials present actually really didn't know why they were summoned here by His Majesty the Emperor, and they all wondered if it was because of their own corruption or because of something else.

Except, of course, Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen had a hunch that His Majesty the Emperor might have realized that he had added a rejuvenating medicine to the food supplied to the royal family, this medicine was not poisonous, and the natural silver needle could not detect it, and the eunuch who tried the food could not try it, because the eunuch did not have that function, and the medicine naturally had no effect on the eunuch.

However, Ye Zhen also knew that if he did this, he might face the situation that His Majesty would find out the clues, so he was also prepared, so at this moment, when Zhu Houzhao escorted the officials of the imperial dining room and Taichang Temple here, he also hid the panic in his heart very well.

Ye Zhen believed that even if His Majesty didn't ask indiscriminately, he would only question Liu Jie, Taichang Siqing, and Taichang Siqing Liu Jie didn't know that he was making a small move, so he knew that Liu Jie would not confess himself.

As for the eunuchs in the imperial dining room, they don't know even more.

"Qu Yang, the young eunuch of the imperial dining room, Liu Jie, the secretary of Taichang Temple!"

Zhu Houzhao was indeed as Ye Zhen expected at this time, and only called the two persons in charge of the imperial dining room and Taichang Temple to him first.

Qu Yang and Liu Jie both came to Zhu Houzhao tremblingly and hurriedly saluted.

"You Qu Yang is Luo Xiang's person, and you have an income of no less than 50,000 taels every year by managing the imperial dining room, I don't understand, why do you want to put me to death! Aren't you afraid that as soon as I die, the backer behind you will fall with you, and you will lose 50,000 taels a year? ”

Zhu Houzhao first questioned Qu Yang, the young eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison.

Qu Yang, the young eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, was very surprised, he was surprised that His Majesty actually knew the amount of ink he was greedy for when he managed the Imperial Dining Room every year, but he was also a little scared, because he could hear that His Majesty was saying that he was deliberately trying to harm him.

Qu Yang, the young eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, felt very wronged by this, because from his own interests, he would try his best to make money in the management of the imperial dining room, but also because he knew that the management of the imperial dining room was full of oil and water, and he did not dare to dissatisfy His Majesty, not to mention that he was afraid that the things in the imperial dining room would make the emperor dissatisfied and cause him to be deposed.

Therefore, now that Zhu Houzhao asked like this, this Qu Yang directly shouted that he was wronged: "Emperor, the ministers are wronged!" The ministers don't dare to have such a heart! ”

Zhu Houzhao just smiled faintly, he naturally knew that Qu Yang didn't have the courage, but he didn't express his opinion clearly, he only turned his head to look at Liu Jie, and continued to ask: "Liu Jie, you have received a lot of benefits when you manage Taichang Temple every year, according to the investigation of Dongchang, the rice you gave to the royal family is not really the best tribute rice, and the best tribute rice has been sold by you!" You are doing a good job of Taichang Siqing, why can't you get along with me, and want to turn me into a debaucherous faint king?! ”

Taichang Siqing Liu Jie was not stupid, and he could hear Zhu Houzhao's words, so he was busy saying: "Your Majesty, you are wronged!" The minister doesn't dare to harm His Majesty! All the palace grain, rape, meat, etc. purchased by Taichang Temple have details in Taichang Temple, if Your Majesty does not believe it, you can check it carefully! ”