The bride Zhang Xuanshou sat in front of a dresser with a new glass and silver mirror, wearing a rosin-colored robe, with a slightly exposed breast, holding a filigree gold hairpin in her hand and inserting it into the newly coiled bun.

Although they already have a love for each other, Zhang Xuanzhi didn't dare to talk to Zhu Houzhao, she came to the palace for the first time, was occupied by a man for the first time, and knew what the emperor looked like for the first time.

However, she knew that the reason why she was elected to the palace was not only because she was as beautiful as a fairy, but more importantly, because she was a heavenly foot, and it was His Majesty the Emperor who elected her into the palace in order to advocate women to put their feet and get rid of the bad habit of foot binding.

Zhang Xuanzhi had seen the pain of her cousin's foot binding, although she was not bound because of her parents' spoiling and her own resistance, but she also knew that foot binding was definitely a thing that made a woman suffer.

Therefore, she did not feel the slightest discomfort for the emperor to accept her for the reason of advocating women's foot release, she felt that His Majesty the emperor in front of her was a good emperor, a good emperor who was willing to get rid of bad habits and relieve the pain of thousands of girls' foot binding.

As for the things about love mentioned in some legendary scripts that have risen recently, Zhang Xuanshi didn't think about it, and he didn't dare to expect that the emperor would like him and be infatuated with him.

What's more, she also knew that, according to the teacher who taught, it was not a good thing for a woman to make her husband infatuated with her, but she had an interest in understanding the emperor in front of her, especially after being broken by the emperor last night.

Zhu Houzhao saw that Zhang Xuanzhi was looking at him, he just smiled slightly, and didn't say anything, he was used to this kind of picture of being speechless after passion, almost every young girl would be like Zhang Xuanzhi after being taken by him, keeping silent, as if they were still strangers to each other.

"Gone!"

Zhu Houzhao changed his clothes, and after washing, he left Zhang Xuanzhi's place.

As the emperor, the residence of these concubines was not his real home, nor was it his office, but only a place where he temporarily sowed his genes.

He has both feelings and no feelings for these concubines, and he has feelings because once he comes to the residence of a concubine, he will be like a real husband and wife, love each other and romance, and no feelings are the objects of his love that change at any time.

Zhu Houzhao tried not to favor one person, he knew the truth of suffering from widowhood and unevenness.

As the emperor, you can favor one person, but once you favor one person, the person who is favored will be hated by other concubines.

In addition, each concubine will also do everything in her power to become a favored person, and even unscrupulous means, which will lead to disharmony in her harem.

Because of this, Zhu Houzhao can only turn himself into a stallion, turn sleeping with women into a political task, arrange rounds, and do not favor one over the other, so that everyone has the opportunity to have children.

Of course, people are different after all, Zhu Houzhao found that his concubines were also different in personality, and after communicating with their bodies and souls for a long time, he found that there were quiet and lively, more possessive and controlling, cold and hot, some who only knew how to open their legs on the bed and those who were active and bold.

Zhu Houzhao now cares most about Queen Xia Xiang'er, sometimes there are many women he meets, and the first contact will undoubtedly become the most cherished, otherwise no one will often miss his first love in the next generation.

Of course, Xia Xianger has been with him for the longest time, and the family affection is stronger, and they know each other best.

When Zhu Houzhao came to the queen, the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Zailei, was riding a bicycle that had recently emerged.

This epoch-making scientific and technological product that condenses the latest machinery manufacturing technology of the Ming Dynasty has been loved by the children of the capital as soon as it came out, and they all like to step on this subverting the traditional mode of transportation in the yard or on the street.

"Zhang Daban, don't let go!"

The eunuch Zhang Zhong followed behind Zhu Zailei, holding the back seat tightly, running hard, and agreeing with a smile as he ran.

But in the end, because Zhang Zhong didn't keep up, and Zhu Zailei stepped too fast, causing Zhang Zhong to fall to the ground, and Zhu Zailei was also unskilled, because he was about to hit the palace wall, because he braked too quickly and fell directly to the ground, before he fell, he shouted loudly: "Zhang Daban!" Zhang Daban! ”

Zhang Zhong hurriedly ran over, and as soon as he picked up Zhu Zailei, he was kicked by Zhu Zailei: "Bastard, tell you to hold on, where have you been, it hurts this king's buttocks!" ”

Zhang Zhong could only hurriedly confess.

Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but ask Liu Jin behind him: "When I was young, who was more naughty than the emperor's eldest son?"

Where did Liu Jin, who was already in his prime, dare to answer directly, thinking that if he said that His Majesty was more naughty, it would not be good if he angered His Majesty, but if he said that the emperor's eldest son was more naughty, it would also make the emperor unhappy, after all, no one would tolerate others saying bad things about their son.

For a while, Liu Jin could only reply in the way of recollection: "Your Majesty used to love horseback riding, and at that time, the ministers only followed behind, as for whether they were naughty or not, the ministers couldn't see it, and the imperial book was also one of the six arts." ”

"You're still so careful, this stinky boy is obviously much more stubborn than me, at least I didn't kick you because I fell!"

Zhu Houzhao said.

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty has always pitied the ministers the most", Liu Jin couldn't help but touch his waist as he spoke, touching the waist that Zhu Houzhao had kicked when he was young and angry.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao said again: "This Zhang Zhong is now a eunuch of the Imperial Horse Eunuch, but he can also willingly let Zhu Zailei, a stinky boy, reprimand!" ”

Liu Jin smiled awkwardly, he couldn't say that Zhang Zhong was arranged by himself to serve the emperor's eldest son, in order to take over the position of his celebrant supervisor's palm seal in the future, so he only replied: "The emperor's eldest son is his master, even if he is the imperial horse eunuch, he is also a house slave, it is his blessing to be able to serve the emperor's eldest son, he is naturally willing." ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't say anything more, although he had repeatedly forbidden the people of the Ming Dynasty to be slaves, but he also knew that it was impossible for domestic slaves to disappear all at once.

Rao is his royal family, and he can't abandon the act of keeping domestic slaves at once.

Although on the surface, these eunuchs and brocade guards who belonged to the nature of domestic slaves would become ministers, even Zhu Houzhao himself regarded them as officials of the inner court system, that is, officials who served his royal family.

But in fact, these ministers have always felt in their hearts that they are the emperor's domestic slaves, and even proud of it.

Once a person wants to treat himself as a slave, even if Zhu Houzhao is the emperor, he will not be able to save him.

The wisdom of the people is not only among the people, nor only in the court, but also in the inner court.

Zhu Houzhao walked over, and the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Zailei, saw Zhu Houzhao standing in place and saluted: "Erchen has seen his father!" ”

"Zhang Zhong is also an old man in the palace, you dare to kick casually, do you really think that you are a prince, you are noble, you are different from others, you can bully others at will! What hasn't grown, the book has been read in vain! ”

Zhu Houzhao will not educate his children, because in his previous life, he had no children, and even as an only child, he did not even bring his younger brothers and sisters, and after coming to Daming, although he had many children, he did not need him to take care of them personally, and he did not get along every day, so that he actually didn't know how to educate his children.

He instinctively educates his children as his own servants, and even because he knows that his children are going to inherit everything from him, he is more strict.

After all, if an official commits a crime, he can still be ruthless and directly executed.

But if it is his son who commits the crime, he really doesn't guarantee that he can really kill his relatives in righteousness, although he and his children are not very affectionate, but they are also relatives whose blood is thicker than water.

"Your Majesty is angry, Your Highness did not reprimand the ministers, His Highness is just joking with the ministers, joking."

Although Zhu Houzhao taught Zhu Zailei a few words because Zhang Zhong was beaten by Zhu Zailei, Zhang Zhong was not happy and angry at this time because Emperor Zhu Houzhao helped him out, but he was afraid and panicked, he was really afraid that His Majesty the Emperor would be angry with the emperor's eldest son because of this matter, and then affect the success of the emperor's eldest son's succession to the throne.

This is what Zhang Zhong is most afraid of now, in his opinion, it doesn't matter if the emperor's eldest son breaks one of his legs, as long as His Majesty the emperor doesn't get angry with the emperor's eldest son because he was broken leg.

Because, the eldest son of the emperor is his biggest investment in politics, and he Zhang Zhong already feels that he is a slut, and the despicable should not let others feel sorry for him because he was beaten.

The emperor's eldest son, Zhu Zailei, did not speak, he knew that Zhu Houzhao was his father and his own king, and no matter how he reprimanded him, he was right.

But what he couldn't understand was why his father would reprimand him for being a eunuch, and what he should do right.

In Zhu Zailei's opinion, he did not enslave or abuse Zhang Zhong, he just kicked it, it was completely angry, after all, who made him his royal slave, not to mention, even Zhang Zhong himself said that he was just joking.

Moreover, Zhu Zailei still remembered that he had beaten Zhang Zhong in the past because of a moment of anger, and then felt a little uneasy, and went to express his apology, but Zhang Zhong reacted so violently that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg himself not to apologize, and said that as his own domestic slave, whether he, the eldest son of the emperor, killed him or beat him, it was an honor for him.

And as his master, that is, he can never apologize.

This also made him understand that for the eunuchs they don't need to treat them as human beings at all, they don't treat themselves as human beings, and as royal relatives, it is not right to apologize, because they are the masters, and they are right no matter what.

But now, after Emperor Zhu Houzhao reprimanded him like this, Zhu Zailei became conflicted.

Zhu Houzhao didn't know the doubts in Zhu Zailei's heart, in his values, no matter who it is, as long as it is a person, it needs to be respected, as long as it is not a so-called bad person, he only knows that when Zhu Zailei's behavior is contrary to his own values, he needs to be reprimanded and corrected as a father.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao already instinctively believed that his own values were correct values, and instinctively used his father's ethical position to forcibly intervene in the formation of Zhu Zailei's values.

Zhu Houzhao didn't ask Zhu Zailei what he thought, nor did he realize that he needed to communicate more with Zhu Zailei, because he felt that what he said was right, and he told Zhu Zailei to listen, which was enough.

Although Zhang Zhong was anxious to exonerate Zhu Zailei, Zhu Houzhao didn't have the heart to listen, so he raised his feet and went to the queen.

After Zhu Houzhao left, Zhang Zhong was still kneeling on the ground and trembling, thinking frantically about how to help the emperor's eldest son save his image in front of Emperor Zhu Houzhao.

On the contrary, Zhu Zailei himself was not as worried as Zhang Zhong, and only glanced at Zhang Zhong with some disdain: "Father is gone, get up!" ”

Zhang Zhong stood up, obviously forgetting the pain of being kicked by Zhu Zailei, and only advised Zhu Zailei: "My master! You had better admit your mistake to Your Majesty just now, why did you suddenly say nothing! ”

"According to what you say, my father is right to reprimand me, so I have to admit my mistake to him."

Seeing that Zhang Zhong also came to teach himself a lesson, Zhu Zailei laughed instead of being angry.

"The old slave doesn't mean this, Your Majesty is the emperor of my Ming Dynasty, whatever he says is right, you are both his minister and his son, you have to admit your mistake no matter what!"

Zhang Zhong said bitterly.

"Yes, according to my father's will, this king shouldn't kick you, and he shouldn't be so disrespectful to you, in this case, does this king need to apologize to you and make amends?"

Zhu Zailei asked.

"My lord, that's not what I said, you are the prince, how can you make amends to the old slave, even if you kill the old slave, it is also the blessing of the old slave, but Your Majesty is different", Zhang Zhong continued to persuade bitterly, he didn't know why the eldest son of the emperor always couldn't understand this aspect, and he had to distinguish between right and wrong.

"Enough! My father said that this king should not kick you and humiliate you casually, and you said that this king beat you and killed you is your blessing, which of you is right! This king doesn't understand! ”

Zhu Zailei waved his sleeves and walked away very depressed, leaving Zhang Zhong alone to stand in place, he wanted to say that what His Majesty said was right, and what he said was also right, but he found that the eldest son of the emperor he was loyal to would not seem to be satisfied with his answer.

Queen Xia watched her son Zhu Zailei leave angrily, and she just couldn't help but shake her head for a while, she knew what her son was upset about.

Since becoming the queen for a long time, she is now more and more aware that as a superior person, she should have the peace of mind of enslaving the people below, because the people below want you to treat him as a slave with peace of mind.

As the emperor and the prince, he should be more comfortable to enslave his own domestic slaves, after all, they are the real masters of this empire, especially the emperor.

But now the reason why his son Zhu Zailei is irritable and confused is because he has an emperor Lao Tzu who has strange thoughts, a father who does not regard himself as an emperor but is an emperor.

In Queen Xia's opinion, it was the man in front of her who was looking at her chest that caused all this, and she couldn't help but pout, with anger on her face.

But at the moment when this man hugged herself, she couldn't complain at all, and even felt a little relieved, she understood that if it weren't for the fact that this man was different and didn't trample on the dignity of others because he was the emperor, she would not be so easy and comfortable in this deep palace.

After all, under the rule of such an emperor who pays attention to equality in his thinking and does not regard others as his own slaves, he can laugh and scold at will, without worrying about whether he will break the rules or say the wrong thing.

Empress Xia admitted that she preferred to be alone with Emperor Zhu Houzhao rather than with Empress Dowager Zhang or other concubines.

Although Empress Dowager Zhang is also very kind, and the other concubines respect her very much, she knows that she has to follow the rules and pay attention to proportions in front of the Empress Dowager Zhang, and she has to set up rules and stand up in front of other concubines.

"Your Majesty, let go of your hands, the concubines are all wet!"

Empress Xia pushed Zhu Houzhao away, only went to the inner room, and after a while, she changed into a phoenix robe and appeared in front of Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty just now, you reprimanded Lei'er again"

"Well, this kid is now starting to make money, that Zhang Zhong is also in his fifties, and he actually kicked and scolded others, what's even more ridiculous is that this Zhang Zhong also excused him, this guy is really out of the way in order to be the boss and supervisor in the future! Don't even want your own dignity! ”

Zhu Houzhao said that he was about to get the mung bean cake on the agate plate, but was beaten back by Queen Xia: "Your Majesty, wash your hands and eat again!" ”

Zhu Houzhao understood, and saw that a female official had already come over with a basin of water, so he hurriedly washed his hands.

Now Zhu Houzhao has also learned the basic law of being a high-ranking emperor, for example, now when this female official he knows brings water to him, he can't talk to him as a friend, because then a lot of things will happen.

Zhu Houzhao still remembers that he was in Cining Palace one summer because a female official he knew made tea for himself, and he just asked, "Aren't you hot, wear so much", which actually caused the female official to be reprimanded by the Queen Mother, on the grounds that the female official must have been too charming and caused the emperor to be attracted to her, so she would talk to her, and the female official was assigned to the Huanyi Bureau.

The emperor only knew about it after he found out that there was no such female official in Cining Palace, and finally forced himself to admit that he really fell in love with this female official, and then took this female official into the room, so as not to let this female official go into a miserable life because of his unintentional conversation.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao no longer dares to casually talk to people with lower status than himself, the more approachable he is, the easier it is to hurt others, and now he no longer casually accosting female officials.

Zhu Houzhao found that as an emperor, as long as he likes whoever he likes directly, he can ignore anyone who he doesn't like.

Now he is learning to do this, to fit into the times.

The era of the Ming Dynasty is influencing Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao is also influencing the people of this era, Queen Xia saw that Zhu Houzhao looked at the female official Ruxiang a few more times, and seemed to want to talk to him and stopped talking, so she couldn't help laughing.

Since she was fourteen years old, she naturally knew what Zhu Houzhao was thinking, and she didn't get jealous because of this, she knew that her majesty the emperor wanted to chat with Rue Xiang, but she didn't dare to talk if she wanted to, and because of this, she couldn't help laughing.

However, although Empress Xia knew that Zhu Houzhao had the intention of accepting it without seeing anyone, she still couldn't help but joke: "Your Majesty, if you like it, why don't you accept Ruexiang"

Zhu Houzhao didn't have a blank look at Queen Xia: "Which pot is not opened, you know that I only have you in my heart!" ”

Zhu Houzhao secretly sent Qiu Bo to Queen Xia as he spoke.

And although Empress Xia knew that the emperor's words could not be believed, she felt sweet when she heard it, and she smiled like a flower for a while: "Then dare to ask Your Majesty, how was Zhang Xuan's servant last night?"

"It's tighter than you, but your breasts are not as big as you, are you eating too much cheese now, and the phoenix robe can't be suppressed."

Zhu Houzhao did not shy away from it in front of his wife and queen, and directly talked about his feelings about the things in his room.

"What's the matter, it's not Your Majesty, you eat it every day! Give the big one! ”

When Empress Xia was alone with Emperor Zhu Houzhao, she was also able to let go, and directly bit her lips, with three points of charm, and became angry.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't refute it when he saw this, and of course he wouldn't blame himself for not knowing the etiquette and dissolute his words, and he couldn't help patting his knees for a while:

"I now think that it is not interesting to be a debaucherous faint king, I have broken many beautiful women's bodies, and now I think about it is just a temporary pleasure, and I am a little tired, it is better to be a Ming Jun, open up the territory, and accept the worship of all people, which is the joy of life!"

"Your Majesty, you have just tasted the taste of virginity, and you have become a sage, wait for three or five days, you will still be exposed in your true form, and you will tear the concubine's phoenix robe in a hurry!"

Empress Xia said with a smile.

Anyway, she was very glad that there was still an emperor's husband who could laugh and talk so easily in the deep palace, and when she thought of her emperor's husband, she just said that Zhang Zhong would exonerate the emperor's eldest son Zhu Zailei in the future because he wanted to be the eunuch in charge of the seal in the future, so she knew that Zhu Houzhao had the intention of making his son Zhu Zailei the prince.

For a while, as Zhu Zailei's mother, she was naturally more happy, and couldn't help but come over, hugged Zhu Houzhao's neck from behind, put her warm cheeks on Zhu Houzhao's face, and used the tone of her childhood:

"Brother Emperor, stay here with Xiang'er tonight, Xiang'er will give you yogurt!"

Zhu Houzhao really couldn't bear the queen who was already a mature woman but suddenly made a snort, and felt that her whole heart was melted for a while, where did she have the slightest thought of refusal, and only patted Queen Xia's pink face: "Okay, remember to wash it clean, I like your white body." ”

In Zhu Houzhao's place, Queen Xia was not too shy, but smiled: "Giggles!" Xiang'er obeys! Just now, you said that Zhang Zhong was close to Lei'er because he wanted to be the master of ceremonies in the future, but the concubine felt that he might not necessarily be the eunuch of the boss and the master of ceremonies in his lifetime, because my emperor's brother would live for a hundred years and would accompany Xiang'er to old age! ”

Empress Xia's unintentional love words made Zhu Houzhao realize that how long he could live as an emperor would also affect the future of the people below, and if he lived for a long time, it didn't seem to be a good thing for many people below.

For a while, Zhu Houzhao's mood became a little heavy.