Only two or three days later, the news that the Son of Heaven wanted Zhu Jianji, the king of servants, to accompany him to perform sacrifices at the New Year's Day ceremony came from the court.

But to everyone's surprise, although the hundred officials are always talking about this, almost none of them are discouraged, especially the Ministry of Rites, which seems to be quite quiet this time, since Yang Shan's Shangshu, almost all of them do not make any expression about it, even if there are familiar colleagues who ask about this, most of them are also concerned about him.

When the officials of the Ministry of Rites did not object to this, it was even more difficult for other courtiers to judge and stop it. So a rather strange scene appeared in the court, although in private everyone still has a lot of opinions about it, but on the surface, they all acquiesced to this fact, which has not happened in Jingtai for more than five years.

In this regard, some people have made an analysis, thinking that this is a manifestation of the increasing authority of the Son of Heaven, after Long Yan angrily used the topic to convict and dismiss Ding Zongshu, the attendant of the Ministry of Rites, the officials of the Ministry of Rites are already in danger, and they dare not directly contradict the will of the Son of Heaven as before.

Of course, in the eyes of many people, this is not a good thing, once the imperial power swells, the life of the courtiers will become difficult, and we must find a way to curb it. But now there is almost no one in the DPRK who can lead the ministers, and the three ministers in the cabinet are obviously not qualified and prestigious, and Hu Hu, who is qualified enough, or Yu Qian, who is highly prestigious, has no intention of doing so, so the ministers can only be scattered.

Subsequently, news spread in the secret, saying that this concession was also for the purpose of protecting the prince, and if the Son of Heaven was offended severely, I was afraid that he would be unfavorable to the prince. For such a statement, everyone is naturally skeptical, but this also gives everyone an excuse not to insist on opposing it, saving a lot of trouble.

As a result, the last period of Jingtai's five years passed so peacefully, which was not expected by Zhu Qiyu, who was proposed by Lu Zhen and was ready to fight with the courtiers. While he was happy, he unconsciously had some doubts, and the silence of the ministers made him a little unsure of what to do next.

However, the next celebrations in and outside the palace made him very busy, and he basically couldn't spare time to think about it or summon Lu Zhen into the palace to talk in detail, so the matter dragged on. Fortunately, the result is what he wants to see, so he can wait for everything to become a given fact before making plans.

Time passed slowly, the moon passed, and the sound of firecrackers in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve resigned the old year and ushered in a new six years of Jingtai.

In the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the civil and military forces in the capital changed into new and solemn court clothes and flocked to the palace from all over the capital. The number of courtiers participating in the celebration today is even higher than that of the usual court, because in addition to the civil and military officials, there are also many lords and nobles who do not usually participate in the court, plus there are some envoys from the surrounding vassal states to congratulate the heavenly court, so the street in front of the palace is crowded before the palace gate is opened.

Although the etiquette looks a little more grand than usual today, in fact, the whole process is just like that. It is nothing more than that after the time comes, the ministers enter the palace to meet the Son of Heaven, and then go to the Temple of Heaven and the Sheji Altar and other important places to make sacrifices, praying that the new year will be smooth and the country and the people will be safe.

Then, the ministers surrounded the emperor and walked to the temple to worship the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.

It was only at this time that the situation looked a little different from the past, and today he accompanied the Son of Heaven into the temple, and the portrait and the god who kowtowed to the statue and the god were replaced by Zhu Jianji, the king of the servant who was only five years old.

Seeing the prince who was not wearing the prince's clothes, the prince followed the emperor and saluted one by one, and the ministers kneeling in the square outside the temple always felt a little strange in their hearts.

Although Lu Jin, who was in the middle of it, knelt on the ground like a colleague around him, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and an unpredictable smile appeared: "Everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as you take this first step, the rest of the things will be much easier. When concession becomes a habit, it won't be long before they accept the change of the crown prince, and then everything will be different! ”

Maybe there are only two things that make him still a little worried, one is Zhu Jianji's body - I heard that this prince's body is not very good, even if he came here with illness today - the other is the one in Nangong. However, he believes that as long as he is on guard, the other party should not be able to make too big waves.

Lu Jin, who was thinking about his thoughts, didn't realize that a few steps away from him, among the group of stewards and eunuchs who were also kneeling on the ground in a regular manner, there was a pair of eyes full of resentment staring at him, as if he hated to turn his gaze into a sharp blade and Ling Chi ......

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When the monarchs and ministers of the court were worshipping the ancestors of heaven and earth in the palace, in a corner of the palace, in a deserted palace that was regarded as a forbidden place, a man with a bitter face also knelt under the corridor in a regular manner, chanting words in his mouth, and muttering something to heaven and earth.

This is a man who is already forty or fifty years old at first glance, but if you look closely at his appearance, you will find that he is not very old, and at most he is just past it. It's just the wrinkles on his forehead and the flecked gray hair that make people mistakenly think that he is nearly half a hundred years old.

Behind him, an equally emaciated woman in palace clothes, did the same thing, kneeling behind the man, and softly reciting something that only she could hear.

The clothes on this pair of men and women are very old, and they don't match this palace at all, but they are really in the palace, and they are part of this supremacy. They are the original great tomorrow Zhu Qizhen, and his wife Queen Qian!

It has been three or four years since the grassland returned to Beijing, and if you ask Zhu Qizhen again now, I am afraid that he will regret his decision to come back. Because in the past three or four years, he has completely become a prisoner, and he can't even step out of the door of this Nangong, and what he can see when he looks up every day is just such a small square of sky.

Mingli, he is still the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, he is a prisoner, and even the treatment is a little better than that of ordinary prisoners. They ate the worst brown rice, wore cloth clothes, and even when they wanted to read a book at night, no one provided them with candles.

Whenever night fell, the entire Nangong fell into absolute darkness, which frightened him. Even after years of being here, I still haven't gotten used to the darkness. Here, it is not even as good as when he was a prisoner in the grassland, when there were friends like Boyan who were willing to treat him as a guest......

But who is to blame for this? If you want to blame yourself, you can only blame yourself for being confused, listening to Wang Zhen's slander and using swords in vain, but under the battle, not only let yourself fall into the hands of the Mongols, but also led to hundreds of thousands of troops, hundreds of Ming pillars were buried in Tumu Fort.

In fact, Zhu Qizhen's fear of darkness is mostly caused by this. He was so guilty that every time he thought about it, he would sweat like pulp. Even, he felt that he would end up like this, it was completely retribution, it was God, it was the punishment of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, he also has a grudge in his heart, complaining that his younger brother should not be so ruthless. In fact, he didn't want to take back the throne, because he really had no shame to face the subjects of the Ming Dynasty again, so why should he be so wary of himself? As long as you send yourself to one place, you can spend the rest of your life in peace.

"All sides are guilty, and the sin is bowing. I also hope that the ancestors and ancestors can bless me with the eternal stability of the Ming Dynasty and the people of Li to live and work in peace and contentment. After silently praying at the end, Zhu Qizhen got up from the ground with some difficulty, and then came to his wife and helped her up.

In his heart, the one who feels the most intimate and guilty now is the queen in front of him. When she was in trouble, she asked for help many times, and even took out all her own money. He cried day and night because he was worried about his safety, causing one eye to cry.

And when she returned, even if she was under house arrest in this extremely harsh Nangong, she did not complain. Maybe in her heart, as long as she can be by her side, she will be satisfied.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qizhen's heart felt even more ashamed. It is really a blessing for me to have a wife like this, but I can still be in the blessing and do not know the blessing, and I have accepted many concubines.

It's just a pity that by the time all this was known, it was already too late. I can't give her anything......

With a slight sigh, his movements became softer: "Zhen'er, the weather is fine today, I'll walk around this courtyard with you." ”

Qian Hou nodded: "It's okay." Today is the first day of the new year, the new year is new, and we really shouldn't stay in the house all the time. ”

So, this couple, who used to be the most noble couple in the world, and now the down-and-out prisoners walked hand in hand and carefully paced in this courtyard where there was still a lot of snow.

Whenever a bell and drum sounded in the distance, they would subconsciously stop and turn their heads to look beyond the small sky above them. It's a pity that they can't see anything except the high palace walls.

The two walked silently for a long time, until they were hungry, and then turned back to the slightly dark and cramped dormitory, intending to eat the little food left yesterday.

At this moment, there was a gentle knocking sound at the palace gate in front of him, which made Zhu Qizhen stunned. Generally speaking, the eunuchs who were responsible for delivering things to them directly opened the lock and pushed the door in, and did not knock on the door.

Driven by curiosity, Zhu Qizhen finally walked over. As soon as he opened his mouth to ask who was outside, a respectful voice sounded outside: "The slave has paid New Year's greetings to His Majesty......"

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