Volume 18 Chapter 14 The Royal Brother Returns to Beijing, the Palace Dinner

Zhu Cijiong frowned even deeper when he received the reward from Li Mingfu, and he didn't know if "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Thirty-six Strategies" had been transmitted to the European continent or what's wrong.

Judging from the information provided by Schwila and Okundo, the great powers definitely have more than such super battleships, for example, Denmark and Sweden have hundreds of super battleships, so Britain and France must have more than 100 of them, and now the Netherlands is even more prosperous, and their shipbuilding capabilities are stronger than those of the Ming Dynasty.

The great powers must have other plans for such concealment, it is very likely that they dug a pit and waited for Daming to jump, thinking of this, he became more and more careless, only waiting for Zheng Chenggong and them to come.

Daming is now a ship and a train, Zheng Chenggong and they rushed from Xingcheng Port to the capital It didn't take too long, about eight days, Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Zhihu led a small fleet composed of ten super battleships to Dongdaying, and then rushed to the capital by special train accompanied by Huang Long.

When the three of them arrived in the capital, it was close to dusk, Zheng Chenggong didn't care about Huanglong and Zheng Zhihu, but left the two of them, took a bunch of guards, found dozens of carriages, formed a huge convoy, pulled an unknown number of boxes, and went straight to the palace.

Dare to give gifts to the emperor so blatantly look for the entire Ming Dynasty may be the only one, the emperor's younger brother, the convoy of the prince of Zhennan did not even dare to care about the Praetorian Guards and Jinyi Guard, he led the convoy into the imperial city, only when he entered the palace, all the guards who drove the car were replaced by eunuchs.

After entering the palace, the convoy went all the way forward, and it didn't stop when it arrived at the Qianqing Palace.

Well, it's not that Zheng Chenggong is arrogant, but that the emperor and the two queen queens want him to have a dinner party, and the venue of the dinner is Kunning Palace.

The convoy did not stop until the small square in front of Kunning Palace, and even the eunuch pulling the cart was startled.

Oh my God, who are these people standing on the steps outside the gate of Kunning Palace!

The emperor, the queen, and the queen mother of the two palaces are here, the imperial concubines and concubines are also here, and the princes and princesses are even more here!

Zheng Chenggong was also startled, he hurriedly took Liu Ru from the first carriage, and then pulled her to kneel under the steps and said loudly: "Weichen Zheng Chenggong sees the emperor, the queen, the two queen mothers, the imperial concubines and all the noble concubines. “

Such a large number of people really shouted that he was almost out of breath, but fortunately he had practiced kung fu, otherwise he really wouldn't have such a full breath.

At this time, whether it is Zhu Cijiong, Qin Mingyue, Princess Anna or the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, they are all excited, this guy has been living in the palace since he was a child, he is the real royal brother of the emperor, and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces really treats him as a son.

Especially the Empress Dowager Yi'an was even more fond of him, so she ran to the bottom of the steps, directly pulled Zheng Chenggong up and hugged him into her arms, and said with tears: "Success, you are back, after so many years, you don't know how to come back to see the mourning family." “

Zheng Chenggong was moved, he said at a loss: "Weichen, Weichen, military affairs are busy, and the Empress Dowager Lao is worried." “

At this time, Zhu Cijiong took a large number of people down the steps, Chen Yuanyuan and others pulled Liu Ru to talk endlessly, but Zhu Cijiong pulled a group of princes and princesses over and introduced them to Zheng Chenggong one by one.

Zheng Chenggong hurriedly took out a jade pendant and bracelet from his arms, one jade pendant for each prince and one bracelet for each princess.

Those jade pendants are carved from the best jade cores, which are priceless in the capital, but they are not so exaggerated in Nanyang, because jade is produced in many places in Nanyang.

Those bracelets are even more incredible, although the bracelet body is only carved from gold hollowing, but it is inlaid with a circle of colorful gemstones, those gems are collected by the Ming Dynasty royal Western trade all over the world, it can be said that each one is priceless.

Zhu Cijiong didn't care much about this, he just asked curiously: "Success, why are you pulling so many carriages, what are you doing here?" “

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he said shyly: "It's nothing, it's all some Nanyang specialties, just a few cars of pearls are worth a little money, and the others are dried fruits and seasonal fruits, which are not worth much." “

Good guys, dried fruits and fruits are nothing, the traffic is also developed at this time, if you want to eat it, you can still find a way to get it, pearls are different, good pearls are not cheap at all, presumably Zheng Cheng's function is not an ordinary pearl, he actually sent it car by car!

This pearl is a rare good thing for women, it can whiten and nourish the skin, nourish the liver and eyes, delay aging, promote sleep, etc., etc., the ladies who have been in the deep palace for a long time are the most studied about this nature, and the imperial concubine Princess Anna heard this, and couldn't help asking: "Is there a lot, can it be ground into powder and eaten?" “

The effect of grinding into powder and eating it is naturally better, but at this time, the pearl is at least a few taels of silver, and the good ones can't be beaten for dozens of taels of silver, even the palace can't be so extravagant.

Zheng Chenggong said without hesitation: "Sister Anna wants to grind it into flour and eat it, even if you eat it, just send me a telegram if it's not enough, there are a lot of these things in Nanyang, how much you want!" “

If someone else wants to say this, it is definitely bragging, but Zheng Chenggong is not bragging, even if Princess Anna eats a few pills a day, it is just a drizzle for him.

The eagerness that everyone was chatting about was so eager that they even forgot to eat, Zhu Cijiong touched his hungry stomach and couldn't help but propose: "Let's eat first, and talk while eating." “

Only then did the people who were chatting react, they were a little hungry, and they hugged Zheng Chenggong and Liu Ru and walked inside.

On Zheng Chenggong's side, the queen mother of the two palaces was accompanying her, and the imperial concubine Anna was chattering on the side, and even the queen Qin Mingyue was smiling and pulling her son to lead the way.

Liu Ru is side, several sisters were also holding children around her and chattering non-stop.

At this moment, Zhu Cijiong was left alone and no one cared for, and he followed behind depressedly.

No way, he is the emperor, sometimes he has to maintain his majesty, but Zheng Chenggong does not have this burden, when he was a child, he was coquettish and played everything, and this kind of true temperament is more likable.

The dinner party is naturally very lively, but the dignity and humility still have to be divided, Zhu Cijiong deliberately opened two tables, he has two queen mothers at this table, Queen Qin Mingyue, the imperial concubine Anna and Zheng Chenggong, and the other concubines accompanied Liu Ruyi, with a bunch of princes and princesses at the other table.

During the banquet, everyone talked about Zheng Chenggong's affairs the most, mainly because he had not yet gotten married, and Liu Ru was just a side room.

Who can be worthy of such a proud son of the sky?

The imperial concubine Anna proposed a candidate, and that was his cousin, Princess Maria of Spain.

You must know that the king of Spain, Philip IV, only has a son and a daughter, and this princess Maria is also expensive.

It's just a dignified prince of the Ming Dynasty, will he marry a foreigner as the main family?

It doesn't seem impossible, because the emperor married a foreigner as the imperial concubine, of course, these are all later words, so I won't skip it here.