On the tenth day of September, Zhu Di's boat returned to the dock next to the Yuejiang Building in Yingtianfu.

The people of Beijing and the ministers of civil and military affairs who stayed behind greeted Zhu Di and his party at the dock.

When Zhu Di got off the boat, the leading Zhu Gaochi and the ministers of civil and military affairs, including the people celebrating in their sights, all shouted long live, long live, long live, and paid respects.

At this time, not to mention Zhu Zhanji, even none of the accompanying ministers of civil and military affairs dared to follow Zhu Di's side, allowing him to enjoy the most formal welcome alone.

After everyone got up, Zhu Zhanji and the others got off the boat in turn and joined the celebratory procession.

Zhu Zhanji walked towards Zhu Gaochi head-on, and before he could walk in front of him, he knelt down on his knees and kowtowed to him three times. "The child is not filial, and after many years, he has not been able to fulfill his filial piety in front of his father."

Zhu Gao's mouth couldn't close with a smile, and he got up with both hands on his arms. "My son's prestige is all over the world, and serving the Ming Dynasty is the great filial piety."

Of course, Zhu Zhanji will not let him help himself up, he himself is now weak and has to be supported by others, so he can only support him.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji was already half a head taller than himself, Zhu Gaochi smiled and said: "Joining the army is indeed a training person, and the base is tall and strong." ”

At this time, there were many ceremonies and complicated personnel, and their father and son did not say a few words, and they were arranged to different positions by the eunuchs.

Zhu Di will take the dragon chariot and swagger all the way back to the palace, in front of the people, of course, he has to make a full gesture, and called the prince Zhu Gaochi into the car, and enjoyed the cheers of the people with him.

Although Zhu Zhanji is very favored, he is not qualified to come to the side at this time.

After Zhu Di's dragon chariot, there is also the Zongren Mansion, the car of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs. In front of Zhu Zhanji's car, there were all cars driven by important ministers of the state, and there were about 30 cars between Zhu Di's car.

The convoy walked for about four hours before arriving at Chengtianmen, just south of the Imperial City, from the pier.

Here, everyone gets off the bus, enters on foot from Chengtianmen, follows the royal road, and enters the Taimiao through the temple street gate for a great ritual.

Disembarking from the boat at about noon and ending at dark, the palace was already brightly lit.

The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs left the imperial city from Chengtianmen, while Zhu Di took Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji along the noon gate into the palace.

As for Concubine Zhaoyi and the four daughters of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, they are not qualified to participate in the sacrifice of the Taimiao, so they have already arranged to return to the harem from other routes.

Zhu Di was already exhausted, but he had been holding on, and after the sacrifice was over, he couldn't hold it anymore, so he prepared a few pairs of steps and sat up.

His chariot was carried by 16 people, Zhu Gaochi was carried by 12 people, and Zhu Zhanji's was only carried by 8 people.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji wanted to behave at this time, and personally helped Zhu Di to sit down, before he smiled and said: "Grandpa Huang is tired all the way, my grandson won't bother you today, and I will go to say hello to Grandpa Huang tomorrow." ”

Zhu Di said with a smile: "If you don't say goodbye to October, your mother must be worried, you should accompany her well in the palace." ”

Zhu Zhanji deliberately teased: "Obey the order!" ”

Zhu Di couldn't help laughing, pointed at him with his finger, but didn't know what to say, just laughed and scolded: "Little monkey!" ”

Zhu Zhanji laughed: "Grandpa forgot, I am a tiger, a little tiger." ”

After sending Zhu Di's chariot away, Zhu Zhanji helped Zhu Gaochi, who was almost out of breath, to get onto the chariot, but he did not sit on the chariot, but followed him and chatted with him.

As the crown prince, Zhu Gaochi even doesn't like to fight and kill, but he also has an inevitable concern for war. He asked about some details of Zhu Zhanji's presence on the battlefield, although he had said it in private messages before, Zhu Zhanji also took the trouble to show off with him.

After passing through the end gate, through the noon gate, Zhu Di's chariot entered the Youshun Gate from here, while the honor guards of Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Gaochi separated from here, entered the Zuoshun Gate, passed through Wenyuan Pavilion, and arrived at the Wenhua Gate.

The crown princess Zhang led a group of Zhu Gaochi's little wives, and a group of children were already waiting at the door.

Zhu Zhanji visited his mother, and the others paid homage to Zhu Zhanji, and after a while of commotion at the door, everyone entered the Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Zhanji noticed that Sun Xian was hiding behind the crowd, and there was a hint of melancholy in his eyes when he looked at him.

Although the official will has not yet been made, the eunuchs have begun to form a concubine selection group, and the matter of choosing a concubine for the grandson has spread all over the country.

Of course, the high-ranking eunuchs have no interest in joining the concubine selection group, but those eunuchs who are usually unsuccessful are all proud to join the mission.

This is not to recruit ordinary palace maids, but to choose concubines, everyone in the world is cheering because of this, especially if there are school-age girls in the family, they want to take this opportunity to climb the high branches.

In order to prevent chaos in the harem, most of the concubines of the Ming royal family were from civilian commoners, and at most they were only middle class.

But if she is selected, the concubine's family will carp and jump into the dragon gate, and at least one earl will be titled.

Therefore, ordinary families in the Ming Dynasty all take this as a shortcut, and in order to let their daughter choose, they will definitely voluntarily pay a large amount of money to bribe.

Being able to join the mission is a big fat difference, even more than reading the holy decree of promotion, and getting more extra money.

Since Concubine Taisun Xuan has been put on the agenda, Sun Xian will naturally be worried. Although she has been cultivated as a queen since she was eleven years old, she has not received the gold book, and this matter is still variable.

Zhu Zhanji smiled at her, nodded slightly, and she became happy, and the corners of her lips curled slightly.

At the age of ten, she can be recognized as a stunning beauty in a place, Zhu Zhanji's grandmother, mother, including grandfather can take a fancy to it, and she was raised in the palace at the age of eleven to be an alternate queen, which is enough to prove her beauty.

And she has been deliberately guided and trained, and her manners, makeup, and personality have also been cultivated very well, even if she is arranged to be the queen, she can't find anything bad.

Even though Zhu Zhanji is well-informed and has been on the battlefield for a long time, he can't help but feel a light wave in his heart at this time.

From being able to love women, during this time, he and the four girls of spring, summer, autumn and winter have had a relatively absurd time.

The four girls all give and demand to him, never resist him, no matter how he tosses, they are just flattering. Being a man in this era, especially a man with power, is much more sexually blessed than in later generations.

No matter how lascivious you are, you will not be blamed in any way.

The floodgates of desire are opened, and it is difficult to close them again. However, Zhu Zhanji is not a young man who has never seen the world, and the women who have experienced in the first two lives are not one thousand but eight hundred, but he is not so anxious that he ate her before the wedding.

It's one thing to be in love with the palace maids, it's another thing to be in love with the intended queen.

The queen generally can't take contraceptive pills, if she gives birth to a child before she gets married, it is a loss of virtue, and her queen doesn't want to be it.

Today, when Zhu Zhanji returned to the palace for the first time, everyone gathered in the side hall for dinner.

Zhu Gaochi leaned back in the special high-backed seat, looking lethargic and not having any appetite at all. It's just because Zhu Zhanji returned to the palace today, and he is holding on to socializing.

Looking at his appearance, Zhu Zhanji was also a little distressed, but looking at a series of seven wives and more than a dozen children, Zhu Zhanji had no sympathy for him.

Although he is his own father, but his body, I'm afraid he can only be in the lower position in bed! It's just!

"Father, you have been tired all day today, so you might as well go and rest early. Children are no one else, they don't get together today, but they will have a chance to get together tomorrow. ”

Zhu Gaochi snorted, and he didn't hold it up. "Today's body is indeed weak, so I will go and rest first."

Today, it must have been the turn of Concubine Jing's Zhang family, and when she heard Zhu Gaochi say this, she immediately stood up and walked to Zhu Gaochi's side, held his arm, nodded to Zhu Zhanji and said, "Let me serve the prince to rest." ”

Zhu Zhanji also nodded to her and let go of his body. instructed Guo Li, who was waiting next to him, and said, "Ambassador Guo, let people send eight of Concubine Jing's favorite dishes to her room." ”

Guo Li responded yes and arranged for the little eunuchs to prepare. Concubine Jing nodded to him as a sign of gratitude, and let the two strong eunuchs support Zhu Gaochi and leave after him.

This concubine Zhang is the daughter of Zhang Fu and the niece of Zhaoyi's concubine Zhang, because of this reason, her status in the Wenhua Hall is relatively transcendent.

Except for the crown princess, led by Zhu Zhanji, everyone got up one after another and sent them out.

Crown Princess Zhang's attention has been on Zhu Zhanji's body, and when Zhu Gaochi left, she couldn't help but grab Zhu Zhanji's arm and said in a trembling voice: "My son has suffered, and his complexion has darkened a lot. ”

Zhu Zhanji raised his arm and said with a smile: "The child is dark, but he is also tall and strong." ”

Jiaxing has grown to five years old, and as the eldest princess, she has always been the most favored one in the palace. Only she dared to pull the hem of Zhu Zhanji's clothes and said: "Brother Taisun is so tall, Jiaxing has to look up to see you." ”

Zhu Zhanji picked her up and asked her to laugh with him: "So you don't have to look up!" ”

She reached out and touched Zhu Zhanji's upper lip, and said with a smile: "My brother is going to grow a beard too!" ”

Seeing their brother and sister making love, Zhang was also full of smiles, and instructed Guo Li to say: "The grandson is running all the way, I'm afraid that he will be hungry for a long time, let's have a banquet!" ”

The other concubines and a group of younger siblings sat down again and began to eat.

Zhu Gaochi was not there, and everyone was dominated by Zhang. In order to let Zhu Zhanji eat more, Zhang kept holding the chopsticks and didn't put them down, but he didn't eat much, just watched Zhu Zhanji eat.

This son is her pride and her reliance, especially after the Northern Expedition, it is rumored inside and outside the palace that Taisun is brave and brave, killing forty-three enemies.

She was both proud and worried. At this time, watching him gobble up food in front of him, I couldn't be more satisfied.

It wasn't until after dinner that she said, "It's late today, I'll talk to you again tomorrow." However, the selection of the concubine is imminent, and the Sun family is naturally anxious in his heart, so you two should also go and talk about intimate words. ”

Several little guys laughed, and Sun Xian's head was lowered under the table.

(I wrote 9,000 words today, and my head was dizzy, so I went to sleep first, and I tried to keep it tomorrow.) ）