After sending away the two envoys selected by Feng Quan to send Annan, Zhu Youzhen took a sip of the brewed hot tea. He just put the cup down, but saw Wang Chengen take out a handful of warm water with a strange nature from the warm nest on the side, instead of the iron kettle that was placed on the small stove in the past to add water to himself.

Seeing Chongzhen staring intently at the warm water ** in his hand, Wang Chengen hurriedly explained: "The water ** in the minister's hand is the warm water ** newly developed by the Academy of Sciences and the glass workshop."

This is really a strange thing, after filling the hot water, you can maintain the water temperature for most of the day, and you don't have to boil the water again. His Majesty likes to drink tea, so the minister went to ask for a few handfuls, so that whenever His Majesty comes back, there will be hot water available. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at this warm water ** for a long time, and then asked with a smile: "Since it is a warm water **, what do you do with it in the warm nest?" Isn't this a multiple move, and it's not convenient to access. ”

Wang Chengen carefully put it back and replied: "The gentlemen of the Academy of Sciences said that it can keep the water warm, but the minister tried it and found that the effect was not as good as they said. If you put it in the warm nest, you can keep it warm for a while, and if the temperature outside is too low, this warm water ** is easy to burst, so it is better to put it in it to be safer, so as not to damage His Majesty's study. ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head, and then asked: "Such an uninsured thing, the glass workshop still plans to make and sell it for money?" ”

Wang Chengen put the warm water **, then turned to Chongzhen and explained: "Such a finished product is naturally not good, the gentlemen of the Academy of Sciences are still continuing to research and improve, intending to further reduce costs and production processes, and improve the quality of glass." Always reduce the cost to less than one piece, and this water ** will be sold. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said: "That's right, I didn't expect you to learn to use cost analysis, isn't this also a good thing." To be a human being is to live to learn all the time, okay, who else am I going to see next? ”

Wang Chengen immediately replied: "According to Your Majesty's orders, all the meetings on non-important matters have been postponed, and the scheduled summons for today have all ended. If Your Majesty wishes, you can go and see the little princess and the little prince. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and said: "The palace walls on both sides of the royal road from Chengtianmen to Daming Gate have begun to be demolished?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the demolition has officially begun this morning." Wang Chengen hesitated for a moment and then said, "But Your Majesty, some officials of the Sixth Ministry and several gentlemen in the cabinet have sent a document to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, asking us what we are doing to demolish these palace walls. Is it really good to ignore them? ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said: "Don't pay attention to it, let's talk about demolition, hand over the dismantled bricks to Liu Chongqing, and let him repair the road." These two palace walls are erected there, and ordinary people in the East and West Cities have to go around in a big circle if they want to go to the opposite side, isn't it a waste of time?

In addition, let the celebrant send a document to Liu Chongqing, from now on, except for the day of the festival or the day of the other notice, ordinary people crossing the royal road is not a crime, of course, damaging the road still has to be investigated.

In addition, except for the Daming Gate, the Chongwen Gate and the Xuanwu Gate are no longer closed at night to facilitate the people to enter and exit at night, but the guards of the two gates will not be revoked..."

As Zhu Youzhen was speaking, he saw Lu Qi walking in, and it seemed that he had something to report to him, so he stopped and motioned for Lu Qi to speak. After Lu Qi saluted, he whispered to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the Bishop of Macau, Antonio, has sent a message in, he said that he has thought maturely, and is willing to accept His Majesty's request to assist Queen Isabella in cleaning up the Portuguese in Macao and establishing the Eastern Court of the Kingdom of Portugal." ”

Zhu Youzhen held his chin and thought for a while, then tilted his head to look at Lu Qi and asked, "What time is it today?" ”

Lu Qi replied without thinking: "Your Majesty, it is the fourteenth day of the first month. ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "This Mr. Bishop is really steady enough, and it took five days to reply to me. You go and tell him that tomorrow I will hold a concubine ceremony for Isabella and Cui Yuzhi. So tonight, I'm going to go to church with Isabella for a Catholic wedding ceremony and get him ready.

By the way, I don't want tonight's ceremony to cause me any trouble, you take care of it, and don't let anyone else watch it.

In addition, he told Mr. Bishop that after the wedding was completed, I would send someone to escort Isabella back to Macau with them, and then Isabella would take over all the power of Macau and publicly proclaim the establishment of the government-in-exile of the Kingdom of Portugal.

As Prime Minister of the government-in-exile and Archbishop of the future Kingdom of Portugal, I asked him to declare the city of Malacca and Chittagong to be given to the Ming Empire as the queen's dowry from the moment the government-in-exile was formed.

The celebrant drew up the text of the gift of the land, and asked Mr. Bishop to sign it tonight. ”

Wang Chengen said with some sweat on his forehead, "Your Majesty, isn't this too unconstitutional?" If this spreads, I am afraid that it will damage His Majesty's reputation. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to wait for this government-in-exile to be put forward by Bishop Antonio himself? Anyway, they can't get out of His Majesty's palm. ”

Zhu Youzhen stretched his waist, then got up and said: "Don't be so troublesome, too much respect for those Portuguese will make them feel that Da Ming is weak and can be bullied." Since some of them dared to unite with Quang Nam to attack Saigon and privately sell artillery to Quang Nam, they should be taught a lesson, otherwise they will not be remembered for a long time.

For the sake of the wedding in the evening and tomorrow, I should go and see the queen and the two concubines now, so as not to lose my temper with me after tomorrow..."

That night, in a small church in the area of the Ten Kings' Palace, Isabella in a white wedding dress looked like a real angel, and after living in the capital for nearly two years, she finally figured out some of the real conditions of the country where she lived.

She didn't feel any resistance to marrying Chongzhen, but was quite excited in her heart. After a long period of exile, she is still extremely grateful to Chongzhen who rescued herself from this life, not to mention that Chongzhen is still a very handsome young man, so she is very satisfied with this marriage.

The only thing she regrets is that after living in the palace, she has rarely been able to go out. Although Isabella is very confident in her appearance, after seeing the many beauties around Chongzhen, she is still a little worried about how long she can maintain her status.

Although her background is not bad, Isabella's experience of moving around since she was a child makes her education unable to match her background. Coupled with the difference between Eastern and Western education, she felt like a stupid peasant woman in front of some people.

Unable to maintain her image culturally and intellectually, Isabella hopes to win Chongzhen's attention in another way, and that is her political ability.

Although Isabella did not receive a special aristocratic education since she was a child, she had heard too many secrets of aristocratic struggles by her father's side. And in the migration life from childhood to adulthood, she has also seen all kinds of characters, which also makes her better understand what Chongzhen married her for.

And in these days in the palace, Isabella also fully understood that the struggles in the Eastern court were not much nobler than the struggles between Western nobles, and even more cruel to a concubine of foreign origin like her.

Her son was born with no chance to be on the throne, and after losing Chongzhen's favor, she could only watch the sky in the palace grow old slowly. This kind of life is obviously not something Isabella can accept, and she feels that she has to fight for a little security of her future no matter what.

Therefore, she attaches great importance to her other identity, that is, the status of the queen of Portugal. Just as her son could not inherit Chongzhen's throne, the subjects of the Kingdom of Portugal would not approve of the annexation of their country by the Ming Dynasty thousands of miles away, perhaps they could approve of Chongzhen and her union to obtain the crown of the King of the Kingdom of Portugal, but they would not agree that a Chinese without Isabella blood would continue to wear the crown.

So Isabella felt that as long as Chongzhen could help her get back the crown of the Kingdom of Portugal, then the crown would only fall on her children, and even if Chongzhen died in an accident, she would have a way out.

For this reason, Isabella not only worked hard to learn the knowledge of governing the country, but also actively attracted the Portuguese in Beijing. In some ways, it was Isabella herself who was most enthusiastic about the restoration of the Kingdom of Portugal.

Bishop Antonio, who was standing on the pulpit, looked at the two noble Majesties in front of him, and carefully completed the wedding in accordance with the Catholic rites, and in order to prepare for the wedding, he also performed it in front of Wang Chengen, for fear of violating the taboos of this country.

The last item of the wedding is to bring the crown to Chongzhen and Isabella. According to the European process, Antonio crowned the queen first, and then the queen crowned Chongzhen. It is used to indicate the divine authority of the monarchy, and the meaning that Chongzhen's power over the Kingdom of Portugal comes from his wife Isabella.

However, when a member of the Macau Loyal Parliament in Beijing walked towards Bishop Antonio with two crowns, he was intercepted by Wang Chengen, who was next to Chongzhen.

Wang Chengen took the wooden plate in the hands of the councilors, ignored the gaze of these spectators, and sent it directly to Chongzhen. Zhu Youzhen glanced at the two crowns decorated with gems placed on the red brocade, then directly reached out and took the smaller crown, and then gestured to Isabella beside him with his eyes.

Isabella, who was a little flustered, immediately reacted, bowed her head to Chongzhen Yingying, and asked Chongzhen to put on the crown for her. And Chongzhen also took off his crown, took the crown from Isabella's hand and put it on his head, which was the end of the ceremony.

Everyone watching the ceremony turned a blind eye to Chongzhen's move to change the coronation ceremony, but Antonio only paused for a moment and did not hesitate to announce the ceremony to everyone, and then offered blessings to Isabella and Chongzhen.

Isabella took advantage of Chongzhen's conversation with others, and whispered to Bishop Antonio, who was standing beside her, and said, "Mr. Bishop, I think red is more suitable for you." ”

Antonio subconsciously glanced at the black robe on his body, and soon understood Isabella's hint, he said cautiously and carefully: "For me, the greatest honor lies in being able to serve you and Your Majesty all the time, instead of changing the color of clothes..."