"Your Majesty, the concubine also thinks that the matter of establishing a prince is indeed sooner rather than later." Zhang Yan said softly.

"I will never set up a prince now, and I will never abide by the rules of 'establishing the elder but not the young', and 'passing on the heirs but not the concubine', I will only establish the virtuous. And this 'virtuous' is by no means measured by me, but by ......" Zhu Youxiao stopped when he said this.

"Your Majesty, if you don't establish the crown prince as soon as possible, I'm afraid the entire empire and the harem will be in chaos." Zhang Yan said.

"There will be no chaos if I am here, and I want to establish a standard for future generations to establish a prince through this crown prince." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty......," Zhang Yan said.

"Okay, let's not talk about it." Zhu Youxiao interrupted Zhang Yan's words and said, "I am going to build an Imperial Gate in front of Ningshou Gate. ”

"Now that Nenu is rich, there is nothing to build a door, but why does the emperor suddenly want to build a gate here?" Zhang Yan asked.

"I plan to divide the Forbidden City into two pieces along the line between Cining Gate and Huangji Gate, one for the use of the Eight Ministries, the Cabinet, and the Metropolitan Governor's Office. Now that the number of people in the harem has decreased sharply, there is no need for such a large place, and the relocation of the imperial court's departments to the Forbidden City is also convenient for dealing with some urgent affairs. Zhu Youxiao said.

"Since the emperor abolished the Forbidden City in Nanjing and other places, the number of people in the palace has increased dramatically, and now the number of eunuchs is still more than 40,000, and the number of palace maids has once again reached more than 3,000." Zhang Yan said.

"Then let's stop for the time being, but the Huangji Gate still needs to be repaired." Zhu Youxiao said depressedly.

"Your Majesty, don't be angry, recently a famous Nanqu character came to Jingshi, and the concubine came into the palace to listen, and she sang very well, so the concubine left her in the palace, ready to wait for the emperor to come back and enjoy it." Zhang Yan said with a smile.

"I'm not in the mood for today." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, this woman is extremely gorgeous, and the emperor has seen it." Zhang Yan said.

"Who is it?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"When the emperor sees him, he will naturally know." Zhang Yan smiled and said, "Pass ......"

At this time, a beautiful woman holding a pipa walked out, Zhu Youxiao took a look and found that he really recognized it, he asked in surprise: "Bian Sai, why are you here?" Didn't I promise to marry you and Wu Meicun? ”

"Long live the slave and maid to meet the emperor, and meet the queen mother Chitose!" Bian Sai Shili said.

"Pingshen, I've asked you." Zhu Youxiao said impatiently.

"Since His Majesty gave the marriage, the slave maid left the Qinhuai River and lived in the city of Nanjing, but since then I have never seen Mr. Plum Village, after the slave and maid left the Qinhuai River, there was no income, and the slave and maid had no choice, so they decided to come to Beijing." Bian Sai said.

"It seems that Wu Meicun's character determines that the two of you are always destined." Zhu Youxiao sighed, "Then why did you come to Jingshi again?" ”

"The slave's sister Bian Min is in Beijing, so the slave wants to come and see." Bian Sai replied.

"Has Bian Min come to Beijing?" Zhu Youxiao asked in surprise.

Regarding Zhu Youxiao's question, Bian Saitou didn't dare to raise his head, let alone answer. Zhang Yan spoke at this moment, "After Bian Min entered the palace, the concubine arranged Qi in the orphanage. ”

"When did Bian Min enter the palace? How come I don't know? Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The last time the emperor visited Jiangnan, Gu Mei recruited Bian Min into the palace." Zhang Yan said.

"Bian Sai, do you want to take Bian Min away?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"No, the slave doesn't mean that, the slave just wants to come and see Bian Min." Bian Sai hurriedly said.

"If you want to take her away, I'll definitely allow it." Zhu Youxiao said.

"The slave maid really doesn't have this idea, the slave maid really wants to see Bian Min, Bian Min can only sell her sex art with the slave maid, it is better to let her stay in the palace." Bian Sai said.

"In that case, I'll let my sister meet." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Bian Sai, although Bian Minren is in an orphanage, but she is studying in an orphanage, follow this palace, this palace will never treat her badly, and if you want, you can also stay here in this palace." Zhang Yan said.

"Thank you, Queen Mother Longen!" Bian Sai Shili said.

"Dong Nian, you take Bian Sai to the orphanage to meet her sister." Zhang Yan said.

"Your name is Dong Nian? Were you also brought into the palace by Gu Mei? Zhu Youxiao asked suspiciously.

"Back to Your Majesty's words, yes, the slave maid was brought into the palace by Gu Niangniang." Dong Nian Shili said.

"You take Bian Sai to the orphanage to meet her sister first." Zhu Youxiao said.

After Zhu Youxiao saw Dong Nian and Bian Sai leave, Zhang Yancai smiled and said: "This Dong Nian's appearance is first-class and good, among the more than a dozen women brought by Gu Jieyu, this woman's appearance is the best, but it's a pity that the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are much worse, so the palace will leave her in the palace." ”

In "Banqiao Miscellaneous", this Dong Nian left a deep impression on Zhu Youxiao, among the Qinglou women described by Xu Huai, only Dong Nian used the word "stunning", but her name was not passed down to later generations, which shows that she is much inferior in other aspects except for being extremely beautiful.

"I said you would always be my queen, and that will never change." Zhu Youxiao said.

"The emperor's love for the concubine, the concubine remembers it in his heart! The concubine just thinks that the emperor is in the prime of life......" Zhang Yan explained again.

"You'll be the one who will sleep tonight." Zhu Youxiao interrupted Zhang Yan's words and said with a smile.

After that, Zhu Youxiao hugged Zhang Yan with a princess hug, and Zhang Yan said softly: "Your Majesty, quickly put down the concubine, it will be bad for the people in the palace to see it." ”

"I like to hold it like this, and I see who dares to say it." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

……

At the end of February, Zheng Zhilong received a holy decree from Zhu Youxiao to canonize him as the king of Kyushu. With Zhu Youxiao's canonization, Zheng Zhilong rightfully became the king of Kyushu.

But in fact, after Yan Siqi died, there was a split within Kyushu, although Zheng Zhilong was Yan Siqi's son-in-law, and he was also the strongest person in the group, but there were still several people who were not convinced.

At the beginning of March, Liu Xiang was the first to leave Kyushu with his ship, and then Zhong Bin and Li Kuiqi also led their own fleet to leave Kyushu, and the departure of the three reduced Kyushu's naval strength by three percent.

The departure of these three people made Zheng Zhilong feel the crisis, and he immediately began to reorganize the water division, and asked Zheng Zhiguan to take over the entire water division and be responsible for the reconstruction of the water division.

Soon Zhu Youxiao also got the news, and he immediately ordered the navy to intercept Liu Xiang and the other three. Zhu Youxiao understood that once Liu Xiang and the three of them left Kyushu Island, they would definitely return to their old jobs in the future. Zhu Youxiao didn't want pirates to appear around the empire again, he had to strangle everything in the cradle.

(End of chapter)