"See His Royal Highness King Yue."

The palace people who were still on duty in Qingning Palace all gathered in the main hall, and the three grandmothers, nine palace maids, and five chamberlains bowed to Zhu Qiming together, and the first one was Cui Mama. Behind Mama, Yin'er and Qu Qing smiled at him from time to time, but they didn't dare to behave too presumptuously.

Zhu Qiming waved his hand, signaled everyone to straighten up, and then looked at the furnishings in the hall.

A red sandalwood screen divides the main hall into eighty-two, and several cases and circle chairs, Taishi chairs, and stools are all exposed outside the screen, and they are placed in an orderly manner; Green smoke curls from the incense burner; On the four walls are four paintings of flowers, birds, fish and insects by the hands of court painters; A colorful carpet is spread in front of several cases, on the square carpet, a huge glass lamp hangs on the top, the lights are bright at this moment, and the roof around the glass lamp is like a layer of gold powder.

The Empress Dowager has been dead for many years, but the furnishings of Qingning Palace have not changed, and at a glance, the scenery is still the same, and time seems to be still stuck ten years ago.

From the original orthodox emperor to today's Jingtai Emperor, they have been protected by the Empress Dowager, and in their minds, the Empress Dowager is the eternal beacon of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, for a long time, Qingning Palace will not be abandoned, and no one dares to move to this palace.

According to the ancestral system, the Empress Dowager is attached to the temple behind her, and the spiritual seat is enshrined in the Taimiao, which is listed in the "Seven Temples" repeatedly mentioned by Emperor Jingtai.

In view of the fact that the imperial court sacrifices sometimes every year, it is inconvenient for Zhu Qiming to go to the Taimiao Temple to worship the spirit of the Empress Dowager in the sky, so he can only go to Qingning Palace to think about things.

Looking back at Mama Cui, Mama Cui immediately understood and personally burned incense and prepared paper.

Although there was no spiritual position in front of him, but there was a grandmother in his heart, Zhu Qiming knelt on the ground with great respect, chanting words in his mouth, and performed a worship ceremony so simply and solemnly.

After the ceremony, Zhu Qiming was silent for a long time, turned around and walked out of the main hall.

Cui Mama, Yin'er and Qu Qing followed, and the others stayed in the hall with interest.

Walking through the familiar road, entering the East Pavilion, I saw that the windows in the East Pavilion were bright and clean, the four treasures of the study room were placed on the bookcase, and all kinds of books on the bookshelves were neatly stacked.

"The slave maid and the others know that this is where His Highness used to study, so they don't dare to be sloppy, and come here every day to clean up." Yin'er said with a smile.

Zhu Qiming smiled back, picked up the "New Tang Book", flipped through it casually, put it back on the shelf, and then moved to the west window.

Qu Qing walked over quickly and propped up the window.

Looking through the window, the familiar plum forest came into view, and in the background of the snow and ice in the garden, small flower buds were faintly visible hanging on the plum tops.

Qu Qing's eyes moved, and he swayed out the beautiful beauty of a young girl, "After the New Year, His Royal Highness will come here again, presumably when the plum blossoms are in full bloom, and the scenery in the garden is not as bleak as it is in front of you." ”

Zhu Qiming nodded with a smile, and the scene of the sixteenth day of the first month of the first year of orthodoxy flashed in his mind.

Leaving the west window, he moved to the bookcase and sat down, recalling the joy of more than ten years ago, and the warm experience was written on his face.

"People with a heart in the Forbidden City can see that His Royal Highness is far-reaching, and finally saved Daming. If the Empress Dowager knew in the Heavenly Spirit, she would definitely be very pleased with what Her Highness had done! ”

Someone with a heart? It is expected that there will be no more than four people in the Forbidden City who can see the mysteries, could it be that Mama Cui is one of them?

Zhu Qiming put away that smile and instructed Yin'er and Qu Qingdao: "You two go down, this king and Cui Mama will talk." ”

"Yes."

Seeing Yin'er and Qu Qing go out and go to the road, Zhu Qiming lowered his head slightly, staring at his eyes like a torch.

"Mama has been serving the emperor's grandmother for many years, and her heart and thoughts must be different from ordinary people. Mama, on a rainy night in the tenth year of Xuande, when the king was still a prince, he met a strong man on the verandah of Yuefu, and the imperial grandmother said anything afterwards, for example, did the imperial grandmother mention King Xiang? ”

Mama Cui was shocked, bowed forward, and looked straight at Zhu Qiming, "The general trend of the world has been decided, Your Highness finally has the leisure to turn over old accounts!" After pondering for a moment, he said quietly: "Yes, the Empress Dowager did mention King Xiang." Presumably, His Royal Highness knows the secret edict left by the first emperor, alas, the emperor's art is understandable, but after all, it originates in the secret room, and it can always hurt people invisibly, this is because many times, the emperor's art is inevitably used! Before and after the death of the first emperor, the undercurrent in the court was turbulent, and even His Royal Highness's father could not stay out of the matter. At that time, His Royal Highness's father was not moved by the throne and firmly rejected the idea of 'brother to brother' in the court. ”

"King Xiang doesn't see it that way, he never forgets the secret edict of the first emperor, right?" Zhu Qiming gritted his teeth, "Yuefu became a thorn in the side of some people at that time, and they wanted to pull it out quickly!" In order to calm the situation, the emperor's grandmother originally wanted to let the king's first father and the then tenth uncle go to the domain, but one day, the secretary of Qingsong Dao went to Qingning Palace and brought a silk book. The title of the silk book is a hint about the auxiliary government, in fact, it is to remind the imperial grandmother that even if he goes to the domain, Yuefu is still a thorn in the side of others, once Yuefu loses the protection of the forces in Beijing, it is very vulnerable to the conspiracy of some people, rather than let the two generations of Yuefu face the unpredictable place, it is better to leave this king under the nose of the empress dowager, and over time, it is unknown whether this king can help Sheji get through the difficulties. The imperial grandmother has always loved this king, and you can imagine how uncomfortable the imperial grandmother should be after seeing this silk book! As a result, the matter of King Yue and King Wei going to the vassal was stopped. ”

"The slave knows that there are many things that cannot be hidden from His Highness!" Mama Cui took a step closer, "Your Highness, everything is over, it's not appropriate to go through the old accounts again!" ”

"Passed?" Zhu Qiming Huo Ran got up, "My father just wanted to be a free king when he was alive, but others still refused to stop, and the trouble was to find Yuefu on that rainy night." Mama, is this matter okay! ”

"Your Highness! The Empress Dowager has already seen everything clearly, and the encounter of His Royal Highness in Xuande for ten years is not bizarre, at that time, only the two princes of Yuefu and Weifu could decide whether Daming and Warat were at war, so many people in the court did not want to see His Royal Highness's father participate in political affairs, and abducted His Highness, who in Yuefu still has the heart to ask about politics? King Xiang's intentions are mostly limited to suppressing the power of the prince of Jujing, in order to be worthy of the trust of the first emperor, but other people's ideas may not be so simple, everyone wants to live a peaceful life, try to make the two princes fade out of the government, maybe they can maintain the overall peace in the north. His Royal Highness should understand that the Empress Dowager doesn't want to give justice back to Yuefu, but the calculation of King Xiang is mixed with the thoughts of the auxiliary ministers, and it is impossible to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and the Empress Dowager is also helpless, and she will move her whole body! ”

A trace of anger flashed in Zhu Qiming's eyes, "In the first year of orthodoxy, this king was assassinated in the Lamp Market; In the third year of orthodoxy, this king encountered Fang Zheng on the way to escape, and almost died, Mama, this is a posture of killing everything! ”

"Your Highness!" Mama Cui knelt on the ground with an anxious look on her face.