Chapter 422: The Holy Roman Empire
Suddenly, like a night of spring breeze, thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloom!
is very different from when Zhu Song first married Xu Miaojin and Xu Wanjun, and it has been half a year since the two of them gave the gift of Zhou Gong. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
And what about Zhu Song and his new wife Song Minglin? is the depth of love, and the gift of Zhou Gong is naturally a matter of course.
The newlyweds who had a night of spring supper did not sleep until the next day, but got up early, dressed neatly under the service of the subordinates, and were led by Zhu Song all the way to the palace.
After all, according to the long-standing Chinese tradition, today is the first day of the new daughter-in-law's passage, and after getting up, she naturally has to go to see her in-laws, and Zhu Song's father has been dead for several years, and there is a mother in the palace.
Although the Zhou family is the concubine of the former emperor, according to the ancestral system, the concubine who has no heirs is naturally buried in the imperial tomb; If he has an heir, if he is not a prince, he will live in seclusion in a cold palace; If it is a prince, it is natural to live in the side palace, but if there is no emperor's holy order, these former imperial concubines cannot easily leave the palace.
In the side palace, in addition to Concubine Zhou, there are many other princes' mothers.
Zhu Di is not so rigid, although the emperor set the rules, but as the mother concubine of the princes, it is a major event to marry a Confucian, Zhu Di naturally will not stop the prince from bringing his new daughter-in-law into the palace to bow to their mother.
Half an hour later, Zhu Song and Song Minglin came to the Xuanlin Hall on the northwest side of the palace with gifts.
Song Minglin had never seen Zhu Song's mother-in-law, just like all the behaviors when she saw her mother-in-law for the first time, this came to the front of the palace, Song Minglin became more and more nervous: "Husband, is it okay to dress the concubine?" ”
Looking at Song Minglin's nervous appearance, Zhu Song couldn't help laughing, in his previous life, he remembered that when he first performed the bodyguard mission, he was also very nervous, and he almost messed up the task.
Song Minglin's nervousness about seeing her mother-in-law right now is so similar to that of his previous life!
Thinking of this, Zhu Song couldn't help but stretch out his hand, slightly pinched Song Minglin's soft and boneless jade hands, and said: "Linlin, don't be nervous, the mother concubine is very easy-going, I will definitely like it when I see such a beautiful daughter-in-law like you!" ”
"Really?" Song Minglin's eyes lit up, and she looked at Zhu Song with bright eyes and said, "Then, husband, let's go into the palace!" ”
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Just when Zhu Song and Song Minglin were hesitating at the entrance of the main hall, in the Xuanlin Palace, Concubine Zhou, who was close to the age of confusion, was sitting in front of the bronze mirror with a sad face, and a pretty maid behind her was grooming Concubine Zhou.
"Mingyue, Song'er got married yesterday, have you heard some news?" Concubine Zhou frowned and asked softly.
The maid behind Concubine Zhou smiled slightly when she heard this, and said, "Niangniang, I heard that yesterday, the princes, princesses, county kings and county lords in our Nanjing City went to congratulate His Royal Highness King Han, and Long Live Lord also sent many congratulatory gifts." ”
"Alas, I really want to go to Song'er's marriage ceremony!" Concubine Zhou sighed and said, "It's just a long live ......."
"Niangniang, after all, the prince is marrying a Confucian this time, not the princess, long live the lord has not issued an order to let you leave the palace to participate in the marriage ceremony of His Royal Highness King Han, which is also reasonable." Ming Yue seemed to have a very close relationship with Concubine Zhou, and she continued: "Don't worry, His Royal Highness King Han and his wife should come to see you today. ”
"Will it really come?" Concubine Zhou shook her head slightly and said, "Okay, Song'er is older, so there is no need to worry about this palace." ”
At this moment, there was a sudden 'squeak' sound from the palace door, and a little maid hurriedly walked in and saluted Concubine Zhou: "Qi Niangniang, His Royal Highness King Han and his wife come to see you." ”
Concubine Zhou was slightly stunned when she heard this, turned her head to look at the little maid, and said, "What did you just say?" Say it again! ”
seemed to be frightened by Concubine Zhou's attitude, and after a while, the little maid lowered her head and said softly: "Qi Niangniang, His Royal Highness King Han came to see him with his new wife, and now he has arrived outside the main hall." ”
"Quick, invite them in!" Concubine Zhou's face flashed with obvious joy, and she was about to rush to the door of the main hall.
But as soon as she stood up, she seemed to think of something, touched her long hair and cheeks, and said to Minglin: "Minglin, isn't this palace ugly?" Hurry up, you can sort out this palace again. ”
"Mother, you're so beautiful." Ming Lin said this, the movements of her hands were indeed not slow, and she began to start dressing up for Concubine Zhou.
Squeak!
At this moment, the door of Xuanlin Hall was pushed open by the little maid, and Zhu Song pulled Song Minglin into the main hall.
As soon as he entered the door, Zhu Song saw his mother and concubine dressed in beautiful palace clothes, with a jade phoenix and golden hairpin in her beautiful long hair, and although the expression on her face was indifferent, it was difficult to hide the excitement and joy in her eyes.
"Sons Zhu Song and Song Minglin, meet your mother, your mother is a thousand years old!" Zhu Song led his daughter-in-law Song Minglin and went straight to Concubine Zhou, bowed her head and bowed.
At the moment, you can not kneel to the world, but as a biological parent, there is no reason not to kneel.
As soon as she saw her youngest son, the excitement and joy in Concubine Zhou's eyes were no longer hidden, and she directly became smiling, she took two steps forward, leaned over and helped the two of them, and said, "Hurry up and excuse me!" Is this Linlin? ”
Song Minglin nodded shyly, took out a very delicate purse, and said, "My daughter-in-law has seen my mother!" Mother, this is a gift prepared for you by your daughter-in-law, please be sure to accept it! ”
"You child, it should be the concubine who prepared a gift for you." Concubine Zhou shook her head with a smile on her face and said, "Your intentions, this palace has accepted it, but this gift should be put away quickly!" Mother ......"
"Mother, this is a little bit of Linlin's heart, why do you want to refuse?" Zhu Song took the small purse from Song Minglin's hand, took Concubine Zhou's hand, and stuffed the purse directly into her hand: "Give it to you, you can take it!" Come, open it and take a look, this is the heirloom of Linlin's family, do you like it? ”
Concubine Zhou has always felt guilty about her son, and now that her son has sent her a gift so firmly, Concubine Zhou suddenly felt that the blood all over her body began to burn, which was happy.
opened the small purse, and a purple bead with a diameter of only about half an inch appeared in front of everyone.
"This, what is this? What a beautiful color! Looking at the small beads in front of her, even Concubine Zhou, who had seen a lot of precious jewelry and handpieces, was fascinated by the color of the beads in front of her.
At this moment, the bright sunlight projected through the high window, and the brilliant colors under the sun, like the eyes of a beautiful woman in the night, emitted a strange light, pure as crystal.
Even if it was Zhu Song, he was used to seeing all kinds of diamonds and jadeite in his previous life, and he was also deeply immersed in it.
But the small beads of about half an inch are like ripe purple grapes, and through the transparent skin, you can almost clearly see the lines on Concubine Zhou's slender jade palm.
And with the movement of Concubine Zhou's fingers, the brilliance also began to change in strength and weakness, and this small bead also exuded different shades of color, charming, bewitching, and moving.
Song Minglin is used to seeing this bead, and even treats it as a marble when she is a child, playing with it.
"Mother, this bead is called 'purple water', and its material name is jadeite, which was purchased by my daughter-in-law and grandfather from a Tengchong jade merchant when she was young." Looking at the joy and surprise on Concubine Zhou's face, Song Minglin said: "Although this 'purple water' is not a precious jewel, it is rare, I hope you can like it, concubine." ”
"I like it, I like it, it's so beautiful!" Concubine Zhou rubbed the bead lovingly, and said, "Linlin, mother, thank you for the gift!" ”
Song Minglin smiled shyly and said, "Mother, it's good if you like it." ”
"...... Lin" Concubine Zhou wanted to say something more, but Zhu Song said: "Mother, the sons haven't had breakfast yet, and you two will have time to talk in the future." If you continue to be polite with this now, Erchen will starve to death! ”
"Stinky boy, it's just you." Concubine Zhou glared at Zhu Song, took Song Minglin's little hand from the side, and said, "Linlin, go in with your mother." That's right......"
When she said this, Concubine Zhou turned her head to look at her personal maid Mingyue, and said, "Mingyue, you go down and prepare some breakfast and send it to the apse, and the palace will accompany King Han to have breakfast in the back hall." ”
"Yes, sis!" Ming Yue answered, turned around and walked out of the main hall.
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stayed in Concubine Zhou's Xuanlin Hall for two hours, and finally Song Minglin was left by Zhu Song in the Xuanlin Hall to accompany his mother, while Zhu Song walked slowly towards the warm pavilion.
After the little eunuch communicated to Zhu Di, Zhu Song pushed the door and walked in, and saw Zhu Hu, Ji Gang and Xie Jin at a glance, who were accompanying Zhu Di, holding a big bowl and eating wildly.
"Why are these guys here, and what are they eating?" Zhu Song looked at the things on the table, there were a few side dishes such as cucumber shreds, adzuki bean sprouts, and cabbage, as well as a bowl of chili oil that was transparent on the red ground.
Oily noodles, isn't this special meow oily noodles?
"Well, Brother Song, you're here." Watching Zhu Song walk into the main hall, Zhu Di didn't say anything yet, but Zhu Hu said while pulling the noodles: "Have you eaten it?" Would you like to have something together? ”
More than two hours have passed, and it is now approaching noon, although Zhu Song has just had lunch, but seeing these four people eating wolf, he is also a little greedy.
"Oh, let's have a bowl then." Zhu Song nodded, walked up directly, and said, "I'm really hungry." ”
He made a bowl of oily noodles by himself, Zhu Song was about to eat it, and when Zhu Di said, "Brother Song, have you seen Concubine Zhou?" How is Concubine Zhou lately? ”
Zhu Song smiled and said, "Fourth Emperor Brother, the younger brother also wants to thank you for allowing the younger brother to enter the palace to see the concubine." ”
"Don't thank me, you kid, this time you are married to a Confucian, and letting you enter the palace to see Concubine Zhou is not a violation of your father's will. But you can't marry again in the future, I don't want to have a reputation for disobeying the emperor's last orders and being unfilial. Zhu Di took another bowl of noodles from the basin and said.
"Then the younger brother will not be polite to you." Zhu Song swallowed the noodles baldly, "Brother Four Emperors, what kind of wind is blowing today, why are Brother Lu and the two adults here today?" ”
Xie Jin, who had been eating noodles with his head down, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said, "Xiaguan is also thinking about this problem!" ”
"Hehe, I thought you guys would keep it up." Zhu Di laughed and said, "Okay, I'll show you something, Zheng He, go and bring the things on the dragon case." ”
"Yes!" Zheng He picked up a scroll from the dragon case and walked back.
Zhu Di took the piece from Zheng He's hand and said, "Take a look, after reading it, tell me your opinion." ”
"What, so mysterious?" Zhu Song took the fold and opened it and looked at it, and after a while, Zhu Song wrinkled his brows and said, "Holy Roman Empire? The four emperor brothers, the courtiers remember that in the former Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan and the others had been there, and they had leveled the whole bullshit empire. What's the matter, now they're popping up again? ”
"Holy Roman Empire?" Xie Jin was stunned for a moment, snatched the chapter from Zhu Song's hand, and said, "Take a look." ”
The Holy Roman Empire was a feudal monarchy that spanned Western and Central Europe from 962 to 1806, with Germania as its core, including some surrounding areas, including the Kingdom of Italy and Burgundy, and the Kingdom of Frisia at its peak.
The early Holy Roman Empire, on the other hand, was a feudal empire in which the emperor had actual power, and in the 14th century it evolved into a federation that recognized the emperor as the supreme authority.
"This Holy Roman Empire actually wants to send an envoy to Daming to establish diplomatic relations, and the ghost believes them!" After reading the recital, Xie Jin suddenly sneered, "These people from the Western Regions also have some in our Nanjing City, they have always been the masters of the nostrils, and we Ming people are not willing to deal with them. ”
"I sent it over, in addition to this thing like a national letter, there are also a few volumes of Hu books." Zhu Di said slowly: "I have ordered the people of Honglu Temple to translate those scrolls, all of which are books that introduce the countries of the Western Regions. ”
"The countries of the Western Regions?" Xie Jin said: "Long live, isn't it the Holy Roman Empire?" Could it be that there are many countries around them? ”
"Master Xie, you don't know anything!" Zhu Song is a later generation, and he still has some understanding of the Holy Roman Empire, he said: "This so-called empire is actually a large country formed by the union of many small countries. ”
"Isn't that similar to our ancient Chinese period?" Xie Jin was surprised: "It's just that who is the emperor of this empire?" Could it be that the kings of these small countries take turns to do it? ”
"Almost!" Zhu Song put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, wiped his mouth and said: "A certain emperor of the Holy Roman Empire once issued an edict of the Golden Seal, and the edict confirmed seven electors, and these seven electors were used to elect the emperor. ”
"Isn't their power as great as heaven?" Zhu Hu said in disbelief: "I don't believe that these seven electors can only be electors with peace of mind, and not covet the emperor's position." ”