Chapter 50: Palace maid Zhou Yufeng
The soft breeze blowing on the face in the early morning is really refreshing to every pore. The air in the back garden is also exceptionally fresh after a night of rain and dew, making people feel like they have returned to early spring. Zhu Youzhen, who got up early, swept away the fatigue of marching and fighting for several days, Wan'er really had a way, and he relaxed for most of the night, and when he got up, he felt very refreshed.
Men, especially those who live in complex interpersonal environments, really need to reconcile yin and yang.
He practiced the Void Pole Divine Skill for a while, and his body felt very smooth, but as the sun gradually rose in the east, the temperature began to rise sharply. Although the sun looks lazy, the energy released is amazingly large, just like the emperor who stayed in the Qianqing Palace, he hid and hid from the government and let it go again and again, but as soon as he picked up the saw, axe, and planer, he was full of energy and mighty like a general in bed.
Zhu Youzhen washed his face again with cold water, and then sat at the square table in the back garden, drinking the fragrant tea brewed by Wan'er and eating the pastries baked by Wan'er herself.
"Wan'er, call Shang Mu Jiu, I will enter Kunning Palace in a while." Zhu Youzhen made arrangements while eating, he was really busy during the day, and he didn't have much leisure time at all, only the night belonged to him.
"Back to Your Highness, the slave has already been informed. It's time to get ready. "Wan'er really didn't blow it, what she said last night was arranged early in the morning.
Zhu Youzhen didn't speak again, only gave Wan'er an approving look. Wan'er lowered her head, pretending not to see, and moved her gaze from her right foot to her left foot, and then from her left foot to her right foot.
After breakfast, Wang Mujiu was indeed waiting outside the gate of the palace. The two of them slowly went straight to Kunning Palace.
When he arrived at the palace gate, Zhu Youzhen asked Wang Mujiu to wait outside the palace gate and walked into the palace by himself.
"Your Highness is here, the queen mother was still talking about Her Royal Highness just now!" There happened to be a palace maid dangling in front of Kunning Palace, and when she saw Zhu Youzhen coming, she took Zhu Youzhen into the main hall and smiled strangely at Zhu Youzhen.
"The fifth brother is here!" Zhang Yan got the palace maid's report and walked out of the inner hall, she was wearing a light pink palace shirt with a milky white long skirt, but she looked a little frivolous, not at all like a high-powered, simple queen, more like the bride next door who was hanging out after dinner.
Seeing Zhang Yan come out, Zhu Youzhen hurriedly got up and made a big salute: "I've seen the imperial sister-in-law." ”
"Fifth brother, sit down, you're welcome." Zhang Yan kept looking at Zhu Youzhen, and the chuckle on her face was very graceful.
"Sister-in-law Xie." Zhu Youzhen sat down on the mahogany circle chair and looked up at this very outstanding queen in history, who can understand the overall situation from a high place and manage the harem in a real place.
"Fifth brother, Shandong's extermination of the Japanese can be described as a complete victory, can the fifth brother tell me about the process of annihilating the Japanese invaders?" Zhang Yan already knew the result, but just wanted to experience Zhu Youzhen's achievements, the royal family withered, the emperor had no heirs, and there was only such a younger brother left, who was not yet an adult, no matter how much credit he had, as long as he participated in this war, it would be the first credit.
Zhu Youzhen had to repeat the process of encircling and annihilating the Japanese invaders, of course, the emphasis was on strategy, but the bloody scene was passed by.
"The fifth brother is a good means, and if he is young, he can make contributions to the country." Zhang Yan has a better impression of Zhu Youzhen, such a heroic figure is in the royal family, and in time, once Zhu Youzhen is full-fledged, he can help her cut off the eunuchs who control the government. Thinking of the eunuchs, Zhang Yan's heart ached faintly.
"Where. The royal sister-in-law has won the prize. The main thing is the life of the soldiers of the Fenwu Battalion and the wise guidance of Qin Yongnian's commander. "Zhu Youzhen is creating public opinion and sticking the main credit for the extermination of the Japanese on Qin Yongnian.
"The fifth brother doesn't need to be modest, if he sends Yaowu Camp to Shandong, can he achieve the same results? I heard that since the training of the fifth brother in the Fenwu Battalion, the training enthusiasm of the soldiers has increased significantly. Looking at the young, modest and old Zhu Youzhen, how much Zhang Yan hoped that he was his own child, but this was impossible, and since she was framed by the palace maid last time and had a miscarriage, she has lost the ability to have children, and in this life, he will never have a biological child again.
"This ......" In front of the smart Zhang Yan, Zhu Youzhen really doesn't know what to say, if he is too modest, it is hypocritical, and he is ashamed of the queen who has always cared about him.
"Okay, don't talk about this, if you make a meritorious service, your royal brother will reward you. I'm going to tell you one more thing. Zhang Yan's cleverness and decency are not blown, seeing Zhu Youzhen's slight embarrassment, he immediately changed the topic.
"What's the matter? Imperial sister-in-law. In fact, Zhu Youzhen vaguely guessed that it might be about Princess Xin, but Zhang Yan didn't say it, so he had to pretend not to know, as if he was in a hurry to marry Princess Xin.
"How old is the fifth brother this year?" Zhang Yan looked at Zhu Youzhen, smiling rather than smiling, but there was still concern in her eyes.
"Back to the imperial sister-in-law, my brother is fifteen years old this year." Zhu Youzhen replied with his head down, thinking, the next thing should be about the princess, right?
"I remember that the fifth brother was born on February 6, so he should be almost sixteen, right?" The ancients reached the age of sixteen that they were adults, and they had to perform the weak crown ceremony, and the big families should be lively, and often put on a big banquet to declare to relatives and friends.
But Zhu Youzhen's biological father Guangzong Zhu Changluo has died, and his biological mother Liu died of illness when he was five years old, without even a title, and his adoptive mother Concubine Zhuang has also passed away. Although he is the prince, there is no one in his uncle's family, and there are no officials in the court, and the people who care about her, except for Zhang Yan, I am afraid that there are only people from the Fenwu camp.
"Hmm." Zhu Youzhen also felt very lonely, although Wan'er was very considerate of himself, he had long regarded Wan'er as his relative, but this kind of relative could not replace family affection. Zhang Yan and Zhu Youxiao are also very good to him, but Zhu Youxiao is busy with government affairs and indulges in woodwork, how can he have time for him? Most of them use gold and silver instead of love.
And Zhang Yan not only has a harem to take care of, but also has to deal with Wei Ke's party, she is already busy, and more importantly, she is the queen, and there is a big defense between her and her brother-in-law.
"Then it's time to start a family." Zhang Yan looked at Zhu Youzhen, who was a little melancholy, and felt that her responsibility was greater.
"Starting a family?" Zhu Youzhen was stunned for a moment, and finally got down to business, fortunately, with Wan'er's reminder, he didn't have to be too nervous. But Zhu Youzhen didn't know what kind of person Zhang Yan wanted to choose for himself, so he looked at Zhang Yan with some hesitation.
"The parents of the fifth brother have passed away, and the emperor has every opportunity, I, as the eldest sister-in-law, should care more about the fifth brother, and no one else can do this." Zhang Yan knew that although Zhu Youzhen was the king of Xin, he had no relatives and friends, and although there was no shortage of manpower in the palace of the king of Xin, those were all servants and slaves, and there was a difference in identity from Zhu Youzhen.
There is no friendship between master and slave.
"Huh?" Zhu Youzhen really didn't know what to say, so he had to be vague.
"What kind of concubine does the fifth brother like?" The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, Zhang Yan's concern for Zhu Youzhen is from the responsibility to the royal family in her bones, and it is also a compensation for her inability to have children, so she hopes that the selected concubine can be accepted by Zhu Youzhen.
"My brother is still young." Zhu Youzhen really didn't consider the standard of concubines, he originally thought that Zhang Yan, as the queen, would choose a palace maid for herself to be a concubine, which was a sure thing, as for whether he liked it or not, no one would consider it, the marriage of politicians has never had any feelings at all, unless it is a long-term relationship in marriage.
"The man should get married. The fifth brother is already a general of Wu Liu, is he still young? Why didn't you say small when you annihilated the Japanese Invaders? Zhang Yan understands Zhu Youzhen's character and age, and most of his current energy is in the military camp, but there is no princess's Xinwang Mansion, just a splendid house, not a warm home.
"This ...... That ...... "Zhu Youzhen also knows that in this era, it is very normal for a man to marry at the age of fifteen or sixteen, Zhang Yan can ask her own opinion, and her opinion is very rare, and the resistance in her heart is nine points weaker.
"Fifth brother, since you don't say it, I'm going to choose for you?" Zhang Yan's questioning was half of concern, and half of it was true. Looking at Zhu Youzhen's woodenness, she couldn't help but purse her lips and smile, the clouds were light and breezy.
"That'...... Let's choose a personality! "Zhu Youzhen of later generations has seen too many material women, and he would rather be a big second wife than a big # milk without money. In later generations, although he relied on his identity as a high-achieving student, he also chased some long-legged sisters, but in the face of the reality of North Drift, these long-legged sisters still took advantage of the long-legged and ran out of his sight quickly.
"Hmm." Zhang Yan is very satisfied, she is not greedy for beauty, she does not rely on her relatives, and she has made military exploits at a young age, who said that there is no great man in the royal family? "Ting'er, go and call Feng'er over." Zhang Yan turned around and instructed a palace maid behind her.
Feng'er? Isn't Zhu Youzhen's queen surnamed Zhou in history? That's a virtuous and demure queen, with no ambition and desire for power, aside from her appearance and life experience, from the perspective of personality, she is really an ideal queen.
It seems that his crossing is going to wronged this Queen of Zhou.
After a while, the palace maid named Ting'er came back, followed by a woman in palace clothes. The melon seed face, frowning and head, has a double bun on his head, and each bun has a few small pink flowers. White clothes and white skirts, light as ice silk, look carefully, the white is slightly pink and purple, elegant and beautiful, hazy like a dream. She was only about fourteen or fifteen years old, and she took small steps, not in a hurry.
"The slave has seen the queen." The girl in palace costume walked towards Zhang Yan and bowed down.
"Feng'er, don't be polite." Zhang Yan smiled with her eyebrows, looked at the girl in palace clothes, and then looked at Zhu Youzhen.
Zhu Youzhen, who was looking at the stunning girl in palace clothes, suddenly saw Zhang Yan's soft gaze from the corner of his eye, he quickly lowered his head and drank the tea violently.
Zhang Yan smiled secretly. I just said that I was still young, why are my eyes not small?
This woman's name is Zhou Yufeng, a native of Suzhou Prefecture in the south, with a dignified appearance, a demure temperament, proficient in poetry and books, good at making murals, and also studying medicinal properties. Fifth brother, what do you think? ”
Is her real surname Zhou? Didn't your own crossing change history? I just don't know if this week is another week, from Zhang Yan's introduction, it seems to be the same person. Could it be that fate is really predestined?
Zhu Youzhen was still thinking about the things in the past life and the next life, and she didn't realize that her mind was distracted, in Zhang Yan's eyes, it was not very good, the whole thing was heavy and light, but she didn't care, if Zhu Youzhen couldn't look at Zhou Yufeng, she would be tired. With a relaxed smile on its face, it glanced deeply at Zhu Youzhen.
Only then did Zhu Youzhen realize that Zhang Yan was asking himself, hey, how could he ask in person like this? If I look at other people, it's okay, but if I refuse directly, how can I get by with other people's face?
He didn't know that the women in the palace had no freedom of choice, they were elected to the palace from all over the country, or by the emperor, or by the prince, and if they were a little resentful, they would resist the decree. But he still secretly glanced at Zhou Yufeng, who was hanging his neck and shy.
"Fifth brother, if you want to see Feng'er, you have to come to Kunning Palace often." Zhang Yan laughed, seeing that the start of things was very good, and he felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.
Coming to Kunning Palace? This is the residence of the empress, and only the emperor can come and go freely. Although he is the king of letters, after all, he is a man, how can he often go to Kunning Palace? Zhu Youzhen really didn't understand whether this shrewd queen meant anything else.