Zeng Rong only learned at the court meeting three days later that the emperor's explanation to the ministers was to call the two envoys of the Imperial Hospital, Liu Wang, and bring the imperial doctor Zhao and the female doctor who delivered the baby, all of whom could prove Zeng Rong's innocence.

Not only that, Zhu Xu also took out the two packets of dried fruits in front of the ministers, and personally ate two pieces, and the two envoys and Imperial Doctor Zhao also ate them.

As for the reason for Zheng Jiao's slippery tire, the explanation given by the female doctor was that the catering bureau took the wrong soup and served Zheng Jiao the stewed chicken with Panax notoginseng flowers that was originally intended for Tian Guifei, which caused Zheng Jiao to slip the tire.

As for the confused palace maid, she should have been beaten to death with a stick, but Zheng Jiao interceded for her, saying that she should pray for the child and spare her life, and now she was sent to wash the gong bucket.

This reason is also said in the past, Tian Guifei is the master of Ruohua Palace, Zheng Jiao lives in the palace under her name, and it is possible that the people in the catering bureau are confused for a while.

As for the truth, Zeng Rong believes that the ministers present should have their own judgments.

In any case, this matter is over, and only Zheng Jiao is really hurt, and Zeng Rong has not failed to enlighten her.

Because this year is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the country, Zhu Xu wants to do a big deal on the winter solstice, but the household silver is in short supply, Zhu Xu had to move out the silver for his birthday, and his birthday is two days after the winter solstice.

Zeng Rong was the first to learn about this, and gave Zhu Heng an idea, asking Zhu Heng to donate 10,000 taels of silver tickets, and let the words out.

When the news came out, Wang Tong was not far behind, and he also scraped together 10,000 taels of silver tickets from his private account and sent it over.

Tong Yao was very embarrassed after learning the news, don't look at her favored all these years, but because she has a thin foundation and is a palace maid, although the emperor has rewarded her with things over the years, but they are all precious medicinal materials such as clothing, jewelry or ginseng and lingzhi, she can't take these things outside the palace to exchange for silver, right?

But it's not that she can't get together 10,000 taels of silver, but Zhu Wucheng is about to get married, how much does she, the mother concubine, have to make up for it? You can't shave her old bottom, can you?

Besides, she still has to co-opt people and find someone to do things? Have to win over the ministers? Gotta buy people's hearts? Which of these does not cost silver?

But there is no way, forced to do this, the entire harem is watching her act.

Thereupon? Tong Yao had to grit her teeth and come out with eight thousand taels? For this reason, he secretly cursed Zhu Heng, thinking that he had picked it out.

Just a birthday? Even if you want to get involved? One hundred or ten is very good? No matter how bad it is? One thousand taels is also capped? But Zhu Heng just took out 10,000 taels? Isn't this deliberately digging a hole for everyone?

What's even more odious is that the Queen Mother also followed the nonsense and swaggered, for fear that others would not know that they had carried a thousand taels of gold ingots to Qianning Palace.

The four concubines of Guishu Dexian saw that the imperial concubine was out of eight thousand taels, and they were lowered by one level? Six thousand taels? And so on? In the end, even the female officials in the palace joined in the fun? In the end, Zhu Xu received 1,000 taels of gold and more than 120,000 taels of silver for this birthday? This is not a small amount, Zhu Xu left a fraction, and sent the rest to the household department, just to make up for the deficit of the previous winter supply.

Although most of the silver did not enter Zhu Xu's purse, because of this kind of heart, the entire harem was full of joy, looking forward to the upcoming winter solstice.

In fact, Zhu Wu is just an ordinary prince, and his family affairs can be finalized by a senior monk, but Tong Yao is unwilling, on the one hand, he wants to test the emperor's attitude, and on the other hand, he also wants to build momentum for his son, so that the civil and military officials outside can see how favored her son is.

There was hardly any suspense, and Zhu Xu agreed to her request.

Fortunately, Zhu Xu insisted on one thing, and it was still Zhu Heng who stood in the prayer hall with him to worship the sky.

According to the rules, the winter solstice will drop out of the dynasty for three days, and the officials of the near road will also return to their hometowns to worship their ancestors, and those who are far away can only sacrifice or send their families to return to their hometowns, so in previous years, the winter solstice accompanied the royal sacrifice only the officials who could not return to their hometowns or some officials in the capital.

But this year is different, this year the emperor said that there will be a big sacrifice, and hundreds of civil and military officials above the third rank must accompany the sacrifice.

Therefore, the day before the winter solstice, Zhu Xu led several adult princes to live in the courtyard near the prayer hall in advance and fasted and bathed.

Early the next morning, before dawn, Zhu Xu sent someone to wake up several princes, and at that time, officials outside arrived one after another.

The red carpet has also been laid out outside the prayer hall, and the offerings on the table have been placed, facing the east, when the first glow flashes, Zhu Xu led people to kneel down, and began the ceremony of three kneeling and nine bows under the guidance of the master of ceremonies of Qin Tianjian.

Zhu Heng was picked up from the wheelchair at this time, and he also knelt beside Zhu Xu, while Zhu Wu and several other princes were one step behind them, and then there were hundreds of civil and military officials.

This is a sacrifice to the heavens, which requires three animals and six animals, and rituals and music.

After the end of the sacrifice, it is the ancestor worship, and the ancestor worship is carried out in the prayer hall, the long table is full of all kinds of offerings, dazzling, and the sacrifice is slightly different, the dishes here are cooked, and Zhu Xu takes Zhu Heng to officiate, and the officials accompany the sacrifice.

The two processes went down, and when it was over, Zhu Xu was worried that Zhu Heng would not be able to kneel for a long time, and he originally wanted Zhu Wu to replace Zhu Heng when he worshipped his ancestors, after all, Zhu Wu replaced him when Zhu Heng did not show up in those years.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Heng refused, saying that he could persevere, Zhu Xu knew this son's knot very well, and did not force it anymore.

However, as soon as the ancestor worship was over, Zhu Xu ordered someone to push the wheelchair over, and personally picked up Zhu Heng and put him in the wheelchair.

This scene greatly stimulated Zhu Wu, originally he was dissatisfied with Zhu Heng's death, or rather, dissatisfied with Zhu Heng's ignorance of current affairs, after all, in Zhu Wu's heart, this brother is no different from a waste person, this kind of occasion should not come out at all, it is embarrassing to come out, and the action must be hugged by someone, the incense has to be lit by his father, and the incense has to be taken over by his father, and he occupies a position in vain but can't do anything. Don't you just want to give up your position to him?

Zhu Wu's resentment fell in Zhu Heng's eyes, Zhu Heng lowered his head and lowered his eyes, didn't say anything, just smiled.

After the ancestor worship is over, there is another process, which is to ask the officials of Qin Tianjian to choose an auspicious day for Zhu Wu to marry.

It is also strange to say, this official silently calculated the time of a stick of incense in front of the sundial for Zhu Wu, shook his head, and asked about Zhu Heng's birthday.

It is said that it is not appropriate for Zhu Wu to rush to get married before Zhu Heng, and the young and old are orderly, which is the way of heaven and humanity.