Yuan Zonggao died on September 13.

Zhu Si attached great importance to this, and asked the people of the Ministry of Rites to arrange funerals, and treated Yuan Zonggao's family with great honor, and even Yuan Zonggao's grandson Yuan Rulin also got the opportunity to study in the country, and promised to give Yuan Rulin the official position of Zhongshu Sheren after studying for a few years, so as to inherit Yuan Zonggao's will to serve the imperial court.

The officials of the Xingwang Mansion system are all busy for Yuan Zonggao's funeral.

Zhu Hao didn't show up, he didn't even go to condole, and did his own thing as always.

Recently, the affairs of the Hanlin Academy have not been busy, but there is a shortage of personnel, firstly, because people like Yang Shen and Yu Chengxun often do not show up, and secondly, because after the autumn coolness, the lectures have increased, and those bachelors and bachelors have entered the palace to teach, and the things that should have been done by them will be layered down.

Usually, when Zhu Hao went to Hanlin Academy, he didn't see a few people.

Recently, Zhu Hao was free and went to the library of the Hanlin Academy, and casually found books to bring back to the revision room, not for studying, but more to kill boredom.

The two lives are basically engaged in education and scientific research, looking for something to see, time flies quickly, unconsciously a morning passes, even if the day's work is completed, there is nothing to read, reading and reading the imperial court newspaper is also the best way to pass the time.

In mid-to-late September, the number of times Zhu Si left the palace decreased significantly, and he only came out twice in total.

In Zhu Si's words, now that he is being watched closely, he can't go out of the palace every day.

But Zhu Hao vaguely felt that Zhu Si should have found some kind of "fun" that made him more interesting, so that he had no time to leave the palace.

That night, Zhang Zuo came over to criticize Zhu Hao again, and Zhu Hao asked casually: "Your Majesty has been in the palace recently, how are you doing?" ”

Originally, it was just a simple question, but Zhang Zuo hesitated, as if he didn't want to talk to Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao smiled: "It's time for Your Majesty to get married earlier." ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

Zhang Zuo nodded again and again, as if something was said by Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao smiled and said nothing, sure what was going on.

Although Zhu Si has not yet gotten married, it does not affect his contact with women, especially the most indispensable thing in the palace is women, even if it is a palace maid with a very average status, she can't stand the crowd, but she can always find a lot of outstanding looks in it, plus Zhu Si has just come into contact with this kind of thing, it must be "not taboo", and it doesn't matter how the posture is?

I'm afraid to see one on the other.

Zhu Hao sat down, picked up the song and flipped through it casually, Zhang Zuo was a little embarrassed: "Mr. Tang has recently been busy with the autumn harvest of Guantian and the funeral of Yuan Ge, so he can't come to help him, so he will have to worry more about Mr. Zhu here." ”

"It's fine."

Zhu Hao smiled casually.

Usually, Tang Yin is here to help sort and sparse, but Tang Yin has not learned anything else, at least he can basically do it to identify whether one thing is important or not.

Zhu Hao gave him a detailed summary, as long as it involves the people's livelihood issues, Zhu Hao will come to Zhu for approval, and if it is only a matter of local customs, or a matter reported by the six ministries of the DPRK and the Central Committee, Zhang Zuo will take the cabinet vote as the standard, and it will be almost the same.

Zhang Zuodao: "Recently, Gonggong Xiao asked, after entering the ceremonial prison, there is rarely anything to serve His Majesty to review the chapters, and there seems to be a temptation in his words, will it be ...... Elder Yang Ge already has some suspicions? ”

It stands to reason that the general recitals should be reviewed and approved by the celebrant and the eunuchs, and should not be completed by the eunuch Zhang Zuo, who has a palm print.

Before, Xiao Jing knew that he was not the new emperor's faction, and he rarely asked about the review of the song, but after the review was completed, he would go to the court in the morning to help the emperor calm the scene, or read out some notes, which caused the ministers of civil and military affairs to discuss in the court.

It is equivalent to miscellaneous.

Now Xiao Jing is also in control of Dongchang for the emperor, so that the hearts of the people in the court are relatively stable, especially the people of the old forces such as Dongchang and Jinyiwei will not come out to rebel.

Zhu Hao said: "Just tell him that Your Majesty likes to do everything yourself, and rarely let outsiders see Your Majesty outside the Qianqing Palace." ”

Meaning, it takes skill to tell a lie.

You can't say that the emperor is diligent and self-denying, and at the same time let people know that the emperor ran to the inner curtain to find the palace maids.

Zhang Zuo nodded, but he still had something to say to Zhu Hao.

probably wanted Zhu Hao to persuade Zhu Si to put state affairs first, and not to hand over everything to outsiders, but to come to the inner palace by himself, so that there would be a tendency to lose power.

But the person who is currently handling court affairs for the emperor is Zhu Hao, and Zhang Zuo feels that Zhu Hao's intentions are unclear, maybe Zhu Hao just wants to be the person behind the monopoly?

"The big wedding, there should be eyebrows, right? Before the end of the year, can the selection enter the palace? ”

Zhu Hao asked again.

Zhang Zuo nodded: "It's almost ...... In addition, I heard that Sun Lao Butang was unwilling to submit his daughter to the shortlist, perhaps because ...... I don't want to kiss His Majesty. You see......"

Zhang Zuo will make special mention of Sun Jiao's daughter in the emperor's wedding.

This shows that Empress Dowager Jiang still has a tendency to marry her grandson.

Zhu Hao said: "This kind of thing can't be difficult, right?" I'm not very good at it. ”

Zhang Zuo sighed: "Actually, the Queen Mother, if you want to let the daughter of Sun Lao's family enter the palace, it is best to be the queen, so that Your Majesty will have a strong arm in the court, but Wenchen is afraid that he will not agree, after all, Sun Lao is an old minister of several dynasties, if he is related to the royal family and has a title, I am afraid that he will ...... The tail is too big to fall off. ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Hao nodded and did not comment much.

Zhang Zuodao: "I heard that Elder Yang Ge is also very concerned about the marriage between the old ministry and the royal family, as if he wants to find someone to make a marriage contract with the old ministry of Sun to avoid the invitation of the Queen Mother." ”

Zhu Hao asked with a smile, "Did Grandpa Zhang hear something?" ”

Zhang Zuo smiled ashamedly: "I heard that the person chosen by Yang Ge Lao...... It's Mr. Zhu. ”

"This thing...... In fact, I also heard about it from Yang Yongxiu, the eldest son of Yang Ge, but the marriage event, the order of the parents, and the words of the matchmaker cannot be forced. Now that my mother has arrived in the capital, how can Elder Yang Ge make the decision for my marriage? ”

Zhu Hao means that he doesn't want to be involved in this matter.

Zhang Zuo sighed: "I'm afraid that the situation will force me to choose Mr. Zhu...... In the end, the person who is now in charge of the government is Yang Ge Lao. ”

Speaking of which, Zhang Zuo also has some regrets.

It is said that the emperor is the master of a country, but in the end, Zhu Side's throne is "not right", it is difficult to convince the public, and Yang Tinghe convinced the government and the opposition by liquidating the opportunity of the ministers around Wuzong, and it is simply above 10,000 people under one person.

Even the ministers knew very well in their hearts that Wu Zong did not even leave an edict before his death, and the so-called edict was just drafted by Yang Ting and the fake Wu Zong, so it left an impression on people, as if he had abolished the king without authorization.

There are no officials or generals in the DPRK and China, and they are all desperately trying to get closer to Yang Tinghe's side.

And Zhu Hao helped Zhu Si do so much before, but he was just helping Zhu Si win the power of the Gyeonggi Guard, and Zhu Si couldn't control the military power in various places, even if it was Dongchang and Jinyiwei, which were close to the emperor, there were still many people who tended to obey Yang Tinghe's orders, which shows that the current position of Emperor Zhu Si is still unstable.

Zhang Zuo felt that in such a context, Yang Tinghe wanted to help marry and let Zhu Hao marry Sun Jiao's daughter to avoid him from entering the palace, do you think you have the right to refuse?

Zhu Hao asked: "Father-in-law Zhang, then dare to ask, what does the Queen Mother think about this?" ”

Zhang Zuo said with a smile: "Although the Queen Mother wants to marry Sun Lao Butang, she also knows that this matter is difficult, even if Sun Lao Butang reports her daughter to the list of candidates, there will definitely be people in the previous selection, so that the daughter of the Sun family will fall to Sun Shan." If you can be the best, you can't do it...... There is no other way. ”

Zhu Hao said: "Then does the Queen Mother know that Yang Ge wants to use me to marry Sun Lao's ministry and ruin the good things of the palace?" ”

"Actually...... Know. ”

Zhang Zuo saw that he couldn't hide the matter, so he generously admitted, "The Queen Mother said that if you were someone else, you would not let her get her wish, even if she ordered the daughter of the Sun family not to marry for life, she couldn't make the marriage happen." But if it were Mr. Zhu, the situation would be different. ”

Zhu Hao was ashamed and said: "How can you not know the proportions below? ”

"No, no, Mr. Zhu, don't misunderstand, the Queen Mother is sincere...... You think, if you marry the daughter of Sun Lao, in fact, it will also become a marriage, Mr. Zhu and Sun Lao join forces, you can still do a lot of things for Your Majesty, the same is for the monarch to share worries, for the country and the people, the Queen Mother can only accept it gladly, and will never have an opinion. ”

Zhang Zuo seemed to care about Zhu Hao's thoughts.

Even the Empress Dowager Jiang attached great importance to the matter of winning over Zhu Hao.

Perhaps the Empress Dowager Jiang also knew that her son had little experience in being the emperor, and there were jackals, tigers and leopards led by Yang Tinghe in the court.

Probably only if Zhu Hao came forward, Empress Dowager Jiang would not put pressure on Sun Jiao to let her daughter never marry.

Zhu Hao finally understood why Sun Jiao made his daughter lonely for the rest of his life after refusing to marry in Xingwangfu, not that Sun Jiao ignored his daughter's lifelong happiness, but that he understood the rules of political marriage.

If you can't marry the emperor, how can you still marry an ordinary person?

When such things are spread, where will the face of the royal family go?

Zhu Hao couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Originally, he didn't want to be dominated by others, even if he couldn't fall in love freely, at least let himself choose, right? But the problem now is that if he doesn't stand up to marry Sun Jiao's daughter, the daughter of the Sun family may regret it for the rest of her life.

Except for him, Zhu Hao, who came to ask for relatives, who was secretly supported by Empress Dowager Jiang, Sun Jiaohui was unexpected, and the rest of the people waited for ...... Even if it is designated by Yang Tinghe, the Sun Fair agrees?

As long as Sun Jiao wants the family to prosper for a long time, he will not agree.

Zhu Hao suddenly felt that he had become a lifesaver for a certain woman.

But the problem is that the two just have a fate of seeing each other, and no one has officially met, but it seems that they have an emotional bond of "not marrying her, not marrying him", which seems to be fate.

It's a headache.