Zhu Jingyuan returned to the apse and found that his father was still there, so he changed into civilian clothes and flipped through a book casually.

Zhu Jingyuan hurriedly walked over to say hello: "Father, ...... emperor"

Zhu Jianyan put down the book in his hand:

"How does it feel?"

Zhu Jingyuan said noncommittally:

"It's okay, I'm thinking about the adjustment of the understanding in the imperial court......"

Zhu Jianyan shook his head with a smile and said:

"I thought you were going to be stressed.

"Since I think it's okay, then I won't tell you anything anymore.

"Let's lead the clan to meet your grandfather.

"Then arrange the affairs of the harem."

Zhu Jingyuan agreed again, and waited with his father in Fengtian Hall for a while.

Soon after, a servant ran in to report that the prince of the clan was already waiting outside the main hall.

Today's ceremony is to announce the official completion of the relocation of the capital, and the members of the Zongren Academy, that is, all the princes of the Ming Dynasty, after attending the emperor's ceremony, will also go to meet Zhu Zhongliang, the president of the Zongren Academy.

When Zhu Jingyuan realized this, he immediately felt that his father had officially decided to inherit the throne today, and he should have been prepared for a long time.

Yes, you have to do two things at once.

Zhu Jianyan went out with his son, gathered all the Ming princes, and drove to the harem area.

Walk directly through the core area of the harem and go to the dormitory where Zhu Zhongliang lives.

The original Emperor Taishang, the current Emperor Taishang, Zhu Zhongliang, who is eighty-two years old, sits in the main hall of his dormitory.

Zhu Jianyan and his son led all the princes to bow to Zhu Zhongliang together.

After the ceremonial greeting, Zhu Jianyan reported to his father that he had decided to officially pass on the matter of Zhu Jingyuan.

Zhu Zhongliang had actually received the news, and he had long known that this was a matter of time or time.

I was worried that my son didn't want to let go, but now it seems that he is happier than himself.

Now I don't have anything to worry about.

Then Zhu Zhongliang also officially announced along this topic that he would now officially pass on the relevant identities of the patriarch of the Ming Imperial Family and the dean of the Zongren Academy to Zhu Jianyan.

Zhu Zhongliang completely retired and no longer participated in any affairs of the royal family, the imperial court, the consortium, and the imperial village.

This is the second such handover since the Renmu Dynasty.

Zhu Zhongliang is the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty after Emperor Guangwu.

Emperor Shizu's grandchildren, that is, Zhu Zhongliang and his grandfather and father, all succeeded to the throne at the age of thirty.

They had to live to be over 90 years old before they could see their grandchildren ascend to the throne as emperors.

But so far no emperor has lived to be ninety years old.

When his son died while he was still on the throne, the corresponding duties that the emperor was responsible for were automatically passed on to his son.

The impact of this lineage is less and more symbolic.

After listening to Zhu Zhongliang's reading, everyone bowed together again.

Then Zhu Jianyan and Zhu Jingyuan, two generations of emperors, sat down on both sides of Zhu Zhongliang.

The other princes once again saluted the three emperors on the stage.

Zhu Zhongliang raised his hand and motioned for them to sit around.

At this point, this special inheritance ceremony has finally come to an end.

Zhu Zhongliang took the hands of his son and grandson and intermittently told some words.

Then he suddenly realized something, and said to Zhu Jingyuan with a smile:

"Okay, this is the end of the matter, just let your father accompany me, you go and do your business.

"Hurry up and move your wife and children into the palace."

On the other side, his father Zhu Jianyan also smiled and said:

"I was already retiring, so I didn't move to the Qianqing Palace.

"Everything in the palace is ready, you can go in and live directly."

When Zhu Jingyuan heard this, he was completely sure that his father's preparation for today's succession was already ready.

It's just that he didn't inform himself and others in advance.

This is also the rule left by Emperor Shizu, and the emperor's succession cannot be discussed with anyone, and the emperor himself must decide.

Just find a formal official occasion and announce it in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.

Then let the son sit directly on the throne in his own witness.

There was a certain suddenness in this process, and of course there would have been no grand ceremonies at that time.

The next time is for the new emperor to gradually and truly take over the emperor's power and arrange his own people to take over important positions in the court.

Then wait until the New Year of the following year, and then hold a grand enthronement ceremony, and at the same time announce the change of the yuan.

Zhu Jianyan put the announcement of the time of succession after the official relocation of the capital, when he accepted the worship of hundreds of officials in the new hall.

With this principal official present, the matter of passing the throne was directly announced.

At the same time, he himself did not live in the Qianqing Palace on the peninsula, and lived directly in the palace with the Emperor Taishang.

Wenhua Hall and Wuying Hall didn't even go in to see it at all.

Zhu Jianyan may have considered that the relocation of the capital was originally requested by Zhu Jingyuan, and this Yingtian New City was also planned by Zhu Jingyuan.

So he simply didn't occupy the new palace himself, and directly asked his son Zhu Jingyuan to be the first emperor to live in.

Zhu Jingyuan got up with emotion and said goodbye to his grandfather and father again:

"Grandpa Xie, Father Xie......"

Under the gaze of his grandfather and father, Zhu Jingyuan left the palace of the Emperor Tailao and returned to the Qianqing Palace in the core area of the palace.

The second time he came to this emperor's dormitory, Zhu Jingyuan's mood was completely different from the last time.

The last time I came, I had the mentality of showing my father the house, but now it has become my own house.

Even if he may go to the palace in the future, he will definitely live in the Qianqing Palace for a long time in the first few years after inheriting the throne.

In this formal emperor's dormitory, it is necessary to cultivate the emperor's mentality and habits.

Make the most noble place in the world your home.

At the same time, after completely controlling the order of the court and inside and outside the court, he will consider living elsewhere.

Zhu Jingyuan paused in the lobby for a few seconds, sat at his desk and picked up the phone.

The telephone of the Qianqing Palace is the highest priority in the world.

After dialing it, an operator immediately answered, and immediately took it to Zhu Jingyuan's home according to Zhu Jingyuan's request.

Zhu Jingyuan's current residence is in the southeast of Yingtianfu New Town, in the manor area specially built for the clan of the near branch.

Zhu Jingyuan found Wang Ya, the actual chief butler of the harem, and told him that his father had passed on to him.

So that she could bring her own women and children into the palace.

The facilities in the palace are complete, and people can just come in and live.

If there is anything you want to continue to use in the daily use of the house, let the servants bring it in.

Just leave the general stuff over there.

Anyway, it was just a few days after moving out there, and the family didn't have a habit of living there, and there was nothing to be nostalgic about.

Wang Ya had long been prepared for Zhu Jingyuan's succession.

But now that the news is confirmed, I still can't help but be excited, and I was obviously stunned for a few seconds.

His Royal Highness the Prince has finally become His Majesty the Emperor.

Looking at the mentality of His Royal Highness, he was not ready to establish a queen of food before, and he may not be ready to establish a queen in the future.

The royal family, the imperial concubine and the concubine should be canonized, right?

According to the character of His Royal Highness, she, the princess of the Great Eater, is likely to become the imperial concubine directly.

I, a homeless orphan, because of the relationship between His Royal Highness, slowly changed from a child laborer on a farm to the imperial concubine of the Ming Emperor......

If His Royal Highness does not make a queen, she will be the most noble woman in the world.

Wang Ya recalled the experience over the years and the past of her life, and her eyes couldn't help but moisten.

After Zhu Jingyuan finished speaking, he didn't hear the response here, so he subconsciously asked:

"Ya'er, are you listening?"

Wang Ya, who has a mature personality, immediately controlled her mood:

"Your Highness forgives your sins, the concubines are listening, Your Highness ...... Your Majesty can rest assured that the concubines will arrange things at home. ”

Zhu Jingyuan exhaled slightly:

"Okay, then I'll hang up first, and everyone will talk about it when they get to the palace."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Ya immediately went to inform all the people in the family and let all the concubines and concubines of Zhu Jingyuan enter the palace.

Leave the rest to your servants to pack up.

Wang Ya knew that the first thing to do today was actually to determine the identities of the women in Zhu Jingyuan's harem.

In the past, Zhu Jingyuan, as the prince of the Ming Dynasty, was unwilling to canonize the prince's concubine, so all the princes and concubines were concubines.

All the princes and concubines are the same, then there are Korean maidservants such as Chunhyang, and finally orchid maids such as Xiaona.

Zhu Jingyuan became the emperor, and the women in the harem had the rank of imperial concubine, concubine, concubine, concubine, Jieyu, talent, and so on.

Although everyone also has a set of identities in the Great Food Country, Zhu Jingyuan will definitely refer to the arrangements they have made in the Great Food Country, but it is obviously impossible to copy them.

Even if the original arrangement is really copied, you have to accept the canonization in the palace and implement everyone's identity.

Only then can they be assigned an official residence in the palace.

Wang Ya has always been the big housekeeper, and now she does have a big business.

After all the women in Zhu Jingyuan received the news, they immediately put down everything else.

Immediately change into formal clothes and ride into the palace together.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, the group came to the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Jingyuan was in the lobby of the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, sitting in front of the imperial case and writing.

In the usual order, a group of women stood in several rows and saluted together.

It's just that the usual His Highness was replaced by His Majesty.

Zhu Jingyuan himself doesn't like to have too many rules at home.

But there are more and more people in his harem, so he has to make all kinds of rules and orders clear.

Because there are too many people, it is really chaotic, and it is easy to have problems.

Zhu Jingyuan raised his head after hearing the voice, and did not let them find a place to sit as usual:

"Everyone, wait a minute, Ya'er, you send everyone's canonization edict.

"The function of this edict is to give everyone a temporary official status, otherwise the name is not justified.

"The official canonization ceremony will be held after the enthronement ceremony next year.

"Ya'er, you are responsible for preparing the other formalities, the letter, the edict, and the crown and clothing, and send it to everyone in advance."

What Zhu Jingyuan wrote on his desk was the canonization edict for his harem ladies.

Zhu Jingyuan felt that it was better to do this matter himself.

Although Zhu Jingyuan is not an infatuated species, he will not refuse to come to a woman who is good enough.

But he has always cherished his own women, at least he treats them as human beings.

This is probably due to the nature of the memories of life in another world.

Wang Ya secretly sighed in her heart, Her Royal Highness has become Your Majesty, and her personality is really like this.

Wang Ya smiled and thanked him, walked to Zhu Jingyuan's side without hurrying, and first picked up the one on the edge and opened it.

found out that it was Liu Muyun's edict.

Liu Muyun is actually the oldest prince concubine in Zhu Jingyuan's harem, and she is also the first prince concubine.

It's just that she doesn't like to be in charge, so the housekeeper of this harem gave it to Wang Ya.

It is also completely normal to be canonized in the first place now.

It's just that the identity of the canonization is just a concubine, which makes Wang Ya obviously a little surprised.

Wang Ya originally thought that Liu Muyun should be the imperial concubine.

Wang Ya knew that Zhu Jingyuan liked Liu Muyun very much, and the two had already given birth to four children.

Wang Ya didn't think that her identity could be above Liu Muyun.

If Liu Muyun is just a concubine, then she may just be an ordinary imperial concubine, at most on the same level as Liu Muyun.

Then Wang Ya hesitated a little and did not immediately send this edict to Liu Muyun.

Instead, he continued to look at the edict behind, followed by Wang Ya's own.

Looking at the simple lines above, Wang Ya's pupils shrank significantly.

She turned out to be the imperial concubine......

Wang Ya felt a little confused, and she was very unbelievable about this arrangement.

Wang Ya continued to carefully read the edict at the back.

Yu Duxue is a concubine, and Li Shuangni is also a concubine.

In the future, the other princes and concubines will be canonized as concubines and concubines.

In other words, only she is the imperial concubine.

Wang Ya felt a little flattered, and at the same time very worried.

After a short hesitation, Wang Ya cautiously leaned closer to Zhu Jingyuan, and whispered to Zhu Jingyuan:

"Your Majesty, Sister Mu Yun is just a concubine, and the concubine is ashamed to be named the imperial concubine, and the concubine has the courage to ask Your Majesty to take back her fate."

Wang Ya said the euphemism, which actually meant that she felt that Zhu Jingyuan's arrangement was unreasonable, and suggested that Zhu Jingyuan change it.

Either lower yourself or raise Liu Muyun up.

If Zhu Jingyuan has a princess or even a queen, this kind of thing should be the queen's job.

How to arrange the identity of the people in the harem, the queen, as the mistress of the mother's world, is originally qualified to participate in the discussion, and can even ask the emperor to cooperate.

Wang Ya is actually taking on this responsibility now, and she can be regarded as a real and unknown queen.

Zhu Jingyuan laughed directly when he heard this, and did not hide and lower his voice, but deliberately amplified his voice slightly:

"You don't have to intercede for Mu Yun, she is obviously the eldest sister in the family, but she doesn't worry about family affairs at all.

"As long as she can take care of one-third of the family's affairs for you, I will immediately make her the imperial concubine.

"I don't think she cares about this kind of thing, you go and give her the edict."

The expressions of a group of women at the scene suddenly looked at Liu Muyun at the front a little strangely.

Liu Muyun's expression was also a little embarrassed, but he didn't respond to this kind of words at all, and still stood motionless.

Liu Muyun really doesn't care much about this identity, anyway, the succession to the throne of the Ming Dynasty doesn't look at his mother's identity.

Liu Muyun even felt that Zhu Jingyuan was using the agitation method, and he was very decisive and not deceived.

Wang Ya was very helpless, so she could only start to send an edict to everyone.

Wang Ya let go of the concerns about the difference between her and Liu Muyun's identities, and once again paid a little attention to the laws of these canonizations.

Except for himself, the identities of other people are ranked according to the time they entered Zhu Jingyuan's harem.

The emperor had one empress, two imperial concubines, four imperial concubines, eight imperial concubines, and twelve imperial concubines.

Zhu Jingyuan was ranked down in order, and at the same time, there was a vacant place at each level.

Now there is no queen, one imperial concubine, three concubines, seven imperial concubines, and seven imperial concubines.

Zhu Jingyuan currently has a total of sixteen concubines of the Ming Dynasty, and he can't use up all the senior concubines.

Among the seven imperial concubines, the first five are from the Ming Dynasty, plus a Korean maid Chunxiang and an orchid Luo Feiya.

Chunxiang is the person who has served Zhu Jingyuan since he was a child, and he is also the representative and head of several Korean maids in the harem, and he is also the steward of all the maids around Zhu Jingyuan.

Although Luo Feiya is a orchid in her identity, she has three-quarters of the Ming blood, and the key is the daughter of the Duke of Xianbei.

The identity of the granddaughter of Lucia's previous emperor is useless, but the identity of the daughter of the Duke of the Ming Kingdom is useful.

In addition, Qiu Yue and the other three Korean maids were all named Jieyu, and Xiaofu and other three orchids were all named talents.

Frost also has the title of a beauty, only Charlotte has nothing.

After Wang Ya sent everyone's edicts, Charlotte followed Wang Ya to look at Zhu Jingyuan.

The pen in Zhu Jingyuan's hand also stopped, and he had no intention of continuing to write at all.

Charlotte was originally a British princess, and her personality was very outgoing, bolder than the Ming girl and the orchid.

Seeing that only he didn't have that edict, he couldn't help but ask directly:

"My dear Majesty...... What about my edict...... Everyone has it, why don't I?

"You shouldn't be able to make me a queen, so you haven't figured out how to seal it yet?"

Zhu Jingyuan smiled helplessly and said:

"If you can stay and stay by my side forever, I will give a title of Ming Imperial Princess.

"Unfortunately, this is obviously impossible......

"Inside and outside the Ming Palace, it is impossible for the court to accept it, a princess has been living in Taixi for many years.

"Maybe ......"

Speaking of this, Zhu Jingyuan paused slightly, revealing a contemplative expression:

"Maybe you can let Britain refer to the habits of the Ming Dynasty and pass it on to your children in advance.

"Then after you retire, come back to Daming to find me, and I will give you an official title at that time."

Charlotte has lived in Daming for more than four years and has a very good understanding of Daming's customs and culture.

It immediately became clear that what Zhu Jingyuan said was the truth.

If she becomes the imperial concubine, it's okay to go back to her parents' house occasionally.

If he returns to the United States or England to be king, the key is that if he does not come back for many years, it will have an impact on the reputation of Zhu Jingyuan, the emperor.

Anyway, the Ming royal family and the imperial court are absolutely unacceptable.

Charlotte was a little desperate at once, but Zhu Jingyuan's final arrangement gave her hope again.

Charlotte has been exposed to it in the Ming Dynasty for a few years, and now she feels that the retirement system is a very good system.

His grandfather should have retired a long time ago, and now he is not sober, but he still wants to occupy the position of king.

His father is now the de facto king of England, but he can only call the shots in the name of regent.

If my grandfather retired early and gave the king directly to my father, there would not be so much trouble.

When you become a king, you must establish and determine the king's retirement system.

Even, he can retire early and let George succeed directly to the throne when he becomes an adult.

Then I can return to Daming in advance to reunite with my dear.

Charlotte basically didn't hesitate, and accepted Zhu Jingyuan's suggestion very decisively:

"It's a deal! When I become King of England, I will make a retirement bill. ”

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and nodded with great satisfaction, and then began to arrange accommodation for the women in the harem.

The new palace is no longer the East and West Sixth Palace, but the East and West Twelve Palaces.

On both sides of the Qianqing Palace and the Kunning Palace, there are twelve courtyards each, for a total of twenty-four courtyards.

There are sixteen courtyards in it, and the interior houses and palaces are designed in a way that prioritizes them.

In the center is a palace dedicated to the master's residence, surrounded by other amenities and servants' rooms.

These courtyards were for the imperial concubines, concubines, imperial concubines, or other concubines who were particularly loved by the emperor.

Those who live here are the masters of a house, and they enjoy a villa-style palace for themselves.

The remaining eight courtyards have an overall pattern similar to a courtyard house, with one building in each of the four directions.

However, the space is much more spacious than the folk courtyard, and the decoration and facilities are exclusively for the royal family, and they are top-notch in the folk.

Inside the four buildings, there are many independent suites, similar to private multi-storey apartments.

The highest level is to occupy a small three-storey building as a whole residence, and the lowest is to have a large flat floor.

Eight yards can actually be regarded as eight districts.

This is where more low-level concubines live together.

(The first two chapters are a bit problematic about the layout of the harem, so I've revised it here.) ）

Zhu Jingyuan had sixteen concubines of the Ming Dynasty, so he directly arranged an independent courtyard for each of them.

The other Korean maids and orchids were arranged in a courtyard, each occupying a small building.

Compared with the original palace courtyard, this space is much more spacious.

Even after everyone is dispersed, if there are not enough servants to return, it will feel a little deserted.

The same is true for Zhu Jingyuan.

The space in the Qianqing Palace is also very large, and there are many rooms, even if hundreds of people live in it, it is very spacious.

Now there was only the emperor alone and a dozen servants who served.

Maybe it's the most lively to have everyone in one building, where the women and children live together.

However, this idea only flashed for a moment, and it was immediately rejected by Zhu Jingyuan in his mind.

It may be lively, but it can't be lively all the time.

After all, he is the emperor, and he actually doesn't have much time to accompany the women of the harem to live an ordinary family life.

In order to facilitate the emperor's job, it is most convenient to live alone in the Qianqing Palace.

I need a clean and spacious environment where I can be quiet and think alone.

Just find a place to get together every once in a while.

(End of chapter)