In a blink of an eye, he has lived in the palace for more than half a month, Ning Ke and the people in the palace all know each other, and everyone also knows that Ning Ke is now the most favored maid around the little prince, and often shares the affairs of the palace for the little prince, and everything is done very well, so Ning Ke has also accumulated a certain prestige in the palace, and Ning Ke is easy-going, helpful, and reliable, and the people in the palace like her.

And Ning Ke also gradually learned about Zhu Houxi's life experience, Zhu Houyu is the second son of King Xing, the first son died just a few days after he was born, and then Zhu Houyu had three sisters and a younger sister, but the first two did not live long before they died, now only Yongfu and Yongchun are left, Ning Ke has seen these two several times, Yongfu is sixteen years old, gentle and quiet, usually plays the piano in his room and is a female celebrity, almost the door is not out of the second door, Yongchun who is only eleven years old is much more lively, often playing around in the palace, Ning Ke can hear Yongchun's frolicking from time to time, but this Yongchun seems to be very afraid of Zhu Houxi's brother, Several times Ning Ke found that Yongchun ran away when he was close to Zhu Houxi's study, and later asked Yongchun to know that Zhu Houxi usually does not smile and speaks little, and Yongchun was scolded by this brother as soon as he got into trouble, and his mother Jiang couldn't interject yet, gradually, Yongchun became very well-behaved as soon as he saw Zhu Houxi, it seems that the "wicked" still need the "wicked" to grind!

And just a few years ago, Zhu Houxi's father Xingwang also died of illness, and the entire palace is now taken care of by Zhu Houxi, Ning Ke felt a little distressed when he saw that Zhu Houxi, a young man who was only fifteen years old, had such a heavy burden on his shoulders, but Zhu Houxi took care of the palace in an orderly manner at a young age, and Ning Ke gradually admired him.

The weather is gradually getting warmer, Ning Ke no longer needs to be wrapped tightly in three layers and three layers outside, the weather is very good this day, and Zhu Houxi, who has grown a lot taller, is dressed in civilian clothes, with a tall and slender figure, but he has taken off a little childishness, adding a little heroic, Zhu Houxi walked to Ning Ke who was practicing calligraphy, and said: "You don't need to practice calligraphy today, go out hunting with me!"

Ning Ke said with a bitter face when he heard this: "But I don't know how to hunt! Moreover, how cute the little animals are!" Although I heard that I don't need to practice calligraphy today, Ning Ke is very happy, since Zhu Houyu once knew that he was ugly and didn't pull a few brush words, he was forced by Zhu Houyu to practice calligraphy every day, Ning Ke is a good man who doesn't eat the loss in front of him, so he has to swallow his anger, although the words have improved recently, but Zhu Houyu still didn't look at it.

But Zhu Houxi went hunting in the next sentence, and Ning Ke's heart fell back to the bottom.

"I can't hunt and I can teach you, let's go. Zhu Houxi automatically ignored Ning Ke's second half of the sentence and said directly.

There was no way, Ning Ke had no choice but to succumb to his obscenity, and was about to go out, when he saw Steward Li, who was over half a hundred years old, running eagerly towards this side, shouting: "Master, the emperor is dead!"

Ning Ke was stunned when he heard this, and then looked at Zhu Houxi, Zhu Houxi also felt a little incredible, and before he could understand what was going on, suddenly a large group of people in mourning clothes poured into the palace, surrounding the palace, Ning Ke was suddenly startled, thinking that someone suddenly came at this time, did he want to be unfavorable to Zhu Houxi?

Suddenly, Ning Ke's hand was wrapped in a warm palm, Ning Ke was stunned for a moment, and looked at Zhu Houxi, only to see Zhu Houyu give a reassuring look, and said softly: "Don't be afraid." ”

Ning Ke was very moved when she heard this, but she wasn't afraid, she just wondered if Zhu Houxi would be in danger.

At this time, an old man over sixty years old dressed in the official uniform of the first grade of the imperial court walked towards Zhu Houxi with a smile on his face, and then bowed and said, "The old minister Yang Tinghe is here to respectfully invite the new emperor to ascend the throne. ”

Ning Ke was shocked when he heard this, what did he do? How could he come to Zhu Houxi to ascend the throne, he was only a vassal king, and he was not qualified to succeed as the unification, right?

"The first emperor has just died, and there are no heirs under his knees, and after discussing with me, the ministers feel that you are majestic and strategic, and you are the most suitable for succeeding to the throne, please come back to the palace with us as soon as possible to ascend the throne." The old man named Yang Tinghe said respectfully, but Ning Ke always felt that he was cunning and cunning.

"Since the ministers think so highly of me, I naturally won't shirk it, but I have to inform my mother first, and Lord Shousuke will wait a minute. Zhu Houyu turned around and walked away as he spoke, while Ning Ke stood in place and looked at Yang Tinghe, thinking that if he could read minds, he would be able to see what this old man meant by choosing Zhu Houyu as emperor!

It didn't take long for Zhu Houxi, who was dressed in mourning clothes, to walk out with Princess Jiang and Yongfu Yongchun, who were also dressed in mourning clothes, and followed Zhu Houyu to the bright yellow carriage parked at the door, and a group of teams rushed towards the palace.

Entering the palace, everyone was wearing mourning clothes, Yang Tinghe sent someone to arrange the Jiang family to the harem halls, Ning Ke also followed the Jiang family, and it didn't take long for Ning Ke to be arranged in one of the side halls, the side hall was very simple but it looked very comfortable, Ning Ke liked it very much.

After almost an hour, a group of eunuchs walked into the side hall, and one of the middle-aged eunuchs led by them held a holy decree in his hand, and after seeing Ning Ke, he raised the holy decree in his hand and said sharply: "Liu Xian'er takes the decree." ”

Hearing this, Ning Ke hurriedly knelt down to receive the decree, and the eunuch opened the holy decree and read: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, Liu Xian'er has a smart heart, behaves decently, and is quite heartfelt, and specially named Liu Xian'er as the chief female official, and serves with her, admire!" After reading it, the eunuch handed the holy decree to Ning Ke with a smile, and very politely married Ning Ke respectfully said: "Follow the new emperor into the palace, Lady Liu is too lucky, and there will be a lot of blessings in the future!"

Ning Ke smiled, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly took off the money bag from his belt and handed it to the eunuch who passed the decree, and the eunuch who passed the decree smiled even more brightly, chatted with Ning Ke for a few words and left the side hall.

It was almost in the afternoon that Zhu Houyu walked into Ning Ke's side hall, and saw Zhu Houyu wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, which set off Zhu Houxi's majesty, Ning Ke did not have the slightest nervousness and discomfort from Zhu Houxi's expression, which made her suddenly feel that Zhu Houyu was a natural emperor.

"Do you like this side hall?" said Zhu Houxi as he walked up to Ning Ke.

"It's a nice feeling! It's quiet. Ning Ke smiled and said, "By the way, how did you just go?

Zhu Houxi tugged at the corners of his mouth, stroked his forehead and said: "It's not much trouble, it's just that the enthronement ceremony is too long, and there are a lot of twists and turns to deal with later, so I'm a little upset." ”

Ning Ke grinned when he heard this, squatted in front of him and looked up and said: "Young master, you are an emperor now, and dealing with the twists and turns is something you have to do every day, didn't you take good care of the palace when you were in the palace before, but now you just deal with a little more affairs, Xian'er believes that you will definitely be able to do a good job as an emperor!"

Zhu Houxi smiled indifferently when he heard this, and said: "Okay, I'm an emperor now, and I don't need your little girl to enlighten me, right?" Since I chose to be the emperor, then I will definitely be responsible for this position." Saying that, Zhu Houxi looked at Ning Ke and said: "Since you like it here, you can live here if you have nothing to do in the future, if you lack anything, you can go directly to the Jingshifang to get it, and the palace will be our home in the future, so you don't have to be too restrained here." ”

Ning Ke nodded with a smile when she heard this, thinking that this Zhu Houxi was really too good to say anything to her!

After sitting for a while, Zhu Houyu went to the imperial study to approve the chapters, and Ning Ke, who was bored, wandered around in the side hall and found that there was a small kitchen here.

In the evening, Ning Ke walked to the imperial study with the food box, the palace of the Ming Dynasty and the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty are here, and he used to wander around when he was in the world of returning pearls, so he naturally knew where the imperial study was, and soon, Ning Ke walked to the door of the imperial study, and there were two guards standing at the door, and after seeing Ning Ke, he immediately stopped her and said expressionlessly: "What person?"

"I am the new chief female official Liu Xian'er, and I made some food and sent it to the emperor. Ning Ke smiled and said.

Hearing this, the two guards hurriedly retreated, bowed and said, "It turned out to be a female official, and the emperor said that you can enter and leave the imperial study at will." ”

Ning Ke was stunned when she heard this, she didn't expect Zhu Houxi to give her so much power, but she still smiled at the two guards and bowed her head, and pushed the door in.

After entering the imperial study, Ning Ke saw Zhu Houxi who was immersed in reading the folds, and was frowning at this time, Ning Ke knew at a glance that Zhu Houxi must have encountered something troublesome, so he walked over with the food box.

"The maidservant has seen the emperor. Ning Ke owed to Zhu Houxi and said.

Zhu Houxi raised his head when he heard the sound, and when he saw that it was Ning Ke, his frowning brows loosened, and he said, "Didn't you say it? You don't need to be polite in front of me." ”

Ning Ke smiled when he heard this, walked to Zhu Houxi's side, put the food box on the side of the bookcase, and said, "Is there anything the emperor is worried about?"

Zhu Houxi's brows furrowed again when he heard this, and he pointed to a pile of folds next to him and said, "See for yourself." When Ning Ke heard this, he walked over and picked up a book of folds and flipped through it, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, Ning Ke thought to himself, no wonder Zhu Houxi was so troubled.

"So many twists and turns are actually for the emperor to choose his father, no wonder the emperor is so upset, it seems that this group of ministers obviously want to give you, the new emperor, a dismount!" Ning Ke frowned, she had been thinking before, why did Yang Ting and those ministers choose Zhu Houxi as the emperor, probably because his background was easier to control.

"It's a group of ministers headed by Yang Ting and that old fox, saying that I ascended the throne as a cousin of the former emperor, according to convention, my father's problem is not easy to solve, because my father is only a vassal king, Yang Tinghe and others actually suggested that I call my father 'uncle', but Emperor Xiaozong recognized him as my father, this is simply a great shame!" Zhu Houxi said and slammed his fist on the arm of the chair, and the young man's face was unwilling and angry.

Ning Ke hurriedly pressed Zhu Houxi's shoulder and comforted: "Okay, now is not the time to be angry, now should think about how to deal with that group of people." ”

Zhu Houxi had a headache when he heard this, and said: "I'm just a new emperor who has just ascended to the throne, and I don't have much power in my hands, unlike Yang Ting and them, who have been entrenched in the court for so many years, and the real power under my hands must be very large, how can I fight against it?"

Ning Ke touched his chin when he heard the words and thought about it, how did he act in those palace fighting dramas before, why didn't he watch a few palace fighting dramas at that time! Ning Ke walked around a little irritably, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he turned to Zhu Houxi and smiled: "The emperor has no real power in his hands now, it doesn't mean that he won't fight for it himself!"

Zhu Houxi was stunned when he heard this, and then asked with great interest: "How to fight?"

Ning Ke leaned in front of Zhu Houxi and said with a smile: "Use newcomers! Do you think, now the emperor is letting the emperor choose his father, all of them are court members who have been entrenched in officialdom for many years! These people must have formed an alliance in private, then they are definitely not the emperor's target for you to woo, what you have to do now is to promote the officials who have been at the lower level for a long time, those officials have not had the opportunity to be promoted for many years, if the emperor throws an olive branch to them, do you think they will not accept it......

"Wait...... What is an olive branch?" Zhu Houxi suddenly interrupted Ning Ke's words, puzzled.

Carried away for a while, forgetting that these ancient people in the East would not know what an olive branch was, so Ning Ke said with a dry laugh: "The olive branch is the hand of friendship! If you promote these low-level officials who have unpaid ambitions but have been suppressed by the upper-level officials for many years because of their poor background, then they will feel that the new emperor has given them the opportunity to turn over, then they will definitely look forward to the emperor and obey your orders!" As long as a certain amount of strength is accumulated, two major factions will be formed in the court, one is the old stubborn led by Yang Tinghe, and the other is the lower-level officials promoted by you, as long as the two forces can confront each other, a balance will be formed, and then it will be much easier to confront Yang Ting and them?"

Zhu Houxi woke up like a dream after hearing this, his face gradually showed joy, and he glanced at Ning Ke approvingly and said: "Yes, this is indeed a good plan, I will immediately send a list over, let's see who should be promoted......" Zhu Houyu said and called someone to order to send the list of all officials, and his eyes inadvertently noticed the food box on the bookcase.

Zhu Houxi opened the food box and took a look, then took out the bowl inside and asked, "What is this?"

Ning Ke grinned and said, "This is purple sweet potato white fungus soup, which is good for the body if eaten." ”

Zhu Houxi sniffed it and smiled faintly, looked at Ning Ke with interest and asked, "Oh, then what are the benefits of it?"

"This ......" Ning Ke said with a smile: "It is to nourish the skin and improve the skin...... Hey hey ......"

Zhu Houxi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "Can I use my face as a man?"

"Of course you can use it!" Ning Ke immediately retorted when he heard this, "You are not an ordinary man, you are the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, that is the image endorsement of the entire Ming Dynasty, think about it, if a foreign guest comes to my Ming Dynasty and sees that our emperor of the Ming Dynasty is so well maintained, it can also show the cultural cultivation and national strength of our Ming Dynasty, right?" Ning Ke looked at Zhu Houxi with a flattering smile.

Zhu Houxi glanced at Ning Ke a little strangely, shook his head with a smile and said, "I really don't know what you're thinking about, sometimes I feel that a lot of things you say are very strange, even unheard of, I really don't know how you came up with it." As he spoke, Zhu Houxi scooped a spoonful of purple sweet potato white fungus soup and tasted it, nodded and said, "Not to mention the efficacy, this taste is quite sweet." ”

Ning Ke smiled, leaned on the bookcase, supported his head and looked at Zhu Houxi happily: "You like it very much?"

Zhu Houxi nodded, then glanced at Ning Ke and said, "Let's get some other tricks in the future, this kind of thing is suitable for you women, and you should also put more effort into yourself." ”

Ning Ke smiled when he heard this: "I'm very careful about myself! I've just eaten several bowls of this purple potato white fungus soup!hehe......

Zhu Houxi glanced at Ning Ke a little angrily when he heard this, and said, "I see that this woman of yours is getting bolder and bolder now!"

Ning Ke smiled and said flatteringly: "Who let me have such a wise and martial master!"

At this time, a eunuch sent a stack of rosters in, bowed down and raised the roster above his head and said respectfully to Zhu Houxi: "Your Majesty, the roster of all officials is here, please take a look at it." ”

Hearing this, Ning Ke hurriedly stepped forward to take over the stack of rosters, and Zhu Houxi said lightly: "Go down." ”

"The minions retired. When the eunuch heard this, he bowed his head and withdrew.

Ning Ke put the roster in front of Zhu Houxi, Zhu Houyu casually picked up the top roster, Ning Ke stood next to him and looked at the roster, the roster recorded the territory, position and reason for each official, Zhu Houxi turned a few pages and only selected three officials.

"Wait, Your Majesty. Ning Ke saw that Zhu Houxi was about to look at the next page, and immediately said, because she saw a familiar name on this page.

"Zhang Xuan ......" Ning Ke thought for a while, this name seems to have been seen somewhere, it seems that he visited it once before when Ji Xiaolan was repairing the Siku Quanshu in the Huanzhu World, this person seems to have written a few books, what is it called, "Rites and Chapters" and "Luoshan Anthology" and other books, and he also read a few books casually at that time.

"Zhang Xuan, what's wrong with this person?" asked Zhu Houxi a little inexplicably.

Ning Ke pondered for a while, looked at Zhu Houxi and said, "I suggest that the emperor also choose this one named Zhang Xuan." ”

"This man...... It doesn't seem to be anything special, right?" Zhu Houxi was a little puzzled, "Why did you choose him?"

Ning Ke couldn't help but be speechless when she heard this, she would never say that this person's name was very familiar, I had read his books or something before, right? That would be too troublesome to explain! So Ning Ke looked at Zhu Houxi and pretended to be mysterious and said, "I don't know very well, but my intuition tells me that this person will be of great help to your current problem, Your Majesty." ”

“...... Since you say so......" Zhu Houxi thought for a while and said, "Then I will remember this person." As he spoke, Zhu Houxi picked up the pen and wrote down Zhang Xuan's name.

Next, a few more people were selected, and it felt almost the same, Zhu Houyu put away the roster, Ning Ke walked to the window and pushed open the window to look at the sky outside, it was already the middle of the night, Ning Ke turned to Zhu Houyu and said, "Doesn't the emperor rest?"

Zhu Houxi shook his head and said while flipping through the folds: "There are still a lot of twists and turns that I haven't finished, if you are sleepy, you can go back to rest." ”

Ning Ke said a little helplessly when he heard this: "Your Majesty, this is the first day of your ascension to the throne, and you have to watch it overnight!

Zhu Houxi smiled when he heard this, and said: "These twists and turns may be something wrong in which areas, if I watch it a day late, it may be delayed for one more day, and something may happen to the local people!"

Ning Ke nodded, and then said: "Then I'll sleep here, anyway, there is a reclining chair here, and if the emperor has anything to do, he can call me directly." With that, Ning Ke walked towards the recliner not far away.

Zhu Houxi saw Ning Ke lying on the recliner, smiled, and continued to read the recital.