Then a long time ago, a proclamation and an ordained text were read, which was nothing more than an expression of grief, thanksgiving and trust, accepting the entrustment, I will go to sit in your seat, and you can rest assured.

Outside the Huagai Palace, the high-grade civil and military officials who attended the enthronement ceremony were already waiting on the steps outside the hall, waiting for the deacons of the Honglu Temple to lead them to meet the emperor.

After His Majesty finished meeting, they had to go to the Chengtian Gate to wait for the official start of the ceremony.

"Your Majesty has been crowned, and he has gone to the Fengxian Palace, the Fengci Palace, and the Several Banquet Palaces."

When asked, they were informed of the emperor's itinerary.

That's right, Zhu Houxi went to the hall for a few more banquets, and this time he changed into the emperor's highest standard outfit.

Twelve dragons are all over the body, and the garments are magnificently made by the silk technique of cutting the warp and weft.

Zhu Houxi, who was wearing a black gauze winged crown, already had another bearing, and just when the hundred officials were waiting anxiously, he finally appeared in the canopy hall again.

……

"The ceremony is about to begin, right?"

In Renshou Palace, Empress Dowager Zhang was also dressed up and waiting.

"Back to the Queen Mother, the drum has sounded again, and Your Majesty has left the Huagai Hall to meet you."

After the official enthronement ceremony began, Zhu Houxi would take another trip to the palace, meet three important figures, go to several places to salute, and then go to Fengtian Hall to enthrone the throne.

The news from the palace made Empress Dowager Zhang furious again, but there was nothing she could do.

Now she was nervous and uneasy, and asked the old eunuch on the side: "Jin Sheng, how many ladies have you pre-selected in various places now?" ”

Yuan Jinsheng, a eunuch who had served Empress Dowager Zhang for many years, replied solemnly: "Forty-eight people have been reported from all over the country, and they are all the best choices. These are sure to be able to enter the palace through the first five rounds of three hundred people, and when the slave and maid will take care of it personally, three of the fifty ladies will be able to choose the queen mother's please, for His Majesty to choose the queen. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "I must pick a few more bones that are easy to raise among the fifty people, and I will not be the choice of the queen." If anyone can give birth to a concubine first, he will be like my own daughter in the future. Now, this matter must be given to him by letter! ”

Yuan Jinsheng knelt down and praised: "Queen Mother Longen, I don't know who has this blessing." ”

How did Zhu Houxi know that he was not yet fifteen years old and had been remembered, squeezed and even faintly controlled by Empress Dowager Zhang?

He doesn't care if he knows.

Now, he is finally coming to see this Empress Dowager Zhang.

It was she who agreed to make herself the emperor, and later gave in and did not ask Zhu Houxi to succeed her.

When I entered the main hall, the first thing I saw was the Empress Dowager Zhang, who knelt down beside her with many eunuchs and palace maids.

At this time, her face was already quite old. No matter how good the life in the palace is, the maintenance methods of this era cannot keep her young and beautiful at the age of fifty.

Seeing the heroic Zhu Houxi approaching, Empress Dowager Zhang vaguely saw the appearance of her son from his eyebrows. The son who ascended the throne back then was also at such an age.

Empress Dowager Zhang was emotional for a while, and her eyes were rosy.

After all, it is an elder, and it is the queen mother, Zhu Houyu paid a visit: "Nephew Houyu visits the queen mother." ”

"Hurry up, hurry up." Although Empress Dowager Zhang was helpless when she heard the title of nephew, she still laughed, "I have heard Heling's wife relay the emperor's heroic posture many times, and I finally saw it today." ”

Zhu Houxi said with a smile: "The mother concubine also asked her nephew to say hello to her aunt, and the nephew was quite disrespectful yesterday, and he also looked at his aunt Haihan." ”

"It's all for the foundation of the Zhu family." Empress Dowager Zhang sighed, "I heard that the emperor was speechless with Yang Ting and them in the palace today, and I was relieved a lot." ”

When she heard the return, she was surprised.

Now she looked at the nephew again, and was very jealous of him.

Zhu Houxi saluted again: "Aunt, please rest assured, although the nephew has to insist, he must do his filial piety on behalf of the imperial brother." A few days before the imperial brother, the nephew also promised the imperial brother. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang seemed to nod her head with relief: "The emperor has this filial piety, which is more important than fame." Now that the emperor refuses to succeed to my name, I heard that the heir will give your imperial brother in the future, and the ministers will dissuade you in every possible way? ”

"There's such a thing. They are just worried about the future struggle for the throne, as long as there is no such hidden danger, there will be no problem. ”

“…… So what is the emperor going to do? Empress Dowager Zhang stared at him.

"The courtiers were rightly worried. The nephew thought that if he went directly to the king, maybe the courtiers would not object. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang froze suddenly, didn't that mean that Empress Xia should take the child to go to the vassal first? Is she going with the Empress Dowager Zhang?

Thinking of this, she was in a bad mood, and reluctantly smiled: "I know the emperor's intentions, let's discuss this matter again." The ceremony is imminent, and the emperor will go to work first. ”

Zhu Houxi said goodbye with a smile: "Come and greet the Queen Mother again at night." ”

In the morning and dusk, Zhu Houxi decided to do this surface work.

After all, when you arrive in the Forbidden City, there is no place to exercise like in the palace. Take a turn in this palace every morning and evening, which is more or less a lot of exercise.

But if you go to the Empress Dowager Zhang's place, the benefits you will get are great, at least it will make her and some ministers in the court have nothing to say.

If you do anything in the future, you will be considered benevolent and righteous.

Children are angry, adults can act.

Coming out of the Empress Dowager Zhang, he went to Empress Xia, who had already moved to Qingning Palace.

Xinjun is about to ascend the throne, and she can no longer live in Kunning Palace.

When you live here, your status is no longer comparable to what it used to be.

And the conditions here are much worse than Renshou Palace, not to mention the flat houses, and they are relatively cold. It can be seen that it has just been cleaned up.

Zhu had seen her in several banquets before, but now it was more formal and face-to-face.

Before leaving after the polite greetings, Zhu Houxi said to her: "The emperor's sister-in-law mourns." Since I have a promise, I will definitely not let the imperial brother be the heir. ”

With this hope, the former queen in this palace will at least not blindly stand on the side of the Empress Dowager Zhang.

Whether she felt more comfortable raising her children in the palace or simply went to the vassal more freely, Zhu Houxi believed in the latter more.

Empress Xia's eyes were rosy, and she made a big salute: "The concubine bows to thank Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Houxi smiled slightly, and left here to go to Concubine Shao's residence.

Empress Xia heard Zhu Houxi emphasize that promise again, and the big stone in her heart fell to the ground.

With just a quick glance, she saw the healthy and energetic face of this "cousin".

I heard that he was only fifteen years old, half younger than himself.

Empress Xia not only hoped that he would give birth to a prince's heir as soon as possible, but also hoped that he would slow down and stabilize his foundation, so that the children born should be healthier and more hopeful to grow up......

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The palace area of the middle and outer west roads and the outer east road in the harem is just like their location, and the women who have been on the edge are also inhabited in them.

After Zhu Qizhen abolished the practice of burial, the harem concubines of the former and the former emperor were all supported in it.

Those who have the position of queen before their lifetime can naturally live in places like Renshou Palace and Qingning Palace with better conditions.

Xianzong Zhu Jianshen's noble concubine Shao could only live with other concubines in the Yinghua Hall in the northwest corner of the entire Forbidden City.

Xianzong was the most favored by Wan Guifei, but Shao Guifei could still become one of the only two concubines who were named concubines, and the favor she received before can be imagined.

Zhu Houxi has heard of Lao Qin, in fact, his father Zhu Youqi may also be made the crown prince. It's just that Zhu Youqi's mother, Shao Guifei, finally retreated, so Zhu Youzhu was able to succeed to the throne smoothly.

As a result, by mistake, Shao Guifei's own grandson still entered the Forbidden City.

People are mothers and sons, but today's Concubine Shao is a grandmother and grandson, and now she lives in as the emperor's concubine...... Weiyang Palace.

Zhu Houxi is very strange, why is this name?

asked Wei Bin, only to hear him look left and right, and then leaned closer and replied in a low voice: "Weiyang Palace is the old residence of the concubine, and her old man is the ...... who gave birth to three princes in Weiyang Palace."

Zhu Houxi frowned: "Weiyang Palace is one of the six palaces in the east and west, right?" ”