Chapter 011: The Crown Prince

Ancestor worship is a big gathering of the Song family, Song Boxian's father, as the eldest son, should not be late, not to mention that his uncle, as the heir of Qin Guogong, will not allow his younger brother to be sluggish, the only reason that can be explained is that something big happened.

Sure enough, just as the banquet was about to start, Song Anmin and a young man entered the lobby together, and there were many young men in suits with small flat heads and tall people behind them, giving people a look to know that this guy was not simple.

"Brother, isn't that His Royal Highness the only son of the current Holy Lord?"

Song Boxian was reminded by the sharp-eyed Song Borong, squinted his eyes and looked carefully, his eyebrows jumped, who is this not the crown prince?

Emperor Changping had only two sons for many years, and the remaining seven were all princesses, and the eldest son Chen Shunkang was named the crown prince after Emperor Changping ascended the throne, and according to the etiquette system of the imperial court, he guarded Nanjing as an identity.

Since the Shengwu Emperor Chen Cao created the policy of the emperor living in Beijing and the crown prince living in Nanjing, it has been passed down for more than 600 years and has not changed until now.

Although Chen Shunkang is only 19 years old, from the news from within Xungui, this crown prince is famous for his romantic temperament, if it were not for the rules of the Zongren Mansion and the status of the royal family in the minds of the Ming people, he could do the drama of 'hand-to-hand combat' with women in broad daylight.

"Last time, I heard Zhang Shuqi say that I saw the prince entering and leaving the Qinglou of the Qinhuai River... Woo..."

Song Borong never spoke through her brain, and as soon as she said this, Song Boxian was so frightened that she hurriedly reached out to cover her mouth, for fear that this guy would say something offending nonsense: "Shut up." ”

"Why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince here?"

Song Bozhao was by Song Boxian's side, and he had already heard what Song Borong said before, so he smiled and said softly: "Old Seven, you forgot, the current Empress Dowager is our aunt and grandmother." ”

Song Boxian suddenly realized that he may have really forgotten this stubble, Emperor Changping's biological mother is the sister of the 12th Qin Duke Song Linden, and the 90-year-old Empress Dowager Song is still alive today, although it is now his grandson who has become the emperor, but the royal family and the Song family are still relatives.

Song Boxian later learned that Emperor Shengzu personally decided that the royal family would marry the Zhao and Song families, stipulating that if the queen of this generation is a Song woman, the imperial concubine must be a Zhao woman, and the next generation will be exchanged between the two families, the Zhao woman is the queen, and the Song woman is the imperial concubine.

It is the Zhao and Song families that have been thriving for more than 600 years.

Thinking of this, Song Boxian calculated, the queen of Emperor Changxing is the Song family, then the queen of the Changping Emperor is the Zhao family, and now the crown prince is 19 years old, according to the royal family, the crown prince is 20 years old, that is, the coming-of-age ceremony, and the crown princess and the side concubine.

"I see..."

No wonder his father was late on the day of ancestor worship, it turned out that he was going to greet His Royal Highness the crown prince, and by the way, he came to the Song family's house to see who to marry.

The episode of the arrival of the crown prince dispersed after the banquet, and Song Boxian's family had an independent courtyard in Nanjing, located in the first alley of Chang'an Avenue on the west bank of the Qinhuai River, relatively close to the imperial city.

Back home, Song Boxian took his sister to greet his father Song Ankang together, and then the family sat down to talk, and his mother Lou Jiajia's maiden house is Huai'an Houfu, the family is not low, dignified and beautiful, and entered the living room with a fruit bowl: "When your parents are away, can you two be obedient?" ”

"Mom, you know I'm the best..."

Lou Jiajia said angrily: "Shut up, you can't believe your words, Boxian, how is school life?" ”

Song Borong was about to speak, but was stepped on by Song Boxian, and then smiled: "Mom, don't worry, there is no problem for me at all." ”

Song Boxian was worried that his old sister would say something that shouldn't be said, so he quickly changed the topic and said, "Dad, today His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is coming to the uncle's house to choose a parent?" ”

Song Ankang doesn't have his eldest brother's shelf, but he still has the momentum of his own noble family, and he is still quite satisfied with his son's anger, and his current attitude is much gentler than before, I saw him put down the teacup and nodded thoughtfully: "However, I see that your uncle is very worried..."

"Dad, are those tall and handsome guys who came with the prince today from Nanzhen Fusi?"

Song Ankang couldn't hold back on his somewhat rebellious daughter: "Yes, when the prince travels, how can the security be low, martial law has been imposed outside the Guogong Mansion before, and the people's vehicles are not allowed to pass in front of the street." ”

Song Boxian felt that his sister's concern was not on the same line as his own, so he asked again: "Uncle is worried about the prince's reputation?" ”

Song Ankang was silent, Lou Jiajia also sat down, and said earnestly: "Outsiders don't know, but who doesn't know the prince's temper, he is about to become a VIP on the eighteenth floor of Qinhuaihe." ”

"Huh..."Song Borong interrupted: "The prince's body is okay..."

"Don't talk nonsense," Song Ankang frowned and scolded, and Song Borong immediately didn't dare to say more.

"Dad, Prince.... You won't get those unclean diseases..."

Hearing this, Song Ankang's face turned green, and even he himself was not too sure: "It should... Probably not..."

Lou Jiajia squinted at her husband and said, "What, have you been there?" ”

"Nonsense..."Song Ankang was a little uncomfortable, but Song Boxian knew that his father had been to the Qinglou of the Qinhuai River with the local nobles in Nanjing, and now his mother asked, how dare he talk nonsense.

"The eighteenth floor is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education, and 70% of the income is owned by the state treasury, and the Department of Education will give those Chu girls a physical examination every year, if the crown prince is infected because of this, do the people of the Department of Education still want to live?"

"Yo, Old Song, you're a good guy..."

was ridiculed by his wife again, Song Ankang's face slowly began to turn red, Song Boxian felt that the situation could not develop to the point where his father was scolded, so he immediately spoke: "Dad, who does the prince have a crush on?" ”

Lou Jiajia spoke: "The four daughters of your uncle's family, your third sister has been promised to the Marquis of Tongcheng, and the fourth sister has just handed over a student of Guozijian this year, which is free love, and only the fifth sister and your ninth sister will choose." ”

"Ninth sister?" Song Boxian said: "I don't think the ninth sister is happy." ”

Lou Jiajia, as a woman, can naturally participate in the affairs of these children in the Guogong Mansion: "Your fifth sister is not bad, and she is also dignified and decent, and she is willing to do so, that is, she is two years older than the prince, so your uncle still thinks that the ninth sister is the most suitable." ”

The prince's reputation is notoriously bad in the upper circles, if it weren't for the fact that he was the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that all the nobles would not be willing to marry their daughters to such a person.

"The son of the Zhao family is not a good thing, I see, the prince's current situation is mostly because of the kid of the Zhao family."

The Zhao clan of the Duke of Chu, like the Song clan, was one of the top nobles of the Ming Dynasty, and for generations he controlled the Jinyiwei, the most critical royal secret service agency of the Ming Dynasty.

The power of the commanders of the Jinyi Guards in the past dynasties was second only to the Song family, who was in charge of the Dingwu army.

Zhao Zhennan, the eldest son of Zhao Puying, the contemporary Duke of Chu, served as the envoy of the Fusi of Nanzhen, which can be described as a high power, and he also has another special identity, the director of the crown prince's office.

Therefore, Song Boxian can also understand why his father made such an assertion.

At that time, if the crown prince ascended the throne, Zhao Zhennan would be the next commander of the Jinyi Guard.

And Zhao Zhennan In order to please the prince, the place where women are romantic is the first choice.

"I think it may not be too long, the crown prince will be 20 at the end of the year, according to the rules, the royal family should send someone to your uncle's house to ask for a name between the lunar months."

"Dad, when are you leaving?"

Song Ankang thought for a while: "Recently, Xizhou has not been very peaceful, there has been a rebellion in a province of the Ottoman Empire next to our Xizhou, and a large number of refugees have poured into our Iranian province, and the local garrison is like a great enemy..."

Song Boxian paid attention to this news a few days ago, but after all, he was far away from Daming, and at that time, he happened to be recuperating after being beaten, so he also took a look at it as entertainment news.

"Does it affect our business?"

Song Ankang nodded: "Our business with the Ottoman Empire is not small, and it has a certain influence. ”

After saying that, the family continued to chat, and only went back to their rooms to sleep after ten o'clock.

The next morning, the two of them set off to leave, and there were two brothers and sisters left in Nanjing, and after breakfast, Song Boxian called Song Borong and said: "There are still a few days left in the holiday, I am going to stay in Nanjing, what about you?" ”

Song Borong opened her sleepy eyes and said, "Where can I go..."

After saying that, he turned his head and went back to sleep.

Song Boxian couldn't help her, so after putting breakfast in the dining room, he asked the nanny and aunt to help take care of it, and then went out.

The nobles of the inner city of Nanjing, like when the Zhu family was in power hundreds of years ago, were popular at that time, "There are many princes like dogs, and Hou Bo walks all over the ground", and this sentence is still the standard in Nanjing today.

Different from Beijing City at the foot of the Son of Heaven, Nanjing City because of its special geographical location, has become a place where the Ming Dynasty is willing to settle down, Song Boxian first took a taxi out of Chang'an Avenue after going out, but found a big traffic jam, no way, can only ride a shared motorcycle out of Jubaomen slowly, to the destination Jubaoshan Yuhuatai.

Jubao Mountain began to be built when Emperor Shengzu was alive, the battle of Nanjing was particularly fierce in that year, the enemy and I fought in full swing, the mountainside of Jubao Mountain and the foot of the basic artillery ploughed, Chen Cao simply built Yuhuatai Qingliang Palace on the top of Jubao Mountain, as the summer retreat of the royal family, and in the later years opened the Yuhuatai Meritorious Pavilion to the people, so that the whole people can pay tribute to the heroes who have made outstanding contributions to the re-establishment of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, from 1900 onwards, people had to buy tickets if they wanted to enter Jubaoshan...

However, as honorable nobles, they don't need to buy it, and there is another one, as long as there is an ancestor in the family who is enshrined in the Meritorious Pavilion, the descendants can enter the Jubaoshan Scenic Area for free with their identity cards.