Empress Zhang said a lot in one breath, as if she was comforting Emperor Hongzhi, as well as comforting herself, and more like both.

After listening to these words quietly, Zhu Youzhu fell into a long silence, the Ming Dynasty's selection of horses has been criticized, and it is different from the previous dynasty, not to choose the powerful, not to look at the family background.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty who was born in cloth, also set the ancestral family law - the princess of this dynasty, and the beautiful people are still selected, and the children of the civil and military ministers are not allowed to be predetermined.

To put it bluntly, it is that only ordinary Li Shu can be selected, and the children of civil and military ministers and ministers and magnates are not allowed to participate.

This situation is to avoid the risk of relatives gaining power, but it is the lives of the princesses of the Ming Dynasty who are sacrificed.

Even this selection of horses was ridiculed by the market as peddling princesses, and the highest price was obtained.

The selection of the horses was carried out by the chamberlain in charge of the examination, and then the Jinyi guard probed, and finally handed over the list to the emperor himself.

This system seems to be no problem, and even Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang has set a law for this, once someone is corrupt and bends the law and does something in this matter, Jinyiwei has the right to execute the servant.

And if the Jinyi guard is deceived and concealed, he can also be picketed and killed by the inner servants.

The two sides supervised each other, and the emperor censored, but the emperor only reviewed the list, and even before the princess got married, he had never even seen the face of the concubine.

And once the chamberlain and Jinyiwei collude, it is to sell the princess, and they don't need too much silver, tens of thousands of taels of silver are enough, or even thousands of taels are not necessary.

In order to marry a princess, those rich scumbags of the people bribed the eunuchs and brocade guards with silver, and then spent some silver taels to spread rumors and exaggerate their reputation, so that such a noble princess could easily get it.

Even if you wait for the princess to marry and find out that this is not a good match, it is impossible to regret wanting to change another one.

Etiquette, fame, and dignity make it impossible for them to remarry, either to judge themselves or to accept their fate.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not unaware of the tricks, but once he wanted to intervene in this matter, he would be blocked by the scholars and doctors.

In fact, these people can't get any benefits, but this matter is not a microcosm of the struggle for power with the emperor, since they want to fight for power, they must not give in everywhere.

If you retreat from this selection of horses, will you not have to retreat again and again?

What's more, this selection of horses is the ancestral system, and it is the ancestral training of the emperor.

The ancestral system is an extremely important weight when ministers and emperors compete for power, and it is also the bottom line.

Therefore, in this matter, the emperor often has no way, not that no emperor has thought of resisting, but basically it ends in failure.

Therefore, I could only choose from a thousand choices, find a eunuch and a brocade guard who still had some conscience, and then began to pray that I could choose a good match to act as my daughter's husband.

Emperor Hongzhi thought in his heart, and suddenly he didn't have such resistance to his daughter's marriage, and even had a hundred kinds of happiness.

No matter how you look at it, that dog thing is a good match.

It's just that he still wants to scold the beast, the beast!

Thinking in his heart, as if he had noticed something, Zhu Youzhu raised his eyes, only to find that Empress Zhang stood up.

"The husband himself and concentrated, the concubine went out to see Xiurong first, and she should take a bath if she wants to come."

As she spoke, Empress Zhang remembered something again, and said with a smile: "There is another thing, tonight I have to wronged my husband, and when my husband is busy with government affairs, please go to the side hall to rest, if not, you can go back to the Qianqing Palace, and the concubine will sleep with Xiurong tonight."

Before the words fell, Empress Zhang blessed him with a sense of ceremony, turned around and walked outside the hall.

Emperor Hongzhi's expression was a little stunned, and somehow, he always felt that the smile on the queen's face just now had a hint of revenge.

Did you think you had just provoked her?

The heart is so small.

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At this time, the candle flame was also swaying in the Ciqing Palace of the East Palace, Zhu Houzhao was holding an album and reading the Spring and Autumn Period at night, as the crown prince, he had not done what an adult had done, and he was indeed an innocent teenager.

Of course, in the restless adolescence, there are some ulterior thoughts that are certain, but every time he sees those palace ladies who are respectful and even trembling in front of him, he doesn't know how to start.

After all, he is an innocent young man, and deep down in his heart, he still longs for someone to recommend a pillow to make him passive, but unfortunately he has not waited for her.

And when he was asked by Xia Yuan today, he was ashamed in his heart, especially the last burst of laughter, which made him feel even more unhappy.

Damn competitive, Zhu Houzhao decided that he must grow up tonight and be an adult from tomorrow.

It's just that tonight to experience this kind of thing, it is inevitable to feel nervous, and you need to prepare some homework in advance, this atlas is what he ordered someone to take, not the first time to look at it, but those posture techniques in it, still opened his eyes.

There was a sound of broken footsteps outside the hall, and Zhu Houzhao raised his eyes and saw Liu Jin leading a few trembling palace maids in.

Liu Jin had a flattering smile on his face, "Your Highness, these are all carefully selected by the slaves and maids in the East Palace, all of them are of the highest quality in appearance and figure, which one do you like, let her stay and serve you tonight." ”

"Hmm"

Zhu Houzhao paused slightly, blocked half of his face with the atlas, and only revealed a pair of eyes to sweep over these palace maids one by one.

Seeing that these palace maids were all hanging their heads and looking cowering, they couldn't help but shout: "All raise your heads, why are you so afraid of this palace?" ”

Immediately, one by one, the palace maids hurriedly raised their heads again, with hope on their faces, and fear and panic.

Being able to serve the prince is definitely a blessing that has been cultivated for eight lifetimes, but as the palace maid of the East Palace, who doesn't know that His Royal Highness the Prince has a perverse personality and acts very differently from ordinary people.

often at night, he also fights and practices martial arts, and he also holds those eunuch guards as sandbags, which is terrifying.

Usually he doesn't dare to approach the prince, and even if he does, he must be trembling and trembling.

At the thought of serving such a master, the palace maids felt unstoppably afraid.

Zhu Houzhao looked at these palace maids, as if he was singing in the box, went back and forth a few times, and finally pointed to one of them,

"It's just you, everyone else goes out, Liu Companion, close the door of the palace to the palace, and no one is allowed to come in."

"Huh."

Liu Jin responded, and hurriedly waved away the rest of the palace maids to go out, and the selected palace maid was only fourteen or fifteen years old, seeing that she was lucky to be chosen, her body couldn't help shrinking, and she bit her lip tightly and didn't dare to make a sound.

Soon, there were only lonely men and widows left in the entire Ciqing Palace, and the door of the palace was tightly closed.

Zhu Houzhao leaned on the couch and still covered half of his face with the album, and after a while, he seemed to have made up his mind, beckoned to the palace maid, and patted the side of the bed again, "Come here, sit here in the palace." ”

The palace maid didn't dare to refuse, so she walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed with a trembling body, lowering her head and not daring to look at Zhu Houzhao.

There was silence in the hall for a while, and after a long time, Zhu Houzhao asked, "Ling, do you know what the palace called you for?" ”

He felt nervous, the palace maid was even more nervous, and he couldn't say anything if he was afraid, "Return, go back to His Royal Highness, slave, slave maid don't know."

“.”

Zhu Houzhao didn't know how to answer this, he opened his mouth to say it, but he really couldn't say it, he scratched his head irritably, and even had the heart to let this palace maid go out, so as to give up tonight's growth plan.

Finally, he handed over the album in his hand, "Come, you read the book." ”

(End of chapter)