Chapter 281

As a woman, Queen Zhou is actually not satisfied with the social atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty. She is different from Emperor Chongzhen, who grew up in the deep palace and doesn't know the true face of those Confucians and gentry at all.

But Empress Zhou was born in a commoner, and her father Zhou Kui was originally a fortune teller and a practitioner of medicine, although he did not belong to a poor family, but he did not leave the grassroots class.

When Queen Zhou was young, she also had to help her father clean up the housework and take care of the crops, and it was precisely because of this that Queen Zhou used the seeds sent by Cheng Shijie to plant more than six acres of land in the imperial garden and harvest a lot of sweet potatoes and potatoes.

The defense of men and women has never been as strict as that of wealthy families in the people, otherwise, livelihood will be a problem. Sure enough, after coming to Jinzhou City, there were a large number of women in the shops on both sides of the street, although Liaodong was not as conservative as the Central Plains, in fact, women also needed to hide their eyes and ears when they went out, which was like covering their ears and stealing bells.

Especially the yellow flower girls who have not come out of the cabinet, almost no one wears women's clothes to go out, but the so-called men's clothes they wear are not as gorgeous as women's clothes, mainly caftan shirts. Many women also wear earrings, earrings, and folding fans, for fear that others will not know that they are women.

"Walk through and don't miss it. Authentic Jiangnan Hibiscus Cake, taste before you buy! ”

"Candy!"

"Magnolia slices!"

"Lamb skewers!"

"Roast beef!"

The little prince Zhu Cihong went out of the palace for the first time, and it was the first time he saw such a lively street market, he looked at the crowded and dazzling streets, and he felt that his eyes were not enough. Of course, more than that, watching the children on the street eating mutton skewers, sour jujube cakes, and baizi cakes, Zhu Cihong drooled.

Zhu Weiyuan saw the envious look on her little nephew's face, so she smiled and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, do you want to eat?" ”

Zhu Cihong did not agree, nor did he disagree, but looked at Empress Zhou.

Empress Zhou looked at her skinny son, sighed and said, "Cihong, what do you want to eat?" ”

"I want to eat ......"

Zhu Cihong found that there were many things that he couldn't name at all.

Zhu Weiyuan got up, opened the carriage RV closet behind him, and took out some pastries from it, this carriage is a carriage RV, due to the good shock absorption effect, you can sleep directly in the RV if you are sleepy, and you can eat something casually when you are hungry.

Zhu Weiyuan's carriage not only contained more than a dozen kinds of pastries, but also more than a dozen kinds of canned food, beef jerky, fruits, and several kinds of wine.

From Lushun to Jinzhou, it was more than 120 miles, and the carriage was not moving fast, not only Zhu Cihong was hungry, but Empress Zhou and Empress Zhang were also hungry.

Zhu Weiyuan took out four plates, which contained fire cake, champion cake, mung bean cake, chicken cake, qin cake, rub cake, peach cake, Sichuan heart cake, luncheon meat, canned beef, and canned fruit.

Of course, although the packaging of Zhu Weiyuan's own canned food is the same as that of ordinary canned food, there are four small words printed underneath: "Internal Special"

This means that Zhu Weiyuan's canned luncheon meat is made with the best meat, rather than starch mixed with a bit of meat.

Zhu Ciliang held beef jerky in his left hand and walnut crisp in his right hand, gobbling it up.

"Eat slowly, don't swallow!"

Empress Zhou looked at Zhu Cihong, who had already let go of herself, full of sadness, Emperor Chongzhen was very harsh on his life, good rice, only eat a small bowl of rice per meal, big fish and big meat, that is, don't think about it. Emperor Chongzhen is so simple, and the little prince Zhu Cihong is also simple.

finally came to the Ning Navy General Mansion, Zhu Weiyuan held a banquet to entertain the two imperial sisters-in-law, Queen Zhou and Queen Zhang, although they were not accompanied by outsiders, but this meal was very luxurious.

All kinds of delicacies are served in a row, not only mountain delicacies, but also all kinds of seafood, flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water and the sea, everything.

Like braised bear's paws, braised venison, braised beef, braised mutton, only braised dishes are more than a dozen without duplicates, what steamed bluestone grouper, braised sea cucumber, rock sugar elbow, stuffed sugar lotus, and special fruits from Luzon, fruits from the south of the Yangtze River.

Cheng Shijie never wronged himself, the cooks of the Ning Navy General Arsenal are from Shandong, some are from Beizhili, some are from Sichuan, and several are from Guangdong. There are more than 60 chefs working in the Ninghai Navy General Arsenal alone, although there are not as many chefs as the imperial dining room of Emperor Chongzhen, but whether it is the ingredients or cooking technology, it far exceeds the imperial dining room.

Queen Zhou looked at Zhu Weiyuan and said, "Eighth sister, there are too many of these dishes, how can we eat them!" ”

"It's okay, don't worry, sister-in-law!"

Zhu Weiyuan said: "Although Liaodong prohibits the waste of food, it does not restrict consumption, and only needs to send the food that cannot be eaten to the street office, and they will carry out secondary processing according to the ingredients and give it to the people who need it most!" We can't eat it, some people can eat it, and those poor people wish that the rich people would have big fish and meat every day, because they can also mix some oil and water! ”

Empress Zhang asked a little puzzled, "Why didn't you see the righteous daughter of this palace?" ”

"Oh!"

Zhu Weiyuan explained: "Jiayue should be in school, she is different from other children, in addition to going to school normally, she also has to learn music, learn handicrafts, and military training!" ”

"Military training?"

Empress Zhou asked puzzledly: "Do girls still use military training?" ”

"This is arranged by Xianggong, I have no choice, I have no right to speak on the education of Jialong and Jiayue, now Jiayue is young, and his physical fitness is not too good, so he only needs to train for one hour every day, Jialong no matter how windy or rainy, thunder can't be moved every day, two hours of military training, half an hour of running, half an hour of fighting, and training horseback riding!"

Zhu Weiyuan sighed and said: "The imperial sister-in-law doesn't know, the princess is too ...... for the cultivation of children."

"Too what?"

"It's too strict!"

As he spoke, there was a dense sound of footsteps outside. didn't need to look at it, Zhu Weiyuan knew that this was Cheng Jiayue coming back from school.

Sure enough, Cheng Jiayue, accompanied by the four companions, ran towards Zhu Weiyuan.

Zhu Weiyuan hurriedly greeted her, the ground in the yard had just been sprinkled with water, and it would be bad if she fell while walking without looking at the road.

Zhu Weiyuan grabbed Cheng Jialong and pressed her nose hard: "Jiayue, how many times have I told you that you want to look at the road, what should I do if I fall?" ”

"Aunt Zhu, I'm not afraid, I won't fall!"

At this time, Cheng Jiayue saw a few strangers in the hall, she hurriedly tilted her head and asked, "Auntie, who are they?" ”

"These are our distinguished guests!"

Zhu Weiyuan took Cheng Jiayue to the living room: "Jiayue, come and meet the queen!" ”

"Queen?"

Cheng Jiayue just entered the living room.

Empress Zhang was actually more excited than Empress Zhou.

Empress Zhang is now twenty-eight years old, although she has a son, but Zhu Ciran, the prince of Huaichong, was born stillborn, and this tragedy is simply fatal for a woman.

When Emperor Chongzhen found her and wanted her to come forward and adopt Cheng Jiayue as her righteous daughter, Empress Zhang was actually very willing, because her identity was very sensitive, if it wasn't for Cheng Shijie, anyone's children, she would not have been able to adopt. Of course, without Emperor Chongzhen's permission, it would be impossible for her to adopt Cheng Jiayue.

Empress Zhang looked at Cheng Jiayue, Cheng Jiayue is different from everyone in Daming, even in the face, the two most noble women in Daming, Cheng Jiayue has no fear, no timidity, her eyes are bright, like a pool of spring water, very clear.

The moment she saw Cheng Jiayue, Queen Zhang was stunned.

"Meet the Queen!"

Cheng Jiayue's eyes fell on the six-year-old Zhu Cihong, according to the habits of this era, the six-year-old Zhu Cihong should be considered seven years old.

"Auntie, who is he?"

"He's ...... Your dad took the students! ”

Cheng Jiayue happily jumped in front of Zhu Cihong and said: "Then you are lucky, my father has never accepted apprentices, you can worship him as a teacher, it is a blessing from the previous life!" Let me tell you, my dad knows a lot, and you can learn a thing from him, and you will ...... it in your life."

Zhu Cihong was a little frightened, and his body retreated unconsciously.

Cheng Jiayue reached out and touched Zhu Cihong's head.

At this moment, a eunuch who followed behind him shouted: "Bold! Dare to be unreasonable to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! ”

The eunuch's scream really startled Cheng Jiayue.

Empress Zhou looked at the eunuch and said, "Hu Liangan, step aside!" ”

"It's the Queen's Mother!"

Cheng Jiayue looked at the strangers in the room, quietly retreated, she ran to the position of the door, and began to run in the direction of the door: "Brother, someone is bullying me, brother, someone is bullying me......"

Cheng Jiayue cried while running.

She ran to the backyard for the first time, came to the East Courtyard, and found that Cheng Jialong was not here, so she looked at the guards in the East Courtyard and said, "Where is my brother?" ”

"The eldest prince has gone out and hasn't come back yet!"

"Take me to my brother!"

Cheng Shijie is not at home, Cheng Jiayue's only reliance is Cheng Jialong, Cheng Jiayue is well-behaved and cute, even if it is Cheng Shijie, she has never scolded her, in later generations, Cheng Shijie or Xiang Hui has always held Cheng Jiayue in the palm of his hand, how could he have scolded him.

Soon, just as Cheng Jiayue was about to leave, Zhu Weiyuan came over to coax Cheng Jiayue.

Cheng Jiayue is very obedient, although she doesn't cry anymore, her tears keep flowing.

Zhu Weiyuan couldn't coax it well, Queen Zhou and Queen Zhang also came to coax Cheng Jiayue, although Cheng Jiayue stopped crying, but she couldn't hide her aggrieved look.

Zhu Weiyuan looked at the eunuch with a bad expression.

Although Cheng Jiayue and Cheng Jialong are both Cheng Shijie's children, unlike others, most of them are patriarchal, but Cheng Shijie is patriarchal, relatively speaking, he cares more about Cheng Jiayue.

Cheng Jiayue's eyes were red from crying.

Fortunately, Cheng Shijie is not here, if he is here, that Hu Liangan is estimated to have to shed his skin if he does not die.

However, no matter how Hu Liangan said it, he was also a person sent by Emperor Chongzhen to Zhu Cihong, and it depends on the owner to beat the dog, not to mention that the owner of this dog is the emperor?

Until the night was dark, Cheng Jiayue was tired of crying and slowly fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, Cheng Jialong came back.

Before Cheng Jialong could sit down, the guard announced: "Eldest son, this afternoon, the eldest lady came to look for you!" ”

"Did you say what it was?"

"This ...... I don't know, but looking at the eldest lady's appearance, it seems that she has been wronged by something! ”

When Cheng Jialong heard this, he couldn't sit still.

Cheng Shijie repeatedly asked him to take good care of Cheng Jiayue, if Cheng Jiayue was wronged, it would be terrible.

Cheng Jialong hurriedly came to the West Cross Courtyard where Cheng Jiayue lived, the West Cross Courtyard was brightly lit at this time, Cheng Jiayue seemed to have fallen asleep, and Cheng Jialong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Cheng Jiayue fall asleep.

However, just as Cheng Jialong was about to leave, Cheng Jiayue suddenly turned around: "Big brother, I want to go home, I miss my mother......"

Cheng Jialong looked at Cheng Jiayue's eyes, her eyes were swollen into peaches at this time, which made Cheng Jialong feel distressed: "Who is it!" ”

Cheng Jialong was really angry.

Sun Pu, who was following outside, timidly told Cheng Jialong what happened in the afternoon, but Sun Pu did not add fuel to the vinegar at that time, but told the truth.

Cheng Jialong said: "Where are they?" ”

"I don't know now, by the time they had dinner, they had already left!"

"You inquire!"

Cheng Jialong looked at Li Zaiyang and said, "You go and find Gao Jie for me, and let Gao Jie bring someone over!" ”

Cheng Jialong actually knows very well that the guards of the Ning Navy have manpower, but the problem is that in the eyes of the guards of the guard division, Cheng Jialong is the young master, and Zhu Weiyuan is the main mother, they are likely to protect themselves wisely and dare not offend the queen of the dynasty.

It didn't take long for Li Zaiyang to quickly inquire about the place where Empress Zhou was staying, this place was located in a courtyard in the west of Jinzhou City, and Zhu Weiyuan actually wanted Empress Zhou and the crown prince to temporarily live in the Ning Navy Commander's Mansion.

But the problem is that Empress Zhou and Empress Zhang are not alone, they are with three or four hundred people, and three hundred and four hundred will not be able to live in the General Military Mansion of the Ning Navy.

What's more, more than two-thirds of the area of the General Military Office of the Ning Navy belongs to the official office, and the military headquarters of the Ning Navy and various departments of the Liaodong Management Committee are here.

Gao Jie was just about to rest with Xing's family, and his clothes were taken off, when he received Cheng Jialong's order, when he learned that Cheng Jialong asked him to bring people, he thought that someone had offended Cheng Dagongzi without opening his eyes.

Gao Jie will naturally not let go of the opportunity to perform like this.

Gao Jie took more than 200 people to the Ning Navy General Mansion, of course, they did not get close to the Ning Navy General Mansion, but they were stopped by the soldiers and horses of the Guard Division.

Not long after, Cheng Jialong and Cheng Jiayue came out in a carriage.

"Meet the eldest prince!"

Cheng Jialong beckoned to Gao Jie and said, "Gao Jie, do you dare to kill for my son?" ”

"I am willing to die for the eldest prince!"

"Very good!"

Cheng Jialong said: "Li Zaiyang, lead the way in front!" ”

At this moment, a thin woman appeared on the street, it was none other than Zhu Weiyuan's maid, Gu Ziyi, one of Cheng Shijie's concubines.

"Princess, wait a minute!"

(End of chapter)