After a meal, I caught a few more fish, and the weather suddenly changed, and the clouds were overcast, and it actually rained.

Zhu Qiyu personally processed the fish, and then took the two little concubines back to the house.

The room was very lively, and a group of people were gathering in twos and threes to talk and laugh. Seeing the main lord come in, Lin Xiangyu announced: "The banquet has officially begun, and everyone is sitting around the oven." It's cloudy and rainy outside, and we just talk around the fireplace, drink wine and eat meat, so as the poem says, steal half a day of leisure, isn't it happy! ”

When everyone heard this, they echoed it, but they all gathered around the oven, but they didn't know how to sit down.

Seeing this, Lin Xiangyu hurriedly ordered: "Your Highness is on top, sitting facing the lake, Qianxue and Su Xi are accompanying Your Highness on the left and right, please put your Royal Highness around the princess." Please sit on the right hand side of His Royal Highness.

I took the crown prince and sat on the left hand side of His Highness, the little uncle sat next to me, and the rest of the people sat opposite His Highness. ”

Everyone was ordered, and they were busy and sat down in order.

Zhu Yi asked curiously, "Why does the princess call Dingguo Gong her little uncle?" ”

Zhu Qiyu hurriedly replied: "Chengguo Gong is really confused, I don't even know this, our family and Dingguo Gong's family are old relatives."

My great-grandmother, Empress Taizongwen, and Dingguogong's great-grandfather, were siblings of the same mother.

So I am Dingguogong's cousin, and the princess is the little sister-in-law, so it seems that there is no problem with calling Dingguogong the little uncle. ”

Only then did Zhu Yi figure it out: Although their relationship is a bit far away, it can't stand that it is Empress Taizongwen. The Xu family has produced the second most important queen of the Ming Dynasty, and now even if it is the third generation, both families still have to remember this family affection.

Now Zhu Yi has a sense of crisis, and Beijing now has three powerful national dukes: the British Duke, the Chengguo Duke, and the Dingguo Duke. Looking at the princess's enthusiasm, it is obvious that the Qi Mansion is preparing to focus on the Dingguo Mansion.

As for the Chengguo Mansion, according to His Highness's attitude just now, I am afraid that he does not have much expectations for the Chengguo Mansion.

Thinking about it, Xu Yongning, the Duke of Dingguo, was just ten years old, and he had not received the favor of Zhu Qizhen, so he was not a diehard loyalist of the old emperor.

Moreover, Xu Yongning's parents are dead, and there are a bunch of uncles, uncles, and brothers and sisters in the family, and his life is very stressful, and he is in great need of support now. It's strange that the two sides didn't hit it off.

Zhu Yi originally wanted to be motivated and send her sister here to promote the marriage between the Qi Mansion and the Chengguo Mansion, but today she came to the Qi Mansion as a returning guest, and Zhu Yi dispelled this idea:

The princess Qi in front of him is really powerful, that Dingguo Duke Xu Yongning was originally a melancholy and introverted character, but in just a short time, the princess coaxed him to be lively and cheerful, and the laughter continued.

With Princess Qi's means, her sister sent her in, and she never wanted to come out for the rest of her life.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yi looked up at the opposite side, only to see Xu Yongning happily grilling the fish, and then handing it to Princess Qi like a treasure. Princess Qi tore off a piece of fish meat with a smile, blew it lightly a few times, and then fed it to the little prince's mouth.

Looking at His Royal Highness Qi Wang, he personally grilled the fish while patiently telling stories to the princess of Chongqing.

It's a picturesque and harmonious scene, and it's clear that these people are all together.

Without waiting for Zhu Yi to think about it, Zhu Qiyu handed over a grilled fish, and then persuaded him to drink.

After drinking, Zhu Yi no longer bothered about these troubles, so she actively participated and had a lively time with everyone, and the atmosphere in the house became more harmonious.

Everyone ate and drank for an afternoon, and after being full of wine and food, Lin Xiangyu smiled at Zhu Yi: "The rain is still falling, Duke Cheng and his wife will live here today, and the little uncle will also live here."

Your Highness will attend the enthronement ceremony early tomorrow morning, and it just so happens that the two of you will also set off together tomorrow morning, which will be counted as giving Your Highness a strong voice. Otherwise, if His Highness was the only one riding alone, how pitiful it would be. ”

Zhu Yi saw that Princess Qi said this, and it was not easy to refuse, so she nodded and agreed, while Xu Yongning nodded busily.

Seeing that the two of them agreed, Lin Xiangyu began to arrange for everyone: "Qianxue and Suxi took the prince and princess back to rest, and Tears took Chengguo and his wife to the guest room, and I took Dingguo Gong to the guest room, and the rest of the people dispersed." ”

Zhu Qiyu hurriedly said: "Don't, what should I do?" ”

Lin Xiangyu said with a smile: "Let Chaoyun, Duyu, and Xian'er accompany His Highness back to the room." Let the three of them relieve His Highness's boredom, do you think this is good? ”

"Okay, okay, okay."

Zhu Qiyu was just sent away here, and the prince and princess over there were dissatisfied again, shouting for their aunt to sleep.

Lin Xiangyu had no choice but to appease the two little ones: "You go back to rest with the two little aunts first, I'll freshen up and go to accompany you." ”

The prince and the princess were satisfied, and were carried away by Qianxue and Suxi, and everyone went back to their rooms.

After another meal, when Lin Xiangyu arranged Dingguo Gong and returned to the room, he saw Zhu Qiyu lying on a rocking chair, three maids, two kneeling on both sides of the chair, and one kneeling at Zhu Qiyu's feet.

Lin Xiangyu couldn't help but say angrily: "The slave family is tired and tired, but His Royal Highness is really chic." ”

After Lin Xiangyu finished speaking, she patted Xian'er and motioned for her to get up and go to fetch water for herself to wash her face. When Xian'er got up and walked away, Lin Xiangyu knelt at Zhu Qiyu's feet and occupied Xian'er's place.

Zhu Qiyu was the first to complain: "Why has the princess been gone for so long? ”

"Oh, my Royal Highness, you're embarrassed to ask. Dingguo Gong's family is in such a situation, there is no one to worry about him, and the slave family must not care more about him for His Royal Highness.

If Your Highness thinks that the slave family is not in a good position, or if you change the slave family to lie here, you will personally take care of these things? ”

Zhu Qiyu hurriedly relented and begged for mercy: "Don't don't, don't, don't, I really can't handle these housework." Don't look at these housework, everything is not big, but the big and small affairs in the house are combined, and it is really complicated.

It's not easy to be a housewife, it's hard work for the princess, I'll knock one for the princess when I go back. ”

When Lin Xiangyu heard this, she stopped, raised her head and smiled: "Your Highness, don't look back, just now." ”

"Not now, now I'm experiencing a thousand turns."

"It's a hundred turns!"

Lin Xiangyu emphasized.

Zhu Qiyu stopped talking when he heard this, afraid that he would be slapped in the face in front of Yahuan again.

After the two communicated, Lin Xiangyu went to sleep with the princess and the prince. And Zhu Qiyu was served by three maids, and he didn't say anything all night.

Early the next morning, Zhu Qiyu took Chengguo Gong, Dingguo Gong, and a group of personal guards to the imperial city. First worshiped the Taimiao, and then sacrificed to heaven and earth at the shrine.

After doing this, the ministers hugged Zhu Qiyu to Fengtianmen and held a grand worship ceremony.

A set of processes went down, and Zhu Qiyu officially succeeded to the throne and became the sixth emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qiyu was impatient to engage in these cumbersome rituals, so as soon as the ministers finished worshipping, he let the ministers disperse. He only brought one Cheng Jing and came to Cining Palace.

In Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Sun, Empress Qian, and Concubine Zhou Guifei were all waiting here early.

Zhu Qiyu came in, saluted, and thanked the Queen Mother for giving him a seat, then sat down and waited for the Queen Mother to ask.

The Queen Mother didn't want to go straight to the topic, so she had nothing to say: "Qi Yu, now that you are the emperor, what are you going to do with the Emperor Taishang in the future?" ”

This question was a pun, and Zhu Qiyu had to reply: "In one month at most, the Warat army will hold the eldest brother hostage, break through the Bauhinia Pass, and come to besiege Jingshi."

The minister is planning to first defeat Warat under the city of Beijing, and then force me to negotiate peace with my Ming Dynasty first.

was also defeated first, so naturally he had to send the eldest brother back. At that time, the minister was still in the eldest brother and returned to Shandong to take up the domain. ”

Empress Dowager Sun sighed: "The position of heaven has been decided, where can I let it go back and forth, wouldn't that be child's play." I only hope that your imperial brother can come back safely, and our family can live happily, as for the matter of reinstating the imperial brother, don't mention it again in the future.

Let's talk about it, how do you plan to settle your imperial sister-in-law and your imperial brother's concubines? ”

This is the key question, but fortunately, Zhu Qiyu had already thought about it, and when he saw Empress Dowager Sun asking, he hurriedly knelt down and replied: "According to the minister's opinion, the Queen Mother should be honored as the Holy Emperor and the Queen Mother." It should be the queen with the honorific title, the queen of Yisheng Taishang, and live in the Qianqing Palace.

The mother is expensive by virtue of the son, and since ancient times, the imperial concubine should be canonized as the queen of the Taishang and live in Kunning Palace.

As for the eldest brother's other concubines, they should all be canonized as concubines to show the grace of the Holy Empress Dowager. ”

As soon as Zhu Qiyu's words came out, Empress Dowager Sun, Queen Qian, and Concubine Zhou were all stunned for a long time before they came to their senses.

No one could have imagined that on the first day of Zhu Qiyu's reign as emperor, he jumped out and helped Zhou Guifei seek the position of queen of the main palace.

Although Zhou Guifei tried her best to restrain herself, she was ecstatic in her heart. This new monarch is really good to himself, he has served the emperor for many years, and gave birth to a son and a daughter, but he can't even get an official concubine.

As soon as the new monarch came up, he first made himself jump countless levels in a row, and directly became the only imperial concubine of the Ming Dynasty. Before this ass was hot, she changed from the imperial concubine to the queen of Taishang and entered the Kunning Palace.

Some people are happy and some people are worried, Queen Qian never dreamed that Zhu Qiyu was on the first day of becoming emperor, and she firmly chose a side. Now it's okay, the Queen Mother didn't like herself very much, and now that Xinjun is also openly standing in line, what will she play in the future.

Empress Dowager Sun was still more cautious, and asked: "Is it okay for the two empresses to stand side by side?" And Empress Taishang lives in the Qianqing Palace, is this okay? ”

Zhu Qiyu replied: "Big brother Bei Hunting, I have suffered too much outside. As soon as the minister thought of this, he couldn't eat sweetly and couldn't sleep at night. No matter how hard it is, the minister must welcome the eldest brother back before next winter.

When the eldest brother returns to the Qianqing Palace, he naturally can't lack someone to take care of him. Therefore, the minister thought that the imperial sister-in-law should live in the Qianqing Palace, so that the Qianqing Palace could be tidy inside and out, and the eldest brother would be able to live comfortably immediately when he came back. ”

After saying this, Empress Dowager Sun immediately became calm: "Emperor, are you saying that the Emperor Taishang is back and still lives in the Qianqing Palace?" How can this work? ”

Zhu Qiyu replied firmly: "The minister is just usurping the throne, and when the eldest brother returns to the palace, he will naturally abdicate and return to power, and the eldest brother will naturally live in the Qianqing Palace at that time." This minister is determined to ask the Queen Mother not to repeat. ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she hurriedly replied: "No, no, no, the throne has been decided, and the emperor should not mention the matter of returning to the government." ”

Empress Dowager Sun rejected Zhu Qiyu's idea of returning to power, but she did not deny the proposal to let the Emperor live in the Qianqing Palace.

After the Emperor Taishang came back, he could still live in the Qianqing Palace, which had greatly exceeded the expectations of the Empress Dowager Sun, so the Empress Dowager Sun also changed her attitude to support the proposal of respecting Empress Qian as the Empress Taishang of Yisheng and living in the Qianqing Palace.

After all, it is a good thing to occupy the Qianqing Palace first and keep it for the Emperor Taishang. As for the loss of Queen Qian's interests, Empress Dowager Sun didn't care too much, after all, how important is a daughter-in-law having a son.

Besides, whether the queen can live in the Qianqing Palace is even less a problem. In today's capital, as long as Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qiyu agree with something, others can't stop it at all.