Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

The reason why the Queen Mother was chosen as the queen was that she would not be a stupid woman. She picked up the tea cup and glanced at her nephew and said, "Can't you understand what His Majesty means?"

"Please give me some advice, aunt!" Wang Lan glanced thoughtfully at the direction Zhu Youtang was leaving, but he asked his aunt for advice.

The Queen Mother had already realized that the emperor had awakened, so she held the lid of the tea and poured the hot tea lightly: "Your Majesty's intention is very clear. If you want to make progress, then you have to bring Zhu Ji's evidence of his crime!"

"Aunt, Zhu Ji is the commander of the Jinyi Guards!" Wang Lan immediately showed a troubled look on his face and emphasized with fear.

The Queen Mother stopped the tea cup that was brought to her mouth, but said with a bit of ridicule: "Haha... It depends on whether you want to be loyal to His Majesty or to Zhu Ji! If you don't even dare to offend Zhu Ji , Why should Your Majesty trust you, and why should He reuse you?"

After witnessing the harem battles for so many years, she was no longer a political novice, but had already seen the current situation in the court clearly.

Zhu Youtang just left without even taking a sip of tea, but she didn't mind at all. On the contrary, she showed some appreciation for the emperor who had changed his personality a lot.

"My nephew naturally wants to be loyal to His Majesty, but... His Majesty didn't explicitly ask me to investigate Zhu Ji just now!" Wang Lan said distressedly when he found that the matter was more complicated than he thought.

Zhu Ji was no ordinary commander, he had the support of a civilian group behind him. Not to mention whether he could succeed, even if he really brought down Zhu Ji, he would still have to face the counterattack of the entire civil servant group.

Their Wang family is different from the Zhou family of Empress Dowager Zhou. Empress Dowager Zhou is His Majesty's biological grandmother, while her aunt is only her aunt, so the protection she receives must be much smaller.

The Queen Mother picked up the tea cup and said seriously: "If Your Majesty expresses his attitude, it is because he, as His Majesty, is ordering you to run an errand! Without his order, you will bring evidence that can overthrow the Commander of the Imperial Guard." , this is the certificate of surrender for him! Your Majesty just didn't answer your words, he has already shown his attitude!"

"Aunt, does your Majesty really have so many thoughts?" Wang Lan found that it was completely inconsistent with the image of His Majesty that he knew, and he couldn't help but feel suspicious.

The Queen Mother no longer thought about drinking tea, so she simply put down the tea cup in her hand and said: "Although our Wang family will not be distinguished, as long as the Ai family is here, you will have nothing to worry about for your whole life! As for whether to search for evidence of Zhu Ji's crime, you Go back and think about it carefully!”

When things got to this point, she was unwilling to explain too much, let alone make this choice for the Wang family. Now that I have connected the bridge, it depends on my mother's family as to where to go.

The morning sun gradually rose, and the golden sunshine fell on Chengxi Palace.

Zhang Yujiao yawned first, stretched out her hands lazily, and then sat up from the bed.

"Your Majesty is awake, come in and serve your Majesty!" Xiao Zi, the palace maid waiting in front of the bed, hurriedly knelt in front of the bed and called to the palace maid waiting outside.

Since Zhang Yujiao did not set up a wake-up call service, the maid here could only wait all the time. Now that she heard that Zhang Yujiao had woken up, she was a little panicked.

Zhang Yujiao sat in front of the bed and enjoyed Zhu Youtang's usual wake-up service, taking this matter of course. Thinking of the sweet dream that her mother had just had, she couldn't help but feel a touch of pride on her face.

There are tens of millions of women in the world, but she has been told by fortune tellers since she was a child that she is a golden phoenix, and now she is only one step away from the position of queen.

Ordinarily, if the crown prince succeeds to the throne, then she, the crown princess, will naturally be promoted to queen. However, according to the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, the former emperor, empress, and empress dowager were canonized immediately, but the empress could not be canonized until the title was changed the following year.

After Zhang Yujiao washed up, she cooperated with the palace maid to dress herself, but she asked, "Is there anything going on at Qianqing Palace?"

"Reporting to the master, apart from going to Jiyan Palace to pay homage to the late emperor and visit the Queen Mother, Your Majesty has been staying in Qianqing Palace today!" A female official of the Shangyi Bureau stood nearby and reported the report honestly.

Zhang Yujiao was not surprised that Zhu Youtang went to Jiyan Palace, but she frowned slightly and said, "Why does Your Majesty want to go to Renshou Palace?"

"I heard that the Queen Mother was infected with cold, so Your Majesty went to visit her!" the female officer of Shangyi Bureau said, looking uncertain.

Zhang Yujiao actually just asked casually. She sat in front of the bronze mirror and asked again: "Has your Majesty been eyeing any of the maids in Qianqing Palace?"

Zhu Youtang probably didn't even think about it, just because he took one more look at the beautiful palace maid who was watching the night that day, and ended up being quietly replaced here.

How can there be no beauties in the Qing Palace? Someone will carry the burden for him.

Although Zhang Yujiao's identity is still the Crown Princess, the Empress Dowager Zhou lives on Waidong Road, and the Empress Dowager Zhang in the inner palace is not involved in affairs, so the power of the inner palace in charge of the Sixth Bureau has fallen into her hands.

"I didn't pay much attention to any of the maids in the Qianqing Palace, but the weather turned cold last night. Feng Gonggong, the eunuch in charge of the Qianqing Palace, sent a beautiful palace maid from the Shang Bed Bureau to warm the bed!" The female officer of the Shang Yi Bureau had already figured out Zhang Yujiao's identity. His temperament is to report reports carefully.

Zhang Yujiao was about to apply light makeup on herself when she heard this and immediately said with an angry face: "What is your Majesty's reaction?"

"Your Majesty did take a second look at the palace maid, but he sent the palace maid away directly and did not stay to sleep with her!" The female officer of Shangyi Bureau seemed to have seen it with her own eyes, and she reported the report seriously.

Zhang Yujiao was wary, so she carefully traced her eyebrows and asked, "What is the origin of that bed-warming maid?"

"The maid in the Shangyi Bureau is called Erya. She is the daughter of a prison officer. I heard that she has an aloof temperament, but she is quite... quite attractive!" The female officer of the Shangyi Bureau immediately reported what she learned.

Zhang Yujiao continued to trace her eyebrows and said nonchalantly: "Go and give her a warning in person. If she is not sensible, then find an excuse to take her to the Shenjie Department!"

"Follow your orders!" The female officer of Shangyi Division immediately said respectfully.

At the time of the transition between the old and the new, it was not only the court that was in turmoil, but also the undercurrent of the harem.

At noon, I live in the middle of Qianqing Palace, and the sun is warm.

After Zhu Youtang returned from Renshou Palace, he still ignored Xu Pu who came to ask for an audience. He just replied to the memorial from the Ministry of Rites: "I am deeply sad and guilty. I can't bear to look at the court. But the government affairs are heavy and it should not be long." Kuang. Look at the court for fourteen days, and use the rituals to hear it."

Although he knew that the entire civil servant group was harboring bad intentions, since he had to shoulder this burden, he naturally still had to convene a morning meeting for a contest.

Lunch is still the usual dishes, but it has become significantly lighter.

Tan Conggui was undoubtedly a motivated young eunuch. When he saw Zhu Youtang moving his chopsticks, he silently began to observe Zhu Youtang's preferences.

Zhu Youtang wasn't actually very picky about what he ate, but there was no fresh meat after all, and he didn't sleep well last night, so he stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of bacon and put it in his mouth.

Zhu Youtang chewed carefully and found that the taste was really good. However, he looked at the palace maid waiting next to him and finally realized that something was wrong and said: "Where is Niu Mengmeng?"

When Qin Conggui heard this question, he also looked at the palace maids lined up over there, and found that the carefree palace maid Niu Mengmeng was indeed not here.

"Your Majesty, Niu Mengmeng has been beaten fifty times by the Shenjie Department. He has to be locked up in a small black room on a hunger strike for three days. Please have mercy!" The little palace maid who really made the mistake couldn't bear it anymore and immediately knelt down and cried.

Zhu Youtang's face straightened immediately and he glanced at Liu Jin beside him.

Liu Jin was so frightened that her legs weakened and she knelt on the ground. She looked very panicked and explained: "Master, I have already sent the message to the Shenjie Department. I didn't know they would punish him so severely!"

"Did you really take my words to the Shenjie Department?" Zhu Youtang put down the chopsticks in his hand and asked seriously.

Liu Jin cherished the current honor and disgrace very much, kowtowed quickly and explained: "Master, you are the master of this servant, how dare I violate it! This matter has indeed been brought to the attention. At that time, the steward of the Shenjie Department said he knew how to do it, slave. Then I came back with peace of mind. If I knew that he was so bold and dared to punish Niu Mengmeng severely, I would never let them do this. I would protect Niu Mengmeng even if I risk my life!"

"Be careful, sir!" Zhu Youtang ordered in a deep voice when he saw that Liu Jin was kowtowing violently as if he was lying.

When things have developed to this point, it is no longer just a matter of Niu Mengmeng as a palace maid, but also related to his own prestige as the emperor.