Some mistakes were made in the previous article: The Marquis of Wuqing is now Li Gao, but not his father Li Wei (corrected)

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"Hui Dian" has many specific requirements for the New Year in the palace. For example, yesterday was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the emperor had to go to the ancestral temple to worship first, and then hold a grand ceremony in Fengtian Hall to accept New Year's worship from the ministers.

After the court meeting, red envelopes were given. This was a rule given during the Chenghua period of Emperor Xianzong. It was called the official banquet for all officials to give money to the festival.

However, the system is often destroyed by people.

Wanli, who has been unable to compete with his ministers, has not been in court for more than 20 years. Therefore, during the Chinese New Year, he could not go to Fengtian Palace to accept New Year's greetings from his ministers, and he would not be able to send a large red envelope. He would rather keep the red envelope money and send it to his children and grandchildren.

Yesterday, after going to the Cining Palace with the Queen and the Imperial Concubine to offer incense to the Queen Mother, Wanli sent the first big red envelope of this year - 30,000 taels of silver.

The person who received the red envelope was not the Prince of the East Palace or the Prince of the Emperor's eldest grandson, but another prince in Beijing besides the prince - Rui Wang Zhu Changhao.

Although Wanli did not like King Rui's mother, Concubine Zhou Duan, his son was old after all, and he was 24 years old after the New Year, but he had not yet chosen to marry. He, a father, was somewhat negligent.

When he was a "three kings together" in his early years, the father was pointing to push his younger son out as a gunman. Now his younger son is 24 years old, but his father didn't even find a wife for his son. It's really unreasonable.

No wonder when Zhou Duan of Concubine Zhou would complain to Li and Yu, the two Concubines, when he went to Cining Palace to burn incense today, he said that the emperor would not ask about his son.

The man in his twenties, who had never chosen marriage, and had no choice but to be a vassal. He stayed in the capital like his brother, King Fu, a few years ago. He was worried not only that his mother, Concubine Zhou Duan, but also worried about the court officials outside.

In the past two years, the Donglin Party members wrote letters to the emperor for marriage to King Rui never stopped. There is no reason. An adult prince is still in the palace, which is not a good thing for the Dong Palace. They were afraid that the Fu Wang Wolf would leave the front door and the Rui Wang Ti would come into the back door.

But whether it was Zhou Duan or the court officials, they misunderstood Wanli.

Wanli really didn't care about his son's marriage. It was because this son was a bit special. The female officials who were around King Rui secretly replied to the imperial concubine, saying that the prince was good at Buddha and was not close to women.

These are tactful words. If you think deeply, it may be that the little prince is unable to do anything.

My own son is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, but he is incompetent. Do you think I can feel good about being a good person? I can bear with face?

Therefore, while Wanli was distributing this 30,000 taels of red envelope, he had already made up his mind to choose a marriage for Chang Hao this year. Even if the princess was a decoration, it was a symbol.

It's a big deal if there are really no children. In the future, his brother will always adopt the royal family as his queen, so it's enough to keep incense.

The 30,000 taels of red envelope was actually a favor. It was not the money Wanli paid for himself, but the one who "broken" from Wei Liangchen's "broken" a few years ago.

It really does not make me feel sorry for the words of "Zi Tian".

Zhu Changhao is actually a good boy. He knew that the prince was there, and the prince was there, and the second brother of Fu Wang was there, so it was not his turn.

Therefore, I try every means to make some savings for myself so that I can live a prosperous life after I can. After all, it is not a big deal to worship Buddha.

In recent years, Zhu Changhao has also obtained more than 100,000 taels of silver from me, and his life is so easy than his eldest brother and prince who relied on borrowing high profits.

Of course, compared to the second brother, King Fu, who was already in Luoyang, Zhu Changhao was a little disappointed again.

But, I can't compare it to me. Who can let my second brother be the son of the Imperial Concubine? The Imperial Concubine's position in the minds of the father is much heavier than the Empress.

King Rui Zhu Changhao secretly raised his eyes and glanced at the empress sitting upright with his father, and found that the legitimate mother's face was not festive during the New Year, but cold. Thinking of the legend in the palace that there are dead places in Kunning Palace every year, she couldn't help but feel a sudden blow.

Zhu Changhao couldn't help but feel a little jealous when he glanced at the face of loyalty, but he had a fat head and ears, and was as chubby as a pig. His appearance and long body were obviously in sharp contrast. But soon he adjusted his mentality when he became a younger brother. How could he have such a secular world of fame and fortune?

No matter who is the crown prince or the emperor, aren’t they all his brothers?

The prince and King Rui both came to greet the emperor and the queen. After that, as representatives of the man, they would also entertain the princess and the eldest princesses' son-in-law for the emperor. This is also a matter of course. On the second day of the Chinese New Year, the daughter comes to the door and the brother-in-law is welcomed?

In the hall, the thirteen-year-old school brother stayed honestly behind his father, holding his seven-year-old younger brother Zhu Youjian and his eight-year-old younger sister Zhu Huiyan in his hands.

The three brothers and sisters were obviously taught by their father before they came. From the time they entered the palace to the present, they were very polite, which made their grandfather quite happy to see.

Wanli asked the school brother about his studies and took a few questions. The school brother answered very well, which made Wanli, as a grandfather, even happier. He praised Queen Wang beside him for his grandson.

"Changsun Congwei, the blessing of the country."

Queen Wang nodded and glanced at the grandson who had no blood relationship with her.

Concubine Zheng did not come to the Qianqing Palace because she was about to give birth in more than 20 days and was very inconvenient to move, so Wanli specifically told her not to come.

Wanli said "um" and his feelings for Queen Wang were quite special. He used to really like it very much, but now it is a bit complicated.

Queen Wang was very smart and Duanke since childhood, so she was selected as a lady. At that time, the talent show range was in the capital and northern Zhili, with more than 450 people running for the election. Finally, Queen Wang and another woman of the same age were selected. After strict comparisons of appearance, birth date, deeds, family background, etc., they finally chose Sister Wang Xi, and Chen, who was defeated, did not enter the palace to be a concubine. In the first month of the sixth year of Wanli, Sister Wang Xi and Zhu Yijun, who was only thirteen years old, officially held a wedding ceremony and were named the queen.

At that time, the chief minister Zhang Juzheng wrote a letter to the Empress Dowager about the age of the emperor and the empress's wedding, but because Empress Dowager Li was eager to hold his grandson, it was held as scheduled.

After marriage, Wanli and Empress Wang had a deep relationship. Empress Wang also gave birth to the eldest daughter Rongchang for Wanli, but after that, she had a few miscarriages, resulting in lifelong infertility.

As a result, Queen Wang's personality changed greatly and became extremely angry, so that there were more than a hundred palace people who died in a bad life in Kunning Palace over the years, which led to Wanli being extremely dissatisfied with this Yuanmai. In addition, when the country was fighting for the foundation, Queen Wang and Queen Li opposed the son of the imperial concubine, which made the emperor and Queen Mother become increasingly alienated. Unless there was a face-to-face relationship, Wanli would never want to be with Queen Wang.

I think this year is the second day of the Lunar New Year, and the princesses and princesses will come to greet the emperor and the empress later, but Queen Wang's face looks like an ice hole, and she is not willing to hide her face for her husband. Wanli's dissatisfaction can be imagined.

But Wanli was not good at talking about the Queen Wang in front of the prince and King Rui, so he had to suppress him and said nothing about the queen.

There were no foreign ministers today, and the prince and King Rui were talking casually and saying some auspicious words. Everyone was waiting for the affairs of Cining Palace, but after a while, an eunuch from Cining Palace rushed over and said a few words in the ears of Jia Daquan, the eunuch of the Ganqing Palace. Jia Daquan's face, which was originally festive, changed color instantly. Then hesitated, gritted his teeth and went up to the imperial stairs, and whispered twice to the emperor and empress.

After hearing this, Queen Wang was stunned for a moment, then raised her eyebrows, snorted coldly, and looked at her husband with a sarcastic look: "Your Majesty's good daughter!"
Chapter completed!