Chapter 189 Spring and Harmony
The father said that letting elder brother Zhu Gaochi be the crown prince is the meaning of the mother. The mother should mean that the mother should mean that, but can the mother take charge of such a big deal?
Xu's health is indeed not very good. His face is not very bloody and his words are a little soft. When the mother and son met, she said that they often had headaches. Zhu Gaoxu had no choice but to say some comforting words.
Zhu Gaoxu's words of taking care of himself are indeed sincere. The crown prince's throne has been confirmed. If the mother can live for a long time, it will be a kind of protection for Gao Xu.
...Walking out of Kunning Palace, except for the towering hall in the middle, there is nothing around, and there is only a flat and empty brick floor inside the red wall.
The dense clouds are above the wide palace city, with a magnificent momentum, as if a mountain is approaching.
Occasionally, there are palace maids wearing moon-white skirts carrying things and eunuchs holding whisks, walking by in the distance with small steps. People appear here respectfully and cautiously.
This time Miao Jin sent Zhu Gaoxu out again, but the palace and the inner house of Prince Yan's Mansion are not the same as each other, and even speaking is very inconvenient... The place has a wide view and many people. In the public eye, it makes people feel restrained. They subconsciously worry about something wrong and are being watched and discussed. So it wasn't Miao Jin who sent Zhu Gaoxu alone, otherwise it wouldn't look good; there was also an eunuch Zheng He next to him.
Since Zheng He gave it away, Miao Jin still followed him out. Should there be something to say?
So Zhu Gaoxu said to Zheng He: "Eunuch Zheng went to the west side of Jiaotai Hall to wait for me. I want to say a few goodbye to my aunt. Although I will leave Beijing for a while, I don't come to the harem of the Imperial City for a long time."
"Sister to obey the order." Zheng He immediately bowed.
According to the etiquette system, the emperor lives in Qianqing Palace and the empress lives in Kunning Palace. The main hall in the middle is Jiaotai Hall. It passes outside the Kunning Palace gate and is very close to Jiaotai Hall.
When Zheng He left first, Zhu Gaoxu and Miao Jin walked forward slowly one after another. He quickly turned around and said, "Is Miao Jin forcibly staying in the palace because of the imperial edict?"
Miao Jin was stunned for a moment, shook her head and said, "The Queen treats me well."
Zhu Gaoxu took the opportunity to look back and carefully looked at Miao Jin's expression, but found nothing unusual. Her eyes flashed a little, her cheeks were slightly red, or she didn't know what identity to face Gao Xu.
Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment, turned around and said in a deep voice: "I'll go to Yunnan first. If I stay there for a long time, I'll pick up Miaojin when I get familiar with the ground."
"Yes." Miao Jin pursed her red lips and showed a smile, but she smiled a little reluctantly.
Even with a gentle smile, Zhu Gaoxu was a little confused. Her charming almond eyes were really beautiful. Even though she was wearing a coarse sermon robe, the smile and beautiful figure in her eyes were really beautiful against the magnificent palace.
Zhu Gaoxu looked back at the tall palaces around him and suddenly felt a little uneasy.
The two walked very slowly, but it would not take too long to reach Jiaotai Hall. Zhu Gaoxu felt that he had seen Zheng He without saying anything.
"Do you have anything to say to me?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.
"King Gaoyang, take care of yourself." Miao Jin said softly.
Zhu Gaoxu nodded, turned around and held his fists and greeted him: "No need to send it away, I will go out with Zheng He."
Miao Jin pursed her red lips, reached out to stroke her hair bun, and did some trivial movements. Then she spoke hesitantly and said softly: "Do you remember what happened in the New Year's Eve of Peking that year? King Gaoyang saved me, but I said you are only greedy for my beauty; and if you say that if you count that way, all the women who are close to you will seek your wealth."
Zhu Gaoxu nodded slightly and said yes.
Miao Jin paused and said, "I am not the 'all the women who are close to you'. I have never looked at you and will not harm you. Remember?"
Miaojin is about the same age as Zhu Gaoxu, but occasionally she will show an tone like an elder teaching junior, which makes Zhu Gaoxu feel a little at a loss.
"Yes." Zhu Gaoxu replied.
Miao Jin said take care of him again, but it seemed full of sadness. The sadness filled the entire palace, just like the clouds in the sky, which could not be melted.
Zhu Gaoxu said: "You have said goodbye too."
...The princess's edict was issued soon after the enfeoffment was enfeoffed. The only person who should not be satisfied with this enfeoffment was Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Gaoxu did not resist. So things went smoothly, and the enfeoffment ceremony was followed.
The eldest son of the emperor, Gao Chi, was appointed as the crown prince, and the Eastern Palace was established in Chunhe Palace and Wenhua Hall. The second son Zhu Gaoxu was appointed as the King of Han and the royal palace was established in Kunming (the fief of King Min was changed to Wugang Prefecture, Huguang). The third son Zhu Gaosui was appointed as the King of Zhao and the royal palace was established in Beiping.
The emperor also has five daughters, and he is all named Princess.
Except for the prince, the two brothers are both princes; the third brother was actually granted the title of Peking. Even though Zhu Gaoxu had a good mentality, he felt it was unfair! The third brother did nothing in the "Jingnan Battle", and the eldest brother at least kept guarding the city of Peking.
Zhu Gaoxu thought again, if he was sealed to Peiping, his power would radiate to nine sides... it would be obviously impossible.
Whether Zhu Gaoxu was happy or not, everyone was very happy. In the past few months, there will be several royal happy events.
The third brother Zhu Gaosui was going to get married and marry the daughter of the general Xu Zhang; the third sister and the fourth sister respectively married the two sons of the northwest general Song Sheng; the eldest brother wanted to take Guo Ming's eldest daughter Guo Yan as the second concubine of the crown prince.
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What is perfect in the world?
Guo Yan could only comfort herself like this. When she was busy preparing, she was thinking about her lifelong affairs. The only imperfection was her identity as a second concubine.
She was very satisfied with everything else, as if she was going to the Heavenly Palace! As the best-fated woman, she probably had to own so many things. Those women who just found someone to marry were not sure what they could do.
The prince has moved to Chunhe Palace, the imperial city, and the imperial city will also be Guo Yan's home in the future... In contrast, although the sister is the prince's concubine, she is going to Yunnan!
It is thousands of miles from Yunnan to the capital. It is said to be a barbarian land, full of miasma and cruel chieftains. Gao Xu is so bad that he really has no good ending. Even if his sister follows him as the official concubine, he will not be able to live well. Thinking of this, Guo Yan felt a little guilty and always felt a little sorry for her sister.
The betrothal gift was delivered to Guo’s mansion in advance. Guo Yan’s dowry was handled by her father. Although it was not as rich as her sister when she got married, she didn’t care. The royal family is rich and she wants to go to the East Palace, but is there still a lack of luxury?
Guo Yan got up before dawn to dress up, because the prince's good man was waiting for her in the imperial city.
The prince, who was willing to use military rations to help the suffering people of Shandong, was deeply loved by the world by the "benevolent and sage emperor" among the people; the eldest son of the Tian family who was full of poetry and books, even the ministers who were well-read poetry and books praised them one after another.
While dressing up carefully under the service of the palace maid, Guo Yan occasionally covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and couldn't help but laugh quietly.
Xu came into the house and kept nagging, without stopping. When the palace maids and servants went out, Xu quietly reminded him: "Yan'er, don't be too worried. When your sister got married, I also ordered her to warn her."
"Yeah." Guo Yan blushed and responded softly. Most of what Xu said did not listen to her ears; at this time, her heart was full of dizziness and her mind was dizzy. How could she calm down and listen to Xu's so many meticulous remarks?
However, Xu kept whispering: "A word your sister said, I didn't fall asleep that night, and I thought about it for a long time... But be careful of the Crown Princess Zhang. Don't look at the Crown Princess in your eyes. What should you pay most attention to in your heart is the Crown Princess, do you understand?"
"I understand." Guo Yan said softly. She didn't feel that she was laughing, but her face was always filled with a shy smile and a red luster.
Xu started to talk about Guo Yan's biological mother again, "My sister is a good person. She and I didn't deal with each other at first, but later our sisters got along well together. Unfortunately, she left early, otherwise she would have asked your mother to teach you how to be a concubine, so it would be..."
As soon as she said this, Guo Yan somehow happened to listen to this sentence, and her face suddenly changed. She hurriedly held it back and did not blurt out: Yes, my mother is the life of being a concubine, and I am the life of being a concubine! But I am not a concubine, the second concubine of the crown prince!
Xu took notice of Guo Yan's strangeness. She had stopped talking and changed her words: "No matter what, Yan'er is always your father's biological daughter. I have promised your mother that she should treat you as her daughter and must take good care of you."
"I know my mother is good to me." Guo Yan said softly again.
On a big day, she didn't want to say anything unhappy.
Xu gritted his teeth, and then held Guo Yan's ears and whispered: "I want to say something to you for my mother. After you arrive at the Eastern Palace, you must remember the booklets that Wenma gave you two days ago, and when the prince thinks it is fresh, you must give birth to the emperor's grandson as soon as possible... In the future, the prince will inherit the throne. After long live, you will at least not have to be buried with him."
Guo Yan only heard the first two sentences and suddenly blushed.
She nodded gently, because her mother mentioned that, she couldn't help but imagine it, her head became dizzy and her eyes were blurred. She seemed to see a handsome noble man brushing her with her slender and white fingers, and whispering love words came from her ears.
Guo Yan felt her whole head was very hot. She wanted to listen carefully to what he said, but she came back to her senses. She was just a hallucination in a trance.
By the morning, the ceremony to welcome the second concubine of the crown prince arrived. Guo Yan heard that the crown prince could not come in person according to the etiquette system, but nothing was wrong. Anyway, she couldn't see it now, and her head was covered with a red phoenix-patterned headscarf.
Under the support of the deacon, Guo Yan got on the phoenix sedan chair and headed to the imperial city.
There was a deacon sitting in the sedan chair, so Guo Yan was embarrassed to take off her turban and go to see what was happening outside.
Guo Yan had seen the walls and towers of the imperial city before, and had never been to other places except the Imperial Garden to the north of the palace. People's lyrics and answers came from outside, and she could only think about the magnificence and wealth behind the red wall.
The residence of the Crown Prince, Chunhe Palace, is just a place with sunshine, warm and beautiful scenery.
Chapter completed!