But no matter how disgusted Zhou Shixiang had to face up to the existence of his fiancée. He had never deliberately inquired about the princess, but he also knew that the princess's life was very hard. When Li Chengdong's Qing army invaded Guangzhou, the princess was only seven years old and escaped from Guangzhou by her wet nurse. She was then trampled among the people until she was discovered by the Grand Secretary Guo Zhiqi who returned to Kunming to report her duties. This was the eldest princess of the Yongli Dynasty and the eldest princess of the Dingwu Dynasty today.

Li Chengdong's breakthrough in Guangzhou was at the end of the third year of the pseudo-Shunzhi (the second year of Longwu). In terms of time, the eldest princess should be twenty years old this year. At this age, both the folk and the royal family are all big girls. However, according to Zhou Shixiang's concept, this age is quite good. He would be a little awkward to let him gather a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old as his wife.

It is impossible to regret a marriage. Zhou Shixiang didn't want to give the embarrassment of Emperor Wu, and after he was almost bombarded in Yangzhou, he was really worried about the future. Marrying Princess Zhu Ming and giving birth to a son with the blood of the Zhu family may be able to solve a very difficult problem in the future. So no matter how unwilling he was, he had to accept this political marriage obediently. As for whether the eldest princess looks like a fairy or an ugly monster, it doesn't matter. What's important is that her surname is Zhu.

For some reason, after knowing that the eldest princess was coming, Zhou Shixiang suddenly became a little nervous. He was not a newly married person. He had a wife and children. Now there are two women in Guangzhou, but he just couldn't tell the feeling of this Princess Zhu Ming, making him look like an ugly daughter-in-law seeing her in-laws. Sometimes she was very open-minded and funny about her mentality, but sometimes she was extremely entangled and nervous.

Once the eldest princess is greeted, the mistress of the Prince Qi Mansion will definitely be the eldest princess. Shi Yuanling's identity is destined to be unable to become a regular wife, or even a side room. According to the sayings of this day, Shi Yuanling is just a concubine, a widow who cannot be put on the table.

Zhou Shixiang had sent someone to send Geng Jingzhong's ashes back to Guangzhou. He didn't know whether Shi Yuanling would complain about his son's death or doubt him. After all, if anyone in this world wants Geng Jingzhong to die the most, he would probably be Zhou Shixiang.

Geng Jimao definitely did not die of illness for no reason. This matter can be hidden from many people, but it cannot be hidden from Shi Yuanling. As a wife, Shi Yuanling cannot not understand her husband's physical condition. Geng Jimao suddenly fell ill and died shortly after a long time. Anyone would have doubts about this matter. Even Geng Zhongde and others of Jingnan Fans will know this clearly, but no one has provoked this matter. But no one is willing to guarantee that after Geng Jingzhong becomes an adult, no one will reveal the cause of his father's death to him in the future.

How does Geng Jingzhong think of his mother as a tyrant who possessed his father and poisoned his father? Is he willing to continue watching his mother be under his father's enemy, endure humiliation and live a life of thieves as his father in exchange for his life and wealth, or to endure humiliation and avenge his father when the time comes?

Zhou Shixiang himself dared not say whether Geng Jingzhong would suddenly give him the "stepfather" in the future, so he arranged for Geng Jingzhong to go to the battlefield. This arrangement was the intention of letting Geng Jingzhong die on the battlefield from the beginning, but this thought was as thick as his face and never revealed a word to anyone. As a result, Geng Jingzhong was really dead as he wished. After learning the news, he was surprised, but he was extremely relaxed. As for whether there was any hidden truth behind this, Zhou Shixiang didn't want to investigate it, and he didn't want to know.

Zhou Shi was not in love with Shi Yuanling. On that day, because of his sexual desire in the Pingnan Prince Chun had an impulse towards the plump Prince of Jingnan Prince Fujin, which made him feel "hidden in the royal palace".

When eating the marrow, Zhou Shixiang had to admit that Shi Yuanling still had a unique "interest" in her. In her, Zhou Shixiang could do whatever she wanted, and could get what she wanted and be satisfied. However, Miss Wan'er always seemed to be unable to let go. With more ritual flavor, less romantic mood, and less watery slipperyness, this made him unable to do anything.

Zhou Shixiang was disdainful to bully men and women, whether in the past or present life, but unfortunately, Shi Yuanling's body made him do such shameless things. Now, he always felt that he was really a sperm on the brain that day. Every time he got up from Shi Yuanling, he would suddenly feel like a saint-like ethereal feeling. At that moment, he really felt extremely contemptuous of his behavior. However, soon after, he would miss Shi Yuanling's body again. In Jiangxi, Nanjing, and Yangzhou, countless nights, Zhou Shixiang could not relieve his near thirst. His heart was so itchy.

I hope Shi Yuanling can be tactful, and Geng Jingzhong can be considered a death in battle for the country. He will always give him the name behind him. The title of "Guiyi Bo" Zhou Shixiang can also be inherited by Geng Juzhong, and it will not be cut off. I hope this will make Shi Yuanling not cause trouble. After all, Zhou Shixiang also broke his legs, and this battle is really sinister.

Lin Wan'er's background also limited her ability to overwhelm the eldest princess and become the princess of Qi. Zhou Shixiang never cared about Wan'er's past. It was not easy for women to survive in this chaotic era. How could they still demand so-called reputation? If you really want to demand it, wouldn't the poor women in Suzhou end up miserably? Their father and brother did not have the courage to resist the robbers who harmed them, but they blamed all their sins on these poor women and forced them to make their reputation through death. Without Zhou Shixiang, these women's end would be so miserable that it was hard to describe in words.

It is the same for others, for Wan'er and Zhou Shixiang. He doesn't want the monster of Etiquette to continue to swallow fresh lives. But Zhou Shixiang understands that no matter how good he treats Wan'er, he cannot be promoted to be a princess because his subordinates will not accept it. He can prevent Etiquette and Law from devouring human life, but he cannot prevent Etiquette and Law from determining the status of a woman. The appearance of the eldest princess undoubtedly conforms to the concept of most people. This woman with a noble background is the mistress recognized by the Taiping Army. Even if Jiang He and others insist on asking Zhou Shixiang to be the emperor, they will also recognize the eldest princess as the princess of Qi, and will not be hostile to the Zhu family because they wanted to force Zhou Shixiang to usurp the throne of the Ming Dynasty.

Women, from ancient times to the present, have been mostly supporting roles in history except for individual cases. Almost every founding emperor of the dynasty will have daughters from the imperial family in the harem of the previous dynasty, and these imperial daughters of the previous dynasty are simply unable to change the ending of their parents' families.

After two days of anxiety, the eunuch of the Sili Li, Pan Yinglong and the Grand Secretary Hong Yuao accompanied the eldest princess to Ganlu Temple.

Before getting married, the eldest princess did not come to see Zhou Shixiang, which was inconsistent with etiquette. However, in the present situation, the etiquette and law have long been very thin. The decorations and rules of the Nanjing Imperial Palace should not be compared with the Chongzhen Dynasty, even the Hongguang Dynasty, Longwu Dynasty, and Yongli Dynasty. If you don’t say anything, you can use eunuchs in Yongli’s palace. At least there are a large number of eunuchs who escaped from Beijing in Yongli’s palace. From Nanjing and Fujing (Fuzhou), the Dingwu Palace has been better, and now it has only collected more than 200 eunuchs. The twenty-four yamen in the inner court have only restored the siren, the siren, Shangbao, Yuanyi, Shangyi, and other supervisors (bureau). No other yamen was set up, because there were no eunuchs available, so many work in the Nanjing Imperial City were done by palace maids.

When he was in Guangdong, Zhou Shixiang gave instructions to the following people not to hire new eunuchs into the palace, and even told Pan Yinglong that if he found out that he had recruited new eunuchs in the palace, he would be the only eunuchs in the palace. Pan Yinglong had no objection to this. No one in the world understood the pain of eunuchs better than eunuchs. Since the King of Qi opposed it, the King of Tang was not interested in pomp. In addition, the new establishment of the Dingwu court and the imperial city could not use too many eunuchs, so Pan Yinglong followed the way. He took a step back and said that the eunuchs in the secretly recruited people with the King of Qi and the cabinet, and Eunuch Pan could not bring out the money and food of these eunuchs.

Today, Nanjing City, whether it is the imperial city, the six cabinet departments, or the yamen of all sizes, from the salaries of officials, to the ice and fire charcoal money, a copper plate is listed for the Qi Palace, and it is delivered on time on the 10th of each month, without a penny, and no penny is allowed. All officials of all sizes cannot be spared, and only Emperor Dingwu can receive more money every month, so that the emperor can reward occasionally. Otherwise, Emperor Dingwu would be happy to reward people, but he found that he had no penny in his hand, which would be too inappropriate.

Zhou Shixiang's foresight was Hong Yuao and Pan Yinglong, one of which represents the cabinet and the other represents the emperor. Pan Yinglong brought the imperial edict of Emperor Dingwu to commend Zhou Shixiang, but it was mostly empty words and had no substantial content. The rewards listed above only existed on paper. If Zhou Shixiang wanted the real thing, he had to prepare it himself.

After promulgating the imperial edict and having another scene, Pan Yinglong said with emotion: "The eldest princess heard that His Highness had injured her leg, and she was very worried that His Highness would go to Dabaoen Temple to burn incense and pray for His Highness every day. It was really a earnest heart and touching."

Hong Yuao also nodded and said, "The eldest princess is a virtuous person. I have also heard that the princess had asked to see the emperor and wanted to visit his highness in person. The queen was worried that Jiangbei was in a big battle and that the princess would cause trouble for his highness when she went there, so she persuaded her. This time she heard that Eunuch Pan and I were coming to Zhenjiang. The princess insisted on seeing Your Highness. The emperor couldn't persuade her, and the queen had no choice but to let me bring the princess together."

Pan Yinglong laughed: "The queen has explained to our family. After all, the princess was wandering among the people in her early years. If there is any rudeness in front of the palace, please don't blame him."
Chapter completed!