In the capital, there is a palace near Xihua Gate. Here there are not only beauties collected from all over the country, but also all kinds of rare treasures, rare birds and beasts. This place has a famous name - Leopard Room.
The 28-year-old Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao had just finished his archery competition with others and wiped the sweat from his head under the clothes of his adopted sons Qian Ning and Jiang Bin.
Ever since Liu Jin was executed a few years ago, Zhu Houzhao didn't like to get close to the eunuchs. Instead, he adopted a bunch of adopted sons. Among them were royal guards and other military officers. They were all flattering and bullying, and they were the most favored ones.
The ones who belong to Qian Ning and Jiang Bin are the two.
After taking a sip of strong wine, Zhu Houzhao said enthusiastically: "Are you serious? Prince Xing really defeated 50,000 rebels with 10,000 people?"
"It's absolutely true. Now it has spread throughout the southern region." Jiang Bin took the jug and helped the emperor tidy up his clothes very naturally. These adopted sons ate and lived with Zhu Houzhao, and they had a very close relationship. Jiang Bin later
Crown Prince Xing learned the "Loyalty Speech" once, and Zhengde was so excited that he waved his hands repeatedly.
Of course, he was not grateful for the loyalty of his subjects. In fact, these were not important in his eyes. The reason for this was that he was completely shocked by the war scenes described on the opposite side.
After all, this emperor only had one word in his mind after he came to the throne - play.
Whoever can lead him to play well will rise step by step in this dynasty. In the past two years, he secretly took soldiers and horses to wander around the Mongolian grasslands. After successfully scaring the civil and military officials of the dynasty half to death, he returned to Beijing with satisfaction.
It was just a small fight in Mongolia, so there was nothing interesting about tens of thousands of people fighting with real swords and guns. Zhu Houzhao pushed his men away and paced back and forth in the room excitedly.
"Okay! Wow! Even a vassal king has such courage. As the emperor, how can I fall behind others!" Zhu Houzhao immediately made a huge decision.
He wants a kiss!
"Absolutely not!" Qian Ning jumped out at this time and hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, before you wanted to go south, thirteen censors wrote letters one after another, and everyone in the court and the military opposed it. At that time, the government and the public were in shock. How can you do it again?
Once? Think twice!"
Before Zhengde could speak, Jiang Bin refuted: "It is precisely because your Majesty has already given in once that it is more important to go south now. This trip to Jiangnan is not only to defeat King Ning, but also to understand the sentiments of the people and make the people feel it."
God’s grace!”
"But..." Qian Ning wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Zhu Houzhao. Between the two of them, Qian Ning was originally the more favored one. However, a few years ago, Zhu Houzhao suddenly wanted to fight a tiger on a whim, and the beast ended up
Losing control, Qian Ning was trembling with fear, but Jiang Bin rushed to protect him. After this, the emperor became a little tired of Qian Ning.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Qian Ning wanted to cut the proud Jiang Bin into pieces! Don't get me wrong, he certainly didn't refuse to let the emperor go south because of his duty as a minister. The reason for persuading him was just to accept Prince Ning's wife.
Too much money, and I'm worried that things will be revealed in the end and things won't be clean.
I also wonder how it is possible that there has been no news in the capital for so many years when Prince Ning caused such a big fuss in Jiangxi Mansion and even the Ge Lao people were massacred. As early as when the great eunuch Liu Jin came to power, Prince Ning often sent messages to the capital.
Yinqian, Liu Jin fell down, and he directly caught up with Qian Ning.
Qian Ning actually had no intention of treason. He secretly colluded with Prince Ning. In addition to being greedy for money, the more important reason was that the emperor was already thirty years old and had no sons and a half. If this continues for a long time, he would probably have to choose a child from his clan.
If adopted, then Ning Wang's branch is likely to inherit the throne.
Qian Ning knew that he was not a good person and had made many enemies. If he wanted to find a good death, he always had to consider the future.
But he really didn’t expect that idiot Prince Ning to rebel like this!?
Qian Ning was indeed a fool, but strawbags often know idiots best. Looking at Prince Ning's virtue, he naturally did not believe that the other party could successfully rebel, so after coming out of the leopard room, he did not dare to stay for a moment and went straight to the chief minister of the cabinet.
Yang Tinghe Residence.
As far as he knew, Mr. Yang Ge also took money from Prince Ning. Now they are like grasshoppers on the same rope!
Qian Ning had a good idea, but in the end he didn't even enter the Yang Mansion's gate. The servant only said, "The master is ill" and blocked him back.
This old fox!
Qian Ning cursed in his heart, saying that he would never be able to spare him after he turned over!
However, he still didn't know that his disgraceful fate had come to an end.
During Zhu Houzhao's "imperial expedition", Jiang Bin directly presented the evidence he had found and directly pointed out the collusion between Qian Ning and Prince Ning. The emperor only took one look at this, ransacked his home and put him in jail.
After all, at this time, nothing in the world is as important as your own fun.
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Anlu, Shejitan.
Xian Ruxing just opened the door and heard the childish voice in the yard.
"You don't know! Just two years ago, my father and I went hunting in the mountains and accidentally got separated, and we met a big tiger! I was so scared at the time, and then I didn't know where I got the strength to step forward.
With just one hug, the tiger was knocked down by me, hahahaha!" Lu Bing put his hands on his hips, stepped on the stone bench, and danced and boasted about his glorious deeds.
Xian Ruxing: "..." Are you sure it wasn't because your father was afraid of you that he threw you into the mountain on purpose?
Around him, Sister Shou and Taoist priest Liu Shuan were listening attentively, applauding from time to time. When they saw Xian Ruxing coming, they quickly got up and came over.
Maybe she had been sitting for a long time, and Sister Shou was a little unsteady in her walking. Xian Ruxing quickly helped the little girl upright, and said warmly: "Why are you here today? Didn't you say before that you would follow your empress to learn how to be a naughty girl?"
Sister Shou's face was slightly red, and her voice was like a mosquito, "That, that cream..."
Xian Ruxing was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was doing, smiled and shook his head, "That's right, blame me for forgetting. It's about the same time, Liu Shuan, please take out your things."
Ever since she started the sugar business, Xian Ruxing has been thinking about how to maximize profits. East Asians are more sensitive to sweetness and are not actually very good at eating sugar, so she focused on desserts.
In ancient times, it was not difficult to make butter. You could just refrigerate the fresh milk, let it stand, separate and beat it. Liu Shuan was very strong, so he was suitable for this job. With butter, it was also very convenient to make cream cheese and other things.
Just after getting the butter, Xian Ruxing baked cookies for Sister Shou and Lu Bing once, which confused the two children. After that, she couldn't stop thinking about it. I heard that there is butter that is more delicious than this, so she
He ran to the Sheji Altar every three days.
Xian Ruxing made puff cakes and other gadgets with cream. Lu Bing and Sister Shou's cheeks bulged out from the food. She was worried that they would eat too much, so she didn't make too much. Finally, she sent a few portions to Princess Chiang in the backyard.
Mrs. Jiang was talking to her children at this time. When she saw them, she smiled and said, "Xiangu is here, just in time. Fu'an, please thank Xiangu quickly."
Fu'an is the eldest daughter of the Jiang family. She is two years older than Zhu Houcong. She has just finished her hairpin ceremony and is already a tall and graceful girl. Because of her weak body, she rarely goes out. This time, because Prince Xing's palace helped put down the rebellion, not only did Zhu Houcong advance in advance.
After successfully conquering the title, even Fu'an was granted the title of princess.
With this identity, Fu'an's future life will be much smoother.
"Thank you Fairy Aunt." Fu'an was born with Liu Fufeng, a sickly beauty, and Prince Xing may have a genetic problem. Among these children, only Zhu Houcong is relatively strong, and the rest are all in poor health.
"Princess's words are serious."
Princess Jiang looked at the little Taoist priest and liked it. The relationship between King Lao Xing and the late Emperor Hongzhi was actually average. She had always been worried that the court would make it difficult for her on the issue of seizing the title. Fortunately, this fairy girl has real abilities. It seems that she will have to do it in the future.
Rely on a lot.
Thinking about this, Mrs. Jiang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Xiangu, my eldest daughter is already fifteen this year. She can discuss marriage when she comes out of the service next year. Recently, several people have come to inquire. You said I am now.
Get ready, or wait..."
"Mother." Fu'an probably didn't expect that his mother would mention marriage in public, and he blushed for a moment.
Zhu Houcong next to him also frowned and said with some dissatisfaction: "It's too early, sister, I have to stay for a few years."
"Is this still early? A decent girl starts discussing marriage at the age of ten. Before, it was because of your father's illness that she kept delaying it. It's none of your business. Children, please don't interrupt what adults are saying."
Mr. Jiang was a bright man, and even he gave an iron-rod education to his only son. Zhu Houcong did not dare to refute, so he could only sit back angrily, while rolling his eyes at Xian Ruxing who was snickering on the side.
Clearing her throat, Xian Ruxing said slowly: "Empress, I think the princess is destined to have a good future, so it is better to wait for a few years to get married." Although she didn't know what would happen to Fu'an in the future, she was very optimistic about Zhu Houcong's future.
It was clear to me that the princess would marry better than the princess after all.
After Jiang got the answer, he already made a decision in his heart, so he didn't mention it for the time being.
Before leaving, Xian Ruxing looked at the slender Fu'an again, gritted his teeth and said, "Empress, by rights, a poor man should not get involved in the palace, but I am deeply favored by your family, so I still have to say some things."
Jiang was stunned for a moment and said unclearly: "Immortal Master just said it doesn't matter."
"I think the princess is suffering from bone fractures, but she doesn't have any serious problems. I think it would be good if she walked more often. However, the princess also has bound feet, and her qi and blood will inevitably be blocked. If this continues, I'm afraid she will follow the footsteps of the old prince!"
In the Ming Dynasty, it was very common for women to have their feet bound. Whether or not they were bound had even become a symbol of social status and rank. Unlike the previous dynasties, they only had to have their feet bound more delicately, and they also wanted to have their feet bound into a horned millet shape. A few days ago, even
Sister Shou has to start binding her feet. Modern people like Xian Ruxing express their disgust at this, so they deliberately make the words more serious.
Sure enough, Jiang's face changed drastically when she mentioned King Lao Xing. Because she was born in a general family, she did not have her feet bound when she was a child, so she was often laughed at in the capital, so she arranged it for her eldest daughter early. Until today when she heard Xian Ruxing's remarks
, just now I felt scared for a while.
Zhu Houcong didn't know much about this, but when Xian Ruxing said it, he also ordered his sisters to be freed immediately. From now on, the word "foot binding" was never mentioned in Prince Xing's palace.
Fortunately, Fu'an was in poor health and the girls and women around him were distressed, so the foot straps were always a few inches wider, so although the soles of his feet were weak, they were not deformed. He would probably be able to recover if he exercised more in the future.
Princess Jiang felt ashamed of her daughter and said that she would no longer restrain her and would do whatever she wanted.
So after living for more than ten years, Princess Fu'an suddenly became free and suddenly became confused.