The sun gradually sets, and Zhu Houcong has changed into regular clothes.
"Your Majesty, do you want to pass on the meal now?"
Under Zhu Houcong's order, Huang Jin had been promoted to the imperial eunuch and stayed with Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houcong was not hungry, so he shook his head and said: "Let's run a few laps in the palace first. Let Gao Zhong go to Weiyang Palace. Later, he will invite the concubine to Renshou Palace in a warm sedan chair and tell the queen mother that the family will have a meal later. .”
Gao Zhong was the former eunuch in charge of the Qianqing Palace, and Zhu Houcong kept him first.
Huang Jin had a strange look on his face: "Your Majesty, when you get to the palace...are you still running?"
"Run." Zhu Houcong glanced at him, "I ran morning and night, and I didn't move well all the way. I took a few more steps today, which is just a good way to make up for the lessons I learned in the past."
After a while, Huang Jin could only lead the people carrying the chariot and spare utensils to follow Zhu Houcong, running at a small pace.
Zhu Houchun was dumbfounded: "What are they doing with you?"
"...Your Majesty, I don't dare to break the rules. You are worth a thousand gold..."
Zhu Houcong wanted to make up for his daily exercise. Now seeing so many people trotting along with him, he could only wave his hand: "Let them go back and wait. You can just come with me. There is no harm in exercising."
Huang Jin was also dumbfounded: "My slave is dressed like this..."
"Go and change."
The other little eunuchs stayed where they were, watching the emperor move strangely, as if he was practicing some boxing skills.
Zhu Houcong had finished warming up, and Huang Jin had already changed into lighter regular clothes.
"Walk."
Zhu Houcong immediately puffed up his chest and started jogging.
Surrounding the Qianqing Palace, Kunning Palace, and Jiaotai Palace is a wide rectangular road. Zhu Houcong estimated it after running the first lap: about 800 meters.
In the Ming Dynasty, when medical technology was backward, the best way to save your life was to make exercise a habit.
With strong resistance, it will be easier to deal with minor problems, and you will not have to spend your life feeding doctors of this era various herbal medicines.
He ran without any distractions, since the palace was his home anyway.
Zhu Houcong was even thinking about the many new policies in the first version of the imperial edict while running, and at the same time, he was also thinking about the little trick about Empress Dowager Zhang arranging for Concubine Shao to live in Weiyang Palace.
But his behavior was really eye-opening in the eyes of the eunuchs on duty at various doors and at specific locations.
Your Majesty, could it be that... there is something wrong?
Huang Jin soon became out of breath and followed behind and said: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... the Renshou Palace... is still waiting..."
He began to miss Lu Bing. How could a fat eunuch like him, Huang Jin, be suitable for such a job?
"One more lap."
Zhu Houcong thought about how he could run 1,500 meters.
Over at Cining Palace, Queen Mother Zhang was surprised for a long time after hearing Yuan Jinsheng's report: "The emperor... is running in the palace?"
Yuan Jinsheng nodded with a weird expression: "From Yuehua Gate to Longde Gate, bypassing Kunning Palace to Jinghe Gate, Rijing Gate, and then Qianqing Gate, I have run a full circle. Now, I am still running. It looks like it’s going to be a second lap.”
"…What is this?"
"My servant asked Zhang Zuo from Anlu. He said that His Majesty does this every day when he is in the palace, unless the weather is not suitable." Yuan Jinsheng added, "It is said to exercise, so that...it will not be easily swept away by wind evil."
"It's really..." Queen Mother Zhang didn't know how to comment for a moment, but she couldn't help but think of her son who was also very energetic.
She shook her head and asked, "Is there someone waiting on the concubine's side?"
"Don't worry, Queen Mother."
Queen Mother Zhang frowned slightly.
Although Concubine Shao lost the use of her eyes, Weiyang Palace and Renshou Palace are so close, is it necessary to carry her there in a sedan chair?
The child seemed a little dissatisfied, which made Queen Mother Zhang feel a little uneasy and irritable.
In the final analysis, it’s because I don’t have the right to be a mother!
She thought for a while and said: "Ask them to prepare hot water first, and then go to Qianqing Palace to get a set of His Majesty's regular clothes. In addition..."
She paused, her eyes changed slightly, and then she said, "Let Dan'er wait for His Majesty to bathe and change clothes later."
It's a pity that Zhu Houcong disappointed her. After running, he went back to Qianqing Palace for a while and then hurried to Cining Palace.
"Queen Mother, how are you doing this afternoon?" He said hello to Queen Mother Zhang first, and then followed Concubine Shao's gaze and sat over, "Grandma, my grandson is here."
The eunuchs in the palace have been trained to be very observant and capable over the years. When Zhu Houcong sat down, the last dish was put on the table.
"I am well." Empress Dowager Zhang pretended to be full of concern, "Emperor, I heard that you were running fast in the palace just now... You have a body of ten thousand gold now, and you can't do this again in the future. If you fall, you will be hit. What should we do?”
"It's just trotting." Zhu Houcong squeezed the hand of Concubine Shao, who was suddenly very nervous. "I'm used to it. It's because I've been trotting all the time that I'm taller than my peers. When I ascended to the Jiyi ceremony, Mr. Yang Ge was still worried about me. The costume he prepared was too big, but unfortunately it didn't show up as he wished."
Empress Dowager Zhang snorted softly, not sure whether it was directed at Yang Tinghe or Zhu Houcong.
She then sighed: "I am a woman who has white hair and black hair. When I am miserable, I have no master. I ask the ministers to make the decision. I didn't expect that this edict will cause so much trouble. Emperor, thank you for your response. Well done."
Zhu Houcong smiled: "I hope my aunt won't blame my nephew for being stubborn. There is really nothing we can do about this matter. I brought my grandmother to my aunt's house today just to have a common meal as a family and talk to each other."
He took the initiative to bring some vegetables to Queen Mother Zhang and fed his blind grandmother with a spoon.
Empress Dowager Zhang seemed to be envious, and then said: "How can the emperor eat like this? Dan'er, come here and serve the concubine."
"yes."
Zhu Houcong watched a beautiful and quiet palace maid cautiously come over to salute, and nodded with a smile.
"I thought that after the emperor ascended the throne, he would make arrangements for the people who would serve the concubine, so I only arranged for some stable people under my command to go there. Now that the people brought by the emperor from Anlu have arrived, I will go there tomorrow Tell them to come back."
"My nephew, thank you for your concern."
Zhu Houcong glanced at Empress Dowager Zhang. Is this a way of avoiding the important and showing his previous concern for Concubine Shao?
Hearing the "consideration" of Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhu Houcong did not mention Weiyang Palace first, but chatted about his childhood and life in Anlu.
Not only was Empress Dowager Zhang interested in these contents, but Concubine Shao also listened with gusto.
Zhu Houzhao was naturally indispensable in Zhu Houcong's childhood life. After all, he was the emperor, and his every move had a profound impact on the Ming Dynasty.
The Zhu Houzhao that Empress Dowager Zhang heard from him was just like the thank you note he wrote.
Zhu Houcong did have some different views on Zhu Houzhao. He sighed and said: "Brother Huang used many ministers in the past, and some heartless people did a lot of wrong things. Auntie and nephew will have to summon them tomorrow to make a statement again.
Ancestor's law. Does Auntie know how the edict on ascending to the throne was drafted in the first place?"
When it came to the enthronement edict, Empress Dowager Zhang no longer had the right to know. After all, Zhu Houcong was already the monarch after persuading him from outside the city.
Hearing the question from Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhu Houcong sighed: "'The fortunes are prosperous, the industry is prosperous, and the efforts are vigorous, but the chemical theory is not perfect, and the middle way is to deceive people, to manipulate political power, and to spread evil.
"Wei." This is what the ministers said about the emperor's brother for his sixteen years of hard work. Because of the wrong things done by the internal ministers and some foreign ministers, the emperor's brother was almost said to be a foolish master. "
Empress Dowager Zhang was furious: "How dare Yang Ting and the others do this?"