Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 223 Eunuch Shu Has Returned to Beijing
Chen Mansion, above the banquet.

The music played by the musicians is soothing and full of antiquity, like a gurgling spring, refreshing.

Although it is already winter, the dancers in the court are still wearing only thin clothes, spinning and dancing, their soft figures are like light swallows, and the crystal beads of sweat on the tip of their noses can be seen faintly.

At the guest-of-honor table, the atmosphere of the young officials beating drums and passing flowers became more and more enthusiastic, while the corresponding atmosphere was the quiet atmosphere of the bigwigs above.

Chen Xun frowned slightly and remained silent.

He never thought that Wang Ao would refuse so simply.

This banquet was indeed not just to cleanse the dust, Wang Ao guessed right, the reason why he and Gao Gu held such a banquet was to discuss the matter of joining the cabinet.

These days, Wang Ao has a strong style in the cabinet, which makes the two of them very depressed.

But he also has his own shortcomings, that is, the lack of contacts in Beijing.

All three of them were born as Jinshi in Yongle for 13 years, but the ways of promotion and circulation are different.

Chen Xun was the number one scholar and entered the Imperial Academy directly. He started as a scholar and went all the way to the head of the Imperial Academy.

Gao Gu's grades are poor, and he can only be ranked in the middle of the second class, but he has strong ability and good luck.

After Zhongju, he was assigned to the cabinet. He started as a member of Zhongshu Sheren. Later, he won the favor of Sanyang, and was transferred from the cabinet to the Imperial Academy as a lecturer, and then jumped back from the Imperial Academy to the cabinet and became a bachelor.

But no matter what, the promotion path of the two of them is basically the capital official of the central clear stream.

But Wang Ao was different. After he won the imperial examination, he was first awarded the Zuo Sizheng of Dali Temple, and was in charge of prisons.

Moreover, he is not the censor in Beijing, but has been patrolling, appeasing, and admiring military affairs or civil affairs.

Except for the two years when he was just elected, he basically didn't stay in the capital.

Therefore, as Wang Ao himself said, his connections in the capital are actually very weak.

It was precisely because of this that Chen Xun boldly took over all three cabinet seats.

But after all, supplementing cabinet ministers is beneficial to the entire cabinet, especially for Wang Ao, the chief assistant of the cabinet, whose voice in the court can be greatly improved.

Although it was a bit too much for him and Gao Gu to take all three seats.

But this kind of interest exchange is originally asking for a lot of money, and paying back the money when it lands.

Chen Xun and Gao Gu passed their breath in advance, and the final result they expected was that each of the three would recommend one person to join the cabinet.

In this way, he and Gao Gu can continue to unite, how to say, they can also fight against Wang Ao.

It should be said that they did not encroach on Wang Ao's original authority.

Instead, they are working together to expand the powers of the cabinet.

It's just that, relying on the network of contacts in the capital for many years, he and Gao Gu want to occupy a larger share of this expanded power.

He once thought that Wang Ao would not be happy, after all, this matter requires him to take the lead.

But unexpectedly, Wang Ao refused so simply.

After pondering for a moment, Gao Gu persuaded.

"The chief assistant's words are wrong. Such a major matter involves the cabinet as a whole. The chief assistant should take the lead. If I come forward with Brother Chen, it will inevitably make the government and the public talk about the discord between my cabinet ministers."

Regarding this, Wang Ao's attitude was still firm, and he said in a slightly cold voice.

"The world is too much to worry about. We are all ministers of the imperial court. It is common to have different political opinions. Besides, the old man does not object to the two of you promoting talents."

"It's just that I'm new to the capital, and I'm really not familiar with the officials. I don't have any virtuous people to recommend. If I rush to join in the music, I'm suspected of forming a clique. In vain, I ruined your two hearts to serve the public."

This means that there is nothing to talk about...

Gao Gu looked at Chen Xun helplessly, seeing that the latter's expression was not very good-looking, so he wisely stopped bringing up the matter.

The melodious sound of the piano was still flowing, the graceful figures of the dancers, and the occasional laughter from drumming and passing flowers made the banquet look lively and tense.

Chen Xun and the others didn't talk about the affairs of the court, but instead talked about poetry and love. They are all academic masters, and they get along well when talking about the elegance of various places.

Therefore, the banquet lasted until late at night, and they each bid farewell to their homes during the "Enjoyment of the guests and hosts"...

During the winter solstice, God gave me face, and there was no snow.

Although the moon in the sky is not very round, it is also interesting.

After a busy day of court rituals, Zhu Qiyu went to the Compassionate Palace and the Jingyang Palace to pay respects to the Empress Dowagers of the two palaces, and then returned to the Kunning Palace.

As soon as he entered the palace gate, Mrs. Wang had brought the servants of the palace to greet her in the palace, and saluted from a distance, said.

"See Your Majesty."

These days, Mrs. Wang has been following the orders of the imperial physician to take care of the general. Zhu Qiyu also asked Mrs. Wu to take care of her affairs in the harem.

Therefore, although he often came to Kunning Palace, every time he came, he could still visibly feel that Wang's complexion was getting better and better.

Stepping forward to help Wang Shi up, Zhu Qiyu spoke gently.

"Didn't I say it a long time ago, you are the queen, you don't need to be so polite to me."

Mrs. Wang was supported to stand up, her face was a little red, but it was not because she was tired from meeting her wife for a day.

It was because, after a certain person helped her up, he took advantage of the situation and refused to let go.

She has been married for a long time, but in front of so many palace people, Wang is still not used to such inappropriate behavior.

Blushing, she twitched her hand, but found that she couldn't move, so she could only spit lightly, and followed him into the palace gate.

Then, her hand was released.

Because as soon as they sat down, there was a girl doll with her legs tied up, crawling around barefoot in the hall covered with blankets.

Seeing two people coming in, the little girl crawled over quickly, holding Zhu Qiyu's robe hem with her small hands, her big eyes flickering, and she wanted to hug her.

Zhu Qiyu leaned down, lifted the pink and jade-carved villain high, and rubbed against her face, the beard on his face made the villain giggle.

Holding it in his arms and weighing it, Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "It's heavy again, stronger than Brother Ji."

This is his eldest daughter, named Zhu Minghui by Mrs. Wu herself.

Wang Shi was on the side, also smiling, and said.

"That's not right. Sister Hui is four months younger than Brother Ji."

"Brother Ji is early-witted and speaks early, but his body is generally weak and sick. Although sister Hui can't speak yet, her body is very strong. This winter, she has never been sick."

There is an earth dragon growing in the hall, which is so hot that the little girl is not afraid of the cold even if she is barefoot.

After resting on Zhu Qiyu's body for less than half a moment, he twisted his body and wanted to continue going down to the ground.

The little girl has been sleeping all afternoon, so she is not sleepy at all now.

Struggling to be put on the ground by Zhu Qiyu, the little girl immediately crawled to the distance and continued to play.

Seeing her babbling, Zhu Qiyu's body slowly relaxed, and under the service of the maid, she changed into a plain robe, leaned on the couch, her eyes were full of doting.

"After this New Year's Eve, Sister Hui will be one year old. If I remember correctly, her title is still the princess bestowed by the Supreme Emperor when she was born. After this birthday, I will give her the title of princess. Why? Sample?"

This is what it should mean. In the previous life, Sister Hui was also a princess who was conferred the title of Jin in the first year of Jingtai.

Sitting down at the side, Wang Shi also had a kind smile in his eyes, offering a cup of tea to Zhu Qiyu's hand, Wang Shi said.

"Princess princess is just a false name. No matter what title she is, she is always the daughter of a concubine. I only hope that she will live a safe and happy life."

It should be said that during this period of time, the Wang family has changed a lot from before.

In the past, she valued the order of etiquette the most.

In the previous life, she was the one who brought up Sister Hui's Jin title to Zhu Qiyu on her own initiative.

But now, Zhu Qiyu took the initiative to talk about it, but she declined instead.

With a sigh in his heart, Zhu Qiyu understood.

This is because, in his previous life, he was not kind to Wang Shi.

At that time, he favored Hang's family and did not give Wang's enough respect as the queen of the palace, so she had to maintain her status as queen from other places.

But since he woke up, he untied the previous knot with Wang.

Even if Mrs. Wang can't serve now, he still spends most of the time in Kunning Palace, which gives Mrs. Wang a sense of security.

Naturally, I don't care about those external names.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu suddenly felt a little bit unable to speak, but it is impossible for the affairs of the harem to bypass her, the queen.

While hesitating, Wang Shi looked at him with a half-smile and said.

"The concubine mother told the concubine about the draft!"

Seeing Wang's unblinking eyes, Zhu Qiyu found it difficult to say the reasons he had decided on.

"then you……"

As soon as he said two words, he saw that Mrs. Wang was staring at him and said seriously.

"The concubine is very happy."

Zhu Qiyu thought about it and said.

"I did this because..."

Just after speaking half a sentence again, Mrs. Wang interrupted him.

"The pros and cons of this matter, the mother and concubine, have told the concubine in detail. The draft was originally a matter that the concubine had discussed with the concubine and had to handle it."

"However, today the emperor is willing to come to ask the concubine, which makes the concubine very happy."

Seeing Wang's rare mischievous smile, Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a moment.

Immediately, he stretched out his hands to cover Wang's soft hair, just like the day he just woke up, in the small carriage.

Lifting the broken hair from the woman's ears, Zhu Qiyu held her slender hand tightly and said softly.

"Don't worry, I will protect you and sister Hui well."

Although there were many palace people around, Wang did not hide this time, she leaned her head on Zhu Qiyu's chest submissively, and said softly.

"The concubine believed it."

The fire in the room squeaked softly, and Sister Hui was crawling around not far away, babbling and having fun.

Holding the person in his arms, Zhu Qiyu felt peaceful in his heart, but his body was a little hot.

At this time, Xing'an walked in lightly, walked up to Zhu Qiyu bravely, and said.

"My lord, Eunuch Shu from the East Factory is asking for an audience, saying that he has something urgent to report to the lord..."

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