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Yuan Zonggao died of illness on September [-]th.

Zhu Si attached great importance to this, and asked the people in the Ministry of Rites to arrange the funeral, and he treated Yuan Zonggao's family members with great kindness. The official position of Zhongshu Sheren is to inherit Yuan Zonggao's behest and serve the court.

The officials of the Xingwang Mansion system are all busy with Yuan Zonggao's funeral.

Zhu Hao didn't show up, he didn't even go to express his condolences, and he continued to do his own thing as usual.

The affairs of the Imperial Academy are not busy recently, but there is a severe shortage of staff. Firstly, people like Yang Shen and Yu Chengxun often do not show up. Entering the palace to teach, what should be done by them, will be suppressed layer by layer.

Usually when Zhu Hao went to the Hanlin Academy, he didn't see many people.

Recently, when Zhu Hao was free, he went to the Library Pavilion of the Imperial Academy, and picked up random books to bring back to the editing room. In fact, it was not for studying, but more to kill boredom.

Two generations of people are basically engaged in education and scientific research. Looking for something to look at, time flies quickly. Before you know it, the morning passes, and the day's work is completed. Reading and reading the imperial palace newspaper is the best way to pass the time. Way.

In the middle and late September, the number of times Zhu Si went out of the palace decreased significantly, and he only came out twice in total.

According to Zhu Si's words, now he is being watched closely, and he can't go out of the palace every day.

But Zhu Hao vaguely felt that Zhu Si must have found some kind of "fun" that made him feel more interesting, so that he had no time to go out of the palace.

That night Zhang Zuo came over to review the memorial with Zhu Hao again, and Zhu Hao asked casually, "Is Your Majesty okay in the palace recently?"

It was just a simple question, but Zhang Zuo looked hesitant, as if he didn't really want to talk to Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "It's time to marry Your Majesty earlier."

"exactly."

Zhang Zuo nodded repeatedly, as if something had been caught by Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao smiled and said nothing, he was sure what was going on.

Although Zhu Si is not yet married, it does not affect his contact with women, especially women are the most indispensable in the palace. Even if they are ordinary court ladies, they can't stand the crowd, and they can find many outstanding ones among them. When Zhu Si just came into contact with this kind of thing, he must be "not afraid of meat and fish", regardless of his appearance?

Afraid to see one before the other.

Zhu Hao sat down, picked up the memorabilia and flipped through it casually, Zhang Zuo was a little embarrassed: "Mr. Tang has recently been busy with the autumn harvest of Guantian and the funeral of Mr. Yuan Ge, so he can't come here to help. Please trouble Mr. Zhu."

"fine."

Zhu Hao smiled casually.

Usually Tang Yin is here to help sort out the memorials. Tang Yin has not learned anything else, at least he can basically distinguish whether one thing is important or not.

Zhu Hao made a detailed summary for him. As long as it involves people's livelihood issues, Zhu Hao will come and criticize them. If it is just local customs, or it is something reported by the Sixth Ministry of the Central Committee and other yamen, Zhang Zuo will draft it with a cabinet vote. As long as the difference is not bad, just copy it down.

Zhang Zuodao: "Recently, Eunuch Xiao asked about it. He said that after entering the Prison of Rituals, he seldom served His Majesty to review and review memorials. His words seemed to be probing. Could it be... Elder Yang Ge has doubts?"

Logically speaking, general memorials should be reviewed and reviewed by all the eunuchs in charge of ceremonies together, and should not be completed by Zhang Zuo, the eunuch with palm prints.

Previously, Xiao Jing knew that he was not from the new emperor's faction, so he seldom asked about the review of the memorials. Mostly, after the memorials were approved, he would go to the court in the morning to help the emperor calm down the scene, or read some memorials, which caused the ministers of civil and military affairs to spread out in the court hall. talk.

Equivalent to odd jobs.

Now Xiao Jing is still controlling Dongchang for the emperor, making people in the court relatively more stable, especially those from the old faction of Dongchang and Jinyiwei will not come out to rebel.

Zhu Hao said: "You just tell him that His Majesty likes to do everything by himself, so that outsiders should not see His Majesty outside the Qianqing Palace."

It means that there must be skill in telling a lie.

You can't say that the emperor is hardworking and self-denying, and at the same time let people know that the emperor went to the inner curtain to hang out with court ladies.

Zhang Zuo nodded, but still had something to say to Zhu Hao.

Probably he wanted Zhu Hao to persuade Zhu Si to put state affairs first and not to leave everything to outsiders. Instead, he would mess around in the inner palace by himself, so that he would have a tendency to lose power.

But Zhu Hao is currently handling the court affairs for the emperor, and Zhang Zuo feels that Zhu Hao's intentions are unclear. Maybe Zhu Hao just wants to be the person behind the scenes who monopolizes all the power?
"There should be some plans for the big wedding, right? Before the end of the year, can the selection enter the stage of entering the palace?"

Zhu Hao asked again.

Zhang Zuo nodded: "It's coming soon... In addition, I heard that Mr. Sun is unwilling to submit his daughter to the list of candidates, maybe... he doesn't want to marry His Majesty. Look..."

Zhang Zuo would specifically mention Sun Jiao's daughter when it came to the emperor's wedding.

This shows that the Empress Dowager Jiang still has a tendency to marry her grandson.

Zhu Hao said: "Such things can't be made difficult by others, right? I'm not very good at evaluating."

Zhang Zuo sighed: "Actually, the Queen Mother wants the daughter of Lao Sun's family to enter the palace. It is best to become a queen, so that His Majesty will have a strong support in the court, but the civil servants may not agree. After all, Lao Sun If the courtier is married to the royal family and has a title, I'm afraid it will... be too big to lose."

"Ah."

Zhu Hao nodded and didn't comment much.

Zhang Zuodao: "I heard that Mr. Yang Ge is also very concerned about the marriage between Sun Laobutang and the royal family. It seems that he wants to find someone to make a marriage contract with Sun Laobutang, so as to avoid the invitation of the Queen Mother."

Zhu Hao smiled and asked, "Did Eunuch Zhang hear something?"

Zhang Zuo smiled ashamedly: "I heard that the person Mr. Yang Ge chose...is Mr. Zhu."

"This matter... Actually, I also heard about it from Yang Yongxiu, the eldest son of Yang Ge, but marriage matters, the orders of parents, and the words of matchmakers should not be forced upon others. Now that my mother has arrived in the capital, how can elder Yang come here? Make decisions about my marriage?"

Zhu Hao meant that he didn't want to get involved in this matter.

Zhang Zuo sighed: "I'm afraid that the situation will force me to choose Mr. Zhu... After all, the person who controls the government now is Mr. Yang Ge."

Speaking of this, Zhang Zuo also felt a little regretful.

It is said that the emperor is the lord of a country, but in the end Zhu Side's throne is "injustice" and it is difficult to convince the public. However, Yang Tinghe convinced the government and the public through the opportunity to liquidate the courtiers around Wu Zong.

Even the ministers knew very well that before Wu Zong died, he didn't even leave a will. The so-called will was just drafted by Yang Ting and the fake Wu Zong.

Regardless of the civil servants or generals in the court, they are desperately moving closer to Yang Tinghe's side.

Zhu Hao did so much to help Zhu Si before, but he was just helping Zhu Si win the power to guard the capital. Zhu Si could not control the military power in various places. Even Dongchang and Jinyiwei, who were trusted by the emperor, still had many people inclined to Obedience to Yang Tinghe shows that the current position of the fourth emperor Zhu is not stable.

Zhang Zuo felt that under such a background, Yang Tinghe wanted to help marry Zhu Hao, and asked you to marry Sun Jiao's daughter to prevent her from entering the palace. Do you think you have the right to refuse?

Zhu Hao asked: "Eunuch Zhang, dare to ask, what does the Empress Dowager think about this matter?"

Zhang Zuo smiled calmly and said: "Although the Queen Mother wants to marry Sun Laobutang, she also knows that there are many difficulties in this matter. Even if Sun Laobutang puts her daughter on the list of candidates, there will be obstacles in the previous selection, which will make the Sun family A thousand pieces of gold and a famous name Luosun Shan. It’s the best if you can succeed, but it’s really not possible... There is no other way.”

Zhu Haodao: "Does the Empress Dowager know that Yang Ge always wants to use me to marry Mr. Sun's family, which will spoil the good news of the palace?"

"Actually... know."

Seeing that the matter could not be concealed, Zhang Zuo admitted it openly, "The Holy Mother Empress Dowager said that if it were someone else, she would not be able to make her wish come true. Even if she ordered the daughter of the Sun family not to marry for life, the marriage would not be facilitated. But If Mr. Zhu, then the situation is different."

Zhu Hao was ashamed and said: "How can I be ignorant of propriety?"

"No, no, Mr. Zhu, don't misunderstand, the Queen Mother is sincere... Think about it, if you marry Sun Lao's daughter, it will actually be a marriage. Mr. Zhu and Sun Lao join hands, and you can still serve His Majesty Doing a lot of things is also sharing worries for the king, for the country and the people, the Queen Mother can only accept it willingly, and will never have any objections."

Zhang Zuo seemed to care about Zhu Hao's thoughts.

Even the Empress Dowager Jiang attached great importance to wooing Zhu Hao.

Perhaps the Empress Dowager Jiang also knew that her son had little experience in being an emperor, and there were wolves, tigers and leopards headed by Yang Tinghe in the court. If she wanted her son to be the emperor safely, she had to have a "genius" like Zhu Hao to assist her. Not to be left, then the marriage between Zhu Hao and Sun Jiao is feasible in the opinion of Queen Mother Jiang.

Probably only if Zhu Hao came forward, the Empress Dowager Jiang would not put pressure on Sun Jiao to keep her daughter from marrying for life.

Zhu Hao finally understood why Sun Jiao would make his daughter lonely for the rest of his life after rejecting the marriage with Xing Wangfu in history. It didn't mean that Sun Jiao ignored his daughter's lifelong happiness, but that he understood the rules of political marriage.

If you can't marry an emperor, how can you marry an ordinary person?

If such things are spread, where will the royal family lose face?
Zhu Hao couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Originally, he didn't want to be dictated by others about his marriage. Even if he couldn't fall in love freely, he should at least let himself choose, right?But the problem now is that if she doesn't stand up to marry Sun Jiao's daughter, the daughter of the Sun family may regret it for the rest of her life.

Except for him, Zhu Hao, who came to ask for a marriage proposal, was secretly supported by the Empress Dowager Jiang, and Sun Jiaohui agreed, the rest... Even if it was appointed by Yang Tinghe, Sun Jiaohui agreed?

As long as Sun Jiao wants to keep the family prosperous for a long time, he will definitely not agree.

Zhu Hao suddenly felt that he had become a woman's life-saving straw.

But the problem is that the two just had a fate to meet each other from behind. No one has ever met formally, but they seem to have a predestined emotional bond of "not marrying unless she is not married, or not marrying unless he is not married".

This is a headache.