The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 29

"Greetings to the queen, baby!"

"Well, the queen mother is safe."

"Lang'er, you can just let me know if you have anything to do. Now you are busy with everything, so you don't need to come to pay your respects."

Empress Zhou hurriedly helped him up.

He said so, but he was still very happy in his heart.

After all, this was the first time his son came to pay her respects after he ascended the throne, but he also knew that he must have other things to do.

"Hehe, the child didn't have enough time to spare, so he didn't come to pay his respects to the queen mother. I hope the queen mother will forgive me. I will come here to do my filial piety as soon as I have time."

After the two sat down, Zhu Cihong said seriously.

As for Chongzhen, he knew that Zhu Cihong was coming and hid long ago. One was very superstitious that the two dragons would not meet each other, and the other was that he felt ashamed to see his son.

"Lang'er, what do you need your mother to help with?"

Queen Zhou was not used to seeing her son so well-behaved and polite.

She now has a thorough understanding of her son's temperament, and knowing that he is like this, she must have something to ask for.

Seeing her being so straightforward, Zhu Cihong was a little embarrassed to speak, and said with a dry smile: "Hehe, this... I really have something I want to discuss with the queen mother."

"What's the matter?"

Empress Zhou also became curious and sat up straight. It was the first time she saw her son hesitating like this.

"Well, it's such a queen mother, I want... I want to make Aunt Liu a concubine."

Zhu Cihong said carefully, and her voice involuntarily became softer after speaking.

"what?"

"Lang'er, you...why do you suddenly want to make Lan'er a concubine?"

"No, absolutely not, it's ridiculous."

Empress Zhou stood up in shock, opened her mouth wide, then shook her head like a wave drum, her tone was very firm.

"Queen, the baby is not young anymore, it's normal to have one or two concubines!"

"It's not the queen or concubine, why make such a fuss!"

Zhu Cihong was a little helpless, he knew his mother's reaction would be like this, so he just threw up his face and gave up.

"Lang'er, it's not that the queen mother is making a fuss, but that there are so many women in the palace, why do you just take a fancy to Lan'er?"

"She is so much older than you, and she belongs to the queen mother... Absolutely no, the queen mother will depend on you for other things, but this is the only thing you can't do!"

At the end of Queen Zhou's speech, she blushed a little.

When Lan'er was in the Zhou family, she was her personal servant girl, who was only three years younger than her. Over the years, she has been treated as a sister in the palace, so she really couldn't accept her son's request, and couldn't figure out why his son fought got her idea.

Seeing her resolute attitude, Zhu Cihong had no choice but to say in a low voice: "Queen Mother, Hai'er promised Aunt Liu before that she would be made a concubine, but now that Hai'er is the emperor, you can't let Bao'er break her promise, right?"

"what?"

"You promised her before?"

"I see, no wonder, Lan'er should have opened the gate of Kunning Palace for you, right?"

Empress Zhou finally understood, she said why her son suddenly killed him without anyone noticing, it turned out that he had bought Lan'er.

Thinking of this, I was also annoyed for a while, gritted my teeth and cursed: "That damn girl, it's in vain that I have been serving her like a sister, and your father has never treated her badly, and she acted so shamelessly..."

"Your Majesty, it's all the servant's fault. The servant is sorry for you and the Supreme Emperor. The servant took the initiative to seduce His Majesty. It has nothing to do with His Majesty. If you want to beat or kill the servant, you have absolutely no complaints. I just ask you not to blame Your Majesty..."

A court lady suddenly rushed out from behind the screen, knelt down in front of Queen Zhou, crying and begging.

I saw that she was beautiful, about thirty years old, but her face was young like a girl, and her figure was mature like a woman, not much inferior to Queen Zhou.

"Queen Mother, it's none of Aunt Liu's business. It was the boy who forced her. If you want to punish him, punish him!"

Seeing this, Zhu Cihong had no choice but to kneel down, and it was true that he was the overlord who forced his bow and took his body.

"you…"

"Well, whatever, the matter has come to this, what else can the queen mother say?"

"It's just that you must not let your royal father know about this matter, otherwise you will have to make him angry again..."

Empress Zhou looked at the two of them, and in the end she could only sigh and sat down.

She naturally understood that this matter must have been initiated by her son in order to bribe Lan'er. Thinking of her son's shamelessness, she blushed with shame for a moment.

"Thank you, Queen Mother, for making it happen!"

"Thank you, ma'am... woo woo..."

Liu Xinlan was so excited that she cried with joy again.

During the period, she took a peek at Zhu Cihong, her cheeks were also flushed, but she was more moved.

She knew very well that His Highness was just trying to buy and use her at the beginning, so she never had any illusions. She just hoped that His Majesty would think of her occasionally after he ascended the throne.

Who would have thought that His Majesty not only remembered her, but also confessed to His Majesty today, wanting to fulfill the original promise.

"Let's go, don't get in my eyes here."

Seeing the two of them looking at each other there, Empress Zhou waved her hands impatiently, feeling depressed for a while, as if some treasure had been stolen.

Zhu Cilang knew that although she agreed, she must still be angry in her heart, so she hurriedly resigned and left Kunning Palace with Liu Xinlan.

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"Aunt Liu, you won't blame me for not looking for you during this time?"

"The servant knows that His Majesty is busy with state affairs these days, so how could he blame His Majesty? What's more, the servant is just a court lady, and it is a great kindness to be shown mercy by His Majesty..."

Liu Xinlan shook her head, and at the end, she looked at Zhu Cihong with tears in her eyes, her body trembled slightly, and she covered her mouth with one hand desperately.

"Okay, don't cry anymore, I said I won't let you down, so as soon as I find time, I'll go talk to the queen mother."

Zhu Cihong took her into his arms and comforted her.

Also understand her mood at the moment.

But I felt a little ashamed, if it wasn't for the fact that there was no suitable candidate for the shop, and I suddenly thought of her, I would have really forgotten her, at least not in a short time.

And the reason why I put all my heart into buying her at the beginning was actually thinking that if I had to, I would let her assassinate my father Chongzhen.

"Well, this servant knows that His Majesty will never forget this servant..."

Liu Xinlan didn't know Zhu Cihong's plan, thinking that he really liked her, the tears in her beautiful eyes couldn't be stopped no matter what.

"Your Majesty, you should still call your servant Xinlan or Lan'er in the future!"

Seeing that he became the emperor, Liu Xinlan still treated her as before, so she whispered, and in the end her voice was as thin as a mosquito.

"Well, let's call you Xinlan for the time being. After a while, after repelling the trespassers, I will formally designate you as a concubine."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Liu Xinlan kowtowed again excitedly.

After her mood stabilized, Zhu Cihong told her about running the store.

"Your Majesty, the servants are afraid that they will not do well, and it will delay His Majesty's important event..."

Liu Xinlan didn't think much about it, but she was a little worried that she couldn't do well, even if Zhu Cihong asked her to kill Chongzhen, she probably wouldn't hesitate at all.

"Oh! It's not that complicated. The shops and staff are all ready-made, and they only sell grain and salt. You just need to find some court ladies who can learn to count and ask them to be shopkeepers, and you can report the accounts clearly to me every day. !" Zhu Cihong waved his hand.

"Well, the slaves obey His Majesty."

"By the way, it's best for the maids to find some older ones, and tell them that as long as they do things with peace of mind and don't embezzle my money, if they find someone they like in a year or two, I will allow them to marry and prepare a copy for them. A generous dowry."

Compared with eunuchs, Zhu Cihong felt more at ease with those court ladies.

After all, the eunuchs are inhumane and have abnormal and distorted psychology. Apart from power, only money can satisfy their desires, so everyone is desperately trying to get money.

The court ladies are different, although they are also greedy for money, but compared to being able to marry, money is obviously nothing, especially those who have been in the palace for more than ten years.

Ever since he ascended the throne, Zhu Cihong has been tense. Now that the fighting has slowed down and the beauty is in his arms again, after talking about the business, he picked her up and headed towards the dragon couch, ready to vent.

He will not be like his father Chongzhen, who will not enjoy all these beauties and waste his time on piles of memorials.

The beauties in the palace are his appetizers sooner or later.

(End of this chapter)