Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 74

Qian Longxi's words calmed down the ministers who were trying to impeach Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua through the Taixi incident, and the matter was temporarily settled.

Although Zhu Tianqi has been busy with other things in the past few days before the year, and has not taken into account the palace's arrangements for the New Year, the flavor of the new year in the palace is already very full. The higher-status female officials and eunuchs all wore python clothes, and fireworks were set off every day in front of the Qianqing Palace.

On New Year's Eve, peach charms were hung everywhere, door god paintings were pasted, and paintings of the God of Fortune, Ghost Judge, and Zhong Kui were hung in the house, making the palace look busy and festive.

Starting from New Year's Eve, Zhu Tianqi also became busy. As the owner of the Forbidden City, all the New Year projects in the palace are inseparable from his participation.

First of all, he will order his relatives to go to sacrifice to the imperial mausoleum, and he will also go to the Taimiao in person to pay homage to the tablets of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty and hold a grand sacrificial ceremony.

After returning to the palace, it was time to prepare for the reunion dinner. In fact, except for Zhang Yan, Zhu Tianqi did not want to see the other concubines. After all, Zhu Tianqi was not familiar with them and could not trust them, so he insisted Sitting together to eat and watch the New Year's Eve, the atmosphere was really awkward and made people feel uncomfortable.

So after having dinner together, Zhu Tianqi said he was a little tired, so he and Zhang Yan returned to the Nuan Pavilion in the Qianqing Palace, leaving several concubines at the banquet and continued to eat the New Year's Eve dinner.

However, after this period of time, the concubines also knew that the emperor was not willing to favor any of them except the queen in this harem, so although they were a little helpless, they could only accept their fate. After all, they did not The capital to compete with the queen for favor.

After returning to Nuange, Zhang Yan served Zhu Tianqi a cup of hot tea and asked with some worry: "Your Majesty, are you feeling unwell?"

Zhu Tianqi took the tea cup and said with a smile: "I'm fine, I'm just a little nervous staying with them!"

Zhang Yan was a little helpless after hearing this. She was not that domineering to begin with. She was kind-hearted and even sympathized with the other concubines. She felt that Zhu Tianqi was a little too indifferent to them.

It's just that although she once advised Zhu Tianqi to "spread the rain and dew equally", Zhu Tianqi didn't take it to heart, and even asked her not to say such words again. Zhang Yan was afraid that she would displease Zhu Tianqi if she persuaded him too much. , but made Zhu Tianqi even more disgusted by this, wouldn't it hurt all the concubines even more?
So she could only say insinuatingly: "Your Majesty, today is the end of the year after all. People all over the world want to have a reunion dinner and watch the New Year together with their families. We came back to the Nuan Pavilion so early to just sit there. We might as well go out and take a look. , there will be Aoshan lanterns, fireworks and fireworks outside soon!"

Zhu Tianqi couldn't guess what Zhang Yan was thinking, so he had no choice but to follow her wishes. Otherwise, according to Zhang Yan's soft heart, he might feel guilty for it!

However, the New Year's Eve in the palace was still very lively, and it was not boring enough to make Zhu Tianqi feel uncomfortable. After everyone had had a drink and a meal, they lit Aoshan lanterns outside the Qianqing Palace. I don't know how many candles were used to make the huge Aoshan lanterns. It was as bright as day in front of the palace gate, and fireworks and fireworks were set off. The maids and eunuchs couldn't help but applaud.

Zhu Tianqi turned his head and glanced at Zhang Yan beside him, then looked at the lively scene in front of the palace gate, and felt that he was in a good mood. He had been in this world for more than four months. Although he had been busy, Occasionally, he would feel a little lonely in his heart, but now, this world finally made him feel that he had some sense of belonging.The commotion lasted until the fourth watch, and Zhu Tianqi went back to the palace to take a nap. At the fifth watch, he woke up, and incense and fireworks had already begun to be burned in the palace.

Zhang Yan brought the pepper wine and dumplings and placed them on the table. Then she took two steps back and gave him a big gift, "I congratulate your majesty on the New Year. May your majesty be healthy and bless our Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty." Long live Long live Long live!"

Zhu Tianqi stepped forward to help Zhang Yan up and said with a smile: "Queen, I also wish you a Happy New Year. I hope you will become more and more beautiful and be as happy as you are today!"

After Zhu Tianqi said this, he suddenly thought whether it would be more appropriate for him to give Zhang Yan some rewards at this time, so he immediately opened the Krypton Life store, bought a lipstick, and handed it to Zhang Yan.

"Queen, this lipstick is my New Year's gift to you. I don't know much about this, and I don't know if you like the color of this lipstick. If you don't like it, I can help you choose other colors!"

Zhang Yan took the lipstick and was a little confused about what it was, but from the name of the thing, she could probably guess it, but she was still a little unsure, so she asked: " Your Majesty, is this 'lipstick' a rouge for lip makeup?"

Zhu Tianqi nodded, "Yes, just apply it directly on your lips. It's more convenient than rouge!"

It can be seen that Zhang Yan was very happy to receive this lipstick. She looked at the lipstick in her hand with a look of joy and hurriedly saluted and thanked you: "I thank your majesty for the reward!"

Next, he had to go to the Fengxian Hall to worship his ancestors, and then hold a court meeting to receive congratulations from hundreds of officials, so he did not dare to waste time. Zhu Tianqi ate a bowl of dumplings, drank a glass of pepper wine, and sat in front of the palace maid. They put on the crown under the service and started a busy day.

It stands to reason that in addition to civil and military officials and members of the royal family, foreign envoys can also participate in the Zhengdan Festival. However, in order to avoid further trouble and causing unnecessary trouble, Zhu Tianqi did not allow those Taixi people to come. To attend, including the grand banquet after the imperial meeting, only civil and military ministers and relatives of the emperor were invited.

If there is any shortcoming in this year's Zhengdan Festival for the ministers, it is that this year the emperor neither gave any rewards to everyone nor mentioned any rewards!
However, the ministers did not take this matter to heart. After all, they all knew the financial situation of the imperial court. Even if the emperor was willing to reward everyone, it is estimated that each person would not get a few taels of silver. Fortunately, the emperor had given the previous All the salary arrears were settled, so everyone was still in a happy mood.

After finishing this day's process, Zhu Tianqi was really tired. Sitting there all day long was already tiring, let alone wearing a twelve-pointed flat crown on his head, which made his neck almost stiff. .

Now that the Zhengdan Festival is over, Zhu Tianqi plans to have a good sleep first, and then starting from tomorrow, he will officially start to advance the various matters at hand.

(End of this chapter)