Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

Forbidden City, Qingning Palace.

"The Empress Dowager, Your Majesty has already gone to Fengtian Palace!" The eunuch responsible for paying attention to the movements of Zhu Youtang's dragon chariot came back to report, looking very excited.

Sitting in the seat is the Queen Mother Zhou, but now she has been promoted to the Queen Mother.

Although his son Zhu Jianshen has passed away, his grandson Zhu Youtang took over the throne, and his status rose instead of falling. Especially, this grandson was raised by himself.

"Royal Grandmother, I was just a little bit a little bit tempered, but I didn't expect that Your Majesty would be really angry!" Zhang Yujiao said with tears in her eyes, looking aggrieved.

Empress Dowager Zhou turned to look at the granddaughter-in-law she had personally chosen, and said gently: "It's normal for a young couple to argue, but this man also needs to be coaxed!"

"I have always given in to Your Majesty, but this time His Majesty was unreasonable and avoided me yesterday!" Zhang Yujiao, who had always pretended to be a lady, now looked pitiful and authentic.

When Empress Dowager Zhou chose the Crown Princess, she already knew Zhang Yujiao's temperament clearly, but she chose to expose the lie and said: "The Ai family has heard that you let the Crown Prince sleep in the study for several days! "

"I... my letter is here!" Zhang Yujiao did not expect that Empress Dowager Zhou had an informant in the Prince's Mansion, so she lied casually.

Empress Dowager Zhou had always been the protagonist of the harem fights. She had already seen through Zhang Yujiao at a glance. However, it was undoubtedly in her own interests that Zhang Yujiao could suppress Zhu Youtang. She nodded lightly and said: "Your Majesty will come over later. I will help you talk to Your Majesty." As he said, husband and wife don’t have an overnight feud!”

"Thank you, Imperial Grandmother!" Zhang Yujiao was secretly happy, and her sadness suddenly turned into joy.

Ever since the last Mid-Autumn Festival, I don't know where something went wrong. Zhu Youtang, who was originally controlled by him, seemed to have become a different person.

Earlier, she could still send soup to express condolences, but in the past two days, she began to withdraw her personnel and drove the eunuchs and maids who were facing her directly out of Qianqing Palace.

However, she knew that Zhu Youtang was brought up by the Queen Mother Zhou. Zhu Youtang listened to the Queen Mother Zhou the most, and now she was using the Queen Mother Zhou to put pressure on him, believing that everything would return to the way it was before.

At auspicious times, the sound of bells and drums from the Meridian Tower of the Forbidden City echoes in this palace complex with red walls and glazed tiles.

Two thick doors were opened at the same time, and two guardsmen holding painted halberds ran out of the palace gate neatly, standing by the palace road with a murderous aura about them.

"All officials come in!"

When the bells and drums in the Meridian Tower just stopped, an eunuch immediately sang loudly.

The chief minister of the cabinet, Wan An, led the civil servants to enter from the left door. The British Duke Zhang Mao led the nobles and military officers to enter from the right door.

Now it’s a familiar process for going to court on weekdays! When they arrived at the Jinshui Bridge, all the officials stopped to tidy up their appearance, then walked across the Jinshui Bridge, and finally stopped in front of Fengtian Gate.

When the deacon of Honglu Temple saw movement in front of Fengtian Hall, he immediately said loudly: "Kneel down!"

"I bow to your Majesty, long live my emperor!" All the civil and military officials present saluted and shouted like a roaring mountain and a tsunami.

Zhu Youtang, who was wearing a Yanmian robe, came to the incense table where wine and meat were placed. He had already noticed that more than 3,000 civil and military officials kneeling below were following the procedures to pay homage to heaven and earth in front of the largest palace. Five bows and three kowtows.

Zhu Youtang ignored the civil and military officials who were watching the ceremony. After offering sacrifices to heaven and earth here, he went to Fengtian Hall to pay homage to his ancestors, skipping a few banquet halls, and then went to pay homage to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager.

Today, eunuchs kept reporting on Zhu Youtang's itinerary. When Zhu Youtang just entered the courtyard gate, the hall inside was already ready.

"My grandson pays homage to the imperial grandmother!" Zhu Youtang knew that the nearly sixty-year-old woman in front of him was quite capable, so he maintained his usual gentle image and saluted.

Empress Dowager Zhou looked at the grandson she had trained to successfully succeed to the throne. She smiled like a spring breeze and said: "Get up quickly and let the imperial grandmother take a good look at you. You are as handsome as an emperor like your father-in-law!"

Zhu Youtang stood up from the ground and noticed Zhang Yujiao standing next to him.

Zhang Yujiao also dressed up carefully today. She always pretended to be a virtuous and virtuous image in front of Empress Dowager Zhou, so she bowed and said: "I have met your Majesty!"

The Empress Dowager Zhou glanced at her and immediately said to Zhang Yujiao, "Your Majesty, Grandma Huang, you two are at odds. For the sake of Grandma Huang, how about you get back together?"

When Zhang Yujiao heard this, she looked aggrieved, as if she was indeed a victim.

"Okay, then admit your mistake to me!" Zhu Youtang knew that it was not advisable to be too ruthless, so he expressed his position calmly.

Although the woman in front of him was the culprit of Jiajing taking away the royal heir, everything would eventually change. He would definitely branch out, and he would not allow the spiritual tablets after his death to be returned to the partial sect.

Zhang Yujiao's eyes widened and she pointed at her pretty nose in disbelief. She never expected that this man who obeyed her would actually ask her to admit her mistake in public.

Empress Dowager Zhou glanced at Zhu Youtang in surprise, but still stood by her grandson and said: "Jiao'er, admit your mistake by pouring tea for His Majesty!"

"I... my granddaughter-in-law is not wrong!" Zhang Yujiao was a proud and arrogant person, and she even thought that she would eat this man to death, so she refused in a temper.

"Emperor Grandma, the enthronement ceremony is not over yet. My grandson has to take leave first and come back to say hello to the Imperial Grandmother at night!" Zhu Youtang knew that this woman still wanted to control him, so he saluted Empress Dowager Zhou.

Empress Dowager Zhou knew that the top priority was to successfully hold the enthronement ceremony, so she gently nodded in agreement and said: "Okay, Your Majesty, you go ahead and do your work first!"

"Goodbye, grandson!" Zhu Youtang had already given Zhang Yujiao a chance, but turned around and left without looking at Zhang Yujiao.

Zhang Yujiao's grievance just now was just a disguise, but when she saw that the man who once licked her toes actually asked her to admit his mistake, her eyes were filled with anger.

Even though this man is the current His Majesty, my heart still wants to step on this man hard into the mud and make him continue to surrender under her pomegranate skirt.

Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Zhu Youtang leaving, but she felt more clearly that Zhu Youtang seemed to be a different person, and her brows could not help but frown tightly.

Is this still the silly Baitian that I cultivated? Is he still the obedient grandson who obeys every word? Or is it really like in the dream that he has been pretending and will have to settle accounts with himself after becoming the emperor?

An eagle with a white head and a yellow beak appeared in the sky above the Forbidden City, taking a bird's eye view of the splendid Forbidden City. But as it spreads its wings and flies high, the entire city of Beijing becomes smaller and no longer bound by this world.

Zhu Youtang is now like a sharp knife coming out of its sheath, but the harem is not the most urgent problem to solve. The most difficult problem now is the group of educated gangsters.

Leaving Qingning Palace, we immediately headed to Renshou Palace without stopping.

Emperor Chenghua's Queen Wang was not favored. Even though Emperor Chenghua left so many children, none of them were born to Queen Wang.

Although the Queen Mother has earned the title of Queen Mother, Empress Dowager Zhou is now in charge of the harem, and soon there will be a queen in charge of the harem. She, the Queen Mother, has been reduced to a marginal figure.

The Queen Mother is nearly forty years old. Because she has no children and takes good care of herself, she is still a beautiful woman to this day. But if she married into an emperor's family, she would be a widow for the rest of her life.

"Empress Dowager, please live here with peace of mind. My sons and daughters will definitely fulfill their filial piety in the future!" Zhu Youtang expressed his hope that the harem could live in harmony.

The Queen Mother dismissed some irrelevant people and expressed her goodwill: "Your Majesty, the Ai family has a nephew who works in Beizhen Fusi. He said that recently Beizhen Fusi suddenly monitored the ministers in the capital. I wonder if this is your Majesty's secret order. ?”

"I remember that the Queen Mother's nephews who serve in Beizhen Fusi are named Wang Lan and Wang Xiang, but I don't know who they are?" Zhu Youtang's heart moved slightly, but he did not answer directly.

Although the Jinyiwei were the emperor's personal bodyguards, they were filled with too many relatives and children of civil servants. For example, there were more than ten children from the Empress Dowager Zhou's natal family who held important positions in the Jinyiwei.

Jinyiwei was constantly infiltrated by the children of civil servants, and now it had already changed its character, otherwise Emperor Chenghua would not have reused the East Factory and established the West Factory.

The Queen Mother realized that Her Majesty in front of her was not stupid, so she nodded with a smile and said, "Your Majesty has a good memory. This matter was reported to me by Wang Lan, who serves as a member of the Hundred Households of Jinyi in Fusi, Beizhen."

"Queen Mother, if Wang Lan enters the palace, please ask him to go to the Qianqing Palace. If I have anything to ask, I will ask you!" Zhu Youtang naturally wanted to regain control of the Jin Yiwei, and it seemed that there was something genuine in his words.

The Queen Mother has nothing else to ask for and can no longer fight. Now she just hopes that her family will live a better life, so she naturally agrees.

As soon as Zhu Youtang left, she immediately arranged for Wang Lan to enter the palace in the name of visiting her.