The Enchanting Emperor

2nd day

"How is Princess Ming He today?" After conversing with Ming He for a long time last night, she had finally managed to persuade him to go back. Zhu Youtang himself was also tired, so he didn't return to the Eastern Palace's wedding room, but instead went to rest in his own hall in the Eastern Palace.

"Your Highness, Princess Ming He has already recovered a lot. Princess Huiqing sent word that after today, the princess will follow her back to the Zhou household. The princess has already reached the age at which she ought to be married. If she doesn't allow herself to be betrothed to another, it would be against the rules. "

Therefore, even if the crown prince was somewhat cold to the princess consort, Zhang Siyan's life in the Eastern Palace was also well served.

"Your Highness, it's time to pay respects to the empress dowager, His Majesty, and the empress dowager." These few years, Du Li slowly gained Zhu Youtang's trust, and now, she was the number one person by Zhu Youtang's side.

It was extremely rare for him to obtain Zhu Youtang's trust. All these years of exploration had indeed taken up a lot of Du Li's time. However, if there was a price to pay, there would be a reward. Amongst the Four Pears, Du Li was the closest to him.

"How is the princess consort now?"

What happened last night was outside the expectations of everyone, and Zhu Youtang himself wanted to go with the flow to probe Zhang Siyan. Therefore, when he left in the end, Zhu Youtang did not intend to return.

The one who answered Zhu Youtang was Gu Jianzhi, "The Crown Princess has been waiting for Your Highness all this time. After that, under the persuasion of a few female servants, we finally get some rest. "

Gu Jianzhi's news was sent by the other imperial guards, so Zhu Youtang was not at ease, thus, at places that Zhang Siyan did not know, there were actually many people monitoring her.

"What is the Crown Princess doing now?"

"The Crown Princess used the brunch. He should be in the outer hall now."

"Let's go to the Cloud Viewing Pavilion." The crown prince's new room was at the back of the East Palace, very close to where he lived. The Crown Princess was far away from the study room. In order to not waste time, the Crown Princess had to go to the study room.

"Let's go, we should pay our respects to the Royal Grandmother and royal mother now."

Zhu Youtang did not care about what Zhang Siyan's expression looked like after he finished speaking, and left himself. As for the servants who were not summoned by the crown prince, they stood up under Yali's instructions and left to do their own things.

Although a Consort Wan had died in the palace, she still had the Imperial Consort Xian as well as the Shao Chen Fei. As a result, the Tzu Ning Palace was bustling with noise and excitement, even the direct descendants of the late imperial concubines were present as well.

The emperor was already in low spirits. Many people could tell that it was only a matter of time before the crown prince ascended the great treasure. So when the Crown Princess came to pay his respects to him, they all went through the motions.

After all, the Crown Princess was the future Queen. As a relative of the royal family, or perhaps the future Crown Princess, he had requested to visit the Queen too many times. It was best to have a good relationship with his now.

"Grandson pays respects to Royal Grandmother." Great Ming Dynasty had always followed the rule of filial piety. Therefore, even if the emperor was present, the crown prince's consort would still have to bow to the empress dowager.

Zhang Siyan followed behind Zhu Youtang and following Zhu Youtang's instructions, he served a bowl of tea to Empress Dowager Zhou and then began to treat him to Sun Wife's tea.

After that was the emperor and empress alike. Just like the Empress Dowager Zhou, when the empress received the tea, someone else sent something bestowed by the empress to the crown prince's consort.

After bowing to the empress dowager, it was time for the other imperial concubines.

"Siyan greets the Imperial Consort Xian Empress."

"Crown Princess, please get up." Imperial Consort Xian had no children ever since the death of the previous crown prince. The prince who was currently by her side was raised under the Imperial Consort Xian because her birth mother's status was low.

It was also because of this that Imperial Consort Xian had always been the one who left out the least and the most at ease in the imperial harem. Next was the Shao Chen Fei and the other imperial concubines. After that, Zhang Siyan received a lot of gifts. Although Zhang Siyan did not personally receive it, she was still exhausted after walking around for a bit.

"This is the Eldest Princess."

"Greetings, imperial concubine." The First Princess had a gentle personality, she bowed to Zhang Siyan the moment she saw him.

"First Princess, please get up quickly." As Zhang Siyan said this, he gave the bag he prepared to the First Princess. This was something that sister-in-law should prepare for her peers.

As he walked down the stairs, even though Zhang Siyan himself was a man, he could not take it anymore. There were many relatives in the royal family. Those of the same generation had to bow, and those of the elders had to kneel. After Zhang Siyan left the Tzu Ning Palace, he couldn't help but feel emotional. Finally, he could leave.

To be able to receive the gift from the Crown Princess, they must be treated like concubines. After returning to his own hall, he couldn't help but complain when he saw that his wife, who had always been sulking in Tzu Ning Palace, was now here.

"Elder sister, why are you doing this to the Crown Princess? Haven't you heard that the Crown Princess lost his favor to your highness on the night of his wedding?"

From Liu Fei's point of view, since the princess was not favored by the princess, then it was naturally nothing to be afraid of. As a senior, he should be saluted by the Crown Princess. However, under the watchful eyes of the Tzu Ning Palace, he did not have such guts.

She was dissatisfied, yet she still bowed to the Crown Princess. And then she bowed to the Crown Princess. And then she just let it go.

Thus, after exiting the Tzu Ning Palace, the Liu Fei found a relatively close imperial concubine and began to complain. Liu Fei had her own plans. If she could find someone to be her weapon, that would be for the best. If they couldn't find him, it would be good if they could find someone to talk to.

But the Liu Fei did not expect that she would be despised, and scolded even when she was despised.

"Empress, even if you don't like Liu Fei, there's no need for you to go against him today." As one of Jingfei's trusted aides, the servant who spoke did not agree with Jingfei's way of handling the situation.

Although the Liu Fei was messing with him, what she said was not wrong. Nobody knew what the Crown Prince meant by that. Nobody knew whether he was truly dissatisfied with the Crown Princess or if he really didn't want to marry his.

Since that was the case, why not just watch from the sidelines? It was not the best strategy to get close to the Crown Princess.

"I naturally have my own plans. Don't tell me you think I don't have even the slightest bit of shrewdness?" Jingfei didn't intend to say much, but she understood that the wall had ears. Thus, it was best to say less.

"You don't like me that much?" The Palace of Heavenly Purity's emperor was furious. She saw a tea cup emperor sitting on the imperial desk. She grabbed the cup and threw it towards Zhu Youtang.

So it turned out that when the Emperor returned to the Palace of Heavenly Purity, a servant told the Emperor about what happened in the Eastern Palace last night.

There were quite a few people who had been watching the East Palace last night and the crown prince's consort as well.

The emperor never thought that Zhu Youtang would cause such trouble for him just because he didn't warn the crown prince for one night. Leaving the princess consort alone? He was slapping himself on the face of this emperor.

"Father, this is not the case. [I don't mean to leave the Crown Princess in the cold, but it is a matter of priority.] "Since something has happened to your son, your son will definitely be uneasy in his heart."

Zhu Youtang knew that the Emperor was not satisfied that he was too close with the Zhou Family. In fact, he had been away from the Zhou Family for the past three years. However, in the eyes of the Emperor, the Zhou family was a distant relative. Although Zhu Jianshen could not be considered a wise man, he still understood the path of an emperor.

Since ancient times, the authority of an outsider was more terrifying than that of a eunuch, causing even more serious injuries.

Because the Zhou family of Empress Dowager Zhou had always wanted to be rich, when the Princess Huiqing married into the Zhou family, the power of the Zhou family rose to the peak.

As the emperor, Zhu Jianshen valued the Great Ming Dynasty's hundred years of foundation, even if the Zhou family was his own outer sect, their surname would not be Zhu. So the emperor kept suppressing the Zhou family and even deliberately helped to raise the Wan Family later on.

However, when the Wan declined, the Emperor knew that this was a necessary course of action and did not criticize the crown prince further. However, the Crown Prince should not abandon his wife because of the daughter of the Zhou family.

"I don't care how guilty you are because of Zhou Yiru, but remember that you were first the crown prince, then our son, and finally you were somehow related to the Zhou family. If you still do not understand, then we will also pass the Great Ming Dynasty to you. "

Although Zhu Jianshen knew that his body would not make it, he still had time to make arrangements for the crippled crown prince.

"Father, didn't you love Ming He a lot?" Zhu Youtang was shocked that the emperor would actually say such a thing. In his heart, the emperor had always doted on Ming He, his niece. But now, the emperor was actually able to be indifferent to Ming He's life and death. This was truly inconceivable.

"Have you still not learned the Monarch Technique? As an emperor, you are destined to be a loner. Whether those around you flatter you or fawn over you is because you are an emperor. "So you can pamper anyone, but once someone threatens the imperial power, as an emperor, you have to stop being compassionate."

It was just like raising a cat or a dog. If the emperor was happy, he could make fun of anyone. If he was angry, he could also take back the authority he had.

"I'm tired. Go back to the Eastern Palace. "At the same time, I'll bring along my memorials from the past two days and think about what I've said."

The emperor waved Zhu Youtang off before walking towards the back hall of the Palace of Heavenly Purity.

On the way back to the Eastern Palace from Tzu Ning Palace, Zhu Youtang and Zhu Youtang walked together. When Zhu Youtang left Zhang Siyan and headed towards the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Zhang Siyan himself, along with Fourth Tang and the other orders from the Eastern Palace Clan took the imperial road and headed towards the Eastern Palace.

At the same time, Zhang Siyan also understood why some of the servants in the morning couldn't hide their joy at his misfortune. It turned out that the crux of the problem was that he was an unfavoured princess consort.

But even so, Zhang Siyan was not worried. Rumors naturally didn't have anything good to gain from it. He had done nothing wrong. Even if the Crown Prince didn't like him, he had no reason to embarrass the Crown Princess.

After stopping the actions of the few people, Zhang Siyan pretended to not know anything and returned back to the Eastern Palace.

Inside the Eastern Palace's study room, Zhu Youtang was thinking whether he had done something wrong. What he did before, what he did now. All the good things that were done for Zhou Yiru, and how he tolerated Zhou Yiru right now, were all probably done wrong.

Zhu Youtang had actually done what the Emperor said before, and was doing it now. But compared to the emperor, Zhu Youtang was sincere. But with the emperor's words, Zhu Youtang realized that he was wrong.

After thinking it through, Zhu Youtang summoned the stewards of the Eastern Palace and his family's orders.

"In the future, if the Zhou Mansion does not summon anyone, do not let them in. Also, in the future, Princess Ming He would be the same. If she trespasses into the East Palace, you can handle it according to the rules. "

Since he wanted to cut off all ties with Zhou Yiru, he should do it cleanly now.

After he finished explaining about Zhou Yiru, Zhu Youtang thought about how the Emperor was furious today because of the rumors regarding the Crown Prince's Consort. After thinking about it, Zhu Youtang decided to stay in the imperial guards.

"Find out where the rumors came from. If you find the communicator, check out who ordered it. This matter shall be concluded as soon as possible. "

Zhu Youtang had to admit that the Emperor had one thing to say that the Crown Princess was not someone he could just ignore if he wanted to.

In the past, when the Eastern Palace Mistress hadn't had a concubine that the empress dowager stuffed in, Zhu Youtang had used all sorts of reasons to send the person back to the empress dowager, or to find and send the person away. Those people were not his concubines after all, so the Emperor would not question him.

The matter from last night had indeed been handled incorrectly by him. It was only natural for the emperor to be angry, but when Zhu Youtang thought of this, he felt that he should make a trip to the Moon Pavilion.