I'm really not the carpenter emperor

What does Old Wei keep for, she actually knows this...

Zhu Youxiao was secretly surprised. He didn't expect Zhang Yan to learn from him so quickly during his time in the harem.

The Empress Yi'an who was originally influenced by Confucian culture in history disappeared, and was replaced by Zhang Yan, who is now full of scheming and talent.

But the surprise was the surprise, Zhu Youxiao was very happy for Zhang Yan to have this change.

It seems that my original arrangement has had an effect.

Zhu Youxiao thought of the triumphal ceremony during the day, and was so excited that he took Zhang Yan into his arms, and without warning, he opened his mouth and kissed him.

Zhang Yan's cheeks were extremely red, but she also wrapped her arms around Zhu Youxiao's head and neck, closed her eyes, and kissed with forgetfulness.

……

The Kunning Palace is full of spring, the lights in the capital are few, and the streets and alleys are cold.

The snow that fell in the open night was irradiated by the new sunlight, shining a short-lived colorful brilliance, and then melted, turning into a drop of morning dew on the edge of the window eaves of Xinwang Mansion.

Zhu Youjian, who was 16 years old this year, got up and entered the inner hall, and saw that the two maidservants bestowed on him by Emperor Tianqi had been waiting for a long time.

Immediately, the corner of his mouth moved, and he walked in pretending nothing had happened.

One maidservant held the hot soup, while the other maidservant held a silver plate with three squares of white veils and a square of sweet-scented osmanthus soap on it for daily washing.

"Your Highness, you are awake."

Zhu Youjian yawned as he walked, and said, "I'm awake, you guys wait for me to wash up first, and we'll talk about it later if there's anything else to do."

The two maidservants frowned, and approached Zhu Youjian one after another, bowed in front of Zhu Youjian, and placed the silver plate, waiting for washing.

But he didn't want to, Zhu Youjian sat down on the table, said nothing and stopped moving, looked at them with flickering eyelashes and said:

"I have a sore throat."

"Why does a good throat hurt?" A maid said, "Did Your Highness read in the dark again at night?"

Zhu Youjian sighed helplessly, stood up and put on his boots, and said:

"Okay, okay, you guys are here again!"

"I will stop reading at night from now on. Is this what my imperial brother asked you to tell me?"

The two servant girls were amused by his appearance, and they immediately saw that it was a fake.

"Your Highness, why doesn't your throat hurt anymore?"

"Yeah, you're still very quick to speak!"

The two maidservants couldn't help laughing, and waited for Zhu Youjian to start washing while talking.

One person pulled Zhu Youjian to sit on the stool, and the other took a silver plate to clean his face and comb his hair, and said while combing:

"It's nice to be young when you look young!"

"Your Highness's hair is shiny and shiny. After a while, the net towel will cover it. By then, he will be a man just like His Majesty."

"I used to be." Ren and the two girls were fiddling with themselves, Zhu Youjian lowered his head and played with his fingernails boredly.

"Yes, according to His Majesty's wishes, His Highness will marry the Zhou family in Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture next month."

As the maid said, she began to deliberately pay attention to Zhu Youjian's expression.

"Your Majesty, never leave your Majesty."

Zhu Youjian muttered something, looked at the maidservant who was talking, got up in a hurry, took two steps just now, but stopped.

He saw a person approaching in front of his eyes, who came anxiously.

When this man saw Zhu Youjian, he first looked at the two maidservants in the house, and after receiving Zhu Youjian's wink, he said out of breath:

"Your Highness, Wei... the factory owner has sent someone here!"

Chapter 571 National Beauty Peony

Zhu Youjian thought for a while and asked:

"Who did he order to come, and what did the person say?"

The man Nuonuo replied: "Returning to Your Highness, it is Li Chaoqing, the eunuch Li Chaoqing, the supervisor of ceremonies, who said he came to send flowers."

"Send flowers?"

Zhu Youjian walked slowly to the stool in the stone pavilion in the courtyard and sat down, and gave the two maidservants following behind him a wink, ordering them to continue to tie their hair.

After thinking for a moment, he said:

"You go and bring him the best tea in the mansion, and take him to the side hall to wait. I will wash up and get dressed before going to greet him."

Watching the man leave, Zhu Youjian frowned in thought.

This Li Chaoqing was the most powerful member of the Wei Party in the inner court besides Chaofu, the steward of the Qianqing Palace, and the godson of Wei Zhongxian.

On weekdays when Wei Xun was traveling, eunuchs shouted and drank around him, and Li Chaoqing was the first one. He sent him here today, presumably to monitor his movements on behalf of his imperial brother on a regular basis.

Thinking of this, he sneered from the bottom of his heart, but there was no movement on his face.

The two maidservants were deliberately selected by Zhu Youxiao from the accompanying people in the Qianqing Palace. They are extremely credible and the purpose is to monitor.

One of the women, when she learned that someone from the palace was coming, her hand movements also accelerated.

She put back the broken hair on his forehead for Zhu Youjian, and skillfully tied a strand of black hair in a bun on the back of his head.

Finally, use the white jade hairpin on the silver plate to wear it, and put on a net towel before finishing the work.

Zhu Youjian gently fastened the buttons on his cuffs, his clear eyes flickered slightly, and he said slowly in an extremely calm tone:

"Let's go and meet him."

The people in the palace ordered a cup of Duyun Maojian cooked with plum blossom snow water, and Li Chaoqing was sitting in the side hall on the north side of the palace, tasting tea.

He wasn't in a hurry, anyway, according to the order of Mr. Wei Chang, the matter of the end of the year will be handled by the Empress of the Central Palace, and it is not their turn to take care of it.

The eunuch holding the pen in the inner court, this is a big crotch.

The steward of the palace here did not dare to sit down, but bowed and smiled apologetically with Li Chaoqing, asking if there was any other needs.

"Duyun Maojian can be regarded as a regular tribute tea in the inner court today, but this one... the prince is really in the mood to cook tea with this year's dew."

"My father-in-law is really overrated. My lord is in the palace all day long. He doesn't leave the gate or walk through the second door. There is really nothing to do."

There was a flattering smile on the butler's face.

After hearing this, Li Chaoqing smiled slightly and didn't say much, just continued to taste tea.

At this time, Zhu Youjian came out of the back hall gracefully and gracefully, wearing the prince's uniform, a winged crown, and a white jade waist.

Li Chaoqing quickly put down the teacup, got up and bowed twice:

"I have seen His Royal Highness Xin Wang."

Zhu Youjian smiled, leaned over to help him up, and said:

"Okay, you don't need to stick to etiquette with me, I believe that the palace has never had any guests, so sit down as you please."

While speaking, he looked out of the hall, and saw a row of inner court eunuchs coming.

Those little eunuchs walked in small steps, and under the command of the steward of the palace, they brought a total of 16 potted flowers and placed them in the courtyard.

There are clusters of flowers and layers of Chiba. At first sight, it is a carefully selected palace product.

Zhu Youjian didn't know what kind of medicine Wei Zhongxian sold in the gourd, and asked with a smile: "It's not yet the first month, what is the factory owner sending these peonies for?"

Now it was Li Chaoqing's turn to apologize.

"The fans of Dongchang moved here from Changping on purpose. Although the winter in the Gyeonggi area is still cold, the peonies in that area bloom earlier than in previous years."

"Even so, it took a lot of thought from the gardeners in the Ministry of Industry."

"In addition to sending them to the palace, His Majesty also left a lot of plants in the palace. You see, the Lord still thinks about His Highness."

Hearing the word Your Majesty, Zhu Youjian frowned fleetingly, then smiled, and said as if nothing happened:

"Why is the supervisor of ceremonies free today, and the factory owner asked you to come to me in person?"

Seeing that he was already sitting, Li Chaoqing sat down slowly and said:

"Isn't your Highness going to marry the Wang family of Daxing County next month? The palace always needs to buy something. The factory owner is a kind old man, so he insists on helping you."

After finishing speaking, he ordered the eunuchs to line up the potted flowers, and proudly said:

"They are all good-looking Yao Huang. His Highness will get married next month. His Majesty will also be there. The whole country is happy. It just happens to add some spring colors to the new house."

Zhu Youjian breathed a sigh of relief, and said in admiration:

"So that's how it is. Please, father-in-law, please thank Chang Gong and brother Huang on Xiao Wang's behalf after returning home."

Li Chaoqing noticed that in these words, King Xin deliberately listed Wei Zhongxian's name before the current emperor, took a breath in his heart, and forced a smile:

"It should be, this is the duty of a servant girl, Your Highness is serious."

Zhu Youjian got up, looked at the spring scenery all over the garden, and sighed:

"National peony, it must be spring, and the garden will be filled with fragrance, but unfortunately..."

"I'm a fireman. It's okay to raise some ordinary flowers and plants. I'm afraid I won't be able to raise these sixteen peonies here."

"They are fortunate enough to be watched by His Highness. One glance is a blessing." Li Chaoqing smiled apologetically, bowed and said:

"The servants don't dare to bother me too much, so I'll go back to the palace first."

Zhu Youjian sat upright, received his worship, his eyes drifted to one side, and lightly told the housekeeper:

"Send off my father-in-law for me."

Li Chaoqing felt that the two were "having a good time talking", and the indifference under Xin Wang's appearance, so he turned and left quickly.

After walking a few steps, I heard the voice behind:

"Wait a minute."

"I trouble you, father-in-law, to report to His Majesty when you go back. Mountains and rivers are the top priority, and rivers and mountains are the second. The good tea cooked in snowy water and morning dew is not prepared for my grandson who can't climb mountains or swim."

"After the big wedding, I will go to the feudal clan by myself, and ask him to clean up the snow, rivers and mountains by himself, and respect himself."

Li Chaoqing's eyes were serious, he turned around with a look of panic, and said:

"Where did your Highness come from?"

However, Zhu Youjian didn't intend to explain any more, and once again lightly ordered the housekeeper of the palace:

"Send off the guests."

Li Chaoqing couldn't talk anymore, so he had to be sent out of the gate of Xinwang Mansion by the housekeeper.

After watching him get on the horse and leave with a group of eunuchs, the housekeeper returned to the hall and said:

"Your Highness, everyone has already returned to the palace."

Zhu Youjian stared at the sixteen peonies in the courtyard, just like him at his age, with rich and bright colors, but the brilliance was covered by the white snow.

……

"Xin Wang really told you so?"

After hearing this, Wei Zhongxian seemed a little unbelievable for a while.

Why are the princes and grandchildren of the Zhu family so young and mature? Zhu Youxiao, who was succeeded by the eldest grandson of the former emperor, was able to build slaves shoulder to shoulder, and conquered the southwest by himself at the age of 16.

In dealing with the Donglin party members, the methods were also ruthless and severe. A major imperial examination case wiped out almost all the Donglin party officials in the court.

The current King Xin is also 16 years old, the year of his wedding, the current Emperor has completely understood his obscure intentions.

"It's absolutely true!" Li Chaoqing was also a little shocked, "Do you want to tell His Majesty if you believe the prince's words?"

Wei Zhongxian glanced at him immediately, and said:

"Tell me or not, His Majesty will know sooner or later."

"This matter, I personally say, you go back to the Supervisor of Rituals to be on duty, and don't mention it to anyone, or even the governor will not be able to keep you."

Li Chaoqing wiped his sweat again and again, and watched Wei Zhongxian leave.

Chapter 572 I just followed his will