Transformed into a Princess of the Late Ming Dynasty: Invincible

Zhu Mianzhu looked at Queen Zhou and said:

"Mother, didn't my brother give me the throne of Crown Prince today?"

Zhu Youjian also said to Queen Zhou at this time:

"If Empress Dowager Cixi can restore the Ming Dynasty, I will abdicate to her. I will abdicate to her directly. Empress Dowager Cixi has no competition with Empress Dowager Cixi, so she will naturally not do anything to Empress Dowager Cixi."

At this time, Zhu Youjian stood up and walked to Empress Zhou. Empress Zhou also stood up. Zhu Youjian took her hand and said:

"As long as the Ming Dynasty does not perish in my hands, as long as I am not allowed to become the king who destroyed the country, and as long as the Han Chinese do not repeat the shame of the Song Dynasty, I will do anything."

Queen Zhou cried:

"I will obey your majesty"

Zhu Youjian turned his head and looked at Zhu Mianzhu.

"I won't ask any more questions. You have your own plans. Tomorrow I will issue a written order and a palace pass. With the pass, you can enter and exit the palace at any time during the day. On the surface, you will be leaving the palace to visit the residence of the father-in-law, the Earl of Jiading. You will be accompanied by two palace guards."

"I will give you the princess's seal privately to prove myself. This is the fastest way."

Zhu Mianchu replied:

"Ok"

Zhu Mianzhu watched as Zhu Youjian took Empress Zhou's hand and walked out of the palace, and she couldn't help but think of a sentence from her previous life.

"From now on, she will completely transform from a chess piece into a chess player."

The two guards were obviously people sent by Chongzhen to look after me. No matter what they did, they had to report to Chongzhen. It just so happened that I also needed to let Chongzhen know something.

As long as those two guards see the extraordinary power, they will probably become his people immediately. After all, the emperor is only the Son of Heaven, and is ultimately a mortal emperor. But he is the real extraordinary person with divine power. When the time comes, they will naturally know clearly who they should be loyal to.

The next morning, with Xiaohuan's help, she combed her hair into a bun and inserted a hairpin on the right side. Zhu Mianzhu looked at the cute little figure reflected in the basin. If it were in her previous life, she would have kneaded it madly. It was so cute, but unfortunately it was herself now.

Today, he was ostensibly going to the Jiading Earl's house to relax and have some fun. It was a good opportunity to borrow some money from him as start-up capital. Chongzhen was really stingy and didn't mention money for a long time. It seemed that he was really poor.

Otherwise, I don’t have the money to travel to the Pinggu Gold Mine in Jizhou, and I have to recruit people to mine and refine the gold in the early stage. All of these require start-up capital.

In addition to gold, that gold mine also has associated silver mines. We should dig some up quickly in the next two years, and then use the money to buy food in the south, or buy food from the British overseas. In those areas where there are three harvests a year, there is more than enough food to eat. With money and food, we can recruit soldiers and buy horses.

They could also modify the looms and develop the steam engines in advance, sell cheap cloth at low prices around the world, and exchange it for food.

All the refugees who were fleeing around due to the drought were caught and made to work in factories. They would have food to eat and wages to earn, so they would not rebel in the short term. After the natural disaster was over, they would be allowed to go back to farm.

After dressing up, Xiaohuan said:

"Your Highness, at daybreak, two eunuchs appeared outside the palace, holding something, seemingly waiting for Your Highness."

After hearing this, Zhu Mianchu thought it seemed my things had arrived, so she turned to Xiaohuan and said:

"Xiao Huan, can I trust you?"

When Xiao Huan heard this, she knelt down with a plop, lowered her head and said:

"Your Highness, I am your servant in life and your ghost in death."

When Zhu Mianzhu heard this, four talismans lit up in her eyes. You said this yourself, get up.

"I know there's someone behind you. You can say things that are within common sense, but you can't say things that are beyond common sense. You'll know when the time comes."

Zhu Mianzhu sighed in her heart. She knew that she was still too young. The people she could use at present were arranged by others. People arranged by others were destined to be not trustworthy and were destined not to be her own people. There was no other way now and she could only use them first.

Zhu Mianzhu walked in front and Xiaohuan followed behind. As soon as they walked out of Kunning Palace, they saw two eunuchs waiting for them at the door.

"Your Highness, this is something that His Majesty has asked me to give to you."

The two eunuchs spoke in unison and presented a golden palace pass and a handwritten letter.

Zhu Mianchu picked up the pass. Only with both the pass and the token could one enter the imperial city. The seal proving her identity was sandwiched between the pass. She gave the pass and the token to Xiaohuan, and put the seal in her pocket.

After putting away the seal, Zhu Mianzhu said to the two eunuchs:

"I received the items, please leave."

Zhu Mianzhu walked all the way to the outside of the Qianqing Palace and glanced at the harem buildings behind her. After so many years of separation, it might take many years for her to come back, at least one or two years, and at most three to five years.

When he comes back again, he should wear a sword and shoes when entering the palace, not bow when entering the court, and not mention his name when praising or bowing.

After leaving the inner palace, in addition to the usual palace guards, there were two more guards in plain clothes at the outer palace gate. When they saw Zhu Mianzhu, they said:

"Excuse me, is this Her Royal Highness the Princess?"

Because Zhu Mianzhu was so easy to recognize, she came out of the inner palace accompanied by palace maids, and the fabric of the clothes she wore was unusual.

"It's me. You are the guards assigned to me by my father, right? If there is nothing else, you lead the way to the Jiading Earl's Mansion."

Zhu Mianzhu walked behind, and there was no carriage. Fortunately, she discovered the magical effect of the chicken talisman yesterday. The floating power was added to her feet, which allowed her to float like a spirit, or float one or two centimeters above the ground, making it effortless to walk and not get dusty.

In this way, the two plainclothes guards in front, Xiaohuan in a maid's outfit behind them, and Zhu Mianzhu who was pretending to walk but actually floating in the middle, walked for a whole morning and finally arrived at the gate of the Jiading Earl's Mansion.

Zhu Mianzhu looked at the gate of the Jiading Marquis's Mansion. The gate was small and did not show wealth at first glance. Zhou Kui was really good at hiding money. He was so stingy. What was the point of hiding so much money? He could not spend it all. Later, when Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, all the money went into Li Zicheng's pocket. The silver and cloth amounted to more than one million taels of silver. He was really a miser who could not keep his money.

When Zhu Mianzhu reached the door, a doorman and a servant came over and asked:

"Miss, what brings you to the Jiading Marquis's residence? I will go and report to you."

Zhu Mianzhu looked at the doorman who was very polite. She thought that it was because she saw Xiaohuan's attire and knew that she was obviously from the palace, so she acted very politely.

Zhu Mianzhu thought about how to address Zhou Kui and said to the servant:

"Inform grandpa that Kunxing is coming to the mansion today."

After Zhu Mianzhu finished speaking, the servant quickly ran into the mansion. Soon, a white-haired old man came out, escorted by the servants.

Zhou Kui would visit Empress Zhou every New Year, so he knew Zhu Mianzhu. When he saw her, he smiled and said,

"Your Highness, why are you here today?"