Chapter 512 Shengshou Festival
Cunxin Hall is second only to Chengyun Hall in size. Choosing to summon Li Hui here also shows that they value him.
Under the guidance of the eunuch, Li Hui passed through several major doors and finally arrived outside the Cunxin Hall.
Every time he came to the Ming Dynasty, Li Hui had different gains, but everything he saw gave him the idea that the Ming Dynasty was too powerful.
At this time, his strongest feeling was that Prince Xiang was too grand and extravagant, and in comparison, his mansion in North Korea seemed simple.
"Even if the palace is a little bigger, it can't be as exquisite as this palace."
"Brother Wang, Brother Wang, tomorrow will be so majestic, you are really a frog in the well, fainted "My head is gone"
"Mencius said, if God doesn't take what he wants, you can't blame me for it."
Standing in front of the palace and waiting quietly, Li Hui's inner drama was very There are so many, and the expressions on their faces are constantly changing.
After waiting for a while, another eunuch finally came out of the palace, and it was Zhu Jinghong's eunuch Yu Hai.
"Master Mingchuan, please enter the palace"
Finally, he was going to see King Xiang. Li Hui was both nervous and looking forward to it, and he quickly went through what he wanted to say in his mind.
Following Yu Hai into the palace, Li Hui couldn't help but feel envious when he looked at the majestic main hall. He secretly thought that it would be great if he could regulate the palace like this.
"Mr. Mingchuan please"
Yu Hai continued to lead the way, leading Li Hui from the main hall to the side hall, but unfortunately there was still no one inside.
"Master Mingchuan, please wait a moment, the prince will be here soon"
After saying this, Yu Hai retreated outside the hall, while Li Hui waited quietly.
About ten seconds later, Li Hui heard footsteps again, so he boldly raised his head and looked towards where the sound came from.
The next moment, a man wearing a gray moire round-neck robe and a net scarf appeared in front of him.
You have to look closely to see the clues in Zhu Jinghong's attire, and understand how ingenious it is to turn extremely delicate fabrics into ordinary.
So at first glance, what he was wearing at the moment did seem ordinary.
Of course, no matter how gorgeous the clothes are, they cannot cover up the brilliance of Zhu Jinghong himself.
For example, at this moment, Li Hui was intimidated by Zhu Jinghong’s momentum, and unconsciously lowered his head and bent over, then raised his hands and saluted, "Foreign Minister Li Hui, pay homage to His Highness"
They are both princes, Such magnanimity is much better than that of his father and brother Wang, Li Hui thought.
As for Zhu Jinghong, he glanced at Li Hui, who looked respectful, and went straight to the main seat.
After sitting down, Zhu Jinghong just said, "No need to be polite."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Waving his hand, Zhu Jinghong motioned for Li Hui to take a seat. The latter was extremely careful. Come and sit next to him.
"I've come a long way this time. I've had a hard time on the road."
Li Hui, who had just sat down, stood up quickly and respectfully replied, "You can go to heaven and become the Supreme Emperor."It is truly an honor for a foreign minister to congratulate him on his birthday. How can I dare to express my sorrow?"
Moving for Li Hui to sit down again, Zhu Jinghong said with a smile, "Compared to last time, your Mandarin is getting better and better now."< /p>
Li Hui was worried about how to raise the topic, but he immediately had an idea after hearing these words.
“Since the founding of the country by King Tai, everyone in Korea has admired the Ming Dynasty’s civil rule and taught all the people with the teachings of sages. , no matter the royal family, the two classes, or even ordinary people in the middle class, all of them practice the writings, laws, and arts of the Ming Dynasty all the time."
"Foreign ministers are dull and have little knowledge. They will have to study harder in the future."
"It's just"
While Li Hui was chatting, a sudden turn of events made Zhu Jinghong realize that this guy had something up his sleeve.
So he became wary and very cautious. "It's just that"
"I'm not afraid of His Highness's jokes, my brother Wang has other ideas about this"
Bringing out Brother Wang at this time is obviously another "take away" It seems that this boy is also restless. Zhu Jinghong smiled when he thought of this.
But he still asked "Brother Wang" very "considerately", "What do you think?"
“I don’t know who inspired me, but Brother Wang actually complained a lot about the Ming Dynasty writing, and even said that he wanted to build a Korean dictionary of his own.”
“Not only that, I also I heard Brother Wang himself say that after all, North Korea is different from the Ming Dynasty, and the laws of the Ming Dynasty may not be fully applicable. We should formulate laws and regulations that are consistent with our national conditions in North Korea."
"Are these true, or are they just rumors you have heard?" Zhu Jinghong asked calmly.
"Your Highness, these two teams in Seoul know it, how dare the foreign ministers arrange it randomly?" Li Hui replied very solemnly.
It is obvious that North Korea is a small country. Although he had a tendency to be restless, Nanzhen Fusi did not report it.
But thinking about the case that broke out in the first half of the year, the people of Nanzhen were involved in the arms reselling case, and it seemed that the situation was not reported. It's normal.
It has been more than three hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the Northern and Southern Divisions of Jinyiwei have been around for almost that long, and the problems they have developed are also very alarming.
It's not just them, but Dongchang is also the same. Such things.
Although each generation of emperors would punish their slaves, the so-called "hard work" would lead to them returning to their old ways in a few years.
Zhu Jinghong continued to listen to Li Hui's story. , which made him very interested in the North Korean Crown Prince Li Xuan. A person with such a spirit is absolutely extraordinary.
When we talked about North Korea, he said everything he wanted to say. Li Hui was very knowledgeable and interesting. When it comes to gold.
“Your Highness, I came to Beijing this time and brought the remaining two thousand taels, which are now in the accompanying carriage. What do you want to do with them?”
Hearing Li Hui's words, Yu Hai, who was serving at the side, was very contemptuous, secretly thinking that the Koreans didn't understand the rules.
How could he talk about money matters so directly? Isn’t it okay to prepare some specialties as a small gift?
Zhu Jinghong laughed, and then replied, "I don't care about these things, just leave them to them."
"Yes"
Next, Zhu Jinghong and Li Hui chatted about trivial matters again, and the two got along more and more harmoniously.
It was at this time that Zhu Jinghong learned that Li Hui had been engaged to the Cui family and was going to get married in the next year. The bride was Cui Xiuqing, who had run for Prince Xiang's Palace.
Objectively speaking, although the Cui family is a wealthy local family in North Korea, and although the Cui family once saved Li Hui's life, it is not unusual for them to want to marry their daughter into the royal family.
Being valued by the royal family was entirely because Li Hui valued Cui Xiuqing and believed that this outstanding woman would be his virtuous wife.
The crown prince of Joseon, Li Xuan, has some ideas, but he doesn’t know who gave him the courage.
Is it because he was bewitched by the Japanese Okamoto family or because of the promise of the Rakshasa Kingdom? Or simply because Li Xuan doesn't know whether the sky is high or the sky is high, or it's both.
Now the imperial court is piloting the construction of a navy in Liaodong. It might come in handy in the possible turmoil caused by this matter
Send After leaving Li Hui, Zhu Jinghong thought of many things.
The Holy Birthday Festival is approaching in two days, which is not the time to discuss these matters, so Zhu Jinghong will not report it to the emperor for the time being.
He stayed in the house like this, either going to talk to Zhen Qin Yinglian or Ke Qing and the others to talk about life.
Time flies, and soon it is October 18th, which is the day of the Holy Shou Festival.
Like every year in the past, the Holy Shou Festival was held with great grandeur. The Emperor, who was already suffering from illness, still appeared on the stage to accept the congratulations from officials and envoys, and once again performed the drama of paternal filial piety with Zhu Xianming. .
In fact, during this Holy Shou Festival, the key point is to perform fatherly filial piety, whether it is between the emperor and the Supreme Emperor, or between the Prince Rui and the Emperor.
Zhu Jinghong did not participate in these things. Now that he is the center of attention wherever he goes, he naturally does not want to get involved in these things anymore.
So after the greetings were over, Zhu Jinghong led Baochai to the Queen's Kunning Palace.
They are not allowed to leave the palace yet. He may be able to refuse the state banquet in the afternoon, but he cannot refuse the royal family banquet tonight.
In Kunning Palace, Zhu Jinghong was sitting at the foot of the queen's throne, holding a tea cup and looking at it carefully.
The tea cup is naturally a high-quality tribute, but there is no need to stare at it all the time. The reason is that Zhu Jinghong is too boring.
Because at this time, Baochai was chatting with the queen about the gossip in the city. Which noble family raised a child was discovered, which official mansion was exposed and was investigated by the Jinyi Guards
Just Baochai talked about these meaningless contents with such excitement that Zhu Jinghong felt sleepy.
At this moment, Daiyu quietly walked into the hall, saluted the queen and came behind Zhu Jinghong.
"Thirteenth Master, princess, please come over"
"She asked me to come over and she should come to see me"
Although she expressed it verbally Although he was dissatisfied, Zhu Jinghong still got up from his chair. He felt uncomfortable staying here for one more second.
"Mom, Sheng'er asked me to go there."
"Go ahead," Yang Qingyin responded, and then looked at Baochai.
After walking out of the main hall of Kunning Palace, Zhu Jinghong slowed down, causing Daiyu, who was following behind, to almost bump into him.
Turn around and look at the slightly embarrassed Daiyu, Zhu Jinghong smiled and said, "Girl Lin, I haven't seen you for half a year, and you have grown a lot taller."
Now It was "alone" time with Zhu Jinghong, and Daiyu was particularly happy. She had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
"But it is no more than the Thirteenth Master. It only took half a year for his reputation to spread all over the world."
The person in front of him has the ability to stabilize the country. Daiyu naturally respects him very much. A look of admiration appeared unconsciously.
This was noticed by Zhu Jinghong, so he took two steps closer and asked in a low voice, "As the saying goes, a beauty matches a hero. Since I am such a hero, girl, are you willing to accompany me?"< /p>
Hearing this, Daiyu suddenly became serious and said in a bad tone, "Thirteenth Master, please respect yourself. Such frivolous words should not be uttered in your mouth."
Girl Daiyu had to respond in this way with due restraint, but in fact she was very happy in her heart.
Even Zicuckoo could see that Zhu Jinghong was interested in her, so how could she not be aware of it.
"The Book of Songs says that gentle ladies and gentlemen are fond of quarrels. I only imitate the gentlemen of the pre-Qin Dynasty. How can you say that my words are frivolous?"
"If you say it like this, you will be friends with the harp and the harp." Playing with bells and drums has become a dirty trick."
Although Zhu Jinghong's words are unreasonable, there is some truth in them, which gives Tian'er an excuse to continue talking.
Just listen to Daiyu say, "The Thirteenth Master prides himself on not reading, but he found these arguments from the Book of Songs. It is true that he has become a blockbuster even if he doesn't sing."
"But times have changed. It’s easy, a gentleman in the past may not be a gentleman in the present, just as the current etiquette system is different from the ancient etiquette system.”
"What the little girl said just now, that the Thirteenth Master is a hero known to the world, now seems to be an exaggeration."
Listening to the little girl talking a lot, Zhu Jinghong She had to lament his quick wit, and then asked, "How can you exaggerate the truth?"
Looking away from the corridor, Daiyu raised her eyebrows and said, "At least Thirteenth Master just acted frivolously, and he is not a hero."
"Hahaha, you girl is really sharp-tongued"
Hearing Zhu Jinghong's words, Daiyu glanced at Zhu Jinghong very arrogantly like a victorious general.
However, at the next moment, Zhu Jinghong suddenly took a step forward, leaned in front of Daiyu's eyes, and asked softly, "Girl, you are so rude, don't you be afraid of me punishing you if you commit any of the following offenses?"
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"If you attack a weak woman like me, the Thirteenth Master will only ruin his own reputation. Isn't it a small gain to make someone laugh at the expense of the world?"
While answering, Daiyu hurriedly stepped back. He took two steps, fearing that Zhu Jinghong would act excessively.
Zhu Jinghong put his hands behind his back and said, "You are the only one saying what a great hero is. I have never said that I am a hero."
"So I am not afraid either. Everyone in the world is laughing at him."
Not to mention, Zhu Jinghong is so famous now that he really wants to cause something to divert the attention of Beijing officials.
Being regarded as a hero by officials from both top and bottom every day is definitely not a good thing for him right now.
So, at this moment, he really had the motive to do something to Daiyu.
However, looking at the clear eyes of the girl in front of him, Zhu Jinghong still held back and did not take action.
Because he understands that Daiyu and Zhen Qin are very different, and using the same method as Zhen Qin to Daiyu may turn into a tragedy in the end.
"Okay, I asked you why you haven't come back for so long. It turns out you are whispering here"
"I caught you"
Xiangyun suddenly came out from the corner, looking excited that he had discovered a big secret, but it made the originally calm Daiyu feel particularly guilty, and she wanted to run away for a moment.
"Girl Yun, we just discussed knowledge, how can we say it was a whisper?" Zhu Jinghong said righteously.
"Discussing knowledge" Xiangyun looked unbelieving.
Wandering to Daiyu, Xiangyunhu asked, "Sister Lin, what kind of knowledge are you discussing with Master Thirteen?"
"As for the content of the Book of Songs, I am a gentleman with him." Debate"
Being caught is just "acting". Now she has to lie in front of Xiangyun. It is undoubtedly a great challenge for Daiyu. The education she received does not allow her to do so. Do this.
But she still said this with a calm expression, so she hid it from Xiangyun.
"Don't delay any longer. The princess is already impatient."
"If she is impatient, let her come to see me." Zhu Jinghong said with an indifferent attitude.
He could actually guess Zhu Yunsheng's purpose. To put it bluntly, he just wanted to go out of the palace to have fun, but Zhu Jinghong didn't really want to help.
But thinking that this was the only way to get Daiyu Xiangyun by his side, he had to wade through this muddy water.
"Forget it, I don't know her the same way, let's go and meet her."
After saying this, Zhu Jinghong immediately walked forward, and then Xiangyun took Dai. Jade follows.
In the main hall of Kunning Palace, after chatting with the queen, Baochai finally found the opportunity to ask, "Queen mother, I wonder how sister Ting is recovering from her illness now"
She has not seen Yang Jingting in the past two days when she came to the palace. She sent people to inquire privately but there was no news. Now she finally couldn't help but ask.
Putting down the tea cup, Yang Qingyin said calmly, "Although her illness has improved a little, her mind is now a mystery. She still needs to practice meditation. I have sent her to the Jade Emperor Palace"
The Jade Emperor's Hall mentioned by the Queen is the Royal Taoist Temple located in the northwest corner of the Forbidden City, where female nuns prayed for the past emperors.
Being sent here to recuperate is tantamount to declaring Yang Jingting's social death, and she will never come out again unless the queen orders her.
"Mother, the palace can also rest in peace, why not"
Baochai said this now, on the one hand, it was for performance needs, but it also did have some sincerity.
It was this half-truth and half-false attitude that convinced the queen that she was out of soft-heartedness, and she developed a desire to protect her.
I heard the queen say, "Her illness cannot be cured in your palace. She has to be taken care of by the gods, so you don't have to worry about it."
"But"
"Okay, I have my opinion on this matter, you don't need to say any more."
Yang Qingyin took on the posture of a queen, and Baochai naturally stopped talking. She felt that she had done her best.
So Baochai changed the topic and talked about Zhu Yunsheng.
Zhu Yunsheng will be fourteen years old next year. Although women are getting married when they are fifteen, the choice of a consort should also be put on the agenda, so Baochai talked about it.
The range of choices for the consort are generally nobles in the capital, and they are the second sons who do not inherit the title.
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