In late April of the 35th year of the Hongwu reign of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di appointed Xu as the empress. A few days after the ceremony, the empress's children came to congratulate her one after another, and Xu then held a family banquet in the Imperial Garden to entertain her relatives.
When the prince received the imperial edict, Yuan Gong had just arrived at the prince's mansion.
Yuan Gong came directly from Xuanzang Temple. He was originally a fortune teller and did not believe in Buddhism. He went to the temple only because Yao Guangxiao lived in the temple. Yuan Gong and Jin Zhong were both recommended to the Prince of Yan's Palace by Yao Guangxiao, which is why they have the high positions and generous salaries they have today.
Yao Guangxiao played a great role in the "Battle of Jingnan". After the emperor ascended the throne, he wanted to give him a mansion and palace maids, but he refused to accept anything and just lived in the temple. In the mor
As Zhu Gaoxu and the eunuch walked to a row of double-eaved houses, they saw the eunuch Zheng He walking quickly towards them."Nice to meet you, Eunuch Zheng." Zhu Gaoxu was the first to greet.Zheng He glanced at the eunuch next to him, stepped forward and bowed, and said in a deep voice, "Empress Ma of Jianwen wanted to tie a rope to commit suicide. Fortunately, the palace maid discovered it early and called for help in time. Later, Ma wanted to see Prince Gaoyang, and the emperor allowed it and ordered me to come to you.""Why does Ma want to see me?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.Zheng He said, "Ma asked the palace maids where Wengui was. No one could answer at first, so she looked for an opportunity to commit suicide. Later, someone told her that Wengui was in Fengyang, but she didn't believe it and wanted to see King Gaoyang. Maybe because King Gaoyang saved her life, the person she trusted the most was you."Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the sun that was almos
The mother of Zhu Gaoxu and others was canonized as queen. Within a few days, all the heroes of "Jingnan" were rewarded for their merits, and many of them were granted the title of duke, marquis or uncle. Only the emperor's children have not yet been granted titles, and Zhu Gaoxu and others still hold the title of county king and princess.The prince is usually relatively idle and has no control over the civil and military affairs of the court. Unless summoned by the emperor, Zhu Gaoxu did not even have to go to daily court affairs. Most of the time, it can be said to be doing nothing....The Prince of Gaoyang County has not caused any trouble in the capital for several months, and has not heard of any murders. All the ministers are very lucky. Rumor has it that because of his lust, he has acquired a beautiful little nun, a brothel singer, a few snatched folk girls, and others. They spend all day in the house to show off their prostitution and have no time to caus
After the drums of Youshi sounded, the officials in various government offices went off duty, and the emperor was about to take the royal chariot back to the harem. The day's business was coming to an end, and only the eunuchs and maids of each palace had to take turns to continue working.There were tens of thousands of people in the palace, but almost none of them could see the emperor. For several months, Zhu Di slept alone or with the queen at night, never spending the night in other concubines' rooms.Empress Xu was a virtuous person and would occasionally advise the emperor to get wet with rain and dew. Zhu Di then called other concubines to sleep with him, and when he was done, he asked people to take him away, but he still did not leave any concubines to spend the night.As soon as Zhu Di passed through Qianqing Gate today, he ordered his team to go directly to Kunning Palace and still look for Queen Xu.Queen Xu had just been canonized as quee
The Gaoyang County Prince's Mansion was foggy, with many people cleaning the yard and the air filled with dust. Zhu Gaoxu walked on the eaves, watching the eunuchs and palace maids busying themselves there, and officials from the Imperial Clan Court coming in and out, busy posting paper-cut couplets and leading people to move things into the gatehouse.Several maids from the palace took the rags down from the window and knelt together in greeting.Zhu Gaoxu then asked, "Whose maids are you?"A maidservant said, "Your Highness, we used to be maidservants in Kunning Palace. The Queen said that there are not enough people in your house, not even enough to serve the Princess, so she sent some maidservants here.""Oh..." Zhu Gaoxu nodded.He continued to walk around the house, feeling very strange, as if marriage had nothing to do with him, and it was all taken care of by others. He heard that someone would come to teach him etiquette and that kind of
Zhu Gaoxu also got up early in the morning. He heard that the princess had been given a golden seal and golden book, but he didn't know when it happened. Professor Hou Hai seemed to know a little bit of etiquette, and reminded Zhu Gaoxu, "When the prince goes to welcome the bride, when you arrive at the Princess's central hall, stand and bow four times to the Princess's parents. They only bow twice..."Hou Hai was still gesturing there. Zhu Gaoxu turned to look at him. Seeing his funny movements, he couldn't help but smile.Another palace maid came in and trimmed Zhu Gaoxu's eyebrows and beard, put a little rouge on his lips, and applied a thin layer of powder on his cheeks.Then he began to dress, Zhu Gaoxu wore a green top and a blue-red skirt.He put on a crown on his head, which was a kind of cap with beads hanging on the front and back, like the head portrait hat on paper money for the dead. He felt very uncomfortable wearing this hat, and the bea
It was broad daylight outside the carved window, but red candles had been lit in the bridal chamber, and red wedding characters were pasted on the windows, cabinets, and beds. The bright red color concealed the bride's gorgeousness, and contrasted her childish, pure, fair face with even more charm.Guo's cheeks were flushed and she was full of shame, but she was smiling faintly, which was an indescribable shyness and tenderness.When Zhu Gaoxu walked towards her, she avoided his gaze, but she was clearly watching him from the corner of her eyes, as if she couldn't stand the strong affection between them and wanted to hide, but couldn't bear to.She sat upright by the bed, dignified and beautiful, holding her hands together on her knees, too nervous to move; under the dignified and reserved posture, she was clearly sitting by the bed waiting for something, without the slightest intention of resisting, as if she was catering to that thing. It was hard to tell
Guo Wei woke up and rubbed her sleepy eyes. She saw big red wedding characters everywhere in the room, and Zhu Gaoxu was no longer beside her. She covered her body with the quilt and stretched out her arms to find underwear.At this time, several palace maids came in, first knelt down to salute Guo Wei, and then came in with various things to help her dress, wash and dress up."Where is the prince?" Guo Wei asked.A palace maid said, "Just now I saw the prince go to the study. The prince ordered that the princess should go to the dining room to eat after getting up, and then go out later."So Guo Wei was helped to put on a red long-sleeved gown, a shawl, a red silk skirt, a red silk jacket, a phoenix crown and other complicated things. She could not choose because the clothes had been prepared long ago. Then she was taken to the dining room by a palace maid.Soon, several strange women came in one after another, carrying porridge, buns and some s
After a busy day yesterday, Zhu Gaoxu and his wife went to the imperial city and completed many complicated and lengthy ceremonies. Today, Zhu Gaoxu and Guo Wei will go to the palace again to pay respects to their father, the emperor and their mother, and the wedding will be almost over after this trip.At dawn, he called Guo Wei to get up together. Zhu Gaoxu still wore a leather jacket and a large hairpin on his head, while Guo Wei wore a phoenix robe and a phoenix crown.After breakfast, Zhu Gaoxu sat in the dining room for a while, looking thoughtful. Guo Wei also sat beside him without disturbing him.The maid brought up two cups of tea. Zhu Gaoxu picked up the cups, supported the bottom of the cup with his left hand, and placed the thumb and index finger of his right hand on the lid without opening it.The porcelain lid of the white ceramic teacup had a protruding top, and Zhu Gaoxu repeatedly pinched the top with his right thumb and index finger,