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,
Miao Jin entered the palace yesterday because Empress Xu summoned her.She knew that Zhu Gaoxu was married, but she did not go to watch the ceremony; until today, she came to Kunning Palace, wanting to see what the Princess of Gaoyang looked like.Miao Jin was still wearing her Taoist robe and combing her hair into a bun. Today, the cotton fabric of her robe was softer than before, and the cut was more fitting. There was nothing strange about the clothes, but because of her figure, her coldness seemed heroic and her gentleness seemed charming. The soft material was supported by her body, and she inadvertently thought of what Zhu Gaoxu said, and her ears felt a little hot.Walking into the grand and spacious Kunning Palace, the palace maids and eunuchs all respectfully call her "Master Chi Yue", after all, she is someone the Empress cares about.Miao Jin was taciturn and ignored the palace servants. She just wasn't in the mood to talk...her mind had alr
After lunch at the palace, the two princes and their princess left. Zhu Di went to the East Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace to rest. He wanted to take a nap, but he suddenly remembered something that he had not done, so he sent someone to find some eunuchs.Zhu Di had just taken control of the huge Ming Dynasty, and there were endless things to do every day. He could only hide all his emotions in his heart and proceed one by one according to the method he had thought of.Soon, the eight eunuchs whose names were called arrived at the East Warm Pavilion.Zhu Di took a look and saw that everyone was there.They were all eunuchs, including Zheng He (originally named Ma He) and Baoer (originally named Li Qian) from Yunnan; Yunxiang (originally named Mengge) and Tian Jiahe (originally named Haratimu) from the Hu people; there was also the Jurchen Wang An (originally named Buhuadu), the Xifan Mengji (originally named Tianer), Gou'er (originally named Wan
"Scheming woman! Scheming woman..." The parrot called a few times. It had been released from the cage and fluttered on the wooden frame. Unexpectedly, the bird's feet were still tied with chains, and it could only move in a small space.The maid next to her tilted her head to glance at the parrot and continued to slowly wipe the table. Because she was alone, her movements were very slow, as if she was dozing off and absent-minded.At this moment, the parrot suddenly made a duck-like scream. The maid turned around and her face turned pale. A yellow cat was biting the bird's neck and dragging it off the shelf. But there was a chain on the bird's feet, so the cat held the bird's neck and swung back and forth on the wooden shelf together, like a swing.The maid hurried over and caught the cat with both hands, but the cat was still holding the bird in its mouth."Someone come, someone come..." the palace maid shouted hurriedly.Soon, several eunuchs a