First Prince of Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 652 Spring outing

  Spring is the birth of all things. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, when all things sprouted, it became a ritual to go out in the wild to welcome the spring.

  As far as farming civilization is concerned, spring planting and autumn harvesting, spring is everything. There is a folk saying that the plan of a year lies in spring, which can be proved.

On the day of the beginning of spring, the son of heaven personally commanded the three princes, nine ministers, princes, and high officials, and it was the etiquette of the country to welcome the spring in the eastern suburbs. .

  It is still unavoidable to this day. It just so happens that the spring is beautiful on the Shangsi Festival on March 3, so Zhu Biao followed his original promise and led everyone in the palace out of the city to Zijin Mountain for an outing.

  In addition to the concubines in the East Palace, there are also princes and princesses, big and small. As for the concubines in the harem, it is not appropriate for him to lead them out without Empress Ma.

   It is the officials and ladies invited by Chang Luohua. These days, the married women often ask the princess for a place for their daughter. It is decent to be eligible to participate in this kind of activity organized by the palace.

   Then there are the sons of honored nobles and the young officials from the Imperial College, etc. Of course, there is a difference between men and women. Although they are traveling together in the same mountain, the places to play must be separated.

   "Go to the palaces to urge, don't miss the time."

  Zhu Biao is dressed in a green robe with waist ring accessories and stands tall and straight like green pines and cypresses standing on the top of the mountain. The so-called East Palace is also the house of the Qing Emperor in the East. The east is spring, and the color is green. This suit is also suitable for the season.

  Although it’s still early, it’s already noon. It’s always a rare and interesting thing to go out to play in the palace. Naturally, it’s better to go early to play.

   As soon as Liu Jin promised, she hurried out of the palace and ordered the eunuchs below to go to the palaces to urge her again, so as not to spoil the good spirits of her highness. This is the most important thing for Liu Jin, and the rest have to give way.

   "Master, Wang Shi and Nuan Yu are starting to show signs of pregnancy, wouldn't it be better to stay in the palace?"

Chang Luohua came out of the inner hall and asked softly, Zhu Biao turned around and saw her brilliantly embroidered like a concubine and fairy, she couldn't help but frowned and said with a smile: "It's better to move around than to be bored in the house. Not too big, not to mention the imperial physician accompanying him to take care of him."

Zhu Biao pulled his wife to praise him, and Chang Luohua's happy mood became even better. Even the princess would hardly have the opportunity to go out to play in the palace, not to mention the husband promised that except for this time, when the emperor came back, he would be alone Take her on a southern tour alone.

   After waiting for a while, the eunuchs and maids in charge of the palaces rushed to **** the little princes and princesses to the "brothers (sisters) to meet the emperor's brother and sister-in-law."

  Zhu Biao smiled gently and said: "Get up without ceremony, it's rare to go out of the palace, but you have to have a good time."

  The little ones who were still solemn-looking immediately got up and rushed over to surround their elder brothers and sister-in-law to be cute and cute. Zhu Biao had no choice but to hug the youngest sister and coax her a few words.

Chang Luohua took care of her own sister-in-law. Zhu Lu, who was a little dissatisfied with her elder brother for not hugging her, immediately smiled. The rest of the older ones looked envious, but they all knew that they were not young, so Can look helplessly.

   Soon all the people in the hall were assembled. Zhu Biao led the crowd straight out from Zuoshun Gate, passed the Inner Wulong Bridge, and outside the Meridian Gate were the carriages and hundreds of brave elites who had been waiting for a long time.

  All the princes in Beijing have gathered. If something goes wrong, it will be a catastrophe. Naturally, we must be cautious. This road has been purged by soldiers and horses, so there is nothing wrong with it.

   They got on the carriages one by one and set off. There were not many accompanying servants in the palace, because most of the servants and maidservants had already gone to Zijin Mountain for preparations a few days ago.

Except for the blocked streets, the rest of the streets are also full of cars and horses, and the carriages of the various prefectures also set off with their own young ladies, and spring outings are never exclusive to the nobles. Be extravagant.

   This naturally gave the businessmen an opportunity. The small vendors who peddled along the street worked much harder than usual, and the common people walked out of the city gate along with their wives and collars.

  Female from the capital, the two dikes are parallel to each other, and there is almost no place to stay. The paddles painted on the water are like fish scales, and there is no way to sail. The sound of singing, flute and drum vibrate far and near, its prosperity can be imagined.

The chariots in the palace went out of the city gate and went straight to Zijin Mountain. Along the way, there were more escorts of thousands of riders transferred from the Beijing camp. The engaged lady was invited to sit with the princess on the frame of the carriage.

  Zhu Biao’s frame sat Jin Wang Zhu Xun, Wu Wang Zhu Xun, and the unappointed eldest princess Zhu Lu. Zhu Lu was also seven years old, but she was not married yet, so she was not in a hurry to get a title.

But it's about time. When the father and queen come back, we have to make a decision, and then we should look at the right candidate. It's best to be in love with each other. After all, she is a direct sister of a compatriot. Of course, Zhu Biao loves her very much. .

Liu Jin stepped forward and reported a few words in a low voice, Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Xi and said with a smile: "Later, you can go and talk to the girl from the Deng family, after all, it has already been decided, so it's okay, if the father and mother come back Early, the big wedding should be held this year."

  Zhu Xi is not young anymore. If it hadn't been for his poor performance in the past two years, Lao Zhu would have let him go to the feudal land and start the feudal mansion long ago. Naturally, the time for the marriage has come.

  Because Wang Baobao and his younger sister had already died under Zhu Biao's hands, the concubine Jin appointed by Lao Zhu to Jin Wang Zhu Yu was the eldest daughter of Wei Guogong Deng Yu.

Zhu Xi's expression turned bitter. Naturally, Deng's family background has nothing to say. His father, Duke of Wei, the founder of the country, had a prestige in the army that was second only to that of Kaiping Zhongshan. Lead an army.

  The only thing is that Zheng's appearance is really mediocre. After all, she has been engaged for several years. Zhu Yu has long tried to look at her a few times, and she has been extremely disappointed, but she has no courage to call off the engagement.

  Besides, no matter how stupid he is, he knows that without Deng Yu's support, he would go to the feudal domain even if he went. It is not so easy to take over the local military power. Deng Yu has led the army for many years, and there are many old generals under his sect.

  Already aroused dissatisfaction with his father and brother, if there is another incident, I am afraid it will be bad, Zhu Yu replied in a muffled voice: "My brother knows."

  Zhu Biao has never met his sister-in-law, but he has also heard a few words from his own princess. Of course, he also knows that she has an ordinary appearance, but what does it matter?

Not to mention Zhu Xi, he didn't even have a choice in his marriage. It's just that he was lucky. Is a pair of handsome good skin.

While Deng Yu is tall and tall, his main wife, Cao Shi, is average. Deng Yu married Deng Yu when he was young in Longxuli, Hong County, his hometown. The appearance can only be said to be good-looking.

  But marrying a wife, marrying a virtuous, concubine and seductive, for a prince, can he still lack a beautiful woman by his side? When one's status is at a high level, it's not surprising that there are some things.

As Lao Zhu's second son, although Zhu Xi's love and attention is not as good as Zhu Biao's, it is actually more than enough for the rest of his younger brothers, and it is Yongping Hou Xie Cheng who made the decision for the third son. daughter of the prostitute.

   As for the fourth son, it is purely catching up. As the fourth son, especially the first three elder brothers are still alive and kicking, in fact, he has not received so much attention from his father.

That is to say, because there were three elder brothers in front, the fourth child was able to decide on Xu Da's daughter. In any case, it was impossible for Xu Da's eldest daughter to marry other nobles, and it was impossible for Xu Da's eldest daughter to give Zhu Biao a good concubine. .

  Otherwise, it is not a marriage, but a feud. Although there are distinctions between monarchs and ministers, after all, Xu Da is the first hero of the founding of the country, and Zhu Biao has to be called an uncle. His daughter will never be a concubine.

So it’s better to catch up sooner than later. Of course, for the stability of Zhu Biao’s position, Lao Zhu also made a statement for fear that these old brothers’ buttocks would not fall on his son-in-law. .

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  (end of this chapter)