Ciqing Palace.
"The emperor has arrived!"
Following the young eunuch's announcement, Zhu Houjie stepped into the Cining Palace.
In Cining Palace, besides Empress Dowager Zhang, there was also a young girl standing.
The young girl's lips were red and her teeth were white. She stood beside Empress Dowager Zhang, her black and bright eyes curiously sizing up Zhu Houzhen.
"Your son greets Empress Dowager Zhang."
"Your Majesty, come over quickly."
Empress Dowager Zhang called out to Zhu Houjing with a smile.
Empress Dowager Zhang was the mother of Emperor Wuzong and the only empress of Emperor Xiaozong.
Xiaozong had no concubines in his life, only Empress Zhang.
In front of Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhu Houzhi called himself a son, respectful and distant.
Empress Dowager Zhang was a blessed woman. Among the many emperors since ancient times, only Emperor Xiaozong and Empress Zhang were women.
However, she was also an unfortunate woman. Her husband and son had left her, leaving her alone in the palace.
At the same time, Empress Dowager Zhang was also an extremely intelligent woman.
She knew that in the Darming Dynasty, the surname had always been Zhu.
Therefore, ever since Zhu Houjie entered the capital, she had never cared about the court affairs. She had never thought of interfering in the court affairs in the name of the Emperor's youth.
And this matter proved that her decision was extremely wise.
Judging from the thunderous methods of this young emperor since he ascended the throne, anyone who dared to snatch power from him would die.
Thus, Empress Dowager Zhang's goal from the very beginning was not the court, but the harem!
"Your Majesty, this is the youngest daughter of Prosper Duke. Her name is Wan 'er.”
"Today he came to the palace to play, and aijia remembered that you haven't met yet, so I wanted you to get to know each other.”
"Zhang Wan 'er, come over and greet your cousin.”
Hearing Empress Dowager Zhang's words, Zhang Wan 'er turned her head shyly and shouted,"Cousin."
Zhu Houjin thought for a moment and understood the reason.
Chang Guogong Zhang Heling was the younger brother of Empress Dowager Zhang. He relied on his elder sister being deeply loved by Emperor Xiaozong to commit crimes in the Imperial Palace.
He and Empress Dowager Zhang's other brother, Zhang Yanling, had secretly worn the Emperor's Heavenly Crown in the Imperial Palace. They had even openly slept with the palace maids in the Imperial Palace. It was a heinous crime!
However, Emperor Xiaozong actually indulged the two of them because of Empress Dowager Zhang. Zhang Heling even became the Duke of Chang Country and Zhang Yanling became the Marquis of Jianchang.
At this moment, Empress Dowager Zhang had brought Chang Country Duke's youngest daughter, Zhang Wan 'er, into the palace and arranged for Zhu Hou Xi to meet her…
Wasn't this a proper blind date?
If Zhang Wan 'er really married into the royal family and became the Empress, then Zhang would have two Empresses in one family. The Zhang family would be the most powerful imperial relative in the Ming Dynasty!
But what kind of person was Zhang Heling?
"This is the first time I've seen Wan 'er's cousin, Cao Zhengchun. Tell the imperial kitchen to make a few more good dishes today.”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Cao Zhengchun accepted the order and left. Empress Dowager Zhang patted Zhang Wan 'er's back lightly, causing her tender face to flush.
Zhu Houzhen was still wondering why his cousin's face was so red, but he saw Zhang Wan 'er walk straight to him and reach out to hold his arm.
"Cousin, is there anything fun in the palace?”
"I heard that the imperial garden in the palace is the largest, more than ten times the size of my house. Can cousin bring me to the imperial garden to play?”
When Zhang Wan 'er said this, she lowered her head and looked at her embroidered shoes. She did not dare to look at Zhu Houzhen beside her.
Zhu Houzhen could also clearly feel how stiff the arm that was holding his hand was.
"Since Cousin Wan 'er wants to see the imperial garden, I'll accompany you." Zhu Houzhen curled his lips.”
"Empress Dowager Zhang, your son will take his leave."
"Aunt, Wan 'er went to the imperial garden to play with cousin.”
Empress Zhang covered her mouth and chuckled.”
Zhu Houjiu led Wan 'er around the pavilions and waterside pavilions in the palace. Surrounded by a large group of palace maids and eunuchs, they arrived at the imperial garden.
Along the way, Zhang Wan 'er held Zhu Houzhen's hand tightly, as if she was afraid that Zhu Houzhen would run away.
Zhang Wan 'er leaned into Zhu Houjing's ear and said,""Cousin, are you bored in the palace? Cousin Zhengde used to like to go out to play, but she thought I was too young and didn't want to take me out.”
"You've seen Zhu Houzhao?" Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows.”
Empress Dowager Zhang was actually so crazy?
Wan 'er was still a child at that time!
Zhang Wan 'er nodded." At that time, my aunt asked Sister Suyi to enter the palace to accompany her. I was only six years old at that time. I wanted to visit the palace, so I asked Sister Suyi to bring me in to play."”
"Sister Suyi couldn't beat me, so I came in with her. That was when we met Cousin Zheng De.”
"But Cousin Zheng De didn't stay for long and left, saying that he was going to the Leopard House. I also wanted to go to the leopard room to play, but unfortunately, he didn't take me there.”
"Cousin, do you know what's in the leopard house?”
Good heavens, Empress Dowager Zhang had actually begun to implement the plan of one family and two concubines in the Zhengde period.
However, it seemed that Wu Zong was not interested in his uncle's daughter, so he did not do anything.
And now, Empress Dowager Zhang had actually placed her attention on Zhu Houjin. She was indeed persistent.
"In the leopard house, there are only a few leopards in the leopard house. There's nothing to see.”
At this moment, a young eunuch ran over and said respectfully.
"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager Jiang invites you to Chuxiu Palace for a chat.”
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