Chuxiu Palace.
Zhu Houzhen was half-lying on the dragon bed, and the palace maid beside him carefully peeled the oranges that had just been sent from Lingnan.
He first peeled off the orange peel, then tore off all the black hair on the orange peel, and then sent the orange peel to Zhu Houjin's mouth.
In Chuxiu Palace, Zhang Yan played the zither and Chen Yuanyuan sang. The music was pleasant and pleasant, making people feel at ease.
Empress Dowager Jiang stayed by Zhu Houzhen's side until the song ended.
"Pin 'er, this widow is very happy to see Zhang Yan and Chen Yuan Yuan.”
"Why don't we leave their tokens behind?”
During the selection, all the beautiful girls had their own exclusive name tag. The emperor would leave the name tag of whoever he liked. This was called keeping a name tag.
Generally, the selection of a female talent was divided into several rounds. Not every female talent who left a token could be conferred a title in the end.
However, girls like Zhang Yan and Chen Yuanyuan, who had left their tokens in advance, were basically close to being conferred the title of official concubines. It was only a matter of time.
Upon hearing Empress Dowager Jiang's words, Zhang Yan and Chen Yuanyuan's hearts trembled. They looked at Zhu Houxi on the dragon couch with shyness and hope.
Zhu Houzhen swallowed the orange slice in the palace maid's hand and said casually,""Sure, leave their tags first.”
When the female official who accompanied the Emperor heard the Emperor speak, she hurriedly said,""Yes, Your Majesty. This servant will leave Zhang Xiunu and Sister Chen's name tags.”
Zhang Yan and Chen Yuanyuan knelt down together and said to Zhu Houyi happily,"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Empress Dowager Jiang was also full of smiles, as if she had already hugged her grandson.
And Zhu Houjin still had that calm expression.
At this moment, Cao Zhengchun, the supervisor of the East Chamber, hurried over. After a moment of hesitation, he bowed and said,"Your Majesty, there's new news."
"Hmm?" Zhu Houjin opened his half-closed eyes and sat up.
Seeing this, Empress Dowager Jiang and the other women also knew that the Emperor had to deal with official matters.
Thus, they immediately got up and left.
After a while, other than Zhu Houjian and Cao Zhengchun, the only ones left in Chuxiu Palace were the East Chamber barbarians who were responsible for protecting them.
"Tell me."
Zhu Houjin sipped his tea and said.
"Your Majesty, due to the land measurement and tax reform that Lord Zhang and Lord Gui are presiding over, the various vassal kings have made some changes.”
"These are the documents written by the various vassal kings to His Majesty, as well as the secret letters between them.”
As he spoke, Cao Zhengchun respectfully handed a stack of letters to Zhu Houjin.
Among these letters, there were official documents written by the Fan King to Zhu Houyi.
There were also secret letters between them.
Zhu Houjian took the letter and read the official documents written by the vassal kings.
The contents were similar. They were all requests to enter the capital and spend the Mid-Autumn Festival together.
Zhu Houjin looked at the other secret letters, which were extremely detailed.
Among them was the secret letter that King Jin had sent to King Dai, which should have been burned. There was also a letter that King Dai had rejected King Jin.
There were even letters from the King of Lu, King of Zhou, and other vassal kings discussing going to the capital to meet the saint.
The secret letters that these vassal kings thought were top secret were now neatly placed in front of Zhu Houjin.
When these secret letters were sent out from the various imperial mansions, they had already been intercepted by the barbarians of the East Military Hall.
After copying the letter from the beginning to the end, the secret letters were sent to the various imperial palaces.
Therefore, after Zhu Houxin swept his eyes over the area, he had a better understanding of the current situation of the various vassal kings.
Among these vassal kings, there were short-sighted and calculative Jin King Zhu Zhishou, Lu King Zhu Yangzhu, and others.
They weren't disgusted, but they valued their own interests very much.
He was determined to protect his own interests, even if it would harm the interests of the Ming Emperor.
Furthermore, these people wanted to join forces and put pressure on the Emperor to force Zhu Houjing to give up on the idea of cutting off his vassal state.
How stupid!
At the same time, there were also princes who knew the big picture and were loyal to the emperor.
For example, Zhu Rang, King of Shu, Zhu Chongyao, King of Dai, and others.
Of course, there was also the ambitious heir of King Nan, Zhu Houyang!
Zhu Houjin looked at these letters and sneered in his heart.
Since you vassal kings want to enter the capital, then I will let you!
I was originally prepared to destroy the entire martial arts world in one fell swoop, but since these vassal kings are so proactive in gathering in the capital, I will satisfy you!
Let's make this grand event even more enjoyable.
I'll get rid of all the vassal kings at the same time so that they won't cause me trouble in the future!
Thinking of this, Zhu Houjin said to Cao Zhengchun,""Since all the vassal kings miss me so much, then I'll give them a chance to be loyal!”
"Pass down the order. Summon all the vassal kings from all over the world to come and have an audience to celebrate the festival!”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Cao Zhengchun bowed and accepted the edict.”
Cao Zhengchun quickly retreated after receiving the order.
He then ordered the East Chamber's disciples to quickly send this news to the various vassal kings.
It was less than a month away from the Mid-Autumn Festival. Even the air in the capital seemed to have become heavy.
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