At four o'clock in the morning, after breakfast, Zhu Houzhao walked out of the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
There were many dining rooms in the inner court of the palace.
There was naturally one in the Palace of Heavenly Purity as well. The emperor would not have to go to the imperial kitchen to have a meal.
"Qingxue, after Zhuang Qingshuang wakes up and has breakfast, bring her to the Palace of Compassion and Peace to visit Mother.”
"Qingxue understands."
Feng Qingxue was gradually being groomed by him to become the manager of the harem. Lu Xueqi and Xu Yourong had the highest martial prowess, so they should focus on their cultivation.
As for Lotus, she would gradually be in charge of the cultivation of the hundred palace maids in the future.
Moreover, she also needed more time to cultivate. The Chaotic Sword Formula that she had obtained from her father, Perfected Hansu, was a powerful sword formula that was comparable to a heaven-grade divine technique. There was no reason for it to be a decoration.
Zhu Houzhao led the palace maids, eunuchs, as well as Lu Xueqi and Xu Yourong, his two personal guards, to Fengtian Hall to begin the morning court session.
As expected, the new Minister of Rites, Xu Jie, immediately began to impeach Ye Sudong and recommended Xining to send Zhuang Qingshuang to Zhu Houzhao.
Moreover, the news of Zhuang Qingshuang becoming Concubine Zhuang had already spread.
It couldn't be helped. The palace was like this. There was no privacy.
The palace maids of the Palace of Heavenly Purity could indeed be concealed, but since Zhu Houzhao wanted to do so, he naturally could not deliberately hide it. He needed to give Zhuang Qingshuang a status.
Therefore, he had someone spread the news. In just one night, it spread like wildfire.
Zhu Houzhao would not change his mind.
His attitude was not tough, nor was he angry, but he did not change. This made the ministers powerless.
Once the emperor acted like a rogue, there was nothing they could do.
After arguing for a long time, Zhu Houzhao finally won.
Xu Jie, Zhang Haiduan, Liu Jian, Yang Tinghe, and the others secretly swore that they would definitely win back the next time and give this shameless Zhu Houzhao a good beating.
Other than Zhuang Qingshuang's matter, the rest were trivial matters.
It was nothing more than a disaster that required the court to allocate funds. The Minister of Revenue, Shi Jie, immediately cried poor.
However, in the end, they still decided to allocate funds. This was something that could not be helped.
Although most of the 20 million square kilometers of land were primeval forests, lakes, rivers, hills, deserts, and so on, there was still a lot of farmland.
Although land annexation was also taking place, the gentry were frantically seizing the land and wealth of the commoners.
To be able to feed a billion people, the taxes collected by the imperial court every year were not small.
In fact, most of them were fine. This world was filled with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, and natural disasters were rare. Most of them were man-made disasters.
In a battle between powerful martial artists, there was a high chance that civilians would be injured.
The heroes left, leaving behind a mess that required the government to clean up.
For this reason, the imperial court paid a lot of money every year, but there was nothing they could do about it.
Although there were Six Fan School, Guarding Dragon Mountain Villa, and even Jinyiwei, East Chamber, etc., it was impossible to stop a chivalrous man using martial arts.
Moreover, he could not kill them. Otherwise, what should he do when martial arts experts came to the Imperial City to demand an explanation?
The Ming Empire did have a foundation, but it would not be revealed until the country was destroyed. Outsiders would not know about it.
They were all dictated by the previous emperor before each emperor ascended the throne.
If the previous emperor died carelessly, the next emperor might not even know.
Therefore, the imperial court was still living on a tight budget. This was something that could not be helped.
Although Zhu Houzhao did not intend to dominate the world and attack the Nine Regions, he also wanted to govern it well.
Of course, he was a lazy person and did not plan to deal with it himself.
Moreover, he had just ascended the throne and was not completely familiar with it yet. It was not suitable for him to make a move.
Let's do this for now. We'll take it slow. There's plenty of time anyway.
If one day, he or Lotus and the other three were to step into the True Martial realm, the throne would be extremely stable.
Even if the world was in chaos, it would not affect his power.
After the trifling matters were done, it seemed like the court was about to retreat. Zhu Houzhao said,"Gentlemen, I realize that it is too difficult for the elders to attend court at 5 am every day. In the future, the court time would be changed to eight o'clock.”
"Emperor, you must not."
"That's right, emperor, this is not in line with etiquette.”
It was Xu Jie again. He wanted to give him a hard time, but he was the Minister of Rites. It was his duty to maintain the Book of Rites.
But Zhang Haiduan, why are you shouting?
You're getting on in years. Don't tell me you still want to wake up at three in the morning? Aren't you afraid of freezing when you pee in the middle of winter?
"In that case, let's go back and discuss it. Give Zhen a satisfactory answer tomorrow. Retreat!"
When Wei Zhongxian saw this, he quickly shouted,"Retreat!"”
After the court session, Zhu Houzhao went to Cining Palace.
"Mother, I'm here. Blue Frost is here too!"
When Empress Dowager Zhang saw Zhu Houzhao, she immediately walked over dotingly."My son is here. Sit down."
"Mother, I'm sorry that I've been busy with government affairs these few days, please don't take offense.”
"No, it's fine now. But you found a concubine and gave bengong a surprise.”
As he spoke, he looked at Zhuang Qingshuang, who was sitting there calmly.
Empress Dowager Zhang's tone was very calm. Zhu Houzhao knew from his memory that she was really angry.
"Mother, don't worry. My martial arts won't be affected. Everyone cultivates the Ming Divine Martial Arts differently.”
As he spoke, he withdrew the breath control ability of the Yellow Emperor Scripture, revealing his early Connate cultivation.
"How is that possible? Why are you only at the early Xiantian stage?"
Empress Dowager Zhang clearly remembered that Zhu Houzhao had long since reached the peak of the Xiantian Realm. He had been suppressing it in order to consolidate his foundation.
She had thought that the other party had already broken through to the Grandmaster Realm, which was why he could not wait to have concubines.
"Mother, this is my Ming Shen Martial Arts Scripture.”
Feeling Zhu Houzhao's strong blood essence, Empress Dowager Zhang's expression eased a little.""I hope that's true. Otherwise, you'll regret it sooner or later.”
"Mother, don't worry. I'm fine."
The Ming Divine Martial Arts Scripture was very powerful, and it was also the strongest martial arts of the Ming Imperial Family.
The Great Ming Emperor had studied it quite a lot, and there were quite a few who had entered the rudiments, but it was very difficult to go deeper.
Moreover, everyone's Ming Shen Martial Arts Scripture was different, and their cultivation direction was different.
Xianzong Zhu Jianshen and Xiaozong Zhu Youtang were forced to cultivate. They went mad and damaged their foundation. In the end, they left when they were dozens of years old.
The original Zhu Houzhao was talented, and he had entered the Ming Divine Martial Arts early on.
However, he had been comprehending the first stage of the Full Yang and Full Yin realms, which was why he had been suppressing his breakthrough.
However, he had never expected that Zhu Houzhao would abandon him.
There was nothing he could do about it. After all, the Ming Divine Martial Arts Scripture was inferior to the Yellow Emperor Scripture.
Moreover, the latter could be cultivated while lying down. Its power was not inferior at all or even stronger. Everyone knew what to choose.
Perhaps it was because Zhu Houzhao's Ming Divine Martial Code was different, her attitude towards Zhuang Qingshuang improved a little.
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