"You don't need to say anything more. I know what you are thinking." The Prince of Chen raised his chin slightly and said, "Go back and study hard, do more serious things, and benefit the people. Do you understand?"
The royal playboys nodded blankly. They understood the words but didn't quite understand the meaning.
Read books, practice calligraphy, and do more serious things. Can His Royal Highness the Prince of Chen say this?
Or is His Highness actually hinting something to them?
Although they were playboys, they were also royal playboys, with suspicion running through their veins. After exchanging glances, they bowed to the Prince thoughtfully, "Thank you for your reminder, Your Highness. I understand."
"If you understand, stay at home and don't wander around the streets." Prince Chen thought for a moment and said, "If you are really bored, go to Hongwen College and donate some books or plant some vegetables."
Hongwen College?
The royal dandies suddenly realized that after May this year, Hongwen Academy would officially recruit students. Although they were not qualified to study there, they could still donate a few books and send some grain and oil to show their support for His Majesty in running Hongwen Academy.
"Your Highness?" Jiuzhu saw these playboys coming in a hurry and leaving in a hurry. She looked as if she had been greatly inspired by His Highness and asked blankly, "There seems to be something wrong with their expressions."
"Did you know that royal bloodlines all have a problem?"
"What's wrong?"
"They are suspicious and are born to guess what their superiors are thinking." The Prince smiled and said, "When you are in a higher position than them, they will carefully ponder every word you say, and then try their best to do things to please you, so as to seek stability."
"Maybe it's just an ordinary sentence, with no other meaning?"
"They don't dare to gamble." Prince Chen said in a light tone: "Because they don't know which one is true and which one is false."
Jiuzhu was silent for a long time before she said with emotion: "That's really tiring."
"Don't worry." Prince Chen stopped and looked at her: "I won't let you be so tired."
Jiuzhu was stunned at first, then smiled and nodded: "Yeah!"
What His Highness said always came true, so she never doubted his words.
Seeing the complete trust in Jiuzhu's eyes, Prince Chen smiled. He looked at the heavily guarded palace gate and said, "Go back. Don't see me off."
Jiuzhu stopped and said, "Your Highness, tomorrow is the Queen's coronation ceremony. Mother said that you and the Queen will have a lot of things to do at the ceremony, so I can't go to you."
"Your Highness is the most noble woman in the world, and she owns everything in the world." Jiuzhu took out a piece of peach wood carving from her arms: "This carving is made of peach wood. Your Highness, please pass it to Your Highness on my behalf."
"Okay." Prince Chen put the peach wood carving into his arms and said, "In the capital, there is a lively lantern festival every year during the Lantern Festival. You can ask your brother to accompany you for a walk and take a look."
Jiuzhu nodded, looked up and asked him: "Will His Highness come?"
Prince Chen shook his head: "Tomorrow is the ceremony for my mother to be crowned as the Queen. I can't leave the palace tonight."
"Oh." Jiuzhu's eyes dimmed slightly, and then she smiled again: "It's okay, I will go with Your Highness again next year."
Prince Chen smiled and got on his horse: "Okay, I will accompany you to watch the Lantern Festival every year from now on."
After parting with Jiuzhu and returning to the palace, Prince Chen went directly to Mingyue Palace and gave the peach wood talisman that Jiuzhu asked him to pass on to Concubine Su: "Mother, this is what Jiuzhu asked her son to give you in advance."
Concubine Su took it and found that it was a small ornament carved in the shape of a gourd. There were auspicious clouds and ruyi patterns on the gourd, and the words "Yao Xi" were carved on the bottom.
Yaoxi means the bright and eternal light.
"I heard that people in Lingzhou believe that people who are illuminated by the light will have good luck and be immune to all diseases." Xiang Juan said with emotion: "Ming County Lady has given you the best wishes."
"Did she carve this peach wood gourd herself?" Concubine Su gently stroked the gourd with a tender expression.
"Your son didn't ask." Prince Chen leaned his head to see what the gourd looked like, but was pushed away by Concubine Su.
"Don't look if you don't ask." Concubine Su said with disdain: "You don't understand anything, go away."
"Although I didn't ask, I can guess." Prince Chen poured himself a cup of tea and sat down next to him. "Peach wood is something that Taoists love to use. Ordinary people don't like to use this kind of wood. Ming Xiaozhu has been fostered in a Taoist temple since she was a child. If it wasn't something she carved by hand, why would she let me send it to you?"
"Yes." Concubine Su found a red string and tied the gourd. "I have a peach wood gourd carved by Jiuzhu herself. Do you have one?"
The smile on Prince Chen's face froze. He lowered his head and touched the sachet hanging around his waist. Inside was the amulet that Jiuzhu had given him. He returned to his usual expression: "How can a son argue with you about this? She is your future daughter-in-law. It is only natural for her to make one or two things for you personally."
"Xiang Juan." Concubine Su ignored him and turned to Xiang Juan and said, "Smell it. What's gone bad? Why does it smell sour to me?"
Prince Chen stood up silently, walked a few steps to the door, and then shouted: "Mother, you think too much, I have a talisman that she gave me personally."
After saying this, he ran away, as if he was afraid that Concubine Su would snatch his amulet.
Concubine Su looked at his back like a wild dog on the loose, chuckled, lowered her head to look at the gourd in her palm, and touched its fat belly.
"My lady, can I help you pack it in a box?"
"No." Concubine Su smiled: "Tomorrow, I will wear it."
When Emperor Longfeng appointed Concubine Su as empress, the people who were most shocked were not the civil officials or generals, but some officials from aristocratic families.
"Your Majesty first built Hongwen Academy to accept students from poor families all over the world, and then appointed Concubine Su, who came from a humble family, as the empress. What is your intention?"
"Does His Majesty have no room for aristocratic families like us?"
"You don't have to think too much. None of the concubines in His Majesty's palace are from aristocratic families." One of them drank a sip of wine lazily: "Over the years, no matter whether they are from aristocratic families or small families, as long as they have talent, they have been valued by His Majesty. Don't always focus on Concubine Su. There are only a few women in the harem. You are all men. Who doesn't want to pamper the woman he likes most?"
"I suspect you are an undercover agent sent by His Majesty to our family circle." Another family head couldn't help but said, "We are discussing important matters, not those men and women's matters."
"But conferring the title of Consort Su is, after all, a matter between men and women. You didn't stand up to oppose it at the New Year's Eve banquet, so what's the point of saying this now?" The drinking head of the noble family put down his wine glass and stood up nonchalantly: "Everyone, it's already the fourteenth year of Dacheng Longfeng. It's been hundreds of years since the noble families and the emperor shared the world. Let's all take a break."
"Du Qingke, you are simply a disgrace to our family!"
Du Qingke replied slowly: "Why are you cursing at me when we were talking nicely? If you really don't want His Majesty to use people from humble backgrounds, you can solve the problem from the root."
"How to solve it?"
"It is a done deal that Consort Su will be crowned as the empress, so you don't have to worry about it anymore." Du Qingke raised her eyebrows and smiled, "But Hongwen Academy hasn't started recruiting students yet. If something happens, such as a poor student having a conflict with a royal family member, and the matter gets out of hand, the establishment of the academy will have to be postponed."
"It's useless to cut down the tree and prune it." Du Qingke shook her head: "You have to cut it off from the root, understand?"
After saying that, he shook his sleeves and walked away with lazy steps.
Being with this group of fools who are trying to restore the glory of the family, he often feels superior in terms of brains.
With this kind of brain, are you still worried that Your Majesty will suppress the aristocratic families?
Your Majesty, is it worth it to worry about these idiots?
It's like an old cat looking in the mirror and thinking it is a tiger.
The Lantern Festival in the fourteenth year of Longfeng was held with exceptional grandness and liveliness. Before daybreak, the city was already hung with colorful lanterns. Some lantern shops even made phoenix lanterns and hung them at their doors to celebrate today's coronation ceremony.
They didn't know what kind of person Concubine Su was, but his majesty was so good, so the queen he appointed must be a good one. What's more, she is the biological mother of the overbearing prince, so she can't be wrong.
The most important point is that this is a major event that is celebrated by the whole world. Various businesses take the opportunity to organize activities to sell things and also bring good luck. Why not do it?
For ordinary people, as long as His Majesty can let them live a peaceful and stable life, even if he wants to enthrone a peach tree as queen, people can make up a bizarre love story and find a way to make money from it.
Ordinary people joined in the fun. Royal relatives, court ministers, and ladies of honor dressed according to their rank early in the morning and rushed to the Jincheng Hall to attend the first ceremony of conferring the empress during the Longfeng period.
Logically speaking, Su, who was canonized as empress by a concubine, was not as good as the legitimate empress who was carried into the palace through the Suzaku Main Gate, but His Majesty gave Su all the honors of an orthodox empress.
Whether it was the phoenix chariot, the phoenix costume, or the etiquette, everything was carried out in accordance with the highest standards for enthroning a queen.
This was also the first time that Jiuzhu witnessed the grandeur of royal etiquette.
In the square hall of the Jincheng Palace, men on the left and women on the right were lined up in an orderly manner, respectful and solemn, with no end in sight.
The red carpet was laid out and flowers paved the way. Jiuzhu stood at the first place in the row of county chairmen and saw the queen, supported by His Royal Highness Prince Chen, walking slowly towards them on the flowers on the red carpet.
When passing by her, the empress paused slightly, turned around and smiled at her.
Countless people saw this scene in full view of the public.
Empress Su was so satisfied with the future daughter-in-law of the Ming family that she even did not forget to honor her at the ceremony of crowning her as queen.
Sun Caiyao stood at the end of the seats for the prince's consorts. She looked at Ming Jiuzhu, who was wearing a goose yellow palace dress for county princesses. She reached out to catch a petal that had floated from somewhere, and stood in a daze.
None of her dreams came true, the only thing that remained the same was the extremely close relationship between Ming Jiuju and Concubine Su.
The ceremonial officer on the stage read out the praise article that His Majesty had written for Concubine Su, and every sentence was filled with a man's preference for a woman.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen. May Her Majesty live a thousand years and live a thousand thousand years."
Jiuzhu knelt down like everyone else and performed the ritual of three bows and nine kowtows. When she saw a beautiful flower fall in front of her, she put it in her pocket.
It's a pity that such beautiful flowers are stepped on by so many people.
After the coronation ceremony, Jiuzhu had just taken two steps when people came up to her and complimented her hair style, her clothes, and some even praised her beautiful handkerchief.
"These... are all made by the Palace Department. If you ladies like them, you can go to the Palace Department to get the drawings." They are all clothes made according to rank. What's so special about them?
Everyone who complimented Jiuzhu: "..."
What's going on with the future Princess Chen? Isn't this a way of getting close to others that everyone knows?
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