Zhu Xiong Ying was not very happy that her two younger sisters studied "Admonitions for Women" in their spare time. Naturally, she wanted to take her two younger sisters out for a stroll whenever she had the chance, rather than keeping them trapped in the palace all the time.
After being bothered by his younger siblings, Zhu Xiong Ying also set off. He was going to bother others, but these were some truly important matters, serious business.
Zhu Xiong Ying was very polite. Old Zhu's eighteenth and nineteenth sons, Zhu Hui, were poking at an ant hole with a wooden stick, and Zhu Xiong Ying greeted them respectfully. Even though these two little brats were younger than Zhu Xiong Ying, it didn't affect their seniority.
There were many princes in the palace, some underage and some still in swaddling clothes. However, these princes were certainly well-fed and clothed, but they were not particularly 'free'.
Watching Zhu Xiong Ying head towards the Wu Ying Hall, Zhu Gui, who was the same age as Zhu Xiong Ying, was filled with envy. Although he was the thirteenth son of the emperor, and his mother was Consort Guo Hui, the daughter of Guo Zixing, the Prince of Chuyang, he was now also enfeoffed as the Prince of Yu.
However, his treatment was not only inferior to that of the Crown Prince, but even inferior to that of the Crown Prince's nephew.
There were quite a few princes and dukes in Yingtian Prefecture who hadn't yet taken up their fiefs, but the most prominent was naturally the Crown Prince. Then, of course, came the Crown Prince's grandson. None of these princes and dukes could compare to their nephews in terms of 'shine'.
Upon seeing Zhu Xiong Ying, the eunuchs and guards outside the hall did not stop him. They didn't know how long it had been, but in their impression, the Crown Prince did not need to announce his arrival at the Wuying Hall or Fengtian Hall. It must have been about ten years.
Old Zhu and Big Zhu were busy reviewing memorials, only glancing up at Zhu Xiong Ying before continuing with their work.
Zhu Xiong Ying was also quiet, but took the already approved memorial from Da Zhu's desk and began to read it.
Zhu Xiong Ying flipped through the memorials very quickly, mainly because some of them were simply unbelievable.
Under my jurisdiction, there was an old woman who returned lost money, a woman who gave birth to quadruplets, and a lingzhi mushroom growing on the roof beam—a truly auspicious sign... Leaving aside some trivial matters, there were also some things that left me utterly speechless.
Moreover, some of the memorials submitted to the emperor were ornate in language but contained no real content; they were merely displays of literary talent or flattery.
Emperor Zhu abolished the long-standing Three Departments system and dismissed the position of prime minister. The Six Ministries were directly responsible to the emperor, and now Emperor Zhu had a lot of memorials to review.
Although the position of Grand Secretary was established when the prime minister was abolished, the current Grand Secretary is a senior secretary who assists the emperor. The Grand Secretary has no real power and is similar to a secretary.
"Ying'er, take a look at this." Old Zhu tossed a memorial to her and said, "Take a close look, we're going to test you later."
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