"Xiaoqing, let's go back. We don't need to bring so many things."
"When we came last time, we didn't take a lot of them."
Chen Muyue looked at the mountains of packages and said speechlessly.
According to the schedule, Chen Muyue will leave for Annan Province in a few days to get married.
So Xiaoqing, the maid who had been following him, also started to pack some things for the road.
At this moment, Xiao Qing was instructing the palace maids and eunuchs to pack various items.
Upon hearing the question, Xiao Qing turned around and said, "My Concubine Yue, do you think it was us who set off from Annan at that time?"
"Now I'm going back to visit my relatives. I think I need to take at least twelve sets of clothes to take turns with me on the way."
"There are also rouge, gouache, etc. Of course I have to bring enough. There must be many people in the harem who want to get some benefits from the empress when I go back."
"These are all good brand products from the capital. Naturally, you won't lose any money by giving them away like this."
"The king also wants to prepare a gift. Xiaoqing thought that porcelain is the best. We happen to have several sets of good porcelain in the palace. I asked Eunuch Guo if he could bring it with him.
left."
"Those ministers' daughters who have been friends with the empress in the past, naturally have to bring a copy with them."
"Yeah, I have to think carefully and don't forget anyone. It's best to bring a few more copies to be prepared."
Xiaoqing muttered something in her mouth, counting with her fingers.
As Chen Muyue listened, she realized that she seemed to have forgotten a lot of things to prepare, and she was completely immersed in His Highness Taisun's pampering.
Although His Highness Taisun has rarely come to spend the night recently.
But this favor is envied by everyone.
Just thinking like this, the eunuch's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "His Royal Highness Taisun is here!"
Chen Muyue turned around and looked, and sure enough, His Highness Taisun was here.
"Greetings to His Majesty the Grand Sun!"
Many palace maids and eunuchs quickly stopped what they were doing and saluted respectfully.
Zhu Ying waved her hand, then walked to Chen Muyue's side, smiled and joked: "Packing so many things, are you planning to leave and never come back?"
Hearing this, Xiao Qing next to him was so frightened that his face turned pale. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Highness, don't blame the empress. It was my slave's idea."
"These things are all gifts that I personally decided to bring back to Annan."
"Please, Your Majesty the Grand Sun, just punish one of your slaves. This is none of your business."
As soon as these words came out, Chen Muyue was immediately frightened. She had no idea how such a thing could happen.
Right now I have to kneel down with Xiao Qing.
However, Zhu Ying had quick eyesight and quick hands, and she hugged Chen Muyue's waist and said with a smile: "I'm just kidding you, I was worried that you wouldn't come back."
"But Xiaoqing is a considerate person. I had forgotten about these times."
"Guo Zhong."
Zhu Ying shouted, and Guo Zhong, who was following behind, immediately replied: "I'm here, old slave."
Zhu Ying thought for a while and then ordered: "Concubine Yue must prepare many gifts when she returns to Annan. You take Xiaoqing to Ping'an Tea House and explain to Uncle Zhang that it was my wish and let him
Prepare many gifts.”
"Don't prepare anything that will disgrace my Ming Dynasty."
Guo Zhong replied: "I understand."
Zhu Ying then turned to Xiao Qing and said: "Get up, you are a loyal person. The Chamber of Commerce has all the good things, you just watch and pick some, and prepare enough gifts."
Hearing this, Xiaoqing kowtowed in surprise: "Thank you, Your Highness."
Zhu Ying waved her hand slightly, and Guo Zhong immediately understood what it meant. He signaled to the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs, and everyone followed, including Xiao Qing.
There were only two people in the room, Chen Muyue and Zhu Ying.
"You won't blame me if I ask you to go back to Annan, right?" Zhu Ying spoke first.
Chen Muyue was silent for a moment and said: "I am the concubine of His Highness Taisun. From the day she came to the palace, she has become someone who belongs to His Highness Taisun."
"Being able to go back this time is already the greatest favor His Highness has shown to me."
Zhu Ying actually knew in her heart that Chen Muyue, as the eldest princess of Annan, might not have reacted at first, but after such a long time, she would naturally figure out her purpose.
Letting him return to Annan this time was not just a matter of visiting relatives. From a large level, it was to bring enough influence to help the Ming Dynasty in Annan further expand.
There are some things that it is difficult for the Ming Dynasty to intervene in, and it is easy to cause some fundamental conflicts. After all, it has been so long since Annan established an independent country.
The so-called loyalty basically does not exist beyond three generations.
Even though the people of Annan speak Chinese and use Chinese characters, their hearts have long had nothing to do with the Central Plains Dynasty.
The canonization of the Annan royal family is nothing more than a small country's dependence on a big country.
This dependence is not only on influence and the appearance of the Celestial Kingdom, but more on the support of an economic form.
After all, the tribute trade now practiced by the Ming Dynasty is an unimaginable wealth for most countries.
For example, for some extremely poor small countries, a single tribute trade may be enough to make their royal family gain unimaginable wealth, and even more people can have enough to eat.
Although Annan is in a good situation, he also has a very considerable wealth.
Of course, as a country close to the border of the Ming Dynasty, if it does not express its intention to surrender, it may also suffer bullying from the big powers.
Nowadays, the use of economic sanctions is not very popular in the Ming Dynasty. It feels that it is unbecoming of a great power, but Zhu Ying has no mental obstacles in this regard.
Like the embargo on the grasslands, if it were imposed on any small country, it would be a huge blow.
Perhaps many people think this has little impact, but in fact the impact is more terrifying than the grassland embargo.
If Annan also suffered sanctions similar to those on the grassland, then the economic shortcomings would first be one aspect, and the most important one would be the impact from other countries.
Especially neighboring countries like Champa, which have been in conflict for a long time, will definitely take this opportunity to add insult to injury and invade Annan's territory without hesitation.
Not only Champa, but other neighboring countries will definitely want to get a share of the pie.
This type of remote sanctions was something that the Central Plains dynasty had never had much experience with.
But Zhu Ying is very familiar with this aspect. After all, in later generations, such situations are too common.
Annan, as Chen Muyue's home country, wanted to help Ming Dynasty deal with Annan under Zhu Ying's wishes.
Zhu Ying knew that this would give rise to some ideas in Chen Muyue's mind.
After thinking about it for a moment, Zhu Ying gently held Chen Muyue in his arms.
This caused two blushes to appear on Chen Muyue's face.
She had never experienced such a scene in broad daylight. Fortunately, there was no one around, otherwise she would have been so embarrassed.
"The fate between you and me has been destined for a long time."
"Previously, before I knew that I was the eldest grandson of Huang Ming, I had already sent people to Annan."
"For me, the best place is Annan, so I want Annan. My first step plan is how to enter Annan."
"Even if I can't become the great grandson of the Ming Dynasty, you must still be my concubine, and you can't run away no matter what."
This was the first time that Zhu Ying said such love words, which had a somewhat domineering tone, but Chen Muyue really did not accept this.
She snuggled into Zhu Ying's chest and whispered: "His Highness means that he will defeat me no matter what."
"Actually, when I was captured by His Highness's men, I thought this would be a good idea."
"The name of Princess Annan does sound good, but who can understand the pain involved."
"When I was a child, I began to learn all kinds of etiquette, chess, calligraphy and painting. From the time I was born, I seemed to be preparing for marriage without any freedom of my own."
"I thought at the time, if I was really kidnapped, then marrying a mountain king would be better than living in the palace."
"But I didn't expect that I would end up here with His Highness."
"Annan, originally Annan in the Central Plains, has been so many years ago. I am just passing by like this, just to bring order to the chaos and allow Annan to return to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible."
Immediately, he picked up Chen Muyue and walked directly towards the house.
Under this bright sky, Chen Muyue did not resist at all, but buried her head deeply in Zhu Ying's chest.
...
The matter of Concubine Yue returning to Annan to visit her relatives can be said to be a major national event.
In order to maximize the benefits of this trip, a large number of merchant ships have been preparing for the trip to the south of the Yangtze River and the southeast coast.
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Every big ship is packed with cargo.
This time, the Ming Navy has cleared the way, which means there is no threat at sea.
How could a shrewd businessman miss such a great opportunity?
However, this also requires an admission ticket, not just anyone can follow, otherwise they will be directly driven away by the Ming Dynasty Navy.
On the pier outside Zhengyangmen, more than a dozen blessing boats were waiting quietly, and the entire pier was under complete security.
Around the pier, there are huge crowds of people.
These are all here to see the excitement, and it was published in the newspaper of the capital's residence that Concubine Yue is going on a wedding visit today, and her Highness the Grand Sun is also here to see her off.
In fact, for most, or all, the people who came here early in the morning, their focus was not on Concubine Yue.
But it was just because the newspaper said that His Highness Taisun would come over and wanted to see His Highness Taisun's face.
In fact, Zhu Ying himself didn't even know how lofty his status was in the hearts of the people in the capital.
In just two years, too many people have benefited from Zhu Ying's favor.
The security of the entire capital has also been greatly improved under Zhu Ying's management and mobilization.
As far as civilization is concerned, there is not a single beggar in the entire capital. This does not mean that they have all been driven out, but that all these beggars have been truly absorbed and transformed.
As long as they are refugees who come to the capital from other places, they will soon undergo some changes with the help of the relevant yamen.
Temporary accommodation will be arranged for those who have no place to live, and technical training will be arranged for those without skills, and even work assignments will be helped.
The capital's population has surged by hundreds of thousands in the past year, and the biggest factor is the conversion of refugees.
When doing these things, the Yamen staff will tell them that these are all arrangements by His Highness Taisun.
When a person is at the end of his rope and suddenly receives such meticulous care, that kind of gratitude will last a lifetime.
That is Zhu Ying.
If it had been any prince from other dynasties, such behavior would have long been recognized as buying people's hearts, and the current emperor would have to restrain himself from all aspects to prevent him from seizing power.
Zhu Yuanzhang not only had no scruples about these, but actually enjoyed hearing about them.
This shows that Da Sun has strong abilities in governance.
At this age, he still has no greed for power. What he wants most is to see that his heir is good enough.
Only with Zhu Yuanzhang's indulgence could Zhu Ying have the prestige he has today.
Most of the people who came to the pier today, especially in the early morning to compete for a good position, were refugees from other places.
They had no way to personally thank His Highness Taisun, and they didn't even know who their benefactor looked like, so they could only support him silently.
The grandson's concubine wanted to visit the bride, so there was no question of Zhu Yuanzhang personally coming forward.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang still canceled the court meeting and arranged for all civil and military officials to travel with the grandson to strengthen his momentum.
This kind of pomp is still very big.
The ministers had already queued up from Duanmen to Chengtianmen.
The end door is open.
Zhu Ying and Chen Muyue sat on the dragon chariot and walked out through the end gate under the escort of the royal guards.
"Greetings to His Highness Taisun, His Highness Taisun is a thousand years old!"
All civil and military officials kowtowed and shouted.
Such a huge momentum made Chen Muyue a little nervous, and she subconsciously held Zhu Ying's hand. She was able to sit in the dragon chariot today, which was an extraordinary gift. She had never seen such a grand scene before.
"Everyone loves you!" Zhu Ying said loudly.
At the same time, he held Chen Muyue's hand tightly and told him to relax.
As Zhu Ying's words fell, the drums started to sound, the civil and military officials cleared the way, and the Chengtian Gate slowly opened.
When the carriage passed Chengtianmen, the huge cheers completely covered up all the sounds.
On both sides of Zhengyang Avenue outside Chengtian Gate, there are countless densely packed crowds.
They just vaguely saw the Chengtian Gate opening and the dragon chariot appearing, so they couldn't help but start cheering.
What is it like to have almost a million people gather together, shouting and cheering hysterically?
There are almost no records of this kind of situation, let alone civil and military officials, even in history.
This kind of grand occasion is something that no one has ever experienced before.
The world seems to have lost its voice. He opens his mouth to speak, but his own voice cannot be heard.
Everything must be completely covered up.
Apart from the shouts of millions of people, there was no other sound in my ears.
fear!
The civil and military officials knew that His Highness Taisun had great prestige in the hearts of the people in the capital, but they did not expect that it would be so great.