"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's time to get up!"
Zhu Qizhen opened his sleepy eyes and asked: "What time is it...oh no, what time is it?"
Empress Qian lay on the pillow and whispered: "At three o'clock in the morning, the emperor should prepare for the early court."
"If you don't go, don't go!"
Zhu Qizhen turned over, closed his eyes and continued to sleep.
Empress Qian had no choice but to continue to persuade: "If the emperor fails to come to court for no reason, I am afraid that those innocent people will impeach him again."
Zhu Qizhen muttered: "Since King Xi is here, I can just leave those troublesome matters to him. I still have business to do."
Queen Qian looked strange, thinking that you are back, why do you still let King Tan take charge?
This...is against the rules!
When the sky is approaching, the lights outside the Meridian Gate are brightly lit, and all the ministers have arrived.
Everyone came here very early today. After all, it was the emperor's first morning court appearance back in Beijing. We must seize the opportunity to perform well and show that we have been working hard during this period.
Just when everyone was exchanging greetings, someone said: "Isn't that the sedan chair of His Highness King Xi?"
Everyone looked sideways, and it turned out to be King Tan's sedan.
At this moment, everyone is confused, what is going on?
Zhu Qiyu slowly got off the sedan, and everyone immediately reacted and stepped forward to salute.
"Don't be so polite, please stop being polite!"
The Meridian Gate was wide open in front of him. Zhu Qiyu cupped his fists to signal to everyone, and then took the lead to walk forward.
Everyone looked at each other in shock, and then came to Fengtian Hall, only to find a question, where is the emperor?
In full view of everyone, eunuch Jin Ying stepped forward, cleared his throat, and said in a loud voice: "Holy metaphor!"
All the ministers knelt down and worshiped, shouting long live.
"I came back from Mobei and feel unwell. From today on, I will be under the supervision of King Tan. I appreciate this!"
As soon as this statement came out, the officials were in an uproar.
What's going on? Why do you feel unwell?
I was very energetic yesterday when I was killing people and ransacking their homes!
"Cough, cough!"
Jin Ying coughed twice and signaled everyone to be silent.
"His Royal Highness King Xi, all of you adults, are you clear about this?"
Cao Nai, the chief minister of the cabinet, stood up first and asked tentatively: "Eunuch Jin, may I ask how the emperor feels unwell? Is he infected with cold or some other illness? Have you notified the Imperial Hospital?"
Jin Ying had a professional smile on his face and said in a slow voice: "Master Cao, please rest assured that the emperor is not sick, he is just tired. Your Excellencies, please stop talking about it. Let us talk about it. The emperor has been away on an expedition for many days. When he returns,
It’s time to take a good rest when you arrive in the capital, don’t you think so, Your Highness King Xi?”
Zhu Qiyu was the only one who knew about this decision in advance, and immediately said: "What Eunuch Jin said is absolutely true. I will obey the emperor's will!"
Cao Nai couldn't say anything else, so he had to take out the memorial he had prepared.
"According to the note received by the cabinet, there are three main things to discuss today. First, how to formulate the rewards for the soldiers; second, regarding the construction of the Martyrs' Shrine, the Ministry of Industry must come up with a sketch as soon as possible; third, the latest paragraph
Time has left a large number of positions vacant, and we need to find suitable people to fill them as soon as possible..."
Zhu Qizhen slept until dawn and stretched out comfortably, only to find that his pillow was empty.
Maybe because he just woke up, his mind was a little foggy and he was still recalling what happened last night.
It seems that I ordered an imperial supreme set meal...
No, I am the emperor!
As soon as Zhu Qizhen got up, he saw Queen Qian standing by the bed looking at him.
"Your Majesty, are you awake?"
Queen Qian waved, and two palace maids came behind her, carrying basins and towels to dry the toiletries.
Zhu Qizhen asked: "What time is it?"
"It's past Chen hour, and the morning dynasty is over."
Zhu Qizhen secretly curled his lips in his heart. He got up at three in the morning and went to court at five o'clock on time. Whoever wants to do this kind of thing can do it. Anyway, I won't go!
After washing up, Queen Qian served Zhu Qizhen to have breakfast.
The emperor's royal meal is also relatively simple, a bowl of white porridge, two noodles, and a few side dishes.
While eating, a young eunuch came forward to report that Concubine Zhou asked to see her.
This Concubine Zhou is the biological mother of Prince Zhu Jianshen, and her status in the harem is second only to Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Qian.
"I have met the emperor and the queen!"
Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "Have you eaten, my concubine? Let's sit down and eat some together."
"I thank you, Your Majesty!"
Concubine Zhou Guifei was sitting on the right side of Zhu Qizhen, but she lowered her head and saw no movement.
Zhu Qizhen ignored it, took a sip of porridge, and smacked his lips, but he heard a sobbing sound coming from his ears.
When I turned around, I saw that it was Mr. Zhou who was crying softly.
"My beloved concubine, what's wrong with you?"
Concubine Zhou touched her tears with her lapel and said hurriedly: "I'm fine, but I haven't seen the emperor for many days, so I feel very happy."
Zhu Qizhen was secretly amused and even cried with joy?
This woman even played hard-to-get tricks with me, haha, she was so scheming.
"My concubine is worried!" Zhu Qizhen finished the porridge and said with a smile, "Since there is nothing to do, I still have to go to the imperial study. Please help yourself, my concubine!"
Concubine Zhou became anxious when she heard this and hurriedly said: "I... please make the decision, your Majesty!"
Zhu Qizhen put away the smile on his face and asked: "What happened?"
Concubine Zhou hesitated for a moment and said: "My father runs a cloth shop in the capital, but it was robbed last night..."
Zhu Qizhen was stunned. The shop was stolen. What does this mean?
"The shop has been stolen. Report it to Shuntian Mansion!"
Concubine Zhou said softly: "The thief not only stole the property, but also killed the shopkeeper and several clerks. I personally thought that I could ask Jin Yiwei to help investigate..."
Zhu Qizhen was a little confused and pretended for a long time. It turned out that he just wanted to recover the lost money as soon as possible.
Then I thought about it, after all, he is also his father-in-law, and he is involved in a murder case. Forget it, let Jin Yiwei help investigate!
"Wynn!"
Zhuanen hurried forward: "My slave is here!"
"Xuan Yuan Bin comes to the Imperial Study Room!"
"My slave obeys the order!"
Seeing this, Concubine Zhou quickly bowed to thank her.
Queen Qian on the side frowned slightly and shook her head secretly, but didn't say anything.
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After Zhu Qizhen finished his meal, he came to the Imperial Study Room and continued to think about how to carry out reforms. Huai En came to inform him and Yuan Bin asked for a meeting.
"Xuan!"
"The humble minister Yuan Bin comes to see the emperor!"
Zhu Qizhen raised his head and said: "A cloth shop owned by Uncle Qingyun was stolen last night. Send a few people over to take a look."
Qing Yunbo was Zhou Neng, the father of Concubine Zhou. He was named an earl in the eleventh year of orthodoxy.
After hearing this, Yuan Bin looked suspicious and hesitated to move.
Zhu Qizhen felt something was wrong, so he asked: "What's the problem?"
"Your Majesty..."
Yuan Bin thought for a while and said: "Yesterday at Dingxiang Tower, I followed the two profiteers..."
"What did you find?"
"One of them is named Wang Xu, a Shanxi businessman who runs a warehouse called Fanji in the capital, specializing in receiving and shipping goods. The other is named Fang Jidong, who is the shopkeeper of Yunlai Buzhuang, and this Yunlai Buzhuang
When you come to Buzhuang, the boss behind it is Uncle Qingyun!"
Zhu Qizhen seemed to realize something and asked: "Is it Yunlai Buzhuang that was stolen last night?"
"Back to the emperor, something happened not only at Yunlai Buzhuang, but also at Fanji Cargo Station!"
"Oh?" Zhu Qizhen immediately felt that something was unusual and asked, "What's going on at the scene? Have you been there?"
"I have personally inspected it. The shopkeeper Fang Jidong and two clerks had their necks broken. The technique was clean and neat. It looks like it was done by masters. The same is true at Fanji Cargo Station, the technique is exactly the same!"
"You are still a master of killing and stealing goods..." Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and then asked, "What did Shuntian Mansion say?"
"Shuntian Prefecture has taken over the case, but Uncle Qingyun seemed to be very anxious. He sent someone to Beizhen Prefecture to seek help early in the morning. Wei Chen felt that there was something fishy about the matter, so he went to the scene in person." p>
"Anything else found?"
"No more for now!"
Zhu Qizhen secretly wondered in his heart, he had just spotted two big fish and was intercepted. Who is so bold that he dares to kill people and buy goods in the capital?
Besides, you have taken away all my property, so why should I ransack the house?
The more I think about it, the more something is wrong. No, this is obviously cutting off my financial path!
"Fan Zhong!"
When Fan Zhong heard the summons, he hurried in and saluted: "Your Majesty, what are your plans for today?"
"Come and find two official uniforms of royal guards!"
Fan Zhong was a little confused and asked: "Why does the emperor want the official uniform of Jin Yiwei?"