Another year has passed in the busy life. Zhu Cijiu welcomed the tenth year after his rebirth. This year, the headache-inducing peasant uprising in the northwest was finally pacified. The Ming Dynasty ushered in a rare era of peace and prosperity. There was joy and joy in the world, and the people were celebrating this rare peace.

Zhu Cijiu also wanted to celebrate. He didn't want to celebrate the pacification of the peasant uprising in the northwest. This was expected. With the combat effectiveness of the peasant uprising army, the Ming army could beat them even without using muskets and cannons. There was nothing to celebrate.

He mainly wanted to celebrate the problem of solving the stubborn disease of the royal family. If the terror of the royal family continues to be edible like this, the Ming Dynasty will be over sooner or later!

Now, nearly 90% of the royal family have been solved. The remaining fiefdoms are either in remote areas where birds cannot shit, or they live in big cities such as Jinling and wait for death. There is no fiefdom at all. The harm to the Ming Dynasty is already minimal. It can be said that only after solving the royal family problem can the Ming Dynasty be considered to be truly peaceful.

Of course, such things cannot be celebrated on the surface. He can only enjoy it secretly. On the surface, he still made a false statement that the peasant uprising in the northwest has finally been put to rest, which is worth celebrating.

So when Zheng Zhilong said that he would bring several famous liyuan teams in Jiangnan to the capital to perform, he agreed without hesitation. Unexpectedly, he fell into Zheng Zhilong's "traitor"!

In this era, watching operas was similar to later generations. When a famous opera was produced, it was like a wonderful blockbuster. The two empress dowagers lived in the palace and were lonely and bored, so they were naturally fascinated by this opera. When they heard that there was a Jiangnan opera troupe to sing opera, they were so happy.

Originally, according to Zhu Cijing's intention, it was to let all the Liyuan teams have the best songs, and it would be fine if they sang them for a day or two. When they saw the two empress dowagers so excited, they could just sing them vigorously, and put them out all the songs and sing them directly until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. So the sound of opera was floating in the entire New Year Festival in the Forbidden City.

On the second day of the first lunar month, at the time of Si, in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Cijing and two empress dowagers sat high, Zheng Zhilong and his wife and loyal Hou Qin Liangyu were accompanying each other on the left and right. Qin Mingyue and Princess Anna, the two future queens and imperial concubines admired the last seat. The hall symbolically set up a stage of about one foot high, and Suzhou Liyuan is performing their best "The West Chamber".

Empress Dowager Zhang was holding Odachuan Qizaemon in her hand, and Empress Dowager Ren sat in her arms with Zhu Cijiu's little cousin Princess Changping, while Zheng Chenggong was in the arms of his mother Takawa. The female members present were all watching the performance on the stage with great interest. The three beautiful young women even teased the child they were pregnant from time to time, and the scene was extremely warm.

Zheng Zhilong was a little better. He sat there alone, silently, and seemed to be listening. Our Emperor Chongzheng Zhu Cijiu was a little disgusting. He scratched his ears and foreheads and was like lice on his body. This slutty opera was really not attractive to him, but these people were so intoxicated that no one paid attention to him, which made him feel so bored!

The song is over, and it is almost noon, so I can finally pause. Zhu Cijiu couldn't wait to announce that he would serve the food and prepare lunch. Everyone should take a break first and watch it after using the meal.

At this moment, the atmosphere finally became a little more active, and everyone started chatting. Qin Mingyue and Princess Anna also came over shyly and served him for dinner, which made him finally feel like he was an emperor.

Zhu Cijiong was enjoying the service of no one, but Zheng Zhilong took the initiative to come up as if he had taken the wrong medicine and whispered to Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Dowager Ren. It seemed that both Empress Dowagers were so happy that they were said by him. Looking at his humble expression, how could he have the smell of a conspiracy succeeding!

Sure enough, the guy hurriedly ate a few bites of the food and ran out for a while, and then came out of the outside and said, "The beautiful girl Chen Yuanyuan, Li Xiangjun, and Dong Xiaowan met."

Zhu Cijiu almost sprayed a bite of the vegetable juice when he heard the sound. Qin Huai Bayan, what are you doing?

Before he could figure out the situation, the two empress dowagers agreed almost at the same time: "Xuan."

Immediately afterwards, three twelve-three-year-old girls, who were as beautiful as flowers, walked in pretty and knelt side by side in the hall and said in a delicate manner: "Slave Chen Yuanyuan, Li Xiangjun, and Dong Xiaowan met the emperor and the two empress dowagers."

Empress Dowager Zhang now pretended that the emperor did not exist, and raised her hand and said, "No gifts, get up quickly and let the Ai family see."

Zhu Cijiu looked at the three little beauties in front of him in amazement, and his heartbeat couldn't help but start to accelerate. Beauty is really beautiful, especially Chen Yuanyuan in the middle. This gentle and charming temperament makes people fascinated by it at a glance, and they all feel that they don't know what tonight is.

He was in a daze, but Empress Dowager Zhang smiled and asked Empress Dowager Ren, "Sister, what do you think?"

Queen Mother Ren rarely spoke: "Well, this look, this temperament, and this posture, I feel pity for you."

Empress Dowager Zhang then commented: "What's even more rare is that they sing a good song. The emperor will be blessed in the future. Sister, should you recruit as a select attendant or a talented person first, or directly as a concubine?"

However, Empress Dowager Ren looked at Zhu Cijing with a doting heart and said, "It depends on the emperor's meaning, after all, they all serve the emperor."

Queen Mother Zhang nodded and asked Zhu Cijing directly: "Your Majesty, you are going to get married this year. The Ai family originally wanted your uncle to arrange the talent show after the New Year. Unexpectedly, Prince Zheng was interested and started to choose for you before the New Year. How about these showies?"

Zhu Cijing was a little confused when he heard this. He wouldn’t really choose the three thousand beauties to serve him in the harem! As for these three, they are naturally speechless, but when they were born, the eight beautiful girls in Qinhuai were just a tactful name. In fact, they are the eight famous prostitutes on the banks of the Qinhuai River. It’s a bit outrageous to sign them as concubines!

This really made him a little embarrassed. It was fake to say that the beauty who was so sank fish and fell into geese would not be moved, but their reputation in later generations was really a bit like that. So he hesitated: "It's not bad, but their origins..."

Empress Zhang was a little unhappy when she heard this. She taught her with a very stern face: "What's wrong with their origin? They are all music wives from Jiaofangsi. Although their profession is a little cheap, they have an official status, which is much better than the Ai family and your mother. We are all ordinary people without any status! Your Majesty, have you heard some rumors about Jiaofangsi? Some people are too distorted. The yamen that manages music, dance and opera in the Ministry of Rites is beyond recognition. You should take care of this matter!"

Zhu Cijiu fainted after hearing this. It seemed that this was the first time he had been taught by Empress Dowager Zhang in history, but he didn't expect it to be for such a thing, fucking it.

Well, then don’t blame me for being ruthless. For the origins of these three beauties, Jiaofangsi will not want to open a brothel part-time job in the future. They must go back to the track of art, and also study achievements in opera and strive to completely restore their reputation. Otherwise, the officials of Jiaofangsi will try whether it is the hard side of the sword or their necks are hard!

Thinking of this, he quickly remedyed: "I was misled by these people. Since both empress dowagers liked each other, they should be named concubines from now on. As for the affairs of the Jiafangsi, I will take care of them. For the New Year, I will not talk about political affairs, but come and have meals. Cao Huachun added three more pairs of tableware."

When Empress Dowager Zhang heard this, she smiled again, and praised the emperor for being sensible, and the atmosphere in the hall became lively again.
Chapter completed!