Chapter 35
Capital.
The emperor was still as diligent as ever, but when dealing with government affairs, he was still thinking about another thing in his mind.
Regarding his young sister, the marriage of Princess Zhu Jinxuan of Xianyou.
Although this kind of royal marriage should be the lord of the harem, the queen, as the eldest brother, he was still a little worried. He recalled the few candidates for the princess recommended to him before, and considered who would be more worthy of Princess Shang.
He has not told Zhu Jinxuan, who is the person involved, about this matter.
First of all, the marriage is the order of his parents and the matchmaker made the decision. He was the same when he married the queen. Now, as his elder brother, he naturally follows the rules to select the right prince-consort for Zhu Jinxuan.
Secondly, because he was worried, he told Zhu Jinxuan now that he was afraid there would be trouble.
Although the emperor has a lot of trouble and has no time to care about the inner emotional world of a little girl, he has a good wife.
Shortly after Zhu Jinxuan returned to the palace, the queen told him that his young girl seemed to have a heart-to-heart relationship, but she seemed to be worried about something, so she didn't even reveal the truth to the queen.
But he knew in his heart who Zhu Jinxuan liked was.
Among the secret letters sent back by Zhu Jinxuan and Hu Xiaolin, there was only one name that he had never seen before - Bai Shier.
A name that looks like it is either a pseudonym or is given by parents and elders without much education.
Just like the name Emperor Renzu gave to Emperor Taizu back then...
Judging from the things reported by Zhu Jinxuan and Hu Xiaolin's secret letters and the origin of Bai Shier he ordered the East Factory to collect, the name Bai Shier is likely to be a pseudonym.
Therefore, in the eyes of the emperor, Bai Shier is a treacherous person who takes advantage of Zhu Jinxuan's curiosity to get close to Zhu Jinxuan and achieve his goal.
That's why he was so anxious to choose a prince consort for Zhu Jinxuan.
In his opinion, as long as he married someone, Zhu Jinxuan would gradually forget Bai Shier, a villain with ulterior motives.
After all, a cannibal who was born in the world and was just a waiter before, how could he compare to the young hero he carefully selected?
He thought it very carefully, and seemed to be stable and would not make any mistakes. As long as he determined the candidate for the prince-consort, he could give him a marriage and solve this problem.
However, he really underestimated a girl's sensitivity to such things.
Moreover, Zhu Jinxuan is also a "school master" who has received two different forms of education and baptism in the Royal Palace and Baihua Mountain, but has the same core.
Especially when she was trapped in Baihua Mountain, her communication with the families of the gentry made her feel very sensitive to this kind of thing.
So when the queen was chatting, she seemed to be indifferent to her indirectly asking about her future son-in-law's appearance and personality, Zhu Jinxuan had already guessed that her brother and sister-in-law were already choosing the son-in-law and preparing to "drive" her out of the palace to get married.
However, Zhu Jinxuan, who was a little angry, did not immediately expose the purpose of her brother and sister-in-law. Instead, she deliberately pretended to be ignorant and deliberately created the right candidate for the prince-consort in her heart according to the preferences in their hearts.
The effect seemed to be very good. Neither the emperor nor the queen found that she was cheating. Instead, she was very happy about it. She felt that Zhu Jinxuan, the young girl they loved since childhood, had finally grown up and become sensible.
But they didn't know that in the dark, they had grown up and sensible in their eyes, grew up to be a qualified royal princess, and became a lady, but in fact they had already begun to plan their second plan to leave the palace.
But unlike the first time, this time, not only was it impossible for her to obtain the consent of her emperor brother, but the emperor would become the biggest obstacle in his plan.
Even if the queen who would stand by her when the emperor was angry with her, she would never stand by her again this time.
Even any palace maid around her would stand firmly opposite her. In the palace, she was truly the lonely man.
But the more this happens, the more excited Zhu Jinxuan becomes.
She didn't understand that she would have such emotions, but she didn't want to understand. What she knew was that she truly followed her heart this time, and if she really escaped from the palace and the capital this time, she would really achieve her wish - to go around the world alone.
However, she also knew that it was not that easy to achieve this goal. On the contrary, there were many obstacles, and there was only one chance.
If she fails, she will never have a chance to escape again.
She must be very cautious.
At this time, the good impression she left in the minds of the emperor and the queen because of her "good" performance had a very good effect.
Every day, she would play with her young eldest son and wander around the palace.
For the eldest son of the emperor who is already the age of playing the most, it is naturally great to have such a little aunt to play with him. Moreover, he, who knows roughly the deeds of Zhu Jinxuan from the eunuchs in the palace, also likes to chase Zhu Jinxuan and ask her to tell what the outside world looks like.
With her eldest nephew as a cover, Zhu Jinxuan's investigation went smoothly, but she still had no idea how to avoid the numerous Jinyiwei in the palace and to leave the palace gate.
Seeing that the day when the queen asked her about her request for the prince-consort, Zhu Jinxuan felt more and more anxious. She knew that there was really not much time left for her.
If his emperor brother really waits until his emperor brother confirms the candidate for the son-in-law and issues an imperial edict, then the problem will be much more serious than it is now.
And one day at noon, she was in a state of anxiety. While wandering around the palace alone, she accidentally heard a chat between several palace maids.
It was the chat between these palace maids that gave her the inspiration to escape from the palace.
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It is early winter, and it will be the New Year in less than three months.
This is also the day that many palace maids are looking forward to, especially those palace maids whose homes are in the prefectures near the capital.
Because they were trembling in this deep palace and stayed nervously for so long, they were finally able to go home.
Of course, this premise is that they must be over twenty-five years old.
If it were in the past, these palace maids who were old enough might not dare to leave the palace and go home like this, but the emperor is now kind. Since he ascended the throne, except for those palace maids who have no family outside the palace, the other palace maids will basically let them leave the palace at the age of twenty-five, and take advantage of their age to marry someone.
Now that the beginning of winter is over, if the palace maid who meets the conditions wants to leave the palace and reunite with her family on New Year's Eve, she can report and wait for notification.
This is exactly what the palace maids are talking about.
But they might have been so excited that they didn't notice it because they were able to go home.
Chapter completed!