In the orange-red morning glow, the sound of drums in the distance awakened the luxurious imperial city and the large buildings in the vast capital. The sound of drums at the hour of Mao seemed to remind people that a new day had arrived.

However, Zhu Gaoxu, the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had already started to move.

There is a large wide area between Bei'anmen Gate and Xuanmen of the Imperial Palace in the north of the imperial city. Among them, the Yulin Left Guard and the Mansion Left Guard are stationed in the east, and the Yulin Right Guard is stationed in the west.

Zhu Gaoxu was running in line with more than a thousand people in the Yulin Right Guard's defense area; in the area east, there were still a thousand people running there.

These more than 2,000 people were all military generals, and the lowest level was a hundred households. They were all elite troops before the "Sincension Army" entered Guangxi.

Zhu Gaoxu asked these generals to run six or seven miles every morning, and recently he personally led them to run; he ran a twelve miles every ten days. In addition to resting for two days every ten days, the generals had to run every morning and train the army on a daily basis. The military pay was paid as the amount during the "Suppression Battle" period.

The noisy footsteps gradually became a little smaller, and the team that was lined up with a long dragon began to slow down. Zhu Gaoxu trotted away from the team, and the generals looked at him sideways like Zhu Gaoxu wearing short cloth clothes.

Zhu Gaoxu ran to the eunuch palace maids and the Jinyiwei guards. He was sweating heavily and his breathing was heavy and even.

A palace maid knelt on the ground and held a wet towel folded in a wooden plate. Zhu Gaoxu grabbed it, wiped his face randomly, and threw it back into the wooden plate.

At this moment, General Zhao Ping came up and handed the reins to Zhu Gaoxu. Zhu Gaoxu stepped on the stirrup and turned over the horse vigorously. A shout came from behind him.

Zhu Gaoxu slapped his horse and walked along a street on the palace wall, and a group of Jinyiwei guards also kicked the horse and followed.

The sun in the east was already rising from the palace wall. Zhu Gaoxu squinted his eyes on the horse's back for a while, and suddenly felt a little moved.

The rising sun seemed to herald a new era to the world; the closed continents and regions in the world will begin to establish connections in the near future and will communicate in a rough, disorderly way of eating the weak and the strong!

Perhaps because the world entered such a period for the first time, they were very ignorant; but Zhu Gaoxu was different, he had already seen the future.

Zhu Gaoxu is ten years old and twenty-six years old this year, not yet fully completed. He is at this age and holds great power, facing this era and this situation; if he can't do anything, he will not even forgive himself...

The group rode their horses and headed south from the main road outside the palace walls of the palace. The soldiers and eunuchs guarding the gate knew Zhu Gaoxu and gave a big gift outside the Xihua Gate. Zhu Gaoxu kicked the horse and rushed into Xihua Gate, and then entered the three hall areas from the Wulou on the east side of Wuying Hall.

He entered from the north of the Imperial Gate, and then under the service of the eunuchs and palace maids, he changed into a yellow five-clawed dragon robe and put on a black gauze hat. Then he went to the Imperial Gate to listen to the affairs seriously.

There was no court meeting today. After Zhu Gaoxu greeted the officials on duty, he started working.

At this time, he was no different from the previous emperors, and he was quite diligent; the only difference was that his hair was a little wet and his sweat was not dry yet.

Zhang Fu submitted a memorial to ask for a removal of his title. Zhu Gaoxu soon saw it. Gu Cheng submitted a letter to apologize, saying that he was in good health a while ago and failed to congratulate him when the new emperor ascended the throne. He has recovered recently and asked the emperor to punish him.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at these two memorials, pondered for a while, and remembered the memorial that Wu Gao pleaded for Geng Hao.

In less than a stick of incense, Zhu Gaoxu handled these matters together.

He turned to Hu Guang, an official from the Hanlin Academy behind a table, and said: "Writing the imperial edict, Zhang Fu's Marquis of Xincheng, Gu Cheng's Marquis of Zhenyuan, and Wu Gao's Marquis of Jiangyin, were either granted the title of Emperor Taizu or Emperor Taizong. I cannot take his merits. When I was "exploding crimes and rebellion", all the civil and military officials were deceived by the deposed crown prince and the treacherous slander of the Eastern Palace. It is understandable that I have decided to kill only the evil ones, and I cannot reduce my title because of this.

Zhang Fu was rejected and Gu Cheng apologized and no further complaints were allowed in the future.

Xu Huizu's Duke of Wei was expelled from the Yongle period because of crimes. Later, the deposed prince was restored to his title. This matter was illegal, so Xu Huizu should have no title. Zhang Fu's Duke of England was granted the title of deposed prince, which was illegal, so he was still the Marquis of Xincheng."

Hu Guang bowed and said, "I will receive the order."

...The emperor wanted to grant meritorious officials, and the government and the country had already guessed the matter of the harem inside and outside the court; in recent days, a lot of news has been reported to the palace, so everyone knows it.

Yao Ji, who lives in the West Six Palace, has been very silent recently.

She had heard about what Yao Fang had done before, but she was not angry or frowning; she had these emotions in her heart, but she did not show it because it was useless to let outsiders see it!

At this time, Yao Ji had invited the eunuch of the Sili Prison, Wang Gui, to ask for more details.

Wang Gui narrated the whole story in a deep voice, two illegal things that Yao Fang had done. Yao Ji just listened silently, and she sat quietly next to a few cases. Compared with the past, her expression was still calm at this time, but she was less lively, and the smiling appearance on her face was completely invisible.

At this moment, Wang Gui whispered: "By the way, when Yao Fang went to the old mansion (Hanwang Mansion) to take Xiao Wencai away, he said something! He said that his sister was named a concubine, which was not as simple as playing..."

When Yao Ji, who was sitting on the chair, heard this, her eyebrows trembled and her bright pupils shrank a little.

She finally said, "My brother is not good at doing something ridiculous, and Eunuch Wang laughs."

Wang Gui hurriedly said, "Where is there, I dare not!"

Although Wang Gui was a eunuch, he became the eunuch of the Silijian at this time. He was in charge of the eunuchs in the huge imperial city, and his power was still quite good. Seeing his respectful appearance, Yao Ji couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, it would be great if my brother had half of the general knowledge of the prince."

"I was just angry when General Yao looked at him and became confused." Wang Gui bowed, "I said goodbye."

Wang Gui walked out of the palace, and the two palace maids outside the door saw him go.

At this time, Yao Ji stood up from the chair, her brows frowning, and even her face turned pale. She dragged her long skirt, held her hands in front of her abdomen, and walked slowly back and forth on the wooden board. She seemed to have forgotten the time and kept walking like this, not saying a word for a long time, nor did anything.

She thought about a lot of things and many people.

But what I thought about the most was the matter of her brother Yao Fang. She and Yao Fang were separated when they were young, and the brother and sister were not in deep feelings; but after all, they were brothers and sisters, and Yao Fang was one of her only relatives. Yao Ji was both heartbroken and angry at Yao Fang at this time.

Now, the imperial court is about to award titles, and Guo Wei and Du Qianrui are all looking forward to Meng Feng's mother's family; while Yao Ji is the most miserable. Not only is the Yao family unlimited reward, but her brother is also facing death penalty... Yao Fang is really likely to be executed! When Zhu Gaoxu was a vassal king, this kind of thing could be favored; now he is the emperor and has greater power, but it is not that simple!

Occasionally, when Yao Ji was very angry, she didn't even want to care about Yao Fang! It was really his own self-inflicted and he was ignorant again and again.

Yao Ji calmed down and still felt that she had to find ways to save Yao Fang!

If her brother was punished for death, the entire Yao family would be implicated and become an unclearable stain; the family of the murderer was also a crime convicted by the new emperor himself, what status could his family have?

After lunch, Yao Ji began to take a shower and change her clothes, and slowly dress up. She rubbed for nearly an hour and looked at the yellowed mirror on the bronze mirror. Her beautiful face couldn't help but sigh.

Then she walked to the base outside the Ganqing Palace and knelt gently to the door. The eunuchs and palace maids on duty around her were shocked when they saw this! Everyone was attracted by the few wives and concubines Zhu Gaoxu had before entering the palace, so he naturally recognized Yao Ji!

Yao Ji was going to wait here until the time of Youth, and she knew that since Zhu Gaoxu entered the palace, he had only lived in the Ganqing Palace and did not go anywhere else. (It should be because he thought the Ganqing Palace was safer.)

Unexpectedly, after waiting for less than half an hour, Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly walked up to the base.

Yao Ji raised her head slightly surprised and looked at Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu said while walking, "I heard that you are kneeling here, so hurry up and get back in advance. The stone bricks on the ground are as hard as stones. Get up quickly. What can we say well?"

He walked forward and lifted Yao Ji up without saying a word.

Yao Ji felt the power of his understatement, and suddenly felt warm without any preparation, and her nose was sore and almost cried.

"Enter the house... said the palace." Zhu Gaoxu grabbed her soft and white hand and said. He turned his head and waved his hand hard. The palace servants bowed their knees and stopped outside.

The two walked into the huge Ganqing Palace. Zhu Gaoxu pulled Yao Ji to a big chair and sat down. He sat down on the chair next to him. There was a silence in the spacious palace.

Yao Ji slowly looked around. After she arrived in the capital, she came to bed once, but it was evening. This was the first time she saw the emperor's bedroom clearly.

"It's really luxurious." Yao Ji said softly, "But for some reason, I still feel that the courtyard in the Han Palace in Yunnan is more comfortable."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "This specification itself is a kind of majesty and power. But if you want to sleep comfortably, I feel it the same as you."

Yao Ji showed a reluctant smile.

Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice: "But if we talk about the places we have lived in, the most unforgettable thing is under Jiming Temple and in the attic on Xiangzhu Street."

"The Lord still remembers it." Yao Ji pursed her lips gently, "That place is uncomfortable. It's very difficult for both of them to lie down, but she was forced to helpless..."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "If it weren't for this narrowness, how could I be so close to you?"
Chapter completed!