Empress Zhang's background is not prominent, and it can be said that most of the queen's background in the entire Ming Dynasty is like this.

In order to prevent relatives from interfering in politics, the concubines selected by the princes of the Ming Dynasty were all selected from the daughters of ordinary families.

However, if you want to enter the East Palace, it is not so easy. First of all, you have to have a clean family background, the so-called innocent family background is counted from the seven or eight generations of ancestors, and you can't dispose of cheap businesses such as merchants and thieves.

In addition, it is necessary to have good virtue within the three clans, in fact, to put it bluntly, what you want is to be born in a scholar's family, and as for the woman's appearance, morality, and xingzi are also one of the factors for candidates.

And Empress Zhang happens to meet all the conditions, she was born in a poor family, her father was a prisoner of the country, but he did not get the first place, although his knowledge is good, but he is always unlucky. Originally, there were thousands of such families, and the choice of this crown princess was very cautious, and Empress Zhang would never have thought of having this opportunity no matter what.

But it was precisely when Zhu Guanzhu was the crown prince, the people who chose the crown princess for him were his father and Zhang Guifei, his father had always attached little importance to this son, so he naturally withdrew his hand, and Zhang Guifei didn't care, but after Zhu Xuanjiao performed the crown ceremony, the ministers saw that Zhu Zhizhu did not have a wife, so they wrote one after another, and Zhang Guifei chose one at random in order to block the mouth of Youyou.

This person is the current Empress Zhang, and it can be said that it is under this strange background that the mother of the country was created.

Because of her poor background, Queen Zhang is not extravagant and wasteful, and her use in the palace has always been simple, and the harsh tutoring has also made her develop a thick and skillful xingzi, such a woman can be described as perfect.

When he just got married to Zhu Jianji, Zhu Yuanzhang's position was very embarrassing, and it was Queen Zhang who shared weal and woe with him, and it was precisely because of this that he was respected by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Queen Zhang doesn't seem to have any other hobbies except for playing the piano, Liu Chengfeng looked at the list written by Zhu Houzhao, and couldn't help but wring her eyebrows, could it be to send the piano? This seems to be inappropriate, if you send an ordinary qin is obviously not sincere enough, but the good piano in this world is expensive, for example, when Liu Chengfeng set up a word stall, he knew that there was once a guqin that was sold for 30,000 taels of silver, which is not the most precious, only an antiquity.

As for the other preferences, it is not obvious, but Liu Chengfeng noticed that Empress Zhang seems to have a quirk.

"Your Royal Highness, the queen mother never wanted to hug you easily when she was young?"

Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao looked a little embarrassed and said: "This queen mother treats me very well, only ......"

Liu Chengfeng then said: "And the queen hates sweating the most?" How many times a day do you have to shower? Zhu Houzhao was even more embarrassed: "The master doesn't have to ask so much. ”

Liu Chengfeng took a deep breath and said, "This is very important, let me ask you, does the queen mother have any other quirks?" For example, when receiving foreign ministers, do you always stay away? Zhu Houzhao was silent for a while, and then said for a long time: "It seems that there are some, that is, familiar fate, and they often sit on separate beds." ”

Liu Chengfeng suddenly realized and said, "I understand." "Understand what?"

"This" Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but feel embarrassed, and said: "It's better not to tell you about this kind of thing, but the master now understands what gift the master should give." ”

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but say angrily: "Master, how can you just think about yourself? What about the gifts of Hongu? ”

Liu Chengfeng smiled quietly and said, "Actually, His Highness's gift is the simplest and cheapest. "Oh?" Liu Chengfeng rolled his eyes at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Highness only needs to copy the Book of Filial Piety hundreds of times and send it to the palace, who dares to say that Your Highness's gifts are not valuable?" His Royal Highness does not need to give gifts, he only needs to send His Royal Highness's filial piety to his mother. ”

"This can be done" Zhu Houzhao couldn't imagine that it would be so easy, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Liu Chengfeng swore solemnly: "Anyway, the more filial piety you copy, in the eyes of the people of the world, it is the heaviest gift to the queen, so what is King Ning's father and son?" The most precious thing in this world is filial piety, not what ingots and jewels, Your Highness will do what I say, and I will ensure that there will be no mistakes. Zhu Houzhao is also a very smart person, thinking about it like this, he couldn't help but nod and said, "It makes sense!" After saying that, he continued with great interest: "That palace will start transcribing now, and it must please the queen mother." ”

Liu Chengfeng was thinking about his own affairs at this time, the queen's birthday, he was invited to the palace to worship his birthday as a hundred households in Jinyiwei, which is already a great face, but a gift that is not precious enough cannot be given, on the one hand, Liu Chengfeng and Ning Wang father and son can not afford to be this wide, on the other hand, he is a hundred households, even if he has money, send a gift worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, what will others think? Most likely the emperor will think that he has expropriated the money he has obtained by tyranny.

Therefore, the gift should not only be less expensive, but also attract the queen, after roughly clarifying Queen Zhang's preferences and taboos, Liu Chengfeng had an idea in his heart.

"That's it, it's the right to gamble on this one." Liu Chengfeng thought about it in his heart, and then said goodbye! "Since the prince wants to prepare a gift,

I also have official business to do for the teacher, so I said goodbye, and when the queen mother's birthday is a few days away, let's enter the palace together. ”

"Well, although the master goes, the palace will invite you when the time comes."

Liu Chengfeng said goodbye to Zhu Houzhao, and then rushed to the hundred households, the Yingchun Fang was already a mess, the captains poured out of the nest, and the thieves were arrested, first took Lei Biao, and after being tortured overnight, Lei Biao confessed to a few people, and the captain continued to take it, and these people confessed to their partners, and as a result, the splashes on the street were all rumored, what righteousness, what brotherhood, at this time Hou couldn't care at all. If it were someone else, everyone would still be able to unite and fight together, but the yin shadow left by Liu Chengfeng to them was too dark, and the scene of the horizontal knife killing people immediately was seen by countless people, who would dare to make any more moves when they bumped into such a ruthless person?

In addition, Lei Biao couldn't stand the torture at first, and confessed a few people first, he Lei Biao didn't pay attention to righteousness, and everyone naturally wouldn't be polite, one by one, like pouring bamboo tubes, and confessed all the people involved, so that a group of market scoundrels in Yingchunfang was completely disintegrated, and the reason why these people were able to come together was nothing more than the so-called righteousness of the market, and even the righteousness was gone, so what else to talk about sharing weal and woe? Jinyiwei is now out around, taking people one by one, some have already packed up their belongings and fled overnight, and some have been taken to hundreds of households with a fluke heart, and the entire Spring Festival Fang is solemn for a while.

At the same time, the stalls of the East Factory, the Daozun of each door, as well as many large merchants and the heads of Shuntianfu have received the name post, the person who posted it is Liu Chengfeng, the content of the post is very simple, at three o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, Liu Chengfeng is waiting in the Yunxiao Pavilion, be sure to appreciate the light.

The people who received this post were confused, what kind of huā is this Liu Chengfeng going to play? You don't have to guess a few points to guess, because the posts received from Dongchang stalls and Shuntianfu are all related to Yanhuā Hutong, and as for the main avenues and merchants, they are also related to Yingchunfang.

This Liu Chengfeng, does he want to stand up?

In this Cloud Pavilion, there were already a lot of people here, and there was still a night before Liu Chengfeng's banquet.

For example, Deng Stalltou of Nadong Factory, Li Dutou of Shuntian Mansion, and a few big businessmen, everyone sat together and drank for three rounds, but no one mentioned Liu Chengfeng's such a stall.

It wasn't until everyone was slightly drunk that Li Dutou smiled, glanced at Dongchang Deng Stalltou with respect and awe, and said: "Deng Stall, Liu Baihu's banquet seems to have invited a lot of people, in addition to your Dongchang, there are also our Shuntianfu, as well as a few brothers here, even the people from that gate have been invited, what does he mean by doing this?" ”

Deng Stalltou smiled coldly and said: "It's nothing more than standing up to all of us, and he doesn't even care about anyone in a hundred households, it's really hateful." Li Dutou couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, in fact, according to common sense, Shuntianfu will not have anything to do with Liu Chengfeng, but Liu Chengfeng was taken to Dali Temple, Yanhuā Hutong suddenly empty, Shuntianfu took this opportunity to insert a foot in and also made a lot of oil and water, and now Liu Chengfeng is back, it stands to reason that Shuntianfu should also retreat with interest, but the oil and water in this Yanhuā Hutong are too rich, and Li Dutou is reluctant.

So for Liu Chengfeng's every move, Li Dutou is very concerned, but at this time he also pays attention to the East Factory, if the East Factory is willing to retreat, he naturally doesn't say a word, immediately packs up his baggage and leaves, but the East Factory does not move, maybe he can fight for some benefits.

Li Dutou is now testing the meaning of Deng Dutou, and whether Deng Dutou is willing to give in is what Li Dutou cares about the most now.

In fact, everyone knows that begging for food in the mouth of a nerd is almost the same as snatching food from the mouth of a tiger, but there are too many interests here, and at the last moment, how can Li Dutou be willing to let go like this?

"Deng stallhead, you tell the truth, if Liu Chengfeng wants to stand up to us, what should you and I do?" Li Dutou half-squinted, making a look of being overwhelmed.

Deng stall head also hesitated, Liu Chengfeng is powerful, he has not seen it, but he just gave in, but he was unwilling in his heart, the last time it was because of this, he was fiercely reprimanded once, this time people haven't done it yet, you just obediently succumb, do you want to put aside the face of Dongchang?

Deng Stall's face had become a little hideous, and he slapped the table case fiercely, and said viciously: "Deng doesn't believe it, there are so many of us, we can't deal with a hundred households in brocade clothes, as long as the Ya family is willing to work together, what are you afraid of?" Don't forget, the few doors that Liu Chengfeng invited to go to are not simple behind them, it's a big deal, let's follow them and see how they are, if Liu Chengfeng is forced to be ruthless, everyone just needs to be willing to twist into a ball, so why be afraid? ”！。