At the entrance of the Chu King's Mansion, two tall and prominent red lacquer-inlaid copper nail doors are particularly conspicuous. There are two stone lions about a meter tall on both sides of the door, which look even more majestic.

Under the steps of the royal mansion, there were already a group of people waiting to follow the royal mansion, surrounded by a man in a red robe.

When the ceremonial guard came to the palace of the Chu Prince and Zhu Cilang walked off the dragon chariot, the man in a red robe immediately came up and bowed to him and said, "I will meet with the prince!"

Huguang Governor Fang Kongzhao whispered beside Zhu Cixuan: "Your Highness, this is the prince of the King of Chu."

Zhu Cilang nodded and said, "The prince is exempt from the ceremony!"

The prince of Chu was about thirties, slightly fat, fair and clean, and a little elegant. In Zhu Cilang's opinion, he was more stupid and quite pleasing to the eyes.

Some of the followers and military generals behind Zhu Cixuan were angry. The old thing of the King of Chu asked the prince to welcome the crown prince, but he hid in the palace. The King of Chu had a big face.

After seeing the li, the prince led everyone to the palace. In addition to the major officials of Huguang, the eunuchs, lieutenants, and supporters from the King of Chu Palace, Huang Degong and Xu Sheng, a large group of brave guards and other guards of the King of Chu Palace also entered the King of Chu Palace in a mighty manner.

The specifications in the royal palace are quite similar to those in the imperial palace. There are also three halls in the center, front, middle and back. There are other palaces, ancestral temples, academies, warehouses, and other houses around the two sides of each hall. These buildings are smaller than the scale of the Forbidden City, but they are much more generous than the Duan Palace where Zhu Cilang once lived.

Zhu Cixuan has lived in the Forbidden City for several years and has been used to large-scale palace buildings, but he does not have much feelings about the buildings of the King of Chu Palace.

The group entered Chengyun Hall through Duanli Gate. At this time, King Zhu Huakui of Chu was sitting on the golden throne. More than 20 officials from the Chu King's Mansion stood on both sides, and some eunuchs, maids, and lieutenants, totaling about sixty or seventy people.

King Zhu Huakui of Chu is fifty-seven years old this year. His beard is gray and fat, and his body is like a pig. He has been kept as a pigpen for more than fifty years. No wonder he has this body shape.

The King of Chu dressed almost the same as Zhu Cilang's, wearing a winged crown and a red dress with narrow sleeves. He had a ball of gold-woven five-clawed dragon on the front and back and shoulders, a jade belt wrapped around his waist, and soap-skin boots on his feet.

Seeing Zhu Cilang enter the hall, King Zhu Huakui of Chu got up from the throne, stood aside and said calmly: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, please sit down!"

Zhu Cilang glanced at the gold-wrapped throne on his head and smiled subconsciously. He remembered historical records: In the 16th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong attacked Wuchang, and local officials from Huguang gathered in the Chu Palace and begged King Zhu Huakui to donate funds and pay. Zhu Huakui pointed to the gold-wrapped throne given by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "This should be used as military pay, there are no other ones!"

What else can the officials do if they are criticized by the King of Chu? This world is the Zhu family, and the royal family and vassal kings do not contribute. What qualifications do they have to require officials and the people to contribute money and efforts?

After Wuchang was captured by Zhang Xianzhong, all the million gold and silver in the Chu Palace were taken away by Zhang Xianzhong and they were not loaded in hundreds of cars.

Zhang Xianzhong scolded the King of Chu and said that he was raised by a bitch, then mocked him again, then tied him to a stone and threw him into the Yangtze River and drowned.

Later, Zhang Xianzhong drove all the royal families of the King of Chu to the Yangtze River and asked them to jump into the water. For a moment, the crying sounds on the banks of the Yangtze River shook the sky and the corpses floated for several miles.

There was only one royal family named Zhu Shengzhen who had been drifting for more than 30 miles and had not yet drowned. He climbed onto the shore and fled into the mountains. He changed his name to Xie Shiren, and later got married and had children. His son lived to be ninety years old.

According to the Ming Dynasty's ritual system, the country will come first and the family will be the first. When the crown prince meets the vassal kings, no matter how many generations or age the vassal kings are, the crown prince will be regarded as the superior. The vassal kings worship with ministerial etiquette, and then discuss the ranking of generations and master etiquette in the clan.

Therefore, Zhu Cixuan was not polite and walked straight to the golden throne to accept the worship of everyone.

Zhu Huakui has been the King of Chu for nearly 60 years and has never visited anyone else. Now, seeing his throne being sat on someone, he still has to visit him, and he always feels uncomfortable.

After everyone finished their salutes, Zhu Cixuan looked around and was about to talk about the serious matters, but a voice came from the hall: "Why didn't the Crown Prince greet His Highness the King of Chu?"

The speaker was Ji Haoyan, the governor of Panyuan. He decided to take the lead in attacking and bring a trend to the officials in Huguang.

Ji Haoyan continued: "Your Highness the Crown Prince should get up and pay homage to Your Highness the King of Chu for his younger years. How can the dear ceremony be abolished?"

Several officials immediately responded to Ji Haoyan and also said that the crown prince should salute His Highness the King of Chu.

In the "Instructions of the Emperor's Ming Ancestor", Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty, stipulated the generations of descendants of each family, and the Eastern Palace and the Prince's throne each took twenty characters to represent generations.

Under the Eastern Palace: Yun Wen follows the ancestral teachings, Qin Wu Dajun is victorious, follow the way and be auspicious, and the teacher is good at using Sheng;

Under the throne of Yan: Gao Zhanqi and Qi Jianyou, Hou Zaiyi Changyou, Ci and Yi Bo Zhong, Jian Jingdi Xianyou;

Under the throne of Chu: Meng Jijun showed his heroic spirit and prosperity, and was promoted to great talent and made great achievements;

.........

Zhu Yuanzhang's sons each have their own generation, which means that the descendants of the Zhu family basically have three words, and the first two were decided hundreds of years ago. For example, Zhu Cilang is the eleventh generation of the King of Yan. According to generation, Zhu Cilang has to be called Zhu He when he gave birth to a son.

The King of Chu was fourth generation higher than Zhu Cilang. Logically, Zhu Cilang should have to salute him and call him great-great-uncle. This is something that Zhu Cilang couldn't call him anyway. It felt even more uncomfortable than being a grandson. It was so disgusting!

Zhu Cilang looked at Ji Haoyan and felt very unhappy. He looked slightly angry and said, "Thank you for your reminder! I hope you can be so loyal to your official duties!"

Huang Degong and other generals of the Tianwu Army all looked angry, and some even pressed the hilt of the sword in their hands, preparing to draw their swords and kill one or two of the fastest things.

Zhu Cixuan stood up and looked at the King of Chu and said, "What should I call the King of Chu four generations higher than this palace? Please let the King of Chu make it clear!"

The King of Chu is nearly sixty years old, after all, he is not a naughty man. He knows very well that the crown prince does not want to ceremonies. Although the ceremonies are this kind of ceremonies, they are not always serious. Now the vassal kings are weak and it is not worth offending a crown prince with heavy troops because of this trivial matter.

The King of Chu laughed and said, "Forget it, forget it, just a few minor details."

Seeing that Ji Haoyan and others wanted to say something, the King of Chu hurriedly said, "Everyone should take your seat, the banquet prepared by the Lone King for everyone is about to begin!"

The King of Chu waved his hand and ordered a banquet, not giving Huguang officials a chance to speak.

After everyone took their seats, all kinds of exquisite wine and food were delivered to everyone's seats like flowing water, and there were also singers and musicians from the royal palace singing and dancing to cheer them up.
Chapter completed!