In the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, the first day of the fourth month. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the palace of King Yan in Beiping City, Princess Xu sat around a son and two daughters on her knees, talking to them.

"Yuying," Xu said, pointing to the fabric in her hand, "press the needle here." ”

Zhu Yuying made a knot as she said and pressed the needle. "Mother, is that all right?" she asked.

"Ordinary people's uppers, that's fine. Xu said with a smile: "But the upper made for your father, you still need to use a thick thread to tie and sew it in it once, otherwise it will be broken if you can't wear it twice." ”

Zhu Yuying and Zhu Fuyuan pursed their lips and laughed together.

"Don't laugh," Xu said: "I will sew with your father today, but it will take a few days, and I will sew it for Aunt Weng and the groom, if the shoes you sew are not worn like this for a few days, wouldn't it be in vain for me to teach you all the painstaking work?"

Zhu Yuying and Zhu Fuyuan are the daughters of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and the princess Xu, Yuying is the eldest daughter and the first child born in the Yan Palace, the second is Gao Chi, the third is Fuyuan, and the fourth is Gao Xu.

Zhu Yuying was born in June of the tenth year of Hongwu, and now she will be seventeen years old in two months, she is already a slim girl, her face has inherited her mother's beauty, and her temperament is also gentle.

"Zhang Yu is your father's most relied on confidant," Xu said: "His eldest son, Brother Fu, we have known this child since he was a child, and we have grown up watching it, there is no better child than him, not to mention that Brother Fu is older than children of the same age." ”

"Wait for this year's war exploits to be reported," Xu said: "Please seal a thousand households, and then ask for the title of a county lord for you, and the two families will get married, and the name is justified." ”

Zhu Yuying's cheeks were crimson, and Gao Chi and Zhu Fuyuan on the side couldn't help laughing.

"Fu Yuan," Xu Shi nodded her forehead with his hand again, and said, "You are also fifteen years old this year, and you have just passed the ceremony, and there is no suitable candidate in the mansion, but your father has asked the chief of the palace to inquire about the right people in Beiping City for you, and you must also prepare. ”

"The big family in Beiping City," Zhu Fuyuan pouted and said, "Didn't they all ask the imperial grandfather to move away, where can I find a suitable family?" Anyway, I don't want to get married, so I want to stay with my father and mother." ”

As early as the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, the emperor issued an order to enrich the people into the Beijing Division, and ordered those who were rich to be sent to inspect the wealth. As a result, a total of 5,300 households from the Ministry of Industry moved from all over the world to Beijing, and 117 households were also moved to Beiping City.

"Besides, the eldest brother is not married," Zhu Fuyuan said: "I have to wait until the eldest brother marries a woman before it is my turn." ”

Xu sighed secretly, the marriages of the kings and the eldest sons of the kings were all selected and matched by the imperial court, and in previous years, they were all the daughters of the lords, but this year-

She looked sideways, and saw that the pen in Gao Chi's hand lying beside the desk was also stagnant, and she was also thoughtful.

"Gao Chi," Xu called, "What are you thinking?"

Zhu Gaochi gently put down the pen, walked over, sat on the footstool in front of Xu, and beat her legs.

"The son thought of the emperor's grandfather's intention of migrating the rich people of the world to Beijing," he said: "In the past, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did the same thing. ”

Seeing Xu's chin signal, Gao Chi said slowly: "The world has been peaceful for more than 20 years, the rich have no place to stand, and the poor have no place to stand. In the long run, no matter how many acres of land there is, it will be the land of a rich family, so who is a rich family -- a prince and a general, and a person who slaughters officials. The princes will have the land and property given by the emperor's grandfather, and the bureaucrats will be exempted from taxes if they are admitted to the examination. The land continued to be concentrated in their hands, and the imperial grandfather naturally couldn't sleep peacefully. ”

This is why in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang gave the fertile land to the heroes, and finally all of them were recovered.

"If you want to take it back, take it back, and if you want to move it, move it away," Xu Shi said lightly, just let Gao Chi sit up: "You have bad legs and feet, don't sit on this low footstool, I told you to soak your feet in potion every day, can you do it?"

"My son is soaked every day," Gao Chi said with a smile, and suddenly heard a voice outside: "It's Ma He's voice, my father and second brother are back." ”

Sure enough, after a while, the curtain of Xu's main house was opened, and Gao Xu came in in a military suit, with an excited light on his face: "Auntie, my son hunted a deer for you today, and asked the kitchen to make deer placenta paste for you!"

"Okay, good," Xu said with a smile, "My son is heroic." ”

Ma He bowed and stood at the door, and said: "Today we have hunted a bear, a tiger, a lynx, two deer, three elks, three roe deer, and five rabbits. Tell the slave to come over and say to the mother that a banquet will be held tonight to entertain the generals, and the mother will be invited to prepare wine and food, and the banquet will be held at three o'clock. ”

Xu Shi smiled slightly and said: "I know that His Royal Highness is going to hold a banquet, I have prepared the wine and food, you go and ask again, whether you want to hold a banquet in advance." ”

"Yes. Ma He said, he was about to leave, when he heard Zhu Gaochi say: "Slow down, I have boiled ginger soup here, you drink a bowl and then leave." ”

Ma He didn't shirk it, walked in and took the bowl, squatted down and picked up the small porcelain pot on the brazier, poured a bowl and drank it himself.

Gao Xu, who was enjoying under Xu's knees, saw it, and said: "Big brother didn't go today, I really want to regret it!" The snow in Miaofeng Mountain has melted away, and you can see the prey all over your eyes, it can be said that there are no arrows, but my father said that now is the season for birds and beasts to breed, and we can't hurt them more, so we should keep them to breed, but it's the same as what you said, big brother——"

"Where did I say this," Gao Chi said with a smile: "I'm really troublesome with my legs and feet, and it's a lot of burden, and I'm afraid that I can only ruin the fun." ”

"Second brother," Zhu Fuyuan, who was next to him, tugged at his sleeve and asked, "Did any of the rabbits hunt this time without hurting their fur?"

"Not really," Gao Xu said, "as soon as our brigade entered the mountain, the rabbit's ears were so good that they could hear it, and they all retracted into the hole." We dug the rabbit holes, and all three holes were blocked, but a litter of rabbits still escaped a few of them, and only five of them came back, all of them shot through the fur, and they can't be left for you to play with. ”

Xu asked Gao Xu to change into his regular clothes, and hugged him in his arms to take a closer look, Gao Xu knew what she was looking at, so he said: "It is undamaged, and even the skin is not broken." ”

Xu said: "Last year, you also went hunting at about this time, fell off the horse, knocked on the ground with blood, scared your father so much that he couldn't speak, you must always be considerate of the heart of parents, don't blindly win and drive away." ”

Gao Xu nodded again and again, saying that he knew, he knew.

Xu Shi looked around, sighed slightly, took his hand and said: "I remember that you had a wrench, which was bought from a merchant from Heihe, and you cherish it very much, why have you hunted several times, but you don't wear it?"

Gao Xu snorted a few times and said, "I gave it away early." That thing, that thing is not as good as white jade, and it is useless to keep it. ”

Xu said: "Although that thing is worth a lot, but you are the same as your father, and you value people over things, which is very good." ”

Ma He went and returned, and said, "Princess, Your Highness said that there was a banquet." ”

Xu stood up and said to Gao Chi Gaoxu: "I'll go to the dining house to cook, you two brothers go to the banquet, you don't drink much, especially Gao Xu, tomorrow is the "University" class of the golden book, if you delay the hour, you will not be able to run for three months." ”

Gao Xu made a bitter face, not knowing what he thought, and suddenly grinned.

But Gao Chi saw it, came over and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't think about it, last time you gave Croton to Master Jin and received five whips, this time you forgot that your skin hurts?"