Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's elated expression, the ministers didn't dare to question him for fear of sweeping his interest, and congratulated him in unison.

Hu Weiyong and others were even more flattering, "No wonder the Lord was able to recover the Han dynasty and win the support of all the people, it turned out to be a saint!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, and when he returned to the palace, he said to Ma Xiuying and the other concubines: "I didn't expect that I was actually a descendant of the sage Zhu Xi." ”

Ma Xiuying was surprised: "What descendant of the saint Zhu Xi?"

"My ancestor and the sage Zhu Xiyuan came out of the Zhu family of Wuyuan Tea House, and I am not his descendant. Zhu Yuanzhang told Ma Xiuying and others the information verified by Li Shanchang.

Zhu Xi is the only one who is not a disciple of Confucius and enjoys the Confucian Temple, ranking among the twelve philosophers of the Dacheng Palace, and is worshiped by Confucianism.

All the women heard about it, and when they heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was from his clan, they were immediately overjoyed, especially the concubine who gave birth to an heir, and exclaimed in surprise, "Oh, it turns out that the prince's bloodline is so noble, and the prince's children are also noble." ”

Ma Xiuying shouted: "What nonsense, the prince is about to become the emperor, which child will not be of noble blood in the future?"

Her coldness was like a basin of ice water that woke up a room of people who got carried away, and everyone looked at each other and was silent.

The smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face also condensed on his face.

Ma Xiuying raised her head and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "I heard from the prince that Zhu Xi belongs to the Wuyuan branch, and the ancestors belong to the Jurong branch, and he has already come out of the five suits, how can Zhu Xi be the ancestor of the prince?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was pale, but he was covered by anger, he couldn't understand what it was wrong to recognize a saint as an ancestor, Ma Xiuying had to break the gong and ruin people's prosperity.

Without waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to get angry, Ma Xiuying said again: "After the prince ascended the throne, he was a king above ten thousand people, and his status was supreme, and he was much more glorious than Zhu Xi, so why bother to recognize a Zhu Xi who was inferior to himself as an ancestor, so as to make the mistake of forgetting his ancestors?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was sullen, and Ma Xiuying blamed him in front of everyone for making the mistake of forgetting his ancestors, which made him very embarrassed. He snorted coldly, shook his sleeves and left.

As soon as he left, the concubines naturally stayed useless.

Guo Hui glanced at Ma Xiuying, and sneered in her heart, this woman got carried away before she sat in the back seat, and it was best to bump into Zhu Yuanzhang a few more times, which made Zhu Yuanzhang more and more disgusted.

Xun Ying persuaded: "Master, why do you want to make the prince angry, the whole world belongs to the prince, and he will let him do it after he is willing to be a saint." ”

"It is precisely because the whole world is his, I can't let him act arbitrarily, you need to know that the higher the power, the heavier the responsibility, his words and deeds are a model for the people of the world, how can I see him making a wrong example and causing people to criticize?" Ma Xiuying sighed, thought for a while and said: "I remember that Yingtianfu Ya had an edict surnamed Zhu, and you asked someone to summon him." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang, who walked out of the palace, didn't know where to go, he was very conflicted, and the joy of recognizing Zhu Xi as his ancestor was washed away by Ma Xiuying's words. But he had to admit in his heart that what Ma Xiuying said made sense, even though Zhu Xi was a saint, he was just a courtier, and he was a high emperor, much higher than Zhu Xi's status, how could he be a monarch and a minister? After thinking about it for a day, he finally returned to the mansion sullenly.

When he walked into the door of the mansion, he saw Xun Ying waiting at the door with his hands down, and when he saw him, he stepped forward to salute and said, "The princess invites the princess to the living room for a while." ”

"What kind of guests are here?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked casually.

Xun Ying said without reservation: "After the prince left, the princess summoned a teacher from Ying Tianfu, who was also surnamed Zhu. The princess said that if the prince wants to be a saint, he might as well ask the people surnamed Zhu how they feel. ”

"Hmph!" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted noncommittally, and came to the living room, he wanted to hear what this Zhu Sectarian had to say.

Zhu Jiaoyu saw Zhu Yuanzhang immediately trembling and kowtowing and bowing, he was invited by Ma Xiuying to sit for a long time, and he was also worried for a long time, even though he was worried and scared, he didn't dare to ask or leave.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked directly: "Are you a descendant of Zhu Xi?"

Zhu Jiaoyu replied honestly: "Although the students admire Zhu Shengren, Zhu Shengren is not the ancestor of the student, so the student cannot recognize the ancestor indiscriminately. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at his eyes tightly, and when he saw that his eyes were open, he nodded silently, "You go down." ”

Zhu Jiaoyu retreated inexplicably, Ma Xiuying and Zhu Yuanzhang summoned him just to ask a word, but they didn't scare him to death.

After listening to Zhu's answer, Zhu Yuanzhang was very stimulated, and he refused to recognize his ancestors even with a small teaching, not to mention that he was a son of heaven, Ma Xiuying was right, he did make the mistake of forgetting his ancestors. After he figured it out, he dispelled his previous thoughts, and no longer shy away from saying that he was from a humble background, and said that he would be called "Huaiyou Buyi", "Jiangzuo Buyi", "from Tianmu", "from a slightly cold background" and other words.

Li Shanchang, who was always paying attention to the movements of the palace, was furious when he received the news, and called Hu Weiyong to assign: "That poisonous woman has repeatedly sabotaged my advice to the prince, if you have to get along with me, you must teach this woman a lesson! ”

Hu Weiyong received the order, and it didn't take long for the people to spread that Ma Xiuying was a broom star, a chicken Si Chen, who often interfered with Zhu Yuanzhang's political affairs, and had no virtue that a woman should have, and a pair of big feet was particularly ashamed, and she was not worthy of being a queen.

There were even people who painted many portraits of Ma Xiuying who humiliated Ma Xiuying and distributed them everywhere.

Guo Hui smiled happily when she got the portrait, and immediately led a group of concubines who were good friends with her to see Ma Xiuying, opened the painting in public and said: "Today, the servant went out to procure, saying that a painting has been particularly popular in Tianfu recently, and the little sister is curious, so she specially brought it to enjoy it with her sister." ”

Ma Xiuying looked over and painted a woman holding a watermelon in her arms, except for a glance, there was nothing brilliant, especially the woman's face had no look at all, and she looked very dull. What is there to admire about such a painting?

Guo Hui said meaningfully: "Look at this woman holding a watermelon in her arms, her big feet are very conspicuous, isn't it ridiculous?"

Ma Xiuying heard the taste, Suxian belongs to Huaixi, Huaixi is homophonic to Huaixi, this is mocking her!

The other concubines also understood the meaning of the portrait, they were not as bold as Guo Hui, and they all bowed their heads and tried to be invisible.

Ma Xiuying glanced around, saw Guo Hui looking over with a provocative smile and smiled faintly, "This portrait has a good meaning, but it's a pity that it is not expressive enough." Xun Ying, take pen and ink. ”

Xun Ying brought pen and ink, Ma Xiuying immediately picked up the pen and sketched on the woman's face, tilted her head and thought about it, and drew a lotus platform at the woman's feet.