Early in the morning, Ma Xiuying sent Zhu Fan and Zhu Li out of the palace, and the mother and son were reluctant. On the way, I met Li Qi'er and Zhu Di, and Li Qi'er also came to see off her son. Ma Xiuying saw her frowning, and called her to persuade her: "Di'er can have her own ambitions, you should be happy as a mother, you make this gesture, how can Di'er go to the barracks with confidence?"

Li Qi'er squeezed out a smile, "The concubine is happy, but Di'er has never suffered hardship, and she is so ......"

"The palace is reluctant to send them to the barracks, but the children will always grow up, can we take care of them for the rest of our lives? Wen Zheng and Wen Zhong dare to go into battle to meet the enemy at this age. Thinking that Zhu Wenzheng died depressed years ago, Ma Xiuying felt a pain in her heart, and suddenly lost the desire to speak.

"That's what the queen said. Li Qi'er lowered her head and silently followed behind.

Zhu Fan and Zhu Li's excitement last night had not passed, and their sorrowful mood turned into showing off when they saw Zhu Di, and they described the excitement of the Lantern Festival to Zhu Di, which made Zhu Di envious.

"The emperor is so good to the crown prince, the second prince, and the third prince. Li Qi'er said quietly. is also a prince, but Zhu Yuanzhang only took Zhu Biao's three brothers out of the palace, aren't Di'er and Lu'er his children?

Ma Xiuying glanced at Li Qi'er and said lightly: "Di'er is also the emperor's child, and the emperor is as good to him as he is, and yesterday he praised him for his strong personality and courage in doing things. ”

"The concubine doesn't mean anything else......" Li Qi'er's face was slightly embarrassed, and she didn't know if she was a ghost, so she would say that sentence in front of Ma Xiuying. Although she was faintly unhappy in her heart, she was jealous that Zhu Yuanzhang accompanied Ma Xiuying's mother and son out of the palace to play, and ignored her, Zhu Di and Zhu Hu, but these words should not be said in person anyway.

"You've been a little impetuous, go back and copy a few more scriptures. Ma Xiuying was a little disappointed in Li Qi'er, and among the concubines, she was closest to Li Qi'er, after all, the two had experienced many things together, and Li Qi'er and she were once like sisters. After entering the palace, she tried her best to promote Li Qi'er to Concubine Qi'er, so that this slave-born woman was high, and she originally expected Li Qi'er to be her help, but Li Qi'er shrank in her bedroom and took care of the child wholeheartedly, ignoring the things outside the window, and she was promoted to Concubine Mu in desperation. It would have been fine if Li Qi'er had been in peace, but Li Qi'er had lost her temper for Dao Yan's previous incident, and now she faintly revealed her jealous mentality. When did this woman also deviate from her vest?

"The concubine obeys. Li Qi'er's head almost hung down to her chest, making it difficult to see her current expression.

Walking briskly through the long and silent Yongxiang, Ma Xiuying did not look back to care about Li Qi'er's aggrieved and weak appearance. They used to be servants of masters, friends, sisters, but now they have nothing to say.

The one who came to pick up the three princes was Yuan Xing, who is now the commander of the cavalry battalion, awarded the title of General Wu Yi, and managed thousands of households.

"Uncle, uncle!" Zhu Fan and Zhu Di immediately cheered when they saw him, and Zhu Di also stepped forward and shouted softly.

Ma Xiuying smiled, there are rules in the palace, and foreign men are not allowed to follow their concubines, so although Yuan Xing is sometimes on duty in the palace, he has never seen her in private, and several times the news has been passed on from one person to another. It can be said that she has not seen Yuan Xing since she entered the palace, and she can only know some news about Yuan Xing from Zhu Yuanzhang every time, presumably this time Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately arranged for their sister and brother to meet. With Yuan Xing taking care of several children in the military camp, she can also rest assured.

"The last general has seen the queen mother, the concubine mother and the three princes. Yuan Xing smiled and saluted a few people, and his eyes only stayed on Li Qi'er for a moment before quickly moving away.

"Go and lift your uncle up. Ma Xiuying pouted to her two sons, she is now the queen, and she can no longer touch men other than Zhu Yuanzhang, even her younger brother.

"Di'er will ask General Yuan. Li Qi'er knew that Ma Xiuying and Yuan Xing had something to say, so she took the initiative to retire after a few more words of advice to Zhu Di.

Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she glanced at the burly Yuan Xing, who had nothing back then, and became a five-rank general. What would it be like if she had chosen him in the first place? Alas, men are unreliable, once she heard that Yuan Xing had never started a family, and thought that Yuan Xing really had a deep love for her. As a result, now this man is not still marrying a wife and having children, the difference is only that there are fewer women and children than Zhu Yuanzhang, but no one can replace the status and glory that Zhu Yuanzhang can give him.

"Go to the palace gate and wait, the queen mother and your uncle will say a few words. Ma Xiuying asked Xun Ying to take the three children away.

When only the two of them were left, Yuan Xing's smile became relaxed and natural, "Sister, I heard that you and the emperor went out of the palace to play yesterday?"

"Who did you listen to?"

"This is also to say, our barracks were on guard last night. It wasn't until the news of your return to the palace came that Xuandehou let the soldiers go down to rest. ”

Ma Xiuying said helplessly: "I originally wanted to be convinced, but I didn't expect to make such a big move." ”

"There's a bigger movement. Yuan Xing said mysteriously: "The Soldiers and Horses killed several people last night, and one of them was Prime Minister Yang's nephew. When I entered the palace, I heard that Prime Minister Yang Cheng was going to be unlucky. ”

"Prime Minister Yang Xian?" Ma Xiuying was stunned, she knew that Yang Xian's status in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind was not low.

This person's real name is Yang Bi, originally an official of the Yuan Dynasty, and after Zhu Yuanzhang captured Yingtianfu, he defected to the shogunate, held the paperwork, and often represented Zhu Yuanzhang to envoy the enemy camp. In particular, he sent Zhang Shicheng's battalion twice and almost lost his life, and was later regarded as a cronie by Zhu Yuanzhang and given the name Yang Xian. Because he is capable of doing things, he still has evidence to report someone or something to Zhu Yuanzhang, and in the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed him as the governor of Zhongshu and moved to Zuocheng in the second year.

Yuan Xing gloated and said: "When the emperor appointed Yang Xian as prime minister, Liu Taishi once said that Yang Xian had the talent of a prime minister, but he did not have the strength of a prime minister. Now it seems that this person has really offended many people, and many people are waiting to impeach him, and the prime minister's seat is about to be bombarded before he is hot. ”

After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he rewarded hundreds of civil and military officials, and the generals with the greatest merit were Xu Da and Chang Yuchun;

Liu Ji knew that he had been suspected by Zhu Yuanzhang, so he repeatedly shirked every time he was crowned an official.

Zhu Yuanzhang still trusts Li Shanchang very much, and made him the right prime minister and knighted the Duke of Korea. However, in the past two years, he has vaguely noticed that Li Shanchang is behind the impeachment of Ma Xiuying and the civil and military conflicts, so he wants to replace him.

He consulted with Liu Ji, who was most incompatible with Li Shanchang, but Liu Ji said: "The Korean public service is very high, and he can reconcile the generals, so he should not be easily replaced." ”

"Li Shanchang often exposes your shortcomings, do you still want to intercede for him? I originally planned to let you be the right prime minister. Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised, he thought that Liu Ji would fall into the ground.

Liu Ji said humbly: "This is like changing pillars in the hall, and large and strong wood must be used. If you use small wood, either the wall will fall or the house will collapse. The minister is a small material, how can he be a prime minister?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was actually just testing Liu Ji's mind, and when he heard him say this, he turned around and asked, "What about Yang Xian?"

Liu Ji said bluntly: "Yang Shen knows that he has the talent of the prime minister, but he does not have the strength of the prime minister. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "What about Wang Guangyang?"

Liu Ji shook his head, "It's not as good as Yang Xian." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang finally asked Hu Weiyong.

"No, no, if you use him, I'm afraid it will cause trouble. Liu Ji was secretly surprised, he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang meant to reuse Hu Weiyong, but he didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to plan to give Hu Weiyong such a big right. This person can be used and sold by anyone for the sake of power, and he is really not a good minister.

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent, and later he did not cancel Li Shanchang's position as the right prime minister, but still let Yang Xian be the left prime minister.

Li Shanchang heard that Zhu Yuanzhang almost replaced him, he was angry and scared, and when he heard that Liu Ji had helped him say good things, he was not only not grateful, but sneered: "Liu Ji Lao'er is taking retreat as advance, spreading the news to see how he still has a foothold in the civil service." ”

"He now has the support of Ma, where will he put us in his eyes. Hu Weiyong hated Liu Ji to death, and dared to tell Zhu Yuanzhang that he was a disaster and hindered his future, and this person couldn't stay.