After returning to the court, Zhu Yuanzhang accepted the congratulations of hundreds of civil and military officials in Fengtian Palace, personally named Ma Xiuying as the queen, and named the eldest son Zhu Biao as the crown prince. At this point, the Ming room was initially decided.

After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, it was even harder than before, not only did he begin to emphasize civil affairs over military force, but he was not particularly at ease with civil officials, and all matters big and small had to be reviewed and tried by him personally. There are countless kinds of concerts, and the events are also complicated and chaotic, ranging from the imperial court conquest to the people's livelihood and public security, and at the busiest time, they have to deal with more than 200 pieces of music and more than 400 political affairs a day. The biggest headache for him in these political affairs is money! money! Money! No matter what, when it comes to everything, it is inseparable from one word at all -- money.

However, the country has just been established, all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, and the economy is still unstable, even if Zhu Yuanzhang requires the civil and military officials and the palace concubines to cut back on food and clothing, the imperial garden has become a royal vegetable garden, and it is still stretched. He was so busy that the corners of his lips blistered, and he often couldn't help but secretly rejoice, fortunately, he listened to the persuasion of Ma Xiuying and Liu Ji at the beginning, and did not choose another location to set the capital, otherwise the treasury would be even more empty.

said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, and Ma Xiuying appeared in the imperial study with a soup cup.

"Queen, reduce the expenses in the palace, and you won't make soup for me in the future. Zhu Yuanzhang's face was pale, every day there were concubines with all kinds of soup and food to see, he knew in his heart that it was nothing more than a means for women to invite pets, but seeing that Ma Xiuying was also like this, he couldn't help but be a little unhappy.

"Your Majesty, this is just mung bean soup, which is for the emperor to clear the heat and remove the fire. Ma Xiuying said calmly, she knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was worried about the treasury, and she would inevitably be a little impetuous.

"Oh," realizing that he had misunderstood Ma Xiuying's kindness, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately took it and drank it all, "This is much better than those ginseng bird's nest soups, and sure enough, the queen understands my intentions." ”

Ma Xiuying smiled faintly, didn't care about his appreciation, and said: "The concubine knows that the emperor is worried about the emptiness of the treasury, so the concubine begs the queen to avoid the complexity and simplicity of the ceremony." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's ascension to the throne has already spent a lot of money from the treasury, and Ma Xiuying saw that he was sleepless at night and worried about the empty treasury, so he couldn't bear to spend a huge amount of money on the post-sealing ceremony. If she could, she even wanted to cancel the post-closure ceremony, and it was actually very tiring to be trained and guided by the ceremonial master of ceremonies every day during this time. However, the canonization of the queen is different from the canonization of other concubines, and it is necessary to hold a post-sealing ceremony, because the queen is the only woman who can stand side by side with the emperor, so the specifications and treatment are much more grand than the concubines.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly, "Then what's the matter, I promised to give you a beautiful post-sealing ceremony to make up for the grievances you had when you married me." ”

"You know the concubine doesn't care about that. Ma Xiuying shook her head gently, she didn't feel aggrieved when she married Zhu Yuanzhang, even if she starved and was injured for him. All the grievances depend on Zhu Yuanzhang's emotional attitude, this man never treats her badly materially, but his heart is divided into many parts, and it can't belong to her alone. In the past, she could still complain a few words, but now that he is the emperor, their status has changed from equality to subordination, she can't blame him for half a point, and she even has to bring honorifics when she speaks.

Zhu Yuanzhang is the kind of person who "you want me not to give it, you don't want me to stuff it to you", the more Ma Xiuying is not a rare substance, the more he wants to give Ma Xiuying the best, so he still insisted: "The ceremony is already in preparation, you don't care, this is your most beautiful moment, don't miss it." ”

Ma Xiuying knew his stubbornness, and no longer persuaded her, she came to have one more matter, I heard that Zhu Yuanzhang commended the heroes in public in the court, but did not mention the shadow guard, she was worried that Zhu Yuanzhang had forgotten the credit of the shadow guard. The shadow guard was established by her, and the relationship is extraordinary, she hopes that everyone in the shadow guard will have the opportunity to get ahead, this is her commitment to the shadow guard, and it is also her expectation.

Zhu Yuanzhang said noncommittally: "I have not forgotten their merits, but I heard that they once interceded with you for Zhang Shicheng, and many things have to be told to you, it seems that your words are more effective than me, and whether they serve me wholeheartedly remains to be verified." ”

Ma Xiuying was taken aback, it turned out that the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang refused to reward the shadow guard was here.

When Zhang Shicheng was escorted to Yingtianfu, Xu Wu and others once expressed their gratitude to Ma Xiuying for giving jade pendants. On the day of the break, the city and the outside of the city were killed, and they would be cut when they saw people, if it wasn't for Zhang Shicheng's quick surrender, he was afraid that Pingjiang would really be slaughtered. But some soldiers still didn't listen to orders, such as Yu Tonghai's subordinates secretly killed people in the city to vent their anger, thanks to Xu Wu's jade pendant of Zhu Yuanzhang and a loud reminder, these soldiers let them go.

Xu Wu has been lurking beside Zhang Shicheng for many years, Zhang Shicheng has always treated him kindly, and is willing to reuse him, how can he be ruthless if he is not a plant or a tree? Therefore, Xu Wu also tactfully begged Ma Xiuying to say a few good words for Zhang Shicheng, so that he would not die.

At that time, Ma Xiuying learned that Zhu Yuanzhang did not mean to kill Zhang Shicheng, and wrote back to Xu Wu about it, but in the end, Zhang Shicheng still died without explanation. This is also the reason why Ma Xiuying doesn't like Li Shanchang, the same thing Liu Ji is for Zhu Yuanzhang's consideration, but Li Shanchang is for his own selfishness, this person's character can be seen.

However, how did Zhu Yuanzhang know that Yingwei was secretly still working for him, and he still pleaded with him? Someone within Yingwei must have told Zhu Yuanzhang. Thinking of this, Ma Xiuying couldn't help but be glad that she had only contacted Xu Wu in a single line when she went to Pingjiang, and did not alarm other film guards, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang would not have just given a verbal warning today.

She hurriedly confessed: "The emperor is too worried, they have been under the command of the concubine for many years, and some old habits have forgotten to change, and the concubine has already warned them that they can only obey the emperor's orders in the future." The emperor must also know that the concubine has not been in contact with them for a long time, and he will not have the slightest relationship with them in the future. It's just that the concubine promised that they would have a bright future, so I asked more questions today, and asked the emperor to forgive the concubine. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with Ma Xiuying's attitude of knowing advance and retreat, and said: "Of course I won't misunderstand you, but I'm worried that they will be confused by people like Zhang Shicheng who are good at winning people's hearts, and think that I am cruel and ruthless." I can't have Xie Zaixing around me anymore. ”

Ma Xiuying hurriedly defended, "They will never have two minds for the emperor, if they had half of other thoughts, they would not have presented the information of all forces to the emperor in the first place." Some people did plead with the concubine for Zhang Shicheng, but it was only out of morality, didn't the ministers also intercede for Zhang Shicheng, and the emperor himself didn't think of killing Zhang Shicheng at that time, this was all driven by everyone's kindness. ”