As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang returned to Kunning Palace, Ma Xiuying waited at the palace gate to greet him.

"Are you waiting for me so late? Didn't I let you rest earlier?" Zhu Yuanzhang took off his big coat and draped it on Ma Xiuying, he delayed for an hour or two, which would have already been more exposed, and when he put on Ma Xiuying's clothes, he could feel the cold on Ma Xiuying's body.

"The emperor didn't rest, how dare the concubine go to rest first. Ma Xiuying's face was calm and with a sincere smile, as if she had just waited for a while.

"The queen has been waiting for a long time. Zhu Yuanzhang was a little weak-hearted, and he almost immersed himself in Guo Hui's gentleness and never came back. If he doesn't return overnight, won't Ma Xiuying have to wait all night.

"How is the situation with Concubine Hui's sister?" Ma Xiuying smelled the strong fragrance of fat powder, her mood sank slightly, and she quietly distanced herself from Zhu Yuanzhang.

"I just let the Imperial Doctor see it, if it weren't for her repeated stomach pain, I wouldn't have delayed for so long. Zhu Yuanzhang thought he had found an excuse, but he didn't know that the rouge smell on his body had already betrayed him.

"It's okay, tomorrow the concubine will let someone send some supplements. Ma Xiuying did not expose Zhu Yuanzhang's lies. There are some things that are useless, and it will only make Zhu Yuanzhang angry.

"There is a doctor waiting for you over there, don't worry too much, on the contrary, you have to take care of yourself, I am reluctant to exhaust you. Ma Xiuying's magnanimity made Zhu Yuanzhang more and more ashamed, and took her hand with a pleasant face and carefully admonished her.

Ma Xiuying withdrew her hand and said indifferently: "The emperor will have an early dynasty tomorrow, so let's rest." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't notice that there was a hint of alienation in Ma Xiuying's seemingly caring tone, nodded, and snored loudly after lying on the bed for a while. When he fell asleep, Ma Xiuying tiptoed into another bed.

There was no dream all night, and when Ma Xiuying woke up, the sky was faintly bright, and Zhu Yuanzhang had already gone to the court.

Sunshadow heard the movement and came in to serve her to freshen up.

Ma Xiuying jumped out of bed barefoot, even if she stepped on the thick velvet blanket, she could feel the chill in her bones, and couldn't help but shiver, and asked, "When did the emperor leave?" Why didn't anyone wake me up?"

"The emperor has been gone for a while. The emperor said that the master slept soundly, and told the slaves and maids not to wake up the master. Xun Ying said with a smile: "The emperor is changing clothes in the outer room, for fear of affecting the master's sleep." ”

Ma Xiuying is in a complicated mood, and always inadvertently leaves a trace of love when she is disappointed, so that she doesn't know how to describe Zhu Yuanzhang as a man.

"The emperor is so good to his master! The slave and maid saw that the emperor was leaving, and she covered the master with a quilt. Xun Ying smiled very brightly, as if she was the one who was cared for.

"You talk a lot. Ma Xiuying angrily snorted, if Xunying knew that she and Zhu Yuanzhang were actually sleeping separately, she would be surprised, but she didn't plan to tell Xunying these privacy, so as not to worry Xunying. She looked back at the bed, the curtains hanging low to cover the inside, and she hurriedly folded the two quilts together.

"Ahem, ahem, master, let the slave do these things. Xun Ying said urgently, how could she let Ma Xiuying make the bed herself.

Hearing Xun Ying cough twice, Ma Xiuying raised her head, only then did she notice that Xun Ying had two black eyes, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Didn't you sleep all night?" ”

Xun Ying said: "The slave maid went to inquire about the news last night, and when she came back, the palace door was locked, and when she heard that the emperor was also in the palace, the slave maid did not dare to call the door, for fear that the emperor would find out that the slave maid went out without permission, so she stayed at the door for a night, and waited until Fushun opened the door, and then quickly slipped in, fortunately she was not noticed by the emperor." ”

"Oh, it's me who forgot about your outing, aren't you frozen, have you been discovered by the guards who patrol the night?" Ma Xiuying hurriedly dragged Xunying to the stove. Last night, she was just thinking about Guo Hui and Dao Yan, but she really ignored Xun Ying. Now that it's freezing cold, it's no wonder that Xunying squatted outside all night without getting sick.

"Don't worry, the slave heard the footsteps and hid behind the pillar, and was not discovered by the guards. However, the slave couldn't bear it in the middle of the night, so she ate the supper prepared for you and the emperor. Xun Ying smiled and grinned, and he couldn't see that he had been wronged at all.

"It's good that you're not freezing. If there is such a thing in the future, no matter whether the emperor is in Kunning Palace or not, you can directly ask someone to open the door, and I will explain to the emperor. Ma Xiuying became more and more guilty, took the silk towel handed by Xun Ying, and wiped Xun Ying's hands and face instead.

"Master......" Xun Ying's smile froze on his face, and he couldn't speak. The most noble woman in the Ming Dynasty washed her hands and face, and this treatment that only the emperor and the prince could enjoy also fell on her, which moved her nose to be sour.

Ma Xiuying was still blaming herself, "If I knew this, I wouldn't have let you go out at night, and you could go out to find out the news during the day." After a while, I will ask the imperial doctor to take a look at you, and don't leave any disease behind. ”

Xun Ying's expression was correct, "It's the slave who is not doing things well on her own and delaying the time." Fortunately, the slave finally lived up to the master's trust and inquired about some news. ”

Ma Xiuying paused with her hand, and did not ask Xun Ying, she knew that Xun Ying would continue.

"I heard that yesterday there were ministers in the court who suggested that the emperor draft a draft after the New Year," Xun Ying looked at Ma Xiuying's face and continued: "Some people also say that you have never handled the draft for the emperor, and the emperor has been on the throne for so long, and you have only added a few concubines to the harem, which is jealous......"

The silk towel in Ma Xiuying's hand fell into the basin, stirring up a little splash, she held back her anger and asked hatefully, "Who said that?"

"Don't be angry, master, those people are talking nonsense. The emperor also scolded the man in court. Xunying hurriedly comforted Ma Xiuying, and she was also very aggrieved for Ma Xiuying in her heart. If Ma Xiuying is a jealous person, I am afraid that there will be no more generous women in this world

She has followed Ma Xiuying for so many years, and she has seen that there are more and more women around Zhu Yuanzhang day by day, although it is not the seventy-two concubines of the three palaces and six courts, but there are at least twenty or thirty. Ma Xiuying will also have times of sadness in private, but she has never suppressed these women on the basis that she is the queen, she has always been kind to these women, and the children born to these women are also regarded as her own, and she has never lacked clothing. Even after Guo Hui, who had bullied Ma Xiuying before, married Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Xiuying treated everyone equally and did not harsh Guo Hui, I really don't know how this jealous hat could be buckled on Ma Xiuying's head.

"Who is it?" Ma Xiuying asked again with her hands trembling with anger. She admits that she is jealous, but she has been desperately suppressing her true feelings for Zhu Yuanzhang, and trying to be a tolerant and generous housewife. Now some people are using this reason to criticize her, which is too deceitful!