Ma Xiuying hurried to the Jiaotai Palace, she knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was very diligent, and it was estimated that she was still in the Jiaotai Hall at this time.

The captain of the guard was slightly surprised when he saw Ma Xiuying wearing a queen's crown dress and a very formal appearance, and stepped forward to salute and said, "Wait a minute, the queen will let people show the emperor." ”

"No, the main palace is waiting outside the palace. Ma Xiuying stopped the guards and signaled him not to alarm Zhu Yuanzhang. When she came, she was anxious, and she wanted to see Zhu Yuanzhang pleading for Tang He as soon as possible, but when she saw the trembling palace people and the heavily guarded guards, she suddenly woke up, Zhu Yuanzhang's mood must be very bad at this time, if she rashly broke in to annoy Zhu Yuanzhang, I am afraid it would backfire, and she must think of a foolproof way to dispel Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion of Tang He first, and then beg him to release Tang He.

Thinking about it like this, she didn't rush in. The palace people hurriedly brought her a chair, and she sat quietly on it like a rock, but her heart was surging and setting off huge waves. A drunken word can make Zhu Yuanzhang not hesitate to attack his most trusted courtiers, first Xu Da's wife Zhang, and then Tang He, is he really as cruel and violent as recorded in the history books, and wants to kill heroes on a large scale?

She can't let Zhu Yuanzhang do this kind of thing of unloading the mill and killing the donkey, it doesn't matter how the history books evaluate it, the important thing is that people can't forget their roots and kill the partners who have worked for themselves, this is a manifestation of the extinction of human nature, and it can't and shouldn't appear on Zhu Yuanzhang......

Although Ma Xiuying had ordered the captain of the guard not to alarm Zhu Yuanzhang, how could Zhu Yuanzhang really not know the situation outside, even if a fly flew by at the door, someone would tell him.

At this time, Zhao Chengcheng told him that the queen was waiting outside the palace, including the fact that the wife of the Duke of Xinguo had entered the palace a quarter of an hour ago to ask to see Concubine Hui and the queen.

He listened to Zhao Cheng's words, did not make a sound, and continued to review the chapter as if nothing had happened. Ma Xiuying must have come for Tang He, and he didn't want to hear anyone intercede for Tang He now, so he simply hung Ma Xiuying and let her retreat.

When Zhu Yuanzhang finished reading the last book and realized that the sun had already sunk to the horizon and the moon had risen, he rubbed his sour eyes and asked, "Can the queen go back?"

Zhao Chengbi replied respectfully: "The queen has been waiting outside the palace and has never left. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked, since Ma Xiuying came to the present, it has been at least two or three hours, and she has been outside the palace?

I told you a long time ago, it's you who don't take it seriously. Zhao Cheng was infinitely aggrieved, he didn't dare to complain for half a sentence on his face, and kept admitting his guilt.

Zhu Yuanzhang was too lazy to listen to his ramblings, strode out of the hall, saw Ma Xiuying sitting quietly at the door and looked at him with a smile, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Since you are here, why don't you enter the hall, how uncomfortable is it to sit outside?"

Ma Xiuying said softly: "The concubine doesn't dare to disturb the emperor's office. ”

Don't you dare to disturb my office, what are you doing here?" Zhu Yuanzhang was angry and funny, and reproached slightly: "If there is no big matter, you will let someone come and say hello next time, and I will naturally take time to pass." What if you stay outside like this, what should you do if you catch a cold?"

Ma Xiuying saw that he was talking about things, but he didn't ask why he came, obviously guessed that he was coming for Tang He, and refused to give himself a chance to intercede, so he smiled and said: "The emperor hasn't had dinner yet, and the concubine will let people pass the meal?"

"Let's eat together, you're hungry too. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang himself felt hungry, he took Ma Xiuying's hand and returned to Jiaotai Palace, and the prison attendant hurriedly slipped away to pass the meal.

Zhu Yuanzhang is really a thrifty person, even his court diet is relatively simple, and every meal in his imperial diet must have wild vegetables, vegetables and coarse grains eaten by the people, of course, he also likes to eat meat very much, and he can't do without meat every meal.

Today's dinner includes pepper and vinegar shrimp, pork stir-fried yellow cabbage, salted soy bean mustard lamb tripe plate, garlic and vinegar white blood soup, five-flavor steamed chicken, yuan sauce lamb bones, pasty and spicy vinegar kidney, five-flavor steamed gluten, silk goose powder soup, three fresh soup, mung bean chess noodles, fragrant rice, garlic cheese, and bean soup. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't drink wine for breakfast and lunch, but he had to drink some wine for dinner.

Ma Xiuying is indeed a little hungry, she usually eats on time, unlike Zhu Yuanzhang, who forgets to sleep and eat when she is busy, she picks up the food and sends it to her mouth without restraint, Zhu Yuanzhang has her own palace cloth dishes, so she doesn't need to worry about it.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw her feasting, took a sip of wine, and said with a smile: "I see that you eat comfortably, this appetite will be good." ”

"Then you eat more, a busy day is very exhausting. Ma Xiuying beckoned him not only to drink but also to eat.

Zhu Yuanzhang sandwiched a slice of chicken and squinted his eyes pleasantly, "Well, today's dishes are good, come and reward the imperial chef with ten taels of silver." ”

Ma Xiuying covered her mouth and smiled: "The concubine thinks that the dishes every day are good, thousands of times better than when we were back then." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang recalled his memories and said with emotion: "Yes, I thought that I could have a few steamed buns and a few slices of pork that would be delicious in the world, but I never thought that there would be an inexhaustible supply of delicacies now." ”

Ma Xiuying continued to laugh, "There must be a lot of things that the emperor didn't think about at the beginning, even today, the concubine body is like a dream, who would have thought that the emperor would start at the end of the year and eventually become the lord of the world." The concubine was lucky to marry the emperor, and now she is also glorious. ”

This is Zhu Yuanzhang's most proud thing, he couldn't help laughing, "The world despises my origin, but I have to surrender to my feet, or the queen has vision." ”

Ma Xiuying said angrily: "There is not only a concubine who has a vision, the concubine wanted to marry you, but you shirked it many times, thanks to the fact that the prince of the country is maneuvering, the concubine can tie the knot with you." Speaking of Xinguogong, who helped the concubine more than once, if he hadn't helped the concubine in Guo Mansion at the beginning, the concubine didn't know if he could survive that time. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was embarrassed and a little unhappy, Ma Xiuying took a detour for a long time, but still mentioned Tang He.

Ma Xiuying pretended not to see his face, and continued: "When my father-in-law sent you to prison, thanks to him leading his subordinates to intercede for you, he did not hesitate to turn his face with Guo Tianxu. Later, he left behind his father's reward and Guo Tianxu's wooing to go with you to Zhongli to recruit soldiers, settle far away, and level Chuyang, at that time you were alone, and the concubine was often worried, but fortunately, every time I thought of a group of loyal and righteous brothers around you, who were born and died for you, I can feel a little at ease......"

Every time Ma Xiuying talked about a past, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered one. He thought that Tang He wrote a letter to him to join the army, and the two brothers insisted on Haozhou to have fun in the bitterness, and persuaded him to marry Ma Xiuying, risking death to intercede, and was suppressed by Guo's father and son, and it was incumbent on him to stand by his side, giving up his ready-made military position to fight with him in the north and south, before and after the saddle......

Speaking of which, Tang He played under Guo Zixing with Zhu Yuanzhang in his early years, and he was older than Zhu Yuanzhang's qualifications. When Zhu Yuanzhang was still a hundred households, he was a thousand households, if he followed Guo Zixing wholeheartedly at that time, he would definitely be reused, but he chose to share weal and woe with his good brother Zhu Yuanzhang, born and died. And he never dictated to Zhu Yuanzhang because he was old, but took the lead in recognizing Zhu Yuanzhang's leadership, obviously he was three years older than Zhu Yuanzhang, but he respected and supported Zhu Yuanzhang as a big brother everywhere.

Zhu Yuanzhang has always kept this credit in his heart. He was angry with Tang He's words before, and wanted to kill Tang He to make an example of hundreds of officials, but recalling what Tang He had done for so many years, how could it be erased by a drunken gaffe. He was shocked into a sweat and hurriedly called for someone to release Tang He, but in order to punish Tang He, he still demoted Tang He's Xinguo Gong to Xinguo Hou.

Tang He waited until Zhu Yuanzhang's holy decree not to kill before he "coincidentally" woke up, although it was only a day before he was arrested and released, but he deeply realized the feeling of being a companion like a tiger, and life and death were only between Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts. Since then, he has not drunk a drop of alcohol, is always cautious, no longer complains, does not complain, continues to be conscientious, walking on thin ice, and timely made a sincere and profound self-examination to Zhu Yuanzhang, which was forgiven, and a few years later re-enshrined as the Duke of Xinguo.