This time, Zhu Yuanzhang gave Guo Shanfu enough face, and asked the two sisters-in-law to come to the door with a full ten dowry gifts to propose marriage, and the gifts filled the small courtyard of the temporary residence. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Guo Shanfu was so happy that he smiled, and said that he invited many relatives and friends to watch the ceremony, he was worried that Guo Ninglian was just Zhu Yuanzhang's wife and a little weak, so he specially found a few respected elders to build momentum for his daughter.

For a while, the entire Chuzhou city from the military camp to the common people knew that Lord Zhenfu was going to get married, and there was an endless stream of people who came to congratulate him, and the Zhu Mansion was sent all day long, and the mansion was filled with a joyful atmosphere. Only Li Qi'er and Ma Xiuying's courtyard was filled with a trace of disharmony.

Li Qi'er naturally has her reasons for being angry, which woman doesn't want to marry in style, Ma Xiuying is the original wife, don't mention it, Guo Ninglian, a latecomer, has become the second wife, only she didn't even have a marriage certificate and became Zhu Yuanzhang's woman. When it comes to her appearance, her talent is no worse than Guo Ninglian, but it's a pity that her slave background makes her only a concubine...... This fact is destined to be a head lower than Ma Xiuying and Guo Ninglian forever, but knowing the truth is one thing, envy and jealousy will still grow slowly in her heart like weeds......

Ma Xiuying was not angry about Zhu Yuanzhang's marriage, under the impact again and again, her heart had long learned to use numbness to cast an iron wall, a false smile concealed her true mood, and the high-standard marriage ceremony showed the generosity of the housewife......

It was Xun Ying who was angry, and this girl almost jumped up and down, waving her hands and said indignantly: "Master, you have worked hard to persuade the generalissimo to agree to the marriage between the master and the Guo family, but they don't take you seriously at all, and they have made such a big move when they become a parent, and now everyone knows that the master is going to marry a new daughter-in-law, and almost forget the existence of your original wife." Hmph, what kind of thing is this, you must know that you are in charge of the family! No matter how proud you are, you don't have to bow down in front of you when you enter the mansion. ”

"You little girl forgot again? Miss Guo is also your master after marrying in, and you are not allowed to say such things in the future, as long as it is for the good of this family, it doesn't matter who is in charge. Ma Xiuying feigned anger and said: "In the past, when I married Starling, he didn't have such a high status, so our marriage can't be eye-catching." But Starling now has an extraordinary status, and those rich squires in Chuzhou City still don't take the opportunity to curry favor with him. None of these external situations matter to me, as long as he always puts me first. As she spoke, Ma Xiuying smiled sweetly, because early that morning, Zhu Yuanzhang gave her a positive promise that no matter how many women there were around him, she would always be the most important one.

This sweet smile made Xun Ying's whole body goosebumps, and it took her a long time before she rubbed her arms and said, "The old lady also brought you a letter." ”

The old lady refers to Xiao Zhang, and Ma Xiuying will never admit that Da Zhang is her stepmother. Up and down, Guo Fuli Xunying only respects Xiao Zhang's alone.

"My stepmother must have reprimanded me. Ma Xiuying opened the letter, and sure enough, the content of the letter was as she expected, Xiao Zhang blamed her in the letter for not planning for herself, not taking advantage of the fact that her mother's family was still suppressing Zhu Yuanzhang, but took the initiative to marry her husband and take a concubine, which was simply an act of luring wolves into the house, and it was too late to regret it in the future.

Ma Xiuying knew that Xiao Zhang's was sincerely for her good, so she would say this, but it was inconvenient for her to explain Zhu Yuanzhang's unusual life to Xiao Zhang's in the future, so she had to use the excuse of "no filial piety has three, no queen is the greatest, more flowers, more children" as an excuse.

Unexpectedly, after a few days, Xiao Zhang's actually asked people to bring large bags and small packets of medicinal materials, all of which were things that nourished yin and qi, aphrodisiac and kidney, which made people cry and laugh.

Xun Ying smiled and quipped: "The old lady hopes that you and the old man will have a noble son as soon as possible, and the master can come on, don't lose to other women! ”

Ma Xiuying looked disparate, she had already invited a doctor who specializes in gynecological diseases to regulate her body, and she drank a bowl of decoction every day, which would add the medicinal materials sent by Xiao Zhang, and she would have to make a medicine jar sooner or later.

As the wedding date approaches, Chuzhou is becoming more and more lively day by day, the people heard that Zhu Yuanzhang is going to get married, they are very happy, they are grateful to Zhu Yuanzhang for helping them drive away the Yuan people, improve their lives, and love this town from the bottom of their hearts, so the city is very lively, everyone is happy, and the lights are everywhere.

Compared with the tranquility of Chuzhou, Haozhou is in a precarious situation. Without the assistance of Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying, the self-righteous Guo Zixing often made wrong decisions, and repeatedly lost troops in the confrontation with the Yuan army.

Sun Deya and others heard that Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying were not in Guo Zixing's army, so they returned to Haozhou under the pretext of resisting the enemy together. However, in every battle, no matter how big or small, they hid behind and watched to preserve their strength. Finally, when Guo Zixing's team was almost depleted, they turned from a private struggle to a blatant provocation, and in several infighting, Guo Zixing failed.

Although Guo Zixing has made a lot of efforts, he still can't restore the heyday he once had. You can still persist when you are tired, but you are at a loss when you are tired. At this moment, Guo Zixing felt tired from the heart, he stayed in the marshal's mansion and no longer went to the barracks, unwilling to see his power being eaten away by Sun Deya little by little, and unwilling to face the reproachful and dissatisfied eyes of his subordinates.

Guo Tianxu, who was not restrained by Guo Zixing, became more and more arrogant, and when he inspected the military camp on behalf of his father every day, he was still accustomed to scolding those generals who fought the world with his father with a no-nonsense attitude, and used cruel and brutal means to deal with those soldiers who did not obey management. There were more than one mutiny in the barracks, but he did not reflect on himself and suppressed it by force, which would only force more soldiers away.

With the declining of the Guo family's regime, especially Guo Tianxu's behavior of framing Zhu Yuanzhang and forcing Zhu Yuanzhang away made countless soldiers feel cold, they indifferently watched the struggle between the two sides, and even some people quietly took refuge in Sun Deya's side.

More and more soldiers perceived that the situation on Guo Zixing's side was unfavorable, just like a vicious circle: the more soldiers they perceived, the more soldiers left the Guo family's barracks; and the more soldiers left, the more soldiers knew about the current situation...... A sluggish atmosphere hung over the battalion, and the soldiers who went out to exercise were lazy and lazy, and even the guards standing guard were sometimes nowhere to be found.

In the end, the Marshal's Mansion, which originally made the rich squires of Haozhou compete with each other, was already crowded, and there were only some soldiers left in the Guo family military camp who had fought with Guo Zixing from the beginning and people who had offended Sun Deya and could not take refuge, such as relatives like Zhang Tianyou and diehard loyalists like Peng Da.

Sun Deya still refused to stop, provocative, insulting, and even assassinating methods were used, so frightened that Guo Tianxu did not dare to leave the Marshal's Mansion easily.

The bad news came back to the mansion one after another, and the ladies in the mansion couldn't sit still, Guo Zixing's silent and gloomy attitude seemed to be silently telling them the seriousness of the matter. The wives and concubines were so anxious that they washed their faces with tears all day long, and they knew better than anyone what would happen to the losing side when the two armies faced each other - the men were killed, and the women were humiliated, a situation they would never dare to imagine. They can't accept this from heaven to hell, and they can't let this happen to their children. So for the first time, the women in the mansion had a completely unified opinion, and they begged Guo Zixing with tears in their eyes, "Master, let's leave Haozhou." Grab the kids and go now!"

"Heh, I'm the generalissimo of Haozhou, how can I leave?" Guo Zixing looked at each other angrily, and the green tendons on his neck were stretched out, but seeing the sadness of the women with care and the blank and helpless eyes of the children, his anger turned into helplessness, and his lips squirmed almost inaudibly, "Where can I go?" Now the east, west, and north gates of Haozhou are all Sun Deya's people, and only the south gate is still my power. However, thirty miles away from the south gate was the camp where the Yuan army was stationed, and Sun Deya clearly deliberately left the south gate for me to resist the Yuan army. His move was really ruthless, either he stayed in Haozhou and was eaten away by him little by little, or he was forced to rush out and die with the Yuan army. No matter which path I choose, it's not what I want......"

"But if you don't leave, what if Sun Deya knocks on the door? They also have explosives bags in their hands. ”

"Ho-ho. Guo Zixing seemed to be pinched by the neck and kept panting. The soldiers who sentenced the camp also told Sun Deya how to make the explosives package, and the sharp weapon that Guo Zixing used to deter others turned out to be a sharp blade hanging over his head. He couldn't help but feel a little resentful of Ma Xiuying, who walked away, if this unfilial girl invented a few more powerful firearms for him than explosives, he would not be suppressed by Sun Deya without the power to fight back.

Everyone's faces were gloomy, despair pressed against everyone's hearts as irresistibly as night came, and the room was only the sound of rapid breathing, yet the breath of the living man was more frightening and suffocating than the silence of the dead.

Suddenly, Xiao Zhang's family grabbed a straw like a drowning man and jumped up excitedly, "Master, we still have a way, we can take refuge in our son-in-law!" I heard Xiuying say that Zhu Yuanzhang had already prepared the residence of the Taishou Mansion in Chuzhou City for you, and the army in Chuzhou City has always been under your subordinates, so we will definitely not be so embarrassed as we are now when we go to Chuzhou. ”

Without waiting for Guo Zixing to decide, Guo Tianxu spoke up first, "Take refuge in that little brute, I won't go!" His distorted face revealed undisguised jealousy, he thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would flee back to Haozhou in disgrace, who would have thought that this person really had a firm foothold in Chuzhou, and there were more soldiers under his command than the Guo family army today.