Zhao Cheng was anxious and restless.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that his mind flew outside the palace, and said with a smile: "Go, you are allowed to leave the palace tonight and come back tomorrow morning to resume your life." ”

"Wait. Ma Xiuying asked Xun Ying to take a few boxes of pastries and handed them to him, "Your child has been educated very well by the Jiang family, and when you have time, bring it into the palace and let the palace take a closer look at this child." ”

Zhao Cheng stepped back gratefully, and said that the queen's great kindness will always be remembered in his heart.

Because of this incident, Ma Xiuying and Zhu Yuanzhang were in a good mood. Ma Xiuying suggested: "It is estimated that there are many soldiers like Zhao Cheng who have served the country and caused their families to be separated, and the concubine thinks that if the information of these separated families can be revealed to the world and the government can help find them, many broken families will be reunited, and the soldiers will serve the country more with gratitude." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang put down the tea cup in his hand, and said with his head bowed: "The queen loves Ming Ruzi, I am very relieved, this suggestion is very reasonable, and the household department will deal with this matter tomorrow." ”

Ma Xiuying saw him get up to leave, and asked, "Is the emperor going to bed now or will he wait for a while?"

"Forget it tonight, I'm going to the imperial study to review the sparse chapter. Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand to let the palace people change their clothes.

Seeing this posture, Zhu Yuanzhang planned to stay up all night to deal with the twists and turns, Ma Xiuying persuaded: "The emperor is tired of driving and horses, and it is very hard, why don't you rest early and deal with political affairs tomorrow." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, "I have been leaving the palace for a few days, and there is a lot of backlog, so if I don't deal with it as soon as possible, I'm afraid that there will be more political affairs tomorrow." ”

"The concubine didn't dare to discuss political affairs, but she was worried that the emperor's case would hurt her body. Ma Xiuying's face was worried, Zhu Yuanzhang often stayed up late is not good for his health.

"There is war outside, there are worries inside, and it's not time for me to rest. Zhu Yuanzhang patted the back of Ma Xiuying's hand and signaled that he knew. Of course, it's one thing to know or not, and it's another thing to do it.

Ma Xiuying wanted to speak and stopped, and finally silently put on a big hat for Zhu Yuanzhang and sent him out of the hall. Zhu Yuanzhang is now not only a paranoid, but also a workaholic, and he has been persuaded countless times, but he can't listen to him. But to be honest, there are too many things that the state has to wait for him to deal with, so it's no wonder that there is a phrase to describe the hard work of those leaders.

Everyone turned back to the inner hall, and Ma Xiuying asked everyone in the palace to go down to rest.

Xun Ying said: "Master, let's rest early." ”

"I want to go see the Prince. Ma Xiuying instructed Xun Ying to fill a bowl of laba porridge and take a few palace people to the East Palace. Her arm is still a little sore, but she hasn't seen Zhu Biao for a few days, and she heard Zhu Yuanzhang say that Zhu Biao is a little tired, so she can't rest assured, and she has to see Zhu Biao with her own eyes to rest assured.

Unexpectedly, when the group arrived at the East Palace, they were told that the crown prince Zhu Biao had been called by Zhu Yuanzhang to the imperial study.

"Why don't you let the prince rest for a while. Ma Xiuying was worried about Zhu Biao's body, and her tone was slightly complaining. Zhu Yuanzhang just worked hard himself, knowing that Zhu Biao was tired, he didn't let this child rest well, it was too much!

No one in the East Palace guards dared to answer.

Fushun flattered: "Master, the emperor let the prince study political affairs, which is a good thing, which shows that the emperor values the prince very much." ”

It is a good thing that the emperor values the crown prince, but is it a good thing that Lao Tzu is a workaholic and still trains his son to be a workaholic? Ma Xiuying was stunned and sullenly ordered the imperial dining room to prepare some stomach-warming supper and send them to the imperial study.

Early in the morning of the second day, Zhao Chengcheng came to thank Ma Xiuying. Jiang and Zhao Xiaohu are indeed his long-lost family members, and the three of them are naturally very excited when they see each other, hugging their heads and crying all night.

Ma Xiuying saw that his eyes were red and his face was full of sorrow, and she couldn't help asking, "Why are you still depressed when you see your family?"

The servant was frightened, disturbing the interest of the queen. Zhao Cheng knelt down first and confessed, and then said: "The slave thanked the queen mother for bothering, but she was terminally ill, and the slave thought of the suffering of the two of them over the years, and the slave couldn't laugh and begged the queen for forgiveness." ”

"Joy, anger, sorrow and happiness are human nature, why do you care about your family?" Ma Xiuying pondered for a moment and said: "In this way, you leave the affairs to others for the time being, and this palace will allow you to leave the palace to take care of your wife until she recovers." ”

Ma Xiuying heard Zhang Guard's say that Jiang was terminally ill, and she was afraid that time was running out, so it was best for Zhao Cheng to be by her side at this time. However, the palace can't be filled with idle people, so Zhao Cheng can only be let out of the palace to take care of it.

Zhao Cheng's body trembled, and hurriedly said: "The emperor is used to the service of the slave, the slave has already settled the family, and he will not ......" He was very conflicted in his heart, it was a happy event to be able to see his wife and children again, but he was in charge of the position of chief administrator, and he could be said to be the closest supervisor to Zhu Yuanzhang, so he was really unwilling to give up his current position.

Ma Xiuying knew that he had concerns, so she comforted him: "Don't worry, this palace is not to remove you from the position of chief manager, and everything will be as usual when you return to the palace." ”

"The minion thanks the queen for her grace. Zhao Cheng didn't dare to wipe the sweat from his forehead, but his tense body was obviously relaxed.

Ma Xiuying sighed imperceptibly, it is a person who craves power, even Zhao Cheng can't let go of the power in his hands in the face of his long-lost family, which is better or worse for such a person to follow Zhu Yuanzhang?

Throughout history, all dynasties have eunuchs to control the phenomenon of the government, when the imperial power is in danger, these giant eunuchs can be said to jump up and down, in order to be able to grab more benefits for themselves, the most typical of which is Zhao Gao's incident of referring to the deer as a horse, Ma Xiuying does not want the Ming Dynasty to appear again an arrogant and domineering eunuch.

When Zhu Yuanzhang went to the court, Ma Xiuying told Zhao Cheng about temporarily leaving the palace, and mentioned some examples of eunuchs making trouble in the court.

Zhu Yuanzhang said disapprerovingly: "What man is not eager to make a contribution, if Zhao Cheng was not seriously ill, he would have become a general long ago, it is normal for him to be reluctant to hold the power in his hands, as long as he is loyal to me, why not give him some power?"

Ma Xiuying choked, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand her worries, she was worried that Zhao Chenggong's heart was too heavy and caused some drawbacks, after all, Zhao Cheng was Zhu Yuanzhang's close eunuch, and his words and deeds would inevitably affect or even blind Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Yuanzhang thought that it was normal to use power to entrap his subordinates. Is this the difference in thinking between men and women?

"Don't worry, I won't let the eunuchs interfere in politics. Zhu Yuanzhang paused, and said meaningfully: "The harem can't interfere in politics!"

Ma Xiuying raised her head violently and glared at Zhu Yuanzhang, saying what harem, it is better to say her directly. If it weren't for his husband, this man would be willing to worry about those trivial things. Who is she worried about? It's really a dog biting Lu Dongbin who doesn't know the hearts of good people!