"Queen Mother!" An Qing and Ru Ning happily ran into the hall, and the nurturing grandmother who followed behind them kept shouting, "Princess, rules and etiquette ......"

"Mama Fang, you can step down, and you will pick them up when they have dinner. Ma Xiuying smiled and persuaded her to retire and raise her grandmother, and stood up to greet the two little girls.

"Look at the words we wrote, Mr. taught us to know the heavens, the earth, people, the king, the relatives, the teacher...... " An Qing and Ru Ning scrambled to hand the words they practiced to Ma Xiuying.

Ma Xiuying exaggeratedly exclaimed: "Ah, you guys are awesome, you all know so many words, the queen mother will see who writes the best." ”

"Me!"

"It's me!"

The two girls laughed loudly and made trouble, while Ma Xiuying looked at them dotingly, commenting on their homework in a matter-of-fact manner.

The palace people of Kunning Palace all looked at the three of them quietly with a smile. Although Princess Anqing and Princess Runing were not born to Ma Xiuying, Ma Xiuying treated them as her own, no different from her mother, so the two princesses never felt the sadness of losing their mother, and they both regarded Ma Xiuying as their own mother, and they were unrestrained in front of Ma Xiuying, and they were the first to want to share with Ma Xiuying when they had happy things.

Xun Ying quickly brought some pastries and fruits, and she also liked the two little princesses very much. Ma Xiuying is too lonely, her three sons are growing up slowly, and she is busy with her studies and life and rarely comes to Kunning Palace. Only every time Anqing and Runing come to Kunning Palace, Kunning Palace will become much more lively.

Among Zhu Yuanzhang's sons, in addition to Zhu Biao was named the crown prince, Zhu Fan and Zhu Di were also named King Qin Shu and King Jin Gong respectively. Several other princes such as Zhu Di were named King of Yan, Zhu Hu was named King of Zhouding, Zhu Zhen was named King of Chu Zhao, Zhu Rong was named King of Qi, and Zhu Zi was named King of Tan. There is also a Zhu Shouqian, who is not a prince, who was named the king of Jingjiang.

As a rule, these princes will leave the palace to live in their own prince's mansion when they reach a certain age, and they will have to go to their own territories when they become adults, which means that Ma Xiuying will often see Zhu Biao in the future, and it will not be easy for the other two sons to meet each other. Therefore, Xunying wished that Princess Anqing and Princess Runing could divert Ma Xiuying's attention and let Ma Xiuying focus more on her two daughters, so that she would not be sad about the departure of her sons in the future.

The mother and daughter were happily interacting, and suddenly the warning bell sounded in the palace, and it rang nine times in a row, which indicated that there was a major event in the palace, and all the concubines must immediately rush to the Jiaotai Palace to listen to the imperial training.

Ma Xiuying's face changed suddenly, she didn't know what was going on in the palace and why she didn't know, she couldn't delay at this time, she hurriedly changed into the queen's court clothes and went to the Jiaotai Palace.

The concubines came from all directions, with panicked expressions on their faces, and the concubines who had a good relationship turned to each other to inquire about the situation.

"See the Queen. Sun's eyes lit up when he saw Ma Xiuying, and he saluted closely, wanting to stop talking.

"The advanced hall listens to the emperor's will. Ma Xiuying didn't stop, and when she entered the hall, she didn't know how to tell Sun.

The concubines were arranged according to their ranks, and they greeted Zhu Yuanzhang in unison.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair with a big sword, and Zhao Cheng, the chief eunuch, was beside him, he glanced around the hall and spit out four words, "Flat!"

The first two words are for the concubine, and the last two words are for ordering Zhao Cheng.

Zhao Cheng hurriedly announced: "Those who rule the world are the first to be right." The way of the right family begins with the couple. Therefore, I must establish a discipline and strict internal education: first, the concubine's mother should serve the world and not interfere in political affairs. Second, stipulate the duties of the concubine and serve the emperor's palace. Third, the iron ornament gold and red cards were formulated, and the discipline of the concubines was engraved with precepts, which were hung in the palaces. Fourth, from the concubine down to the concubine, etc., the supply of food, clothing, utensils, gold and silver, etc., is implemented according to the level. Fifth, it is forbidden to exchange letters inside and outside, and some will be judged to death. ”

Every time Zhao Cheng read a word, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded once, and after Zhao Cheng read the will, Zhu Yuanzhang also glanced at Ma Xiuying meaningfully. Yesterday, he also praised Ma Xiuying for being a virtuous queen, and when the courtiers said it today, he felt that Ma Xiuying's interference in politics was inappropriate, especially Ma Xiuying's correspondence with foreign ministers made him angry. This time they have no selfish intentions, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not have it next time, this kind of behavior must be put an end to in advance.

The concubines were shocked and looked at each other. I don't know why Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly extended his anger to the harem, and speculated whether the court had suffered a defeat, and speculated whether Zhu Yuanzhang's announcement was that someone in the harem had violated the system, and some people were worried that the harem had been reduced, so they were afraid that their future life would be even more difficult.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not mention what happened in the court, Ma Xiuying knew that it must be her and Liu Ji and others who angered him, and the provisions of Article 5 were clearly because she wrote a letter to her minister. She didn't know why Zhu Yuanzhang was so good yesterday and why he suddenly turned his face again today, but she had no shame in her heart, so she calmly and calmly led the concubines to obey the order.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't see the slightest look of surprise and panic on Ma Xiuying's face, and thought of the content of her handwritten handwriting, so he finally left with his sleeves sloppy.

Soon the news of Zhu Sheng's forced envoy reached the harem, and Ma Xiuying sighed heavily, can't he change the fate of these heroes? After thinking about it, Zhu Sheng's choice of such a result is not a good thing, at least he knows how to advance and retreat, although he lost his rights but saved his life, he is a wise man in the end. It's a pity that other heroes are not as open-minded as Zhu Sheng, and they are confused by the glory and wealth in front of them, and they don't know what kind of ending they will end up with.

In fact, there are also ministers as wise as Zhu Sheng, and after speculating on Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, they have put forward Zhishi. For example, Liu Ji once proposed to return to his hometown on the grounds of old age. But I don't know what Zhu Yuanzhang thinks, he didn't agree to Liu Ji's request several times, but asked Ma Xiuying to persuade Liu Ji.

Ma Xiuying looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in surprise, wanting to see something on his face. Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not punish her for writing a letter to the minister, this is a taboo, but everyone did not say anything. Now Zhu Yuanzhang asked her to persuade Liu Ji again, is this a trust in her or a temptation to her? However, after looking at it for a long time, she didn't see anything unusual, but she felt in a trance that Zhu Yuanzhang was getting deeper and deeper, and he was becoming more and more emperorly.

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Don't think too much about it, the queen asked you to persuade Liu Ji because he was invited by you in the end, and he may be able to sell you some face." Otherwise, I won't be able to stand up to him for three days and two ends, and some courtiers will also resign, so that I will not be bothered much. ”

Ma Xiuying pondered for a moment and understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant. Liu Ji's resignation will inevitably lead some Jiangnan officials to follow suit, but now is the time to employ people, and it is impossible for the imperial court to vacate so many positions at once, let alone the expansion of Huaixi officials because of the retirement of Jiangnan officials, forming a situation of one word. But Zhu Yuanzhang has already decided to take the heroes under the knife, and he will no longer promise to compromise with the heroes, so let Ma Xiuying come forward to keep him, and when the situation in the court is stable and he can free up manpower to arrange government affairs, he will still look for opportunities to remove the heroes one by one.

For a moment, many thoughts swept through Ma Xiuying's mind, and she couldn't help but feel cold, did the phenomenon of "ruthlessness is the most emperor's family" also fall on her and Zhu Yuanzhang? Has even she become a tool used by Zhu Yuanzhang? However, thinking about it, she still lowered her eyebrows and gently squeezed out a "yes" word from between her teeth.