After jumping off the wall, Zhu Youxiao was short, and then he stood up, and only after seeing the road ahead clearly did he come out of the dark and dense weeds and walked forward. The whole courtyard was deserted and silent, without a trace of fireworks, and in the middle of the courtyard to the right, there was a big tree, he didn't know what kind of tree it was, and he had always been blind to them.

The tree was bare, with snow on its tops, and though it had no leaves, it looked full of life, and it was the only living thing in the whole palace that seemed to be alive, unlike the other doorways and steps, which seemed lifeless and dull in the cold air.

After remembering that there was such a person as Concubine Wang Gong, he began to rummage through the only historical materials that he could trust in his mind, those things in the Ming Dynasty, there were not many descriptions of Concubine Wang Gongfei in the book, only the affectionate description of him and Zhu Changluo's mother and son, there was not much information, but the time of Concubine Wang's death was clearly written.

The thirty-ninth year of Wanli. As for the specific date, there is no one.

When he knew this, Zhu Youxiao hesitated for a while, and then made up his mind to come and see this poor woman. Whether it was out of curiosity about historical figures, or compassion in the depths of his heart, or the blood relationship of this body, he felt that he should come and see this great woman.

In her, the word maternal love has been thoroughly demonstrated.

After coming out of the dark corner of the wall, he looked into the depths of the courtyard, and under the dark night, a somewhat dilapidated palace stood quietly, even if it could cover up all the evil nights, it could not stop the loneliness and silence of the palace.

On the tulle windows of the palace, two shadowy figures were reflected, two figures sat opposite each other, as if they were talking, and a little bean-sized light radiated from inside, in the dark and deep courtyard, it seemed a little lonely.

"Who is this? Who else will come here in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve? Seeing the two figures sitting opposite each other inside, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but be a little puzzled. According to the news he heard, in the entire Jingyang Palace, there were only Concubine Wang Gong and two elderly eunuchs and palace maids. Other than that, there is no one else.

Concubine Gong is lonely, she is also a noble concubine, and it is impossible for the eunuch palace maid who was assigned here to be on an equal footing with her. Then at this moment, the people here are very suspicious.

"Could it be .........." recalled the expressions and whereabouts of everyone at the dinner tonight, and he had a faint guess in his heart.

"Crunch!"

Some of the decayed wooden shaft doors were pushed open, and the wooden shafts lacking oil maintenance turned and made a very harsh sound, which made the hearts of the two people who were talking closely inside startled.

"Who!"

Zhu Changluo suddenly stood up from the chair, looking a little frightened, but he still pretended to be calm and asked the comer softly. And the bottom of his heart, because of the sound of pushing the door, quickly became messy, countless possibilities crossed his heart, and when he thought of fear, his body even trembled slightly.

The old woman opposite him also stood up tremblingly, holding the chair with a nervous expression, her skin was a little loose, and her old hands were a little pale because she was too hard, and the thin cyan veins were also exposed.

The old woman grabbed the chair with her right hand, grabbed the hem of her dress with her left hand, kept twisting her chin, her head tilted slightly, and listened attentively, looking at it, as if her eyes could not see.

Just as the two of them were nervous, a small figure appeared from behind the door, bowed slightly, and shouted softly, "Imperial Father." ”

"By the school?!" Looking at the little person in front of him, Zhu Changluo couldn't help but open his mouth wide and look surprised. He had a lot of speculation before the visitor appeared. It may be that Zheng Guifei sent someone to monitor here, and he came over and got the stolen goods; It may be the eunuch under Wanli who came to warn; There may even be people with ulterior motives who want to come over to ask for favors or something.

But he only didn't expect that it would be his eldest son and grandson, Zhu Youxiao, who appeared at this moment. His appearance surprised Zhu Changluo, and he was a little stunned for a while.

"Chang Luo, Chang Luo?" The old woman next to her heard her son scream and was silent, and she couldn't help but be a little worried. Her unusually thin left hand, which was deep in the depths, groped in the air, and then grabbed Zhu Changluo's arm. The old woman grabbed it very hard, as if she was afraid that her son would be taken away from her eyes.

The old woman's move attracted Zhu Youxiao's attention, and he carefully looked at the woman in front of him who was already in her last years. She looked unusually shabby as Concubine Gong, and the fabric of this dress did not have a trace of silk, and it seemed to be made of pure linen cotton.

The clothes seemed to be a little too big on the old woman, making her look a little wobbly, and the wind blew to fall. The old face is full of wrinkles, and there is no luster on the loose skin, but from the corners of his face and eyes, you can vaguely get a glimpse of the past style.

Looking at the woman in front of him who looked like an eighty-year-old lady in the countryside, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but be a little speechless, such an image and dress were really unimaginable, this was actually a noble concubine of a country.

"Mother, I'm fine, I'm just a little surprised." The old woman's cry made Zhu Changluo wake up from his surprise, as if he felt the old woman's peace of mind, he grabbed the other party's thin palm with his right hand in turn, and patted it gently, as if to comfort the other party and let the other party not worry.

Zhu Changluo's comfort seemed to have worked, the old woman's expression was not so panicked, and her body was calm, no longer trembling and uneasy.

But then, she seemed to think of something again, her expression suddenly became eager, her old face revealed a trace of Qiji, she let go of her right hand that had been holding the chair, and then grabbed Zhu Changluo's arm tightly with both hands, and couldn't wait to ask: "Changluo, ......what is the school you just shouted?"

At this, she suddenly paused, her lips squirmed, and she seemed a little hesitant, not daring to go further, as if she was afraid of getting a disappointed answer.

Although he has been separated from his mother for a long time, under the concentricity of mother and son, Zhu Changluo still understood what the old woman meant, so he nodded and replied with a smile: "Mother, I came to the school, I told you, my eldest son, your eldest grandson, was canonized as the grandson by his father on the day he was born. ”

After hearing Zhu Changluo's answer, the old woman suddenly trembled, which was excited. An unusually bright smile appeared on her face in vain. Looking at the other party's smile, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help blinking, he felt that his eyes were a little shaken by the other party's smile.

"By the school, by the school, where are you? Let grandma take a good look! The old woman let go of the hand holding Zhu Changluo, and then walked forward tremblingly, groping in front of her with her hand as she walked. The look of anticipation on her face made people feel sad when they saw it.

After hesitating for a long time, Zhu Youchu finally took two steps forward under Zhu Changluo's expectant eyes, approached the old woman, let her hands touch him, and then shouted in a low voice: "Grandmother." ”

This title made the old woman freeze in vain, and then a faint sobbing sound came, and the old woman actually cried. This can make Zhu Youxiao shake his senses, he was filial in his previous life, and he couldn't see his family crying, but he was still short and he had no choice, so he could only keep shouting: "Grandmother, don't cry, grandmother, don't cry." ”

"Mother, the school has come to see you, you should be happy, how to cry, what to cry in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, how unlucky." In the end, it was Zhu Changluo who came over and began to persuade him.

"Yes, yes, it's wrong for my mother, happy, I should be happy." After choking up, the old woman took out her handkerchief and wiped her tears, and stopped crying.

Then, the three of them sat down at the table again, the atmosphere was a little quiet, but not embarrassing, and a faint warmth flowed through the room.

An old eunuch came over with a kettle and made a cup of tea for Zhu Youxiao. Looking at the undulating tea foam in the hot water, he couldn't help frowning, even if he wasn't a tea lover, he knew that this was the worst tea. In the previous life, the tea leaves used to boil tea eggs were better than this.

"Your Highness, please use tea." The old eunuch gently placed the teacup in front of him.

"Hmm!" Zhu Youxiao nodded slightly, and the eunuch retreated after serving tea. Taking advantage of this gap, he turned his head to find something on the table. Looking at its shape, it was some food and clothing, and some of the things looked familiar to him, and they seemed to be the things that Wanli had rewarded him with over the years.

It's just that for some reason, there are some grass clippings and snowflakes stuck to them. Seeing that his son saw the items on the table, Zhu Changluo looked a little embarrassed for some reason, and seemed a little embarrassed, and he didn't know if it was because of the grass clippings on it or because he had deducted his son's reward.

"Beep!"

The charcoal in the brazier under the table crackled with a crunching sound. At this time, Zhu Youxiao found out that his cheap father was embarrassed.

After he smiled secretly, he turned to Concubine Wang Gong and began to shush and ask for warmth: "Grandmother, it's been good lately." ”

Through these words, the three generations of grandparents began to become familiar with this cold Chinese New Year's Eve, and this year, with the company of her son and grandson, Princess Wang Gong became extremely happy. She felt that today was the happiest day for her to enter the palace.

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and soon the moon was in the middle of the day, and it was midnight.

Suddenly, the crackling sound of firecrackers kept ringing out, interrupting the warm conversation in the room. Hearing the continuous sound of firecrackers, Zhu Youxiao's father and son were both stunned at the same time, and then reacted, and said almost in unison: "Grandmother (mother), I'm going back!" ”

This accidental coincidence made the father and son fall for a while, and looked at each other, but it was Concubine Wang Gong, who was very happy when she heard this scene, and smiled together. The father and son also laughed slightly in the cheerful laughter of Concubine Wang Gong.

This firecracker is a signal, after the firecracker, the major palaces will be locked. Then there was the private family banquet hosted by Wanli, and the two of them had to be present.

After laughing, it was a parting, but when leaving, Concubine Wang Gong seemed to remember something and suddenly stopped the two.

"Wait, I've got something for you." After speaking, Concubine Wang Gong hurriedly walked inside, and she almost fell down in such a hurry.

Zhu Youxiao was a little puzzled, he didn't know what this cheap grandmother wanted to do, was it to give himself a book of martial arts secrets?

[Author's digression]: It's really tiring to move bricks.