Moreover, Li Shanchang's plan to send assassins to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots was shattered, which also aroused the vigilance of Xu Da and Emperor Hongwu, and the three brothers of the Li family were urgently incorporated into the army to participate in the defense of Lanzhou. Li Shanchang completely stopped because of this, and did not dare to act rashly anymore.

After Xu Da's triumph, the three brothers of the Li family also received a reward from Emperor Hongwu, and Li Shanchang, who had returned to his hometown Fengyang, saw the letter written by his son and nephew, and his heart was a little settled, and he replied to tell the younger generations in the family to keep to themselves and not to cause trouble. Wei Guogong may have some misunderstanding about our Li family, you don't have to collide with him, and when you meet in the future, you still respectfully call "Shibo", and you must not be rude.

Replying to the letter and sending it away, Li Shanchang was especially uneasy, and wrote a letter to his only son Li Qi, if the emperor has instructions, he will do it without asking the reason; If the emperor has no orders, he will guard the princess at home......

The old wife who was laying paper and grinding ink on the side saw it, and couldn't help but sigh: "We only have one son in our lives, so it is easy to raise him as an adult, marry a daughter-in-law, and now we are back to our hometown, but our son and daughter-in-law stay in the capital, and we can't see each other all year round." We didn't raise a son, but it was like giving birth to a daughter, and when we grew up, we became someone else's family. ”

Li Shanchang continued to write a letter to his family, and said without raising his head: "Princess, of course, you have to live in the capital, how can you follow us to a small place like Fengyang with your concubine." If you miss your son, go back to the capital to see them and stay for a few months. I have just returned to my hometown, and I will live in Fengyang for at least three and five years, and I can only return to Beijing to have a look when Hu Weiyong sits firmly in the position of prime minister. Otherwise, if I retired last year and returned to Beijing this year, the government and the opposition would talk about my inability to let go of my authority, and Hu Weiyong would have misunderstood. ”

The old wife said dissatisfiedly: "He dares!" Hu Weiyong is your student, and you also recommended him, otherwise now the eight achievements of the Ming Prime Minister are sincere Bo Liu Ji, so will it be his turn Hu Weiyong? ”

Li Shanchang finished writing the letter to his family, put down his pen and gently dried the ink on the letterhead, "No one can be a prime minister for a lifetime, the time has come, and he must give way to a successor, Hu Weiyong is the most suitable candidate." How easy is it to say that people don't have cold tea? I want Li You to marry Hu Weiyong's niece, the Li and Hu families are married, one is prosperous, the other is lost, Hu Weiyong is in a stable position, and it is harmless to our Li family. ”

Li Shanchang stuffed the letter paper into the envelope and sighed: "I was in the prime of life to the emperor's account, at that time the emperor led a group of generals to expand the territory, I was responsible for stabilizing the rear, taking care of the money and grain, until the founding of the Ming Dynasty, for the emperor for decades. In the past few years, the emperor wants to monopolize the power, and I, the prime minister, have gradually provoked the king's dislike, so I simply used the excuse of returning to my hometown and retreating bravely. ”

The old wife was puzzled, "The emperor dislikes you?" How is it possible, the emperor has always said that you are his Xiao He. ”

Li Shanchang said with a smile: "Xiao He assisted Liu Bang in establishing the Great Han, he and Liu Bang were both from Pei County, and Liu Bang later became known as Pei Gong. The emperor and I happen to be from Fengyang, both fellow countrymen, and both prime ministers, so the emperor said that I am Xiao He alive. ”

But in his later years, Xiao He relied on pretending to be crazy and stupid, and staining his name to escape the suspicion of Liu Bang and Empress Lu, and was able to die a good death. I don't care to do those things that pour dirty water on myself, so I just let go of power and old age as soon as possible, so as not to fall to the point where I am forced to defile myself like Xiao He in order to prove my innocence. ”

The old wife somewhat understood what her husband meant, and nodded: "No wonder you have been warning the children of the clan to take history as a mirror and always examine and reflect, so that you can avoid disasters and go long-term." By the way, the eldest daughter of Wei Guogong is about to get married, and I have already asked the housekeeper to write the gift list, you can take a look again, there are no mistakes or omissions. ”

Li Shanchang unfolded the red gift list and looked at it, adding a few valuable things, "Miss Xu is married into the royal family, and the future Princess Yan will be richer than usual." ”

The old wife handed over the gift list to the housekeeper to prepare, and said: "Wei Guogong and you have been officials in the same dynasty for many years, and they are still fellow villagers in Fengyang, the Xu family and the Li family have always been good friends, why do you have to drag all the three men of the Li family to the battlefield in this war?" The concubine has also been taught a lesson by the emperor for this, does Wei Guogong have any misunderstanding about our family? ”

Of course, Li Shanchang will not tell the truth, when he mentioned Xu Da, a murderous aura burst out of his eyes, "Maybe he was instigated by the villain, if he knows each other and no longer entangled, I may let him live, if he has to be the enemy of the old man...... The old man is Xiao He, and Xu Da is Han Xin. The emperor is jealous of the ministers, and he is even more protective of the generals. In the history books, Xiao He finally designed to kill Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, and exterminated his entire clan. ”

The old wife's heart was beating when she heard this, "The emperor won't treat Wei Guogong like this, right?" They are all married to their sons and daughters. ”

Li Shanchang said coldly: "Thousands of years of history, so many dynasties have risen and fallen, and countless history books have actually recorded nothing more than 'all the birds are gone, and the good bow is hidden; The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackey cooks' routine is as regular as sunrise and sunset, and there are only a few people who can transcend this law. ”

In the capital, on the eighth day of February, the eldest lady of the Duke of Wei got married today.

Before dawn, Xu Miaoyi was woken up, and Hu Shanwei took a group of grandmothers in the palace to comb her hair and dress her, first of all, all kinds of incense powder and balm from head to toe, smeared all over Xu Miaoyi's body.

When Xu Miaoyi felt that she was about to be pickled, the palace maids finally stopped and began to comb her hair. Xu Miaoyi quipped: "Shanwei, I thought you were going to sprinkle some salt on me and rub it." ”

Hu Shanwei smiled: "Don't laugh, save your strength to deal with the ceremony, it will take a whole day, if you are tired enough, you haven't applied rouge yet, eat something first." ”

Xu Miaoyi ate mutton crystal steamed dumplings and asked, "Does King Yan also have to get up early to dress up like this?" ”

Hu Shanwei covered his mouth and smiled: "This is missing the groom?" It's really sticky, after getting married, I look at each other every day, and I must be tired of looking at each other. Royal marriage, the etiquette is cumbersome, there are ten items in the rough calculation, the collection of the book to urge makeup, the concubine's family is employed, the Jiao ring, the concubine's family Jiao ring, the personal welcome, the temple meeting, the merger, the court, the feedback, the door. The first two items of the enlistment and the appointment of the concubine family were completed yesterday, and now-"

Hu Shanwei looked at the Western grandfather clock in the boudoir, "Now the Jiao ring ceremony should be held in the palace, and King Yan has entered the palace to meet the emperor." ”

At the same time, Zhu Di wore a black nine-chapter gown, wearing a black gold-rimmed nine-fold crown, entered from the east gate of the Fengxian Palace, and taught the workshop to play music, and Zhu Di knelt down three times to worship Emperor Hongwu and Queen Ma.

Seeing that Zhu Di finally got married, Queen Ma felt a lot of emotion in her heart, and patted Zhu Di's hand, "Get up, go to the Wei Mansion to pick up your daughter-in-law, don't ask for an auspicious time." ”

Zhu Di responded, went to the side hall to change the black crown, put on a set of red leather clothes, and went out of the palace with the honor guard to welcome the bride.

Queen Ma looked at Zhu Di's tall back, and couldn't help laughing: "Time flies so fast, I remember when I first brought him to me to raise him, he was so tall......"

Queen Ma compared her hand to her waist, "Shiro has been old since he was a child, he is sensible and obedient, he is distressed, he rarely loses his temper, we have so many children, Shiro is the most worry-free." ”

His son got married today, and Emperor Hongwu was no longer willing to do so, so he had to admit it, and sighed: "When I was a child, I didn't have to worry about it, but when I grew up, I didn't have to worry about it, and marrying a daughter-in-law can be tossed better than anyone else." ”

Queen Ma smiled but didn't answer, and led the topic away, "Shiro is married, and it's Golang's turn next, is there a candidate in the emperor's heart?" ”

Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou on the side, heard this, and hurriedly said: "Father, mother, and son-in-law want to get married later." ”

Emperor Hongwu immediately angered his fifth son, "Soak in the pharmacy all day long and don't go home, the Zhou Wangfu is nothing but a useless thing, who is willing to marry you!" ”

Out of the corner of Zhu Hu's eyes, he saw the side face of Princess Qin Wang Yinnu, and he was in a trance for a while, and said, "Son...... The son wanted to write a medical book, write the newly discovered herbs, and then correct the medicinal properties of the drugs that had been falsely rumored before, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive, so the son had no intention of getting married. ”

Emperor Hongwu taught his son a lesson and said: "When the male is married, can the medical book be the princess of Zhou or can he give you a child?" It's nonsense, when your fourth brother gets married, it's your turn, and the Zongren Mansion will choose a virtuous and virtuous princess for you, and she will get married this year. ”

Zhu Hu was stunned and hurriedly wanted to say something. Princess Huaiqing stepped forward with a big belly, glanced at him, and then said with a smile: "My father has a lot of opportunities, and I have to worry about the marriage of my children, it's really hard, my daughter made ginseng tea for my father, you can taste it......"

Looking at his pot-bellied daughter, Emperor Hongwu extinguished his anger.

At this time, it was already dawn, Xu Miaoyi wore a bright red Yanju crown dress, and went to the Xu family ancestral hall to worship her ancestors under the guidance of her father. After the ceremony, Xu Da sat in the main hall, Xu Miaoyi performed family salutes, bowed to his father four times, Xu Da said: "Live a good life with King Yan and be filial to the emperor." ”

Xu Miaoyi said goodbye to her two brothers and three younger sisters one by one, and the eldest brother Xu Huizu said: "Everything is fine at home, there is no need to worry." ”

The second brother Xu Zengshou still looked out of tune, and said in a low voice: "Your fiery temper is a little restrained, the royal daughter-in-law is not so easy to be." But women, it's better to be tough, so as not to be bullied by your mother-in-law's family, if King Yan makes you angry, tell the second brother, I'll be angry for you. ”

The second lady Xu Miaoqing's eyes were slightly red, and she said: "If the eldest sister is bored, she often goes back to her parents' house to talk to us sisters." ”

The third lady, Xu Miaoxi, said excitedly: "I heard that there is a big pill beating field in Yanwangfu, and my sister will lend it to me in the future. ”

The fourth lady Xu Miaojin wanted to speak and stopped, she knew that the eldest sister had a relationship with Mingjiao, but the eldest sister became Princess Yan, could it be that the eldest sister had broken away from Mingjiao?

Xu Miaojin said: "Big sister, that Ming ...... Bright...... In the future, remember to take our sisters out often. ”

After Xu Miaoyi said goodbye to her family, she returned to the boudoir, changed into the Yanju crown dress, put on the Zhai clothes and the seven Zhai crowns regulated by the princess, and waited for Zhu Di's arrival.

At this time, the music started, and the ceremonial official said loudly: "King Yan is under control, and he welcomes him personally!" 166 Reading Network