Zhu Shouqian said: "After today's sacrifice, the emperor asked me where I want to be in the future. ”

"Domain?" Xu Miaoyi said in surprise: "The second prince, the third prince are all older than you, and they have never heard of the matter of becoming a vassal, you are not married yet, where do you want to be a vassal?" ”

Zhu Shouqian sighed: "Last time, I took the risk of sending a dead soldier to assassinate Lord Liu, and committed suicide by taking the poison of Ma Qianzi, I suspect that Jinyiwei has smelled some movement, they have no evidence to point to me, but the emperor is a suspicious person, he does not allow any threat by his side, and wants to find a place to send me away from afar, in order to prevent me from threatening the throne." ”

Xu Miaoyi was shocked, "How did my cousin answer?" ”

Zhu Shouqian smiled bitterly: "What can I say, everything is up to the emperor's uncle and grandfather." The emperor said that since my title is the king of Jingjiang County, Jingjiang is in the southwest border of the Ming Dynasty, 'lay the table of the five mountains, unite the two Guangzhou, shield Jingheng, suppress the sea, pillow the mountains and rivers, control thousands of miles, Cheng Southwest Huifu, and send troops to the cardinals'. ”

Zhu Shouqian deliberately said in the tone of Emperor Hongwu: "The emperor said that in the future, the heavy responsibility of 'guarding the border and winging the royal family' will be handed over to me, so don't live up to his expectations." At the beginning of the year, he ordered the Ministry of Works to go to the southwest to select a site and supervise the construction of the Jingjiang Palace, so as to prepare for the future use of the domain. ”

Xu Miaoyi hurriedly said, "How can this be done? Now that the southwest is in turmoil, with the vassal king of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, King Liang, as well as Tubo, Nanyue, and various indigenous tribes rebelling and strife, how can the emperor send you to that kind of place? ”

Zhu Shouqian said: "The emperor said that there is Mu Ying in the southwest, and sooner or later the southwest will be pacified." When the Jingjiang palace is built, the southwest will be peaceful. ”

Xu Miaoyi asked, "How did Queen Ma react?" ”

Zhu Shouqian said: "Queen Ma said that she would choose a famous lady for me as a wife, and she would start a family in the domain in the future. ”

The emperor and queen reached an agreement, and Xu Miaoyi said in a low voice: "It seems that you have already made a sure thing. ”

Zhu Shouqian gently looked at the half-old tablet of his parents on the altar, "It doesn't matter if you are a vassal in advance, in the vassal king's mansion, I can put my parents' spiritual seat in the temple in a dignified manner." The only pity is that the vassal king can't leave the fiefdom without permission, and I'm afraid I won't see my cousin in the future. ”

Xu Miaoyi stared at her cousin tightly, as if he would disappear in front of him when she closed her eyes, "But the situation in Yunnan is turbulent, and the emperor is jealous of you, in case you have murderous intentions, you can just find a reason to explain the cause of your death." ”

Zhu Shouqian's face was tired, the vicissitudes and helplessness in his eyes, like an old man who had gone through a lot of hardships, "There are only two paths in front of me, the first is to be a puppet vassal king honestly according to the emperor's arrangement, my life depends entirely on the emperor's mood, he let me live, and I will give birth; He let me die, and I died; There is another way, and that is to make a desperate attempt to rebel. In fact, I understand the purpose of buying the eight thorns, he is clever and clever, nothing more than trying to push me to the road of forcing the palace to rebel, but this road is too difficult to walk, and I am not sure that the emperor, more than a dozen princes, and two emperors and grandsons will be wiped out. ”

Xu Miaoyi empathized with her cousin's pain, and cried: "Cousin, you are too bitter, you are too difficult, these two roads are not easy to walk, almost all of them are dead!" ”

"The former has a fifty percent hope, the latter is less than one percent, if it is not forced to the point of last resort, I will not take the second way." Zhu Shouqian took out a handkerchief to wipe his cousin's tears, "Look at you, it's as good as when I was a child, my fate has been decided since I was born, it's just a sheep on the grassland, how long I can live depends on the mood of the owner." ”

Tears quickly wet the handkerchief, Xu Miaoyi stubbornly wiped away her tears and said: "I don't believe in any destiny, things are man-made, you can always do something to change your fate." ”

Zhu Shouqian comforted his cousin, "Don't worry, even if I get to that point, I don't have the strength to protect myself at all." Yunnan is a good place, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, I live freely, the emperor is out of sight and out of mind, maybe he will let me go. ”

Xu Miaoyi wiped away her tears and said very seriously: "Cousin, I swear, I will do everything in my power to protect you." ”

Zhu Shouqian touched her head like he did when he was a child, "I know, I always know." ”

Xu Miaoyi said: "The one who bought Li Bara is a bastard, don't believe him, don't listen to him." ”

Zhu Shouqian nodded and said, "Okay, listen to you." He's a right and wrong person, so let's ignore him. ”

Xu Miaoyi said: "If he jumps over the wall in a hurry and accuses you of killing the court official in front of the emperor, you must not admit it, as long as you admit it, you will definitely die, and I will try to help you mediate and get out of danger." ”

Zhu Shouqian said: "Well, I should still have value for him, there is a relationship of checks and balances between us and Xiaoba, and he will not easily move me if he moves his whole body." ”

In the fourth year of Hongwu, spring, the fourth day of the first month. Zhu Di was finally freed from the cumbersome sacrificial rituals and invited Xu Miaoyi to the newly built Yanwang Mansion to talk.

"You see, this open space is the hammer pill field, and when the grass grows in the spring, it will look very good, and a high platform will be built there, and we will enjoy the moon on the high platform during the Mid-Autumn Festival...... What happened to you? Lacking interest? ”

Looking at Zhu Di's concerned gaze, Xu Miaoyi was full of worries but couldn't confide, I can't say that my cousin wants to kill your whole family to survive.

Zhu Di said: "Okay, if you don't say it, then I'll start guessing." ”

Xu Miaoyi sighed: "Don't guess, anyway, it's nothing more than those things, stuffy in my heart, and it's boring to say it." ”

Zhu Di said: "Don't worry, Jinyi Wei Mao Xiang has been staring at it, and the main messenger behind the scenes is more anxious than you." ”

But, not for the sake of this. Xu Miaoyi said: "Thank you for protecting Song Xiu'er to go to Shudi." ”

Zhu Di said: "Yes, such a simple woman is safer to stay away from disputes." Keeping her in the capital will drag you down - how are you going to thank me? ”

Xu Miaoyi was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "What do you want?" ”

In fact, Zhu Di didn't think about asking for any reward, he just wanted to divert Xu Miaoyi's attention, don't always think about these troubles, he pointed to the plum blossom forest outside the window and said, "Punish you and me to go to the snow and enjoy the plum blossoms." ”

Xu Miaoyi said with a smile: "It's okay to enjoy plums, don't let me chant poems when you look back, I have the most headache for this." ”

Zhu Di took Xu Miaoyi's hand and said with a smile: "Our palace, we make our own decisions, the rules of Yanwangfu are that you don't need to compose poems to appreciate plums, and you come back to drink wine and eat barbecue." ”

Red plum and white snow, the plum blossom forest is the most beautiful scenery of the year, a pair of beautiful people shuttle and laugh in the plum forest.

Xu Miaoyi smiled and said, "We're here to enjoy the plum, don't always look at me." ”

Zhu Di said seriously: "You are better looking than plum blossoms." ”

"Actually, I think you're more beautiful than plum blossoms." Xu Miaoyi was thick-skinned, and she didn't know what shyness was, so she smiled and said: "In this case, let's not brave the cold wind to enjoy the plum blossoms, go back to the warm pavilion to drink tea and chat, you and I are better looking than plum blossoms, let's just appreciate each other." ”

Zhu Di said frankly: "No, the warm pavilion is too warm, I don't have a chance to hold your hand." ”

Xu Miaoyi looked at Zhu Di in a daze, "The huge Yan Palace, there is no shortage of anything, just a princess, I will recommend myself today." ”

Zhu Di nodded and said, "Yes, the Yanwang Mansion is vacant, and this position only belongs to you." ”

In the plum blossom forest, Ying Ying looked at the figures of the two embracing. Ma Sanbao, the eunuch of the Yan Palace, looked at this scene worriedly, and couldn't help but feel melancholy: Alas, Princess Yan is fierce, and it will not be easy to mix in the future.

Suddenly, he heard a crisp sound behind him, and Ma Sanbao's face changed greatly, "What person!" ”

An old gardener held up his scissors and said, "The old slave has come to prune the branches." ”

Ma Sanbao said: "I have already instructed that everyone is not allowed to come to the Peach Blossom Forest today, why are you still here?" ”

The old gardener trembled and said, "The old slave is old, and he has a bad memory, so he forgets. ”

Although Ma Sanbao is young, he is not easy to fool, and said: "If there is a mistake, it should be punished, and being old is not a reason." Come, take him away and detain him, and no one will be allowed to visit him, so as to help you remember it for a long time. ”

The old gardener was taken away, but behind the plum tree lay a thin chamberlain, who stood still, and let the snow drown him, until all movement had ceased, and he slowly got up.

In the evening, Mao Xiang received an important news from Jinyiwei's secret agent: Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and Xu Miaoyi fell in love, had a private meeting in the palace, and made a private decision for life!

Mao Xiang was very shocked and struggling, when Zhu Di supervised the construction of the imperial mausoleum in Jiming Mountain, Mao Xiang served under him, the two got along well, and made many meritorious contributions, he admired Zhu Di's personality and ability. Xu Miaoyi was still called Yao Miaoyi at the time, and she also helped Mao Xiang to make meritorious contributions, and he also admired this female doctor with excellent medical skills and bold heart.

Now that I think about it, these two people really had some signs at that time...... Mao Xiang walked back and forth in the duty room irritably, in all fairness, he didn't want to hurt these two people, but if he concealed it and didn't report it, wouldn't he be disloyal to the emperor?

Moreover, the private relationship between King Yan and Xu Miaoyi is not the same as the forbidden love between Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, and the uncle and sister-in-law of Wang Yinnu, the princess of Qin. The latter Princess Qin has been claustrophobic on the island of Bafutang Lake, and she has no chance to release it for almost her life, this matter can be covered up for them, and King Yan and Xu Miaoyi are young and free, in case they ......

On one side there was friendship, on the other side was loyalty, and in the end loyalty prevailed.

Early the next morning, Zhu Di was ordered to enter the palace by his angry father Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his whip at his son, "Don't fight for it, look at the ugly things you have done!" ”

The father whipped a lesson, and the sons didn't dare to hide, because as long as he hid once, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely double the whipping, Zhu Di knelt and resisted the first whip, "The son has loved Xu Miaoyi for a long time, and plans to wait for her filial piety to pass, so he begged his father and queen mother to propose to the Duke of Wei." We do it with affection and reason. did not do anything without a matchmaker. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard this, "Xu Miaoyi is stubborn and has repeatedly contradicted me, how can she be my daughter-in-law, do you want to be angry with me?" ”

In other words, another whip. This whip broke through Zhu Di's padded jacket, leaving a red and swollen blood mark on his strong back.

Zhu Di said: "My father's words are wrong, you said, 'Xu Miaoyi is a beautiful family, gentle and dignified, and has a good manner, which is a model of Roujia. ’”

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Nonsense! When did I say such a thing! ”

Zhu Di endured the pain and said lightly: "During the Chinese New Year last year, my father ordered Xu Miaoyi to recognize her ancestors and return to her ancestors, and this is what was written on the holy decree. ”

This-Zhu Yuanzhang was so blocked by his son that he almost didn't ease his breath, that's right, it was he who personally ordered Xu Miaoyi to go home, but this broken holy decree was drafted by the scholars of the Hanlin Academy, so he couldn't write this kind of "sexual Bingwenzhuang" sour text, Zhu Yuanzhang regretted that he pressed the jade seal with his own hands.

This time, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't scold anymore, and directly used a whip to express his anger.

The flesh and blood on his back were blurred for a moment, and Zhu Di knelt on the ground and did not move, "I ask my father and queen mother to be fulfilled!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's angry head was about to explode, and he was about to whip it again, when he was stopped by Queen Ma, who had been silent.

Queen Ma completely ripped off Zhu Di's torn cotton jacket, pointed to the old scars on Zhu Di's naked/naked arms and chest, and said: "Your Majesty, look at the scars on this child's body, they are all left when he charged on the battlefield, this scar just hurts the heart, the emperor is almost about to lose one of the bravest sons, looking at these scars, do you really want to keep fighting?" 166 Reading Network