There is only one person who wants her to live, to live well.

In Princess Yan's carriage, Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, saw Mao Xiang let him go, and went to the camp on the outskirts of Beijing to find Zhu Di, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Miaoyi hated iron and said with hatred: "Don't worry, I have already arranged it, and what I promised you will definitely be done, Mao Xiang is busy with the affairs of the national prince, and his hands and eyes can't reach the king/mansion of Qin." ”

In fact, without Zhu Hu's request, Xu Miaoyi remembers the covenant with Wang Baobao, and will also help Wang Yinnu to escape from death, which is the way to completely get rid of the shackles.

Zhu Hu said: "I know the ability of the fourth sister-in-law, I am ...... It's just that I'm worried about getting things going. ”

If you care, it's chaotic, it seems that Zhu Hu still can't let go of Wang Yinnu! Xu Miaoyi sighed secretly in her heart and said, "It's inconvenient for me to take you into the Qin Palace, you can go back to the pharmacy." ”

Zhu Hu snorted, and was just about to get off the carriage, but turned back and asked, "Fourth sister-in-law, where do you arrange her to go?" ”

Xu Miaoyi asked rhetorically: "I'll tell you the address, will you go to her in the future?" ”

Zhu Huan was silent for a moment, shook his head and said: "No, I already have a wife, and I promised to give the Feng family a child, we can't go back for a long time, why let her face an embarrassing situation." ”

Xu Miaoyi had mixed feelings and sighed: "Then why do you still ask me this? ”

Zhu Hu said: "Sometimes I am tired of looking at medical books, and I look up at Daming's map, if I know that she is living freely in that place, I will feel more comfortable." As a prince, I will be trapped in the position of the prince for the rest of my life, and I will not be free, if she can work hard and get rid of the shackles of her family and country, it will be good. ”

Xu Miaoyi sighed and said in a low voice: "It's Kunming, Yunnan, where the four seasons are like spring, presumably three hundred and sixty days a year, the capital is much better when the wind and frost and swords are pressing." ”

Zhu Hu smiled with relief, "I know, thank you fourth sister-in-law." ”

Zhu Hu took a step, turned his head again and said, "Fourth sister-in-law, don't tell her about my intercession, let's be completely dead to me." Letting go of everything, she may be able to find a good person to marry in Kunming, and everything starts again, after all, she is still young. ”

Xu Miaoyi said: "What if she asks me if it's you?" ”

Zhu Hu smiled self-deprecatingly, "She shouldn't ask, she is too tired to live, and she is always used to carrying all her thoughts, I hope she can meet someone who can share her thoughts in the second half of her life." ”

Zhu Hu got off the carriage, drove to the Qin Palace, Xu Miaoyi got off the carriage, Wang Yinnu had already dressed up, wearing the princess's red court dress and wearing a Jiuzhai crown.

"Ready?" Xu Miaoyi asked.

Wang Yinnu nodded, looking at her high bulging abdomen apologetically, "I'm tired of you, come and send me with my stomach." ”

In front of a few nurturing grandmothers in the palace, Xu Miaoyi didn't say much, and handed her a string of Bodhi beads, "You and I are old acquaintances, and we have been concubines for ten years, and there is no need to mention the grievances and grievances in the past in the face of life and death." You insist on being martyred for your husband, and my father agreed, I have nothing to say, this is a string of Buddhist beads that I went to Jiming Temple to ask for you, reincarnation, and bless you with happiness and health in your next life. ”

"Thank you, four women." Wang Yinnu took the beads and put them on her wrists.

Mama stepped forward and said, "Princess Qin, the time has come." ”

Mama is here to urge her life, Xu Miaoyi was upset, and glanced at Mama, "You stand down, I have a few words to say to my second sister-in-law." ”

Mama hesitated, "This-"

Xu Miaoyi's eyes were cold, "Stand down." ”

Mama secretly said that this princess Yan even dared to push back the emperor's words, no matter what, she couldn't afford to provoke me to hide.

The palace maid retired. Xu Miaoyi looked at Wang Yinnu fixedly, but did not speak.

Wang Yinnu had no choice but to ask, "Does the four women have anything to tell me?" ”

Xu Miaoyi asked rhetorically, "Don't you have anything to ask me?" ”

Wang Yinnu and Xu Miaoyi looked at each other, and they both understood the meaning of this sentence.

Wang Yinnu's gaze did not dodge, looked at Xu Miaoyi fixedly, and said, "No." ”

Xu Miaoyi said secretly: Alas, I was really guessed by the fifth brother, he and Wang Yinnu are confidants, and they know each other too well. So although Wang Yinnu didn't ask her, she knew it in her heart.

Xu Miaoyi said: "I know, let's go." ”

Xu Miaoyi accompanied Wang Yinnu to walk on the straight road, the white marble ground was covered with a red carpet, the red carpet led to a high platform, surrounded by dozens of monks meditating and reciting the "Sutra of the Past Life", a pagoda had been piled up with dry wood in the middle, the fire of the pagoda had been lit, and the scorching flames were dancing in the north wind.

Wang Yinnu stepped on the steps alone, walking steadily step by step, the wide sleeved robe swelled in the wind, as if he wanted to return by the wind, the nine Zhai phoenixes inlaid with treasures on the crown of Jiuzhai were shining in the flames, about to phoenix nirvana, spreading their wings and wanting to fly.

Wang Yinnu stopped in front of the "Flame Mountain", and at this time, the wind direction suddenly changed, rolling up a puff of smoke and dust, and he vaguely watched Wang Yinnu leap into the fire like a moth to a fire......

Zhou Wang Zhu Hu stood in the courtyard of the medical hall with his hands in his hands, quietly looking at the black smoke in the distance, and gradually dissipated after half an hour, but he still did not move, like a stone statue that took root on the ground, and wanted to remain there for eternity.

The Royal Palace, the Imperial Study.

Emperor Hongwu and Zhu Di's father and son sat opposite each other, Mao Xiang passed the dictation, Zhu Di hurried from the barracks, and the armor was too late to take off.

As the sun set, the afterglow shone through the window on Zhu Di, who was tall and cast a shadow that shrouded Emperor Hongwu in it.

The stronger and more powerful Zhu Di is, the more he looks like Emperor Hongwu is shriveled and old.

The successive blows could not destroy the mind of the founding emperor, but the destruction of the body was inevitable.

Emperor Hongwu said: "At today's court meeting, many military generals, including Zheng Guogong, think that you are suitable to be the prince. ”

Zhu Di said: "Oh. ”

Emperor Hongwu asked, "What do you think?" ”

Zhu Di immediately became vigilant and said lightly: "The position of the prince should be decided by the father, and the sons have nothing to say." ”

Emperor Hongwu said: "We are father and son, but it doesn't hurt to say it, don't test each other to play Tai Chi like the Great Dynasty Council." ”

For many years as a father and son, Zhu Di knows his father's temperament very well, if he is really unreserved and discerning, he is still unlucky.

After planting countless fights and falling to the point of bleeding, Zhu Di knew how to mediate with Emperor Hongwu, he said: "Since my father asked my son to speak out, then I also asked my father to speak up to my son." When the military general proposed his son as the prince, was his father surprised at the time? ”

The implication is to test whether Emperor Hongwu has seriously considered him, the fourth prince.

Emperor Hongwu in the shadow said: "I am not surprised, among the princes, you are the oldest, and you are also the most prestigious in the army, and the army admires the strong. ”

Zhu Di said: "However, my father doesn't think that his son is suitable to be the prince. ”

Emperor Hongwu asked, "How can you see it?" ”

Zhu Di said: "If my father intends to make his son the crown prince, he shouldn't ask those questions just now. The father was anxious to announce the audience of his son, but he was actually worried that the news of the great court meeting would reach the ears of his son, and his son was moved, and he had the opportunity to get close to those courtiers who supported him, and he might even join forces with Zheng Guogong to fight for the country with his eldest nephew. ”

Emperor Hongwu summoned his fourth son in a hurry, wanting to completely dispel his son's mind before Zhu Di took action.

Because Emperor Hongwu knew that once Zhu Di and Zheng Guogong joined hands, even if Zhu Yunwen ascended to the throne, he would be in danger.

Emperor Hongwu's immobile face finally changed slightly, and his drooping eyelids lifted, revealing the emperor's deterrence.

Zhu Di didn't move at all, "Erchen knows that it is taboo to speculate on the holy will - it is the father and the emperor who want the son-in-law to say it bluntly." Originally, Zhu Di was just suspicious, but now that he sees Emperor Hongwu's expression, what else does he not understand?

The father only has the East Palace in his heart, even if the eldest brother of the prince dies, the father and the emperor are interested in the eldest grandson Zhu Yunwen! Otherwise, according to the rules, the only grandson, Zhu Yunxi, would have been established as the emperor's grandson, so why bother to hold a court meeting to discuss again and again!

Emperor Hongwu asked, "Do you want to be the crown prince?" ”

This is a big pit dug by Emperor Hongwu, if Zhu Di says that he thinks, then Emperor Hongwu will scold him for bullying the small and coveting his nephew's storage position; If you don't want to...... These words will be included in the living notes of the historian, and they will press Zhu Di for the rest of his life in the future.

Zhu Di is no longer the young man who resisted his father back then, he is on par with his father's mind, and said: "Father, from the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present, the biggest threat has always been the Northern Yuan, from the northwest to the east, the border is too long, we can't defend passively, we need to take the initiative to attack as a defense from time to time, my father thinks that all the princes and grandsons, who can protect the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Emperor Hongwu looked at his fourth son fixedly, for a long time, and said, "You are threatening me." ”

Zhu Di said: "No one can threaten my father. It was his father who was worried about the world, and his sons told the truth, in fact, in addition to the Northern Yuan, the Goryeo Kingdom in the northeast and Naha colluded, and often harassed Yandi; Fuso on the sea has Japanese pirates on the coast; There are many ethnic groups in the southwest, and rebellions occur from time to time; Although Tibet returned to the Ming Dynasty, it secretly never broke off relations with the Northern Yuan. The Ming Dynasty has only been stable for a decade, and these threats have never really disappeared. Once infighting starts, the border gates from south to north and from west to east will be in an emergency. The so-called Haiyan River is clear, but it is like a dream bubble. ”

What the fourth son said was the truth, and Emperor Hongwu was silent for a long time, and said: "The imperial doctor said that as long as I take medicine on time to heal my injuries and don't stay up all night, I can live a few more years - I will definitely get rid of all disasters in my lifetime." ”

The implication is that you don't have to worry about it, don't think about it, I can solve all the problems.

Zhu Di smiled, "Since this is the case, the minister will retire." ”

Zhu Di was about to stand up, but Emperor Hongwu reached out violently and pressed his son's shoulder, "You are unwilling, right?" ”

Zhu Di said: "For as long as I can remember, my father has always said to his son, the eldest brother is the son of the world, we all have to listen to the eldest brother, and the eldest brother's things cannot be touched." Erchen did it, did not cross the thunder pond by half a step, buried himself in doing his own thing, and went all out to investigate the case, disaster relief or war. The only thing that the son of the emperor went against his father's will was to marry Miaoyi as his wife, speaking of which, he was able to get this good wife, thanks to his father's kindness, so the son was not unwilling. ”

There is nothing unwilling, and the unwilling person is not the turn of him Zhu Di - Zheng Guogong Chang Mao and Emperor Sun Zhu Yunxi are qualified to say that they are unwilling.

Zhu Di was just very disappointed, obviously he was the eldest and had the ability to protect the Ming Dynasty, but his father insisted on stepping over him to choose the eldest grandson Zhu Yunwen.

It's not that the father doesn't know his advantages, but habitually ignores him, suppresses him, forces him to quit, and will never regard this fourth son as an heir. 166 Reading Network