Zhu Di knows that his younger brother Zhu Hu doesn't know anything about political affairs, and his younger sister Feng is a person who understands, but politics is cold and cruel, not to mention that everyone has selfish intentions, Feng put Yan Wangfu in danger in order to save his younger brother Feng Cheng's life, if Zhu Di says that he is not annoyed at all, it is also false.

But now in this situation, the East Palace is constantly secretly arrowed, and there must be no infighting between the vassal kings, and the East Palace has found the handle to cut the domain, and he has no power to protect himself.

Zhu Hu is far away in Kaifeng, and his wife Feng is his most capable ally recently, after all, once Zhu Hu has something to do, Feng Shi, who is the princess of Zhou, will definitely have no good results. Emotionally, husband and wife can't be united, they can only be tied together with interests.

Husband and wife may not be lovers, but at least they are allies, and if they turn against each other, they can only lose both.

Of course, Zhu Hu couldn't think about it so much at all, he just did what the fourth brother said, and the fourth brother would never be wrong.

So after King Zhou and his wife returned home from King Yan's mansion, they seemed to be back together.

Zhu Di and Miaoyi personally sent King Zhou and his wife to Ermen, and the two returned hand in hand, Xu Miaoyi sighed: "Queen Ma has a good vision and chose a good daughter-in-law for the fifth brother. ”

Zhu Di asked, "You don't blame her?" ”

Xu Miaoyi said: "It was because of her letter that I had the opportunity to see my cousin for the last time, and I didn't leave lifelong regrets, why blame her?" Fung She ...... is also a poor person, but it's a pity that the fifth brother's heart has long been given to others, and the two will never be able to make friends. ”

Zhu Di asked: "How is that ...... 'others' doing?" Remarried? ”

Xu Miaoyi shook her head, "Her heart has long been given to others, she opened a tea garden, and she has been planting, roasting, and selling tea for sixteen years, just like a businessman." What's wrong? Did the fifth brother ask you just now? ”

Zhu Di said, "No, the fifth brother is attached to medicine, and the fate of these two has been broken." ”

Since Zhu Yunwen was crowned as the emperor's grandson sixteen years ago, the crown prince was established, and all the vassal kings were vassalized a year ago, and now Emperor Hongwu is so anxious for his sons to return to Beijing, he doesn't need to guess that his father is critically ill.

The children gathered together, the number of grandchildren plus grandchildren and great-grandchildren has exceeded a hundred, the royal family Ding is prosperous, and the Chinese New Year's Eve of Hongwu's thirty years is particularly lively.

Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the emperor of the East Palace, was respectful to the imperial uncles at the family banquet, and the king of Yan was the elder, Zhu Yunwen first toasted Zhu Di, and Zhu Di smiled and drank it all, as if erasing the thrilling excitement on the Huai River from his memory.

Zhu Yuanzhang actually held on to his dilapidated body and kept the New Year with his children and grandchildren, and went back to rest after the third watch. With this family member, no one dares to make a mistake, and continues to stage a great drama of royal harmony and happiness.

Xu Miaoyi and Princess Feng of Zhou teamed up again, plus Princess Gui and Princess Dai were her sisters, and after 16 years, the vassal kings reunited in the capital, and the relationship was still harmonious. This kind of brotherly solidarity is what Emperor Hongwu wants to see, and it is also the last thing that Donggong wants to see.

Perhaps because of the arrival of his sons, Zhu Yuanzhang's spirit was lifted, and his condition gradually improved in the spring, and the vassal kings suddenly felt a false alarm: although the father was stricter, he was still good to his sons, and since the Han Dynasty, no dynasty had given power and military power to the vassal kings like Emperor Hongwu.

Emperor Hongwu could even forgive King Yan and his wife for going out of the domain without permission, and even secretly took action to smooth out the matter, at least it shows that he didn't want his sons to have an accident.

In the same way, the vassal kings also felt that their father was the biggest supporter, and as long as the father was alive, they could continue to live a good life.

If anything happens to my father...... During the Huaihe incident, the vassal kings all felt that the East Palace was ugly, and the future of the imperial uncles was bleak.

When Emperor Hongwu saw that he was in good health, the courtiers immediately put on the notebook, saying that the emperor was in good health and that the vassal kings should go back.

You don't have to guess to know whose handwriting it is.

The vassal kings packed up and prepared to leave Beijing. The imperial concubine Ma of the East Palace brought a generous gift and saw off the imperial uncles with the gift of the younger generations.

There are a total of more than 20 imperial uncles, and the Ma family is busy with their feet not touching the ground, visiting every feudal prince's mansion and making some gifts. It was easy to drag the tired body back to the East Palace, and the palace maid said again: "Niangniang, Master Ma asks to see you." ”

When my father came, no matter how tired Ma was, he had to receive him in person, so he hurriedly said: "Please, by the way, has my father eaten, why don't you ask the imperial grandson to talk to Master Ma?" ”

The palace maid bowed her head and said: "Lord Ma came in the morning, I had dinner in the East Palace at noon, and I served a few snacks and tea, and the imperial grandson left the palace early this morning, and the slave maid didn't know where to go, so the slave and maid sent someone to find it." ”

"No, it's already dusk, and the imperial grandson will come back before the key is dropped in the palace, go and invite Master Ma." After many years of husband and wife, Ma has already seen through her husband's thoughts, and since she is nowhere to be found, she must have gone to find that woman......

When Master Ma saw his daughter, he knelt down to bow down first, and Ma hurriedly said, "Father, please take a seat." ”

There were only father and daughter in the study, and Master Ma asked bluntly, "How?" Did you win over the vassal king? ”

Ma held out a tired finger.

Master Ma asked, "One?" Who is it? The best is Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, he is brave and good at fighting, and his reputation in the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty is second only to Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and the king of Ning also has a great advantage, he has the three guards of Duoyan under his command, and he is almost invincible——"

"Not a single one." Ma interrupted his father, and his chin was raised, "Concubine Lu and the imperial grandson are too desperate to do things, Princess Yan's mother's family is powerful and good at winning people's hearts. ”

Master Ma felt sorry for his daughter, "You have lost weight recently - although you are a junior, you are the princess of the prince, and those princesses of the vassal are too bold

I dare to despise you. ”

Ma shook his head, "There is face, but there is estrangement in the politeness, and if you talk a little deeper, you will serve tea and send it off, and you will shrink your neck as a turtle, and your daughter really can't do it." ”

Master Ma sighed: "Freezing three feet, not a day's cold, the practice of the East Palace for decades has chilled the vassal kings, and it is not you who can reverse the situation by a momentary trap." It doesn't matter, take your time, the days are still long, I see that the emperor's body has been getting better recently. ”

Ma's eyes were worried, "I never hoped that I would be able to entrap most of the vassal kings in order to contain the East Palace's biggest opponent, King Yan. But even a vassal king refused to communicate with the East Palace, and everyone shrank on the side of the Yan Wangfu, guarding us like thieves, how could I not worry? ”

Master Ma said: "You have to persuade Concubine Lu to be a man and leave a line, everything is too desperate, there is no room for bargaining, and the vassal kings are respectful of the East Palace." Do you think Yan Wang and his wife are good at being people? ”

"When Princess Qin was beaten and insulted, she was the one who helped to solve the difficulty; After the death of King Qin, King Jin rebelled to extract a confession, King Yan risked his life to rescue King Jin who had jumped off the cliff, although King Jin finally died of fear of sin, but the imperial uncles felt that King Yan was generous and benevolent to his opponents, and he took the advantage of his eldest brother——"

Ma interrupted his father's words and said angrily: "Of course I persuaded you! But what's the use? The affairs of the East Palace are all the mother and son, and they almost never ask my opinion, what can I do? ”

Recently, everything has not gone well, Ma is upset, and he can still hide a thing or two in front of his husband and mother-in-law, but he shows his true temperament in front of his blood relatives, and he is a little hysterical.

Master Ma said with a straight face: "Reasoning, Concubine Lu didn't straighten out, not your mother-in-law, your serious mother-in-law is the crown princess Chang." Wheel identity, you are the imperial concubine, you are the king, Concubine Lu is a minister, and you also opened up the branches of the royal family and gave birth to two sons. You should press Concubine Lu and take charge of the East Palace, why was Concubine Lu led by the nose? ”

Ma slapped the table irritably, "Father said it easily!" If Concubine Lu was so easy to deal with, how could the crown princess Chang be defeated in the hands of a side concubine in the position of the main room? ”

"Concubine Lu likes power, likes to play with power, and is used to covering the sky in the East Palace, and my father thinks she will abdicate and let me take charge of the East Palace?"

Master Ma has always had high hopes for his daughter, and he is an ambitious scholar, saying: "The court is a battlefield for men, and the harem is originally a battlefield for women!" You have been lying in the East Palace daydreaming, do you want Concubine Lu to obediently hand over the authority to you? You should fight, go

Grab and get what you deserve! Instead of self-pity like now! ”

Master Ma said coldly: "If I am Concubine Lu, who has been competing for favor and profit in the harem for most of my life, and I know that power is not easy to come by, how can I rest assured that I will hand over power to a daughter-in-law who is only down?" ”

Ma woke up like a dream and muttered, "But...... But the imperial grandson - he is the son of Concubine Lu after all, if I have a dispute with Concubine Lu, and a word of filial piety is pressed, I will not be able to turn over. ”

Master Ma said in a low voice: "Their mother and son have strong personalities, and the two are not monolithic. Husband and wife are one, you just need to stand firmly on the side of the imperial grandson, what can Concubine Lu do to you? It's just a side room, can she take you away, or can she take the position of your imperial concubine? ”

Ma said: "No. ”

Master Ma continued to encourage her daughter, "That's right, you must remember that your surname is Ma, and you are a member of the highly respected Empress Xiaoci Ma!" You are from a descendant clan, and you will be the second queen of horses in the future! Do you remember how temperamental and majestic Queen Xiaoci Ma was? ”

"The emperor didn't listen to anyone, but he always respected Queen Xiaoci Ma for three points. If you look at yourself again, in the future, when the imperial grandson ascends the throne, he will inevitably crown Concubine Lu as the Queen Mother and you as the queen. You are also Queen Ma, but as the queen, the power of the harem is in the hands of the Queen Mother, only the Queen Mother is the head of the horse, you ask yourself, are you worthy of the title of Queen Ma? ”

Ma Shi bowed his head and said: "Father, don't worry, my daughter was confused before and didn't see the road ahead. Not in the future, my daughter will definitely rise up, and she will be worthy of the title of Queen Ma in the future. “

Master Ma nodded, "It's good that you figure it out, remember, as long as the imperial grandson has the same heart as you, you can not care about anything else." “

Ma said: "Yes, my daughter remembers. “

As the sun set, the palace was about to close, and Lord Ma didn't say much and hurriedly said goodbye. Ma estimated that Zhu Yunwen was about to come back, so he personally cooked a few refreshing side dishes and waited for her husband to have dinner together.

But the food was cold, the palace was locked, and when it came to the palm lamp, Zhu Yunwen had not returned.

Do you want to stay there for the night, the emperor's grandson is getting bolder and bigger, or he has a lingering affection with that person, and it is difficult to give up, so he doesn't return home at night...... Sure enough, people can't look good, that person is not in his prime, and he always looks like he has no desires, but it attracts the emperor's grandson to linger......

Ma was worried about eating dinner alone, and suddenly the palace maid came, "Niangniang, Concubine Lu is here." “

Before the words fell, the figure of Concubine Lu appeared at the door, and Ma habitually wanted to stand up and greet him at the door, and his father Ma's words sounded in his ears: "As the queen, the power of the harem is in the hands of the queen mother, but the queen mother is the head of the horse, you ask yourself, are you worthy of the title of Queen Ma?" “

Ma Shi stopped his chopsticks, sat on the main seat without moving, and said, "Please come in and serve tea." 166 Reading Network