"Didn't someone secretly report to the Jinyi Health Department, saying that he had appeared in the Chaoshan area?" Zhu Di's voice was also calm, and he couldn't hear joy or sorrow.

Sanbao was silent for a while, and replied, "Wechen has been circling in that area for several months, and he has not found any traces of it, so I think someone has misreported it." ”

Zhu Di breathed a long sigh of relief, "I have already sent Hu Tong and Zhu Xiang, the old eunuch who served Emperor Jianwen before, to go out together and look for them in the interior of the Ming Dynasty. And I heard another news, that is, he took a group of people to the South Seas, you are a good sailor, your father once went on a pilgrimage to Mecca, and the navigation skills are first-class, I believe that you must have obtained your father's true inheritance, and the search for overseas depends on you. ”

Sanbao replied softly, "Thank you for the emperor's love, Weichen will live up to the emperor's love." ”

"Go down." Zhu Di's voice revealed a trace of exhaustion.

I hurriedly walked in with Zhu'er, holding my waist and saying, "My body is getting heavier and heavier, and my walking is getting slower and slower." ”

Zhu Di was a little surprised when he saw me come in, but his expression was fleeting, he looked at me and smiled, "It's cold, why are you here?" ”

Sanbao also walked up to me and knelt down to say goodbye, "Concubine Niang Wan'an." ”

I asked him to get up and said with a smile, "How is Bao'er in the house?" ”

Sanbao's face was a little shy, "It's okay." ”

"Be nice to her, or I won't agree, I'll wait for Ming'er to be in good shape, and I'm going to go to your house again."

Sanbao said with a smile, "This is not what Niangniang said, I am afraid that Niangniang will not appreciate it." ”

Zhu Di beckoned to me and smiled, "You have been reunited for a long time, although you have a thousand words, but don't be in a hurry to say it now, Sanbao still has something to do, when Ming'er pays New Year's greetings, let him take Bao'er to your palace to chat with you." ”

I said angrily, "People are going to drive people away before they say a word, okay, okay, don't delay your right-hand minister's errands, Sanbao, you go quickly, or the emperor will be in a hurry." ”

Sanbao smiled and retreated, Zhu Di's face was still a little unnatural, but he still greeted me, held me up, and said gently, "You have been living in a dormant house recently, and you don't go out of the door, why did you come here today?" ”

I stretched out my hand and gently scratched the tip of his nose, "You said lightly, the Heart Cultivation Hall has become a place for me to hang out, and if someone hears it, is it okay?" If I'm fine, why drag such a heavy body and rush to find you in the cold? ”

Zhu Di saw that I was not joking, so he was a little relieved, "That's not right, your biggest thing now is to raise the fetus with peace of mind, waiting for the delivery, no matter how big the thing is, you can't make a trip." ”

"I'm pregnant, I'm not sick, where is it so delicate?" With a smile, I took out the gift slips of the Ministry of Rites and Guanglu Temple from my sleeve, shook it in front of him, and said with a smile, "Look at this." ”

"What is this?" Zhu Di asked in his mouth, he had already reached out to take it, glanced at it twice, and then smiled, "It's just a few New Year's gifts, you can make your own decisions, show me what to do?" ”

I said, "This was given to me by Guanglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites alone, saying that they did not come out of the officials, but they themselves honored me." ”

Zhu Di frowned, still keeping his eyes open and closing his eyes and said, "In previous years, this was also an example, and officials brought their own gifts to honor the above to ensure that their official roads were smooth all the way." ”

"They bring their own gifts? Where did they get these gifts? Isn't it the wool that comes out of the sheep? Take the money of the court to put gold on your face, and I send these here, it is difficult to guarantee that other concubines, officials, and vassal kings do not have such a gift list in their hands, if this wind rises and corruption becomes a precedent, one day the court will be swallowed up completely. I hugged my waist, leaned on the corner of Zhu Di's desk, and said to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di couldn't help laughing when he saw me like this, I said for a long time, he didn't react at all, he actually laughed, which made me a little annoyed and angry, "What are you laughing at?" ”

"Laugh at the way you look now." The pair bent over their stomachs and laughed exaggeratedly.

I looked down at myself, only to see that my stomach was too big, blocking my vision, and I couldn't even see the instep of my feet. Jokes all day long that my belly is round! ”

Zhu Di hurriedly hugged my shoulders, "No, no, I face your belly every day, I'm used to it, it's like looking at my bookcase and pen, ink, paper, and inkstone every day, how can you laugh at it?" ”

"And what are you laughing at?" I glared at him.

"Do you know how much you look like a competent housekeeper when you talk about that big chase? It's just that our family business is a bit big, and we are in charge of a country, so it's no wonder you have to worry so much. Zhu Di said, and couldn't help laughing again.

When I heard him say this, I simply stuffed the gift list into his hand, "Don't say it, don't say it, I won't tell you again, ask Guanglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites to pick up all the things on this gift list and send them twice, I am happy to add more furniture." ”

Zhu Di saw that I was angry, so he put away his smile, "You are pregnant with a child, don't always be in a hurry, I know what you said." ”

"And what are you going to do about it?"

Zhu Di looked at me and smiled mysteriously, "Among all my concubines, you are the youngest, but you have the most thoughts, I think back then, when Yunhua first entered the Yanwang Mansion, she was actually similar to you now, thinking about living and managing the affairs of the mansion, but now she has lost her original intention." Except for the two of you, there is no concubine who can think so much for me, they are the same as you said, they are happy to hide some private things for themselves, not to offend others and to cheapen themselves, why not? ”

"If you know this, why don't you manage it well?" I asked, puzzled. I naturally know that he can't be unaware of the matter I brought up with him today, and he is a discerning person.

"That's why I said you're young. You think, we are now standing at the top, and there are layers of people below doing things for us, but do you know what the foundation of the country is? Zhu Di smiled, and his eyes were full of wisdom and spirit that I had never seen before.

"What is it? Isn't it a good emperor, a loyal minister? I replied with some hesitation, I knew that Zhu Di's answer would definitely not be the level I understood, but this was the only thing I could think of.

Sure enough, Zhu Di shook his head, "The foundation of the country is not who is the emperor, not who is the minister to govern, not how many soldiers there are, but the people of the country." The people are civilized, diligent and capable, no matter who governs the country, it will not be too bad, the emperor is just a necessary ornament, just stand up and solve problems when the country has problems, and the people who really dominate the country are the people. Water can carry a boat or overturn a boat, and those who win the hearts of the people win the world. ”

I'm a little at a loss, the Ming Dynasty, this is the moment when China's feudal society slowly developed to its peak, Zhu Di's rule was praised by later generations as "Yuanmai Han and Tang", but what he said to me now, the ideas he expressed were so democratic, which is not at all like what the emperor of a feudal empire with a monarch would say.

I couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Actually, you don't want to be this emperor, do you?" ”

Zhu Di nodded, and shook his head again, "If you don't want to be it, you can do it, since you are the emperor, you have to do your own job." When my father was there, he often told my brother that everyone thought that becoming an emperor was the beginning of pleasure and wealth, but only he knew that the emperor worked harder than anyone else, and if he only coveted pleasure, he would only become the king of the country. Not only do you have to work hard and diligently, but you also have to know how to weigh the pros and cons, take these things you said, why do the people below honor you? For the sake of pleasing me, what good is it to please me? I will attach importance to them, after I attach importance to them, they are nothing more than working harder for me, such a cycle, they take my money to please me, and in the end it is they who work hard, and it is still me who gets the benefits, why not turn a blind eye? ”

Zhu Di's theory made me dumbfounded, Zhu Di smiled and patted me on the shoulder, "Everything is too much, the courtiers are honest and valuable, but they can't be too bitter, too much will change." You will stay in the palace tomorrow and wait for them to give you gifts, remember to praise them well, it is best to tell them, and you will tell me about their benefits. That's the best. ”

I looked at Zhu Di, and it took a long time to spit out a sentence, "The old treacherous and cunning ......"

When Zhu Di heard this, his eyes widened, and he reached over to scratch me, but I smiled and stepped back, "Don't make trouble, don't make trouble, my stomach is moving." ”

Zhu Di stopped his hand and asked me with a smile, "The doctor said that you will be full-term in half a month, don't move around during this time, I am very worried when I think of you, fortunately, I will catch up with the next year, and when you give birth, I should be able to spare time to accompany you." ”

I shook my head and said, "Then what's the matter, you are the true dragon emperor, and you are afraid of three rooms." ”

"True Dragon Heavenly Son, there are no taboos."

I looked at Zhu Di helplessly, what he said has always been difficult for anyone to change. But when I think that if I am the only one during childbirth, I am really a little scared, if Zhu Di can stand beside me, hold my hand, and constantly encourage me, it seems to be a good thing. <