2. Knighthood

That smile is full of sadness, I feel that his smile is full of tears, it is the love and hate of Zhu Yuanzhang, the likes and dislikes of Zhu Yunwen, the helplessness of his current situation, and the deep understanding of his belief and suffering in the past four years.

"Since this is already the case, nothing can be changed, you can do what you have to do, and it is useless to be sad." I stood up, "I'd love to be with you, but I think you should be alone tonight." ”

After listening to my words, Zhu Di's eyes finally softened, and he lowered his head and said, "It's me who is not good, you have been up all day, go back and rest." ”

I nodded, and walked away, and when I reached the door, I looked back at him, and saw that he was still sitting still, just holding his forehead with one hand, and bowing his head, which was a decadence that I had never seen in him.

I felt a throbbing pain in my heart, hesitated for a long time, and finally walked out. Early in the morning of the second day, the general trend of the government and the opposition, whether he knew the current affairs or not, at this moment, he had to come to bow down to Zhu Di under the pressure of the current situation, and jointly asked Zhu Di to ascend the throne.

If Zhu Di was sad last night, then Zhu Di today is radiant. There was no longer the slightest sadness or helplessness on his face, and he was high up, despising all beings, and accepting the prelude to the worship of all nations with peace of mind. The palace has burned down, and the chair he is sitting on at this time is not a dragon chair, but where he is, that place seems to be the sea realm of thousands of miles, allowing him to soar as a real dragon.

Headed by Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, Zhu Quan, King of Ning, Zhu Sui, King of Valley, Zhu Neng, and Zhu Yunwen, the old general of Jianwen Emperor, Ping'an Shengyong, and other mainstays of the Ming Dynasty jointly knelt down to ask Zhu Di to take over the throne of Emperor Jianwen---- Yuelongcheng has spread the news that Zhu Yunwen was burned in the fire.

Li Jinglong and Zhu Di have known each other since childhood, and they have made great contributions in opening the city gate to welcome Zhu Di into Beijing, and he said with a dazzling demeanor, "We respectfully ask King Yan to replace Emperor Jianwen on the throne!" The country cannot be without a king for a day, King Yan is the son of Taizu, the uncle of Emperor Jianwen, and the head of all vassal kings, and the throne is well deserved! When King Yan ascends the throne, we will definitely be sworn to the death! ”

"I'll be smashed, and I'll die with you!" Everyone who accompanied him recited along with Li Jinglong. It's just that a few of them are sincere, and a few are helpless, I don't know.

Zhu Di breathed a long sigh of relief, and said with a pleasant face, "The country can't be without a king for a day, you are right, my nephew has been in the palace of the heart to die, I have been difficult to this day, the traitor Huang Zicheng Qitai in the court has absconded in fear of crime, it can be seen that I have failed the trust of the first emperor to charm the young master and fled, although I am not interested in the throne, after all, I can't watch the Ming Dynasty under the first emperor fall into the wind and rain, even so, I will fulfill your request, wait for the palace to be repaired, and choose the day to ascend the throne! ”

After hearing this, everyone bowed down and bowed down three times and bowed nine times, "Long live my emperor!" Banzai! Hooray! ”

I stood behind Zhu Di's curtain, looking at the scene in front of me, and I didn't know whether to be happy for Zhu Di or sad for him.

Because of the early official accession to the throne of Zhu Di, the palace has begun to be renovated day and night, waiting for Zhu Di to enter the throne. And Zhu Di moved away from Longjiangyi and temporarily lived back in his Yanwangfu Palace, Dao Yan was mainly responsible for discussing with him how to reward the heroes of Jingnan, while Yue Longcheng and Zhu Neng were responsible for searching for Jianwen Yu Party, but Zheng He, the third guarantee, was nowhere to be found, I knew that he was under Zhu Di's secret order and began to search for Zhu Yunwen's traces across the country.

"Zhang Yu, hereditary prince, inherited by his son Zhang Fu, Zhu Neng hereditary prince, Zheng He ......" Zhu Di frowned and seemed to pause.

At this time, it was midnight, Zhu Di has been busy these days, so it was easy to relax a little today, so he called me to accompany him for dinner, after the meal, I wanted to chat with him for a while, but found that he was always frowning and didn't know what he was thinking, so he asked with a smile, "What are you thinking?" ”

Zhu Di smiled, "I'm thinking, when I enter the palace and officially ascend the throne, I can issue a holy decree across the country, find all the divine doctors and holy hands in the world, and always get rid of the root of your disease, I see that you are getting thinner and thinner these days, and there is only a small handful left, but I have been too busy recently, and I can't spare time to take care of you." ”

I pursed my lips and smiled, "Tens of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are waiting for you to take care of, I don't dare to monopolize you alone, so that the whole world will hate me." ”

Zhu Di stretched out his hand and pinched my face, laughed, and said childishly, "You don't know, these days, I'm tired, I used to be better, but now I can see everyone holding a shelf, and only in front of you can I be more comfortable." ”

I laughed more and more, "There is something wrong with what you say, in the past, you were just a vassal king, and there are still so many people who are afraid of your power, and it is too late to be cautious in front of you, now the world is all yours, everyone is your people, you are the king of everyone, there should be no one in this world who is more comfortable than you, you don't often hear ordinary people say, as long as I am the emperor for a day, I have not lived in vain in this life, why do you still have to stand on the shelf?" ”

Zhu Di smiled, "Forget it, why do you sour me with such words, don't you think I'm tired enough?" Do you have to force me to wear a mask in front of you? Which of those people, you don't know? Now pretend to surrender in front of me, if I am not careful, I am afraid that I will swallow me all to the bone. ”

I let out a long sigh, "So what can I do?" It's cold in the heights. ”

Zhu Di was also silent for a while, and finally came up to me, "I haven't been with you for a long time, just to avoid these things, take off my mask to breathe, or don't continue to talk about this kind of topic here." Come, teach you to do a serious thing. ”

I wondered, "What's serious?" ”

Zhu Di pulled me to the table, pressed my shoulder, let me sit in front of the table, spread out a piece of cloth silk, personally studied a piece of ink, dipped the wolf pen in ink and handed it to my hand and said, "Come, help me keep the account." ”

"Bookkeeping? Why, do you want me to be Chancellor of the Exchequer? ”

Zhu Di laughed, "It's not about getting an account, whatever I say, you just write down." ”

"Okay."

"Zhang Yufeng is a hereditary duke, the title is inherited by his son Zhang Fu, and Zhu Neng is a hereditary duke." Zhu Di thought about it, and read it seriously, I said with a smile, "This is really bookkeeping!" Which of these people is not more useful than the gold, silver, and jewels in the treasury? ”

Zhu Di asked me not to be poor, and continued to read, "Dao Yan, named the national teacher, specially given to save hair and return to the vulgar, changed to the original name Yao Guangxiao; Sanbao, well, Zheng He, named the internal official eunuch, the official to the fourth grade, the status is second only to the celebrant eunuch, do you say this is good? Zhu Di said as he asked me.

I smiled and shook my head, "It's a law that women of all dynasties and generations can't do politics, don't let me make this exception." ”

Zhu Di listened to my words, and his face changed slightly, but he quickly covered it up, "He is a hard-working child, but he is very diligent and capable, I can't treat him too badly, let him only be a eunuch." ”

I nodded, "That's right." ”

Zhu Di continued, "Yuelong City, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, is the third product; Helian Yi, Jin Yiwei Tongzhi, from the third product. ”

"What are you talking nonsense!" I stopped my pen and turned to him and said urgently, "Do you want to do something well?" ”

"I'm not talking nonsense, you used to be Jinyiwei, isn't it good to continue to be Jinyiwei now?" Zhu Di said seriously, "The errand in Yuelong City can really be set like this, I forget it, I don't want to do any more errands in my life." ”

Zhu Di was stunned, "Really?" ”

"Seriously, do I need to tell a lie in front of you?"

"It's because you don't want to be an errand yourself, you've been with me for so long, and you're indispensable, I can't treat you badly." Zhu Di looked at me slyly.

I laughed, "I'd like to see what you can give me?" ”

"You are a woman, you are not satisfied with being a third grade, what else can I do?" Zhu Di pretended to be innocent and said, "Then seal a concubine and do it." ”

This time it was my turn to be stunned, and I was silent for a long time, "I don't want this." ”

Zhu Di was a little surprised, he didn't expect me to refuse at all, "Jin Yiwei knows that you don't want to do it, and you don't want to do it, Concubine Feng, what do you want?" ”

I lowered my head, I didn't know how to answer, Zhu Di also seemed a little angry, I think he hadn't heard the voice against him for a long time, and he touched two soft nails in my place, maybe he was a little uncomfortable. There seems to be embarrassment and competition between us in the flickering candlelight, after a long time, Zhu Di reached out and pulled out the wolf in my hand, until my hands were full of ink, I "ah" sounded, and then looked, there was a lot of ink splashed on the skirt, Zhu Di laughed, "Since you don't want to do anything, then you can make me a little palace daughter." Dress me, wash my face, comb my hair, eat with me, and sleep every day. ”

I blushed and took a sip, "Whose palace daughter still wants to sleep with me?" ”

"Other families don't know, my family wants it." Zhu Di said a little scoundrelly.

I turned my back and said, "Don't talk to you seriously." ”

"Okay, okay, I'll arrange your fate for you slowly, always ask you to be willing, and one more thing, I've been very distressed, you've always had unique opinions, I want to tell you, see what you think."

"And the things that give you a headache, it seems to be very tricky."

Zhu Di sighed, "It's not only tricky, it's also very aggrieved." ”

"Then I'll have to listen to it."

"I have been martyred all the way, just to sweep away Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai and Fang Xiaoru, the three traitors who are the main ones to cut the domain and provoke the feelings of my uncle and nephew, now Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai are far away, only Fang Xiaoru is still in the capital, you say, what should I do with him?"

"Yikes!" I exclaimed.

"What are you surprised?"

"You yourself tell me what you are going to do with Fang Xiaoru?"

"I just don't know, so I'm going to ask you."

Fang Xiaoru is the only one in history who has been connected to the ten clans, so he was shocked by history, I looked at Zhu Di in front of me, although he hated the other party's filial piety, but he didn't mean to kill him.

I hesitated for a long time, maybe history can change and I don't know? Then he said tentatively, "Although Fang Xiaoru is pedantic, there is nothing wrong with him in the big festival, and he is the auxiliary master of the first emperor's imperial design, put all this aside, just talk about his knowledge, you can't kill him." ”

Zhu Di frowned and said angrily, "Why are you the same as Dao Yan said?" ”

Seeing his distressed look, I couldn't help but laugh and said, "I have the same point of view as Master Daoyan?" Then I'm really naked. ”

He said that if Fang Xiaoru was killed, the seeds of reading in the world would be extinct. He also told me that the whole country knows that Fang Xiaoru is a Hongru, and he may not have any talent in serving as an official or in politics, but no one can compare with him in learning. He also told me that if he wanted Jianwen Yu to be convinced, he would have to draft my edict on his accession. Zhu Di sneered, "It's this person who caused my Zhu family's uncle and nephew to kill each other, and the world is in chaos, and now I have to treat him politely!"

I pulled Zhu Di in front of me, hugged him, snuggled my head against his chest, and said softly, "I really wronged you by doing this, but Master Daoyan is right, sometimes a tiger with a tooth extraction is much more useful than a dead tiger skin, at least as long as he doesn't open his mouth and takes it with him, he can intimidate many people." ”

Zhu Di laughed mockingly, "Comparing him to a tiger is really a bit wronged by a tiger." ”

"You are already in this position, you have to do all kinds of things that you are reluctant to do, now you are showing friendship with Fang Xiaoru, in the future, Huang Zicheng Qitai will be chased back, you have to treat them like this, maybe in the future, you will have to marry a woman you don't want to be."

Zhu Di smiled slightly, "For such a serious matter, you can still see the stitches and use it to bury me." ”

"You don't dare to contradict me, it means that you know what I said." I pouted.

Zhu Di hugged me and kissed me on the forehead, "Since you all say so, then as soon as the palace is repaired, I will summon Fang Xiaoru and meet him well." ”

"Scholars are all bullish tempers, you must not be him, just say something slowly."

Zhu Di nodded. I yawned inadvertently, Zhu Di reached out to cover my mouth, and I reached out and hit him on the arm a few times, "Why are you doing this?" ”

"You're very sleepy, go and rest, I'll look at this bill again, there are still many people who haven't been arranged."

I shook my head, "No, I'll stay with you, it doesn't seem to be a very difficult time now." ”

"Lying." Zhu Di wiped away a tear from the corner of my eye---- it flowed out because of yawning, I was so ashamed that I didn't turn around and didn't look at him.

"Forget it, there is a day when political affairs will never be dealt with, so I'll go with you to rest."

As he spoke, Zhu Di pulled me to the washstand, picked up a towel handle from the basin, and wiped it on my face, I looked sideways at the mirror next to me, only to see that my face was covered with black ink, completely a big flower face, and then I remembered that he had made my hands full of ink, and I couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, "You! Why didn't you tell me? ”

Zhu Di couldn't help but laugh and didn't argue with me, just carefully wiped it for me. <