Zhu Di paused for a while, looked at me with deep eyes, and said after a long time, "The Chen family has been removed, and the Annan rebellion has been calmed, but the Annan country cannot be without a monarch for a day, I sent Zhang Fu and Yue Longcheng to look for a long time in the Annan country, and after not finding the Chen family, thousands of people in the Annan country jointly asked for orders, asking the Ming Dynasty to accept Annan as a county of the Ming Dynasty, and they supported the general Zhang Fu as the political envoy to benefit the people of Annan." ”

"Zhang Fu is Annan's political envoy, what does that have to do with Yuelong City? Let him come back. I said anxiously.

"Although Zhang Fu won by luck, but behind the scenes, it all relied on Yuelong City to make suggestions, Annan has just been pacified, the people's hearts are still unstable, and there are many anti-thieves, if you withdraw to Yuelong City at this time, then Zhang Fu will be like an eagle with its wings cut off, if a smart person finds out about this, take advantage of the evacuation of Yuelong City, and take the opportunity to make trouble, then it will be suppressed in vain, and the Annan anti-thieves will become more and more arrogant, and then want to pacify, it will be difficult." Zhu Di breathed a long sigh of relief and said helplessly.

I couldn't react a little, "What do you mean...... Yuelong City also has to be stationed in Annam forever? ”

Zhu Di nodded irrefutably, "It may never be able to talk about it, but in recent years, I am afraid that I will not be able to come back, Annan is the gateway of foreign invasion, and every day it is unstable, my heart will not be at peace every day." ”

I softened and leaned against the edge of the bed without speaking. Zhu Di looked at me and said in a low voice, "You're blaming me." ”

I was silent for a long time, and finally whispered, "No." ”

Zhu Di stood up, laid me flat on the bed, and said softly, "It's getting late, you go to sleep, I remembered that there are still a few folds that have not been approved, and I have gone to the Heart Cultivation Palace." ”

I knew he was avoiding me, and I wasn't holding back. After he left, he couldn't sleep after all, so he sat up again with his clothes on. It's not interesting to sit, so I simply stood up and slowly paced into the courtyard, the sky was bright and moonlight, the stars were dotted, and there was a slight cold wind blowing, which made a few wooden trees rustle in the courtyard, and I felt even more depressed.

After all, everything is still based on his country, I should understand this truth in my heart, but sometimes I am surrounded by his gentleness for too long, and I will forget this. Yuelong City is in Annam, if everything is well, then so be it.

Maybe a person's life is the process of people around him constantly coming and leaving, and the most important person can always be by his side is the greatest happiness.

I was pregnant with Rokka, so I couldn't walk, and because my body was weak, the doctor didn't tell me to move much, so I gradually stopped walking around much. coincided with the coming of the great cold, in previous years, when the ancestor was there, at this time of year, in addition to worshiping the ancestors, but also to hold a hearth's warming festival, the palace concubines and palace maids are gathered in one place, so lively and lively, this year is the first time Xu Yunhua took charge of the harem after the Hearth's warming festival, it is very attentive, I heard that it is very lively in the warm incense pavilion, and it is there to invite the gods to drive away the cold.

In the morning, after the emperor and queen led the princes to sacrifice together, after everyone had a hasty meal in their palace at noon, everyone rushed to the Nuanxiang Pavilion.

Warm incense pavilion, as the name suggests, warm and fragrant, warm because the underground here hollowed out, become a cellar, at this time there are palace people burning the ground fire underground, is in the cold winter, as long as you get here, it is also like spring. The fragrance is because the perennial temperature here is like spring, and the flowers and trees grow well here, there is no spring and autumn distinction, and there are rare and exotic flowers blooming here all year round. Although its name is only a pavilion, it is not as narrow as the pavilion we usually see, but it is very large and can accommodate hundreds of people.

When I arrived, there were already many people in the Warm Fragrance Pavilion, and there were many women, with fat and pink noses, fluttering skirts, laughter everywhere, laughter on all sides, and colorful and lively.

Xu Yunhua has sat down on the throne of the queen of the main hall, Zhu Di has not yet come, I stepped forward to greet Xu Yunhua, Xu Yunhua smiled, "Get up, what a gift to bring your body." When the child is born, let him kowtow to my mother, and I will be satisfied. ”

The Lu family waited around Xu Yunhua, raised his eyes and glanced at me, nodded and smiled almost imperceptibly, and soon looked away again, and there were other concubines next to him who smiled and said, "The concubine was only canonized last year, and this year she has a dragon fetus, no wonder the emperor and the queen have a preference, we vulgar fans, we can't envy it." ”

I sat down on the seat that the queen arranged for me next to Zhu Di's seat, and smiled at them, "All the sisters are in their prime, and anyone can be pregnant with the heir of the Zhu family, so why envy." ”

One of them, Concubine Lu, who is also surnamed Lu but has been named a concubine, said with a smile, "What the concubine said is that our own stomachs are not angry, and it is useless to envy others, so it is good to invite two doctors, carefully prepare some fetal medicine, and give birth for a year and a half, it is difficult to guarantee that we cannot conceive in one fell swoop, and the mother is expensive with her son." ”

Everyone nodded yes, Xu Yunhua glanced at them, and said disdainfully, "The concubine was conceived, it was the body of the gynecological holy hand that the emperor personally invited from outside the palace, and according to legend, the doctor was still the midwife of the emperor, what a grace this is!" I heard that the doctor has passed away now, and the sisters have such a great favor, and there is no such opportunity. ”

The concubines' faces were full of embarrassment, and they looked at me in disbelief, and asked in a chattering voice, "Powerful concubine, really?" The doctor who recuperated your body was the midwife of the emperor? ”

I frowned, thinking about how to answer so as not to let this group of jealous women point the finger at me, but Zhu Di slowly paced in, he was different from Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen, or he was not the same as the emperors of previous dynasties, he didn't seem to like to wear a bright yellow dragon robe, just a black robe that was commonly worn, and only embroidered a lifelike roaring dragon head with gold thread on the cuffs and neckline.

As soon as he entered, he said, "It's so warm here!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to untie the big one, and without waiting for the palace maid and eunuch to take over, Xu Yunhua had already caught up with him and received it, so he held the big one and bent his knees slightly, "The emperor is safe." ”

Zhu Di stretched out his hand and helped her up, "There is no need to be polite for a homely banquet." ”

That being said, even me and the concubines had already left their seats, and walked to the hall to greet him, Zhu Di hurriedly walked in front of me, stopped me directly from bending, and scolded me with some annoyance, "Isn't your own body clear!" How can you make such a big move? ”

In front of everyone, I couldn't say anything, so I had to look up at him and smile slightly, but I swept Xu Yunhua to the side like an iceberg. Zhu Di didn't pay attention to it, let go of Xu Yunhua's protection and supported me, and then said to the other concubines, "Get up, get up, although it is a warm pavilion, the ground is wet and cold after all, and all the concubines don't be formal." ”

Only then did everyone get up, the hairpin ring sounded, and the fragrant wind returned to their respective positions. Xu Yunhua and I sat beside Zhu Di left and right, Zhu Di quietly looked at my stomach and said in a low voice, "When I was standing, my robe was not visible, but now when I sit down and look, it is already quite big." ”

My face turned red and gave him a white look, "Let's watch the show seriously, don't be obsessed with me." ”

Only then did Zhu Di raise his head and look at the infatuation of the drama on stage, and the performance was like a beautiful flower.

Zhu Di has been in Beiping for a long time, he is very good at drinking, especially he loves to drink the mare's milk wine of the Mongolian tribe, Xu Yunhua did what he liked, so he prepared a lot of mare's milk wine, the wine was just sweet, but it was the same as Shaoxing rice wine, it was not very intoxicating, Zhu Di was happy to watch the play, so he drank it cup after cup, there was a palace maid who wanted to come up and pour wine, Xu Yunhua quietly stretched out his hand to stop it, and glanced at Lu Yunyi, Lu Yunyi cautiously retreated, stood beside Zhu Di, holding a pot of mare's milk wine, and kept adding. After standing for a long time, Zhu Di noticed it and said with a smile, "The palace daughters around the queen are different, they are more smart than other palace women, and they can also dress up." This blue background white bamboo flower clothes are good, very temperamental, in winter, it looks very beautiful. ”

When everyone heard Zhu Di's words, they all burst into laughter, and when they looked at Lu Yunyi again, their faces were red as if they were about to break, and tears were already in the corners of their eyes, but Zhu Di was by his side and didn't dare to fall. Zhu Di had no intention of praising her, and had already turned around to continue watching the play, not noticing this scene at all, Xu Yunhua was fine, and said lightly, "The emperor is really forgetful, this is Lu Jieyu who was canonized at the beginning of the year." The emperor is busy with government affairs, but he pays too little attention to the beauties of the harem, and even forgets his Jieyu. ”

Zhu Di listened to Xu Yunhua's words, glanced at Xu Yunhua, and then looked back at Lu Yunyi, only to see that Lu Yunyi was very moving, and the pear blossoms were dewy, which was indeed very cute. Zhu Di frowned, "Oh, I remembered." And he spoke no more.

Xu Yunhua originally wanted to take this opportunity to let Lu Yunyi come out, win favor while I was pregnant, and consolidate my position, but I didn't expect to provoke Zhu Di's disgust, and I was very embarrassed, so I just sat in front of the table and smiled slightly and didn't speak. It was bitter for Lu Yunyi, standing between Zhu Di and Xu Yunhua, saying that it was not like a palace maid, and it was even less like a concubine, and in the face of the sneers of the concubines, he endured the tears in his eyes, and he didn't dare to shed it, it was very pitiful.

I looked a little unbearable, thinking that she often came to my palace as a companion during this time, it was quite a rule, aside from Xu Yunhua's relationship, it was rare to talk with her, I really couldn't bear to see her so humiliated, and became a victim of the fighting spirit between Zhu Di and Xu Yunhua, so I beckoned to her and said, "Please Lu Jieyu come to me to sit here, my body is inconvenient, I rely on the old man to sell the old once, that plate of jujube paste cake is too far away from me, but I am very greedy, please help me take one or two pieces." ”

Lu Yunyi knew that I was relieving her, but she still didn't dare to disobey Xu Yunhua, and glanced at Xu Yunhua tremblingly, Xu Yunhua was also afraid that she would lose this favorite general from now on, so she softened her tone and said, "The concubine asked you to help to promote you." Don't go yet. ”<