Lian'er has been much colder since she had a slippery tire, and every day except for living and eating, occasionally chatting with Ah Xiu, the rest of the time is either lying on the couch or chanting in front of the Buddha statue, and does not talk to others.

Ah Xiu knew that she was bitter in her heart, and she couldn't help much, so she could only secretly allocate some of her own body silver to the kitchen in order to nourish Lian'er's body.

A few days later, Xie Cuiying came to the palace with an iron pillar that was less than four years old. The little child saw Ah Xiu from afar, and ran into Ah Xiu's arms with tears on his face: "Grandmother, where did my father go?" I asked my mother, but my mother never told me. ”

Ah Xiu's tears swirled in her eyes, she squatted down to wipe her tears for the iron pillar, and was just about to speak, but Cui Ying pulled the crying iron pillar and knelt on the ground: "The sinner Xie Cuiying brought her young son Tiezhu to the princess and princess, and wished the princess a long and safe life." ”

Tie Zhu heard his mother raise his head, and he also followed the words on the face, his small body knelt straight, his mouth was pursed, and he suppressed his tears, which was really amazing. But this ceremony has been thoughtful, but Ah Xiu understands that between himself and their mother and son, a huge gap has been drawn by this ceremony, and it is impossible to get close to each other as before.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the side, knew that Ah Xiu was embarrassed, so he helped her to sit on the chair, stepped forward by himself, and personally helped the mother and son up. After giving the seat, Zhu Yuanzhang beckoned the iron pillar, held it in front of the side and stroked it and said: "Child, you don't have to be afraid, your father did something wrong and worried me, so I punished him." But I will not depose you through your father's fault. ”

Tie Zhu blinked: "Grandfather Wang, is that Tie Zhu obedient and obedient, and Grandfather Wang will forgive Daddy?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled faintly and said: "You have to grow up well, cultivate virtue, and make up for your father's sins, so that you will not live up to the expectations of your grandfather and grandmother." ”

The child nodded, solemnly agreeing. Cui Ying got up and knelt down again: "It is rumored that the prince wants to kill Wen Zheng, and Tie Zhu asks me for my father every day." Now please be gracious to the prince and let them meet. ”

Ah Xiu was about to open his mouth to agree, but Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "My father's sin is unforgivable, and he is stubborn and does not teach!" Do you want him to break the iron pillar?! Let's go back and meditate, the iron pillar has his own wife to take care of, so as not to be at the mercy of others' instructions! ”

Cui Ying sobbed with sorrow in her eyes and said: "Tiezhu is young and has never left his father, please fulfill the prince, I will definitely raise it with all my heart to repay the king's kindness!" Ah Xiu was just about to open his mouth to plead, but Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted Cui Ying's words: "As you said, Tie Zhu has never left his father?" After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered someone to take the iron pillar to the back, and then he said angrily:

"Full of nonsense! Tiezhu's mother was originally a plain heart, but it was because Mrs. and Xiangguo supported you that she was corrected, and now she is doing this to whom! If you are so virtuous and virtuous, how can your husband have different intentions and you don't know how to persuade him, and now that he has failed, he still asks the child for grace? ”

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's tiger power, the hall was buzzing, and Ah Xiu's heart tightened: Wenzheng's matter has caused a great psychological shadow to Yuanzhang, and now his anger has not disappeared, why is Cuiying looking for fun. He doesn't even believe in his own righteous son anymore, with your own words, how to shake Yuan Zhang's mind by half a point.

"The prince was angry, he left the house that day, and he didn't do Cuiying's business, but the little concubine was broken, and he confused Wenzheng for a while; Now if you want to say that Wen Zheng is rebelling, but there is no real evidence, how to anger Cuiying, it can be seen that it is the deep responsibility of the prince's love. Ah Xiu hurriedly came out of the round.

"Hmph," Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, "'A loving mother is a loser'!" Madame is just too merciful in temperament to indulge them like this! On my birthday, if I had investigated the rebel according to my intentions, why would it have affected Lian'er's slippery tire now! ”

For Zhu Yuanzhang, this resentment has been accumulated for too long, if it weren't for Ah Xiu's repeated persuasion and protection, Zhu Wenzheng would have been dismissed by himself. Now that he was persuaded by Ah Xiu like this, he sent it out without a head, which shocked everyone.

Ah Xiu said in a hurry: "What the prince said is very true, every qiē is the fault of the concubine." Now the concubines only want to use me as a body, often chanting and praying with the ancient Buddha to dispel my sins. Please calm the king's anger, lest the tiger be shaken and hurt the Holy Communion. ”

"You!" Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect Ah Xiu to be so weak and indisputable, and when he heard her say that she was going to chant for forgiveness, he felt a pain in his heart: Lian'er slipped the tire, Ah Xiu was not bitter in her heart, but now she was so fast for a while, but she hurt her wife, she was really confused.

When he was about to open his mouth to persuade him, Ah Xiu said to Cui Ying: "It's not too early, you can go back to Xiangguo's mansion." The matter of the iron pillar, I know that your beloved son is very heartfelt, but now it is better to leave him in the palace for a while, after all, Su Xin is also here, you can rest assured. ”

Cui Ying carefully consulted Zhu Yuanzhang about his intentions, and when she saw Zhu Yuanzhang's acquiescence, she withdrew from the hall with a sigh of relief, and her back was Xiao Suo, and her shoulders and backs could still be seen trembling. Zhu Yuanzhang saw that there were no outsiders and wanted to persuade Ah Xiu, but Ah Xiu smiled faintly and walked away under the pretext.

The two had a slight estrangement because of Zhu Wenzheng, and Ah Xiu really chanted and chanted Buddha with Lian'er every day, and no longer asked about the situation of the military. Su Xin saw Ah Xiu like this, afraid that she would be sad when she saw her young son, and refused to let Tiezhu come over to follow her.

The two people in this courtyard made up their minds to seek peace, and after Da Shi and Hu heard about it, in addition to asking for peace themselves, they no longer brought their respective children here, for fear of causing their sisters to be sad. In this way, in addition to Chenghuan trying his best to enliven the atmosphere every day, this courtyard is suddenly quieter than before.

Zhu Yuanzhang stepped up the war and occasionally returned home, afraid of seeing two people sad, so he just went to rest in other rooms. In June, Zhu Liangzu led his army into Fujian, and together with Hu Shen, he conquered Chong'an Jianyang, and was defeated by Ruan Derou when he reached Jianning, and Hu Shen was captured and killed.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was ordering a large number of mulberry hemp cotton and other things to be planted for military purposes, and when he learned that Ai was killed, he was grieved for a while, and he felt even more revenge. For the sake of the great plan, he again sent an envoy to communicate with Timur.

In September, he listened to Liu Ji and Song Lian's establishment of Guozi School. After that, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Xu Die, Chang Yuchun and others to lead their divisions to attack the Huaidong area. In leap October, the two were ordered to conquer Taizhou. At the end of that year, Liu Bowen Jianyì Zhu Yuanzhang sent an envoy to communicate with Ming Yuzhen.

At the end of the year, when everything went well, everyone gradually forgot about the bad things and slowly dissolved the mustard. Ah Xiu still has to settle the affairs of the whole government this year, and in addition, he has to send people to prepare for the New Year's expenses, as well as the purchase of things for the coming year, so there is no time to chant and copy scriptures every day.

Qiu Qin and Ye Zhen, who are on the same page, happened to be pregnant together at this time. (To be continued.) )