Ah Xiu had mixed feelings in her heart, but she knew very well that once Zhu Yuanzhang killed Wen Zheng, he would become completely unscrupulous and completely distrustful of anyone. Persuasion is a must be persuaded, but how to persuade can have both, and Ah Xiu has no idea.

When he returned to Yingtian, Zhu Yuanzhang did not return home, and directly escorted Zhu Wenzheng to the army, summoned the ministers, and wanted to kill Zhu Wenzheng in accordance with the king's law. Ah Xiu has no longer participated in political affairs since Zhu Yuanzhang established himself as king, but this time, she must make an exception.

Ah Xiu knelt down to Zhu Yuanzhang for the first time in front of the civil and military officials: "Ask the prince to think twice, Wen Zheng has no dissenting intentions, but he is confused for a while, please look at the love of the deceased brother and spare Wen Zheng's life." After speaking, no matter how Zhu Yuanzhang persuaded her, she didn't get up.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also annoyed for a while: "Ah Xiu! You get up! This is a state affair, don't be so strong! Ah Xiu choked with tears and said: "Lord Yu, this is a state affair, but Concubine Yu is a family matter." The prince's brother died early, and only Wen Zheng had a son under his knees. If you don't think about it, even if you leave this trace of blood to your brother, you will ask the prince for extrajudicial mercy! ”

"You fool!" Zhu Yuanzhang said indignantly, "You think of the love of blood relatives, can you ever think of half a point in Wenzheng?!" Madame needless to say! "Lord Wang! Please think more about the good of Wenzheng. At the beginning of the first battle of Hongdu, for the sake of the prince's military life, he guarded Hongdu for two months with thousands of soldiers and horses, and slept without clothes and pillows, how loyal he was! ”

"Humph! If you don't talk about Hongdu, I'm not annoyed. He defended Hongdu, and it was not his credit alone! Madame naturally knows better than I do! Zhu Yuanzhang was cold-faced and cold-hearted, but he refused to delay. Ah Xiu could only kneel for a long time, begging Zhu Yuanzhang to relent.

Seeing this, Xu Da and Tang He naturally couldn't stand idly by, so they went out together to plead: "The princess's words are very true, the governor of the capital has not sent troops to rebel, and I also ask the prince to calm his anger and ask the prince to think twice." In this way, Liu Ji also spoke out to persuade him, so that although Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak, he also took this step.

Ah Xiu saw that things seemed to have a turning point, and replied: "Wenzheng is young and vigorous, and he was bewitched and framed for a while, but now he is said to have rebelled, but there is no real evidence, please remember his previous military exploits, and be merciful outside the law, so as not to listen to the villain's words for a while and hurt his siblings!" ”

"Lord Wang, now that he is employing people, that Zhang Shicheng is eyeing him on one side, it is difficult to ensure that there is no plan to discord, so he must guard against it! Please think twice. Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang temporarily extinguished the fire, Xu Da struck while the iron was hot and spoke again.

"Ah Xiu, in your opinion, does Wenzheng really have a rebellious heart?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ah Xiu, pondered for a long time, and asked this question. Ah Xiu kowtowed and replied: "The prince can't figure it out for a while when he asks Ah Xiu, but in my humble opinion: if Wen Zheng wants to rebel, if he joins Chen Youliang that day, I am afraid that it will be a hundred times stronger than now he is attached to Zhang Shicheng!" ”

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang bowing his head silently, Ah Xiu continued: "People often say, 'you need to weigh the scales to buy and sell', if you want to join the enemy, you naturally need a good price, Wen Zheng only has a few thousand soldiers and horses and still refuses to betray the enemy, why should he depreciate himself to vote for Zhang Shicheng now?!" If you know Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang today, they are not the same. The concubine asked the prince to beware of fraud. ”

This remark can be regarded as completely shaking Zhu Yuanzhang's will, and it was Ah Xiu who took advantage of Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion in desperation, pretending that Zhang Shicheng had the intention of rebelling, so that Zhu Wenzheng was saved. Zhu Yuanzhang paced back and forth for a long time, and sighed:

"Having said that, Wen Zheng seems to have a disobedient heart after all, and the dragon and phoenix group tea and conniving at his subordinates to make trouble are not evidence that needs to be verified, but for the sake of the intercession of Mrs. and your Aiqing, I will leave this rebel for my brother first."

"Capital crimes can be avoided and living crimes cannot be escaped, and now Zhu Wenzheng is being taken to the military discipline department and imprisoned to death to set an example!" Zhu Yuanzhang gave the order, and the stone in Ah Xiu's heart finally fell to the ground. For a while, everyone thanked him and got up, but only Ah Xiu prostrate on the ground and never wavered.

"Madame, do you have anything else to say?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a little displeasure. Ah Xiu bowed down and said: "The concubine has family affairs, please discuss privately with Xu Xiangguo, and ask the prince to show me." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and retreated, leaving only Xu Da in the room.

Ah Xiu got up and said: "Now Wenzheng's wife is the eldest sister of Mrs. Xiangguo, we are a family, Wenzheng is now imprisoned, what will his wife and young son Tiezhu do for a living?" Please show it to the prince. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, turned his head and asked Xu Da: "What is Aiqing's opinion?" Xu Da bowed and said: "The young son is not at fault, besides, listen to my wife, the child of Tiezhu and his wife and sister are very close to each other, and now that Hongdu has a new guard, it is better to take their mother and son, and a cheap prince will take care of him." One can calm the hearts of the generals, and the name of the whole prince is magnanimous. ”

"Xiangguo's opinion is very appropriate, what does the prince think? The concubine privately thought that the child of Tiezhu had the style of the prince, and he also had the nature of being sensitive, sensitive, and loyal, and now he was raised by the eldest sister of Mrs. Xiangguo, which was really rare. Ah Xiu agreed.

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang said in surprise, "As Mrs. said? You can give it a try. Ah Xiu struck while the iron was hot: "Ah Xiu didn't dare to deceive the prince: that kid's poetry, calligraphy and martial arts are also talented, so it is better to show grace to him according to Xiangguo's words, and he will definitely be able to serve the prince one day." ”

"That being the case, according to Xiangguo's words. Someone will be sent to pick it up tomorrow, and I will also see the child Tiezhu in person. Zhu Yuanzhang finally gave the order, and Ah Xiu and Xu Da breathed a sigh of relief. They naturally knew that Zhu Wenzheng ended his life in solitary confinement like this, but it was just in accordance with the will of heaven and history.

Seeing that the matter had been done, Ah Xiu said goodbye and returned home, and Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but comfort her a few words to make her feel relieved. But how relieved is Axiu, she watched the tragedy unfold with her own eyes, and saw the father and son turn against each other, Zhu Wenzheng's tragedy may be to blame, but why is he not an accomplice?

If he had warned him a lot that day, at least he would have been worthy of his heart, but his indecision, in order to change the temptation of history, he did not open his mouth in the end. It is precisely this point that her husband will become more and more suspicious and irritable in the future, and he is really exhausted, and he can't complain about others!

The original way is "the young phoenix and the feather are waiting to be argued", and now in the house, except for Lian'er and herself, the rest of the concubines are not credible; Except for Xu Da Tanghe, he did not have any reinforcements outside the house; He has no heirs to participate in politics, so he has such a life experience, like a wanderer, and he can't help himself. Except for winning the name of virtue, he has nothing to do.

Every night when I can't sleep, only the word fate can make me feel at ease, but every step of the hardship, after this matter, I have just begun to appreciate it! (To be continued.) )