After the two finished eating, they dismissed the waiter, Ah Xiu cooked tea himself, and Zhu Yuanzhang leaned on the back of the chair in a daze. Ah Xiu put down the tea and asked softly, "Your Majesty has something on your mind?" Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses: "It has been 400 years since the fall of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, and I want to go on a northern expedition, but the hundred officials have different opinions on this, and Ah Xiu thinks that the Northern Expedition is feasible." ”

"Your Majesty has ascended the throne, and the inner palace's intervention in political affairs is the way to ruin, and the concubines dare not speak falsely." Ah Xiu picked up the tea ball with silver chopsticks and smoked it, not as usual with political affairs. "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and the queen is no exception. But what I'm asking at this time is Ah Xiu, not the queen, what the queen can't say, Ah Xiu can say. Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

"Master Confucius once said that the three armies can win the commandery, but the horseman cannot win the ambition. His Majesty now sits on two lakes, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, if it is calculated by the prince, it is naturally enough, but if it is calculated by the emperor, it is still insufficient. Your Majesty is an immortal talent, an emperor through the ages, dare to ask whether Your Majesty is willing to live in a corner, or is he willing to dominate the world? Ah Xiu said seriously.

"Ah Xiu's words are very much in line with me, I am naturally willing to dominate the world, destroy the Yuan court, and save my Han people." Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard and motioned for Ah Xiu to continue. Ah Xiu picked up the kettle and boiled water to wash the tea ball: "Since Your Majesty wants to dominate the world, you should take Guangdong first and stabilize the rear." Guangdong is established, then it can attack Henan, Shandong, and slowly figure it. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "If you have Axiu alone, you can reach a national military division." Ah Xiu put down the kettle with a smile: "Ah Xiu's words are finished, and the queen also has something to say, I wonder if Your Majesty can hear it?" ”

"Queen, please speak." "Your Majesty knows people well, is a Ming monarch, and the harem cannot interfere in politics, but there has always been only a verbal contract, no precepts, and the name is not right, please Your Majesty repair the "Female Commandment", and warn the concubine not to interfere in political affairs." Ah Xiu curtsy the knees.

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent, and said for a while: "Since this is the case, it depends on the queen." With that, he got up and left.

Su Xin saw Zhu Yuanzhang leaving unhappily outside, and came in and asked Ah Xiu: "It's okay in front, why did Niangniang leave His Majesty angry?"

Ah Xiu shook his head: "If you don't have a relationship with him today, it will not be good in the future." Su Xin was even more puzzled: "Niangniang, Su Xin doesn't understand." "I don't have anything to do with Your Majesty, Your Majesty relies on me, despises hundreds of officials, and gossips out, what do those officials in the previous dynasty think? Your Majesty ascended to the throne for the first time, and the situation was turbulent, which was not good for Your Majesty. I would rather Your Majesty be disgusted with me for a while and have a relationship with me, rather than that he will be forced to abolish me by the pressure of the court in the future. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang began his Northern Expedition, which began a war of unification from south to north, which was rare in Chinese history. In the court, he only had one sentence: "The way of heaven is good, China has a reason that must be extended, the people's hearts are obedient, and the husband will take revenge." ”

In less than a month, Tang He conquered Yanping, and Chen Youding sent Jingshi to be executed, and Fujian was pacified. Liao Yongzhong and Zhu Liangzu captured Guangdong by seaway. In February, Confucius was sacrificed to the country in the ether prison, and the province agreed on the service law.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't see Ah Xiu for two months, and in early March, he ordered Confucian ministers to revise the "Female Commandment", and Ah Xiu smiled and said nothing after hearing it. Later, a decree was issued prohibiting eunuchs from pre-government and military orders. Later, Liao Yongzhong conquered Chaozhou, and then marched into Guangzhou. Xu Da played the east of Shandong, looking for Bianliang. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the exemption of Shandong land rent for three years.

Zhu Yuanzhang personally conquered Bianliang in May, and this time, he did not bring any concubines to serve.

A Xiu and Lian'er in the same month in the palace to select the show girl, the first time to present the show girl, mostly to Jiangsu and Zhejiang women, because they are all small family background, appearance and virtue on the selection of a little difficult, five hundred show women, a total of only eight people, respectively named as a talent and a servant, living in Shouchang Palace.

On the second day, Qingyun gave birth to a daughter, and the mother and daughter were safe. A Xiuzun Zhu Yuanzhang's order was named Zhu Zhu. The princess is full of moon, and Qingyun is given to live in Changyang Palace. Since then, the new East Sixth Palace, Yongning Palace, lives Lian'er, and Qingyun has become the second concubine in the East Sixth Palace.

The regulation of the East Sixth House is slightly higher than that of the West Sixth House, so the East Sixth House is respected. Among the six palaces on the east side, Lian'er's Yongning Palace is the closest to Ah Xiu's Kunning Palace, only separated by two courtyard walls. Changyang Palace is behind the northeast side of the Lian'er Palace room. Zhilan moved to Yong'an Palace, just east of the Lian'er Palace room, south of Qingyun. In the six palaces on the west side, Yizhen lives in Wan'an Palace, Tianying Changchun Palace, Qiuqin has no children and no pets, lives in Shouchang Palace, and temporarily takes the main position. Huilan moved to Shou'an Palace, and the order to close the palace was still not removed, and it almost became a cold palace.

Since he moved to the new palace, he naturally has to increase the number of people to serve each palace, so Su Xin drew up a list, and Ah Xiu increased it one by one after reading it. In the end, Ah Xiu thought about it again and again, and still sent two girls and a mother-in-law to Hui Landuo. Su Xin listened to it and couldn't help laughing: "Niangniang still treats her so well after all." ”

"After all she has served His Majesty for eight or nine years, and her three sons are getting older day by day, you go and tell her that you can write to your family every month. You must read the letter, do not divulge palace affairs, do not complain about Your Majesty, except for these two items, you will send whatever she writes for her. If she writes something that is not eye-catching, you don't make a noise, just burn it and don't send it out. In terms of food and clothing, don't treat her harshly. After Ah Xiu finished speaking, he shook his head, and picked up "The Legend of Mu Tianzi" that he hadn't finished reading in the old year and watched it.

Su Xin went according to his words, and when he arrived at Shou'an Palace, he saw that Huilan was now thin and haggard, and she no longer looked like she was in the past, and her heart was much grayer. When Hui Lan saw Su Xin coming, she owed a little, ordered someone to give her a seat, and heard Su Xin say that Ah Xiu Xu wrote a letter to her family, but she didn't say a word for a long time, and when Su Xin was impatient to leave, she whispered: "Please go back and tell the queen mother, Hui Lan thanks her kindness." In addition, my aunt comes every month to get letters. After that, he took off a bracelet and stuffed it to Su Xin, "This is my little heart, my aunt accepts it." ”

Su Xin was unwilling to accept it, put the bracelet on the table, and hurriedly went to salute. Hui Lan then got up and walked to the door, watched her go out, watched the palace people close the door and lock it, a line of tears fell, and muttered to herself: "Is there really such a generous person in the world?" Cui Wei handed over the veil: "Master, be careful about your body, don't cry anymore, since the queen mother made an exception to allow you to write a letter, she is probably willing to intercede for her master." ”

"What's the use of her, it's Your Majesty who is cruel to me, no matter how good she is, it will be empty after all." Hui Lan sighed and wiped her tears, "Haven't you heard that the new show girls live in Shouchang Palace, and Qiu Qin lives with the show girls?" This move, after all, is wrong, harming others and harming yourself! It's not that I can't bear your instigation and hurt others, so I ended up in such a field! ”

Cui Wei shrank her neck, sat down at the table with Huilan, poured tea, and said cautiously: "A son is wrong, although he has the upper hand, but as long as he is careful, there will still be a chance to turn the tables, and the master should not be discouraged." (To be continued.) )