In the blink of an eye, it was December, and although the battle slowed down again, Zhu Yuanzhang did not return home like before. Dai Si went out to imitate his colleagues, but he was also blocked by the war and did not return, and Zhilan's affairs had to be dragged down. Even so, Ah Xiu still bought new clothes and New Year's goods for the whole house, especially Zhilan Qiuqin, each with two more winter quilts, four sets of winter clothes, Zhilan added 20 baskets of black charcoal, Qiuqin added 10 baskets, and ordered someone to tell the big girl in Zhilan Qiuqin's house that she would rather be hot than cold.

At the end of the year, the population of the house has increased, and the affairs have naturally become more and more complicated. Ah Xiu got up every day from Yin, and only slept until the end of the day, the whole eye socket was sunken, and his face was much grayer, no matter how hard Su Xin and Ying'er persuaded him, Ah Xiu only blindly perfunctory, and still went to bed late and got up early.

A few days later, news came from Tang He that under the persecution of Zhu Liangzu's army, Hangzhou Xie Wu (Xie Zaixing's brother) was forced to open the city gate and surrender. Since then, Zhang Shicheng has lost both his left and right arms, and Pingjiang has become an isolated city, facing the situation of being surrounded on three sides. Ah Xiu burned the note quietly, knowing that this year, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely come back for the New Year.

Sure enough, at noon on the second day, Zhu Yuanzhang returned to his house, Ah Xiu came out to greet him, and asked him if he was back in the army, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Ah Xiu was not good-looking, and he was also emaciated, and his eyebrows wrinkled slightly: "How did you lose weight again?" Don't go back, let's celebrate the New Year together, and come back after the New Year. After lunch, Zhu Yuanzhang pulled Axiu to sit down for tea and asked Axiu: "Why didn't Mrs. ask me why I didn't go back to the house before, and now I don't go back to the army?" Ah Xiu said with a smile: "Since he started a war with Zhang Shicheng, when the war is urgent, he naturally does not want to be distracted, and now it is expected that it must be Tiande Boren's front line, and the battle situation is very good, and the prince can naturally celebrate the New Year with peace of mind." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Ah Xiu is still like a god, but you don't want to bow down to everything in the house, just leave it to Su Xin and them." I've only been back for a long time, and you've become like this, how dare I go to the army again? ”

"There are a lot of people in the house, and there are many things that there are no precedents to help, so they will still come to me to ask me, what is the difference between dealing with them and my own disposal? It's just that Zhilan has no children, and if you don't go to see her, it will hurt her face and lining. ”

"Didn't Mr. Dai come back? You only said a few days ago that you went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang for the sake of Zhilan. Speaking of Zhilan, Zhu Yuanzhang asked. Ah Xiu nodded: "Mr. Yuan Li sent a letter back a few days ago, saying that Mr. Quan Shan went to the countryside to avoid the war, and he couldn't find it for a while. Mr. Yuan Ying couldn't be found in Yin County for a while, so he was delayed. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised: "What is it that you want to contact so many famous doctors?" I thought he was just going to Kunshan to find his younger brother Wang Lu. ”

Ah Xiu sighed: "Mr. Dai's generation of national players, he only said that someone was plotting to kill the prince's heir, but he didn't know what means he used, and he planned to discuss it with several of his good friends to see if the other people had other opinions." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and suddenly remembered something again: "Since this is the case, I can't be in a hurry, but what happened to Qiu Qin's slippery tire in the first place?" Ah Xiu was asked, hesitated again and again, and said half of the matter.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't listen, and when he heard it, he was furious: "This slut! She thinks that her third son can do whatever she wants! Ah Xiu! Such a treacherous person, you actually cover her up, and you don't tell me for more than half a year, how long do you want to keep her! After speaking, he shouted to the door: "Someone! ”

Outside, Ding Ding came in in response, Ah Xiu waved his hand to drive him out, pulled Zhu Yuanzhang's sleeve and said anxiously: "This is the new year, even if you want to deal with her, please take into account the feelings of Qiu Qin and the other sisters!" The woman's jealousy is also because she is too affectionate and confused! You don't think about anything else now, you have to spare her life for the sake of the standard! Otherwise, when Biao'er came to Ri Biao'er knew that his biological mother was executed by the prince, how would you let him deal with himself! I didn't have children, and I was like a child! How will you let me face him in the future? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was angry at first, and desperately wanted to stand up and call the family again, until Ah Xiu said that Zhu Biao had softened a little in the end, and he was still angry: "The slut has repeatedly offended you before, and it was your soft-heartedness that made her gain an inch, and she dared to murder the prince's heir!" If you don't get rid of these poisonous women, what will happen to them in the future? ”

"The prince is disgusted with her, you can no longer see her, send someone to guard her, it is strictly forbidden to give and accept it privately, why do you have to hurt her life! The prince now has seven sons, and the three sons are all from Huilan, it is unwise to leave a son to kill his mother, and it makes people feel that the prince is too indifferent. Don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, the prince still spares her life for the sake of the mother-son relationship between me and Biao'er! Ah Xiu explained again.

Zhu Yuanzhang stomped his feet angrily: "That's it!" Ah Xiu, you are forgiving her now, and I will follow you, I only hope that you will not suffer from it in the future! After that, he called into the house and instructed: "Go to the army and bring 100 sergeants, strictly guard them in the other garden every day, strictly prohibit private teaching, and move the children out to live!" As soon as the Li family is applied, they only follow the regulations of concubines, take back the excess manpower and return to the house for use, and no one is allowed to give more than half a point for other food and clothing! Go! ”

Jia Ding went according to his words, Ah Xiu helped Zhu Yuanzhang stroke his back, and asked: "It's okay to move Zi'er out, Tianying also moves all the way back?" In the middle of the year, the Houfu expanded three small courtyards to give them a place to live! Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "You are too good after all!" Tianying treated you like that day! That's it! It's all up to you! ”

Ah Xiu explained gently: "Tianying is still young, she has always been in love with the prince, and she is not guilty of deep love, I heard that her temperament has improved a lot this year, why does the prince refuse to forgive her for her bad past?" It's too pitiful for her! ”

"These women, if they have half of your heart, how can they make you so tired! A bunch of ungrateful stuff! I don't bother to see each other when I move back, so you can do whatever you want! When Ah Xiu heard this, he smiled and agreed.

Zhu Yuanzhang drank tea in a sullen voice, and after a while, his mood eased and said: "King Xiao Ming is still in Chuzhou now, I want Liao Yongzhong to welcome him to Yingtian, what does Madam think?" ”

Ah Xiu frowned when he heard this: "The prince is now powerful, there is no need to look up to people, and the army was ordered with the name of the dragon and phoenix year that day, it was nothing more than King Xiao Ming claiming to be the Song Dynasty, and the prince took advantage of the situation." Now the prince has already been called the king, and then welcome the return of King Xiaoming, two kings in one place, the name is not right. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded silently when he heard this, and after pondering for a while, he wrote a military post to Liao Yongzhong. A few days later, Liao Yongzhong welcomed King Xiao Ming to Guabu, and King Xiao Ming was strangely sunk in the river. The Song regime fell, and Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the next year to be the first year of Wu to build a temple and a palace. (To be continued.) )