It was already dark, but Zhu Biao was still in his study, only to see him holding a paintbrush in his hand, and he was engrossed in painting a painting, on the picture was a woman in palace clothes, with a dignified appearance and a quiet expression, and a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

When Zhu Biao finished the last stroke, he looked at the portrait and was stunned for a while, and the woman on the painting was his wife Chang.

Zhu Biao and Chang were born in the same year, at that time, Chang Yuchun had just taken refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang, the men were fighting outside, and the women were at home with their children, at that time, Queen Ma also organized the female dependents of the generals, weaving cloth and growing grain to support the generals of the former army, and the children also got together to play, Zhu Biao and Chang have been playmates since childhood, it can be said that they are childhood sweethearts, it is worth mentioning that Chang's name is still Zhu Yuanzhang for her.

Later, Zhu Biao was named the crown prince, and Chang was soon named the crown princess, the husband and wife had a deep relationship, and gave birth to four children in a row, but unfortunately when giving birth to Zhu Yunxi, Chang died of postpartum hemorrhage, which made Zhu Biao very sad, and even with Zhu Yunxi, the son, was not very close.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a report from the waiter outside the door of the study: "Prince Qiyu, His Royal Highness the Emperor Sun is back!" ”

"Let him in!" Zhu Biaochang took a breath to stabilize his mood, and then commanded outside the door.

The chamberlain turned around and left, Zhu Biao also put down the paintbrush in his hand, and then picked up his wife's portrait and blew it gently, so that the ink on it would dry faster.

After a while, I saw Zhu Yunxi walk into the study and salute Zhu Biao: "Meet my father!" ”

However, Zhu Biao frowned at this time and said, "Why are you so full of fireworks?" ”

"Is there one?" Zhu Yunxi also raised his arm to smell it when he heard this, and sure enough, he found that there was some peculiar smell on his body, which made him a little embarrassed and said, "I was settling accounts next to the canteen of the glass workshop this afternoon, and the smell of cooking there was very strong, so I also had some smell on my body." ”

"Reckoning? Did Li Jie let you settle accounts? Zhu Biao also asked with an interested expression when he heard this, he asked Li Jie to take Zhu Yunxi to the glass workshop, as for what to do after he went, it depended on Li Jie's arrangement.

"Yes, Li Banyu asked me to calculate the accounts of the kitchen for a day." Zhu Yunxi nodded.

"Did you figure it out?"

"This ......" Zhu Yunxi blushed, "I didn't calculate it at first, but then Li Banyu taught me a very simple method, I just learned some fur, and I was already able to calculate the accounts of the back kitchen by myself, according to Li Banyu, if I learned all his methods, I would even be able to calculate the entry and exit of the treasury in the future!" ”

Zhu Yunxi also showed a proud look in the end, originally he didn't believe Li Jie's words, but after he started to learn the new algorithm, he no longer doubted, although he lost this bet again, but he was not discouraged at all, because Li Jie said that this kind of arithmetic method is only understood by the two of them, and if it is spread in the future, it will definitely be a blockbuster!

"Count the treasury?" Zhu Biao was dumbfounded when he heard this, in his opinion, this was just Li Jie's way of motivating Zhu Yunxi, so he didn't care.

"What else did you do besides settling accounts, and why did you come back so late?" Zhu Biao asked with a smile again, after only going out for half a day, Zhu Yunxi learned to settle accounts, which is also a good achievement.

"I ......" Zhu Yunxi suddenly hesitated, and then said, "I still ate in the workshop, and I will eat whatever the craftsmen eat." ”

Zhu Biao heard that his son actually ate the same meal as the craftsmen, and then he finally showed a shocked expression, he had never done this kind of thing, but he didn't expect that his son, who was not yet twelve years old, would do it.

"Is it delicious?" I saw that Zhu Biao was silent for a moment before he asked.

"It's not delicious!" I saw Zhu Yunxi grinning, "The rice is brown rice, and there is no oil and water in the dish, almost the same as boiled in white water, I can't eat it after a few bites, but I saw that the craftsmen ate it very sweetly, and even Li Banyu ate it without changing his face, I didn't want people to think I was squeamish, so I ate it hard." ”

Zhu Yunxi hesitated again when he said this, and then said: "After the meal, I asked Li Banyu, why is it that the craftsmen eat such an unpalatable meal, as if they are eating delicacies from the mountains and seas?" ”

"How did Li Jie answer?" Zhu Biao asked curiously again.

"Li Banyu said that the craftsmen have been working hard all afternoon, and they are already tired and hungry, and when people are hungry, everything they eat is fragrant!" When Zhu Yunxi said the last sentence, he also showed a puzzled expression on his face, because he had never been hungry, let alone knew what it was like to be hungry?

Zhu Biao can understand Li Jie's answer, but he has never been hungry, even if he marched out of the city with his brothers when he was a teenager, he was accompanied by a group of people to serve, and looking at Zhu Biao's body shape, he knew that he was a delicious person, and he would never wronged his stomach.

"Yes, yes, in just half a day, you have learned a lot, Li Jie is also attentive, I will be relieved if you follow him!" Zhu Biao immediately opened his mouth and praised that Zhu Yunxi's performance today was really beyond his expectations.

"Father Xie's praise, I did learn a lot from reading with Li Ban, but I also saw a lot of things that I couldn't understand, I believe I will definitely find the answer in the future!" Zhu Yunxi said with an expression of unprecedented firmness.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, Yunxi, come over and see what this is!" Zhu Biao beckoned to Zhu Yunxi and motioned for him to come to his side.

Zhu Yunxi stepped forward, and when he saw the painting on the desk, he also showed a surprised expression, and then asked, "Father, who is the woman in the painting?" ”

"She's your mother!" Zhu Biao reached out and stroked Zhu Yunxi's hair and said softly.

"I ...... My mother! Zhu Yunxi was also in tears when he heard this, and even stretched out his little hand to touch the face of the woman in the painting, but he retracted halfway through, as if he was afraid that the painting would be damaged, and the tears on his face flowed silently.

Looking at his son's appearance, Zhu Biao also felt guilty, if it wasn't for his father scolding him to wake up, I'm afraid he would have been wrong all the time.

"Yunxi, this painting will be given to you, if you miss your mother in the future, open it and take a look!" Zhu Biao said to his son gently, he had always remembered what Li Jie said before, so he specially painted this portrait of his deceased wife.

"Thank you, father!" Zhu Yunxi wiped a handful of tears, but the tears in his eyes poured out again, firstly, because he was sad when he saw the portrait of his mother, and secondly, he felt his father's love for him for the first time.

Zhu Biao untied the knot in his heart, and chatted with Zhu Yunxi for a while, and then let him go back to rest with the portrait.

However, Zhu Biao did not rest, I saw him take a piece of rice paper again, then spread it on the desk, picked up the brush and pondered for a while, and then started to paint another portrait again.

At the same time, when Li Jie returned to the door of his house, he saw a familiar carriage at a glance, which made him very happy to step into the house, and sure enough, he saw Liu Ying who was talking to Li Zhu.

"Meet my uncle!" Li Jie immediately stepped forward to salute Liu Ying, and then turned his head to look left and right, which made him ask with some confusion, "Didn't my cousin come?" ”

"No, your cousin doesn't know what he's been busy with lately, and he is often away from home, and I'm too lazy to look for him." Liu Ying's expression became a little solemn when she said this, "I came today to tell you that something big may happen to the DPRK and China!" ”

"Big deal? What's the big deal? Li Jie was also shocked when he heard this.

Unexpectedly, Liu Ying shook her head and replied, "I don't know!" ”

"Big brother, you're not kidding, you don't know how to say that something big is going to happen?" Li Zhu couldn't help but ask at this time.

"It's just because I don't know it's more terrifying!" I saw that Liu Ying's expression was more solemn at this time, and after speaking, he personally closed the door of the living room, and then lowered his voice and said, "I have some acquaintances in the court, according to the information I have received, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies has issued several military orders recently, and it seems that the army has made some moves. ”

"This is normal, some time ago, Quan Ningwei and Ying Changwei rebelled, and the imperial court raised troops to suppress it, and our Ordnance Bureau also received an order to make a lot of weapons and send them to the army." Li Zhu said disapprovingly, the surroundings of Daming are not peaceful, and the movement of the army is also normal.

"If it's just a transfer of the army, the key is that the Jinyi guards in the city have also been extremely active recently, and they are everywhere, plus the movement of the army, do you still think it is normal?" Liu Ying's eyes widened.

"Jinyiwei is also ......" Li Zhu was also startled when he heard this, Jinyiwei's murderous reputation used to make people smell and change, and it has finally stopped in the past two years, and now it is active again, is it possible that the imperial court is going to handle some big case?

"Is it finally coming?" Li Jie whispered at this time, Li Shanchang was not killed suddenly, in fact, a few months before Li Shanchang's accident, Zhu Yuanzhang threw many people into prison under the banner of arresting Hu Dang, and later used the confessions of these arrested people to involve Li Shanchang.

"What's coming, do you know something?" Liu Ying heard Li Jie's whisper and immediately asked, now Li Jie is the companion of the East Palace, and he is closer to the power center of the Ming Dynasty than him, so it is normal for Li Jie to hear some rumors.

Li Jie hesitated when he heard this, and then decided to remind Liu Ying, so he said: "I don't know much, but I heard that Your Majesty had a conflict with the crown prince last night, and even Your Majesty made a move!" ”

Liu Ying's face also changed greatly when he heard this, it must be a big thing to make Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao's father and son quarrel, or even do something, combined with the news he got, which made him vaguely have a guess.

"Big brother, did you guess something?" Li Zhu looked at Liu Ying's appearance and immediately asked.

"This ...... It's hard to say! Liu Ying's face was full of hesitation, and his gaze at Li Zhu became a little complicated, and finally he couldn't help but admonish, "Brother-in-law, don't go out less recently, don't go anywhere, and discuss more with Jie'er in case of trouble, and wait until this time is over!" ”