After staring at Zhu Ying's face that had grown since she was a child, the bigger and more beautiful she became, the emperor sighed deeply.

"I really shouldn't have told you the story of Emperor Taizu when you were young...... My two sons didn't take it to heart, but you remembered it all day long, and they were about to go crazy! Yingying, that was many years ago, if you count from the time Emperor Taizu went to sea and disappeared, it has been more than eighty years, and there are too many rumors of all kinds......"

"But rumors are not the same as facts! If the emperor said that hearing is false, and seeing may even be false, then what I have tasted with my own mouth will not be fake, right? I landed as the daughter of the Zhao State Mansion, you and the Queen Mother both spoil me, the world's treasures, there is nothing I have never seen! There is no delicacies in the world that I have never tasted. ”

"But this time in Cangzhou, I ate something I have never eaten before, and the taste is incredible!"

Zhu Ying said brightly about the delicacies made by Zhang Shou, her face was full of happiness, and the emperor saw it in his eyes, and the expression on his face gradually softened unconsciously. He has several daughters, who are either respectful or reserved in front of him, even if they are talented and good-looking, Princess Yongping, whose biological mother is Concubine Yu, most of the time they also behave in a dignified and elegant manner, and never make a small temperament.

But probably just like he used to like Concubine Yu, who has a bright temperament and never pretentious, because he knows that Princess Yongping and Zhu Ying are difficult to distinguish who is who's life experience, since Zhu Ying in swaddling clothes was often taken to live in the palace by the Queen Mother, he has always treated people as daughters, and what he likes to see most is her fresh, like a bright and sunny smile.

Whether happy or satisfied, disgusted or angry, Zhu Ying will put it on her face unabashedly, and her joy, anger and sorrow are clear at a glance, and she doesn't bother to hide it at all. Thinking of those bits and pieces of the past, he couldn't help but stand up, just like he did to that little girl like a child when he was a child, and pointed directly at Zhu Ying's head.

"Oops......" Zhu Ying hurriedly took a step back, and then said angrily, "Your Majesty, I'm not a child anymore, have you listened to me well!" ”

"Listen, you said that the guy nicknamed Old Salted Fish brought back all kinds of seeds from Haidong, such as tomatoes, potatoes, corn, peanuts, etc., but cotton could not be grown, and only one rubber tree survived...... Oh, that one is dying. The emperor took away his smile as he spoke, and said lightly, "But Zhang Shou also sent people to report these things to me one by one." ”

"Actually, your wishful thinking is quite unexpected. Since he went to Cangzhou, he usually only followed your eldest brother to play symbolically with the big flow, but in private, he kept sending letters to the outer office of the celebrant and the eunuch, and then sent to me through Chu Kuan's hand, with no matter how big or small. However, the private performance is greater than the public performance, this is a taboo for the official, he is not afraid of others saying that he is flattering and lucky? ”

"He doesn't care!" Zhu Ying snorted lightly, but there was no anger on her face, but she looked very happy, "He said that he was not much interested in being an official, but he was more fun when he saw that my second brother and Zhang Chen and Lu Saburo had their own growth." It is not only for the emperor to see alone, but also for many officials, of course, there are many high-sounding words. ”

"Since there are other channels that can directly reach Tianting, why don't you use it because you avoid suspicion? Besides, he also told me that those plants from Haidong are delicious, and the most important thing is to eat them. In many places, the yield is not as high as that of rice and wheat......"

"Okay, okay, I understand, don't boast about your wishful husband in front of me, I'm going to be jealous!" The emperor had to gesture to Zhu Ying to stop quickly, and when she closed her mouth unsatisfied, he said bluntly, "No matter what he thinks, these are not the reasons why he spared a group of people who invaded the palace and hijacked the lives of the eldest prince." ”

Seeing that the topic finally came to this most important matter, Zhu Ying couldn't help biting her lip lightly, and then turned her heart sideways, looked directly into the emperor's eyes and said, "What if it's me?" What if I was forced to be helpless, kidnapped the eldest prince, and asked the emperor to give me justice? In fact, if it weren't for the emperor's face, I would have beaten him in front of you a long time ago! ”

"Since he was a child, he couldn't get used to me going in and out of the palace as if he was going home, and he pretended to be gentle and generous like a good brother in front of me, but he instigated people to let me go right in front of the second prince, and even instigated people to release cats to scare me. I couldn't swallow this breath, and I didn't want to ask for help, so I practiced martial arts desperately. ”

"Finally, I have some talent in martial arts, which is better than him who only cares about fighting with people all day long. On that day, I asked people to transfer his cronies, personally took a stick to wait for the rabbit on his way, and beat him severely, after the beating, I told him that the gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late, I am a villain, so I only have to wait for a year! If he wants to shadow me behind my back, I will hit him to my face! ”

The emperor didn't expect Zhu Ying to turn over the old things, the eldest prince had a blue nose and swollen face but deduced that he didn't see the road and fell, of course he knew, and later Chu Kuan quietly told him that he was beaten by Zhu Ying - but at that time, Zhu Ying was nine years old, and the eldest prince was thirteen years old, he thought about it, it was just two children messing around, and the eldest prince chose to forbear, so he didn't dig too deep.

I didn't expect it to be like this!

He lowered his face and said, "What do you mean by not being willing to ask for help?" Later, when you came to me to complain, why weren't you hypocritical? ”

"Later, it was because I was scolded by my grandmother." Zhu Ying snorted a little unconvinced, "Grandmother said that just beating him like this is angry, but others still think that I am unreasonable, so if anyone provokes me, I should complain in front of the emperor mercilessly." As long as I don't pretend to be wrong, but tell the truth honestly, that's fine! ”

Seeing that the emperor was suddenly dumbfounded, Zhu Ying stepped forward again, slapped the big case with both hands and said, "Not only him, but the second prince, I have endured him for a long time!" Pretentious, impulsive and irritable, I think that when he was fifteen years old, he still said in that disgusting tone that he could reluctantly make me his concubine...... Fuck it! ”

If it were usual, the emperor would have scolded the girl in annoyance not to swear, but at this moment, he was silent. Zhu Ying later often sued the eldest prince and the second prince in front of him, however, the complaint was often about the stupid and wrong things that the brothers did outside, and never involved herself.

In other words, this girl prefers to rely on herself, but whenever it comes to her own, she often solves it herself, so as not to make trouble in front of him. Unless, the brothers scratched her scales.

That reverse scale used to be the Zhu family, and now it ...... There should be one more Zhang Shou!

"The third prince and the fourth prince have been so well-behaved since childhood, they are the youngest in the mid-mountain hall, but Ah Shou said that most of the prisoners are very convinced of them, even if the unconvinced people sneer in front of them, or even ignore them, the brothers just ignore them, at most they talk to others!"

"Don't say anything about what they are still young now, what was the situation of the eldest prince and the second prince when they were young, you know it yourself, the emperor! If you don't teach, it's your mother's fault, but the emperor yourself is also at fault, and there are those ministers who teach the eldest prince and the second prince, how can they not be wrong! Isn't it to save face for the eldest prince to save face? ”

"Shut up!"

The emperor finally couldn't help but scold, seeing Zhu Ying take two steps back sullenly, but he lowered his head and didn't ask for guilt, looking stubborn that I wasn't wrong, he couldn't help but take a light breath, trying to calm his unexplained irritability.

"I know what you want to say......"

"No, your majesty, you don't know!" Zhu Ying suddenly raised her head again, but said word by word, "The world that Emperor Taizu hopes for is not like it is now!" He hoped that the cultivators of the world would have their fields and the dwellers would have their houses. He hopes that children all over the world can be literate and knowledgeable from an early age. He hopes that Daming can sail all over the world and forge ahead. He hopes that all the people of the world will be happy and happy! ”

"I've slipped into the library more times than anyone else! I can't do anything about the manuscripts that no one can read, but I can at least understand his instructions, but the true writings of the commandments, the ancestral teachings to the children and grandchildren, and the codexes of regret for not making the law fair, are either shelved or crushed in boxes! Therefore, I have always felt that when Taizu went to sea, he ......"

"He must have been disappointed, he went with the hope of rebuilding the Pure Land in a foreign land!"

"Yingying, that's enough!"

The emperor stopped Zhu Ying again, and saw that the beautiful little girl he watched grow up had slightly red eyes, but he didn't shed a single tear, but looked at him stubbornly, he couldn't help but have a headache, but more than that, he felt that Zhu Ying was either like a stubborn Jiuniang, or ...... It's like Concubine Yu who uses gentleness to cover up her tough nature.

Anyway, neither he nor Zhu Jing are such characters. He is so willful and impulsive that he is a bit maverick, but he is not a person who would rather bend, Zhu Jing is so cold and hard that he can even be said to be cold, but it is not Zhu Ying's temper that seems to burst out from the inside out.

He sat down slowly, rubbed his eyebrows, and then slowed down and said in a calm tone: "Your eldest brother is with Zhang Shou, how to deal with criminals, naturally he and Zhang Shou have discussed. Moreover, Zhang Shou had already played it to me in advance, and I had already asked Chu Kuan to turn around and send the music to the General Administration Department again. Moreover, although I am angry, I also appreciate that he deserves to be punished for his crimes, and his feelings are pitiful. ”

Seeing that Zhu Ying's mood had stabilized, she just pursed her lips and said helplessly: "However, the level of the court and the middle of the court is not something that I can decide with one word. ”

"Then argue, anyway, the reason is not clear, the Tao is not clear!"

Zhu Ying raised her eyebrows indifferently, and then said with a clear gaze: "As long as the emperor can feel that Ah Shou is right and can spare those eight people, I am not afraid of whether other people will play any tricks because of selfishness or others!" ”

She paused, and then snorted coldly: "Although you must be angry when you say it, I really didn't know what kind of scumbag the eldest prince was after I arrived in Cangzhou!" He's a lot more bastard than the second prince! ”

Before the emperor could react, he saw Zhu Ying hurriedly running out at a faster speed than when he came, but when he arrived at the door, he turned back to him and smiled at him: "I'll go first, let's go to Qingning Palace to meet the Queen Mother!" ”

The emperor could only smile bitterly at the girl's behavior that swept through his Dongnuan Pavilion like a whirlwind, and then disappeared without a trace. However, when he understood the true meaning of Zhu Ying's words, he also showed a smile.

Speaking of which, what Zhu Ying is worried about is that he is angry with those so-called chaotic people because of the matter of the eldest prince, and Zhang Shou and Zhu Tingfang, who are angry and protect these people but harshly criticize the eldest prince and even the official gentry...... She didn't pay attention to it at all.

Alas, he was scolded for not teaching, but he couldn't get angry because of his father's fault, but he was a little complacent here, was he already seen through by this girl?

went to Qingning Palace, talked endlessly about what he saw and heard in Cangzhou, and then was left by the Queen Mother for dinner, and Zhu Ying left the palace. Although she had been sleepy and tired for a long time, especially after going home and taking a bath before, she had been full of energy, as if she had not been in a hurry to return to Beijing.

So, when she got into the sedan chair specially prepared for her by the Queen Mother, she fell asleep with her head tilted as soon as she got up. When the pannier stopped at the door of Zhao Guogong's mansion, Zhu Hong, who followed, shouted twice but did not respond, opened the sedan curtain and was startled when he saw the scene, and hurriedly ordered someone to deliver the letter. Not long after, Li's mother hurried out, stepped on the pedals and went up to check and smiled.

"Miss, this is asleep! Hey, she used to be the most sleepy person, but this time she is so tired, it's hard for her! ”

first called a sedan chair, and Li's mother personally hugged Zhu Ying down, put the person on the sedan chair, and carried her all the way back to the room. When she saw Zhan Jin and Liuyin making the bed and waiting for the eldest lady to sleep, the whole time everyone was just in a daze and muttered a few times, and she didn't even open her eyelids, she couldn't help but feel more and more pity.

So, after she came out, she immediately slipped Zhu Hongti to Qing'an Hall, and in front of Mrs. Tai and Jiuniang, she interrogated Zhu Ying about her trip to Cangzhou in detail. When she learned that Zhang Shou had not only personally cooked to show her skills there, but also went down to find someone immediately after learning that Zhu Ying had gone to drill the tunnel, Mrs. Tai and Jiuniang glanced at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

The marriage books have been decided, and neither of them can regret it, and now it seems that Zhu Ying has paid a lot, but Zhang Shou is really good to her.

Just when the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law withdrew Zhu Hong and planned to discuss many things in Cangzhou, they only heard a burst of talking from outside, and after a while, the door curtain was directly lifted, followed by Zhu Jing striding in.

"Yingying is back? Heard or day and night? Does she know that although the Linhai camp has been cleaned up over and over again, there are still a few fish that have slipped through the net! Just yesterday, the main general of the Linhai camp was actually attacked by an assassin, and she dared to walk at night! ”

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