In late April of the 35th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di canonized Xu as the queen. A few days after the ceremony, the queen's children congratulated one after another, and the Xu family set up a family banquet in the imperial garden to invite relatives.

When the prince received the edict, Yuan Heng had just come to the prince's mansion.

Yuan Heng came straight from Xuanzang Temple, he turned out to be a scholar of the rivers and lakes, and he did not believe in Buddhism, and went to the temple only because Yao Guangxiao lived in the temple. Yuan Hui and Jin Zhong were all recommended by Yao Guangxiao to the Yanwang Mansion, and they have today's high-ranking officials.

Yao Guangxiao made great contributions in the "Battle of Jingyan", and after ascending the throne today, he wanted to give him a mansion and a palace maid, but he didn't want anything, only lived in the temple. In the morning, I wear an official uniform and then go to the court, and I wear a monk's robe in the next court.

The prince was busy changing clothes, but he didn't avoid Yuan Hui and asked Yuan Hui what was the matter. Yuan Hui twisted the beard on his lips and didn't say a word.

So the prince put on the dragon suit, then retired the slave and maid, and asked him again.

At this time, Yuan Jue said: "Today doesn't seem to be appropriate, another day the court is in the royal gate, and the prince can intercede for Fang Xiao's family." ”

"Huh?" The prince was stroking the robe on his body, and at this time, the movements in his hands immediately stopped there, and he was shocked, "Yuan Sicheng is this to disobey my father?" ”

Yuan Heng frowned and said, "It's not disobedient. ”

Shizi held on to the chair and sat down, he didn't even want to stand for a moment, he never wanted to stand when he could sit. He said, "Father will definitely be unhappy! Although Fang Xiaoru was famous, he refused to surrender and scolded his father. Moreover, Fang Xiaoru's adopted son Fang Zhongyi stabbed Yushi Jingqing to death. The father blamed him for keeping dead soldiers in captivity, and he was very angry! ”

Shizi paused, and continued, "At the end of Hongwu, Jingqing became friendly with his father, and his heart was to his father when he was in danger, and he has been in contact since then; The daughter of Jingqing, she once recognized her mother as her sister-in-law. And Jingqing was stabbed by Fang Xiaoru's monk on the street, if I pleaded for Fang Xiaoru's family at this time, wouldn't I provoke my father's anger? ”

Yuan Heng said quietly: "The son of the world is reasonable. However, if the son of the world dares to risk the saint's intransigence, he must have benevolence in his heart, so that there is such a righteous act, and everyone in the world will see it. If the Holy One can accept the advice of the Son, it will also benefit the Holy One. ”

When the prince heard this, he and Yuan Heng looked at each other.

"The heart of the world's soldiers, ......," Yuan Heng said in a deep voice.

…… The Imperial Garden is on the west side of the Spring Harmony Hall. Zhu Gaoxu had to be summoned, cleaned up, and thought that it was a family banquet, so he didn't care so much, and wore a purple round neck.

He entered the city from the Bei'an Gate in the north of the imperial city, and then went to the west gate in the north, and walked through a long corridor before he entered the palace. Walking on that road made Zhu Gaoxu feel very unhappy, the red walls on both sides, and only a slapp-sized piece of heaven on his head, there was an illusion of being trapped in a cage.

When Zhu Gaoxu walked into the Imperial Garden, he felt that the garden of the Imperial Palace was no more than Erer, and it was not as good as the most ordinary garden in the city. Because there are only sparse trees and the floor is paved with tiles in the middle, it looks very monotonous, probably to prevent a place to hide.

He also saw a pool and a rockery, which were also very monotonous, without any embellishments of flowers and plants, and could be seen at a glance. The trees were not near the wall, and the wall was so high that in the palace, nothing could be seen outside. Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt that if he stayed in this palace for a little longer, he would definitely be very depressed.

A eunuch took Zhu Gaoxu and passed by the rockery, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to watch for a while, and then continued to walk forward. Suddenly, a little girl came to her, Zhu Gaoxu thought it was a palace maid or concubine at first, but after a glance, she didn't feel like it.

The little lady was very delicate and beautiful, her skin was delicate and fair, her face was still childish, her neck exposed from the collar and the wrists outside the sleeves were white and tender like shaved onions, and she looked white and pure. But the satin garment that the girl wore was clearly ill-fitting, and was obviously too big, as if it were not hers.

The little lady approached Zhu Gaoxu, stepped aside, and bent her knees slightly to make a blessing gift. She was originally very polite, but at this time, she raised her head and quietly looked at Zhu Gaoxu, her big eyes as bright as moonlight were full of curiosity.

The little lady gave Zhu Gaoxu a very good impression, her purity, her bright and calm eyes, make people feel good, as if there is no filth in the world, the world is so bright, wonderful and vibrant.

Zhu Gaoxu is nineteen years old and has only a light beard on his mouth, but he is also clearly a man. It must be very rare to see a man in the palace, so she is curious?

Zhu Gaoxu also met her gaze, and the four eyes were facing each other, and the girl lowered her eyes a little embarrassed, and two blushes suddenly appeared on her beautiful cheeks, she was really a shy little girl.

"You're not from the palace?" Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but ask. Since you are not from the palace, how can you wander around the Imperial Garden? He knew his sisters and sisters, of course, but he didn't know the girl.

The little lady immediately asked briskly, "How do you know?" ”

"I guess." Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said gently, he felt that this little girl was pure and cute, so he joked, "You are growing your body, but you don't need to make your clothes so big?" Ha ha! ”

The little lady blushed, "It's not my clothes." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Gaoxu let out a questioning voice.

The little lady blurted out and whispered, "My mother borrowed it for me." I used to have clothes made of silk, but silk was too squeamish and became old after two years, and it was easy to break. I'm coming to the palace, and I can't wear old clothes......"

As soon as she said this, she seemed to feel that something was wrong, and hurriedly stopped talking again. Her face suddenly turned red, and she looked very embarrassed.

Zhu Gaoxu was even more curious, and said with a smile: "It's really strange, the ladies who can enter the palace need to borrow clothes?" ”

The little lady looked at Zhu Gaoxu and was silent.

Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "I'll ask casually, just forget if you don't want to say it, don't force it." He spoke very softly, after all, he was talking to a beautiful little girl who was about to be thirteen or fourteen years old, and the little girl was also very friendly, and she was afraid of scaring her.

At this time, the little lady said: "I was rude, I said such embarrassing things, don't laugh at me." ”

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said, "No, I was rude, so I shouldn't ask more." Besides, clothes are not important, people are beautiful and wise, who is not respectful? Wang Baochuan has lived in the cold kiln for 18 years, and he has not seen the world look down on her. ”

After hearing this, the little lady said softly: "Big brother treats people really and kindly. ”

"Haha, thanks for the compliment." Zhu Gaoxu hugged his fists and said, "My sister has a good heart, and the people around her must be very happy." ”

…… This woman is Guo Wei, the granddaughter of Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding. Her mother-in-law, Xu, is the queen's family. The queen's family banquet invited their mother and daughter to the palace for the banquet. My sister was very reserved, but Guo Wei was very curious about the palace garden, so she walked around for a while, and then met the son just now.

Guo Wei was a little blaming herself for not paying attention to what she said, and she knew that the family would soon be less embarrassed, after her grandfather died, she heard her father say that because more than ten uncles and uncles had not negotiated well in dividing the family business. As long as it is divided, why not even a new satin dress......

This big brother is a good man, soft-spoken, and very considerate of others. Guo Wei wanted to ask who he was, but she felt embarrassed, and finally didn't ask when the words came to her mouth.

She quietly looked at him a few more times, and saw that although he was not polite and polite, he was neat and clean, tall and straight, and did not look like a wicked person at all. His clothes were ironed straight, the color was not dazzling or patterned, but the material was faintly shiny, and the white silk lining in the dark purple collar was spotless. There is not much decoration on the body, only a piece of mutton fat jade pendant around the waist, milky white and warm and pure, and it is worth a lot of money at a glance. The whole person looks not exaggerated, very elegant.

And his voice is very good, he speaks gently, his words and deeds are calm, and he is very kind to people. Only the mountain-like figure made Xiao Niang feel pressured and faintly suffocated.

At this time, he said: "I still have some things, don't say more, farewell." ”

Guo Wei also saluted goodbye in a panic.

The man turned and walked away.

Guo Wei took two steps and couldn't help but glance back at the tall and straight back.

For a while, the back lingered in my mind, and I always came to my eyes...... But she quickly thought of her marriage, and promised her parents to marry the bully of the king of Gaoyang! Guo Wei became depressed, walked listlessly, and circled the pond rockery.

Even Guo Wei felt that there was nothing to see in this palace garden, but it was a place to eat, those houses were really luxuriously repaired, and the paint patterns on them could not be seen anywhere else. She silently went back to her mother-in-law, Xu.