In February, except for the civil and military forces in places that were too far away from Beijing, congratulatory watches from all over the country were successively sent to the General Political Envoy and to Zhu Gaoxu. Behind the chair in the East Warm Pavilion, the map of the Ming Dynasty hanging on the wall has a new use; Zhu Gaoxu drew circles with a red pen on the area of the greeting table.

The map was already filled with dense red circles. At first glance, it looks like a painting full of red flowers, a little rough, but very beautiful; It is in response to the spring scene at this time.

In a short period of time after ascending the throne, Zhu Gaoxu has already made some personnel adjustments. In addition to the deployment of the Chinese military force, he also ordered Cao Fu to be the eunuch of Shangshan; Hou Xian and Wang Jinghong were the young eunuchs of the ceremonial eunuch (the position of the celebrant eunuch was reserved for Wang Gui).

Seeing that his throne is becoming more and more secure, Zhu Gaoxu's mood is also improving. Now it is only necessary for the new power structure of the Ming Dynasty to stabilize.

Recently, Zhu Gaoxu also received an urgent military report of 800 li from the north, and all the Mongolian tribes have withdrawn! Sure enough, just as Zhu Gaoxu expected, this time some tribes went south, just thinking that there was an opportunity, and temporarily decided to take advantage of the fire to loot and plunder, and then prepared to run away; It was difficult for the imperial court to carry out a counterattack battle.

The original large-scale battles for the throne of the Ming Dynasty's "Battle of Jingyan" and "Battle of Crime" seem to be no longer suitable for fighting in the north. Zhu Gaoxu has been pondering how to change his tactical thinking recently......

Since Zhu Gaoxu ascended the throne, the overall situation has been smooth and there have been no major problems. He has laid the foundation for his throne in terms of martial arts achievements and morality.

But there is one thing, every time I think of it, Zhu Gaoxu is like a fish in his throat: Who poisoned the first emperor?!

Maybe because he has been thinking about it a lot recently, this matter has simply become the sand in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, which makes him very unhappy, like a knot that is difficult to let go.

Or maybe everyone has some knots. Like the former emperor Zhu Di, he couldn't let go of the whereabouts of Jianwen's father and son, and he had to try his best to find out in order to feel at ease......

At this moment, Hou Xian, the young eunuch of the celebrant and the young eunuch, walked into the Dongnuan Pavilion. Zhu Gaoxu heard the sound of soft footsteps, so he took his eyes off the map circled in red and turned to look at Hou Xian.

Hou Xian bowed forward and bowed in a deep voice: "Return to the emperor, the matter is done." General Wang sent the people to the Xuanwu Gate; The slave maid took the people into the palace, and found a courtyard in the northwest of the palace, near the imperial garden, and let her live. The slaves and maids sent some palace maids and eunuchs to serve, and they used a lot of money. ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded: "I know." ”

After all, Hou Xian was a person who served Emperor Taizong in the Yongle Dynasty, Emperor Taizong was not an easy emperor to serve, Hou Xian was in the Hongxi Puppet Dynasty, and he also served as a eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch; This person can be said to know the rules of the palace very well. He didn't even say a word about what he shouldn't say, not even Ma Enhui's name.

"The Ma family has a great kindness to me, she has been in the middle of the capital for seven or eight years, and she has fulfilled her ancestors' intentions. That's why I sent someone to take her back to the palace to live. Zhu Gaoxu said quietly.

Ma Enhui's identity is indeed a bit special.

Hou Xian bowed and said, "Yes, Emperor." ”

Zhu Gaoxu pretended to sit down and read the recital, but he didn't even read a word for a while! He simply dropped the movement, raised his hands and stretched up.

Then he said in a casual tone: "I won't be working today." I went to see Ma Shi and thanked him in person. ”

Of course, Hou Xian did not comment, and immediately bowed: "Later, the emperor will be ready, and the slave and maid will be ready to drive immediately." ”

Surrounded by eunuchs and palace maids, Zhu Gaoxu took a sedan chair out of the Qianqing Palace. The Imperial Garden is on the northwest side, and a group of people go out from the gatehouse on the west side to pass through the mezzanine near the West Sixth Palace.

The Park family was arranged to live on the side of the West Sixth Palace, and somehow ran to the side of the mezzanine. She curtsied on the side of the road and said, "The concubine comes to see the saint." ”

Recently, Zhu Gaoxu didn't want to find someone else, so he only called the Park family to sleep. She went to the Qianqing Palace to sleep almost every day, which was a very favored performance, so the eunuchs stopped the sedan chair.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Park and saw her happy look from the bottom of her heart, and suddenly said in her heart: Has her political purpose been forgotten a little?

Park said softly: "The Holy One came back early today." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I have something to do, so I will be on duty early." ”

The eunuch Hou Xian immediately walked over and said kindly: "The weather is getting warmer, but the wind is still cool." You don't have to stand outside for too long. Hou Xian waved his hand, and the eunuchs continued to carry the sedan chair to the west.

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to take a look, and Park was still standing there with his bow, as if he was a little lost. She should know there's a royal garden to the west, right?

A group of people came to the outside of the courtyard where Ma Enhui lived. Zhu Gaoxu got off the sedan chair and ordered most of his entourage to wait outside, and only brought Hou Xian and a few other eunuchs in. The palace maids and eunuchs in this courtyard all came to the door to greet them, but Ma Enhui did not come out.

There was a row of houses in the courtyard, and at the door of one of the rooms, I saw Ma Enhui standing at the door and looking at this side.

She looked at the red dragon robe on Zhu Gaoxu's body, her expression was very strange and complicated; It seems to be smiling, but there is endless helplessness and sighing. Zhu Gaoxu walked over, and the two of them were silent for a moment.

Ma Enhui stood silently for a while, and finally bent her knees and saluted: "The concubine has seen the saint. ”

Zhu Gaoxu smiled: "Is this an edict?" ”

Ma Enhui glanced up at him, did not respond, only said, "Please sit in the Holy Chamber." ”

The door to the room was open, and Zhu Gaoxu and Ma Enhui walked into the room, and he sat down on the Taishi chair directly north.

After another period of silence, Zhu Gaoxu took the initiative to speak: "We haven't seen each other for six or seven years. ”

Ma Enhui muttered a little distractedly, "Yes." For some reason, when the concubine saw the saint, it was like an old reunion. But when you think about it, we've only seen two or three times in total, and I'm afraid it's not an old man. ”

"It's a long time." Zhu Gaoxu said, "For such a long time, I have thought about you many times. ”

Ma Enhui's face suddenly turned red, she raised her head and glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, and said in a very low voice: "Holy Guard." ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked at her expression carefully, knowing that she had misunderstood, so he continued: "Because you told me about the tunnel in Fengxian Palace, I was lucky to get out, otherwise how could I be today?" I think of your kindness, and I often worry that you are in danger in it, and I will not be able to repay it; But at that time, they were all in the hands of the puppet officials and troops of the abolished prince, and my men and horses almost failed to affect the Jiangbei region, and they were helpless. ”

Unexpectedly, after Zhu Gaoxu's explanation, Ma Enhui's face turned even redder. She was quite generous just now, but now she buried her head and kept silent, as if there was a hole in the ground and wanted to get in.