Zhu Gaoxu looked at Yao Ji's appearance, and thought for a while: If he was not the emperor, but was sent out to find a beautiful person for the emperor, and suddenly found that a person like Yao Ji must not want to dedicate himself to the emperor, but to find a way to hide it secretly!

Ji Gang, the commander of the Jinyi Guard at the time of Yongle, seems to have done this kind of thing. At the beginning, all the concubines in Ji Gang's mansion were the beauties he got by pretending to be a public servant.

And Yao Ji's posture is even more difficult to find, and it is definitely not to find or choose a character from a group of women. He took a closer look for a while, although Yao Ji was born beautiful everywhere, there were two things that were the most rare. Her skin is very good, smooth as satin, snow-white as jade, very watery, as if a woman who does not eat the fireworks of the world can grow like this. Her skin below her collarbone was very full, and when Zhu Gaoxu saw a small patch of skin from her collar, she remembered the feeling of suffocating and not being able to breathe.

Yao Ji glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, and said a little embarrassedly: "The eyes of the saint are so careful, aren't you already familiar with the concubine?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu then looked away from his focused gaze, pondered for a moment, and said, "Yao Ji's eldest brother is indeed too disagreeable, but I can guarantee that this matter will not implicate you and your father. ”

Yao Ji hurriedly stood up and bent her knees and said, "The concubine is grateful to the saint for his kindness." ”

"It's too out-of-the-box, just sit down and talk." Zhu Gaoxu said quietly.

Yao Ji said: "The saint is right, my brother really deserves it!" The saint has the country above the country, and he manages hundreds of millions of subjects, and he must have the law of the country to govern the world; The Holy One has worked hard and diligently, and it has been very hard. My brother is deeply favored by the emperor, but he doesn't know the difficulty of the saint, and he adds troubles to the saint, which is really hateful. When the concubine heard about him, she was also very angry! ”

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he immediately approved: "Yao Ji knows the general situation. ”

However, she immediately said again: "The saint cut his official position and punished him for his crimes, all of which are kindness...... She suddenly choked up a little, "The concubine body does not understand the general situation, and the concubine body is selfish." His family is in danger of life, but he still can't let go. No matter how the saint punishes the brother, the concubine only asks for the saint to spare his life! ”

Yao Ji knelt down after speaking: "The concubine has only two relatives, the ancestor died early, and my father is getting old. My brother has not yet married a wife and had children, and the concubine really can't bear to see him die. Please be gracious! ”

Zhu Gaoxu sighed and silently helped her up, but he didn't speak for a long time.

Yao Ji is not a person of many words, she finished speaking, she stopped talking, just took out a handkerchief, and gently wiped her tears while sobbing.

Zhu Gaoxu groaned for a while, then turned around, stretched out his rough thumb, wiped away tears on her smooth and delicate eyelids, and said, "I remembered something......

"What's the matter?" Yao Ji asked with teary eyes.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I remember that Yao Ji and Guo Wei were not against each other before, and your temperament is relatively strong, and you are even more unwilling to admit defeat. But then your attitude suddenly changed abruptly, and you have been pleasing Guo Wei, I was a little puzzled at first. Later, I thought of another person, Ma Enhui...... I have been grinding you for a long time, and in the end, I have to send someone to Jiming Temple and almost execute you Queen Ma. ”

Yao Ji was silent, stopped sobbing, just lowered her eyes and reached out to wipe her tears.

Zhu Gaoxu paused and said: "As soon as the 'Battle of Jingjing' ended, I saved Ma's life, and later I said more than once that Ma was kind to me. Yao Ji may be very concerned about Ma's, and she should have heard of these things. ”

He turned his head to look at Yao Ji's face and said, "You tell me the truth, do you want to take revenge on the Ma family?" ”

Yao Ji raised her head with a complicated expression, her eyes were still shining with water, and she nodded lightly and said, "The Holy Lord is really a careful person, and he even cares about the affairs of the harem. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I attach great importance to you. ”

He then said kindly: "You have suffered so many grievances and sufferings from the Ma family, I can only guess the things in the palace; But when you were at Jiming Temple, I used to see you in the attic of that mansion, and I saw it with my own eyes. You almost hanged yourself in Jiming Temple, I saw it too, or I saved you......"

Yao Ji said: "The grace of the saint, the concubine body can only be repaid physically and mentally. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said quietly: "Yao Ji's sins are also painful in my heart. However, if there is no Ma Enhui's obstruction, I am afraid that you will be easily favored by Yun Wei, and the end will be much worse than now. ”

Yao Ji was stunned for a moment: "But the Ma clan is not for my good, I am just a blessing in disguise." ”

"That's right." Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

He raised his finger and pointed at Yao Ji, then pointed at himself, and said, "I feel your kindness, and you also feel my kindness; Ma has suspicion and jealousy towards you, and you have resentment towards Ma; Ma feels my kindness, and I also feel Ma's kindness...... Although there are only three people, there are many grievances and grievances. ”

Yao Ji bowed her head slightly.

Zhu Gaoxu continued: "But there is a key in this, the actual harm that Ma has done to you is an attempt; The enmity between you is not unavoidable.

Now can we make things simpler: Yao Ji is looking at my affection, for the sake of your much better results than Ma's; You are generous and forgiving, so that the old grudges between the two of you will be put to rest? ”

In fact, Zhu Gaoxu said these grievances as simply as possible, and there is one person who is not implicated...... Yao Fang.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't want to say it directly, it didn't feel good, otherwise it would be like a transaction; But he believes that he and Yao Ji have feelings. So some things, it's better not to say it, Yao Ji should understand!

Just as Zhu Gaoxu was thinking about Yao Fang's life and death just now, Yao Ji was also silent for a while, thinking about this matter.

After a while, Yao Ji asked softly, "Won't the Holy Lord favor the Ma Clan?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said, "Anyway, she used to be my cousin-in-law, and etiquette is completely impossible." ”

Yao Ji whispered: "Maybe the more things are not allowed, the more the saint wants to do it?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said, "I have so many women, why do I have to ask for more Ma alone?" ”

Yao Ji suddenly smiled bitterly, noncommittal. She said softly: "The saint has many wives and concubines, and I also understand that the emperor is like this, and he doesn't care. But I care that the saint pampers Ma's; Because I hate her, and I don't want her to taste the good of the Holy One. ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

Yao Ji looked at his face seriously and said, "The concubine is a holy woman, listen to the saint." The grievances that Ma gave me before and the intention of putting me to death, I don't care about these two things, forget it! ”

Zhu Gaoxu breathed a sigh of relief, gently held Yao Ji's jade hand and said, "That's great, I really don't want to watch the people I care about fight to the death." Just like the fight between me and my eldest brother, if my father and queen mother saw it in the world, they would definitely be quite sad! ”

Yao Ji said softly after hearing this: "The Holy One has fulfilled my wish, I really feel that you are like my father." ”

"What wishes?" Zhu Gaoxu asked casually.

Yao Ji leaned sideways close to Zhu Gaoxu's ear and exhaled like an orchid: "Riding a horse." ”