Duanben Palace, the study of the imperial grandson.

Zhu Yunwen listened to the message delivered by Zhang Tie on behalf of Wang Du and was silent for a long time. When he woke up, he found that Zhang Tie was still standing there, and smiled: "Guogang, you have worked hard for a trip, sit down, and tell Gu, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Zhang Tie didn't dare again and again, but at Yun Wei's insistence, he sat down and said: "Your Highness, Guogang is a rough person, and he doesn't know these things very well. ”

"Hehe, Guogang, Gu and you talk about what Wang Du means, in fact, Zizhong is reminding Gu that Song Guogong and Ying Guogong are both related to the vassal king, and the vassal king has soldiers, and the two Guogong are meritorious generals, if the two are combined, there may be trouble."

Zhang Tie scratched his scalp and said, "They are already national princes, why should they rebel?" Even if it succeeds, is it possible to still be crowned king? ”

"Haha, Guogang, you're right, even if they push their son-in-law as the emperor, they won't be crowned kings. So it can only be for other reasons, alas, Lone understands what Wang Du means. ”

"Your Highness, Guogang doesn't understand."

Zhu Yunwen smiled and said: "Guogang, it doesn't matter if you don't understand it now, you will understand it slowly in the future." By the way, Guogang, you just came back, and you want to let the four of you stay in Liaodong, are you willing? ”

Zhang Tie couldn't help but kneel down and said, "Your Highness, did Guogang do something wrong?" Your Highness wants to drive us away? ”

Zhu Yunwen helped Zhang Tiedao up: "Guogang, the four of you are the most trusted people in Lone, so Lone hopes that you can help Lone do something, today Wang Du's words will be passed on to you, you have to remember to keep it secret, you have been with Lone for so long, you should realize that it is not easy for Lone, the prince, to do it, the four of you follow Geng Xuan to Liaodong, Lone is of great use." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhang Tie knelt down again, tears flowing: "I just hope that Your Highness will not forget us, and I hope to see Your Highness again." ”

"Well, Guogang, Lone promised you, Lone will call you back to Beijing at the right time." Zhu Yunwen patted Zhang Tie on the shoulder: "Okay, don't cry, manly man, blood, sweat and tears, have a meal with Gu at night, rest for a day, go to Xi'an tomorrow, and continue to follow Geng Xuan and them." ”

"Okay, Your Highness."

In the afternoon of the next day, his mother Lu sent someone to summon Zhu Yunwen over, and Zhu Yunwen hurriedly packed up and went to see his mother.

When he arrived at his mother's bedroom, Lu was looking at the picture scroll in his hand, looked up and saw Yun Wei, beckoned Zhu Yun Wei to sit over, handed him the picture scroll, and said with a smile: "Yun Wei, what do you think of this girl?" ”

Zhu Yunwen took the scroll and found that the scroll was painted with the upper body portrait of a girl, with a dignified, demure and elegant appearance, a high hair comb and a high bun, a golden Yingluo cover, a slight smile, and a amiable look. After reading it, Zhu Yunwen wondered, "Mother, what does this mean?" ”

Lu Shi smiled: "This is the concubine chosen for you, my mother thinks it's good, and your imperial grandfather also approves of it." What do you think? ”

After Zhu Yunwen heard this, he couldn't help blushing a little, and said, "It's good that Mother and Imperial Grandpa make a decision, Yunwen has no opinion." ”

Lu Shi pointed at Zhu Yunwen's head with his hand, and said with a smile: "My Yunwen is still shy, you have become more and more busy in the past two years, more and more like the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and my mother thinks that you are more and more like your father, but today it seems that Yunwen is still a child." Saying that, Lu Shi laughed happily.

"Mother, Yun Wei doesn't."

Lu Shi took the picture scroll and said: "This is the second daughter of Guanglu Shaoqing Ma Quan, her name is Yanru, her mother has seen it, she is generous, beautiful and wise, and has the demeanor of everyone." What do you think? ”

Zhu Yunwen thought about it, took the scroll and looked at it again, and said, "Just do it according to the wishes of my mother and the imperial grandfather, Yunwen has no opinion." ”

"Well, okay, then you just wait for the concubine, my mother wants to choose a date, it should be after October, after all, you have to keep a three-year filial piety period for your father."

"Thank you, Mother."

......

Zhu Yunwen said goodbye to his mother and walked out of Duanben Palace, I don't know when it started to rain outside, Liu Zhen hurriedly followed him with an oil umbrella. Zhu Yunwen looked at the misty Miyagi in the rain, stretched out his hand, and his hands were quickly wet by the rain, Zhu Yunwen slowly held his hand, but tears flowed down involuntarily. He was finally getting married, but he burst into tears in the rain, no matter who saw it, it was a strange thing, and he didn't say anything to his mother just now, because he understood that as a prince, there were some things that had to be accepted. Qingwan, the beloved wife in her previous life, is becoming more and more rare in her dreams; Bai Fangrui, the eldest lady of the Bai family, although she has only seen her once, she can't forget it, and she suddenly wants to see her......

Zhu Yunwen walked around the palace for a while, and asked Liu Zhen to arrange that he would go out in microservice. Liu Zhen hurriedly arranged a carriage, and there were two knights next to him to protect him, these are two Taoist priests specially found by Zhu Yuanzhang from Wudang, one is called Yuan Zhen and the other is called Yuan Jing, who usually doesn't like to talk very much, and he doesn't show much respect to Zhu Yunwen, but Zhu Yunwen is very polite to others, after all, people are here to protect themselves. There are plainclothes guards all around, and it is almost impossible to assassinate Zhu Yunwen now.

The car was very spacious, with tables and chairs, and Liu Zhen served on the side. Zhu Yunwen looked at the busy Liu Zhen and said, "Liu Zhen, don't be busy, chat with Gu." ”

Liu Zhen said with a smile: "Your Highness, the little one doesn't know much, I don't know what His Highness wants to talk about?" ”

"Liu Zhen, how long have you been with me?"

"Your Highness, the youngest came to His Highness at the age of fifteen, and it has been ten years now."

"It's been ten years, and it's not a short time." Zhu Yunwen said: "Li Zhen, is there anyone in your family?" ”

"The small one is a native of Yunnan, who was arrested when the Ying Kingdom conquered Yunnan in the sixteenth year of Hongwu, and then entered the palace, and was selected to serve His Royal Highness because of his excellent performance."

"Huh?" Zhu Yunwen was surprised: "You, you were forced to enter the palace?" ”

Liu Zhen smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, most of the people who enter the palace have unknown pasts, in fact," he paused: "If it is not for special reasons, who wants to enter the palace." ”

Zhu Yunwen was silent for a while and said, "Do you hate General Fu?" Hate the lonely? ”

"At the beginning, there were some of them, but now I'm used to it, His Royal Highness is generous, he never treats me and others harshly, and he can serve His Highness, and the little ones are satisfied."

"Where is your home in Yunnan? Is there anyone else in the house? ”

"The little one doesn't remember the specific hometown, there seems to be an older brother and a younger sister at home, but after so many years, I don't know what happened to them." Speaking of this, Liu Zhen couldn't help choking.

Zhu Yunwen sighed, stood up, patted Liu Zhen's shoulder, and said, "Liu Zhen, I'm sorry, Lone reminded you of something sad, Lone promised you that I would help you find your brother and sister." ”

Liu Zhen pounced, knelt in the carriage, and kept kowtowing: "Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness, the little one is willing to go to the soup for His Highness, in order to repay His Highness's kindness, repay His Highness's kindness!" ”

"Okay, you get up, don't kneel, these are all things that Lone should do."

Liu Zhen wiped his tears, stood up and continued to serve Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yunwen had no interest in continuing to speak, just holding a teacup and looking out the window, in a daze.

Walking along West Chang'an Avenue to Tongji Gate, Zhu Yunwen saw a two-story building on the side of the road, with a sign "VIP Building" hanging at the door. Zhu Yunwen seemed to remember something, and asked people to stop the carriage and walk into the VIP building.

The guy hurriedly came over to entertain, and Zhu Yunwen smiled and said, "Is there a window seat upstairs?" ”

"Yes, yes, there are not many guests today, please go upstairs."

Zhu Yunwen went upstairs and chose a window seat to sit down, letting Liu Zhen, Yuan Zhen, and Yuan Jing sit down together, and the other guards sat down at the nearby table, surrounding Zhu Yunwen in the middle.

The guy came up and asked, "Guest officer, what kind of food do you order?" ”

Zhu Yunwen looked at the menu, and then said, "Little second brother, is your restaurant from the Bai family?" ”

"Yes, our restaurant is a famous Bai family in Beijing, and our boss is amazing, you know? The recent mirrors and glasses are all from our Bai family......"

Seeing the guy talking about the Bai family with a look of admiration, with a look of honor, Zhu Yunwen smiled and said, "Little second brother, is your young master of the Bai family in the capital recently?" ”

"Yes, I came to the restaurant yesterday."

"Can you please ask him to come over? I'm looking for something with him. ”

"Guest officer, this is not good, the little one will not be able to see Young Master Bai when he arrives in the Bai Mansion."

"It's okay, just tell him that Mu Gongzi has something to do with him."

"But ......"

Liu Zhen took out a tael of silver and threw it to the guy, "Hurry up, whether it works out or not, this is the son's reward for you." ”

"Okay, guest officer, wait a minute."

The guy went downstairs and told the shopkeeper that he was going to the Bai family to find Master Bai, and the shopkeeper was thinking about what these guests were doing, and after listening to the guy's words, he waved his hand and let him go.

When the guy went out, he went straight to the Bai family.