How could Sun Yunqi be unwilling? Although she is a princess, but in ancient times, there were three unfilial pieties, and no queen was great, if she could not give birth to a son, although her position as a princess would not be lost, but her status in the Su domain would definitely be affected.

Sun Yunqi was quite excited and looking forward to it, but after all, she was only a fifteen-year-old girl, and she had just married a little soon, so she was still a little shy about this man and woman, and muttered with a red face: "Thank you for your love, if the concubine can give birth to a prince for the prince, it will be the greatest honor for the concubine." ”

Zhu Ao, who came from later generations, knew that Zhu Zhenyan, who would inherit his title in the future, was his eldest son, and I don't know if the relationship between Zhu Ao and the princess Sun in history was not very good, or because of other reasons, Sun did not give birth to a son for him.

Zhu Ao knew that because of his arrival, the historical trend of the Ming Dynasty had undergone subtle changes, he didn't know if the situation of his descendants had changed, if it was possible, he still wanted Sun Yunqi to give birth to a son for him, after all, Sun Yunqi was his wife, if his throne was not replaced by Sun Yunqi's descendants in the future, Sun Yunqi's heart must be very lost.

A princess picked up Sun Yunqi, then put it on the table and began to untie her clothes. Sun Yunqi was very uncomfortable with this posture, struggled a few times, and said, "Lord Wang, do you want to be here?" Let's go to bed. ”

Zhu Ao removed her resistantly little hand, stood up straight, and said, "What's the point of always being in bed, this king will teach you some new tricks today." After that, he stood like this and was fortunate to be Sun Yunqi.

The Forbidden City, the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Concubine Guo Ning brought Zhu Yuanzhang a bowl of bird's nest porridge and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine is not wrong, King Su is really a filial child." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's mood seemed to be quite good, he took a sip of bird's nest porridge, and said with a smile: "This old fourteenth is still very capable, and he helped me solve more than half of the grain transportation of the border army at once, which is a great gospel to the court and the people of Jiangnan, and King Su has done a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people this time." ”

There are many sons of Zhu Yuanzhang who are not successful, such as the King of Qin, the King of Jin, the King of Qi, etc., who often rely on Lao Zhu's favor to break the law and discipline and harm the people. Lao Zhu had a headache about this, which also made some people privately talk about his godson, which made Lao Zhu very faceless.

Fortunately, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, guarded Beiping, relying on his excellent military literacy and the lives of his soldiers, he repeatedly broke the Yuan army and earned enough face for him.

Now there is Su Wang Zhu Ao, in the northwest of the great development of Tuntian, the former barren land into the south of the Yangtze River, jumped into the granary of the north, a year to contribute to the imperial court three million stone grain, greatly reduced the pressure of the imperial court to transport grain, also made his face a lot of glory. Who said my sons were not successful? Which of you has the ability to get three million stone of grain a year?

Concubine Guo Ning sat beside Zhu Yuanzhang, took the opportunity to smile and said, "The emperor should not only give verbal praise, but also give actual rewards, so that the princes will be more motivated and make more contributions to my country." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at her with a smile and said, "You started talking for your precious son again." ”

Concubine Guo Ning snorted and said with a smile: "Look at what Your Majesty said, he is your biological son, and I am not his biological mother, I am just speaking fairly." ”

Concubine Guo Ning has always been lowly, so she talks to Zhu Yuanzhang more casually, and Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't care about it.

Zhu Yuanzhang put down the bird's nest porridge, stood up and said, "Okay, I will allow you to invite." He said to Zhu Yunwen, who was serving beside him: "Yunwen, you go to draft the decree." From now on, Su Wang Ao controlled all affairs in Hexi, and there was no need to report to the imperial court. Except for the rebellion of the king, no official shall interfere with the power of the king. ”

"Princess Su was renamed the queen, the prince was renamed the crown prince, and the country of Su from today is compared to the country of the Han and Jin dynasties. Hereditary replacement. ”

Zhu Yunwen, who was standing on the side, was stunned for a moment, since then, Su Guo has become an independent kingdom, only nominally obeying the imperial court.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang protected his calves, in order to learn the lessons of the excessive power of the princes and kings in the Han and Jin dynasties, and then rebelled, he still made some restrictions on his sons.

For example, although the vassal king could control the troops of his territory, the commanders of the guards located in the vassal kingdom were all appointed by the imperial court, and the typical example was Geng Bingwen.

For another example, the civil officials such as the political envoys in the location of the vassal state are all appointed by the imperial court, and they are not subordinate to the vassal king, the typical representative is Zhang Yu, the political envoy of Beiping before the Battle of Jingnan, he repeatedly opposed Zhu Di, and finally commanded Xie Gui to go to the Yanwang Mansion to arrest the subordinate officials of the palace, if it were not for the carelessness of the two, they fell into Zhu Di's trick and were killed by Zhu Di, the result of the Battle of Jingyan is really hard to say.

If Lao Zhu's holy decree just now is promulgated, Zhu Ao will become a vassal king similar to the later Korean king, nominally subordinate to the imperial court, but in fact, he has the final say in all matters in his own acre and three points of land, including the mother of power - using human rights.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so shrewd, he could naturally see Zhu Yunwen's thoughts, squinted his eyes, and said unhurriedly: "I know what you are thinking?" I've thought it for you. Your fourteenth uncle is far away in the northwest, thousands of miles away from the capital, and all the way are dangerous and dangerous, which cannot threaten your safety; Besides, he is in a place where he is facing enemies on three sides, and he has no time to protect himself, how can there be a conspiracy? Third, three million stone of grain a year, in exchange for four counties that were originally barren land, this transaction is too cost-effective. You should know very well how much financial resources can be saved by three million stone grains for the imperial court, and how much manpower and material resources are required for transfer. Remember, if you want someone to give you a hard time, you have to do enough good for them. We can't agree to the other party's conditions if they are too much, but we can't let people say that I am stingy tomorrow. Otherwise, it will chill the loyalty and courage and discourage the enthusiasm of his subordinates to work, so that the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Zhu Yunwen knew that the matter was irreparable, and he thought that what Lao Zhu said had a certain truth, if Zhu Ao could keep his duty and honestly send himself three million stone grain a year, what about that land where soldiers were fighting and dangerous?

However, Zhu Yunwen was not so easy to get along with, his eyes rolled, and he arched his hand and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Grandpa Qiqi, Erchen thinks that what Grandpa Huang said has a certain truth. It's just that Uncle Fourteen's foundation is just starting, and if he is asked to bear the freight, I'm afraid he can't do it. It is better for the imperial court to send political envoys from Shaanxi to collect the grain and send it to the military towns in the north. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, how did he not know Zhu Yunwen's careful thoughts, if these grains were sent by Zhu Ao to be transported, it would be given to the soldiers of the border army by King Su, and the soldiers of the border army would read the favor of King Su, which indirectly allowed King Su to buy the hearts of the army.

But if it is to let the Shaanxi political envoy collect it and send it down, it will be raised by the imperial court for the border army soldiers, and the border army soldiers have to read the favor of the imperial court, this is a very good person, Zhu Yunwen doesn't want others to do it.

Zhu Yuanzhang understood Zhu Yunwen's mood very well, not to mention that he didn't want to give up this great favor to others, so he pushed the boat down the river and said, "Okay, I will allow you to invite." ”

Zhu Yunwen immediately bowed to the ground and thanked him, and said, "Thank you for the grace of Grandpa Huang, and my grandson will go to draft the decree." ”

The holy decree was transmitted to Zhangye, and the Su Wangfu was jubilant, and there was an endless stream of civil and military officials who came to the palace to congratulate, because they knew that most of them would be the retainers of the Su King in the future, and the life and death honor and disgrace, and personal future all depended on the words of the Su Wang, and if they did not come to worship the dock at this time, they would be fools.

Zhu Ao was very happy, although there was a lot of blood, but it was still worth it in exchange for his complete autonomy over this land, thinking of this, he couldn't help but start thanking Sun Yunqi in his heart, if it weren't for her advice, where would he be today. Zhu Ao secretly warned himself that he must treat his princess well in the future, no, the queen. You don't need those bastard emperors in history to abolish the queen at every turn.

Men, you must not be sorry for a woman who is good to you.

After sending off the ministers, Zhu Ao returned to his dormitory full of energy. People are in good spirits when they are happy, and Zhu Ao feels that his walking pace is cheerful.

At the door of the dormitory, Sun Yunqi led Dai Yuzhu and Lan Youcheng to wait for Zhu Ao's arrival. The three women were all dressed up to celebrate the founding of Zhu Ao.

Seeing Zhu Ao coming over, Sun Yunqi led his two daughters to kneel down together and said, "The concubines and others congratulate the prince on the founding of the country, and wish the prince a thousand years old, a thousand years old." May my country prosper and never be easy. "Everyone's face is full of joyful expressions, they are all attached to the prince, as long as the prince is doing well, they will naturally be happy.

Zhu Ao hurriedly walked a few steps forward, held Sun Yunqi's delicate shoulders, and suddenly a soft and boneless feeling spread from his hands to his whole body, and said gently: "Queen, please get up." ”

Sun Yunqi slowly stood up with Zhu Ao's support. Zhu Ao said to Dai Yuzhu and Lan Youcheng, who were kneeling on either side of her: "The two concubines should also get up." Listen to Wei and Yinhe, get up too, today is a day of great joy, you don't have to be formal. ”

Lan Youcheng and Dai Yuzhu were overjoyed when they heard the prince call them concubines, it seems that the prince is a man of words, and the tide is rising, and the status of the two of them is afraid that it will also rise. The second daughter knelt down first and said, "Thank you." Then they slowly stood up, and the feeling of happiness could not be concealed, and it was all written on their faces.

Zhu Ao naturally knew the careful thinking of the two of them, and said with a smile: "Yuzhu and Youcheng, the two of you have served this king meritoriously, and now this king has named you a concubine and a virtuous concubine." ”

Dai Yuzhu and Lan Youcheng were pleasantly surprised, they didn't expect the prince to value the two of them so much, and as soon as they came up, they gave them the two titles with the highest status among the concubines, and stood for a while before they remembered to kneel down and thank them, and said: "Concubine thank the prince for his grace, the prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old." I secretly told myself in my heart that I must serve the prince with my heart in order to repay the prince's kindness to me.

Zhu Ao turned his head to look at Tingwei and Yinhe behind them, and said: "You are also the women of this king, and this king will crown the two of you as Zhaoyi, but the queen is used to using you, so you still have to stay by her side and serve." ”

Listening to Wei and Yin Halton, they originally thought that they were just spectators, although the prince had already accepted them, but in these years, the lord of a large family does not need to be in charge of accepting a maid, let alone a dignified prince. Unexpectedly, the prince did not mention the pants and did not admit it, but opened his mouth to give them a Zhaoyi, although the status is very low, but he is also a master, and he is no longer a slave.

Tingwei and Yinhe kowtowed in great trepidation and thanked him, and said, "The concubine Xie Wang Ye Longen, the prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old." The concubines will definitely serve the prince and queen more vigorously in the future, and they will never dare to slack off in the slightest. ”

Zhu Ao enjoyed this feeling very much, and everyone surrendered to him and thanked him for his gifts, which is called life. He remembered a sentence engraved on a tablet by Zheng He when he went to the West - "Within the four seas, there are no concubines." "This is what a man should strive for, Zhu Laosi, most of the time you say this sentence is yiyin, and I will make it a fact.

Zhu Ao was in a good mood and said, "Queen, several concubines, let's be exempt." Spread the decree to the dining house, make a table of good dishes, and the king wants to have a few cups with all the concubines. ”

Hearing that Wei had just been promoted to Zhaoyi, and was about to seize the opportunity to perform, as soon as she heard Zhu Ao's instructions, she immediately saluted: "Prince, queen, sit down among the sisters, and the concubines will go to inform the dining house." ”

The five beauties served themselves to eat, which Zhu Ao would not dare to imagine in later generations, thank God for letting his brother live such a corrupt life.

Since Sun Yunqi had the greatest credit in this matter, Zhu Ao left her behind after the meal, and Tingwei and Yinhe were the queen's followers, so they naturally stayed to serve.

Lan Youcheng and Dai Yuzhu saw that it was almost time, so they got up and said goodbye, and took their respective maids back to the room to rest.

What Lan Youcheng didn't know was that the biggest crisis in her life was waiting for her.

After everyone left, Zhu Ao looked at Sun Yunqi with a drunken face, and said with a smile: "The queen has made a great contribution this time to help this king build the country, and she is really a virtuous helper of this king." ”

Sun Yunqi wiped his sweat with a smile and said, "When the prince said this, he saw the outside, the concubine is the prince's person, and it is the duty of the concubine to give advice to the prince." Then he said to Tingwei and Yinhe: "Tingwei, quickly give the prince a wide coat, and Yinhe will bring the fan to fan the prince." ”

Hearing that the two little girls Wei and Yinhe had just been promoted to Zhaoyi, they didn't dare to slack off at all, and responded again and again: "Yes, the concubine obeys the order." Then Tingwei slowly walked up to Zhu Ao and said softly: "Your Highness, please change your clothes." Zhu Ao nodded slightly, and when he heard this, Wei stretched out his little hand to untie his clothes.

Tingwei is a very thoughtful woman, she knows that although she is the queen's personal maid, she is still a maid after all, and only by getting the favor of the prince can she turn over and become the master and counterattack life. So she usually pays attention to dressing up, hanging some fragrant sachets on her body, hoping to get the bright moon of the prince first by virtue of her advantage of being close to the water.