Two days later, in the early morning, in the inner court of the palace, behind the right of Kunning Palace, there was a palace called Suhua Palace. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Originally, this place would not have been arranged for Hongwu's widow, after all, the emperor had been buried for many years, and many of the imperial concubines of the year lived in the cold palace.

If it weren't for Zhu Song, this place would definitely not have been given to Concubine Zhou by Zhu Di to live.

At this moment, in the inner sanctum of Suhua Hall, a beautiful woman of about forty years old was comparing her clothes in front of the bronze mirror with a kind smile on her face.

This beautiful woman is Zhu Song and Zhu Yan's mother Concubine Zhou, today is her fortieth birthday, although she will not be a big deal as the widow of Hong Wuye, but it is also a happy thing.

What's more, in this palace, whether it is to Concubine Hongwu or Queen Xu and other concubines of Zhu Di, Concubine Zhou has always been kind, so for her birthday, whether it is the concubines or the princesses in the palace, they are all sincerely happy for Concubine Zhou.

"Niangniang, on your birthday today, Your Majesty has also given a will, you can leave the palace today!"

Concubine Zhou's maid is a beautiful palace maid in her thirties, named Xiao Nan, who entered the palace at the age of eleven or twelve to serve Concubine Zhou.

"Hehe, it's been four years, right?" The smile on Concubine Zhou's face was very bright, "Today I can finally see Lu'er and Song'er." ”

"Niangniang, this is the first time you have smiled so brightly since the death of the emperor." Xiao Nan leaned next to Concubine Zhou, looked at Concubine Zhou in the bronze mirror, and said softly.

"Really?" Concubine Zhou said with a smile: "When Song'er got married, I was also very happy?"

When I heard that Emperor Jianwen gave Zhu Song a marriage, and the woman was still Xu Miaojin, the sister of Wei Guogong, this made Concubine Zhou very happy.

Zhu Song's marriage also slowly spread to Zhu Song's ears, especially when he heard that Zhu Song was shining at the poetry meeting, as a mother, she was finally relieved.

"It's different." Xiao Nan shook his head and said, "Whenever you hear the news of His Royal Highness King Han and His Royal Highness King Min, you will always be very happy. What's more, this time, His Majesty agreed to let you out of the palace completely for the sake of His Royal Highness King Han's face, and His Royal Highness King Han can be so promising, you can rest assured. ”

"Yes, you're right, Song'er and Nan'er are the pride of this palace!"

Speaking of her son, Concubine Zhou's face was full of pride.

Xiao Nan also laughed, seeing that her mother was so happy, she was also happy for Concubine Zhou in her heart.

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The time soon passed noon, and the other concubines in the palace sent gifts, and several sisters who were usually good with her also came to Suhua Hall to celebrate Concubine Zhou's birthday.

Of course, the sisters in her mouth are all Hongwu's widows, or rather, all the living Hongwu concubines are here, because few of them are alive.

Although these sisters were accompanied, Concubine Zhou seemed a little absent-minded, and it was not until later that a palace maid came to report that the birthday gifts of His Royal Highness King Min and His Royal Highness King Han had finally arrived, which shocked Concubine Zhou's spirits, and her face also showed a happy look.

"His Royal Highness King Min sent a pair of Hetian white walls, ten pearls, two pairs of Huanglong jade bat carvings, and five strings of good southern pearls......"

As Xiao Nan read out the gift list sent by Zhu Ying, the king of Min, in a loud voice, Concubine Zhou's face already showed a strong look of joy.

"His Royal Highness King Han sent two superb jade Buddhas, two strings of South China Sea coral Buddha beads, thirty silk horses, ten strings of superb agarwood beads, and one pound of ambergris incense and three taels ......"

At this time, Xiao Nan read the birthday gift sent by Zhu Song, and everyone present became extremely envious.

It's not that Zhu Song's gift to Concubine Zhou weighs, but these things are prepared as soon as they hear it.

The old people in the palace all know that Concubine Zhou has been dedicated to worshipping Buddha since Hong Wuye's funeral, and six of the ten birthday gifts given by Zhu Song are related to Buddha.

"Sister, sister really envy you, these gifts prepared by His Royal Highness King Han must be very much in line with your heart, right?"

A middle-aged girl who looked to be forty-four or five years old sitting next to Concubine Zhou said to Zhou Fei with envy.

"Sister Concubine Han should not be envious, when my sister's birthday is born in some time, His Royal Highness the King of Liao will definitely prepare carefully."

Concubine Zhou smiled at the middle-aged beauty, took out a string of bright red coral beads from the boxes containing birthday gifts, and moved them.

The name of the king of Liao is Zhu Zhi, who is the fifteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the fourteenth son of the tooth order, and the mother concubine Han.

When the text was established, Zhu Di raised troops and was difficult, and the imperial court was worried that Zhu Zhi, who was not far from Zhu Di and still had heavy troops, would go out of the court to support Zhu Di, so it was convenient to recall Zhu Zhi back to Nanjing.

Zhu Zhi obeyed the orders of Emperor Jianwen and came to Nanjing by sea, and the fief was changed to Jingzhou.

After Zhu Di seized the throne, he complained that Zhu Zhi did not support him during the Jingyan Change, so he didn't like him very much.

It is precisely for this reason that Concubine Han's life in the palace is very difficult.

If it weren't for Concubine Zhou's frequent help her, I'm afraid Concubine Han wouldn't know when she would have died.

"Where does my son have the mind of His Royal Highness King Han?" Concubine Han said with a bitter face: "If he had stood up to support His Majesty back then, he would definitely not have been snubbed by His Majesty now."

"Sister, don't worry, Your Majesty is very kind to these brothers, even if King Ning broke through such a calamity, not only was he changed a fief, but he was not even deprived of his title?"

Concubine Zhou held one hundred and eight coral Buddha beads in her left hand, and gently held Concubine Han's hand with her right hand, comforting softly.

"Sister, sister, please do something!" Concubine Han held Concubine Zhou's hand with her backhand and begged: "Sister, can you let His Royal Highness King Han beg His Majesty for Zhi'er, as long as you can agree, let me do anything."

Concubine Zhou was slightly stunned when she heard this, thought about it, and hesitated: "Sister, you know, I haven't seen Song'er for four years, and it's already rare for Song'er to be able to send these congratulatory gifts, if I make trouble for him again, I'm afraid it's ......."

Everyone knows that Banzai today does not wait to see those who once refused to support him, so he deliberately snubbed them, and I believe that it will not be long before these brothers who do not support him will be sent to the remote areas of the Ming Dynasty to guard, and then they will die and never get along.

If Zhu Song went to intercede for Zhu Zhi at this time, wouldn't he deliberately touch Zhu Di's brows, and if he suffered because of it at that time, wouldn't the gains outweigh the losses?

So Concubine Zhou couldn't promise Concubine Han, and she didn't dare to agree.

"It's my sister who is reckless." Concubine Han's face darkened, and he and she also knew that her request was too much.

The king of Han is not related to you, why should he risk being scolded to intercede for your son?

Just when the two fell silent with each other, suddenly a palace maid outside came in in a low voice to report

"Qi Yu Niangniang, Princess Han and Concubine Han Wang, come to give a birthday gift to Niangniang!" (To be continued.) )