Zhu Hongwu eight years, at this time the world was completely settled, Zhu Hongwu ended the oppression of the people by Dayuan for decades, the people rejoiced, and every household was happy like the New Year, and the Ye family in the capital was a big family that followed the old Zhu family to the north and south, and fought a big family, after the world was pacified, the ancestors of the Ye family did not want to be knighted, but just asked for some gold, silver and jewelry to return to their hometowns, and some of the remaining children and grandchildren were left in the capital and started to do business. In one fell swoop, he became one of the richest people in the capital (the capital here refers to Nanjing, not Beijing, Zhu Hongwu first set the capital in Nanjing, and later Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing and built the Forbidden City).

The family business is big, and people are beginning to enjoy it, Ye Ping, the head of the Ye family, received a letter from the ancestor, saying that let the children of the Ye family study the way of doing business in private, and pretend to be stupid on the surface, and those who can test the fame will be able to gain fame, and it is best to expose the children of the Ye family to the nose of Lao Zhu. Ye Ping followed the letter of the ancestors, in the eyes of outsiders, the children of the Ye family either traveled in the mountains and rivers or lingered in the tile market for a day, and sooner or later they lost their family property, but the strange thing is that this is how the family property of the Ye family has not decreased but increased, and there are also some children who have won the fame and become officials under the emperor's nose.

Later, Ye Ping gave birth to a daughter, and as the only girl in the Ye family, Ye Ping named her Ye Xiaorou. Xiaorou was not only beautiful when she was a child, but also very smart, and when she was a child, her literary attainments surpassed her brothers, and she was also modest and polite. Others say that Ye Ping is so blessed, not only is the family an excellent child, but also beautiful and sensible when he gives birth to a daughter.

Soon Xiao Rou will be twelve years old, Xiao Nizi is slim and elegant, compared to other girls of the same age, her sensibility and talent are far beyond others, Zhu Hongwu heard that there is such a descendant in his official family, and he wanted to see it in his heart, so he ordered Ye Ping to take Xiao Rou into the palace to face the saint.

Who dares to disobey the emperor's will, immediately Ye Ping took the twelve-year-old Xiaorou into the palace, as soon as she entered the palace, Xiaorou behaved very calmly, and the salute was very standardized, not at all like a little girl who entered the palace for the first time. Later, Zhu Hongwu took Xiaorou's Four Books and Five Classics, etc., Xiaorou's answers were smooth, and the ink in Zhu Hongwu's stomach was cleaned, and Xiaorou was not stumped. immediately laughed happily, and ordered Xiaorou to enter the palace to study with the princes and grandchildren.

Ye Ping immediately thanked Dade for kneeling down and thanking the emperor, Zhu Hongwu happily left Ye Ping and Xiaorou to eat together, Ye Ping felt that this dinner was panicked, but Xiaorou behaved like a fish in water at the table, polite.

Zhu Hongwu said happily, "Ye Qing, you are not as happy as your daughter" Ye Ping knew that his daughter was young, and what she said and did was like her own child in the emperor's heart, and she didn't care at all, but if she didn't understand the rules, she would be pulled out and cut down immediately.

During the banquet, Xiaorou's ice and snow intelligence also attracted the favor of Queen Ma, and she planned to recognize Xiaorou as her goddaughter, but Ye Ping hurriedly excused herself for a long time, saying that her daughter was vulgar and really couldn't afford this title.

But Zhu Hongwu didn't think so, he saw that Queen Ma wanted to take on her daughter, so he immediately discussed with Ye Ping, saying that to give Xiaorou the name of Princess Ping'an, she didn't have any rights, and she didn't receive it, it was a name. Ye Ping was about to refuse, but Zhu Hongwu had a blank face.

"Ye Qing looks down on us, he doesn't want to have anything to do with us, it's what your ancestor meant, if that's the case, we have to talk to him in person" Ye Ping saw that the emperor was unhappy, so he had to agree, causing Zhu Hongwu to laugh, and Queen Ma also laughed.

In this way, twelve-year-old Ye Xiaorou won the title of a princess of peace, and also went to the palace to study, and also studied with other princesses and county lords. Sometimes Queen Ma came to see them, and at the same time she also cared about Ye Xiaorou. A few years later, when Xiaorou reached the twenty-eighth year, Queen Ma was planning to choose a husband for Xiaorou, but every time she was dismissed by Ye Xiaorou, saying that she was still young, and even said wildly, saying that there was no man in the world who was worthy of her.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, Ye Xiaorou said a word, and some noble children came out, saying that they wanted to teach Ye Xiaorou a lesson, but every time they were bloody, they were refuted by her. Among them, there are some princes and grandchildren.

Zhu Hongwu saw that the literati who were proud of their literary attainments on weekdays were bloody, and he was denied by the dog who was refuted by the princess of peace, and he was happy in his heart, he had no culture, but he usually wanted to smoke his mouth when he heard those literati and crepe talking, you can't talk well, you have to come and say poetry. Although he thinks so, but he has always put the education of his children and grandchildren in the first place, and now Ye Xiaorou has given himself a long face, who would dare to say that Zhu Hongwu, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is illiterate, although he is not his own daughter, but he is a goddaughter and a princess.

In this way, literati from all over the country came to the capital to challenge, and suddenly the capital was overcrowded, and there were people living in the inn with bunks, and some literati even lived under the eaves, Zhu Hongwu saw this scene, and felt that there were not so many people in the imperial examination in ordinary times, and saw the embarrassed appearance of those literati, so he was fascinated, and at the same time built a temporary house outside the city for the literati to live. Zhu Hongwu stood on the palace tower and looked out.

"Tang Taizong Li Shimin once said that all the scholars in the world are in my hub, I don't know if he will sigh when he sees our scene, all the scholars in the world are in the eight hubs" Zhu Hongwu was happy, and immediately called someone to screen talents, this is a good opportunity to select talents by himself, if he misses it, it will be gone.

But some of them didn't have any ink in their stomachs, but they heard that Ye Xiaorou was as beautiful as a fairy, and she mixed in for the sake of a kiss Fang Ze, Ye Xiaorou felt that this kind of person was a complete waste of time, and proposed to Zhu Hongwu that he would discuss it with the princes first, and then discuss it with himself after the prince's level.

Zhu Hongwu understood that this was Xiaorou testing the princes, so he agreed to Ye Xiaorou's proposal, and the princes were very happy to see Ye Xiaorou, who had grown up together, refuting those literati and ink writers, and had wanted to try it for a long time, so they excitedly started to do it.

For a while, more people came, and even some neighboring countries came to propose. But Lao Zhu adheres to the principle of "no harmony, no compensation, no land", and said that if he wants to marry Princess Ping'an, he has argued against her, otherwise he can't do anything.

There is no way, those neighboring envoys can't speak clearly, how can they refute it, they can't even pass the prince's pass, although Ye Xiaorou didn't get married, but Zhu Hongwu has gained a large number of useful talents, and the princes' talents have also been tempered.

Ye Xiaorou learned more knowledge, at this time the Ming Dynasty and overseas trade were frequent, during this period Ye Xiaorou also went to sea to experience a while, increased more knowledge, and slowly some envoys from neighboring countries felt that their knowledge was too shallow.

Slowly Xiaorou is also eighteen years old, growing more and more peugeot, Ye Ping also began to worry about Xiaorou's marriage, but she still said that no man in the world is worthy of her, and finally one day, a young man in his early twenties argued with the princes and met Ye Xiaorou smoothly.

"Dare to ask the son's name" Ye Xiaorou saw that this man was good-looking, had an excellent temperament, and Gu Jing Bubo's eyes were full of confidence and mystery.

"My name doesn't matter, you can call me Yue, you can call me Feng, you can call me whatever you think I look like," the young man said lightly.

Ye Xiaorou suddenly felt that this person was not simple, and in just two sentences, she unraveled what she had been struggling with, yes, why bother with what people are called, now she has made herself angry.

Then Ye Xiaorou argued with the man, from astronomy to geography, from mountains to oceans, from ancient times to the present, everything Ye Xiaorou has thought about and understood, this young man seems to understand, and he also has a temperament that is beyond the world, which makes Ye Xiaorou can't help but feel a little emotional.

"I lost, I have said everything I have learned and thought all my life, but I still haven't been able to get you" Xiaorou had no choice but to admit defeat.

The young man didn't have any expression of joy. Just said lightly

"You have learned and thought all your life when you are only old, and you still have a lot of time to study in the future, so there is no need to be discouraged"

"Well, that's right, but if I lose, I'll fulfill my promise, and I'll marry you," Ye Xiaorou looked at the young man seriously and said.

"It's not enough to marry me, but I want you to be my servant and follow me to travel the world, what do you think" The young man only put forward this one condition, but this condition is a bit excessive, Ye Xiaorou has been the pearl of the family since she was a child, and she usually serves herself by others, she has not served others, but she is willing to gamble and lose, and if she loses, she will lose, and she agreed to the young man's condition at the moment.

Subsequently, Ye Xiaorou said that he had met a master who defeated him, but he was unwilling to show up, so he promised him to be a servant and serve him. At that time, it caused an uproar, many young people spontaneously organized to find the young man, let him know the fate of the tyrannical things, but Ye Xiaorou and that person seemed to have disappeared, how could they not be found, the imperial court in order to appease the emotions, organized an Enke, selected talents, after a few years, it was really impossible to find Ye Xiaorou, and people gave up looking, and later some people said that they had seen Ye Xiaorou and the young man in the Wa Kingdom, and some said that they had seen it in Daqin (Rome), and some people said that they had seen it in Silla. More than ten years later, Zhu Hongwu died, the coup began, Zhu Di forced his nephew Zhu Yunwen to abdicate, some people say that on the day Zhu Di entered the palace, he saw a young man with a young Ye Xiaorou in and out of the palace, Zhu Di did not see Zhu Yunwen to the palace, only saw a letter for himself, he moved the capital to Beijing after reading it, and assigned Zheng He to go to the West, saying that he was looking for his nephew.