Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking about his thoughts, and Li Ningluo also woke up. She glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang a little shyly, and called softly: "Guogong." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's nephrite jade was warm and fragrant in his arms, and he only felt sweet and drunk in his heart. He grabbed Li Ningluo, and wanted to have a warm time with her again, when he heard someone knocking lightly on the door outside.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but be a little annoyed and asked, "Who is it?" ”

Someone outside replied: "Qi Guogong, it was Mrs. Xu who came to visit Guogong." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Didn't you see that your country is just busy? If you go and tell Mrs. Xu, you will say that your country's business is busy and you don't have time to see her. Let her go back first. ”

The people outside hesitated for a while before saying "yes", and then hurried away. Zhu Yuanzhang picked up Li Ningluo again, kissed her, and said, "Beauty, let my father-in-law have another good night with you." Li Ningluo wanted to refuse to return the favor, smiling smartly, and the room was suddenly full of beautiful spring.

At this moment, I heard someone gently tapping on the lintel. Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "How many times do you want me to tell you?" I am busy with official business in my country, so I don't have time! As he spoke, looking at the delicate beauty in his arms, he was already a little impatient.

But I heard Xu Biyi shouting outside: "Heavy starling, heavy starling, it's me, Biyi." I have something to tell you, open the door. Xu Biyi's tone was very pleased.

Zhu Yuanzhang heard Xu Biyi's words, looked at the stunning beauty in his arms again, and felt a dilemma. Although he didn't welcome Xu Biyi, an uninvited guest, after all, attacking Chen Youliang now depends on Xu Da and Zhang Luo, and no matter how much anger and resentment he has in his heart, he can't show it.

Li Ningluo said very knowingly: "Guogong, Mrs. Xu is in such a hurry to find you, or it is not necessary that there is really something urgent. You'd better go out and greet her first, and ignore the condensation. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Ningluo, and then heard Xu Biyi's call outside, and replied: "You wait outside first, and I'll go out." I heard Xu Biyi promise to go.

Zhu Yuanzhang was dressed neatly, glanced at Li Ningluo apologetically, and said, "When my father sends her, I will come back to accompany you." Li Ningluo nodded, and Zhu Yuanzhang went out.

Xu Biyi was sitting in the side hall, drinking new tea and waiting for him. Seeing him come out, he smiled and said, "Brother Chong, what are you doing?" It takes so long to come out. People can't wait. Zhu Yuanzhang was angry, and it was not good to have a seizure on the spot, and he was very dissatisfied with Xu Biyi calling him "heavy starling" in public. He Zhu Yuanzhang is now a dignified national prince, and even Ma Xiuying, a genuine lady, has to respectfully shout "national prince" when she sees him, but Xu Biyi is so ignorant that he feels very unhappy.

"Biyi, you came out of me so early in the morning, what's the matter?" Zhu Yuanzhang forcibly suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and asked.

"Brother Chong, people have good news, so naturally they want to tell you in person. I have. Xu Biyi said a little shyly, blushing and hanging her head.

"What did you say?" Zhu Yuanzhang reacted at this time, couldn't help but be a little happy, and asked, "You said you have it?" What do you have? ”

"Heavy starling, people...... They're pregnant. I've been out of appetite for the past few days, and I like to eat some sour food. Yesterday, I went to see Sister Liuyan, and she checked my pulse, and then I realized that I was more than two months pregnant. Sister Liuyan taught me to tell you the good news, it was too late last night, so I didn't bother you. Waiting to tell you early this morning. Xu Biyi said happily.

"So, my Zhu Yuanzhang has a son?" Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed, and all the unhappiness was suddenly thrown out of the clouds. He dragged Xu Biyi's hand, and his heart was infinitely happy. Since he conquered the world, he has dreamed of having a son, and if he can get the world in the future, he is not afraid of having no son to inherit. It's a pity that Ma Xiuying, Xu Biyi and several concubines have not moved, and he is still very anxious about this matter. Now that Xu Biyi is pregnant, how can she not be overjoyed? As a result, all the unhappiness that came out was swept away.

He said to Xu Biyi: "You girl is really, so careless, you don't know if you're pregnant, and you want Sister Chu to tell you." Did you talk to Xiuying? ”

Xu Biyi shook her head with a smile and said, "Not yet." I want to be the first to tell you the good news so that you can be happy first. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was greatly moved, and said: "I immediately ordered someone to pass Xiuying over and asked her to send someone to take care of your diet and daily life." You must take good care of your womb and give birth to a son for your father-in-law. auspicious from the sky, it seems that the day when I, Zhu Yuanzhang, will eliminate Chen Youliang is not far off. Come on, go and invite Mrs. Ma! ”

At that moment, someone went to invite Ma Xiuying over. Ma Xiuying recently heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was very close to a maid, and that maid was Li Shanchang's goddaughter, and she more or less understood what was going on. It's just that she's always been smart, so she pretends not to know everything. Now, when I heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was summoned, I thought it was for the matter of accepting Li Ningluo as a concubine, so I hurriedly brought someone here.

Ma Xiuying's marriage to Zhu Yuanzhang was the order of her parents, and there was no way to do it. The person she liked before was Blue Jade. However, they were forced to separate for many reasons. After she died for Lan Yu, she married Zhu Yuanzhang, and she also thought about Zhu Yuanzhang wholeheartedly. He has also repeatedly done things to hurt his body and skin in order to save Zhu Yuanzhang. Because of this, Zhu Yuanzhang is very grateful to her.

In addition, Ma Xiuying and Zhu Yuanzhang are just ordinary husband and wife, and they do not have the love they had when they were with Lan Yu before. Therefore, she has always been open to Zhu Yuanzhang's affairs. No matter how many concubines Zhu Yuanzhang wants to accept, no matter how many women Zhu Yuanzhang has a crush on, she will try her best to help Zhu Yuanzhang and never disobey Zhu Yuanzhang. Of course, the premise is that she feels that none of those women will threaten her Ma Xiuying's status today. Because of this, Zhu Yuanzhang respects Ma Xiuying very much, he feels that Ma Xiuying is an open-minded and generous person, and he obeys her in everything.

Ma Xiuying hurriedly came to Zhu Yuanzhang's place, and when she saw Xu Biyi was also there, she felt a little surprised, but she didn't show it, but just asked, "Sister Biyi is also there early in the morning?" I don't know if the prince hurriedly summoned him, what did he tell his concubines? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang has always admired Ma Xiuying's general knowledge. He said, "Madam, it's Biyi. Biyi has been pregnant for more than two months. I specially called you here and instructed someone to take good care of her, and don't wronged her. Let her have a good baby. ”

When Ma Xiuying heard this, she was also very surprised, she didn't know whether she said intentionally or unintentionally: "The concubine obeys the order, congratulations to Sister Biyi." A few days ago, Guogong was busy with official business, and he only had sex with Biyi's sister once, and the girl was pregnant. ”

Xu Biyi listened to Ma Xiuying's words, and felt even more ashamed to answer, embarrassed. She hung her head, covered her face with her hands, and did not speak. Of course, I didn't hear Ma Xiuying's off-string sound.

It's just that Ma Xiuying's words are a little harsh in Zhu Yuanzhang's ears. Ma Xiuying is right, more than two months ago, he was busy with Xu Da and Chen Youliang's affairs. It seems that he really only had sex with Biyi in a hurry once, could it be that just this time, he really made Biyi pregnant? Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but be a little suspicious.

But I heard Ma Xiuying say: "Guogong, since this is the case, the concubine will accompany her sister to rest first." Let's go and handle official business. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang just nodded, but Li Ningluo walked out of the room, she held a bowl of tea, first saw Ma Xiuying and Xu Biyi, and then sent the tea to Zhu Yuanzhang, and said: "Guogong, you drink tea first and moisten your throat." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang took the tea, nodded, and did not speak. Ma Xiuying observed her words and found that Li Ningluo walked out of Zhu Yuanzhang's room early in the morning, her face was charming and ruddy, and her expression was shy, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at her with a little pity, how could she not understand in her heart? Therefore, he smiled and said, "This is Miss Ning Luo, the daughter of Li Junshi?" Sure enough, she is a peerless beauty of the country. If you can become sisters with your concubines, it will be a blessing for your concubines. ”

Ma Xiuying's words were particularly pleasing to Zhu Yuanzhang's ears. He smiled and said, "Madame also thinks that condensation is good?" The national prince also thinks that this girl is not only good-looking, good-hearted, talented, but also sincere to people. Zhu Yuanzhang has already said this, how Ma Xiuying doesn't understand. She stood up and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, it is better to ask the Duke of Guo to bring Ning Luo into the mansion as the third lady." It is good for Guogong to marry more concubines and spread out for our Zhu family. It's just that since she is the daughter of Li Junshi, she can't wronged Sister Ning Luo no matter what. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his palms and smiled: "Okay, then it's bothering Mrs. you to prepare." Condensation is now my person, and my father-in-law also has the heart to make her the third lady. Li Ningluo bowed down and said softly: "Thank you for your kindness." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying sang and harmonized on the side, but Xu Biyi felt like thunder. She originally came to report the good news to Zhu Yuanzhang, but found that Zhu Yuanzhang was not busy with any official business last night, but with Li Ningluo. Now seeing that he is so fortunate to be so fond of Li Ningluo, he is very dissatisfied in his heart, so he said: "Brother Chong, if it is undecided today, my brother and they are all fighting desperately on the front line. But if you want to accept a new wife, and when it reaches the ears of the soldiers, won't it affect the morale of the army? ”

Xu Biyi was jealous, Zhu Yuanzhang had already expected it, but she didn't expect her to talk about Xu Da in her first sentence, and she was very unhappy in her heart, but because she was pregnant, she was not good at reproaching: "Biyi, you are a sensible girl, and Ning Luo is the daughter of Li Junshi." She wants to follow me, if I don't accept it, won't it be a shame on the military advisor? ”

Xu Biyi glanced at Li Ningluo coldly, stood up and turned away. At the beginning, when Zhu Yuanzhang was still a ruffian, she had already fallen in love with him. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang was forced to be helpless and married Ma Xiuying as his wife, she also forgave him for not fulfilling his promise to herself, and because Ma Xiuying was once kind to Zhu Yuanzhang, she was willing to be the second wife. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang accepted one concubine after another, but fortunately, those were just concubines. After Ma Xiuying comforted her several times, she slowly accepted it. But he didn't expect that now when Zhu Yuanzhang was happy with himself, he would accept the third lady again, and he was naturally very unhappy in his heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xu Biyi's distant figure, and couldn't help but shake his head, very dissatisfied in his heart.

At this moment, Ma Xiuying had already taken Li Ningluo's hand and asked questions about the east and west, and asked long and short questions.

After Ma Xiuying came back from Zhu Yuanzhang, her new maid Lin Mo asked: "Madam, now that the prince wants to recruit Li Ningluo as the third lady, and Xu Biyi is pregnant again, aren't you worried at all?" ”

Ma Xiuying shook her head calmly and said, "What do I have to worry about?" Now that Li Ningluo is favored, Xu Biyi is pregnant again, and the two of them are just worried about each other. Lin Mo thought about it, and then understood what Ma Xiuying meant, and couldn't help but admire her a lot, and became more loyal to her. Because she knows that as long as she follows Ma Xiuying, she will definitely have her own good life in the future.

After Xu Biyi came back from Zhu Yuanzhang, she went to visit Chu Liuyan. When she saw Chu Liuyan, she just kept crying and didn't say a word. Chu Liuyan's body was a little better than before, but he was still haggard. She saw Xu Biyi crying like a tearful person, and hurriedly asked her what happened. Xu Biyi sobbed for a long time before telling the whole story.

"Sister Liuyan, if you marry this woman, you won't love me anymore, right?" Xu Biyi asked crying.

Chu Liuyan gently patted her shoulder and comforted her, "Sister Biyi, don't cry yet, maybe things are not what you think?" Maybe your starling brother didn't want to marry Li Ningluo, but really had to marry Li Junshi for the sake of face and for the sake of the overall situation? You also know that your heavy starling is now in a high position, so he naturally has to do a lot of things that he has to do. ”

"No, no, Sister Liuyan," Xu Biyi cried, "I know Brother Chong best." He really liked Li Ningluo to marry, not for Li Shanchang. If you look at that Li Ningluo's appearance, you will understand why Brother Chong loves her. She's really beautiful, like a ...... It's a little bit imaginary with you, but it's more beautiful, as beautiful as a fairy concubine. ”

Chu Liuyan was startled, and immediately calmed down, she smiled and said, "How beautiful people are there in the world?" But those who do things with lust have nothing to envy, right? On the contrary, it is true to treat people sincerely, so that as time goes by, the affection becomes stronger. Don't cry, don't embarrass yourself, now you're pregnant. Wait for me to persuade you to pay attention to starling. ”

Xu Biyi also knew more or less that Zhu Yuanzhang had some affection for Chu Liuyan, but Chu Liuyan didn't like him, so she heard that Chu Liuyan was willing to persuade her, so she felt more comfortable. What's more, recently, Chu Liuyan and Liu Bowen teamed up to cure Chang Yuchun and made great contributions, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't stop listening to her at all.

In the afternoon, Chu Liuyan remembered what he promised Xu Biyi, so he went to see Zhu Yuanzhang. When someone came to see that it was Chu Liuyan, they had to go in and report it. Chu Liuyan waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to. The man also knew that Chu Liuyan had made a great contribution recently, so he didn't stop her from walking in.

Chu Liuyan walked all the way unimpeded and walked to Zhu Yuanzhang's room. She heard laughter and singing and dancing inside, and stood in front of the door, thinking about whether to go in, but at this time, a maid came out with food, saw her in front of the door, and saluted: "Master Chu!" ”

Chu Liuyan smiled and nodded, Zhu Yuanzhang had already seen her. He was originally holding Li Ningluo's slender waist, but when he saw Chu Liuyan, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, so he subconsciously let go of his hand, pushed Li Ningluo away, and said with an unnatural smile: "It turned out to be Chu Junshi." Didn't the military advisor be ill before, but now he's better? Come in quickly, take a seat. ”

So, Chu Liuyan walked in, and someone brought a chair and sat down for her. Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang ask: "Why did Master Chu suddenly come to me, but what is the matter?" ”

Chu Liuyan smiled, and suddenly said: "I heard that Guogong recently recruited a new beauty, who was born with a natural appearance and a national beauty, and he came to see it on purpose." As the saying goes, everyone has a love for beauty, and if you want to come to Guogong, you won't blame me. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was still embarrassed, pointed to the condensation in front of him, and said, "Condensation, I've seen the Chu military division." ”

Li Ningluo immediately greeted Chu Liuyan very obediently. Chu Liuyan said with a smile: "Sure enough, it is a beautiful woman with a beautiful country and a beautiful woman." Guogong has good eyesight. ”

Li Ningluo immediately replied: "Everyone in the world knows that we Wu Guogong has a heroic Chu military division by his side, who can strategize and win thousands of miles away. ”

Chu Liuyan smiled and said, "Guogong, Liuyan has a military matter to discuss with you, I don't know if I can ask Miss Li to ....... first" Chu Liuyan said, and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with his eyes. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately waved his hand and said, "Condensation, then you can retreat first." The national government and the military adviser have important matters to discuss. ”

Li Ning Ying bowed down and said, "Yes." After saying that, he took the idle people and waited for them to retreat together. Not long after, she dismissed all her subordinates and returned to the window.

I only heard that there was silence in the room, and Zhu Yuanzhang said first: "Strategist, what are you doing today?" Is there any new news from Marshal Xu's side? ”

After being silent for a while, Chu Liuyan replied: "Please forgive the prince, in fact, my subordinates came here today to take a look at this Miss Li." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang paused and asked, "How did you know about this?" Isn't it Bi Yiyang, you're here? ”

Chu Liuyan nodded, and did not deny it: "It was Sister Biyi who told me about this, but no one begged me to come." What's more, this is a family affair of the national prince. Guogong wants to marry the third lady, where can I stop it? It's just that Liuyan feels that now Biyi's sister is pregnant, and the front-line soldiers are anxious about Chen Youliang's secret of the battleship, and now at this time, it is really inappropriate for Guogong to marry the third lady. Judging from the smoke, it is better for the prince to take Miss Ningluo as a concubine first, and wait until she has something to come out in the future, and then it is not too late to be named a lady. It was I who trespassed and said so many things that should not have been said. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't speak for a long time, and suddenly changed his tone and asked, "Liuyan, do you selfishly not want me to marry my wife again?" ”

Chu Liuyan seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then replied: "I have a very good personal relationship with Sister Biyi, and she doesn't want her husband to marry someone else, so I will naturally be towards her." What does the prince think? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly laughed and said: "Chu Liuyan, Chu Liuyan, the red-clothed demon who moves the world, and the Chu military division who is convinced by the army, is really smart and clever." Smoke girl, in all fairness, when I first saw you, at that time, our brothers always felt that you were a great beauty, and you were a fairy. Now that I've seen a lot of beauties, I think your appearance is just ordinary. It's just that your cleverness and your feelings are unmatched by no one, and they have always impressed me Zhu Yuanzhang. If you have opened your mouth today, how can I not admit it? Although Li Ningluo has a three-point portrait of you, and is more than ten times more beautiful than you, he can never replace you. ”

"The prince treats his subordinates well, and everyone in the world knows it. Chu Liuyan, thank you Wu Guogong. The subordinates felt a little uncomfortable and took their leave first. After speaking, Li Ningluo heard footsteps and walked towards the door. She hurriedly found a place to hide. I saw Chu Liuyan walking out of Zhu Yuanzhang's room, through the fine and dense sunlight, and slowly walked away.

And Zhu Yuanzhang has been standing in the sunlight in front of the door, watching her back until her back can no longer be seen and disappears in the light and shadow.