Let someone find a wine jug, fill it with a small half pot, and hand it to the old eunuch. Just now I reasoned with Ah Ping and fell into the ears of this old eunuch, at this time he took the wine jug and said with a smile: "It's still a careful mother, the emperor has you so much to care about, it is true that the emperor has been in poor health recently, and Imperial Doctor Jiang has also explained many times that you should not be greedy for a cup, but how can the old slave persuade the emperor." ”

Saying that, he turned to Ah Ping and said, "If Your Highness drinks with the emperor, you still have to persuade more." Xu grew up watching Ah Ping, and when he spoke to Ah Ping, his tone was more intimate, and his eyes were also very kind.

He didn't seem to be in a hurry to leave when he got the wine, and when his eyes fell on Yuan'er, he smiled and said: "Your Royal Highness is a blessed person, the emperor said that his arrival will bring auspicious blessings to my Ming Dynasty, so that the Northern Yuan army will be defeated and return." ”

Ah Ping frowned and asked, "Is the imperial grandfather still worried about the border war tonight?" ”

The old eunuch sighed and said, "How can you not worry, the old slave listened to the generals and the emperor when they said that the Northern Yuan army was in sight, and it was very likely that the soldiers would start a war on this Chinese New Year's Eve." The border is far away, and if the war really starts, it will be at least three days before we know the news. At this time, the emperor was worried about facing the main general candidate, and he often couldn't sleep at night, so the old slave came to ask for some wine and wanted to sleep peacefully. ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but feel nervous in my heart, Zhu Yuanzhang's concerns may not be unreasonable, thinking that this Chinese New Year's Eve and Spring Festival is the biggest festival of the year since ancient times, and people far away know that they are returning home, and even if the soldiers in the army order the whole army to treat them strictly, they will inevitably relax their nerves, and if the Northern Yuan suddenly invades tonight, it is definitely an excellent time strategically speaking.

As the king of a country, he really has to worry about the country and the people to be a clear king, if he only cares about his own pleasure and comfort, he will perish sooner or later. The Mongols once invaded the Song Dynasty and destroyed the Song Dynasty and reduced thousands of Han people to prisoners, which was regarded as a piece of history in my time, and even if I saw it, I didn't feel anything, but in this era it was regarded as a shame.

The homeland of the Central Plains, the Han Dynasty, was taken away by the Mongols who were just grass herdsmen, and as a Han people, they felt unwilling and angry. That's why Zhu Yuanzhang unveiled the uprising and ordered the world to oppose the Yuan and establish the Ming Dynasty.

After the old eunuch chatted a few words and left, I looked around again, and the comfortable atmosphere before suddenly changed, Lu He and Yun Gu may not know much about those national affairs, but Ah Ping's gloomy face made everyone dare not make a loud noise.

Ah Ping had no intention of sitting idly anymore, and walked out of the hall without saying a word. I smiled at everyone and said, "You go on, I'll go see your Highness." When I got up, I caught a glimpse of Yan Qi also standing up, and he met my gaze, "I'll go to the stove room to find something." "That being said, I think he also doesn't want to sit down anymore and look for an excuse.

When I walked out of the hall with me, I saw Ah Ping standing alone in the courtyard, his figure cold. Yan Qi paused and said softly: "Childe is actually not easy. I rolled my eyes in surprise and asked, "What do you mean by that?" ”

"The ambition of the prince was not the throne, but the prince died early, and the burden fell on him. He was named the emperor's grandson at the age of fifteen, and every step he took was watched by the courtiers below, and he must not make a mistake. For the sake of the prince's last wish and the hope of the emperor, he had to force himself to grow up faster than others, which also ran counter to his original beliefs. ”

Suddenly, my heart was empty, I couldn't tell what it was like, and I felt that the five flavors were mixed and difficult to distinguish. After a pause, he asked softly, "What was his original ambition?" ”

Yan Qi said: "Traveling around the country, traveling all over the world, hearing about the world. ”

At this time, the taste in my heart came up, and I also understood that it was sour. Is this what Ah Ping once volunteered? I always thought that he was a dragon among people with outstanding literary talent, even if he was unintentional about the throne of the emperor, he would at least go to the great literati, where did he ever think that he was going to travel around the country, but I never knew.

"You go and comfort Childe, and he can listen to your words. Even if the war really started tonight, Childe would be of no avail. Yan Qi sighed and walked towards the stove room.

I couldn't help but be stunned when I looked at him, he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, but he made me feel an inexplicable sense of vicissitudes tonight. And when he said that, he looked like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child.

Suddenly it felt as if I had never really gotten to know him, or, them.

Yan Qi can be said to be reasonable, but Ah Ping, who shares the same bed every night, is so negligent. I walked over to him and walked a step away, wondering if the end of the world was like this? Ah Ping turned his head and was startled when he saw that it was me, and hurriedly approached to take my hand, "Why did you come out?" It's so cold outside. ”

Suddenly, the confusion just now was broken, how could Ah Ping and I be close to the end of the world? The two hearts have always been tightly glued together, and even if I don't take this step, Ah Ping will not hesitate to walk towards me. It was his sentimentality just now, but Yan Qi said a thought about Ah Ping's past, and he gave birth to a lot of melancholy, which really increased his troubles.

After figuring it out, I smiled at Ah Ping, "It's okay, it's a little stuffy in the room, so I'll come out to breathe with you." ”

"Nope." Ah flattened his face and refused, "You just came out of confinement, you can't suffer the cold, and you didn't even wear a shirt to come out, isn't this a joke about your own body?" Enter the house immediately. ”

I didn't object when he pulled me to the house, and there was silence in the hall after entering the door, Ah Ping glanced at everyone and said lightly: "You continue." "But he pulled me straight into the room.

When I entered the room, I asked Ah Ping, "What's wrong?" Did you feel bad after listening to your father-in-law's words just now? ”

Ah Ping shook his head, "No, it's because I'm worried about the emperor's grandfather." I have asked Old Man Jiang, the emperor's grandfather's health is really not as good as before, do you know why he was in a hurry to leave after waking up drunk in our Orchid Garden last time? It was because he knew that he was in poor health, and he was afraid of what Old Man Jiang would say in front of us, so he asked Old Man Jiang to do a careful examination after returning to his dormitory. Now even this Chinese New Year's Eve he has to worry about the war ahead, how can I not worry about him. ”

I know that Zhu Yuanzhang has two or three years to live, but it is impossible to predict what will happen to his body before that. It is always said that birth, old age, sickness and death are the norm in the world, and the person who says this must have nothing to do with himself, and when this person is his closest person, it is impossible to be so calm emotionally.

Ah Ping is like this now, he knows that Zhu Yuanzhang's body is getting worse and worse, but he is helpless, so he is so sad.

I patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "Don't blame yourself too much, the emperor's grandfather's body is mostly caused by too much work, and you can help bear a little more in the future." Also, Imperial Physician Jiang is probably also old, and it is impossible to check on the imperial grandfather in time every time, so I think it is necessary to arrange for a relatively young imperial physician with superb medical skills to do a physical examination for the imperial grandfather on time. ”

Ah Ping nodded, "I can save it." He looked at me, and then stopped.

I chuckled and asked, "What do you want to say?" Squeak with me. ”

"Daughter-in-law, I want to lead the troops to fight and share the worries of the emperor's grandfather."

"No way!" I didn't think about it before I shouted out loud, and Ah Ping was also stunned, but I still insisted: "Ah Ping, you can't go to war." The space was quiet, and he looked at me fixedly, and the light in his eyes flashed not innocence, but a deep glow. My heart was shocked, it wasn't overnight that he had this thought!

"Ah Ping, listen to me. Fighting a war is not child's play, you have never led troops into battle, and you don't know how to march on the battlefield. ”

"I can learn, I don't understand the art of war, I can be familiar with all kinds of military books, I have never fought a war, there will always be a first time, the Northern Yuan Dynasty came to attack our dynasty, as a member of the Ming Dynasty, how can I sit on the sidelines? Moreover, I want to be the emperor one day, and the military achievements are the most convincing to the courtiers. ”

Suddenly, I fell silent, thinking that Ah Ping had just made this decision on the spur of the moment, but I didn't expect his last sentence to completely shock me. He has learned to think deeply, and he has been thinking about various matters as a prince, and it is true that if he wants to become the king of a country, the edict of the emperor is the first priority, but to be able to submit to the courtiers below is a science. Especially in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the rivers and mountains were all fought down on horseback, even if Zhu Yuanzhang's old brothers were almost born, old, sick and dead, they won hundreds of high-minded essays in a victory.

After half a ring, I said with some difficulty: "But have you thought about it...... Isn't that battlefield as peaceful as you think? You will see countless corpses, sometimes you will be sad if you win, and sometimes you will be defeated. Ah Ping, have you thought about all this? ”

He came to take my hand and said to me seriously: "Daughter-in-law, I have thought about these things a long time ago, and I have no choice in many things since the day I became the emperor's grandson. I had to walk on an unfamiliar path, and even if I stumbled, I had to kick the stones and keep going. The only thing I can choose and insist on is you, this is also the breathing space left to me by the imperial grandfather, so I can't sit back and enjoy it, it's time to do something for the imperial grandfather and the Ming Dynasty. ”

"But......" I was stopped by his arms in his arms, and he rested his chin on top of my head and whispered, "I know all your concerns, and I know that you are worried about me. Lan, I'm a man, and the best protection for you is to make yourself stronger, and everything you can enjoy will eventually be taken away. ”

He didn't know that I was stunned after hearing this, didn't this just confirm his future appearance? The throne and the country were all arranged for him by Zhu Yuanzhang, but in the end, everything will be replaced by Zhu Di.

But in the years that followed, I learned that Ah Ping was not sitting on his laurels, he was working hard.