When Zhu Yuanzhang left, I sent it to the gate of Lanyuan, and everyone outside was waiting, so there was no need for me to send more. However, before he stepped out of the threshold, he turned back to me and said, "Now may not be the time, but one day you should abide by the etiquette law, you should be mentally prepared as early as possible, so as not to quarrel again when you get the time." ”

My heart sank and I didn't answer.

He glanced at me lightly and then looked around the courtyard, "I gave you the Orchid Garden to live in, and you should learn more from Xiuying." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang and the attendants who followed him left for a long time, but I was still standing at the door, and Yan Qi asked from behind me: "How did you become a wooden man?" I turned my head, Yan Qi was standing in the vegetable field and pulling radishes, and suddenly somewhere in my heart tightened, I walked over and blurted out: "Do you think that a man should really have three wives and four concubines?" ”

Yan Qi was stunned, and said with a red face: "This is an ancient precept, there is nothing that should not be done, it is regarded as normal." ”

"Isn't there an example of a lifetime and a couple?" I still don't give up asking. Yan Qi rarely didn't laugh at me, and there was a serious expression on his immature face, "I know you want to say Childe, if your idea is in ordinary people, it can't be realized, but Childe...... I advise you to extinguish such thoughts, it is good for you and for your son. ”

"Are you all right?" I smiled, my mouth was bitter, in the eyes of others, I must be too hypocritical, and I actually asked for a prince to be a couple for the rest of my life. Zhu Yuanzhang wants me to learn from Ma Xiuying, what to learn? Learn from her not only ignoring Zhu Yuanzhang's concubine, but even encouraging, and then getting a benevolent and generous reputation? The famous Queen Ma in history said that she was loved by Zhu Yuanzhang, and even after her, she never became a queen, but who can know if she had bitterness in her heart at the beginning? How many women in this world are willing to share their husbands with others?

I asked myself if I couldn't do it now, I couldn't do it in the future, and as long as I still loved Ah Ping for a day, I would never be able to do it.

Queen Ma became a qualified queen, but she was not a qualified wife. Maybe it's really her heart big enough, in addition to tolerating her husband, she also tolerates the world, I'm just a tiny one, I can't fit so many things in my heart, I can only fit Ah Ping alone.

Ah Ping was full of smiles when he came back, and when he entered the door, he hugged me and said, "Daughter-in-law, I have persuaded the imperial grandfather, the concubine has been dismissed, and the oracle has been passed down, so those people in the harem can stop a little." ”

I looked at his eyebrows carefully, it should be that Zhu Yuanzhang did not tell him that he had come to Lanyuan, and there was no need to say anything, but only echoed him happily and asked, "Is it true?" What did you say to your grandfather? ”

"I theorized with the emperor's grandfather with the virtues of the five sages, if my wife is pregnant, if I marry another person, it is unfaithful, and if I give birth to a child and do not raise it, it is unjust, and none of the texts I have learned is to make me an unfaithful and unrighteous person. Even if Grandfather Huang had given me more consideration, he would not have allowed me to be such a person. I know that although he scolded me coldly, he would eventually agree with my point of view. ”

I sighed in my heart, if Zhu Yuanzhang could be persuaded so easily, it would not be Zhu Yuanzhang, the most important consideration of an emperor is not the so-called virtue, but the checks and balances of power. The reason why he didn't stop the palaces in the harem from fighting for the position of this concubine before was just to take this opportunity to investigate the collusion between several forces in the palace and the outside, and he thought that there would definitely be something to do in the future.

In fact, my words just said what Zhu Yuanzhang thought in his heart, he didn't plan to take this opportunity to be Concubine Apina at all, if so, even if I said more, it would be impossible to change his decision. So I never had anything to chance, and I didn't think complacently that I could convince Zhu Yuanzhang. But I didn't want to destroy Ah Ping's joy, so I only laughed and didn't say anything.

Even if this matter has passed for the time being, no one will mention it again, and Ah Ping will come back every day with the same complexion. But suddenly one afternoon I walked in the door, rummaging through the cabinets in front of my dresser, and my face was dark, and I wondered, "What are you looking for?" ”

He turned his head and fixed his gaze on me, "What about the hosta I gave you?" ”

My heart sighed, wouldn't it be that Zhu Gaoxu's kid was exposed and known by Ah Ping. It is very likely that he saw this black face, and he didn't want to deceive him, so he simply told the truth directly: "It was taken away." ”

"Who is it?"

Don't think about it, he must have known it, the anger in his eyes was so obvious. I said truthfully, "Your cousin." ”

But Ah Ping's eyes sank, and he came to me in a few steps, and found that he had grown a lot taller, a head taller than me, and I needed to raise my head slightly to meet his eyes.

"Lan, you're lying to me." Ah Ping's eyes were full of anger and accusations, and I realized that something was wrong, obviously the hosta was snatched by Zhu Gaoxu's bastard boy, but now Ah Ping said that I lied to him, is the hairpin fake to others again?

I squinted my eyes and calmly asked, "In whose hand did you see the hosta?" ”

Unexpectedly, Ah Ping suddenly kicked the bedpost, shaking the bed, and then swayed everything on the table. Yan Qi and Lu He outside rushed over when they heard the sound, "What's wrong?" But he was glared at by Ah Ping, and shouted angrily: "Get out!" ”

The two of them turned around and ran away, and at this point I couldn't bear it anymore: "What the hell are you crazy about?" ”

His angry face decreased a little when he looked at me, but his voice was cold when he spoke: "Crazy? I put on the jasper hairpin for you with my own hands, but you gave it to someone else, is it too light or do you simply look at my heart? ”

I asked, "Where did you see that?" ”

"Orchid."

I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, "Who is Orchid?" "I thought that even if Zhu Gaoxu was uncomfortable, he was at least someone related to him, such as his mother Xu Miaoyun and the like, but who is this orchid? I've never heard of it.

"Uncle Zhou's concubine, she said that you gave it to her at the birthday banquet."

I really want to kick it over, what kind of foolish brain is he. "Who your Uncle Zhou is, I don't know what it looks like, let alone what kind of concubine it is, why should I give my own things to others?"

But not only did he ignore it, but said confidently: "But you just said that the hairpin was given to my cousin." ”

"I said he snatched it, behind your ears."

"yes, I just didn't hear that. Why didn't he tell me when he took your hairpin, and didn't tell me until I came back to you? Isn't it because you wouldn't tell me if I hadn't found the hairpin on that orchid's head? He is only a one-sided relationship with you, why would he snatch your hairpin for no reason? ”

A few questions in a row made me speechless, sometimes a thing is hidden and it takes countless holes to fill it, and one day I find that one of the holes is missing, and then I want to fill it but I will find that every hole is facing the danger of leaking.

Looking at Ah Ping's burning angry eyes, I didn't hesitate for too long before responding: "He suddenly snatched it, even if I wanted to, I couldn't catch up with anyone." You ask me why I didn't tell you, you don't know what happened that night, I was still angry with you when you came back, I still thought of taking the initiative to tell you about it? ”

The space was silent, Ah Ping's eyes fixed on me, and suddenly I felt that there was something in my eyes that I couldn't see through, but if I looked closely, it seemed to be an illusion just now. The anger in his eyes gradually faded, and when I thought he was digesting my words, I suddenly turned away, and I was stunned until he stepped over the threshold before I reacted, and asked in a loud voice: "Where are you going?" ”

But he only paused, and left without saying anything.

My heart was empty for a moment, except for the first time when I had an argument with him, when I couldn't find him, and the quarrel between us after that basically didn't end in this way. More often than not, I'll be in the driver's seat, and he'll accommodate me.

I heard Yan Qi ask: "Son, are you going out so late?" But I didn't hear Ah Ping's response, and when I walked into the courtyard, I only saw a dark back gradually disappearing through the porch.

Yan Qi and Lu He both stood not far away, looked out, and then turned back to look at me, even if they didn't ask about the huge movement just now, they knew that I and Ah Ping were arguing again this time. I went back to the house and lay down, but my mind was not calm, tonight this matter was sooner or later, and Zhu Gaoxu should have foreseen it when he snatched the hosta that night.

No matter how Zhu Gaoxu would have given my hairpin to the concubine of the king of Zhou, I should have told Ah Ping about this. But afterwards, I was worried that if I talked about it, I couldn't explain to Ah Ping why I would be so familiar with Zhu Gaoxu, because once I told the truth, it would involve Zhu Di. With Ah Ping's temper, even if he worships Zhu Di again, he will definitely have an attack, especially if he knows that Zhu Di is Lu Feng.

At the beginning, Lu Feng's incident had already caused a rift between me and him, and I considered the future history, so I must not let their uncle and nephew turn against each other. For various reasons, I wanted to hide the hosta and wait for a suitable opportunity to say that I accidentally lost it.

Unexpectedly, things came out in a blink of an eye, and they were fierce.

When I fell asleep in a daze, I vaguely felt that something was ignored by myself, but my brain couldn't turn around, so I could only let my consciousness be taken away by Zhou Zheng. When Zhou Gong released people and opened his eyes, the sky was already bright, I subconsciously looked around, it was empty, last night Ah Ping didn't insist on squeezing around me to sleep on a quilt as usual, maybe go to the east house to sleep.

I slowed down for a moment before I got up from the bed, and I slept unsteadily at night, feeling a little dizzy and tired.

In the courtyard, Lu Lotus was practicing, and Yan Qi was watering the vegetables, the two were talking about something, and they both looked at me in surprise when they found me walking out, "Niangniang, why do you get up so early?" ”

"I just woke up and got up, but Ah Ping is still sleeping?"

The two glanced at each other, and Yan Qi replied, "Childe didn't come back last night." ”