In fact, when I entered the inner hall, I observed the tables and chairs that had already been placed, but when I sat down, I would still be surprised, tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, but only our two mothers were called? The dishes served one by one are mainly light, but they are very intimate to prepare meat puree, fish balls and other foods for Xiao Yuan'er, which is not so much a Chinese New Year's Eve banquet as a family banquet.

The old man took out the treasured wine under Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions, but was stopped by Ah Ping, "Imperial grandfather, don't be greedy for a cup." Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Tonight is a rare opportunity, it's okay to have an extra drink once in a while." After speaking, he glanced at the old man, and the hint was too obvious to become an explicit sign, and the old man helplessly helped: "Your Highness, it's rare that tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, just let the emperor have a drink, just a cup." ”

Ah Ping didn't say it all, but just took the wine jug from his old man's hand and said, "I'll pour the wine." ”

When I heard this, I didn't feel at ease, so I calmly watched him pour a full cup of wine for Zhu Yuanzhang, but then the wine jug came to me, and then the white hand paused, and I heard a shallow voice and said slowly: "There are no outsiders here, you can also accompany the emperor's grandfather to drink some, but the wine glass is a little smaller......" I don't know if it was prepared a long time ago or the old husband reacted alertly, as soon as the words came out, he immediately responded: "The old slave will go and get it." ”

When he turned around, a large wine glass had already been delivered, and the old man also said: "It's the old slave who was negligent." ”

The wine was slowly poured into the cup, and before I could react from it, he had already returned to his seat and poured wine for himself, also using a large wine glass, but Zhu Yuanzhang was unhappy: "Ping'er, you are too unkind." ”

Ah Ping smiled: "Imperial grandfather, I can give you a whole pot of wine, as long as you want." ”

I have a lot of knowledge, and the famous Zhu Yuanzhang actually showed timidity in his eyes after Ah Ping's understatement, although he was unwilling, he still shook his head and said: "Forget it, I just drink a small cup, and I won't rob you young people." ”

So the problem of wine is solved, and I was still a little apprehensive when I raised my glass for the first time, after all, I haven't touched wine since I was pregnant with Yuan'er, but the wine felt slightly sweet in my lips and I was relieved. I secretly thought that the degree of this wine should not be too deep, and it would not be okay to drink two glasses less, but when I waited for two glasses of wine, I felt that it was wrong, why did this head start to dizzy and rise, is my alcohol really regressed?

Every time, Zhu Yuanzhang shouted to clink glasses, and he broke Xiao Yuan'er, he grabbed the wine glass in front of me to touch it with his father, and then I was drinking every time. Maybe I'm used to alcohol, I have a feeling that the more I drink, the more sober I feel, and I'm no longer afraid of getting drunk, I know that Ah Ping's position has been moved to the side, and he looks like he's drunk. In the end, he did lie on the table, his face crimson to the base of his ears.

"Ping'er is drunk." Zhu Yuanzhang told the facts.

I answered softly and looked at my husband: "Do you want to help him go to sleep first?" ”

But Zhu Yuanzhang vetoed: "It's okay, Ping'er's wine is still good, let him lie down for a while." ”

The only thing I learned in this palace was to observe words and looks, and I could see from Zhu Yuanzhang's demeanor that he had something to say to me, so I sat in place and waited. Sure enough, after a pause, he said bluntly: "I didn't want to take care of your affairs, but I can manage the affairs of the world and the quarrel between your husband and wife?" But look at Ping'er's depressed ......" He sighed lightly, shook his head, and the old man answered, and his tone was also distressed: "Your Highness can't eat these days, and at night you hold candles to review the chapters, every time the old minister gets up early to call the emperor to go to court, His Royal Highness is crooked in the chair and naps, sometimes the emperor thinks that he is too hard to avoid the early court, but His Royal Highness refuses." If this goes on for a long time, the old slave is afraid that His Highness's body will not be able to bear it. ”

I knew that this was said to me, but I still couldn't control the fluctuations in my heart.

On the contrary, Zhu Yuanzhang was more straightforward: "Okay, Lao Han, your play is a bit too much." Ping'er is not as miserable as you say, what's wrong with the young man being so tired? Can't you compare to this old man? It's a kind of grind for him! Look at how much Ping'er has grown and changed in the past six months? From the previous restraint to the current deterrence above the court, who would dare to despise him? I could teach him how to govern, but he had to follow the path himself. ”

The old man immediately changed back to a respectful demeanor and responded: "Yes, yes, the emperor said yes." ”

"Hmph, Ping'er has never disobeyed me, but the woman sang against me last time."

The old man coughed dryly and reminded: "Your Majesty, you are drunk." ”

But Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be drunk, and he didn't shy away from the fact that I was still present and said, "What are you drunk on?" How could I get drunk after drinking such a small cup of wine? I'm going to take advantage of this opportunity to vomit as fast as I can. As he spoke, he looked at his grandson with a look of hatred and said: "Ping'er married you as a daughter-in-law, and I won't say much, because after many observations by me, your temperament is gentle and kind, and you will be a good and virtuous helper, but he ignores my marriage for you, and still refuses to set up a side concubine......"

I didn't hear what Zhu Yuanzhang was still saying in my ears anymore, I only knew that my mind was blank at the time, and when I came to my senses, my stunned eyes slowly fell back to the person who was sleeping on his stomach.

I heard my own voice asking softly: "Imperial grandfather, what do you mean that he has refused to set up a side concubine so far?" ”

"My good grandson violated my Yang Fengyin, and took the daughter of the Ministry of Household and Rites into the palace but offered it like a Bodhisattva, if it wasn't for the fact that I happened to be interrogated, I still don't know what it is."

"But," I took a deep breath, "haven't you already been canonized as a side concubine?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang glared, "I wanted to make a direct will, but he knelt down in front of me and begged me to let me give him time to slow down, saying that he wanted to appease your emotions, and I believed it." The result? ”

"What is the result?" I don't think my mind will turn anymore, I will only parrot with each other's words.

"As a result, he was very capable, and in just a few months, Taoguang was obscure, and he directly leveled the forces of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household in a single day."

Flat? What does that mean?

Zhu Yuanzhang knew my doubts from my confused face, and immediately solved my confusion: "Ping'er supported another force and hollowed out the power of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households, and now these two departments no longer pose a threat to him." ”

I don't want to judge right and wrong about political battles, but these are the things I care about the most. It's hard to deny that before, whether it was half-pushed or half-pushed or other circumstances, although it seemed to accept Ah Ping's "backsliding" and allowing him to enter Orchid Garden, I clearly knew that the knot in my heart had not been broken, so there would be a day when I turned against him because of Xiaotong.

Now I clearly feel that the wall of ice in my heart is breaking layer by layer, and that a man who has brought his suffering into his heart is only to give me a place of peace, and not to let the intrigue and calculation reach me, while he meditates in it.

It turns out that he has grown at a speed that can be seen by the naked eye, no matter how much he has become for me, but in front of me he is the same as at the beginning, how can I not feel distressed by such a Ping?

But the distress is distressed, and the mind is clear, and the reason returns to the brain: "Even if ...... With the forces of the two ministries, it is difficult to take charge of the government in the shortest possible time, and he will inevitably have to rely on the courtiers to assist, today there is no daughter of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households, and tomorrow there will definitely be the daughter of the Ministry of War and other courtiers. ”

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be angry and said: "I want to do this, but the group of forces he supports deliberately chooses the old minister, and it is the one who has only a son and no daughter in the family, so he directly broke off the possibility of marriage." ”

I couldn't say anything more, and my heart was so turbulent that I couldn't calm down. His eyes stared at the half-covered side face, and he thought dullly: How much have you hidden from me, and how much have you secretly done for me? Why not? Since you all know that you have to confess to me on the way back to the palace from Ginkgo Village, then confess to the end.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang got up and went to sleep, and took Xiao Yuan'er, who had already fallen crooked in my arms, away, and said that I should not go back to Lanyuan tonight, and the young man should be like a young man, and keep vigil with him well. But it didn't take long for the old man to come out after serving the emperor and go to sleep, and he came to ask me if I would like to help Ah Ping to the side hall, where Ah Ping often stayed after dealing with official documents.

Although it was a vigil on Chinese New Year's Eve, it was not the same thing to put him on this table to sleep, so he responded to his husband's proposal. Ah Ping is tall and tall, and he can't be considered burly, but it took a lot of effort for the two of them to move him after he got drunk.

My father-in-law withdrew from the side hall, leaving the two of us. Sitting on the edge of the bed, in fact, his mind was still a mess, and he wanted to sort out his thoughts, but there was no reliable fulcrum, so he stared at his figure in a daze. When I was suddenly dragged down, I didn't react, a flipping person had been crushed underneath, and the person who had just slept soundly was propped up, staring at me with a dull and indistinguishable eye.

"You ......" before the words could be said was blocked by the overwhelming kisses, my body stiffened, the whole brain was confused, until the mouth was picked open and he pried it open, and the lips and tongue swept in before he reacted to push him, but his hands were immediately grabbed by him and pressed on the top of his head, and all the weight of his body was tightly buckled with me, no matter how I writhed, I couldn't break free, so I could only let him kiss unscrupulously.

Gradually, his breathing became rapid, and he pressed my palm harder, and he was no longer satisfied with the kiss and moved his lips away to his neck, and I tried not to let my voice tremble: "Is this what you pretended to be drunk for?" The man on top of him paused, looked up from my neck, his dark eyes locked on me, but gave me an affirmative answer: "That's right, that's it." ”

The next moment he narrowed his eyes and let go of the palm that was holding my hand, but he took off my coat all the way down without hesitation. I tried to push him away, but my hands were so weak that I didn't even have the strength to lift them, so I could only let him pull off his shirt strongly, and the cold invasion of my skin in the air made me feel excited, but soon he leaned down, and kissed my neck and snaked down as he took off his coat......