Fifteen days later.

The city of Kunming is ancient, and since the Yuan Dynasty, this place is one of the few ancient cities that has not been demolished by the Mongols.

When Kublai Khan rode on the elephant, he attached great importance to Yunnan, and the Zhongshu Province of Yunnan often needed to sacrifice elephants, so the city wall gate was very tall and could pass through the elephants.

Zhu Biao, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, came in person, which was particularly important for the southwest region, and Mrs. Musk, the head of Guizhou Tusi, the female prefect of Wusa, and many civil and military generals who were demoted to this place, came to greet them.

The convoy is full of dozens of miles, with a lot of tea, Shu embroidery, millet and other grains from Shaanxi and Gansu, as well as some dried meat from the head of the Buddha in Tibet, some of these items are used to reward the Tusi head people here, and most of them are to supplement the food and salary for the soldiers of the town guard in Yunnan, and the most precious thing in the convoy is to have various specialties of Nanzhili Mansion, which makes many officials who come to Yunnan for crimes in tears.

Although Mu Ying was already the Duke of Qianguo, he was still very excited, and held his hand tightly on Zhu Biao's frame: "Big brother! ”

Before Mu Ying changed his name, his real name was Zhu Ying, he and Zhu Biao grew up together since childhood, and he also served as Zhu Biao's personal companion many times.

Zhu Biao patted him lightly on the shoulder, only to see that Mu Ying was not very old, but his hair was already gray, his brows were wrinkled, his forehead was wrinkled, and the dark circles under his eyes were also extremely heavy.

"Wenying, you've lost weight."

In a thousand words, Zhu Biao only said one sentence.

Mu Ying smiled bitterly, looked at Zhu Xiongying again, and said in surprise: "The grandson is so majestic, and he has the style of King Kaiping. ”

"Uncle Mu Ying, you are now becoming more and more national, you have worked a lot to guard Yunnan."

Zhu Xiongying pursed her lips and didn't know what to say.

Mu Ying is actually not very old, and he is the youngest one in this dynasty, but he is old and haggard, especially when he sees his gray hair, he can't help but think that in his previous life, the Mu family was loyal and good from generation to generation, and the last Duke of Qianguo died in Myanmar to protect Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Outside the frame, the head of Yunnan Tusi was shocked by the mighty soldiers of the Great Tomorrow, with sharp armor and stomach, and strong soldiers and horses.

The civil and military generals exiled in Yunnan burst into tears, knelt on the ground and shouted the grace of heaven.

"The land of Yunnan is related to the great cause of my Ming Dynasty recovering the Han and Tang Dynasties."

"By the way, how is the queen mother?"

Mu Yingqi said.

Mu Ying has been raised by Queen Ma since she was a child, and has always called Queen Ma her mother.

Hearing the words at this moment, Zhu Biao was about to speak, but he saw Jiang Zhen riding over and anxiously reported the military situation.

Zhu Biao waved his hand and beckoned Jiang Zheng.

"Your Highness!"

Jiang Xuan was anxious, he took a deep breath, looked at Mu Ying and Zhu Xiongying, lowered his head and whispered the military feelings.

"What!?"

Zhu Biao, Zhu Xiongying, and Mu Ying all trembled.

Mu Ying tilted her body even more, fell on the frame, tears welled up in her eyes, and her eyes widened: "Queen Mother, she ......"

……

A month later.

Nanjing, Yingtianfu.

"Smack!"

Zhu Yuanzhang slammed the teacup on the ground, pointed at the imperial doctor and scolded: "What's the use of your guy, drag me out and cut ......"

"Grandpa!"

Zhu Xiongying hugged Zhu Yuanzhang, who was angry on his head, he pursed his lips and said bitterly: "Grandpa Huang, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty condemned the punishment of the world, but it was only a cane to be twisted, and there were words first, the guilty one made you kill, you don't kill, it will be a day or two later is the repetition, Grandpa Huang, you are the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial grandmother is the queen of the Ming Dynasty, you want to kill the imperial doctor because of the imperial grandmother's illness, the imperial grandmother woke up, what will you think!?" ”

"You!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened, staring at Zhu Xiongying angrily, he wanted to wave Zhu Xiongying away, but he couldn't do it, so he had to smile bitterly, put Zhu Xiongying on the shoulder, and sighed: "We are worried about your imperial grandmother, her illness, why can't she get better, why can't she ......?"

Before the words were completely spoken, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand dejectedly and asked the imperial doctor to go out.

Zhu Xiongying looked inside, his father, the crown prince Zhu Biao, was wiping her forehead for Queen Ma and serving her to drink medicine.

A month ago, Queen Ma suddenly fainted when she was offering incense in Xianglin Temple, and since then she can't move or speak, and now she only hangs in one breath, and occasionally opens her eyes.

Her body, after all, still failed to withstand the destiny of heaven......

Zhu Xiongying didn't know what to say.

Stroke, and possibly a stroke, that's why Grandma Huang is like this, although Queen Ma has lived three years longer than in her previous life......

He picked up a bench, invited Zhu Yuanzhang to sit down, and then brought another cup of tea.

"Xiongying, you can also go in and see your imperial grandmother."

Zhu Biao walked out of the back room, his face was gloomy, his broad cheeks were all gloomy, and he smiled at Zhu Xiongying reluctantly.

Zhu Xiongying hesitated.

"Daddy......"

"Huh?"

"I'm worried, I'm worried that when Grandma Huang sees me, she will ...... it"

Zhu Xiongying didn't dare to say a word.

The ancients believed that when people are old, they have a bad breath before they die, which is not good for children's health, so Queen Ma did not allow Zhu Xiongying to get too close to her after she fell ill.

But what worries Zhu Xiongying even more is that the reason why Queen Ma has been holding a breath may be because she can't rest assured, if she sees her, then she may be ......

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao glanced at each other.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up, took Zhu Xiongying's hand and said, "Don't be afraid, let's go with you to see your grandmother." ”

As he spoke, he pulled Zhu Xiongying and walked inside.

The room was filled with the smell of medicine.

Queen Ma has already described it as withered, thin skin and bones, with both mouths shrunk into a ball, eyes closed, lying in the futon with almost no life.

seemed to hear Zhu Xiongying's footsteps.

Queen Ma's eyelids suddenly moved.

Her eyes, which she hadn't opened for a long time, opened and looked at Zhu Xiongying.

"Grandma!"

Zhu Xiongying pouted, knelt on the ground, crawled over, looked at Queen Ma who had her eyes slightly open, and instantly couldn't hold back, all the tenacity before, At this moment, she only turned into a wordless chok, only tears in her eyes swelled up, and the sieve fell.

"Sister Xiuying."

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the edge of the bed and reached out to hold Queen Ma's thin palm.

Queen Ma's thin cheeks were speechless, she raised her head, her eyes were rare and clear, she looked at Zhu Biao, then at Zhu Xiongying, and finally at Zhu Yuanzhang with soft eyes.

"Heroic ......"

Her voice was weak and she couldn't speak completely.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded heavily, and said bitterly: "Sister Xiuying, let's remember." ”

Queen Ma wanted to say something, but seeing that although Zhu Xiongying had tears in her eyes, she nodded to her with a smile, Queen Ma was relieved, and looked at Zhu Biao who was holding her other hand.

"Superior, be kind, the world ......"

She used all her strength to say this, and then closed her eyes with a smile on her face.

In August of the eighteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the Empress Ma of the Ming Dynasty and the Empress of Xiaoci ......

……

No one has been here in the courtyard for a long time.

Zhu Xiongying walked in the yard, which was overgrown with weeds and moss.

"When Grandma Huang was in good health, she sent someone to clean it every day."

Zhu Xiongying looked at this small courtyard where he had lived, been happy, and sad, and was speechless for a while.

"Your Highness......"

Zhou Kuan and Zheng He followed him, not knowing what to say.

Zhu Xiongying squatted down in a daze, stretched out his hand to pull the grass on the ground, he looked into the distance, and then the yellow dog that he had raised before ran over happily, crawling on the ground and rolling back and forth, coquettish to Zhu Xiongying.

"The rusty lock of the broken door has not been opened for a long time, and the gray brick path is covered with dry moss."

"The nameless withered grass is here, and the yellow dog in the past came into his arms."

Zhu Xiongying rubbed the yellow dog's head, looked at the small courtyard with a sigh in his eyes, and said, "From today on, I only have my grandfather and father." ”