It took Zhu Gui an afternoon to prepare the supplies.

This time, because Princess Yan was going to accompany her, it was obviously impossible to gallop like before and rush with all her might.

He prepared a caravan full of goods, accompanied by twenty wagons and more than fifty guards.

Such a large caravan is rare in the Datong Chamber of Commerce, plus because there is a carriage of the king in it.

Therefore, when the caravan left Datong Mansion, the people in half of the city went out of the city to see each other, and the scene was very spectacular.

And these were organized by the people of Datong Province on their own.

This made Princess Yan Xu Miaoyun in the carriage very surprised.

"I didn't expect the acting king to be so loved by the people, if this matter reached Nanjing, I'm afraid most people wouldn't believe it."

Xu Miaoqing said disappreciatively: "Sister, after a long time, the hearts of the people are not something that can be accumulated overnight, but I believe that as long as Zhu Gui is given time, he will definitely be able to change the emperor's opinion of him." ”

When Xu Miaoyun heard her say this, she took her hand and said: "As a sister, I forgot to remind you, after all, the acting king is the king of the domain, you can't call him by his name, especially in front of people, if this spreads, it will be laughed at." ”

"If I don't call him by his name, what should I call him?" Xu Miaoqing asked with some surprise, after all, she was used to it, and Zhu Gui never had any opinion on this.

"You are already married, so naturally you can call your husband, and if you are polite, you can call the prince." Xu Miaoyun said.

"Husband, but we ......" Halfway through the words, Xu Miaoqing suddenly lowered her head with a red face.

"You don't have sex yet?" Xu Miaoyun immediately guessed her sister's thoughts.

"You stupid girl, do you have other ideas?" Xu Miaoyun wondered.

"No, no, this is the emperor's marriage, how dare I have other ideas." Xu Miaoqing hurriedly said.

Before and after she got married, she did have the idea of admiring King Yan very much, and she was heard by Zhu Gui.

But now, that childish idea at the beginning is long gone, and if her sister knew her previous thoughts, I am afraid that she would not be killed.

However, Xu Miaoqing is also a little strange, does Zhu Gui still mind his original thoughts? Otherwise, why is he reluctant to touch himself for so long?

Where did Xu Miaoyun know Xu Miaoqing's thoughts, she took her sister-in-law's hand and said: "The palace is not as good as the family, you must not be awkward with the acting king, and strive to give birth to a son and a half daughter for him as soon as possible, so that your position will be stable, otherwise if he marries a concubine in the future, you will be guilty." ”

Xu Miaoyun's bitter words finally moved Xu Miaoqing, and she wondered if she could find a time to talk to Zhu Gui?

……

It took the caravan a whole week to finally reach the vicinity of Nanjing, and local officials had been waiting for a long time on the way.

The convoy continued to set off after repairing in the local area for two hours, and finally entered the city of Nanjing when it was getting dark.

The officials of Honglu Temple had already prepared a place to live for Zhu Gui and his party, and this time they were not allowed to live in the palace of the king.

Zhu Gui ordered people to buy a house nearby, and then set up a convoy.

By sending someone to escort Princess Yan Xu Miaoyun to the Yan Palace.

And he and Xu Miaoqing rested in the place arranged by the court until midnight, and then they were summoned into the palace by the eunuchs from the palace.

Zhu Gui called Xu Miaoqing, who had just slept for an hour, and the two got acquainted with each other, changed into formal clothes, and then entered the palace together.

Compared with the last time he came, Zhu Gui obviously found that there were a lot more patrol guards in the palace.

And the guards who escorted Zhu Gui were as many as a dozen people.

This made Zhu Gui faintly have a bad premonition.

The two were sent to the Fengtian Temple all the way.

Zhu Yuanzhang was napping on the dragon chair.

The chief eunuch woke him up softly, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced down, and then said, "Zhu Gui is here?" ”

Zhu Gui hurriedly knelt down: "The son asks his father for peace." ”

Xu Miaoqing also knelt down and saluted.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, and then seemed to think of something, took the pistol that killed the four vassal kings from the case box held by the little eunuch next to him, and threw it in front of Zhu Gui.

"Do you recognize this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice suddenly doubled, echoing repeatedly in the silent Fengtian Temple.

There is no greeting, splitting his head and covering his face is questioning, which shows Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards Zhu Gui.

Zhu Gui only felt that his scalp was numb, but he just glanced at it and said, "Back to my father, this is a firearm developed by Erchen when he was bored in Yunzhou, and it was to deal with the Mongols. ”

"Hmph, it's a good deal to deal with the Mongols, is Yunzhou so dangerous that you need a vassal king to go into battle in person?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said sharply.

"Back to my father, when my son first arrived in Yunzhou, there were less than 1,000 people in the garrison, and the armament was sluggish, the people's hearts were unstable, and the Mongols often broke through the border cities to plunder, and as a last resort, the son thought of developing firearms."

Zhu Gui said prostrately.

Zhu Yuanzhang helped his forehead, and then asked the chief eunuch to read the recital from Yunzhou that the prince had reviewed.

Although he had seen these before, he only glanced at them at a simple glance, because Zhu Yuanzhang trusted Zhu Biao's ability very much.

And at this moment, when he read it again, he finally understood that what Zhu Gui said was indeed the truth.

There are not only excerpts from the Imperial Palace, but also detailed descriptions of several battles with the Mongols by local officials.

It's just that none of these recitals are for the acting king, even the recitals from the acting king's mansion also attribute all the credit to Xu Yingxu.

Zhu Yuanzhang finished reading it, and then took a deep look at Zhu Gui, who was still lying on the ground, and said, "Get up and talk." ”

"Erchen doesn't dare." Zhu Gui said.

"I will get up when you want to get up, why don't you dare? Do you want to resist the decree? Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily.

Only then did Zhu Gui stand up, and then helped Xu Miaoqing next to him up.

This scene fell in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, and he was a little surprised in his heart.

Once upon a time, their father and son hadn't seen each other for half a year, but he could feel that Zhu Gui's temperament and expression on his face seemed to have changed a lot from before from the inside out.

"Did you know that this thing killed the four vassal kings? Almost ruined the Ming Dynasty? ”

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered the purpose of calling Zhu Gui this time.

Zhu Gui said: "Erchen has heard a little, but Erchen has a different opinion on this matter. ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his expression became extremely cold: "Let's talk about it, if you are still talking nonsense like before, there is no need for you, the vassal king, to continue." ”

This sentence made Zhu Guiru fall into the ice cave, and his face couldn't help but show a bitter expression.