On the east side of Dianchi Lake, on the hill behind Zhu Zhan's residence, eleven small tombs are slightly raised.

Seeing Dahua lying there quietly, Zhu Zhanyan took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.

The lifespan of dogs is only more than ten years, most of them are about ten to fifteen years, and some of the good ones in later generations can exceed fifteen years, but very few.

Dahua and they were more or less injured, because Zhu Zhanyan didn't train them in the same way as pet dogs when he trained them.

This year, he is sixteen years old, and the big flowers have been with him for more than ten years, and at this time they are already equivalent to human dying old men.

Opening his eyes and squatting down, Zhu Zhanyan gently stroked Dahua's head, and Dahua felt something, raised his head and licked Zhu Zhanyan's palm.

Among this group of blue-and-white dogs, the first to die were Lao Liu and Lao Jiu, who were injured during the Northern Expedition, although it was only skin trauma at the time, but it also affected them.

Subsequently, other blue and white dogs also came here one after another to spend the last days of their lives alone.

Now, it was the turn of Big Flower, the last of the twelve blue-and-white dogs to come here.

Seeing that Dahua's eyes were no longer sharp, it seemed to be shining with crystalline light, Zhu Zhanyan slowly turned around and walked towards the bottom of the mountain.

Dahua's eyes reminded him of his previous life, when the pastoral dog he raised in his old family in the countryside was dying because he was fed poisonous ham sausages by chicken thieves.

……

Wu Wangfu.

Zhu Gaoxu stood at the door, watching his son dress neatly and turn over on his horse.

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Zhu Gaoxu knows that someone is going to be unlucky.

There is no fixed group of unlucky people, it depends on whose bad luck is the first to meet Zhu Zhanyan, and the final result of bad luck ......

There is only one, and this Zhu Gaoxu is very clear, but in the process of moving towards this final result, Zhu Gaoxu is not very clear.

All he knew was that his son needed to vent now.

Although Zhu Gaoxu didn't have that much to do with this son in the past, he also knew some well-known things, such as how much Zhu Zhanyan liked to raise dogs, and how much he liked these blue and white dogs.

Zhu Gaoxu still remembers the surprise of his son when he saw these blue and white dogs for the first time.

"Dad, where's Zhanqi?" Zhu Zhan shook the reins, and urged the war horse under his crotch to come to his father.

"You're going to take him?" Zhu Gaoxu's eyes were in a trance.

Zhu Zhanqi, Zhu Gaoxu's second son, whether he is a person or a son, Zhu Zhanqi has some minor problems.

The cause of this problem is more complicated, but the historical result is that what happened between Zhu Zhanqi and his father became a joke.

The son accused his father of rebellion, and the father said that his son was unfilial, and in the end he was killed with Zhu Gaoxu's rebellion.

"At home." Zhu Gaoxu shook for a moment, and then waved his hand at Zhu Heng behind him.

"Let him come with me." Zhu Zhanyan looked at the direction of his home, with a slight inexplicable meaning in his tone.

"As the second child, he should also take on a little responsibility."

"Now that I think about it, I seem to have been ready to become a feudal lord when I was his age, right?"

——

Yingtianfu, Imperial Palace, Spring and Palace.

The candidate for the princess has been decided, and it is Hu Shanxiang as in history, which is also normal, after all, Zhu Zhanyan has not participated in this matter.

It's just that some people are happy and some are sad.

Sun Ruowei thought that she had entered the palace so early, coupled with her relationship with Mrs. Peng Chengbo, the position of the princess should be hers.

As a result, he made a half-way trip to bite the gold.

However, this is not the most desperate for Sun Ruowei.

Originally, this was nothing, she and Zhu Zhanji had a "deep relationship", even if she didn't become a princess, her future life would not be very bad, and there was even the possibility of being corrected.

But now she suddenly realized that no one in the entire palace seemed to be on her side.

Even Zhu Zhanji is the same.

"Dad, Zhan Zhan ...... over there" Zhu Zhanji looked at his father, the expression on his face was a little worried and a little expectant.

"Alas......" said Zhu Zhanqi, and Zhu Gaochi also sighed helplessly.

"Zhan Yan doesn't seem to want your grandfather to decide the choice of the princess, he openly and secretly refused during the Chinese New Year this year, and your grandfather also compromised."

"But now I also see that Hu Shanshu and her sister have entered Beijing together, and they are still living in the former Han Palace."

"What your grandfather thinks, you know it."

Zhu Zhanji fell into deep thought.

Now he is no longer the same as before the Northern Expedition, he is now more mature and understands more than when he was in the Northern Expedition, knows what kind of exploits his cousin has made, and is also thinking about how he will go in the future.

Is it to have a good relationship with his cousin, or is it ......

"Dad, what now?" Zhu Zhanji shook his head, as if he wanted to throw out some ideas.

"Since you are here, it proves that it is your grandfather's intention, then this Hu Shanshu will definitely be sent to Yunnan, but in the end, whether you are willing or not, that is a matter of Zhan Yan."

"I don't think it's very likely, though."

"Daddy......" Zhu Zhanji suddenly raised his head, his eyes flashing.

The child suddenly thought that the sister of the Hu family sisters was on an errand in the palace, right? The child remembers ...... Female officer? ”

"Huh? You mean......" Zhu Gaochi was stunned for a moment.

In fact, in the matter of Zhu Zhan's concubine, neither Zhu Gaochi nor Zhu Di thought too much, because Zhu Zhan's personality has always been quite unique and distinct, and it is estimated that the entire Ming Dynasty will not be able to find the second one.

Coupled with the contradiction between them and the current emperor Zhu Di, although this Hu Shanshu has entered Beijing, Zhu Di is also ready to send her to Yunnan, but no one thinks that Zhu Zhan Yan will accept it.

Because, Zhu Zhanyan's choice for the princess has always been a big problem.

Zhu Diding, Zhu Gaochu father and son are not happy, Zhu Zhanyu is fine, but Zhu Gaochu always has a feeling of being monitored.

As long as it was someone sent by Yingtian, his first reaction was to be suspicious.

Zhu Gaoxuding? No, it doesn't.

Now Zhu Zhanyan's influence is too great, to the point that it can be said to be unprecedented, and it can basically be compared with Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty.

His father is the emperor, he is the king of Qin, but whether in merit or prestige, he is far superior to his brother Li Jiancheng, and even his father Li Yuan can't compare.

Looking at it this way, the current Zhu Zhanyan really has this meaning.

Zhu Di actually doesn't mind, even if Zhu Zhanyan marries the Mu family, he doesn't mind, but just because he doesn't mind doesn't mean that others don't mind.

Even if it is an emperor, many times it is necessary to consider the feelings of others, because the collapse of a dynasty is often not particularly affected by the subjective will of the emperor.

After all, what emperor wants to be an emperor who has lost his country?

Therefore, it is very difficult to decide on the choice of Zhu Zhanyan's concubine, no matter who it is.

However, what Zhu Zhanji said was ......

Hu Shanwei is the eldest sister of the Hu sisters, and she is the Shang Palace of the Shang Palace Bureau in the palace, that is, the highest person in charge of the Shang Palace Bureau.

Shanggong Bureau is a relatively special place, since the Sui Dynasty, but in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the Yongle period, the sense of existence of the Shanggong Bureau is slowly weakening, in history in the Hongxi and Xuande dynasties, the affairs of the Shanggong Bureau were handed over to the eunuchs to deal with.

Zhu Zhanji's suggestion is a double-edged sword, if Zhu Zhanji's ideas are more sunny, then Hu Shanwei will accompany Hu Shanshu to Yunnan, after all, the vassal king can't go out of the fief when he is idle.

Although this rule has no effect on Zhu Zhanyan, it still has to be followed on the surface.

In addition, Hu Shanwei has been in the palace for many years, and he has experience in many things, so he can help Zhu Zhanyan a lot.

But if Zhu Zhanyan's vigilance is still as heavy as this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, this Hu Shanwei's past will become a catalyst for the relationship between Yunnan and Yingtian to deteriorate rapidly to an extreme.

"Let your grandfather decide......"

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhu Gaochi sighed deeply, and decided to let the old man decide this matter.

In this matter, his identity is too sensitive to appear.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanji stopped talking, only Sun Ruowei, who was standing in the distance, had a strange expression.

Originally, it was nothing, but now with the variable of Zhu Zhanxiang, the prince's family's attention to Hu Shanxiang has increased, and even Zhu Zhanji has begun to think about how to use Hu Shanxiang's relationship to stabilize Zhu Zhanxiang.

Now, although she can still see Zhu Zhanji every day, she talks a lot less, and the feeling she used to have is gone.

It's just that Zhu Zhanyan at this time didn't know what happened in Yingtian, because he had never planted any nails in Yingtian.

First, it's unnecessary, and second, it's useless.

The old man is not stupid, at least the current old man is not stupid.

Moreover, the current Zhu Zhanyan doesn't have the heart to care so much.

Annam, Thang Long City.

In fact, this place has been renamed Jiaozhou Mansion the year before last, but Zhu Zhan Yan is used to the name Thang Long City, because when he burned Annam and took this place, it was called Thang Long City.

On the first day he brought his younger brother here, Zhu Zhanyan ordered more than 1,000 people to be killed.

This is inevitable, it's not that Zhu Zhanyan is venting because of personal emotions, because this matter has to be done no matter who else it is.

There are too many people pouring into Annam from Nanzhang and Khmer, and there will definitely be that kind of ill-intentioned people coming over, and even Zhu Di has no way to put an end to this kind of thing.

It's just that you can't kill casually at this time, it's okay to kill the wrong one, but if you kill too many and make the wrong one, then something will happen.

After working hard to pave the way, Zhu Zhanyan didn't want to fall short, so the disposed of these can really prove that they have ghosts.

As for those to be determined, they are being held or placed under surveillance.

"Let's go! Go to the old wosi! Zhu Zhanyan looked at his younger brother with a shocked face, and turned his head to order to the soldiers behind him.

(End of chapter)