The golden autumn set off in September, and when I returned to Xiangzhou Mansion, it was already the end of the year.

Back in Xiangzhou Mansion, not only did Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Zhanyan not have the joy of going home, but instead locked themselves in the room in the same way, and no longer went out half a step except for eating and going to the toilet.

This situation lasted until the New Year.

Yongle 21, December 30.

Zhu Zhanyan carried a stool by himself, sat on the wall of the old Siamese palace, looked at the bustle of Xiangzhou City outside, looked at the fireworks in the sky, and said nothing.

"Your Royal Highness, it's cold."

A thin wool blanket covered Zhu Zhanyan's body, and when he turned his head, it was Hu Shanshu.

"Don't want to go home?" Zhu Zhanyan tightened the blanket on his body, straightened his chin, and motioned to Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping next to him to find something for Hu Shanshu to sit on.

"Naturally, I want to." Hu Shanshu stood behind Zhu Zhanyan like that, raising his head like him, looking at the fireworks in the sky.

"But what's the use of thinking?"

"The self-beating girl and her sister were chosen...... No, perhaps it should be said that since the eldest sister of the Minnu's family entered the palace, the fate of the Minnu's family is no longer in their own hands. ”

"Now, the eldest sister is in the palace, and the second sister has become the concubine of the Ming Dynasty, and the folk girls who follow Her Royal Highness have long had no chance to go home."

"If there is, it is also with the permission of many parties, if not, it will only add trouble to His Highness."

"You're wrong." Zhu Zhanyan tilted his head, without the slightest intention of turning his head, but the words in his mouth did not stop.

"In this world, no matter who you are, your fate is not in your own hands."

"Even if it is me, who has fought almost all over the world, the crown prince who has been in charge of the country in Beijing several times, and even the emperor who has been on a personal expedition several times, his fate is not in his own hands."

"If you can take your destiny into your own hands, then you are either an outsider who ignores the world, or a person who stands on the top of a mountain, trampling everyone else under his feet, and has no desires."

"His Royal Highness is right." Hu Shanshu never moved for half a minute, even if Zhu Ling had already brought her a chair.

"Therefore, the folk girls can't go home."

"Going home, it's a thing that the people's daughter can't do, and it's a move to make trouble for His Royal Highness the Prince and Daming."

"Let's go back and write a letter to my family." Zhu Zhanyan suddenly stood up and draped the woolen blanket on Hu Shanshu's body.

"Your father can't come, and your eldest brother may not be able to come, but your second brother should be able to come."

"In a lifetime, there must always be a family member to witness."

……

Throwing down a sentence, Zhu Zhanyan walked away, and Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping behind him hesitated for a moment, and also followed with a step.

Hu Shanshu stood alone at the head of the city, looking at the fireworks in the sky, and a drop of colorful light slipped from the corner of her eye.

……

The next day, the twenty-second year of Yongle, the first day of the first month.

A piece of news was sent from the Xiangzhou Mansion, which shook the whole world.

Zhu Zhanyan, the son of King Wu, will get married in Xiangzhou Mansion in three months!

This news is tantamount to a ten-magnitude earthquake for the current Daming, which shocked the entire Daming, from the royal family to the ordinary people.

There are two main things that are shocking.

The first is naturally Zhu Zhan's wedding itself.

Normally, the people of the Ming Dynasty will basically marry wives when they are thirteen years old, give birth to children at the age of fifteen or sixteen as early as possible, and seventeen or eighteen at a later age.

And Zhu Zhanyan is twenty-three years old this year, and he only married a wife at this age, which undoubtedly lowered the average marriage and childbearing age of Daming.

Secondly, Zhu Zhanyu's wedding itself is too eye-catching, after all, as the eldest son of King Wu, he will inherit Zhu Gaoxu's title of King Wu in the future, not to mention, he has laid down such a big place.

Nominally, it was ruled by the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, everyone knew that for so many years, except for the grassland and the Wa Kingdom, the places where Zhu Zhan fought were governed by the King of Wu.

Even if it is the Wa Kingdom, it is now under the jurisdiction of Qian Yong, and it may be possible to return Iwami Silver Mountain to the imperial court in the future, but Sado Gold Mountain is bound to be under the control of Qian Yong, that is, Zhu Zhanyan.

That is to say, Zhu Zhan Yan controls at least half of the Wa State.

In people's eyes, when Zhu Zhanyan gets married, it is not far from giving birth to a child, and that child will inherit everything from Zhu Zhanyan.

The second thing that shocked the world was time.

Traditionally, weddings of royal relatives have never been done just as they say, and they may not be like Zhu Zhanji's imperial grandson, who needs to be prepared a year or even two years in advance, but they are not ready in three months.

And Zhu Zhanyan didn't have any warning in advance, and announced that he was going to get married very suddenly, and set the wedding date for three months later, which was a little hard to believe.

How can the wedding of a royal family be fully prepared in just three months?

Besides, is he Zhu Zhanyan an ordinary person?

Not to mention that it is compared with ordinary royal relatives, I am afraid that it can be compared with Zhu Zhanji.

At the very least, the current Zhu Zhanji is not much worse than Zhu Zhanji, the imperial grandson, in terms of strength and influence.

However, no matter whether it can be prepared or not, the news has already been sent, and it was stamped with Zhu Gaoxu's big seal, presented to Shuntianfu, passed through the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, and finally handed it to the old man.

That's right, not to mention the old man's personal approval, he also summoned Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Xia Yuanji, the secretary of the household department, and strictly ordered them to assist King Wu to handle this matter well.

At the same time, a team of 100 princely guards also set off from Xiangzhou Mansion to Yanzhou Mansion, the hometown of today's Taisun Concubine Hu Shanxiang, and invited Hu Xuan, the second brother of Hu Shanshu, who is about to become the princess of King Wu, to Xiangzhou Mansion.

All of a sudden, the entire Ming Dynasty was lively.

……

Xiangzhou Mansion.

The old Siamese royal palace was not only rebuilt by Zhu Zhan Yan, but now it has become more ...... because of Zhu Zhan Yan's big wedding It's special.

Although there is still some time before the wedding, the palace has already begun to put up lights and arrange wedding-related matters.

Not only the palace, but even the Xiangzhou City outside.

"What? Do you want to too? ”

Zhu Zhanqi looked at his younger brother who was a little dumbfounded, smiled and spoke, and teased Zhu Zhanqi.

"Speaking of which, how old are you? It's almost twenty, right? I haven't started a family yet, so it's time to hurry. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Zhanyan shouted at the top of his voice: "Dad! Mother! Have you forgotten about Zhanqi!? ”

"Eh......" Zhu Zhanqi hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop his brother, and his cheeks turned red.

In fact, after several years of experience, Zhu Zhanqi has become very good-looking, at least a lot more mature.

In this era, it is the norm to start a family at thirteen or fourteen, and men of this age are still in junior high school or even elementary school in later generations, but in this era, they are already a pillar that can support a family.

Zhu Zhanqi, who is nineteen years old and twenty years old, is naturally a well-deserved man.

However, this is only in a practical sense, because what Zhu Zhanqi has done in the past two years has been what men do, but from a physiological point of view, he is not a man yet.

Zhu Zhanyan was late enough at that time, and his younger brother was even later than himself.

It's understandable that he is a traverser, but what about his younger brother?

But don't say it, it seems that the Zhu family is in his generation, and he doesn't know what to do, after all, he doesn't know when his cousin got rid of a boy and became a man, but in terms of the age of marriage, it is quite late.

Far below the average of its contemporaries.

"Don't be shy......" Zhu Zhanyan smiled and patted his younger brother's shoulder.

"Although you have been doing your business for the past two years, isn't the biggest thing to do is to start a family, marry a wife and have children?"

"You're twenty years old, and in the first two years, my brother was always out fighting, and the family needed someone to help my father, so I pulled you to be a strong man, but no matter how busy you are, there is still time to get married."

"Besides, our branch, even if we get married, can only be in the fiefdom, unlike other people, we can still enter Beijing, worship the Taimiao, and even go to Shenlie Mountain to comfort our ancestors in person."

"So, what should be done must be done, and what can't be done, let's not expect extravagantly."

Speaking of this, Zhu Zhanyan couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

For Zhu Zhanyan, getting married is actually a non-essential choice, if he hadn't agreed to the old man this time, he would not have married in such a hurry.

Of course, he definitely wanted to get married, but he never thought that it would be so early, he thought that he would waste enough on himself, at least take the Holy Roman Empire, and after tasting all the tastes he had not tasted in his previous life, he would choose to get married and have children.

What is the saying?

Use less chopsticks to stir the water tank and more tadpoles swim the Yangtze River. When you are poor, you can see that your skin is white and beautiful, and when you are rich, you can watch scallops spit water.

He has tried a woman who blends yellow and white, but he has not tasted pure white.

But this is only for himself, after all, everything he does is very purposeful, and it is not possessed by people of this era, but his younger brother is different.

As a personal selection, and after so much painstaking training, he still marries a wife and has children step by step.

After all, if this is not the case, Zhu Zhanyan can't be so free, right?

"Okay, don't worry, don't be embarrassed." Zhu Zhanyan stood up and patted his younger brother on the shoulder.

"Have you ever met someone you like over the years? Don't worry, if you have one, just say it, as long as it's not a singer white slave, or a Qinglou woman, there's no problem. ”

"You also know the rules of our Ming Dynasty, the selection of the crown princess and the princess does not depend on family background, let alone you."

"Yes, there is ......" After seeing his brother's unobtrusive look, Zhu Zhanqi slowly let go.

"It's just that I'm afraid it's a little troublesome."

"Trouble? What trouble could there be!? Zhu Zhanyan waved his hand, looking very domineering.

"Haven't you been in Yunnan to Xiangzhou Mansion all these years? How many women have you met? Except for those maids or something, who else is left? ”

"Since you have something you like, then just say it, you can't be afraid, and Dad! Daddy can't figure it out, so isn't there still me? ”

"That'...... I did? Zhu Zhanqi frowned, showing a really embarrassed look.

"This person she ...... Surname Mu ......"

"What's the use of just saying your surname, you can't say other people's ...... Ga? Zhu Zhanyan was halfway through his words, and he came to his senses and paused suddenly.

"Hiss......"

Zhu Zhanyan gasped, looked at his younger brother cautiously, and asked with some uncertainty.

"What do you mean...... Could it be...... That Mu in Yunnan? ”

"Hmm." Zhu Zhanqi nodded unexpectedly, but this was definitely not what Zhu Zhanqi wanted to see.

"Hmm...... Ahem, ahem, ahem, ......" Zhu Zhanyan coughed violently a few times.

What's so ...... It's really not easy to do......

(End of chapter)