Suncheonfu, the Imperial Palace.

By the time Zhu Zhanyan returned to the palace, it was already November.

Zhu Sanfeng is one of the veterans who has followed Zhu Zhanyan for the longest time, and she doesn't say that she knows the most about the process and precautions of the war, but she is definitely the people at the top level.

Seeing Zhu Zhanyan enter the palace with him first, Zhu Sanfeng sighed softly and turned to leave.

Zhu Sanfeng almost never set foot in the palace, firstly, because she is rarely in the Central Plains, and after bringing back new grain seeds, Zhu Sanfeng is either stationed with Qian Yong to garrison the Wa Kingdom or on the way to war, and she is rarely in the Central Plains.

These two come ......

For the Ming Dynasty, for the entire history of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Sanfeng is noble, because the seeds of the new grain she brought back have completely alleviated the dilemma of the Ming Dynasty's lack of food, but it has also greatly improved this.

But for people, she wished Sanfeng's body dirty......

Pick up the bowl to eat, put down the bowl and scold the mother, maybe this is the normal state of human nature, even if everyone knows that this is unreasonable and should not be, but people's thinking is like this, basically can't change.

To say the most intuitive, people like Zhu Sanfeng have merit and fame, and people also think that her contribution is noble, but it can be said that no one is willing to marry her, not even a concubine.

Only Qian Yong, who has experienced everything with her, is willing to do this.

This is undoubtedly regrettable and sad.

……

Martyrs' Building.

Zhu Zhanyan originally founded this restaurant with the intention of giving some of the widows of their husbands or sons who died on the battlefield a place to live.

In the feudal era, in terms of ideology, what is noble is really noble, such as Qian Yong, Jian Xiao and Zhu Sanfeng, they can gamble everything they have for Zhu Zhan's order, and then Zhu Ling, who is willing to die generously for Zhu Zhan's order.

But in the same way, the mind is dirty.

Although the phenomenon of bullying children and mothers and eating out of households is not particularly common, it is definitely not uncommon, and the widows of heroes and martyrs are undoubtedly the targets of bullying, because the pillars of the family have collapsed.

This is the original intention of Zhu Zhanqi to create the Yinglielou, but time has passed, and in more than ten years, the Yinglielou has developed into a fairly large-scale group, not only in the Shuntianfu where every inch of land is valuable, but also in Yingtianfu, Hangzhou, Yangzhou and other prosperous or relatively prosperous places.

Yinglielou has extended from the original restaurant to many places, such as the reception of war orphans, and for example, the restaurant needs grain, vegetables, meat, wine and other things.

It houses a large number of war widows and orphans, as well as the elderly who have nothing to support, and a way to live a decent life by cultivating the land and raising livestock.

On the second floor of the Heroic Building, Zhu Sanfeng saw a very conspicuous person as soon as he came up.

This man sat by the window, but unlike ordinary people, he chose a shady side, that is, the north side, and looked out the window in a daze.

Zhu Sanfeng sighed lightly and walked over.

To the north, is the direction of the Imperial Palace.

"Why don't you go?" Zhu Sanfeng sat opposite the man very familiarly, and looked towards the north with the man.

"You are the personal guard of His Royal Highness King Wu, although you have been at home for a long time because of your age, but since His Royal Highness King Wu chose to take you into Beijing, it proves that you have the qualifications to stand by His Royal Highness's side."

"Perhaps, the day the gift comes, it won't work, but today is completely fine."

"No need." Zhu Lin glanced back at Zhu Sanfeng, his voice hoarse.

"His Royal Highness King Wu specially called me before leaving, in fact, I didn't want to come, but Ling Er has not yet married and has no heirs, although I know that His Royal Highness the Prince will collect the body for him, but His Royal Highness the Prince is His Royal Highness the Prince after all, not a blood relative in the real sense."

"Fallen leaves return to their roots, and people return to their hometowns after death."

"We no longer have a hometown, and later His Royal Highness the Prince took Xiangzhou Mansion, and built Xiangzhou Mansion no worse than Shuntian Mansion, so Xiangzhou Mansion is our hometown."

"I can't let His Royal Highness return home with the bones of a guard, that's why I'm here."

"As for entering the palace......"

Zhu Lin sighed slightly when he said this, as if he didn't care, and there was still a little regret in his heart.

Or perhaps, he didn't sigh for himself, because people who lived to Zhu Lin's age actually rarely thought about themselves.

"Forget it."

With a little regret, Zhu Lin turned his gaze to Zhu Sanfeng.

"What about you? Why don't you go? ”

"Why do you bother?" Zhu Sanfeng smiled bitterly when he heard this.

"The juniors also have no intention of touching your scars, but you are a little too eager to repay them, so why hurt each other?"

Zhu Lin was slightly stunned, and then shook his head and smiled.

"I didn't really pay attention to that, but why should you care? I don't think His Royal Highness the Prince of the World will care, since His Royal Highness the Prince doesn't care, then no one in the world will dare to talk nonsense. ”

"Why bother?" Zhu Sanfeng turned his head and looked at the traffic outside the window.

"Although people say that my dedication is noble, but in fact no one wants to get close to me, and besides, it is just ordinary things, how can I get involved in this kind of thing?"

Saying that, Zhu Sanfeng's face was also filled with a trace of regret.

"It doesn't matter if you enter the palace, but when that day comes, it is impossible for me to go to the Taimiao with His Royal Highness to worship my ancestors, because some people must say that I will defile the royal Taimiao."

"So, ah......" Speaking of this, Zhu Sanfeng's face was a little more free.

"I'll just be in charge of witnessing, as for whether to go or not...... What does it matter? ”

Zhu Lin sighed when he heard this.

It's not that he complains, but as the saying goes, Zhu Zhanyan has been able to get to this point, in addition to the white bones of countless enemies, there are too many of his own people who have paid for it.

Zhu Lin is not unwilling to pay, if he is not willing to pay, he will not let his eldest son sacrifice his life to clear the last obstacle for Zhu Zhanyan.

Similarly, it's not that Zhu Lin doesn't think it's worth it, if he really thinks so, he won't be the guardian of King Wu's line in two generations, and he is also known as a personal guard who is ready to die at any time.

It's just that looking at people like Zhu Sanfeng who have paid a lot, but in the end they can't even witness Zhu Zhanyan's ascension to the throne, it is inevitable that there will be some sighs.

"I'll go first." After sighing, Zhu Lin drank the tea in the cup and stood up.

"It's almost time, I should also pick up Ling'er......"

……

Zhu Sanfeng turned his head, watched Zhu Lin, who was already in his old age, leave, sighed softly, and then turned his head to look at the traffic outside the window.

Shuntianfu, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, is undoubtedly very prosperous, but under the prosperity, there are many, many helplessness and sighs.

……

The Imperial Palace, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

Zhu Zhanyan actually wanted to hand over Zhu Ling to Zhu Lin first, he had already learned from his father Zhu Gaoxu that Zhu Lin had also come to Shuntian Mansion, but he waited left and right, but what he waited for was the news that Zhu Lin was not in the palace.

Zhu Zhanyan also sighed when he heard this.

For Zhu Lin's family, Zhu Zhanyan felt that he owed a lot.

To say that Zhu Lin deliberately neglected himself, Zhu Zhanyan didn't believe it, so he knew Zhu Lin's thoughts at once.

You must know that it was not only Zhu Ling who brought back this time, but also Zhu Qizhen.

That's why he appeared outside the door of the Heart Cultivation Palace.

If it was before, Zhu Zhanyan would not have any hesitation, and went in directly with Zhu Qizhen's coffin, but the matter has reached this level, and he is not in a hurry.

There is no major event in life except death, for the Han people, the idea that the dead are big has been engraved into the bones, although Sun Ruowei has been targeting herself for more than ten years, but at this last moment, Zhu Zhanyan is also willing to give her a bit of decency.

Time passed bit by bit, and Zhu Zhanyan stood outside the Heart Cultivation Hall for a long time, but he was not impatient.

I don't know how long it took, Sun Ruowei's figure finally appeared in the Danqi of the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Unlike the queen mother in the past, Sun Ruowei in front of her was not surrounded by thousands of people in the past, and she didn't even bring a palace maid, so she walked towards the door step by step.

Zhu Zhanyan lowered his head slightly and sighed softly.

He didn't have a good impression of Sun Ruowei, but even so, when he saw Sun Ruowei in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a little pity in his heart.

Sun Ruowei in front of him has long since lost the high-spirited spirit that controlled the power of Shuntianfu and even the Ming Dynasty more than ten years ago, let alone the pride he had before, and the whole person was already haggard.

Even, when she is less than forty, her sideburns are already slightly white.

"I brought him back." Seeing Sun Ruowei walk in front of him, Zhu Zhanyan spoke softly.

"Although, I didn't want him to enter the imperial tomb, because he was the first emperor of our Ming Dynasty to be captured, and it would be a loss of face for our Zhu family."

"However, no matter how you say it, he is also the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, at least once, entering the imperial tomb is the emperor's final destination."

"Although I am his elder in terms of generation, I also don't want him to enter the imperial tomb and lose the identity of the Zhu family, but I am not qualified to make this decision."

"So, I'll hand him over to you."

After speaking, Zhu Zhanyan turned around and tilted his head slightly.

"It's November now, everything that should be prepared has already begun, you still have two months to go, and within two months, you have to decide."

After speaking, Zhu Zhanyan left directly, leaving Sun Ruowei standing in place alone, looking at the coffin in front of him.

I don't know how long it took, Zhu Zhan Yan had already walked away, and Sun Ruowei seemed to realize that it was his son's coffin, and lay on the coffin and cried bitterly.

Zhu Zhanyan, who heard the crying, paused, but still walked away.

As he said to Sun Ruowei, he didn't want Zhu Qizhen to enter the imperial tomb, because in his opinion, a captured emperor was not qualified to enter the imperial tomb, which would only lose the face of the Zhu royal family.

Although he can make this decision, he is not qualified to make this decision.

Perhaps, this is also good, if you don't look at Zhu Qizhen, the captured emperor, at least you have to save the last face for Emperor Hongxi.

……

Leaving the Heart Cultivation Palace, Zhu Zhanyan returned to Renshou Palace.

Today's King Wu has no residence in the palace, and Renshou Palace, where he once lived, was not only taken care of by no one because of Sun Ruowei, but also no one repaired it.

And the reason why he came back here was because Zhu Zhan Yan temporarily placed Zhu Ling's coffin here.

In this palace, as of now, only this Renshou Palace belongs to the line of King Wu, although it only once belonged, but it also belonged.

Zhu Ling chose to exchange his life for his life because of himself, but for the Zhu royal family, Zhu Ling was a person who killed the emperor after all, and only this Renshou Palace, which once belonged to King Wu, could accommodate him.

Leaning on the gate of Renshou Palace, Zhu Zhanyan lowered his head and looked at Zhu Ling's coffin.

In fact, sometimes the relationship between a man and a man is purer and deeper than that between a man and a woman.

Even if there is an insurmountable gap between the identities of Zhu Zhanyan and Zhu Ling in this era.

At this moment, Zhu Lin's figure appeared at the corner of Qingning Palace and walked towards here.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanyan stood up straight.

……

Chang'an Street, Wu Wangfu.

When Emperor Taizong established the Shuntian Mansion, he didn't know what kind of idea he had, maybe it was a father's hope for his son, or a father's debt to his son, but no matter what, this Wu Wangfu was on the design plan when Shuntian was established.

From the beginning of its establishment, this Wu Wangfu has been idle, in the Yongle and Hongxi years, there are still people who take care of it without interruption, and in the Xuande Dynasty, almost no one dares to come here.

The reason is also very simple, everyone knows the relationship between Emperor Xuande and the prince of Wu.

Later, King Wu entered the Shuntian lineage, although it was Renshou Palace living in the palace, but those who took care of it did not slack off at the beginning, and began to take care of the Wu Palace.

Later, King Wu left Xiangzhou Mansion, and it was idle or even abandoned until Zhu Zhan returned to Shuntian this time.

However, this Wu Wangfu will not be used for long this time.

However, at least for now, this Wu Wangfu is still where the Wu Wangyi family lives.

"Grandpa, you said my father ...... him"

In the backyard of King Wu's mansion, Zhu Qiming was looking at Zhu Gaoxu with a confused expression, and spit out all the questions in his stomach.

"Hehe, your father, in fact, no one knows him, not even your grandfather and me."

Zhu Gaoxu, whose hair was already gray, smiled slightly, with a little pride on his face, but also a little regret.

"Your father is a very proud person, and his pride is not limited to himself, but extends to the entire Ming Dynasty."

"A long time ago, when your great-grandfather was still in power, he showed an extremely strong style."

"At that time......"

"Eh, my grandson knows about this." Seeing that his grandfather was about to start, Zhu Qiming hurriedly interrupted.

"Do you want to say that my father fought the basis of reason, fought against the Confucians, and said that he retired from the cabinet at that time, Hu Guang and others, so that my grandfather strengthened his idea of being strong to the outside world, and built a Beijing view for the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, right?"

"Hmm." Zhu Gaoxu smiled and touched his grandson's head.

"But that's not all."

"Huh?" Zhu Qiming was stunned when he heard this.

He had heard his father's glorious deeds countless times, and he didn't know how many times he had heard it from his grandfather's mouth, but it was the first time he heard it after that.

"Ming'er, you remember." When he said this, Zhu Gaoxu changed his previous smile and became serious.

"You already know that your father is extremely strong, but there is another point, he is a very proud person."

"He can't tolerate Daming being bullied by outsiders, and he can't tolerate someone smearing Daming's face, even if this person is himself."

"You have to remember, this time it's your cousin, everyone thinks he's here to get on the throne, but in reality, only I know that your father had no intention of taking the throne in the first place."

"If, I mean, if it was you who was captured this time, he might not kill you, but he would definitely cut off your clan identity!"

……

Zhu Qiming looked at his grandfather in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

(End of chapter)