Suburbs outside the capital.

In the beautiful land of mountains and rivers, there is an unknown manor, the entrance is a few three-room courtyards, and the back is a garden.

The furniture in the house is all mahogany, the furnishings are jewelry, and the calligraphy and paintings on the walls are all famous.

In the middle of the hall, there is a coral tree, about two feet high. Externally, a glass enclosure purchased from Beiping is used against a large vase from an ancient kiln.

Xu Zengshou lay on the rocking chair, swaying and shaking.

Beside him sat a beautiful young woman, wearing a silk skirt with a white collarbone exposed on the placket.

Qianqianyu selected a large strawberry from the food box of the fragrant table and slowly fed it to Xu Zengshou's mouth.

Xu Zengshou's eyes didn't open, his face was comfortable, without the slightest defense, and he bit when he felt the foreign body.

"Yikes."

The beautiful young woman withdrew her fingers, held them in her heart, frowned slightly, felt puzzled, and slapped Xu Zengshou's arm angrily.

"Master, you've bitten a slave."

"Isn't it fair that you bite mine, and I bite yours."

Xu Zengshou opened his eyes, hugged the beautiful young woman, and said some nonsense, so ashamed that the young woman pushed Xu Zengshou away.

"Look at you, where do you still look like a governor."

"Du Du is an outsider, in front of you, I can't be a gentleman, and I'm not rare."

Xu Zengshou said disapprehantly.

"Our Xu family, it's okay to have a big brother, I'm just a name, this is the way to last, you don't understand."

The beautiful young woman really doesn't understand.

And in front of the master, she will exhort two words, but she will not persuade more.

Behind closed doors, the two of them were talking nonsense in the courtyard, only a voice sounded outside, it was the housekeeper of the third room.

"Master, someone from the family is here, it was sent by the eldest master, let the master go back."

"Wait."

Hearing the sound of the inside, the old butler was accustomed to it.

Finally.

Xu Zengshou rolled up his sleeves and walked out of the room and asked, "What is the eldest brother looking for me?" ”

"Didn't say."

Xu Zengshou did not delay any longer, took the carriage, and returned to the capital.

The Mansion of the Duke of Wei.

After Xu Da's death, he was posthumously crowned King of Zhongshan and presented the third prince.

However, in the Battle of Jingyan, Xu Huizu had a firm attitude and did not push Zhu Di to be the emperor, because of his identity, Zhu Dige went to Yulu and the title.

It was not until after the death of Xu Huizu that Zhu Di ordered his eldest son to inherit the title of Duke of Wei on the grounds that the King of Zhongshan had no queen.

In addition, in the capital, Xu Zengshou, who reported to Zhu Di, was killed by Zhu Yunwen, and Zhu Di was posthumously named the Duke of Dingguo, and his descendants were hereditary.

That is, the famous two countries.

Therefore, in the book "Dream of Red Mansions", Jiafu is a family of two people, which has given birth to a lot of remarks in later generations, believing that the prototype of Jiafu refers to the Xu family.

Xu Zengshou arrived at the house, and in Xu Huizu's study, the two brothers met.

Among them, there is also a second child Xu Yingxu, but he is not the same biological mother as the two of them, and the relationship is not very close.

In addition, there is a brother Xu Tianfu who died young.

"I'm going to get up and go to Shaanxi."

"Settled?"

Xu Zengshou said in surprise.

King Qin wants to make a comeback, and he has been working hard for it for many years, and there are many lobbyists sent by him in the capital.

It's bad luck to think about.

Coincidentally, in the year of King Qin, the crown prince happened to die of illness.

If this major case had been a few months late, or if the prince had died a few months earlier, the situation would have been very different.

In the minds of many people, if nothing happened to King Qin back then, then after the prince died of illness, King Qin, as the second son of the concubine, is likely to become the new prince.

It's a fraction of a millimeter.

There are still many people in the capital who want to speculate and take shortcuts, so there are many people who are running for King Qin.

In such a situation, if you want to say that among the several vassal kings, who is the most scruples of the close ministers around the imperial grandson, it must be the King of Qin.

The threat level of King Yan will fall behind King Jin.

"The saint has agreed." Xu Huizu said in a deep voice, without much joy on his face.

Xu Huizu was speechless.

Then he sighed: "This matter has been done by them, I'm afraid that over there in Shaanxi, King Qin is angry." ”

King Jin led the troops out of the fortress, King Yan led the troops out of Liao, and King Qin led the troops to quell the chaos.

Support, opposition, neutrality, soy sauce......

Quarreling back and forth is not effective.

The officials who reacted concentrated their firepower on the King of Qin, although they did not deprive the King of Qin of his military power, but let the sage agree, and sent Xu Huizu to Shaanxi to command the generals of the envoy in Shaanxi, and divided the military power of the King of Qin to the greatest extent.

To some extent, it blocked the comeback of King Qin.

King Qin made a comeback, but the comeback was not complete, so naturally it could not affect the famous weapon of the emperor's grandson.

"And that's not all." Xu Huizu said coldly.

"What else do they want to do? It is not a good thing to get Long Wangshu, the matter of King Qin has been decided, and if he continues to argue, he may cause dissatisfaction among the saints. ”

"King Yan wants to marry the Guo family, and King Yan has already written a book."

"Hey."

Xu Zengshou raised his eyebrows, and said dissatisfiedly: "These people, taking advantage of the sage's concern about the prestige of the emperor's grandson, are doing more and more unscrupulous. ”

"First impeached King Yan, and now King Yan has made it clear that he wants to choose the Guo family, and they have to come out to oppose it, where is the face of King Yan?"

"Ugh." Xu Huizu sighed.

State affairs are in chaos.

The prince really shouldn't have died.

The thriving national strength, with the death of the crown prince, even if a few years have passed, it is still in infighting.

Or the first time the saint appointed the heir.

If it weren't for the decisiveness of the saint at the beginning, I am afraid that the situation would become more and more chaotic, because with the more people betting, the infighting will be more intense, and even to the point of tragedy, I don't know how many people will die.

"After I leave the capital, don't show your tendencies." Xu Huizu said the purpose.

"No, I have to help King Yan, otherwise I won't be able to explain to my eldest sister."

Xu Zengshou refused.

Xu Huizu stared at his younger brother, and Xu Zengshou's face did not change.

Long.

Xu Huizu weakly withdrew his gaze.

Even their Xu family can't maintain a consistent attitude, let alone the imperial court, too many people insist on their own ideas for their own interests.

Peiping.

Zhu Di set off for Liaodong.

The Xu family of the royal palace came forward to arrange the preparations for the marriage of the young lady in the family, and the scenery to be done should not let the eldest daughter suffer the slightest grievance.

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "Is there enough money at home?" ”

Xu Shi glanced at his eldest son and quipped: "The rich man has a lot of money and has no place to put it, so he has to take it out and sprinkle it." ”

"There's a lot of money, but there's a place to go." After explaining, Zhu Gaochi smiled and said, "But I will definitely support the eldest sister's marriage." ”

"If only you had this heart." Xu refused.

There are many things in the family, as parents, who do not care about their children.

I don't know if the boss understands it.

The palace is not divided, and the money in the hands of the eldest must be put into the public account, and then the family will pay for the children's expenses.

Zhu Di didn't mention it, and Xu didn't mention it either, allowing Zhu Gaochi to hold a large amount of money in his hands.

"And recently you have to pay attention to proportions when you go out, your father said that this year your imperial grandfather will divide the world."

Zhu Gaochi nodded.

Not only him, but the eldest sons of many princes, no matter their age, were all named princes by Zhu Yuanzhang, including the feudal kings.

Even if he is still young, he will be divided into feudal kings, stay in the capital first, and then become a vassal when he is older.

Seeing that his mother was here, he had nothing to do, and he went to visit the eldest sister again, and he was also busy over there, looking at Zhu Yuying, who was taught by his grandmothers, Zhu Gaochi sat for a while and left.

Yuan Rong also went back to Yingtianfu to prepare for the marriage, and before leaving, he took leave from Zhu Gaochi, resigned from the errand of Zhonghua Heavy Industry, and was busy marrying the eldest daughter of Yanwangfu.

Zhu Gaochi, who had nothing to do, looked for past official documents, and one of them attracted him.

Twenty-five years of Hongwu.

A total of 89,600 people were requisitioned to enrich the health centers in the Datong area.

This is when I first came to Daming.

Zhu Gaochi was thoughtful.

(End of chapter)