Chapter 72: He's a Very Good Man
The soft sedan chair was flat and stable, but Xiao Wanqing was up and down, glancing at the legendary emperor's second uncle from time to time, and her liver was pounding.
"This ...... Master, where are you going to take the little folk girl? โ
Zhu Qiyu's squinted eyes opened, and he smiled warmly: "Girl, do you know who I am?" โ
"The little folk girl doesn't know." She shook her head innocently, with a little curiosity in her daze, but she forced it down, and lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes very well-behaved;
At the same time, there is a faint sense of trepidation.
In this wave, the acting skills are not leaky, and the emotions that should be expressed are perfectly coordinated, which can be described as wonderful.
"I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Qiyu said.
"Huh?" Zhu Wanqing opened her mouth wide in shock, "You, you...... Are you the emperor? โ
Zhu Qiyu nodded with a smile, "What, do you think that there are still people in Jingshi here who are pretending to be the Son of Heaven?" โ
"The little folk girl doesn't dare." Zhu Wanqing hurriedly shook her little hand, and then knelt down and kowtowed, "The little folk girl has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and she asks the emperor for forgiveness." โ
"This kid, get up quickly," Zhu Qiyu hurriedly helped her up, looking at the slightly red and swollen white forehead, her face was full of distress, "Don't be like this in the future, don't break your head." โ
Zhu Wanqing nodded sneeringly: "The little folk girl obeys the holy decree. โ
Zhu Qiyu sneered, this eldest niece is really cute, "Don't be so angry, the family doesn't talk about two families, we ......"
He paused suddenly, hesitating to tell the truth.
Zhu Wanqing: (โoโ)...
The little girl follows his brother, precocious, and thinks a lot.
She was anxious all of a sudden, and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to take the little girl into the palace?" โ
"Hmm." Zhu Qiyu did not shy away from it at all, and asked with a smile: "Do you want to know what the palace looks like?" โ
"I don't want to, I don't want to," Zhu Wanqing's little head was about to shake off, "I want to go home." โ
Zhu Qiyu said with interest: "Where is your home?" โ
"In the Golden ...... Cochin. The little girl's head was flexible, and she suddenly remembered her grandfather's words, and quickly changed her words, "Daming is very good, but the little girl is not used to it." โ
"Don't bite a little girl, do you know ......" Zhu Qiyu thought for a while and asked, "Girl, did your parents tell you about the past?" โ
"The emperor said this, the little folk girl didn't understand it." Zhu Wanqing said cautiously.
Zhu Qiyu sighed: "Since they didn't say it, then I won't talk much." โ
After a pause, "The Yongqing Marquis Mansion is too small, and it is not very convenient for you to be a girl, and there are many idle palaces in the palace, so I won't wronged you." โ
"Your Majesty, the little folk girl is still ......" Zhu Wanqing wanted to cry.
Zhu Qiyu was stunned, then raised his hand to reward her with a brain melon, and scolded with a smile: "What are you pretending to be in this little head?" Really...... You were asked to live in the palace because Marquis Yongqing had no place to live at home, understand? โ
"Yes," Zhu Wanqing lowered her eyebrows and whispered, "Can the little girl live in the palace at night and go back to the Yongqing Marquis's house during the day?" โ
"Absolutely." Zhu Qiyu nodded with a smile, "It's good if you're happy." โ
Seeing that the emperor's second uncle was so easy to speak, Zhu Wanqing was a lot more relaxed, and at the same time, she was not at ease, and faintly noticed that the emperor's second uncle was afraid that he had seen the clues.
Didn't I mean to use the extravagance in the palace to corrupt me, and then follow the vine to find out my father and mother...... Zhu Wanqing quietly glanced at Zhu Qiyu and said in her heart:
"I'm not fooled, hum, I can learn from Uncle Li, take the benefits and don't do anything, I'll leave after eating and drinking, and see what he can do."
How did Zhu Qiyu know that her well-behaved and lovely eldest niece had such a flowery intestine, but even if she knew, she would only be happy, and she might add a sentence: My niece is so smart.
The sedan chair enters from the noon gate, crosses the Jinshui Bridge, and goes straight into the harem.
The little girl didn't dare to look around blatantly, and only looked at the structure of the palace from the gap in the sedan curtain, but the tip of the iceberg shocked her:
Is this the palace, it's really magnificent.
If it was before, she might have a sense of yearning, but since she knew the sorrow of Princess Daming, she didn't feel good at all.
What's the use of being good, and you won't live for long, you won't have any freedom at all after getting married, where is it comfortable to be a rich lady in Jinling?
Daddy hurts, mother loves, and big brother protects me, how happy you are, don't be a princess...... Zhu Wanqing pursed her lips quietly, inadvertently revealing a proud look.
Zhu Qiyu was amused when he saw it.
A quarter of an hour later, the sedan chair stopped, Zhu Qiyu led her down the sedan chair, and said to Xiao Hengzi: "Arrange a good place for her to live, and send twenty palace maids to serve her, don't let her suffer a little grievance." โ
"Yes, slave and maid." Xiao Hengzi hurriedly bowed his head and said yes, "Miss, please come with us." โ
Zhu Wanqing was a little frightened, and said stubbornly: "Your Majesty, I'm still... Still want to go back...... The home of the Marquis of Yongqing. โ
Although she could only live in the east kitchen, there were oil smoke in the room, and there were even small mice, at least she was at ease, and she didn't feel safe at all in the golden palace here.
"Let's stay here." Zhu Qiyu said softly, "You are ten years old, how much do you have to avoid it, hygiene is a problem there, do you want to stink?" โ
โemmmโฆโฆ All right. The little girl nodded, followed Xiao Hengzi for two steps, and then turned her head and said, "I don't know anyone, what if ...... How to find you? โ
Zhu Qiyu pointed at Xiao Hengzi, "His name is Xiao Hengzi, you let the people who serve look for him, and then you can find me." โ
What a hassle...... Zhu Wanqing nodded: "Got it." โ
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Small courtyard.
"Godfather, I'm sorry." Li Hong lowered his head, "The child Meng Lang has failed your usual teachings." โ
Li Qing said 'um': "Don't take it as an example." โ
"Will Sister Wanqing live in the palace in the future?" Li Hong asked in a low voice.
"The palace is much stronger than our small family, and besides, a little girl's family is somewhat inappropriate to live here." Li Qing quipped, "You don't want her to live in the East Kitchen all the time, do you?" โ
Li Hong nodded sneeringly: "Godfather thinks about it, but... The child heard that there was intrigue inside and outside the palace, and Wanqing sister ......"
"I think too much, intrigue is based on interests, she is a little girl, she can't affect anyone's interests at all, thankless things, no one wants to do." Li Qing shook his head, and then his expression was serious:
"Regarding Xiao Wanqing's family history, it must be kept secret, and it will not be good for anyone to spread it."
"The child understands." Li Hong nodded heavily, until now, he was still a little incredulous, and said with a wry smile, "Uncle Zhu is actually the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I ...... It's a lot of pressure! โ
Li Qing said with a smile: "There is no pressure, just treat him as an ordinary person, he is just your Uncle Zhu." โ
"The child understands." Li Hong sighed, "But... After all, I climbed high, and I thought that Sister Wanqing was just an ordinary identity, who would have thought ...... Kid, that's a colt, isn't it? โ
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At the end of the Shen period, the Imperial Palace.
Zhu Qiyu finished his official duties and led Zhu Wanqing to walk around the Imperial Garden, while introducing her.
Gradually, the little girl is no longer so repulsive, and her vigilance is still strong, but she is also a lot closer.
"The emperor is so comfortable, living in such a big mansion, there are so many people serving every day, no one dares to say ......no," the little girl muttered, unconsciously complaining for her father.
"You're wrong, the emperor is not comfortable." Zhu Qiyu said softly, "If it wasn't for the national disaster, my uncle and I would still be a free prince." โ
The little girl's words were completely subconscious, and as soon as the words came out, she realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "The emperor is angry, and the little girl ...... the people."
"Don't be a little girl, just call yourself 'me', and don't call yourself the emperor." Zhu Qiyu said with a gentle smile, "It's good to be reckless and reckless." โ
"Little ...... I don't dare. The little girl said tentatively, "Then what shall I call you?" โ
"Call the second uncle."
Zhu Wanqing was stunned and smiled unnaturally: "This ...... How dare you climb high, if my family wants such a relative, I can't take off? โ
"Hahaha...... Zhu Qiyu was overjoyed, "You can really speak." โ
Zhu Wanqing smiled and asked, "Then I want to go to Yongqing Hou's house to play tomorrow, is it okay?" โ
"Call the second uncle, and I'll let you go."
โโฆโฆ Second uncle. Zhu Wanqing blurted out, and then her little face was bitter: It's over, he cheated out.
"Okay, Ming'er will go back to the second uncle and arrange it." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile, "But you still have to go back to the palace at night, it's too inconvenient to live there, if you are a boy, the second uncle will not care, but you are a girl." โรณฮ ั.oั๏ผง
"Yes, listen to the second uncle." Zhu Wanqing called out again, and then worried.
She was afraid of saying too many mistakes, so she hurriedly said, "I'm tired and want to go and take a rest, is it okay?" โ
"Well, go ahead." Zhu Qiyu bowed his head, looking at the back of the little girl in the afterglow of the sunset, and a smile was pulled up at the corner of his mouth.
In the end, his smile gradually became bitter, and he sighed lightly: "It's really uncomfortable to be an emperor......"
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The next day, at the end of the hour.
Zhu Wanqing stepped down from the sedan chair and said to Xiao Hengzi, "Father-in-law go back, Shen Shi will come and pick me up again." โ
"Hey, then we'll go back." Xiao Hengzi is very polite, and he doesn't dare to slack off at all, although the details are not thorough, but the emperor can let him be a celebrant and a eunuch with someone to escort him, which is enough to prove that the emperor attaches great importance to it.
"Goodbye, Miss."
"Goodbye~" Zhu Wanqing waved her little hand, and then, turned around and pushed open the gate of the small courtyard, crossing her small waist: "I, Zhu Wanqing, am back again!" โ
Li Qing glanced up and said, "Come back when you come back, what are you arguing about." โ
Zhu Wanqing: ??????" Uncle Li, I haven't settled accounts with you yet? โ
"Settle accounts with me?" Li Qing sneered, "What's the matter, the skin is itchy again?" โ
โโฆโฆ Off color! The little girl grimaced, was a little fierce, and then trotted behind Zhang Sloppy, pressing her shoulder earnestly, "Grandpa Zhang, look at Uncle Li, he is not close to me at all......"
"Well, I'll talk about him when I get back." Zhang sloppy nodded happily, "Girl, is the food in the palace delicious?" โ
"It's delicious." Zhu Wanqing raised her eyebrows and made a demonstrative gesture towards Li Qing, "It's much better than Uncle Li's skills, Ming'er Wanqing will bring you some back." โ
This girl is very ghostly, and she knows that as long as there are no issues of principle involved, Uncle Li will not be angry with Uncle Li occasionally.
Yesterday, Li Qing saw that she was not saved, and she had some emotions in her heart, so she expressed it.
Li Qing was not used to it, and said, "Go, go to the East Kitchen." โ
"I don't stay here at night." The little girl held her little face high.
"I didn't let you live, I let you go to work." Li Qingdao said, "Help your eldest brother wash and choose vegetables." โ
Zhu Wanqing:-_-||" Uncle Li, take a step to speak. โ
She became serious: "My niece didn't mess around, it's really something!" โ
"Hmm..." Li Qing stood up and walked towards the courtyard wall on the side, and the little girl hurriedly followed.
Li Qing stopped in the corner of the wall, turned to look at the little girl who came up, "What's the matter?" โ
"Uncle Li, does the emperor know my identity?" She asked, her little face full of nervousness.
"Got it." Li Qing didn't hide it, "I know it." โ
Zhu Wanqing's body trembled, and she said hurriedly: "You told him?" How can you ......"
"He guessed it, but it didn't matter." Li Qing said, "If he really has bad intentions, he won't let you come back." โ
After a pause, he said seriously: "Little girl, you should remember that the throne was not snatched by him, but lost by your father, he was just forced to come up, and it was not his intention to be the emperor, speaking of which, it is not that he is sorry for your father, but that your father is sorry for him;
He's not a flood beast, he's your second uncle, you know? โ
Zhu Wanqing said worriedly: "But... Daddy said that if it was exposed, our family would be finished. โ
"What scares you, but it's just an ordinary emperor, it's really like that, but he's different," Li Qing said softly, "He's just your second uncle, he doesn't have any bad intentions, he's a very good person." โ
"Really...... Will daddy and mom really be fine? โ
Li Qing nodded with a smile: "With Uncle Li, there's nothing to be afraid of." โ
"Uncle Li... You're so nice. Zhu Wanqing was moved to tears, "Actually...... The food in the palace is delicious, but not as good as what you make, this time to be honest. โ
"Well, next time I lie, I'll shave you with a big ear."
Zhu Wanqing: "......"
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Five days later.
Just after midnight, Zhu Gaoxu got up, and after washing, he combed his hair and beard in the mirror, and deliberately changed into new clothes.
Today is the day to worship our ancestors.
"Sir, Mr. Li, Li Qing ......" Zhu Gaoxu shouted at the top of his voice.
"What for?"
"Don't you know about worshipping ancestors today?" Zhu Gaoxu said in a loud voice, "Come on, it's really, you can forget the death day of Taizong." โ
โโฆโฆ That's it. โ
Li Qing quickly dressed and walked out of the small courtyard, looking at the starry sky, he couldn't help but feel angry: "What time is this, are you in a hurry?" โ
"It's not early, we'll leave in an hour at most." Zhu Gaoxu said, a little nervous, but also a little expectant.
Li Qing understood Hanhan's mood, didn't say anything, and after washing, he sat in the guest hall with Hanhan and waited.
Wait, wait, half an hour, an hour, an hour and a half...... Until dawn, no one came and knocked on the door.
Zhu Gaoxu couldn't sit still: "Shouldn't this grandson be like you, and he forgot about Taizong's death day, right?" โ
"No way." Li Qing motioned to him not to be impatient, "Your identity is sensitive, let's go too early will attract attention, and when they are almost there, it will be too late for us to set off again." โ
"Aang, okay." Zhu Gaoxu suffers from gains and losses, "If he dares to forget, I have to beat him, and I may be able to catch up next time." โ
Li Qing patted him on the shoulder, "Calm down, it's okay." โ
There was a knock on the door of ......the room, and a shrill voice came: "Is Yongqing Hou awake?" โ
"Here it is." Li Qing replied in a loud voice, got up and said, "Let's go." โ
Zhu Gaoxu got up with it, and his body, which has always been rickety, has straightened up a lot today......