First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 204 Acacia Endless

Zhang Wei quickly embraced his wife's shoulders: "We all listen to you."

Mrs. Zhang is also 30 years old. She pushed her husband away in embarrassment, wiped away her tears and said, "It's all right now, Your Highness still remembers the love I took care of in the past. From now on, teach your son well. As long as you are loyal to the king, There will definitely be something to gain."

Zhang Wei nodded seriously, and then the smiling face of the prefect of Pingyang suddenly appeared in his mind, and he realized that he hadn't discussed such an important matter with his wife yet.

So she said it with a sigh, and Zhang frowned when she heard it, but she didn't say anything when she saw her husband's nervous appearance, and she was relieved when she asked if it was the young lady.

It is true that the magistrate’s family had nine young ladies, but five of them were born to concubines. If they were destined to be concubines, even if they tried to offend Mrs. Zhang, they would not let their sons marry her. It was returned to her in front of people. Although her husband has a small official position, he is also a serious official of the court.

It doesn't make sense to let their eldest son marry a concubine daughter, but it's not impossible to consider it if it's a serious daughter. The magistrate of Pingyang is not too old, so he may not have the potential to develop in the capital, so he will seize the Zhang family. Line.

The Zhang family has connections but no background, and the magistrate's family has background but has nothing to do with it. This is a good match. Speaking of marriage, Zhang held up a beautifully woven brocade quilt embroidered with dragons and phoenixes from the side.

She started to embroider and weave this by herself when she heard that Zhu Biao was engaged, but the prince's wedding was suddenly brought forward, so she didn't send it out. Zhang Wei looked at the brocade quilt that his wife had put a lot of effort into and said, "Wait for Your Highness to leave." It’s time to send it out, it’s always your heart.”

Mrs. Zhang shook her head and said: "I weave this to express my heart. Now that the wedding is over, it would be frivolous to give it to His Highness. Let's give it to Mr. Liu. It will be warmer for His Highness to camp outside on weekdays."

The husband and wife discussed it for a while, and Mrs. Zhang was a little tired, and she had to prepare a meal for Zhu Biao herself in the morning, so the two of them went to bed without talking.

In the dead of night, hundreds of people were still on duty inside and outside the Zhang Mansion, and there was an endless stream of Pingyang Mansion servants wandering back and forth at the gate.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Zhang sent people to the morning market to buy the best shiitake mushrooms. It took a long time to make a pot of porridge with shiitake mushrooms and chicken, and several delicious side dishes.

Zhu Biao also got up later than usual, slowly opened his eyes and smiled, rolled on the bed for a while, feeling soft all over, and then sat up.

This is a rare day of leisure. Usually, it has been an hour since he broke camp and marched. In Kaifeng Mansion, he also has to deal with official business at this time. The only thing is that he has nothing to do today. He will have a meal with the officials of Pingyang Mansion at noon. .

Liu Jin on the side led two maidservants to serve him, handed him warm water for gargling, washed and dressed, and was led to the lobby when he went out. Looking at the familiar food in front of him, Zhu Biao happily ate his fill, and Zhang Wei had already left the house Well, originally he wanted to stay at home, but Mrs. Zhang thought he was stupid, so staying here would only add to the embarrassment.

After Zhu Biao finished his meal, he wandered around the yard for a few times, but unfortunately he was very small, so he went to the study to point out Zhang's son, who was called Zhang Zhun, and his books were not bad.

When talking about the daily life of Empress Ma with Mrs. Zhang, Liu Jin sent a letter from the capital. Mrs. Zhang immediately went down to prepare tea. Zhu Biao opened it and looked at the letter from Mao Xiang on the top, which said what happened in the capital recently.

Presumably his father asked him to write it. Zhu Yuanzhang is not the one who will write letters to his son. At most, he will follow Empress Ma's letter to care about him.

Zhu Biao read it carefully, and there were no major issues in the court recently, only the contradiction between Yang Xian and Hu Weiyong became more and more intensified, and Li Shanchang retreated step by step, which caused Huaixi Xungui to be very disappointed with him.

Moreover, Li Shanchang had already made a memorial to beg for the bones to return to his hometown, but Zhu Yuanzhang beat him back and gave him many gifts to show his kindness and trust. However, after thinking about going back and forth a few times, Zhu Yuanzhang also let him abdicate and raise him up.

In addition, Yan Sheng Gong Kong Xixue also took over the task of rebuilding "Mencius". Because he was worried about damage to his reputation, he forcibly recruited a group of famous Confucians who had previously supported the Confucian family. Far.

After that, there was the letter between his mother and the princess. Zhu Biao first opened the mother's letter. The mother was worried when the son traveled thousands of miles. Even though she knew that Zhu Biao was taken care of along the way, she still took the trouble to tell her. Finally, she said something to the imperial doctor to check on Chang Luohua Passed, and no discomfort.

Zhu Biao raised his eyebrows and read it several times before he realized that his mother was saying that Chang Luohua was not pregnant with a child. It seemed that the mother was too boring, but Zhu Biao really didn't want to have a child now, no matter for Zhu Biao For Chang Luohua, it was too early.

He didn't need a grandson to consolidate his position in order to please his father. Chang Luohua was still young, so it was not a good thing to give birth so early, not to mention how dangerous it was in ancient times, and it would take another two years before it would be ready.

My father is probably okay. After all, he himself is Zhu Biao who was only in his thirties, but Empress Ma must be anxious to embrace his grandson. Zhu Biao turned his attention to Zhang. There are not many caring people here.

It seems that after returning to Beijing, Zhang Wei must be transferred to the capital. Yu'er is the close girl of Empress Ma before she left the court.

At this time, Mrs. Zhang came back with a letter in hand. Empress Ma's letter was also written almost ten days ago. Of course, she didn't know that he had met Yu'er, Zhu Biao said with a smile: "Mother wrote it later, sister Yu'er will read it. "

Mrs. Zhang nodded quickly, picked up Empress Ma's letter and read it. It had been a long time since she had seen the letter written by her own lady. Zhu Biao took a sip of tea, and then read the letter sent by his princess.

It stated her daily life in the East Palace. Jing Zhongxun's noble ladies had already visited the East Palace in turn, and they all respected her very much. The words also expressed her husband's respect for His Highness the Crown Prince. Chang Luohua also listed various less name.

Zhu Biao skipped it with a quick scan. The country is stable, and the ministers will naturally not be indecisive. The Crown Princess has just come into contact with the wife's diplomacy, and she is still a little confused. She is afraid that she will not do well, so she wrote it to Zhu Biao in such detail. up.

The latter is Chang Luohua's concern for her husband, and her instructions are similar to those of Empress Ma. No wonder the married woman is called a bride. She is really a new mother. , there is only endless love.”

Zhu Biao couldn't help smiling, and the figure of his own princess appeared in his mind. Zhang Shi beside him reluctantly put down the letter written by Empress Ma, and turned his head to see the smile on Zhu Biao's face.

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(End of this chapter)