The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Songjiang Mansion, in front of the gate of the Xu family.

"His Royal Highness," Xu Jie knelt in front of Zhu Yijun, said in a respectful and surprised tone.

"His...His Royal Highness the Crown Prince," this was what Xu Jie's family said when they knelt down to worship Zhu Yijun after hearing Xu Jie's words.

"Excuse me, Mr. Ge, get up quickly," Zhu Yijun walked up to Xu Jie with a sad face, not pretending to be false, but directly helped Xu Jie up with his own hands, Zhang Fan who was on the side found Xu Jie There was some excitement on his face, but he didn't know whether Xu Jie's excitement was due to a good thing or a bad thing.

Xu Jie stood up, calmed down the excitement in his heart, but didn't speak, just looked at Zhu Yijun standing in front of him.

Zhu Yijun was stared at by him with chills down his spine, he hurriedly avoided Xu Jie's gaze, and said to everyone in the Xu family who was kneeling in front of him, "Get up, too."

"Thank you, Your Highness," everyone in the Xu family said in unison.

Seeing that there was nothing to distract Xu Jie's attention, and Zhu Yijun could feel that Zhang Fan behind him was "staring" at him, Zhu Yijun couldn't stand it anymore, and said, "Ge Lao..."

"Your Highness," said Xu Jie salutingly, "this is not a place to talk, please follow me into the house with Your Highness and Lord Zhang to talk before it is too late." After finishing speaking, Xu Jie made a gesture of invitation to Zhu Yijun.

Seeing Zhu Yijun's expression as if he was about to go to the execution ground, Zhang Fan hurriedly said: "Ge Lao is right, this is not a place to talk." After speaking, he looked at Zhu Yijun with that threatening look, and from time to time Shaking the tassel of the sword in his hand, Zhu Yijun's little face looked even more worried, but after thinking about it, he still didn't want to hurt his butt, so he had to go in first.

Xu Jie, the sword Zhang Fan was holding, naturally saw it, but it was hard for him to say anything in front of Zhu Yijun, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, but now, when Zhang Fan walked by him, the stubborn and slippery The well-known Elder Xu Ge actually blinked at Zhang Fan, which Zhang Fan never expected.

Entering the hall of Xu Mansion, Xu Jie insisted that Zhu Yijun sit in the front seat that could reach his waist, and he hurriedly asked the family servants to pour tea and bring water.

"Your Highness, why did you come out of the palace?" Xu Jie asked, looking at Zhu Yijun's face.

Zhu Yijun knew that things were going to happen. Sure enough, Xu Jie asked this question, but he didn't know how to answer it. Did he tell him that he was playful, or even tired of the well-behaved days in the palace? If you want to release your true...this...desire, the unrestrained desire, it would be better to just kill him.

"I... I discussed it with my father. My father asked me to come and see Jiangnan. It's just that my father is busy with government affairs and couldn't come together." Zhu Yijun thought for a long time and only had this excuse, "No With father's consent, how could this palace leave the palace privately, the old man must have seen the guards outside the palace, not all of them are Tai Tuo's subordinates, and father personally sent to guard this palace, "

"Although His Highness is a crown prince, he has not yet reached the crown ceremony. It is not His Majesty's decision to travel." Xu Jie naturally knew that Long Qing's ears were soft, but he knew more. It must have been approved by the empress and the imperial concubine, "

This sentence immediately hit Zhu Yijun's deathbed, he lowered his head, but he didn't want Xu Jie to see that his face was flushed, and he murmured, "This... so be it," after finishing this sentence Zhu Yijun regretted it to death. It wasn't that he was so pure that he couldn't tolerate his lying, but he was afraid...

"Although the old man has retired and returned to his hometown, after all, the old man was the chief assistant of the current cabinet. It is the old man's duty to support and care for His Majesty. I will write a letter to Juzheng, asking him to treat the old man Tell the emperor, empress, and imperial concubine that everything is safe and sound, Your Highness," Xu Jie said with a flat face.

Sure enough, he was afraid of something, Zhu Yijun knew something bad was going to happen after hearing what he said, if Xu Jie really wrote this letter, not to mention that his father and empress Chen were tolerant of him, but he was very strict. His mother, Li Guifei, was determined not to spare herself, at least being boarded was inevitable. Zhu Yijun had never been boarded since he was a child, but he had seen quite a few of those people howling like pigs. Thinking of this, Zhu Yijun couldn't help fidgeting again, slowly shaking his butt on the chair.

"Elder Ge, you really care about the court and the emperor," Zhang Fan said, not intending to embarrass Zhu Yijun any longer, "Just like what you said, although Elder Ge has already retired, he has done it on the spot. The chief assistant of the cabinet," Zhang Fan looked at Xu Jie provocatively after finishing speaking.

Xu Jie naturally knew what he meant, he sighed and said, "Yuande, you don't have to mock the old man, the old man can understand what you mean,"

"Seriously, Mr. Ge really has great wisdom." Zhang Fan continued to mock him as if he hadn't heard what he said, then changed the subject and said rather sternly, "Since Mr. Ge knows what Zhang said, he also knows how to care about it." Why don't you think about this kind of nonsense behavior of your highness for the sake of the emperor and the world,"

Zhu Yijun didn't want to say anything else to let Xu Jie decide on himself, but suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he said, "Old Ge, I know that Elder Ge must always be thinking about Father, after this incident, I will definitely Returning to the palace, let the father and mother take the blame, but before asking the old man to help the father get rid of Gao Gong.

"Gao Gong is not only a party member, many officials in the court, regardless of whether they have had a gap with him, as long as he despises them, they are demoted by him. Today's Gao Gong is domineering and domineering, and he is gradually becoming Yan Song in the past. Now he is openly despising his father in front of the courtiers in the court. This... his father is also used to being a good person. Get an ironclad proof, even if I am begging the old man here, please help my father."

After Zhang Fan heard his words, he couldn't help but secretly admired Zhu Yijun for being really smart. He first took advance as a retreat, avoiding the danger of hurting his buttocks; then he aroused Xu Jie's loyalty to the court, or more precisely to the royal family ; Finally, and the most powerful part, he mentioned Yan Song, the greatest enemy that Xu Jie endured for many years in order to defeat him, and even paid for the happiness of his granddaughter's life.

Sure enough, Xu Jie couldn't bear it anymore, he stood up against the table, and said: "Your Highness, the old minister's words were made in a moment of anger. Although the old minister has been serving for many days, he has always had a knot in his heart, but now he has solved it. How about your majesty, your majesty is always your majesty, and the current majesty is even more wise and kind, the old minister was sorry for your majesty before," Xu Jie burst into tears.

Looking at Xu Jie who was in tears, Zhang Fan and Zhu Yijun really didn't know what to say.

But Xu Jie didn't make it difficult for them, and soon stopped crying, and said: "The old minister now thinks that His Majesty will be insulted like this, it's all because of the old minister's arrogance, let the high arch take advantage of the loophole, the old minister... the old minister is really I didn’t come and survive,” Xu Jie was even more powerful this time, he knelt down on the ground, bowed to the north three times, and cried bitterly.

Zhang Fan and Zhu Yijun were taken aback by his action, and hurried up to help Xu Jie up.

Xu Jie finally sat down on the chair again, wiped away his tears with his cuffs, and continued in a tone of gritted teeth: "Gao Gong, the old minister thought that he just wanted to fight the old minister, but who knows that this person is so high-minded. He is arrogant, does he think that no one in Ming Dynasty can rule him, and now he dares to insult the Holy One, it is simply lawless, "

Zhang Fan and Zhu Yijun were covered in cold sweat when they heard it, and they both thought to themselves: "Isn't this just talking about himself?"

"Your Highness, please rest assured, the old minister will definitely get rid of Gao Gong's heart trouble for the Holy Majesty," Xu Jie said resolutely.

Hearing this, Zhu Yijun finally felt relieved: "Ge Lao really understands righteousness,"

"Your Highness has praised you," Xu Jie said, "but the old minister will still ask the director to send a message to His Majesty, the Queen and the imperial concubine, saying that His Highness is all right here."

Zhu Yijun's little face that had just improved was wrinkled again.

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Regardless of the fact that Zhu Yijun in Xu's mansion is worried that his butt will hurt, in Suzhou mansion, Zhang Fan's temporary residence, another good show is happening in the Humble Administrator's Garden.

Knowing that Zhang Fan and the others had something important to do when they went to Songjiang, Luo Linger was a woman who knew the importance, and knew when to pester Zhang Fan and when not to; and seeing that Luo Linger didn't want to follow, Yingyue stayed behind, And she hoped so.

As soon as Zhang Fan and the others left, Yingyue found a factory guard and asked her what she asked Liang Chao to do a few days ago. The factory guard kept looking weird when talking to Yingyue. Notice that he didn't notice what he said. When the man went out, he couldn't help but look at the sky, and said to himself: "Woman, it turns out that my lord also has a lot of troubles. The arranged marriage is good, at least this woman won't make a fuss," he said, shaking his head and leaving.

Yingyue naturally wouldn't hear what he said, and now she was thinking about what the man said just now, just thinking about it, Yingyue's expression of resentment before gradually turned into doubt, with pity, or , sympathize with each other.

Luo Linger sat alone in front of the bronze mirror in her room, looking at herself in the mirror, a comb in her hand slipped from her black hair unconsciously, looking at her face in the mirror, Luo Linger couldn't help laughing in her heart.

In this day and age, what is the use of being beautiful? The more beautiful a woman is, the sadder her life will be. Luo Linger, who was once in the world of mortals, has seen too much. If she was born in a wealthy family, it would be better Even if you meet a man who is ostentatious, at least you can spend your whole life in false happiness; if you were born in a poor family, Luo Linger has tasted countless bitterness without others; in the end, it was also what Luo Linger heard from hearsay. However, if a beautiful woman was born in the family of princes, nobles and nobles, it would be even worse.

Luo Linger is not young now, although she is still beautiful and charming, but at such an age, even if Liu Shan hadn't bought her, the madam in the building would not let her continue to occupy the top spot. Back then, Luo Linger was also a famous woman on the Qinhuai River. Pity, there were countless romantic men who flocked to her. At that time, Luo Ling'er really made a lot of money, but it was all spent on her younger brother's medical treatment.

Thinking of her younger brother, Luo Linger thought of her family again, but in her heart, apart from the laughter that her younger siblings could bring her, everything else was pain.

Luo Linger's mother passed away after giving birth to her brother and sister twins, but her father was a bad gambler who didn't ask anything. There used to be a shop at home, and life was pretty good when she was a child, but now When Luo Ling'er was ten years old, his father, who was addicted to gambling all day long, lost all his family property, including his own three children.

Luo Ling'er and her younger sister were naturally sold into the building, and her younger brother was too young to be wanted by anyone, so he still lived with his father. She didn't do the kind of insane things that would make her pick up the guests right away, but let people teach them well, including reading and writing, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Although Luo Linger had longed for these things, she was not happy. She knew that these were just The old bustard was trying to find a way to raise her price, but because the old bustard promised to support her younger sister, she didn't object, and obediently agreed.

In [-], when Luo Ling'er made her first appearance in the flower shop on the Qinhuai River, it really caused a sensation. She was so talented in color and art that people flocked to her. Selling one's body, the number one card up for sale.

During that time, Luo Ling'er really felt that her life was good enough to live like this, until four years later, when the old bustard planned to "marry" her out, the so-called "marrying" meant that she would open the door to welcome guests. After that night, The non-existent dream in Luo Linger's heart was completely shattered. After that, she was still the most dazzling woman on the Qinhuai River, but she was not aloof.

After she had some money, she tried to get her younger siblings out, because her younger brother was seriously ill since she was a child, and Luo Linger filled in all the money that Luo Linger used for acting on occasion, and when her younger brother recovered from his illness, she was no longer a The cash cow in the heart of the old bustard, and she herself has no money to redeem herself.

At this moment, Liu Shan appeared. This Mr. Pian Pianjia wanted to redeem Luo Linger in front of her, and he did so generously. At that moment, Luo Linger felt that she was about to get out of the sea of ​​suffering. She never had too many fantasies , just a small hope, the hope that appeared in front of her now was much better than what she wanted, how could she be unhappy.

But when she knew that Liu Shan was a eunuch, and the reason for buying her was to sleep with those officials, Luo Linger completely collapsed. She felt that she might as well be brought in a brothel, and would rather be a prostitute. She was so disheartened that she even thought of seeking death to escape, but Liu Shan was prepared. He had arrested Luo Linger's younger brothers and sisters long ago, using this to blackmail Luo Linger and force her to die. She submits.

The past few months have been like years for Luo Ling'er, if she hadn't still cared about her relatives, she would have collapsed long ago.

Until now, living in this Humble Administrator's Garden, she still listens to Liu Shan. Originally, he thought that the imperial envoy from the imperial court was just another lecherous old man, but since seeing Zhang Fan at Liu Shan's home, , Luo Linger couldn't help thinking about Zhang Fan in her heart, but she was also a little scared, afraid that Zhang Fan would also be a man like Liu Shan who didn't treat women as human beings.

She was only carrying out Liu Shan's orders, flattering Zhang Fan and seducing Zhang Fan. Gradually, Luo Ling'er discovered that Zhang Fan was different. Although this distinguished imperial envoy was also very lustful like other men, he was often He was fascinated by himself, but he is not the kind of person who thinks with his lower body. Luo Linger even knows that Zhang Fan cares about women's feelings very much. This can be seen from how Zhang Fan treats Luo Linger. After coming out, during this period of time, she even fell in love with molesting Zhang Fan.

Until she heard about Zhang Fan's wife and their unborn child from Yingyue's mouth, maybe it was really a woman who was jealous, Luo Linger felt jealous for the first time in her heart, she was jealous of that woman named Ru Xue, With a good family background, a life without humiliation, and a bright future; she is jealous that Ru Xue can have such an outstanding man as her husband, and from Zhang Fan's frequent thoughts of Ru Xue, she can see that Zhang Fan loves Ru Xue so much; even Ying Yue, who used to be dismissive, is now very jealous.

Ever since she was a child, no matter how humiliating or sad it was, Luo Linger never complained. She always thought that maybe it was something she did wrong in her previous life, and she was punished by God in this life. However, after so many years, so many things For the first time, Luo Linger felt that her life was so tiring and so unfair.

Why can that woman named Ruxue get everything she wants, a happy family, a husband who loves her, and even have her own children, but she has to succumb to a eunuch and watch her The younger sister is powerless to go her own way again; her younger brother is always threatened by making him inhumane because of Liu Shan's perverted mind; There is no chance for benefactors, and it will go on like this for a lifetime.

Therefore, Luo Ling'er started to take the initiative, and she tried her best to show what might be her last beauty. This might be a woman's struggle.

Looking at her still beautiful self in the mirror, Luo Linger couldn't help showing a self-deprecating smile again, and said in her heart: "Maybe God is blind and gave me such a look, I should be the ugliest woman in the world,"

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Luo Linger opened the door, only to see Yingyue, who had always hated her, standing at the door with a smile on her face,