The journey to the heavens starts from the underground station

Chapter 251 Chapter 250

Fan Zhong was sent back to report the victory on the second day of the Onan River War. It was hand-picked by Li Yu, and he sent a thick letter from home to respond to Tian.

Zhu Gaochi received Fan Zhong in the Wenhua Palace, and asked about the details of the Northern Expedition in detail. It was not until the sky was dark and the palace gate was about to be locked that he rewarded a lot of Beijing camps and ordered several people to go back.

"Here, that brat!"

In the Palace of Spring Harmony, after dinner, Zhu Gaochi invited the whole family, and distributed the family letter brought back by the eldest son with great interest, snorted coldly, and turned his head away angrily.

Li Yu wrote seven or eight letters, some to the princess, some to the sisters, and some to the two older brothers. Even Ma San and his uncle Zhang Kejian, who were in charge of the business of the Prince's Mansion, had one. But there is no prince!
It's hard to say it wasn't intentional.

Zhang Yan couldn't be bothered to talk to him, so she took the son's letter happily, read it eagerly, and then praised with a smile on her face: "My son said that he won the battle, and he bought a lot of lamb, the meat is quite tender, respect me As a mother, I ordered the young army to send it back."

Zhu Gaochi snorted coldly: "Hmph! You can't forget to eat when you are fighting."

"Leave him alone." Zhang Yanzheng was happy, she didn't care about her husband's complaints at all, and took Hu Shanxiang's hand: "What did the grandson tell you?"

Hu Shanxiang's cheeks were slightly red, and he quickly folded the paper in his hand, fearing that the princess would see it, it was full of tiger and wolf words!I can only pick out something that can be said, and tell the princess: "His Royal Highness said in the letter that Wala is broken, and he may return to his teacher in a few days. In addition, he searched a lot of jewelry from the former Yuan court from the court of Wala, and ordered people Bring them back together, and when the time comes, I will present my concubine body to your empress."

Zhu Gaochi: "Hmph! If you have a daughter-in-law, forget your mother!"

Zhang Yan first glanced at her husband with dissatisfaction, and then smiled at Hu Shanxiang with satisfaction: "If you have such a heart, I will be satisfied, and now there is no shortage of expenses in the house. The grandson gave it to you, and the two of you will keep it." Bar."

"Thank you madam for the reward."

"When the grandson comes back, we will have a big wedding. After preparing for so long, it was supposed to be done before the expedition, but it was delayed."

According to the plan, it is true that they will get married before the expedition, but Li Yu excuses that the Beiyuan is still alive and wants to wait until he returns from the expedition to get married again, so the old man will let him.

However, some procedures have been completed. The beautiful women selected by the Ministry of Rites have been screened through layers, and only a few dozen are left, who are already living in the Prince's Mansion.

Sun Ruowei was fine, with an internal decision, and passed the selection smoothly; but Hu Shanxiang almost made a mistake, and was almost rejected during the physical examination. It was the princess who ordered Hu Shangyi to come forward and force her to pass.

Now I'm waiting for Taisun to come back and click to choose.

Zhang Yan called Li's second eldest son Zhu Zhanyu and second son Zhu Zhanyong, the two older grandsons, to her side and looked at their frustrated expressions, she couldn't help asking curiously: "Why is this so?" What does it look like? What did your elder brother say in your heart?"

"Mother!" Zhu Zhanyong was not his own, so he didn't dare to answer. The third child, Zhu Zhanyong, didn't have such worries. When Zhang Yan asked, his tears immediately flowed down: "Brother wrote in the letter that we should pay attention to the demise of Wala. Write ten policy theories, and he will come back and check!"

Zhu Gaochi immediately laughed unkindly: "Haha, this is considered brotherly respect, I just listen to your elder brother, and I will read it after I write it."

"Why do you have so many troubles! Isn't it because your son didn't give you a family heirloom? You are fat and heartless!"

"What? You..."

The couple quarreled, and others couldn't see it. The concubines and their children hurriedly resigned, and Hu Shanxiang also hurriedly dragged his sister out to hide.

In August, after the beginning of autumn, the weather in the north gradually cools down, but Yingtian City in the south is still a little hot.

At the riverside pier, a fleet of ships docked slowly. After setting up the board, Li Yu couldn't wait to get off the boat. Zhu Zhanyong, who had been waiting for a long time on the pier, immediately greeted him with the officials of Zhan Shifu.

"Congratulations to His Royal Highness Taisun on his triumphant return!"

It is true that he is back, but Li Yu is the only one who has returned to Yingtian. The old man and his second and third uncles are still staying in Shuntian. They will stay for a few months. They don’t even plan to come back for the Mid-Autumn Festival. They say they will wait until the weather is cooler. back to Beijing.

Li Yu knew what the old man was thinking. He was just staring at the big construction site in the north, over there in Daning, building roads, relocating herdsmen, arranging garrisons, keeping an eye on Wuliangha, etc., plus rewards for meritorious deeds, many things were linked together. Huan, the old man is worried.

In this Northern Expedition, all the meritorious officers and soldiers were rewarded for defeating Wala, and Liu Jiang was an uncle; the only ones in the whole army who did not receive rewards were King Han, King Zhao and the grandson.

Zhu Di originally wanted to reward him, so he would definitely not be able to raise his title, but gold and silver can be rewarded generously.The two uncles were waiting to make a fortune, so Li Yu jumped out, saying that it was his own family business to lead the army, and since it was a family business, he could not ask for rewards.

The grandson took the lead, and the King of Han and Zhao could only carry forward his style. The old man simply pushed the boat along...

So Li Yu took the lead in returning to Beijing this time, firstly for the marriage, and secondly, to hide from the two uncles who were deliberately tricked by him.

"No gift, flat!"

According to the regulations, the grandson of the grandson will go out of the city to welcome the grandson when he returns triumphantly. It may be that the prince is still thinking about the family letter, so he saves the etiquette and only asks the third son Zhu Zhanyong to bring a few people from the prince's mansion. The subordinate officials came over to greet them hastily.

Li Yu doesn't care either, what can a son choose from his father's order.

Waiting for the accompanying young army to "guard" Mahamu's grandfather and grandson who came to Yingtian to get off the boat, Li Yu then got in the car and set off for Beijing.

Mahamuhe first had his own Jinyiwei and cooperated with the officials of the Ministry of Rites to arrange them. He met Tuo Huan, and it was considered a family reunion. Even if it was hard, he left Yingtian just after the year, and revisited the old place after more than half a year. Alright, time wasted on the way...

After returning to the Palace of Spring Harmony and washing away all the dust, a eunuch came to send a message, and the prince summoned him.

The father and son talked for a long time, and it was not until the evening that Li Yu had time to greet the princess.

Three days later, on the tenth day of the eighth lunar month, it was the auspicious day of the zodiac appointed by Qin Tianjian.

In the front hall of Chunhe Palace, the crown prince Zhu Gaochi and the crown princess Zhang Yan are dressed in court clothes, sitting under the eaves, on the right side of Hu Shangyi.

Li Yu was also dressed in Taisun Mianfu, standing on the left side of the prince, under the steps on the left side, stood three officials from the Ministry of Rites, each with a brocade plate, each with a Ruyi and two jade pendants.

In front of the hall, after several rounds of selection, the final [-] draft girls were dressed in court attire, standing quietly, each of them was dressed elegantly and refined, with their heads bowed, and occasionally bold ones would turn their heads quietly Looking at the three brocade trays in the hands of officials from the Ministry of Rites, I was full of anticipation.

Hu Shanxiang and Sun Ruowei are also among the 50 people. Unlike others, Hu Shanxiang knew the result a long time ago. Although he had less expectations in his heart, he was secretly excited. Although he had studied with the princess for a long time, he had already Claiming to be a concubine, but after all, the dust has not settled, and she is still worried.

It's all right now, it's finally the day. His Royal Highness has repeatedly hinted that if nothing happens, after today, he will be able to enter the Imperial Palace and become the second most noble woman in Ming Dynasty!
Sun Ruowei stood beside his sister, with a flat expression on his face, and even a hint of disgust.She was very reluctant to let her enter the palace to serve the grandson, but no one forced her, so she went through all the selection procedures peacefully.

Sun Ruowei felt that he must be crazy!She obviously hated the grandson so much, but she still didn't want to leave him. She said to herself over and over again in her heart that she should be with her younger sister, lest she enter the palace and be bullied by others.

This is the grandson's pick girl, and one grandson concubine and two grandson concubines will be selected from among the fifty show girls.

Except for sisters Hu and Sun, the remaining 48 selected women are all innocent, well-groomed and beautiful.

There are many rules for choosing a concubine in the royal family.

Don't be too tall, don't be too short, don't be too fat or too thin, have no scars, no body odor, perfect body, after the primary election, you have to live in the palace for a period of time, observe their virtues, so as not to trouble the king in the future .

This is called De Jong has both!

For example, those who are too vicious can't even pass the first primary election.

Of course, those foxes in the harem of the Prince's Mansion said otherwise.That's not the concubine of the prince, but it's just a plaything brought up by the chieftains and chieftains from all over the country, especially in the Western Regions. The old man doesn't like these, and they are all cheap to the prince. Similar to dancing girls.

"Go, your grandpa promised you to choose it yourself, you have to be careful." Zhu Gaochi explained his son's life earnestly.

Since ancient times, the selection of concubines by princes and grandchildren has always followed the orders of their parents, and there is no one who chooses them personally.However, the Zhu family started in the infancy, and after the collapse of rituals and music in the Yuan Dynasty, the old man loved his grandson, so he didn't bother to care about these details.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites dare to talk about it, is it bad to deceive Emperor Yongle?
"Yes, Grandpa has informed you."

What Li Yu said was that he planned to designate Hu Shanxiang as the grandson concubine. He had already passed the air with the old man, and the old man had no objection.

Li Yu took a piece of jade pendant first, and slowly walked forward from the first one in the first row. Everyone passing by couldn't help holding their breath, hoping that His Royal Highness Taisun would hand over the jade pendant to him.

It's a pity that Li Yu didn't stop, walked to the middle of the second row, and directly stuffed the jade pendant into Sun Ruowei's hands.

The beautiful girls next to her looked over with envious and jealous eyes. Sun Ruowei was holding the jade pendant in her hand, and her lips moved.

"Congratulations to my grandson!"

At this time, Hu Shangyi took the lead, the maids and eunuchs all knelt down, and the female officer from the Shangyi Bureau led Sun Ruowei out of the crowd to meet the crown prince and concubine An.

Hu Shanxiang was not in a hurry when her sister was selected as expected. What she was waiting for was not the jade pendant.

Sure enough, after Li Yu selected a concubine, he went straight back to get Yu Ruyi, and deliberately started to look at it from the first row. This time, his pace slowed down.

The hearts of the show girls are about to jump out!This time, what His Highness Taisun is holding in his hand is Yu Ruyi who represents the identity of the wife!
The present concubine, the future concubine, and the future empress!There is no one of the most honorable women in the world!

The father and brother were conferred titles, plaques were bestowed, wealth and honor were passed on endlessly, and the family prospered in an instant, it all depended on the jade Ruyi!

In the first row, Li Yu did not stop.

In the second row, passing by Hu Shanxiang, Li Yu paused for a while, and when Hu Shanxiang was full of joy and was about to kneel down to meet Ruyi, and all the beautiful girls felt their hopes were dashed, Li Yu suddenly smiled and continued walking.

Hu Shanxiang only felt that a thunderbolt fell on his head, and the expected thing turned out to be an accident!Her eyes darkened, her body shook twice, but she finally stood firm; she wanted to cry, but the rules she learned in the palace forced herself not to cry.She could only pursed her lips and bowed her head in silence.

However, Hu Shangyi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this scene. She had always opposed her adoptive daughter being selected into the palace. The palace was a place where people could eat people.

Of course, Hu Shanxiang's grievance did not last long, and Hu Shangyi's rejoicing did not last long either. When Li Yu moved from the second row to the third row, he suddenly stopped behind Hu Shanxiang.

Hu Shanxiang was still immersed in loss, but suddenly felt that something touched her right hand. She couldn't help but look down, but found that it was a white and warm thing. Looking closer, it was the one that represented the identity of the grandson concubine. Suet Yu Ruyi!

Hu Shanxiang only felt that his head was empty, and his whole body was frozen in place. Before he had time to think about it, he heard Taisun urging: "Why are you standing still, continue!"

"Thank you, Your Highness Grandson!" Hu Shanxiang reacted immediately, turned around and knelt down on the spot, and took Ruyi with his hands raised high.

"Remember, what is given to you alone is yours. If you don't give it to you, you can't snatch it. Only in this way can you sing in harmony and be a mother to the world."

Li Yu did this not only to tease her, but also to remind her, so that she would always remember who bestowed her power and status.

Although affectionate, but in a high position, some precautions are inevitable.

In the original play, Hu Shanxiang was quite ambitious. In order to be a draft girl, she went to ask the King of Han, which led to her getting caught and stealing Guanfang to let the King of Han escape from the capital. Not only that, but she was so whimsical and directly killed Hu Shangyi by borrowing a seed to give birth .

"Yes, I will keep it in my heart and never dare to forget it."

Li Yu let go of his hand lightly, and Ruyi fell into Hu Shanxiang's hands. Hu Shanxiang got up, and all the maids and eunuchs around, including Hu Shangyi, knelt down.

"Congratulations, Concubine Grandson!"

After the female official led Hu Shanxiang to meet the prince and his wife, the reward that Hu Shanxiang had prepared long ago was also ordered to be distributed after the completion of personnel affairs.

Concubine Taisun was generous, and everyone in the palace was overjoyed.

One more thing to go, Li Yu pinched the jade pendant and skipped the first three rows.

In the fourth row, all the beautiful women are beautiful, but they have no eyesight.

When he came to the last row, Li Yu was thinking that he couldn't do it, so the last seat was vacant. In the future, he would play a micro-service private interview with everyone's ladies, which would be quite romantic, or use it to win over generals and princes, but suddenly he was at the end of the fifth row. The location found something serious.

The two beautiful girls, who were quite graceful and delicate in appearance, didn't even notice that the grandson was coming, and they were making eye contact with each other.

There are strict selection criteria for height, figure, etc., and they are not that prominent, but the most rare thing is that the two look exactly the same, they are actually a pair of twin sisters!
Isn't this interesting?The best part is that you can't tell who is who!Especially when…!
What's more, the two pairs of sisters...

Li Yu waved to the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

"Go, bring another jade pendant."

Children only make choices, adults need both pairs!The position of concubine grandson is full, so there is still Zhao Rong!
(End of this chapter)