Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 221 Fourth, you are a good family!

Zhongshan Palace.

Today is the day when Zhu Di brought his concubine Xu Miaoyun back home to visit relatives. Xu Huizu also asked for leave and came back early to accompany him.

The whole family sat in the main room of Xu's mansion, talking and laughing, a happy and warm scene.

Xu Huizu is quite satisfied with his brother-in-law, but in view of the current status of the reserve position being vacant, he couldn't help but hit him a few times.

"Brother-in-law, I wonder how long you plan to stay in Beijing?"

Zhu Di, King of Yan, also respected Xu Huizu, so he hurriedly replied after hearing the words.

"Brother Hui, if it wasn't for celebrating Father's birthday, Gu would have brought Miao Yun back to Peiping a long time ago."

"Now I'm thinking about waiting for my father to celebrate his birthday, and then go to pay homage to the eldest brother of the prince, and then bring the whole family back."

Xu Huizu nodded in satisfaction when he heard the words. It seems that his brother-in-law is also a smart person and knows that the situation in Beijing is not stable.

"That's great, let's talk first, I'll go to the kitchen to see how the preparations are going!"

Xu Huizu's wife Wang Shi hurriedly got up and smiled when she heard the words.

"You can rest, how can there be any reason to let the man go to the kitchen?"

"You stay and chat with King Yan and his wife, and I go to the kitchen to have a look."

Seeing what his wife said, Xu Huizu could only continue to be with him.

In fact, the reason why he wanted to go to the back kitchen was just a deliberate excuse.

The current situation in the court is tense, and the old emperor has not decided on a new monarch. He is a hereditary Wei Guogong who also serves as an errand for the Chinese military governor's office. It is easy to be suspicious if he spends a long time with a vassal king guarding the frontier.

Even if this vassal king is his own brother-in-law, he should avoid suspicion properly under the current situation.

Although Xu Huizu stayed, his conversation became less obviously. He just drank tea silently, chatted with his three nephews, asked them about their schoolwork, and tried not to talk to Zhu Di, so as not to spread any words that were taboo. Bring disaster on the family.

Relatively speaking, Xu Zengshou didn't have so many scruples. He relied on being the youngest son of the Xu family, a little transparent who was not liked by others, and kept pestering Zhu Di asking questions.

"Brother-in-law, why are you in such a hurry to go back? You might as well stay for a while longer. After His Majesty celebrates his birthday, let's go hunting together on the mountain outside the city, and let you see my arrow skills!"

Zhu Di also likes Xu Zengshou, his brother-in-law. When he was in Beijing, this boy was his follower. He always ate and drank with him, and when he lost fights with others, he always came to him to cry and ask him to help him. Get back on the field.

"Brother-in-law can't stay for a long time, if you stay for a long time, it will be annoying!"

Zhu Di's words were a pun, while referring to his father, while expressing his dissatisfaction with Xu Huizu's excessive caution.

Xu Huizu almost choked when he heard this, and thought to himself that his brother-in-law was too narrow-minded.I just reminded him in good faith that I don't want him to stay in a place where there is no right and wrong, and bring disaster to the Yan Palace...

Xu Zengshou was furious when he heard the words, he slapped the table and said.

"Who dares!"

"Brother-in-law is His Majesty's own son, and also the vassal prince stationed in Beiping. If you stay in Beijing for a few more days, whoever dares to gossip!"

Hearing his brother-in-law complaining for him, Zhu Di happily took a sip from the teacup.

Xu Huizu put down the teacup, raised his leg and kicked the guy.

"Shut your mouth!"

"If you don't want to stay at home, go out and play tricks, and don't say anything here!"

Xu Zengshou was still quite afraid of his elder brother. Although he was unhappy when he heard his elder brother's reprimand, he still didn't dare to refute.

Seeing his brother-in-law being scolded, Zhu Di hurried out to be a peacemaker.

"Brother, don't be too harsh. Zengshou is still young, and he will understand some truths in a few years."

"By the way, what errand is Zengshou doing now? It's not good to stay at home like this all the time."

Xu Zengshou said with a depressed face when he heard the words.

"What else can I do, show the gate to the palace now..."

Xu Huizu was dissatisfied again when he heard this, he raised his hand and slapped the guy.

"What do you mean by looking at the gate!"

"That's the greatness of the emperor's grace. You don't want to be grateful, but you dare to complain!"

After hearing this, Zhu Di became interested, and even a little excited in his heart.

"What do you mean by looking at the gate?"

When Xu Huizu heard Zhu Di's question, he hurriedly got up and cupped his hands in the direction of the palace, then sat down and explained.

"It's not because of the great grace of the emperor. He selected the sons of Xungui to accompany him in the palace, and made them servants with swords."

"Being able to accompany His Majesty every day and listen to His Majesty's teachings is a blessing that many people can't ask for. This bastard actually despises it!"

When Xu Zengshou heard what his elder brother said, he immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, and quickly stood up and denied it.

"I don't dislike it!"

"Just thinking about the meritorious deeds of my father and elder brother, my younger brother can only hang out with a group of young masters, my younger brother is anxious!"

After Xu Zengshou said this, he hurriedly looked at Zhu Di with hope.

"Brother-in-law, why don't I go to Peiping with you, I want to go with you to fight Tartars outside the Great Wall!"

Before Xu Huizu could speak this time, Zhu Di rushed to interrupt his brother-in-law.

"Zengshou, elder brother is right, you have a hard-won opportunity to stay in the palace, you should cherish it."

Xu Zengshou got up very frustrated when he heard the words, and slipped away with a random reason.

Xu Huizu's heart skipped a beat, and he was a little dissatisfied with Zhu Di's special emphasis on the word "in the palace". He wondered in his heart that his brother-in-law might have any ideas about the fight for the reserve, right?

You must know that His Majesty the Emperor will almost announce the candidate for the heir at the prince's funeral.

After all, Zhu Yunxi's flag wasn't carried for nothing, they all know it in the heart of the nobles in Beijing.

It's just that I don't know why Zhu Yunxi was named king later, but who can say for sure about the royal family.

And Zhu Yunxi's title is also very coincidental, it happens to be the "Wu Wang" used by His Majesty back then, and anyone with a discerning eye can see His Majesty's love and protection.

However, the most important thing is another thing, and that is the candidates for the Northern Expedition.

His Majesty the Emperor has been dissatisfied with Lan Yu in recent years, but because of the Crown Prince's face, he has tolerated him a lot.

Now that he is willing to send him to lead the army, it can be seen that Sapphire will be of great use in the future.

What is the use of the crown prince gone, of course it is to escort the grandson!

Xu Zengshou just wanted to go out to relax, but before he reached the door, he saw the servant running over in a hurry.

"Fourth Master, someone is coming from the palace, saying that His Majesty's car will be here soon, let's hurry up and get ready to pick him up!"

"what!"

When Xu Zengshou heard this, he couldn't care less about getting angry with his elder brother, and hurried towards the main room.

"Big brother!"

"Your Majesty is here, hurry up and greet someone to pick you up!"

Xu Huizu and Zhu Di were sitting in the room drinking tea without embarrassment. Hearing Xu Zengshou's words, the two stood up from their chairs in unison.

Zhu Di was so nervous that his brow was sweating, he wondered in his heart, should he sneak out through the back door?
But when he thought of Jin Yiwei's power, he dismissed the idea.

He didn't have any shady activities in the first place, if he ran away when he heard that his father was coming, it would easily make his father suspicious.

Xu Huizu apologized to Zhu Di, and then ran out of the main room to summon the servants of Xu's mansion to sweep the courtyard and tidy up the main room, and notified the old lady Xie in the back house, as well as the young lady and son of the mansion to come out to greet him.

When Lao Zhu arrived with a group of people, the gate of Zhongshan Prince's Mansion had already been opened, and the whole family, old and young, were standing by the side of the road waiting.

Lao Zhu's car stopped, and after he himself got off the carriage, he habitually scanned the crowd first, and when he saw Zhu Di and his wife, his eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

What a coincidence today, to catch up with the fourth child and bring his daughter-in-law back to her mother's house...

But when he saw Mrs. Xie also kneeling in the crowd, he hurriedly called to Concubine Guo Hui, who had already got off the car, to help her up.

"Guo Hui!"

"Hurry up and help the brothers and sisters of the Xu family!"

Concubine Guo Hui hurried forward to help Mrs. Xie up when she heard the words, and then called her old sister, and warmly took Mrs. Xie's hand.

Seeing Mrs. Xie being taken away by Concubine Guo Hui, Lao Zhu came before everyone.

"Get up, we came here today because we heard that there are many people here, so we brought our eldest grandson and old thirteen together to join in the fun!"

Zhu Di became even more nervous when he heard this, and secretly thought that the emperor is pointing at me, right?
Xu Huizu's heart trembled when he heard the words, what he was most afraid of was His Majesty's suspicion.How many noble military generals in Beijing have died under his suspicion?
Compared with the meeting at the founding of the country, if you say less, you will be half as jealous by His Majesty!

In order that the Xu family would not be missed by His Majesty the Emperor, Xu Huizu hurriedly explained.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, King Yan has been back to Beijing for so long, and today is the first time he has come to the residence..."

Old Zhu snorted dissatisfiedly.

"Humph!"

"You don't need to say that. We know whether he has come or not, and how many times he has come!"

"They are all close relatives. After returning to Beijing for so long, they only brought their daughter-in-law back to Ning today. Fourth son, you are a good family!"

Zhu Di kowtowed and pleaded guilty when he heard this.

"Father, please forgive me. It is true that my son was negligent this time. In the future, I will bring the concubine back to Xu Mansion..."

"Humph!"

"Get up!"

After saying this, Lao Zhu walked into Xu's mansion. Xu Huizu and others saw that Lao Zhu had entered the mansion, so they dared to get up from the ground.

As soon as Old Zhu entered the Xu Mansion, he saw Erhu come out and nodded towards him, indicating that the entire Xu Mansion was under the control of Jin Yiwei.

That's why Lao Zhu stayed at the door for a while, after all it's embarrassing to always stand like that.

But in this way, he was not embarrassed anymore, but left the embarrassment to others.

Xu Huizu hurried forward to accompany him, and while leading the way, he was preparing to answer the emperor's inquiry.

Lao Zhu commented on the scenery of Xu Mansion along the way, while recalling the past.

"If we remember correctly, this pavilion was built by your father in the 16th year of Hongwu, right?"

"Your Majesty has a good memory. It was built in Hongwu 16 years ago!"

"That old rogue of your father, in order to build this pavilion, he even went to the warehouse of the Ministry of Industry, and took away several pieces of wood that we were planning to build the Qing Palace!"

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