Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 514 I am Zhu Jiaerlang, I can also be a general and a prime minister!
After Zhu Gui changed his clothes and came to the front hall, he saw that the teacup and cakes in front of Zhu Zhen hadn't even moved, so he knew that his sixth brother was very worried.

"Brother Six, what gust of wind brought you here today?"

When Zhu Lao Liu saw Zhu Gui, he got up subconsciously to greet him, but he felt something was wrong just halfway up, and sat back awkwardly.

After all, he is also Zhu Gui's elder brother, so how can he stand up to welcome his younger brother?

But after sitting down, he also reflected on why he acted in such a panic.

Maybe it's because Zhu Gui has a mother and concubine who favors the harem, maybe it's because Zhu Gui and Zhu Yunxie have a good relationship, or maybe it's because Zhu Gui and Zhu Yunxie are brother-in-law?
When Zhu Zhen thought of this "brother-in-law", he felt bored for a while.

Father is so confused, how could he agree to such an outrageous marriage!
"It's nothing, I just heard some rumors, so I came here to confirm with Thirteenth Brother."

As soon as Zhu Gui heard that it was a rumor, he had a rough idea in his heart.

"But the imperial court wants to cut the noble?"

Zhu Zhen was taken aback when he heard this.

"As expected, you already knew!"

"So it looks like this is true?"

Sitting next to Zhu Zhen, Zhu Gui smiled helplessly.

"To be honest, I only found out about this after hearing Miao Qing mention it."

"This can't be done correctly, someone must have spread rumors to drive apart our Tian family!"

Zhu Zhen shook his head in disbelief.

"I don't think so!"

"Your Sixth Sister-in-law has a good nose and eyes, and there is a high probability that this is true!"

Seeing what Brother Six said, Zhu Gui felt a little curious in his heart.

"If it's convenient for Sixth Brother, can you tell my brother in detail, and let my brother open his eyes?"

"According to what your sixth sister-in-law said, that child Zhu Yunxi not only wants to cut off the title of the clan, but also takes our vassal king's heir and sons as hostages in the capital, reducing our prince's salary..."

Zhu Gui didn't care much about cutting the title and salary, but when he heard that his son was going to be held as a hostage in the capital, his face changed drastically.

After all, his eldest son is only less than two years old, and it is the time when people are most rare, and he is reluctant to part with 1 people.

"Is this true?"

Zhu Zhen pouted.

"Who can say that, anyway, it's said so all over the street!"

Zhu Gui slapped the table angrily upon hearing this.

"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"Based on what I know about Zhu Yunxi, he is definitely not such an insidious person, someone must be sowing discord!"

Zhu Zhen curled his lips again when he heard the words.

"I hope so!"

"Brother Six came here today just to ask you if you heard any rumors before."

"Since you only found out, then Sixth Brother will go back home first..."

"I'll send Brother Six..."

When Zhu Gui returned to the bedroom after seeing off Zhu Lao Liu, his face was full of sorrow.

Xu Miaoqing knew his prince too well, if he hadn't encountered a major event, he would never have put his mind on his face.

"My lord, what bad news did Sixth Brother say?"

Zhu Gui nodded when he heard the words, but when he thought that his daughter-in-law was pregnant, he swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

Seeing this, Xu Miaoqing hurriedly got off the bed, walked to Zhu Gui's side and comforted him gently.

"My lord, you and I are one body, we both prosper and we all suffer, no matter how big the matter is, my concubine will bear it with you!"

Zhu Gui leaned his head on Xu Miaoqing's body moved when he heard the words, and tears flowed down.

"Sixth brother just told me... that Zhu Yunxiu is going to take all the sons of the feudal lords as hostages in the capital..."

"I don't want to part with Zhu Xunxiu. He's so young. How can he stay in the capital without anyone to take care of him, woo woo woo..."

Xu Miaoqing's expression froze when she heard this, but seeing that her prince was crying, she could only clench her fists pretending to be calm.

"My lord, this must not be true!"

"Tomorrow, the concubine will go to Miaozhen Temple and ask Xu Miaojin in person!"

"If she still recognizes me as the second sister, she will never do such a thing!"

"Gu also went to find Zhu Yunxi..."

Xu Miaoqing hurriedly dissuaded her.

"My lord, please don't go."

"Today is different. Now Zhu Yunxi is the grandson of the emperor, and he has helped his father manage the government for a long time. He is no longer a child playing with you in the main hall."

"From now on, you must be respectful to the emperor and grandson, and don't joke about things in your childhood, so as not to touch the taboo of the emperor."

"We are in the lineage of the king, and only by keeping our duty, respect and etiquette can we last forever..."

Zhu Gui obeyed his wife's words, and when she saw her dissuading him, she immediately nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Uh-huh!"

"Gu Quan listens to you!"

"To be honest, Gu is also a little scared of that kid now, I always feel that he is more and more like the father..."

Xu Miaoqing slapped her prince on the forehead with a "slap".

"What did you say!"

"Obviously she is becoming more and more like the prince, with the same benevolence and righteousness as the prince, with the world in mind!"

Hearing this, Zhu Gui glanced at his wife in a daze, and then they looked at each other and laughed together.

Perhaps both of them realized one thing in their hearts, that is, "like the father" is not a compliment.

After a night of fermentation, almost all the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing knew that the emperor's grandson was going to reduce the treatment of the clan.

Then these vassal kings were busy, and they went to inquire one by one.Some went to acquainted ministers, some went to acquainted nobles, and some went to Princess Lin'an and others to inquire, but no one asked Zhu Yunxi, and no one went to the palace to ask the old man.

Zhu Yunxi had already known about their activities through Jin Yiwei, and he was quite curious in his heart. They didn't want to come over and ask me?

Just when Zhu Yunxi was thinking this way, he saw a female crown in Taoist robes walking into the government affairs hall.

This woman is Xu Miaojin's personal servant girl, Xiao Shitou. After becoming a monk with Xu Miaojin, she took the name of Miaoshi.

But both Xu Miaojin and Zhu Yunxie are used to calling her Little Stone.

"Little Shitou, why are you here, but your lady misses me?"

As soon as Xiao Shitou heard such unserious words from the grandson of the emperor, he couldn't help but slander in his heart.

The emperor grandson's ability is really full of words!
I've been married to my young lady for so long, and I haven't stayed at Miaozhen Temple once. I really have blinded my young lady's infatuation!
"Reporting to the grandson of the emperor, the Dai Wangfei came to see my lady today, and my lady would like to invite His Highness to accompany her..."

Zhu Yunxi guessed what was going on after hearing the words and pondered for a while. He must have come to inquire about the clan's cutting of the nobles, right?

"it is good!"

"Go back and tell your lady that Gu will be there later."

After saluting Zhu Yunxi, Xiaoshitou said.

"Poverty, leave!"

If it is said that the most satisfying thing for Xiaoshitou to become a monk, it is probably that he can call himself a slave without seeing anyone.

Even if she sees the grandson of the emperor, she can still call herself poor.

Xiao Shitou returned to Miaozhen Palace and said proudly after seeing his young lady and Xu Miaoqing.

"Miss Hui, the grandson of the emperor promised to come over in a while!"

Xu Miaojin didn't show any expression when she heard this, she just pursed her lips and snickered.Xu Miaoqing saw that her sister had such a big face, but she was sincerely happy for her.

"Three sisters!"

"I didn't expect you to have such a big face. You can invite the emperor's grandson just by sending a little girl!"

"Seeing that you are so favored, the second sister is relieved!"

Xu Miaojin blushed when she heard the words, and said in a coquettish tone.

"Second sister, what are you talking about, the emperor and grandson and I are just Taoist couples, not what you think..."

Xu Miaoqing couldn't help laughing when she heard Sanmei's words.

"Just pretend to be me!"

"Where did the royal couple come from? It's just a trick to deceive people!"

"To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the relationship between my eldest sister and me, you wouldn't have been wronged like this, and the position of concubine wouldn't be cheaper for others!"

When Xu Miaoqing said this, she pulled her sister's little hand forcefully and said in a low voice.

"Miao Jin, how often have you been with the emperor's grandson?"

Xu Miaojin asked stupidly when he heard the words.

"Which one?"

"Oh, that's it... When you left the cabinet, didn't your mother ask someone to teach you?"

When Xu Miaojin heard this, she immediately remembered the scene when she and Zhu Yunxie became Taoist couples and returned to her natal home for the first time.

The mother called her to the bedroom, found an old nun, and specially taught her many embarrassing things.

"Second sister, the emperor and grandson and I haven't..."

"what?"

Seeing the surprise on the second sister's face, Xu Miaojin hurriedly explained.

"It's not just me, neither the main concubine nor the two side concubines in the North Palace..."

"what?"

Xu Miaoqing's astonishment became louder, it was completely impossible for her to come here.

After she married that bastard Zhu Gui, that bastard wanted to tie her to the bed every day!

The emperor's grandson has been married for so long, guarding the four beauties who are like flowers and jade, but he is not tempted at all, isn't this too unbelievable?
"What exactly is going on?"

"It stands to reason that even if he is not in a hurry, His Majesty the Emperor will not tolerate him..."

Xu Miaojin was so shy that she almost buried her head in her chest.

"Don't blame him..."

"He was actually doing it for our own good. He said that we are too young and our bodies haven't grown up yet. If we conceive at this time, the probability of dystocia is high..."

"This this this..."

Hearing this, Xu Miaoqing suddenly remembered the version of Huang Ming Zu Xun received last year, which seemed to have really mentioned this matter, saying that women who have intercourse early are not good for women.

But her son was born at that time, so she was in no mood to read these things, she flipped through a few pages and put them on the altar to eat ashes.

Xu Miaoqing stared at the center of her sister's eyebrows again, and saw that her sister's eyebrows were slender and there was no sign of being scattered, so she believed what her sister said in her heart.

Normally, if a woman has intercourse, the eyebrows on the center of her eyebrows will be scattered.Looking at her sister like this, she really has never experienced anything between men and women.

"Ugh!"

"My miserable sister, do you really want to be a Taoist nun forever?"

"Second sister, there's nothing wrong with being a Taoist nun..."

"And I don't have to eat fast and recite scriptures. I can play with the emperor's grandson every day. I have a very happy time..."

Just as the two of them were speaking in secret, they suddenly heard hearty laughter from afar.

"My brother-in-law is late, please forgive my second aunt, hahaha!"

Xu Miaoqing was really worried about discussing marriage with Zhu Yunxi, and now hearing what he said, she felt better.

Since he calls himself the second aunt, then I can treat him as my brother-in-law.

"My daughter pays homage to the grandson of the emperor!"

"Free gift!"

"Come here, bring up the lychee that Gu brought to the second aunt!"

As soon as Zhu Yunxi finished speaking, four or five young eunuchs came up carrying a lychee tree planted in a wooden barrel.

When Xu Miaoqing saw the lychee tree, she was so surprised that her eyes almost fell out.

This is October. Although the weather is not very cold, there shouldn’t be such treasures, right?

Xu Miaoqing was shocked, and when she looked at Xu Miaojin again, she was even more surprised when she saw that Xu Miaojin was not surprised at all.

Could it be that this kind of thing is commonplace?

Isn't it said that the emperor's grandson is the most frugal? How could he do such a wasteful thing?
Seeing Xu Miaoqing's surprise, Zhu Yunxi hurriedly explained with a smile.

"This is a late-maturing variety unique to Lingnan. Today, several navy teams returned to Beijing to report on their duties, and they brought them back specially for Gu to try."

"I thought that my second aunt would return to Beijing once in a long time, so I specially brought you a tree to taste."

When Xu Miaoqing saw what Zhu Yunxi said, she felt relieved.

"Thank you, concubine, for the reward from the grandson of the emperor!"

When Xu Miaojin saw Zhu Yunxie coming, she hurriedly greeted people to serve the food, and personally held the pots to fill Zhu Yunxie and the second sister with a glass of fruit wine.

Xu Miaoqing looked at the wine in the glass, and her panic eased again.

It seems that the emperor's grandson is still the same as before, not indulging in sex...

Thinking of this, Xu Miaoqing hurriedly poohed a few times in her heart.

She really hoped that the grandson of the emperor could indulge in sex for a while, at least her third sister would not have to stay alone in her boudoir!
When all the dishes were served, Xu Miaoqing immediately knew that the emperor's grandson was still the original emperor's grandson, and had not become extravagant.

The table is full of chicken, duck, fish, and various seasonal vegetables. It is a rare delicacy in the homes of ordinary people. It can be placed between the royal family and nobles. It is just a standard for banquets on weekdays. It is definitely not too much.

The three of them sat down to eat, and during the meal, they just chatted about border affairs and Zhu Xunxiu's daily interesting things.

Just when Xu Miaoqing didn't know how to turn the topic to the matter of the imperial family's cutting the nobility, Zhu Yunxi seemed to see through her mind, and mentioned it very intimately.

"Second aunt is here today, but she wants to ask about the royal title?"

Xu Miaoqing hurriedly left the table when she heard the words, knelt on the ground respectfully and said.

"If you go back to the emperor's grandson, my daughter-in-law didn't believe those rumors, and she didn't care about whether to cut the noble or not. It's just that some people said that the court would hold the son of the vassal king as a hostage in the capital. As a new mother, the daughter-in-law was really worried. This is why I used the pretense of visiting my third sister to inquire about the news..."

Xu Miaojin saw that her second sister was kneeling, so she stood up quickly and looked anxiously at Zhu Yunxi who was sitting beside her.

"Yunxi... is this true?"

Zhu Yunxi looked at Xu Miaojin, then at Xu Miaoqing, then nodded.

"It's kind of true!"

Xu Miaojin's heart trembled when he heard these words, but Xu Miaoqing's eyes darkened when he heard the words, his figure swayed a few times, and he almost fainted on the spot.

Seeing her like this, Zhu Yunxi hurriedly ordered someone to help her up, and sent someone to call the imperial physician.

Xu Miaoqing hurriedly waved her hands.

"The concubine is fine!"

"The concubine is just pregnant and lacks energy and blood, so it doesn't get in the way..."

Zhu Yunxi hurriedly congratulated upon hearing the words.

"Then congratulations in advance!"

Xu Miaoqing smiled bitterly when she heard the words.

"There's nothing to congratulate, it's just another hostage..."

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, his face darkened immediately, and he called the accompanying Jin Yiwei over.

"Order someone to investigate, why is there such an outrageous thing about the hostage!"

"promise!"

After Zhu Yunxi sent Jin Yiwei away, he spoke solemnly to Xu Miao.

"Second aunt can keep her heart in her stomach. You and Zhu Gui both know what kind of person Gu is."

"Why would I take your son as a hostage in Beijing?"

Xu Miaoqing felt a little relaxed when she heard the words, but her face was still a little uncertain.

"Then you just now..."

"Ugh!"

"Gu really intends to let the sons of the vassal princes stay in Beijing, but he never thought about being a hostage. He just wants them to go to school in the capital and urge them to learn more useful knowledge."

"And at least wait until they are eight years old. If they are too young, why keep them in Beijing? Orphans are not for coaxing children..."

When Xu Miaoqing and Xu Miaojin heard Zhu Yunxie's complaints, they were as cheerful as if they were seeing the sun behind the clouds, and Xu Miaojin laughed even more.

"You will say strange things, wait until those beauties in your palace give birth to you, and see if you can coax you, hee hee..."

Xu Miaoqing didn't dare to joke with Zhu Yunxi, and asked solemnly.

"Dare to ask the emperor's grandson, eight-year-old children are too young, let them study in the capital, and there is no caring person to take care of them..."

Zhu Yunxi interrupted Xu Miaoqing before she finished speaking.

"Gu allows the birth mother of the prince's son to accompany and take care of him!"

"If the feudal king is worried, he can visit Beijing from time to time!"

"And two winter and summer vacations a year are enough for them to go home to visit relatives and share family happiness with their parents."

"The reason Gu made this arrangement is mainly because I'm afraid that you will raise the descendants of Lao Zhu's family into trash who only know how to eat, drink, and play!"

"Since I bear the burden of the ancestral temple, I have to plan for the descendants of the Zhu family!"

After hearing Zhu Yunxi's words, Xu Miaoqing generally understood his intentions, and asked tentatively.

"The matter of cutting the title..."

"Cutting down the nobility is another matter, and it's not the complete removal of low-level titles, but another form."

"And Gu will also lift some restrictions on the clan, allowing them to engage in business, politics, and the army. As long as they have talents, they will never be buried because of their clan status!"

"I, the son of the Zhu family, can also become a general and become a prime minister, and make contributions to Ming Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)