Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 196
On the east side of Dianchi Lake and on the mountain behind Zhu Zhanhe's residence, eleven small tombs are slightly raised.

Seeing Dahua lying there quietly, Zhu Zhanhe took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.

The life span of dogs is only more than ten years, and most of them are around ten to 15 years. In later generations, some well-raised dogs can live longer than 15 years, but very few.

Dahua and the others all had injuries to one degree or another, because Zhu Zhanhe did not train them like pet dogs when he trained them.

This year, he is 16 years old, and Big Flower and the others have been with him for more than ten years. At this time, they are already equivalent to the aging of human beings.

Opening his eyes, squatting down, Zhu Zhanhe gently stroked Dahua's head, while Dahua felt something, raised his head and licked Zhu Zhanhe's palm.

Among this group of blue and white dogs, the first ones to die were Lao Liu and Lao Jiu. They were injured during the Northern Expedition. Although it was just a skin injury at the time, it also had an impact on them.

Subsequently, other blue and white dogs also came here one after another to spend the last days of their lives alone.

Now, it's Dahua's turn. It is the last of the twelve blue and white dogs to come here.

Seeing that Dahua's no longer sharp eyes seemed to be glowing with crystal light, Zhu Zhanhe slowly turned around and walked down the mountain.

Dahua's eyes reminded him of his previous life, when the pastoral dog he raised in his hometown in the countryside was dying because he was fed poisonous ham by a chicken thief.

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Wu Wangfu.

Zhu Gaoxu stood at the door, watching his son dressed neatly and getting on his horse.

Knowing a son is like a father, Zhu Gaoxu knows that someone is going to be unlucky.

There is no fixed group of unlucky people, it just depends on who has bad luck and meets Zhu Zhanhe first, and the final result of unlucky...

There is only one, and Zhu Gaoxu knows it very well, but Zhu Gaoxu is not very clear about the process leading to the final result.

He only knew that his son needed to vent now.

Although Zhu Gaoxu didn't have much relationship with this son in the past, he knew some well-known things, such as how much Zhu Zhanhe liked to raise dogs and how much he liked these blue and white dogs.

Zhu Gaoxu still remembered his son's surprise when he saw these blue and white dogs for the first time.

"Dad, where is Zhan Qi?" Zhu Zhanhe shook the reins and urged the horse to come to his father.

"You want to take him with you?" Zhu Gaoxu's eyes were dazed for a moment.

Zhu Zhanqi, the second son of Zhu Gaoxu, has some minor problems both as a person and as a son.

The cause of this problem is more complicated, but the historical result is that what happened between Zhu Zhanqi and his father became a joke.

The son accused his father of treason, and the father said his son was unfilial, and in the end they were all killed following Zhu Gaoxu's conspiracy.

"At home." Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and then waved his hand to Zhu Heng behind him.

"Let him go with me." Zhu Zhanhe looked in the direction of his home, with some inexplicable meaning in his tone.

"As the second oldest child, it's time for him to take some responsibility."

"Now that I think about it, when I was his age, I seemed to have been ready to become a vassal, right?"

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Yingtian Mansion, Imperial Palace, Chunhe Palace.

The candidate for the concubine has been decided, and it is Hu Shanxiang as in history. This is normal, after all, Zhu Zhanhe has not participated in this matter.

However, some people are happy and some are sad.

Sun Ruowei originally thought that she had entered the palace so early, and with her relationship with Mrs. Pengcheng, the position of concubine should definitely be hers.

As a result, Cheng Yaojin appeared halfway.

However, this is not the most desperate for Sun Ruowei.

Originally, it was nothing. She and Zhu Zhanji have a "deep relationship". Even if she does not become a concubine, her life will not be bad in the future, and she may even be righted.

But now she suddenly discovered that no one in the entire palace seemed to be on her side.

Even Zhu Zhanji is the same.

"Dad, over there at Zhanhe..." Zhu Zhanji looked at his father with an expression on his face that was both worried and expectant.

"Alas..." Speaking of Zhu Zhanhe, Zhu Gaochi also sighed helplessly.

"Zhan He doesn't seem to want your grandfather to decide on the choice of the Crown Princess. During the Chinese New Year this year, he openly and secretly refused, and your grandfather also compromised."

"But now you have also seen that Hu Shanshu and her sister have entered Beijing together, and they still live in the former Han Dynasty palace."

"I guess you also know what your grandfather thinks."

Zhu Zhanji was lost in thought.

He is no longer the person he was before the Northern Expedition. He is now more mature and understands more than he did during the Northern Expedition. He knows what achievements his cousin has made and is also thinking about his own. How to go in the future.

Should he establish a good relationship with his cousin, or should he...

"Dad, what should we do now?" Zhu Zhanji shook his head, as if he wanted to get rid of certain thoughts.

"Since she is here, it proves that it is your grandfather's wish. Then Hu Shanshu will definitely be sent to Yunnan, but whether she is willing to do so in the end is a matter for Zhanhe."

"However, I don't think it's very likely."

"Dad..." Zhu Zhanji suddenly raised his head, his eyes flashing.

"My child suddenly thought that the sister of the Hu family sisters is working in the palace, right? My child remembers that she is...a female official?"

"Huh? You mean..." Zhu Gaochi froze for a moment.

In fact, neither Zhu Gaochi nor Zhu Di thought too much about Zhu Zhanhe's eldest concubine, because Zhu Zhanhe's personality has always been quite unique and distinctive, and it is estimated that there will be no second concubine in the entire Ming Dynasty. .

Coupled with the conflict between them and the current emperor Zhu Di, although Hu Shanshu came to Beijing and Zhu Di was preparing to send her to Yunnan, no one thought that Zhu Zhanhe would accept it.

Because the choice of Zhu Zhanhe's crown prince has always been a big problem.

Zhu Diding, Zhu Gaoxu and his son were not happy, but Zhu Zhanhe was fine, but Zhu Gaoxu always felt like he was being watched.

As long as it was someone sent by Ying Tian, ​​his first reaction would be suspicion.

Zhu Gaoxu is determined?Nope either.

Zhu Zhanhe's influence is now so great that it can be said to be unprecedented, and can basically be compared with Li Shimin during the Tang Dynasty.

His father was the emperor and he was the king of Qin, but in terms of merit and reputation, he far surpassed his brother Li Jiancheng, and even couldn't compare with his father Li Yuan.

Looking at it this way, Zhu Zhanhe now really has this intention.

Zhu Di actually doesn't mind, even if Zhu Zhanhe marries the Mu family, he doesn't mind, but just because he doesn't mind doesn't mean that others don't mind.

Even the emperor often needs to consider the feelings of others, because the collapse of a dynasty is often not particularly affected by the emperor's subjective wishes.

After all, which emperor wants to be the emperor who subjugates his country?
Therefore, it is very difficult to decide on Zhu Zhanhe's choice of concubine, no matter who he is.

However, what Zhu Zhanji said...

Hu Shanwei is the eldest sister of the Hu family sisters. She is the Shang Gong of the Shang Gong Bureau in the palace, that is, the highest person in charge of the Shang Gong Bureau. She is a fifth-rank official.

Shanggong Bureau is a rather special place. It has existed since the Sui Dynasty. However, in the Ming Dynasty, especially the Yongle period, the existence of Shanggong Bureau gradually weakened. Historically, it was during the Hongxi and Xuande dynasties. , all matters concerning the Shanggong Bureau were handed over to the eunuchs.

Zhu Zhanji's suggestion is a double-edged sword. If Zhu Zhanhe's ideas are more optimistic, then Hu Shanwei will accompany Hu Shanshu to Yunnan. After all, the vassal king cannot leave his fief for leisure.

Although this rule has no effect on Zhu Zhanhe, he still has to abide by it.

In addition, Hu Shanwei has been in the palace for many years and has experience in many things, which can help Zhu Zhanhe a lot.

But if Zhu Zhanhe is still as wary as he was at this year's New Year's Eve dinner, Hu Shanwei's past will become a catalyst and the relationship between Yunnan and Yingtian will quickly deteriorate to an extreme.

"Let your grandpa decide..."

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Gaochi sighed deeply and decided to let the old man decide this matter.

In this matter, his identity is too sensitive to appear.

Zhu Zhanji stopped talking when he saw this. Only Sun Ruowei, who was standing far away, had a strange expression.

It was nothing at first, but now with Zhu Zhanhe as a variable, the prince's family has paid more attention to Hu Shanxiang. Even Zhu Zhanji has begun to think about how to use Hu Shanxiang's relationship to stabilize Zhu Zhanhe.

Now, although she can still see Zhu Zhanji every day, she talks much less often, and the feeling she had in the past is gone.

However, Zhu Zhanhe did not know what happened in Yingtian at this time, because he had never planted any nails in Yingtian.

Firstly, it's unnecessary, and secondly, it's useless.

The old man is not stupid, at least the current old man is not stupid.

Moreover, Zhu Zhanhe doesn't have the time to care so much now.

Annam, Thang Long City.

In fact, this place had been renamed Jiaozhou Prefecture the year before last, but Zhu Zhanhe was used to the name Shenglong City, because it was called Shenglong City when he burned Annan and captured it.

On the first day he brought his younger brother here, Zhu Zhanhe ordered the killing of more than 1000 people.

This is inevitable. It's not that Zhu Zhanhe was venting because of his personal emotions, because no matter who it was, he would have to do this.

There are too many people from Nanzhang and Khmer places pouring into Annan. There will definitely be people with evil intentions coming together. Even Zhu Di cannot prevent this kind of thing.

Unfortunately, you can't kill casually at this time. If you kill wrongly, it's okay, but if you kill too much and wrongly, something will happen.

After working hard to lay the groundwork, Zhu Zhanhe didn't want to fall short, so the things that were dealt with could truly prove that they had ulterior motives.

As for those pending, they were detained or monitored.

"Let's go! Go to Laowosi!" Zhu Zhanhe looked at his shocked brother, then turned to order the soldiers behind him.

(End of this chapter)