Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 62

It has been rainy and not very good these days, but this does not affect Zhang Yifan at all.

At this time, all his thoughts were spent on understanding the current situation, combining the historical events he knew, pondering Zhu Yuanzhang's behavior and style, and pondering his intentions.

In addition to understanding through the guards Zhu Di left behind, Zhang Yifan also took Niu Da and Niu Er into the city, and separately went to teahouses, restaurants and government notice areas to collect information.

Communication in ancient times was backward, so he could only get news through these methods.

Not to mention, he saw the notice about Ye Boju.

However, what he never expected was that on the last day of King Yan's wedding, that is, the day of court congratulations, he received a notice from King Yan to send someone to Liujia Village.

"What? That Li Shanchang is so anxious?" Zhang Yifan immediately became anxious upon hearing this.

Originally, through his understanding of Zhu Di and Zhu Jingjing's wholehearted thoughts for him, Zhang Yifan felt that there was a high possibility that they could persuade Prince Zhu Biao, and then use Prince Zhu Biao to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang. As long as Zhu Yuanzhang could truly understand him before The most important thing is Zhu Jingjing's persistence, so there should be no problems.He was just waiting to meet the girl's parents and express himself.

Unexpectedly, there was no news from the East Palace, and Zhu Di's wedding ceremony had not yet been completed, and Li Shanchang actually wanted to propose to Zhu Yuanzhang!
According to Zhang Yifan's estimation, Zhu Yuanzhang probably didn't even know of his existence at this time.Prince Zhu Biao must not have had time to talk about Zhu Jingjing yet.

Li Shanchang proposed marriage in advance. Historically, in the ninth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang would marry his daughter to Li Shanchang's son. Maybe this history would not have been affected by his butterfly wings!
This is absolutely not possible, and I absolutely cannot agree to it!

In other words, Zhang Yifan must intervene and persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to marry his daughter to him before Li Shanchang proposes marriage and Zhu Yuanzhang agrees.

It was raining continuously and there was no watch. Zhang Yifan didn't know when the congratulations were and when Li Shanchang proposed marriage.

He didn't even have time to get his rain gear, so he snatched the guard's horse and ran towards Nanjing.

"..." When the guard who was drinking hot water in the room rushed out with his raincoat, Zhang Yifan had already run far away with his arms around the horse's neck. He looked at Zhang Yifan's back and was immediately speechless.

In the end, he could only borrow a donkey from the village to drive back.

Neighbors Niu Dad, Tian Dazhuang and others saw this movement on the edge. They didn't know what was going on and were very worried about Zhang Yifan, so they rushed to Nanjing City in the rain to find Zhang Yifan.

Along the way, Zhang Yifan was taught the key to riding a horse by Zhu Jingjing, but the key was that he had no chance to practice. At first, he was in a hurry and even fell down. In the end, he found the experience of riding a horse and could barely ride.

However, he looked a bit embarrassed like this.When he arrived in Nanjing City, if Zhu Di's bodyguard Zhu San hadn't given him a token from Prince Yan's Palace before leaving, he would have been arrested by the gatekeepers on charges of being a gangster.

After entering the city, generally speaking, Zhang Yifan should first go to Prince Yan's Mansion for help and ask the people in Prince Yan's Mansion to arrange for him to meet Prince Yan, the prince, or the princess, and then discuss how to show off Zhu Yuanzhang!
But the problem is that Zhang Yifan doesn't know whether King Yan and the prince are in his mansion now or not, when will the greetings end, and when will Li Shanchang propose marriage?
All of these are unknown, and he doesn't dare to take risks, otherwise he will regret it for the rest of his life if he misses the opportunity!
What can be done then?
Zhang Yifan only thought of one way. Although the risk was high, he still decided to use this method.

Anyway, fight for Jingjing and the future!
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What Zhang Yifan didn't know was that at this time, the congratulations had actually ended and the emperor was giving a banquet.

The banquet was divided into two parts: one on the emperor's side and one on the queen's side.

Needless to say, the queen's side was filled with women of all kinds, nobles, concubines, and princesses.Princess Yan was also here. At the beginning, she was naturally the center of the banquet and was praised for her many wonderful things.Anyway, there are people carrying people in sedan chairs, and the atmosphere is very good.

But there was only one person who was kind of forcing a smile.This person is none other than Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest daughter Zhu Jingjing.

In her mind, it was all her own business.Empress Ma and the eldest brother of the prince knew that Li Shanchang would propose marriage today, but her father said that he also gave Zhang Yifan a chance and sent someone to notify Zhang Yifan.

Who her husband will be can be decided today.

In the current situation, she actually knew very well that it would be really difficult for Zhang Yifan to surpass Li Shanchang's son and become her husband in front of all the civil and military officials!

He even heard from the eldest brother of the prince that Zhang Yifan might not come.

Under all these circumstances, it would be strange if Zhu Jingjing could still eat and drink happily!

However, if she is really bothered by something, something will bother her!

Li Cunyi's daughter-in-law motioned to Li Shanchang's wife with her eyes and winked at Zhu Jingjing.

Mrs. Li Shanchang understood, coughed, and spoke to Queen Ma with a smile on her face.

The content of the speech was nothing more than auspicious words such as Empress Ma being lucky and King Yan marrying a good wife. She first praised Xu Da's daughter, then King Yan, and then praised Zhu Yuanzhang's daughter.

During this process, Hu Weiyong's wife saw him and naturally sang along.They took the lead and complimented the royal family. Naturally, the other wives were happy to agree, maintaining a good atmosphere.

Li Cunyi's daughter-in-law said to Queen Ma with a smile: "Look at the eldest princess, she is now tall and graceful. She is really good-looking, dignified and virtuous. I wonder who will be so lucky as to marry the eldest princess?"

When many ladies present heard this, they immediately looked at Li Shanchang's wife.Because they all knew that this blessed man must be the eldest son of the Korean prince.

Li Shanchang's status is there, and Hu Weiyong is an in-law, and everyone else wants to please the Li family.Therefore, after Li Cunyi's daughter-in-law finished speaking, they all praised Li Shan's eldest son, Li Qi, intentionally or unintentionally.

Therefore, Mrs. Li Shanchang pushed the boat forward and said to Queen Ma with a smile: "Quinzi is a little talented and has admired the eldest princess for a long time. I don't know that the queen..."

Before she finished speaking, the Crown Princess, who had been silent, knew something was going to happen.

So, she quickly turned to look at the person involved.

Under normal circumstances, Zhu Jingjing, as the person involved, should be shy and keep his head down without speaking.

However, at this time, Zhu Jingjing was full of anger. Before Queen Ma could speak, she became violent, and saw her yelling at Mrs. Li Shanchang: "The toad still wants to eat swan meat? What kind of person is your son? You Don’t you know? For a half-old man to have the nerve to say such things, how much does he look down on my Zhu family?"

(End of this chapter)