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Chapter 289 Xu Da, terminally ill?

Patrolling the world on behalf of the emperor? Is it okay?

The last person in charge of this matter was Prince Zhu Biao, the serious heir to the throne.

But now, what does Lao Zhu mean?

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xi who was deep in thought with deep eyes, smiled, and said: "Okay, I think your mind has drifted to the Xu family now, right? Xu Da's situation is indeed not optimistic. I have asked the imperial chef to prepare it. Please help me deliver a roast goose to Xu Da. After all, he will also be your father-in-law from now on. Go and see him. But when you have time later, you have to tell me your experience on the grassland. Say it again. We are also curious about how you did it."

In just a few months, this kid has taken over the entire Tatar grassland, and is even known as the Holy Khan, making the grassland people sincerely surrender.

What's more important is that he doesn't have many soldiers and horses, let alone [-], not even [-], not even [-], only [-].

This is nothing short of miraculous.

Zhu Yuanzhang had already fallen into deep thought. Judging from the fact that he asked Zhu Zhen to patrol the world on his behalf, he may have already had some concerns in his heart, and it was about such a big matter as the crown prince.

He had expressed to Xu Da before that he had to be prepared on both sides.

Now, as Zhu Chu returns from the grassland, he has not only made great achievements, but has also won the allegiance of all tribes in the Tatar grassland. This is a terrifying force.

Coupled with Zhu Chu's power in Yunnan.

Good fellow, why did Your Majesty rebel?

Even Zhu Yuanzhang was about to take a breath of cold air now that he was calculating secretly.

How will Zhu Yunwen compete with his eighteenth uncle in the future? Can you beat it?

In the battle of Jingnan in history, Zhu Yunwen's troops were only about one million.

If Zhu Ming is willing, he can raise millions of troops just by recruiting troops in Yunnan, and if he adds hundreds of thousands of cavalry on the grasslands.

Zhu Yunwen couldn't control it.

However, after all, Zhu Zhen was the eighteenth-year-old, neither his direct descendant nor his eldest son, and his status and status were both too poor.

Zhu Yuanzhang was actually worried that if he directly tried to make Zhu Zhen the crown prince to replace Zhu Yunwen, he would not only encounter strong resistance from the civil and military officials in the court, but I am afraid that the entire world of literati would also resist.

So he planned to let Zhu Zhen go out for a tour first in the name of patrolling the world. This could be regarded as testing the attitude and reaction of the people in the world.

You can't just make Concubine Zhou the new queen all of a sudden, right? Although that would solve Zhu Chu's identity problem and allow him to be regarded as his legitimate son.

But until the last moment, Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to establish a new queen after Empress Ma, not to mention that he was so old and had one foot in the ground. Should he establish a new queen at this time? Are you kidding me?

"Eh? Why don't you leave?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly discovered that Zhu Zhen had been standing beside him with no intention of leaving.

Zhu Yu looked deeply at Zhu Yuanzhang, who had "awakened" from the matter of patrolling the world. At this time, he asked with a complicated face: "Dad, are you trying to kill the donkey, do you want to kill Uncle Xu? "

"What are you talking about?" Zhu Yuanzhang was angry: "I killed him and gave him a roast goose? Are you numb from the cold? Or does your head have a fever?"

"You don't know, roasted goose is a hair-raising substance and will worsen Uncle Xu's condition," Zhu Zhen said seriously.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang directly shouted angrily: "What nonsense, who said that? The hair can actually alleviate his condition."

The fact that Xu Da died after eating roasted goose is, after all, just a folk rumor and should not be taken seriously. Some Chinese medicine practitioners and medical books even believe that eating roasted goose is beneficial for patients with back ulcers.

And to be honest, if Zhu Yuanzhang really wanted to kill Xu Da, he really couldn't use this method. Xu Da's condition was very serious and had reached the point of terminal illness.

Zhu Yuanzhang could have waited until Xu Da died of illness, but if he really wanted to take action, the entire Xu family would have to be bloodbathed.

After all, Emperor Hongwu never had any scruples about killing people. Even Li Shanchang was killed and his whole family was killed. Only a few people escaped, and it was because they were related by marriage to the old Zhu family.

So Zhu Yuanzhang really took the blame. Xu Da's death had nothing to do with him. It would be better to say that Zhu Yuanzhang was the person who was most reluctant to let Xu Da die.

"Anyway, we can't give away roasted goose," Zhu Zhen said angrily: "Please don't get involved. I'll go see Uncle Xu myself."

"What are you talking about? Just stop," Zhu Yuanzhang shouted angrily, but he saw that Zhu Ming had already gone out without looking back.

Good boy, you don’t take us seriously anymore, right?

"How can we take care of you tomorrow?" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and ordered that there will be a regular morning meeting tomorrow, not only a morning meeting, but also a large meeting.

Holy Khan, right? Let’s see how you face the criticism from civil and military officials tomorrow.

Dare you talk to me like this? Let's watch jokes on it tomorrow.

He is very stingy.

On the other side, after Zhu Ming came out of the palace, he rushed straight to the Xu family Wei Guogong's mansion.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang had a lot to say to him when he came back this time.

But how can Zhu Chu care about it? Although he is his biological father here, he is his father-in-law over there.

His biological father would not pick anything against him, but he had kidnapped his precious daughter for several months, and now his father-in-law was seriously ill. If something really happened, how would he face Xu Miaojin in the future?

Even if Xu Miaojin wouldn't blame him, Zhu Zhen would blame himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang also saw this and said that his thoughts had drifted to the Xu family.

In the Duke of Wei's Mansion, Zhu Ming was already familiar with the roads, so he just broke open the door and rushed inside.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaby, by a minute, Your Highness, wait a minute, that's the lady's yard over there, the master is in the backyard," the gatekeeper shouted, and he had to jog all the way to catch up with Zhu Chu.

It was because Zhu Chu rushed to Xu Miaojin's yard as soon as he came in, but wasn't he supposed to come to see the master?

Zhu Zhen stopped and knocked on his forehead with his hand. His thinking was also confused. Xu Miaojin should be in the backyard at this time.

But just as he was about to turn his head, he saw the door of the small courtyard in front of him opened. Immediately afterwards, Xu Miaojin, who had freshened up and put on her daughter's makeup, rushed out of the courtyard in a hurry.

"Oh," Xu Miaojin exclaimed unexpectedly when she saw Zhu Zhen, "Why are you here?"

Zhu Zhen glared at the courtyard gate. Isn't your lady in her courtyard?

The courtyard gate looked at Zhu Ming with a helpless expression, "Your Highness, please show some face. Why don't you just run to the lady's boudoir?" Do you understand that men and women do not kiss each other?

"Sister," Zhu Mingke didn't care about that. He stepped forward and took Xu Miaojin's little hand.

After all, they had been husband and wife on the grassland for several months. On the grassland outside the Great Wall, they were husband and wife, and no one had ever doubted it.

But Xu Miaojin pulled her hand back as if she was electrocuted. She rolled her eyes at him with a flushed face and whispered, "Be careful not to be seen by my elder brother, or he will have to whip you."

Don't forget that in the Central Plains, they have no relationship yet.

Zhu Ming snorted: "He can't beat me."

Isn't it Xu Huizu, let his three brothers try together?

With that said, Zhu Ming continued to grab Xu Miaojin's little hand.

Xu Miaojin lowered her head, pursed her lips and avoided smiling.

But she hid once, twice, and three times, and then she was caught by Zhu Zhen.

This is the reserve of a girl, but men also have the dignity of men. If she keeps hiding, Zhu Chu won't hold her, right?

"Sister, you are so beautiful," Zhu Zhen looked at Xu Miaojin infatuatedly.

Although she is on the battlefield, she has the heroism of a woman and the courage to kill the enemy to the point of fear.

But when she returned home, Xu Miaojin put on women's clothes. Even though she didn't put on makeup, she still had fair skin and bright lips. Her big, bright eyes seemed to be able to speak, and she looked at Zhu Zhu in a flash, like stars in the sky.

Such a peerless beauty fell in love with him. What could a husband ask for in such a wife?

No wonder Zhu Chu has no false feelings for those women on the grassland, one is Muqiu and the other is Xu Miaojin. If he is still dissatisfied, I am afraid God will not stand it anymore and will punish him, right?

Faced with Zhu Xi's affectionate confession, Xu Miaojin was naturally elated.

"Hmm, Your Highness, what are you here for?" A voice suddenly asked from the side.

The young couple turned around and saw that Xu Huizu was standing nearby, looking at the two of them expressionlessly, and glancing at the little hands they held together.

Xu Miaojin said "Ah" and wanted to separate.

Zhu Ming ignored Xu Huizu, held the girl's hand domineeringly in front of his eldest brother, and said arrogantly: "Of course I'm here to see Uncle Xu."

Xu Huizu felt his brain was buzzing and hurting, and said angrily: "Uncle Xu is lying in the backyard. You can't go out here and tease my sister."

"This is my sister too," Zhu Xi argued.

"Oh? I don't know when His Highness took the surname Xu," Xu Huizu sneered.

Zhu Ming ignored Xu Huizu's teasing and said to Xu Miaojin: "Just like Queen Ma means to my father, you will always be my only sister."

Xu Miaojin was moved. In fact, on the night when they confirmed their relationship, Xu Miaojin had criticized Zhu Miao and called her sister?

Zhu Ming said at the time that he wanted her to be his sister because of the emotional journey they took to get to know each other.

It's not that Mu Qiu is the eldest wife, Mu Qiu is his A Qiu, and Xu Miaojin is his sister. If he wants them to be equal, no one will have a higher status than the other. Xu Miaojin knows it all.

Xu Huizu was startled and looked at Zhu Zhen with his mouth open, how dare you say that.

Compared with Emperor Hongwu? And you compared my sister to Queen Ma?

Good guy, are you going to rebel?

Xu Huizu stared at Zhu Ming, shocked in his heart. Do you want to tell the truth? Do you want to call the servants to arrest this bastard?

Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that everyone in the Xu family would be slaughtered?

Their family is full of loyal people, and they can't take the blame because of this bastard brat.

"Okay, Your Highness, let's go see my father first," Xu Miaojin took Zhu Ming and led him to the backyard personally.

Xu Huizu fell behind, looking at the backs of the two of them, with a complicated expression on his face, deep in thought.

He was thinking, did Zhu Chu do it intentionally or unintentionally?

He was hesitating whether there would be hidden dangers or even disasters if Miaojin was with him.

This is a rebellion. Once successful, you can imagine that it will be a meteoric rise.

But the Xu family started their career following the rebellion of Emperor Hongwu. There is no need to rebel a second time, so why bother wading into troubled waters?

As long as they don't make mistakes, they will be prosperous and wealthy throughout their lives.

Therefore, although Xu Huizu in history was Zhu Di's brother-in-law and brother-in-law, he still chose to stand on the side of Zhu Yunwen and Emperor Jianwen and gave many good suggestions.

If Zhu Yunwen did not doubt Xu Huizu, but followed Xu Huizu's strategy and even let Xu Huizu take command.

There is a saying that Zhu Di is no match for his uncle and will be beaten badly.

After all, the disparity in military strength was too great, so Li Jinglong wouldn't have lost so miserably as an individual.

So Xu Huizu was in a state of confusion at this time. He was an absolute royalist and absolutely loyal.

But the more this happened, the more uneasy Xu Huizu became when he looked at Zhu Ming's back.

This eighteenth prince, now His Royal Highness the Dian King, can be said to have become a hidden danger.

I heard that not only did he have great power in Yunnan, but he also had many chieftains of all ethnic groups beheaded by him. However, those natives were still extremely convinced of him.

Even many civil and military officials in the court were secretly criticizing him. If Zhu Zhen raised his arms and raised his voice, they were worried that he could gather millions of soldiers and fight all the way from the southwest to Yingtian City.

Now he has gone outside the customs to make immortal contributions. When the news from the grassland reached the capital, it can be said that the whole government and the public were shocked. It was no less than a spring thunder that shocked everyone.

"Holy Khan? Don't really compare yourself to Tian Khan (Li Shimin)," Xu Huizu sighed.

This was a pun, as he was worried that Zhu Zhen's Holy Khan would be like Li Shimin's Heavenly Khan, taking the throne of emperor.

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang is still alive, aren't you looking for death? It can't be said that he is going to rebel, he is already on an equal footing with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Two emperors in one dynasty? Is it okay?

At the same time, Xu Huizu was also worried, how did Li Shimin become Tang Taizong? It wasn't the Xuanwu Gate incident that killed the prince and his third brother.

The current crown prince is the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen.

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Xu Huizu no longer dared to think about it.

Not to mention that Xu Huizu, as the eldest son of the Xu family, will also be the future heir to Duke Wei and the future leader of the Xu family. Of course, he has many ideas and considerations.

At the same time, on the other side, Zhu Zhen and Xu Miaojin had arrived in the backyard.

Generally, guests only need to be received in the front yard, because the backyard is the area where the women's family members move around.

Despite Xu Da's advanced age, he actually still has a wife, who is none other than Xu Miaojin's biological mother, Jia.

"Mom," Xu Miaojin came face to face with a middle-aged lady and shouted coquettishly, showing the rare coquettish attitude of a little daughter.

Xu Da married three wives and one concubine in his life. His first wife was Mrs. Zhang, who gave birth to his son Xu Huizu and his eldest daughter Xu Miaoyun.

The only concubine was Sun, who gave birth to a second son, Xu Yingxu.

Speaking of this Xu Yingxu, many Ming historical records refer to him as the second son, but in the epitaph, he is also called the fourth son. This is taken from the second son.

Later, after the death of his original wife, Mrs. Zhang, Xu Da married Xie again.

Speaking of this Xie family, there are many unofficial and pseudo-historical rumors. It is even said that Xu Da’s four sons and four daughters were all born to her alone.

But Xu Yingxu's epitaph alone proves that this statement is false.

In fact, Xie gave birth to the third son Xu Tianfu (who died young) and the fourth son Xu Zengshou, as well as the second daughter Xu Miaoqing and the third daughter Xu Miaozhen. In total, there were four children, not four sons and four daughters all by herself.

It is said that Xie was the second daughter of Xie Zaixing and the sister-in-law of Zhu Wenzheng. Zhu Yuanzhang personally made the decision to marry Xu Da.

As for Xie's fate, it is said that she was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang because of her arrogant and jealous nature and rude words and deeds.

It is said that Mrs. Xie was jealous of Queen Ma and was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang.

In short, Xu Da's previous wives and concubines have all passed away, and now only the Jia family is left, who is also Xu Miaojin's biological mother.

Although this Jia family is young, only thirty-two or thirteen years old, I am afraid that she was only sixteen or seventeen years old when she married Xu Da or even gave birth to Xu Miaojin.

But she is the head wife and the current mistress of Xu Mansion, so she cannot be looked down upon.

Zhu Ming was in a complicated mood, Lao Xu, you are a bit inhumane, and he hurriedly clasped his fists with his hands and saluted, saying, "I've met my aunt."

Jia Shi glared at her daughter who was holding her arm, then looked at Zhu Ming coldly, looking up and down.

Not to mention, Jia and Xu Miaojin are very similar, especially their demeanor. Xu Miaojin also has a frosty face and frighteningly cold eyes when facing the enemy.

"You are Zhu Chu, the eighteenth son of Emperor Hongwu, right?" Jia said coldly: "I heard that you have disliked my daughter?"

Zhu Ming broke out in a cold sweat. Is the mother-in-law trying to settle accounts with the queen?

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"I don't dare, aunt, this is all a misunderstanding," Zhu Zhen explained hurriedly.

"Who is your aunt?" Jia snorted coldly.

"So, eldest sister?" Zhu Ming didn't know what Jia was thinking for a moment.

Jia was stunned and looked at Zhu Zhen in disbelief.

Even Xu Miaojin opened her mouth and stared at her sweetheart in shock.

"Sister? Thank you for shouting," a weak voice came. Xu Da was sitting on a chair in the yard at some point, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand and was about to drink it. He heard Zhu Ming's words to his wife. The way of addressing him, he sighed silently and said: "When will you grow up? Stop being so stupid."

"Uncle Xu," Zhu Ming quickly took the opportunity to get rid of the knife-like eyes from his mother-in-law Ling Chi, ran to the side, and gave Xu Da a respectful fist-clenching salute.

Xu Da waved his hand and said, "I'm already terminally ill. I don't care about this. If you come to see me, you have some conscience."

It turns out that since Xu Da became seriously ill, the Duke of Wei's mansion, which used to be bustling with people, was now desolate.

Before he left, he felt the indifference of someone leaving.

That's true. He never interfered with political affairs in the court, never formed a party for personal gain, and did not participate in anything. He just took the emperor's salary and shared the emperor's worries. If you asked him to lead the troops in war, then he would do his duty.

As for the rest, it has nothing to do with him.

So Xu Da was open-minded and didn't take it seriously.

But when he looked at Zhu Chu in front of him, he couldn't help but said with complicated emotions: "Zhen'er, it's not easy for your father. He is worried about you this time. He can't wait to mobilize an army of [-] people to Ningxia Town to save you. At this point, even Feng Sheng and Fu Youde were called back to the capital to be on standby."

As long as something goes wrong on Zhu Chu's side, the two generals Feng Sheng and Fu Youde will set off immediately and quickly assemble an army of [-] people to rush to the grassland to rescue Zhu Chu.

This kind of treatment made Zhu Zhen even fall into deep thought.

Lao Zhu, are you serious?

To patrol the world on behalf of the emperor?

No, I plan to rebel, I plan to launch a campaign of peace, Lao Zhu, you can't change my script.

What's more, do you want to be the crown prince? what do you think? I am the eighteenth old man. With this background, you want me to ascend to the throne? What's going on?

Do you think it’s the Yuan Dynasty now? Or the Qing Dynasty? Those so-called literati and Confucian scholars dare not make trouble with those Tatars, but they dare to make trouble with us.

(End of this chapter)