Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 433 The New Year is almost here

The next day is also the last day of the year.

I just came out of the palace yesterday, so there is no need to go today. I can just wait until tomorrow to pay New Year greetings.

Zhu Ming also took a rare break.

Small matters such as cleaning up at the end of the year and purchasing all the New Year's supplies are naturally handled by the house manager, Xiao Baozi.

In fact, all these things have been done before Zhu Chu comes back. As the owner, all he has to do is wait for the New Year.

This is in the capital, and the New Year's Eve dinner must be eaten together in the palace.

If it was in his own fiefdom, it would be even simpler. After all, he was the most subordinate in the palace.

He doesn't have the final say in everything.

"Your Highness, it's time for you to get up."

"ah."

In fact, for those who are entering the palace tomorrow, the palace will entertain all officials for the New Year's Eve dinner. According to the custom, the queen of the harem will also entertain the concubines of the harem and the wives of the officials' family members.

It turned out that Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin were already awake, but they were not in a hurry to get up.

Over the past year, it can be said that they have been inseparable day and night, and they have long lived a life that is better than husband and wife.

What else could he say? No matter how you say it, it's wrong.

Moreover, the three women spontaneously surrounded Zhu Chu. No matter how busy they were, they took care of him first and helped him get dressed first.

Before leaving, he did not forget to tell Zhu Zhen: "Don't favor one over the other. If you have Sister Mu, you will forget about us. You want to see us."

Zhu Ming smiled bitterly and said, "You don't have to do this."

What's more, Mu Qiu is now the only one among the three girls who has been canonized by Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial edict. She is already listed as a partial concubine in the clan mansion. All that is left is a grand wedding banquet.

He felt that they were a little humble like this.

But Mu Qiu has no such worries. She is not in Yunnan at this time, and her eldest brother and nephew are still on their way back. How can they go home to celebrate the New Year?

In the end, even the housekeepers of the two houses who greeted the two girls couldn't laugh or cry.

This shows that everyone in the family knows that they have returned and followed Zhu Zhen back home last night.

This was Zhu Chu's free time, and he excerpted a part of the plot of Journey to the West to tell a story to the three girls.

Nowadays, "little fairy" is not a derogatory term.

Xu Miaojin quickly stretched out her hand to cover Zhu Chu's strong chest, and cried out sweetly: "Thank you for being able to speak out. In that case, our sisters will lose their face at all. Okay, brother, wait until we are officially married, and I will serve you well." good."

Unless they are well-matched, they can only be reduced to concubines, and concubines are no different from slaves and servants, and are even lower than ordinary favored servants.

In the end, Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin were welcomed back to Xu Mansion and Tang Mansion.

Isn't this going to be a joke?

Tang Xin didn't know why, but she always felt that Zhu Xi was like Tang Sanzang. Why did so many female fairies like him?
Fortunately, Xu Miaojin could bear not to kill them with a gun when they were in the grassland.

"Otherwise, it's better to wait until the first day of the new year to come back," Zhu Zhen said, standing up and about to move forward.

Auntie, even if I know that your relationship with His Highness has reached this point, you still have to hold her close to her as soon as you come out of His Highness's dormitory.

The problem is that they haven't gotten married yet, not even in the form of an engagement.

So Mu Qiu began to make preparations for the New Year as the mistress of the palace.

Now that they heard that they were going home, even the eyes of the two women were red.

Now that I heard that my family had sent someone to rush me, I became anxious.

But Mu Qiu was very excited. This time she officially confirmed her relationship with Zhu Xi as a princess.

Mu Qiu used to have low self-esteem, even if there was a physical relationship, so what? Do you think this is an era where you can get married as long as you have a relationship?
It's really not.

In fact, Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin didn't want to be separated from him.

"What the hell? You're celebrating the Chinese New Year and you're not going to let me sleep in?" Zhu Zhen was angry. What about the rare rest that he promised?
Xiao Baozi was also in a dilemma outside and said, "But Duke Xu's Mansion of Wei and Duke Tang's Mansion of Xin both sent people to ask, saying that they wanted to welcome their young ladies home."

Xiao Baozi's cry came from outside.

"Okay, Xin'er, hurry up. You don't have to be laughed at when you go home. My eldest sister and second sister are both back this year," Xu Miaojin was so anxious that she could see the white tender meat that made Zhu Xun dizzy.

There is nothing to prepare for.

Two exclamations suddenly sounded in the room.

"Besides, we are your women. Isn't it natural to serve our husbands?" Mu Qiu's rhetorical question did not stop Zhu Chu.

Zhu Chu and Mu Qiu also got up.

Zhu's heart melted, he took her little hand, put it in his mouth, took a bite, and muttered: "You are my little fairies."

During the Chinese New Year, there is no such thing as two girls staying in other people's mansions, which is not nice to say.

After all, Xu Miaojin grew up in this Jiangnan area. Once she acts like a coquettish girl, she is called a coward.

Tang Xin rolled her beautiful eyes and said: "What? We are not yellow-faced women, but we are starting to dislike you? Do you have to call those little goblins who are eager to eat a piece of your flesh to live forever to serve you?"

The three girls looked at their lover with loving eyes.

For example, a general housekeeper has a higher level than a concubine.

Mu Qiu once said that if you are willing to be a slave, you are ready to be unable to enter the palace and can only become a professional around Zhu Chu to deal with that aspect of the problem.

She was content as long as she followed him.

She never expected that Zhu Zhen would not hesitate to obtain an imperial decree for her to be canonized.

So what if you don’t have the influence of your maternal relatives with deep foundation?

With His Highness pampering her, she is the Princess of Dian. Even if she is a side concubine, she is still a concubine, not a concubine.

Therefore, Mu Qiu cherishes this hard-won favor, and has a harmonious relationship with Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin.

She knew that those two women were both the daughters of a duke, the proud daughters of heaven, and they were not the same thing as herself.

Even if you are not being extra careful, you are still taking the initiative to show kindness.

At the same time, Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin also knew that Mu Qiu had a special status in Zhu Chu's heart. She was his first woman, and neither of them had a domineering personality.

Therefore, the three girls have always been getting along well with each other. Zhu Ming simply sleeps together and enjoys the same happiness.

It's the end of the year, and officials all over the world can finally take a vacation and have a good rest.

In fact, officials in ancient times rarely took vacations. Except for some important holidays, they rarely took a break, basically all year round.

That is to say, the New Year begins on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month and lasts until after the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

Basically, I need to take a break for nearly a month.

This has also led to the capital city being particularly lively now as the New Year is approaching.

Many of the housekeepers and servants in various prefectures are also on vacation, plus those who come back from other places to visit their relatives.

The whole capital is lively, and there are lights and colorful decorations everywhere, couplets and blessings are posted everywhere, and some children set off firecrackers in the streets, which is full of New Year flavor.

Even Zhu Chu took Mu Qiu and the hundred guards who came back with him and walked onto the street to wander around.

In fact, he just broke through to a new level this morning, and he should have taken the opportunity to consolidate.

But you can practice at any time. Now that it’s the Chinese New Year, you should always relax and spend time with your family.

Zhu Chu also bought a lot of melons, fruits, pears and other items on the street, carrying them as gifts, and went to the Duke Xin's Mansion in Tanghe and the Duke Wei's Mansion in Xu Da.

Although the gift is not noble, people are noble. This is called etiquette but affection is more important than etiquette.

Even if you don’t send goose feathers, it’s fine.

He came to Tang's house first.

Tang He received Zhu Ming personally.

"Hey, our uncle is here," Tang He called out to his uncle as soon as he opened his mouth.

Nonsense, his daughter didn't come home last night. Where did she stay?
He also knew the night before yesterday that his daughter was taken away by Concubine Zhou.

But what about last night?

These young people are so bold.

Now that the uncooked rice has been cooked and even eaten and wiped clean, if this bastard dares not to admit his guilt, Tang He will dare to make trouble with Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Uncle Tang," Zhu Ming quickly called someone with his hands in hand. "Uncle Tang," Mu Qiu also imitated the husband's singing and his wife's following.

Tang He nodded, casually letting his servants take the things, and jokingly said: "These are definitely not betrothal gifts, right?"

Zhu Ming was not easily ridiculed, and said with a smile: "Xin'er is not that cheap. When the time comes, I will prepare Shili Hongzhuang for her."

The red dowry of ten miles is really important. The dowry that lasts ten miles, people, carriages and horses are connected. How much does it cost?
Even though there are various items needed for daily life, not all gold, silver and jewelry are worth a lot of money.

But Tang He's face turned dark, so his grandma's dowry was prepared by her parents' family, and he, the father, prepared it for his daughter. I'm not dead yet.

"Of course you don't need to worry about the dowry. I will give my daughter a grand marriage. All you need to do is prepare the betrothal gift," Tang He snorted.

Does he think this brat did it on purpose?
How depressing it is to celebrate the New Year.

But then again, if this kid hadn't cured his rheumatic disease by mysterious means, I'm afraid he would still be paralyzed now. How could he sit here and talk and laugh?

I don’t even know if I can make it through this year.

Thinking about it, Tang He said with a grateful face: "I haven't thanked you properly yet. By the way, what happened to your so-called surgery?"

Zhu Xinxin said, just kidding, can I say that I split your head in half?
So Zhu Ming laughed and changed the subject: "By the way, where is Xin'er? I'm going to Duke Wei's mansion later, so I'll take her to see Sister Xu to play."

Tang He rolled his eyes, "Good guy," he called her, "his daughter hasn't been back for an hour, and she hasn't even wrapped her cotton-padded jacket to keep her warm. Are you going to take her away?"

But he also knew that what else could happen to Zhu Lun when he came to his house, and he was not familiar with him.

What's more, with Zhu Chu's current reputation, there are also extraordinary achievements one after another that even he and Xu Da admire and feel inferior to.

Even Tang He was too embarrassed to give advice on Zhu Chu's art of war and the use of troops.

Including Zhu Zhen's prestige in the army, it has begun to catch up with them and other veterans.

From now on, I am afraid that it is not Zhu Ming who will rely on the prestige of Duke Tang and Xu in the military, but rather the descendants of the Tang and Xu families who will rely on Zhu Ming's reputation.

But Tang He could only feel sad when he thought about the current situation of his family.

All of his direct descendants and descendants have died, and I am afraid that from now on he can only rely on collateral descendants to continue his legacy.

However, it is not easy for collateral descendants to inherit the title.

Could it be that, at such an old age, he still has to work hard for this title and try to have a son?

Tang He suddenly fell into endless melancholy.

He originally had five sons and five daughters, a total of ten children.

You should enjoy family happiness to the fullest.

Who would have thought that the Tang family had a bad fate. Two of the five sons died young, and the other three also died in the battlefield.

Not to mention how my daughter is doing.

Even the grandchildren of the Tang family all died young, and there are not many left.

In fact, the Tang family has reached the great-grandson generation at this time.

The eldest son Tang Ding had a surviving son, Tang Yu. Because they got married early in ancient times, Tang Yu gave birth to a son, Tang Wenyu.

This can also be regarded as the continuation of the lineage of the eldest son and eldest grandson.

Tang He secretly sighed. In order to pass on the title, he had to grit his teeth and insist on waiting until his great-grandson grew up to be old enough to take the title. Otherwise, he was really worried that Zhu Chongba would be stingy and take the title back if he refused to admit it.

While Tang He was thinking about these random thoughts, Tang Xin had already heard the news and ran out.

When she saw Zhu Chu, Tang Xin's eyes lit up, and she came over and said, "You came to me first? Haven't you gone to Miao Jin yet? Let's go to the Xu Mansion next door."

"Cough cough cough," Tang He coughed.

"Dad, are you feeling unwell? Do you want to see a doctor?" Tang Xin asked with concern.

It is true that she has not been at home for nearly a year. She, the youngest sister who has not yet left the family, has been serving her father, so she is particularly concerned about her father's health.

Tang He was so angry that he rolled his eyes, tossed his sleeves and left.

Yes, female students are not allowed to stay in college.

I'd better go alone and be a loner.

"What's wrong with dad? Who made him angry?" Tang Xin was still wondering.

Zhu Chu and Mu Qiu looked at each other, suppressed their laughter, and called Tang Xin to rush to the Xu Mansion together.

There were two gifts prepared. Zhu Ming was very smart and let the guards take the other one. Otherwise, it would be hard to come out of Tang Mansion with a gift, right?
So there is no need to prepare another copy, just go to Xu Mansion directly.

When we arrived at the Xu Mansion, there was no need for anyone to inform him. Who in the Xu Mansion didn't know that Prince Dian was the uncle of their fourth lady?
After receiving the news, Xu Da sat in the front lobby and received Zhu Ming calmly.

"Uncle Xu, you are busy. I can just go to my sister's yard by myself." Zhu Ming wanted to leave as soon as they met. He was not here to see his father-in-law.

Xu Da's face turned dark and he said angrily: "Sit over there."

Zhu Ming had no choice but to do as he was told.

When Tang Xin saw something was wrong with his posture, he pulled Mu Qiu and ran away: "Uncle Xu, we are going to find Miaojin."

For Tang Xin, being in the Xu family is like being at home.

Xu Da didn't say anything, he just stared at Zhu Xi with his eyes wide open.

Zhu Ming felt baffled and looked down at his clothes. Xu Miaojin and the others had helped him put them on, so it was no problem. Look how beautiful this bright yellow dragon-patterned python robe is.

"When are you going to come to propose marriage?" Xu Da saw that he still didn't understand why he was angry, so he simply stopped holding it in and said angrily: "This is the capital, not the grassland. You actually took Tang He's daughter from me. Take it home? Fortunately, you young people can do it. Aren't you afraid that word will get out and people will make irresponsible remarks?"

"Hey, that's what happened," Zhu Ming finally understood why Xu Da's face turned sour when he saw him.

But the moment he blurted out these words, he saw Xu Da's face getting darker, and he quickly changed his words and said: "No, Uncle Xu, I am actually more anxious than you. I also want to marry my sister Xu as soon as possible, so that's it." No need to run to your house every day."

What you said made Xu Da speechless.

Did you come to my Xu Mansion just because of you, Sister Xu?

But yes, although the Xu family and the Zhu family are family friends, the problem is that the Zhu family has too many children. Before the princesses have appeared one by one, Zhu Yuanzhang alone has more than twenty sons.

Even with Xu Da's energy, it would be impossible to get to know every prince and prince, right?

Therefore, before Zhu Chu and Xu Miaojin met, it cannot be said that Zhu Chu had nothing to do with the Xu family, and they did not know each other at all.

In the past, Zhu Chu didn't even know which way the Xu Mansion's gate opened.

So every time he came, he was really looking for Xu Miaojin, it was so simple and direct.

And if you dare to stop him from coming in, it won't work. This guy is lucky because he is also a vassal king, and he has a lot of troops, so he can't afford to offend you.

"Let's wait until the New Year is over," Zhu Ming took a deep breath, put on a serious expression and said, "After the New Year, I will ask my father for orders to issue two imperial edicts to Xu Meizi and Xin'er, and canonize them as my princesses. Moreover. Sister Xu is the main concubine, and although I won’t treat them differently, I can only make Xin’er and Aqiu the partial concubines.”

Only then did Xu Da's expression soften a little.

"Oh, isn't this my eldest brother-in-law here?" came an exclamation, and immediately after, Jia walked out with a look of surprise, holding tea in her hand, and actually wanted to serve Zhu Ming tea herself. ?

Zhu Chu looked at the old couple and suddenly understood.

Together with the old mother-in-law, who had been hiding behind the screen and eavesdropping, it turned out that Xu Da had asked himself on purpose, and also for Jia.

"What are you trying to do?" Zhu Zhen said, dumbfounded, "We are all a family. If you have anything to say, just say it in person. Besides, when Sister Xu and I get married in the future, I still need your help. We don’t understand, it’s our first time.”

"Don't, it's not our turn to worry about this," Xu Dado is cautious. It's your marriage to a prince, and you are now deeply favored by His Majesty. Naturally, the Clan's Mansion, the Ministry of Rites, etc. will take care of it.

It's even possible that Zhu Yuanzhang would have to personally preside over the wedding.

At least he will definitely appear when worshiping heaven and earth.

Otherwise, who should I worship?

In fact, it is understandable, even though Xu Miaojin's three sisters are also princesses, after all, Jia is an only daughter, so she just called Zhu Miao her eldest uncle.

She is just a daughter, not an aunt.

Jia was naturally extremely concerned and concerned about her only daughter's marriage.

In addition, Zhu Ming's marriage cannot be decided by herself. As long as it is not decided for a day, Jia always feels uneasy.

Now I finally got assurance from Zhu Chu.

And even if Zhu Ming still wants to marry Tang Xin, his Xu Miaojin is the official concubine.

Mrs. Jia finally felt relieved and even poured Zhu Ming a cup of tea herself.

Zhu Ming quickly stood up and took it with both hands.

The old couple then changed to a friendly attitude, and started talking while asking Zhu Ming.

(End of this chapter)