Daming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!

Chapter 21 Brother-in-law
In the dead of night, there are occasional insects in the garden.

The night in the south is always so leisurely and quiet.

Zhu Yuanzhang was leaning on a rocking chair, dozing off with his eyes closed, and his fingers with thick joints kept tapping on the armrest of the chair, as if he was thinking about something.Sometimes I get up, take a sip of the thick bitter tea on the table beside me, and spit out some tea stalks by the way.

"Chongba, what are you thinking!" Empress Ma's voice came from behind, she walked slowly with a steaming wooden basin, and knelt down in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.First rolled up the sleeves, and then helped Zhu Yuanzhang take off his shoes and socks.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "How many times have we said, let the slaves do these things." Even though he said so, he stretched out his feet cooperatively and assumed a comfortable posture.At the moment when his feet were soaked in hot water, he let out a pleasant hum.

"I have served you all my life. I don't do these things. I don't feel relieved when others do it. How can others know how much hot water you are proud of? If it gets cold and hot, you will scold people again! It's scary!"

As Empress Ma said, she gently rubbed Zhu Yuanzhang's big feet with her fingers.

Zhu Yuanzhang was lying down with a smile on his face.

His feet are ugly, probably because he has never worn shoes since he was a child, and he can only work barefoot regardless of spring and summer. The shape of his toes is slightly deformed.The heels were covered with yellow and white calluses.There are also traces of frostbite on the instep.

In this life, only two women have washed his feet.One is his mother, and the other is his wife in front of him.

The water was very hot, and gradually softened the old skin on his feet. Empress Ma held a rubbing stone from the side, and kept rubbing the soft old skin, turning them into crumbs and floating in the water .

"The children are all asleep?" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted again and asked.

Empress Ma couldn't stop clapping her hands, "Just fell asleep!"

"Hello, our eldest grandson, you're a wise gentleman!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled with his eyes closed, "Such a young child, when talking about military and state affairs, he speaks clearly and well-founded, it's amazing, it's amazing! Biaoer is good Well, our eldest grandson is also good. With these two sage monarchs in our Ming Dynasty, we will be able to protect the country and society for at least 300 years!"

"You think so far!" Empress Ma laughed, "Things that have been gone for 30 years will last for 300 years!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled again, "In the future, our children and grandchildren will all be able to sit still and hold on, haha!"

"It's all the flesh that fell from my body. How can my baby be good!" Speaking of her children and grandchildren, Empress Ma also looked proud.

"You are meritorious, you are a great hero of our Zhu family!"

After washing the feet, Empress Ma wiped them with a soft cloth, then took out a pair of new cloth shoes from the side, and put them on Zhu Yuanzhang's feet.

"Try, I made you a new one, see if it fits well?"

"You don't have to try it. After wearing the shoes you made for a lifetime, there is nothing wrong with your feet!" Zhu Yuanzhang sat up straight, stretched out his feet and stomped on the ground, and said with a smile, "Comfortable, it's great!"

As he spoke, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a wound on Empress Ma's hand, and immediately frowned, "What did you do?"

Empress Ma directly poured the footwashing water in the garden, and said with a smile, "Last night when I was doing shoe sewing, I poked it with a needle." As she spoke, she sighed slightly, "Oh, I'm old, and my eyesight is not good!"

Under the lamplight, Empress Ma was dressed in commoner clothes, her hair was already graying at the temples.

Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little distressed in his heart.

A lifetime is too fast. The woman with bright eyes and bright teeth that I married to me at the beginning is now very old.

When she was young, she followed her in fear, and she had to sit in the rear, manage the house for herself, and set an example for the wives and daughters of the soldiers.When she was in the world, she was a queen, but she was still frugal and lived her life carefully.

She only has herself in her heart, and only this family!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart warmed up, he couldn't help holding Queen Ma's hand, and said softly, "Sister, you have worked hard all these years!"

Empress Ma was slightly taken aback, then lowered her head and smiled, "What's so hard about it, you're my man, shouldn't you be serving you?"

The two palms held each other warmly, conveying a temperature that could make each other feel at ease.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked carefully at the corners of his wife's eyes and cheeks.She is old, and she is also old.

"Sister, do you think people have a next life?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked suddenly.

Queen Ma blinked, "Who knows, why are you asking this?"

"If there is a next life, we will marry you as our daughter-in-law!" Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously.

Empress Ma's eyes were also full of tenderness, but she curled her lips, "I haven't served you enough in this life, and I want to serve you in the next life, you are so beautiful!"

"On the day we got married, we were so beautiful!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly, looked at his old wife, and suddenly pulled Empress Ma into his arms with force.

"In our whole life, we will be most comfortable by your side!"

"You..." Empress Ma was caught off guard, her face was flushed, "What are you doing?"

"Don't move!" Zhu Yuanzhang hugged hard, "Let's hug for a while, old couple, who will laugh at us?"

Before he finished speaking, a strong force hit his shoulder, and he was directly pushed away by Queen Ma.

"You are old and not shy, how old are you, and you still have hands and feet!" Empress Ma was ashamed and angry.

Zhu Yuanzhang was still pulling, and said with a smile, "What's wrong with being too old? Can't you be close when you are too old?" As he said, he wanted to stretch out his hand again.

"Go away!" Empress Ma pushed hard, "You are not ashamed, I can't afford to lose this person!"

"Sister, don't go!!"

"Don't talk to me!" Empress Ma was really annoyed, and continued to push hard.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the rocking chair, swayed violently, "Hey hey hey!"

He yelled a few times, but after all, he didn't adjust his center of gravity properly, and he plopped his feet to the sky.

"Ha, yes!" Empress Ma joked as she walked away and saw this scene.

Zhu Yuanzhang got up on the ground, patted the dust off his body, a little exasperated, "Damn it!" He said angrily, "It's not okay to be close, it's okay, let's find someone else, there are many women in the palace who are looking forward to us, Everyone is as beautiful as a flower!" As he said, he took two steps, then stopped suddenly, and turned around to see Empress Ma staring at him at the door.

"That's what I said, we are at this age, hehe!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, "That's what I said!" He has many concubines, and he can serve as he pleases.But when he said such a thing in front of his wife, he always felt a little unbearable.

Just a few steps forward, the gate of the palace was suddenly closed.

The voice of Empress Ma ordering her servants came from inside, "Blow out the lamp and sleep!!"

"Hi!" Zhu Yuanzhang stomped outside, "Are you really angry?"

As he spoke, he shook his head, walked out with his hands behind his back, and muttered, "The sage is right, but women and villains are hard to raise!"

He walked in front, followed by several eunuchs bowing down.

Slowly walk through the Kunning Palace and enter the Yonghe Palace.Compared with the queen's residence, the lights here are a bit brighter.Seeing the emperor's arrival, the palace servants hurriedly knelt down to greet him and informed him at the same time.

Not long after, a woman in palace attire in her early forties came out and laid her down, "Concubine, see Your Majesty!"

"Well, haven't you rested yet?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, and said with his hands behind his back, "Get up!" He said, and stepped into the palace.

The woman followed him silently, and said with a smile, "I thought His Majesty was staying with my sister today."

"We can't sleep and come out for a walk, so come over to see you!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and turned back, "Don't talk, I'm tired after walking for a while, let's rest here with you!" on the chair.

"The concubine beat your legs?" The woman knelt in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, her fingers were gentle.

The servants on one side retreated silently knowingly and knowingly.

"His Majesty."

"How many times have I said, don't take your majesty's mouthful when there is no one else, the whole family is called birth!" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the woman and smiled.

The woman lowered her head shyly, "Brother-in-law!"

"Yeah!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.

This woman is none other than Empress Ma's sister, Concubine Guo Ning.

Concubine Guo Ning was the daughter of Guo Zixing, the leader of the Huaixi Army who promoted Zhu Yuanzhang to start a family, and Empress Ma was the adopted daughter of Guo Zixing who regarded her as her own.Before Guo Zixing died of illness, he not only handed over the military power to Zhu Yuanzhang, but also entrusted his daughter in his teens at the time.

With this relationship, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally treats him differently from other women, because he is her man and her brother-in-law!

(End of this chapter)