Zhu Biao smiled and walked to his father's side, and the two of them walked towards the inner palace. The eunuchs and maids behind him all followed from a distance. This was also their habit for many years.
The father and son laughed and talked for a while about the wedding, and then Zhu Biao said slowly: "I don't know what Yan Shenggong is preparing for."
Zhu Yuanzhang's smile did not change: "We know this, it's really heart-warming."
Zhu Biao's eyes lit up. If he could know what it was in advance, he would be able to make some preparations in advance: "What is it that can make my father's heart tempt?"
Although he was asking, Zhu Biao probably guessed that Zhu Yuanzhang is now the lord of the world, and all rare treasures are just playthings and not worthy of an emperor's attention.
Unless that thing is of great benefit to consolidating his rule, and there are only a few things that can play this role, especially the Jiuding and the Imperial Seal, which are extremely important to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at his son and knew that he had probably guessed it. He put his hands behind his back and said, "I didn't expect this imperial seal to have ended up in the Kong family. We only found out about it a few days ago."
When Zhu Biao heard that it was really the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, he became excited for a moment, and then calmed down. His father had already conquered the world, and the Jade Seal of the Kingdom had been lost long ago. The symbolic meaning of his compliance with the destiny has also been reduced after so many dynasties.
Quite a few.
For Zhu Yuanzhang, being able to take back this thing is the icing on the cake. It doesn't matter if it can't be taken back. But tomorrow is Zhu Biao's wedding. If he can receive the national jade seal tomorrow, it will be of great significance to consolidate Zhu Biao's status.
, after all, there were many superstitious people in ancient times.
The Jade Seal of Chuan Guo last appeared in the Later Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties. At that time, Li Congke of the Later Tang Dynasty climbed a building and burned himself on the building during the invasion of foreign tribes. The whereabouts of the Jade Seal of Chuan Guo was unknown in this fire. Later, various news of Jade Seal of Chuan Guo were also spread, but
None of them can prove its authenticity.
Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "Not even the direct descendants of the Confucius family knew about the jade seal passed down from generation to generation. Kong Xixue took out the jade seal from the secret room before leaving, and only the people in the Kong family knew about it. It seems that generations of heads of the Kong family have
It was spread by word of mouth in exchange for shelter in times of crisis in the Confucius Mansion."
Zhu Biao glanced at his father. The Confucius family had a jade seal passed down from the imperial family but did not present it at the founding of the country. This violated Zhu Yuanzhang's taboo. I'm afraid the Confucius family made a mistake.
In fact, the most critical issue is that there is a very high-ranking mole in the Confucius family. Otherwise, Zhu Yuanzhang should not know about the national jade seal. If it is presented suddenly tomorrow, Zhu Yuanzhang will not be able to react. No matter what aspects he considers, he can only praise it vigorously.
the Kongs.
Now that Zhu Yuanzhang had carefully considered the pros and cons, Zhu Biao asked: "Is your father prepared to accept this treasure, or do you have other plans?"
Zhu Yuanzhang did not answer but asked his son: "If it were you, how would you deal with it?"
Zhu Biao thought for a while and said: "Send someone to find a way to take away the imperial seal, otherwise there will be disadvantages in dealing with it no matter what."
The Confucius family would definitely say that auspiciousness came from heaven, which resulted in the birth of the heavy treasure, in order to congratulate the emperor on his destiny. But if the emperor accepts the auspiciousness, then when God is angry, he will have to admit that he did not do a good job, and the royal family will have to accept the auspiciousness.
The love of family, after all, this can be regarded as the manifestation of Kong Sheng.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction, and the two returned to the imperial study. The others did not dare to follow him. Zhu Biao was a little excited. After all, the imperial seal was still very attractive to him. Of course, most of them were curious. This was the Qin Emperor and Han Wu Tang Sect.
All used jade seals.
Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the chair and looked at his son's expectant expression for a while. His son had been mature and steady since he was a child, and he could treat everything calmly and indifferently. This was a rare sight.
Zhu Biao also felt his father's bad taste and looked at him helplessly. Zhu Yuanzhang happily took out an exquisite wooden box engraved with dragon patterns from behind and placed it on the table.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "This jade seal was delivered to the palace last night. We have been excited for a long time. Biao'er, come and take a look."
Zhu Biao stepped forward and opened the wooden box. There was a simple and elegant seal quietly placed inside. It was four inches in diameter and had five dragons on it. It looked very attractive.
Zhu Biao glanced at his father, and when he saw his smiling face, he stretched out his hand to hold out the Chuan Guo Seal. The first thing he saw was the inscription on the shoulder of the Chuan Guo Xi, "The Great Wei Shou Han Chuan Guo Xi", and then he continued
Looking down, there is a corner filled with gold. When reversed slightly, it is the eight seal characters "Ordered by heaven, and you will live forever."
Zhu Biao looked at it for a while and put the imperial seal back into the wooden box. His biggest impression was that Cao Pi, a sand sculpture, had something wrong and even carved words on the jade seal to prove that he was not "usurping the Han Dynasty".
I have to say, these few words are really annoying. The Sima family also usurped the Cao family's world. Didn't they write such unconfident words as "the Jin Dynasty accepted the national seal of Wei Chuan" on it? If it were another dynasty, it would be
With words engraved on it, can this jade seal still be...
The father and son looked at each other and said at the same time: "You deserve the fate of the Cao family."
Zhu Yuanzhang put the box away and said: "There are too many Kong family members, each with their own thoughts. As long as I find the right door, they can all be used by me. Just like this square jade seal, Kong Xixue kept it personally, but it still got into our hands."
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Zhu Biao nodded. It is easy to stop foreign enemies but hard to defend against domestic thieves. The Kong family suffered a big loss this time. This was a killer weapon that was planned to be used on Zhu Biao's wedding day, so the Kong family did not publicize that they had obtained the national jade seal.
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But now that it is lost, the Kong family can't say anything. Could it be that they have kept the national jade seal privately for hundreds of years?
Kong Xixue has already arrived outside the city, and it is too late to think of any auspiciousness. Moreover, he should be frightened now. After all, only his direct uncles and brothers know about the imperial seal.
Now Yan Shenggong is in a situation where there is a wolf in front of him and a tiger in the back. Both sides are waiting to crush him. However, this has nothing to do with Zhu Biao. Now he can prepare for the wedding with peace of mind.
Zhu Biao came out of the imperial study and on his way back to the East Palace, he saw Xu Da leading a large number of people out of the palace. Zhu Biao asked someone to ask and found out that they were going to the crown prince's home.
Xu Da is the officiant of this wedding, and he is also the most suitable one. It should have been Li Shanchang, but thinking that his youngest daughter was a side concubine, it was not appropriate for him to be the officiant of the main concubine, so he declined.
Among the remaining people, except Xu Da, none of them were qualified in terms of status, so this job fell on him. Of course, Xu Da was not dissatisfied. It was a honor to be able to host the prince's wedding.
Besides, Zhu Yuanzhang had already said when he had a drink with him last time that the concubine would be from the Xu family in the future. No one could say for sure what would happen in the future, but Xu Da was still very happy.
In fact, he was also very disappointed that his daughter did not become the crown princess. After all, he was the number one in military achievements. He actually let that guy Chang Yuchun pick the peaches, so naturally he was a little upset.
However, he also understood that his military exploits were brilliant and there was no stain, unlike Chang Yuchun who often killed prisoners indiscriminately and made people panic, so in most battles he was the commander and Chang Yuchun was the general.