"Mom, it's me." Zhu Gui did not resist, but said warmly.
Zhu Gui was hugged by Guo Huifei for who knows how long before she was let go.
"My son, you have lost weight. Are you still used to Shanxi's food? Or are you too tired on weekdays? Isn't it a difficult journey back to Beijing this time? By the way, do you and the princess already have a child?"
Guo Huifei asked many questions in a series, and Zhu Gui answered them one by one.
Only the last question made him not know how to ask, but he was afraid that Concubine Guo would pursue it further, so he could only tell a "white lie", which made Concubine Guo very satisfied.
"Mom, how is the prince's condition?" After the two chatted for a long time, Zhu Gui finally asked a question that he was very concerned about.
When Guo Huifei heard Zhu Gui's words, her face suddenly became a little ugly.
She looked at the door, then lowered her voice and said to Zhu Gui: "Actually, the prince died of illness a week ago. It was just because the princes of the vassals had not arrived in Nanjing yet, so there was no funeral, and the emperor was very angry about this.
He also said that he would severely punish those who were late. Mother was really worried about you, so she sneaked out of the palace to remind you that you must not annoy the emperor again."
"What? Has the prince died of illness? I didn't even see my brother for the last time." Zhu Gui said with a sad face.
However, he was more shocked than sad in his heart. He thought he still had plenty of time, but he didn't expect that something had already happened, and this was just the beginning. What would happen next would be the real danger.
Moreover, before Zhu Gui left last time, he gave the prince medicine from the system store. How could he die of illness so quickly? Or is there something hidden in this?
But no matter what happens now, what Zhu Gui has to do now is to protect himself wisely and try to leave Nanjing alive.
But when he thought of Zhu Yuanzhang's love for the prince, Zhu Gui had a vague feeling of uneasiness. He wouldn't be involved, right?
To be on the safe side, he asked Guo Huifei several more details about the prince's condition, but the answers he got were all very vague.
There is nothing we can do about it. Although the Harem and the East Palace are both within the palace, Concubine Guo Hui cannot leave the Harem at ordinary times, and most of the information comes from gossip.
The mother and son chatted for another half an hour before Guo Huifei reluctantly left.
In the end, Zhu Gui did not ask the most critical question, which was whether Concubine Guo was willing to leave Nanjing with him and settle in Datong Prefecture.
In fact, Zhu Gui felt that the time was not yet ripe.
After Concubine Guo Hui left the Xu Mansion, Zhu Guicai came to the main hall and saw the Xu family enjoying themselves happily.
It turned out that after Xu Miaoqing learned that Zhu Gui had come to Xu Mansion, she also came secretly.
Now only the eldest brother and eldest sister of Xu Miaoqing are not here in the Xu family.
However, there is nothing that can be done about it. Xu Miaoqing's eldest brother is stationed at the border and rarely has the opportunity to go home. As for Xu Miaoqing's eldest sister, Xu Miaoyun, also known as Princess Yan, she should still be halfway there at the moment.
Yandi is farther from Nanjing than Datong Prefecture.
This time at the Xu family banquet, Xu Guogong, Xu Yingxu and Zhu Gui all had a tacit understanding and did not talk about matters in the court, but talked about some trivial matters in life happily.
The only thing that made Xu Miaoqing a little embarrassed was that when Xu's mother asked her when she was due to give birth, she could only tell a lie like Zhu Gui, but this made everyone in the Xu family extremely happy.
Duke Xu Guogong immediately asked his servants to hang red lanterns all over the inner courtyard.
This made Xu's mother a little worried. After all, the prince died of illness and the whole of Nanjing was shrouded in an atmosphere of chilling. If the court knew that the red lanterns were hung in Xu's mansion, someone might take the opportunity to impeach him.
However, Xu Guogong didn't take it seriously. He only stayed for one day, and it was in the inner courtyard and would not be known to the court.
Xu Miaoqing and Zhu Gui looked at each other, with a hint of embarrassment flashing in their eyes.
That night, the two of them were asked to stay overnight in the Xu Mansion.
Fortunately, Xu's mother was considerate of her daughter and did not let them live in the same room.
However, Zhu Gui was already thinking about this matter, that is, how to capture Xu Miaoqing.
Before the soul piercing, although Zhu Gui was an otaku, he was much more concerned about things between men and women than most people in this world.
Moreover, Xu Miaoqing is also a charming little beauty. In a few years, she will definitely be even more beautiful. This can be regarded as another kind of compensation from God to him. So why is he still hesitating?
In fact, Zhu Gui himself didn't know what he was thinking. In the end, he could only give himself a specious answer, that is, he didn't want to let Xu Miaoqing down.
Yes, he liked Xu Miaoqing very much, but he didn't know whether it was love or not.
And he didn't know when his soul-traveling journey would end. Then he would return to his original world. Wouldn't that be a terrible blow to Xu Miaoqing?
Although in history, Xu Miaoqing also gave birth to many children for the real Zhu Gui, but he had no way of verifying whether there was any affection between the two.
That's why in order to live up to Xu Miaoqing, he never punctured the last layer of window paper.
But now, the two of them have lied to their families respectively. If no action is taken, sooner or later this lie will be exposed.
Zhu Gui was thinking about this when she suddenly heard a slight push on the door.
"Who?" Zhu Gui asked alertly, taking out his gun at the same time.
"Your Majesty, it's me." Xu Miaoqing's voice came from outside the door.
"Didn't you stay there?" Although Zhu Gui said this, he still quickly got out of bed and opened the door.
Standing outside the door was Xu Miaoqing, wearing a large cloak and her face was red from the cold.
The latter immediately jumped into Zhu Gui's arms, which made Zhu Gui's body stiffen.
"My mother has gone to bed. I can't sleep, so I just want to come and have a chat with the prince. Sir, you don't dislike me, do you?"
While speaking, Xu Miaoqing raised a smile and looked at Zhu Gui pitifully.
"How could it be? But there is only one bed in this room." Zhu Gui said with some embarrassment.
"It's okay. We are husband and wife. We should have slept together a long time ago. Moreover, I lied to my family today... So, Prince, as long as we sleep together, we will have a baby in the future.
?”
Xu Miaoqing's voice became softer and softer, and her face became redder and redder.
When Zhu Gui heard this, he sighed softly in his heart and said: "My mother-in-law didn't even teach you this kind of thing? Then let me teach you as a father?"
After saying that, Zhu Gui picked up Xu Miaoqing and didn't even care if the cloak fell to the ground, and then walked towards the bed.
Xu Miaoqing's heart almost jumped out of her chest. She could feel that Zhu Gui was not joking, so she nervously grabbed Zhu Gui's shoulders.