Zhu Zhanji stood in the corner, looking taciturn today, like a quiet young man.
Zhang Anshi took a quick look and immediately bowed down and said, "Sister, your Majesty forced me to do this."
Crown Princess Zhang was obviously very angry and said angrily: "What did you say earlier? I said before that wherever you go, you have to say hello. You are already a husband and a father. If you don't put your own life at risk,
In your eyes?"
Zhang Anshi said quickly: "I won't dare to do it next time. Even if there is an imperial edict, I will not respect it."
Mrs. Zhang was obviously even angrier: "Don't mess around and involve your father."
Zhang Anshi said: "In short, I won't dare to do it next time."
Mrs. Zhang blinked, and the tears in her eyes fell one by one.
So while wiping his tears, he said quietly: "I hope you can idle around for a while. You are the commander of the Royal Guards and the governor. In our Ming Dynasty, among the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, is it possible that there is only one person like this who can do things? In this world
, wouldn’t it be possible without you? There are so many people who hate you now, and I am always worried. As a woman, I am already a woman, but I still worry about your incompetent brother. I...
...It would be better to die and fulfill your wishes, so as not to see you taking risks all the time."
Zhang Anshi originally thought of just admitting his mistake and letting his sister not be unhappy, but now he was shocked. These words were more serious than before.
He knew his sister well. After all, she was the Crown Princess, so she would consider every word she spoke, and every word she used had a meaning, and she had a rather diplomatic style.
Today's wording is at least two points heavier. I'm afraid he won't be able to get away so easily this time, but seeing his sister crying so sadly, it's a lie that he doesn't feel guilty.
Zhang Anshi wiped his eyes hard and made them red. He said with tears in his eyes: "Sister, I was wrong. I will be careful in the future and I will never make you worry."
Mrs. Zhang ignored him and continued to cry, saying only that she wanted to die.
Zhu Gaochi stood aside, not daring to move.
Zhu Zhanji rushed up at this moment, hugged Mrs. Zhang and said, "Concubine, concubine... don't be angry anymore. Although my uncle is a confused bastard, isn't he still alive?"
Zhang Anshi looked speechless, then he saw Mrs. Zhang pointing to the spiritual tablet and said: "When my late father was here, he served for the Prince of Peiping and lost his life. This was of course his loyalty. Men should be loyal and filial. But the Zhang family
The heirs are not good. He is just a son like you. He has a spirit in heaven. He knows that you play with fire every day. How can he rest in peace? I am a married daughter and cannot inherit my father's legacy. I only hate that I am a daughter.
.”
She became more and more excited as she spoke, crying and stroking her forehead slightly.
Zhu Gaochi was startled and said hurriedly: "Oh, don't be so angry that your body is broken. Come on, come on, come and ask the imperial doctor."
Zhang Anshi also hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Sister, let me take a look."
Zhang said: "Go away."
Zhang Anshi: "..."
Zhu Gaochi and the eunuchs were busy helping Mrs. Zhang prepare to go to the inn to rest.
Before Mrs. Zhang left, she said: "Look at him, let him kneel before his father's memorial tablet and think about his mistakes."
So after a while, dozens of eunuchs entered the palace and surrounded Zhang Anshi on three levels inside and three outside.
Zhang Anshi watched the battle and had no choice but to kneel on the cold ground.
Not long after, Zhu Zhanji came back after visiting his mother-in-law.
He squatted down directly next to Zhang Anshi and looked at Zhang Anshi without blinking.
Zhang Anshi was not in a good mood at this time. He glared at the little guy and said, "Go away."
Zhu Zhanji said angrily: "It was you who made my mother and concubine angry."
"What does it have to do with you?"
Zhu Zhanji said: "Humph, I am different from you. I feel sorry for my mother and concubine."
Zhang Anshi simply closed his eyes and ignored him.
Zhu Zhanji obviously did not intend to let it go, and continued to talk from the side: "My mother-in-law has broken her heart for you, are you not ashamed?"
Zhang Anshi said: "Okay, okay, you are right, okay, I want to think about it carefully."
Zhu Zhanji said: "I am the surrogate mother-in-law and I am here to keep an eye on my uncle. Without me, my uncle would have to hide somewhere quietly and be lazy."
Zhang Anshi said: "You..."
More than an hour later.
Zhu Zhanji actually served a bowl of rice. The dishes on the rice were piled high. He raised his chopsticks and squatted in front of Zhang Anshi, lowering his head to eat.
Zhang Anshi was feeling hungry at this time, and he held his breath and said: "What kind of emperor and grandson do you look like? You can't stand or sit down."
"My concubine said, I have to keep an eye on my uncle." After Zhu Zhanji finished speaking, he took another mouthful of rice.
After kneeling for so long, Zhang Anshi was now tired and hungry, and he could no longer raise his arrogance. He said with a bit of pity: "I'm hungry too."
Zhu Zhanji shook his head: "Uncle, please bear with it for more than ten hours and wait for the concubine to calm down. You don't know that the imperial doctor just went to see the doctor and said that the concubine was angry.
If this goes on for a long time, people will die."
Zhang Anshi stopped saying anything and sighed gloomily.
Zhu Zhanji said: "I know that my uncle wants to say that the mother-in-law is just a woman, and she is ignorant."
"I didn't say it." Zhang Anshi gritted his teeth.
"That's what my uncle said in his heart." Zhu Zhanji continued to pick up the food and said vaguely.
Zhang Anshi said: "You slandered me!"
Zhu Zhanji said: "Uncle, I want to have a popsicle after dinner. Do you like mung bean or grape popsicle?"
Zhang Anshi was still quite worried about his sister at this time, so he said anxiously: "Don't bother me."
Zhu Zhanji stood up and said to the eunuchs around him: "Go down, you don't have to be on duty here. I am here."
The eunuchs did not dare to neglect, so they had to retreat quietly.
After everyone left, Zhu Zhanji squatted back next to Zhang Anshi, held his face in his hands and said: "I am also very troubled. If I stare at my uncle closely, it would be unjust. But if I do it perfunctorily, it would be unfilial.
, Since ancient times, it is difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety."
Zhang Anshi closed his eyes directly, looking disgusted with the guy in front of him.
But after kneeling for so long, it was fake that my legs didn’t hurt. It was as if the legs no longer belonged to me, and the pain was severe.
Zhu Zhanji was still nagging: "My uncle is so kind to me on weekdays. I can't bear to see my uncle suffer."
Zhang Anshi then opened his eyes and said, "But what?"
"How did uncle know that there was a problem?" Zhu Zhanji said in surprise.
Zhang Anshi: "..."
Zhu Zhanji said: "But I feel sorry for my mother and concubine even more. I can't bear to make her angry again."
Zhang Anshi: "..."
Zhu Zhanji lowered his voice and said: "When my mother-in-law talked about my uncle with Mrs. Pengcheng Bo a few days ago, she was very happy, saying that my uncle was promising and proud. Even if it was not based on his status as a relative, he was
His achievements are rare in the world, and he also said that my uncle is Wei Qing."
Zhang Anshi said: "Okay, I understand, I understand."
"Uncle, do you think I'm lying to you?"
Zhang Anshi remained silent.
Zhu Zhanji took a deep look at Zhang Anshi: "Uncle, you are so confused!"
Zhang Anshi couldn't help but said: "What exactly do you want to say?"
"On weekdays, I see my uncle is quite smart, but why is he so confused today? No, it seems that it is not necessarily my uncle who is confused, but that the person who understands my mother and concubine best in the world is not my uncle, but me.
." When Zhu Zhanji said this, he felt proud.
"My mother, the Crown Princess, will not punish you because you are doing things according to the order. No matter what, you are doing it for the public and you are escorting me. I can't find anything wrong with you."
"There are not many people in the world who can see the seriousness of this matter like my mother and concubine. What my mother and concubine did today is actually..."
Zhang Anshi couldn't help but said: "What is it actually?"
Zhu Zhanji smiled and said, "I can't say this. If I say it, my godmother and concubine will scold me if she finds out."
Zhang Anshi said: "Zhanji, you have changed. My uncle doesn't recognize you anymore. My uncle always thinks you are a well-behaved child. How could I know that you are now playing tricks on my uncle."
Zhu Zhanji pouted and said, "Uncle will know tomorrow."
After saying that, Zhu Zhanji stood up and walked out quickly.
After a while, Zhu Zhanji brought another mung bean popsicle and licked it happily, looking like he was enjoying it.
Suddenly, Zhang Anshi realized that this little guy who couldn't even walk steadily at the beginning had grown up.
Unfortunately, Zhang Anshi didn't feel relieved, but only felt tired.
Look, grown-up children are no longer so cute once they become adults. This guy has a greasy smell all over his body.
………………
Queen Xu has always been very weak.
After all, he was getting older and had an old illness. Since the bad news about Zhu Di came, he had been frightened and his body had become a little weaker.
Zhu Di simply ignored the affairs of the foreign court for the time being and only stayed with him at home. When one gets old, it is easy to recall many things in the past.
Talking about the past in Beiping Mansion, talking about the three children, or talking about his own grandson.
As a result, the couple can't help but have mixed feelings.
From the beginning, they have never been a couple of ordinary people, but their human nature is the same. It is not because you are a prince, so your emotions will be more precious than ordinary people.
Perhaps because of Taizu Emperor Gao, Zhu Di was sent to Fengyang Zhongdu at a young age to learn farming and experience the sufferings of the world.
Or maybe it was because he had conquered Beiping in the beginning and followed the orders of Emperor Taizu Gao to attack outside the Great Wall. During his long military career, he was in the vast desert. Even though he was the feudal king at that time, he was a noble man in Tianhuang.
I still have to experience all kinds of things in the world, as well as the unconcealable feelings of homesickness and loneliness.
Zhu Di sighed, he had experienced too many things in his life. It was precisely because of this experience that was far beyond ordinary people, and he had experienced years of intrigues and sword fights that he especially cherished the presence of Mrs.
Sit down and talk about some family matters.
At this time, he is at his most relaxed. He can let go of his guard against all the darkness of human nature, and he doesn't have to worry about the nervousness caused by someone's plot against him.
Empress Xu smiled and said: "I wonder how the second and third sons are doing outside. After seeing their reports, they are all fine."
"They are still young, and they wish they could be outside and be little bullies behind closed doors." Zhu Di smiled and said, "When they get old, they will miss Nanjing, me and you.
.”
Xu nodded: "Then when they grow old, will Your Majesty allow them to come back?"
Zhu Di sighed: "Since you have taken root outside, let's stay outside. This is the emperor's home... What are you going to do when you come back? I used to wonder why Huang Kao loved him so much when the emperor was here.
But he was so alienated from the princes, and since he was enfeoffed, he almost stopped caring about him, but gave all his fatherly love to the imperial brother."
Zhu Di finished speaking with a faint look in his eyes: "I was speculating at the time, whether it was because all the sons were inferior to the emperor's brother, or maybe it was just because... he was the eldest son. But now, I really understand. This is because the emperor tested him.
He just ignored Zhuzi's thoughts. He was afraid and showed love, but instead gave other brothers other undesirable hopes."
"Presumably when Huang Kao was in Nanjing, every day I and you must be thinking about me and Prince Ning outside the Great Wall, as well as the King of Xiang and the King of Zhou. But he is the emperor, he is not just a human being.
The father is also the king of men. So...the emperor is ruthless, not because an emperor has to be mean and ungrateful. It is because he is sentimental that he needs to be ruthless. It is also precisely because the emperor loved all the disciples in the past that he only loves the emperor.
Brother, keep away from the disciples, this is to prevent brothers from fighting and killing each other."
Queen Xu listened in silence.
There were tears in Zhu Di's eyes slightly, as if he was thinking about some past events, or thinking about his strict father who was always indifferent to him despite his various behaviors. He couldn't help but take a deep breath.
There were footsteps outside.
Zhu Di's face turned cold, and his eyes that were originally vaguely misty suddenly became sharp.
"Your Majesty." Someone prostrated outside the palace and said.
"What's the matter?" Zhu Di's tone was no longer as full of emotion as before, but more indifferent.
"The Crown Princess...is ill...the Imperial Hospital has invited many imperial doctors to examine her."
After Zhu Di heard this, his face darkened.
Queen Xu couldn't help but said: "You are fine, why are you sick? Your Majesty, could it be that the past two days, because of your Majesty and Zhang Qing..."
Zhu Di said: "Come in and talk."
The eunuch came in quietly and bowed down again: "Returning to the Queen, I heard that... Governor Zhang went to the East Palace, and the Crown Princess got angry and said... said..."
Zhu Di said: "It's okay, you can explain it in detail."
"It is said that Governor Zhang always does dangerous things, which worries her. He is the only son in the Zhang family. The father of the Crown Princess died in the civil war. The two siblings depended on each other, but Governor Zhang always offended people.
He arouses the resentment of the people in the world, and always puts himself in dangerous situations... It's just that he said that Governor Zhang was fooling around, but he even encouraged His Majesty, if there is anything good for Your Majesty... Governor Zhang is really unfaithful and unfilial.
Already..."
After Zhu Di heard this, he was so sad that he was speechless.
It was Zhu Di's idea to go to Jiangxi.
This cannot be blamed on Zhang Anshi.
Zhang Anshi served well in protecting the emperor. As for the resentment he aroused from the people of the world, it was because Zhang Anshi was loyal to the emperor and unswervingly. He also went through dangers. If you want to talk about this, it was Zhu Di who took the lead.
So theoretically, no matter what, Zhang Anshi cannot be blamed for this.
But the Crown Princess was his daughter-in-law. Of course, he, the emperor's father-in-law, could not be blamed for venting his anger on Zhang Anshi out of worry, but it was understandable.
This would be the case for any woman.
Zhu Di's face turned red, he raised his head and said, "Have you been examined by the imperial doctor?"
"Already examined."
"how?"
"It means that excessive liver fire, coupled with accumulated worry and illness, need to be taken good care of."
Zhu Di sighed: "It's not easy for her as a woman."
Queen Xu said: "I know her feelings very well. When His Majesty sent troops outside the Great Wall, I was worried day and night in the Prince's Mansion in Peking. After that, Your Majesty was in trouble and narrowly escaped death. Needless to say."
The eunuch then continued: "Therefore, the Crown Princess also punished Governor Zhang and made him kneel for a day to think about his mistakes, but he didn't even get a drop of water."
Zhu Di lamented: "You can't blame Zhang Anshi for this. He is loyal and filial, and it's difficult to have both. It's difficult to be caught in the middle."
Empress Xu frowned: "I have heard that there are countless people outside who are angry with Zhang Qing. This time in Jiangxi, someone dared to attack Your Majesty. Your Majesty is like this, let alone Zhang Qing."
Zhu Di said: "You and the Crown Princess have thought carefully, but I didn't think of this."
Queen Xu said: "He is a close relative of the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, and he is also Zhu Zhanji's uncle. There are so many ministers in the world, is there only one capable person missing? Zhang Qing? How could your Majesty be so dangerous and offending?"
Teach him to do everything?"
When Zhu Di heard this, his heart was overturned, so he closed his eyes and seemed to be thinking too.
"I can't live without him now." Not long after, Zhu Di suddenly opened his eyes and said categorically: "Now at the most critical moment, it is really impossible to live without him. There are indeed many talented people in the world, but how many people have the talent?
Is he so responsible? Everyone knows that this is a thankless task, who can do it?"
"Furthermore, this New Deal really has to be done by this boy. It's not that I didn't think of this, but... speaking of it, the world not only understands the economics, but can also try its best to implement the New Deal, and can also be in charge of the royal guards, and...
How many people are there?”
After a pause, Zhu Di continued: "The most important thing is that this kid really dares to do it. I have seen a lot of smart people, but many people only put their intelligence on Mingzhe Baoshen. What they think about every day is
This is the so-called learning of dealing with things. What is the use of such intelligence? Zhang Qing dares to fight hard."
After hearing this, Mrs. Xu couldn't help but feel sorry.
Zhu Di added, "But the Crown Princess's worries are justified. After thinking about it, I remembered something."
"What's the matter?"
"I see, this matter has come to a head. Before that, I ordered people to go to the vassal kings to let them make up their minds. I also asked people to check some books, but I was still undecided for a while, always afraid that it would be ruined.
The method of our ancestors. But now it seems that it is inevitable."
Empress Xu is a very smart person. After hearing what Zhu Di said, she seemed to be quite enlightened: "I understand what your majesty means, but will there be any rumors outside?"
Zhu Di's eyes widened, and as soon as he heard the word "gossip", he became furious: "Have I suffered enough rumors? Damn it, the most important thing in this world is people who talk openly and do evil things!"