Daming: From the end of Hongwu

October season.

Xushi was just around the corner, the sky had already darkened, not only the yamen had been called down, but even the watchman had started to report the watch along the street.

But at this time, Xie Jin suddenly asked to see him, how could the three of them not be curious.

But Zhu Di obviously didn't intend to satisfy the curiosity of Zhen Wu and the three of them. Just as the matter had been discussed, he asked Zhen Wu and others to step down, and then asked Gou'er to pass Xie Jin in.

The three of Zhenwu and Wu curled their lips at the same time. It's not a big deal if they don't let them stay and listen, and they don't have to investigate.

The three of them bowed down and left immediately.

However, when they walked to the door, they happened to bump into Xie Jin head-on. The expressions of Zhen Wu and the three did not change, but Xie Jin probably did not expect to meet Zhen Wu and the three at this time, and his face suddenly showed a slight shock.

The next moment, Xie Jin hurriedly covered up as if in a conditional reaction, but his superficial skills were not perfect, and it looked even more embarrassing.

Xie Jin also sensed the embarrassment, and after briefly seeing Zhen Wu and the three of them, he hurriedly strode away from the three of them.

This made the three of Zhen Wu mutter even more in their hearts.

After the three of them came out of the room, Zhu Gaoxu rolled his eyes and couldn't help it. He pulled Zhen Wu and said to Zhu Gaochi: "Boss, you go back first, I want to talk to my brother-in-law."

Zhu Gaochi didn't suspect him, so he left before Zhen Wu.

Seeing Zhu Gaochi walking away, Zhen Wu said to Zhu Gaoxu a little impatiently: "Speak quickly if you have anything to do." Then, Zhen Wu pointed to the sky and said, "I'm in a hurry to go home for dinner."

"What's the rush to eat, you can find a place to deal with it."

Zhu Gaoxu took Zhen Wu and quietly moved towards Zhu Di's study, and then whispered: "I suspect that grandson Xie Jin is going to speak ill of me again, don't you see Jin's face just now, you can listen to it with me. "

"Fuck, I knew it was no good for you to find me."

"Oh, don't worry, if the old man blames me for a while, I won't be able to take the lead? And I don't believe that you are not curious about what Xie Jin said." Zhu Gaoxu pulled Zhen Wu and said, but he thought in his heart that if Zhen Wu heard Xie Jin say If he speaks badly, if he cleans up Xie Jin again, Zhen Wu will have no face to say anything.

And Zhen Wu scratched his head after hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words.

Not to mention, he was really curious.

"This is what you said, and you forced me to eavesdrop. If the old man blames it, don't blame me for pushing it clean." Zhen Armed said pretending to be about to leave.

Zhu Gaoxu rolled his eyes and said: "I'm really convinced, you can push it on me as much as you can. If I don't say this, you won't push it on me."

Zhen Wu pretended not to hear the second part of Zhu Gaoxu's words, and after the two reached a consensus, they began to approach the study quietly.

But the door of the study was too far away from Zhu Di's desk, even if they listened carefully, they couldn't really hear what was being said in the room.

All I could hear was Xie Jin's crackling voice from inside.

Just when Zhen Wu and the two were in a hurry, Zhu Di suddenly heard a loud voice in the room that was full of anger: "What a Xie Jin, who gave you the courage to come to Zhen Zou and ask for a new queen!"

Zhen Wu and Zhu Gaoxu were startled at the same time, and then couldn't help but looked at each other.

Create a new queen? !
Xie Jin is really a coward.

And at the moment in the study.

Xie Jin had already knelt down, and when his proposal came out, he had no way out, so even though Xie Jin panicked in his heart, he still insisted and said: "Your Majesty, no one has given me the courage, it's just that these days, the minister Watching His Majesty getting thinner and thinner, his heart is burning with anxiety, and the minister, the Emperor Meng, trusts him so much, how can he turn a blind eye to him, not to mention that since ancient times, the Tian family has no personal affairs, and His Majesty's dragon body is related to the country. Whether it is public or private, ministers can ignore it and do nothing.”

As he spoke, Xie Jin raised his head and continued emotionally: "I know that your majesty has a deep affection for the queen, but now that Yin and Yang are separated, your majesty can't always remember the past, and the queen's position can't always be vacant. Words are harmful but not beneficial, if His Majesty is affected by the chaos of the concubines in the harem, it will be too late for Daming to regret."

What Xie Jin said was sincere.

But in Zhu Di's eyes, no one can bore him more than Xie Jin at the moment.

He gritted his teeth, suppressing the throbbing anger in his heart, and said: "So I have to be a queen? Did Grandma Xie prepare a candidate for me?!"

"Yes." Xie Jin said.

Zhu Di suddenly became even more angry: "Okay! Very good! I want to see who you can name!"

Hearing this, Xie Jin didn't panic anymore. He said calmly, "The third daughter of King Zhongshan, sister of Empress Xu, Xu Miaojin."

"what is this…"

Zhu Di's words stopped suddenly.

He originally thought that no matter whose name Xie Jin uttered, he would mercilessly demote that person without a trace of face, so that everyone would know that the position of the queen is not something anyone can decide on.

At the same time, let Xie Jin know that the position of queen belongs to Xu Miaoyun alone, and no one else deserves it.

But when Xu Miaojin's name came out, Zhu Di was stunned.

That is Xu Miaoyun's most beloved sister.

How could he speak too badly of her sister.

What's more, he had seen that little girl before, she was always accompanied by green lights at such a young age, she was lifeless, in such a pitiful situation, how could he hurt her with a knife.

Zhu Di wheezed to calm down the anger in his heart, and the room fell into silence.

But Xie Jin, who was kneeling below, misunderstood at this moment. Zhu Di, who was furious just now, suddenly stopped talking, except for thinking about what else could be the reason.

Xie Jin couldn't help applauding his ingenuity, and even felt that he was the only one who could come up with someone Zhu Di couldn't refuse.

a long time.

Zhu Di suppressed the fury in his heart, and said calmly and deeply in a firm tone: "I have no intention of making another queen in this life, and this intention has been decided, so you don't need to worry about this matter any more."

what?
Xie Jin looked up in surprise.

Zhu Di seemed to be thinking of the Queen's past goodness again, and his mood sank for a moment, and he waved his hand in despair: "Okay, step back, don't say any more."

Xie Jin was unwilling, and his lips just moved.

Who knew that Zhu Di suddenly exploded again, picked up something and threw it at it forcefully: "Get out of here, do you want me to say it a second time?!"

Xie Jin was startled, and he didn't dare to provoke Zhu Di anymore, so he got up and walked out quickly.

But when Xie Jin was about to walk to the door, Zhu Di's voice sounded coldly again: "Wait a minute."

Xie Jin looked back.

Zhu Di warned: "You recommend Xu Miaojin as a matter of future, and you must never mention it again, and you must never mention it to other people, understand."

Xie Jin should be.

Zhu Di waved his hand, and Xie Jin heaved a sigh of relief.

And when Xie Jin walked out of the room, Zhu Di sighed for a long time. What is it called? If others know what happened today, no one in the world will say anything about Zhu Di, and no one will say anything about Xie Jin. He believed that Xu Miaojin was trying to succeed, but was rejected by Zhu Di.

If such rumors spread, Xu Miaojin would never want to marry again in this life.

Then he will come to the underground, what face will he have to see Xu Miaoyun again.

A majestic emperor, even her younger sister can't fully protect her, and it would be ridiculed if she said it.

Think of this.

Zhu Di's eyes flickered with anger again.

Let a good little girl get involved in this kind of thing.

This Xie Jin really deserves to be killed.

At the same time, after Xie Jin walked out of the room, he saw Zhen Wu and Zhu Gaoxu standing in front of him at a glance.

He saw that both Zhen Wu and Zhu Gaoxu had unfriendly expressions, and he couldn't help becoming nervous: "His Royal Highness, Zhao Guogong, do you need to find an official?"

Zhu Gaoxu clenched his fist and took a step forward, but the next moment, he was held back by Zhen Wu.

Xie Jin knew that Zhu Gaoxu had old grudges against him, and seeing Zhu Gaoxu like this again, he immediately panicked and said, "If the King of Han and Zhao Guogong have nothing to do, then I will leave first."

After all, Xie Jinfei walked around the two of them as if, his movements were so agile that it was impossible to see that he was a literati.

Zhu Gaoxu took a deep breath, turned around and looked at Zhen Wudao: "You have also witnessed what happened to brother-in-law today, if I seek trouble for Xie Jin in the future, don't say that I am looking for trouble for nothing."

After the words fell, Zhu Gaoxu angrily shook off Zhen Wu and strode away.

There seemed to be a wind swirling between his steps, blowing his clothes and making noises, just like the battle robes when galloping on the battlefield.

Zhen Wu raised his hand, but in the end he didn't say anything.

After all, how could he not be angry.

……

However, in the following month, nothing happened in Beijing and Zhongdu, just when Zhen Wu felt that the matter of Lihou had completely passed.

In the evening of that day, as soon as Zhen Wu came home from duty, Zhu Yuying found him anxiously, then pulled him aside, and asked in a low voice full of astonishment and panic: "I heard that my father wants to establish a auntie." For the sake of it, what's going on, why didn't you tell me?"

Zhen Wu was startled.

Before he and Zhu Gaoxu were outside the door, he only heard Xie Jinzou's request to be the queen and Zhu Di's decision not to be the queen, but he didn't listen to the rest, so he didn't know that Xie Jin recommended Xu Miaojin.

"Where did you hear that? You can't talk nonsense." Zhen Wu said solemnly.

Zhu Yuying was anxious like an ant on a hot pot: "How can I talk nonsense, I'm afraid the whole capital has already heard about it by now."

"No, what's going on?" Zhen Wu was stunned.

"You don't know?" Zhu Yuying asked suspiciously.

Zhen Wu said with a bitter face, "How can I know this?"

"Fortunately, you are still the Duke of the state who holds great power." Zhu Yuying glanced at Zhen Wu, and then quickly explained: "Aunt Huaiqing told us that I went to Aunt Huaiqing's house today. ...Where did Mrs. Wei hear it, saying that although the decree has not been passed down yet, it is almost inseparable."

"This... no wonder I haven't heard of it, can the gossip passed down by your women Taoists be reliable?"

"How unreliable!" Zhu Yuying said anxiously: "I heard that Mrs. Wei Guo kept it a secret, but two days ago, when Aunt Huaiqing went to visit Ningguo's aunt's house, she happened to run into Mrs. Wei. Contradictions, you know that, so Aunt Huaiqing said a few nasty things, probably nothing more than that Wei Guofu's life is difficult, his salary has been suspended, the autumn wind is suspended, Mrs. Wei is upset, and she has eaten too much wine , This is how the father and the emperor want to make the younger sister the new queen."

hiss.

Zhen Wu took a deep breath.

Huaiqing's son-in-law is Wang Ning, a die-hard Zhu Di faction, who sent information to Zhu Di during the Jingnan period, and was sent to prison by Zhu Yunqi for this. I heard that this matter has something to do with Xu Huizu, but I don't know if it is true or not. It is well known in Beijing and China that the two families have enmity and conflicts.

As for Princess Ning Guo's son-in-law is Mei Yin, this guy's position is hard to say, Zhen Wu couldn't figure out why Princess Ning Guo's brain is not working well, how could Huaiqing and Mrs Wei Guo get together.

I really don't think the capital is lively.

At this time, Zhu Yuying said with a hint of resentment: "You said that it came from Mrs. Wei Guo, can it be false? She can't use her reputation to talk nonsense, right?"

"Wait, let me take a look." Zhen Wu frowned and asked, "Why would Princess Huaiqing tell you about this?"

"Princess Huaiqing doubted the truth and thought I knew it, so she asked me the truth, but I didn't know about it, but all the female relatives present heard about it." Zhu Yuying said angrily.

Zhen Wu frowned even deeper, he instinctively didn't want to believe this, because he and Zhu Gaoxu clearly heard Zhu Di say that there would be no new empress, but if the new empress was Xu Miaojin, Zhen Wu didn't dare So sure.

After all, Xu Miaojin is exactly like Xu Miaoyun, and she is extremely beautiful, so it is reasonable for Zhu Di to want to replace Xu Miaoyun with Xu Miaojin.

嗏

Zhen Wu couldn't accept this matter emotionally.

He looked at Zhu Yuying's anxious expression, and said, "Don't worry, this may not be true, let's analyze it rationally."

Zhu Yuying looked at Zhen Wu.

Zhen Wu said while thinking: "First of all, the father and the mother are very affectionate. After the mother passed away, the state of the father is obvious to all. Moreover, the coffin of the mother is in the palace and the funeral of the mother can be seen by everyone in the world. How could it be possible for the father to establish a new queen within a few months of the mother's death, not to mention that the new queen is the beloved sister of the mother."

Zhu Yuying nodded repeatedly.

Zhen Wu went on to say: "Also, who is the emperor most admired?"

Zhu Yuying said without thinking, "Tang Taizong and Taizu."

"Correct."

Zhen Wu nodded and said: "Father not only admires, but it is no exaggeration to say that Father always takes Tang Taizong and the first emperor as examples in everything. Let's not talk about the life achievements of Tang Taizong and the first emperor, Tang Taizong and the eldest grandson. Empress, the deeds of the former emperor and Empress Ma are widely circulated, but they have not created new queens. Doesn’t the father know this? So even if the father has a favorite woman, it’s okay to put her in the harem as a noble concubine and love her. That's it, there's no need to stand behind."

The more he thinks about Zhen Wu, the more he realizes that Zhu Di wants to make Xu Miaojin his queen, the more unreliable it is. Zhu Di is not the kind of person who is dazzled by love.

He spent his whole life thinking about competing with Li Shimin, so how could he fall behind in this kind of thing.

Zhen Wu's heart gradually settled down. Seeing that Zhu Yuying was still worried, he finally spoke to comfort him: "I'll tell you one more thing, Gao Xu and I heard with our own ears that the father said that he would no longer be a queen, so you don't mind Don’t worry, there may be some misunderstanding in this matter.”

"Really?" Zhu Yuying looked up at Zhen Wu.

Zhen Wu nodded earnestly: "A month ago, Xie Jin asked his father to be the queen, but his father rejected it."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuying breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Zhu Yuying immediately remembered something again, and hurriedly said: "Okay, Xiao Liu and I went to Aunt Huaiqing's house with me today, and her house is probably going to explode right now..."

Saying that, Zhu Yuying made a gesture and walked outside: "No, I have to go and tell them what you told me, so that they can feel at ease, and take advantage of the situation to defend my father, he is not that kind of person."

……

At this moment, Duke Dingguo's mansion is indeed in chaos as Zhu Yuying expected. Xu Jingchang, Xiaoliu, and Xu Jingchang's mother all gathered in Xu Miaojin's room, all talking about this with worried faces. thing.

On the contrary, Xu Miaojin's face was calmer, but under her calm face, the strength of holding the rosary in her hand also revealed the uneasiness in her heart.

Xu Jingchang and the others discussed and discussed, but they couldn't come up with a good solution.

In the era when imperial power was supreme, it was really not difficult for the emperor to marry a woman.

Just when they were at a loss, Zhu Yuying came over, and she told Xu Miaojin and others about Zhen Wu and her analysis, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

Especially during the period, Xu Jingchang told what Xie Jin had approached him some time ago, and then compared with what Zhen Wu said, it was almost certain that there was definitely a misunderstanding in the middle.

Everyone was just a false alarm.

After reaching this conclusion.

Xu Miaojin, who was old in the past, also showed the cute expression that is unique to women when they are rejoicing: "Let me just say, the elder brother-in-law and the elder sister love each other so much, how could they suddenly become queens?"

She shrugged her nose slightly, and a faint, beautiful smile hung on the corner of her mouth.

However, at this moment, Xu Jingchang suddenly realized another problem.

He asked Xiao Liu solemnly: "When you were at Princess Huaiqing's house in the morning, were there many people?"

Xiao Liu and Zhu Yuying looked at each other, and said with an ugly expression: "A lot."

Xu Jingchang was immediately discouraged and slumped down on the chair again.

If this story gets out, no matter if it is true or not, how will Xu Miaojin marry?Who dares to marry the woman Zhu Di wants to marry?
No.

It takes time to remedy this.

But just when Xu Jingchang had this idea, there was a servant girl outside the door reporting that many relatives and friends who used to be acquainted with Dingguo's mansion unexpectedly came to visit in the evening.

This…

Finished!

It appears that word has spread.

But in fact, as Xu Jingchang thought, one day was enough for the rich and powerful in the capital to know about this shocking gossip.

And obviously, as time goes by, this matter will become more and more heated.

Primary six Zhu Yuying and the others all looked at Xu Miaojin worriedly.

However, Xu Miaojin didn't seem to panic.

She chuckled softly and said: "You don't have to worry about me, I didn't plan to get married, it wasn't a loss to me, but because of me, I hurt the affectionate heart of my elder brother-in-law and elder sister, and was rumored I am disturbed by rumors, which makes me feel guilty."

With that said, Xu Miaojin turned to look at the maid Xiaotao: "Bring a pair of scissors."

In response, Xiaotao took a pair of scissors and put them in Xu Miaojin's hands.

Xu Jingchang and the others were shocked, Xu Jingchang hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, think twice, the matter hasn't reached that point yet, there is no need for us to do this."

Xu Miaojin smiled and said: "You know that I have long wanted to become a monk, but you have been struggling so that your wish has not been fulfilled. Now that this happened, maybe the time has come for the Buddha to guide me to become a monk."

Xu Jingchang, Xiaoliu, and Zhu Yuying wanted to dissuade them.

Xu Miaojin smiled subduedly, revealing all kinds of pain in her heart: "Don't you want to leave me to suffer in this world of mortals? Do you have to see me die early before giving up?"

"No, that's not the case..." Xu Jingchang explained.

Xu Miaojin interrupted: "You don't need to say any more, you think the world is good, to me, it's tantamount to adding a knife and an ax to my body." After finishing speaking, Xu Miaoyun let go of her hair.

The black hair is black and thick, as smooth as a waterfall.

She grabbed the blue hair and was slightly lost in thought, as if recalling the days when the hair was full of blue hair accompanying her. The next moment, her eyes were fixed, and she cut it off at the shoulder length.

Xu Miaojin put down the scissors and said to the servant girl, "Xiao Tao, go get the razor, and help me with the rest."

Xiaotao was already in tears at this moment, but she had been with Xu Miaojin to know Xu Miaojin's heart, so even though she was sad, she didn't say much, turned around and found the knife that Xu Miaojin had prepared long ago, and began to help Xu Miaojin shave her hair.

The hair fell to the ground little by little.

Soon.

The ground is already full of black hair.

And at this time, it was snowing outside the room unknowingly, and it was only November, and the snowflakes were like goose feathers, as if God had cut off his snow-white hair and scattered it in the world.

Two quarters later.

Xu Miaojin stood in the wind and snow with a bald head on her head. She seemed to be integrated into the world, but she seemed to be floating outside of the world. After she breathed out lightly, she turned her head to Xu Jingchang and said, "Jingchang, are you still here?" I need to trouble you to find someone to send me to Master Ci'an."

Xu Jingchang choked up and said, "There's no need to find someone, I'll see my sister-in-law off."

He knew that if Xu Miaojin had a chance to show his attachment to the world of mortals before, but after this incident, he completely pushed Xu Miaojin into Buddhism.

……

in the palace.

At this time, Zhu Di also received rumors in the city about his becoming a queen. After he got angry, he started to make troubles. Now that the situation is like this, what should he do to protect Xu Miaojin from his influence and get married normally?

ignore?
clarify?

It seems that there is no good way.

Because once gossip comes into being, it cannot be changed by the will of the parties involved.

Most people like to make up their favorite plots in their brains, and don't care what the real situation is.

And as long as Zhu Di's name appears with Xu Miaojin, no one in this world would dare to risk offending Zhu Di to marry Xu Miaojin.

So become queen?

Thinking of this, Zhu Di felt really unwilling.

But what should we do?
Just when Zhu Di was in trouble, Gou'er came in and said, "There is another news from outside that Miss Xu San has been ordained and left the city to go to the nunnery under the escort of Duke Ding. In addition, it is reported that before leaving the city, Xu The third girl once showed her bald head, saying that she had already been shaved, and His Majesty's claim that she was the empress is purely false."

Zhu Di was stunned for a while, and finally said bitterly: "This girl... why bother, just because you are the queen's younger sister, I will take care of myself."

But at the next moment, a sharp light flashed in Zhu Di's eyes.

Now that things have turned out like this, someone has to pay the price.

"Go and find out what's going on for me." Zhu Di said coldly, "I'll just wait here."

The dog responded and went down to give orders.

soon.

The details of this incident were placed on Zhu Di's desk.

Xie Jin, Duke Wei's mansion, Princess Ningguo?

What is this for?
Throw sewage on him?Or did he take the opportunity to drive a wedge between him and Prince Hanwang's father-son relationship? !

Or is it really just a misunderstanding?
Zhu Di's eyes kept flickering, and he kept thinking until dawn.

On the second day, two decrees came out from the palace.

One demoted Xie Jin to participate in the council as the chief envoy of Guangxi, and left Beijing immediately.

The other was a secret decree sent to Duke Wei's mansion.

And half a month later.

On the way to Guangxi, Xie Jin was blocked by heavy snow again. He was attacked and killed by a group of robbers and thieves, and was buried under the heavy snow.

However, Xu Huizu died of an accident. Zhu Di ordered Xu Huizu's eldest son, Xu Qin, to succeed Wei Guogong on the grounds that Zhongshan King could not be a successor.

In the six years of Yongle, amidst all kinds of incomprehensible and lamentable things, it has come to the end.

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