Chapter 82

Hu Hanshan returned to the Zhilan Garden of the official residence, lying on a soft couch with Suzhou embroidered flowers by the small lake, lazily basking in the spring sun.

Luhe sat on her knees, her buttocks pressed on her small and exquisite feet, drawing out her young curves, carefully cooking tea.

Hongliu's little butt was sitting on the edge of the Suzhou embroidered group flower soft couch, holding candied fruits and feeding them into Hu Hanshan's mouth.

Hu Hanshan is enjoying the leisurely life of the noble son, waiting for his father Hu Weiyong to bring him the good news of marrying the princess.

Hu Weiyong, who was standing in the hall, was about to discuss the war in Xifan, when he suddenly heard a bad news.

Emperor Hongwu's personal companion, Eunuch Yuan Sheng, read out something: "Your Majesty wants Princess Anqing to marry Hu Hanshan, and I don't know what Prime Minister Zuo thinks."

Hu Weiyong looked at Emperor Hongwu who was sitting on the dragon chair, his face remained expressionless, and he understood the emperor's meaning: No wonder there is only the prime minister in the hall today, and it turned out that it was for this matter.

Hu Weiyong was still waiting for the eldest son Hu Hanshan to inherit the family business, and flatly refused: "The dog is notoriously absurd in Jinling, and he is not worthy of Princess Anqing. Please take it back."

Eunuch Yuan Sheng had expected that Hu Weiyong would refuse, but he did not expect to refuse so simply: "Prime Minister Zuo thinks about it a little longer, it is a great honor for the noble sons of Huaixi to be able to marry the princess."

Hu Weiyong flicked the red Wenqi official sleeves directly, and said solemnly and firmly: "The dog's fortune is poor, and he doesn't have that fate to marry a princess. Just thinking about marrying the eldest daughter of a scholarly family is enough."

Unexpectedly, Eunuch Yuan Sheng came out, and behind him stood the eldest son of the left prime minister of the seventeen honorable princes.

Emperor Hongwu knew what Hu Weiyong was thinking, and said a word with no expression on his face: "Let's just go to Yiqing's house."

Hu Weiyong didn't take this matter to heart, as long as his children could inherit the family business he had accumulated over the years, he would not hesitate to contradict Emperor Hongwu.

Just such a son, alive, is not just to leave more property for Hu Hanshan.

After being released from the Yamen, Hu Weiyong returned to the mansion in an official sedan chair, and Zhu Yuanzhang went to the backyard of the palace.

Empress Ma gave birth to five princes, from the prince Zhu Biao to the king of the five vassals, Zhou Wang Zhu Wei, who were all born to the queen, and there were only two princes.

One is Princess Ningguo, the eldest daughter of the emperor, who is already married, and the other is Princess Anqing, the youngest daughter of the emperor.

There are more than a dozen princesses, but they are all born to concubines and belong to concubines.

The most honorable princess in the entire harem is Princess Anqing, and she is also the most honorable princess in Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang came to the West Palace, the only residence of Princess Anqing among all the princesses who had her own palace.

Princess Anqing is not as coquettish and unreasonable as a princess. She spends all day holding "The Commandments for Women" or embroidering with a needle and thread.

When Zhu Yuanzhang came to the west hall, he saw his daughter Princess Anqing sitting beside the Baizhi and Huilan Garden, with her golden hair pin and peony bun lowered, embroidering seriously.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw his daughter Princess Anqing sitting next to Baizhi and Huilan garden again, and thought of Hu Weiyong's rejection of this marriage, he sighed.

One reason for wanting Princess Anqing to marry the Hu family was Hu Hanshan, and the other reason was Hu Hanshan.

Ever since Hu Hanshan's poems spread to the palace, Princess Anqing suffered from lovesickness, depressed all day long, and lost a lot of weight.

Later, I heard that Hu Hanshan lived in Zhilan Garden, and the name came from the biography of Xie An in Jin Shu, "For example, Zhilan Yushu, wanting to make it grow in the ears of the courtyard".

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered people to build Baizhi and Huilan gardens in the west hall, and Princess Anqing gradually recovered her former glory.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked to Princess Anqing and saw that the embroidery was not flowers, but the poem by Hu Hanshan.

For a while, as an old father, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know how to speak.

Sensing someone behind her, Princess Anqing turned her beautiful face and said pleasantly, "Father is here."

Zhu Yuanzhang has never seen Princess Anqing, who is quite the demeanor of the queen's mother, showing such a young daughter's attitude.

Certainly not because of the arrival of the father.

It must be because of that bastard Hu Hanshan.

Deceived my daughter's heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang pinched his daughter's face dotingly, and said with a smile: "Recently, An Nanguo paid tribute to a divine bird called a peacock, which is extremely beautiful and resembles the legendary phoenix bird."

"As a father, let the eunuch move the peacock to the west hall tomorrow to be your companion."

Princess Anqing has been extremely intelligent since she was a child. Although her father hadn't said anything about marrying Hu Hanshan, she could hear what her father meant from the peacock as her companion.

Princess Anqing's beautiful face turned from surprise to sadness.

Seeing his daughter's dejected appearance, Zhu Yuanzhang scolded Hu Hanshan angrily: "We, we must give this little bastard Hu Hanshan a few whips later."

"We, such a daughter of Huizhi and Lanxin, just let the little bastard deceive us."

When Princess Anqing heard that her father wanted to punish Hu Hanshan, her red lips exclaimed: "Father."

"Ugh."

Zhu Yuanzhang, the old father, heaved a heavy sigh when he heard his daughter Princess Anqing protect Hu Hanshan so much.

Worried to death.

Zhu Yuanzhang regarded Princess Anqing as the apple of his eye since he was a child, and he gave her what he wanted, and never made her feel wronged. He never thought that he would encounter difficulties in the marriage that his daughter cared most about.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't mean to scold Hu Hanshan, but he did it intentionally when he scolded Hu Weiyong: "Hu Weiyong, an old man, really doesn't know how to flatter him."

"But daughter, don't worry, we must have a way to make you marry that little bastard Hu Hanshan."

Princess Anqing watched her father leave with a sad face, she made a secret decision in her heart, she opened her teeth lightly: "I haven't seen Ru Ning for a while."

"I don't know how Ru Ning is doing recently."

In the entire harem, only the west hall has no officials. Princess Runing, who has regarded the three obediences and four virtues as the greatest standard since she was a child, has heard rumors about food.

In order to prevent such scandals from being spread by the maids and eunuchs in the West Palace, Princess Runing only kept the maids in the West Palace.

A female official listened to Princess Anqing's inquiry and offered advice: "I heard that Young Master Hu and his son-in-law Lu Xian have a good relationship. Your Highness is not as good."

The female officer didn't finish the sentence, Princess Anqing heard the meaning of the second half of the sentence, and it was exactly what she wanted: "Well, let's report it to my father, queen and queen as sisters reminiscing about the old days."

"Pick a good day to go to sister Runing's son-in-law's mansion."

The female officer immediately went to Queen Ma's hall.

Princess Anqing thought that she would see Hu Hanshan in a few days, the sadness on her beautiful face disappeared, and a shy blush appeared.

At the same time, he was a little uneasy: "Hu Lang and Fu Yujin have voluntarily withdrawn the engagement, so I don't know if he will like this princess."

When the word "like" was mentioned, Princess Anqing blushed even more, feeling ashamed to death.

(End of this chapter)

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