Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 30 Close the door
"Hahaha, the last general pays his respects to the crown prince, Your Highnesses!"

A burly general with armor, bronze skin, and bearded face appeared on the side of the ship and held the gangway himself. "Your Highness, please come aboard."

"Hou Deqing is here." Zhu Biao bowed his hands politely, and took his younger brothers on board to meet his mother.

Zhu Zhen followed Fifth Brother, heard the sound and looked at Na Deqing Hou, he was really majestic, he looked like a fierce general.

"He is Liao Yongzhong..." His Royal Highness King Chu couldn't help sighing secretly, the father really has no taboos.How dare the shipwreck builder pick up his queen.

"Your Highness, be careful where you step." Sensing his gaze, Liao Yongzhong bowed slightly.

"Why is your beard red? Is it dyed?" Zhu Zhen asked curiously like a baby.

"Hehe, the general has been on the water all year round, and his beard is stained with water rust." Liao Yongzhong stroked his red beard proudly.

"Hey, it's a pity..." Zhu Zhen shook his head and sighed, and walked over with his brothers.

"What's the pity?" Liao Yongzhong was stunned. Is it a pity for this beautiful beard?
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As soon as His Royal Highness stood on the deck, two young men in dragon robes greeted him excitedly.

"Brother!" A handsome guy with handsome eyes, white teeth and red lips stepped forward to salute His Highness the Crown Prince.

"Hahaha, third brother, don't come here without any harm." Zhu Biao also strode up to meet him, grabbed him and gave him an affectionate bear hug.

'It turns out that he is King Zhu of Jin. The third brother is so handsome, even more handsome than the elder brother. 'Zhu Zhen couldn't help sighing secretly.Those like him and the fourth brother who are not good at appearance are even more incomparable.

But when he saw another brother, he was confident in his appearance again.

"Big, big brother..." The other one is of course the second brother Qin Wang Zhu Xi. He doesn't move slowly, but he speaks slowly and stutters.

"Greetings, greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Haha, second brother, you've lost weight." Zhu Biao also gave Zhu Xi a big hug.

"Director Fox..." Zhu Zhen saw that the second elder brother was half a head taller than the fourth elder brother, but his head was very square, and a pair of big cheeks with light beards, combined with it, he was not very smart at first glance. Those squinting eyes.

It looks like a reincarnation of a Tibetan fox...

After they finished seeing the ceremony, the younger brothers also came forward to meet the second and third brothers.

"Hahaha, fourth child, you, you, want to die, brother." Zhu Xi hugged fourth child and did not let go.

"Me too." Zhu Di also hugged his second brother and did not let go, and the two were about to kiss.

"Five hundred, don't patronize making out, come in and meet the queen mother." Zhu rolled his eyes and reminded the two of them.

"Oh, good." Qin Wangyan let go, and quickly followed his elder brother into the cabin.

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In the spacious cabin, the decoration is very simple.

Surrounded by a group of female officials, Empress Ma sat on the throne, receiving the audience of concubines, princes and daughters.

She is 44 years old, born with a kind face, unpretentious, and a pair of big feet.If it weren't for the apricot-yellow shirt and Xiapei, and the Yanju phoenix crown on her head, it would be difficult to connect her with the queen of a country.

But look at all the people in front of her, the respect from the heart.Even the coquettish bitch like Concubine Da Ding is respectful with relaxed eyebrows, and you will understand that she is the mother of a country as a matter of course.

"Get up." Queen Ma raised her hand gently. "We're all a family, don't be so polite."

After granting the seat to the Empress of the Sixth Palace, she looked at the vacant chair on the left with a sad expression.

"On the 27th of last month, I received an urgent report that my sister Sun was critically ill, so my second and third child and I hurried back. Who knew that we hurried back, but we still didn't see her for the last time."

All the concubines and princes and daughters wept together with the queen.

Empress Ma waved to the two girls who were crying the most: "Jing Jing, Funing, come to the empress mother."

"Mother's queen..." The two imperial daughters threw themselves into her arms like swallows falling into the forest, and burst into tears.

Everyone cried even harder, and even Zhu Zhen was affected by the atmosphere, and his nose became sore.

He already knew the two sisters, the older one was his elder sister Zhu Jingjing, who was thirteen or fourteen years old.The youngest is his sixth sister, Zhu Funing, who is only five or six years old.

Both of them were descended from Concubine Sun Gui.Because Lao Zhu stipulated that the princess should only be named a princess before she gets married, so there is no title for the time being.

"Hey, don't cry, don't you still have a queen mother?" Empress Ma wiped away the tears of her two daughters with red eyes, "From now on, you will move to Kunning Palace, and live with your mother from now on. I won't let you suffer any grievances." .”

"Well, thank you, Queen Mother..." The two sisters cried even harder, but they were obviously more relaxed.

"Okay, let's stop talking here, and talk slowly when we have something to say at home." Empress Ma pulled her two daughters up and called everyone to get off the boat and return to the palace.

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On the way back, the scene was even more lively.

From the wharf to Shuiximen, ten miles away, the roadside is crowded with people supporting the old and the young.

Seeing the queen's phoenix, they looked up and worshiped, shouting that the queen is a thousand years old, and the empress's life is boundless.

After entering the city, the road narrowed, and the scene was even more exaggerated. The crowds who came to see Queen Ma's phoenix ride were crowded with each other, pushing each other, and many people shouted hoarsely.

The officers and soldiers of Ying Tianfu and the pro-army Duwei's mansion can't care less about showing off.Hurry up holding hands and line up in two pedestrian walls, so as not to let the tide-like crowd collide with the imperial concubine's holy car.

Zhu Zhen clearly remembered that when they left the city, although there were many people onlookers, most of them were watching the excitement.Even His Royal Highness the Prince did not cause much reaction.

But now, there are several times more people, not to mention, more than ten times more fanatical.

Obviously, these common people came for Queen Ma.

He has no doubt that as long as that kind aunt ascends to the top, they will follow her through thick and thin, and will do whatever they want.

"It's been 18 years since your father captured Jiqing Road and changed his name to Yingtian in the second year of fighting Dragon and Phoenix." Concubine Hu Chong saw his doubts and explained softly:

"Over the past 18 years, your mother has cared for the people of Jinling City as her own children, leading them to resume production; building charitable halls to take care of the elderly, weak, orphans, and disabled; always protecting them as much as possible from being harassed by officers and soldiers, and from being bullied by local tyrants and evil gentry. "

"It was your mother who allowed them to live and work in peace and contentment in troubled times, and even made life more and more prosperous. It was your mother who advocated a [-]% tax on shops, and also advocated the abolition of the tax customs of the Yuan Dynasty to encourage the development of industry and commerce. This city of Nanjing Today's prosperity is inseparable from your mother's care..." Concubine Hu Chong sighed in admiration: "The empress is really amazing."

Zhu Zhen nodded, understood. 'Love the people like children' is easy to say, but how many people in high positions are willing to do it?

'Benefiting the common people' is easy to say, but how many of those big men can do it?

Queen Ma was willing and did it.The common people will naturally love her as a mother.

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As a result, the driver did not return to the Forbidden City until dusk.

Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately put aside his busy official duties and held a grand banquet in person to welcome Empress Ma.

Empress Ma also thanked the emperor calmly, everything was in accordance with the law, and there was no abnormality.

But all the concubines and children were very knowledgeable, and they all resigned after their stomachs were full, asking the exhausted queen to rest early.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to keep them for a while, but he refused...

"Obviously, I usually don't leave..." Seeing that all the family members left in a blink of an eye, Zhu Yuanzhang felt nervous and wanted to slip away.

"We can't sleep so early. Why don't we go back to Qianqing Palace to approve the memorials, and then we can sleep soundly when we come back."

He had planned everything, and he would not come back when he arrived at the Qianqing Palace.After two hours, let someone say, 'Your Majesty is not done yet, please rest first, Empress Dowager. ' That's it.

He had a good plan, but just as he raised his butt, Empress Ma said indifferently: "Close the door!"

The female officer guarding the door of the hall immediately smirked and closed the door tightly.

　Then according to everyone's wishes, it will be released after one month.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)