Daming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!

Chapter 86 Envoy (1)

Boom!

The sound of firecrackers outside the palace spread into the palace, and the solemn palace city was full of festive joy.

"what!"

Zhu Xiongying yawned and got up from the bed. Just after getting up, Jia Gui and Chunxiu, the waiters beside him, came over with new clothes, knelt at his feet, one helped him dress, and the other helped him wash and wash.

Yesterday was New Year's Eve, it was too late, Zhu Xiongying is still in a daze.

In fact, the New Year in the palace is a bit lacklustre, far less lively than the folks.The harem had a reunion dinner, and there were many rules.All the concubines, princes and grandchildren are all dressed up, and the ceremony is more important than the meaning.

Today, it means even more.

In this era, the first day of the new year is bigger than the Spring Festival, because the first day of the new year is to celebrate the new year.For the royal family, the first day of the Lunar New Year is Zhengdan Festival.

The emperor had to accept congratulations from his courtiers in the Fengtian Hall, and then gave a banquet to the officials in the Jinshen Hall, not only officials of the sixth rank and above in Beijing had to attend.And there are foreign envoys thousands of miles away, who also want to participate.

For example, Korea, Ryukyu, Champa, Java, Chenla, Tubo and so on.

"Your Highness, bow your head, and this servant will wipe your face!"

When Zhu Xiongying was yawning, the maid Chunxiu said softly beside her, not only is this girl tall and strong, but her voice is also extraordinarily strong.

Before Zhu Xiongying agreed, a hot towel was placed directly on his face, like wiping a vase, and he began to rub up and down.Chunxiu wiped Zhu Xiongying's face with a particularly ferocious expression, as if she was about to wipe off a layer of skin, which made Jia Gui's heart twitch.

Zhu Xiongying, who was rubbed, was powerless to resist, and his body swayed violently for a few moments, his face was stinging with burning pain.

But not to mention, Chunxiu didn't feel sleepy anymore after making Chunxiu torment him like this.

"Habayashi Wei is waiting outside!" Chunxiu wiped his face and began to wipe his hands again, and said, "I am waiting to pick you up to Fengtian Hall and accept the courtier's congratulations!"

Zhu Xiongying nodded in response, and looked at Chunxiu, "Do you have any grudge against Gu?"

Chunxiu's hands froze, and she said in a daze, "Why did Your Highness say that? But the servant did something wrong?" Although she said something wrong, her big eyes looked straight at Zhu Xiongying.

"Since there is no hatred, why do you use so much force!" Zhu Xiongying laughed, "Every day when you wake up, you rub it like this, the skin on your face is thin!"

Chunxiu didn't move Zhu Xiongying's ridicule, just smiled, and continued to wipe Zhu Xiongying's palms, "When I was at home, I used to wipe my younger brother like this!" As he spoke, he laughed again, "The empress told the slaves that before, the slaves How to treat my brother, how to treat you!"

Zhu Xiongying thought about it, "Your younger brother was born by betraying your stepmother? Don't you hate him?"

"Hate?" Chunxiu was taken aback for another moment, then lowered her head and said, "No matter how much you hate, you are also the younger brother of a servant girl. Although he is not a mother, he is a father!"

Kind girl!Zhu Xiongying thought to himself.

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After washing, Zhu Xiongying put on his robe, jade belt, and black gauze crown, and walked out of the bedroom.

"Your Majesty, please see His Highness Grandson!" With a cry, Habayashi Wei, who was standing outside the door, knelt down in unison under the leadership of Li Jinglong.

"Stay flat!" Zhu Xiongying waved casually, climbed onto the soft sedan chair carried by the eunuch, and then hooked his fingers at Li Jinglong.

The Yujia started slowly, and Li Jinglong bowed and followed beside the soft sedan, "What orders does Your Highness have?"

Zhu Xiongying smiled and said, "Xiao Lizi, I heard that you are getting married!" As he spoke, he said with a smirk, "You are marrying the daughter of an orphaned uncle, an orphaned brother-in-law in name!"

Rarely, Li Jinglong smiled shyly.

Zhu Xiongying joked again, "Is that lonely cousin pretty?"

Suddenly, Li Jinglong's shy smile became somewhat unnatural.

He looked around, and said in a low voice, "I dare not lie to Your Highness, my fiancée." Then he looked at Chunxiu who was following in the team, and then lowered his voice a little, and said, "It's Chunxiu who is one size older. show!"

"A water tank that is one size bigger?" Zhu Xiongying looked at Chunxiu, and he had already outlined the appearance and figure of Chang's daughter in his mind.

Immediately, a bit of sympathy for Li Jinglong arose in my heart.

"Although Gu has never met that cousin, I heard that he was raised as a son since he was a child!" Zhu Xiongying continued, "I heard that he is very good at bowing horses!"

"It's more than that!" Li Jinglong said with a bitter face, "You don't know, she learned the Chang family's gun and stick, and three or five men can't get close to her!" Li Jinglong moved closer and whispered, " I heard from others that Mr. Mao said something!"

Grandpa Mao is Zhu Xiongying's uncle Chang Mao, who is about to marry Li Jinglong's Chang family's daughter, Chang Mao's second brother, Chang Sheng's daughter, and Chang Mao's niece.

"What did my uncle say?" Zhu Xiongying asked.

"Mr. Mao said, if this girl is a man, the Chang family will have another general!" Li Jinglong sighed and shook his head.

"Hahaha!" Seeing his appearance, Zhu Xiongying laughed loudly on the soft sedan chair, "You will suffer in the future! I heard that you, Young Master Li, are also a romantic figure among the dudes in the capital. Famous benefactor!"

"Try again this time, if Cousin Gu Na knows that you are indiscreet, she will hit you with a big stick later!"

Li Jinglong had a bitter face, unable to express the pain in his heart.

After getting engaged to the Chang family, his good days will come to an end.In the past, as long as he was not working, he would take a group of honorable children to eat, drink and have fun everywhere.Now that we are engaged, we must pay attention to words and deeds everywhere, and behave with our tails between our legs.

It's fine if you marry a woman from another family, the key is the woman from the founding father Chang's family.

The Chang family is no lower than his Li family, and he is also the number one relative of the country.Besides, as the head of the Chang family, Mr. Mao has a fiery temper.

If he treats the daughter of the Chang family badly after marriage, Mr. Mao will be the first to spare him.

Chang Mao was in charge of the imperial guards, and was also Li Jinglong's immediate boss.Thinking of this, Li Jinglong's back went numb.

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The guard of honor of the emperor's grandson stopped in front of the Jinshen Hall, and Zhu Xiongying got off the sedan chair slowly.

As soon as he came down, the old man in the hall waved to Zhu Xiongying, "Grand grandson, come here!"

Zhu Xiongying stepped into the hall, and the table was already set up for banquets for the ministers.The king's banquet is naturally a traditional meal sharing system.Close to the hall, the old man and Zhu Biao's throne are gorgeous square lacquer tables.

In places farther away, not only were the utensils not exquisite enough, but the courtiers who participated in the banquet didn't even have a few chairs, they were all benches.

It is said that on the day the old man ascended the throne as the emperor, he moved many benches for the courtiers to sit on in an open space, which was regarded as the founding ceremony of the country.

After entering the hall, Zhu Xiongying found that under the old man's throne, kneeling was a man wearing a Ming official robe, but with a dark face and a thin figure.

Seeing Zhu Xiongying, the man quickly continued to kowtow and salute, and said in Chinese, "My servant Taiqi kowtowed to see the grandson of the Ming Emperor Qiantui, Qiantui Qiantui Qiantui!"

Zhu Xiongying knew who this person was. Taiqi was the younger brother of Ryukyu King Chadu, a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. As early as the fifth year of Hongwu, when the old man issued an edict to the surrounding vassal states, the Ryukyu King immediately sent this younger brother to Daming Tribute.

At this time, in Ryukyu, all the systems in the country were modeled on the Ming Dynasty, from the king to the courtiers, and the Ming Dynasty was regarded as the state of the parents.And based on their loyalty, they are far superior to other feudal states in the old man's heart.

"Envoys, please stand up!" Zhu Xiongying gave him a hand, and said with a smile, "Your envoy has come from a long way, and he is coming to congratulate you, so there is no need to be polite!"

(I am typing at Starbucks, and there are a group of Korean women sitting behind me. It’s really noisy! Chirping, chattering, Oumo Oumer! What annoyance!)

(End of this chapter)