The Forbidden City was filled with gloomy clouds, but everyone had to pretend to be beaming, and the atmosphere was very strange and terrifying.

The most tormented is the concubines, the emperor still insists on handling state affairs despite the remnants, and his temper has become extremely irritable, and he can't tolerate anyone's persuasion, and he will be executed if he goes on at the slightest disappointment.

Knowing that as long as the emperor dies, he may have to be buried together, who still has the heart to celebrate the New Year? After the concubines died, they even took the palace people around them to the imperial tomb to guard the tomb, so almost the entire palace had to face a personnel purge, how many people could laugh?

The concubines had nowhere to vent their inner horrors, even if they had children and daughters, it was useless, let alone their mother's family, and no one dared to anger the emperor at this time.

As the founding emperor of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang's funeral system has no precedent to check, and several princes in the past were buried with princesses after their deaths, which was because the people in the palace were panicked. If the ancient system of previous dynasties is imitated, it stands to reason that concubines and palace maids who have not given birth may not be spared, while concubines who have children and high status can be fine.

The problem is that no one can guess Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, and no minister dares to openly discuss this now, anyway, no one dares to guarantee whether he will survive when the dust finally settles.

In the Qianqing Palace, Concubine Weng and Concubine Xiao Li Shufei and other concubines who had not given birth scrambled to serve the emperor, hoping to be opened by the net.

And Concubine Li Xian, who was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang as Ban Jieyu of the Han Dynasty, was silent, and her godmother Zhang Meiren stood aside, but Concubine Guo Hui and other concubines with children and daughters were hiding in the inner palace, for fear of being named by the emperor for various reasons.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood in front of the palace gate with his hands behind his back and looked at the empty majestic palace, Xu Hao couldn't guess what the emperor was thinking, although the poor concubines didn't dare to speak for him, otherwise he would be suspected of having an affair with the concubine by Comrade Zhu, and his life would be at risk!

Due to the poor body of the dragon, Zhu Yuanzhang handed over all the ceremonial ceremonies and ceremonies of the previous year to Zhu Yunwen, the emperor's grandson. The emperor did not want to be absent from the most solemn and important first day of the first lunar month, so he seized the time to recuperate.

The Chinese New Year is a happy event for children and a happy event for the common people, but it is undoubtedly a hard thing for the emperor and civil and military officials.

The family is busy preparing to worship the ancestors and other things, this year Xu Hao does not plan to be with the uncle's family, anyway, the family is the Wei State Mansion, in this regard, the civil and military officials in the capital are all worshipping at home, after all, no one can return to their hometown to worship their ancestors, so it is not rude.

I have been going back and forth to the capital every day for several days, and even if I am young and strong, I can't bear it. Fortunately, now there is no official position on his body, and he no longer has to run to the capital before dawn on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and there is no need to follow the emperor to the Fengxian Hall, worship the ancestors in the Fengci Hall, and participate in a series of cumbersome ceremonies for annoying people, just to kneel on the ground and shout long live.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the only young man who dared to yawn in front of him, and said with a smile: "It's hard for you to read me, I came to visit every day, I heard that several elders in your family are also sick?" ”

Xu Hao said: "The elders are not in good health. As a junior, I dare not say that I am hard. In fact, compared to the emperor's grandson, the minister is nothing. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said with emotion: "Yes! These days, half of the moon has not slept night and night to serve my spit pot, and every time he calls someone, he is the first to come. Thinking that the prince died of illness that year, he proposed to serve three years of mourning. I didn't agree, and during the mourning period, I didn't eat rice for five days and five nights, and I got such a pure filial grandson. What do I want? ”

Xu Hao heard that Zhu Yunwen was born with a slightly biased skull, and Comrade Zhu liked to call him "half of the moon", and when it came to filial piety, Xu Hao was a little incomprehensible. It's not that I haven't been at a funeral and haven't experienced the pain of losing a loved one, but the ancients went too far in this regard, right?

It is rumored that in the past three years, Zhu Yunwen has smiled without showing his teeth for his deceased father, does not drink alcohol or eat meat, does not have fun and does not have royal affairs, and has been praised by everyone inside and outside the court. But whether it is from the perspective of modern people or because of frequent contacts with the royal family, Xu Hao knows that Zhu Yunwen is pretentious, such a person who touches the world is either the best in the world or the great evil in the world, Zhu Yunwen is obviously neither, nothing more than a normal person with talented talents, less than half a year his own minister came forward to cry blood and beg him to mourn for the national festival, and Zhu Yunwen had a son last year.

For the sake of the throne, Xu Hao is also willing to pour and urine for Comrade Zhu Zhu, who is not happy with Zhu Di and other princes? Who wouldn't do it if they endure it for a while? This itself is a false proposition, so it is nonsense to describe Zhu Yunwen with pure filial piety.

Of course, it cannot be denied that Zhu Yunwen is very filial, he is a benevolent and modest gentleman, and life will be very good under the rule of such an emperor.

Xu Hao had to admit that Zhu Yunwen was much better than himself in terms of filial piety, and said: "Compared to the crown prince, he is far inferior to himself." ”

"You both have their own merits, and you are both rare rising stars." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "In the past year, you have repeatedly worked hard in Beijing, I still hope that you can contribute to the imperial court, and the yamen are up to you, even if you like poetry, you can be a noble bachelor of the Hanlin Academy." ”

Xu Hao said with a smile: "The child doesn't want to have a vegetarian meal, to be honest, the north is too cold and not prosperous, I wanted to get a job to support my family, I was thinking about begging for food by my uncle's side, my uncle also treated me well, and my cousin was close to me, so I wanted to settle in Beiping." Who wants to be favored by the saint because of fate, in recent years, thanks to the trust of the saint to do some good things for the people, and that day obviously offended the crown prince afterwards did not be surprised, see me cordial still, this makes the child admire His Royal Highness's down-mindedness, in the future, my uncle will not recruit me to go to Beiping, naturally I will stay in the capital, it doesn't matter if I am an official or not, it is good to be a rich man. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said silently: "In the end, you are disheartened when you think of me, you know when you think of me, but your great talent can't be wasted, you are still young, Yun Wei admires you very much." ”

Xu Hao said in a depressed mood: "I'm used to being lawless, and it's too easy to offend people as an official without the protection of the saint." The grandson of the emperor will definitely be a bright monarch in the future, and the court will need to be a master in the future. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said approvingly: "It's right that you can think so, in a few days, I have some aftermath to be handed over to you, and now some people say that you are what kind of white-clothed minister, hehe!" ”

Xu Hao suddenly said embarrassedly: "It's just a poem, how dare Liu Yong be compared, and Liu Yong's white-clothed prime minister is not worthy of the name." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said disapprerovingly: "I don't think what you did Liu Yong is not worthy of lifting shoes for you, not to mention what you did in the northwest, then improve firearms and preside over preparations to go to foreign lands to find new food crops, any one of them will go down in history, but I can't see that day." ”

Xu Hao didn't dare to talk, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little stuffy in his chest, and waved his hand with interest: "Go!" I'll see you in the next year. ”

Concubine Li Xian and Zhang Meiren, who were known as talented in the palace, hurriedly came over and helped Zhu Yuanzhang to go to Dongnuan Pavilion, and Gonggong Li came to him and whispered: "Concubine Xian's life is not long!" ”

Xu Hao nodded lightly, looked at Concubine Li Xian's slender back and instructed: "Notify me as soon as possible, and I will arrange for you to go to Fengyang to retire first." ”

Gonggong Li said in a trembling voice: "Thank you, old slave." ”

Xu Hao braved the heavy snow and walked outside the palace at the moment, he was not familiar with Concubine Li Xian, but he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang admired Concubine Li Xian's talent, and often ordered her to write and review the folds when he was sick, and Zhu Yunwen often praised Concubine Li Xian's calligraphy articles.

With Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicions, he will not leave Concubine Li Xian, who is likely to be Wu Zetian's second, although there is no factual basis, Xu Hao is a little sorry for this, but he can't help.

Even in order to put an end to all future troubles, I am afraid that none of the concubines after the emperor's great trip will survive, even if it is Concubine Guo Hui, who has a respected status and gave birth to three sons and two daughters.

That's what the aftermath refers to, right? Surveillance to execute a concubine? Someone in the province cuckolded the emperor? It is estimated that eight or nine is not far from ten, after all, Zhu Yunwen is too young, Xu Hao smiled bitterly.

is very tacit, when Zhu Yuanzhang's condition improved, Xu Da, who was sick in bed, suddenly woke up.

In the Wei Mansion, when Xu Huizu was aiming to train troops in Hebei last year, he personally led the troops to defeat the Yuan general Aru Timur who belonged to the Yan Wangfu, and after being captured, he found out that he had the intention of rebellion and killed him in public, so he and Zhu Di had a very unpleasant quarrel.

Thinking that after Xu Hao killed Shi Feng and his Xu family in Jinyiwei's hands in one fell swoop, he completely betrayed the family and won the trust of the emperor, but Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated to force him to attack Xu Da because of pity, and when he missed the Lanyu case, there would be no excuse after that.

At that time, Xu Hao was ready to come to the door to kill Xu Da and completely betray the house, who knew that he later took control of Jinyiwei, and the civil and military officials were so jealous of him that no one dared to frame Xu Da in order to please the emperor. Xu Hao inadvertently protected the Xu family, which can be described as a wonderful thing in the world.

Xu Huizu, as the emperor's confidant, looked down on his cousin Xu Yao's grandfather and son, but he looked at Xu Hao differently who showed loyalty, and sometimes took the initiative to come forward to talk a few words when he saw him in the Forbidden City, and Xu Hao felt that his uncle was faintly very hostile to Yanwangfu.

And Xu Zengshou, who is also close to Houyan Wangfu, hates Xu Hao deeply because of Shi Feng's death, and the relationship between him and his eldest brother is not very good.

Xu Hao was reluctant to set foot in the Wei Mansion unless necessary, and he was also angry with Xu Huizu who wanted to kill him, and he didn't want to see Xu Da by the way, in short, the fragmented Xu family was also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang didn't make a move.

What is very interesting is that by mistake, Xu Hao has never had the opportunity to talk to Xu Da face-to-face alone since he crossed over.

In the bedroom, Xu Da lay on the Taishi chair and quietly listened to the movement outside, and heard Xu Hao ask about his condition, the fourth son Xu Huizu said a few words impatiently, and then Xu Hao and the eldest son Xu Yaozu left together.

Slowly opening his eyes, Xu Da said with a complicated expression: "I didn't expect this son to be from the next generation, no wonder he insisted on taking refuge in King Yan." ”

After three years of observation, Xu Da, who was in the shadows, finally confirmed that Xu Hao came from the later generations, otherwise how to explain that he was proficient in many miscellaneous sciences at a young age?

The problem is that crossing is not a sin! (To be continued......)