At the end of April of the 31st year of Hongwu, the heavy rain in the capital soothed the drought in the south, Zhu Yuanzhang braved the rain to worship the Taimiao, the sky was clear after the sacrifice, and on the way back to see the two rows of tung trees planted by himself when the country was founded, the branches and leaves that have grown for more than 20 years are luxuriant, and the scene is alive for a while.

"In the past, I didn't feel that it became a forest, and the Fengyang Mausoleum tree was like this."

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was old and long, unconsciously shed tears, and missed the mountains and rivers of his hometown, grass and trees, and was going to habitually ask Xu Hao, who had returned to his hometown in Fengyang, turned his head to look at the white-clothed young man at the end of the honor guard, and swallowed the words back.

Outside the noon gate, Xu Hao watched the holy car disappear, since the Jin King Zhu Li died violently, Zhu Yuanzhang has never summoned him again, and replaced him with the concubine Mei Yin, which shows that the emperor realized that Zhu Di may pose a threat to Zhu Yunwen.

Xu Hao came today at the call of his godmother, and hurriedly met in the Qianqing Palace, just in time for the emperor to travel, so he followed.

Xu Ji, who was dressed in a dazzling flying fish suit, walked over with a smug face and asked, "These days, all the ladies of the family have rushed to meet the imperial concubine, why haven't my younger brothers and sisters been there once?" Isn't that a bit of a story? ”

Xu Hao frowned and said, "What do you mean?" Do you want to ask about sin? ”

"Not really." Xu Ji said with a smile: "This is the gift of the monarch and the minister, and now the imperial concubine represents the mother of a country, wouldn't it be too rude not to visit?" ”

Xu Hao said: "Let's wait until I become the queen, besides, my wife's title of county lord is just a verbal honorific title, I have no official position, and my wife does not need to enter the palace." ”

Xu Ji sneered: "With your temper, you will suffer a big loss sooner or later, if it weren't for my father and son to shield you from the wind and rain, do you know how many officials want to impeach you?" ”

Xu Hao said curiously: "Let's hear it, what is my fault?" ”

"Put away your arrogant look, it's not the same today." Xu Ji sneered, "Once a son of heaven and a courtier, you will be a man with your tail between your legs in the future." Even my aunt dared to kill. Look at the relatives who dare to associate with your family. ”

"It's better not to get along."

Xu Hao smiled and was about to turn around and leave, when he saw Li Jinglong riding a horse and coming up, Xu Ji said enviously: "Is it the crown prince who summoned Brother Li to come?" ”

Li Jinglong glanced at Xu Hao lightly, and smiled at Xu Ji: "Find me to discuss state affairs, and we'll see you in the old place in the evening." Hey? Isn't this the third child? Have a drink together in the evening? It's been a long time. ”

Xu Hao said with a straight face: "I'm sorry, I'm not free at night." With that, he turned and left.

Xu Ji shook his head and said, "You see that he is still so arrogant, he really wants to die to save face and suffer crimes." ”

Li Jinglong said with a smile: "What do you care about him, who doesn't know that he has lost power in the capital, and the saint didn't even reward him for his official position, he heard that he resigned from Changshi." The father and son seem to want to be rich. ”

Xu Ji said disdainfully: "Without the protection of father and son, you want to be a rich man? Bah! ”

Xu Hao didn't have time to pay attention to Xu Ji, and hurriedly returned to Xiaojia Village, the whole family had already packed their bags and was ready to go, Mu Hui and Mu Ningxue stood together, Zhu Qiaoqiao accompanied Aunt Xiao and Mei's, Hongye and Qianqian smiled and talked, and greeted him when he came back.

Xu Hao smiled and said: "It's most comfortable to go to the beach in summer to escape the heat, and I'll come in a few days." ”

The whole family, except for a few, thought it was really going on a long trip. One by one, Mu Ningxue smiled and said, "Husband, remember to come over earlier, you must remember to take care of yourself." ”

"I remembered. It's getting late, let's go. Xu Hao nodded and stopped talking nonsense. helped Aunt Xiao into the carriage.

Mu Hui said in a low voice: "With me and my brothers all the way to protect, don't worry." ”

Xu Hao instructed again: "As soon as the news of Bixia's death spreads, you will send them to Beiping along the coastal road, and you must ensure safety." ”

Mu Hui said: "I've been practicing for a year. I'll sail along the coastline myself, abandon ship in case of a storm, and act on camera when the camera comes. ”

"Okay! You can do it. Xu Hao nodded.

At night, Xu Hao walked alone in the empty garden. has been gone for a long, long time, and it will take a few years to come back after leaving this time, and it may never come back, just like Zhu Yuanzhang today, Xu Hao is reluctant.

The four or five houses left behind have been arranged, and when Xu Hao goes north, he will go to Princess Lin'an's mansion, and the second sister Xu Cuitao will take them in when she arrives.

The sister-in-law, as the married county lord, left Beijing on the eve of the emperor's death, and then people in other places did not have to go back to Beijing for funerals, and when King Qin died of illness, he did not return to his parents' home.

Zuihou glanced at the bamboo garden hidden in the verdant bamboo forest, and Xu Hao turned around and strode away.

At the same time, in a remote courtyard of the East Palace, Xu Cuiyun, who was sent into the palace, waited quietly in palace clothes, but he hadn't seen the emperor's grandson come for a long time, and he was hungry after a long time, so he couldn't help but lift his hijab.

In the empty bedroom, there was a pair of wedding candles on the incense table, and there were four teacups in the teapot on the table of the Eight Immortals, and there was nothing to eat.

"Lan'er, Yu'er, come in."

After not responding for a long time, Xu Cuiyun got up and walked to the door in confusion, and looked out along the crack in the door, and couldn't see anything clearly in the black light.

"These two girls are not there, how can it be reasonable."

Xu Cuiyun was a little annoyed, in the past few years, because of Xu Hao, she has gone from being treated coldly when she was a child, to a lady who is no less beautiful than her grandmother, and everything she eats and wears is the best, and there are gradually more than a dozen people around her, and she can't stand the slightest grievance.

Xu Cuiyun, who held that his father and brother were both officials of the Jinyi Guard, simply stretched out his hand to push open the door, and immediately startled, and saw two middle-aged palace maids standing outside the door.

Xu Cuiyun hurriedly asked, "Where is my girl?" ”

One of the palace maids said with a smile: "When they came, they didn't understand the rules of the royal family at all, and they collided with Niangniang, and they were all charged into the Huanyi Bureau." ”

"What?" Xu Cuiyun was taken aback, the Huanyi Bureau is the place where the palace people who make mistakes and the old palace people will die, whether it is the scorching sun or the cold winter, they have to rely on their hands to wash clothes all year round, the most difficult place, it is said that if you go in, you have to take off your skin, and no one will ask if you are tired and die, and you will be directly taken to cremation.

But in order to enter the palace, Xu Cuiyun and the maid have studied court etiquette for half a year, how can they make mistakes as soon as they come? It's clear that I've been bullied.

Xu Cuiyun sighed and said with a wry smile: "Since they deserve to make mistakes, dare to ask the two mothers." It's late at night, when will His Highness come? ”

Another palace maid shouted incredulously: "You don't even understand the rules at all, and you are the one who says the bed?" Joke! ”

Xu Cuiyun hurriedly said: "How long will the slave family wait?" The father is the envoy of Jinyiwei, and the brother is a hereditary hundred households. ”

"It's useless for you to be the daughter of the prince." The palace goddess looked disdainful, "The palace has its own palace rules, you just go back to the house and wait, if you are lucky, ten days and half a month, if you are unlucky, ten or twenty years." ”

The fat palace maid sneered: "To tell you the truth, His Royal Highness has been living in the Qianqing Palace for a long time recently, and he hasn't come back for a few days." ”

Xu Cuiyun's eyes rolled and she almost fainted. When the parents and the two brothers didn't say that, they kept saying that they would spend candle night with the emperor grandson cave room when they entered the palace, and they would be rewarded with a beauty after serving His Royal Highness, saying that there were only concubines and two side concubines around the emperor's grandson, and no one competed for favor, so it was not difficult to be promoted to a concubine in the future, and when he had an heir and relied on the support of the family, he might be able to become a concubine.

The reason why Xu Cuiyun agreed to enter the palace was that Zhu Yunwen accidentally went to Xu's mansion last year. bumped into it in the garden, and when he saw the gentle and elegant young crown prince in the wind, Xu Cuiyun was drunk at first sight.

What she didn't know was that Zhu Yunwen first Yujian Xu Cuiliu, and was immediately attracted by Cuiliu's coquettish style. There was a hint of wanting Cuiliu to enter the palace when he spoke.

But Xu Cuiliu was unwilling to live or die, and it happened that Xu Hao returned to Beijing at that time, Xu Yao's grandfather and son and the Wang family knew too well that if Xu Hao had the intention to stir up, it would be easy to make Zhu Yunwen change his mind. In the final analysis, Zhu Yunwen, as the crown prince, has to take care of his reputation, and he will not force his courtiers for a beauty.

Moreover, Xu Ji, who has been dealing with the emperor's grandson all day long, understands Zhu Yunwen's suffering to be a role model in the world, and he can't even help himself before he ascends the throne.

A great good thing can't be messed up by Xu Hao. After discussing with the whole family, he let Xu Cuiliu go to Xiaojia Village, and Xu Cuiyun, who was very willing, nodded by himself, Xu Hao would not say anything, he was nosy and couldn't even interfere with his cousin's family affairs.

In this way, Xu Ji deceived Zhu Yunwen into a gentleman's style, saying that Cuiliu had a hidden disease and was inconvenient to enter the palace, so he begged to change it to Xu Cuiyun, and sure enough, despite being disappointed, Zhu Yunwen still nodded and agreed, and didn't take Xu Cuiyun to heart at all, so he regarded it as sending an ordinary palace lady.

Xu Yaozu and his wife and Xu Ji just want to coax Cuiyun into the palace first, anyway, after entering the palace, sooner or later they will be lucky, the most unfortunate thing is nothing more than being snubbed for a lifetime, whose daughter who entered the palace didn't come over step by step?

Poor Xu Cuiyun is bent on dreaming of staying and flying with the imperial grandson, when she was at home, Cuiliu once warned her that the palace is different from the princes and nobles, and it is by no means as good as you think. And Xu Cuitao also pointed out that being a concubine seems to be decent, but in fact, the desolation and loneliness behind it are unknown, but Xu Cuiyun can't listen to a word.

And Xu Hao was very disappointed in his cousin, because Xu Cuiyun never respected him from beginning to end, not only did he not ask his opinion, but he personally sprinkled a lot of words, and the subtext was to tell him not to block good things.

At this moment, Xu Cuiyun, who tasted the bitter fruit, was cowardly by nature, and at the moment he retreated to the room, and spent the night alone in a bleak and cold manner, and the imperial grandson, who was still full of expectations, fell from the sky.

Early the next morning, the palace maid brought in two dishes and one soup with an expressionless face, Xu Cuiyun had to wash up and dress up by herself, and ate the cold meal aggrievedly.

After resting for a while, several female officials and the elderly Gong E came, and they couldn't help but say that they ordered Xu Cuiyun to take off her clothes and press her on the bed for a comprehensive physical examination.

Xu Cuiyun, who was not mentally prepared, suddenly felt ashamed and wanted to die, and the gangsters were stiff and at the mercy of others, but fortunately, her family background was extraordinary, and the people in the palace did not deliberately embarrass her, and she passed smoothly.

After the others left, Xu Cuiyun, who had no eyes in his eyes, shed tears, got up and put on clothes, and began a lonely palace life. (To be continued......)