Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 43 Ready, ready to go

After leaving from Queen Ma's side, Zhu Qi's legs and feet were a little weak. Although Xu Da wanted to pick up Xu Miaoyun himself, but he was a foreign minister, and it was not convenient for him to go to Zhu Qi's palace. It is not realistic for Zhu Yuanzhang to ask for instructions. Lao Zhu is now busy dealing with Queen Ma's thunderous anger.

After much deliberation, Xu Da simply ordered Zhu Qilai, saying:

"If your Highness is free, you can send the little girl back to the residence later."

Zhu Qi hurriedly said respectfully:
"It's natural."

How dare you be disrespectful, let's not say that the other party is Xu Da, the number one general in the early Ming Dynasty, and now he has become his prospective father-in-law, and will be his chief general and immediate boss for a long time in the future!
Zhu Qi is now more respectful to Xu Da than to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Saying goodbye to Xu Da, Zhu Qi hurried back to the bedroom, and saw the beauty embryo Xu Miaoyun was still waiting for him there, holding the colored version of "Ming Shanhe" comic book in Zhu Qi's backpack Xu Miaoyun was naturally amazed by the modern gadgets.

However, after seeing His Royal Highness King Liao come back, Xu Miaoyun hurriedly put down the comic book, and then asked with concern: "How is Your Highness doing?"

Zhu Qi told everything that happened before, seeing Xu Miaoyun didn't seem surprised, and asked:

"Sister Xu, did you know before that you were going to marry me?"

Xu Miaoyun blushed and said softly:
"I only heard my mother tell me about it today. The Empress asked what my mother meant."

"Um, what do you mean?"

After asking this question, Zhu Qicai felt that it was nonsense. This was a feudal society in the early Ming Dynasty. Can you still fall in love freely?Besides, Xu Miaoyun obviously also has a good impression of herself.

"Naturally obey the orders of your parents."

Sure enough, what Xu Miaoyun said was a standard answer.

Zhu Qi was also happy in his heart, he didn't expect that he would succeed in picking up girls for the first time in Daming, although the process was a bit tortuous.

Youdao is that people are in good spirits on happy occasions, and Zhu Qi is in a happy mood. Even the fact that the group of noble children who are like dogs betrayed themselves is not a big deal in Zhu Qi's view. While sending Xu Miaoyun home, he and Xu Miaoyun Talking and laughing.

Although Zhu Qi was not very eloquent in modern times, but in the generally dull era of the early Ming Dynasty, he was definitely the king of love talkers, casually saying a few words, which made Xu Miaoyun groan for a while.

Just kidding, Zhu Qi is blessed with the three auras of genius, prince, and handsome man. A woman who can control him must not have been born yet!

On the contrary, Xu Miaoyun was very worried when she heard that Zhu Qi was going to northern Xinjiang, and she mostly asked about northern Xinjiang along the way, and even vaguely revealed that she didn't want Zhu Qi to go to such a dangerous place.

Although Zhu Qi was unwilling to go in every possible way in his heart, his face still showed concern for the country and the people, and he said in a deep voice:

"Although my Ming Dynasty has been established for seven years, the world cannot be said to be peaceful if the Yuan court is not destroyed. As a son of the Zhu family, how can I shrink behind others and become the prince of peace?"

Xu Miaoyun didn't need to say more about Zhu Qi's words, but at the same time he was deeply shocked and classified Zhu Qi as an ancient hero.

After bragging and blowing, he arrived at the gate of Duke Wei's mansion. Zhu Qi cupped his hands and planned to run away, but was suddenly stopped by Xu Miaoyun. When he turned his head, he saw Xu Miaoyun, a wonderful person, hesitated for a moment, but still smelled:

"Your Highness, is it true that the Taoist said about the jade pendant's love?"

In fact, Xu Miaoyun also vaguely felt that it seemed to be a fake, and couldn't help throwing out this question.

And Zhu Qi was keenly aware that this is a question between the proposition question and the favor question. Answering honestly and cheating and lying are both wrong options. Zhu Qi didn't hesitate and said directly:

"I don't know about the jade pendant's love, but my feelings for you, sister Xu, can't be more true. Whether it's true or not, this jade pendant is the bond between you and me, and I will keep it for the rest of my life."

Xu Miaoyun was dragged back by the maids while humming, Zhu Qi also wiped the sweat from his forehead, he was as witty as me.

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In the next few days, Zhu Qi would not have the chance to see Xu Miaoyun again. Naturally, the marriage had already been decided, and according to customs and rules, they could not meet casually before they got married.

And the lives of those honorable children were not very good, and beatings were inevitable, some of them received a lot of beatings, such as Xu Zengshou.

Xu Da couldn't hide the fact that he led King Liao and a group of honorable disciples to the house to rob women. Good guy, this kind of thing has been done, so there is no need to say more about the fate.

Since then, I haven't seen Xu Zengshou for a long time. In May, Li Jinglong came to the Royal Entertainment Center and said: "Xu Zengshou was beaten again." Two days later, he said: "Xu Zengshou was beaten again!".

I didn't say anything after that, even Li Jinglong didn't see Xu Zengshou anymore.

Zhu Qi has not been seen until now—probably Xu Zengshou was indeed beaten to death.

When thinking this way, that dog-like Xu Zengshou appeared happily.

"Why haven't you been beaten to death by your father yet?"

Zhu Qi was still angry with Xu Zengshou, he yelled the most fiercely before, "I will not betray His Royal Highness Liao!", but in the end, he was the first to jump back.

Xu Zengshou smiled awkwardly and said:

"Your Highness, you can't blame me. I didn't say a word when my father asked me, but it's different when the emperor asks me."

"All right, all right, you are right."

As soon as Zhu Qi finished speaking, he saw Xu Zengshou approaching and whispered:

"Don't be angry, Your Highness. Tell Your Highness a piece of news. Your Highness will follow my father to Datong, Northern Xinjiang."

Zhu Qi thought it was something, and immediately said: "I knew about this a long time ago."

"Ah? It turns out that His Royal Highness already knows about it. Then Li Jinglong, Li Qi and I will follow the news. Your Highness, you also know?"

"Ah?" Zhu Qi was stunned for a moment, and said, "I don't know about this, but why do you three have to follow?"

Xu Zengshou immediately puffed up his chest and said:

"Your Highness, don't look at us like this. We may not be good at reading and writing, but we have never fallen behind in martial arts exercises on weekdays. When I ride a horse and shoot an arrow, I don't make any mistakes within thirty steps!"

Looking at Xu Zengshou's awesome appearance, as to whether he is really that powerful, Zhu Qi is not sure, but he is obviously very concerned about the matter of going north, and has inquired a lot.

Zhu Qi didn't have any information. On the one hand, he didn't deliberately inquire about it, and on the other hand, he was about to leave Yingtian Mansion and follow Xu Da to Datong for military training. Ying Tianfu's business had to be arranged, such as copying "Journey to the West" , to shopkeeper He.

In addition, the craftsmen have made great progress, but there are still some details that need to be dealt with. According to the words of the craftsman manager Chen Chuwu, this ink printing machine can be launched in just two months!
Of course, they are not inventions, they are just made according to the drawings of His Royal Highness Liao Wang, but it is a bit difficult to mass-produce. Many parts cannot be molded with existing technology, so they can only be made by hand.

It is a pity that Zhu Qi is leaving soon, and there is no way to see the final finished product in the first place. He asked the craftsmen to build a few more ink printing machines, which will be of great use to him, and the rest can only be waited for. I'll talk about it when I get back.

As for why Xu Zengshou and the others followed, Zhu Qi understood after thinking about it. This is Zhu Yuanzhang's intention to train the younger generation.

"Then do you know when we're leaving?"

Zhu Qi asked Xu Zengshou.

Xu Zengshou replied:

"The documents and announcements from the Ministry of War have already come down, and the food, grass and luggage are all ready. If there is no accident, we should be leaving in mid-May."

That's not a few days away.

Zhu Qi and Xu Zengshou were talking here, and Zhu Di hurried in at the door, his face was full of joy, and he said to Zhu Qi as soon as he entered the door:

"Third brother! Third brother!"

Seeing Zhu Di's excited look, Zhu Qi asked him what kind of happy event he had. Zhu Di said with joy written all over his face:
"Father agreed, I can go to Datong to train soldiers this time, and I can also go with the third brother!"

Good guy, Li Jinglong, Li Qi, and Xu Zengshou are all here, and even Zhu Di will follow.

The "brothers" are all here!

(End of this chapter)