Daming: From the end of Hongwu

That night.

The news blew through the capital like a pervasive wind, civil and military officials were startled one after another in the night, and even the whole house became noisy. They looked up in the direction of the palace.

Something happened.

They know that the officials of the Ministry of Rites will be busy until dawn tonight.

Sure enough, I waited until the next day.

When the sky was still gray, the funeral ceremony for the empress was formulated. First, all civil and military officials in Beijing received a bolt of linen from the imperial court and ordered them to make their own mourning clothes. , Go to Sishan Gate to mourn for three days.

From today on, I will stop going to court for three days without ringing bells and drums.

And the funeral is just the beginning, after that, all civil and military officials need to stay in the government office for 27 days, and the supervisors, monks, pawns, elders, etc. should wear mourning clothes, and go to Yingtian Mansion to mourn for three days from the day of mourning. Soldiers and civilians and women wear plain clothes, ban gold, silver, pearls and emeralds, stop music for three days, sacrifice for 49 days, ban slaughter for [-] days, stop weddings for officials from all over the Ming Dynasty for [-] days, and for soldiers and civilians for one month.

All kings and princesses are ordered to wear Zhu Di's funeral at the same time, and the sons of the princes, county kings, princesses, and princesses, and the sons of the princesses are all dressed in the clothes of "qi mourning without fighting" and "great merit" and "minor merit".

Zhu Di seemed to be expressing his reluctance to Xu Miaoyun with the most complete and grand funeral ceremony.

Zhen Wu was mixed among the officials, and he glanced at Zhu Di who was wearing plain clothes from a distance. He couldn't see Zhu Di's expression clearly, but from Zhu Di's hunched back, he seemed to be able to imagine how sad Zhu Di was.

They are a loving teenage couple.

From the young man in brocade clothes and the young girl with cardamom, to the emperor who dominates the world and the queen who is the mother of the world, they have laughed, quarreled, been romantic, and have supported each other through the darkest time of peace. Now If one dies first, what kind of impact will it have on the other?

At this moment, the wailing of all the officials rang out.

Ridiculous.

They cried so hoarsely that they even seemed to be out of breath.

But Zhen Wu's eyes were filled with tears, but he couldn't cry out.

He remembered the first time he saw Xu Miaoyun, when he sent his fourth and fifth sisters to the palace, the elegant Xu Miaoyun stopped him curiously after seeing him.

"You are Zhen Wu. I didn't expect that you are so talented, but you have an outstanding appearance." Xu Miaoyun said.

Zhen Wu was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say.

Xu Miaoyun laughed heartily, and Zhu Yuying who was beside him wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in.

From then on, Xu Miaoyun took care of his family a lot, and after he married Zhu Yuying, Xu Miaoyun treated him even better, so that he could not even notice the difference from treating her son.

She is an intelligent woman.

Perhaps the more outstanding a woman is, the easier it is to be envied by God.

After the mourning and mourning of the civil and military officials were over, Zhen Wu and the others went forward to offer their condolences and met with Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaoxu and the others as an act of condolence. Zhu Yuying, the daughter-in-law, is taking the lead in receiving condolences from the wives.

Zhen Wu couldn't help feeling a little worried, since last night, Zhu Yuying had been crying and crying, and from the beginning to the end, the whole life was not good, and the mourning lasted for three days, he was afraid that Zhu Yuying would not be able to hold on.

Zhu Yuying seemed to sense Zhen Wu's gaze, and she also looked over here. She understood the worry in Zhen Wu's eyes, and grinned a smile uglier than crying.

This made Zhen Wu even more distressed.

He was very afraid that Zhu Yuying would leave him early one day, and he couldn't imagine what he would look like at that time.

After that, all the officials went back separately, and Zhen Wu, under the arrangement of the officials in charge, sat down to do some things that belonged to his son-in-law. Congee, I personally found Zhu Yuying with it.

Zhu Yuying looked at Zhen Wu, and said pitifully, "Husband..." Then, tears welled up in her eyes again, blocking all her remaining words.

Zhen Wu sighed, he knew that Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun doted on Zhu Yuying, the eldest daughter, and Zhu Yuying also had a deep affection for Xu Miaoyun.

"Drink something, you haven't eaten since last night, if you continue like this, your body won't be able to survive."

"I can't eat it." Zhu Yuying shook her head.

"If you can't eat it, you have to eat it."

Zhen Wu scooped up a spoonful himself, blew it and handed it to Zhu Yuying's mouth, and at the same time persuaded: "There are still two days, you have to hold on, not to mention that the father may be hurt this time. If you don't eat it, who will persuade father?"

"Where are Gao Chi and Gao Xu?" Zhu Yuying asked.

"They are not much better than you, but you are the eldest sister, you need to take them to persuade the father, so you eat some first, and when you have strength, you can better help the family. I don't want to see the whole family get sick," Zhen Wu said.

Zhu Yuying became sad again.

Zhen Wu handed over the spoon again, and Zhu Yuying opened her mouth to eat, but she didn't eat much, so Zhu Yuying shook her head, indicating that she really didn't want to eat.

Zhen Wu had no choice but to let Zhu Yuying go.

Zhu Yuying choked up at this moment and said: "Husband, my mother's empress was actually trying to compile the "Book of Encouraging Goodness", and she suffered an emergency due to physical and mental exhaustion. If it wasn't for this, my mother's queen would definitely live a long life. Why do you think my mother is so stubborn?" , I’ve been persuading her a lot, but she just doesn’t listen, what’s so worthless about such a broken book, is it worth all the time and effort that the empress mother has to spend so much time and energy on.”

Zhen Wu was speechless.

Empress Xu, after all, she is worthy of the name of her queen.

At the same time, Zhen Wu also understood Xu Miaoyun's death. Xu Miaoyun's health has not been good in the past two years. Often, when he gets sick, he is much slower than ordinary people to get better. For example, the last time there was a cold, it took several months intermittently to recover. stand up.

No matter how hard this body is, what else can it do?
How can you not learn to enjoy the honor of a good queen?

At this time, Zhu Yuying looked at Zhen Wu again, uncertain of her decision and said: "My husband, before my mother died, there was a last word saying that the most regrettable thing in my life is to go to Peiping to have a good time when my father and king go on a north tour. I would like to thank the female relatives of the generals who defended the city with us back then. At that time, those female relatives of the generals listened to the call of the queen mother and trusted the queen, so they followed the mother and sacrificed their lives and dignities to climb to the top of the city It's a bloody battle, now that my mother's wish has not been fulfilled, I want to take a trip for my mother, to make up for my mother's regret."

Zhen Wu pondered for a while and said, "You go...it's probably not appropriate."

"But you can't let Gao Chi go, it's all female relatives, how can he thank you." Zhu Yuying retorted.

Zhen Wu thought for a while and said: "Let's do this, you and the Crown Princess will let you know later, and you go with the Crown Princess, it's not too much, but it's just that you don't want to mention this matter for the time being. It will take a year and a half to talk about it.”

"Oh." Zhu Yuying nodded and said, "I see."

Afterwards, the two chatted for a few more words, and Zhu Yuying went to find Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu, thinking of going to visit Zhu Di together, but when they went to see Zhu Di, they were told by Zhu Di that they were not there. They were worried that Zhu Di would not eat or drink. , and a violent shout came from the room.

"Go away, I don't need you to worry about it."

Zhu Gaochi and the others looked at each other and had no choice but to ask the dog. After knowing that Zhu Di had eaten, he left with a little peace of mind.

……

Afterwards, Zhen Wu stayed in the palace with Zhu Yuying, and went to mourning with civil and military officials on time every morning. Two days later, the mourning was over, and the officials needed to fast for 27 days, so Zhen Wu could not avoid it.

The Ming Dynasty began to fall into a sad atmosphere.

As time passed, the 27th ended soon, and Zhu Di seemed to have returned to normal, but there was something strange about it.

That is Zhu Di's delay in mentioning Xu Miaoyun's burial.

On this day, when the officials of the Ministry of Rites asked Zhu Di at the court meeting when Xu Miaoyun should be buried, Zhu Di became uncharacteristically furious, and even the official of the Ministry of Rites who asked the question was knocked down three grades by Zhu Di on the spot.

For a while, Zhu Di frightened everyone in the court hall.

At the same time, it also made everyone in the court understand that Zhu Di looked relieved on his face, but there was still an obsession in his heart that he refused to let go easily.

What made everyone even more puzzled and worried was that after the end of the Celestial Dynasty, the news that Zhu Di planned to build an ice cellar in the palace to house Xu Miaoyun's body spread like wildfire.

How deep can love be?

So deep that the lover passed away, and he refused to part with him.

Zhen Wu was amazed by this, but that afternoon Zhu Gaochi's three brothers even came to find him.

When they explained their purpose, Zhen Wu stared wide-eyed in shock.

"I said, you two are your own sons, okay? You want me to persuade you about this? Is there any mistake! Besides, I am quite touched by the fact that the old man left his mother behind. If I am not sure, I will do it. to persuade."

The three of Zhu Gaochi were a little embarrassed.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhen Wuye were used to it, and said shamelessly, "The old man is in this state, how dare we go, turn around and anger him, we can't beat us to death."

Zhu Gaosui also opened his mouth and said: "Yes, brother-in-law, it's not like you don't know that we were afraid of the old man since we were young, and besides..." Zhu Gaosui's voice choked up for a while, and then he said again: "Besides, now that mother is gone, I will make my father anxious." , then there is really no one to protect it.”

Zhen Wu snorted: "Aren't you afraid, am I not? No one is protecting you anymore, it seems like someone is protecting me."

Zhu Gaochi was embarrassed, and said cheekily: "It's different, brother-in-law, you are the most resistant to beating."

hiss.

Zhen Wu glared at Zhu Gaochi.

Can this fat man speak?

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui nodded in agreement at the same time, which made Zhen Wu wish to beat up the third brother on the spot, but after thinking about it, Zhen Wu still put out this idea, it is different now, the third brother is too old to touch , So I closed my eyes and ignored the three of them.

The three of them saw that Zhen Wu was unmoved, and after looking at each other, Zhu Gaoxu rolled his eyes and said, "It's okay if my brother-in-law doesn't go, but don't stop us three younger brothers from looking for my eldest sister."

hiss.

Zhen Wu took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and said angrily: "Your eldest sister has been ill since she came back from the palace, and she has been recovering for so many days. If you dare to bother your eldest sister, I will never end with you. Believe it or not."

"Trust me and look for it, let's talk..."

Zhu Gaoxu raised his eyebrows, and refused to follow Zhen Wu's way: "Isn't it too much for a brother-in-law to stop his brother-in-law from looking for his sister, and you stop three at a time, is it reasonable?"

Zhen Wu looked at the three of them in unison, and took a few breaths. He was really afraid that they would bother Zhu Yuying, but seeing the three of them making up their minds now, Zhen Wu couldn't help it. Don't regress.

In the end, Zhen Wu said unhappily: "Okay, okay, I can go, but if you want to go, you can go together, no one wants to run away, if you want me to persuade you alone, I won't go if you beat me to death."

Zhu Gaochi laughed like a fox and said, "Then go together, then go together."

Zhen Wu rolled his eyes, when the dog came, he probably would have paid attention to it together, the move of advancing, retreating, and retreating was really fucking good.

Afterwards, the four of them walked towards the palace together.

At this time, Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi and some civil officials were also sitting together to discuss, and Yang Shiqi said: "My Ming Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, so there must be no problem with Your Majesty at this time, but everyone can see it now." Well, Your Majesty has too much affection for the Empress, if things go on like this, I'm afraid..."

He didn't say what he said later, but no one knew that it would not be a good word after that.

Xie Jin rolled his eyes and said, "How about we persuade the emperor to establish a new queen? After all, if you want to forget someone, the best way is to empathize with someone else."

The eyes of the other civil servants lit up, and they agreed: "This method is very wonderful, very wonderful."

Yang Shiqi frowned and said: "Then who else will be appointed as the empress, who can make the emperor empathize with you? I think you think this matter is simple. If your majesty can empathize with you, it is impossible for your majesty to love the queen all these years." reduce."

As soon as these words fell, the others fell into deep thought.

Yes, there is another woman in the world who can compete with Empress Xu.

But suddenly Xie Jin had a flash of inspiration and said, "I think of someone."

"Who?"

"The Xu family also has a daughter who is in her young age and looks exactly like her sister." Xie Jin said proudly to everyone.

Xu Miaojin!
The name suddenly flashed in everyone's mind.

……

in the palace.

The four of Zhen Wu had already arrived in Zhu Di's study. Zhu Di was engrossed in processing the memorial. After hearing the movement, he looked up and saw that the four of Zhen Wu leaned over and hid far away, not daring to come too far.

Zhu Di snorted sarcastically and said, "What are you doing here?"

Zhu Gaochi turned his head to look at Zhen Wu, and signaled Zhen Wu to come out and answer. Zhen Wu hid behind Zhu Gaochi without even thinking about it, and asked him to speak back, wanting to fart.

What's more, who the hell is the prince.

Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu grinned, and said directly: "Brother, you are the prince, you can just talk about it, don't worry about us."

Zhu Gaosui also nodded again and again and said: "Yes, brother, you are welcome, who called you a prince."

Zhu Gaochi's face suddenly wrinkled bitterly. It seems that he, the prince, can be taken seriously by these two younger brothers at this moment.

Just when Zhen Wu and the others shied away, Zhu Di became impatient, and stared at Zhu Gaochi coldly: "Boss, tell me."

Zhu Gaochi's forehead was sweating immediately, but what surprised Zhen Wu was that Zhu Gaochi was sweating every now and then, and he even pretended to be submissive, stammering for a long time and unable to utter a word.

Zhen Wu was really convinced, if Zhu Gaochi's psychological quality was so poor, it would have been impossible for him to fight so well in the defense of Beiping.

Dog things can really act.

However, Zhu Di was so disgusted that he didn't want to listen to Zhu Gaochi's words anymore, so he turned his eyes to Zhen Wu: "Zhen Wu, tell me."

This…

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui suddenly laughed secretly gloating, while Zhu Gaochi heaved a sigh of relief, and at the same time smiled without a trace.

Seeing this, Zhen Wu's heart sank.

have to.

Since you can't escape, let's face it.

Zhen Wu walked out without changing his face and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I am a little embarrassed to say that I am here to ask you for some supplements. Yuying has been weak recently. I want to supplement her, but this is not urgent. The matter of the prince and the three of them is more important. I happened to meet them when I came here. I heard that they wanted to persuade you to bury the queen mother. I don’t know the details. Why don’t you ask them, I am not the same as them , don’t think we’re in the same group.”

What?
Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui looked at Zhen Wu in shock at the same time.

what is this?
Zhen Wu stepped aside without any psychological burden.

At this time, Zhu Di's eyes were already cold, and Youyou's eyeballs were more like two dancing rages. He said in a low voice, "Really? Prince."

Zhu Gaochi scolded Zhen Wu half to death in his heart, but it didn't help the matter. Zhen Wu suddenly picked out the reason for coming. At this time, he could only bite the bullet and answer, but then he quickly explained: "Father, son I understand that you are reluctant to part with our mother, and we are also reluctant, and even wish to see each other every day, but Yin and Yang are separated, and my mother is always buried in the ground, if she stays on the ground, how can she go to reincarnation safely. "

When Zhu Di heard this, he was furious, picked up something and threw it at Zhu Gaochi.

"Okay, after all, the prince of the Ming Dynasty will teach me how to do things, but I am not dead yet, and the Ming Dynasty is not yet your turn to make decisions. If you want to educate me, let's wait until you become the emperor."

Zhu Gaochi's legs went limp in fright, and he knelt down on the ground: "I don't dare, please forgive my father."

As soon as he knelt, Zhu Gaoxu appeared.

Zhu Di was still angry, and no matter who was standing in front of him, he picked up the thing and threw it at it: "Oh, isn't this His Highness the King of Han? Does the King of Han also want to be my master? I heard that you have been comparing yourself to Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty. , what? Is the Xuanwumen Incident going to happen to me today?" Zhu Di strode aside, untied a sword hanging on the wall and threw it to Zhu Gaoxu: "Come here, I don't want to imprison you. Me, I'll give you the sword, you stab the fat man next to you to death and let me see."

Zhu Gaoxu also knelt down with a frightened plop: "I don't dare, I absolutely don't have such thoughts."

Zhu Di gasped for a few breaths, turned his eyes, looked at Zhu Gaosui again, and then cursed at Zhu Gaosui, which made Zhen Wu, who was watching the play, very happy.

In the end, it is the story of Lao Tzu cleaning up his son that is exciting.

But looking at it, after Zhu Di scolded Zhu Gaosui, his eyes slowly turned to Zhen Wu.

Zhen Wu's heart skipped a beat.

fuck.

It won't be his business.

Afterwards, Zhen Wu knelt down without waiting for Zhu Di to say anything, and shouted: "Your Majesty forgive me, I will never dare again after I am humbled."

This loud shout stunned Zhu Di.

He came back full of anger, and asked wonderingly, "What the hell do you know?"

Zhen Wu raised his head pretending to be wronged and said: "I don't know yet, I will know if His Majesty says so, but no matter what His Majesty says, the humble position will definitely be changed, once it is changed, and it will be changed on the spot."

This…

"Get out of your motherfucker, you are ashamed as I am, you are still far behind." Zhu Di scolded.

"Yes, yes, what your majesty said is that I still have to learn from you at this level." Zhen Wu said, and at the same time he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He was quite afraid that Zhu Di would label him a rebel.

He is not his own son, I really can't afford it.

Brother Zhu Gaochi was dumbfounded at the moment, each of them pondering in their hearts, no wonder Zhen Wuneng and the old man fought twice, this reaction, this cheek, this awareness, there is really a way.

At this time, Zhu Di sent out an evil fire, and the negative emotions accumulated over the past few days seemed to have dissipated a lot with this evil fire. He glanced at the four people kneeling below, looked at them, and couldn't help but think of They looked sad and painful at Xu Miaoyun's funeral.

These are good children of him and the queen.

Xu Miaoyun's figure seemed to flash in Zhu Di's eyes again, just like when she was wearing the red dress and followed him to Beiping without hesitation.

She still smiles beautifully.

Zhu Di's eyes gradually began to blur. He seemed to have seen the night they got married, the scene of them riding horses and galloping on the grassland together, and also saw their excitement when the first child was born.

The countless firsts in life seem to be experienced with her.

Share the joy together, bear the pain together.

But why did she leave this world early.

Zhu Di was heartbroken.

Yin and Yang separated?

Burial?

Don't know when.

Hot tears flowed from Zhu Di's face, as if he had been sad for many days. At this moment, he had an opening to vent, and they all rushed up. He choked up and said to himself.

"Buried? No, I can't bury her here. The father, the queen mother, and the eldest brother are all here. How can I bury her here? She will be blamed by the father and the others. How can she be so kind? After all, she will cry with self-reproach...she will definitely cry for a long time...her heart is so soft, if so many people blame her, how pitiful she is all alone..."

Zhu Di's voice was choked with sobs, but it slowly echoed in the room like faint smoke.

Zhen Wu also seemed to see the picture of the lonely Xu Miaoyun being scolded and reprimanded by Zhu Yuanzhang, Queen Ma, Zhu Biao and others in the underworld, and his heart couldn't help but tug.

If Jing is not guilty, please let them bear it.

They will bring a prosperous age that cannot be created by them, and present it to the predecessors and future generations.

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