The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

In the afternoon, Zhang Fan, who had just returned home, was still in a trance, not because of any stimulation, but the encounter at Liu Shan's house made him unable to recover for a while.

"Brother Fan, what's the matter," Yingyue asked worriedly, looking at Zhang Fan who was a bit distracted.

"Well, what's the matter," Zhang Fan, who was sitting by the window, looked at the drizzle outside, and it took him a while to come back to his senses, and replied.

"What's wrong, Brother Fan, Yingyue is asking you," Yingyue stretched out her white and tender hand and waved it in front of Zhang Fan's eyes.

"Oh, it's nothing, I'm fine," Zhang Fan said listlessly, then he looked at Yingyue's body and sighed.

"What's the matter, brother Fan?" Yingyue was very puzzled. Seeing Zhang Fan looking at herself, she thought that there was something wrong with her. She looked at herself for a long time, "It's nothing," Yingyue said. Said in my heart.

"By the way, Brother Fan, the letter I received from the capital just now is from sister Ruxue," Yingyue suddenly thought of this, and picked up a letter from the table and put it in front of Zhang Fan.

Hearing Ru Xue, the beautiful thoughts that still remained in Zhang Fan's heart disappeared immediately: "Really, what did you say in the letter?" Zhang Fan who received the letter asked, looking very anxious.

Seeing his appearance, Yingyue felt rather apprehensive, but she didn't care, and said, "The letter is from my sister, it's not convenient for Yingyue to read it, if there are any sentimental words in it, let Yingyue listen to it." , that would be bad,"

After hearing Yingyue's words, Zhang Fan was not in a hurry to open the letter, but said with a smile: "Okay, Yueer, why do I hear that you are a little jealous, dare to be jealous of the old lady at home, hurry up and wait for you tomorrow." Now that you've entered, I'll ask your elder sister Ruxue to discipline you on your behalf, "

"No way," Yingyue said immediately, "How could I be jealous of sister Ruxue, let alone now I am by Brother Fan's side,"

"Really," Zhang Fan looked at Yingyue with puzzled eyes, and said, "Then why did I smell a sour smell just now?"

"Where is it?" Yingyue's face was slightly red, and she whispered, but she said in her heart: "Brother Fan, I just envy sister Ru Xue,"

Seeing that he stopped talking, Zhang Fan just thought that Yingyue was a little tender when she talked about the marriage, so she smiled and stopped asking, and then opened the letter to read it.

In the letter, Ru Xue really complained about the longing for parting, but Ru Xue, a good wife who understands Zhang Fan's thoughts, didn't spend much time on it, and everything in the family is fine. , but with a pregnant daughter-in-law by her side, Mrs. Zhao seemed very satisfied, and then there was the matter of Zhaoxue, she seemed to be still losing her temper because Zhang Fan didn't take her to the south of the Yangtze River. As for Zhang Fan What I am most concerned about is the child in Ru Xue's womb. It should not be their mother and child. It is almost June now, and it has been nearly four months since Ru Xue became pregnant. What can't be said, Ru Xue told Zhang Fan that she has some mobility problems now, but fortunately, Ru Xue, who is usually very quiet, has no inconvenience now, and she is very stable at home, but this will make Zhao Xue very worried That girl, although the weather in the capital is not as hot as the south, but this summer's weather has made this girl Zhaoxue a little bit impatient to be lonely, and wants to run outside all day, but the little girl has scruples about her sister, plus Ruxue also didn't want her, a girl who hadn't left the court, to run around, so the hyperactive Zhaoxue was bored at home all day, very unhappy.

Seeing this, Zhang Fan couldn't help but smile slightly when he thought of Zhaoxue's resentful look.

Zhang Fan already knew that Nurhachi was in his house now, and Ru Xue also mentioned this ten-year-old Jurchen child in her heart. Nurhachi might be used to living in the clan, and he was not used to the life of opening his mouth now. Everything that can be done is done by yourself, which Zhao likes very much. Zhao even wants his subordinate Nurhachi to be his adoptive son, but Nurhachi is born with a stubbornness, not to mention that it is difficult for him to let go of himself. The brand of Jurchen, that is, Zhao Shi wants him to grow his hair, but the little guy is not willing.

The letter said that although Nurhachi was young, he was very good at riding and shooting. I heard that now he often runs to Jinyiwei's martial arts training ground.

Some trivial matters at home, Zhang Fan looked at them with incomparable warmth, but what happened next in the letter made Zhang Fan a little unclear why.

This matter has something to do with Zhang Fan, it is about the current crown prince and future Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun. It is said that since Zhang Fan went to Jiangnan, Zhu Yijun has been listless all day long, and the scholars who have been teaching in the East Palace are even worse. Changed one after another, it was not because Zhu Yijun was naughty and bored, and drove away these people in anger, but because Zhu Yijun lacked interest and was drowsy all day long, which made those university scholars who taught were punished on behalf of the prince. The book boys are all a little baffled.

In the end, Long Qing had no choice. Now that Zhang Fan is not in the capital, there is no one else in the entire capital who can insist on teaching in the East Palace except Zhang Juzheng. However, even Zhang Juzheng sighed that he couldn't stand it anymore.

You can think about it, these teachers and gentlemen are not well-known bachelors all over the world. For them, it is a supreme honor to teach the prince. Now Zhu Yijun is just a student, but Zhu Yijun is always in class. With a look of lack of sleep, he always responded with "um, ah" to the instructions of the people who came to teach him, and then turned his head and forgot.

The prince didn't concentrate on his lectures, so naturally there were schoolboys who accompanied him to be punished on his behalf, but Zhu Yijun was indifferent to this. After a long time, these people couldn't bear to punish those schoolboys anymore. Immediately, these university scholars resigned to Long Qing one after another.

Of course, neither Zhang Fan nor Ru Xue would know about this. Ru Xue said in the letter that since Zhang Fan left, Zhu Yijun has been running to Zhang Fan's residence every three days. At first, Zhu Yijun paid attention to his identity and hid it For a while, but then, the little prince felt that there was no need for him to do this anymore, and began to enter and leave Zhang's mansion in public.

The place where Zhang Fan lives is the residential area where most officials are concentrated in the capital. Many of them are courtiers who have to go to the palace to meet Longqing every day. They naturally recognize Zhu Yijun's face. Now Zhu Yijun is rushing to Zhang Fan's house every day. It was a simple act of wanting to relieve boredom, but in the eyes of other courtiers, it changed the taste.

It's even better now, all the ministers know that Zhang Fan has gone to Jiangnan, and the Zhang family is ruled by Zhang Fan's mother, Mrs. Zhao, and anyone who knows a little bit about the rumors knows that Ms. Zhao's ears are a bit soft, and she doesn't really reject people, so, The wives and concubines of many officials are now carrying all kinds of gifts again and again, and running to Zhang's mansion under the banner of visiting the pregnant Ru Xue.

In the beginning, Mrs. Zhao was indeed intimidated by this kind of battle, but after a long period of time, Mrs. Zhao became numb before she matured. Although she is a woman, she also knows the purpose of these people coming to her home At the beginning, Mrs. Zhao was also thinking about her son, and all the gifts she gave when people came to visit were sent back, but in this way, those gift givers thought their gifts were too light, so they went even more crazy in their gift giving actions. here we go.

Originally, Mrs. Zhao planned to refuse, but Zhu Yijun found out about it. The future laziest Emperor of Ming Dynasty was diligent this time, but he came up with an idea, and he ran back to the palace to grind it out. His father, Huang Longqing, issued an imperial decree to Zhang Fan's mansion, and the content of this imperial decree was to order Zhang Fan's mansion to accept all the gifts no matter who sent them. You are not guilty" in large gold pen characters.

Okay, now Mrs. Zhao is really a little numb, but Mrs. Zhao is used to hard times, and even though she has the holy decree, she still doesn't want to use these things. She just left some supplements for her daughter-in-law to nourish her body. She replaced all other things with food relief for the suffering people in the Northeast today.

This incident really moved Nurhachi for a long time. Hearing Zhu Yijun's mention of this incident, Long Qing specially decreed to erect a memorial archway for Mrs. Zhao to commend her.

Ru Xue's letter also said that Zhu Yijun and Xue'er, Xiangmei's younger sister, and now Zhang Fan's youngest sister-in-law are very hit-and-miss. In the past few days, I heard that Zhu Yijun met Nurhachi, and saw Nurhachi do it for him on the spot. Performing martial arts, now the two little boys are gesticulating together all day long.

However, there is one thing that puzzles Zhang Fan, that is, Ru Xue said in her heart that when Zhu Yijun came to Zhang Fan to play these few times, he always asked the people in the Zhang family where Zhang Fan was now, and the people in the family. Although people have doubts, but how dare the prince not obey, he also told the truth.

"Prince, what does he mean by this? Could it be that he wants to write me a letter, but someone will take care of sending it to me, so why ask where I am now?" Zhang Fan was very puzzled, and then he thought of One possibility, "Could it be that he..." Shocked, Zhang Fan stood up.

"Brother Fan, what's the matter, did elder sister Ruxue say something in her heart?" Yingyue asked suspiciously when she saw Zhang Fan's appearance at the side.

"It's nothing, I...I thought it was time to eat," Zhang Fan said carelessly, and walked towards the courtyard outside.

"It's still early for dinner," Yingyue was a little puzzled, but when she saw Zhang Fan go out, she quickly chased him out with an umbrella, "Brother Fan, it's still raining outside."

How did Zhang Fan hear this, and kept thinking in his heart: "No, Your Majesty will not let the prince do such a foolish thing," but he thought again in a blink of an eye: "No, it's not necessarily, what absurd thing is this emperor of the Ming Dynasty? can do it all,"

What Zhang Fan is guessing, a scene in the capital has given the answer.

In the Forbidden City, the Eastern Palace, and the Prince's residence, Zhu Yijun was alone in a room with his father, Huang Longqing, with no one else present.

"Jun'er, it's not that the emperor refuses to let it go, it's really..." Long Qing said with some embarrassment.

"Father, you are the emperor, you must do what you say," Zhu Yijun said, "You have promised my son the day before yesterday."

"Nonsense, you old man and I just drank the medicinal herbs and were about to pamper the beauty who just entered the palace, when you came here, can you do it if you don't agree," Long Qing said in his heart.

"However, it's too dangerous for you to go on the road alone," Long Qing said.

"Father, my son has already made a plan," Zhu Yijun said firmly, "Besides, no outsiders know about this matter, and my son was guarded along the way, so it doesn't matter."

"Then, I..." Long Qing was about to speak.

"Don't do it," Zhu Yijun hurriedly blocked what his father was about to say, "If the Tai Tuo knows, he will definitely disagree."

"You child, there is really nothing you can do," Long Qing said helplessly.

"Don't worry, not to mention my father, although my son is the crown prince, he only lives in the capital," Zhu Yijun said, "My son also wants to know about the world of my Ming Dynasty."

"Oh, go ahead, but don't let your mother know about it," Long Qing said.

"Don't worry, father, son-in-law didn't mention it to his mother, besides, mother is so concerned about his younger brother now, so son-in-law just sends someone to inform him on weekdays," Zhu Yijun said confidently.

"Oh, Zhang Aiqing, I'm sorry to trouble you," Long Qing couldn't help but sighed in his heart,