Daming Yinghua

Chapter 417 Let General Ma be the father-in-law of the feudal lord

After the summer heat has dissipated, at night in the capital, when people are wrapped in thin quilts and neither cold nor dry, their desires arise as soon as they feel comfortable.

In the Yikun Palace, the middle-aged Zhu Changluo had just finished breathing and his eyelids were slightly open after a relatively pleasant encounter.

He turned his head and caught a glimpse of Concubine Li who stood up and brought him lotus seed and red date soup. The embroidery on the bellyband wrapped around her snow-skinned skin was not an ordinary flower or bird. It was actually a man and a woman embracing each other gracefully under the plantains in the courtyard, their clothes half-undressed. Whispering appeal.

When Li Guifei was Li Xuan's servant, she was very courageous and secretly hid several volumes of erotic pictures.

She would occasionally take it out secretly to tease Zhu Changxun, who was still the prince, so that her husband, who was always frightened at the time, could get a short burst of joy.

Nowadays, Concubine Li is only one step away from her mother, the empress of the world. However, because of the attitude of the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that it is more difficult than reaching the sky.

Concubine Li was not a lady by nature, so she was too lazy to pretend to be dignified, and showed a bit of indulgence when sleeping with her.

It is most beneficial to be able to keep the emperor's husband's appetite all the time.

In fact, in private, Zhu Changluo said that as long as Concubine Li continued to carry forward her romantic style in the depths of Yikun Palace and did not disturb the Sixth Palace over trivial matters, she would still be his favorite concubine.

The emperor was in a good mood tonight, so he stared at his bellyband and joked: "As you get older, you like to play this kind of trick with me more. Where did this thing come from?"

Concubine Li gave a light "scoff": "Speaking of this matter, it is even more interesting. Zheng Shi asked concubine for any prescriptions in the imperial hospital to avoid having children. She did not want to have children. The medicines prescribed by folk doctors were not good for her. I don’t believe it. This Zheng family is really weird. How can a woman not want to have a baby? Does she have a heart like stone? Long live the Lord, I don’t know how much I want to give birth to more princes and princesses for you..."

Concubine Li kept chattering, and Zhu Changluo no longer listened to what she said, but had some concerns in his heart.

"If you try to persuade her, what will she say?"

Li Guifei's original intention was to prick Zheng Haizhu, portraying Zheng Haizhu as a woman with extremely immoral morals. The emperor could use her as a hawk in state affairs, but he must not touch her in private.

Zhu Changluo sucked a red date and said vaguely: "I'm too lazy to guess, you tell me."

Unexpectedly, Zhu Changluo's face turned serious when he heard this.

The emperor doted on his concubine, so he pretended to be casual and said: "That's right, we Ming Dynasty's public officials, how can we save fuel? Zheng and Nalu's musicians have reported it to Long Live Lord. ? My concubine also told Mr. Zheng several times that if she really can’t keep an empty bed, why not just get married to the musician and keep it secret?”

"She? She's like a knife, she's not stingy, she says she just doesn't want to get married."

Zhu Changluo's words were spoken indifferently. Concubine Li listened, but she was suspicious that her husband always looked down upon Mrs. Zheng in his heart.

Concubine Li simply climbed onto the couch again, holding the bowl in one hand and lifting her belly bag with the other: "Long live my lord, this is said to be the handiwork of Tang Yin, the fourth member of the Wu family. Someone asked a skilled craftsman to embroider the bag. Guess who that person is?" "

Zhu Changluo spit out the date pits on Concubine Li's hand and said: "Oh, that doesn't matter. I want to exchange money, pay some taxes to the Ministry of Household Affairs, give her so many mouths in Chongming, and get some food." , regardless of whether the embroidery on the cloth is a human or an animal. Besides, Mrs. Zheng was very careful. Very early this year, she handed over the business to her godforsaken brother and moved out of the capital shop to avoid being caught. The censor jumped out and said that she is both an official and a businessman, so what kind of status does she have? "

"Oh, then if she gets pregnant, she won't marry the musician?"

Concubine Li pursed her lips: "It's the minister Zheng who was held in the palm of Long Live Lord's hand. He dedicated it to me when he entered the palace a few days ago. Lord Long Live never would have thought that such a serious person on weekdays would have something to do with his work. The piles are small clothes and handkerchiefs embroidered with erotic pictures, which are sold across the sea to the Westerners."

Concubine Li has only such a small mind. No matter how good her relationship with Zheng Haizhu is now, she is still afraid of her having an affair with the emperor.

The next day, after the Chang Dynasty, Zhu Changluo returned to Qianqing Palace for lunch. He was about to go to Ciqing Palace to see the two brothers, Prince Edward and King Xin, when Cao Huachun suddenly ran over in a hurry. As soon as he entered Xinuang Pavilion, he knelt down and began to wipe his tears.

"Wan, long live my lord, my lord, he may not be able to survive."

Zhu Changluo stood up and said, "Let me go and have a look!" For Zhu Changluo, the eunuch Wang An was no longer a domestic slave in the simple sense, but a caring companion in his childhood, a guiding valet in his youth, and a dangerous expeler in his youth. , and the staged helmsman after ascending to the throne in middle age.

When the death of the person closest to him finally came, Zhu Changluo forgot that he was an emperor. He naturally wanted to see Wang Banban immediately.

Cao Huachun hurriedly stood up to help Zhu Changluo, and said: "Bless me, Lord Long Live. No matter how weak the prince is, he still remembers the etiquette of his ancestors. He ordered his slaves to carry him to Qianqing Palace to see Lord Long Live for the last time."

While he was talking, the sound of singing and reporting could be heard from the outside to the inside of Qianqing Palace.

"What are you waiting for? Carry it into the pavilion quickly!" Zhu Changluo ordered.

When the carriage entered the room, the two little firemen hurriedly knelt down on one knee so that the emperor could visit the dying person on the carriage from the most appropriate angle.

Zhu Changluo stepped forward: "Wang Banban, Wang Banban..."

He only shouted twice before his eyes turned red.

Wang An has been tortured by illness for more than half a year and is as thin as firewood, but there is still the last trace of light in his eyes that are wide open.

"Long live my Lord, my slave is old and in poor health, so I have to take the first step. Long live my Lord, please forgive me."

Zhu Changluo said in a trembling voice: "Banban, my hospital has a bunch of trash!"

Wang An changed his name to a more affectionate one: "Brother, God is going to take slaves. Brother, please don't anger the imperial doctors and don't be sad. Now I can go to see the late emperor and the queen, so I can explain it. But. , But this slave girl is still thinking about something and wants to report it to my brother."

Zhu Changluo said without hesitation: "Banban, I know that you can only trust Cao Huachun. I also believe in him. I will give him the seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies when I get back."

However, Wang An tried his best to shake his hands, hissed and gasped for a while, and then said: "It is not the matter of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Mrs. Zheng, Zheng Haizhu, came to see the slave at the beginning of the month and said that she had an idea, but she did not dare to mention it to the Long Live Master right away. Let me ask my slave first if it is suitable. She wants to propose to the king that he should make the daughter of Ma Xianglin and Zhang Fengyi his concubine."

Zhu Changluo was stunned.

Wang An, however, was breathing less out than in. After saying the above words, he lost the energy and could only turn his eyes to Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun understood and hurriedly bowed to Zhu Changluo and said: "On the day Mrs. Zheng went to visit the prince, her servants were with her. She spoke very eloquently. It meant that over in Daning Town, General Ma began to train the clan members sent there on behalf of the vassal. Even though she has a close friendship with General Ma, she also thinks that Minister Xiong of the Ministry of War is justified, so she came up with this idea."

When Zhu Changluo heard this, his sad expression was replaced by a thoughtful expression.

During the reign of Emperor Taizu, most of the generals who assisted the emperor in conquering the world became royal in-laws. For example, Xu Da had two daughters. One was married to King Zhu Di of Yan, and the other was married to King Zhu Gui of Dai.

However, after the Ming Yingzong Tumubao Incident, the status of military generals became lower and lower. Princes rarely married the daughters of border generals. At most, they chose concubines from among the emperor's twenty-four personal guards.

"Brother," Wang An's hoarse voice sounded again, "Zheng, like the slave, has no blood heirs. She is more like a pure minister than many ministers. What she said makes sense to the slave. "

"Okay, companion, I listen to you, I listen to you." Zhu Changluo coaxed softly.

Wang An's eyelids drooped, his fingers shook weakly, and he murmured: "Carry it away, hurry up, carry it away."

Cao Huachun understood that his godfather was afraid that he would die in Qianqing Palace, which would be very unlucky, so he said to Zhu Changluo: "Long live my Lord, I will go and see the prince on his last journey."

As Zhu Changluo nodded, he ordered: "After you have made the arrangements, come back to me and I will discuss the matter with you in detail."