My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 164 Congratulations to Duke Dingguo

In the second hall of Xu Mansion.

"..."

Looking at the good wine and meat in front of him, if it had been in the past, Ding Xiu would have been showing off by now.

But now, Ding Xiu has no appetite at all.

The first time I served the emperor, I failed.

How will this allow him to gain a foothold in Jinyiwei in the future?

Thinking of this, Ding Xiu turned around and looked outside, feeling very unhappy.

There wasn't even anyone to accompany them. Is this how the Xu family apologized?

"Is the young man you see more than five feet tall and thin? He is followed by a middle-aged man with a white face and a beardless face, and his waist is often bowed?"

Looking at his cousin nervously, Xu Yunzhen asked.

"Height and shape are right."

Pointing to her chin, Xu Waner recalled the scene at that time.

"But he was followed by a young man in his twenties, not a middle-aged man."

"Do you have a beard?"

"Young man? You shouldn't."

Hearing this, Xu Yunzhen frowned.

"Every time Your Majesty pays a private visit incognito, he is always accompanied by Liu Shimin, but Liu Shimin is already in his forties, not a young man."

Hearing this, Xu Xigao reached out and patted his son on the head and asked his niece.

"Does that young man have a beard?"

"No."

Hearing this, Xu Waner shook her head.

"When the young man spoke to the young master, he also bowed."

"Young man? Who is this?"

Hearing this, Xu Yunzhen frowned, thinking about who around the emperor met this standard.

"Who is guarding His Majesty today?"

Seeing Xu Yunzhen's thinking look, Xu Xigao became furious.

"It's Zhang Shize."

Xu Yunzhen replied immediately after hearing this.

"Go, please quickly invite the British Duke and the British Duke's grandson to come over."

"Yes!"

After hearing this, a servant immediately went out to the British government residence with an invitation.

Although there is a curfew in the Ming Dynasty, there are no restrictions on the Lord. They can go out and wander around at night.

"If that young master is really the emperor..."

After the servants left, Xu Waner pointed at herself in horror.

"Am I about to enter the palace?"

"Not necessarily. Since Jin Shang ascended the throne, there have been courtiers writing to ask for a draft to establish a queen as early as possible."

Hearing this, Xu Xigao shook his head helplessly.

"But except for asking Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, 'Can the wheat be eaten before it is filled with grain?', His Majesty left all the other memorials unpublished. This shows that Your Majesty does not want to stand up too early."

"Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has not touched any of the maids around him. I don't know if he is not a good womanizer."

After hearing his father's words, Xu Yunzhen also spoke up.

"If Wan'er enters the palace..."

"How do you talk!"

Hearing his son's words, Xu Xigao kicked him over.

"Ouch."

Rubbing his butt, Xu Yunzhen felt helpless.

"It's not like this has never happened before, back then Wuzong."

"To shut up!"

This time, Xu Waner also glared at Xu Yunzhen, a fool.

Dare to say anything.

As Xu Yunzhen was kicked, everyone present fell silent, and the atmosphere fell into a strange silence.

This is the disadvantage of the emperor not touching women.

It will make many people wonder if the emperor doesn't like women.

After about a cup of tea, Zhang Weixian and his grandson Zhang Shize hurried into the Duke Dingguo's mansion.

"Mr. Dingguo."

"British man."

"Shizu."

"Uncle Shi."

When everyone greeted each other, Zhang Weixian looked at the people gathered curiously.

"Is this what you are getting together for?"

"There is a Jinyiwei Baihu in my house, and he is from Longying."

"Ok?"

Hearing Xu Yunzhen's words, Zhang Weixian was immediately frightened.

"What have you done? To make Jin Yiwei come to your door."

"It wasn't me who did anything, it was Jin Yiwei who followed my niece to my house."

"My niece is."

"Uncle Shi, we are two people from the slave family."

Hearing Zhang Weixian's words, Xu Waner and Xu Huier quickly stepped forward to greet him.

"It's you!"

Zhang Shize was immediately shocked when he saw the two girls.

"You are from the Xu family..."

"They are my cousins."

Seeing this, Xu Yunzhen immediately knew that it must be the emperor.

"Looking at what you mean, kid, are you really the emperor during the day?"

"Let me tell you, when the emperor asked Ding Xiu to inquire, I saw that the two girls were kind-hearted and I felt like I had met them before."

Without answering Xu Yunzhen's words, Zhang Shize glanced at the two girls with their heads lowered, and said to Xu Xigao.

"It turns out he is from Duke Dingguo's mansion."

"The boy is here to congratulate Shizu."

Thirteen-year-old Zhang Shize showed what it means to be a brat.

Seeing Zhang Shize's appearance, Zhang Weixian rolled his eyes helplessly.

What did the emperor teach his grandson? In two months, his honest grandson turned into the playboy he is now.

"I said you kid!" Seeing Zhang Shize like this, Xu Yunzhen wanted to beat him up.

"Where is that Jin Yiwei? I'm going to see if it's Ding Xiu."

"There's good wine and meat waiting inside."

Pushing his son aside, Xu Xigao smiled and said to Zhang Shize.

"You go and accompany the guests on my behalf."

"Boy, take your orders."

Hearing this, Zhang Shize held up his hands and immediately opened the door and entered the house impatiently.

"Brother Ding, it's really you."

As soon as Zhang Shize entered the door, he saw Ding Xiu holding a wine glass and drinking wine.

"Why did you come here?"

Ding Xiu was shocked when he saw Zhang Shize.

After he challenged seven that night, the next generation of the British Duke wanted to become his disciple and pestered him for several days.

"Of course I was invited here."

After standing up, Ding Xiu looked outside, quickly closed the door, and asked Zhang Shize nervously.

"You are accompanying the emperor later today. Tell me, which of these two girls does the emperor like?"

"do not know."

Hearing this, Zhang Shize blinked innocently, sat at the table, pulled a leg off the roast duck, opened his mouth and bit it.

Seeing this boy's appearance, Ding Xiu's brows jumped.

"Do you still want to become my teacher?"

"The emperor didn't say it directly."

Spreading his hands, Zhang Shize said helplessly.

"After asking you to follow us to inquire, the emperor took us for a brief walk around the capital and then returned to Nanhaizi. He didn't even enter Chongfu Temple."

"This..."

"but."

"But what?"

"I'm telling you, you have to promise me to teach me martial arts."

Seeing Ding Xiu's anxious look, Zhang Shize rolled his eyes and said.

"Okay, I promise you."

Hearing this, Ding Xiu struggled for a while and could only pinch his nose and say.

"I'm afraid the emperor is interested in both of them."

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Ding Xiu was shocked.

"Didn't the Emperor say it clearly? How did you know?"

"After you left, the emperor read a poem. I can probably guess what it meant."

"What poem?"

Hearing this, Ding Xiu blinked.

His cultural classes were not very good, and he was barely illiterate.

"Two flowers bloomed at the end of the stem, which suddenly looked like the daughter of Emperor E's general."

Ding Xiu felt helpless when Zhang Shize spoke the poem that the emperor had read at that time.

"what does it mean?"

"The emperor compares himself to his ancestors and wants to marry two at a time."

While the two people inside were slandering you behind your back, several people in the courtyard were also talking.

"It's probably inevitable that your niece will enter the palace."

After looking at Xu Waner who lowered her head, Zhang Weixian looked at Xu Xigao and said.

"But, she is engaged to Li Sancai's grandson and plans to get married next year."

Hearing this, Xu Xigao felt helpless.

"Li Sancai?"

Hearing this name, Zhang Weixian was in a daze for a moment before he remembered who this person was.

"When the late Emperor was here, that governor of river transport? How did you get together with him?"

"When he was managing river transportation, he was introduced by Wei Guogong in order to make money."

"I suggest you regret your marriage and let your niece enter the palace."

Hearing this, Zhang Weixian put his arm around Xu Xigao's shoulders, turned around, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Who is the grandson of Li Sancai? He dares to rob the emperor for a woman. Don't forget what happened to Qi Shao who robbed the emperor for a woman during the Zhengtong period."

"Huh~"

Hearing Zhang Weixian's words, Xu Xigao trembled.

This kind of thing can be said to be passed down from generation to generation among their nobles.

"I am a decisive man in killing. On the night when the late emperor passed away, after I entered the palace, I was asked to kill Wang An with my own hands."

"If your niece marries Li Sancai's grandson, and the emperor wants to kill someone, then your niece..."

"you're right."

Hearing this, Xu Xigao nodded quickly.

If you marry your niece, you will be harming her.

With that said, Xu Xigao turned to Xu Waner.

"Starting tomorrow, take your curtain hat with you when you go out."

"The slaves know."

After hearing Xu Xigao's words, Xu Waner also knew that the matter was beyond her control, and bowed a little aggrievedly.

"I'm afraid she's not the only one to wear it."

At this moment, Zhang Shize walked out of the room with a duck leg in his hand, looked at the people in the hall and said.

"The emperor may have taken a liking to both."

"Um?!"

As Zhang Shize finished speaking, everyone in the courtyard focused their attention on him.

PS: During the Zhengtong years, during the emperor's draft, Baihu Shixuan's daughter had been selected. Zhu Qizhen did not express his position on sending her back, but Empress Dowager Sun didn't like the girl, so she sent her back.

It happened that Qi Shao, the minister of the Ministry of Justice, had just died of his wife, so he asked Xu Qi, the minister of the Ministry of War, and Zhao Hui, the prince-in-law of the Prince Consort, to be a matchmaker and propose to marry Shi Xuan's daughter.

Half a year later, Zhu Qizhen thought about this woman again and announced her entry into the palace.

When Wang Zhen learned about this, he quickly sent someone to inform the Prince Consort Zhao Hui.

In the end, Zhao Hui and Xu Qi went from being matchmakers to filing a report, saying that Qi Shao had forced himself to marry the remaining woman chosen by the emperor.

The result is obvious. You dare to touch the woman chosen by the emperor, let alone when Zhu calls the door. It is obvious that the old birthday star hangs himself and is impatient to live.

Then, Zhu Qizhen dealt with this person.

In just half a year, the third-rank minister of the Ministry of Punishment was sentenced to death for indiscriminate punishment.

(End of this chapter)