Ming Dynasty: Traveling through the harem, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded

Chapter 31 Urgent
Queen Ma held her forehead with her hand, a look of slight discomfort on her face.

This immediately made Zhu Yuanzhang nervous.

My sister's health is not good to begin with, and the situation will become serious because of this incident.

Zhu Yuanzhang would never forgive himself no matter what, he was afraid that his sister would leave him.

No matter what situation he was in, Zhu Yuanzhang never thought about what would happen to him if Empress Ma left.

Seeing that the girl was very emotional, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't dare to speak and could only act as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

I hope this will let the other party know that I am not cold-blooded.

Queen Ma knew very well that her husband was very anxious, but she was also very uncomfortable.

There was silence between the two of them, and they only spoke again after Empress Ma calmed down.

"Zhongba, we have been husband and wife for decades, so I want to ask you for a favor.

You go back to the study later and write down the decree, which is to depose Biao'er from the position of crown prince, and depose me as the queen as well.

If possible, Di'er and the others will be abolished as well, and then I will return to my hometown with my biological sons.

Living the life of an ordinary citizen, working from sunrise to sunset, I feel that living in this palace is too tiring."

Outside.

Zhu Di was completely dumbfounded.

His mother actually proposed to his father to abolish the titles of several of his brothers.

If this news were to get out, it would probably cause a huge shock.

Zhu Di didn't understand why his mother would make such a request.

At this moment, he felt empty inside.

He had already begun to think about the earth-shaking changes that would happen in his future life if his father agreed.

You have to know that he is not only a prince now, but also a vassal king who is about to become a feudal lord.

Next year, when the palace in Peking is completed, he will take his wife and children to Peking to establish his fiefdom.

But now his mother was actually asking his father to abolish his princely title. How could he not be anxious?

Zhu Di had his own ambitions in his heart.

He understood that his father had made him a vassal king outside the Great Wall in order to help the Ming Dynasty resist foreign enemies.

Zhu Di had no objection to this.

Before Yang Chen appeared, he had always admired his elder brother.

Although he felt it was unfair, the talent Zhu Biao displayed made him self-aware, without the help of others.

I am not even half as good as my elder brother.

At this moment, Zhu Di really wanted to rush in and ask Empress Ma to take back what she had just said.

But he didn't dare, because the noise in the room was getting louder and louder.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and looked at his sister in disbelief.

He wanted to know whether the other party was just speaking in anger or really wanted to make such a request.

After repeated observation, he realized from Queen Ma's micro-expressions that this was true!
His own sister actually asked him to abolish Zhu Biao's status as crown prince, and also abolish her own titles and those of her several sons.

In an instant, Zhu Yuanzhang felt thunder vibrations in his head, making his ears buzz.

He shook his head and finally came to his senses, and immediately spoke up to stop him.

"Sister! Don't mess with us! This Biao'er is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty! Everything we do now is to make sure he can become the crown prince of the prosperous era. How can we just abandon him as you say?
And you, you are my wife! The whole court, the brothers in Huaixi, who doesn't know that you, Queen Ma, are the only queen of our Ming Dynasty.

Let me tell you this, during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, no one except you can serve as the queen!
No matter who comes, it won’t work! ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Empress Ma was leaving, he was very worried.

Even though he was so busy, if it weren't for Empress Ma, he would have collapsed from exhaustion. The fact that she was in charge of the harem and could bring peace and tranquility to the harem was rare in history.

Not to mention that the queen can give him advice from time to time.

Just a few years ago, the imperial examination was restored after the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

All thirty-six Jinshi were from the south, and there was not a single student from north of the Huai River!

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered all the civil servants in the court to check the test papers in a room to see if there was any cheating.

It was found that because of the war in the North, the students lagged far behind the students in the South in their studies.

Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, there was even a risk of the Ming Dynasty being split into north and south.

Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling to bear this eternal infamy.

But no one in the court could come up with a useful solution.

In desperation, Zhu Yuanzhang casually mentioned the matter to Empress Ma.

He personally helped Empress Ma sit on the dragon throne and stood behind her to massage her arms and legs.

As a result, Empress Ma personally proposed the method of dividing the volumes into north and south, which solved this big problem.

Zhu Yuanzhang never doubted his wife's talents.

Whenever he encountered any difficulties, he would take advantage of the time when he was sleeping to use similar words like "Girl, tell me." to get useful information.

Now that Queen Ma is leaving, this is no different from breaking his left and right arms.

Not to mention that among the Huaixi ministers, many had received favors from Empress Ma during the turbulent times.

They were fighting in the front, and their children in the rear were basically taken care of by Empress Ma.

The general had great respect for his sister-in-law.

Otherwise there wouldn't be rumors that Empress Ma of the Ming Dynasty didn't need the tiger talisman to mobilize troops, she only needed her identity.

Although the civil officials had never received any favors, they knew that if Emperor Hongwu wanted to kill someone in the entire Ming Dynasty.

There was only one person who could stop him from taking action.

That’s Queen Ma!

Therefore, when Empress Ma wanted to leave, the first person to disagree was definitely not Zhu Yuanzhang, but the officials serving in the court.

Faced with her husband's attempt to keep her, Queen Ma wiped the tears from her face and said nothing.

Seeing the opponent like this, Zhu Yuanzhang himself took advantage of the victory and pursued the enemy.

"Okay, sister, let me make it clear to you. Let's just assume that you are being unreasonable today. I have a big belly and can ride a boat.

If you continue to make trouble, I will not bother with you. After all, I am the emperor."

outside the house.

Zhu Di ignored the gazes of the guards around him. He put his ear to the door and listened to the sounds coming from inside.

He never expected that even at this time, his father could still endure it!

The key point is, no matter how you listen to these words, it feels like he has admitted defeat, but for the sake of the last bit of face, he still has a little bit of toughness in his momentum.

At this time, another sound was heard from inside the house.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to try to get Empress Ma to sit down, and he even poured her a cup of tea.

I hope I can calm down.

However, Queen Ma seemed to have changed her expression and just stared at him with wide eyes.

Seeing such a look, Zhu Yuanzhang was frightened and wondered what this girl was going to do next.

"Listen to me, I want you to promise me one thing and swear in front of our ancestors. If you break your oath, I, Ma Xiuying, will not let you go even if I become a ghost!"

(End of this chapter)