Father can be an enemy to the country

In front of Wuying Palace.

When Empress Ma knelt down, she lost her temper in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. She pointed at her wife like sifting chaff and said in great depression:

"Hey, Ma Dajiao, Ma Dajiao, tell me, why do you become more and more confused as you get older? Where did the general knowledge and consideration of the overall situation go when you were young?"

"No way, I was a mother before I became a queen." Queen Ma sighed and said: "I can not be a queen, but I can't not be a mother. I will atone for the sins the child has done, but let me send him to death. I can not do it……"

After saying that, she took off the phoenix crown on her head. Concubine Guo Ning was shocked and begged: "Queen, you must not do it. I gave birth to that beast. Please kill me and kill me." His life is fine, just give him one!"

"Oh, you women!" Zhu Yuanzhang stamped his feet angrily, threw the whip in his hand to the ground, turned around and went out angrily.

"Queen Mother, Concubine Guo, please go back first. The sons and ministers will watch and then advise your father." Zhu Biao sighed and helped the Queen Mother up.

"Don't try to persuade me." Queen Ma shook her head and whispered, "Otherwise, I would be so sorry for the sixth child..."

"Yes." Zhu Biao's nose was sore and tears were almost falling. He kept holding back for this reason. It was his responsibility to punish his younger brother who committed crimes, but now his father asked Lao Liu to do the dirty work for him. How could Lao Liu pretend to be the bad guy for him in the front, and he still pretends to be the good guy in the back?

You can't even say a word of pleading.

"Hey, Sister Guo, we were wrong about this matter, so you must not resent Lao Liu." Empress Ma said to Concubine Guo Ning again: "Just because we protect Lao Shi's life does not mean we have to cover up his sins. You have to understand.”

"Yes." Concubine Guo Ning nodded numbly.

~~

After leaving Wuying Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang went to Fengxian Hall. He kicked out all the palace attendants and locked himself in the palace alone. He didn't even have dinner. He didn't come out until the second watch.

At the second watch, the closed palace door was slowly pushed open, and a ray of light came in, illuminating the emperor at once.

He was actually lying on his back in the palace, looking at the dragon and phoenix thrones of Emperor Injo Chun and Queen Chun in trance.

Only when the light shone on his face did Zhu Yuanzhang come to his senses and cursed without looking back: "Didn't we tell you before? No one is allowed to disturb you?!"

"It's me." It wasn't until Queen Ma's voice sounded that he said, sat up and looked back.

Then they saw Empress Ma wearing a commoner hairdress, carrying a food box in one hand and a lantern in the other, walking into the Fengxian Hall.

As soon as the queen entered, the palace door was closed silently.

Empress Ma carried the lantern and walked to the divine table. She first put down the food box, then took out a candle and lit it with the lantern, and then used it to light the six candles on the divine table.

The dark Fengxian Hall gradually became brighter.

Empress Ma kowtowed to her father-in-law and mother-in-law again, burned incense, and paid tribute. Then she turned to Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Are you hungry? Come eat something with your parents."

"Don't eat." Zhu Yuanzhang tilted his head.

"Virtue." Empress Ma spat and opened the food box. The tempting aroma of the food immediately made Boss Zhu's stomach growl.

"These are your favorite foods. If you don't move the chopsticks, they will get cold." Queen Ma put the chopsticks into Zhu Yuanzhang's hands: "Don't you hate wasting food the most?"

"Hmph!" Zhu Yuanzhang reluctantly took the chopsticks and picked up the bowl. He finished three large bowls of rice with the vegetables and then said casually: "I won't eat."

"Why do you eat so much? You seem to be in a really bad mood." Queen Ma scooped him a bowl of pearl, emerald and white jade soup.

"Can it still be a pretense?" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "That is also my son. If we want to kill our own son, can we not feel uncomfortable?"

As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at the portraits of his parents, and said extremely depressed: "Let's talk to my parents about this. I originally said that I would sleep here tonight, but as soon as I closed my eyes, I dreamed of them scolding me, what?" "Tiger's poison does not eat its seeds', it is like a beast."

"Father-in-law and mother-in-law, please stop scolding him." Empress Ma pleaded with the portrait on his behalf: "Your son is the emperor now. When considering issues, he must put the country first, and then he will be a father."

"You know everything..." Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes at her and then noticed that Queen Ma was dressed like a civilian woman. "Why are you dressed like this?"

"I said, I don't want to be the queen anymore. Do you think I'm teasing you?" Queen Ma said calmly: "This is enough for you to explain to Jiuzhou Wanfang."

"Go, go, do we need you like this?" Zhu Yuanzhang glared: "You are not the queen, and you are going to be the emperor? Oh, are we going to be the queen with this beard?"

Empress Ma was so amused that she laughed, pushed Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "You are talking nonsense in front of my parents."

"What's the matter? Back then our father kissed our mother in front of us." Zhu Yuanzhang said proudly: "This is the family tradition."

The old couple sat side by side in the palace, and their little unhappiness disappeared. Zhu Yuanzhang took Queen Ma's hand and whispered:

"Xiuying, please stop saying that you would exchange your position as queen for Lao Ten's life. Where will Lao Seven be then? What else can I exchange for?"

"Let's talk about it when the time comes." Empress Ma said with a wry smile: "You said we are really a failure. How come we have raised such evil children?"

"You can't say that. Aren't the eldest, the third, the fourth, the fifth, and the sixth all good? There are also eleven and twelve, who will definitely be good in the future." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "I see clearly that this child was not taught by his mother. What kind of person he will become in the future is all born... For example, my parents can teach an emperor? Impossible." "Well, it makes sense to say that. It is a blessing for parents to meet a good child, and it is a debt for parents to meet a coward." Empress Ma was also a little frustrated. Her sons made trouble one after another, which made her exhausted. "But this debt must be paid. You can't really kill the tenth one, right?" "..." Zhu Yuanzhang said nothing. "Give me a definite answer. What kind of explanation do you think can be given to the people of the world?" Empress Ma asked in a deep voice. "Oh!" Zhu Yuanzhang finally told the truth, sighed and said: "It's not a matter of explaining to the world, it's that I said too much, and I can't get over it!"

"What did you say?" Empress Ma asked.

"After Hu Weiyong rebelled, I had a conversation with him." Zhu Yuanzhang told Empress Ma about the conversation with Hu Weiyong:

"... We said that his son deserved it, but he said that he was the prime minister, the head of the officials, and his son was the son of an official, and his life was different from that of ordinary people. What's more, he didn't kill people with his own hands, so it was enough to deal with his slaves and pay a sum of money."

"I felt very disappointed at the time. How could my prime minister say such a thing?" Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes again and said: "In the end, he said-I'll ask you one question, if your son killed someone, would you let him pay for his life?"