Father can be an enemy to the country

The Forbidden City is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the atmosphere of the New Year is everywhere.

The Qianqing Palace was even more lively. The emperor, queen, concubines, concubines and underage princes and princesses gathered together to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner.

The New Year's Eve dinner in the palace starts very early, and the dishes usually start at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. In addition to hot soups and hot dishes, all kinds of dishes, snacks, and cold dishes can be placed on top.

The concubines also took the princes and princesses to the table one after another. When Boss Zhu arrived at the quarter hour, hot dishes could be served and the banquet officially started.

But today, the unitary hour has already passed, and Boss Zhu has been seated for half an hour, but he still has no intention of opening the table. Everyone is waiting for Zhu Zhen and others to return from the expedition.

"Come here, come here. The prince has brought him back!" Eunuch Wu ran in happily and reported to the emperor and empress.

"Oh, children, hurry up and greet them." Empress Ma waved her hands happily, and all the princes and princesses rushed out cheering. After a while, the fifth, sixth and eleventh twelve came in and went to the hall to pay homage to their father. The queen kowtows.

"My son, I pay my respects to my father, the Queen, and my concubines!"

"Okay, come here and let me see. Why are all of them so dark and thin? How much sin have they suffered?" Queen Ma called her sons over, touched one's face, and pulled the other's hand. , don’t feel distressed.

While his mother was talking to Lao Wu and the others, Zhu Zhen looked at Boss Zhu with admiration and said, "I miss my father day and night. Seeing that my father is in good health and his style remains the same, I am finally relieved. "

"Don't come here. I'll give you ecstasy soup as soon as I meet you!" Boss Zhu looked at Zhu Zhen sideways and sneered: "You really know how to choose the right time. If it's just one day earlier, I'll beat your butt into eight petals!"

"Father, my sons and ministers have hard work even if they have no merit." Zhu Zhen said with an aggrieved look on his face: "Why do you shout about beating and killing as soon as we meet?"

"That's right, it's the Chinese New Year." Empress Ma also supported: "Can't you be nicer to your children?"

"We didn't imprison him together in Zongzheng Temple, so we treated him well." Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "When we were in Daning, we helped the fourth child to cover up and didn't report him, so we should be punished as a comrade. We should be punished. For the sake of his hard work, let’s forget about it and let him send the fourth child back to Beijing as a warning to others. He’s going to take the damn sea route. Isn’t this making us look like fools?”

"What happened to his mother?" Queen Ma and Concubine Hu asked in unison.

"Stop making fun of you!" Zhu Yuanzhang glared at the two of them, and then glared at Lao Liu: "Do you think we should beat your butt into eight petals?"

"Father, you have really wronged me." Zhu Zhen called out to Tianqu and said: "My son is going by sea. One is that my brothers are anxious to come back to spend the New Year with their father, the emperor and the queen. The other is that something big has happened in Goryeo. I’ll let you handle it... I’ll report this later.”

"There is a third reason." He continued: "My son found that the effect of this was too poor. I didn't see it. Wherever the fourth brother went, the streets were really empty, and the people lined the streets to welcome him. Lan Yu and the other real heroes have been robbed of their roles!”

"That's nonsense. Are the people stunned? Can't you see that he is a prisoner?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked in disbelief.

"Father, if you don't believe me, just ask eldest brother." Zhu Zhen spread his hands and said, "On our way back to Beijing from Jiangdong Gate this afternoon, the people surrounded his prison car and stuffed it with countless salted ducks and cured chickens. Go in, otherwise we wouldn’t be here so late.”

"Yes, Father, the sixth child did not lie." The prince also agreed: "My son is also shocked. How come the people are so popular with the fourth child? I don't know how many people are there to worship him."

"How could this happen?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a frown. He believed that the prince would not lie to him, but this was too confusing: "How could that infamous guy be so popular?"

"In my opinion, the people are complaining for him in this way." Zhu Zhen replied: "They only know that the fourth brother is a hero who captured the Yuan Lord alive, drank from the vast sea of ​​horses, and sealed the wolf in Xu. They don't know The seriousness of his disobedience, so when I saw him being put in a prison car, not only would I not despise him, I would feel unfair for him."

"My son saw that this was not going to work. Not only would it not serve as a warning, but it would damage the prestige of my father and the imperial court." Zhu Zhen said with a loyal look on his face: "So I made a decisive decision and returned to Nanjing by sea. I can't give any more warnings to the four sides." It’s my chance to show my face!”

"That's it." The prince praised him, "The people are confused!"

"..." Zhu Yuanzhang directly silenced the two brothers. He felt that they were deceiving him, but it was difficult to refute. Besides, he didn’t want to expose these two people during the Chinese New Year, so he snorted and said, “Isn’t that the memorial article the cause of the trouble? You wrote about the fourth son in such a glorious way, how can the common people not be confused?”

"Er Chen just stated the facts." Zhu Zhen said sternly: "I think letting God know that it was my father's son who personally captured the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty is more important than anything else!"

"..." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't refute this. Because there is no better symbol than this, the Yuan Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty was destined to be destined by fate.

After a long while, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said: "Sit down and let the banquet begin."

"Thank you, father!" Zhu Zhen bowed deeply and sat down next to the prince.

The two exchanged expressionless glances, done!

Lao Liu's remarks not only excused himself, but also established the heroic image of Lao Si among the people. Moreover, he cleverly flattered the old thief and scratched his itch, so that the old thief could naturally and willingly give the fourth son a lighter punishment.

Sure enough, although Boss Zhu kept a straight face at first, after a few glasses of wine, a smile appeared on his face, and he began to brag about himself with his wife and children.

"The battle we fought this year was so beautiful! It was clean and thorough. At least we won peace for fifty years!"

"What we are most proud of is that the emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty has been captured. When he is brought to the capital, we will ask him to perform a prairie dance for us. This can be considered a coward for Song Dynasty..."

"Haha, drink from the vast sea of ​​horses, seal the wolf as a slave, our son has done what Tiande failed to do!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head proudly and said: "But he is not at a loss, after all, he is still his son-in-law!"

This means that everyone will get drunk even if they are not drunk. Although Boss Zhu is a huge person, his nerves that have been tense for a year finally relaxed at this moment. It’s really intoxicating to be able to savor the fruits of victory.

Brother Zhu Biao and Zhu Zhen were also relieved, knowing that the fourth child was safe...

The sixth child happily chatted with his mother and drank wine with his mother. He also took the time to flirt with Wang Runer and talk about his lovesickness.

This turbulent year finally came to a happy end.