Seiwa

A family banquet in the palace drank down an emperor and two vassals.

Zhu Di and Ning Wang, who likes to go to the battlefield shirtless, must be unambiguous in drinking. As Zhu Di's same mother and younger brother, Zhou Wang naturally went to the same place.

The three middle-aged strong men shook off their arms and poured wine like water, really full of pride.

The wine glass won't work, so I have to change to a bigger bowl!

Big bowls are not enough, you must serve wine jars!

Clinking a wine glass is not heroic enough, but a real hero is a clinking wine jar.

Hello two brothers, fight against the altar, this is the brother!

It was King Zhou who couldn't hold on first, then King Ning, and finally Zhu Di.

Looking at King Zhou and King Ning who slid under the table, Zhu Di held the wine jar and laughed loudly, "Small sample, fight wine with Lao Tzu, you won't faint!"

Thinking back when I went deep into the desert, I drank spirits like water, you all can't do it!

Concubine Ning and Concubine Zhou concentrate on eating food, and take care of their son not to learn from his father, otherwise the family law will serve them.

Empress Xu stood up, walked behind Zhu Di, and said, "Your Majesty."

Emperor Yongle turned his head, grinned, and fell to the ground in a very standard posture, snoring.

Empress Xu calmly withdrew her hand that was still raised in mid-air, and stroked her temples.

It seems that she really drank too much, and she fainted without her hands.

The three Zhu Gaochi brothers are no strangers to this strange thing, thinking back in the Yan Palace, whenever the father drank too much and went crazy and wanted to beat his son, it was always the mother who went down the mountain to catch the tiger and solved it with a hand knife.

However, after the unforgettable whip in the Wenhua Palace, the three Zhu Gaochi brothers discovered that compared with the father and emperor, the mother's whip was more level.

Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, don't anger the queen mother.Once the queen mother gets angry, the consequences will be quite serious.

After solving Zhu Di, Empress Xu turned her attention to her sons.

The three Zhu Gaochi brothers shrank their necks and immediately put down their wine glasses, not daring to take another dip if they were not drunk.

Prince Ning's son and Prince Zhou's son also sat upright. The queen is really mighty!

The only one who was not affected was Shen Xuan.

Drinking by yourself, one cup after another, with picturesque features and a windy dress, that's called chic.

Zhu Gaochi felt ashamed, Zhu Gaoxu looked admiring, and Zhu Gaosui's eyes were full of little stars.

So fearless in the face of danger, thumbs up, thumbs up!

Concubine Ning and Concubine Zhou glanced over, a flash of deep meaning flashed in their eyes, and there was concern in their hearts.

Empress Xu said kindly: "Xuan'er, eat more vegetables and suppress the alcohol. I like this wine. When I turn around, Queen Mother will send some jars to your house."

Shen Xuan got up to thank her, and Empress Xu smiled more kindly.

The three Zhu Gaochi brothers were jealous together, treated differently, definitely treated differently, in fact Shen Xuan was born by the empress mother, they all picked them up, right?

After the family banquet, King Ning and King Zhou stayed in the palace, and the two concubines took the eldest son and princess out of the palace and returned to the palace.

Before leaving, Concubine Ning and Concubine Zhou turned the corner and asked Empress Xu for various information about Shen Xuan, including age, net worth, personality and hobbies, engagement or not, whether there are any confidante, life style is not passable, and so on and so forth.

Empress Xu frowned, thinking about the intentions of the two concubines, and after a while, suddenly realized.

Is this in love with Xuan'er?

His Majesty did intend to find a marriage for Xuan'er, but if the feudal prince was involved... Empress Xu remained calm on the surface, sending the two concubines away, but her heart was pounding.

Gao Xu and Gao Sui chose the concubine, and the civil servants and military generals in the court picked one by one. They were the only ones to choose, who would dare to pick them?

Shen Xuan is not the case.The hereditary marquis title, and the adopted son of the emperor, has made great achievements in military affairs, and has a good life style. So far, there have been no rumors about the nobles, civil and military, or even feudal lords. Those who have daughters in their families have probably already inquired secretly.

The clue can be seen from the attitudes of Princess Zhou and Princess Ning.

Such a fast son-in-law, if you don't start early, what are you waiting for?

The emperor and empress hadn't revealed their words before, so it was not good for everyone to open their mouths first, but now the empress made it clear that she would choose a daughter-in-law for her own son and adopted son. The so-called fat and water should not flow to outsiders' field, so her family should always take priority, right?Even if the princess fails, the concubine's natal family has many good girls.

The rule that the concubine must strictly limit her birth must be at least after Ming Renzong.Zhu Yuanzhang chose his daughter-in-law from the family of heroes, and he was also the emperor on horseback, so Zhu Di was no exception.What better way to express closeness than the in-laws of children?

The concubine's father is a hereditary commander. If there is no accident, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui's wife and family will be considered meritorious officials.Naturally, Shen Xuan's marriage could not be sloppy.

What's more, getting married with the emperor's adoptive son will basically not involve the issue of the succession to the throne. Compared with marrying the two princes, it is safer and has more benefits.

Emperor Hongwu killed so many heroes of the founding of the country, even Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang were not spared, but most of his more than 20 foster sons lived well, either enfeoffing Xinjiang as a prince, or enjoying wealth and honor.Unlucky as Marquis of Dingyuan Shenliang, who was involved in Lanyu's rebellion case, saved his life, at most he was exiled outside the Great Wall.With King Yan taking care of her, she still lives well.

King Yan entered the capital and boarded the Great Treasure, and the lineage of Marquis Dingyuan also turned around completely.

As long as Dingyuanhou's mansion doesn't make big mistakes, even if it can't become Wei Guogong's mansion, it will be no problem to get rich and safe.

It can be seen that there is absolutely nothing wrong with marrying Shen Xuan.

Empress Xu expected that there would be twists and turns in Shen Xuan's marriage, but the development of the situation was completely different from what she had imagined before.

After seeing off Concubine Ning and Concubine Zhou, and returning to the dormitory, recalling the letters presented by Concubine Dai and Concubine An, Empress Xu was the first and the second older.

She was worried that her son was not welcome.

She is also worried that her son is too popular.

She is even more worried about the political factors involved and the harmony of the royal family.

Empress Xu really took care of Shen Xuan as her own child, and this made her even more troubled.

Which one should the daughter-in-law choose from?

Seeing Zhu Di who was sleeping soundly on the bed, Empress Xu was so angry that she really wanted to shake him awake and learn how to growl X once.

She is worrying here, but the culprit is in a deep sleep, what's the point!

"Your Highness," seeing Empress Xu's uncertain face, the female officer serving asked carefully, "It's getting late, do you want to rest?"

Empress Xu frowned lightly, pressed her forehead, "Let's rest."

Let's talk about the headache tomorrow, the news of the engagement to Xuan'er has leaked out, which has caused so many troubles, she can't be the only one who suffers from headaches, as old couples, if they want headaches, they have to suffer together.

In the palace, Empress Xu worried about Shen Xuan's marriage.

Outside the palace, Shen Xuan returned to the Marquis' mansion, waved back his long suit, walked out of the courtyard by the moonlight, stood in front of a stone wall, jumped up, turned over the top of the wall three or two times, his movements were clean and neat, like a swift leopard, Jumped into the Xingningbo Mansion next door.

Business proficiency is comparable to that of a good player.

The guards of the Hou Mansion who witnessed this scene opened their mouths wide, did they read it wrong?Must be wrong, right?

The dignified Marquis Dingyuan climbed the wall in the middle of the night, but he climbed the wall of Uncle Xingning's house!

With the friendship between Marquis Dingyuan and Uncle Xingning, if you want to visit, can't you just go through the door?Is this necessary?

The guard was at a loss, and seriously suspected that he was hallucinating due to lack of sleep.

But is it possible that more than a dozen soldiers who licked blood with their knives and fought bravely as their benchmarks collectively had hallucinations?

What's more, three of them were scouts.

"Baihu, what should we do about this?"

The bearded man scratched his chin and gritted his teeth, "Pretend you didn't see anything."

The soldier hesitated, "Is this possible?"

Baihu stared, "Do you have an opinion?"

In such a situation that cannot be judged by common sense, one can only be selectively blind.

Otherwise, how to explain this matter?Master Hou doesn't sleep and climbs the wall to play in the middle of the night, can you listen to the news?

The soldier fell silent, and saw that there were still people who wanted to speak, so the general flag slapped him, and the world became clean immediately.

Inside the Xingningbo Mansion, the guards on night shift saw Lord Shen jumping off the wall, and their reaction was not much better than that of the guards of the Hou Mansion.

Marquis Ding Yuan climbed over the wall in the middle of the night, could it be that he had a secret to discuss with Xing Ningbo?

After the war is over, it should not be a military secret.

Could it be the remaining members of the Jianwen Party?

Shen Xuan glanced at the guards of Bofu who were petrifying, his cold gaze made everyone shudder at the same time.

Murderous!

It must be a great secret!

The guards of the Earl's House thought they had found out the truth, otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the reason why a Marquis went to the Earl's house to climb over the wall.

Fortunately, Shen Xuan didn't intend to kill people at Meng Qinghe's house, so he found the main courtyard where Meng Qinghe lived by familiarizing himself with the house, and with his hand supported, he continued to climb over the wall and enter the room.

In the words of later generations, this is the moment to witness a miracle.

Marquis Dingyuan overturned the wall of Uncle Xingning's house, once and twice!

The guards looked at each other in blank dismay, they all entered the mansion, the gate of the courtyard was not locked, can't they just walk in?

After thinking about it again, I suddenly realized.

It is said that wealthy families and honorable families always have some unique hobbies that are not humane.The emperor who likes to do carpentry, the prince who likes alchemy, and the Marquis of Dingyuan overturned the wall in the middle of the night, it seems that there is no need to make such a fuss...

In the bedroom, Meng Qinghe was fast asleep.

In the dream, after arduous struggle, he finally stepped on a certain prairie wolf, and when he was laughing proudly with his hands on his hips, a sense of crisis suddenly hit his heart.

Instinct prompted him to wake up as quickly as possible, and when he opened his eyes, he was startled.

Anyone who wakes up in the middle of the night and sees a person standing on the side of the collapse, standing still like a pillar, will be shocked.

"Shen... Ziyu?"

He called out tentatively, and when he saw the black shadow nodding, his senses returned instantly after being frightened away.

Rubbing his back, a layer of cold sweat broke out, and he really woke up completely.

After calming down, a faint smell of alcohol wafted into his nostrils. Thinking of the family banquet in the palace today, Meng Qinghe understood what was going on.

Reluctantly pursing his lips, he lifted the quilt, slumped down, and pushed Shen Xuan to sit on the couch, "Have you drank too much?"

Touching Shen Xuan's ear, it was hot.Sure enough, I drank too much.

Having been together for four years, Meng Qinghe dare not say that he fully understands Shen Xuan, but he is very familiar with some of his habits.

As far as drinking is concerned, Shen Xuan will not get drunk easily, and he will not act like a drunk when drunk, but he will act like a baby.

That's right, just these two words, acting like a baby.

It was the first time that Meng Qinghe discovered that Shen Xuan had this habit, and Meng Qinghe was really surprised.Comparable to Columbus discovering the New World of America.

Fortunately, the number of times Shen Xuan got drunk was very rare. In four years, Meng Qinghe was lucky enough to see him only once.

This is the second time.

Lord Shen Hou came to the door in the middle of the night, still drunk, Meng Shierang was sure that if he didn't settle down properly, he wouldn't be able to sleep soundly.

He opened the door and asked someone to deliver rescue soup and hot water. After thinking about it, he called Ma Chang who was on duty at night, "Go to the next door and say, Lord Shen is here."

Ma Chang took the order, thinking that it was not good to smash the door in the middle of the night, so he asked someone to carry a ladder, climbed up, and waved to the guards in the Hou's mansion, "Brothers, yes, this way, look here. Uncle asked me to pass the message , Master Hou is here." Seeing that the people below were silent, he added, "I didn't go through the door, I came over the wall."

The guard of the Hou Mansion: "..."

The Marquis of Dingyuan climbed over the wall in the middle of the night, and the guards of Uncle Xingning set up a ladder and shouted in the middle of the night. This world is indeed a fantasy.

That night, Shen Xuan slept in Meng Qinghe's room.

Meng Qinghe had been a pillow all night, and he was so angry that he wanted to die once, but found that he couldn't move at all.

I can't move my hands, and neither can my legs.

The neck can barely turn, and if you move it, you will be bitten.

The strength was not strong, and it didn't even leave a mark.

Lick after biting.

Meng Qinghe stared, is this person drunk or sober?

Before he could tell, his mouth was blocked again.

The flames soon turned into a conflagration, and firewood was put on the fire.

The raging fire burned all night, Meng Twelve Lang was promoted to a national treasure, but Shen Houye slept soundly.

At dawn, the sun shines into the room through the cracks in the windows.

Meng Twelve Lang, with two dark circles under his eyes, glared angrily at someone who had a good night's sleep, grinding his teeth for luck.

take a bite?

Or kick it down?

Regardless of which one, the consequences will probably not be very good.

Meng Twelve Lang's gaze was so hot that the sleeping beauty slowly opened her eyes.

The black hair was scattered on the pillow, and there was a touch of laziness in his expression.

In this state of mind, hangover?Go to hell!

Meng Qinghe: "Are you awake?"

Shen Xuan: "En."

Meng Qinghe: "Did you sleep well?"

Shen Xuan: "Very good."

Meng Qinghe Chuli was furious, but all anger was extinguished by the warmth that slipped into his neck.

"……sleep……"

"what?"

"With you here, I can fall asleep." Shen Xuan rested his pillow on Meng Qinghe's shoulder, and wrapped his arms around his waist, "Twelve Lang, how about getting married with me?"

"...This is a foul..."

"kindness?"

Meng Qinghe gritted his teeth, finally couldn't help it anymore, inserted his fingers into Shen Xuan's hair, and blocked his lips severely.

Reason or something, go to hell!

The black eyes flickered slightly, and the initiative was quickly taken away.

On that day, Marquis Dingyuan and Uncle Xingning both asked for leave.

Emperor Yongle woke up with a hangover and saw Empress Xu who was smiling very softly. Realizing that something was wrong, he subconsciously made a very unwieldy gesture like covering his ears.

Empress Xu smiled more gently, and Emperor Yongle was sweating profusely.

"Your Majesty, put your hands down first, this concubine has something to say to you."

Zhu Di: "..."

"Your Majesty, it's about Xuan'er's marriage."

"Xuan'er?"

Empress Xu nodded, explaining the cause and effect, and then looked at Zhu Di quietly.

"Why are there so many?" Zhu Di frowned, "I have participated in all of them?"

"Except for those who followed His Majesty all the way from Beiping, none of them were left behind. It may not be that they really want to marry Xuan'er, but they all thought of the law and passed on the words to the concubine."

Zhu Di pressed his forehead hard, his eyes turned cold, "What are they trying to do?!"

Such behavior was not for the purpose of robbing his son-in-law, but for showing him, making him think that Xuan'er's influence in the court was so great, which aroused the suspicion of father and son!This is aiming at Xuan'er, trying to get the knife from him, and then follow the vine to break the gap, trying to suppress the general who raised troops from him!

He whipped all three sons, but didn't alert the people in the court to calm down.The vassal kings also booed, treating him as that nephew with high eyes but low hands, what can't be done to them?

"Your Majesty, some of them really want to marry Xuan'er, and some take the opportunity... What do you think about this matter?"

Immediately deciding on Shen Xuan's marriage is a way, but it is not the best way.

Keep dragging, who knows what storms will arise in the court?

Furthermore, the vassal king is also involved, so it can't be solved by cutting the mess with a quick knife.Zhu Di overthrew Emperor Jianwen under the banner of Jing Nan, and gave Emperor Jianwen many big hats, one of which was disregarding the affection of relatives.

Now that he is on the throne, the first thing he has to do is to appease the vassal king and make him return to the vassal.If something goes wrong during the period, there may be no small problems.Those who sympathize with Emperor Jianwen will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble and criticize Zhu Di, who is on the throne.

It is said that the nephew does not care about the affection of his relatives, so what if he is an uncle?

The younger brother and son of Emperor Jianwen are still alive and well, and the guards and strength of the vassal kings have not been completely weakened, and each of them is troublesome.

Zhu Di didn't worry that some vassal king would learn to rebel by himself, and the most powerful King Ning was detained by him.

What he was worried about was that someone would take the opportunity to stir up troubles and cause people all over the world to argue about his succession.Arguing together, things will never end.

"Leave this matter to me. The queen doesn't have to worry. If someone brings it up again, just push it away."

"Yes."

After sweeping away the lethargy from the hangover, Zhu Di changed into his normal clothes and went to the Wenhua Palace in good spirits.He's already killed a lot and doesn't care about killing more.But his purpose of snatching the throne from his nephew was not to fight with a group of rotten scholars and wrangle with civil officials all day long.He has the world in mind, and always sets an example for his father's unfinished business. He wants to make Siyi surrender, foreign countries come to court, and he wants to let Ming's iron hooves go all over Mongolia. Whoever looks good!

Soon, an imperial edict was issued outside the palace, ordering Hu Guang to read, edit Yang Rong, edit Yang Shiqi, review Jin Youzi, Gu Yan entered Wenyuan Pavilion, and participated in the maintenance.So far, Zhu Di's confidential secretaries have increased from two to seven, and the power in the hands of Xie Jin and Huang Huai has been greatly diluted.

Soon, Zhu Di asked Xie Jin to preside over the revision of the "Records of Ming Taizu", and he faced Xie Jin many times in front of courtiers, and his language was astonishingly nasty.

Xie Jin was very flattered, and the courtiers' attention began to focus on him. Every time he went to court, there were all kinds of knives, all kinds of envy and hatred.

Zhu Di didn't realize it at all, and still praised Xie Jin greatly, and said that Xie Jin was the mainstay of the court.

With such a generous kindness, many generals also began to be suspicious. Could it be that they should follow the example of the grandson and favor civil servants?Just a few days after loosening, you are about to be stepped on the top of your head by a group of sour dings?

Zhu Gaochi, who was supported by civil servants, did not come forward and did not express his views on this.In addition to being called by my father to listen to politics, I study behind closed doors from morning till night.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui had nothing to say, they went to the school grounds to fight each other when they had nothing to do, and recently they went to the door to ask Wei Guogong for advice.After asking for advice, take a meal by the way, and then go to Xingningbo's house to talk about the mountains, so don't live too comfortably.

The generals who followed Zhu Di from Hebei were also very calm.

Think of Zhang Yu who was glorious in the chaos, Tan Yuan who stumbled and was heroic, and think of Uncle Xing Ning who almost died.

Compared with Xie Jin, who is so praised by the emperor that he can't find the north now, anyone with a little sympathy will give Xie Jin a sympathetic look and say: Brother, it is a blessing to be praised by the emperor.So, please be blessed.

The courtiers' attention was temporarily diverted, but the feudal lords were not.

Although there are some with impure purposes, there are also those who sincerely want to marry Shen Xuan.

Now, Zhu Di had no choice.

Those who have crooked thoughts are easy to deal with, and those who are sincerely looking for a son-in-law can't all be pushed out of the door, right?

Helpless, there are too many monks and too little porridge. If you accept one family, you will let other families down.

Not to mention that the palms and backs of the hands are all flesh, they are all relatives after all, before they plan to tear their faces apart, it must be impossible to justify favoring one another.

In case there are dissatisfied thoughts in mind, it will not be conducive to the spiritual civilization construction of the Ming royal family.

Zhu Di summoned Shen Xuan, looked at the radiant adopted son, and sighed one after another.

Son, there are too many people who want to be your father-in-law, and the emperor can't hold it.

Shen Xuan said: "There are brothers."

Zhu Di waved his hand, including the main concubine and side concubines, they could only disperse a little firepower. The key point is that the family members of the vassal king are really hard to deal with. More than 90.00% of them are from the families of heroes and generals, and they like to "convince people with strength".If there is a mother-in-law contest to snatch the son-in-law, it will be very ugly.

Thinking of a certain possibility, Zhu Di and Shen Xuan turned dark together.

In the middle of the darkness, Shen Xuan knelt down and said calmly: "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"You said."

"My minister can't."

"what?"

"I can't treat women. Therefore, I can't marry women."

A needle can be heard instantly in the hall.

Zheng He bowed his head, Hou Xian bent down, they didn't hear anything, they didn't hear anything!

After a long time, Shen Xuan raised his head, stunned on the spot.

After the trial, Emperor Yongle burst into tears.

"My child, I have wronged you."

Shen Xuan;?

"Don't make it difficult for the father, to be so self-deprecating."

Shen Xuan: "..."

"I will never let you be so wronged!"

"Your Majesty," Shen Xuan said with a serious face, "everything I said is true."

"Needless to say." Zhu Di beat his chest, heartache!

"Your Majesty, my late father also knew about this matter, so he didn't make an engagement with the minister."

Zhu Di: "..."

"That's why my late father lingered in the flowers."

Zhu Di: "..."

"Your Majesty, my minister..."

"Stop talking!" Zhu Di strode up to Shen Xuan, and patted Shen Xuan's shoulder hard, "I will not let any of those bastards who push Xuan'er like this go!"

Shen Xuan: "Your Majesty, you have misunderstood."

Zhu Di said with emotion: "I know if I misunderstood. I know Xuan'er's loyalty even more!"

Shen Xuan: "..."

What is stubbornness?

This is.