The younger ones followed suit and knelt down on the extremely hard floor tiles. They instantly grimaced in pain. Zhu Fan twitched his lips slightly and looked at the second child's knees with his eyes.
Obviously, this guy has been prepared for a long time. He put a thick soft cloth on his knees. Well, fortunately, I have also prepared it. I originally prepared it for use when my father was furious and punished them to kneel in the ancestral temple.
The younger ones are more stupid, and the father has been much gentler to the younger princes in recent years, and some minor mistakes were not punished. As a result, some of them were not punished to kneel at all. I don’t know how long they have been kneeling. pain.
Liu Jin on the other side breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. This was Kunning Palace. He was not qualified to persuade the princes to leave or stay.
"Sister." Liu Jin turned slightly sideways to the female officer in charge and said, "I have to ask you to go in again and report." The female officer nodded quietly, and then took a deep breath. At this moment, she dared to face the Tian family directly. Paradoxically, it is not a courage that ordinary people can have.
But the empress treated her very kindly, no matter what, as long as it was for the good of the empress, she would go through all kinds of dangers and fires.
He gently opened the door of the palace and entered, turning a deaf ear to the argument inside. He just stood up and saluted after approaching: "Your Majesty, the Holy Empress of Qi, the King of Jin, the King of Chu, and other highnesses do not want to leave, and are now kneeling outside the palace to beg for an audience."
"Unbridled!" Zhu Yuanzhang's long-simmered anger exploded, and he was about to rush out of the palace. Empress Ma quickly grabbed him, and then said to her son: "Biao'er, you also go to kneel outside the palace and wait for your father. My will!" Zhu Biao obediently agreed and left, leaving the couple alone to talk.
Empress Ma pushed her husband to sit down: "Chongba, for the sake of the Sun family, are we really going to cause a rift between father and son?"
"The children have grown up, and three of them are already married. They are no longer childish. You have to take care of their feelings and face..." The female official opened the door of the palace and bowed to lead the prince out. Several people were kneeling under the steps. Seeing their eldest brother coming out, their anxious hearts finally dropped. They were afraid that it was their father who rushed out, and something bad would happen.
"Brother, what did the father say? We don't have to pay filial piety to the imperial concubine." Zhu Biao shook his head and walked down the steps without saying anything. Zhu Fan probably guessed it, so he moved to make way for his eldest brother in the middle and whispered. Said: "Let Liu Jin go get a knee pad quickly." Seeing His Highness kneeling down, Liu Jin immediately waved to Liu An who was not far behind him, but suddenly thought of something, and waved Liu An back to stand.
This is no different than usual. It's not clear what the situation is. If the Holy Father comes out and finds out, he may become even more angry, so it's better to wait first.
King Wu Zhu Zhu, who got the news every moment, also rushed over. Without saying anything, he just knelt down behind the three brothers. After a while, he said to the eldest brother in front of him: "Chun'er is nothing serious. The medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor is also very good." It’s safe, I’ll boil the medicine myself and give it to him, and then I’ll watch him sweat and fall asleep.”
"That's good." After another half an hour, Zhu Biao waved, and Liu Jin hurried over. Halfway through, he knelt down and approached, bowed his head and waited for his death.
"Go get some soft cushions and give them to Lao Wu and others."
"Sir, you..." Seeing him waving his hands, Liu Jin could only retreat sadly, but Zhu Rui said: "My younger brother is also a prince who has been crowned king. Just like his elder brothers, he can provide soft cushions for his younger brothers." The third child unconsciously moved his knees, thinking that if he had known that his eldest brother would also kneel, he shouldn't have cushioned his knees. It would be great to share the joys and sorrows.
... At dusk, Zhu Biao had already ordered several children to be sent back. Even if they were cushioned, it was not something the young children could bear, and it was unnecessary.
Finally, the decree came out, and the Ministry of Rites was ordered to arrange the funeral of the noble concubine. The princes and princesses were required to eat vegetarian food for three days for one month, and banquets and banquets were temporarily banned in the palace to express their condolences.
This is the proper meaning of eating vegetarian food. After all, the imperial concubine has a high status and has also given birth to a princess.
Zhu Biao led his brothers to receive the order, and then retreated with the help of their respective palace attendants. He knelt down for two or three hours, and his legs were already swollen and painful to the point of numbness, making it difficult to walk on his own for a while.
After leaving Kunning Palace, there was no smile on the faces of the brothers. They couldn't care less about being proud at this time, they just thought that their father would not hold grudges in the future.
Zhu Xi instinctively didn't want to think about this. Although he was a little scared, he still left the palace and returned to his mansion.
But Zhu Fan and Zhu Xi were different. Before this incident, they had never disobeyed their father. The majesty they had accumulated over the years made the two brothers ignore the pain in their knees.
"Brother, what should I do with my father? How about we continue to kneel outside Jinshen Hall tomorrow." Zhu Biao also knew that the two of them were afraid and comforted him: "My father will never care about his son. If you two have intentions, just Go back home and copy the Filial Piety Sutra a few more times, and your father will know about it."
"Okay, let's listen to elder brother." He ordered people to go to the chariot to send King Chu back. Zhu Biao himself also took the chariot back to the East Palace. Three imperial doctors came dragging the medical box.
Chang Luohua carefully opened her husband's trouser legs to reveal the bruises. The imperial doctor came forward to examine and inquire carefully, and then applied ointment. Zhu Biao suddenly felt cool and comfortable, and the pain was relieved a lot.
After everyone else had retreated, Chang Luohua pursed his lips in dissatisfaction and said: "What do you think, father? If the imperial concubine comes alive and hears this, she will probably be scared to death again. She is the most disciplined person." "Yes." Zhu Biao smiled and took his wife's hand: "Okay, this matter is over. There is no need to mention it further. As for the funeral of the imperial concubine, although the etiquette department is in charge, you still need to pay more attention to it." Chang Luohua nodded: "I know the importance of this. I'll go to Funing as well. I'll tell her clearly that it's not that the brothers disrespect the imperial concubine, but that they are inconsistent with the etiquette, and it will damage the virtuous reputation of the imperial concubine before and after her death."
"Thank you for your hard work. Although Funing and I are brothers and sisters, after all, we are different in age and gender. It is always difficult to have a heart-to-heart talk." As he spoke, there was Tongzi outside the palace, Liang Di and Li Yan, asking to see him.
"Let her go back, just say..."
"Chuan Liangdi, come in." Chang Luohua stood up and said: "My father must have gone back to Jinshen Hall to review the memorials at this time. I want to see my mother, otherwise I will feel uneasy, and I happen to be a little worried about Your Highness. Zhu Biao squeezed the delicate and delicate palm of the Crown Princess hard: "That's fine. You can advise the Queen mother not to worry about this matter. I will go to court tomorrow morning. How can there be any overnight feud between father and son?"
"No." After Chang Luohua left, Li Yan rushed in with red eyes. When she saw the very conspicuous knees, she immediately ran out again. Fortunately, Liu Jin had foreseen it and arranged for the palace maid to stop Liang Di.
This ancestor was sometimes more courageous than the Crown Princess, and he was brave enough to rush to the Holy Lord and demand an explanation.
"Why, just for that..." Zhu Biao stopped Li Yan from saying anything with a stern look, and then ordered: "Get out, don't say a word!"
"promise!"
"You, you are such an old person, you still have no sense of what to say, is this what you can say!" Li Yan fell down at Zhu Biao's feet and burst into tears. Seeing this, she didn't know how to teach her a lesson, so she just Neng handed her the ointment at his hand and said, "Apply the ointment to me." On December 28, the seventh year of Hongwu, Sun became the noble concubine of Mu and was buried in Chugang, the capital.
After the dust settled, all the noise between the government and the public disappeared. The filial piety written by Song Lian and others according to the imperial edict has not spread throughout the world. After the Qianma Suzhai, no one except a few people will remember it for a long time. Live with this deceased noble concubine.
At the beginning of the eighth year of Hongwu Period, Zhu Biao sat in the Wenhua Palace and looked at the "Picture of Lu Ting with Snow" on the yellowed fine silk. Dusk fell quietly. On the shoals covered with auspicious snow, withered yellow cotins swayed in the cold wind, and waterfowl nestled against each other. Stay.
On the shore of the lake is Tingzhu, with dead trees and spiny bamboos, the weather is desolate and sparse, and the river and sky are sparse. Separated by the yellow silk across the water, Song Huizong's exquisite thin gold calligraphy is clearly visible.
"Liang Shimin, Lu Ting, Mi Xue", painted with the word Jue, is the seal of the square double dragon seal. Zhu Biao recorded in his picture record: "In the open area of Chu, when the winter falls, the flat sand is covered with snow, and the grass is filled with reeds. If you climb up to the peak, you will feel the spirit of Xiaoxiang, and you will be so majestic and majestic. The mind is wandering and unconsolidated, so the eight scenes are as they should be. Who can picture this? Master Min of Duliang has a beautiful chest of Chu scenery. He specially painted pictures to bring them to life. Wouldn't it be joyful!"...
