"I see you, Your Majesty!"
In Kunning Palace, Xu Miaoyun saw Zhu Di arriving and stood up slowly to salute.
"Miaoyun, what are you doing?" As he spoke, Zhu Di waved his hand to drive away the palace people.
Xu Miaoyun was his pillow, and he felt something was wrong as soon as he stepped into Kunning Palace.
"Get up!" He quickly stepped forward and helped his wife up.
"I dare not trouble your Majesty to help me!" Xu Miaoyun avoided Zhu Di's hand, as if she was afraid that Zhu Di would touch her.
Seeing his daughter-in-law speaking strangely and alienating herself, Zhu Di felt uncomfortable all over.
"Did Yang Xuan say something bad about me again?" Yang Xuan was the only one who came to Kunning Palace today.
Zhu Di naturally associated the scene in front of him with Yang Xuan.
"Junior brother didn't say anything wrong about you, on the contrary, he defended you!" Xu Miaoyun said.
"Then what's wrong with you?"
"Miaoyun, you're like this... I'm scared!"
Zhu Di said.
"Your Majesty's words have offended my concubine. How can I do that?" Xu Miaoyun continued to be weird.
Zhu Di felt uncomfortable when he heard that. He stepped forward and took Xu Miaoyun's hand.
Xu Miaoyun couldn't break free, so she could only let him pull her.
"Miaoyun, let's talk carefully if you have anything to say!" Zhu Di said, his tone also very soft.
"What did you say? Are you talking about the post-abolition thing?" Xu Miaoyun looked at Zhu Di and said quietly.
"Deposed queen? What deposed queen?"
"When did I say that I would abolish the queen?"
"Which bastard is spreading rumors? I have to chop him up!" Zhu Di's face changed and he spoke angrily.
Then he coaxed his wife with soft words.
"Miaoyun, don't think too much, I have never said anything about abolishing the queen."
"You will be the only queen in my life."
"Since Your Majesty is not deposing the Queen, should we depose the Crown Prince?" The groundwork had been laid, and Xu Miaoyun took advantage of the situation to bring the topic to the Crown Prince.
"Huh? Huh?"
"When did I say that I wanted to depose the prince?" Zhu Di was stunned for a moment.
He immediately reacted: "You talked so much about feelings, so you are waiting for me here?"
Xu Miaoyun was not embarrassed after being exposed by Zhu Di. Anyway, he had heard Zhu Di's words not to abolish the prince.
"Since Your Majesty has no intention of deposing the Crown Prince, please stop talking about Gao Chi in the future."
"He is already in his thirties, and he is also the crown prince."
"You've been reprimanding me like a grandson all day long. If word spreads, will the people think that it's because Prince Gao Chi did something bad that he was reprimanded by His Majesty?"
While talking, Xu Miaoyun pulled Zhu Di to sit on a chair aside, while she stood beside him and squeezed his shoulders.
"Your Majesty, please think about it carefully. In the ten years since Gao Chi has been the crown prince, has he ever made any mistakes or neglected his government affairs?"
"Never!" Zhu Di thought for a moment, then shook his head.
I can honestly say that the eldest son is indeed doing a good job as the prince.
Compared with his elder brother, he is not inferior.
Apart from being too kind, he doesn't seem to have any shortcomings.
"Since Gao Chi is a good prince, why does Your Majesty have to reprimand him every now and then?"
Xu Miaoyun kept moving her hands and asked softly in Zhu Di's ear.
It looked like a chat between husband and wife.
"I don't want to put some pressure on him. Besides, the boss is too indulgent towards those civil servants."
"If I don't do this, will those civil servants still be able to cause trouble?"
Zhu Di said, hoping that his wife could understand his difficulties.
But he didn't want to think about it. His attitude towards civil servants was exactly the same as his own. Without the middleman of Prince Zhu Gaochi, sooner or later he would have to break up with the civil service group.
And Zhu Di was an iron-blooded emperor and could not compromise with his ministers.
If you make him anxious, the civil service group will start losing people again.
In the end, the emperor and his ministers seemed to be at odds with each other.
The efficiency of handling state affairs was greatly reduced, which was reflected at the local level. The court's supervision was reduced, and local officials began to bully the people unscrupulously.
Eventually, the government forced the people to rebel.
It can be said that one move affects the whole body.
And if Zhu Gaoxu were to be the prince, the situation might get worse.
Therefore, apart from Zhu Gaochi, no one is worthy of this prince.
"I understand your Majesty's difficulties, but you can't push officials too hard. Relaxation is the best way."
"Your Majesty, think about it, is the relationship between you and your ministers very tense?"
"Really? Why didn't I feel it?" Zhu Di said.
"That's because there is a middleman like Gao Chi!"
"What he does is to help you ease the relationship with your ministers!"
"It's okay if you don't understand. You still scold him often. How can he not feel aggrieved?"
"Thanks to Gao Chi for his filial piety and his openness."
"Otherwise, if he had been a prince from another dynasty, he would have led others to force him into the palace."
"You, you are so blessed that you don't know how to be blessed."
While speaking, Xu Miaoyun exerted force on her hands, with a hint of complaint in her tone.
"Listening to what you said, it seems that I really owe the boss a lot." Zhu Di pondered for a while and said.
"It's good that you know. It's hard to find a son like this even with a lantern, but you still talk about him every day."
"How can you be a father like this!" Xu Miaoyun used force on her hands again.
"Hehe, it's okay. It's still too late to change now." Zhu Di gave a rare embarrassed smile.
Hearing this, Xu Miaoyun breathed a sigh of relief.
It's not in vain that she spent so much effort.
There was no quarrel or blushing. It was in such a warm atmosphere and through relaxed chat that Xu Miaoyun achieved his goal.
This shows her methods.
After all, the names of female students are not for nothing.
"Well, I believe in Your Majesty."
Xu Miaoyun smiled.
Then he added, "It's almost noon as the sky turns. I wonder if your majesty would be kind enough to have a meal with me?"
"Haha, since it's Miaoyun's invitation, how dare I refuse?" Zhu Di laughed, feeling very comfortable.
Then, Xu Miaoyun asked people to go down and prepare lunch.
"Concubine, thank you for your favor." Xu Miaoyun was very cooperative and satisfied Zhu Di's face.
However, at this moment, a fat figure rushed in hurriedly.
"Father, mother!"
"Don't make any noise!"
"Anything that goes wrong is my fault."
Zhu Gaochi shouted loudly and trotted in.
It was really hard for him.
"Father, mother, what are you doing?" The scene in the palace was not what Zhu Gaochi had imagined.
He gasped and looked at the two people in a daze.
I was also stunned.
"Dad, Mom, didn't you quarrel?"
"Who told you that your mother and I had a fight?"
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