At this time, a small family gathering was going on in the East Palace.
On the small lawn, they were divided into two teams.
Tang Queqing and Mu Caiyun each led a team of young men, Ma Zai, with a strip of cloth as the center line, nervously and excitingly guarding against the ball that was constantly rolling on the ground. When would it suddenly roll into their respective teams? Inside the screen frame at the back.
The eldest sister Zhu Qingjing sat skillfully and quietly next to the third brother Zhu Yunxi, frying broad beans with oil from time to time, looking at the younger brothers and sisters on the grass in front of her, and of course the younger 23rd uncle Zhu Huan, these people were in front of the two sisters. Playing under the leadership.
Zhu Yunxi kept drinking tea. Hangzhou Prefecture was a place destined to provide a steady stream of fiscal revenue. It was also a place that produced good things.
This year's Yuqian new tea has just been delivered to the palace in the past few days.
With the mountain spring water outside the city, as long as it is boiled and brewed, it will be a taste of the world.
And he was leaning lazily on the cushioned armchair.
Last night was the first time since arriving in Ming Dynasty for a full year, and he spent half the night fooling around. Finally, in the face of the damn ethics and royal decency, he spared Tang Queqing, whose face was full of beauty and his lips were red and swollen.
The taste of it is not enough to explain to outsiders.
He withdrew his gaze from the two girls, Tang Queqing and Mu Caiyun, who were destined to become his women, as well as his second sister Zhu Qingshu, third sister Zhu Qingning, fourth brother Zhu Yunzhen, and twenty-third uncle Zhu Huang.
Zhu Yunxi looked silently at his eldest sister Zhu Qingjing.
"I heard that during the Chinese New Year last year, someone outside the palace implicitly mentioned my eldest sister's marriage?"
Where is heard.
Zhu Yunxi even checked which family the other party belonged to.
Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen settled many relationships and went through a lot of circles in the harem. Finally, he implicitly expressed to the emperor that the Geng family hoped to marry a daughter of the clan.
After all the calculations, this sect's daughter can only fall on the princess of Jiangdu in the East Palace.
Geng Bingwen is an indispensable general in the Ming Dynasty army.
Before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Shicheng, who was occupying one side at that time, was repeatedly defeated. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it also fought continuously outside the country.
It's just that in the early days of a dynasty, countless powerful generals were born and appeared. Therefore, Geng Bingwen's highlights during the Hongwu Dynasty were a bit incomprehensible compared to those of Chang Yuchun and Xu Da.
Nowadays, people want to marry a clan daughter for their son. This is an act of loyalty. There is no reason for Lao Zhu's family to refuse this matter.
In recent years, marriages between nobles in the court and the royal family have occurred every year.
This year, a girl who is not from your family will marry into my old Zhu family as a princess or a county princess. Next year, the daughter of my old Zhu family will marry into your family and become the housewife.
This is a necessary means for the royal family to maintain its meritorious generals.
Women are precocious, and the eldest sister Zhu Qingjing, the princess of Jiangdu, who is two years older than Zhu Yunxi, has already reached the time to talk about marriage.
It seems to be because he mentioned his marriage.
Zhu Qingjing's face couldn't help but blush, and she glared at the third brother with shame and anger: "I heard that Miss Tang never left the third brother's house last night. If grandpa and father knew about it, I'm afraid the third brother would not be able to survive. .”
Women are a kind of existence that cannot be offended!
Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but cursed secretly, but with a flattering look on his face, he said firmly: "Sister, I know it. Brother, I am a more upright gentleman than the students who came out of the Imperial Academy! I will never lose it. The decency and propriety of my family!”
It's just a matter of words, and it won't lead to pregnancy out of wedlock.
However, Zhu Qingjing's face turned redder and redder, and they all stood up: "Youngster!"
With a low curse, he wanted to stay away from his third brother, who was now becoming more and more unruly.
At this time, the little eunuch Yutian, who seemed to be unable to stop his horizontal development because of the exceptionally good food in the East Palace, rushed to Zhu Yunxi's side while sweating profusely.
"Third Master, the Crown Prince is back."
Yutian's words were concise and concise, but when Zhu Yunxi heard these words, he immediately changed from slumping in the armchair to standing still, looking forward with his eyes.
Not waiting for his reaction.
Then I saw my father sitting in a wheelchair and being carried into the lawn yard by two strong eunuchs.
"Go back and cut down all the thresholds in the East Palace to make them into buckles!"
After giving instructions in a low voice, Zhu Yunxi hurriedly waved to his younger brothers, sisters and uncles who had completely forgotten their form while playing in front of him.
"The son welcomes his father back to the palace."
"The daughter has met her father."
"My daughter has met the Crown Prince."
"My brother... I have met the prince... brother..."
Zhu Huang stared blankly at the prince's brother who suddenly returned to the East Palace. He couldn't stop hiccupping, his eyes widened, and his shoulders twitched.
Zhu Biao's wheelchair was placed on the ground by the eunuch. He calmly glanced at everyone present, looked at the toys on the lawn, and smiled silently.
With helplessness on his face, he first looked at the twenty-third brother who was still hiccupping: "Have you fallen behind in your studies in the main hall after all the nonsense? Mr. Fang is a good gentleman. You should study more with him. Concubine Li Xian asked someone to talk to me about you a few times ago, but now she has never returned to her."
Zhu Huang, who was as big as a kid, lost all of his usual joy at this time, and straightened his back.
By the time the prince's brother finished asking, he had stopped hiccupping, lowered his head and nervously replied in a low voice: "I haven't missed my homework. Mr. Fang praised my brother yesterday that he is the smartest person in the main hall! Mother and concubine's side ...The food prepared by the mother-in-law is not as good as that of the East Palace..."
Zhu Biao shook his head with an increasingly helpless smile.
In his early years, he was strict with his younger brothers, and he continued to do so when they grew up.
It's just that now, these younger brothers are more pampered and indulged, and their discipline is also more lax than the previous brothers.
"When you finish eating in the East Palace later, ask someone to get a portion and take it back to Concubine Li Xian, so that your mother and concubine can also taste the food in the East Palace." Zhu Biao warned.
Zhu Huang kept nodding his head: "My brother understands."
At this time, Zhu Biao looked at the three slim daughters who had already left.
The second and third girls are still young and have to be kept in the palace for many years.
Zhu Biao looked at the eldest girl Zhu Qingjing with some reluctance on his face: "The Marquis of Changxing is a meritorious figure in the court. His father died fighting for our family in his early years. He took over his father's career and fought bloody battles for our family. He Your son Geng Xuan is a kind man, and now he has inherited the Geng family tradition and works in the army. But we heard that he is also a gentle man, and I don't think he will treat you badly. But he wants to betray your heart, Your third brother will also stand up for you!"
As he said that, Zhu Biao stretched out his hand and glared at Zhu Yunxi who was standing there blankly.
Zhu Qingjing, who had never cared about the marriage before, suddenly turned red.
Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but cautiously approached his eldest sister in front of his father, and handed out a handkerchief from his sleeve.
Listening to what the father meant, the old man had already agreed to Changxing Hou Geng Bingwen's proposal to marry his son Geng Xuan's clan daughter.
The eldest sister will be married out of the palace in just one or two years.
Now she is the daughter of the Zhu family, and after leaving the palace, she will be the wife of the Geng family.
At that time, no matter what happened outside, the royal family could not say anything. But as my younger brother, according to my father's wishes, I am the one who can stand up for my sister.
But Zhu Biao had already looked at Tang Queqing and Mu Caiyun, with more tolerance and caressing on his face.
"Xin Guo Gong has done a lot of things in his life. Now that he has returned to his hometown, he and I miss him very much. Now that you can enter the palace and settle down with this bastard, it is a blessing for my family. If he does it in the future If something is wrong, just tell us and we will stand up for you."
Tang Queqing lowered his head, not daring to think about the ridiculous things that happened last night. He was just trying to keep himself blessed, saying that the heavenly family loves him, and only if he believes in the government of the country, can he continue to be favored.
Zhu Biao waved his hand and said that both the old man and Duke Xin came from the same place, and they were not favored by any means. Then he looked at the one who was placed last and entered Yingtian City for the first time from that distant Yunnan. Mu Caiyun.
Zhu Biao sighed softly: "I was seriously ill last year. After hearing the news about my brother, I couldn't get sick anymore. I felt uneasy. Fortunately, I sent the imperial doctor over and came back with a memorial. Only then did I know that my brother had gradually recovered. I had not seen him for many years. Seeing my brother, he is guarding the land in Yunnan for our family. The old man and I miss him.
In the past, I didn't dare to say it, and I never thought about it. For fear of wronging his brother, he did not mention the matter of the family getting closer. Now that you are here, you can live in a down-to-earth manner, just like you are in the Yunnan Marquis Mansion.
The grandson concubine was decided early on, and I think my brother really doesn’t care about it. No one can move your concubine’s position, and it will be the same in the future. It's a big deal for my bastards. I'm sorry, girl, you left home and went back to Beijing.
When you get married, I will send a letter asking my brother to return to Beijing. I think your eldest brother will be able to take charge of things by then, so I'll ask your father to stay in Beijing. "
Perhaps it was because Zhu Biao was particularly fond of Mu Ying, the brother who raised him, that he spoke a bit too much.
However, no one present, not even Tang Queqing, was even slightly jealous.
Speaking of which, who is Xiping Hou Muying?
In the early years, it was the national surname! He is the adopted son of the Emperor and Queen Ma!
In this way, no matter which family she marries into, she will be the housewife. Even if you marry into the royal family, you should be the main concubine. Now you can only be a side concubine. No matter how you say it, you have wronged her.
Mu Caiyun was already crying. Fortunately, Tang Queqing was beside her, hugging her gently and resting her head on his shoulder to comfort her.
Zhu Biao sighed, and finally turned his attention to Zhu Yunxi, whom he called a bastard.
Zhu Yunxi felt a little worried and nervous.
Dad suddenly returned to the East Palace without prior notice. This is not a good sign.
Just like Uncle Twenty-Third when he saw the prince's brother, he nervously looked up at his father.
Zhu Biao's face turned gloomy.
"Follow me to the study room."
It was very calm, so calm that it made Zhu Yunxi's back feel cold and his heart frightened.
Under everyone's gaze, Zhu Yunxi could only move his legs step by step, and followed his father step by step with some difficulty towards the small study room in the East Palace.
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