At the end of noon, the banquet dispersed.
The ministers once again came forward to salute and congratulate, and they worked for a while before leaving.
Mao Xiang reported on the progress of the case, and then rushed to Bashu again with Liu Ming and others.
Several vassal princes followed Zhu Yuanzhang into the inner palace. Li Qing hesitated and followed.
Zhu Biao deliberately lagged behind everyone and was parallel to him, "Li Qing, how much time does the queen mother's body...have?"
"About a month and a half."
"Is there really no other way?"
Li Qing was silent and shook his head slowly, "Weichen has tried his best."
Zhu Biao was also silent for a long time, then patted him on the shoulder and said, "You must try your best."
"I must."
"Alas..." Zhu Biao sighed and paused, "It's hard to conceal the exhaustion of Gu Guan's mother. Is there any problem?"
"Don't worry, Your Highness, the medicine has worn off." Li Qing explained, "But I am indeed a little tired today, and I will rest in the palace for the next few days."
While talking, the two caught up with the large army and followed them to the middle hall.
The King of Qin, King of Jin, King of Yan, and King of Zhou came forward one after another to pay homage to Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma.
Queen Ma was indeed tired, but she was in high spirits. She led several feudal princes to talk about household matters, and Zhu Yuanzhang could not even get a word in.
In this scene, Li Qing couldn't talk nonsense, so he could only act as a backdrop.
Suddenly noticing someone glancing at him from time to time, Li Qing raised his head and met Zhu Di's eyes.
Zhu Di smiled, and Li Qing smiled too. After a while, the two turned away in tacit understanding.
As a vassal king, it was a big taboo to make friends with the emperor's close ministers. Similarly, it was also a big sin for the emperor's close ministers to make friends with the vassal king.
"Di'er." Queen Ma finished chatting with King Qin and King Jin and looked at Zhu Di.
"My son is here."
"Beiping is a bitter and cold place, and we have to fight with Beiyuan from time to time. It's hard on you."
"Serving the country, children and ministers will not suffer." Zhu Di's answer was very official.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Di and was very satisfied with his son.
Queen Ma smiled and said, "By the way, how tall is Gao Chi? Has he lost weight?"
"Almost this tall." Zhu Di gestured and laughed dryly, "I'm not thinner, I'm fatter."
"It's better to be fatter. He's so cute with a tiger's head and a tiger's brain." Empress Ma said with a smile, "Where's Gao Xu?"
"Gao Xu?" Zhu Yuanzhang scratched his head, "Who is Gao Xu?"
Empress Ma rolled her eyes at him and said angrily, "In the year when Di'er became a vassal, Miaoyun was six months pregnant with her second child, and her own grandson didn't even remember it. You are really good at it."
"Ah? This..." Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to fight back and said with a smile, "That girl from Xu Da's family is still good. She has given us another grandson."
As he said that, he looked at Zhu Di with evil eyes.
When Zhu Di saw that his father was going to take it out on him, he quickly said: "Father, when Gao Xu was born, I announced the good news to you!"
Zhu Yuanzhang blushed. He was busy with state affairs all day long, and he had so many children and grandchildren. He couldn't remember everything, but the anger that had just risen was hard to suppress. "Who gave you this name?"
My son, I can’t name him yet? Zhu Di wanted to cry, but he didn't dare to argue.
"What my father taught me was that my son was not very knowledgeable, so he asked my father to give him a name, and he would change it for him when he got back."
"What are you doing?" Queen Ma said displeased, "This name is quite good. There is no need to change it. Besides, the word "Xu" contains water, which complies with your rules."
"Sister, you don't understand." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Di'er is in Beiping, facing Bei Yuan. The element belongs to wood, so it is best to have fire in the name to restrain Bei Yuan."
Li Qing was speechless and a little amused at the same time.
Lao Zhu understands the five elements.
Zhu Yuanzhang said unhappily, "Since your mother has agreed, she won't change it, but if there is a man in the future, she must take the lead."
"Please keep this in mind." Zhu Di quickly agreed and paused, "Miaoyun is pregnant. The doctor said it is likely to be a boy. I also asked my father to give me a name."
"Pregnant again?" Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised and nodded, "The girl from Xu Da's family is really nice. Let's go have a drink with him later."
After pondering for a moment, he said, "Just name it Sui!"
Therefore, there is a saying of Mu Sui, Mu Sui takes fire from wood, and it happens that Bei Yuan is used as wood to warm our Ming Dynasty. "
"Oh my...Father, the Holy Ming!" Zhu Di quickly flattered him.
Li Qing looked at this big family, and for some reason, he always wanted to laugh. He thought about all the sad things he had encountered in his life, and the corners of his mouth still couldn't help but raise.
This family is so interesting.
"why are you laughing?"
Li Qing was startled, cupped his hands and said, "Go back to King Qin, I'm not smiling."
Without waiting for King Qin to say anything else, he quickly said to Queen Ma, "My Lady, it's time for you to rest."
King Zhu Fang of Qin was very unhappy when he saw that Li Qing did not take him seriously: "Queen mother, do you want to rest? Is it your turn to speak?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed a cold gaze looking at him. In a blink of an eye, he saw it was Zhu Yuanzhang, his heart suddenly suddenly dropped, and he quickly lowered his proud head.
Zhu Biao sighed softly and explained: "The queen mother is ill, and Li Qing is the chief minister in charge of the queen mother."
"Is your mother sick?"
Several feudal princes were shocked and quickly asked about his condition.
Empress Ma wrote lightly, "It's okay. It's not easy for you all to come all the way. Go back and rest!"
Several people nodded slowly, and Zhu Di said to Li Qing, "Mother must be cured."
Li Qing cupped his hands and said, "I will do my best as an official."
After saying that, he said to Queen Ma, "My Lady, please go back to the palace and let me give you some more acupuncture!"
"Um."
Empress Ma nodded lightly, "Biao'er, your brothers won't come here easily. You brothers should have a good time catching up on old times."
"I obey." Zhu Biao nodded, glanced at Li Qing, and led several brothers out.
The relaxed look on Zhu Yuanzhang's face disappeared in an instant, and he helped Queen Ma walk to Qianqing Palace, with Li Qing following behind.
Queen Ma was indeed tired, and she fell asleep halfway through Li Qing's acupuncture.
It was Zhu Yuanzhang who helped turn the body before completing the acupuncture.
"Li Qing, is the Queen's condition really as serious as you say?"
Until now, he still can't accept that his sister will leave him in more than a month.
"I will try my best to do my best..."
"Is there really no other way?" Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling, "No matter what the cost, as long as our sister can be cured, we will do it."
Li Qing said bitterly, "Your Majesty, I forgive my incompetence."
At this time, Zhu Biao came over in a hurry, first asked about Queen Ma's physical condition, and then said to Zhu Yuanzhang:
"Father, my mother's time is short, why not let a few brothers stay and accompany her through this last period of time."
It had only been more than a month, and several feudal kings rushed back to the feudal territory. Before they could recover, they had to rush back again.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded feebly, "Okay, have you told them about your mother's illness?"
"Not yet."
"Let's talk about it, let them enter the palace frequently, and let those brats come more to clean the palace." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Don't just say hello and leave."
"I understand." Zhu Biao nodded.
"Li Qing..."
"Your Majesty." Li Qing assured seriously, "I will do my best."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled bitterly and nodded lightly. In fact, he didn't know that his sister's end was approaching, but... when he thought that no one would be called Chongba anymore, he was afraid and felt empty.
"Everyone, please go out." Zhu Yuanzhang walked to the bed and sat down, placing Queen Ma's hand in his palm, "We want to talk to my sister."
"Wei Chen (son Chen) retires."
…
After leaving the palace, Li Qing wanted to go home, but after thinking about it, he turned around and went to the Zhenfu Division.
Front lobby.
The new senior executives of Jinyiwei gathered here, and they were all full of energy.
Li Qing asked, "How's the training going?"
"My lord, I can handle cases alone by the end of the year at most." Liu Qiang explained, "More than 90% of them are newcomers. It is unrealistic to think that they can reach the level of seniors in more than a month..."
Li Qing knew that they had tried their best, so he sighed and said, "The emperor didn't give us that much time.
There are only more than ten days left before the two-month deadline. The training cannot be stopped, but the case must be handled. Tomorrow you will bring some old people to check on Wang Wenlu, who is in charge of the matter. "
"Yes, I humbly obey your orders."
It is not a gentleman to refuse to retaliate. Li Qing is not a kind person. The other party is blatantly trying to embarrass him, so he will not swallow his anger.
Li Qing secretly sneered: "Old Wangtou, you better have a clean foundation!"
