Bright Spring

"Did I laugh?" Zhu Gaoxu asked in a daze.

Yao Ji shook her head and said, "Who said joy is only found in laughter?"

Zhu Gaoxu was still wary of Yao Ji, because he didn't know her details, and there were some strange things, so he said casually: "Father is enthroned and proclaimed emperor, and I am the prince, with all the glory, wealth and honor. Great."

"My lord only wants to be a prince?" Yao Ji asked with a half-smile.

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, and said calmly: "Being the son of the emperor, you are born with more or less opportunities. If you say that a prince has never thought of the crown prince, it must be a lie. So it doesn't matter if you think about it or not. Don't worry about being known by others, the key is whether you have the strength and status."

Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself: Even the third younger brother Gao Sui, who wants fame but no fame, and merits but no credit, the third younger brother wants to try, what's so strange?

"My lord makes sense." Yao Ji smiled lightly. She spoke in a very tactful, up-and-down, coquettish way, but her voice was clear and pure for a young age.Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu was really indescribable, and immediately looked up and down Yao Ji, her hair has grown a lot, and the delicate short hair is very charming, less soft and more pretty.

At this moment, Du Qianrui's voice said: "My lord, I bought some seafood... Is sister Yao Ji here?"

Yao Ji didn't mean to belittle Du Qianrui at all, and immediately said kindly: "My lord just came in, and I met you here. I heard that my sister has good cooking skills, so my lord is very lucky."

"When it's time to eat, you all come to taste Miss Du's handicraft." Zhu Gaoxu said.

He left the two women to talk, and left first.

When Zhu Gaoxu came to the study, he began to think that the shop he just bought with money is still useful... But don't worry now, you can spend some time renovating and decorating it, so that you can meet some special people there...

For example, Wang Zhenliang, the son-in-law Wang Ning, made great efforts to rescue Zhu Gaoxu's brother a few years ago, and agreed to "meet Xu Jiu again", but Zhu Gaoxu never went to see him.

However, Wang Zhenliang's father is really a wonderful person. He was a spy with his head and provided information for the Jingnan army. When the Buddha came, he also persuaded the emperor to believe in Buddhism, which made the emperor unhappy on the spot, but the emperor still promised to make Wang Ning a marquis after reciting the merits.

No matter what happened to Wang Ning, the son-in-law, Zhu Gaoxu and Wang Zhenliang were about the same age and had always had a good relationship.He didn't want to "woo" Xungui blatantly, it's better to keep a low profile when meeting.

At the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is not easy to have several eyes and ears.Otherwise, the feudal lord would have done all the spying on the news, so what would Jin Yiwei do?

Especially at this juncture, the position of the crown prince is undecided.Zhu Gaoxu didn't want to act as if his father was too embarrassing... Zhu Gaoxu had thought about this matter thousands of times, and the conclusion never changed: the eldest brother will be the prince!

So Zhu Gaoxu took out a pen and paper, and began to redesign the pavement.The house is a two-story building with a small courtyard at the back.Zhu Gaoxu drew a sketch on paper, planning to build a corridor from the original pavement, so that the carriage could enter the yard directly.Then open the lobby of the business shop on the second floor, and build a staircase outside, which can directly go to the lobby on the second floor from the street to receive ordinary customers.

Of course, this would affect the business, but Zhu Gaoxu didn't want to run a business.

In his previous life, he was a person with great dreams, yearning for some interesting lifestyles, but he had no money to realize them.In the Ming Dynasty, he felt that being a prince was quite good... If someone hadn't fundamentally threatened him, he really wouldn't have given up his life to fight for the throne.

With the idea in place, Zhu Gaoxu took the blueprint and called Chen Dachui, described it in private, and asked Chen Dachui to find someone to do it with money.

Chapter 159

When Xu Huizu heard about Jing Qing's assassination at home, he remembered: He has seen that dwarf named Fang Zhongyi before!

Before, Xu Huizu went to befriend the Confucian scholar Fang Xiaoru in order to be able to lead the battle.Fang Xiaoru retreated to the left and right, leaving a dwarf alone. He also introduced the origin of the dwarf Fang Zhongyi, who was the assassin!

At this time, Xu Huizu couldn't help sighing: "The princes of the court are not as good as a dwarf who understands righteousness!"

"Please be careful with your words." The person next to the messenger reminded in a low voice.

Xu Huizu sneered, he was not afraid at all.As soon as the capital was broken, someone wanted to arrest him. After he took out the death-preventing iron plate bestowed by Taizu and said that he was a hero for the founding of the country, even Jin Yiwei dared not touch him!

Now Yan Ni can only lock him in the mansion and want to cut his title.

...The people of Jingfu wore sackcloth and filial piety, and there was a sound of mourning.Jing Yushi's mourning hall has been set up, and ministers from the court and the central government have come to mourn one after another. The first to come are Yang Rong, Jian Yi and others. They not only express their sorrow, but also have a faint sense of sadness.

When the people who came said "Sorrow and change" to Mrs. Jing, they all looked at the young lady kneeling next to her. Yang Rong even glanced at the beautiful woman, and was absent-minded when talking to Mrs. Jing.But no one introduced a girl to the guests.

The stunning young lady in filial piety is Miao Jin.She was wearing a white filial piety dress, so pure that she didn't have any make-up, but she was naturally gorgeous, and the pear blossoms with rain added to her cute and pitiful appearance.

At this time, she was entangled in her heart, and when she was sad, she felt a little grateful in her heart that her family was spared from death, but as soon as she thought of this, she quickly got rid of these distracting thoughts... It was too rebellious!She was very frightened, she didn't know why she was so bad, she would have such thoughts after her father died, it was simply disloyal and unfilial!

Miao Jin felt that it was absurd that so many ministers who surrendered to King Yan came here and sighed.My late father was going to kill King Yan, but now he has become a loyal minister of King Yan...

Once his father died, Miao Jin didn't have to die either.Kneeling in the mourning hall, she was even more ashamed when she thought that she had lost her chastity when she was unmarried, and that she was the son of someone her father hated.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "The Holy Majesty is here!"

The relatives in the mourning hall, who were dressed in mourning, and the guests who came to mourn, all showed surprise.It is simply a great honor for the emperor to be here in person.Yang Rong, Jian Yi and the others all showed a look of relief. The Holy Majesty was very sincere to those people from the previous dynasty as long as they surrendered, and he didn't only care about the people from the original Yan Palace.

A large group of people immediately walked out of the mourning hall and went to greet him.

The gate of Jing Mansion was opened wide, and the emperor's sedan chair was carried straight into the mansion.Zhu Di got off the sedan chair, and said, "Let's be flat. Ma'am, I'm sorry..." Zhu Di was talking to Mrs. Jing, but he looked at Miao Jin behind him, and his eyes lit up slightly, "Isn't this Xu Miaojin?"

Miao Jin had no choice but to bend her knees.For some reason, she looked much more charming and beautiful than when she was in Prince Yan's Mansion, and seemed to be more charming, even though she was wearing plain white clothes.

Zhu Di was slightly taken aback, and hurriedly said, "The princess always talks about you, Jing Yushi's funeral is over, you should go to the palace to see the princess more often."

"Follow the order." Miao Jin said with her head down.

Zhu Di immediately turned his head to look at Mrs. Jing again, and said very generously, "Let Yushi Jing feel at ease under the spring. I want to give Mrs. Jing an imperial order, and I must not leave loyal ministers and family members alone."

Mrs. Jing hurriedly knelt down and said, "I thank the emperor for his kindness."

After hearing this, Miao Jin knelt down and felt a little dizzy. This morning, she was worried that the whole family would be killed by King Yan, but now King Yan came to reward their family.Things in the world always catch people off guard from time to time.

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I heard that when Jing Qing's family held a funeral, the eldest son Gao Chi also went to mourn.But Zhu Gaoxu didn't go... Father Emperor can understand right away what he is doing with such a small gesture.Otherwise, father is so busy, why go to Jingfu in person?It's nothing more than buying people's hearts...and doing this kind of thing is blatantly buying!

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu waited for his jade shop to be redecorated, and went to do his own "business".

Chen Dachui drove the car, but Zhu Gaoxu took no one with him, only Du Qianrui.

Du Qianrui knew enough of his secrets, about Jun Yingcao, and even about Guan Miaojin in the wine cellar... She lived in the inner hall of the Prince's Mansion in Beiping County for half a year, so she probably knew more or less about it.Zhu Gaoxu trusted her very much.

The jade shop was roughly as designed by Zhu Gaoxu. A staircase of rammed earth bricks was built at the front door, and the lobby was on the second floor from the stone staircase.The pavement under the ladder has been repaired and blocked, leaving only a corridor.

Chen Dachui got off the carriage and opened the door of the corridor, then drove the carriage straight into the courtyard.Zhu Gaoxu and Du Qianrui sitting in the carriage didn't even need to show their faces.

Zhu Gaoxu got off the carriage and reached out to help Du Qianrui down.At this time, the carriage had big wooden wheels and was high off the ground. Zhu Gaoxu felt that it was higher than the urban cross-country in later generations. It was really inconvenient for women to get up and down in long skirts.

After he got down, he walked to the front and said, "I mentioned Wang Zhenliang's mansion two days ago, does Sledgehammer still remember the location?"

Chen Dachui nodded and said, "It's on the side of Mufu Mountain."

"Very good." Zhu Gaoxu took out an empty envelope from his arms, with only two words in his own handwriting on it: old friend.He handed it to Chen Dachui and said, "Go see Wang Zhenliang and invite him to come here to catch up on the old days."

Chen Dachui clasped his fists and said: "The last general will get the order!"

Zhu Gaoxu said to Du Qianrui again: "Ms. Du is ingenious. The oysters she made last time were delicious. I asked someone to buy some more, and Chen Dachui sent them here. I have to trouble Ms. Du to make another meal today and treat me to it." That cousin." He said with a smile, "Our cousins ​​were playmates when we were children, otherwise ordinary people would not be able to eat the dishes made by Miss Du."

Du Qianrui slightly knelt and said, "My lord, you are welcome, I will go to prepare now."

Zhu Gaoxu walked up to the lobby on the second floor from the wooden stairs in the courtyard. The door hadn't been opened yet, and it was closed with wooden panels.He picked a few turbid pieces of jade, broke each of them into two pieces on the spot, put one piece back on the wooden grid, and put the other piece into his arms.

After he packed the broken jade, he found a hallway, walked into another study room where jade pendants were also placed, sat down and waited.