Bright Spring

She has not even been conferred as the second concubine, she already feels that she will not be satisfied with being a prince and second concubine, but wants a more honorable status.

In her bright smiling eyes, she wanted the noble status, expensive and shiny jewels, beautiful clothes, and even the prince's favor and heart.When she thought of this, even she was surprised.

Chapter 265 Undertake

The ancients depended on the almanac to travel, and the day when Hu Wei and the others left Kunming was well chosen.Early in the morning, you can see the rising sun, and today is a sunny day.

Standing on the tower of Duanli Gate, Zhu Gaoxu told Chen Dachui to take care of the affairs that he had been given to him after he arrived in Beijing.When Chen Dachui walked down the tower, Zhu Gaoxu watched the group of people and horses walk away after leaving the palace of the King of Han.

When the team of chariots and horses turned around, they were no longer visible from the tower.Only then did Zhu Gaoxu look back, and said with a bit of a sigh: "It's strange to say that I have stayed in Beiping for the longest time, but now the place I miss the most is not Beiping, but the capital..."

He thought for a while and pondered, "Maybe it doesn't matter where it is, it just depends on whether there are people who care about that place."

"Yeah." A voice responded.

Hearing the sound, Zhu Gaoxu looked sideways, and glanced at Duan Xuehen who was standing beside him.At a glance, she saw a sad look in her eyes, as if she was affected by Zhu Gaoxu's words.What surprises Zhu Gaoxu is that her eyes can be very contagious, and her big eyes seem to be able to speak.

Or in the past, Duan Xuehen's expression was always too cold and dazed, so she gave Zhu Gaoxu the impression that she was very dull.Today he discovered that Duan Xuehen and Mu Zhen are quite similar, with a small face and big eyes with aura.

Seeing this, he immediately changed his words: "However, if one day I leave Yunnan, I will miss this place too. I also met someone in Yunnan who I miss, right?"

Duan Xuehen's eyes were lowered, and at this moment, there was a hint of reserved shyness.Although her skin looked pale, she was young after all, and under the light of the morning sun, her appearance and expression made people feel pitiful.

On the spur of the moment, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but shift his eyes down again, looking at her body line that was more plump than Mu Zhen's, compared with the impression of Mu Zhen in his memory, he couldn't help thinking for a while.

In the early morning of the farewell, he didn't know what happened, and he confused himself.

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The Palace of Spring Harmony in the capital.Spring | The sun is bright and bright, but the weather is cold, and the sun brings a bit of warmth.

The crown prince's second concubine, Guo Yan, is pregnant again. It was diagnosed by the imperial doctor after the New Year, and the stomach is still not visible.After the miscarriage last year, Guo Yan was very worried that she would not be able to give birth again in the future, but now that she is happy again, she is even more careful.

The court ladies quietly spread the news about Guo Yan.

Luo'er reported right next to the Crown Princess Zhang: "Concubine Guo seldom goes out, and she walks slowly, as if she has a big belly and can't walk anymore...Every time she eats, even drinks a glass of water. Ask the court ladies and eunuchs around you to try it first..."

"Hey!" Mrs. Zhang sneered when she heard this, "This is in the imperial city, is she afraid that someone will poison her?"

Luo'er said in a low voice: "Princess Concubine, you see, this is pretty good. It doesn't have to be like last year when she accidentally poured dirty water on other people's heads."

"Your mouth is really amazing." Mrs. Zhang cursed with a smile.But there was no smile in her small eyes under the single eyelid, and the smile on her face disappeared immediately, "It's really a big deal for the crown prince to marry a second concubine, and now the whole Chunhe Palace is nervous Xi's."

At this moment, someone shouted outside: "The prince is here!"

Mrs. Zhang stood up immediately, and led a group of maids out of the palace door to meet Prince Zhu Gaochi.

Seeing the prince, Mrs. Zhang saluted generously.After seeing the ceremony, Zhu Gaochi walked into the bedroom with some difficulty, and immediately sat down on a big chair, letting out a long and comfortable breath.

He opened his mouth and said: "Concubine Guo is pregnant, let the servants take good care of her, don't make any mistakes, and go to the father again."

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly said: "The concubine just told the slaves about it."

Soon a court lady brought tea, and Zhu Gaochi was thirsty, so he immediately reached out to take the teacup.He suddenly left his eyes on the young maid's face, and couldn't help but look a few more times.The palace lady was also a clever person, she seemed to feel something strange immediately, her face flushed.

Zhu Gaochi turned his head and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw Mrs. Zhang looking at him with a smile, he stopped resentfully.

Mrs. Zhang glanced at the palace lady calmly, and felt that she looked average, but she was young and fair.Mrs. Zhang understands that even an average-looking girl can sometimes arouse a man's lust.With a light wave of her hand, the maids exited the bedroom in a very sensible manner.

"Does the crown prince want that palace maid to sleep in?" Mrs. Zhang asked softly.

Zhu Gaochi was taken aback, and the teacup in his hand also splashed out.He immediately shook his head and said, "No way!"

Mrs. Zhang said again: "Anyway, they are all from Chunhe Palace, and I will not disobey the Crown Prince."

Zhu Gaochi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, a little hesitant, and after a while he said: "I'm afraid that my father will find out. Father has already given me a second concubine, and I'm still not satisfied? I don't know how to face my father's reprimand because of the rumors in the palace."

Mrs. Zhang sighed: "It's just a court lady...forget it!"

...and there are as many as 3000 beauties who are going to be presented to the emperor this year.However, Emperor Zhu Di decreed to stop this matter.

When the commander of Jin Yiwei envoyed Ji Gang to perform the secret performance, Ji Gang privately requested to select beauties from the homes of officials and aristocratic ministers from foreign domains such as North Korea, but Zhu Di did not refuse.

When the Taizu was in power, the drafts did not matter their origins, as long as they were women; because no matter how the palace chose them, they would always be much better than the women Taizu was close to when he was a monk and a refugee.But since the Yongle Dynasty, interested eunuchs and ministers have already seen what is in Jinshang's mind... The emperor simply doesn't like girls who have no status.

The large picture on the wall of the East Nuan Pavilion is still unfolded and hung there.The imperial case is full of documents, all of which are military and political files before the "35th year of Hongwu".

Zheng He and Hou Xian, the eunuchs of the Lijian Supervisor, waited on the pen and ink.They stayed in Dongnuange, thinking about the needs of the emperor at any time.

Zheng He is very busy recently, because the emperor asked him to supervise the construction of sea ships; but as long as he has time, he will still do a good job as a close servant. For eunuchs, even if it is a big deal, it is better to serve the emperor well It's important to come!

Most of the things placed on the imperial case are old documents that Zheng He was responsible for finding out.According to the emperor's order, all they looked for were files related to the strategy of Liaodong, Yunnan and other places during the Hongwu Dynasty.Many booklets had been left untouched for too long, and when they were dug out, they were covered with dust. Zheng He asked someone to clean them up before putting them on the royal case.

Why does the emperor want to see so many old files?Zheng He didn't know why.Most of the time, the emperor would not tell others what he was going to do.

"Myanmar... was called the Burmese-China Propaganda Department during Hongwu?" Zhu Di mused.

Before Hou Xian did, Zheng He walked up to the imperial case and opened an old file accurately.His speed of flipping the paper changed from fast to slow, finally stopped, bowed and said: "My lord, here you are."

Zhu Di looked up at Zheng He, nodded, and buried himself in the paper.Most of these old files were found by Zheng He, and he was of course more familiar with them than Hou Xian.

Hou Xian on the side looked a little disappointed, but because he was not confident that he could find it just now, Zheng He hesitated to let Zheng He take the lead.

Zheng He not only cared about those old files, but also guessed the emperor's mind in his heart.

...I remember one time, Zheng He heard the emperor Zhu Di say a word to himself, the world is bigger than the ancients, and the Ming Dynasty should not stop here!

Since the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, it has begun to expand the layout of the territory.Taizu entered Liaodong in the north and took Yunnan in the south, opening the door to the expansion of land in the north and south.But the Taizu couldn't live forever, and the Hongwu Dynasty obviously failed to complete the grand plan of the founding of the Ming Dynasty!

After ascending the throne today, it seems that he wants to continue to make contributions according to the grand strategy of the year; however, he won the world only after launching the "Battle of Jingnan", which is not a logical succession to the throne... Zheng He thinks this way: So now the emperor is not Knowing the general plan of the Hongwu court center, is it time to look through Hongwu's old files in order to continue the hegemony of the year?

But Zheng He looked back and thought: Taizu chose Emperor Jianwen as the crown prince; today he also chose the eldest son Gao Chi as the crown prince. The prince obviously can only keep it.So for a while, Zheng He was not sure whether his guess was reliable.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhu Di put down the file in his hand, raised his hands and stretched.Then he stood up, paced back and forth behind the imperial case, and walked to the front of the big picture on the wall behind.He stood looking at the picture for a while, and pressed his hands under the picture.

Zhu Di suddenly turned his head, looked at Zheng He and said, "I saw the old file, the sea is to the west of the Myanmar-China Propaganda Department? Where is it further west?"

Zheng He bent down, with an embarrassed look on his face, and said: "I don't know, please forgive me!" After he finished speaking, he deliberately turned his head to look at Hou Xian.

Hou Xian knew what was going on, so he hurriedly said: "I don't even know..."

"That's all." Zhu Di waved his hand, "When the ship is built, I want Zheng He to lead the fleet to the west to see. Then you tell the feudal kingdom over there that there is a Ming Dynasty in the east, and tell them all Come to pay tribute."

Zheng He hurriedly said: "The servants are willing to share the worries of the emperor, but the servants have never been out to sea, so they are afraid of missing the important affairs of the emperor."

Zhu Di smiled and said, "There are too many things we haven't done."

He didn't wait for Zheng He to answer, he had already turned around, looked at the location of Yunnan for a while, and said: "Taizu dispatched troops to Yunnan, and all the vassal states in the southwest came to pay tribute. But I am going to Annan and Zhancheng. In the future, when Western countries arrive at Champa from the sea, they will be able to see the etiquette of our Ming Dynasty."