Bright Spring

A few men in commoner clothes guarded the carriage and left the South Department Iron Works.Walking out of the workshop area and away from the non-stop noise inside, soon the sound of guns and guns on the school ground in the distance came to Zhu Gaoxu's ears one after another.

The drills in the Beijing camp have been very frequent recently, and the officials and people in the capital can probably guess that the imperial court is going to use troops again.However, a large-scale military operation has too much movement, and it has always been difficult to keep it secret, and Zhu Gaoxu did not intend to deliberately conceal it.

The place the group went to was the Yanquehu mansion where Enhui lived.As long as Zhu Gaoxu has the opportunity, he will go to accompany her for a while in person.

After arriving at the mansion and the inner house, the attendants around the carriage no longer followed, and there were fewer and fewer people.After Zhu Gaoxu got off the carriage, Cao Fu also left, and the huge courtyard became more and more clean.

En Hui, who was wearing a light-colored double-breasted skirt and a long white dress, was already waiting by the verandah.

Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward to grab her hand and helped her up.En Hui gently withdrew her hand, bowed her head and said, "Please, Your Majesty." Even though the two of them were familiar with each other and there were no servants to be seen here, she still acted very reserved, as if she was not used to having intimacy in broad daylight.

"It's a bit noisy these days." Zhu Gaoxu raised his head and looked in the direction of Hongwumen, "Hasn't the sound of gunfire disturbing Enhui's purity?"

En Hui said: "Listen to the excitement. Whenever I hear that kind of voice, I will think of the Holy Majesty, and guess that you are doing something important again." She stopped quickly and looked up at him a little embarrassed.

After a while, she suddenly sighed softly.Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Enhui said: "Does Gao Xu know what I admire most about you?"

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head.

Enhui said softly: "There may be many people who wrongly doubted you and harmed their brothers and nephews. I don't think you care about it, as if you don't care about your reputation at all?"

"You know I'm not that kind of person." Zhu Gaoxu said, "whatever others think and think, the country was brought down by the emperor and father with real swords and guns, and my country was also fought all the way from Yunnan. So what about moral corruption? If you have the ability to lead troops to snatch it from me."

When Zhu Gaoxu said this, he remembered Jian Zeng's decree to kill his uncle Zhu Di, but he said it in a vague and secretive way, so he said calmly: "I think only people with status will pay special attention to their image, there is no way. .”

After he finished speaking, he realized that this sentence might arouse Enhui's unhappiness and sadness.

Unexpectedly, she was silent for a while, but said: "You, sometimes I am a little worried about you."

Zhu Gaoxu was inexplicably happy, and said kindly: "I was just joking just now, but it's not like that, Enhui doesn't have to worry."

The two walked while talking, surrounded by very familiar scenes.Zhu Gaoxu came back to his senses, thinking that a random courtyard would become so kind after a while.

Chapter 967 The Mirror

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Zhu Gaoxu stood behind the railing in the attic where Yanque Lake could be seen, and stopped for a long time.

He lingered here, without any feeling or understanding, only an unspeakable mood flowing in his heart, which generally included inexplicable comfort, but it was not so leisurely and relaxed.

One such scene and atmosphere.The beautiful and open scenery comes into view, with water, mountains and pavilions, but it is not as ethereal as in the mountains. "Wow..." The faint sound of waves on the lake has been shrouded in the air, and there are even bursts of gunfire in the distance from time to time.Regardless of Taoism or Buddhism, this situation is not a good artistic conception, but it is a little more popular.

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and glanced at Enhui beside him, and saw that she was watching him.Enhui caught Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, looked at him and smiled slightly, then turned back to look at the scenery.

He continued to look at En Hui.There was wind in the attic, the front of her dress was attached to her body, and the sash of the skirt at the back was blowing with the wind, that plump and smooth body outline made Zhu Gaoxu a little more impetuous.He recalled that when she was about to hang herself that time, he accidentally saw her. No wonder he was still amazed in that nervous mood.

En Hui's expression was a little unnatural, she seemed to have noticed Zhu Gaoxu's eyes from the corner of her eye.She gently raised her hands calmly and wrapped them around her arms.She has always been like this, and she seems to be a little bit resistant, but she will not reject Zhu Gaoxu.This kind of half-push and half-acceptance, without affectation, is indeed the expression of her heart.

A woman who is almost impossible for ordinary people to come into contact with is completely hostile to Zhu Gaoxu.But her heart is constantly changing, gradually becoming the delicate relationship it is today.The last two times when Zhu Gaoxu saw her, he felt that she was different from before.After experiencing the guilt and entanglement of the past, and for a while she devoted herself to Buddhism and escape from the world, now she seems to be gradually seeing it.

In the previous conversation, she hinted at the past of the Jianwen Dynasty, but she also avoided talking about it. Instead, she said that she was a little worried about Zhu Gaoxu.Zhu Gaoxu probably felt her change from getting along like this.

"But I can't care less like Gao Xu, and I can't do that." Enhui's voice came from the wind, and she didn't turn her head, still looking ahead.

Zhu Gaoxu said casually, "Is Enhui talking about fame?"

She nodded lightly.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, and said, "Our perspectives are different. What I care about is the real ruling order, so I can give up some things. What you care about is very complicated, and you don't need to choose."

Enhui probably felt that his words were interesting, so she turned her head and glanced at him.

Zhu Gaoxu then said, "Most people in the world don't care about the grievances and grievances of the royal family. They only care about whether they can live and work in peace and contentment, and whether they can live a better life. Of course, there are also people who want to hold on to this kind of doubt. intentions, but now looking around inside and outside, those who have the strength to think wildly are almost wiped out."

En Hui turned to face Zhu Gaoxu, and said, "Sometimes I feel that Gao Xu's thoughts are really different."

Zhu Gaoxu explained, "I have read a lot, and I can see everyone, but I don't just believe in what Confucian scholars teach."

Enhui was quiet for a while, then sighed softly, "Yes, looking back suddenly, Gao Xu has already sat on the world and became the last winner."

Zhu Gaoxuli

Ji said, "People can't fully control their destiny, and I also have many accidents of luck. If it wasn't for Enhui's help, when the first emperor died, I would have died in the palace."

Enhui's beauty stared at him, and complained, "You don't have to keep mentioning that matter. Even if I didn't tell you about the secret channel, my future would be over, and my end would be even worse than now. When you say it, it seems that I am very sad. It's disgusting, it's like you're just trying to repay your kindness."

"Of course not, I won't say anything." Zhu Gaoxu laughed.

Enhui didn't smile, she whispered, "My fate is already doomed, and it should have been destroyed long ago. Gao Xu's heart for me from the beginning has made me survive until now, but I never want to admit these things that shouldn't be. "

"Don't think too much about it." He glanced at the position of the sun, and said again, "I have to go back to the palace before you at the latest today, let's go in and talk."

Without saying a word, Enhui followed him into the room next to the corridor, and she then gently closed the door.Zhu Gaoxu heard a "creak", and when he looked back at her, the two looked at each other silently.They were talking smoothly with each other before, but suddenly fell silent.

The weather is perfect today, the sun is shining brightly outside.The room on the attic is very well lit, even with the door closed, the room is bright...

When Zhu Gaoxu left Yanque Lake and returned to the imperial city, it was already past the duty hour, and he went straight to Concubine Shu's Palace.

With Du Qianrui, Zhu Gaoxu was more relaxed, and Du Qianrui never asked him who he was close to again.Because she didn't say anything, he didn't know whether Du Qianrui could detect his affairs, just like Miaojin's nose.

Du Qianrui cooked in person, and prepared four dishes and one soup according to the emperor's daily meal specifications.Among them is a plate of braised salted fish. The dried sea fish is not fresh and usually not delicious, but Du Qianrui's cooking skills are excellent, and the cooking is still very delicious.

Zhu Gaoxu went to the table with a good appetite and ate stuffed up.After a while, he saw that Du Qianrui was looking at him in a daze, so he raised his head and said, "What are you doing, you have to eat too."

Du Qianrui picked up the bowls and chopsticks, and asked, "How about the concubine's cooking?"

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said, "It's very delicious. The seasoning of this fish is very heavy, but it turns sweet and refreshing after eating, which is amazing."

Du Qianrui said softly, "Your Majesty knows how to eat, my concubine put some sugar."

Zhu Gaoxu often sleeps in the open during the military, unless he deliberately pays attention to etiquette at the banquet, he will return to his original nature when he is usually relaxed, eating a bit rudely, and soon he will be full.

Satisfied, he sat on the chair and looked at Du Qianrui's delicate appearance. He felt that her skin was extremely fair and delicate, and her soft red lips were beautiful and shiny under the light. Her figure was petite, but exquisite.Zhu Gaoxu looked at it for a while, and said that no matter how the world changes, what people want is nothing more than what the ancients said is food and sex.

After dinner, the maids came in to clear the table and serve tea.Zhu Gaoxu excitedly asked Du Qianrui to teach him the rhythm, and Du Qianrui asked the female officer to fetch the things to the dining room as he said.

In the past few years, he has been learning this intermittently, and the people who taught him are not only Du Qianrui, but also Yao Ji.Music scores of various temperaments are different. Zhu Gaoxu's teachers are all women, and he studies pipa notation.

Many officials are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but most of the current clans don't know how to play and sing.Zhu Gaoxu is no exception, his calligraphy is good,

Just don't know the rhythm.This is also the reason for Taizu. Taizu didn't like the playing and singing of the nobles of the clan, and felt that this thing was not a proper job, but now no one cares about those rules.

After Zhu Gaoxu came into contact with it, he found that he seemed to be a bit talented in this area.He didn't have the opportunity to try all kinds of knowledge before, so he didn't know what he was good at.

The two talked and laughed with great interest.The female officials and maids in Concubine Shu's palace watched from the sidelines, and everyone was in a good mood; the women didn't want to compete for favor regardless of the occasion, and the people in Concubine Shu's palace were very willing to see Du Qianrui being favored.