Daming prepares the emperor

"Chongba, Biao'er woke up at this time last night, it's been a whole day today, why didn't he come to see us?"

"He must be busy." Zhu Yuanzhang picked up a piece of braised pork with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, "He will come tomorrow."

There are meals on the table, and in the corner are all kinds of fruit, melons, peaches, oranges, everything.Round flat ones, dark red and light green ones, big and small ones, crisp and soft ones filled the basket.In summer, there are abundant products, and the frugal Comrade Zhu will be a little extravagant at this time, and eat more fresh things.

"What are you busy with, do you know?" Ma Xiuying moved the oil lamp away, put down the half-embroidered handkerchief in her hand and put it on the cabinet, picked up a round fan with a lacquered handle embroidered with peach blossoms on white silk, and fanned it gently.

"Sister, give us a fan too, it's really hot." Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have heard nothing, and wiped the sweat from his brow, "Why haven't the cold noodles been cooked yet? It's hard to freeze them with well water ."

Ma Xiuying turned the wind direction of the fan: "You just said you want to eat, but you didn't tell me in advance, who can make it so fast? Doesn't it take time to make noodles, or does it take time to chop vegetables?"

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the tofu mixed with toon in the bowl, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that Ma Xiuying had been successfully distracted by him.

As soon as he finished thinking this way, he put down the bowl and wiped his mouth, when he was yelled out of his wits.

"Say it!" Ma Xiuying stared at him.

"Say, talk, let's talk." Zhu Yuanzhang said helplessly, "Sister, Biao'er is really busy. His busy work is more troublesome. We didn't intend to let you know."

"What's the trouble? Is there a ghost making trouble!"

"No, don't scare yourself. With Biu'er's current abilities, it's very difficult for anyone to provoke him. If he doesn't provoke those monsters, they should be very popular. You think Biu'er is only three years old?"

"That's—the stone man refused to recognize him?"

"The stone man is willing to admit it, I beg him to admit it." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "It is the construction of the Forbidden City that let Biaoer know."

"The Forbidden City..." Ma Xiuying stopped fanning Zhu Yuanzhang, "Filling Yanque Lake is really difficult, and it is too unconscionable, but this matter has not yet been written off. You just captured Wuchang. Zhang Shicheng’s site hasn’t been obtained yet, and it will be repaired in the next two years, why is Biao’er worried now?”

"Did you quarrel with him?" Ma Xiuying became anxious when she thought of Zhu Biao's character, and asked, "Chong Ba, did you punish him? Did you close Biao'er into confinement!"

"We didn't get fined. Liu Bowen told him. It was these two who quarreled."

"Mr. Liu? Biao'er respects Mr. Liu very much, and Mr. Liu is not a man who knows how to adapt. How could they quarrel."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, but there was no warmth in the laughter: "Yes, Liu Bowen can be flexible. Whoever he wants to please, he can be please--unless he does it on purpose, not to mention that Biaoer likes him in the first place. "

"what do you mean……"

"He is taking the blame for us. He knew that Biao'er would definitely get into trouble with us because of this, so he took the initiative to take the matter first." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, "Sister, look, what a loyal subject. Our Zhu It depends on him if the family is in harmony, what a skill."

"What did Mr. Liu say?"

"He asked Biao'er to be responsible, to take up the responsibility of the son, don't be willful, and take care of the overall situation."

"These words are indeed stepping on the anger." Ma Xiuying could already imagine what Zhu Biao would be when he was angry. You have always had a good temper, so you don't scold others, do you?"

"Cursed. Biao'er scolded him for not acting like a minister, playing tricks, and not fulfilling his duties." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "He came back from the stone man, and the stone man told him that he could not make a wish at all, and there was no second one at all. Eyes, all abilities are nothing more than suppressing the country and dreaming, but Liu Bowen said that he knew that the stone man was lying."

"This, this is not like what Mr. Liu would do. Is there another secret?" Ma Xiuying said worriedly, "Let's forget about small things. It not only exercises Biao'er's ability, but also does not exceed his authority without authorization, but this is a big thing. He How dare you...?"

"He wrote to tell us, but he didn't tell Biao'er. This is thinking about quitting."

"Thinking of retreating? It's too early, Jiangnan has not yet been unified, why do you think of retreating at this time? How do you think of retreating?" Ma Xiuying asked puzzled.

"It's getting late! Even if he doesn't do this, we can't help it anymore." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Biao'er is too close to him. We don't care what the other officials think. It's a big deal to kill more, but..."

At this time, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, and Zhu Yuanzhang stopped the sound.Ma Xiuying asked, "Who is it?"

Li Li respectfully said: "Huangfei, she is a servant girl."

"Come in, put down the noodles, you go out first, no one else is allowed to come over."

"Yes."

Cold noodles are served in a rough porcelain bowl, the roots are white and white. After passing through the ice water, they are covered with pickles and shredded cucumbers, which whets the appetite.

It's a pity that no one wants to eat it at this time.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Biao'er will inherit our foundation sooner or later. It is impossible for him to rely too much on others, especially ministers and the like. They have nothing to covet, nothing to hide, and nothing to say! Value them , you will be deceived by them! Even if Liu Ji didn’t mean it himself, others would tell him to mean it. On the surface, they follow our method, but behind the scenes, all they think about is money and power. Reading Confucius and Mencius, I can't hold a commoner in my heart!"

"Biao'er is not relying on Mr. Liu." Ma Xiuying frowned, "He respects his teachers and morals, and he is a corporal. If you say that, you are making a big deal out of a molehill. Biao'er knows the priorities. Don't you know your son?"

"We know, of course we know." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "We know what our mark is like. Of course the mark is good. What we mean is that he can't be ruthless. If others respect him an inch, he will still respect him." How can this work when someone else is ten feet tall? We are afraid that he will suffer and be deceived."

Ma Xiuying didn't speak, she still felt that Zhu Yuanzhang was too sensitive, and she was very suspicious.

"Think about it, among the servants, who doesn't know that it's best to work in the courtyard of Biu'er? If something is broken or things are messed up, there is neither whipping nor reprimand, and there are vacations during the holidays. If you don’t get angry, who doesn’t envy Wei Zhongde?” Seeing Ma Xiuying’s expression, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that she didn’t agree with him, so he explained patiently.

"Let's not talk about them, those little bastards are about to be beaten by us. They all ran to Biu'er, crying and hugging Biu'er's legs, is that plausible?"

"Generous and benevolent, elder brother is like a father, what's wrong with that?" Ma Xiuying said, "You are too murderous as a father. If Biaoer is like you, wouldn't ministers and children fear death? "

Zhu Yuanzhang hummed. He stared at the red light of the lanterns coming in through the window lattice outside the house. The emotion in his eyes was unrecognizable, as cold as ice in the shadows. After a while, he recovered the unique gentleness in front of Ma Xiuying. , slowly said: "Anyway, Liu Bowen understands our dissatisfaction, and he deliberately made Biuer angry and alienated Biuer. Sister, this person is too smart, it's not good..."

Seeing this, Ma Xiuying couldn't help but let out a faint sigh.

Power is attractive to the eye, wealth is touching.Living in such a vanity fair, no matter what the courtiers do, it is rare to win the king's favor.In the same way, no matter what the king does, it is rare to find a courtier who is compliant.

Ma Xiuying knew Zhu Biao's respect for Zhang Zhong, Liu Ji, Song Lian and others.When Zhu Biao was not yet the eldest son, she reminded Zhu Biao to know how to introspect, to be careful in everything, not to use power to bully the people, and not to let others take advantage of the situation to tell tales.

This is what she taught.

Ma Xiuying taught Zhu Biao to be a benevolent person.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang also wants to teach the truth.

He wants to teach Zhu Biao to be a ruthless person, how to make others reflect on themselves, make others pay attention, let others take advantage of the situation, let others suppress others, and teach Zhu Biao to gossip.

Ma Xiuying couldn't stop her, and neither could she.The young eagle always wanted to fly, even though Zhu Biao was strong and brave enough, he still didn't fly in the sky.

How to fly is something Zhu Yuanzhang only understood.

The remaining tea leaves in the cup finally bottomed out after a long period of ups and downs.

"The matter of Biao'er and Liu Bowen is one of them. The other is the matter of the Ministry of Defense. He was called out by news."

"What is it?"

"Chen Shan committed suicide." Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the teacup and stroked it. The tea leaves in it had just sank to the bottom, and then fluttered again with his movements. Several roots were entangled, like water plants in a deep green pool. Dismantling, "He knew that Wuchang City was broken, and that Chen Li was brought back by us, so he decided to die and die for the country."

Ma Xiuying said: "Chen Shan is a good prince, Chen Youliang's vision is correct. Chong Ba, you should choose a place to bury him properly."

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, and laughed loudly: "Sister, we really can't hide it from you."

"You, as soon as you poke your butt, I will..."

"It's time to eat, sister, it's time to eat." Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the cold noodles, which were already lumpy, and he didn't care, he picked them up and put them in his mouth, "Let's treat Chen Li better."

"A dragon has nine sons, each of which is different. If Chen Li wants to surrender, he must be an orthodox emperor of the Han Dynasty, and he can only kill Chen Shan." Ma Xiuying said, "Mr. Zou Pusheng and Mr. Zou have a good relationship with Chen Shan. Biao'er has friendship, so Biao'er must have rushed there for him."

"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang gestured in the air with chopsticks in his hand, his voice was vague because of the food in his mouth, and he behaved in a simple and honest manner, and the words he spit out made people feel numb, "When we sent the people, Chen Shan had already When he was ready, he didn't cry or laugh, originally we wanted to use poisoned wine, but we chose hemp rope because of Zou Pusheng, suicide is considered decent, and we can earn our reputation."

"I asked Biaoer about him, between him and Chen Youliang..." Ma Xiuying continued, "Chongba, you should learn from this and discuss everything with Biaoer more, so as not to misunderstand each other and create rifts. I know the importance of the world, but if I don’t have a home, what do I want the world to do?”

"Sister." Zhu Yuanzhang put down the bowl and chopsticks, "What you said, we conquered the world, didn't we just fight for you and Biaoer. If we had a bite to eat, why did we revolt. Until now, even though I have become the king of Wu , but to be honest, there is nothing we can't let go of, except you and Biaoer, we can start over with everything."

Ma Xiuying said helplessly: "It's not embarrassing to be an old husband and wife."

"Shameful?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Who dares to say that we are ashamed. Hey! Sister, is your face red? Let us see, don't turn around."

"Eat yours, I'm lit by a lamp!" Ma Xiuying turned her face away.