Chapter 549 Xu Yihua
Even Lao Zhu liked Xu Yihua quite a lot. He told Xu Da that a woman must be noble as early as in the Wu Wangfu period.
Regardless of political factors, betrothing Zhu Biao to Zhu Biao is also inappropriate. As the prince and prince, Zhu Biao must marry a wife and have children as soon as possible, so it is impossible to wait for Xu Yihua to grow up.
But the second and third are fine, and they are not in a hurry to get married, but Lao Zhu still bypasses the second and third and appoints Xu Yihua to the fourth. It can be seen that Lao Zhu still feels in his heart that the virtues of his own second and third are probably not worthy of such Talented.
So I said to Xu Da, "You and I are common friends, and we still have the same heart and mind today, and there has never been any quarrel. Since ancient times, monarchs and ministers have generally become in-laws. Our fourth son has an extraordinary temperament. I know you have Such a good daughter, can she be assigned to my son?"
After all, she is the eldest daughter of his old brother, and she was also raised by himself. Zhu Yuanzhang still chose the most suitable one for her. You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang does not have such meticulous care for everyone.
It is natural for the sons and daughters to be proud of being a mother, otherwise Xie would not be so blatantly suppressing the concubine, and it would make Xu Da speechless.
The excitement of Prince Chu's visit gradually passed away, and Mrs. Xie finally came to her senses. This banquet was also going to the palace, so she couldn't help shivering. She was the head of the family in Xu's mansion, and she was a dignified Zhongshan when she went out. The princess, the first-rank wife of the imperial court, has great power.
But she is also afraid of people, the Xie family is of good background, her father is Xie Zaixing, the judge of the Zhuquan Privy Branch, and the father-in-law of Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, the governor Zhu Wenzheng.
Whether it is her father Xie Zaixing or her brother-in-law Zhu Wenzheng should be her father's support, but both of them are dead. Needless to say, Zhu Wenzheng died of depression after being imprisoned. Lao Zhu killed it.
Mrs. Xie suddenly said: "I have been unwell for the past few days, so let Mrs. Li and Yihua go to the palace to have a banquet instead of my concubine. Instead, please ask your highness to apologize to the empress on behalf of my concubine. After a few days, my concubine will come again." Go to the palace to say hello."
Xie’s life is good and her children are blessed, but she is not very shrewd. How can she hide Zhu Biao and Xu Da from her little thought, Zhu Biao smiled and did not respond.
Xu Da immediately slapped the table and scolded: "Presumptuous! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to invite you in person, there is no room for you, a woman, to shirk, even if you can't walk, we will carry you over!"
Pretending to be deaf and dumb and being a housekeeper is to get by, and ordinary things are fine. Women should take care of the affairs of the back house, but this matter of principle cannot be decided by a woman. Xu Da is not afraid of his wife people.
We all know that your Xie family was destroyed because they betrayed the Holy One and took refuge in Zhang Shicheng, but the Holy One still saved your life for our sake, and the empress even granted you a first-rank order. Now you dare to shirk when you are invited to the banquet, don’t you? Do you want to say that you have resentment in your heart?
Zhu Biao smoothed things over with a smile: "That's not the case. What Uncle Xu said is too much. Auntie should be considerate of her discomfort. The imperial physician in the palace is skilled in medicine. It's just time to enter the palace for a diagnosis. Don't delay the illness."
Xu Da stood up solemnly, bowed to Zhu Biao and said, "Your Highness laughed."
"My little nephew is confused about what Uncle Xu is doing, please sit down."
Xie's face turned pale and turned red and looked like something was wrong, Xu Yihua took the initiative to stand up and apologize for her mother, and then helped her to go to the back to rest.
Zhu Biao looked at Xu Yihua's back and sighed: "Yihua is well-behaved, sensible, gentle, and gentle. I feel that the fourth son is not good enough for her. It's a pity that my son is young, otherwise I really want Yihua to be my son." daughter in law."
"Your Highness is too much Liao Zan."
All the servants in the house went down with Mrs. Xie, only Liu Jin, Liu An and others were there to serve, Xu Da naturally had nothing to shy away from, and also sighed: "It is a great fortune to be able to match the prince, and the minister is already contented." Fortunately, the two children did not follow his mother, Your Highness can rest assured that they are all children of my Xu family, not Xie's."
Zhu Biao nodded with a smile and said: "Things of the past are over. Both the father and the palace love Yihua and Yungong very much. This is naturally because their surname is Xu, and they are the descendants of Uncle Xu."
The matter of the Xie family is actually not that complicated. Xie Zaixing was originally the general of the old Zhu Yizhang, and it was proof that his nephew Zhu Wenzheng could marry his eldest daughter. Moreover, when Jinhua and Chuzhou Miao Shuai rebelled, Hu Dahai and Geng Zaicheng were killed by traitors. , Zhang Shicheng took advantage of the chaos and sent 100,000 troops to attack Zhuji.
The leaders of the army were Zhang Shicheng's younger brothers Zhang Shixin, Zhang Shicheng, and his fierce general Lu Zhen. Zhang Shicheng thought that after the death of Hu Dahai and Geng Zaicheng, his army of 100,000 would take Zhuji like a bag. He never thought that Zhang Shicheng's army would besiege for 29 days , still not won.
The guard who was ordered in danger was Xie Zaixing. Even at the end of the battle, Xie Zaixing used tactics to scare off the invading army, and took advantage of the night to rob the camp to chase and kill them, breaking them.
He has seniority and merits, and if he is stable enough to be the founding of the country, maybe a duke of a country has hope, but it's a pity that such a person can't take care of Lao Zhu at the critical moment of the Hongdu battle, and his son-in-law Zhu Wenzheng is sticking to Hongdu When life and death were uncertain, he surrendered to Zhang Shicheng.
This kind of betrayal cannot be forgiven. In the second year after the end of the Battle of Poyang Lake, Zhu Yuanzhang finally freed his hands and issued strict orders to Li Wenzhong and Hu Deji to punish the rebels. The two armies fought in Yiwu. Died in the chaos.
After Xie Zaixing's death, Xie Zaixing's third brother Xie San and fifth brother Xie Wu defended Yuhang to death. Li Wenzhong sent troops to surround it. Xie San and Xie Wu were desperate and asked Zhang Shicheng for help. Please surrender, Li Wenzhong promised, Yuhangcheng will be at your fingertips.
It's a pity that what Lao Zhu hates the most is rebellion. He said, "Xie Zaixing is my in-laws. It is unforgivable to surrender Zhang Shicheng against me." He would rather let his nephew bear the name of dishonesty or kill Xie Sanxie Wu. …
The two daughters of the Xie family are fine. After all, married daughters splash water, which is also a common concept in this era. Xie has been honest and honest for so many years, and has never mentioned this matter in front of his children.
Otherwise, let alone whether Lao Zhu would make a move, even Xu Da would not tolerate her, and let her die of illness early on, and Xu Yungong or Xu Yihua are both extremely smart, and they would not rebel against their grandfathers whom they have never seen before. What does the family do? They are surnamed Xu, the legitimate son and daughter of the founding King Zhongshan.
However, Mrs. Xie was really afraid of Lao Zhu. It was okay in the early years. Mrs. Xie would go to the side of Empress Ma when Lao Zhu was fighting outside. Even if he knew that the emperor could not meet her in private, he was still afraid and instinctively resisted.
Zhu Biao took a sip of tea and said to himself: "But having said that, the fourth child is indeed the most suitable candidate. He is always better than the second and third child. Yesterday, I discussed with my father about letting the fourth child go to the southwest. Take a trip, experience experience."
Xu Da nodded with a flat face and said: "His Royal Highness Qi is a general, if he can join the army more, he will definitely develop."
Zhu Biao put down his cup and said with a smile: "It's your son-in-law after all, I still need to mention more in the future, the clan also needs a good general."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself is the peerless handsome talent who regained Yanyun and swept Mobei to seal the wolf and Juxu. Megatron has been sung all over the world and everyone knows who doesn't know!"
"Haha, it's fine for others to say this. Isn't Uncle Xu saying that he is slapping my nephew in the face? It's all because of the foundation laid by Uncle Xu, so that my nephew can take advantage of this great achievement for nothing."
"Your Highness is too modest. What's the use of prevaricating for things that are well known to the world? Your Majesty and Your Highness are both emperors who are destined to leave a strong mark in the history books. It's a blessing that I have the honor to assist you."
Now that the conversation has come to this point, Zhu Biao naturally can't say anything more, the politeness is over, the probing is over, and it's time to go back to the palace for the banquet.
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(end of this chapter)