Chapter 169: Reporting Mao Xiang, Thank You Si Lang! Daya!

"Is the queen here?"

Outside Ma Xiuying's bedroom, Mao Xiang asked the maid on duty in a low voice.

"Yes."

Mao Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly, "I have an urgent matter and need to see the queen right away."

The maid went in and came out soon after, "Commander Mao, the queen please."

Mao Xiang walked in quickly.

Seeing that the Qin Wang and his wife and the Jin Wang and his wife were there, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Zhu Chong and Zhu Yu also looked at Mao Xiang curiously.

Mao Xiang's mouth was full of bitterness. He didn't know whether he could get through after the emperor knew about this matter, with the queen and the prince protecting him.

At the beginning, he sympathized with the Yan Wang and his wife, and this matter was not a big deal.

And the queen and the prince promised at the same time, so he dared to hide it from the emperor until now.

Of course, in fact, he also had his own little thoughts.

It's hard to say now. As for success or failure, it depends on this time.

Mao Xiang suppressed his complicated thoughts and walked towards Ma Xiuying quickly.

Ma Xiuying asked curiously: "Why are you here?"

She also trusted Mao Xiang, but Mao Xiang was the spy of Chongba and rarely came to see her directly.

"My queen, the Jinyiwei of Tuqiao Village sent a message to Jiangning County yesterday. Xu Daya will follow Zhu Silang and take the children to Jiangning County today. Xu Daya is about to give birth. I am worried..."

Before Mao Xiang finished speaking, Ma Xiuying stood up, "Nonsense! How can the fourth child be so nonsense!"

Mao Xiang couldn't help but explain for Zhu Di: "According to the news reported by the Jinyiwei, Xu Daya seems to be a little nervous and anxious when the due date is approaching. She has to stay with Zhu Silang all the time."

Ma Xiuying's face gradually eased.

She is also a woman who has given birth to several children.

She knows the tension of a woman's first pregnancy.

Guanyinnu stood up anxiously with a big belly, "Mother, let's go to Jiangning? Fourth brother has to take the Tongsheng exam, and may not be able to take good care of Miaoyun."

"Go slowly, you are still pregnant." Zhu Chong was so scared that he hurriedly supported Guanyinnu.

Jin Wangfei Xie stood up, "Mother, how about I go to take care of Miaoyun."

Her father and Duke of Wei were old brothers from Huaixi.

Before they got married, they were close friends in the boudoir.

They were very familiar with each other.

Ma Xiuying was worried and shook her head and said, "I am worried about any of you going, Mao Xiang, you go with me."

Jin Wang Zhu Yu reminded, "Mother, what if the emperor finds out?"

"It's almost hidden. If he asks, just say that I went to accompany the fourth brother to take the Tongsheng exam. It's really hard to fool him. He will know it if he knows."

It's been hidden for nine months.

This last month is not a big deal.

When Chongba finds out, he will definitely be very angry and guilty.

Just to make him, as a grandfather, feel guilty about the grandson in Miaoyun's belly!

"Mother, can I go with you?" Guanyin Nu cautiously tested.

"No! After the birth, I will accompany you wherever you want to go, but now it is absolutely not possible. Even if mother agrees, I will not agree!" Zhu Chong stopped him domineeringly. ₆₉ₛₕᵤₓ.cₒₘ

Ma Xiuying looked at him and glared at him unhappily.

She used to ignore him, but now she is so precious.

Ma Xiuying smiled and comforted him: "This time, the second son is right, you all stay in the capital."

...

Soon, Ma Xiuying packed up and left the palace with the little maid in a low profile.

But Mao Xiang drove the carriage and ran into Zhu Yuanzhang as soon as he left the palace.

"Empress, Emperor!" Mao Xiang stopped his horse, forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, and hurriedly jumped off the carriage. His knees smoothed and he knelt down, "Your servant Mao Xiang, pays respects to the Emperor."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a dark face: "Where are you taking the Queen!"

Mao Xiang was his eyes and ears.

Whenever someone went to the palace to report on the situation, they would not report to him first, but to Xiuying instead.

When he scolded Mao Xiang, his eyes were filled with resentment, and he looked at the carriage. When the country was founded, they had agreed that Xiuying would be in charge of the palace, and he would be in charge of the outside of the palace.

Now it was Xiuying who broke the three rules!

He finally got his chance!

Ma Xiuying lifted the curtain and happened to meet Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes full of resentment. She took the initiative to attack, "I didn't break the three rules we agreed on."

"I asked Mao Xiang to send me to Jiangning County."

"The fourth child will take the Tongsheng exam tomorrow. I want to accompany him. Is that not okay?"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "How old is he! He has a family and a career! You still accompany him to take the Tongsheng exam. Those six or seven-year-old children in Tuqiao Village have no family to accompany them, so they are not allowed to go!"

"I'm doing this for you!" Ma Xiuying glared, "Do you still want the fourth child to come back to help you?"

"If you don't work hard now and let the fourth child feel our parents' feelings, when will you wait!"

'That's right! '

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but ponder.

The fourth child is a donkey.

He must feel that he owes his parents. This stubborn donkey will come out to help share his worries when he sees him being troubled by state affairs.

Tossing around.

No one knows what this stubborn donkey will do.

"Your son's stubborn temper is just like you!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a dark face, turned around and left.

Ma Xiuying pointed at herself and opened her mouth with a smile, but for a moment, she didn't know what to say.

This man, as long as the fourth son makes him unhappy, the fourth son will become her son.

Whenever there is a chance to show his face, the fourth son will become his son again!

"Who did the fourth son's stubborn temper follow? Don't you know it yourself?" Ma Xiuying smiled and said to herself, "Let's go."

Mao Xiang finally came to his senses.

He felt weak all over, wiped the sweat, and struggled to get up.

He smiled bitterly and said, "I'm like this before the incident broke out. I really don't know if my little idea will work when the time comes."

He held the shaft of the carriage and struggled to sit on it. He took a deep breath and waved the whip, "Go!"

In the distance, Zhu Yuanzhang hid behind a pillar and secretly watched Ma Xiuying's carriage drive away. He walked out and muttered while smiling: "In a person's life, being able to marry a good wife is more important than anything else. I think I have good vision!"

"A man with a virtuous wife at home will not suffer from misfortunes."

If he didn't have Xiuying, he might not have achieved what he has today.

Zhu Yuanzhang was showing off all the way. When he came to the outside of the imperial study, he frowned slightly when he saw it inside.

A man, with his butt sticking out, was kneeling in the hall.

He walked in with a frown, sat down behind the imperial desk, and examined the officials in flying fish uniforms who were crawling on the ground.

At some point, he waved his hand.

The palace maids and eunuchs were instructed to quickly leave the imperial study.

Creak.

The door closed.

The crawling person trembled, unable to bear the pressure, and spoke with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I, Jiang 𤩽, have something to report to Your Majesty."

Jiang 𤩽, Mao Xiang's right-hand man, Jinyiwei Commander Tongzhi.

"Does Mao Xiang know that you have something to report?" Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Jiang 𤩽.

"This matter concerns the commander, and I dare not let the commander know!"

That is to bypass the level, or to bypass the level to report without Mao Xiang's knowledge, most likely, to report Mao Xiang,

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with cold light, "Raise your head."

Jiang 𤩽 took a deep breath and slowly raised his head.

A face that looked more like a white-faced scholar than a general came into view.

He saw the ambitious desire for fame and fortune from this face and eyes.

I am afraid that Jiang Xi had long wanted to overthrow Mao Xiang and replace him.

He was less than 30 years old, and he had already achieved the position of commander-in-chief, but he was still not satisfied.

Mao Xiang was really a waste!

He had such an ambitious guy by his side, but he didn't even notice it?

Didn't notice it?

Or did he notice it and pretended not to notice it?

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered in his heart, "Speak!"

...

Pah!

"Say it again!"

Bang!

The palace maid outside the door, listening to the sound of clapping and breaking cups from inside, was so scared that her face turned pale and she couldn't control her trembling.

It was unknown how long it took for the noise from time to time to stop.

Zhu Biao came with a letter in his hand. Seeing the pale faces of the palace maids and eunuchs, he glanced into the silent imperial study and asked gently, "What's wrong?"

A little palace maid hurriedly replied in a low voice, "I don't know either. Instruct the co-governor Jiang 𤩽 to report to your majesty."

Zhu Biao frowned slightly.

What did Jiang 𤩽 report?

Where is Mao Xiang?

"Father, your son Zhu Biao has something to ask you."

Zhu Yuanzhang was panting and had a dark face. Hearing the noise outside, he glanced at Jiang 𤩽 and said, "Go down. Don't do anything before the Jiangning County Tongsheng Examination is over."

Jiang 𤩽 was secretly happy and said loudly, "I obey your order!"

After that, with a bang, he kowtowed heavily, stood up, bent down, walked backwards to the door of the imperial study, and then turned around to open the door.

He immediately saluted Zhu Biao, "Greetings, Prince."

Zhu Biao passed Jiang Yu and saw the broken teacup in front of the imperial desk.

Hmm.

He frowned slightly, hummed lightly, and walked in.

Jiang Yu walked out of the imperial study.

He looked up at the bright sun hanging high in the sky in spring, and smiled silently.

In the imperial study.

Zhu Biao picked up the broken pieces of the teacup on the ground and asked, "Father, what happened?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao carefully, and shook his head with a dark face after hearing this: "Nothing."

Zhu Biao was slightly surprised.

Father even hid it from him?

There has never been such a thing before.

Even the memorials from the court were handled by him, and he would only present them to his father when he really couldn't decide.

It can be said that he, the prince.

Can make the princes of all dynasties envy their eyes red.

Although Zhu Biao was surprised, he did not continue to ask. Although his father gave him unlimited power as the crown prince, as a son and crown prince, he also had to know how to restrain himself.

You can't take your parents' pampering as a presumptuous capital.

Zhu Biao handed the memorial to Zhu Yuanzhang, "Father, I have selected a group of young officials in Beijing and plan to transfer them to the local areas to serve as county magistrates and county magistrates, which are in contact with the people and can do practical work."

"Hone their abilities, and at the same time, let them not float on the surface and waste their time in the human relationships in the capital..."

"Officials must contact the people and know the sufferings of the people..."

...

It was close to noon.

A team of large carts slowly approached Jiangning County.

"Is this the county town?"

"It's so big!"

"So, the wall of the county town looks like this!"

"Brother Dongxu, when we get older, let's do what our master and mistress said, pack our books and travel the world, how about that?"

...

After hearing this, the eighth uncle who was driving the car turned to look at his eldest son, "When you grow up, do you want to go out and see the world? If you want to go out and see the world, go and see it. Our family will definitely get better and better. We will support you even if we tighten our belts."

"Old Eight, my family will support you too!"

"Third son, as long as you do the right thing and take the right path, your parents will support you even if they risk their lives!"

...

Several other uncles also expressed their opinions after hearing what Eighth Uncle said.

They may not have understood it before.

But after following Shiro on a trip to the north a year ago, he already understood the benefits of traveling thousands of miles.

Since returning from their trip last year, even the mother-in-law said that they have changed.

Yang Dongxu shook his head, "Dad, I want to go out and have a look, but I don't need you to support me. When we are qualified to travel around the world, we must at least be a scholar. With the certificate of scholar, we can easily Traveling across the state."

"At the same time, with the scholar certificate, we can work part-time in various places, so we don't need local sponsors, and we can still write letters to people."

"..."

"In short, once we have the status of a scholar, as long as we are willing to work hard, there are many ways to support ourselves."

"Master and Mistress have both taught us."

Uncle Eight was stunned for a moment.

Ha ha……

Then he laughed heartily, smiled, and suddenly his eyes became wet. He turned his head hurriedly to prevent the children from seeing him, and shouted to Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun in front of him: "Silang, Daya, Uncle Eight, thank you!"

The people of Tuqiao Village will never be able to repay the debt between Shiro and Daya in this life.

Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun couldn't help but smile when they heard this.

Xu Miaoyun leaned on Zhu Di's back and whispered: "It seems that the children are yearning for the outside world. Should we teach them some martial arts?"

Zhu Di was a little worried.

It's not that he hasn't thought about this problem.

He is very good at self-defense.

But he also has concerns.

After teaching the child, will the old man become suspicious again?

Will people like Lu Ben and Lan Yu have an overreaction due to this?

He is not afraid of it.

But I'm afraid that these naughty kids will be the focus of attention if they learn some self-defense skills.

"Let's take a look again." Zhu Di whispered helplessly.

Uncle Eight knows how to kill people.

He didn't even dare to remind his eighth uncle to teach the children.

I just worry that if I learn it, it will cause unnecessary trouble for the children.

Xu Miaoyun heard Zhu Di sigh, reached out and touched Zhu Di's ears, and said with a smile: "It's okay, the boat will straighten up naturally when it reaches the bridge. There will definitely be a solution. If the court does not use these children, be on guard against these children, and wait for the emperor, the queen, and Ah. After a hundred years, we will take them away from here."

Zhu Di smiled and asked, "Are you thirsty? Do you want some water?"

"I want to eat candied haws on a stick." Xu Miaoyun said with a smile.

When she came near the city gate, she couldn't help but think about the scene before the New Year when the hawker took Shiro's hand and flattered him until he hit the horse's leg.

Zhu Di smiled angrily and said: "After entering the city, I will look for it."

"Mr. Zhu, Mr. Zhu..."

Just then, a shout came from afar.

Zhu Di followed the sound and saw Zhou Shixian waving from the top of the tower, turned around and hurried down.

When Zhu Di approached the city gate, Zhou Shixian came running out of breath, "Mr. Zhu, just after returning from Tuqiao Village the day before yesterday, Mr. Jiang received a letter from home. Mr. Jiang's mother fell ill. Mr. Jiang left in a hurry and returned to his hometown. Lin When you leave, tell me to pick up Mr. Zhu.”

Zhu Di frowned slightly.

Fatty Jiang is almost forty years old.

Jiang’s mother must be quite old, so she asked, “Is the illness serious?”

Zhou Shixian shook his head.

Zhu Di knew that nothing could be gained by asking, so he patted Zhou Shixian on the shoulder and said, "Get in the car."

Zhou Shixian nodded, saluted Xu Miaoyun first, and then sat on the other side of the carriage.

Just when Zhou Shixian took Zhu Di and his party to Wangxian Tower.

North Gate.

Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi also waited for Mao Xiang.

After seeing Mao Xiang, he hurried up to greet him and whispered a few words in a low voice.

Mao Xiang nodded, turned around and whispered to the car through the curtain: "Empress, we have investigated clearly. Jiang Jinzhong booked the best inn in Jiangning County, Wangxian Tower, for His Highness and the others a few days ago."

"Our people also found a way to temporarily reserve a room for the queen on the same floor."

"Well, you make the arrangements. Jiang Jinzhong is interested."

Listening to the sounds coming from inside, Mao Xiang smiled.

This Fatty Jiang, I have to say, is really lucky, he did this beautifully.

Everyone can tell that the empress is fond of her.

Mao Xiang winked at Xiao Qi.

Xiaoqi left quickly.

Mao Xiang drove into the city...

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