Chapter 265 Acceptance

When traveling in ancient times, we had to look at the calendar. Hu Yi and others chose the day when they left Kunming.Early in the morning, you can see the sunrise coming out, and today is a sunny day.

Zhu Gaoxu stood on the Duanli Gate Tower and instructed Chen Dachui to do his best to explain his affairs after arriving in Beijing.

When Chen Dachui walked down the city tower, Zhu Gaoxu watched the group and watched them gradually get farther and farther after leaving the Han Palace.

When the chariots and horses changed directions, they could not see from the city tower.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu withdrew his gaze and said with some sigh: It's strange that I have been in Peking for the longest time, but now I miss you the most is not Peking, but the capital...

He thought about it and pondered, maybe it doesn’t matter where it is, it just depends on whether there are people who care about that place.

Um.A voice responded.

Zhu Gaoxu looked sideways when he heard the sound and glanced at Duan Xuehen standing next to him.

As soon as she looked, she saw a look of sadness in her eyes, as if her emotions were affected by Zhu Gaoxu's words.

What surprised Zhu Gaoxu was that her eyes could be very contagious and her big eyes seemed to be able to speak.

Or Duan Xuehen's expression was always too cold and confused in the past, so she gave Zhu Gaoxu her impression.

Today he realized that Duan Xuehen and Mu Zhen were indeed somewhat similar, with small faces, big eyes and very aura.

Seeing this, he immediately changed his words: But if I leave Yunnan one day, I will also miss this place.I also met someone I care about in Yunnan, right?

Duan Xueheng's eyes lowered, and at this moment, there was a hint of implicit shyness.

Although her skin looks pale, she is young after all. Under the light of the rising sun, her appearance and expression are also a sight to be seen.

Zhu Gaoxu was excited and couldn't help but look down again. Looking at her body lines that were plump than Mu Zhen, she compared the impressions she had seen Mu Zhen in her memory, and couldn't help but have a burst of reverie.

On the morning of farewell, he didn't know what happened, and he was confused.

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Chunhe Palace in the capital.The spring is bright, and in the chilly spring, the sun brings a little warmth.

The second concubine of the prince, Guo Yan, is pregnant again. She was diagnosed by the imperial doctor after the Chinese New Year. She still can't tell her stomach.

After the miscarriage last year, Guo Yan was worried that she would not be able to give birth in the future. Now she is happy again, so she is becoming more and more careful.

The palace maids secretly spread the story about Guo Yan.

Luo'er reported to the Crown Princess Zhang: Concubine Guo rarely goes out and walks slowly, as if her belly is getting bigger and she can't walk... Every time she eats, even drinks a glass of water, she asks the palace maids and eunuchs around her to try it first...

laugh!When Zhang heard this, he immediately sneered. This was in the imperial city, and she was still afraid that someone would poison her?

Luo'er whispered: Crown Princess, you think this is good.It doesn't have to be like last year. She accidentally splashed dirty water on someone else's head.

Your mouth is really good.Zhang laughed and scolded.

But there was no smile in her small eyes under her single eyelids, and the smile on her face disappeared immediately. It was indeed a big deal for the prince to marry a second concubine, and now it made Chunhe Gong nervous.

Just then, someone outside shouted: The prince is here!

Zhang immediately stood up and walked out of the door of the bedroom with a group of palace maids to welcome the prince Zhu Gaochi.

When he saw the prince, Zhang gave a gift.After the ceremony, Zhu Gaochi walked into the bedroom with some difficulty, immediately sat down on a big chair, and breathed comfortably.

He spoke and said: Concubine Guo is pregnant, so he asked me to serve you well, so he should not make any mistakes. He said he would go to his father again.

Zhang hurriedly said: I just told you about this.

Soon a palace maid brought the tea. Zhu Gaochi was thirsty and immediately reached out to pick up the tea cup.

He suddenly left his eyes on the young palace maid's face and couldn't help but take a few more glances.

The palace maid was also a clever person, and seemed to feel something strange immediately, with a blush on her face.

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

Zhang looked at the palace maid calmly, feeling that she looked average, but she was young and white.

Zhang understood that even a pretty girl, sometimes there was something that could arouse a man's lust.

She waved her hand gently and the palace maids withdrew from the bedroom very strangely.

Does the prince want that palace maid to serve the bed?Zhang asked softly.

Zhu Gaochi was startled, and tea water splashed out from the tea cup in his hand.He immediately shook his head and said: No!

Zhang said again: Anyway, they are all from Chunhe's palace, so I will not offend the prince's wishes.

Zhu Gaochi swallowed a mouthful and hesitated a little. After a while, he spoke: What I am afraid of is that my father finds out.My father has already taken me a second concubine, am I still not satisfied?If the news of the lewd palace was heard, I would not know how to face the reprimand of my father.

Zhang sighed: It’s just a palace maid... let it go!

...There are as many as 3,000 beauties who are preparing to present to the emperor this year.However, Emperor Zhu Di issued an order to stop the matter.

When Ji Gang, the commander of the Jinyiwei, reported secretly, Ji Gang privately asked for an order to select beauties from the homes of officials and noble ministers from foreign vassals such as North Korea, but Zhu Di did not refuse.

When Taizu was in power, no matter how he was from a talent show, he could be a woman; because no matter how he chose the palace, he was always much better than the women he was close to when Taizu was a monk and a refugee.

But since the Yongle Dynasty, the eunuchs and ministers who were interested had already seen what they were thinking... The emperor looked down on the woman who had no identity at all.

The large picture on the wall of the East Warehouse is still unfolded and hung there.The imperial case was filled with documents, all of which were military and political files from 35 years ago in Hongwu.

The eunuchs Zheng He and Hou Xian of the Sili Supervisor served in Bimo.They stayed in the East Warehouse, thinking about the emperor's needs at any time.

Zheng He has been 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 his job as a close servant. For eunuchs, even if it is a huge thing, it is not as important as serving the emperor!

Most of the things placed on the imperial case were old files that Zheng He was responsible for finding.

According to the emperor's instructions, all the files were found about the Hongwu Dynasty's documents for Liaodong, Yunnan and other places.

Many booklets were kept for too long and no one moved. When they were dug out, they were covered in dust. Zheng He asked someone to clean them up before putting them on this imperial case.

Why does the emperor want to see so many old files?Zheng He was not sure about the reason.Most of the time, the emperor will not tell others what he wants to do.

Myanmar... was it called Myanmar-China Xuanwei Department during Hongwu?Zhu Di pondered.

Zheng He walked to the imperial case before Hou Xian and accurately opened an old file.He turned the paper from fast to slow, and finally stopped and bowed and said: Emperor, here.

Zhu Di looked up at Zheng He, nodded, and then buried his head in the things on the paper.Most of these old files were found by Zheng He, and he is of course more familiar to Hou Xian.

Hou Xian, who was standing aside, looked a little disappointed, but because he was not confident that he could find it, he hesitated and let Zheng He take the lead.

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

...I remember once, Zheng He heard Emperor Zhu Di say something to himself that the world is bigger than the ancients, and the Ming Dynasty should not stop there!

Since the time of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty began to expand its territory.

Taizu entered Liaodong in the north and Yunnan in the south, opening the door to expand the land from the north to the south.

But Taizu could not live long live, and the Hongwu Dynasty obviously failed to complete the grand achievements of the founding of the Ming Dynasty!

After ascending the throne, he seemed to want to continue to make achievements according to his grand strategy; however, he launched the Jingnan Campaign and won the world, which was not a natural throne inherited... Zheng He thought so: So now the emperor does not know the general strategy of the Hongwu court. He then had to look through the old Hongwu file in order to continue his hegemony?

But Zheng He thought back: Taizu chose Emperor Jianwen as the crown prince; today's emperor also chose Gao Chi as the crown prince, and they all seemed to be the king of success... Maybe Taizu did not think that Zhu Yunwen was just the king of success; but now the crown prince can only be the king of success.

So for a moment, Zheng He was not sure whether his guess was reliable.

After a while, 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 large picture on the wall behind.

He stood looking at the picture for a while, pressing his hands below the picture.

Zhu Di suddenly turned his head and looked at Zheng He and said: I look at the old file. Is there a sea to the west of the Xuanwei Department of Myanmar? Where is further west?

Zheng He bent down and said with embarrassment: I don’t know, please punish me!After saying that, he deliberately turned his head to look at Hou Xian.

Hou Xian knew nothing, and he said quickly: I don’t know either...

Forget it.Zhu Di waved his hand and waited until the sea ship was built, I wanted Zheng He to lead the fleet to the West to take a look.Then you tell the vassal states over there that there is a Ming Dynasty in the east, asking them to come and pay tribute.

Zheng He hurriedly said: I am willing to share the worries of the emperor, but I have never left the sea, for fear of misleading the emperor's major affairs.

Zhu Di smiled and said: There are too many things we have never done before.

Without waiting for Zheng He to answer, he turned around and looked at the location of Yunnan for a while, saying: Taizu transferred troops to Yunnan, and all the vassal states in the southwest came to pay tribute.But I want to go to Annan and Chameng. Later, when Western countries arrive at Chameng from the sea, they will see the etiquette of our Ming Dynasty.

Zheng He and Hou Xian bowed together and said one after another: The emperor has the world in mind, and all the servants and others respect it.

In this small Donghunting Pavilion, Zheng He was the first eunuch who knew the general decisions of the court.At this time, Zheng He had already realized that it was imperative for the imperial court to use troops to Annan!